CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VA; V. 2, pp 460 - 469 by Lyman Chalkley http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Page 487.--19th March, 1772: Vestry met. John Frogg, who was elected Vestryman, refused to serve, and John Lewis is elected in his stead. John Lyle, Gent., is chosen vice James McDowel, deceased. Wm. Bowyer directed to employ a Curate. Page 488.--20th August, 1772: Vestry met. Mr. Jones present. A Curate has been employed. There are frequent references to suits brought by the former Vestry against the Collector, now Wm. Bowyer is allowed an attorney's fee to defend suit brought against him as security for his brother, the former Collector, and Wardens are directed to take advice and bring any suits that will or may be against any former Vestry. Page 489.--19th November, 1772: Vestry met. Parish Levy laid. Mr. Jones present. Page 490.--19th November, 1772: John Yousey allowed for services as Clerk in the Church. Allowance for a Reader at the Dutch Meeting near the Picket Mountain. Allowance for a Clerk of the Church if any be got. Allowance for a Sexton if any be got. Wm. Bowyer and Capt. George Moffett chosen Wardens. 3,149 tithables at 2/ 2d. Page 491.--19th November, 1772: Mr. Adam Smith chosen Curate. Page 493.--16th March, 1774: Vestry met. Alex. Thomson and Michael Bowyer Wardens. Thomas Mathews removed as Sexton. Page 493.--16th March, 1774: On 18th November, 1773, there was an order to build a chapple 26 x 22 feet and 12 feet pitch, which now appears to be too small, it is now ordered to be 32 x 26 feet, seated with benches, and back to each, layed off in ye most convenient manner, a convenient pulpit and desk. To be built in neighborhood of Cook's Creek. Page 494.--18th March, 1773: Vestry met. (Mr. Jones does not appear.) General Assembly to be petitioned for permission to sell the Glebe plantation and purchase another that will be more convenient, as it is the intention of the Vestry to have another church built in the lower end of the Parish if agreeable to the people there. Page 496.--20th August, 1773: Vestry met. Mr. Jones absent. Rev. Adam Smith, late Curate, allowed for five months services as Curate. Page 498.--18th November, 1773: Vestry met. Parish levy laid. Rev. Mr. Jones allowed his salary. Rev. Alex. Belmain to be allowed as Curate who has been chosen for one year, and accepted by Mr. Jones by note dated 9th November, 1773. Page 499.--James Hill to be allowed for vandueing the poor and poor house. Eleanor Keening to be allowed for being Sexton. Page 500.--Wm. Loveley allowed for officiating as Clerk in the Church from 25th December, 1772, to June 20, 1773. Order to let building of a chapel above. A cushion and cushion cloth to be purchased for the Church in Staunton. Clerk of the Vestry, viz: Elijah McClenachan, allowed £6.0.0. Clerk of the Church allowed £6.0.0 if he does his duty. 3,043 tithables at 2/ 11d. Page 501.--Michael Bowyer and Alex. Thomson chosen Wardens. Page 504.--15th November, 1773: To Ye Vestry: Whereas, Joal Millican came to my house in a very low condition, destitute of any help for himself either in body or goods: Therefore provided a bed for him and attended him for nine days and he died. I therefore provided a Coffin and sheet and a gallon and a half of liquor and had him buried in a decent manner according 460 to his station, which I hope you will take into consideration as I am not of great ability to be at so much expense and trouble, which is from your Humble Servant, Widow Allison. Page 600.--19th September, 1772: Mary Hopham, orphan, bound to David Magart. Page 601.--6th October, 1772: Jean McComis, orphan, bound to John Pence. Page 602.--16th November, 1774: Vestry met. Alex. SinClair and John Hays chosen Vestrymen, vice John McClenachan and Archibald Huston, deceased. Parish Levy laid. To Rev. John Jones. To Rev. Alex. Balmaine, Curate. To Valentine Cloninger as Sexton. To Elijah McClenachan, Clerk of Vestry. To Col. Abraham Smith, his balance for building a Chapel at Cook's Creek. 