1776-1783 Era John M. or Moses JOHNSTON died on 8 Feb 1848 (where not stated). His widow applied on 30 Dec 1856 in Hancock County, AL, aged about 88, and declared that her late husband had enlisted in Greene County<about:../../counties/greene/index.html>, North Carolina (now Tennessee), that they (her name Tabitha MASSEY) had married in Jan 1786 in Lincoln County, North Carolina (Abstracted from Rev War Pension file R5666) The 1805 Greene County, Tennessee assessor's returns include "A copy of the List of free taxable Inhabitants of Greene County in the Year 1805, as returned by James Patterson, Sheriff of Said County." The list is in non-alpha order, and a Moses JOHNSON appears between Robert GRAY and Thomas HUNTER and near Harrison, Jesse, Joseph and Jacob JOHNSTON. ("Early East Tennessee Taxpayers," by Pollyanna Creekmore, Publications, East Tennessee Historical Society, Knoxville, TN, No. 23 et seq, 1951) http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/records/j/johnson.html