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RUNYAN, John
John Runyan State of North Carolina, Haywood County, Superior
Court of Law, October term 1829:
On this tenth day of October 1829 personally appeared in open court, being a
court of record for said County of Haywood in the sixth judicial district of
North Carolina, John Runyan, aged seventy seven years, and being a resident
of said Haywood County, who first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, that he was enlisted by Captain
Thomas Arthur for eighteen months, that he belonged, and was attached to the
twenty-fourth Regiment of the Virginia Continental Line, that he rendezvoused
at Petersburgh, and while there, his Colonel was Colonel Alexander Parker, and
his Captain was Thomas Arthur, that he was at the seige of Savannah and at the
battle of Little York, and was regularly discharged at the close of the war
at Petersburg by General Mulenburg, that he has lost the certificate of his
discharge and has no means of proving that he served as aforesaid save by the
muster roll deposited in the War Department, and by the affirmation and oath
of Thomas Shepard and Nancy Shepard, who remained with his family while he was
absent in the service of the United Confederated States, that he is incapable
of supporting himself, that, that he has no family with him but his wife, his
children having married and gone off in different parts of the United States,
that some are still remaining in this county and that he lives with first with
one and then another, that he has no property of any account, not even of the
value of ten dollars, saving his wearing apparel, and his bed and furniture
- and I John Runyan do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United
States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by
gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it and to bring myself within the provisions of
an Act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in
the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed
on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person, formed
in trust, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have
I any income other than the means of living contained in the schedule hereto
annexed, and by me subscribed (to wit) - one bed and furniture at $10.00 and
my wearing apparel.
Subscribed to in open court October 10th 1829
Jno B Love, Clerk John Runyan (X - his mark).
I, Thomas Shepard upon my oath do say that the said John Runyan was enlisted
by said Thomas Arthur and that I was present at the time he enlisted, and that
he went off with the said Thomas Arthur, that he was absent from his family
about two years, and that he returned after the capture of Cornwallis, that
he was present when he showed his certificate to his old Captain, the said Arthur,
who told him that it was regular - Arthur resided in Virginia, being near to
that of John Runyan, and that the schedule returned and sworn by him is true
to the best of my belief.
Sworn in open court October 10th, 1829
Jno B. Love, Clerk Thomas Shepard (X - his mark).
I, John B. Love, Clerk of the Superior Court of Law in and for the County of
Haywood, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto
annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further
certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in in
value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is of the value of
ten dollars saving his wearing apparel.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said court on this 10th day of October, 1829...'.
Bob Runion
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SNOW, Ebenezer
Ebenezer SNOW was born in 1758 in Kent County, Delaware, and was
probably the oldest child of his parents. He died July 31, 1835, in Morgan County,
Tennessee. He grew to young manhood in Kent County, where in 1775, at age of
seventeen, he volunteered for four months service in the Revolutionary War.
He served as a private in Captain Mathew Monliff's Company, a part of Colonel
Samuel Patterson's Delaware regiment. During his tour of duty he was in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, and spent most of his time in garrison. At the end of
the four months, he stated that "General Washington was present and ordered
our discharges." The Snows evidently moved to North Carolina during the war
and once again Ebenezer volunteered for three more months of service, this time
in Surry County, North Carolina. He served under Captain Wright and Lieutenant
Clark, and at Bell's Mills, Randolph County, N.C. under Captain Thomas Duggan.
As part of Colonel James's Duggan's command, they aided in eliminating guerillas
from the countryside. Soon after the war had ended, Ebenezer Snow was married
in September 1783, in Surry County, North Carolina, to Sally Wicker, born about
1761 in North Carolina and died after 1850 in Morgan County, Tenn. perhaps at
the home of her son James, as she was listed as living in his household in census
record. Ebenezer and Sally had several children most were born in N. C. In 1806
Ebenezer and Sally and their family, including some of his brothers and perhaps
other relatives, moved to Tennessee. They moved across the mountains by pack
horse and brought very little with them; some of what they did bring was ruined
by rain, including Ebenezer's Revolutionary War discharges.
Update: Ebenezer Snow - b c 1758 DE d 7-3l-1835 TN m Sally Wicker, Pvt DE NC
PNSR WPNS. DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, Part 3, page 2733.The PNSR
and WPNS indicate that there are both a pension and widow's pension on file
at the National Archives.
