REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - JOSEPH PROCTOR Contributed by: Jen Bawden [jenbawden@comcast.net] ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** Proctor, Joseph S 11270 VA In Estill County, Kentucky, on the 17th day of July 1833, before Richard French, Judge of Circuit Court of said county, Joseph Proctor, resident of Estill County, aged 76 years made oath: That in 1777 he lived upon the Holston River in Virginia. That in that year he was drafted into the militia and served a term of duty against the Cherokee Indians under Captain Aaron Lewis. Col. Will Campbell commanded. That in 1778 he enlisted under the Virginia State troops under Captain Riddle and came to Kentucky to protect the place against the Indians. He was stationed at Boonesboro. The first year at Boonesboro, he was under the command of Captain Benjamin Logan. That he reached Boonesboro April 1778. That during the year and part of the year of 1779, he did duty in the Fort at Boonesboro during the Great Siege of 1778. That in 1770 he went out under Captain Logan. General George Rogers Clark commanded. He corssed the Ohio River where Cincinnati now stands. He went to old Chillicothe and to Piqua town and destroyed them. In 1780, he entered the campaign across the Ohio against the Indians under Captain Vincent. General Clark commanded. That in 1780, he was a soldier and Indian spy under Captain James Estill. That he continued to act as such till Estill's Defeat in 1782, when Estill was killed. That he was in said Battle. That in 1786, he was in a campaign against the Indians under General Logan. That from 1778 he acted during the Revolutionary War as a soldier and Indian spy. Samuel Kelly, clergyman, and Matthias Horn, resident of said county, certify they are well acquainted with Joseph Proctor and to their belief of his tatements. Joseph Proctor of Estill County, Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lewis of the Regiment commanded by Col. Mill (?) of the Virginia Line for 3 years from 1778, was inscribed on the Pension Roll of Kentucky, to commence on the 4th of March 1831.