Jeremiah Chamberlain - 1740-1829 - came to America from Ireland with his parents and siblings at the age of 16 (c1756). Jeremiah married Margaret Carmichael in 1787 and was the father of nine children.
Jeremiah was an accomplished surveyor and fought in the Revolutionary War as a soldier for North Carolina, reportedly serving as a private at the Battle of Kings Mountain and afterwards accompanying Col. John Sevier on expeditions against the Chickamauga Tories.
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