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Pension Application of Robert Coleman W8620 Catharine Coleman VA

Pension Application of Robert Coleman W8620 Catharine Coleman VA Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris State of Kentucky } On this 18th day of March in the year 1833 Personally appeared before me Mercer County viz } a Justice of the peace in and for s’d county and state Robert Coleman a revolutionary soldier whose age and infirmities prevent his attendance in court he being 85 years of age and so infirm that he cannot ride without great inconvenience & pain and being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. viz I Robert Coleman do hereby state on oath that I am now eighty five years of age and was born in Spottsylvania [sic: Spotsylvania] county & state of Virginia and lived in s’d county when the revolutionary war commenced and I was called into the service of my country as follow viz. In the month of April 1776 (as well as I now recollect I was drafted in Capt Charles Washingtons company of Col [Sampson] Mathews Regiment for two months and we marched to Williamsburgh [sic: Williamsburg] and Richmond where we were stationed a part of the time at each place as a guard & I faithfully served out my time and was honorably discharged Again in the fall of the year 1777 I was again drafted in Capt Frank Colemans [Francis Coleman’s] company of Col Mathews Regiment & was again marched to Richmond & Williamsburgh where I was again stationed as a guard two months & was honorably discharged Again in the summer 1778 I was drafted in Capt William Mills company of Col Mathews Regiment for the term of three months and was marched to & stationed at the same points and marched and countermarched in the vicinity of Richmond and Williamsburgh aforesaid – until my time expired and I was honorably discharged Again in the fall 1779 I was Drafted in Capt Thos Winslows [Thomas Winslow’s] company in Col Mathews Regiment and was employed as a guard at the same points for the term of two months and was honorably discharged and In the summer 1780 I was Drafted two months in Capt Henry Trues[?] company but in what Regiment I cannot recollect as I was employd during my time in driving a waggon or escorting provissions to the army in the vicinity of Racoon ford [Raccoon Ford on Rapidan River]. and In the summer of 1781 I was drafted two months more in Capt William Mills company the Regiment not known as I was constantly engaged in driving or escorting provision waggons to the army in the counties of Spottsylvania & Louisa In the State of Virginia as they were marching or retreating from the advances of Lord Cornwallis army. I farther state that after the revolutionary war ended I lived in the state of Virginia until about the year 1800 when I removed to the county of Mercer and state of Kentucky where I have lived ever since and where I still resided, that owing to the frailty of my memory I cannot now state the names of all my officers but I solemnly declare that I served the time I have states amounting in whole to Twelve months and upwards. I further certify that I have no documentary evidence of my age or services, that I held nocommission and entered the army as I have stated and I hereby relinquish all claim which I have to any other pension or annuity except the present and I am not now a pensioner of the united states or of any state. Witness my hand this 18th day of March 1833 Robert hisXmark Coleman NOTE: On 3 March 1834 James H. Coleman and Basil W. Coleman certified that Robert Coleman died on 9 Jan 1834.

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