Display Patriot - P-328643 - Henry CHILDERS/CHILDRESS
Henry CHILDERS/CHILDRESS
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P-328643
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Excerpted from the Revolutionary War Pension of Henry Childers, *S16340:
State of Kentucky, Grant County, SS:
On this 11th day February 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Grant Court, now sitting, Henry Childers, aged sixty eight years, of the County of Grant and State aforesaid, 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 June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer, under Captain Samuel Hickumbottom [sic], in the County of Amherst State of Virginia, about the first of October preceding the surrender of Cornwallace [sic], volunteered for three months, was employed in and about Richmond during a greater part of the time, got his discharge but it is long since lost. Shortly after his discharge as above stated he again entered the service as a substitute for one William Nightbowls, who was drafted for three months, under Captain William Tucker, with whom he marched to Williamsburgh [sic] from there to York from there to Hampton from there to Newport News from there back to York, – while he was stationed at York was called out and gave chase to the British and was in a slight skirmish with them near what was called the “halfway house” – does not recollect the names of any of the field Officers during the first tour during the last tour his Commanding Officer was General Weeden his Colonel, one Dabney, his Major, one Campbell their Christian names not recollected, he was discharged at York at short time befor [sic] the British entered that place, but his discharge has long since been lost or destroyed, was born in Albemarl [sic] County, Virginia, moved to Kentucky about thirty four or five years ago, and has been a resident of this County ever since it has been a County. – That he has no documentary evidence, and he is known to no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. – He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. – Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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