Submitted by Jeanne Rinear
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SOUTHY Nelson
In Charleston, SC, on November 4, 1775, Southy/Southey/Southway
Nelson (said to have been born in 1722) enlisted, along with a John Nelson (believed
to be a brother, enlisted as a private in the same company) to fight on the
American side of the Revolution (Captain Joseph Elliott’s (?) Company C of the
1st Carolina Regiment, Commanded by Charles Cotesworth Pickney). According to
family lore and a book by Pat Alderman (Overmountain Men) Southy fought in the
Battle of Kings Mountain.
By 1778, Southy was settled in what is now Washington County,
Tenn. A list of "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers" has Southy owing poll tax on
100 pounds of personal property; tax 1-0-6 (in English currency, pounds, shillings
and pence) or 1 pound and 6 pence. His last pay stub from the Revolutionary
War (dated 1783, and found in the North Carolina State Archives) has him a resident
of Washington and Sullivan Counties, NC. In 1797, a Southy purchased 100 acres
of land from a Henry Shields on the Nolachuckey River in what is now Eastern
Tennessee.
Southy probably had a son also named Southy/Southey (died about
1836, Washington County, TN) who has been confused with the father in the family
history.
We have no idea of the name of Southy Jr.’s wife, but we know
that his children were Henry, John (m. Tabetha Kindle, 1823 in Greene Co. (Formerly
Washington Co., TN; their son David moved to Bismark MO), William Riley, Polly,
David, Elijah/Elisha (b. 1790; bur. in Nelson Cemetery, Dent Co., MO; married
Elizabeth Henry? (b. 1791, VA; bur. in Nelson Cemetery, Dent Co., MO); and Aarva.
During the War of 1812, Southey Nelson Jr. served in the East
Tennessee Drafted Militia under Colonel William Johnson in Captain Andrew Lawson's
Company (September 20, 1814 - May 3, 1815) along with James Nelson, a substitute
for James Harvey (War of 1812 info from TNGENWEB, Washington County) A Southey
Nelson is also listed as a Washington County taxpayer for the year 1819. A record
of a sale of land upon the death of Southey Nelson in 1836 list his sons John
and Henry Nelson as his administrators.
Contact:
Southy's g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandson
John Warren
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SPAIN, William
William SPAIN born 9/28/1763 (where ?) son of Drury and Mildred
SPAIN of Sussex/Surry County, Virginia. In April of 1777, at thirteen years
of age William SPAIN offered himself as a substitute for his father (unnamed)
and was received in his place. First he marched to Alexandria, VA and continued
there six or seven weeks, then marched to Philadelphia, PA, then to Trenton,
NJ, then back to Philadelphia, then to the head of Elk River, and was present
at the battle of Brandywine on September 11th, 1777. Then on the 12th retreated
to Philadelphia, then to Germantown and was there for that battle, on October
4th, 1777. Then took winter quarters at Valley Forge, then marched to New Jersey
anf was present at the battle of Monmouth, NJ June 28th, 1778. Then to Brunswick,
thence to White Plains, NY then to --------- Valley and stayed about three months,
then to Hastings on the Hudson River, NY then to West Point and stayed there
until the Virginia and North Carolina troops were ordered to go south and later
on to Charleston, SC. He arrived there the 3rd day of March 1780 and remained
there and was present at the different skirmishes until the time of surrender
on the 12th of May 1780, when he was taken prisoner. William was kept a prisoner
in Carleston five months then taken aboard a British ship and after being held
prisoner five more months he enlisted in the British army. He stated that this
was done only because he was destitute and needed clothes. A condition of his
enlistment was that he would go to the Spanish main or to Jamaica and not fight
against the United States. William remained in Jamaica until peace was declared,
at which time he received his release. There was an American vessel at port
in Jamaica, and he was able to get passage on it. He was dropped off in Novia
Scotia, and gave no other information on how he got back to Pitt County, NC.
William SPAIN was a fifer in the service.
