Greene County PA Archives Military Records.....Six/Sycks/Sykes, Henry November 17, 1834
Revwar - Pension Virginia Militia
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Declaration For Revolutionary War Pension
State of Penna
County of Greene Ss

On the 17th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty four personally appeared in open Court Before the Hon. Thomas H.
Baird President and his associate, now seting Henry Sycks a resident of the
County of Greene aforesaid aged about seventy eight 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 7th 1832. That he
entered the service as a volunteer sometime in August 1776 and marched from the
waters of Dunkard Creek and rendevoux on the Ohio river some short distance
below the mouth of Yellow Creek, my Captains name was James Neel he then resided
in what is now Fayette County one term of service was to be three months, but as
no persons came to supply our place, our officer requested us to stay longer and
we staid half a month. I have no recollection of the names of the other officers
names. I was out at that time four months lacking a few days. I next served one
month at Garrets fort on Big Whitely Creek under Captain Saml Swingler, some
time in the year of 1777 or 1778. I was at the time a sergeant in Captain Minors
company of Militia and we were all classed and took our next active times of
doing duty as it came to our turn. I next acted as an ensign at the said fort,
for the space of upwards of a month, from a small scrap of paper that I have
attached to the declaration on which I kept the acct of the persons as they came
in to serve their monthly tour. I must have acted in the capacity of an ensign
for near six weeks. This service was in 1782. I was then appointed and acted as
a spy under Col. William Crawford, in which capacity I served for some length of
time, while in that capacity I found and took off the scalp of an Indian that
was supposed to to be killed by a man of the name of Hall, the fact I made an
affidavit of some time after to enable Hall to draw the reward for killing an
Indian. In addition to the above service that deponent rendered under officers
as above stated that deponent was off and on at Jerrats fort, nearly every
summer from the year 1776 till the year 1782. He also acted in the capacity of
spy on the waters of Dunkard for a number of summers but the precise time from
the length of time & deponents old age deponent cannot state with certainty. But
deponent is true in stating that the whole time he was engaged in the Indian War
must have been upwards two years. There are a number of circumstances to which
deponent might refer of his voluntary services one of which was the taking of
one of his sisters by the Indians and who was kept with them till after Genl
Waynes Treaty, deponent was at that time engaged against them he was also in
pursuit of the Indians at the time of the killing of Robinson & Enoch Enochs
where he with others followed them in the direction of the Big river, but did
nout come up with them, in short he might say that the whole frontier was in a
state of warr during the summer seasons for years.

I was born on the Shanadoah River in the state of Virginia on the 12 of Feby. 1757.

I have no record of my age the Bible of my Father was sold at my Fathers vendue,
who died in 1782. 

I was home on the waters of Dunkard Creek in now Greene County where I have
continued to reside and where I now reside.

I was called or rather I rendered the services as set forth in the former part
of my declaration particularly principally as a volunteer. 

As regards the names of my officers I cannot state more particularly than I
have. I mention the name of my first Capt. James Neil and Saml Swingler, Col.
Wm. Crawford and refer to the former part of my declaration for my services.

I recd. a discharge from Captain Neil but that with my pocket Book was taken a
great number of years ago out of my fathers cabin. I never recd. any other
discharge. 

Refer to the names of a number of my neighbours whose depositions is hereto
attached for proof of my services and also John Fordice, Lot Lantz and William
T. Hays as to my character for veracit and their belief of my services rendered
as a soldier of the revolution, against the Indians & I do hereby relinquish
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and do declare
that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state whatever.

Henry (his mark) Sykes

Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court November 17th 1834

Enos Hook, Prothy.

"Declaration for Pension," Henry Sykes Pension No. S6,184, U. S. Revolutionary
War Service, War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records (Record
Group 93), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Additional Comments:
Henry Six was the son of Johann Conrad Six and Marguerithe Bonet. He married a
neighbor girl, Barbara Selsor (daughter of Lewis Selsor). Henry's earliest
paternal ancestor in America was Philip, who was among the immigrants
tranpsorted from Germany during Queen Anne's War in 1709. His earliest maternal
ancestor in America was Jacques Bonet, who was a French refugee in Germany who
came to America in 1733. Henry's uncle Lewis Bonnett was a civic and military
leader on the western frontier, and his first cousin Lewis Wetzel gained a
degree of notoriety for his skills as a scout and Indian fighter. 

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