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State of Kentucky Revolutionary Claims

Clarke Curuit Ct.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congrefs entitled " An Act Supplementary to an Act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 7th day of June 1832, I Neilly Bybee of the County of Clarke in the state of Kentucky aged 69 years, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the service of the Army of the Revolution for the term of eighteen months under Capt Lovely of the (Virginia) Continental line in the Regiment commanded by Col Gaskins, in the month of April as well as I can recollect in the year 1781 that shortly after my said enlistment I was transferred by order of the Col. to the waggon department under Waggon Master John B. Carter, that at the time of my said enlistment I resided in the County of Fluvanna in the said state of Virginia, that I joined the Army at the Barracks near the point forks of James River in the Spring 1781, and was discharged honorably from service by my Captain at Santee in South Carolina with directions to get my discharge from Gen. Chas. Scott upon my return which written discharge I obtained from Gen Scott in the year 1783, the Captain having given me a certificate in the year 1782 at Santee where I was left sick,  and when I recovered and applied to said Scott at his residence in Cumberland County Virginia, he gave me a written discharge in said year of 1783 which discharge I left with my Sister in said County of Fluvanna (who has since died) in the year 1783 and supposes that the same has been lost. I left the State of Virginia in the year 1785 or 1786 and came to the state of Kentucky and remained in said last named state about one year when I returned to the State of Virginia where I remained until the year 1792 when I removed to said State of Kentucky and have resided in the County of Clarke in said State ever since tho' it was within the boundary of Fayette County at the time. I first came and The Army in which I served Marched first from Point fork on James River Fluvanna County up in the forks of the River near Lynchburg , and then returned back to the Barracks at Point Forks, and next marched acrofs to Staunton River at Coles Ferry, and marched back and crofsed James River at Carters Ferry from thence to Richmond and from Richmond to Bottom's old Fields, from thence acrofs the Wildernefs Bridge above Fredericksburg, from thence back to Bottoms fields, at Bottoms old Fields Capt. Kilpatrick of the same Regiment was shot in the eye by a soldier of the name of Grant, for which offence said Grant was hung.- From Bottoms old Field we marched acrofs Dismal Swamp to Cabin or Stony Point on James River, from thence to York where we remained until Cornwallis was taken in the Fall 1781, from thence marched up to Cumberland Old Courthouse where we staid thro' the Winter, and in the Spring 1782 we marched to South Carolina near the Savanna River where we staid until the Fall of the year where I was left sick and received a certificate of my having fufilled my engagement from Capt. (name not recollected) which I produced to Gen. Scott in 1783 & received my discharge as first stated.- that Col. Posey Commanded the Regiment in which I marched to South Carolina - that I served the full term of eighteen months agreeable to the terms of my enlistment - and I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of July 1832.

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Sam. ell Taylor Neilly X Bybee

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State of Kentucky

Clark Circuit Court

On this 25th day of July 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable Richard French, judge of the Clarke Circuit Court now sitting, Neilly Bybee, a resident of Clarke County and State of Kentucky, aged sixty nine 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 Congrefs pafsed June the 7th 1832 Comt-( see it together with certificate of proof of John B. Carter hereto annexed)-and the same court hereby declares its opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescibed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states- I Samuel ell. Taylor clerk of the Court held for the Circuit of Clarke aforesaid do hereby certify; that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Neilly Bybee for a pension- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 26th day of July 1832 and in the 41st year of the Commonwealth.

Sam. ell Taylor

Commonwealth of Kentucky

Woodford County Court--

This day personally appeared before me John B. Carter a citizen of the county aforesaid and made oath that he the said Carter during the War of the revolution was a waggon master a part of the time in the 17th regt of the Virginia line that during that time Nealley Bybee was in said regt a waggoner enlisted in that service where he served One year and a half and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.

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July 1832

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Source: Kentucky Cemetery Records, Vol.1, R929.509769 qk37K,1960.