Pension application of Samuel Sarrett (Sarratt) W5981 Nancy Sarrett f31NC
Transcribed by Will Graves 11/21/16
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District of West Tennessee
Samuel Sarrett aged sixty-four a citizen of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee
came before me and claimed to be placed on the pension list of the United States in consequence of his Services as a soldier in the revolutionary war – And after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he enlisted in the fall of 1777 as a soldier in the Continental Service under the Command of Captain William Lytle in the 6th North Carolina Continental Regiment commanded by Colonel Gideon Lamb, Brigade Commanded by General Francis Nash. That he enlisted as aforesaid for three years and faithfully served the said term, was taken prisoner before his term elapsed and continued a prisoner until the end of the war, so that he never received a discharge but then returned home. That he is a very poor man not worth one hundred dollars,
Circumstances so reduced as to stand much in need of aid from Government. That he is very
infirm and unable to labor for his livelihood, having a wife and two children very small to
support. That he never had any pension from the United States or any State.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 7th day of September 1818
S/ John McNairy, District Judge S/ Samuel Sarrett
[Wilson Sarrett, a nephew of the veteran gave a supporting affidavit as to the need for support and the value of the veterans property.]
Major Howell Tatum of Davidson County in said State made oath that the applicant has given
him a most minute and particular account of the Army & its movements more so than any with
whom he has conversed so that he has no doubt but that his statements in the foregoing affidavit are true.
S/ H. Tatum Capt.
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In addition to what was formerly done I caused John Sarrett to come before me and he made oath that he is well acquainted with the circumstances of the applicant Samuel Sarrett, that he is a very poor man, and very much needs the aid of his country, and further states that he was in service of his country for several years as a continental soldier during the Revolutionary war.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 29th September 1819
S/ John McNairy, District Judge S/ John Sarrett1
The applicant further states that he did serve in Sheppard's Regiment till it was reduced at Valley Forge, that Sheppard's Regiment was the 10th North Carolina Continental Regiment, that his Captain's name while in that Regiment was James Wilson, that he served about 18 months in that regiment until [it] was reduced & then served in the first North Carolina Regiment.
Sworn to & subscribed before me 29th September 1819
S/ John McNairy, District Judge S/ Samuel Sarrett
[p 10: On March 8, 1852 in Habersham County Georgia, Nancy Sarrett, aged 81, made
application for a widow's pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of Samuel
Sarrett, a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per annum; that he died on or about April 1, 1821; that she married him May 24, 1792 on the line between Person and Caswell Counties in the state of North Carolina; that they were married by John Womack, JP; that she has not remarried but remains the widow of the pensioner; that her name prior to her marriage was Nancy Johnston. She signed her application with her mark.]
[p 22: On September 8, 1852 in Gilmer County Georgia, George Brock, 83 and Fanny Brock,
84, gave testimony that they were well acquainted with Samuel Sarrett when he lived in Caswell County North Carolina; that he was a Revolutionary war soldier; that they were well acquainted with the veterans father Joseph Sarrett and the family generally; that Samuel Sarrett married Nancy Johnston; that Samuel and Nancy had the following children, Joseph, James, Samuel and Hosea [sic]; that Samuel emigrated to Tennessee where he died.]
[p 4: family record]
Joseph Sarrett son of Samuel Sarrett & Nancy Sarrett was born June the 3rd 1793
James Sarrett November 15th 1794
Samuel G Sarrett was born April first 1796
Hiram H [?] Sarrett born September the 2nd 1800
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $8 per month commencing September 7, 1818, full-service as a private for 3 years in the North Carolina Continental line. His widow was pensioned in a like amount.]
[sup]1[/sup]1 PERHAPS the same man as John Sarrett W312
http://revwarapps.org/w5981.pdf
