Revolutionary War veteran to get headstone on grave

October 23, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. | Updated October 23, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

by Associated Press

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Joe White with the Col. Benjamin Cleveland chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution listens to a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.
Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Joe White with the Col. Benjamin Cleveland chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution listens to a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- 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.

Hills says chapter members will hold a ceremony with uniformed color guard in period dress at the Looney Family Cemetery near Surgoinsville on Sunday.

The State of Franklin refers to an attempt to create a new state in what is now East Tennessee at the end of the Revolutionary War.

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