WARREN COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - John Morgan, Revolutionary War Pension Application ----¤¤¤---- Page 1 Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit Of the Act of Congress papers June 7th 1832 State of Tennessee ) April ??? of the Warren County ) Court of ????? ??? AD 1834 On this 8th day of April personally appearing in Open Court ??? ??? ???? , Wm McGregor, Frances Smartt & Phillip H??????????the Court of the said County now setting John Morgan a resident Upon the Barren Fork of the Collins River in the County & State aforesaid aged Eighty years the 24th day of June next who being first ????, ??? ac- cording to L??? ??? on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Pension I fit of the Act of Congree Papers?? June 7th 1832 That he ??? the ???? up the ??? Did states under the following, named Officers Served as he ??? ???? That so to say In the Month of January, 1776, he enlisted under one Whitfield Wilson ( a Recruiting Officer) in Surry County in North Carolina for the term Of two years. Declaimant resides in Surry County N Carolina at this time. After the Recruiting Officer had ??????????????, we Were marched to ??? Camden in South Carolina Where we joined Col Armstrong's Regiment. The Officer of that Regiment under whom Declaiment Services were Genl Rutherford Armstrong Col, _____ Brown?????/??_ Micajah Lewis !st Lientenant of the Company to which Declaimant Belonged & ???? Phillips, ??? his Captain. Shortly after he joins Col. Armstrong's Regiment, His Company Commander by Capt. Phillips Together with ??? its Company were Ordered to march down to Charleston which Order ??? ???? At Monks Corner which is 2. about 10 or 12 miles from Charleston, between the latter City of camden they had an engagement with the Tories without serious ???? At Charleston, we were stationed 8 or 9 weeks From Charleston we marched to Georgetown where We were stationed for 3 weeks. Thence we Marched to Wilmington in North Carolina where We were stationed about 5 weeks. From Wilmington We marched to Cross Creek in North Carolina Wher we had a two day engagement with the Tories An took about 50 of them Prisioners & guarded Them & marched them to Hillsborough in Orange County in S Carolina where they were taken from Us by another squad of the Lane? Regiment & Declaimant saw no more of them. From Hillsborough Declaimant's Company marched to Salisbury in North carolina where we all got together again ??? the different Companies of the Regiment The whole Regiment marched thence to Surry Court House where we were all discharged My Discharge was signed by Col Armstrong??? I have Unintentionally ??? misplaced it. So that after Sulisgent?? Search it has not been found After the Discharge, Declaimant went back to Where his Father ??? lived in Shenandoah County Alenginies ( Alleghenys, VA) This was in 1779. Declaimant remained at His father's House about 10 or 12 months. About The ??? of which time, Col Tipton who Was a Militia Col & Col Campbell persuded Declaimant to enlist as a State Soldier with A Brother of his ( Declaimants) who had enlisted During the men??? Declaimant agreed did Enlist fot the Term of 2 years more. This Was done at Millerstown now called Woodstock An Declaimant his heard. At all ?? At the Court House of Shenandoah County. He Was put under Captian Simon Morgan, Col. Gaston? And his Col Gene Steubin From Woodstock, we were marched down to Chesterfield barracks, Between Petersburg & Richmond. Thence we marched into 3. Amelia County wher we joined Gene Maynes? Regiment. After joining this Regimentwe all Went in pursuit up the P????? to Richmond Alegenies( Allegennys), & from there to old Georgetown, then To Williamsburg and thence to Ojunk Town???, where They had forted themselves and wher we over took them& ???? the to be Numbered engagements in which Cornwallis was captured Of which put a glorious to a glorious man. Declaimant after this battle and surrender was discharged. His Discahrge was signed by Nathaniel Lamb& dated 6th day of November In the year 1781. About 8 or 9 years ago Declaimant handed this Discharge to D??? Wm. P. Lawrence, now of Nashville, who was to apply for His Pension. It has been misplaced by said Lawrence So that Declaimant can not get it. Pleasant? Henderson who is now the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County of Warren & many others in this County Have seen said Discharge. & ??? prove anything in relation to it if required Declaimant therfore has no Documentary sinders? Nor does he know if any person in the State Where testemony, he can consequently ??? To attribute to his Services. Cal Benjamin Lipton Who resides on French Broad in East Tennessee Can attribute DeClaimant Services, as above States. But his testimony can not be Proven without trouble >>>> in living As he does in considerable sentence? Aff, Neither of which he is attributed. ???????? relighlishes every claim whatever to a Pension or ???????????????????? still his name is not on the Pension ???? of the Agency. Of any State Sworn to & Subscribed, this day and year aforementioned William Edmondson CLK. John X ( his mark) Morgan 4. The following Interigation were from ??? to the Declaimant John Morgan by the Court of aforementioned & the following ??? made ??? by him to wit 1. Where & what were you born? Anw. I was born in Culpepper County Virginia on 24th June 1754 2. Have you any Record of your age & if so, where is it ? Anw. I have a Record in a little Book in my Father's hand writing I have it in my House on the barren Fork. 3. Where were you living when Enlisted into Services ? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? When and where do you live now ? Anw. I was living in Surry County North Carolina When I first enlisted & when I enlisted the 2nd time, I lived in Shenandoah County Virginia. Shortly after after we took Wallace ( Cornwallis?), I settled in Montgomery County, Virginia wher I lived for 30 years. From there, I moved to the Barren Fork of the Collins River in Warren County, Tennessee, wher I have lived ever since. 4. How were you called into Service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute ? & if a Substitute, for whom ? Anw. I enlisted as a Volunteer in the above mentioned in this . Declaimant. 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers 6. Who were with the ???? where you served- such. Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recalled & the general circumstances of your Service. Anw. I recalled Genl. Wayne, Gene Steubin, Col.Phebecker, Col Guscon, General Morgan ( Daniel), Capt. Field, Capt. Lanely. I saw general Washington at Little Ojark?? & General Lafayette and others. Too ??? to name all of them. As to the Regiments, I recalled Col. Tipton Regiment ( Mu????) Col. Kellan or Kellars Regiment, Col Netherland?, Col. Rutherford Armstrongs, Col. Clevelands Regiment, Col. Lanes? Regiment. The general circumstances of my services and details particularly in my Declaration with the si????? That I was in the services off and on 3 years. 7. Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Services ? & if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it? Anw. I ??? a Discharge in the ????? of my first term of Enlistment, signed by Col. Armstrong at Little Ojunk and one signed by one Nathaniel Lamb. Both have been Destroyed or lost.in particularly mentioned above in my Declaration. 8. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood who can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief if your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution Anw. George Spangle, Daniel Spangle, William Young Esq., Daniel Young Esq., Samuel Lestes? And others. We, Archelaus Prater, a Clergyman & ___________ Asphery?? Liveth residents of Warren County in the State of Tennessee, herby certify that we are well aquainted with John Morgan who has su????? & sworn to this above Declaration. That we believe him to be eighty years to the 24th day of June next as he say in his Declaration. That he is reputable & believable in the Neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concern in this opinion. Sworn to and sub????? This day you aforesaid. Archelaus Prater X James E Hany Will Edmondson, CLK. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kevin Morgan Retread2002@msn.com ___________________________________________________________________