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State of Kentucky
Russell County
On this twenty ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, it being a court of record setting in and for the county aforesaid, Ancil Goodman , resident of said county ages about eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That in the state of Virginia in the County of Stafford in the year as well as he can now remember 1777, he entered into the service of the United States, under Captain Charles Watkins, and was ordered to Kentucky with the balance of the company for the purpose of assisting the inhabitants in their battle against the British and Indians.
That the company was composed of fifty odd men, that they were promised forty schillings per month and the period of their enlistment was for six months. That very soon after their enlistment the were marched to Kentucky by their Capn. and arrived at Boonsborough on the Kentucky River in the now state of Ky. which was a Fort, sometimes called a station at which place we found Col. Daniel Boon, and some men and families under his command. We were placed under the command also, of Col. Boon and acted in the capacity of defenders of the Fort against the enemy and also as Indian spies.
Some considerable time after being so employed upon constant duty and very short allowance himself and as well as he can now recollect about twenty others under the command of Col. Boone were ordered out upon an expedition to make salt for the use of those in the Fort. They marched to a place about 70 or 80 miles from the Fort then and now known and called the Blue Licks after being there about three weeks, engaged making salt.
Col. Boone was absent from the company hunting and trapping, when a party of the Shawnees of about one hundred Indians commanded by their chief Blackfish fixed several guns at him as he, Boon, told this applicant, and run him some distance and he, Boone, discovering he would be taken, stopped, put his gun behind a tree, stepped out and gave up. The Indians then marched with Col. Boone to where the balance of us were, and we were ordered by Col. Boone to stack our guns and surrender. We did so.
We were all taken first to the Indian towns over the Ohio River on the Little Miami. Some of the company were taken to the British. This applicant and a few others were retained by the Indians, and from the day he was taken up to the time he run off, a period of eight months, he suffered misery and wretchedness, hunger, cruelty and oppression of almost every sort. The night after he was taken his arms were tied behind him, a rope or buffeloes leg tied fast around his middle, and the other made fast to an Indian on each side of him, and the one around his arms was made to go around his neck, and tied fast to a tree, and in that position he had to sleep upon the snow. A little while before he reached the Indian Town, he was compelled to strip himself, cold as was entirely naked, his arms again made fast and a load of bone meat packed upon him. It was a heavy load. Indeed he was packed heavily, from the time he was taken until he arrived at the town and just as he got there, he was met by many Indians from the town, and run the gauntlet with the load of meat, and was very severely beaten and bruised in the race. Before they got in sight of the Town, he was made to sing as loud as he could hollow. The object of that he afterwards learnt was to give notice of their approach. After running the gauntlet, he and the other prisoners were ordered to dance like the Whites. A Negro who was prisoner with them, acted as interpreter. Col. Boon was taken a while to the British and they give him a little horse and a saddle, and he returned with the Indians, and was taken off with a party mostly of squaws to make salt. There he made out to run off and got back to Boonsborough safely. This applicant, having stayed as he before mentioned eight months, he in company with two others, George Hendricks and Aaron Ferman, run away, and having learnt from some of the Indians before they started, that there was some white men at the Falls of Ohio, they made their course that way.
Before they arrived there, being pressed with hunger, they were getting some red haws when a party of Indians come upon them, and after a chase retook George Hendricks, but his other companion and himself arrived at the Falls. he remained there upwards of two months, having engaged as a soldier and performed duty under Capn. Wm. Harrod. He has no discharge, no written evidence of his services whatever. From the time of his enlistment, until he got back to Virginia, was one year and nine months .
He can prove by a living witness, Arabia Brown of the county Garrard the fact of his enlistment and his service.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Ansel Goodman
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Revolutionary War Pension of Moses Nelson
This is not the complete pension record, just the part that relates to Kentucky.
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State of Kentucky
County of Bath
On this 8th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Honl. Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Bath, now sitting Moses Nelson a resident of the County of Bath and State of Kentucky aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passes June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (to wit)
About the first of June 1778 I enlisted in Captain John Holder’s Company in Rowan County in the state of North Carolina and marched to Kentucky. On the 24th day of June 1778 we arrived at Boonesborough Ky. where we found the people in the garrison, in a most distressed situation, in want of almost every thing within, besides the danger they were constantly exposed to from the Indians without lurking in the cane watching an opportunity to take a prisoner or a scalp.
