Guilford-Stokes County NcArchives Military Records.....Powers, Henry January 23, 1833 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 March 2, 2007, 4:40 am Pension Application Of Henry Powers, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S7324 Stokes County, North Carolina} Personally appeared before the undersigned justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid, Henry Powers, Sr., aged 97 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration…: That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer soldier in the county of Guilford and state aforesaid, under the command of Captain John Luk [Leek or Leak]; James Martin was colonel; for a tour of four months. Cannot recollect the day of the month nor the month in which he entered the service, but believes it was within the year 1777 or 1778 [it was in 1776]. Marched from Guilford to Salisbury, thence to Cathey’s Fort, thence cross the mountains into Tennessee against the Indians. After the Indians was defeated and their towns demolished, was marched back to Cathey’s Fort, thence to Guilford County and was discharged service, having served a tour of four months in that engagement. Some time after this, he was drafted and taken to Guilford Courthouse to guard a man by the name of William Dent. Served twenty-one days and was discharged and returned home. In a short time thereafter, he was again drafted and put under a strange captain whose name he cannot now recollect. Marched from Guilford County to the southern part of the state against the British and Tories. Served a three months tour in that engagement. Some few days after getting home he was again drafted, but hired a substitute. In the year 1780 or 1781, he was drafted for a tour of three months. Marched to South Carolina; was put under Colonel McDowell of the mounted troops and was attached to General Morgan’s army; fought in the whole of the Battle of the Cowpens. In that battle, he received a wound on his right wrist. A great many prisoners were taken from the enemy, and after the day of battle, those prisoners were put under the care of Colonel McDowell. He states that he was one of the guard that went with those prisoners to Guilford Courthouse. When he reached that place with the prisoners, his wound on his wrist became inflamed owing to taking ___ of it, which disqualified him for active service, but in a few days, by using proper remedies, his arms became so much mended, as to be able to attend to his horse and to ride. He was just serving out a term of three months, and was retained in this service for a term of three months longer and transferred to the troop of horse under Colonel William Washington of the cavalry. Was in the Battle of Guilford. Became acquainted with General Greene and was one of the escort who conducted him to Martinsville on the night previous to the battle. After this battle, the enemy under Lord Cornwallis moved off westwardly. The mounted troops of Colonel Washington were engaged in watching the movements of the British and Tories until we reached Boyd’s Ferry on the River Dan. At this place, he states that Colonel Washington gave him his discharge and he returned home, having served a tour under this engagement with McDowell and Washington of six months. He came home and went no more in the service. He states that he was born in the County of Guilford and state aforesaid and was living in this county at the time he entered the service, and he lived the most of the time since the Revolution in the same Scotish? of county, and is at this time living in the county of Stokes. He has no documentary evidence of his service, nor does he know of any person who can, of his own knowledge, testify to the same. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. He further states that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to his services, but swears that he served not less than 13 months and 21 days. Sworn and subscribed to this 23rd day of January, 1833. Henry Powers, his mark. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/powers477gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb