Guilford-Surry-Burke County NcArchives Military Records.....Lovel, William April 2, 1838 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 February 28, 2007, 3:37 am Pension Application Of William Lovel, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll __, Application #R6476 Jackson County, Tennessee} On this 2nd day of April, 1838, personally appeared in open court before Richard P. Brook, William R. ?Vance, John Hughes, Esq., justices of the county court for Jackson County now sitting, being a court of record, William Lovel, a resident of Jackson County and state of Tennessee aforesaid, aged 79 years on the 23 of September, 1837, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration…: I, William Lovel, entered the service of the United States in Guilford County, state of North Carolina, where I then resided in October in the year 1776, as a volunteer under Captain Samuel Sharp, Lieutenant Joshua Young, Ensign Thomas Young [having previous to that time volunteered for five years under Major John Dabney.] I marched under said officers to Guilford Courthouse and from thence to County Line Creek in pursuit of the Schapholites, afterwards called Tories and then returned home, crossing ____ head of Hogan’s Creek and Wolf Island Creek, come of the Tories, dispersed, and about 12 or 14 submitted and took the oath of Allegiance. I was in service during this time, 12 days. I was dismissed, but received no discharge. I remained at home until after the Battle at King’s Mountain. I then set out to go to Watauga River, viewing the country, and met with Captain John Hays in the Hollows of Yadkin River in Surry County, with a small company with him, in pursuit of some Tories in the Flowing Gap Mountains, being part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I joined Captain Hays and went with him in pursuit of the Tories. The Tories had flew before we arrived there, and we then went on to the headwaters of the Holston River, and from the Three Forks of Holston, we went to Watauga River and crossed Watauga at Duncan’s Ford. From there we marched to Captain John Odle’s on Sinking Creek of Watauga, and there I joined Odle, who had been called to go to the long Islands of Holston near state of North Carolina against the Cherokee who had committed depredations against the white inhabitants and had killed some and taken some prisoners, don’t recollect how many. Marched under his command to the Long Islands of Holstein River, and when we arrived there, the Indians had fled and we returned to the Sinking Creek of the Watauga, having been gone about 12 days. I then went to Burke County, North Carolina in company with ?Samuel Rose. And about the 1st day of March, 1781, I joined Captain Joseph White who had a company of 37 men, myself being the 38th and marched under said captain to Cathey’s Ford on Catawba River in pursuit of Cherokee Indians who had killed two white men, and took some prisoners and broke up a settlement. The Indians were all gone before we arrived there. I then returned with Captain White to his house in Burke County. I was dismissed by him. During this last tour of service I served 18 days. I then returned to Guilford County. I again entered the service of the United States in Surry County, state of North Carolina, in September 1781 as a volunteer under Captain David Humphreys, Ensign justice, the lieutenant not recollected. Remained at Surry Courthouse where we rendezvoused with 600 soldiers under Colonel Robert Lanier and Colonel William Shepherd, Major James Shepherd and Major Burks, until 1st October, 1781. I then received a furlough for 5 days, and when I returned, Captain Humphreys had marched on, and I was attached to Captain John Kimmins (under whose command I continued until 1st of November, 1781). I marched from Surry Courthouse under command of said Captain John Kimmins, Lieutenant John Smith, no ensign, to Bell’s Mill in Randolph County, state of North Carolina, then to Sandy Creek, then back to Bell’s Mill. On our march from Sandy Creek to Bell’s Mill, the Tories fired at us. We then marched to Pole Cat Creek in same county, where we were fired upon and drove back by a band of Tories. We then returned to Bell’s Mill where we were dismissed. I received no discharge, there being no further call for us, Colonel Pacely [Paisley] having defeated the Tories under Colonel Fanning. In marching to Bell’s Mill, we went in single company and not by regiments. I served during this last term, two months and marched about 180 miles. I then went to Salisbury in North Carolina with a drove of cattle as a volunteer under Major Matthew Brooks, Colonel Robert Lanier, and Captain Stephen Crowder. I volunteered in Surry County 12th of February, 1782 and arrived at Salisbury 1st March of the same year. I was attached to the company under Benjamin Boyd, Quartermaster General, to guard the magazine and public storehouse for the use of the militia. I remained there under said quartermaster until the 5th day of May of the same year when I was discharged, all by said quartermaster, which discharge is lost. I was in service during this last term two months and five days under the said quartermaster and 15 days under major Burks and Colonel Lanier, making two months and twenty days during this term of service. The whole period of time for which I was in the service of the United States as above stated is six months and two days. I was born in Amelia County state of Virginia on the 23rd day of December, 1758. I have no record of my age. Since the Revolutionary War I have lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Elbert County, Georgia, Greenville District, South Carolina, and in the counties of Cook, Knox, White, Overton, and Jackson, state of Tennessee, in Crawford County, Indiana, and I now reside in Jackson County and I have resided in said county about two years. I did not serve under any regular officers, nor was there any regular officer with troops where I served. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/lovel476gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.5 Kb