Joseph Preston Yadon 1756 1843

Joseph Preston Yadon ran away from home at an early age. When he was 12 years old, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the English Army (1772) and came to America shortly before the Revolution. He served under General Burgoyne and was captured with Burgoyne by the colonists at the Battle of Freeman’s farm on 19 September 1777. After his capture, he joined the continental troops and served two years as a drum major under Captains John Carney, Tipton, Capman and Cherry. He also served under Colonel Joseph Crockett. He was in Gen. Clarks's expedition to the Falls of Ohio. He enlisted at Martinsburg, Berkley County, Virginia (now West Va) in 1779 and was discharged in 1781. From 1832 until his death in 1838, he drew a pension of $24.00 quarterly. Joseph Yadon and wife, Susannah Mary Pennybaker, resided near Maynardsville, Grainger County (now Union), Tennessee. At one time, he was the postmaster at "Haynes" Tennessee.