Declaration
in order to obtain the Benefit
Of the Act of Congress papers June 7th
1832
State
of Tennessee ) April
??? of the
Warren
County ) Court of ????? ???
AD 1834
On
this 8th day of April personally appearing in
Open
Court ??? ??? ???? , Wm McGregor,
Frances
Smartt & Phillip H??????????the Court of the said
County
now setting John Morgan a resident
Upon
the Barren Fork of the Collins River in the County
&
State aforesaid aged Eighty years the 24th day
of
June next who being first ????, ??? ac-
cording
to L??? ??? on his oath make the
following
Declaration in order to obtain the Pension
I
fit of the Act of Congree Papers?? June 7th 1832
That he ??? the ???? up the ???
Did
states under the following, named Officers
Served
as he ??? ???? That so to say
In
the Month of January, 1776, he enlisted under
one Whitfield Wilson ( a Recruiting Officer)
in
Surry
County in North Carolina for the term
Of
two years. Declaimant resides in Surry County
N
Carolina at this time. After the Recruiting
Officer
had ??????????????, we
Were
marched to ??? Camden in South Carolina
Where
we joined Col Armstrong’s Regiment. The
Officer
of that Regiment under whom Declaiment
Services
were Genl Rutherford Armstrong
Col,
_____ Brown?????/??_ Micajah
Lewis !st Lientenant of the Company to which
Declaimant
Belonged
& ???? Phillips, ??? his Captain.
Shortly
after he joins Col. Armstrong’s Regiment,
His
Company Commander by Capt. Phillips
Together
with ??? its Company were
Ordered
to march down to Charleston which
Order
??? ???? At Monks Corner which is
2.
about
10 or 12 miles from Charleston, between the
latter
City of camden they had an engagement
with
the Tories without serious ????
At
Charleston, we were stationed 8 or 9 weeks
From
Charleston we marched to Georgetown where
We
were stationed for 3 weeks. Thence we
Marched
to Wilmington in North Carolina where
We
were stationed about 5 weeks. From
Wilmington
We
marched to Cross Creek in North Carolina
Wher
we had a two day engagement with the
Tories
An
took about 50 of them Prisioners &
guarded
Them
& marched them to Hillsborough in Orange
County in S Carolina where they were taken from
Us
by another squad of the Lane? Regiment &
Declaimant saw no more of them. From Hillsborough
Declaimant’s
Company marched to Salisbury in
North
carolina where we all got together again
???
the different Companies of the Regiment
The
whole Regiment marched thence to Surry
Court
House where we were all discharged
My
Discharge was signed by Col Armstrong??? I
have
Unintentionally
??? misplaced it. So that after
Sulisgent??
Search it has not been found
After
the Discharge, Declaimant went back to
Where
his Father ??? lived in Shenandoah County
Alenginies
( Alleghenys, VA) This was in 1779. Declaimant remained at
His
father’s House about 10 or 12 months. About
The
??? of which time, Col Tipton who
Was
a Militia Col & Col Campbell persuded
Declaimant
to enlist as a State Soldier with
A
Brother of his ( Declaimants) who had enlisted
During
the men??? Declaimant agreed did
Enlist
fot the Term of 2 years more. This
Was
done at Millerstown now called Woodstock
An
Declaimant his heard. At all ??
At
the Court House of Shenandoah County. He
Was
put under Captian Simon Morgan, Col.
Gaston?
And his Col Gene Steubin
From
Woodstock, we were marched down to Chesterfield barracks,
Between
Petersburg & Richmond. Thence we marched into
3.
Amelia
County wher we joined Gene Maynes?
Regiment.
After joining this Regimentwe all
Went
in pursuit up the P????? to Richmond
Alegenies(
Allegennys), & from there to old Georgetown, then
To
Williamsburg and thence to Ojunk Town???, where
They
had forted themselves and wher we over took them& ???? the to be
Numbered
engagements in which Cornwallis was captured
Of
which put a glorious to a glorious man.
