WARREN COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Robert Brown, Revolutionary War Pension 
			      Application Abstract
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Robert Brown b 1758 in Rowan County, North Carolina, d 1849 Warren co, TN, m 
Elsie (said to be "Lyons" per DAR app of Rebecca Brown m Jonathan McMahan 
descendant;  proof?).  [Proof of Robert -  pension app #S3057].  Robert Brown 
is on USC 1840 in Warren co, TN p 343, 0000000001-0 (M 70-80).  While a 
resident of Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1779 and served three 
months as private in Captain Coldwell's North Carolina Company and was engaged 
as an Indian spy.  He then enlisted and served twelve months as private in 
Captains Samuel Davidson's, McFarlain's and Smith's North Carolina Companies.  
He enlisted in March, 1780, and served until sometime in October, 1780, as 
private in Captain Price's Company in Colonel Clark's North Carolina Regiment; 
he was in an engagement with the Tories under Dunlap on the Green River, in an 
engagement at Wofford's Iron Works in South Carolina, in the engagement on the 
Saluda River, South Carolina, where Dunlap was taken prisoner, and he took part 
in the capture of Fort Thickety.  He enlisted early in 1781 and served six 
months as Indian spy in Captain Smith's Company in Colonel McDowell's North 
Carolina Regiment.  After the Revolution he lived in Hawkins, Knox and Smith 
Counties, Tennessee.  He was allowed pension on his application executed 
January 10, 1833, at which time he was living in Warren County, Tennessee.  
Proof of children:  Estate papers (d intestate 1849) of Robert Brown recorded 
Warren co, TN and Jefferson Co, AL.   Children were William; Rebecca md 
Johnathan McMahan; Margaret md Zachariah Isbell.


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