Jackson-Putnam County TN Archives Military Records.....Philips, David February 12, 1833
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Pension Application Of David Philips, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll ____ Application #W10890
State of Tennessee, County of Jackson}

	On this 12th day of February, 1833, personally appeared in open court 

before John Graham and Tandy K. Witcher, Justices of the Court of Pleas and 

Quarter Sessions for said county of Jackson sitting, being a court of record, 

David Philips, a resident of the county of Jackson and the state of Tennessee 

aforesaid, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on 

his oath make the following declaration…:



	That he entered the services of the United State in Guilford County, 

state of North Carolina, where he then resided in January, the day not 

recollected, in the year 1780, being drafted for nine months under Captain 

Brashears, lieutenant and ensign not recollected. Marched under said captain to 

Guilford Courthouse and joined a regiment commanded by Colonel O’Neal. The 

major of said regiment was named Blair. He marched from Guilford Courthouse 

under said officers, crossed Adkin [Yadkin] River at Trading Ford, then down 

said river which he again crossed and marched to McGee’s old field, when in 

June he was verbally discharged by his captain having been five months in the 

service, but received no written discharge. During the above term of service he 

was sometimes engaged in scouting parties. Was with no other filed officers but 

Colonel O’Neal and Major Blair. Served with no regular officers during said 

term.



	Applicant again entered the service of the United States in 

Pittsylvania County, state of Virginia, where he then resided on the 1st of 

January 1781 as a substitute for a man whose name he has forgotten, who was 

drafted for three months under Captain Joseph Morton, lieutenant and ensign not 

recollected, Colonel Wilson and Major Lytle. The number of the regiment he does 

not recollect. He marched under said officers from Pittsylvania Courthouse; 

crossed Dan River at D__k’s Ferry, thence to Boyd’s Old Mill near the line at 

Guilford County, North Carolina, where he joined the army commanded by General 

Greene, then marched with the army to Guilford Courthouse, encamped there all 

night, then marched next morning, which was the 15th March, to Haskin’s Old 

Field near Guilford Courthouse where the Battle of Guilford was fought. 

Applicant was in the battle. Two of his messmates, John McWilliam and Amos 

Roberts were wounded in the action. The American army was defeated and 

retreated to Colonel Perkins’ Ironworks on Troublesome Creek of Haw River. 



	Applicant then with the army under said officers, marched to New Garden 

settlement, about the line of Guilford County, where his time of service 

expired and he was discharged from the service by Captain Morton the 1st of 

April, 1781, which discharge is lost. He served out his full term of three 

months. After he crossed Dan River and before he reached Boyd’s Old Mill, he 

crossed Haw River at High Rock Ford. Does recollect the names of any of the 

Continental regiments or companies with which he served. Recollects no regular 

officers but General Greene. Recollects General Stephens. 



	Applicant was born in Caswell County, state of North Carolina 24 

December, 1755. The record of his age in his Uncle Abram Philips’ possession in 

Rockingham County, state of North Carolina. He has no copy of the register in 

his possession. Since the Revolutionary War, applicant has lived in Edgefield 

District, South Carolina, Wilks County, Georgia, in the county of Buncombe, 

North Carolina, and in the counties of Washington, Cocke, Blount, Sevier, and 

White, Tennessee, and he now resides in Jackson County, Tennessee. He has no 

documentary evidence, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure 

who can testify to his service…David Philips, his mark



State of Tennessee, Jackson County}

	On this 21st day of April, 1852, personally appeared before the 

undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for said county and state, Agnes 

Philips, aged 82 years, a resident of Jackson County, Tennessee, with whom I am 

personally acquainted, and made the following declaration..:



	That she is the widow of David Philips, deceased, who was a 

Revolutionary soldier of the United States…at the rate of thirty-six dollars 

and 75 cents per annum; that he died in Jackson County, State of Tennessee, on 

the 17th day of November, 1846, and who drew his pension at Nashville, 

Tennessee, and that she still remains his widow. She further states that she 

was married to the said David Philips in Edgefield County, State of South 

Carolina the ___ day of ___ 1785. That she has in her possession no record or 

other documentary evidence of said claim or in proof of the marriage. Agnes 

Philips, her mark.

