Bedford County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records.....Witt, Jesse 
Revwar - Pension 
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JESSE WITT 
of Bedford County, Virginia

   Jesse Witt applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bedford County,
Virginia, in August, 1832. He was born May 11, 1862. [sic] He served two years
and a half in the 14th Regiment of the Virginia Line. He enlisted March 1, 1777.
He was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged September
10, 1779 on account of disability. He died February 3, 1842. He married May 6,
1788, Alice Brown who survived him and applied for pension March 5, 1843. She
was born in 1763 and died July 9, 1844. Her marriage bond, dated May 6, 1786, is
attested by Henry Brown, Jr., and Samuel Brown.

   Note:- The children of Jesse Witt and Alice Brown Witt were: Lettice;
Elizabeth; Alice; Daniel; Milly; Jesse; Burgess. The son Jesse was a preacher.


Additional Comments:
From:

SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. III

by Zella Armstrong

This was in the section marked:

RECORDS OF SOME REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS WHO DID NOT LIVE IN TENNESSEE BUT WHO
HAVE TENNESSEE DESCENDENTS OR SOME OTHER TENNESSEE INTEREST 

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