Rutherford County TN Archives Military Records.....Yearwood/Earwood, John November 27, 1840 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: Susi Godfrey Seg420@aol.com December 5, 2006, 5:21 pm Transcription Of Revolutionary War Pension Application Dated Nov. 27, 1840 National Archives, Pension Request Records of John Yearwood - R 11933 "State of Tennessee, Rutherford County .. On this twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty, personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court of said Rutherford County now sitting, JOHN YEARWOOD, a resident of the County of Rutherford and State of Tennessee, aged seventy eight, 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 since y. 1832; that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as he now states. He entered the service in the month of February seventeen hundred and eighty one. He does not remember the day of the month. His officers were as follows: Ensign Peter Sutler (?) Pullen(?) (who was killed at Eutaw Springs,) Lieutenant Parks and Captain Ficess (?) Finesse (?) Reynolds, Major Martin. Colonel Lewis (who died some twenty years since near Nashville) and Gen. Greene. He never was with the main army but once though he was frequently in scouting companies against the Tories. He resided in Rowan County, North Carolina at the time he entered the service. He entered the service voluntarily, but does not know whether he was in the Continental Service or not. He was not drafted, but entered for during the war. He received no bounty, but at the end of his services he received two papers from Capt. Reynolds - one of which he was told (not being able to read) was a discharge - (which he lost shortly after received it) and the other a certificate for lands. The latter he sold to Col William Polk for a wool hat. When he left Rowan under Capt. Reynolds, he marched to Guilford (?) court house - the whole of Reynolds (?) Runnels (?) company and himself among the number, were guarding the baggage during the battle there. The baggage was kept about two miles from the main road and then from the field of battle, at a place called "stiking quater". After this battle he marched across Peoce (?)river to the Eutaw Springs, and was in that battle. He there received a wound from a ball just about the right knee - but having on leather breaches, and the force of the ball being weak he recovered entirely from the wound, though the scar is still to be seen. After the battle he with others pursued the British a few miles, & then returned & buried the dead. Captain Rennels (Runnels ?) was wounded in a severe manner - The morning after the battle the wounded soldiers of the British, stated that they (the enemy) had received news of the surrender of Cornwallis and that this was the reason of their retreat towards Charleston. Two or three days after Capt. Reynold's (or Runnels?) company of which this declamant was a private, was discharged, at about twelve or fifteen miles from the battleground. He does not remember the day on which he was discharged - but it was two or three days after the above named battle. He was in the service eight months and some days - he did not reach home till November - Being young when in service knew but few of the regular officers, or even their names, further than he has stated. He has no documentary evidence from which he can prove his services. The testimony of the only living witness by whom he can prove his services (Mary Ann Sailors) is hereto.... - He was born in Halifax County, N. Carolina on the 6 June seventeen hundred and sixty-two. He has a very old record of his age in his bible. He lived in North Carolina till 1805 when he moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee, where he still resides. He names to the Court the following person who can certify to his verasity, to wit: Rev. Rob’t. L. Fagan(?*), Hugh Kirk (**), Wm. Gilliam (***), Wm. B. Lillard (****). This deponant would have applied before this for a pension, but being in tolerable circumstances, he did not feel that need of it that he now does - nor did he know until he found Mrs. Sailors that he could prove any thing of his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to be pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or Territory JOHN (X) YEARWOOD (Susi NOTE: in the 1840 census, he is listed as John Earwood) his mark Susi NOTES: (*) there is a person with this name in the 1840 census, living in Cannon Co., TN (**) there is a person with this name in the 1840 census, living in Rutherford Co., TN (***) there is a person with this name in the 1840 census, living in Rutherford Co., TN (****) there is a person with this name in the 1840 census, living in Rutherford Co., TN File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/rutherford/military/revwar/pensions/yearwood221gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb