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On this 3rd day
of September AD 1832 before the Hon. Thomas Stuart judge of the circuit
court for the fourth judicial circuit for the State of Tennessee now sitting
John Andrews a resident of the State of Tennessee and of the County of
Williamson aforesaid aged sixty eight 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 June 7th 1832.
That he entered into the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated to wit. The first campaign he
entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Mark Andrews
his father about the first day of January 1781 and was discharged about
twentieth of April following and was commanded by the following officers
General Muhlenburg commander, Col. Thomas Merriweather, Major De Kluman,
Capt. Francis Degraphen Ried, Lieutenant Rudiah[?] Clay, and ensign
Alexander Rudder. He marched from Lunenburg Court House VA to Petersburg to
Cabin Point to Smithfield to Mackeys Mills to Babbs old Fields there
discharged.
The second campaign he entered the service of the United States as a drafted
militia about the first of May the same year 1781 under the following
officers General Robert Lawson, Colonel ___ Lindsey, Major John Overstreet,
Captain William Ragsdale, Lieutenant Gideon Spencer and Ensign Pastor Pool
and was discharged from service about last of August same year 1781 in
Hanover County VA and marched over the following country from Lunenburg
Court house to Prince Edward Court house. To Carters Ferry on James River To
Rappahannock River above Friedricksburgh and there formed a junction with
the main army commanded by General Lafayette and continued under his command
until discharge as aforesaid. He was born in 1764 on the 4th day of April in
Dinwiddie County VA according to register of his father which is not now in
his knowledge or possession.
When he was called into service he resided in Lunenburg County lived in said
county of Lunenburg & Hallifax VA after the revolution till 1802. Then lived
in Adair County Kentucky till 1804 and has since that time resided in
Williamson County Tennessee aforesaid.
Was in several skirmishes and at the Battle of the Green Springs. Has
forgotten the number of Continental Regiment with which he served but some
of them were under the command of General Wayne who commanded the regulars
and General Stewban of the Virginia troops. Has no documentary evidence nor
discharges nor never had any given him at his discharging.
He further states that Alexander Lester served with him in the first
campaign but in a different regiment and that George Andrews knows of his
having been substitute for his father in the first campaign and that he was
drafted and marched with the troops as in this declaration stated the second
campaign.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever except the present and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
whatever.
Sworn to and subscribed )) [signed] John Andrews
the day and year aforesaid ))
Preston Hay, clk &c ))
I Alexander Lester do certify that I am [resi]dent of Williamson County
Tennessee and am well acquainted with John Andrews who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration. That I served with him the first campaign
commencing about the first day of January 1781 and ending about the last of
April following as set forth in his declaration aforesaid but under
different officers and in a different regiment and that he has reputed to
have served a second term of service as is in his declaration stated and I
concur in that opinion.
[signed] Alexander Lester
August 2, 1939
Mrs. Oscar Barthold
Weatherford
Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War
record of John Andrews, from Dinwiddie County, Virginia, pensioned while a
resident of Williamson County, Tennessee.
The data [illegible] herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for
pension, S. 2908, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War.
John Andrews was born April 4, 1784, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He is
the son of Mark Andrews, name of his mother not shown.
While residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, John Andrews enlisted January
1, 1781, served as substitute for his father in Captain Francis [Degraphenried]’s
company, Colonel Thomas Merriwether’s Virginia regiment, and was discharged
the latter part of April 1781. He enlisted May 1, 1781, served as a private
in Captain William Ragsdale’s company, Colonel Lindsay’s Virginia regiment,
was in several skirmishes and in the battle of Green Springs, was discharged
the latter part of August, 1781.
John Andrews, after the Revolution, lived in Lunenburg and Halifax Counties,
Virginia until 1802, then moved to Adair County, Kentucky until 1804 when he
moved to Williamson County, Tennessee.
The soldier, John Andrews, was allowed pension on his application executed
September 3, 1832, then living in Williamson County, Tennessee.
George Andrews a resident of Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1832, stated
that he was well acquainted with John Andrews during the War of the
Revolution, but no relationship was shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data
relative to the family of John Andrews.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of
person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should
apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and furnish the following data-
John Andrews
Certificate #13979
Issued July 19, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency
Very Truly Yours
G. H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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