Micajah Callaway/Calloway  P-127552

Excerpt from the Revolutionary War Pension of Micajah Calloway, S*W6646

State of Indiana, Washington County SS:

Washington Circuit Court September Term 1832

On this 29th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of said Court now sitting, it being a Court of record, Micajah Callaway a resident of said County and State aforesaid aged about 74 years, who being 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 June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: that he entered the service as a Volunteer in Bottertourt [sic] County Virginia, by joining a company under Captain Henry Paulding of the Virginia militia, this was in the month of April 1777. The company consisted of about one hundred men – Immediately after joining said company, he marched with said company under said Paulding to Boonsborough, Kentucky, and served in said company under the said Paulding about 9 months.  He then volunteered under Colonel Boon and in February 1778 he was stationed at the Blue Licks with others making salt and whilst there he was taken with twenty six others, Colonel Boone among the number by a company of Shawnee Indians of upwards of one hundred, and conveyed as a prisoner with the others to the little Miami – James Callaway, Jesse Cooper, Nat Bullock, John Holly, William Brooks and Sam’l Brooks were among the number of prisoners. – He remained a prisoner with the said tribe of Indians from that time for five years and five months, during which time he moved with said tribe to different places in Ohio.  After the tribe was driven from little Miami by a party from Kentucky, it took its station on Mad River, and remained there about one year, then moved up the Big Miami about 20 miles, remained some time, then moved to a small stream emptying into Miami, and from that place the tribe was driven, by a party under General George Rogers Clark seven of the Indians being there taken prisoners, the Queen of the nation being among the number the tribe then took their station on St. Mary’s remained there about three months. He was then employed as an Interpreter on behalf of said tribe, to go to the falls of the Ohio to treat on the subject of exchange of prisoners – Seven Indians went with him to that place, for that purpose, the exchange took place after he had been there about 7 days General Clark being there at that time, by whose assistance this declarant was released at that time – he was in some other places with said tribe during the time he was a prisoner which are not now particularly recollected but he is positive that he was a prisoner as he has stated for about 5 years and 5 months during which time his suffering from stripes, hunger cold and the privations incident to a prisoners life among Savages are indescribable – After his release he was variously employed in the service of his country in defending the frontiers against Indians. He was a Spy for General Wayne 4 months, and was employed as interpreter in making a treaty at Limestone for the exchange of prisoners, and also at the mouth of Big Miami he acted a Interpreter for General Sinclair and General Butler – that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service – He hereby relinquishes every 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 – He is acquainted in his present neighborhood with John Kingsbury, Joseph Green, Beebee Booth, Eli W. Malotte, General John Depann, Colonel Jonathan Lyon, John Curry and Ebenezer Patrick, who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

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