Declaimant
after this battle and surrender was discharged. His
Discahrge
was signed by Nathaniel Lamb& dated
6th day of November
In
the year 1781. About 8 or 9 years ago
Declaimant
handed this Discharge to D??? Wm.
P.
Lawrence, now of Nashville, who was to apply for
His Pension. It has been misplaced by said
Lawrence
So
that Declaimant can not get it.
Pleasant?
Henderson
who is now the Clerk of the Circuit
Court
for said County of Warren & many others in this County
Have
seen said Discharge. &
??? prove anything in relation to it if
required
Declaimant
therfore has no Documentary sinders?
Nor
does he know if any person in the State
Where
testemony, he can consequently ???
To
attribute to his Services. Cal Benjamin Lipton
Who
resides on French Broad in East
Tennessee
Can
attribute DeClaimant Services, as above
States.
But his testimony can not be
Proven
without trouble >>>> in
living
As
he does in considerable sentence? Aff,
Neither
of which he is attributed.
???????? relighlishes every claim whatever
to
a Pension or ????????????????????
still
his name is not on the Pension ????
of
the Agency. Of any State
Sworn
to & Subscribed, this day and year aforementioned
William
Edmondson CLK. John X (
his mark) Morgan
4.
The
following Interigation were from
???
to the Declaimant John Morgan by
the
Court of aforementioned & the following ???
made
??? by him to wit
1.
Where
& what were you born?
Anw.
I was born in Culpepper County Virginia on 24th June 1754
2.
Have
you any Record of your age & if so, where is it ?
Anw.
I have a Record in a little Book in my Father’s hand writing
I have it in my House on the barren Fork.
3.
Where
were you living when Enlisted into Services ?
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? When and where do you
live now ?
Anw. I was living in Surry County North
Carolina
When
I first enlisted & when I enlisted the 2nd time, I lived in
Shenandoah County Virginia. Shortly after after we took Wallace ( Cornwallis?),
I settled in Montgomery County, Virginia wher I lived for 30 years. From there,
I moved to the Barren Fork of the Collins River in Warren County, Tennessee,
wher I have lived ever since.
4.
How
were you called into Service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a
substitute ? & if a Substitute, for whom ?
Anw. I enlisted as a Volunteer in the above
mentioned in this . Declaimant.
5.
State
the names of some of the Regular Officers
6.
Who
were with the ???? where you served- such. Continental & Militia Regiments
as you can recalled & the general circumstances of your Service.
Anw. I recalled Genl. Wayne, Gene Steubin, Col.Phebecker, Col Guscon, General
Morgan ( Daniel), Capt. Field, Capt. Lanely. I saw general Washington at Little
Ojark?? & General Lafayette and others. Too ??? to name all of them. As to
the Regiments, I recalled Col. Tipton
Regiment ( Mu????)
Col.
Kellan or Kellars Regiment, Col Netherland?, Col. Rutherford Armstrongs, Col.
Clevelands Regiment, Col. Lanes? Regiment.
The
general circumstances of my services and details particularly in my Declaration
with the si????? That I was in the
services off and on 3 years.
7.
Did
you ever receive a Discharge from the Services ? & if so, by whom was it
given & what has become of it?
Anw.
I ??? a Discharge in the ????? of my first term of Enlistment, signed by
Col. Armstrong at Little Ojunk and one
signed by one Nathaniel Lamb. Both have been
Destroyed or lost.in particularly mentioned above in
my Declaration.
8.
State
the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood who
can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief if your Service
as a Soldier of the Revolution
Anw. George Spangle, Daniel Spangle, William
Young Esq., Daniel Young Esq., Samuel Lestes? And others.
We,
Archelaus Prater, a Clergyman & ___________ Asphery?? Liveth residents of Warren County in the
State of Tennessee, herby certify that we are well aquainted with John Morgan who has su????? & sworn to this
above Declaration. That we believe him to be eighty years to the 24th
day of June next as he say in his Declaration. That he is reputable &
believable in the Neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the
Revolution and that we concern in this opinion.
Sworn
to and sub????? This day you aforesaid.
Archelaus
Prater
X
James
E Hany Will
Edmondson, CLK.
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