Sevier-Greene-Washington County TN Archives Military Records.....Pearce, James 
Revwar - Pension 
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JAMES PEARCE



   James Pearce applied for revolutionary pension while living in Sevier County,

Tennessee, in 1832. He was born March 24, 1748. While he was a resident of

Washington County, North Carolina, later Greene County, Tennessee, James Pearce,

by order of Colonel John Sevier, raised a company of volunteers in the summer of

1779 and marched to the French Broad River to prevent the Indians from crossing.

He again raised a company of volunteers in the spring of 1780 and march against

the Indians to the Beaver Dam on Lick Creek. Early in the fall of 1780 he and

his company volunteered under Colonel Sevier and marched to King's Mountain.

Upon his return to his home he received orders from Colonel Sevier to guard the

frontier against Indians, marched his company to the French Broad River, had an

engagement with the Indians, and burned some of their towns. He died in Sevier

County.



    He married sometime in the year 1771 in Frederick County, Maryland, Margaret

Dungan. At the time of their marriage they were both living in Berkeley County,

Virginia. She was born February 4, 1755, and was the daughter of Jeremiah

Dungaa. In 1779 and 1780 her father and mother were living in Washington County,

North Carolina. The widow, Margaret Pearce, died February 20, 1837, in

Washington County, Tennessee, at the home of her son-in-law, Thomas Gibson.

James and Margaret Pearce had the following children; George, born 1772;

Elizabeth, born 1774; John, born 1776; Mary, born 1778; Sarah, born 1780;

Rebecca, born 1783; Margaret, born 1785; Solomon, born 1787; James, born 1789:

Orpah, born 1791; Jeremiah, born 1793; Thomas, born 1796; and Charlotte, born
1800.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. III



by Zella Armstrong





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