Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30956, for Samuel Mc Corkle, Virginia
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State of Kentucky
Green County Sct
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on this 4th day of September 1832 personally appeared
before David Campbell a Justice of the peace in and
for Green County Kentucky Samuel McCorkle a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged 72 years February last 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 of the 7th June 1832-
he states that he entered the service in Augusta County
Virginia in October in the year 1777 - that he was
drafted for 3 months and served in the militia under the
command of Capt Thomas Smith who was under the
command of Col Dickson, that he marched under the
orders of said commanders from [illegible] Rivers to the Junction of Kanhawa and Ohio Rivers, in pursuit of the Indians,- that he served out the three months for which he was drafted as aforesaid and had no written discharge -

the said Samuel McCorkle further states that he again
entered the service in October, 1780 to the best of his recollection drafted for 3 months in Augusta County Virginia, and entered the service under
command of Capt Patrick Buckhannon in Gen Morgan's Brigade, that he marched under said
Captain from Augusta County Virginia to
Hillsborough in North Carolina, from thence near
to Charlotte Courthouse, there he joined the
Army and from thence he marched under the
command Cap Buckhannon in Gen Morgan
Brigade against the Tories at the Catawba River
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that he served out the tour of three months fully
but had no written discharge

said McCorkle further states that he entered
the service again in the year 1781 in Augusta
County Virginia, that he was drafted for two
months and served in the militia in Capt
Patrick Buckhannon Company commanded by
Col Huggart and Maj Wilson, that he was in the battle of
Hot water under said commanders -
that he served the tour of two months fully
and had no written discharge
that he has no documentary evidence of his service -
he further states that he is unable to attend
Court by reason of bodily infirmity, - 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 any
Agency in any State. Sworn to and
Subscribed the day and date aforesaid-
Samuel Mark
I do hereby
certify that the applicant Samuel McCorkle
personally appeared before me and made oath to the above
declaration; and that I believe the said McCorkle cannot
conveniently attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity
given under my hand this 4th Sept 1832
David Campbell G C