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Jesse Toliver was born at Prince William County, Virginia in 1756. By 1774 his family relocated to Surry or Wilkes County, North Carolina. Toliver was a woodsman. At the age of 18 or 19 years, he enlisted for the first time as a Ranger and defended against the Cherokee Indians. He returned home after each of his five enlistments. He was a private in the North Carolina Continental Line.
Toliver was with a company of men who marched to the Battle of King's Mountain in October 1780, but the fighting was over when they arrived. In his last tour of duty, they joined General Greene's army at Guilford Court House in March 1781.
Jesse married Frances “Franky” Stamper in 1782 at Wilkes County, North Carolina. They were the parents of ten children. They relocated to Ashe County, North Carolina, before the 1800 U.S. Census.
Jesse Toliver applied for a Revolutionary War pension in March 1834. His application was granted in April 1834, with an annual allowance of $55. His pension was supported by an affidavit from General William Lenoir, a famous Revolutionary War hero, politician and landowner of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Jesse Toliver was buried at the family cemetery near Amelia, Allegany County, North Carolina.
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