2,845 tithables at 2/ 9d. John Lyle and John Gratton chosen Wardens. Page 604.--1773: Parish to Val. Cloninger: To burying Robert, the Barber. Parish to Robert Hill: To Cloathing and burying Thomas Wallace. To expences in ye house ye time ye Corps lay and bringing ye Coroner. Page 606.--18th May, 1773: Mary McLaughlin, orphan, bound to David Ralstone. Page 608.--August, 1773: Wm. Wooldridge, orphan, bound to Wm. Reaugh. Page 609.--10th November, 1772: John Carran, orphan, bound to Isaac Morris. Page 700.--19th August, 1772: Patrick Boyd, orphan, bound to John Craford, blacksmith. Page 701.--19th September, 1772: Elizabeth Hofman, orphan, bound to Sam. Magart. Page 705.--May, 1774: Charles Beard, orphan, bound to John Caruthers. Page 706.--18th May, 1774: Ruth Henderson, orphan, bound to Wm. Young. Page 707.--18th May, 1774: David Beard, orphan, bound to Sam. Caruthers. Page 708.--August, 1774: Barbara Painter, orphan, bound to Nicholas Kern, Planter. Page 709.--August, 1774: Margaret Painter, orphan, bound to Nicholas Kern, Planter. Page 800.--August, 1774: Mary Painter, orphan, bound to Jacob Mayor. Page 801.--August, 1774: Wm. Painter, orphan, bound to Christian Painter. Page 802.--1st February, 1777: Vestry met. Present, Robert McClenachan, Att'y in fact for Rev. Jno. Jones; John Gratton and John Lyle, wardens. Parish Levy. To Mr. Jones by Act of Assembly, £200. To Rev. Alex. Balmaine as Curate. To Dr. Watkins as Clerk of Church, 4 months in 1775. To John Poage as Sexton for 1776. To Elijah McClenachan as Clerk to Vestry for 1776, 1777. 2,643 tithables at 3/ 6d. Page 804.--1st February, 1777: General Assembly to be petitioned to empower the Vestry to sell the poor house and land as it is deemed useless and of no benefit. Page 804.--1st February, 1777: To Rev. Alex. Belmaine, late Curate. Wm. Bowyer and Alex. Sinclair chosen wardens. Rev. Mr. Jones to be supported by contract. 461 Page 808.--21st May, 1778: Vestry met. Elijah McClenachan chosen Vestryman. Joshua Humphreys and David Henderson chosen Wardens. Parish Levy, 1,800 tithables at 3 shillings. Page 809.--21st May, 1778: Glebe Plantation and poor house to be rented. Application to be made to General Assembly for leave to rent out the Glebe and poor house, as one is not at present wanted and other is found to be of no advantage. Page 812.--16th May, 1780: Vestry met. Parish Levy, 2,340 tithables at 3 pence. James Steel and John McCamey elected wardens. Last Page.--16th March, 1779: Vestry met. Joshua Humphreys and David Henderson, wardens. These pages are from 260, 267, 272, 279, &c. Page 260.--1759: Processioned by James Gilmore and Samuel McCutcheon, viz: For David Cunningham, for Mathew Wilson, for John Buchanan, for Charles Berry, for Robert Gaml, for Thos. Berry, for David Hays, for James Bower, for Alex. Campbell, for Wm. Campbell, for James Moffett, for Arthur Hamilton, for Samuel Downey, for James Callison, for Alex. McFeeters, for David Campbell, for James McCutcheon, for John McCutcheon, for Wm. McCutcheon, for Wm. Sprowl, for Wm. Martin, for James Trotter, for Samuel McCutcheon, for Wm. McCutcheon, Jr., for James Hunter, for Robert Campbell, for John Risk, for James Gilmore, for Francis Donalay, for Wm. Ledgerwood, for Capt. James Lockhart, for Wm. Hunter. Page 267.--1759: Processioners appointed, viz: John Maxwell, James Trimble, Joshua Mathews, John Armstrong, on James River below road that crosses North River at the Widow Allison's and westwardly to James River. William Lusk, Alex. McClure, in Capt. Samuel McDowell's Company. John Stevenson, Nathaniel Evins, in Capt. David Moore's Company. Page 268.--Thomas Huston, Wm. Reagh, in Capt. Alex. Buchanan's Company. James McCleerey, Thomas Kilpatrick, Samuel McCutcheon, Jr., James Gilmore, in Capt. Lockhart's Company. William Thompson, Edward Hall, in Capt. Wm. Christian's Company. John Poage, David Trimble, in Capt. Israel Christian's Company. Page 269.