Barburah^[1]

1738 - 1817  (79 years)

• Name	Barburah
  Born	1738
  Gender	Female
  Died	1817
  Buried	Susong Memorial Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I78123	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Family	Andrew Susong,   b. 1738,   d. 1826, Greene County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)
  Married	1763
  Children	+ 1. Nicholas Susong,   b. 1764,   d. 27 Jul 1824  (Age 60 years)   2. Jacob Susong   3. Catherine Susong   4. Andrew Susong, Jr.   5. Rebecca Susong
  Family ID	F28794	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 259. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 71977612). BARBARA SUSONG 'PASSED' AS A MAN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Barbara took a younger son, John Jacob, and went to Virginia, where she passed as a man and joined another regiment, Massey said. Most women who served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War had to pass as men, he said, and were "drummed out" if discovered. Massey said Barbara Susong was apparently held in such high regard that this did not happen, possibly because of her tie to Lafayette. Instead, after three years of service, Barbara Susong was given a land grant and bounty of 25 pounds in American currency. Because married women could not own land in their own name at the time, the land grant went to her husband. After the war, the Susongs left Pennsylvania and settled in the vicinity of what is now Lexington, Tenn. In the same area were the Sevier and Houston families, he said. Massey noted that these families later produced John Sevier, the first Tennessee governor, and Sam Houston, also governor of Tennessee and the first governor of Texas.