Montgomery County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records.....Morgan, Henry September 4, 1832 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com March 3, 2007, 1:59 pm Pension Application Of Henry Morgan, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll ____ Application #W3709 White County, Illinois} On this 4th day of September, 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William Wilson, judge of the White Circuit Court being a court of record now sitting, Henry Morgan, a resident of said county of White and state of Illinois, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration..: That he entered the service of the United States in the militia under the following named officers and served as herein stated: Colonel John Collier, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dugan, Major Anthony Sharpe, Captain Robert McLane, Lieutenant William York. That he resided in Guilford County, North Carolina and was drafted for five months and mustered into service on the 24th of March, 1779. That he marched from Guilford County to Charleston in South Carolina. That on his way to Charleston he met with a regiment of Tories at King’s Creek, about 600 as was supposed; that they were attacked and defeated. That a few prisoners were taken and 3 or 4 killed. That he remained at Charleston until the 24th of August, when he was discharged and returned home. His discharge was signed by Captain Robert McLane. That under Colonel William Campbell, Major John Bryson, Captain Flower Swift, Lieutenant Alexander Bryson, he entered the militia as a volunteer in August 1780. That he then resided in Montgomery County, Virginia and marched from there to the Yadkin River near the Shallow Ford where there was a battle with the Tories. That 6 or 7 of them were killed ad a number taken prisoners. That he was discharged verbally to wait further orders in one month and returned home. That under the same? Colonel Major Alexander and Captain McAdo [or McAdow] he entered the service as a volunteer on or about the 1st of February, 1781. He marched to join General Greene, then below Guilford Courthouse. That when the regiment arrived at Whitesell’s Mills on the Reder [Reedy] Fork, it was attacked by the enemy and defeated, and our colonel killed. That our regiment was totally dispersed at this time. That he then went to Randolph County and joined Captain Robert McLane volunteer company light horse. That he then volunteered for the whole war. That Colonel Pacely [Paisley] was commander of the regiment, but not out in service. Major John Walls was in command. That he was then engaged in dispersing the Tories wherever collected. That he was in three battles. One in July 1781 at the mouth of Sandy Creek in which we were and Lieutenant William York of our company wounded, and three men, David Brower, McMaster, and Joel Benje were killed. In August after, or September, we had another battle at Lindley’s Mills, in which the Tories were defeated. Major John Nalls was killed here, and 4 or 5 others. That after the Battle at Lindley’s Mills, he went down towards Wilmington, taking what Tories could be found. That he was then engaged in riding through the Counties of Randolph, Chatham, Moore, Anson and a county of the Pedee, name not recollected. That he continued in the service until the following spring in April, when the captain with whom he had volunteered for the war placed him in the state troops under Major Joel Lewis, Captain Tabb, Lieutenant Christmas, and that he continued in the same duty until the next October, when he received from Captain R. McLane a discharge stating the time he had served and etc. that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service. That he was born in Rowan or Guilford County in North Carolina on the 7th of December, 1758. Has no record of his age. Living when first called into service in Guilford County, North Carolina when he entered the service. After that in Montgomery County, Virginia. That he resided there 16 years after his discharge, then removed to Grainger County, Tennessee, resided there 11 years then removed to Warren County, Kentucky, resided there 4 years; then to Logan County, same state, resided there 5 years, and then he removed to this county where he has since resided. That his discharges were burned about one year after the close of the war while he resided in Virginia. That there were no regular officers with him except at Charleston and has no recollection of the names or any of the regiments stationed there… White County, Illinois} Before clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said county, this day personally appeared Susan Morgan, daughter of Susan Morgan, aged 54 years, who being duly sworn says that the family record of henry and Susan Morgan has, for the space of 35 or 40 years, been in the possession of herself, as well as other members of the family and that the strip of paper hereto attached, was in the presence and sight of this deponent, cut from the said family Bible or family record. That the same has been since the ?recollection of said deponent’s in and attached to the said family record. That said deponent does not know or recollect who wrote the same and in whose handwriting it is, but that the said deponent does verily believe the same to be genuine and correct. That the said Henry Morgan and Susan Morgan, have, since the ?recollection of said deponent, lived together as man and wife. That they were so known and esteemed by the neighborhood where they have resided, and further, deponent says not. Susan, her mark, Morgan. No date showing on this image, may have been covered by the note below. Small note attached “Henry Morgan and Susanna Poe were married in September 1785 in Montgomery County, Virginia by a minister named William Porter.” State of Illinois, White County} On this 3rd day of October, 1857, personally appeared, Susan Morgan, a resident of the county and state aforesaid, aged somewhere about 86 years, who being duly sworn before the undersigned county judge for the county of White, doth on her oath make the following declaration…: Said Susan Morgan being the widow of Henry Morgan, who, as deponent thinks, was a private during a part, at least, of the Revolutionary War, deponent thinks. That her said husband was a part of the time under the command of Captain McLain and another part of the time under the command of Captain Campbell, and again, as she thinks, under the command of Captain McLain. Deponent thinks that a part of the time the said henry Morgan belonged to the light horsemen. She does not recollect the name or names of the higher officers, but she further declares that the said Henry Morgan was for many years before his death, a Revolutionary pensioner. She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Morgan in the year 1785 in the county of Montgomery in the state of Virginia by a man of the name, she thinks, of Paster [looks like Pastor, but could be Porter], who she thinks was a minister of the Gospel. That the aforesaid Henry Morgan died on the 22nd day of February, 1849. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the 2nd of January 1800, viz. at the time stated above. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension, and that she is still a widow. Her mark, Susan Morgan File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/montgomery/military/revwar/pensions/morgan53gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 8.0 Kb