--Alex. Crawford, Michael Hogshead, in Capt. George Moffett's Company. John Thompson and Alex. Stuart in Capt. Alex. Thompson's Company. Joans Henderson, Andrew Russell, in Capt. Robert Breakinridge's Company. Alex. Blair and John Melcom, in Capt. Daniel Smith's Company. Page 270.--James Allen, Sr., and Pat. Crawford, in Capt. James Alexander's Company. Robert Hooks and John Stevenson, in Capt. Shanklin's Company. John Hopkins and David Walston, in Capt. Ephraim Love's Company. Abram Bird and David Robinson, in Capt. Michael Warren's Company. Page 271.--Jacob Nicholas and John Burk, in Capt. Kirkley's Company. James Campbell and Andrew Lockridge, in Capt. Robert Bratton's Company. John McCown and Robert Erwin, between the North Mountain and Great Road that crosses the North Branch at Widow Allison's and from River to River. Page 272.--1760: Processioned by John Malkem and Alex. Blair, viz: For John Young, for Robert Young, for James Anderson, for Alex. Blair, 462 for John Anderson, for John Francey, for Wm. Cunningham, fnr John McKemy. for Walter Trimble, for Hugh Dever, for John Davies, for _____ Doughlas, for Daniel Smith, for Bigham's land formerly known by the name of Gragg's, for Gabriel Pickens, for Robert Poage, for Abraham Smith, for Isaiah Shipman, for David Robiston, for Silas Hart, for John Cunningham, for Henry Smith, for Widow Ramsey, for Thomas Woodal, for Moses Hall, for Andrey McCown, for James Bell, for Edward Erwin, for Alex. Craig, for Wm. Frame, for Thos. Waterson, for Francis Brown, for John King, for John Searight, for John Kear, for Hugh Campbell, for Alex. Kile, for Robert Fowler, for James Gamble, for James Leeper, Sr. and Jr., for James Blair, for Edward Erwin's land formerly known as Brownlee's place, for Adam Stevenson, for Umphrey's place on North River, for Stevenson's place they live on, for Jacob and Christian Roleman, for John Malcom, for William Flimen, for Charles Campbell, for Robert Campbell, for William Brown, for Widow and John and James Alexander, for Michael Dickey, for James Young, for James Patterson, for Andrew Erwin, for John Erwin, for Edward Erwin, for Francis Erwin, for Hugh Campbell, Jr., for James McGill, for Robert Brown, for James Young. Page 276.--1760: Processioned in Capt. Moore's Company by John Stephson, Nathaniel Evins: For Nathaniel Evins, for Wm. McCreerey, for Thos. Willson, for John Stevenson, for John McClung, for Wm. McClung, for Alex. Moore, for Adam Reed, for Wm. Hays, for Wm. Paris, for Thomas Bard, for John Cunningham, for Mathew Huston, for John Mountgumery, for Wm. Moore, for Wm. Lockridge, for Thomas Boyd, for John Boyd, for Thomas Hill, for Robert Ware (Wire), for Wm. Hays, for Wm. Beard, for Wm. Wardlaw, for Andrew Steel, for James Steel, for Joseph Kennedy, for John Lowry, for Samuel Huston, for James Eakins, for John Hanly, for John Logan, for Alex. Logan, for Alex. McNutt, for James McNutt, for John Rosman, for Andrew Dunkin, for John Wardlaw, for Wm. McCanless, for James Cowdan, for John Moore. Page 278.--For William Edmiston, for Wm. Robertson, for John Huston, for Robert Kirkpatrick, for John Moore. Page 279.--1760: Processioned by James Trimble, John Maxwell, viz: For Joseph Lapsley (bad state health), for John Moore, for Robert Alexander, for John Wiley, for James Campbell, for Patt Young, for Robert Moore, for Joseph Walker, for John Smiley, for Abraham Brown, for Peter Wallace, for Francis McCoun, for David Tilford, for Robert McKlehaney, for William Hall, for George Campbell, for John Paxton, for Wm. Paxton, for Alex. McKorkle, for James Campbell. Page 280.--1760: Processioned by Joshua Mathews and John Armstrong, in Capt. John Maxwell's Company: For Michael Finney, for John Berryford, for Pat Porter, for Wm. Haldman, for John Harger, for Arthur McClure, for John Armstrong, for Paul Whitley, for Jonathan Whitley, for James Todd, for James Davis, for John Poage, for James McGavock, for John Maxwell, for Michael Dougherty, for John Mitchell, for James Gilmore, for James Bates, for John McCallum, for Richard Woods, for Edward Sharp, for Audley Paul, for Wm. Mathews, for Richard Mathews, for John Mathews. Page 281.