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Joseph Patton – Revolutionary War Soldier\\<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Declaration for Benefits\u00a0 made\u00a0 in open court in Morgan County, Oct. 13, 1832\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

by Joseph Patton a Revolutionary war soldier who died in Morgan County in 1849\\<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>
\nJOSEPH PATTEN\u00a0\u00a0 No. S.3632<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832<\/p>\n

State of Tennessee, Morgan County<\/b><\/p>\n

On this 13th day of October 1832, personally appeared before the worshipful
\nJustice of the Court of Pleas and Quarters sessions for said county now siting it being a
\ncourt of record, Joseph Patton a resident citizen of the county of Morgan aforesaid in
\nthe State of Tennessee aged 70 years agreeable to his record as taken from his father’s
\nrecord and after being sworn according to Law make the following Declaration in order
\nto obtain the benefit of the aforesaid act of Congress passed 7 June in the year of our
\nLord 1832.
\nThat he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the
\nState of North Carolina, Rowan County under Captain William Bell, Col. Frank Locke
\nand Major White his first name not recollected, he is not certain of the dates not recollected
\nbut it was in the summer season of the year and believed to be in the year 1779 and marched
\nfrom said county and crossed the Catawba River at Shearl’s Ford.\u00a0 He went a horseback
\nand all the men that went with him, we went on to Ramsours Mill and fought the Tories at
\nsaid mill and conquered and drove them away and wounded and killed many, and then we
\nreturned home having been in service about ten days and in three or four days thereafter was
\ncalled again to fight the Tories and he marched off under Captain William Bell and aforesaid
\nCol. Locke and Col Davidson was along that was afterwards General and we marched to
\nCoalston Greek and there had a Battle with the Tories and conquered them easy and then
\nreturned home having been absent some short time this was another light horse trip and after
\nstaying at home about two weeks was drafted to serve three months against the British and
\nTories.\u00a0\u00a0 The British then lay in Camden. He marched off under Captain William Heart and
\nCol. Davis, his first name not remembered and marched on toward Camden and stationed
\nsome time at Warsaw Creek and while at that place Two hundred of us and he was of the
\nnumber left the main force and fought the Tories at a place on the Catawba river and
\ndefeated them, and he togather with the balance of said soldiers returned to their former station
\nat Warsaw Creek and rejoined our former troops and then there came word that the British
\nwas coming on toward Charlotte in Mecklenburg County and we then marched back toward
\nthat place and there remained until Tarleton and his forces came to that place we gave him (?)
\nwe that were of the horse and retreated the British remained in Charlotte some time and we
\nstationed at Rocky river about 24 miles off we were engaged for some time in
\nwatching round where the enemy was stationed and in keeping them from plundering and at
\none time we took about forty of the British that were out foraging with their wagons and teams.
\nHe was in a skirmish at Col. Polks Mill the British were guarding said mill we thought it was
\nthe Tories until we fired a few times on them they wounded 17 (or 7?)\u00a0 Of our horses and killed
\none man of ours named Hugh Gray, we took one of their guards and retreated and then returned
\nto head quarters at Rocky river and went on to Salisbury And was their verbally discharged for a
\nthree months tour and returned home and in about two or three weeks afterward was called in
\ngreat haste to go against the British at the time they crossed at Shearl’s ford and he was (?)
\nThe same day that the British crossed said river in a skirmish with them at that place but we had
\nto retreat and went home being in some few days and in sometime there after he substituted in the
\nplace of a certain Daniel Baxter who had ben drafted to serve three months tour he marched off
\nunder his former Col. Locke and Capt. Higgins and marched on after the British and crossed the
\nshallow ford of the Yadkin and marched night and day for some distance and marched near
\nHillsborough and joined General Greens army and then marched to fight the British at the revolution
\nbattle ground near Haw river and the British retreated and was finally marched by General Green
\na cross Haw river at the reedy fork and was there publicly and verbally discharged and Col. Locke
\nand his men returned home having served out our times and in about six or eight weeks after he
\nreturned home he himself was again drafted and states that his uncle Robert Patten his father’s brother
\nwas employed in carrying on work for the Benefit of the army in fixing cannons, cartridges and in
\nshoeing horses for the Light horse and in doing so it was necessary to have a good strong hand to
\nhelp him and by the arrangement of White this applicant was put to assisting his uncle in black
\nSmithing for the use of the army this was to stand as his tour for which he was drafted he accordingly
\nservd out a three months servitude engaged at the most land labor and after said three months
\ntour was expired he was requested by order of Col.White to continue in service with an understanding
\nthat it should stand as so much time in the way of service in the army and served on till his uncles time
\nwas out making at least four months after my first three months for which I had served at said work
\nwas expired for while in service he never was promised to be paid nor never received any pay for
\nonly the rations that was then allowed him by said officer by whom he was employed and applicant
\nstates the he must have been in the United States Service during said War about fourteen months
\nin the aggregate the applicant has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person
\nby whom he can prove his services he states that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania he does
\nnot know the county can just bearly recollect being moved to North Carolina Rowan County was
\nraised in said county near Catries meeting house and there continued to live until about two years
\nafter the revolutionary war and moved to the State of Kentucky Madison County, staid there some
\nfew years and moved to Montgomery County said state staid there 17 years moved to Cumberland
\nCounty said state staid there 16 years moved to Overton County, Tennessee lived there 8 or nine
\nyears moved to Morgan Tennessee has lived ever since.
\nHe hereby relinquishes every claim what so ever to a pension or annuity except the present and
\ndeclares his name is not on the pension role of this agency of any state.<\/p>\n

Signed:\u00a0 Joseph Patten<\/b><\/p>\n

Sworn to in open court
\nattest John Brown, D.C.<\/p>\n

We Maj. Shadrach Stephens residing in the County of Morgan and State of Tennessee
\nand Col. Saml. Scott residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
\nthe Joseph Patten who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we
\nbelieve him to be 70 years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
\nwhere he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.<\/p>\n

Signed Shadrach Stephens, Saml. Scott
\nSworn to and subscribed in open court
\nattest John Brown, D.C.<\/p>\n

Result of claim:
\nHe estimated that he served about 14 months in all.\u00a0 The War Dept.
\nDisallowed any credit for blacksmith work, they finally granted him
\n$36.38 per year in six months installments of $18.19.<\/p>\n

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