DECLARATION OF JOHN GARNETT FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION, Owen County, KY SUBJECT: John Garnett Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit SUBMITTER: Betty Babitzke EMAIL: bbabitz@peganet.com DATE: Apr 29, 1999 SURNAMES: Garnett, Lumpkin, Maddox, Noel, Pollard, Smith DECLARATION OF JOHN GARNETT FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION 11 February 1834 Pension File S.31055 State of Kentucky ] Owen County ] Be it known that on the 11th day of February 1834 personally appeared before Jacob H. Smith, a Justice of the Peace in and for Owen County, Kentucky and one of the Justices of the Owen County Court, John Garnett, a resident of the said County and State aged 83 years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to the law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say being a resident of King and Queen County in the State of Virginia he did on the____day of July 1776 as well as he remembers enter the service of the United States as a drafted militia man and private soldier upon a tour of three months in the Company of Captain John Pollard. That he rendezvoused with his company at the usual neighbourhood muster ground and was marched with the Company by his said Captain to Williamsburg, VA and was then attached to a regiment under the command of Cols: Hickman. That he was kept stationed at Williamsburg for several weeks and was then marched with the regiment to Little York where he was kept stationed for the defence of the place & protection of the country during the whole of the residue of his tour and at the termination thereof having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home. He further states and declares that in the month of August in the year 1780 as well as he now remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man and private soldier in the Company of Capt. Henry Lumpkin. That he was still a resident of King and Queen County Virginia and he rendezvousied with his Company at the Courthouse in said County where several other Companies at the same time rendezvouised and he then was taken command of by Col: Thos Coleman and was marched together with all the Company under the command of the said Col: to Todds Bridge on the Mattopony River where they remained some days and receiving intelligence that the British Cavalry under Col. Tarlton were marching in that direction in superior numbers, the Bridge was taken up by the order of the Col and the men retreated to Williamsburg VA - from Williamsburg he was marched to Little York and from thence in the direction of Norfolk VA. - he states that the country about this time was much distressed and harrassed by the incursion of the enemy and that the efforts of the militia were directed to its protection. He states that this tour of duty was also for three months and after having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home. He further states and declares that in the month of July in the year 1781 as well as he remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier and drafted militia man upon a tour of three months in the Company of Captain Lumpkin the same Capt who had the command of him upon his last tour. He states that he rendezvoused with his company at the Courthouse in King & Queen County where he still lived and that several other militia companies rendezvoused at the same plae at the same time and all came under the command of Colo: _______ that he was marched from his said place of rendezvous to Port Royal on the Rappahannock River and from thence across the river to Falmouth and from thence back again across the river from thence we were marched through Spottsylvania County and Orange County into Culpeper County VA. He states that he was afterward marched down to Gloucesters ol fields and the siege of York and Glosten?? commenced and continued until the surrender of the British Armys under Cornwallis. He states that after the surrender of the British he was marched to Caroline County VA and his term of service having expired and he having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home. He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid his John X Garnett mark Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the said Justice: 1st - Where and in what year were you born? Answer - I was born, according to my information, in Essex County VA on the 17th March 1850 (sic - should be 1750) 2nd - Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? Answer - I have none at this time, having lost it. 3rd - Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary War and where do you now live? Answer - I lived in King and Queen County, VA. when I entered the service upon each of my tours where I continued to live till the fall of 1784 and I then moved to Kentucky and settled in Lincoln County - from thence I moved to Fayette, thence to Woodford, thence to Scott, thence to Gallatin County since which time Owen County has been formed and includes the place on which I settled when I moved to Gallatin so that my present residence is in Owen County, Kentucky. 4th - How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? Answer - I was drafted. 5th - State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. Answer - I recollect Col. Matthews, Gen'l Washington & Lafayette and Gen'l Wayne. I recollect Cols. Hickman & Lyme who were militia officers. Upon my first tour I was at Williamsburg and Little York. Upon my second tour I was first marched to Todd's Bridge which we took up to prevent Tarlton horsemen from crossing and then march to Williamsburg and Little York. Upon my third tour I was marched (sic) first marched to Port Royal and finally to Gloucesters old fields and assisted in the capture of the British Army under Cornwallis. My tours were for 3 months each all of which I served out fully and faithfully. 6th - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer - I do not think I ever received a written discharge. 7th - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for viracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution. Answer - I will name Sherwood Maddox & Will Noel. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid his John X Garnett mark We, Sherwood Maddox and Will Noel, residents of Owen County KY hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Garnett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 83 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. And we also certify that from infirmity of body he cannot attend Court to make his declaration. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Sherwood Maddox William Noel ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES 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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