Both pension applications for Michael and Peter Fulp describe their participation in the 1776 Cherokee Expedition. The Cherokee Expedition was the combined efforts of militias from multiple colonies to exterminate the Cherokee and open up land for Euro-American settlers. At the end of the Seven Years’ War (commonly known as the French and Indian WarContinue reading “Michael and Peter Fulp | 1776 Cherokee Expedition”
Category Archives: American Revolution
Peter Fulp | “Scotch Tories”
Georg Volpp had emigrated from the Rhinelands in the 1750s to escape perpetual war as the dynastic powers around him continued to march across the countryside. A generation later, the British Crown and its colonists were about to engage in war again. The backcountry of North Carolina, where Volpp settled, was also home to theContinue reading “Peter Fulp | “Scotch Tories””
Cader Edwards | Battle of Kings Mountain
Cader Edwards, b 1705 in Wales, was a sea captain who settled on the Tennessee/North Carolina frontier in the 1770s. Despite his frontier residence, he “kept in touch with the outside world to some extent, and was generally well posted in regard to the various political developments, both in the colonies and the mother country,Continue reading “Cader Edwards | Battle of Kings Mountain”
Joseph Bateman | Revolutionary War
In 1832, living in Rutland County, Vermont, Joseph Bateman applied for a Revolutionary War Pension based on his service in the Massachusetts Militia as a private and a corporal. He served almost a full year in the war, the first six months as a private, the remaining five months and a quarter as a corporal.Continue reading “Joseph Bateman | Revolutionary War”
James Crookham | Artificer
In the biography of James Crookham’s grandson, he recounts that his grandfather made arms for George Washington during the war. War records indicate that he served in the Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery and Artificers near Carlisle, PA at Washingtonburg. He enlisted in November of 1778. Capt. Thos. Wylie certified his attendance on the muster rollContinue reading “James Crookham | Artificer”
Asa Lake | Prisoner of War
In his grandson’s biography, a few sentences describe the role of Asa Lake in the Revolutionary War. In a previous post, I recount the land purchases Asa Lake made after the war in northwest Ohio on the Lanape land; the Lanape, or Delaware Indians, had been removed by the US Government to Kansas and Oklahoma.Continue reading “Asa Lake | Prisoner of War”
Jethro New | Battle of Cowpens
Jethro New enlisted in the 2nd Delaware Regiment and fought in the Battle of Cowpens (Jan 1781). The battle was turning point in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, as it was a decisive victory for the Continental Army. Battle of Cowpens Cowpens is located near the border between the Carolinas in the backcountryContinue reading “Jethro New | Battle of Cowpens”
Chloe Abbott | A Widow’s Pension
In 1851, Chloe Lake, age 82 years, swore on oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits due the widow of a war veteran. She was denied a pension as she did not provide details of his service. She is the widow of Asa Lake, deceased, who was a private in the armyContinue reading “Chloe Abbott | A Widow’s Pension”
Jethro New | Guard for a Spy
Jethro New, originally from Delaware, died in Indiana in the 1820s, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and father of a dozen children, several of whom became politicians and religious leaders in Southern Indiana. In their biographies and family histories, they recount the tale that Jethro New, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, wasContinue reading “Jethro New | Guard for a Spy”
Finding the Yellow Bricks 