Smith-Sumner County TN Archives Military Records.....Johnston, John Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com November 4, 2005, 7:54 pm JOHN JOHNSTON John Johnston applied for revolutionary pension while living in Smith County. Tenn., in 1832, He was born August 30, 1752, but the place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. He enlisted in January in the "year that Cornwallis was taken," in Cumberland County, Virginia. He served in Captain Joseph Carrington's Virginia Company and served three months when he enlisted in Captain William Meredith's Virginia company in which he served three montns. In 1836 his address was Dixon Springs, Sumner County, Tenn. In 1836 the same address is given for a nephew, H. H. Johnston. There are no further family data. John Johnston died February 15, 1837. Additional Comments: From: Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution PAMPHLET NO. V Compiled From Pension Statements By Zella Armstrong File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/smith/military/revwar/pensions/johnston256nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb