Wilson-Rutherford County TN Archives Military Records.....Davies, John L. 
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JOHN L. DAVIES



   John L. Davies applied for revolutionary pension while living in Wilson

County, Tennessee, in September, 1832. He was then 68 years of age and therefore

born in 1764. He lived in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in April, 1780,

when he enlisted as a substitute for his father who was "infirm," and served six

weeks as a private in Captain John Brownfield's compnay, Colonel Robert Erwin's

North Carolina regiment in pursuit of Tories. He enlisted July 23, 1780, and

served thirty days in Captain John Brownfield's company and was in the battle of

Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock. He enlisted again a few weeks later and served two

months in Captain Brownfield's company, Col. Lock's North Carolina regiment. He

enlisted in 1780 and served four months in Captain Samuel Hart's .company of

Cavalry, Colonel Davies' North Carolina regiment. He enlisted February 1, 1781,

and served six weeks in Captain John Brownfield's company, Colonel William

Folk's North Carolina regiment. In the year 1803 John L. Davies moved from

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to the "neighborhood of the Big Spring's,"

in Wilson County, Tennessee. In 1832 he referred to his younger brother, William

Davies, who was living in Rutherford County, Tennesse.e



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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. III



by Zella Armstrong





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