REV WAR RECORD: Application for Rev. War Pension, Thomas Kyle Sr., Mercer Co., KY ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed by Linda Blueky2000@juno.com Date: 25 Sept 2000 ***************************************************************************** Thomas Kyle Senior S 2716 Pennsylvania Service Applied in Mercer County Kentucky may 6-1833, states he is a resident citizen of mercer county and a clergyman, age 75, that he left his home July 1776 then age 17 and entered the army at bunkerhill and in a very short time there after he fought the battle. this was his own voluntary act he belonged to no particular detachment in this battle. he then remained with the army until the battle of long island when i become detached to Gen.Putnam and rode as an express for him until the battle of white plains, after which we were driven out of the York State and through the jersey state, across the Delaware into Pennsylvania, when we received reinforcements and re-crossed the Delaware and came up with the Hessians at Trenton and divided them with deadful loss and in a few days, after we___ the British at Princeton from which place we marched to Kingston and tore up the bridge and got to Somersett that night and the next morning we drew rations the first that we had got for 3 days. general Washington then went into the winter quarters with the main army at Morristown and Putnam, that his detachment at Princeton then i returned home to rest and got some clothing. and in the winter of 1777, i volunteered for the Militia tour under my friend and acquaintance of Captain. James Gibson of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and marched to Philadelphia and got our arms repaired and from Thence we marched to Princeton and joined General Putnam whose head quarters there in Stockdomtrick house and remained with him over 4 months when we were Honorable Discharged by Gen. Putnam, from his brigade. and we returned home the British having come around and landed at the head of Elkkton and marched in the direction of Brandywine. i without delay joined the detachment of Gen. Armstrong and marched and we met the enemy at Brandywine when we were defeated i remained with the army until after the battle of Germantown both of which battle we fought in 1777 after which i returned home and the year aforesaid, i can not Recollect the month i joined Capt. Crouches company of volunteer and served a Militia tour of 3 months, during this tour we were marched to a place called White Marsh Mills above Germantown. from this place we marched under General Irvine and took the British at Chester Hill and we were defeated with the loss of gen. Irvine prisoners and 15 or 20 killed and wounded and we retreated in to the country and out tour of 3 months having expired, we were discharged at Lancaster, Pa, and returned home, and in 1778 or 1779, I cannot recollect which, I volunteered with Capt. Brady and Campleton and marched up the western branch of the Susquehanna where the Indians had broken out and without committing murders and Depredations upon the Inhabitants and succeeded in rescuing the inhabitants, again in 1779 i volunteer under Capt. Completon a tour of 3 months, our principal station was at Wallace Mills. we marched up the western branch of the Susquehanna and acted as scout and spies against the Indians and built stockades and block houses and gathered in the inhabitants he states that he would had sufficient evidence of his service during the war of the revolution but he met with the loss of having his house burned all together with money and papers. he will Recollects of having his discharge filed away in his desk and that he has no document evidence of his service. he hereby Relinquishes evry other claim whatever to a Pension, except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Affidavits of Jesse Head, clergyman and peter Huf, who states they are well acquainted with Thomas Kyle. A Faithful and Pious clergyman. * Note* This Document, It Covers 3 section 125-126-127 and it is copied the was it was found. I have this document.