Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13638, for John Kidwell, North Carolina
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State of Kentucky
Madison County 
On this 13th day of August, 1832, personally appeared
from before the Worshipful, the county court of 
Madison, John Kidwell, a resident of said County
and State of Kentucky, aged 77 years the 23d [illegible], who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. 
That he enlisted in the Army of The United States in the year of___with Sergeant Burke Temple Cole, and served in the 4th Regiment of the North Carolina line, under the following officers as well as he can now recollect
Capt Wm F. Cole, Maj. Davies, Col. Thomas Polk
and Gen. Nash. He is not able to say when
he left the service, as he has little or no learning
and kept no papers or memorandum. He
resided in Rowan County, North Carolina, at the
time of his enlistment, and when he entered the
service. He was at Charleston South Carolina
at the time the battle took place at the White
House, but was on guard, He was also on guard
in Charleston during the battle at Sullivan's
Island, Gens. Moultre and Lee, he thinks
commanded. From Rowan County, North Carolina he
marched to Charleston, South Carolina and then
back again to Wilmington. in North Carolina.
He thinks he marched backwards and forwards
several times. He was stationed at Hasley's[?]
Point near Sullivan's Fort about three months
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Genl. Nash commanded there. He has no discharge, nor any documentary evidence of this service
And the said John Kidwell also makes the
lowing further 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 under the following named officers and served  as herein stated. He entered the service as a drafted militiaman for three months under Capt Cole, about the 4th of July 1781. He was
under Maj. Payne and was commanded by Gen. Davidson He marched to Catawba immediately after rendezvousing -remained there till the 4th day of February, and was in the battle at that place, where Gen Davidson was killed
He then marched to Salisbury  from thence toward
Guilford and was discharged either in Guilford or
Rowan County North Carolina,  on Abbott's Creek 
- He further states that he served on other tour of three months as a drafted militiaman previous to this time - He cannot state the year or month it was in. He well recollects being stationed at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he guarded the public pasture about two months, and drove
a public wagon about one month. He was under a French officer, who he thinks was called may Monflorence, (or some such name) who command the militia, and who gathered provisions for the troops at Salisbury and Frohowks[?]Mill Capt. Gamrell[Gambell?] he thinks commanded the continental troops Capt. Stokes, Maj. Levies, Capt. Morley, Capt Yarbery, Capt. Gorden (who commended the
months men) were the continental officers
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Stationed at Salisbury at the time he served this tour
these are all the particulars he can recollect. He
has no discharges, or documentary evidence, nor 
does he recollect ever receiving any. He hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares that 
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any State. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Kidwell  his mark

Rev Talton Taylor, a clergyman, residing in  
Madison county, and Thomas Turner also a resident 
of said county, hereby certify, that we are well 
acquainted with John Kidwell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above held petition, that we believe him to 79[?]years of age - that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution, and
that we concur in that opinion. Thomas
Turner further states that he knows of his
own knowledge that said Kidwell served
the three months stated in his declaration
as commencing on the 4th Jany 1781 -He was in the same company and messed with him during the tour
He further states that there was a call for 18
months men and each class of 18 men had
to furnish a man, as well as he recollects,
said Kidwell was hired by the class, and as he understood enlisted for the 18 months. he went out at this time in the service,