Submitted by: Meeks a ggggg nephew
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SPARKS, William
Pension Application of William Sparks: William Sparks was my 4th
great- grandfather - Mathew Sparks was his father -
Submitted by Jeanette
SPARKS' IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Mathew Sparks - North Carolina - File No. S31385
William Sparks - North Carolina - File No. 9960 (rejected - probably for lack
of financial need)
Nacogdoches County, Texas - 14 September 1846 - Application of William Sparks,
"a resident of Spark's settlement in said county," aged 85 years the 3 day
of
April last. Shortly before this applicant entered the service his fatherMatthew Sparks removed with him from the Yadkin River in the County of Wilkes
and State of North Carolina across the Blue Ridge to a place on New River
in
the said County of Wilkes, with is now about two miles from the County seat
of
Nash County, North Carolina.* Also shortly before I entered the service the
Cherokee Indians had committed depredations and murdered five persons, I
think, three children and two women, near the head of the Catawba River, at
least, above John's River, at a place then, I think, in Burke County, North
Carolina. In the part of the country in which I lived, after the war had
lasted several years, all of us capable of bearing arms were divided into
four
classes, as well as I remember, by lot. I fell into the fourth class. About
this time it came to the turn of my class to enter the service; and while
we
were making preparations to do so Capt. John Cleaveland (Nicknamed as Devil
John) son of Col. Benjamin Cleaveland, who afterwards fought at King'sMountain, and who resided near our former residence on the Yadkin, come over
to our settlement on New River, and proposed to my class to volunteer to go
with him against the Cherokee Indians, saying that this tour would be
accounted the same as the same length of service against the British, against
whom we were then preparing to go. Four of my neighbors of my class viz. John
Baker, Israel Campbell, John Waters, and George Humphreys, with myself
accepted John Cleaveland's proposition, and in obedience to his order
rendezvoused at Wilkes Court-House (Wilksboro) and entered the service under
the said John Cleaveland as our Captain on the 15th day of August -- from
old
age and consequent loss of memory this applicant cannot state positively in
what year this was, but he does recollect, that it was when he had just
entered his seventeenth year, and several years before the battle of King's
Mountain.**
"At Wilkesboro, which was the place of general rendezvous for the North
Carolina raised for this expedition. Capt. Cleaveland's Company was filled
to
the number of about sixty, and about one thousand in all rendezvoused here.
We were all mounted gunmen, and nearly all armed with Rifles, tomahawks, and
butcher knives, each man, and myself amongst the rest, furnishing his own
horse arms and equipment. At the end of about two days we took up the line
of
march by Pleasant Gardens on the Catawba, crossed John's River, then by
Cathey's Fort to Turkey Cove on the Catawba, a distance, I supposed, of about
one hundred miles in all from Wilkesboro. At Turkey Cove we remained about
two weeks collecting Beef and other provisions for the Campaign. Here we were
joined by the rest of the North Carolina forces, making our number from twelve
to fifteen hundred, and here the Command-in-Chief was take by Genl. Charles
McDowell of Pleasant Garden, Burkes County North Carolina, in which he
continued throughout the Campaign. At this place my Capt. John Cleaveland
was
informed by letter that his wife was dangerously ill, and went home, and did
not again return to us. Myself and my New River neighbors, Baker, Campbell,
Waters and Humphreys, at the request of Capt. Cleaveland were then permitted
to join Capt. John Beverley's Company, in which we remained to the end of
the
Campaign. "I do not remember positively what disposition was make of the
rest of Cleaveland's company, but I believe that as Beverly had not before
a
full company they all joined him. My Regiment was commanded by Colo. Benjamin
Hiorn of Wilkes County*** The Captains under him were as far as I remember,
John Cleaveland and John Beverly and I think others whom I do not recollect.
Colo. Joseph McDowell brother of our Genl. commanded the Burkes County
Regiment. There was also a Maj. McDowell in under Colo. Joseph McDowell. I
think his given name was also Joseph, and that he was a cousin of the General
and the Colonel. I do not remember any of the other North Carolina officers.
