Sharp.Isham.Revwar.1833.Russell.MILITARY-PensionFrom: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:51 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Sharp.Isham.Revwar.1833.Russell.MILITARY-Pension Pension Application Of Isham Sharp, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2158, Application #w11442 Revwar Russell County KyArchives Military Pension Pension Application Of Isham Sharp, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2158, Application #W11442 ISHAM SHARP, a resident of Russell County, KY, aged 78 years in February 1833: That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War as a drafted militiaman in the year 1779 [Cherokee Expedition was in 1776] in the County of Guilford, state of North Carolina, for three months under Capt. LEAK, Lieutenant JOHN DAVIS. He does not recollect the name of the ensign. He was…put under Gen. RUTHERFORD and marched to the Cherokee nation, in which tour he faithfully served three months and was honorably discharged and returned home.” “Sometime thereafter in the latter part of the same year, he was again drafted for six months and entered the service of the United States immediately under Capt. ALEXANDER HUNTER [Capt. Hunter was court-martialed soon after the Moore’s Creek Bridge battle, so this tour of duty probably preceded the Cherokee expedition in 1776], same lieutenant as stated above [Lt. JOHN DAVIS], and marched to various places through the country after the Tories, no troops having joined them in this way. He served full six months and was honorably discharged by his captain and returned home.” “In the year 1780, he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer militiaman under Capt. COOK for six months. He states that he does not now recollect the name of the lieutenant and ensign. He was immediately marched to various places in the neighboring counties. Their principle duty was to guard certain dangerous places. They were in many skirmishes with the Tories during that tour, and in which he faithfully served full six months and was honorably discharged by his captain.” “Sometime after his return, he again volunteered under Capt. COOK/ TATE for nine months and was put under or in, Col. ROLSTON’s regiment and was previous to his joining said regiment and afterwards, marching to various places in search of the enemy, and was marched to Guilford and was there at the battle called the Battle of Guilford. This he thinks was in the year 1781 [per Heitman, March 15, 1781]…” August 1833-ISHAM SHARP-“He states that the first tour he served, he was in Col. JAMES MARTIN’s regiment. He further states that the second and third tours he served in Col. PAISLEY’s regiment…” “January 1834-“He states that in the early part of 1779 he was drafted for three months in Guilford County, state of NC. He then belonged to Capt. LEAK’s company. That he immediately entered the service of the United States as a private drafted militiaman under said Capt. LEAK, JOHN DAVIS, Lt. He was immediately attached to Col. MARTIN’s regiment, Maj. HUNTER’s battalion. Marched to Salisbury where they stayed a short time and joined Gen. RUTHERFORD’s brigade. They then marched up the Catawba River to its head where they remained for some short time, when they marched on the Cherokee nation where they burned several villages, killed two or three Indians and after remaining in that region some time, was marched on homewards and after reaching home he was honorably discharged by his captain.” “He has, in his former declarations, called this a tour of three months and that in the time he was drafted for, but he positively states that from the time he was drafted and entered the service and took up the line of march, it was five months before he reached home and received his discharge. It was early in the year when he was drafted, and it was in the latter part of the summer or fall before he reached home, and therefore he can with certainty say…that on this tour, he faithfully served five months instead of three…” “He states that soon after he returned home, he was again drafted and put into Capt. ALEXANDER HUNTER’s company, Maj. JAMES HUNTER’s battalion, Col. PAISLEY’s regiment [Capt. Hunter was court-martialed soon after the Moore’s Creek Bridge battle, so this tour of duty probably preceded the Cherokee expedition in 1776]. They then marched to Randolph County, Chatham County and many other places, guarding and protecting the inhabitants, routing the Tories, driving and dispersing them. He was not attached to any other troops or brigade in this expedition. He has stated that he was drafted in this time for six months and he yet thinks so, if he was not so drafted, he served that length of time before he was discharged…” “Soon after he returned home and was discharged, he turned out as a volunteer under Capt. COOK and was attached to the same battalion and regiment as stated in the preceding tour. That they marched to Surrey Courthouse where they quartered for awhile. He was then joined to Col. HENDERSON’s regiment and marched across the Yadkin River and turned down said river where they made a stand for some days near where there was a large body of Tories collected, and for some time a general engagement was expected, but the Tories finally abandoned their position and retreated down the country, and the regiment pursued them many miles, recrossed the river, and marched on to many other places, which he cannot now particularly recollect, in the course of a month or six weeks spent in this way.” “They then marched back to Guilford County and immediately marched on again to Randolph and Chatham Counties, where they had several skirmishes with the Tories. From thence, they again marched on to the Yadkin River, crossed the same, and continued in that region for a considerable time and again marched back to Guilford, a distance of about fifty miles. They remained in Guilford some time, and again marched to Randolph and Chatham, where they continued for a long time, scouting and guarding, and was finally marched back to Guilford…” “Soon after his return…he again volunteered under Captain TATE and was attached to Major ALCORN’s battalion, Colonel NELSON’s regiment. He was marched on to Haw River and had some skirmishing, was marched back to Guilford County and was attached to General GREENE’s army and was kept in constant active service for some time in ranging about, he being detached for that purpose, and about five days before the Battle of Guilford, the party to which he was attached had a Battle at Whitesell’s Mills [March 6, 1781], about six miles from Guilford Courthouse.” “They then returned to the army and remained with the main army until the Battle of Guilford was fought, in which battle this declarant was in, from beginning to end. The army lay at Guilford Courthouse a few days after the battle, when Gen. GREENE took up the line of march to the north. This declarant marched on with the main army about one hundred miles when, as this declarant understood, the Tories and British was collecting again in Guilford County, when Col. NELSON’s regiment was sent back to that place, where he continued marching from county to county for a considerable time, to about the last of July, when this declarant was attached to a party and sent on the Henry Co. state of VA to guard provisions, on to N.C. and other places, and in this service he continued until a few days after the surrender of CORNWALLIS…He would further remark, least some doubt might exist, as to the time he was engaged as an escort of beeves and provisions, that he was taken out of the ranks, it was not upon any private engagement.” Submitted by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/