Revolutionary War Pension Application of Conrod Earthenhousin State of Kentucky Jessamine County

Personally appeared before me, Tho Hawkins, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Jessamine, State of Kentucky, Conrod Earthenhousin, resident of this county and state aforesaid and who is by reason of Bodily infirmity prevented from appearing in open court, who is aged Eighty-eight years, and who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year of 1780 in the spring as a private of the malitia in the Brigade of General Stevens, and went from Hanover County, Virginia and marched with the regular troops of Delaware and Maryland towards Charleston, South Carolina. And in the summer they arrived at deep river and was joined by a vast number of troops from North Carolina. And Lord Cornwallis, the British commander, in the month of August attacked the Americans in the night, and the Americans had the better of the engagement while it lasted. But they soon ceased fighting until daybreak when the action commenced and General Stevens' brigade immediately fled and the Americans were defeated, and this was called the Battle of Camden. And his service had just been of six months duration. And when General Greene arrived in North Carolina and took the command of the army, this company in which he was and an officer by the name of Morgan was sent to the ---. And after being there a while, the British General with horse troops came to attack the Americans, and the Americans fled and the British took after them. And when the British overtook them, they commenced on our company, Major Pickens, which gave way. And they went to the other company and --- them give way when the Americans horse troops fell on the British troops and give our men time to come to order and help in the Battle, And we, the Americans, whipped the British badly and took a heap of them as conquest prisoners. And this Battle was called the Battle of the Cowpens. After this battle, the American General Morgan went on back towards Virginia and crossed a river which immediately rose. Soon after the British could not cross it, and General Green came and took the command. And the Americans still kept towards Virginia and crossed a river and took all the coats? to their side and kept on and broke up the roads by cutting trees until they crossed another river. And the American army received more troops from Virginia and went to Guilford when there was a long and hot battle. And the British laid on the ground but the Americans had the best of the battle arms. Short time after the battle, he went to Hanover County, Virginia and then volunteered and served a tour of three months and was in the lower part of Virginia and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, which was in the fall of 1781. But he does not recollect the names of the officers he was under but that Prince Lafayette and General Washington were the American Generals. And after the surrender of the British army under Cornwallis, he went to --- alone in Virginia and volunteered under Major Hickman to fight the Indians. And one of Major Hickman's sons was the captain, and he served about one whole year under Major and Captain Hickman against the Indians, which were on the frontier county west of Hagerstown in Maryland, and he was a soldier. He further declares that he was born in Germany in Europe, and in the town of Schwansen and came as a soldier to fight the Americans in 1776. And did continue as a soldier under the British stationed in New York until Commander Collier, in the first part of the year 1779, landed in Virginia, where he then deserted and went to the Americans and then joined the army of the United States under General Stevens in 1780 in the spring. And continued until the spring of 1781 and does not know the company of officers names and he knew but few English words then and not many more now and knows not how his tours was laid off but knows well that he was in and continued in actual service the whole length of time he has stated. And that he knows of no one by whom he can prove the aforesaid services for the United States, but that he could have done so by Jacob Sikes who was in company with him when he left Germany, and was with me when I deserted and in all the aforesaid services, and who died in Jessamine County about ten years ago. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 whatever. And he further states that no reason he has not heretofore applied for a pension is that he knew not by whom he could from his services owing to the death of the aforesaid Sikes. Conrod Earthenhousin Tho. Hawkins, Justice of Peace We, Isaac Bowman, member of the Christian Church residing in the County of Jessamine, State of Kentucky, and Elizabeth Bowman, residing in the same and a member of the Baptist Church hereby certify that we are well acquainted with and have long known Conrod Earthenhousin who had sent and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty-Eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have --in service of The Revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Isaac Bowman Elizabeth Bowman Tho. Hawkins, J.Peace And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations inscribed by the war department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Isaac Bowman and Elizabeth who has signed the foregoing certificate are members of Christian Society, residents in the said County of Jessamine and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. Tho. Hawkins State of Kentucky Jessamine County I, David B. Price, clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do certify that Thomas Hawkins, whose name in his own hand is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of making such signature and still is our acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such. In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 25th day of --- 1843. David B. Price, Clerk