"At the end of about two weeks we marched from Turkey Cove up the Catawba
on
the East side along an old Indian Trace, and crossed the mountains through
a
gap the name which I do not recollect -- struck the waters of Swano River,
went down the same and crossed French Broad River just above the mouth of
Swanano -- Here the foot company from Wilkes County in which was my uncle
James Sparks, and which marched behind us built a station, and remained to
guard the frontier until our return from the Indian Country. (Here I saw my
uncle on return.) From the mouth of Swanano we proceeded across Richland
Creek and the Hominy creek. Here we met and were joined by twelve or fourteen
hundred mounted gun-men from South Carolina. I do not remember their
commander, or any of their officers except a Maj. Lytle, and him I recollect
only form his afterwards in the course of the Campaign accidentally killing
one of his own men by the name of Morrison in and Indian skirmish. The whole
Army the proceeded across another ledge of mountains and the crossed
Tuckasegea River. The night of the day we crossed this River a scouting party
of thirty or forty of our men under Maj. McDowell were attacked by a party
of
Indians of whom they killed two or three , and make prisoners of a woman and
child, an old man and two or three boys. We then marched on to the Tennessee
river a distance of some 20 or 30 miles, here we found several Indian Villages
on the South East side of the River, which gave every indication of having
been but recently deserted. We remained some two weeks destroying the houses,
corn, beans and everything of utility in and about the villages, we the
received orders one evening that on the next morning we were to march to the
Valley Towns some 70 or 80 miles further on, but in the morning these orders
were counter-manded, I have never known why. We next proceeded about a day's
march up a River, the name of which I forget, on the South-East side of the
Tennessee, to a large town surrounded by villages where we spent several days
more in destroying the town and Villages and everything in and about them.
Rumor afterwards stated, and I believe truly, that the devastation committed
by us on this campaign was the cause of the death of many hundreds of Indians
from starvation. After spending a week or two more in endeavoring through
our
scouts in vain to find the Indians we commenced our return march, and retraced
the same route as well as I recollect. When we repassed the station near the
mouth of Swanano the foot company was still there to protect the frontier,
and
remained there for some time afterwards. To the best of my recollection the
South Carolina troops parted from us at Hominy creek where they had joined
us.
The North Carolina troops then marched on and returned to the Yadkin at or
near Wilkesboro where we were disbanded. From this service I received a
written discharge from Capt. John Beverly which I kept for many years, but
at
length not deeming it of any use it was long since lost or destroyed. On this
tour we marched a distance which we deemed about five hundred miles and back;
and I served in it as a Private Mounted Rifle-man (furnishing my own horse
and
equipments) at least four months, and I believe longer for I feel confident
that I did not return home untill after Arnstmess [Armistice], and I know
I
returned home as soon as I was discharged. On this expedition I know I
received no pay but to the best of my recollection the privates were promised
twenty Dollars pr months each, and the same remarks will apply with truth
to
all my revolutionary services; for I received no pay for any of them.
"Upon my discharge from this campaign the militia company, in the bounds of
which I resided, was organized into a company of mounted minute men under
Andrew Baker as Captain and my Brother John Sparks as Lieutenant. In this
company I served till the close of the revolution. We furnished our own
horses arms and equipments. Our part of the country was almost constantly
infested with robbing and murdering parties of tories, british and Hessians,
and I was constantly either out in pursuit of such parties, or, in obedience
to the orders of my Captain, held myself in readiness to march at a moment'swarning. Of the many and almost constant scouting parties, pursuits, and
expeditions in which I was engaged during this period from my great age and
infirmities I can recollect but one, so as to be able to state the particulars
and that only from the personal interest of my family in it, - will proceed
to
state it. In less than a year after my return from the campaign against the
Cherokees above detailed a party of tories, about 150 in number, robbed my
Father, taking a horse saddle and bridle , six guns, all our pewter (we had
no
delftware in those days)**** and whatever else they could carry. My company
was immediately called out and others amounting in all to about one hundred
and fifty mounted Gun Men under the command of Colo. Benjamin Cleaveland.
We
pursued the above named tories a distance of between 60 and 70 miles and
overtook them in Boxe's settlement near the Virginia line. They were
feasting, frolicing and many of them drunk. We killed and wounded 25 or 30
of
them in a fight, made prisoners of nearly all the rest, of whom hung five
or
six, the ballance of the prisoners were discharged by Colo. Cleaveland upon
their promise not to moles the patriots for the future. In this expedition
I
was engaged three weeks. I received no written discharge during the ware
except the one from Capt. Beverly above mentioned. I have no documentary
evidence of my service, and I know of no person whose testimony I can procure
who can testify to my service. This applicant further state on oath that by
reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively
as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his
recollection he served not less than three years as a private volunteer
mounted Rifleman, always furnishing his own horse, Arms and Equipment, and
for
service he claims a pension. This applicant was born in Rowan County near
Sallisbury in the State of North Carolina on the 3rd day of April A.D. 1761.
