Revolutionary Soldier
Age 80 yrs
Robert Elder, DAR Ancestor Number A037144, was one of the Heroes who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. I have included his Application for Revolutionary War Pension.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Robert Elder S12865 f19VA Transcribed by Will Graves 11/23/06 rev'd 12/19/14 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Kentucky, Lincoln County On this 25th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Lincoln County State of Kentucky now sitting Robert Elder a resident of said County of Lincoln and State of Kentucky aged Seventy Three 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 passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the month of June 1776 an express was received from the Commander of Fort Donley in the Greenbrier County on the year Frontiers of Virginia requiring the assistance of the Militia of the neighboring Counties; that this Declarant volunteered under Captain William Paxton and was marched to Greenbrier County to relieve Fort Donley which was besieged by the Shawnee Indians; they marched to the Fort which was relieved; the Indians retreating there was no Major or Colonel, they found Col. Lewis in the Fort. There were no regular troops; he served a tour of three months and was verbally discharged by Captain William Paxton. He again volunteered in the month of October 1780 under the command of Captain James Dysart, Lieutenant Kincannon [perhaps Andrew Kincannon], William Edmonston [William Edmiston or Edmondson] was the Major & William Campbell was the Colonel. They were marched to the state of North Carolina from Washington County Virginia for the purpose of attacking Colonel Ferguson [Maj. Patrick Ferguson] and his Army. They marched through North Carolina to Kings Mountain [October 7, 1780] where they attacked the British Army under Colonel Ferguson whom they killed & also captured his Army. He was in the Battle commanded by his officers as above named. Col. Isaac Shelby from Sullivan County was present and also Col. Williams [James Williams] and Sevier [John Sevier]. He does not think there were any regular regiments or officers present. He served a tour of three months & was verbally discharged by Captain Dysart. He states that he was born in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760; that he has no record of his age; that his father moved to Rockbridge County State of Virginia in 1773; that in 1780, he moved to Washington County in the same State, in which County he lived until 1796, when he moved to Lincoln County State of Kentucky where he has resided until the present time for the space of 36 years; he states that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove them, that he is known in his neighborhood to Evan Shelby and Samuel Duncan who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a revolutionary Soldier. He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Robert Elder
[Nathan Waters, a clergyman, and Evan Shelby & Samuel Duncan gave the standard supporting affidavit.] [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $20 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 6 months in the Virginia militia.]
Vonnie L Cantrell (#47192880)
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Age 80 yrs
Robert Elder, DAR Ancestor Number A037144, was one of the Heroes who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. I have included his Application for Revolutionary War Pension.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Robert Elder S12865 f19VA Transcribed by Will Graves 11/23/06 rev'd 12/19/14 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Kentucky, Lincoln County On this 25th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Lincoln County State of Kentucky now sitting Robert Elder a resident of said County of Lincoln and State of Kentucky aged Seventy Three 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 passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the month of June 1776 an express was received from the Commander of Fort Donley in the Greenbrier County on the year Frontiers of Virginia requiring the assistance of the Militia of the neighboring Counties; that this Declarant volunteered under Captain William Paxton and was marched to Greenbrier County to relieve Fort Donley which was besieged by the Shawnee Indians; they marched to the Fort which was relieved; the Indians retreating there was no Major or Colonel, they found Col. Lewis in the Fort. There were no regular troops; he served a tour of three months and was verbally discharged by Captain William Paxton. He again volunteered in the month of October 1780 under the command of Captain James Dysart, Lieutenant Kincannon [perhaps Andrew Kincannon], William Edmonston [William Edmiston or Edmondson] was the Major & William Campbell was the Colonel. They were marched to the state of North Carolina from Washington County Virginia for the purpose of attacking Colonel Ferguson [Maj. Patrick Ferguson] and his Army. They marched through North Carolina to Kings Mountain [October 7, 1780] where they attacked the British Army under Colonel Ferguson whom they killed & also captured his Army. He was in the Battle commanded by his officers as above named. Col. Isaac Shelby from Sullivan County was present and also Col. Williams [James Williams] and Sevier [John Sevier]. He does not think there were any regular regiments or officers present. He served a tour of three months & was verbally discharged by Captain Dysart. He states that he was born in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760; that he has no record of his age; that his father moved to Rockbridge County State of Virginia in 1773; that in 1780, he moved to Washington County in the same State, in which County he lived until 1796, when he moved to Lincoln County State of Kentucky where he has resided until the present time for the space of 36 years; he states that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove them, that he is known in his neighborhood to Evan Shelby and Samuel Duncan who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a revolutionary Soldier. He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Robert Elder
[Nathan Waters, a clergyman, and Evan Shelby & Samuel Duncan gave the standard supporting affidavit.] [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $20 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 6 months in the Virginia militia.]
