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William Humphreys |
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"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. -- John Adams, 1765
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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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William Humphreys was born about 1745 in Ireland. His parents were John and Susannah Humphreys. According to his pension application, William lived in the part of Virginia that became Washington County, Tennessee. He enlisted in 1778 0r 1779 and served for about 8 months until fall, 1780. He was a private in the Virginia militia under Captains James Montgomery and Edmondson, Colonels Shelby and William Campbell. During his service he fought the indigenous people. His unit guarded a mountain pass at the time of the Battle of Kings Mountain. After the Revolutionary War, he resided for five or six years in Washington County, Virginia and then moved to the section which became Washington County, Tennessee where he remained until 1819 when he moved to Blount and Monroe Counties. He had no settled home, but lived with his children in both counties. He married Sarah McClung. Sarah and William's children were born in Tennessee and included: The records of the Washington County Court for 1778 show Deeds of Conveyance: James McCord to William Humphreys, 90A, ack William Humphreys appeared on the 1814 tax list of Washington County, Tennessee. James Humphreys was in Captain William McLin’s Company during the War of 1812 from October 12, 1813 to February 8, 1814. In 1834 the Revolutionary War pension application for William Humphreys was declared invalid in Monroe County, Tennessee. 
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