Private, Peter Kent
Posted by: PersonsMD
N 36° 02.488 W 082° 52.054
17S E 331759 N 3990161
Final resting place of American Partior Private Peter Kent in Solomon Lutheran Church cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee. A private in the Continental Line Born: 6 March, 1760 Died 23, December 1843.
Waymark Code: WM7296
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2009
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Pension record information:
KENT, Peter, Sarah Ann, W85, VA Line, sol appl 5 Mar 1833 Greene Co TN, sol was b 5 Mar 1760 in Fairfax Co VA & in 1791 he moved to Wilkes Co GA & in 1825 he moved to Greene Co TN & his wid appl there 28 Jan 1845 aged 83 on 13 Feb 1844, sol & wid had m 7 May 1779 in Fairfax Co VA & sol d 23 Dec 1843,, sol’s & wife’s 8th child Harriet Johnson made aff’dt 23 Mar 1844 in Greene Co TN aged 40, the only births shown were; Elizath Kent b 11 Feb 1781, Ann Perry Kent b 27 Oct 1783, John Kent b 4 Jul 1799 & Sarah Reynolds b 1 Apr 1802 (Sarah’s name was not shown as a Kent).
Peter Kent- Revolutionary War Soldier-----Guarded Mt. Vernon- swam the Potomac River to help destroy a British Man-o-War, only 4 men survived of the Americans.
Peter Kent jumped overboard and swam to safety. FROM HIS WAR PENSION APPLICATION- US WAR DEPT. PVT. Continental Line - - -Rev. War]
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