Saturday, March 22, 2008

Brief Note on Captain John Medearis

Captain John Medearis was a veteran of the American Revolution who settled on a land grant of 3,290 acres in Marshall County, Tennessee. Captain Medearis named his holding "Liberty Valley." He was born in Essex County, Virginia in 1744, served as Deputy Quartermaster General of the North Carolina Continental Army and died at Liberty Valley in 1834.

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