--1760: Processioned by Jones Henderson, viz: For David and John Black, for Wm. McNab (son present), for Nathan Gilliland, for John 463 Bigam, for Andrew Cowan (son present), for James Peerey, for Elijah McClenachan, for John Cowlter, for Andrew Scott (son present), for Samuel Caldwell. Page 282.--For John Buchanan, for Capt. Robert Breckinridge, for Col. Steward, for John Henderson, for Robert McClenachan, for James Bratton, for John Miller, for Joanes Henderson. Page 283.--1760: Processioned by Abraham Bird, David Robinson, viz: For Jacob Trumbow, for John Miller, for Joseph Dicktum, for Uriah Humble, for Jacob Bare, for Conrad Lamb, for Abraham Bird, for Adam Rieder, for Mathias Rieder, for Alex. Painter, for John Bare, for James Baggs, for John Phillips, for Alex. Buchanan, for Daniel Davison, for Jacob Woodley, for Thomas Logan, for Zebulon Harrison, for John Harrison, for John Harrison, Jr., for John Davison, for Michael Weron, for Thomas Moore, for Francis Hughes, for Jonathan Hodges, for Andrew Bird, for Thomas Milsaps, for William McGee, for John Blizard, for Jacob Rambow, for David Robinson, for Martin Shumaker, for Charles Dayley, for Francis McBride, for John McDaniel, for John Bryant, for Macoy _____, for Robert Cravens, for George Spence, for John Miller, for Wm. Pickins, for Isaac Robinson, for John Capter. Page 284.--1760: Processioned by Andrew Russell: For John Hutchison, for Andrew Russell, for Pat. McCallum, for Wm. Marshall, for Andrew Lewis, for John Guin (Grim?), for John Henderson, for John McNutt, for John Thompson, for Col. John Lewis. Page 285.--1760: Processioned by David Trimble and John Poage (in Capt. Israel Christian's Company), viz: For Col. Preston, for John Stuart in Staunton, for Robert Reed, for Capt. Wm. Lewis, for Maj. Andrew Lewis, for Daniel (David?) Dinyson, for Rev. John Craig, for David Bell, for Wm. and James Wallace, for John Anderson, for Robert Palley, for Wm. Anderson, for James Hughes (in Staunton), for Joseph Gamble, for Widow Willson, for Widow Long, for John Cunningham, for James Bell, for John Hutchison, for Wm. Wallace, for Mathew Armstrong, for John King, for Robert Poage, for John Finley, for John Patterson, for Anthony Black, for Patrick Neillson (?), for Robert Willey, for Mr. Archer. Page 286.--1760: Processioned by Samuel Lyle, Wm. Lusk: For Andrew Hall, for David Dryden, for Baptis McNab, for James Thompson, for Nathaniel McClure, for Alex. McClure, for Robert Allison, for Moses McClure, for Wm. Ramsey, for Samuel Lyle, for Reynold's Orphans, for Moses McClure, for John McClure, for Wm. Caruthers, for Thomas Paxton, for Samuel Paxton, for Nathan Peoples, for Robert Allison, for John White, for Archibald Alexander, for Robert Teris (Tevis?), for Thomas McSpadden, for Samuel Gray, for John Maky, for Moses Trimble, for John Maky, for Isaac Taylor, for John Davison, for Moses Whitesides, for Samuel McCroskrey, for Daniel Lyle, for Wm. Lusk, for John Lowrey. Page 287.--1760: Processioned by Reagh and Huston: For James Walker, for James Robison, for James Moore, for Charles Hays, for Andrew Hays, for Samuel Dunlap, for Wm. Porter, for Robert Ealson, for James Anderson, for Jacob Anderson, for Wm. Young, for Alex. Walker, for Alex. Walker, Sr., for Robert Hurt, for John Edmiston, for James Buchanan, for William and Robert Buchanan, for Samuel Hayes, for John Robertson, for Mathew Robertson, for Widow Bell, for James Coulter, for John Buntin, 464 for Wm. Buchanan, for Andrew Buchanan, for Alex. Miller, for John Wallace, for Samuel Buchanan, for Wm. Reaoh, for Joseph Culton, for John Walker, for Wm. Porter, for Robert Catton (Cotton), for John Hurt (Hart). Page 290.