Henderson County TN Archives Military Records.....Anthony, Philip February 13, 1835 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dan Woodruff dwoodruff1@charter.net January 18, 2007, 8:13 pm Revolutionary War Pension Application Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress dated 7th June 1832 State of Tennessee} Henderson County } S.S. On this thirteenth day of February 1835 personally appeared in open Court before Adam M Brown Daniel Cogdal [sp] & David Wilson Esquires, Justices and holding the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said county Philip Anthony a resident of said county aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress dated 7th of June 1832. That in April 1775 he volunteered under Captain Rudolph Conrad Lieutenant John Sideman and Colonel Christopher Bateman, Rowan County North Carolina to quell an insurrection of the Scotch inhabitants and marched to Cross Creek near ______ where he was discharged after a service of five weeks the Scotch Tories having been dispersed by German _____. In the Summer of 1776 he was again drafted for three months under Captain James Rody and Colonel Charles McDowell and joined the regiment at the Quaker Meadows, the then residence of McDowell and marched in a direction toward Princes Fort in South Carolina in the neighborhood of which there was a body of Tories under Schovel and Brown, who were in the habit of committing deprecations on the property of the inhabitants then called Whigs, (but a different kind of citizen from the Whigs of the present day) but before we reached there the Tories had been dispersed by a party of South Carolinians, the balance of this service he was employed in protecting the inhabitants from the deprecations of the Tories and discharged after the expiration of three months. In the Summer of 1777 he was again drafted under Captain John Russel for three months service and stationed at leatheys Fort on the Catawba River in what is now called Burk County North Carolina The object of this service was to act as spies against the Cherokee Indians and to protect the frontier settlements, he had no engagement with the Indians and was discharged at the expiration of his term of three months service. In the following Spring 1780, he was again drafted for three months under Captain William Johnson and Lieutenant Oliver Shradly, to serve as an Indian Spy and for the protection of the frontier and employed in erecting a Fort on the South Fork of the Catawba River at a place called the Turkey Cove in what is now Burk County but Rowan in the time of the Revolution he had no engagement with the Indians and was discharged after the expiration of three months. In July 1780 or early August he was again drafted for three months under Captain Thomas Kennedy Maj. Joseph White and Colonel Charles McDowell. The troops assembled at the Tuckin Meadows and marched to Pacolet river and camped at Hamptons plantation where a company of British Indians and Tories attacked in the night and killed three of our men and wounded thirteen. In the morning we persued them some distance and took some of the Tories prisoners. After this we _____ towards the mountains, and after being _____ by Colonel Campbell, Shelby and Sevier and at Kings Mountain overtook the British Colonel Ferguson and had a severe battle in which Colonel Ferguson was killed and we took as prisoners almost all his men that were not killed, after this battle in the month of October he was discharged his term of service having expired. In the Spring of 1781 he was again drafted under Captain Daniel Smith and Lieutenant Jesse Brown and Served again as an Indian Spy and Stationed at Davidsons Fort on the Catawba River he ranged and _____ the Country around but the Indians did not make their appearance and he was discharged after the expiration of three months, and Lord Cornwallis having surrendered that fall he was never called on to perform any further military duty. He States that the whole of his service during the war amounted to sixteen months and one week. Being an untethered man and the transaction having transpired so many years part and being afflicted with a perelitic stroke and a waning memory he may have made some mistakes as to dates, but feels confident he performed the service tours of duty before mentioned. He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person living by whome he can prove the performance of his Services He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state his Philip & Anthony mark Sworn to & transcribed in } ______ Court date above } Jn A Wilson Clerk of } The County Court By E H Tarrant DC We James R White and William H Burton residing in the County of Henderson & State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Anthony who Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be eighty years of age: That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the revolution and we concur in that opinion. He is also a man of truth in a Strict Sense of the term James R White Sworn to & Transcribed This 13th day of February 1835 W H Burton Jno A Wilson Clk Of the County Court By E H Tarrant DC And the Said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the sworn interrogatories following as prescribed by the war department, that the above name applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States. And the Said Court do further certify that it appears to them that James R White and William H Burton who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of said County of Henderson and are credible persons and in the opinion of the Said Court it would be entirely inconvenient for said applicant to procure the certificate of a clergyman. Adam M Brown J.P. David Wilson J.P. Daniel Cogdal [sp] J.P. Interrogations Interrogatory 1st When and where were you born? Answer --- I Philadelphia County Pennsylvania in January 1754 the day of the month not recollected. Interrogatory 2 Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Answer --- My age was recorded in a book kept by my uncle on the fathers side who died many years ago in North Carolina and I am unable to say what has become of said book. Interrogatory 3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? Answer --- When called into service I lived in what was then called Rowan County North Carolina, but by a division of the County now called Burke, and lived there seventeen or eighteen years after the close of the Revolution and moved to Greenville District South Carolina, thence moved to Logan County Kentucky, thence to Maury County Tennessee and thence to Henderson County where I have lived for the last seven years Interrogatory 4 How were you called into service. Were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whome? Answer --- I volunteered for the first tour of service and drafted for the others as stated in my declaration Interrogatory 5 State the names of some of the Regular who were with the troops. When you served such continental and militia regiments you may recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer --- I was not engaged in service with any continental troops or regiments. And have no recollection of seeing any Continental officer while in service to my knowledge except Genl. Morgan after the Battle of the Cowpens, and on his way to Virginia with British prisoners taken at the Cowpens At the request of Genl Morgan I carried an ___ from him to Genl Pickins. For the balance of the interrogatory I refer to my declaration, as containing as correct a narrative as I can give. I should have stated that Genl Rutherford was the commander in chief of the militia of the county when I lived and was called into service and was frequently with us. Interrogatory 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whome was it signed and what has become of it Answer --- At the end of the several tours of service I have detailed I received a written discharge from my Captain, which stated the time I served under him, and as best as I can recollect the compensation I was entitled to But I never received one cent for my service. These discharges have long since been lost or destroyed not supposing them of any value I took no particular care of them Interrogatory 7th State the names of persons to whome you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their ______ of your services as a Revolutionary soldier Answer --- I refer to James R White and William Burton Esquires, who are well acquainted with me his Philip X Anthony mark Sworn to & transcribed in ____ Court this 13th February 1835 Jn A Wilson clk Of the county Court By E H Tarrant DC State of Tennessee SD I John A Wilson clerk of the Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions for the County of Henderson do certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said court in the matter of Philip Anthony in an application for a pension In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and append my seal of office done at office in Lexington this 13th day of February A.D. 1835 Jno A Wilson clerk of the County Court of Henderson County By E H Tarrant DC I William H Burton Chairman and residing Justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee do certify that John A Wilson is clerk of said court and that Edward H Tarrant is his deputy legally qualified as such and that his certificate and attestations in the foregoing proceedings are in due form of care. And his signature when the same appears in the foregoing are genuine Witness my hand and seal this 13th day of February 1835 W H Burton Additional Comments: This is transcribed as it is found including misspellings and grammatical errors. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/henderson/military/revwar/pensions/anthony222gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 11.4 Kb