Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1866, for Elisha Oglesby, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Oglesby, Elisha
S. 1866
Carded
CONTENTS

7115
Tennessee (West)
Elisha Ogleby
of Smith Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pleasance of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cristie in the Virginia militia for 2 years from '76
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Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Mr Hall H of Rep s .
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $ 160.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 1833  40.00         $ 200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 2 Vol. 7 Page 91

15479 E. Oglesby
Declaration for Pension
9 Oct 1832
from 1776 to 1800
27 years $80
I have no hesitation in believing that these are the original papers extracted & certified on Wilson County Court
A. Hall
2nd March
1833
Hon. Mr. Ball

Declaration for a Pension
State of Tennessee } Smith County } ss
On this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Circuit Court now sitting Elisha Oglesby a resident of Smith County State of Tennessee aged Seventy four Years December the 29 th A.D. 1838 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7 th Jan- 1832.
About the 1 st of June 1776 he volunteered as a private in Washington County State of Virginia under Capt Isaac Bliarce in a Company which was raised for the protection of the frontiers against the Indians. That he was stationed at Hutton's Fort in said County on Moccasin Creek one of the tributary Streams of Holston River - until about the first of August A.D. 1776 we then marched to the long House of Holston and joined the army which was commanded by Col. Crista he was not recruited the field then under Col. Crista he was commanded by Capt Bliarce Lieut Young Ensign Cooper & Sergeant Walker

were the Subordinate Officers - the army marched from thence against the Cherokee nation of Indians passed through the Lillies Town and went to Island Town and there encamped some time and then destroyed it after which the army was marched back to the Long Island of Holston where the Companies commanded by Capt Blane & Captain Joseph Martin were stationed under the Comma- nd of Maj. Anthony Blane where they continued in the service until the month of April 1777 - Capt Martin's brother Brice Martin was his Lieutenant & John Martin Ensign - making a service of two months - after which he was discharged and returned to his former residence in Washington County Virginia - he does not recollect at this time whether he was regularly discharged or not if he was he has lost his Discharge
In the month of April 1777 he again volunteered under Captain George Aldams Company of Guards and continued in service in said Company until the 1 st of August in the same year - & received no regular Discharge - making three months service - Lieut. under Aldams, William Gill & John Hays - Sometime in the Spring of 1778 Col Campbell issued an order to raise two Companies to be sent to the assistance of Daniel Boon in Kentucky under the command of

Major Daniel Smith, George Addams and Reuben Bowen was selected as the Capt. of the two Companies in May 1778 he volunteered under Col. George Addams, Lieut Henry Ramey & Ensign Lillman Smith. We rendezvous at Begg's Meadow Gap, Washington County Virginia, Sometime in May from thence we marched to Boon's Borough in Kentucky at which place we arrived a few days after the celebrated siege of that place by the Shawnee Indians - and which was successfully defended by Daniel Boon. We marched from thence to Harrodsburgh Kentucky - at which place we were stationed until the last of November. From thence we were marched to Washington County Virginia and were Dismissed in December 1778 - having been in the service between seven & eight months. he did not receive a regular Discharge - In the Year 1779 he again volunteered in Capt James Montgomery's Company and rendezvous at the mouth of Begg's Creek on Holston River. about the 1 st of March 1779 - under Col. Shelby from thence we took water and went down Holston into the Tennessee River & on down to the Chickamauga Farms all of which above the Creek we destroyed we had a great many skirmishes with the Indians but no General engagement - From thence we marched back by land to Holston's Fort Washington County Virginia - where we were Dismissed about the middle of

of June 1779 - after having performed a tour of about three & a half months the officers under Capt Montgomery was Lieut. Danl. Sprague in Col. Tipton of North Carolina was in this expedition and commanded the Carolina troops - In the year 1781 in the fall of said year an army was raised by Col Archie Campbell to go against the Old Cherokee Towns on the Tennessee River - Col. Campbell being apprehen- sive that his force was not sufficiently strong sent an express to Capt Alexander Barnett to raise a company & follow the army he soon so I volunteered as a private under Capt Barnett and we overtook the army in the Cherokee Nation at a town called Chota on the approach of the army all the Indians fled we destroyed all their Towns and ranged through the Country we had frequent skirmishes but no general engagement - we killed some Indians and took some prisoners - we lost but one man Capt James Elliott who was killed at Tallas - and a few wounded - we then destroyed Hiwassee Town on Hiwassee River - taking about twenty prisoners - we then returned to the Long Island of Holston where we were dismissed - he was on this tour about two months - he thinks that Col or Maj. Blount of North Carolina was in this expedition - This concludes applicants Service making and altogether a Service of Two Years One Month and a half - he has no written evidence of his Service he does not know whether his name can be

