Sumner County TN Archives Military Records.....Beard, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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WILLIAM BEARD



   William Beard applied for revolutionary pension while living in Sumner

County, Tennessee, in 1832, when he was 72 years of age. He was born in

Pennsylvania in 1761. He entered the service while living in North Carolina,

under Captain William Davidson and Major James White. He joined General Thomas

Sumters forces and was taken prisoner at the battle of Fishing Creek. Hs escaped

with John Miller and Duncan McCowan and was given his honorable discharge by

General Rutherford. In 1840 he was living with Frank Yourn.



Additional Comments:
From:



Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution

PAMPHLET NO. V

Compiled From Pension Statements

By

Zella Armstrong





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