Rev. War Pension application: Isham Sharp of Russell County, 1834.

Greetings! The following was just forwarded to me and I would like to 
submit to the archives as well as post on the county site.
Per "Steve Conner
http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000076
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Isham Sharp of Russell County, Rev. War Pension application 
submitted by: Jeff Sharpe - jglsharpe@msn.com)
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Following is a transcription of the third part of Isham Sharp's pension 
application. I tried to leave it as it appears including any misspellings 
and the lack of punctuation and capitalization. Parenthesis are my comments. 
I hope this is in the correct format. If it isnt please let me know. 
I purchased these records from the National Archive. I would also be 
interested in any info as to his children and descendents.
(Handwritten) No 1
State of Kentucky Russel County

Be it remembered that on this 15th day of January 1834 personally appeared 
before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid 
Isham Sharpe of the County and state aforesaid who Being first duly sworn 
according to Law deposeth and saith that on the 11th day of July 1833 he made 
his declaration in the worshipful County Court of Russel for a pension under 
the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 that he has made the amendment thereto 
and now makes the following amendment to the whole.
He states that in the early part of the year 1779 he was drafted for 3 months 
in Guilford County state of North Carolina he then belonged to Capt Leak Company 
that he immediately entered the service of the united states as a private draftee 
malitiaman under said Capt Leak John Davis leut he was immediately attached to 
Colo Martins Regiment Maj. Hunters Battalion marched onto Salisbury where they 
staid and joined Genl Rutherfords Brigade a short time they then marched up the 
Cataba River to its head where they remained some short time when they marched to 
the Cherokee nation where they burnt several villages Killed two or three Indians 
and after remaining in that region of (end of page)
sometime was marched on homewards and after reaching home he was Honorably Discharge 
by his Captain he has in his former declaration called this a tour of three months 
and that is the time he was drafted for But he positively states that from the time 
he was drafted and entered the service and took up the line of march it was 5 months 
before he reached home and received his discharge It was early in the year when he 
was drafted and it was in the latter part of the summer or fall before he reached 
home and therefore he can with certainty say and does say that in this tour he 
faithfully served five months instead of three as charged in his former declarations
He states that soon after returning home he was again drafted and put into Captain 
Alexander Hunters Company Maj. James Hunters Battalion Colo paceleys Regiment they 
then marched to Randolph County Chatham County and many other places guarding and 
protecting the inhabitants routing the tories driving and dispersing them he was 
not attached to any other troop or Brigade in this expedition he has stated in his 
former declarations that e was drafted in that time for six months and he yet thinks 
so if he was not so drafted he served that length of time before he was discharged 
(End of page)

He distinctly recollects that he faithfully served six months in this tour in the 
way stated soon after he returned home and was discharged returned but as a volunteer 
under Capt Cook and was attached to the same Battalion & Regiment as stated in the 
preceding Tour that they marched to Surry Courthouse where they quartered for awhile 
he was then joined to Colo Hendersons Regiment and marched across the adkin river and 
turned down said river where they made a stand for some days near where there was a 
large body of Tories collected and for sometime a general engagement was expected but 
the tories finally abandoned their positions and retreated down the country and the 
regiment pursued them many miles across the river and marched on to many other places 
that which he cannot now particularly recollect in the course of a month or six weeks 
spent in this way they then marched back to Guilford County and immediately again march 
on again to Randolph and Chatham Counties where they had several skirmishes with the 
tories from their they again marched on to the adkins river Crossed the same and 
continued in that region for a considerable time and again marched back to Guilford 
a distance of about fifty miles they remain- (End of page)

Ed in guilford sometimes & again marched to Randolph & Chatham where they continued 
for a long time scouting guarding and was finally marched back to Guilford When he 
was discharged he has stated in his former declarations that in this tour he 
volunteered for six? Whether he so agrees when he turned out or not he did actually 
serve six months as a volunteer without ever quiting this service or being discharged.
Soon after his return as before he again volunteers under Capt Tate and was attached 
to Maj Alcouns? Battalion Colo Nolsons Regiment, he was marched onto Han/Haw(sic.) 
River and had some skirmishes was marched back to guilford County and was attached 
to general Greens army and was Kept in constant active service for sometime in ranging 
about his being detached for that purpose and about five days before the Battle of 
Guilford Courthouse the party to which he was attached had a Battle at Whatchls Mills 
(sic) (Whetzells Mill) about six miles from Guilford Courthouse they then returned to 
the army and Remained with main army until the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was 
Guilford (End of page)

Was fought in which Battle this declarent was in from beginning to end The army lay 
at Guilford Courthouse a few days after the battle when General green took up the 
line of march to the north this declarant marched on with the main army about one 
hundred miles when as this declarant understood the Tories and the British was 
Collecting again in Guilford County When Colo Nolsons Regiment was sent Back to 
that place where he continued marching from County to County for a considerable 
time to about the last of July When this declarant was attached to a party and 
sent on to Henry County state of Virginia to guard provisions on to North Carolina 
and other places, and in this service he continued until a few days after the 
Surrender of Cornwallis after which he again was Honorably discharges and in which 
last mentioned tour he did serve at least nine months and may Be that he was 
mistaken in stating that he volunteered for nine months (End of page)

Tho he thinks he was not tho he may have come to that conclusion in Consequence of 
1 his having served that length of time without quiting the service or being 
discharged so it is he did faithfully serve the aforesaid several tours as he as 
stated and that Each and Every one of them was done and performed with an embodied 
Corp Called into service by Competent Authority that he was Either in the field or 
in garrison and for the time which the services was performed he was not employed 
in any Civil pursuit and for which he claims a pension, he would further remark 
least some doubt might exist as to the time he was engaged as an is iscert(sic) 
of Bures(sic) & provision that he was taken out of the ranks it was not upon any 
private engagement of this declarant he has in due course to give as full and 
satisfactory a detail of the events of his service as he Can he does not want 
pay for more than he is entitled to and he has not enumerated the whole of his 
services he rendered for previous to the year 1779 he served on a number of short 
tours which he has not here noticed. Subscribed and Sworn to the day & year of ? 

(signed) Isham Sharp

State of Kentucky Russel County
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