KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest	Nov. 28, 1999	Volume 99 : Issue 45

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Subject:MILITARY: RW Pension-Guess-1832,1843-Caldwell Co.

Revolutionary War Pension Records of Joseph Guess,1832 & 1843,Princeton,Caldwell County,KY

Number W8878 (Select Records)

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State of Kentucky,Caldwell County

On this 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Morton A.RUCKER,James C.WELLER,J.H.MARSHALL,the county court of said county now sitting,Joseph Guess,a resident of said 
county and State aforesaid,who being first 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: That he was born in Fairfax County,Virginia,the precise month and year he does not know,as 
he has been informed by his parents,that the record of his age was lost;that when young his parents 
moved to Orange County,North Carolina,that at the proper age he was drafted in the militia of the 
State of N.Carolina in Orange County for six months,and was attached to the Brigade  
commanded by Genl.RUTHERFORD,and Regiment commanded by Colo.LYTLE;that the company to which he 
belonged was commanded by Capt.Wm.JAMISON,and Abraham ALLEN was Lieutenant;that they marched directly 
to Salisbury,thence Charlotte,thence to Charleston,South Carolina,and thence to Perrysburg where 
some regulars were stationed;and from thence to the Two Sisters;thence to Turkey Hill  on the Savannah 
River. At this time a battle was fought at Brier Creek and a detachment from the command of 
Genl.RUTHERFORD was ordered to march to the aid of the Americans,but was stopped on the way by the 
order of  Genl.NASH,as he thinks,and consequently did not reach the battle ground. That 
he served out this six months as a private,and was discharged at a place called Stono. That shortly 
after this expedition he was again drafted as a private from the same county for three months to go 
against the Tories down on Pedee River. That in this expedition he was under the command of Colonel 
Thomas TAYLOR, and of Capt.Davis GRISHAM,that during this expedition he had various skirmishes with 
the tories and reconnoitered the country,and protected the inhabitants as much as possible from the 
incursions of the tories;that in this expedition he belonged to a light horse company commanded 
by the officers above mentioned; that the prisoners which they took were sent to Genl.ARRINGTON who 
was then in the field not far distant. That he is now above seventy years of age as he is convinced 
from various circumstances viz-The tradition of his parents-the time he entered the service and the 
time of the battle at Bryer Creek he was about seventeen-that the was born in Fairfax County Virginia 
and arrived from there when quite young-that he was living in Orange County North Carolina-that he was 
drafted into the service as a private-that he did receive a discharge which has long since been 
lost-that he is acquainted with many in his private neighborhood who could testify as to his character 
for veracity and their belief of his having been a Soldier of the Revolution to wit: James 
CLINTON,James NEELY,James MAXWELL and many others. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of 
the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                                                  Joseph Guess

We John BARNETT a clergyman,and J? GUESS,Zachariah KENADY,Alexander MAXWELL residing in the County of 
Caldwell & State of Kentucky,hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Guess who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration,that we believe him to be seventy years of age,that he 
is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of 
the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.Att Chas.B.DALLAM

                                                 John BARNETT
                                                 Z.KENADY
                                                 Alexander MAXWELL


State of Kentucky,Caldwell County

On this the 15th day of August 1843 personally appeared before me,a Justice of Peace in and for said 
County and State (my court being a court of record),Constance Guess,a resident of said County and 
State,aged 77 years,and also personally known to me as of credibility,who being first duly sworn 
according to law,doth on her oath declare in order that she may obtain the benefit of 
the provision made by the Act of Congress July 7th 1838,entitled "an act granting half pay and 
pensions to certain widows";The resolution of the "16th of August 1842",and the "Act of 23rd August 
1842"; that she is the widow of the late Joseph Guess of the County of Caldwell and State of 
Kentucky,deceased,who was a private in the War of the Revolution. She states that she has 
often heard her deceased husband speak of his services,officers,etc.,but her recollection on the 
subject is too imperfect to enable her,at this late day, to give a minute detail of the same and she 
deems such detail on her part the more unnecessary as her said husband was for several years previous 
to his death a pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832,on the roll of the Kentucky 
agency and consequently his own declaration of his services,officers,etc. ,and the testimony adduced 
by him in support of his said declaration are on file,in the War Office at Washington City;and to them 
she begs leave to refer and to make the same,a part of this,her declaration.
She states that at the time of her said husband's application,he was a citizen of the United States 
and a resident of Caldwell County,State of Kentucky.

 She further states that she was married by ____ ____? to the said Joseph Guess deceased on the 11th day of January 1787 in Caswell County North Carolina by Squire SWIFT at Mrs.Mary TAYLOR's. That her 
husband,the aforesaid Joseph Guess died on the 13th day of January 1835 in Caldwell County Ky;that 
she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service;but the marriage took place previous to 
the "1st day of January 1794",at the time above stated;that she is still single,having never married 
since the death of her said husband Joseph Guess deceased.                       

Witness John BOYLE                Constance Guess her mark

Sworn and signed by her name before me on the day & year aforesaid. __? BROO=
KS J.P.  Justice of the Peace for Caldwell County,Kentucky


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