Michael Broyles
Revolutionary War Veteran. According to the William & Mary Quarterly " War Department records show that on 11-8-1833, while a resident of Washington County, TN, he applied for a pension. In his application, he states that he was born in 1740 in Culpepper County, VA and that he enlisted 05-01-1776 and served as Privat in Capt. Russell's Company of Militia and was discharged 01-01-1777. He was called out the same month to guard the prisoners taken at the Battle of Princeton, in which duty, he served until 03-1777; that in the fall of 1778 he moved to Western N CAR (now TN) where his house on the Nolachucky was the Fort that guarded the frontier to the end of the war; and that he also served under Col. Sevier in the N CAR Militia for 3 months. So far as I have found out, he was the first of the family to emmigrated to TN. Information submitted by Mae Thompson 142 Burney St. Modesto, CA 95354 Her information was from LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City, UT Michael married Elizabeth Klug in 1766 in Culpepper Co, Virginia. |
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