Washington County TN Archives Military Records.....Taylor, Christopher 
Revwar - Pension 
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CAPT. CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR



    Christopher Taylor applied for revolutionary pension while living in

Washington County, Tenn. He states that he resided in the country which was

afterwards Washington County, Tenn., before 1776 and that he enlisted under Col.

Christian at Long Island. He volunteered in the Expedition that Col. John Sevier

made against the Indians in the Chickamauga towns. He was in the battle of

King's Mountain. He had five "constant years of service." He died in Washington

County, Sept. 10, 1833. His widow, Mary Edwards Taylor, applied for widow's

pension while living in Washington County. She died March 29, 1837. Their

children were: Henry; James: Arty (name indistinct, but evidently a daughter),

married ____ Wyley; Matthew; Greenbury; Stephen; and Sarah who married _____

Maclin and died January 3, 1849.



    NOTE:-Capt. Christopher and Mary Edwards Taylor are buried in Washington

County, on their farm.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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