John Welch b. 18 Nov 1756;
                     d. abt 1847 Crawford Co. MO (Dent formed 1851)
                     m.  1784 in Campbell, VA to Chloe Dudley b. 1769 in VA

Had 3 Children:  John 28 May 1786 Rowan NC
                             Nancy abt 1790  Iredell NC
                              Mary         28 July 1793  Iredell NC
(Iredell was formed from Rowan in 1788--family did not move--county lines did)

Revolutionary War Record, National Archives. Papers in my file. Family records
 

We find no better way to tell a part of his story than, in his own words found in his application for a pension in Weakley Co., TN, 1832. John Welch says, "I enlisted for the term of eighteen months when I lived in Virginia under Captain Dixon I think in the month of January but I do not recollect in what date we marched out on the frontiers of Kentucky and was stationed at a place called Ric----? on Clinch river Waters where we remained until we were marched to Long Island on Holston where we remained until a treaty was made with the Indians of the Cherokee Tribe after which time I received a discharge and went home. I was next called out in the Militia Service and was stationed at New London to Guard the Magazine in the County of Bedford where I remained until my time of service expired and I received a discharge and returned home again. I was next called into service in the Militia under Capt. Gilbert to go to Portsmouth and marched to rendezvous at Holts Store there we received news that the British had left Portsmouth and we were discharged again. I was next called into service under Capt. Adams and marched to Long Island on Stanton River where I remained for some time. I was the discharged for want of guns there not being guns enough for all the men there. I was next called into service to march against Cornwallace while he was at Little York and I hired a substitute to go in my place. I was in no engagements during the war but I should have been in the Battle of Guilford if I could have had a gun there was a number discharged at the same time I was at Long Island on Stanton River when the soldiers marched against the British at Guilford Court House for want of guns."

Weakley County, Tennessee

1827 - 1833 Occupant Entry Book
Surveyor's District No. 12
Range 1 East, Section 6 North
Wesh (Welch), John and Outhouse, Israel Entry 1057 (Hill and Eldridge), Meridian Line
Outhouse, Isreal F. and Welch, John Entry 918 176 - 177 100 Acres No waterway mentioned.

Submitted by Margaret Fields