Sevier-Rhea County TN Archives Military Records.....Benson, Spencer 
Revwar - Pension 
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SPENCER BENSON



    Spencer Benson applied for revolutionary pension while living in Rhea

County. Tenn. He enlisted in Sussex County, Del., April 1, 1776 under Col. Simon

_ollick, Maj. John Mitchell, Capt. Robert Houston, Lieut. John Craton and Ensign

James Bronton. He served three months and volunteered again in August for the

purpose of guarding Sussex and adjoining counties from aces of depredation and

incursions by British seamen on the Chesapeake Bay. He volunteered again. He was

born Dec. 4, 1755, in Sussex County, Del. After the War he removed to Raleigh,

N. C., to Sevier County, Tenn. and to Rhea County, Tenn.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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