REVOLUTION WAR PENSION APPLICATION - JAMES HORSLEY

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James Horsley
Ky.
Act 7 June '32
File No. 30490
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 193
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Decleration of James Horsley

States that he lived in Culpepper County VA and substituted about the year 1780 
or 81 as a militia man to gard prisioners at the Albamanl Barrocks Virginia and 
was ther Discharged after serving out my time wich I think was three months and 
returned home. Com was Capt. at the Barrocks. The other officers names I have 
forgotten.

I then substituted on a second tour for three months in Culpepper County Va. I 
was marched from there to Petersburg thence to Springfield. I then returned to 
Culpepper again and from there I was marched to Williamsburg. I was then marched 
to a Redout between Yorktown and Pigeon Hill which the British had in posesion 
which we succeded in taking. I was then marched to Yorktown, at which place I 
enlisted as a regular soldier for five years or during the war. I think I was 
enlisted by a man by the name of Arnold who was a recruiting officer at that 
place. My officers of my second tour were Col. James Barber Majr. John Gray Capt 
Thomas Watts Lieutenant Blake Ensign Rubin Winn. Capt Watts resigned after I had 
live in the service some time and Jasper Hanes succeced him as Capt and served 
Capt until my time of service expired that I had substituted for.

In a few days after I had enlisted I ws marched against Lord Corn Wallis who was 
then in the posesion of York Town and Glouster on the opposit side of the river. 
In making the attact the American army was divided in Two divisions the French 
having asigned to them command of one of the divisions and the Americans the 
other. I was in the French division that was commanded by learquis D. St. Simon 
and Layette both divisions was successful and Wallis was forced to surrender. I 
was within 30 or 40 feet when Wallis give up his sword, and I think it was 
returned. again by Washington to Wallis. This Battle I think was in the fall of 
1781 or 82. I was then marched from York Town Cloves marsh in S. Carolina, my 
officers at that time Capt. Connet Blue robert Colvin sarjant and Stuban or some 
such name was my Col.. my mess mates (?) during the greater part of my Regular 
service was Joseph Grage William Sullivan and William Estil I have a very 
distict recollection of those men messing(?) with me, before I was Discharged I 
was marched from Cloves Marsh to Richmond VA. and was there Discharged and my 
discharge was then handed and about Thirty five years ago my hous was burned 
down and my Discharge was burned up among a great many other valuable papers on 
Licking river Bath County Kentucky.

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I have kept original spelling, capitalization and punctuation. I have 
transcribed as nearly as possible some of it was hard to make out.

James Horsley received his pension at the rate of
80 dollars per annum January 28th, 1843.