Military: Rev War Pension Application; Benjamin, Robinson; 1832, Fayette Co., KY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by: H&J Clifford September 1, 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Revolutionary War Pension Application S16516 of Benjamin ROBINSON Certificate number 6356 State of Kentucky Fayette County Sct. On the 10th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the county court of Fayette County being a court of record now sitting, Benjamin Robinson, a resident of Fayette County in the Sd State of Kentucky aged Eighty years on the 17th day of September 1832 who being duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 He State[s] that he was born in Spottsylvania County in the State of Virginia on the 17th December 1752 that in the year 1775 to the best of his recollection he enlisted under the command of Capt Oliver Towles of Spottsylvania State of Virginia as a minute man for the term of twelve months, that his memory does not serve him as to the day or month in which he enlisted under sd Towles, But he distinctly remembers that he enlisted for twelve months and was under command of sd Towles and other officers for that length of time that to the best of his recollection Robert Dudley of the same county & state was the Lieutenant of said company. He states that he was not in any battle during the year,that part of the time he was stationed at Fredericsburgh State of Virginia and part at Portsmouth Virginia that these Services were rendered at the commencement of the war and before the general government got their regular armies fully organized. that he was stationed a week or two at Old Williamsburgh that he went from there to Old Yorktown and soon to Portsmouth or Suffolk where he remembers to have been stationed longer than any other place during his said term of service He says he was discharged at Portsmouth at the end of the year, that he does not remember to have received a written discharge and presumes he did not, or if he did he has lost or mislaid it as he has none by him at this time and has no documentary evidence of said service That he was in the service of Virginia and understood he could not be carried out of the State during his term. He states that afterwards he enlisted as a volunteer under said Towles & Dudley before the expiration of the year said Towles & Dudley were commissioned in the regular service of the United States to best of his recollection that after the promotion of Towles & Dudley to the regular Service he was placed under other officers until his discharge aforesaid. That one of the other officer's names was Cunningham but whether he was the Captain or Lieutenant in Command the affiant is not able to state at this great length of time his health and memory being very feeble. The said affiant further states that in the year 1781 he performed tour of duty of three months in Capt Chows Company he believes that [left blank] Matthews was the Colonel of the regiment & Armstead was a major in the same. that during the said three months tour he was at Williamsburgh Richmond & York Town & on James River & York River. that he was in a skirmish under the command of Major Armstead at Williamsburgh one morning about day-break that the said skirmish took place in the suburbs of Williamsburgh in the year 1781 to the best of his recollection. After the service of said three months he was discharged and in the fall of the same year moved to Kentucky. He further states that in the year 1782 while living at the Crab orchard now Lincoln County Kentucky he was drafted in Capt Kincaids Company for the term of three months to go on a campaign against the Indians. Benjamin Logan was the Colonel. Hugh Megary was the Major and David Cook was the Lieutenant of Said Company that they marched through the present state of Kentucky crossing the Kent[uck]y River at the mouth of Hickman and rendevoused at Bryants Station and proceeded on to the mouth of Licking and there crossed the Ohio river and went up through the miami Country and destroyed New Chilicothe, Pickaway and other Indian towns they were gone three months to the best of his recollection. The said affiant further states that in the spring and summer of 1783 he was drafted in Capt Estils Company under the Command of Col. Benjamin Logan for six months and was placed at Estill's Station and was frequently out under said Estill upon excursion in different directions during the said term against the Indians, that the inhabitants were constantly Kept in alarm during those times from the incurson of the Indians- That he has no written evidence of the aforesaid services and that he does not know that any officer under whom he served is now living and does not remember at this time any private soldier living with whom he served and to whom he could make reference for the whole of the above services, except Joseph Falconer of Fayette County Ky who was with him when he performed the said services in Kentucky- He says on his arrival in Kentucky in the fall of the year 1781 he Settled on Gilberts creek near the crab-orchard now Lincoln County that he lived there four years & then moved to the County of Fayette where he has lived for the last forty Seven or Eight years, that he has been a long time well known to the inhabitants of Said County & Makes reference to Asa Thornton Esq, presiding Justice of the Fayette County Court and also Major Wm Boon & Genl James Dudley Members of Said Court & could refer to many other respectable citizens of Said County for his character as a man of veracity- And the Said declarent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of this agency or any other state or territory Benjamin [his X mark] Robinson Sworn to & subscribed this 10th december 1832 ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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