Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2404, John Cox, Va

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box, John
R. 2404
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832.
On this 16 th day of October in the year 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of the County of Scott now sitting , in the Commonwealth of Virginia, now sitting, John Rose a resident of said County aged seventy six years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832.
That in the year 1774 1775 or 1776 as well as he now recollects, his father was drafted in a detachment commanded by Col. Lewis to serve a tour on the northwestern frontiers of Virginia against the Indians who were then making war upon the settlements of Virginia, and this declarant then quite a Youth volunteered as a substitute for his father, to perform the said tour of service, which lasted six months. This declarant then resided in the County of Montgomery in the said State, and joined the Company commanded by Capt. James Thompson, who in before joining the main Army commanded by Col. Lewis. At his death, the declarant and the Company to which he was attached, was put under the command of Capt. Dickinson whose Christian name, he thinks was William, but of this his recollection will not enable him to speak with certainty. They joined the main Army commanded by Col. Lewis, and marched to the forks between the junctions of the Kershawa and Ohio Rivers, where the Indians were entrenched in great numbers, and attacked them at their encampment, and defeated them with great slaughter. In this engagement Col. Lewis was wounded and Capt. Dickinson and Skidmore were killed. Col. George Paris also belonged to the Army, and commanded the Regt after Col. Lewis was wounded. After serving six months on this expedition, and in guarding the frontiers the Applicant was discharged, but has long since lost his discharge. During the War of the Revolution, but in what year the declarant does not remember, he was drafted for a six months tour of service and marched to North Carolina against the British.

and Tories, in a Regiment Commanded by Col. William Preston in The Company Commanded by Capt.  Rufus whom Christian has he does not recollect. On this occasion the declarant was at the Battle at Ramsour's Mill, but he does not recollect the name of the Officer who Commanded the American forces upon that occasion. He re- =collects that the first onset was disastrous to the Americans, but Col. Wil- =iam Campbell coming up with a large Reinforcement, at a cri- =tical time, rallied the retreating Americans, recommenced the engag- =ment, and finally drove the British and Tories, making great slaughter. The term of service for which the declarant was drafted having now expired, the declarant with many others volunteered to go with Col. Campbell against an encampment of Tories in the Natches of Carolina commanded by a Capt. Fannan, but inter- =cepting them on an excursion from their encampment, we attacked them unawares and killed the most of them. The declarant was then discharged after a service of something over six months and returned home. And has also, long since lost his discharge for this service.
The Revolution having not yet expired, the Applicant was drafted for another six months tour of service as a spy against the Indians in the Southwest of Virginia on the head of Clinch, in a Company Commanded by Capt. John Preston, son of Col. Wil- =iam Preston; John Crockett being the Lieutenant. In this service five of the spies belonging to the Company, were encamped one night on Guyandotte River and were attacked early the next morn- =ing at their Camp by a party of Indians, who fired on the men in the Camp and leapt in upon them, wounding one of our men in the collar bone. One of the Indians seized upon one of our men and was about to tomahawk him, when the declarant ran up to his relief, and the Indian seeing him approach, made a blow with his tomahawk at the declarant's head, who threw up his left arm and received the blow upon his wrist, and was badly

wounded with the edge of the tomahawk. The declarant then stabbed the Indian with his butcher knife, and killed him dead upon the spot. And the Indians were then beaten off. - The declarant was discharged at the end of his six months service, and returned home, but he has also lost his discharge for this duty.
The Applicant was afterwards in an expedition against the Indians after their murder of Major Moore and the captivity of his family, and was absent about a month, having killed three of the Indians and retaking one of the prisoners.
The Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state whatever, nor has it ever been. - Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first before written.
John his L. Cox mark
There also appeared in court the following witnesses namely James Donaldson a respectable man, and John Strong who is a Minister of the Gospel, and being duly sworn the said James Donaldson deposed that he has heard the above declaration read, and that he believes the statements thereof to be true, having heard the applicant frequently converse about, and detail his said services for many years before any pension was granted for such services. And that he has been long acquainted with the Applicant, who has always been considered a man of veracity and respectability.
The Reverend John Strong, also deposed that he is acquainted with the Applicant, and that he has always had the character of veracity and respectability. That the deponent has heard the above declaration read and that he believes the statements thereof to be true, and that he has no doubt the services were performed by the Applicant as he has detailed them in the said declaration.
John Strong James Donaldson

