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James and Barbara Noland
W. 9202 North Carolina & Virginia
In Estill County, Kentucky, on 19th of November 1832, before the Justice of the Peace,
James Noland, resident of said co. of Estill, aged 92 years appeared and made oath: That
in the fall of 1775, he enlisted as a Minute Man for 12 months. He enlisted in Loudon Co.,
Virginia under Captain Simon Triplett. John Thornton was his Lieutenant and William
Grayson was Colonel. He was marched down to Hampton Virginia and stationed there that
winter of 1776; In the winter of 1776, he was marched to what is now called Alexandria,
then called "Bell Haven" and there stationed till he was discharged. At the
expiration of his 12 months term, he was in Bell Haven; he was there also when the
Declaration of Independence was declared.
His recollection is that he had a written discharge from Captain Triplett, that it was
afterward destroyed when his house was burned in North Carolina. That after the expiration
of his year of service, he removed to North Carolina and there fough the Tories to the end
of the War. That in 1789, Col Frank Lock and Major John Johnson raided a company in Rowan
Co., North Carolina, to protect the company against the Tories and British. That said Lock
and Johnson commanded the applicate as Captain of said Company. That he continued to
command said Company till the end of the War, and was for more than 12 months actually in
service. That he was in a skirmish near the Moravian Town in North Carolina, against the
Captain Wright, a Tory Captain, when the Tories and British were defeated. He was also in
many of the skirmishes till the end of the war. That he served more than 2 years as a
soldier and captain of the said company. He further stated that he was born in Charles
Co., Maryland. That he moved there to Loudon, Virginia and was a resident of Loudon when
he enlisted for 12 months; moved from there to Rowan County, North Carolina and has
resided in Estill Co. aforesaid, for 20 years or more.
About 12 months of his time has served as Captain. That the Tories offered five hundred
dollars for his head. He states that he is known in Estill County by almost everybody.
That he has long known Henry Beatty, Lewis Moore, and Benjamin Straughlin (?).
Jesse Noland of Estill Co., Kentucky, made oath: That he is a brother of James Noland.
That the deponent is 71 years of age Dec. next. That he well recollects that said James
was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, in 1775 and 1776. That he well recollects his
enlisting in 1775 under Captain Simon Triplett. That he recollects his brother served and
was discharged as stated. That he was with him in North Carolina on several occasions and
several skirmishes.
Lewis Moore and Benjamin Straughan, residents of Estill Co., Kentucky, made certification
that they have been acquainted with James Noland for man years, and to their belief in his
statements.
In Estill Co., Kentucky, on the 1st of October 1838, before Aaron McMonigle, Justice of
the Peace, Barbara Noland, an aged woman and surviving widow of James Noland, made
declaration: That she is the widow of said James Noland deceased, and was married to him
by Parson Griffy at the old English Church in Loudon Co., Virginia, on December 26, 1774.
That she will be 79 years of age the 28th of May next. That she was between 14 and 15
years old when she married and that her first child, Stephen Noland, now of Indiana, was
born on the 6th of June. That she has heard her husband say he was some miles off when
said Emmon (?) had Norfolk burned and he could see to pick a pin by the fire. This was
during his service in Virginia. The next winter, after his time was out in Virginia, they
marched from Loudon Co. where they had resided since their marriage, to Rowan Co., North
Carolina, where her husband was in service against the British and Tories. That while her
husband was out fighting battles for his country, she was home plowing and working in the
fields to raise something to live upon.
That in February, some weeks before the battle of Guilford, Lord Cornwallis' Army passed
by their house while her husband was away from home in that army, that all their
provisions were taken from the pantry and consumed by the British soldiers, that she told
a British officer, while the soldiers were plundering in her house, that she would give up
everything she had to help them on to Virginia for she knew they would never get back
after they got there and this turned out to be true, for Cornwallis and his army were
taken at Yorktown, Virginia. She further states that from there they removed from Loudon
Co., Virginia to North Carolina. That they resided in Rowan County till about the year of
1812, when they moved to Estill Co., Kentucky, where they continued to reside till the
death of her husband, James Nolan, and where she has since continued to reside. That he
died 26th of December, 1833.
James Noland of Estill Co., Kentucky, who was a private in the Virginia Line for 1 year as
private and 1 year as Captain, from 1775, from inscribed on the pension roll of Kentucky,
to commence on March 4, 1831. Certificate of the pension was issued January 16, 1833.
Silas Noland made oath in Esitll Co., Kentucky, that he has always understood that he will
be 60 years old the 11th of October 1838. That he was born and raised in Rowan Co., North
Carolina and moved with his father to Estill Co., Kentucky in 1812, where he was ever
since resided. He is a son of James Noland, and Barbara Noland. That his father drew a
pension to his death. That his oldest brother was born in Rowan Co., Virginia (?) June 6,
1776. (Must have meant North Carolina).
Francis Noland, on the 1st of October 1838, made oath that: He is the fourth child of
James Noland and Barbara Noland. That he is now going on 54 years of age.
Barnette McMonigle of Estill Co., Kentucky, made oath: That he has been well acquainted
with Captain James Noland and his wfie Barbara Noland from the time they moved from North
Carolina to this county, where they now reside. That said James Noland departed this time
in this county. He is also well acquainted with Stephen Noland, oldest son of James and
Barbara Noland, and is of the opinion that he is upward of 60 years of age.
In LaPort Co., Indiana, on the 24th of September, 1844, Barbara Noland, appeared and
declared that she wishes her pension to be paid in said county and state where she removed
about 2 months ago. That her reson for removing is that her children all live here and she
removed here at their request.
In Estill Co., Kentucky, on June 4, 1839, Lewis Moore appeared and made oath: That he is
57 years old and has been intimately acquainted with James Noland, deceased and his
family, for the last 30 years and he would suppose said James Noland's oldest child if now
living, namely James, would be about 64 or 65 years of age and he would supposed that
Rasha Noland was a little older than the deponent himself and Francis Noland to be about
50 years and John Noland to be not far from 50 years of age.
In Estill Co., Kentucky, Silas Noland aged 60 years, made oath: That he is the second
child of James and Barbara Noland. That he has now in his possession, the record of his
and that of his brothers' ages. That the other records which his father had, were
destroyed by fire some 30 or 40 years ago at the time of his father's house being burned.
The deponent shortly afterward purchased a Bible and at the time of purchasing said Bible,
wrote down on one leaf of the Bible his own age, in these words: Silas Noland was born in
the year of our Lord, October 11, 1778 and the ages of his brother who is next oldest to
him in these words: Rasha Noland was born July 29, 1781 and a short time after this
registering the deponent's brother wrote his name on the same leaf, under the name of
Rasha, in these words: John Noland was born in the year of our Lord, June 9, 1792. This
registering was done more than 30 years ago and has remained in the deponent's possession
ever since. The page containing this record was enclosed as a part of the statement of the
deponent.
On May 31st, 1839, in Estill Co., Kentucky, John Noland, aged 47, son of James and Barbara
Noland made oath: That he is the 7th child of James Noland, deceased, and Barbara Noland.
That he has been shown the leaf from the Bible which is owned by his brother, Silas, who
is now single and has always lived with his father and mother.
Barbara Noland, was inscribed on the pension roll of Kentucky to commence on December 27th
1833. Certificate of the pension was issued the 22nd of June 1839 and sent to the
Honorable J. Harlan, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
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