John Bertrand Dysart Sr (1749 - 1842)

Born 25 Dec 1749 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania

Husband of Mary Martha (Patton) Dysart — married 4 Apr 1773 in Rowan Co, North Carolina

Husband of Martha (Woods) Dysart — married 1 Apr 1800 in Garrard Co., Kentucky

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1842 at age 92 in Lewisburg, Marshall Co., Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Sergeant John Dysart Sr served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

John Dysart Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A035310.

John Dysart Sr was a North Carolina colonist.

John Dysart applied for a pension based on his service in the Revolutionary War on August 2, 1832. In it, he stated his military service, battles he was in, and residences during his life.

1749 Birth

John Dysart, son of James and Margaret Young Stewart,^[1] was born in Chester County in Pennsylvania December 25 in the [year] 1749. This was recorded in his father’s Bible entered into his own. ^[2]

1776-1781 Military service

From July to October, 1776, John Dysart volunteered and served under Captain Moore and General Griffith Rutherford guarding the North Carolina frontiers from the Cherokee Indians. He returned to the North Carolina frontier in the summer of 1777.

In the spring of 1778, John was drafted to serve for three months in South Carolina but hired a substitute.

In 1779, John was engaged [as] a volunteer under Captain Sam Woods, Colonel & Major McDowell, and General Davidson. He was an Orderly Sergeant under Captain S. Woods.

In 1780 as a volunteer under Colonel & Major McDowell and Captain Woods, he fought Patrick Ferguson and his troops at Cane Creek in Burke County in September. The Americans were routed by Ferguson, and retreated over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Holston River. There, in late September, 1780, they joined Col. William Campbell, Colonel John Sevier, and Colonel Isaac Shelby. With eleven hundred men, the Army went on to King's Mountain where they fought and defeated Ferguson on October 7, 1780.

In 1781, John Dysart volunteered under Col. McDowell to pursue Cornwallis in his march from Charlotte, North Carolina to Salisbury in Rowan County. In the battle of Cowan’s Ford on February 1, 1781, John’s father, James Dysart, and his brother, William Dysart, were killed.

The pension file shows that he received a pension of $90 per year, retroactive to March 4th, 1831, for nine months’ service as a private and as a year as Sergeant in the North Carolina service. ^[3]

Marriages

John Dysart married twice: 1.) April 4, 1773 to Martha Patten and 2.) April 1, 1800 to Martha Woods in Garrard Co., Kentucky.^[4]

1776 to 1832 Residences

In 1776, John Dysart lived on Muddy Creek in Burke County, North Carolina. After the war he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky. Then in1800 he moved to Williams County, Tennessee. In1808, Dysart moved to Bedford County, Tennessee on Rock Creek. ^[5] In Bedford County, Tennessee in 1812 John Dysart deeded to Violet Cathey 200 acres of land on the waters of Rock Creek showing that he was living in that part of Bedford County that later became part of Marshall County.^[6] John Dysart was one of the charter members of Bethbirei Presbyterian Church in Marshall County, TN and he was one of the church's first Ruling Elders.^[7]

1842 Death

John Dysart died September 10, 1842.^[8] John and his wife Martha Woods Dysart are buried in Bills Cemetery, Farmington, Marshall Co., TN.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Alford, Jane Wallace. Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee. Lewisburg, TN; Webb Printing Co.; 1976. pg. 35.
2. ↑ Pension application of John Dysart S3315 f40NC revwarapps.org/s3315.pdf, transcribed by Will Graves, Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters. (Permission granted to republish a reasonable number of transcriptions, with citation of the source.)
3. ↑ Pension application of John Dysart S3315 f40NC revwarapps.org/s3315.pdf, transcribed by Will Graves, Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
4. ↑ Alford, Jane Wallace. Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee. Lewisburg, TN; Webb Printing Co.; 1976. pg. 35-37.
5. ↑ Pension application of John Dysart S3315 f40NC revwarapps.org/s3315.pdf, transcribed by Will Graves, Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
6. ↑ Alford, Jane Wallace. Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee. Lewisburg, TN; Webb Printing Co.; 1976. pg. 35.
7. ↑ Alford, Jane Wallace. Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee. Lewisburg, TN; Webb Printing Co.; 1976. pg. 36.
8. ↑ Pension application of John Dysart S3315 f40NC revwarapps.org/s3315.pdf, transcribed by Will Graves, Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
9. ↑ Alford, Jane Wallace. Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee. Lewisburg, TN; Webb Printing Co.; 1976. pg. 36.

• Alford, Jane Wallace. Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee. Lewisburg, TN; Webb Printing Co.; 1976. pg. 35-37.
• Biographical Information about A.A. Dysart and His Family in Marshall Co., TN provided by Jennifer Roberson on March 16, 2000. Found online: genealogy.com <https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dysart/82/>
• Birth date and place from his Rev. War pension application. Death date and place from his grave stone.
• Find A Grave Memorial #68345456 for John Bertrand Dysart, Sr., Bills Cemetery, Farmington, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA.<https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68345456/john-bertrand-dysart>
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 24 March 2020), "Record of John Dysart", Ancestor # A035310.