found on the Rolls of the War department or not - that he resided in Washington County State of Virginia when he entered the service - after the close of the Revolutionary War in the year 1784 - he removed from Washington County Virginia to what is now Sumner County Tennessee & in 1796 he removed to some Smith County Tennessee where he has resided ever since - that he was born in Franklin County South Carolina on the 29th December 1758 - he has a record of his age at home in his Bible.
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. I now do and subscribe in open Court 9 Oct 1832 Walter Hartock
Elisha Oglesby Mark
I Richard Carr of Sumner County State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I was acquainted with Elisha Oglesby in Washington County State of Virginia during the Revolutionary War and do know of his serving as a soldier in the  various different tours as he has stated in the above declaration I do not know the particular term of time he served in each trip but believe it was as he has stated. I now do & subscribe in open Court Richard Carr 9 Oct 1832 Mark

x John Page, Linn's Creek We John M c Gee, a Clergyman residing in Smith County and Linn's Creek residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elisha Oglesby who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration for a Pension that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is a man of good reputa- =ation & he is entitled to full Credit on his oath of we have no doubt  believing him to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that  as far as we know he served as he has stated in the above Declaration
From 6 and subscribed in open Court 9 th Oct. 1832
John M c Gee
John Page
Leroy H. Gage
(Handwritten signature: H. Gage)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states And the Court further certifies that It appears to them that John M c Gee & John Page who has signed the preceding Certificate and Clergyman residing in Smith County and that Linn's Creek who has signed the same is resident in said County and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
William Williams Judge

State of Tennessee
Smith County I do certify that my father Joseph
Martin raised a company of volunteers in Rutherford County State of Virginia in the year 1776 and went under the command
of Col. Crockett against the Cherokee nation & that Brice & John Martin was his friend & Ensign for Indians, and that he believes that he is
the same Capt. Martin referred to by Elisha Oglethorpe in his Declaration for a Pension given under my hand the 9th October 1832
Sworn to and subscribed Wm Martin in open court 9 th Oct r 1832
Harbeck
M c Hart Clerk

I William Hart Clerk of the Circuit Court for Smith County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Elisha Oglesby for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of October 9 th 1832
Attest 3 d Judicial Circuit      October Term 1832 of the Circuit Court for Smith County, in the Circuit State of Ohio.
I William Hart clerk of the Circuit Court for Smith County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Elisha Oglesby for a Pension; that the declaration of said Elisha was subscribed and sworn to in open Court. also the accompanying certificates made by John M c Gee John Sage, Leroy St. Cage, & William Martin were respectively subscribed and sworn to in open Court; and there- upon the court pronounced the opinion set forth herein.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Carthage this 9 th October 1832
W. Hart

Mar 12, 1904. His to D. H. Oglesby, Echo, Tenn
Rev War
1866.
INVALID.
File No. 1866
Elisha Oglesby, Dis. Va. Mil.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Am Bureau of Pensions.
Elisha C. Cagle
Smith Co Penn. 73
Oct. 9, 1832
June 76 - Wash Co Pa Capt Al Lee Col Christie Det to Apt 77 - 10 mos
Apt 77 Cpt Geo Adams Pvt 3 m
Apt 78 do Maj Daniel Smith Pvt. 7 m
79 Cpt Jas Montgomery Col Shelby Pvt 8 1/2 m
81 Cpt Barnett Col Campbell Pvt 2 m
Several skirmishes with Indians
Born Dec 29, 1758 Onoem Co, S.C.

OFFICE OF W. A & J. H. OGLESBY, DEALERS IN
Morley's Family Medicines are the Best on Earth
NAVY FEB 15 1904 FILES.
Echo, Tenn. Feb - 8 - 1904
Hon. Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir You will please give information of Elisha Oglesby my grandfather a soldier of the Revolutionary war and a pensioner. If he drew a land warrant for his services? Many thanks for information.
Very Resp't J. H. Oglesby