Person:James Pearce (3)

James stated in his denied application for Revolutionary War Pension that he was bn. in Bedford County, VA but moved to North Carolina when he was 15 years old. He served less than 6 months but went to war in place of a Mr. Wolfed. He mostly fought Indians. After the was he settled in the area around the Holstein River which was Knox County and only came to Jackson County, Alabama in 1821.

Pension application: State of Alabama Jackson County

On this 15th day of August 1836 personally appearing in open court James Pearce age seventy one years a resident citizen of said county and state, who being first and only sworn accuracy to fact doth on his oath make the following acclamation in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress published June of 1832 states that he was born in the County of Bedford and State of Virginia 25th of September 1765, that at an early age he was removed to that region of country on the Holstein River then known as the County of Sullivan in the state of Tennessee where he then remained until he was fifteen years of age. Then in the spring of 1780 he was sent into the service of his country as a substitute for one Henry Wagoner in the company of Capt. Tyler. He was marched from what was called the long island to Hickory Creek against the Indians and there remaining stationed for three months and was fairly discharged from service but whether he ever received any written discharge or not, he does not now remember it since it has been long since either lost or destroyed. Again shortly after the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1781 he entered the service in the militia in the Company of Capt. Russell under the command of Col. Sevier and served again for three months against the Cherokee Indians They marched from Green County on by the bend of the Nolichucki to the Buckin ------ island on the French Broad, out of the head of Boyd Creek to Little River, crossing this we marched and crossed the little Tennessee River at the Bentley Island or Old Newfession Forge and then were marched to what was called the----. Hiwassee toway on the Hiwassee River from this we marched on to the head of the Coosa River from which we returned having skirmished many of these towns and houses taking about thirty of the Indians prisoner and several horses and rescuing from the Indians a white woman named Jane England. This expedition was thru swiftly. That he was marched back with the troops to the little Tennessee at Jonesborough. For this service he never obtained any discharge.

After this service he continued to reside in the same county until the year 1821 when he removed to and settled in the County of Jackson in the state of Alabama where he has been living up to the date of this application. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension or annuity except for the present and he states that his name is not on the pension role of any other roll in any state whatsoever. He further states that he knows of no person now living by whom he can prove the services rendered by him above set forth. above and subscribed to this day and all aforesaid --Major Jones Clarke

1.   Application for Revolutionary War Pension
   Rev. War Pension Application #8031 DAR files.