COLES COUNTY, IL
JONATHAN COLLOM - was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1760, and served as a musician in the war. In 1778 he was drafted for three months to fight the British under Capt. Marpole and Col. Dawling. In 1779 he was again drafted to serve in New Jersey with Capt. Dowling and Col. George Smith. He served both times as a musician and was paid as such. He again served as a Minute Man. When Cornwallis was marching through Virginia he again enlisted, but was taken sick and thus prevented from being present at the final surrender. After the close of the war he removed to Washington county, Tennessee, where he made application for a pension. He came to Illinois with his son William, settling in Coles county, where he died in the town of Charleston.
Source: ("Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials", 1917) at http://genealogytrails.com/ill/revwar1.html