--1760: Processioned by _____ ? _____: For Robert Hamilton, for John Collier, for James Davis, for James Moore, for John Hanna, for Henry Kirkham, for Robert Young, for David Wallace, for Robert Erwm, for John McKey, for Hugh Cunningham, for John Gilmer, for Wm. McChime (McCune), for John Beatty, for Francis McCown, for John McCown, for Anne Long, for William Gilmer, for Adam Thompson, for Samuel Kinkead, for John Campbell, for Thomas Piery, for Maj. John Brown, for Robert Young, for James Young, for Samuel Young, for Hugh Young, for Robert Allen, for William Martain, for John Jamison, for Samuel Wallace, for Maurice Ofreel, for Robert Philips, for John Trimble. Page 293.--For Wm. McFeeters, for Walter Trimble, for George Berry, for John McFeeters, for The Glebe. Page 294.--1760: Processioned by Abraham Brown and Wm. Holdman: For Wm. Paxton, for Samuel Paxton, for Francis Allison (no title), for Wm. Anderson, for John Lowery, for Pat Lowery, for Alex. McClure, for James Trimble, for John Harger (Hanger), for John Poage, for James Edmiston, for Abraham Brown. Page 295.--1760: Processioned by John Hopkins, David Ralston, in Capt. Ephraim Love's Company: For Thomas Gordon, for Francis Green, for Jeremiah Harrison, for Daniel Love, for Daniel Callkin, for Robert Cravens, for Thos. Harrison, for Ephraim Love, for Widow Johnston, for Alex. Herring, for Edward Shankling, for Widow Logan, for William Logan, for John Cravens, for Widow McDonel, for Joseph Cravens, for Wm. Hopkins, for John Hopkins, for Thomas Shankling, for Alex. Miller, for Mathew Black, for Thos. Campbell, for Daniel Harrison, for Daniel Harrison, Jr., for Samuel Harrison, for Robert Harrison, for Pat. Guin, for Wm. Snoding, for John Fowler, for David Nelson, for Samuel Briges, for John McGill, for Christopher Thompson, for John Wright, for Archibald Hopkins. REVOLUTIONARY DECLARATIONS. Revolutionary Declarations are the sworn and proven statements of service required to be made by applicants for pensions under the laws of the United States. In some cases, these statements, with the evidences, are spread in full upon the pages of the Court Order Books; in others, there is only a minute that the declaration was filed, and the original paper is placed in its proper position among the records; in many cases, neither the original nor the copy can be found. The following Declarations are to be separated into two divisions: first, those from the Records of Augusta and Frederick Counties, in Virginia, which are the result of the labor of the compiler of these notes; and the remainder, which were gathered by Dr. Joseph T. McAllister, to whom the credit is due and acknowledgment is made: REVOLUTIONARY DECLARATIONS--AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA. Thomas Yorkshire's Declaration, 26th July, 1831: Mentions Lieut. Wm. Christian, Capt. John Syme, Gen. Geo. Weedon, Capt. Sampson Mathews, Capt. Adam Wallace. Francis Mathew's Declaration: Mentions Capt. James Prater, Col. Henry 465 Sihock, Capt. Adam Utt, Gen. Wm. Smallweed, Col. Adams, Capt. Grey, Capt. Jno. Reid. John Ballard's Declaration: Mentions Lieut. Howard, Capt. Adam Wallace, Col. Buford. Peter Mine's Declaration: Mentions Capt. John Hays, Col. George Mathews. Thomas Campbell's Declaration: Mentions Capt. Philip Grabel, Capt. Bustard, the German Battalion. Joseph Peck's Declaration: Mentions Lieut. Catlan, Commander Dudley Salterson, Commander John Hopkins. James Burnley's Declaration: Mentions Capt. Moses Hawkins, Col. Lewis. Christian Gregory's Declaration: Mentions Capt. Thomas Campbell, Col. Wm. Butler. Wm. Francis' Declaration: Mentions Capt. Thomas Bell, Col. Grayson. John Stockard's Declaration: Mentions Capt. John Reese. Alexander Nelson's Declaration: Mentions Capt. Lapsley, Capt. Wallace, Col. Haws, Capt. Stribling. James Cooper's Declaration. John Mead's Declaration. Samuel Woods' Declaration. Edward Rodgers' Declaration. John Stickleman's Declaration. Samuel McCune, Sr's., Declaration: Aged about seventy-seven years; was drafted as militiaman in August, 1776, at Staunton under Captain Thomas Smith and