Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: ky-footsteps V1 #38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "robert v. woods" (by way of Nancy Trice ) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 20:47:19 -0500 Subject: KY-F: John Hall: Pension Application Revolutionary War Pension Application of John Hall,born in Pittsylvania County,Virginia, on 5th April 1754. Volunteered for service in the Militia from Wilkes County, North Carolina, living in Perry County, Kentucky, 1832 when making application for pension. Number: S 30451 State of Kentucky Perry County Court On the 16th of October, 1832, Personally appeared before the Judge of Perry Circuit Court, John Hall resident of Perry County, age 79 the 5th of April next, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by Act of Congress session of March, 1832. That he entered the service of the United State in the Revolutionary War as a volunteer and served as following: First in the year of (now forgotten) he volunteered for three months in Wilkes County, North Carolina in the Company commanded by Captain Ben Cleaveland (Cleveland) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Arm- strong in the line of the State of North Carolina. He Lieutenant was W. Linor. In this trip he marched under General Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians and defeated them on the Tennessee and High- wasse (Hiawassee) rivers. This was some time before the Battle of King Mountain but he supposes the history of the country will explain the time. After serving out his three months of service he was honor- ably discharged by Captain Cleaveland (Cleveland) in Wilkes County. Next trip he enlisted in Wilkes County,North Carolina for nine months under Captain W.Lewis and Joseph Lewis, Major in the Regiment command- ed by Colonel Lytle in the line of the State of North Carolina on Continental establishment. They march from Wilkes Courthouse, North Carolina down to the High Rock Ford on the Haw river. Then he was sent home to take care of a wagon and team belonging to Thomas Robins in the service of the United States until his term of service(nine months) had expired, when he was honorably discharged by Captain W. Lewis at Augusta in Georgia. After quiting Lewis' company by discharge he immediately volunteered for three months in South Carolina opposite Augusta in Captain Joseph White's company in the regiment commanded by Colonel Malbody(Frenchman). He served out his term of service of three months and was at the Battle of Stone, South Carolina. Whe he was honorably discharged about three fourths of a mile from the battle ground a few days after the battle by Captain White in the Rifle Company in ----- Regiment. Next trip as a volunteer in Captain Sam Johnston's company in Major Hartgroves Battalon there being no Colonel. He was out for three months against Colonel Fannin, a Tory colonel near Deep River,North Carolina. And after serving three months he was honorably discharged by Captain Johnston. This time he was discharged he does not remember. Next he volunteered in Wilkes County, North Carolina for three months in Captain Samuel Johnston under Colonel Isaac's Regiment( the time forgotten) in the line of the State of North Carolina in the year of the Battle of Guilford (Courthouse,1781). This trip he march about North Carolina upon the waters of Deep River and was discharged after serving out his term in Randolph County,North Carolina by Captain Johnston. Next he volunteered under Captain Joel Lewis and Ben Hern, Major acting Colonel. He march down near High Rock Ford of Rock River in pursuit of Lord Cornwallis. He served out three months when he was honorably discharged in Rowan County by Captain Lewis. All of these engagements were on the Line of the State of North Carolina. He was born in Pittsylvania County, State of Virginia. He has no record of his age. The places he entered in the service he has described, since then he has lived in North Carolina, then to Virginia then to Kentucky where he now lives. He recollects no regular officers except what he has described. As to his discharge which he has described, he has long since lost. He received no commission but was a private soldier. On his own account as to his character he refers to his neighbors, John Walker,Kit Walker and David Caloun who are now present. Signed: John Hall Roger Turner, 74 years of age, resident of Perry County, states upon oath in open court that he knew the above John Hall in the Revolutionary War. He knows he served in the campaign of Kings Mountain as by him stated. He also knows he served in other trips in the militia but how long does not know. From his general char- acter he has no doubt his statement is true. Signed: Roger Turner ------------------------------ From: harry miller (by way of Nancy Trice ) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:17:37 -0500 Subject: KY-F: FALMOUTH, KY - 1997 This Easter morning I was privileged to