PENSION: William Pohon, 1832, Bullitt Co., KY


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Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 19:52:14 EDT
From: catmom1@aol.com
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From - "Abstracts of Pension Papers of Pensioners Residing in Bullitt County in the State of Kentucky" compiled by 
Lucy Kate McGhee.  The paper is quite aged, as is the binder it was in, and it was typed, not word processed. There is 
no copyright date or information on the papers

POHON, William
Virginia
#R.8298

On November 19 of the year 1832, in Bullitt County in the state of Kentucky the said pensioner at the age of 75 years 
made the following statements.  He said that he had entered the service for a tour of eighteen months to serve 
under the command of Lt. Colonel Arthur CAMPBELL.  He was then sent under the command of Sergeant John GRIFFIN to 
Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina and there he was then place in the company under the command of Captain 
LAPSBY and also under the command of Lt. LONG, in the battalion under the command of Major RIDDLE and in the regiment 
under the command of Col. HOWES and Adjutant RUSSELL.

They then marched from Hillsborough to Charlestown in the state of South Carolina and they then crossed the Dan River 
and went to Guilford Court House in the state of North Carolina to serve under the command of General Nathaniel GREEN 
and they then and there had a battle with the British under the command of Lord CORNWALLIS.  They then marched to and 
lay siege to a place by the name of Ninety Six and they also lay seige to Camden.  From there they then went to Eutaw 
Springs and from there to Salisbury in the state of South Carolina and there the said pensioner was honorably 
discharged.

The said pensioner was born in London in the country of Great Britian and on September 1 of the year 1757.  He came to 
America at the age of 18 years.  He had entered the service while he was residing on the Holston in the sated of 
Virginia in the year 1780 and he had served for a period of one year and eight months.

The affidavit of Henry F. COLFUS and Henry SMALL was also given at the same time and in the same place as the 
foregoing.  The said deponenets stated and swore that at one time they had been both well and favorably acquainted 
with the said pensioner and they also swear that he was reputed to have been a veracious man.

On June 10 of the year 1839 in Bullitt County in the state of Kentucky at the age of eighty two years the said 
pensioner appeared in open court and stated that he had been suspended from the pension list and was not on the rolls 
and he asked that his claim for a pension be reviewed.

The affidavit of Henry SMALL, Jacob MILLER and James SAMUEL was also given at the same time and in the same place as 
the foregoing.  The said deponenets stated and swore that at one time they had been both well and favorably acquainted 
with the said pensioner and they also swear that he was reputed to have been a man of very great voracity.

On March 23 of the year 1840 in Shepherdsville in Bullitt county in the state of Kentucky the said pensioner again 
appeared before open court and stated that he wished to petition the Senate and House of Representative asking them 
to review his claim for a pension and asking also that he be paid a pension.