Lieut. Charles Baskins; marched to Point Pleasant where his company was under command of Colonel Dickinson, of whose regiment George Skillern was Lieutenant-Colonel and Samuel McDowell was Major; remained there some time, when Gen. Hand arrived from Pittsburgh and discharged them. They returned home in January, 1777. Was drafted again in September or October, 1780, and rendevouzed at Teas' (now Waynesboro) under command of Capt. Buchanan and Lieut. Wilson; marched via Lynchburg to Carolina, joining Gen. Morgan's troops at Hillsborough, N. C., thence to Guilford, thence through Salisbury to Rigeley's Mills, thence to Cowpens, where he was engaged in the battle, thence with five hundred prisoners returned to Salisbury and was there discharged. On this tour he was absent four months. Was again drafted in August, 1781; rendevouzed at Teas' under Capt. Francis Long and Lieut. John Crawford; marched to Richmond, joining troops under Gen. LaFayette at Michunk in Albemarle County, thence with LaFayette's army by New Kent to Hotwater, where he was in the battle; there he was slightly wounded by being tramped by a British light-horseman; thence marched to Green Springs, near Williamsburg, where he was again engaged with the British, being under the command of Major Rucker, who brought on the action. In 1781 the governor issued a proclamation inviting persons to bring cattle for troops at York and declarant assisted in driving cattle from Teas'. Declarant was born in Augusta County in 1755. Henry Painter's Declaration: Mentions Captain Heizer, Colonel Werner. February 22d, 1830--It is certified that the Court is satisfied that Sarah Painter is the widow of Harry Painter, deceased, late a Revolutionary pensioner, who departed this life on the 25th day of December, 1827. 466 John McCutcheon's Declaration: Of the Little Calf Pasture, in Augusta County; aged eighty-two years on the thirteenth of August, 1832; entered the service in the early part of 1777 or 1778 (he thinks in 1777), when he was drafted for three months against the Indians; marched to Clover Lick, where he remained until the latter part of the next November, when he was discharged with the rest of the troops. His officers were Capt. Andrew Lockridge, Lieut. Wm. Kinkead, Ensign James Gay. About June, 1779, upon an alarm raised that Donnelly's Fort was being attacked by Indians, he was drafted and marched to the Warm Springs, were he was left with twenty or thirty others under John Wackub (either Lieutenant or Ensign) to guard that place, where he remained twelve or fifteen days and was discharged. In January, 1781, he was drafted for three months and rendevouzed at Staunton on the 8th of January, 1781; thence marched via Charlottesville, New Kent, and Suffolk to Portsmouth, where remained until the 7th or 8th of April, 1781, when he was discharged. He was under the command of Col. Sampson Mathews, Lieut.-Col. Wm. Bowyer, Capt. Wm. Kinkead, Lieut. Jacob Hamrick, Ensign Jonathan Humphreys (Major's name forgotten); no regular troops were stationed there at the time; Gen. Muhlenburg and Col. Dick visited the troops; he was in no engagement but a skirmish with the picket guards. In June, 1781, he was drafted for 20 days, with his wagon and team, and he, as driver, marched from Staunton under Maj. Alexander Robertson. He joined the main army in New Kent, where he remained his time, and longer, which was shortly after the battle of Jamestown, when he was discharged. He thinks Gen. LaFayette and Gen. Wayne were among the general officers. James Stuart (now too old to attend Court) was his companion soldier at Clover Lick. William Graham, aged sixty-nine years, deposes, that he served the last three tours with declarant. Joseph Henderson, of the Little Calf Pasture, aged sixty years, testifies to declarant's good character. William Armstrong, of the Little Calf Pasture, aged seventy-two years on the 12th of December, 1831, testifies to declarant's good character. Jacob Leas, aged sixty-seven years, also testifies to his good character. 