Rutherford County NcArchives Military Records.....Dickey, Anthony September 10, 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: Joseph H. Howard jhhoward@comcast.net May 17, 2007, 8:30 am Rebolutionary War Pension Application Anthony Dickey (1745-after 1832) – Sarah (Johnston) Dickey 1832 10 Sept. Anthony Dickey applied for Revolutionary War pension. The following is a transcription of Anthony Dickey's application for Revolutionary War pension by Mrs. Joann Warmack as published in the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, North Carolina, v.. 18, no. 1 from a microfilm copy of the Lyman C. Draper manuscripts available at many research libraries. The original collection is located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library: State of North Carolina Rutherford County On the tenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the Court of Rutherford County now sitting Anthony Dickey, a resident of the United States in the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina, aged 87 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefitt of the Act of Congress passed this 7th of June 1832. Sayeth that he first became a liberty man in Richmond County State of Georgia in the Year 1773 under Captain George Dickey, the Regiment was commanded by Coln. Candler. There was much disputing with the Liberty Men and the Kings the times became troublesome our Company was Divided into three parts to Guard the frontier week about in our turn I had the command of one of these companies Times was very hot with us we had to guard the Indians on one side the British on the other and the Tories the midst of us in the year 1773-1774 & 1775 we was kept in Continental Service we was During that time sent on to Savanah when the British landed their forces there in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was Declared we was hard pushed in 1777 the British Drove us out of Georgia During my stay in Georgia I continued under the same Officers I do not Recollect that I heard of any General Officers to Command us we made our own Officers and obeyed them in the fall of 1777 I moved to what was then cald Tryon now Cald Rutherford in hopes to find Better times I knew the Tories would kill me if they Caught me Immediately upon my arrival I became Volunteer under James McFaddin in the Regiment commanded by Coln. Andrew Hampton we was kept in Constant Service we was three or four times over the Mountains in persute of the Indians we killed some every time we followed them and had several of our men killed I was kept as a spy from the time I came to North Carolina untill the Close of the War sometimes Directed by Coln Hampton sometimes by Coln McDowell. I was at the siege of Ninety Six under Captain John McClain we was there about Ten days General Green commanded the Regulars at that place at that place there I saw him for the first time w (ink blot) from that place back home to Rutherford but times was to hot (ink blot) we had many chaises after the Tories I have given Annexed to this short sketch of my travails through the war No? word _____ may _____ what I have stated there is true as far as it goes _____ man ought to be said I well know one thing that I rendered my whole Strength for 7 years in the prime of my life to the service of my Country lost in the contest all the property I had my health Impaired by my Sufferings in the Revolutionary War I now call of those that enjoy the liberty I fought for to give me something to support me in my Decline of life I am poor and helpless and call on my Country for a support The Officers that was placed over us was such as was chosen by the men who had to serve under them an had no source within our Reach of us to Obtain Commessions from the length of time since our service has been so Great that all our papers have been lost or so Defaced by time that those that we can find cannot be Read for the Most of times was wrote on bad paper with Gunpowder & Water. [He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or Agency whatsoever.] Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. (Signed) T. T. Birchett Clk. (Signed) Anthony Dickey (Seal) We Jonathan Hampton & James Gray Residents of the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina do certify that we are well Acquainted with Anthony Dickey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he Resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that Opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. (Signed) T. T. Birchett Clk. (Signed) Jonathan Hampton (Seal) James Gray (Seal) And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the Matter and after putting the Interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and this Court of Justice Certifies that the Persons Names that is Assigned and Acknowledged in Open Court the Presiding Certificates are Residents of the County of Rutherford and state aforesaid is credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to Consent (?). I Thos T. Berckett, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rutherford County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anthony Dickey for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the s seal of the said Court of Office the 10th day of September A.D. 1832. Signed: T. T. Birckett, Clk. Question by the Court Where and in what year were you born Answer I was born in the state of Pensylvania in the County of Chester on the 29th of November 1745. 2nd have you any Record of your age if so where is it Answer My Father kept a family Record of the ages of all the Family which is in the hands of one of my sisters from which I have kept my age. 3rd Where was you living when Cald into service and where have you lived ever since Answer I was living in Richmond County State of Georgia at the Commencement of the Troublesome times and Continued there untill the latter end of the year 1777 -- from which place I Removed to Rutherford N. Carolina where I have lived ever since 4th How was you Cald into Service Answer I was a volunteer through all of the War 5th State some of the Generals & Officers when you served Coln Candler of the Militia also C _____ Few. (?) those ? of Georgia N. Carolina Coln Andrew Hampton Coln Robert Porter Regulair Genl Green Genl Marion Gent Sumter Genl Lincoln. Sworn to in Open Court 10th September 1832 (Signed) Anthony Dickey (Seal) T. T. Birchett, Clk. (Jurat) [Note: Pages 10-22 contain a lengthy and fascinating account of Anthony Dickey's military exploits but are not reproduced here; however, Mrs. Warmack provides an excellent summary which follows] The following article "Anthony Dickey" by Joann Anderson Warmack is from the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, North Carolina, v. 18, no. 2, p. 52-54: Anthony Dickey, age 87 in 