AFFIDAVIT FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION - JAMES FURNISH; Harrison County, KY

SUBJECT: James Furnish Revolutionary War Pension
SUBMITTER: Betty Babitzke
EMAIL: bbabitz@peganet.com
DATE: Apr 29, 1999
SURNAMES: Furnish
AFFIDAVIT FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION - JAMES FURNISH

Commonwealth of Ky.
Harrison County

On this the 14th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open court
before Mrs. E. Worthen, Wm. Marshall, Wm. Brown and Joel Frazier, Justices
of the county aforesaid now siting, James Furnish a resident of Gallatin
County in the Commonwealth aforesaid aged 69 years who being duly sworn
according to the Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That according to his family register he was born in Orange County in the
State of Virginia on the 14th day of May 1763. That some time about the
first of September 1780 he entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as herein stated.

At the time aforesaid, he was drafted from the County and State in which
he was born for three months and served with Ensign Richard White, Lt.
Belfield Cave, under Capt. Benjamin Johnson of the Va. Militia, attached
to the 5th Regiment commanded by Col. Holt Richardson of the Regular Army
in Gen'l Nelson's Brigade. With the officers aforesaid he joined the Va.
Troops at Richmond; from where he marched to Cabbin __ Point; from thence
to Petersburg in Va.; from thence he was marched back to Richmond where
he remained until sometime in Dec after his full term of service had expired
he received his discharge and returned home.

Again in the month of May 1781 he was drafted from the county and state
last named for three months and served under Captain Richard Webb with
Lt. Smith and Ensign James Coward attached to the fourth Regt. Virginia
Militia commanded by Col left blank Edmonds of the Regular Army. We joined
the Army at Richmond, Va. We marched to the Racoon Ford on the Rapahannock
River, where we were joined by Gen'l Anthony Wayne and the whole army then
together commanded by the Marquis LaFayette. We then marched back to Richmond,
the British having just moved out and left the ware-houses and tobacco
burning.

From Richmond we pursued the British to old Jamestown, where Gen'l Wayne
gave them a battle. From thence we went to a place called Mothers Hills;
where he lay until his term of service expired. He then received his discharge
and went home. He verily believes he served upwards of six months in the
two tours aforesaid and that he has lost the discharges or certificates
of said service and has no documentary evidence to prove the same. He further
states that he lived in the county and State in which he was born until
A.D. 1784 when he removed to Kentucky where (except on the numerous campaigns
he served against the Indians) he has remained ever since.

I James Furnish do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension
except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll
of any agency in my State or Territory whatever.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

							

							(Signed) James Furnish

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We William Moore and Larkin Garnett _______ residing in Harrison County
and State of Ky. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James
Furnish who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and we believe
him to be 69 years of age; that he is respected
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a revolutionary
soldier and we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.	

						(Signed) W. Moore

						(Signed) L. Garnett



And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation
of the matter and______ the interrogatories provided by the War department,
that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he has
stated.

And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Wiliam Moore
and Larkin Garnett who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents
of Harrison County and are credible persons and that their statement is
entitled to full faith and credit.

						(Signed) E. Worthen, JP.

						(Signed) William Marshall, JP.

						(Signed) Wm. Brown, JP.

						(Signed) Joel Frazier, JP.



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