PITCHFORD,
Daniel Virginia S 30654
Allen County,
Ky. 24 Nov. 1832, in open court, DANIEL
PITCHFORD, son, aged 71 deposes that he was
drafted March 1779 in Chesterfield County, Va. in
militia in Captain GILL's Co. Next served a
waggoner. Then moved to Mecklenberg Co., Va. In
Feb. 1781 served in Capt. SMITH's Company. Was in
the Battle of Guilford. Then he moved to
Lunenberg County, Va. and was drafted in the fall
of 1781 to serve under Captain JOSEPH GEETER, but
afficant became disabled by rheumatism and was
discharged within 10 days. After war moved to
Granville, N.C. thence to Pendleton County, S.C.
Thence to Allen County, Ky.
Was born in
Chesterfield Co., Va., on 25 July 1761.
ELI PITCHFORD,
brother of above DANIEL PITCHFORD, deposes that
about 1779 he (ELI) lived then with their father
WM. PITCHFORD in Amelia County, Va., and DANIEL
lived with their Uncle JESSE STILES in
Chesterfield Co., Va., and he well remember his
father having to go and fight the British and
that his father tried to get DANIEL to go in his
place, but that DANIEL had to go in his own
place, and well he remembers DANIEL's return
after the Battle of Guilford "much
debilitated from sickness."
*ZADOCK B.
THACKSTON, clergyman, DANIEL A. PORTER, ROBERT H.
PARIS, and JOSEPH PULLIAM are neighborhood
witnesses. After the War he, the applicant, moved
to Frederick County, Va., thence to Scott County,
Ky., thence to Allen County.
*Covering
Jacket: Kentucky ------- 13555 Samuel Smith,
Pvt. Va., line 9 months. Inscribed on Ky. Roll at
$30 per year to begin 4 March 1831. Certificate
of pension issued on 18 Mary 1833.
*Note: It is
obvious this pension record was mis-transcribed
by Mrs. Bell, combining the pensions of Daniel
Pitchford and Samuel Smith, or the originals were
mis-recorded.
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