Tennessee Revolutionary War veteran to get headstone on grave
A Tennessee chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will place a headstone on the grave of a Revolutionary War soldier.
The Kingsport Times News reports the marker is for Pvt. Michael Looney, who participated in a precursor to the Revolutionary War known as Lord Dunmore's War, as part of the Virginia militia.
State of Franklin Chapter President Don Hills says Looney is still considered a Revolutionary War veteran. Looney moved to an area east of Rogersville in 1780.
Hills says chapter members will hold a ceremony with uniformed color guard in period dress at the Looney Family Cemetery near Surgoinsville on Sunday.
The State of Franklin refers to an attempt to create a new state in what is now East Tennessee at the end of the Revolutionary War.
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This story has been corrected to show that the chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution chapter is in East Tennessee.
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Information from: Kingsport Times-News, http://www.timesnews.net
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10/23/2019 8:00:41 AM (GMT -4:00)