In this situation we continued until the month of August ensuring when the ten Frenchmen and Capt. Blackfish the Shawnee Chief with 300 warriors appeared in sight of the forts and professed friendship upon condition that Colo. Boon would surrender the fort into their possession. Colo. Boon and his men declined to accede to the proposition then Capt. Blackfish proposed a treaty, which was agreed to. The next day Colo. Boon and his officers were to meet Blackfish and his Chiefs at a Spring about 60 yards from the fort. Accordingly they preceeded to the appointed place. At the conclusion of the said treaty, Blackfish said the custom among then was for two Indians to take hold of one white man, and shake hands strong to make a lasting treaty. When the Indians had got hold of the white men’s hands they attempted to make prisoners of them. The men from the fort fired on the Indians, they run and all our men got into the fort safe and unhurt, except one man who received a slight wound. The Indians then attacked the fort and besieged the fort for nine days and nights without a cessation of hostilities. They then raised the siege. The Indians continued very troublesome throughout the whole country. There were at that time only four garrisons in the Country (Towit) One at Boonsborough, one called Logan’s Station, the Falls of the Ohio, and at Harrodsburgh. We were kept in constant service. About the last of May 1779 Colo. Bowman raised a company of volunteers from the garrisons to march against a Shawnee town called Chilicothe. I belonged to Capt. Holder’s company. We arrived about day break at the town whereupon a battle ensued and continued until about 9 oclock when a Negro woman came out and told our officers that they had sent runners to Preaway [?] for Simon Gurty, and a strong party of Indians. Colo. Bowman upon that information ordered a retreat, we left the town. The Indians pursued us and about one or two oclock they came up with us in the woods. They attacked us, we formed and gave them battle, each party took shelter behind trees. We remained on the ground until late in the day where we charged them and drove them off the ground. We lost 9 men killed and got two scalps. We then returned to Kentucky, I went to Boonesborough and remained there till the spring 1781. I then went to the falls of the Ohio, and I think about the first May 1780. I enlisted in the regular service under Captain Weatherton in the Illinois regiment for two years. I marched immediately to the Iron banks on the Mississippi under the command of General George Rogers Clark, continued there until my term of service expired, marched back to Kentucky and was then discharged. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. And that he has so lost or mislaid his discharge so that he cannot get it, but can prove his services partly by Josiah Collins, and partly by Edward Parker.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Moses Nelson
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State of Kentucky
County of Bath
On this 8th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Honl. Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Bath, now sitting Moses Nelson a resident of the County of Bath and State of Kentucky aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passes June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (to wit)
About the first of June 1778 I enlisted in Captain John Holder’s Company in Rowan County in the state of North Carolina and marched to Kentucky. On the 24th day of June 1778 we arrived at Boonesborough Ky. where we found the people in the garrison, in a most distressed situation, in want of almost every thing within, besides the danger they were constantly exposed to from the Indians without lurking in the cane watching an opportunity to take a prisoner or a scalp.
In this situation we continued until the month of August ensuring when the ten Frenchmen and Capt. Blackfish the Shawnee Chief with 300 warriors appeared in sight of the forts and professed friendship upon condition that Colo. Boon would surrender the fort into their possession. Colo. Boon and his men declined to accede to the proposition then Capt. Blackfish proposed a treaty, which was agreed to. The next day Colo. Boon and his officers were to meet Blackfish and his Chiefs at a Spring about 60 yards from the fort. Accordingly they preceeded to the appointed place. At the conclusion of the said treaty, Blackfish said the custom among then was for two Indians to take hold of one white man, and shake hands strong to make a lasting treaty. When the Indians had got hold of the white men’s hands they attempted to make prisoners of them. The men from the fort fired on the Indians, they run and all our men got into the fort safe and unhurt, except one man who received a slight wound. The Indians then attacked the fort and besieged the fort for nine days and nights without a cessation of hostilities. They then raised the siege. The Indians continued very troublesome throughout the whole country. There were at that time only four garrisons in the Country (Towit) One at Boonsborough, one called Logan’s Station, the Falls of the Ohio, and at Harrodsburgh. We were kept in constant service. About the last of May 1779 Colo. Bowman raised a company of volunteers from the garrisons to march against a Shawnee town called Chilicothe. I belonged to Capt. Holder’s company. We arrived about day break at the town whereupon a battle ensued and continued until about 9 oclock when a Negro woman came out and told our officers that they had sent runners to Preaway [?] for Simon Gurty, and a strong party of Indians. Colo. Bowman upon that information ordered a retreat, we left the town. The Indians pursued us and about one or two oclock they came up with us in the woods. They attacked us, we formed and gave them battle, each party took shelter behind trees. We remained on the ground until late in the day where we charged them and drove them off the ground. We lost 9 men killed and got two scalps. We then returned to Kentucky, I went to Boonesborough and remained there till the spring 1781. I then went to the falls of the Ohio, and I think about the first May 1780. I enlisted in the regular service under Captain Weatherton in the Illinois regiment for two years. I marched immediately to the Iron banks on the Mississippi under the command of General George Rogers Clark, continued there until my term of service expired, marched back to Kentucky and was then discharged. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. And that he has so lost or mislaid his discharge so that he cannot get it, but can prove his services partly by Josiah Collins, and partly by Edward Parker.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Moses Nelson
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