Revolutionary Soldiers in
New Providence Church Cemetery (1786)
Maryville, TN

James Houston. Portrait donated by chapter and hangs in Maryville Courthouse. Born 11-12-1757, Augusta County, VA. Died 8-15-1840, Blount County, TN. Married 1) cousin Esther Houston on 2-3-1780.  Married 2) Mary "Polly" Gillespie in 1791.  

Thomas Turk, Jr. Born 1755. Died 1833. Marker placed by chapter in 1976.

Benjamin Kilbourne/Kilburn. Born June 1761, Nova Scotia. Married Diana Mary Denning in 1782, Cumberland County, PA. Died 6-3-1828, Maryville, TN. Marker placed by chapter in 1976.

David Eagleton. Born 3-16-1748, Scotland. Died 5-17-1828, Blount County, TN. Married 1) Margaret (Peggy) Montgomery. Married 2) Elizabeth Hook. Marked by chapter in 1978.

James McCallen/McCallon. Born 5-5, 1743. Died July 10, 1833, Maryville, TN. Married __ Love. Marker placed by chapter in 1976.

Col. James McGinley. Born 11-20-1763. Died 3-26-1834, Maryville, TN. Married 1) Susan (Alexander) James. Married 2) Margaret (McGill) Wells Privett. Marker placed by chapter May 1924.

John Davis, Sr. (John M. on some records) Born  about 1759. Died 1-5-1859. Married Polly Ann Taylor, sister of James Taylor, also a Revolutionary soldier.

James Weir/Wear. Died 3-11-1820, Blount County, TN. Married Margaret Sharp.

John Toole. Born 1756, Ireland. Married Ruth Rankin in PA. Died 3-13-1791,  Greene County (now Blount County), TN.

John Wilkinson. Born 12-13-1763. Died 6-12-1829. Chapter placed government marker in 1976.

John Duncan. Born 1752, VA. Died 4-29-1836, Maryville, TN. Married Margaret Alexander, Fort Craig, Blount County, TN. Chapter placed government marker in May, 1924.

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Jesse Wallace. Born 10-4-1767, Mecklenburg County,  NC. Moved to what is now Blount County, TN, at age 4. Enlisted at age 15, under Col. John Sevier. Married Martha George, 1788, Jefferson County, TN. Died 2-3-1854, Blount County, TN.  Photo shows original stone, placed by chapter in 1923.