Sullivan-Roane-Bledsoe County TN Archives Military Records.....Reed, Lovett 
Revwar - Pension 
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LOVETT REED



   Lovett Reed applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County,

in February 1833. He was born in North Carolina, October 14, 1754. His aunt was

Nancy Hays, wife of Henry Hays. He enlisted in North Carolina troops under Capt.

Nelson, Lieut. Charles Hughes and Ensign McBride. He lived in Guilford County,

N. C., at the beginning of the Revolution and moved to Caswell County during the

War. After the War he lived in many places, principally in Sullivan, Roane and

Bledsoe Counties, Tenn. He moved to Bledsoe County 1818. He died in Bledsoe

County in November, 1834. His widow, Libby Reed, applied in 1840 for widow's

pension. She was then living in Bledsoe oCunty. She lived until after 1851. She

was married on the border between Guilford and Caswell Counties, N. C., in June

1779, in the home of Henry Hays. Her oldest son, George Reed, was born March 16,

1781. She was within hearing of the guns of the battle of Guilford Court House.

The second child was born June 13, 1784. Other children were: James, born 1787;

Peggy, born 1789; Henry, born 1792; Polly, born 1795, married David Brown of

Morgan County, Tenn., and Libby, born 1795. The widow stated that her son, Henry

Reed, had two children, David and William.





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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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