REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - ZACHARIAH PHILLIPS

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Zachariah Phillips
S 35,559 NC

In Estill County, Kentucky, on May 17, 1830, Zachariah Phillips, aged 67, 
appeared in court in Estill County aforesaid, and made oath: That he enlisted 
for 1 year in April 1781. That he joined the company of Captain Thomas Donahue 
on June 1st, 1781. That he enlisted in North Carolina in the company commanded 
by said Donahue in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Dickson in the line of 
the state of North Carolina, on the Continental establishment. That he continued 
to serve in said corps till the 1st of June 1782, when he was discharged from 
the service in South Carolina near Bacon's Bridge, but did not receive a 
certificate of the discharge till he arrived at Salsburry, North Carolina. That 
his certificate was signed by Colonel Murphy on whom the command of the said 
regiment devolved and at the time of said Phillips discharge, Captain William 
Wallen had preceded said Donohoe in the command of the company. That about 
February 1822, he removed with his family from Monroe County, Virginia to Scott 
County, Virginia and from Scott County Virginia to Estill County, Kentucky in 
the summer of 1825 and has continued to reside in Estill County, Kentucky ever 
since. That his wife is dead and his children have all left him since they 
married, or have turned out for themselves. That he has usually followed farming 
as a means of livelihood and has usually made gun handles now and then. That his 
children being able to take care of themselves are of no charge to him. That 
from his advanced age, he is unable to procure a comfortable livelihood by the 
pursuit of any occupation. That none of his family lives with him. That his 
youngest child, a son, is 17 years of age.

He also made a schedule of his property.

William Hill, Secretary of the State of North Carolina, made affidavit that it 
appeared from the muster rolls of said state that Zachariah Phillips served in 
the Revolutionary War as stated and that he entered the 10th Regiment, in 
Captain Donohue's company, on the 25th. of May 1781, for 12 months and left the 
service May 25, 1782.

Zachariah Phillips, of Estill County, Kentucky, who was a private in the North 
Carolina Line for 1 year was inscribed on the roll of the Kentucky Agency, to 
commence 29th. day of May 1830, Certificate of the pension was issued on the 
same date.