STATE OF TENNESSEE
GREENE COUNTY
Personally appeared before me Thomas Jones an acting Justice
of the Peace for said County and State: Thomas Morgan resident
of said County and State aged Eighty two years who being duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress
dated June the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated ---- that he
volunteered in Botetourt County Virginia under Captain Robinson
and Col. John Preston the commander of the Regiment for one month
this was in about the first of the year 1778, we marched twenty
miles down New River to Culvinson's bottom where was the frontier
fort on said River -- the object of said tour was to drive off
and guard against the Indians -- he served out said month and
returned home. A few days afterwards he volunteered at the same
place to serve three months tours as a ranger to go from one fort
to another, under Colonel Preston we marched from Parris's fort
on the bank of the New River to Cavender's fort four miles down
the river thence back to Parris's fort visiting each alternately
during the whole three months, guarding against the Indians.
Next he volunteered at the same place where he first entered the
service, a few days after the expiration of the last tour, to
guard Parris's fort four months against the Indians -- at the
expiration of said four months he volunteered at the same place
where he first entered the service to serve one month, he served
out said month at James Allison's fort about one mile from New
River. Col. Preston had the ordering out of men and
Superintendent of all the aforesaid forts and the command of the
men stationed therein.
In the fall of 1779, this applicant moved from said
Botetourt County Virginia to Washington County in the Territory
of North Carolina now Greene County in the State of Tennessee.
That in the summer of 1781 he served first as a spy against the
Indians five days, on the next day after the expiration of said
five days he was called on by Captain Doherty to act as spy again
for one month, that he served said time out. He was then called
on by the same Captain to spy another month which he done also;
he was then called on by the said Captain to spy fifty seven days
more which he accordingly done that after the spying to wit about
the year 1782 he served a tour of one month under Colonel
Robinson from said County of Washington against the Cherokees.
He marched as far as Beech Creek and was there discharged. He
afterwards spyed the Indians two months and a half months under
Major Taford the whole spying was done in the years 1781 and
1782. This applicant during the first months tour of spying as
aforesaid killed an Indian near the painted rock in North
Carolina near the Frenchbroad river. Afterwards in the last of
year 1782 or first of 1783 he volunteered in Washington County
under Captain Jacob Brown of Washington County, Territory of
North Carolina in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Sevier. We
marched on to Tellies (Talley) block house in Litter River in
Cherokee Nation and was there discharged having served one month
during this Tour.
This applicant states that he has no documentatiory evidence
to show that he served as aforesaid in the Revolutionary War.
and that he knows of no testimony he can produce but the
testimony of Henry Reynolds to prove any part of said service and
which is hereto affixed. This applicant is about eighty years
old. He has no record kept of his age; he was born in Bedford
County State of Virginia. That when he as called into the
service of the United States he lived in Botetourt County in the
said State, that he removed from there to Washington County,
Territory of North Carolina now Greene County, State of Tennessee
where he has lived ever since. He knows of no living man who can
testify as to his age or the reputation of his service in the
revolution.
I here relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or
annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any State.
THOMAS MORGAN
Sworn to and subscribed before me date above written.
Thomas Jones
Justice of the Peace
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