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| Metro Louisville, Jefferson County, KyGenWeb Project |
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| Thomas Parker |
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On July 15 of the year 1833 in Jefferson County in the
state of Kentucky, the said pensioner at the age of 76 years appeared in
open court and stated that he had enlisted to serve in the second Virginia
Regiment in the fall of the year 1775 for a tour of two years duration to
serve under the command of Brigadier General Weeden and in the regiment
under the command of Colonel Alexander Spottsmood and in the company under
the command of Captain Hawes. He stated that at that time he resided
at Caroline County in the state of Virginia and he then marched to
Williamsburg and then he joined the northern army at Philadelphia and they
then had marched to Princeton in the state of New Jersey and they then
joined the command of General Putman and marched to the Rallayton River
and then back again to Philadelphia. They then marched to Brandywine under
the command of General George Washington and they then retreated to White
Marsh and from there they marched to Germantown and then retreated again
to Valley Forge and there and then the said pensioner was honorably
discharged. He stated that he had joined the army to serve in the
capacity of an orderly Sergeant during the said war. The said pensioner himself, Thomas Parker, was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $120.00 per annum and his certificate of pension for that amount was issued on September 23 of year 1833 and it was then sent to Samuel D. Vance, at Middleton in the state of Kentucky. |
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