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Lawrence Killebrew, Sr. was born May 10, 1763, at Tarbury Town (present-day Tarboro), North Carolina, a son of Robert Killebrew and Agnes Adams.
Killebrew enlisted as a private with the North Carolina Troops in September of 1778, and served until June 1780. He served 14 months in the Line Infantry and seven months in the Calvary under Captain James Scarborough, Colonel Session and Colonel Turner from September through December 25, 1778. He served in the company of Captain Griss Scofield from December 25, 1778, through July 25, 1779. He was in the company of Captain Armstrong and Colonel Hamilton from July 1779 until June 1780.
He married Elizabeth Bullock at Edgecombe County, North Carolina, October 4, 1783. They were the parents of William, Lawrence Jr., Mary Anne, Benjamin, Osiah, and James Ivy.
Killebrew’s main occupation was farming. He served in Methodist ministries as a pioneer minister.
Lawrence Killebrew, Sr. and Elizabeth were a wandering couple after their marriage. With a growing family in tow, they settled at Scott County, Illinois in the early 1820s after stays at Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri.
About 1830, Killebrew petitioned and received military service back pay of $189.57, and a yearly pension of $75.83, beginning March 4, 1834. Killebrew passed away in 1836 - two years after his pension approval.
He was buried at Scott County, Illinois, without a marker or tombstone. His name is recorded in Walker's Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois, without mention of a grave site.
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