George Tucker Revolutionary Pension Application, 1833 - Amelia Co. VA The State of Alabama} County Court in Vacations Fayette County } December 3rd, 1833 On this 3 day of December 1833 personally appeared in Vacations before the Honor Walter Hawkins Judge of the County Court of Fayette County, Alabama George Tucker a resident of Marion County Ala. aged near 88 years who being first duly sworn according to law attest on his oath make the following Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress papers June 7th, 1832. That he was born on the 13th day of December 1745 in Amelie County State of Virginia. My father moved from Virginia when I was a small boy and settled in Onslow County, N. Carolina where he lived 12 or 15 years at which time I left there and went with an older Brother to Wilkes County, Georgia and improved a piece of land in that County and in the fall thereafter assisted in seeing my Father and family to said place as well as I can recollect was in the year 1773 or 1774 during the next spring or the spring thereafter. The Indians became troublesome on the frontier in so much that we had to build forts and live in them. There was orders some times afterward from Garrison Habershamm to raise a horse company to guard the frontier as rangers. John Dooly was Col. Commandant of the county at that time. The company was small and Z______________ Philipe was elected Capt.. I was elected Lieutenant and James White Ensign we armied six months and were then paid for our service in Georgia paper money which was _________ in ________ and was worth nothing to us. After that as I understood by our Col. that the Governor had directed spies to be employed to range the frontier. I volunteered for one and with them was constantly engaged in that service but under no regular commission until Savannah was captured by the British after which we understood the British were aiming for Augusta and myself with others went on to join Gen'l Ash but before we reached his command he was defeated. After that the British under Col. Brown took possession of Augusta. ________ ________ Elijah Clark raised so many men as he could and I was one of them and went and attacked the British in Augusta for several days but could not dislodge them and we had to raise the siege and leave the place on the appearance of a reinforcement of British troops appearing in sight. Col. Clark then retreated to South Carolina I was with as a volunteer. I remained under his command eight months or more before I returned home during which time I was in a battle at Black Stocks on Tiger river Gen'l Sumpter was our commander in chief. The next battle was at the Cowpins Gen'l Morgan commander in chief. The next battle was on a creek called Big Hogskin Gen'l Pickens commander in chief there and we took Major Dunlap of the British and about 80 prisoners. The next battle I was in was on a creek called Longcane. Gen'l Pickens commander in chief and we were there defeated and Col. Clark was wounded sometime afterwards I was at the siege of Ninetysix Benj" Fern(Fenn) was our Col after Clark was wounded. Col Lee and Washington came and took our place before Ninetysix and those companies one of which I belonged to returned to Georgia and _______ and took Augusta Gen'l Pickens was still our commander in chief when Augusta was taken we were all discharged and went home. Our discharges were all given to us by Col. Clark. My discharges and commissions was burnt in my house some years ago but after we returned home we had very troublesome times with the Tories and Indians for more than twelve months during all which time I was frequently engaged from the beginning of the war in Georgia to the end of it but it has been so long ago that I cannot recollect every particular. I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. There- fore I relinquish my claim as an officer and claim it as a private soldier and my reason for claiming out of my county is it is the nearest office and more among my oldest acquaintances. I hereby relinquish my claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of this agency in any state and that there is no clergyman residing in any vicinity whom I can get to certify to my declaration and refer to the annexed certificate of Samuel Caple and James B. Morton. Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid Jacob Morton clk George Tucker (signed) Q 1st When and in what year were you born? A 1st I was born in Amelie County, Va in the year 1745. Q 2nd Have you any record of your age? A 2nd No, only from the information of my parents. Q 3rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since, and where do you now live? A 3rd I was living in the State of Georgia when called into service since that time I have lived in Ala and in Marion County. Q 4th How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? A 4th Each term of service I volunteered. Q 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served. A 5th Col. Clark, Dooly. Fern & Twig. Candler Major Cunningham and Gen. Jackson, Sumpter Pickens. Q 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so where is it and by whom was it given? A 6th I received two discharges both were signed by Col. Clark and one commission signed by Gen. Habbershamm which were all burnt in my house. Mr. Samuel Caple and James B. Morton citizens residing in Fayette County, Ala do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Tucker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be near 88 years of age that he is _________ and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion, Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Samuel (X) Caple mark James B. Morton (signed) And the said court do here by declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories from service by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the same court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Caple and James B. Morton who has signed the preceding certificate as creditable persons and recorded in said county and their statement is entitled to credit. Walter Hawkins Judge of the county court of Fayette County, Alabama The State of Alabama} I James B. Morton clerk of the county Fayette County } court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of George Tucker for a pension. In testimony whereof I have license to set my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of December, 1833. James B. Morton clk Submitted by Joan Renfrow **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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