Sullivan County TN Archives Military Records.....Childress, David 
Revwar - Pension 
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DAVID CHILDRESS



   David Childress applied for revolutionary pension while residing in Sullian

[sic] County, Tenn., August 22, 1818, when he was 59 years of age. He served in

the Second Georgia Regiment for three years. He resided in Charlotte County,

Va., when he enlisted in 1775. He marched to Georgia under Lieutenant Littlebury

Mosby, in Captain John Mosby's company. After three years' service he was

captured by the British and put on a British prison ship for eight months. He

escaped and reenlisted at Guilford and Eutaw Springs, North Carolina. He had a

wife and three children, living with him when he applied for pension, whose

names are not given. The son was 17 years of age, the daughters were 14 and 19

years of age.



Note:- David Childress married Lucy Gaines, daughter of Captain James Gaines.

One of the daughters, Elizabeth, married William Hulme. The soldier was the son

of John Childress of Surry County, North Carolina.



Additional Comments:
From:



Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution

PAMPHLET NO. V

Compiled From Pension Statements

By

Zella Armstrong





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