{"id":4420,"date":"2024-08-16T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T12:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizadhill.com\/artofrecollection\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2024-08-16T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T19:30:26","slug":"joseph-dunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizadhill.com\/artofrecollection\/?p=4420","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Dunn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BORN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1755<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MARRIED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 Feb 1778<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DIED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1842<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Spouse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jane Long (1758-1809)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Parents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

William T. Dunn (1735-1881)
Sarah Margaret Covington (1735- )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BORN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MARRIED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LIVED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NC, Georgia, KY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DIED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calloway Co, KY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Revolutionary Brothers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Joseph entered service of the US in 1776, drafted as a private in the militia of North Carolina for a three-month tour. Then early in 1779, he volunteered as a private from Rutherford County, NC, joining a light horse company that marched through South Carolina towards Georgia, joining Colonel Pickens near his farm in South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colonel Pickens was assembling troops to oppose a group of Tories that had gathered in the back parts of South Carolina. When they began their march, encountering 600-700 Tories at Kettle Creek. The Tories were defeated – Colonel James Boyd, their leader, was among the killed. Several who escaped were captured and tried as traitors, and Joseph thinks 5 of them were executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this battle, Joseph’s company returned to North Carolina and soon after was ordered to join the company of General Charles McDowell and try to intercept a party of local Tories. That night, McDowell’s camp was attacked with several killed on each side. Joseph’s brother, Andrew, First Lieutenant, was one of the ones killed during that attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Those who do not look upon themselves as a link, connecting the past with the future, do not perform their duty to the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Daniel Webster<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph continued in his service until the “end of the War in the South1<\/a><\/sup>” and was discharged in the latter part of 1781.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the war, he lived in North Carolina for several years before moving to Georgia. He lived in Georgia for 14 years before moving to Caldwell County, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHILDREN<\/p>\n\n\n\n