Sevier County TN Archives Military Records.....Creswell, Andrew 
Revwar - Pension 
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ANDREW CRESWELL



   Andrew Creswell applied for revolutionary pension while living in Sevier

County, Tennessee, August 2, 1832, when he was seventy-four years and six months

old. He was therefore born in February, 1758. He enlisted in 1776 in Washington

County, Virginia and served in Captain Colville's company, Colonel Arthur

Campbell's regiment. Afterward he served several tours during the next four or

five summers and was engaged against the Indians on the headwaters of Clinch

River once under Colonel Evan Shelby and once or twice under Lieutenant Newell.

He enlisted in September, 1780, and served in Captain Dysart's company. Colonel

William Campbell's regiment and was in the battle of King's Mountain. In 1781 he

served again in Colonel William Campbell's regiment and was in the battle of

Guilford Court House. There are no family data in his statement and he does not

give the place of his birth. He died July 1, 1838.





Additional Comments:
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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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