He has no record of his age, but he believes his brother Jessee Sparks
residing in Hickman County in the State of Tennessee has a copy of the record
of his age, the original have been lost. When called into service this
applicant lived in Wilkes County North Carolina, and remained there till the
close of the Revolutionary war then he removed with his father to what was
the
Franklin County afterwards Jackson, and now Clark County in the state of
Georgia and settles about four mile from Athens in that State. There this
applicant resided till the year 1811 when he removed to Laurence County
Mississippi, thence to Holmes County and vicinity, where he has ever since
resided. In his service he was at all times a volunteer. He hereby
relinquishes ever claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present;
and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any
State.
William his X mark Sparks
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 14th September 1846
R. Pannalu CSC
By H. Nelson Depty
William Sparks was further questioned regarding some of the facts in his
application:
Question: "Where & in what year were you born?"
Answer: "I was born within one mile of the town of Salsbury in the County
of
Rowan, State of North Carolina on the 3rd day of April, in the year
1761."
Question: "Have you any record of your age & if you have where is it?"
Answer: "I have no record of my birth -- but my brother has who lives in
Hickman County Tennessee he furnished me with a copy Severall years
Since with a trunk of papers near Natchez Mississippi."
Question: "Where were you living when called into Service" "Where have you
lived Since the revolutionary War -- and where do you now live?"
Answer: "I was living in Wilkes County North Carolina. My father emigrated
from Wilkes County to Georgia Shortly after the revolutionary war, and
Settled in what was the Franklin County, now Clark County, near Athens,
where I remained till about A.D. 1811 when I moved to the Territory of
Mississippi on Pearl River now Lawrence County. I remained there a
number of years the removed to Holmes County where I remained until Imoved to the then Republic of Texas. I stopped in Nacogdoches County
where I have lived ever Since."
Question: "How were you called into Service were you drafted, did you
volunteer, or were you Substitute, if a Substitute for whom?"
Answer: "I volunteered and regret that I am not able to do so again. I was
not a Substutt, nor was I drafted."
William Sparks application for a pension was regrettably rejected for lack
of
evidence of service, despite his good character and need of financial
assistance and being amply vouched for by several reliable citizens of
Nacogdoches.
*He intended ASHE County, N.C.
** Since he was born on April 3, 1761, then it must have been the year 1778
when he joined up with Capt. John Cleaveland. The Battle of King's Mountain
was in 1780.
***Probably Benjamin Herndon, of Wilkes Co. N.C.
****Delftware was a brown pottery covered with an opaque, decorated white
glaze, made in Delft, Holland and in England. It was a common glazed pottery
for table use, etc.
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STRINGER, Josiah
Josiah STRINGER was born in 1761 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
His father, John STRINGER Jr., was the son of John STRINGER of Elizabeth City
County, Virginia, whose father was Daniel STRINGER of that same county. Josiah
enlisted in "Blount's company" on 6 Nov. 1777 for a period of three years, and
mustered out 1 Feb. 1780. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1778, and
Sergeant in June of 1779. Josiah Stringer is listed on the roll of Lt. Col.
Harney's Company, 2nd NC Bn. on Sep. 9, 1778. After the War, Josiah returned
to Edgecombe County and married Selah DAVIS. Two of his sons by Selah DAVIS
later went to Conecuh County, Alabama. After the death of Selah, Josiah went
to Georgia with his brothers and was unsuccessful in the land lottery of 1805.
He then married Lucretia STRINGER, (probably the widow of a Francis STRINGER
from Chowan County, NC) with whom he had eight more children, and moved to Lawrence
County, Mississippi with his brother Noah and others. Josiah STRINGER died in
February, 1837, and is buried in the Hepzibah Baptist Church cemetary between
Arm and Oakvale, MS. His DAR marker reads: "STRINGER , Josiah, North Carolina
Lt. Col. Harney's Co Revolutionary War, 1760-1837"
Submitted by a gggg grandson, Bob Britnell
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