Revolutionary War Pension Application of Isaac Roman State of Kentucky County of Fayette

On this 12th day of February 1833, personally appeared in open court before the Mayor’s Court for the City of Lexington now sitting, Isaac Roman, a resident of Jessamine County and State of Kentucky, aged seventy-seven years, who being first duly dworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he was born on July 18, 1755, the record of which he -- remembers seeing in the Family Bible, but which record is now lost. That he removed out westerly to Holstein River with one of his brothers now dead in 1773, and continued to reside there near the --- --- on Holstein until 1797, when he removed to Jessamine County, six miles from the City of Lexington, where he has resided ever since. That he was enrolled into the militia service on the breaking out of the Revolutionary War. His company was first commanded by John Campbell, brother to Col. Arthur Campbell, and said Capt. John Campbell commanded said company at the Battle of Long Island against the Cherokees before he joined said company. When the company he belonged to was --- out against --- to go to Kings Mountain, Captain Arthur Bar-- commanded - who for some reason unknown to him did not go with the company - and the men when at Kings Mountain were commanded by Genl. Wm. Campbell. His family was so circumstanced that he did not go with his company to Kings Mountain, but had a substitute by the name of Miles Goforth, who got wounded in the knee in the Battle at Kings Mountain. To procure said substitute, he had to give a fine mare saddle and bridle, which was more than half of his property, being then poor and just beginning the world notwithstanding he lived as substitute, hoping thereby to be all to stay at home with his wife, who was in need of his assistance. In near 5 days after the man had started to Kings Mountain, a Tory Captain of the name of Howell with a party of men came over the mountains and threatened the settlements on the head of New River. He had to go with the balance of the company that remained at home against Capt Howell and his torries. They mustered about 60-80 men and was commanded by Sergeant MacFarland, who also belonged to Capt. Arthur Bowans Company. After traveling on foot for two days meeting Howell, they were appraised by the spies information that an attack would be made that night. They accordingly kept -- the --- and planted --- --- sound in on their approach. They ever so effectuably repulsed as induced them to retreat with considerable loss and death of their commander, who was mortally wounded. This defeat and that of Ferguson, which was heard of directly after, gave peace to the Holstein settlement during the balance of the war. That he continued in the --- the whole war. That he knows of but one man of his company of the name of Thomas Mosley to be alive, and that he does not know where he resides. During the war and until 1797 when he removed to Kentucky, he lived at or adjoining Col. Arthur Campbell where he was --- or within 2 miles in the --- on the road, he sold to Mr. John Byers - adjoining to this plantation of Capt. Arthur Bowan who is dead. That he expects to prove the above statement by Col. Robt. R--ck, who lives in Fayette County, 4 or 5 miles from the City of Lexington, as he has known him from a child, and that it was so much more convenient to Gen. R-- who is a magistrate in Fayette Co. and his other -- who lives in Lexington made him apply there. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency or the agency of any state, only on that of the agency of the state of Virginia in Washington County, 23-25 miles east of ---. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Isaac Roman