Revolutionary War veteran to get headstone on grave in Tennessee

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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.

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