Here are two copies of written depositions dated December 3, 1806 in which it is refuted that Isaac Sowell deserted from the Revolutionary War. Again, many thanks to Mrs. Robbie Moye for sending them to me.
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Transcribed by Kara J. Koehler on June 11, 1998 from a copy sent by Mrs. Robbie Moye, Goldsboro, NC
North Carolina Moore County
John McLeod of Montgomery County personally appeared before me Neill McLeod one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that he served in the first Battallion of the North Carolina Regiment in Captain Anthony Sharps company, Commanded by Colonel John Armstrong in theAmerican Service in the Revolutionary War And he further Deposeth that Isaac Sowell was a private in said Regiment in Captain Moore's Company--and he further Deposeth and Saith that he was creddably informed by several of the soldiers of said Regiment that he the said Sowell was sent to the General Hospital for the recovery of his health, and further saith that when enquiring of the soldier about said Sowell several of them told him, the said John McLeod, that the aforesaid Isaac Sowell had died in said hospital and was buried on Ashly Hill in the State of South Carolina and this Diplomat further saith that all the above information concerning his going to the hospital and dying there, he received while encamped on Ashly Hill. Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd December 1806. Signature of John McLeod Signature of Neill McLeod |
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Transcribed by Kara J. Koehler on June 11, 1998 from a copy sent by Mrs. Robbie Moye, Goldsboro, NC
North Carolina Moore County
Personally appeared before me Murdoch Martin one of the Justices of the Peace for said County Neill McLeod and Thomas Graham and being duly sworn Deposeth and say that they were acquanted with Isaac Sowell who went into the American Service as a private soldier towards the latter end of the American Revolution and that they always heard that he died in General Greens Comp. in South Carolina that they have been acquainted with his family before and since his entering into the service, and that they are convinced the said Sowell never returned to his family to which he formerly paid great attention--and they further say that it was reported by soldiers that served with him that he died in the hospital while in service. sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd December 1806. Signature of Murdoch Martin and Neill McLeod Signature of Thomas Graham |
