Pension application of David Gentry W5711 Sarah fn56NC
Transcribed by Will Graves rev'd 8/5/08
State of Tennessee, Jackson County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions February
Sessions 1834
On this 11th day of February in the year 1834 personally appeared before the
worshipful John Welch, John Sweeny and William Scantland, Justices of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Jackson, now presiding and holding said court, the same being in open court and a court of record, David Gentry, a resident citizen of the County of Jackson in the State of Tennessee, aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to the laws of the land doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832.
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution. He
cannot state the year from old age and frailty of recollection and refers to facts. He states he enlisted whether in the Virginia line or Continental line he cannot state not knowing the difference as he is quite illiterate and ignorant on these subjects, but will make the following statement of facts according to the best of his recollection. He states that he enlisted in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia for during the war and joined a company commanded by Captain Lewis (thinks James Lewis). He marched to Richmond in said State and there joined a Regiment commanded by Colonel P. Cleveland [sic, Benjamin Cleveland?], he thinks the Major was called Lewis, a brother of the Captain.
He remained in Richmond but a short time. From Richmond [he] marched to King's
Mountain & there he was in the battle of King's Mountain. From that [he] marched to the Cowpens and was there in the battle of the Cowpens. [He] Still continued in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Cleveland. From there he marched to Augusta in the
State of Georgia. Being changed at the Cowpens, he was placed in a company
commanded by Captain Griffin, believes his Christian name was William. Colonel
Anderson commanded the Regiment to which he belonged and General Pickens [Andrew
Pickens] commanded the Army. He remained there in the Army for something like three
months. He went from there up to a place called the Sand Hills [sic, "High Hills of the Santee"?], South Carolina still under the command of the same officers; remained in that section for sometime, cannot say how long; marched to the Mulberry Fields in North Carolina or near the line, on Broad River; continued in that neighborhood sometime; from that place marched to the Moravian Towns in North Carolina. He states he was again placed in the company commanded by Captain Lewis and in the Regiment commanded by Col Cleveland; remained there some considerable time. Then marched to the Shallow Ford of the Adkin River [sic, Yadkin River] in North Carolina. And while at that place he learned that peace was made and the war was closed. And here his services as a soldier of the revolution were closed making in all more than two years. He states that from old age & frailty of recollection, he has been unable to make as minute in detail as would be desirable. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
S/David Gentry
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 11th day of February 1834.
S/William Gailbreath, Clerk
[On April 11, 1853, Sary [Sarah] Gentry, about 80, filed in Jackson County, Tenn., for a widow's pension stating that she married David Gentry in Bedford County, North
Carolina1 on May 12, 1779; that her husband died in Overton County, Tenn on July 16,
1847. On May 4th, 1855, Sarah Gentry, 80, filed in Jackson County, Tenn., filed for her bounty land rights stating she married her husband in Anson County, NC on February __, 1807 and that her maiden name was Sarah Roberts; in this petition she states that he died July 19, 1846 in Overton County, Tenn.
1 There is no Bedford County in North Carolina. Here is a Bedford County in Virginia. The closest county name among the NC would appear to be Beaufort County, a coastal region county.
