The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF
ADAlR.
(BY H. G. BAKERY

was rs years old. He enlisted from
Loudon county, Virginia in the 18th
Regiment, Riflemen under Capt. West,
Col. Morgan's command, and served
in this corpse twelve or thirteen
months, after which, he enlisted for
the war. He was at the battle of
Fort Washington, Monmouth, Bran
DIVINE, Germantown, Stony Point
and Trenton, besides other smaller en-
gagements.. He received bayonet
flesh wound at Stony Point.
John Smith who made proof of serv-
ices, was in the battle of Guilford, and
at Ramsey's Mill, on Deep river.
Moses Smith was also in said battels
Phillip Winfrey was at the Siege of
York. John Self who proves the serv-
ices of Wlnfrey, was also present at
said time. The following named SOL
diers made proof of service but made
no detailed declaration, viz: William
Rogers, aged IA years, Thomas Branon,
aged SO years, William James aged "a
years, Charles Butterworth, aged 70
years, Matthew McGlasson, aged II
years, Thomas White, aged SO years,
Joseph Miller, aged 70 years, John
Shirley, aged 72 years, John Polly, JOSH
ia Atkinson, Robert Bushly, Solomon
Royse, VIM. FL. Price, Thomas Coch-
ran, Archibald Skaggs, John Tupman,
ages not given.
AS has been observed in reading the
above sketches, these soldiers of the
Revolution were all old men when
they made their declarations and
proof of services-thelr ages running
from sixty nine to ninety eight years.
Many who served with them, and
came out to Kentucky as pioneers, had
died before the passage of the act of
1882, and hence, no record is preserved
of their services. We have only given
those who made applications for pen
sions. If the sources Of information
were available, it would be pleasant
duty to furnish a record of all of them.
L will say in this connection, that 1
am indebted to this old record book
for some facts of family history per-
sonal to myself which it was the
means of revealing-facts which
were unknown to any person then liv-
ing. s ~
Some two or three years ago, was
seated in the county court clerk s
office, and something was said about
the information contained in this old
trecord book. The clerk arose and
took it from the case, and placing it
before me, remarked: Yes, it has in
it some very interesting reading" !
opened it at random, and as it happen
ed it was at the page containing the
narrative of Col. David Trabue. As /
read down the page 1 came to this
statement; He states that he is able
to prove substantially much of the
services performed by him, by John
Baker and William Baker, of the
county of Cumberland, and that he
had procured their afidavits, which
would be filed with his application for
pension. Although these old men had
died before 1 was born, 1 knew that
William Raker was my grandfather,
and John was his brother. 1 also
knew from family tradition that four
brothers, James, John, Themes and
William came from Chesterfield coun-
| ty, Virginia, about 1905, and settled
in Cumberland county. Itoccurred to
me, that if John and William Baker
could prove the services of Daniel Ira.
bue, they too, were perhaps in the
service. %l9,>
| Iwrote to the Departmental Wash
ington, and in few days received a
Communication stating that they
were both soldiers in the war-and in
forming me that William Baker was
born December 18th, I764 ia Chester
field county, Virginia, where he enlist
ed as a private in the Virginia mill.
1tia-frst enlistment in January 1779,
under Capt. Barnet Malcham, Col.
Thos Bowlin; afterwards under the
lsameCaptain, and Col. Robt. Good, and
again, in 1871 under Capt Edward
! Mosely, Col. Faulkner, Gen. Mullen.
burg; was in the battle of Peters.
burg, and attack on Sudberry; that he
removed to Cumberland county, KY,
from Chesterfield county, Virginia, In
1906, and that he was granted PEN
sion, Certificate No., 1858, issued