Person:Robert Givens (6)

Robert Givens was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Givens, Robert - entered service 1780 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; entered service 1781 in Virginia regiment; born 5/22/1759; granted Pension 1832 in Lincoln County, Kentucky; died 10/25/1833 there; married 7/4/1782 Martha Givens, Augusta County, Virginia, who was born there 7/31/1761; widow died 4/1/1842 in Monroe County, Indiana, at home of son John Allen Givens; soldier referred to as "Carolina Robert" Givens to distinguish him from his widow's brother Robert Givens, who also was granted Pension for Revolutionary War service; children's births: John Allen 8/31/14784, James 1/22/1786, Rebecca Brown 4/9/1788 or 4/19/1788, Martha Jr. 12/24/1790, Sarah Mitchell 6/14/1793, Benjamin 4/14/1796 (died abt. age 4), Robert Jr. 9/16/1797, & Molly 2/27/1802; children applied for Pension 1844 in Monroe County, Virginia & Pension Application Rejected; children resided then there: John Allen, James, & Robert Jr.; Rebecca Brown wife of Bennett C. Wright resided then in Macon County, Missouri; Martha Jr. wife of Bennett Organ resided then in St. Clarles County, Missouri; Sarah Mitchell wife of Eli Harris resided then in Wilson County, Tennessee, as was Molly wife of Magee Harris. F-R4054, R1079.

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3.   Boogher, William F. (William Fletcher). Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965)
   pg. 224.

   PENSION DECLARATION OF ROBERT GIVENS, LINCOLN COUNTY, KY., SEPT. 24, 1824, AGED 75 YEARS
   
   I was drafted for 3 months' service as a militia man in 1776 or 1777, was a private in Capt. John Lewis's company which I joined in Staunton, Va. From there we marched to Warm Springs; then to Back Creek; then we crossed the mountain to Levi Moor's; then to Warnk's Fort, and at the end of my time of services was discharged by my Captain.
   In 1778 I entered the services as a volunteer in Capt. John Given's company, Augusta County militia, which I joined at Mr. McKetrick's at the foot of the mountain; from there we moved to Warm Springs, then to Col. Anderson's, then to the Big Level, then to the Big Savannah, then to Col. Donnelly's Fort, where we joined the force of Col. Lewis and I was discharged.
   Again in 1778 I volunteered in Capt. Richard May's company, which company I joined in Abbington, Washington county, Va., then marched to Logan's Fort, and continued in the service for eleven months, I was discharged by Lieutenant Samuel Crand of Capt. Richard May's company.
   In 1781 I was called out to guard the prisoners taken at the battle of Cowpens, where I served for 15 days & discharged.
   In 1781 I was ordered out as a militiaman; was at Charlotteville under Capt. John Givens, Col. Huggard commander; marched to Richmond in the presence of Cornwallis; had an engagement with the British. We then marched to old Jamestown where we had a second engagement with the British; we then marched to a point ten miles below Richmond, where I was discharged, July 1781.
   1782. Served as a sub-officer in the place of George Givens in Capt. John Daugherty's company; later under Capt. John Martin, in the command of Col. Logan, whose company I joined at Scotch's Station; went to Lexington, then to Brant Station, then to Blue Creek, where Col. Todd was defeated under Gen. Clarke.
   Bible record of the family of Robert Givens, of Lincoln county, Kentucky, and Martha his wife, copied from a leaf out of their Bible, filed by his widow in the U.S. Pension Office, Sept. 24, 1824, with her application for the Pension:
   
   1. Robert Givens, b. may 22, 1759; d. Oct. 26, 1833.
   m. Martha _____, July 4, 1782; b. July 31, 1761.
   
   Their children:
   1. John Allen, b. Aug 31, 1784.
   2. James, b. Jan. 22, 1786.
   3. Rebecca Brown, b. Apr. 19, 1788.
   4. Martha, b. Dec. 24, 1790.
   5. Sarah Mitchell, b. June 14, 1793.
   6. Benjiman, b. Apr. 14, 1796.
   7. Robert, b. Sept. 6, 1799.
   8. Molly, Feb. 27, 1802.
   
   John Allen Givens settled in Monroe County, Ind.
   
   The Courts Martial Record of Augusta County, Va., filed in the office of the clerk of The Corporation Court for the city of Staunton, shows that in the latter part of Sept., 1781, Capt. Givens' company was ordered to rendezvous under the command of Lieutenant-Col. Samuel Vance.
   Palmer's Calendar of Va. State Papers, Vol. 2, page 514, shows that Col. Vance was, on Oct. 1, 1781, in camp four miles below Williamsburg with a reinforcement of militia from Augusta Co. In the Calendar Col. Vance's name is spelled Varne, which is clearly an error.
   His command, including Capt. Givens' company, was then only a few miles distant from Yorktown, in the siege, of which they participated.