ROWAN COUNTY, NC - MILITARY - Henry Winkler, Revolutionary War Pension 
			      Application
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Contributor's Note:  This is a copy of my great, great, great grandfather's 
application for a Revolutionary war pension.   He received a pension of $46 a 
year until his death in 1836 as did his widow until 1848.


	State of Kentucky,  Estill County }ss 
On this 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before
Samuel Tipton, Patterson  B. Clark & Jno N. Moon justices of the County Court
in and for the County of Estill aforsaid, Henry Winkler a resident of said
County of Estill aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832  – That he entered the service of
the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
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That in the commencment of the Revolution he thinks in 1775 or 1776, he
volunteered in the militia from Rowan County, North Carolina, & Served a tour
of duty of nearly or quite three months  – David Smith was his Captn, Peter
Hetrick was Lieut, Genrl Rutherford was commandr  we marched to a place called
Cross Creek in N. C. For the purpose of subduing the Scotch - or the Tories -
& through that part of the state were engaged during the campaign - He thinks
it was same year or it might have been the year after, he is not positive but
he went to Cross Creek in 1775.  He went on a campaign from Rowan County as a
volunteer in the militia against the Cherokee Indians - helped burn their
homes & destroy their corn & Possessions  - was in Capt Smith’s Company, Colo.
Lock he thinks was Colo - Genl Rutherford was Commando - was absent on this
Tour before he returned about six months - He afterward volunteered in a
company of horse commended by Capt Hetrick from Rowan County - Colo Lofting
Commander followed some British Dragoons & Tories from the edge of Rowan
County to a place called Moss Ferry on Pedee River, where we had an engagement
& defeated them - we took a good many Prisoners & a good many was killed &
wounded - he recollects a Brother of Colo Lofting or Lofted was killed there -
he was an officer of messn grade - we marched back toward Salisbury where we
met Genl Sumner’s army - a good many of the Tories who were taken, were hung
there - he was about one month on this tour - he states further that he was
repeatedly out on short excursions, scouting parties against the Tories,
sometimes a week & sometimes less - He thinks he was out in all a good deal
more than a year in active service  – was born in Easton Pennsylvania -went
with this Father when very young to N. C.  Has lived in this County or in the
present bounds near 30 years   He has no documentary evidence in his
possession to prove his service nor does he know of any person whose testimony
he can procure to establish them.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his naim is not on
the Pension Rolls of the agency of any State - 		     his
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforsd 		Henry X Winkler
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