Jesse Crouch

DAR Ancestor # A028204

Red Flagged: "FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE". 1) SERVICE BASED ON REJ PENSION. PENSION REJ BECAUSE SERVICE NOT PROVEN. 3) FUTURE APPLICANTS MAY USE SPOUSE'S FATHER, REUBEN NANTZ (Nance) A081461, AS AN ALTERNATE.

Baptist according to history of son, Joseph Crouch.

Fought in The Revolutionary War

1. U. S. Army, private; 1778 served 3 months, Montgomery Co., Va.

1781 served 3 months, Washington Co., Tn.

2. Jesse and his brothers came to the Watauga country in 1780 as patriot soldiers in the King's Mountain campaign.

3. Between 1780 and 1794 they built a log house in Boone's Creek which was restored by the Watauga Valley Settlements Historic Preservation Fund. [on Crouch Road. Boone's Creek is just north of Johnson City, TN. Owned by descendant John Crouch.]

4. Feb. 6, 1794 Jesse Crouch bought 200 acres on the Rocky Branch of Leatherwood Creek in Henry Co., Va. from father-in-law, Reuben Nance for 50 pounds.

5. Jesse's documented residences:

1760 - Stafford Co., Va.

1763 - Halifax Co., Va.

1778 -Montgomery Co., Va.

1779-1783 - Washington Co., Tn.

1787 - Henry Co., Va.

1790 - Washington Co., Tn.

1794-1796 - Henry Co., Va.

1814-1841 - Washington Co., Tn.

Sources:

Crouch Family Heritage Association (Crouch Electronic Database)