26th October, 1832--The Court certifies that it appears from satisfactory evidence that Frederick Grass, a soldier of the Revolution, enlisted in 1778 for three years in the 12th Virginia Regiment on Continental Establishment, and served that time. 1st November, 1833--The Court certifies that the original warrant. No. 7304, issued by the Register of the Land Office in the name of Frederick Grass, has been lost, having been issued for his three years' service in the Virginia Continental Line. (Maj.) Joseph Bell's Declaration, 13th August, 1832: Was born in Augusta County in February, 1755, and still lives where he was born. 15th July, 1776, he was drafted and rendevouzed at Lexington, in Capt. John Lyle's Company; for the protection of the western frontier; marched to Holston River under Col. Russell, thence to the Great Island of Holston River, where he was placed under the command of Colonel William Christian, thence to the Cherokee Towns, southwest of the Tennessee, and was stationed there some time. He returned home in the middle of December, 1776. Maj. William Willson was with him on this tour. He was drafted a second time and rendevouzed at Staunton, on the 22d September, 1777, 467 under Capt. Thomas Smith of the Augusta Militia; was elected First Sergeant and served as such on said tour; marched to the Little Levels in Greenbrier; there he was joined by the commands of Col. Dickinson, Col. Samuel McDowell and Col. George Skeleron; thence marched to Point Pleasant to join the army under Gen. Hand. After some time Col. Samuel McDowell proclaimed that Gen. Burgoine had surrendered and the troops were discharged. Declarant reached home with the Augusta troops in the second week in December, 1777. He was again ordered out by Colonel Sampson Mathews, commandant of the Augusta Militia, to protect the western frontier; rendezvouzed at Staunton, 16th April, 1779, in Capt. James Trimbles' Company; was appointed Orderly Sergeant; marched to Tiger's Valley, thence to the head waters of Jackson's River. On this tour he served three months. He was again ordered out as one of the militia of Augusta County, and rendevouzed at Rockfish Gap to guard the prisoners taken at Cowpens by Gen. Morgan; thence marched as one of the guards to Shenandoah County. He was absent about fifteen days. Again as Ensign in the Augusta Militia, he rendevouzed at Col. Easom's (Waynesborough), with other troops called into service from Augusta, on the 6th of June, 1781; thence marched as Ensign in Capt. Francis Long's Company and joined the army under Lafayette at Col. Dandridge's in _____ County; was in the battle of Hotwater; he was at the battle of James Town, under Col. Willis, in the command of Gen. Wayne, in July, 1781; then continued with the army and marched to York Town, where he continued in commission as Ensign until Cornwallis' surrender, when he was discharged. On this tour he served five months. William Davis deposes that he has lived in declarant's neighborhood since the Revolution, and his brother, James Davis, was one of Bell's mess on three tours. (Maj.) William Willson deposes, that he was on the tour with declarant under Capt. Lyle. April 1, 1833--Joseph Bell (Major), whose declaration for a pension was returned for want of a certificate of a clergyman, produced the declaration with the certificate of Rev. James C. Wilson. March 27th, 1834--Certified that John Sneed, of Henrico, died in 1806, leaving Dabney and Sarah Sneed, his only children, and widow Sarah. Daughter Sarah died in 1809 or 1810; widow Sarah died in 1812. William and Christopher Sneed of Hanover were brothers of John; both these died, unmarried and intestate, in 1808. Dabney Sneed lives on Duck River in West Tennessee. November 24th, 1835--The following are certified to be the heirs of John Porterfield, viz: Robert Porterfield, Jr.; Mary E. Kinney, Jane Elenor Kinney, Robert Porterfield Kinney, Rebecca F. Kinney, William