Weakley-Wilson-Rutherford County TN Archives Military Records.....Thornton, Pressley
Revwar - Pension
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PRESSLEY THORNTON
Pressley Thornton applied for revolutionary pension, while living in Weakley
County, Tennessee. He was born December 25, 1757, in Orange County Virginia.
While he resided in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in Virginia
troops in Fredericksburg, Virginia. After the Revolution he moved to Wilke's
County, Georgia, thence to Jackson and Clark Counties, Georgia, and thence to
Tennessee where he first resided in Wilson and Rutherford Counties. He then
settled in Weakley County, Tennessee, where he died October 1, 1852 or October
1, 1853.
Additional Comments:
From:
SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. III
by Zella Armstrong
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