receive an e-mail from The Reverend David K. Miller, pastor of the Falmouth, Kentucky United Methodist Church. It tells of Easter morning in Falmouth, Kentucky, and perhaps the world. It has little to do with genealogy but it has a great deal to do with history. It tells of life and hope in Falmouth, KY this past Easter morning. Forgive me if you feel my sharing it is inappropriate. If you must chastise me, please do it privately. But, a word of encouragement to someone in Falmouth could serve a better purpose. Respectfully, Harry David K. Miller March 30, 1997 Easter Sunday Mark 16:1-8 The mud that accompanied the Great Flood of 1997 stayed behind even after the waters of chaos returned to safe limits within the orderly banks of the Licking River. Even now, almost a month later, the mud stubbornly sticks around. Despite all our efforts to shovel it out and haul it off, to push it away and get rid of it once and for all, it is still here. It's still on some of the boots belonging to my family members, lined up on our front porch: Papa Bear's boots, Mama Bear's boots, and Keifer Bear's boots (I'd better not call him "Baby Bear," or he will get me). It's still in my car; I decided the first day that I couldn't keep taking off and putting on my boots each time I got into my car. It stains the very alb that I wear for today's worship service. When it is wet, it is slick as glass, causing me to fall down and eat a bit of it. When it dries out, it blows around town like the Dust Bowl, and I taste it and breathe it. Sometimes I think it has been absorbed into my very soul. Composed of some unlucky up-river farmer's top soil and an unknown percentage of fecal matter, this stuff carries disease, breeds mold spores, and gets hard as a brick when it finally dries up completely. It symbolizes for me the very quintessence of all that is corrupt and nasty and fallen about God's creation. But, like those women who, according to one reading of today's Gospel, hesitantly and fearfully reported that Jesus' tomb was empty, I have a witness this morning. The mud on the lawn of St. Francis Xavier' Church has not yet been shoveled away. It's been packed down by people walking on it, but it's still at least three inches thick. That mud, as bad as it is, has been overcome, not by burly men with shovels, buckets, and wheelbarrows, but by single blades of grass, which have poked their heads up through that mud, just as God has designed. As bad as the crisis may be (and I think there are some pretty bad crises facing humanity today), God has designed the creation so that life has the edge over death, even when it is not readily apparent that such is the case. As bad as some scientists thiny in this regard), the last space shuttle mission brought back evidence that the earth is a self-regulating organism, that it is compensating for the warming by cooling itself naturally. God has designed the universe so that life has the edge over death. God has designed the universe so that life will flourish even in the most hostile of environments. Deep under the ocean's surface, where sunlight never reaches, from the crack caused by continents moving away from one another, there spews a constant eruption of superheated steam and the poisonous gases of sulfur and heavy metals. Combined with the incredible pressure of two miles of water overhead, these areas, known as black smokers, are as inhospitable as I can imagine. Yet, life exists there that could exist nowhere else in the universe, life that is based on intense pressure, darkness, incredible heat, and poison gases. God has designed the universe so that life has the edge over death. And in those situations where death seems to overtake life, God promises that this will not be the final word. When the mud covers the town, God promises that life has the edge over death. When things are so inhospitable that it seems that nothing good can come of it, God promises that lifene came to rescue him: not Elijah, not the angels, not even God's own self came to his aid. And so it was that he was dead, stone cold dead. But when it seemed that all was lost, even death couldn't hold God's Son. The small tree that is pushing up through the asphalt of my driveway is nature's way of saying, "No, I will not stay down." The grass pushing its way up through the mud is a proclamation that life has the edge over death. The life that has developed in the most inhospitable of environments give glory to God's design of life. And the suffering servant who was executed by the state, and who rose up out of the tomb to be ordained the Son of God, is God's own Word that life is not swallowed up in death, but that death is swallowed up in victory. He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! David K. Miller dkmiller@one.net http://w3.one.net/~dkmiller Harry Miller afn23657@afn.org ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #38 ************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.