1832, declared he became a Liberty Man in Richmond County, Georgia, in 1773 under Captain George Dickey, the regiment commanded by Colonel Candler. In the fall of 1777 he removed to Rutherford County (then called Tryon) and became a volunteer in James McFaddin's Company, Colonel Andrew Hampton's Regiment. He also served under Col. McDowell there. He served under Capt. John McClain (McLean) at the Siege of 96 (S.C.). Jonathan Hampton and James Gray of Rutherford provided affidavits certifying Anthony Dickey's reputed service (both Indian service and Revolutionary). Anthony was born 29 November 1745 Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father kept a family record, in the hands in 1832 of one of Anthony's sisters (not named), from which he kept his age. Anthony went to Richmond County Georgia (Corrected in v. 19, no. 4 (Nov. 1991) to insert "about 1771".) about 1771, remaining there until December 1777 when he removed to Rutherford County, N.C., where he remained the rest of his life. He located in Richmond County twelve miles above Augusta in a new settlement in 1766. Anthony was a Lieutenant in George Dickey's Company, Col. Candler's Regiment in the year 1773. "I believe in May about the 12th 1778, my brother George Dickey was killed by the Indians on Honor Creek over the mountains (from Rutherford). I raised men and went to search for him. It was late in the day when we got near the place. We made a search but did not find him. The Company was timerous and would not stay all night to search. The next day I raised men the second time and went out and found his bones. The varmints had eaten his flesh. With assistance I gathered his bones. Put them in a sheet. (Next sentence is somewhat unclear but appears the meaning is the ground was soft in a sink hole where the bones were found, and it was difficult to retrieve the remains.) We saw by the tracks of his horse where they came up with him. He was a soldier. He fought. We followed the trail up the hill and down the hill, around the hill. I think the distance was not less than 400 yards where they overcame him. They took two scalps of his head and struck a war club in his bare head and broke his skull behind with a tomahawk and his right thigh bone in two. There was three killed and two wounded out of seven. After this there was from Burke County and here seventy volunteers agreed to go to the nation and give the Indians their own play and return quick as possible. We set on our journey to the towns on the Tucksey? When we go to the town there was no Indians to be seen. The overmountain men had been there the week before and have given the Indians a sore stroke; three of their bodies lay -- looked as if they was roasted. I believe this was when we took a new trail. The trail led us up to the mountain. I went back to check on the pack horses and keep closer to the men as I had given the orders. I heard the guns let loose. I did not follow the trail by myself. I went straight up the mountain. As I got up I saw one Indian running. I rode about one hundred yards. My horse gave out. I left my horse and went on foot 100 yards. I had got ahead of the Indian in readiness to shoot. At that instant a man shot the Indian. He fell. (I) was the nighest; I ran to him; I gave him the tomahawk and scalped him where he was grinning? We set off to try our luck at the Lower Town 12 miles below us, We marched up Indian file. We could march no other way. Our passage was too narrow. Our flankers came across two Indians and shot at them and did not hit. I heard the guns. I thought we was attacked. I turned from the bluff and went up the hill. There I met Major McDowell and Major White, both men on the race. I went in. About a quarter (of a mile?) from that we overtook the Indian. He turned and begged for quarter. McDowell took him over the head (with his sword). He did not fall. White put a load of shot not far from his heart. We left him there for the varmints to bury and proceeded on our march. We (got?) one Indian at the Lower Town. We were afraid the Indians would gather on us. We turned and made our way homeward. The officers that were with us I do no remember. All were volunteers. Major McDowel and White, I think, bore the style of Major, Captain of Little Brittain. Slue? Watson, Major Singleton. I do not remember which of those officers had the command over us. We found our own horses and provisions. There was part of three days we had nothing to eat. We got off the Indians parched Meal, about a gill of it, mixed it with water and drank it in the morning. That was all we had for the day. Three days we lived that way and all arrived home safe." During the tumultuous times around Rutherford surrounding the colonies' revolt, Anthony mentions David Dickey serving with him, David's being in charge of some prisoners (with three other named men), who were taken to the home of a man by the name of Adair. Anthony mentioned Hugh Kilpatrick's plantation, where Dickey hid for several days in the woods from the Tories. Morris (no given name) was a companion of his during this same time; they became separated from each other as they were escaping Tories on one occasion. There's no further mention of Morris in the document. Anthony's "younger brother Moses Dickey at General Ashe's defeat in the State of Georgia, near Brier Creek, was taken prisoner and taken to Savannah from thence to Cox Spur (Island) and put on board a prison ship. Us friends here sometime shortly did lend him support. I agreed to talk to him. I went to Col. Hampton; he gave me a good pass certifying the business I was after. I tried to send two suits of clothes, 29 hard dollars. I went to Punningburg? (a 1758 map indicates a township Purlsburg of Purkburg in the area) where our flag was sent to the British at Savannah, from Savannah to Puningburg. At that time our flag was not suffered to go on land to the other side of the Savannah River, which was the line. The British held one side; the Whigs the other. As I went down General Greene and General Lincoln was at the Black Swamp. That was in 1778. I stayed in Puningburg three days. As I came up the army got to Camelton? opposite Augusta. I went through the army; about ten miles up the river to a brother in law (who) was with Maj. Daley. I crossed the Savannah River to the camp and Col. Candler and Major Carter came into camp. The Florida Tories had taken six negroes from them. I was then amongst old acquaintances. The volunteers turned out to pursue the Tories. In round ten miles we came across their trail and pursued hard. Col. Few with 30 men had been out on a cruise and met the Tories and released the Negroes." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rutherford/military/revwar/pensions/dickey539gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 14.5 Kb