From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:28 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Trout.Christian.Pike.RevWar-Pension Trout, Christian Revolutionary War Pension Application Revwar Pike County KyArchives Military Pension Trout, Christian Revolutionary War Pension Application The following document was copied from Christian Trout's application for his Revolutionary War pension. This record was obtained from the National Archives and Records Service in Washington, D.C. His service was listed in Maryland and the number was #W7326 & BLwt. #35685-160-55. ******************************************************************************* Kentucy 29.709 Christian Trout of Pike Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Chaplin of the Regiment commanded by Col. Jones in the Maryland mil.____ for 1 year Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars--Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Feb. 1835 and sent to Hon. R.M. Johnson H.R. Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '34. $140.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '35 20.00 ------- $160.00 {Revolutionary Claim} {Act June 7, 1832.} Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk, Book E-2, Vol. 7, Page 48 ******************************************************************************* State of Kentucky Pike County to wit. On this 6th day of October 1834 personally appeared before the County Court of said county of Pike Christian Trout age a Eighty one years of age sho 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named officers herein stated. To wit under Col. Jones, Capt. Joseph Chaplin, Leuiteuant Chaplin a cousin of the Chaplains, whose Christian name he has forgotten in the County of Washington and state of Maryland. he was volenteer for six months. it was in May 1778. the day he does not remember. he met his company at Sharpsburg the place where he lived and was raised. Captain Chaplin received orders to march towards Philadelphia to join Gen Washingtons army. after he had marched for two and _____ was met the company to return to Sharpsburg to guard some british prisioners that had been taken and also to go after the tories which were numers in that part of Maryland, we got back and the first day we started after the tories we caught twenty five of them, and we caught Ludwick ______ ______ a tory. a man with whom this applicant states he learnt his trade with and also one Christly Pisser, & ____ one _____ and a great many more whose names he has forgotten. He states they also caught two of the Rolers al those were tories all of which we took up to Hagerstown and put them in Jail, & then came back to Sharpsburg a distance of fifteen miles and their staid and and guarded the prisioners at Sharpsburg until his time expired, and there was also some tories that was brought from the south. he thinks from near Charleston South Carolina. he was in Virginia once this tour. after the toried and crossed at Lucketts ferry on the Potomac ricer. The british were a fighting in the south, but had left Philadelphia as he understood. his term for which he volentered having ended he received his discharge in the month of November, 1778. he has no recolection about ever getting a writen discharge at this time. In the next March 1779 a draft came for men and he was a drafted man for three month. he was under Capt. Akin, Leut Bush. Col Jones. He went to Hagertown and there met his company and there guarded some prisoners. which were deposited there, which were removed to Fredrick town in Maryland during this turn of service he aided in catching and confineing a great many tories, and ______ _______ they _______ over in the State of Virginia and caught several of them and brought them back, he returned to the barracks at Fredrick town and remained on his duty until his 3 months expired for which he received his discharge from his Captain, he here states that there was some officers and millitia companies here there were no regular officiers that he knows of but is under the impression that there was none that seemed with him. he states that the Country through which he marched was Maryland, except Virginia as above stated, in fact during this second tour he marched but little in Maryland as he guarded the prisoners the greater part of the time state of Maryland, at the time of his service he could not understand officers names and things so well as he is a German and spoke very broken English, he states that his memory has been greatly wrecked and he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or anuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid his X Christian Trout mark Questions propounded by the court to Christian Trout 1. Where and in what year were you born ---In Sharpsburg Maryland in the year 1753. 2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it. ---I have not. 3. Where you living when called into service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war. and where do you now live ---in Sharpsburg Maryland, from he moved to Virginia and from ther he to this place in the year 1822. 4. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volenteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? ---He volenteered and was drafted and was a substitute also---and for John Ralbey 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, _____ and ______ millitia regiments as you can recolect and the general circumstances of your services. ---He states he saw a great many regular officers that passed from the south to the north but none served with him but Chistly Ovenddoff. He was the only man that acted under the authority of Congress that he now remember of. he could state many millitia officer--he in the first instance enlised for six months as a volenteer to go to the south and then was turned back and served out that tour after the tories chiefly he served another six months tour, and another and a three months draft, he asisted in catching a great many tories and put them in Jail in Fredrick town (on the western shore) of Maryland, and he states that he guarded the prisioners that the americans had taken and placed at Hagertown for safe keeping for a great portion of his service in the Army of the Revolution he states he was in no battle during his term of service during the Revolution and In the month of October 1779 he served a tour of six months under Col Watson. Capt, Christly Ovendoff as a volenteer under the following circumstances. this Captain Ovendoff was an officer in the comman_____ of the Revolution and was taken prisioner by the british and kept by them until he married a british officers daughter and they permitted him to return home which was in the same county that this applicant resided in- -the tories were hideing out in the mountains and skulking about. and they supposed that they could place reliance on him in consequence of his being supposed to have become reconciled to thebritish cause he states that Ovendoff deceived them in this way, the tories had seen him. and a list of the tories was drawn up and delivered him. he was to forward it to the british and they were to get ____ _______ _______. instead of forwarding it to the british Ovendoff went to where Congress was. this he does not know but heard so, & git authority to catch the leaders and have them tried and hung and it was for this purpise he engaged this six months as a volenteer. he states that after searching some time in the mountains the first tory officer was one _______ a tory officer, and next _______ next, one Plecker this service was performed under his old Col. but under Captain Ovendoff who was again appointed Captain. he states all of them were caught in the mountains between Fredericks town and Sharpsburg, when we caught Plecker--they hung him three times to make him confess. after they had hung him the third time and he was just alive he confessed about his tory co_______. he stated he was a house ________ & that he was the individual that had received the british army and that they at his house under his floor. they were found there and he was tried with the other two and they were all executed in Fredricktown and hung. many were also taken, and some released, he has mentioned these as leading circumstances which he presumes are known to the war department. he was in no battles and marched through no country except Maryland during this six months tour, he was discharged. ---And imediately that is to say he was ____ April the 10th this period. he reccolets well 1780. he substituted fore one John Rally for six months from the date of his engagement, under Col. Hightis a millitia Col in Fredrick town Maryland and there guarded the prisoners. under Capt S____. in July he marched to the state of Virginia after marched after one General Sands a tory Genl among the tories, We crossed at Lucketts Ferry and proceed to arrest and take Gen Sands he lived off Potomac river some distance. he went the whole rout but did not go to Sands house but was left to guard the horses some distance off, our company did not succeed in getting him but took his brother, Gen Sands had ran off to the Western waters, and took him his brother to Fredricktown but he was released as there was no evidence he had taken up arms against the Whigs. he remained on his duty at Fredricktown guarding at the Barracks all his time of substitution expired, and he received a discharge for the time, _______- he served with no Continental regments he has served with a great many millitia officers and companies many he has forgotten he is a native of the united states and was born ______ 6. Did you ever receive from the service a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it A. _____ I did in two or three times but it has been so long since that he does not know what has become of them. the first time he thinks he did not get a writen one but is not certain in relation to what has become of them. 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for _______ and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution ---There is John Hatcher James G. Hatcher Gen Ra___ Talbert Hackwrth Thos Hackwrth Capt William Askinson and Revd. William Tac___ and Herold Johnson. Submitted by: Linda Lewis teacher-linda@prodigy.net Additional Comments: I transcribed this as best I could. I left blanks where I could not read the info. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/kyfiles/