And the Court doth hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Strong who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said county of Scott, and that James Donaldson who has also signed the same is a resident in said county, is a creditable person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I John S. Martin Clerk of the Court of Scott County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Cox for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and annexed the seal of the said Court the 14 th day of March 1835
John S. Martin Clerk S.C.
John S. Martin Clerk S.C.  John S. Martin Clerk S.C.  John S. Martin Clerk S.C.  John S. Martin Clerk S.C.
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June 23, 1937
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BA-J/EKL John Cox-R.2404
Mrs. Charles M. Ford 1616-18" Street, South Nashville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Cox, of Montgomery County, Virginia, who served as captain and John Loyd, also, of Virginia, who was at the battle of King's Mountain and later moved to Tennessee.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a John Cox, who served as captain, nor of a John Loyd, as described by you. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. The record has been found, however, of a John Cox, who, in his application for pension, stated that he enlisted in Montgomery County, Virginia. His record is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2404, based upon the military service in that war of John Cox.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Cox are not shown.
October 16, 1834, John Cox, then aged seventy-six years and a resident of Scott County, Virginia, applied for pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War and alleged that while residing in Montgomery County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1774, served as a substitute for his father, and went on an expedition against the Indians on the frontier of Virginia, in a company commanded by Captains James Thompson and William Dickinson, under Colonel Lewis in the Virginia troops, that they marched to the junction of the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers and had an engagement with the Indians in which engagement Captain Dickinson was killed; length of service, six months; that during the Revolutionary War, he enlisted and served six months in Captain Russell's Company, Colonel William Preston's Virginia Regiment and that he was in the battle

of Ramsour's Mill and in an engagement with the Tories under Colonel Campbell; that he again enlisted and served six months in Captain John Preston's Virginia Company and was in an engagement with the Indians on the Guyandotte River, where he received a severe wound on the wrist from a tomahawk while endeavoring to save the life of another soldier who had been attacked by an Indian and that he(John Cox) killed the savage; that he served another month and was out against the Indians; names of officers not shown. No dates were given for any of the above Revolutionary War service.
The claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
The date of death of John Cox is not shown and there are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1616-18 th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn., May 19, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs, — Please send me the Revolutionary War records of Captain John Box of Montgomery County, Virginia. I quote from Simmons, "South — West Virginia" — Page 704 — "John Henderson, Montgomery County, Virginia, on Captain Box's and Osborne's companies — March 3, 1779."
Respectfully, Margaret N. Evin Ford. (Mrs Chas. M. Ford.)

1616-18 th Are. So. Nashville, Tennessee, March 29, 1937.
Veteran's Administration, Revolution Records, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, —
Please send me the Revolutionary war record of Captain John Cox 4 who fought with the Virginia forces "Augusta Co. Militia." Rept.
(Mrs) Chas. M. Ford 1616-18 th Are. S'o.
Nashville Tennessee.

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J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington City D C

Estelleville No
March 16 th 1835
Sir I am informed that Mr Cox can give no better history of his services than that detailed in the enclosed declaration, you have here the original proceedings, which it is hoped will entitle him to a pension of some amount
Respectfully
Your O bt Servt
J S M c Intosh
Col Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions

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31 March 1835
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Dept. of War Per Off
March 31. 1835
Sir
The claim of M c Crae has been examined and suspended, as the papers placed upon the file of this Office. The service he claims for is of a doubtful character. and the alleged duration of the term of much greater length than what was usual during the revolutionary war, not military services. That he might have been a member of the local militia under the command of the officers named is highly probable. The colonial and various conflicts with the then Indians in Western Pa. and all the Wars, were the result of a kind of domestic police adopted for mutual protection, voluntarily formed, and not by then were more modern, and not by the authority of the State.
John
SS Morton Esq Estillville Pa

John Bose Virginia
Suspended
At 21 st Mar. 1895. J. S. Morton
2404

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1875.
1937-June 23-Visit to Mrs. Cox. in Pres. Col.
2404 P. O. John Cox Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows Cause of suspension Alleges: _____ "For further proof of explanation"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
REJECTED