Kinney, Ann Maria Kinney, Eliza H. Kinney, Charles Nicholas Kinney, all children of Rebecca F. Kinney; Rebecca and Robert Porterfield Wayland, children of Mary C. Wayland. Rebecca F. Kinney and Mary C. Wayland were living at the death of Eleanor Heth. June 22d, 1835--Certified that Jane Clark, daughter of Sampson Mathews, died, leaving the following heirs, viz: Mary Ann Clarke, Jane Baumgardner and her children, Nancy N., James, Lucy M., Wm. Clarke; and William, Mary Ann, John, Alexander Hamilton, children of Elizabeth Hamilton, deceased, daughter of Jane Clarke; Samuel Nicholas K., Lucy Ann M., William A.. Augusta V., Joseph L. Grove, children of Margaret L. Grove, daughter of Jane Clarke. 418 Samuel Bell's Declaration, July, 1834: Mentions George Moffett, Joseph Patterson, Andrew Anderson, John Dickenson, Samuel McDowell, _____ Arbuckle, Robert Renick, John Wilson, William Anderson, James Mitchell, Joseph Brown, Thomas Smith, John Bell, George Craig, Robert Fulton, Col. Campbell, Robert Kirk, James Bell, George Keller, Col. William Campbell. Alexander Hamilton filed his Declaration, August, 1833, and 29th April, 1834. Edward Richards' Services. 26th October, 1832--It is certified that it is established by the testimony of Frederick Grass and Smith Thompson that Edward Richards entered the Revolution in 1777, or previous thereto, and served the war, first in the Company of Capt. Thomas Bowyer, 12th Virginia Regiment; was appointed Drum Major and served as such to the close of the war. John McFadden's Declaration, 28th August, 1832: Was born within nine miles of Hagerstown, Maryland, September 15th, 1760; the record was in the family Bible which was taken by some of the family to Kentucky. He moved to Augusta County in 1784; has lived sixteen miles southwest of Staunton ever since. He entered the service in 1776, in Maryland, eight miles from Hagerstown, under Capt. Utt; he was drafted for two months and served that time; his Colonel was Col. Sloy, of Lancaster, Penna.; was engaged in a skirmish at White Marsh Hill, seven or eight miles from Philadelphia; rendevouzed at Hagerstown; marched through Frederick Town, Lancaster, Pa., and on to White Marsh Hill, whence he returned home. In June, 1778, he went as substitute under Capt. Williams, a regular officer; his Colonel was also Williams; he served nine months; his Captain pushed them hard to be at Monmouth, but owing to the excessive heat they could not reach it. On the day after the battle he assisted in unloading fifteen wagon loads of the wounded; marched from Hagerstown, through Fredericktown, Lancaster, to Princeton, and from that place to the White Plains, crossing the Delaware and North River, where the headquarters were fixed for the summer; thence to Fishkill, where they quartered during the winter, and he was discharged; he was in the Sixth Maryland Regiment. On his third tour he was substitute for Jacob Wademan; rendevouzed at Hagerstown in the fall of 1780, under Capt. Adam Utt and Lieut. Hawkes; marched to Fort Frederick, in Maryland, to guard the prisoners taken at the capture of Burgoyne and was there discharged; Col. Rawlins had command of Fort Frederick at the time; Capt. Reid was an officer stationed there. Smith Thompson's Declaration: Mentions Lieut. Robert Kirk, Capt. Granville Smith, Col. William Grayson, John C. Sowers. Henry Manning's Declaration: Mentions Lieut. Winchester, Capt. John Gassoway, Col. Woolford, Second Maryland Regiment. Samuel Bell's Services and Heirs, 28th April, 1823: On the motion of Joseph and Sarah Bell, two of the legatees of Samuel Bell, it appears by the evidence of said Joseph Bell and Smith Thompson, that Samuel Bell, deceased, entered into the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment on the 8th day of March, 1777, as an Ensign in Capt. McGuire's Company, attached to the 16th Regiment, commanded by Col. William Grayson; that he was afterwards promoted to a Lieutenancy and attached to Capt. Thomas 469