Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Hancock, Isaiah September 21, 1832 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 29, 2006, 9:41 pm Pension Application Of Isaiah Hancock, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll ____, Application #S30449 Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, September 21st, 1832, Isaiah Hancock, aged 72 years on the 12th of August last: “That he entered the militia service of the United States a private in 1778, as well as he now recollects, as a volunteer under the following named officers, to wit, Captain John Cook under Col. Dobbins, the rest of the officers not recollected…that on the [blank] day of January or the 1st day of February, 1778 (he then residing in Guilford County, state of North Carolina) volunteered under Captain john Cook, lieutenant and ensign note recollected for a tour of 3 months. That he was marched from Guilford County to Salisbury, from that to Camden, from thence to headquarters on the Savannah River at a place called the Black Swamp. He was in no battle or skirmish, served out his time, and was discharged at the Black Swamp. He returned home in the year 1780.” “Volunteered in a Light Horse company and found his own horse and equipage under Captain Jacob Williams for 3 months. He was marched to Salisbury, and from thence to Waxhaw Creek, where he joined Generals Greene and Morgan, and was placed under Morgan. He was then marched to the old ___ Ford as a guard. Part of the company only went upon this service. We were then marched to ? Camden upon the Catawba River for the purpose of strengthening the American guard at that place. He was marched from thence to Charlotte in North Carolina, and from that place to Broad River near the Cowpens ahead of General Morgan’s army to collect provisions for the army who followed us. He was discharged near Broad River, having served out his time. He was, from that time until the close of the war, he was called out for short tours as a patrol to keep the Tories in check. That he served out his time and received a discharge, but he has lost them. He does not recollect any of the other officers except those named, he being out upon the scout and actively employed. He was in no battles or skirmishes.” “That he moved from Rockingham County, NC to Muhlenburg, Kentucky in December 1831. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/hancock385gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb