Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,362, Henry Deshasure, Ga. S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Ga.
S.C.
Deshasure, Henry
or Deshazer
or Deshazure
NUMBER
S 16362
Born in Va./Res. Va. at enlistment
carded
CONTENTS
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5019
5019
Kentucky
Henry Deshazine
of Mercer on the State of Ky
who was a pri
in the Compy commanded
by Captain Garret of the Regt commanded
by Col. Ray in the GA. and S.C.
line for 2 years from 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1
day of Feby 33
and sent to Hon R. M.
Johnson, House of Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832   120
Semi anl  allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40
$160

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 36
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State of Kentucky
Monroe County 
On this 10th day of August 1832
Personally appeared in open court before the justices of the county court of Monroe now sitting Henry Deshasure a resident on Glenn creek in  sd county, aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. to wit, I Henry Deshasure now 72 years old declare that I was born in Prince Edward county in the state of Virginia where I resided at the time I was called in the service of my country, as follows Viz in the month of May 1779. I enlisted in the said county with Lieut John Thomas in the company commanded by Capt Devereaux Garret, for three years and my company marched through North and South Carolina to Savanna in the state of Georgia when I was attached to the 3rd Georgia Regiment commanded by Col Ray or Rhea and Lieut Col Elbert and I was in the battle at Savanna and at Brunswick where we had to retreat when Savanna was taken Genl How was commander and he was succeeded by Genl Greene from the time I enlisted until Savannah was taken I was stationed at that place and when it was taken we retreated up to Augusta when we were re inforced and we returned in pursuit of the British who had followed us and at Briar creek while making a bridge across Briar Creek the British took
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got in our rear and we had to retreat and I had to swim Briar Creek and the Savannah River and we again rendezvoused at Mulling  grove in South Carolina and again returned to Augusta where I was discharged at the expiration of my time, and on my way home at Saluda River I was taken prisoner by the Tories who stripped me and took and destroyed my discharge I was detained as a prisoner about one week when I made my escape and in the neighborhood of a Colonel Branham I volunteered in Captain Hughes Company of said Branham's Regiment of the South Carolina Militia who was employed in suppressing the Tories, and in the spring 1781 I was again taken by the Tories on Browns creek in S. Carolina and put in Ninety six jail at which place I was confined when General. Greene's army besieged it, and after General. Greene;s retreat after being confined in jail four months I was taken out for the purpose of being put on board a Prison ship, but on my way at Stono I again made my escape after we had been fired on [illegible] in the ship and I again got back to General. Greene's army on the Watson River and again returned to my company of Captain Hughes when I continued until Lord Cornwallis was taken and I was discharged having served three years in the said Georgia Regiment 7th continental line and 2 years in the militia service of the State of South Carolina I further state that I do not know of any person
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except a man by the name of Benjamin Warford by whom I can prove any of my service as there are no persons that I know of from Georgia who live in Kentucky and I am to old to seek after them.  I also hereby relinquish all claims that I have to any pension or annuity except the present and I am not a pensioner of the U States or any other state  after the war was over I lived in the state of Virginia until about fifteen years since when I removed to Kentucky where I now live in  Mercer county    Witness my hand this 3 day of September 1832
Henry Deshasure X his mark

The said Deshasure further states that while I was in Col Branhams Regiment I joined Genl Morgan and was engaged in the Battle of the Cowpens when we beat Col Tarlton. This battle was in Jan and the fall before, I was with Col Branham at the Battle of Kings Mountain, when Col Campbell, Col. Cleveland, Col Shelby, and Col Williams all had a regiment and were present with us, and I was also at Blackstocks ford or Tyger River when we had a fight with Col Tarlton, at this time I was under Capt Hughes, which various engagements I have omitted in my previous statement- all of which I solemnly swear are true. I further state that I have no documentary evidence of services having long since lost my discharges. Witness my hand this 13th day of September 1832
Henry Deshasure X his mark

State of Kentucky Mercer County SS Octr Term 1832
This day Henry Deshasure the applicant for a pension herein and Jesse Head Philip Burnes & John Cloyd came personally into open count & made oath to the Truth of the Statements by them
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respectively subscribed and thereupon the Court declare it as their opinion after putting the interogatories by the war department that said Deshazure is an old soldier of the Revolution and served as he in his written statement for a pension has declared and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Head is a Clergyman resident in the County of Mercer and that Philip Burnes and John Cloyd who has also signed the same
are resident Citizens of Mercer County and
credible persons and that their statements are 
entitled to credit
I Thomas Allin Jr Clerk of the County
Court afsd do certify that the foregoing &
within contains the Original proceedings
in the matter of the petition of Henry
Deshazure for a petition
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the
Seal of my office this
2nd day of October 1832 
Tho Allin Jr

Henry Deshazure [signed in right margin]
15572
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Mercer County ss)
This day we the undersigned Jesse Head a Clergyman residing in sd county and Philip Burns and John Cloyd residing in the same county on our oaths do herby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Deshasure who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be of the age he has stated, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and in this opinion we concur we further state that he is a man of truth Witness our hand this
1st day of October 1832
Jesse Head
Philip Burnes [X and the words "his mark" between first and last names]
John Cloyd
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Henry Deshasure

from 1779 private
3 years
$80.

look in Ga Roll

Hon R M Johnson
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BRIEF in the case of Henry Deshasure
of Mercer Co in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. [Column 1]
In 1779
1780
Spring 1781

Duration of Service. [Column 2]
Years,   Months,    Days.
3
"                3             "
"                4             "

Rank. [Column 3}
As a
pt
pt
"

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. [Column 4]
Gen.
Cap Devereux Garret, Col
Ray or Rhea, Lt Col Elbert
Geradine
Cap Hughes
Prisoner

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

[Next to his handwritten age, there is a stamp which says "The National Archives of the United States"]
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Anderson County ss) This day Benjamin Warford an old revolutionary soldier came before me a Justice of the peace for sd County and being first sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that "I am well acquainted with Henry Deshasure a revolutionary soldier who is now before me I knew him in South Carolina when he was a soldier in the 3d George Regiment in the year 1779, we were both young men together, and we
volunteered in the same company and regiment being Capt Hughes Company and Col Branhams Regiment, and we were together at the Battle of Kings Mountain, and at
the Battle of the Cowpens under Genl Morgan and at Blackstocks ford on Tyger Creek. I have heard the Statement of the sd Deshasure read, and I know that he was in the service of his country in the manner he has detailed and altho I was not with him the whole time
yet I know that he was out as we lived in the same section of country and I believe his details are correct I was sometimes in other Regiments, I was with Sumpter at Tyger Creek, and the sd Deshasure was with Col Branham
In the whole of sd Deshasure serving I have actual knowledge of more than two years because I was with him either in the same regiment or in one in company at the Battles he has detailed Witness my hand this 13th
day of Sept 1832.
Benjamin Warford [X and the words "his mark" between first and last names]

which sd state was sworn to as aforesaid and I further certify that, the sd Benjamin Warford is a credible witness and a man of veracity. Given under my hand this 13th day of Sept 1832.
C. Lillard JOAC
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Anderson County Sct
I Nelson C. Johnson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that Christopher Willard Esquire, who has signed the within and foregoing certificate, now is and was at the time of signing the same, one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace in and for the County of aforesaid and full faith & credit is due and should be given to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have set my
hand and affixed the seal of my
office this 12th day September
1832.
N. C. Johnson Clk

[At the top of the document is a stamp which reads "The National Archives of the United States"]
[The clerk's seal is affixed to the left of his signature]
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16.362
INVALID.
File No. 16362
Henry Deshazure
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 95
[Arrangement of 1870.]