	

Declaration of Mrs. Agnes Philips, aged almost 85 years, a resident of Putnam 

County, state of Tennessee, who has never received a land warrant, made before 

James M. McKinney, a justice of the peace in and for Putnam County aforesaid, 

duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes.



	I, Agnes Philips, above named and described, do make the following 

statement, viz: I am the widow of David Philips, deceased, who was a private in 

Captain Brashear’s company of _____ commanded by _____, in the service of the 

united States in the war of the Revolution. My said husband entered the service 

______ [not filled in printed form.]



	I was married to said David Philips in Edgefield District, South 

Carolina on the ____ day of ___, 1787 [1785 was crossed out] by one Abram 

Marshall, a minister of the Gospel, and my name before said marriage was Agnes 

Ashley. My husband, the above said David Philips died in Jackson County, 

Tennessee on or about the __ day of October, 1846, and I am now a widow. 



	My husband, David Philips was drawing a pension for services in the 

Revolution at the time of his death, and had been for a number of years to the 

amount of $26.75, and the above declaration is made from information given me 

by him during his lifetime. Agnes, her mark, Philips.



State of Tennessee, County of Putnam}

	On this 10th day of October, 1866, personally appeared before me, the 

undersigned, an acting justice of the peace in and for said county, Josiah Phy 

[or Ply], administrator of the estate of Agnes Philips, deceased, and being 

first duly sworn according to law, makes the following statement, to wit:



	He states that the above named Agnes Philips was the widow of David 

Philips, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and as such 

widow was inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of $26.75 per annum, 

commencing on the 3rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, or during her 

widowhood. He further states that the said Agnes Philips regularly received her 

pension under her original certificate until about the 4th of September, 1860, 

and that she never drew anything further under said certificate up to the date 

of her death. That she died in Putnam County, Tennessee on the 4th day of June, 

1864, intestate, and that he [affiant] was on the 1st day of October, 1866, 

appointed by the County Court of Putnam County, Tennessee, administrator of the 

estate of said Agnes Philips, deceased, and as such was duly qualified,.



	He further states that he knows the fact and has often seen in her 

possession her original certificate, of which the following is a correct copy, 

to wit: “Department of the Interior, Widow’s Pension. I certify that in 

conformity of the 2nd section of the Act of February 3rd, 1853, Agnes Philips, 

widow of David Philips, who was a private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed 

on the Pension List at rate of $26.75 per annum, commencing on the 3rd of 

February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in 

which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at 

the Dept. of the Interior, this 25th day of March, 1858. J. Thompson, Secretary 

of the Interior. 



	Affiant further states that said original Certificate of Pension is 

lost or mislaid. That he cannot, after diligent search and inquiry, find the 

same. That he is, however, well satisfied that the above is a true copy of the 

same. He files herewith the last application made by said Agnes Philips to the 

Pension Agent at Nashville Tennessee for her semiannual payment. The paper is 

here marked and filed as Exhibit ‘A”. He further states that in consequence of 

some informality, payment was not made upon such application and that before 

she was advised of such informality or defects in said application, that she 

was advised that no further payment would be made in consequence of the war 

that was then commenced between the United States and the so-called Confederate 

states. That she never made any further application or received anything since 

from the government of the United States or from any other source on account of 

her said pension. 



States that she was poor and in indigent circumstances and was supported alone 

from that time up to the date of her death by affiant, having no means to 

subsist upon his own. State that she was very old and infirm and that she give 

no aid, comfort or assistance to the Rebellion; neither did she sympathize with 

the Rebel cause.  He further states that said Agnes Philips never married 

again, but continued the widow of said David Philips up the time of her death. 

States that his intestate Agnes Philips, deceased was the identical Agnes 

Philips to whom to whom said original certificate of pension of which the 

foregoing is a true copy. That he was intimately and well acquainted with her 

for thirty years before her death. He further states that said Agnes Philips at 

her death left three living children, to wit: Charles Philips, Fanny Philips 

and Nancy Phy [or Ply],  wife of affiant Josiah Ply. States that the above 

named children are still living… 

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