Revolutionary War Pension File Extraction |
My thanks to Dee Godkin email address familyfinder1@cox.net for sending me this information.
Source: Spotsylvania County Patriots 1774-1786, Spotsylvania County Virginia Virginia Book Company, P. O. Box 421, Berryville, Virginia 22611 |
Charles Powell In the First Artillery Continental Troops Extracted from National Archives Records Appointed January 3, 1777, for 3 years At Valley Forge June 3, 1778 , Pay rate $9 a month paid in New York currency, in 1778 At Camp White Plains August 8, 1778 Sick in Camp at Camp Fredericksburg October 1, 1778 Promoted to Sergeant October 1, 1778 Pay rate $10 At Camp Pluckamin December 21, 1778 At Middle Brook June 3, 1779 At Camp Smith's Clove July 4, 1779 At New Windsor August 3, 1779 Discharged January 10, 1780 - Morristown, New Jersey Worst Winter of 1780 aritcle at The History Net On Sept. 1, 1783 Charles Powell signed as recieving 79 Pounds, 8 sh., 5 pn. |
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1776 Spotsylvania County Militia During The fall of 1776, the members of seven companies of Spotsylvania County Militia became incensed at he requirement to attend general musters at the Courthouse in Fredericksburg. Because of this, the militia men resolved to petition for the privilege of attending muster in a more central locations...The original petitions are preserved in the Virginia State Library in the collection of Spotsylvania Legislative Petitions....All seven petitions are virtually identical, and are dated November 14, 1776. Captain Stubblefield's Company: Beverley Williams, Harry Stubblefield, Jas Wiglesworth, Lewis Holladay, James Holladay, Abell Steers, William Wigleworth, John Smith, John Graves, Samuel Bullock, Clayton Coleman, William Brooks, Jos. Duarson, David Sandidge, Wm. Ehterton, W. Cason, Harris Coleman, John Chiles, Henry Chiles , William Blaydes , Jos. True, John Talbert, Phillip Daye, Jos. Etherton, David Pulliam, Thomas Gaddis, Henry Lane, Thos. Turner, Samuel Trainam, Thos. True, James Cason, Robt. Shepherd, John Knight, Wm. Purkins, James Wheeler, Phillip Johnson, Robt. Hart, John Canahan, Rolings Pulliam, Richd Murf, Charles Cosby, Thos. Ward, John Sanders, Moses Wheeler, Charles Powel, Dudly Harris, Joel Lewis, Nickles Merriwether, Charles Powell, 3 years in the First Artillery, Samuel Eddens. Captain Charles Powell In the First Artillery Continental Troops Extracted from National Archives Records Appointed January 3, 1777, for 3 years At Valley Forge June 3, 1778 , Pay rate $9 a month paid in New York currency, in 1778 At Camp White Plains August 8, 1778 Sick in Camp at Camp Fredericksburg October 1, 1778 Promoted to Sergeant October 1, 1778 Pay rate $10 At Camp Pluckamin December 21, 1778 At Middle Brook June 3, 1779 At Camp Smith's Clove July 4, 1779 At New Windsor August 3, 1779 Discharged January 10, 1780 - Morristown, New Jersey On Sept. 1, 1783 Charles Powell signed as receiving 79 Pounds, 8 sh., 5 pn. From Officers and Privates of the Revolutionary War, page 250: Colonel Harrison's Regiment of the Artillery Company No. 8, As it stood at Valley Forge, June 3, 1778 Samuel Eddens, Captain Lewis Booker, Captain-Lieutenant Richard Hill, First Lieutenant Abraham Cole, Second Lieutenant (Sick in Virginia) John Chick, Sergeant (Sick in Virginia) Christian Francis, Corporal William Machie, Corporal Augustine Lawless, Bombardier Christian Cawthorn, Bombardier Charles Powell, Bombardier James Gentry, Bombardier Richard Croxton, Gunner Richard Rogers, Gunner George Anderson, Drummer John Sneed, Fiffer Matrosses for Three Years, Joseph Clark John, Denton Charles, Lyle Charles, Morgan Issac, Wesson Benjamin Lawson, William Creamer, John Lyle, Jacob Peales, Edward Saggs, William Vaughan (Sick in Camp), John Wilds (Sick in Camp), Richard Parker (Sick in Camp), William Bibb (Sick in Camp), Solomon Hall (Sick in Camp). A list of Capt. Samuel Eddens' Company of Artillery, as it stood at Smith's Clove, July 4, 1779 is on page 251. There are thirty members listed in the Company at Valley Forge and only twenty-one at Smith's Clove. All the soldiers listed as sick on the first list are absent from the second. It is possible they all died in camp at Valley Forge. On the second list Charles Powell and Christian Cawthorn are shown as promoted to Sergeant on Oct. 1, 1778. Company Number 9 and 10 of this artillery both have a William Powell on their rosters. It is not known exactly who these two William Powells might be. Charles Powell was discharged January 10, 1780 at Morristown, New Jersey. Among those listed at the same time were: Ambrose Bohannan, Lieut. P. M., on furlough to Virginia, Charles Powell sold his military warrant to A. Bohannan, 1783 Also listed: John C. Carter (could this be John Crump Carter?), Thomas Carter, Samuel Coleman, Thomas Coleman, Whitehead Coleman. Note: ( Charles Powell sold Sarah Gholson's land inherited from her grandfather Sandridge to Clayton Coleman) Charles Powell, Halifax Co. VA Militia A list of the mens names belonging to Maj. Jones Battalion of Militia who have deserted, Distinguishing those who carried off their arms from those who did not, also those who deserted from their post. Cabin Point Feby. 23 1781 John Anderson,Judfood Parrott, John Pulliman, Macajah Simms, Ashwell Stone, Isham Turner, Elijah Parrott, Thomas Watkin, William Warmack, William Young, William Dye, William Taylor, Jacob Miller, John Foster, Thomas Whitlock, Reubin Graves, John Hall, Thomas Brooks, Joseph Peterson, William Davis Moses Turner, John Smithey, Robert Wade, Zacheriah Hill John Carter, Charles Powell, David Jones Note: These are the 27 names of men from Halifax County on this list. Charles Powell is listed as taking his gun, bayonet, cartridge box, flint, and cartridges. Everyone on the list is listed as deserting From Post. We have only the first page of this list. We do not know the total number off pages. This page contains 41 names with others from Buckingham, Bedford and Mecklenburg County. |