PENSION: Rev. War, John & Sarah Anderson, 1833, Whitley Co, Ky Date: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:36 PM Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson ************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit, or for presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations who wish to use this material must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or legal representative and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of the consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************* Abstracts of Records Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War John and Sarah Anderson - Widow's Pension No. W 9320 In Whitley Co., KY on 21 Oct 1833, John Anderson, a resident of Whitley Co., KY, age 75, made declaration that he entered the service of the US in Wilkes Co., NC, during the Revolutionary War, under Capt. William Galbreath of NC Militia, Lt. William Sutton and Ensign James Shepherd. He was marched from Wilkes Co. Court House at Salsbury to Dilley's Ferry on the Savannah River. He continued in service and served as a fifer for 5 months and was discharged. He soon afterward volunteered in Wilkes Co., NC under the command of John Barton, Lt. Benjamin Gess, and Ensign Thomas Barton. They served with the Droker troops under different officers and pursued Col. Ferguson, commander of an army of British and Tories. They had a severe battle on King's Mountain. Their chief commander was Col. William Campbell, Col. Shelby Cleveland and Williams also commanded. They lost 26 men and killed over 500. They also took the same number of prisoners. In this tour he also served for 5 months and acted the whole time as a fifer, making in the whole 10 months that he served as a fifer. He also served in the tour all 3 months as an orderly or first sergeant under the command of Capt. Roddy of Washington Co., NC and under his command was marched through Muhlenburg by way of Charlotte to the High Hills of Santee where they joined Gen. Green and by him were ordered to join Gen. Marian in the swamps of Santee, under whose command they took the British Garrison at Monk's Corner. Soon afterward, they got news that Cornwallis had surrendered at Little York. He also served another term of 3 months as a private under Capt. James Richards. From Washington Co., NC, they marched to the Chichmauga Towns, under Col. Severe and burned several of these towns. He served another tour of 3 months as an orderly or first sergeant under the command of Capt. John Hunter and General Martin. He was in the battle at Look Out Mountain with the Indians, making 6 months, he served faithfully as an orderly sergeant, 3 months as private, and 10 months as fifer, all of which was militia. He received a discharge. He states that he was born in Bedford Co., VA in 1758, that he was living in Wilkes Co., NC when called to service and since the Revolutionary War lived in the counties of Washington, NC (now Tennessee), Hawkins Co., TN, Cumberland Gap, Campbell Co., TN and Whitley Co., KY where he now lives. He was a volunteer in the service. Some of his regular officers with the troops were Gen. Lincoln, Col. Micajah Lewis, Col. Wm. Little and Gen. Nash. William Hayes, Clergyman, and John Ross, residents of Whitley Co. made certificate of their acquaintance with John Anderson and to their belief in his services. John Anderson of Whitley Co., KY, who was a fifer and sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Gilbreath in the regiment commanded by Col. Ferguson in the NC line for 10 months as a fifer and 3 months as a sergeant was inscribed on the roll of the Ky agency, with pension to commence on 4 Mar 1831. Certificate of pension was issued 14 Nov 1833. In Clay Co., MO on 21 Feb 1856, Sarah Anderson, resident of said county, age 78, appeared before a notary public and made oath that she is the widow of John Anderson, deceased, who was a fifer and sergeant in the Revolutionary War as stated in his application for pension. She stated that she was married to John Anderson in Virginia in Dec. 1796, that her name before her marriage was Sarah Pierceful, that her husband died in Whitley Co., KY 22 Feb 1838. She appointed Richard M. Young of Washington, DC, her attorney to prosecute her claim and to receive her pension when ready to be delivered to her. Eliza Anderson and Drusilla Brooks made attestations to this declaration. Jeremiah Anderson and Anna Anderson, residents of Johnson Co., MO, made declaration that they were well acquainted with Sally or Sarah Anderson, his widow. They became acquainted with them about 25 years ago. John Anderson died in Whitley Co. about 22 Feb 1838 and they were both present at this funeral and burial. In Johnson Co., MO, 25 Jul 1857, John Anderson, resident of Johnson Co., MO made declaration in court that he is a son of John Anderson, deceased, who was the husband of Sarah Anderson, who now applies for a pension for services rendered by her husband in the Revolutionary War. This affiant is the son of John Anderson, deceased and by a former marriage, that this affiant believes, as he had been informed by his father and from the record of his age as entered in the family Bible that he was born 4 Nov. 1790, that he has been informed and believes that his father, John Anderson, and his step mother, Sarah Anderson, were married in the latter part of the year 1798. He is certain of the fact that the first child after the marriage of his parents, John Anderson and Sarah Anderson, his step mother, was born in 1799 as appeared from the record of the first child to be born after said marriage. There was born to his father and said Sarah Anderson, ten children, 8 of whom were raised to a mature age, and his father was a Revolutionary War Pensioner at the time of his death in Whitley Co. Ky. Sarah Anderson, widow of John Anderson, was inscribed on the roll of Mo, to commence on 3 Feb. 1853. Certificate of the pension was issued 3 Aug 1857. (Transcribed record on file at Library of Michigan – Whitley County, Kentucky Extracts of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, 457 .W6, W56, 1989 Genealogy – Page 1 & 2)