Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1679, for John Kersey, Virginia
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SERVICE Va. 
Kersey, John 
NUMBER S. 1679
carded
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19309
 West Tennessee 
John Kersey 
Warrento in the State of W. T. who was a private in the Co commanded Captain Mourton of the regt commanded Col Hubbard in the Va line for 6 

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tenn the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept 1833 and Applicant McMinnville 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 50.00 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 10-
$60.00

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Dan Boyd  Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 86

Letter to Hon. John H. Savage. 
Sept. 11. 1850. 
petitioned
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No 23006
West 
John Kersey Warren County 
Tennessee 

from 1775 private 
6 months 
$20.

doubtful as to first service being made as tr entitled applicant to any allowance, the the for taken into consideration the second service allowed for six months.

McMinnville 

John Hersey 
County Tennessee
Warren
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State of Tennessee
Warren County

On this the 5th day of February 1833 personally
appeared in open Court John before
the honorable James C Mitchell he being the presiding judge of the Warren County Circuit Court now sitting, John Kersey a resident of the County of Warren and State of Tennessee aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of on the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the latter part of 1774 or the 1st, part of 1775. it was believed by the Citizens of Virginia that Lord Dunmore meditated some evil against them - to oppose which a great number of the militia were called into the service and ordered to march towards Williams burg in that state. Applicant was called into the service by what he under stood to be a draft in Charlotte County in Va and was attached to Captain Josiah Mourton's Company -  he was mustered into
the service at Prince Edward Court house, - there was about 60 in the Company, - he does not recollect the Lieutenant or ensign's name, - Mourton then marched the company to a place called old James Town near Williamsburg in Va. - on their March to this place they were joined by various other companies all destined to the same place - Col. Hubbard his given name he thinks James and Major Overstreet those given name he does not know commanded the troops, - when they reached their place of destination they ascertained that his Lordship had left Williamsburg
and gone aboard of one of his majesty's ships of war -they remained at James Town some time and until all apprehensions of danger as he supposes had subsided - when after having served
Eight weeks he was discharged in writing by Captain Mourton, - he thinks this Tour was performed in the latter part of the summer of 1st part of the fall from the circumstance that the solders would frequently take green corn from the farms they past,
In the latter past of 1775 as well as he can recollect he was
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by the return of Lord Dunmore and his ordering a large number
of the Loyalists from the Western part of Virginia to Norfolk again called into the service by draft in Charlotte County Virginia - he was mustered into service at Charlotte Court house in Captain John Harry's Company of which Gideon Spencer was
the Lieutenant, does not recollect the name of the ensign - at the same time two other companies were called out from Charlotte - one of them was commanded by a Capt. Mourton, does not recollect the name of the other, - they were marched from Charlotte Court house to Petersburg there they were joined by several companies from Luisa and Mecklenburg, - and from Petersburg they were to have marched as he understood to Williamsburg or Norfolk as the exigency of circumstances might require, - they were to have received as he understood general officers at Petersburg but about the time they reached there Lord Dunmore and his Loyalists were repulsed at Norfolk and retreated all together into his Majesty ships, - shortly after this the officers at Petersburg were ordered to march their companies back home and discharge them - his company marched back to Charlotte courthouse and he was there discharged by his Captain in writing
Just before the battle at Guilford in 1781 it was thought that
Cornwallis would attempt to cross the Staunton river at Coles  ferry - to oppose which all of the Militia of Charlotte and Campell [sic] County's were ordered out and to rendezvous at Coles Ferry - at that place applicant entered the service for the third time - the solders were commanded by Col Hubbard - the Company he was attached to was commanded by Captain Duclly Basdel - a few days before the Battle at Guilford it was ascertained that the British Army would not attempt to cross the river at Coles Ferry - then Col Hubbard verbally discharged all of the militia there - applicant returned home to Charlotte after having been in the service four weeks. - Col Hubbard went
on and joined the army and was in the battle at Guilford in which his horse was shot by a Cannon ball
In April after the battle at Guilford applicant was again
called into the service by draft, he entered the service in Char-
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otte County State of Virginia he was attached to a company commanded by Captain Samuel White, Gideon Spencer was the lieutenant, there was sixty odd men in the Company, - he was mustered into service at Charlotte Court house from which place they were marched to Prince Edward Court house where they were joined by Captain Jemmison's [Jamison's?] Company from Charlotte and divers other Companies from other parts of Virginia - here they remained about two weeks within which applicants, Captain Samuel White withdrew from the service and Captain John Coldwell assumed the command of the Company; - from Prince Edward they were marched to the Rackson's ford on the Rapidan River, to which they crossed James River at Cartersville and also went by Louizia Court house, - at this time Lord Cornwallis was the in the southern part of Virginia, and the troops at the Rackson's ford were to join the army under the command of the Marquis, de la Fayette, and General Wayne, in the vicinity of that place and there to watch and restrain the motions of Lord Cornwallis - Not meeting with those general at the Rackson ford they stayed there waiting for them about two weeks, - they not coming there the companies crossed the river and went to an old field about four miles from the ford, which he thinks was in Culpeper County - here they remained about a week and then marchedback to the old Camp at the ford recrossing the river, - there was about 4 or 500 of the militia, - they remained there two or three days when the Marquis de la Fayette Joined them with a numerous army supposed to amount to 8,000 or 9,000 men - Lafayette marched them from the ford about three miles to a mill where they were joined by General Wayne and his army, on Sunday - from the mill they were marched a cross the Pamunka river crossing it at Brocks Bridge, from thence down the river to a magazine which he thinks was in the lower part of Orange County -  Here Lafayette ordered two companies of men to be taken from the militia - some from each company to remain and guard the magazine. Applicant was selected for that purposes as was the Lieutenant of his company and others of the same, - he was then attached to a company commanded by Captain Anderson whose given name he does not recollect, the other company was commanded a Captain Upsher the lieutenant of his company was Gideon Spencer - Lafayette  and Wayne marched the balance of the army