Warren County TN Archives Military Records.....Lusk, John 
Revwar - Pension 
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JOHN LUSK



   John Lusk applied for revolutionary pension while living in McMinnville,

Warren County, Tennessee, February 20, 1820. He was born November 5, 1734, on

Staten Island, N. Y. The names of his parents are not given. He enlisted in the

spring of 1775 in Captain Joseph Morris' company. Colonel Winant's New Jersey

regiment and was in the Siege of Quebec. Early in 1776 he enlisted again and

served in Captain Daniel Piatt's and Captain William Piatt's companies, Colonel

Ogden's First New Jersey regiment. While helping to build Fort Washngton he was

wounded by a piece of timber falling on him. He was wounded in the right thigh

at the battle of Brandywine and in the left leg in the battle of Monmouth. He

was at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was discharged in the latter part of 1783.



   Note: Above is a brief statement of John Lusk's revolutionary service. After

his discharge he re-enlisted and continued in the United States Army until he

was eighty years of age. He is called the greatest private soldier who ever

lived. He was in literally scores of engagements and campaigns and only once in

his more than fifty years of service was assigned, to garrison duty for a short

period.



Additional Comments:
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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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