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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
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Author: Mitchell Brandon Anderson
Thomas Philpot was born on 17 August 1763 in Lauren’s County, South Carolina.
He served in Captain Daniel Williams Company under Colonel Waters. He was in the Siege of 96 and afterward a scout. He was in skirmishes at Bowman’s Mill, Whitehead, Long Creek, and several other places. Afterward, he served under General Nathaniel Greene. He was captured at Hayne’s Station and kept a prisoner of war, and then paroled by Cunningham.
Thomas moved to Clay County, Kentucky, before 2 March 1822 because his son Anderson was born in that location on that date. Thomas applied in open court for a pension on 4 April 1837 in Clay County, Kentucky. He states that after fighting and scouting with Captain Daniel Williams, he marched with him to Island Ford on the Saluda River and joined Colonel Waters. Afterwards, they marched to the Siege of 96, and information arrived that Lord Rawdon was on his way to provide aid to General Cruger, they marched to Babb’s Mill on the Bush River. They were then requested to aid Colonel Hayes at Edgill Station [Edgehill Station] on Little River, who was engaging with Tories commanded under Captain Cunningham. He states that he received three guineas at the time of enlistment to go in the aid of Colonel Hayes. Thomas was taken prisoner of war a few days after enlistment and then paroled about one month later. Still, Colonel Hayes, Captain Williams, Joseph Wilkins, Peter Yearley, and several others were killed.
He states that he volunteered and served with Captain Williams not less than 15 months before the Siege of 96, scouring and traversing the country and engaging in Bowman’s Mill, White Hall [Whitehead], and Long Cane [Long Creek]. Thomas states that he had a brother killed at the Battle of Long Creek.
In the open court hearing, Thomas mentions that his discharge papers from Colonel Waters were burnt. Three or four years before the court hearing, he made a pension request to the Department of War, but it was sent back because there was a lack of proof. In Knox County, Kentucky on 23 March 1841, Obediah Hammonds [SAR Patriot #: P-336296], stated under oath that he knew Thomas Philpot in the Revolutionary War. Obediah testified that he knew Thomas at the Siege of Ninety-Six and that he saw him there. Thomas’ R8217V pension was denied, but the reason was not stated.
Thomas married Nancy Jane Bates 15 June 1792 [location unknown], and they had a son named Anderson (1822-after 21 March 1898), and possibly more children.
The Patriot died on 6 August 1847 in Clay County, Kentucky, and is buried in the Philpot Cemetery in Urban, Clay County, Kentucky. After Thomas’ death, his widow Nancy applied for a widow’s pension on 7 February 1852 in Clay County, Kentucky, testifying that he never received any pension payments before his death. On the 1860 Clay County, Kentucky Census, the following are in the household with Nancy and could be children:
Mary
Thomas
Lydia
Nancy died after the 1860 Census in Clay County, Kentucky.
Sources:
Revolutionary War Pension File R8217V
Moss, Boby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994, page 771. Obtained from Ninety-Six National Historic Site Visitor Center.
National Park Service. Roster of Patriot Soldiers at the Battles of Ninety Six (1775 & 1781).
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