Vonnie L Cantrell (#47192880)
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Revolutionary Soldier
Age 80 yrs
Robert Elder, DAR Ancestor Number A037144, was one of the Heroes who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. I have included his Application for Revolutionary War Pension.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Robert Elder S12865 f19VA Transcribed by Will Graves 11/23/06 rev'd 12/19/14 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Kentucky, Lincoln County On this 25th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Lincoln County State of Kentucky now sitting Robert Elder a resident of said County of Lincoln and State of Kentucky aged Seventy Three 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 passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the month of June 1776 an express was received from the Commander of Fort Donley in the Greenbrier County on the year Frontiers of Virginia requiring the assistance of the Militia of the neighboring Counties; that this Declarant volunteered under Captain William Paxton and was marched to Greenbrier County to relieve Fort Donley which was besieged by the Shawnee Indians; they marched to the Fort which was relieved; the Indians retreating there was no Major or Colonel, they found Col. Lewis in the Fort. There were no regular troops; he served a tour of three months and was verbally discharged by Captain William Paxton. He again volunteered in the month of October 1780 under the command of Captain James Dysart, Lieutenant Kincannon [perhaps Andrew Kincannon], William Edmonston [William Edmiston or Edmondson] was the Major & William Campbell was the Colonel. They were marched to the state of North Carolina from Washington County Virginia for the purpose of attacking Colonel Ferguson [Maj. Patrick Ferguson] and his Army. They marched through North Carolina to Kings Mountain [October 7, 1780] where they attacked the British Army under Colonel Ferguson whom they killed & also captured his Army. He was in the Battle commanded by his officers as above named. Col. Isaac Shelby from Sullivan County was present and also Col. Williams [James Williams] and Sevier [John Sevier]. He does not think there were any regular regiments or officers present. He served a tour of three months & was verbally discharged by Captain Dysart. He states that he was born in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760; that he has no record of his age; that his father moved to Rockbridge County State of Virginia in 1773; that in 1780, he moved to Washington County in the same State, in which County he lived until 1796, when he moved to Lincoln County State of Kentucky where he has resided until the present time for the space of 36 years; he states that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove them, that he is known in his neighborhood to Evan Shelby and Samuel Duncan who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a revolutionary Soldier. He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Robert Elder
[Nathan Waters, a clergyman, and Evan Shelby & Samuel Duncan gave the standard supporting affidavit.] [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $20 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 6 months in the Virginia militia.]
Vonnie L Cantrell (#47192880)
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Age 80 yrs
Robert Elder, DAR Ancestor Number A037144, was one of the Heroes who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. I have included his Application for Revolutionary War Pension.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Robert Elder S12865 f19VA Transcribed by Will Graves 11/23/06 rev'd 12/19/14 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Kentucky, Lincoln County On this 25th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Lincoln County State of Kentucky now sitting Robert Elder a resident of said County of Lincoln and State of Kentucky aged Seventy Three 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 passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the month of June 1776 an express was received from the Commander of Fort Donley in the Greenbrier County on the year Frontiers of Virginia requiring the assistance of the Militia of the neighboring Counties; that this Declarant volunteered under Captain William Paxton and was marched to Greenbrier County to relieve Fort Donley which was besieged by the Shawnee Indians; they marched to the Fort which was relieved; the Indians retreating there was no Major or Colonel, they found Col. Lewis in the Fort. There were no regular troops; he served a tour of three months and was verbally discharged by Captain William Paxton. He again volunteered in the month of October 1780 under the command of Captain James Dysart, Lieutenant Kincannon [perhaps Andrew Kincannon], William Edmonston [William Edmiston or Edmondson] was the Major & William Campbell was the Colonel. They were marched to the state of North Carolina from Washington County Virginia for the purpose of attacking Colonel Ferguson [Maj. Patrick Ferguson] and his Army. They marched through North Carolina to Kings Mountain [October 7, 1780] where they attacked the British Army under Colonel Ferguson whom they killed & also captured his Army. He was in the Battle commanded by his officers as above named. Col. Isaac Shelby from Sullivan County was present and also Col. Williams [James Williams] and Sevier [John Sevier]. He does not think there were any regular regiments or officers present. He served a tour of three months & was verbally discharged by Captain Dysart. He states that he was born in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760; that he has no record of his age; that his father moved to Rockbridge County State of Virginia in 1773; that in 1780, he moved to Washington County in the same State, in which County he lived until 1796, when he moved to Lincoln County State of Kentucky where he has resided until the present time for the space of 36 years; he states that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove them, that he is known in his neighborhood to Evan Shelby and Samuel Duncan who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a revolutionary Soldier. He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Robert Elder
[Nathan Waters, a clergyman, and Evan Shelby & Samuel Duncan gave the standard supporting affidavit.] [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $20 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 6 months in the Virginia militia.]
Vonnie L Cantrell (#47192880)
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