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Zachariah Phillips
S 35,559 NC
In Estill County, Kentucky, on May 17, 1830, Zachariah Phillips, aged 67, appeared in
court in Estill County aforesaid, and made oath: That he enlisted for 1 year in April
1781. That he joined the company of Captain Thomas Donahue on June 1st, 1781. That he
enlisted in North Carolina in the company commanded by said Donahue in the Regiment
commanded by Col. Henry Dickson in the line of the state of North Carolina, on the
Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps till the 1st of June
1782, when he was discharged from the service in South Carolina near Bacon's Bridge, but
did not receive a certificate of the discharge till he arrived at Salsburry, North
Carolina. That his certificate was signed by Colonel Murphy on whom the command of the
said regiment devolved and at the time of said Phillips discharge, Captain William Wallen
had preceded said Donohoe in the command of the company. That about February 1822, he
removed with his family from Monroe County, Virginia to Scott County, Virginia and from
Scott County Virginia to Estill County, Kentucky in the summer of 1825 and has continued
to reside in Estill County, Kentucky ever since. That his wife is dead and his children
have all left him since they married, or have turned out for themselves. That he has
usually followed farming as a means of livelihood and has usually made gun handles now and
then. That his children being able to take care of themselves are of no charge to him.
That from his advanced age, he is unable to procure a comfortable livelihood by the
pursuit of any occupation. That none of his family lives with him. That his youngest
child, a son, is 17 years of age.
He also made a schedule of his property.
William Hill, Secretary of the State of North Carolina, made affidavit that it appeared
from the muster rolls of said state that Zachariah Phillips served in the Revolutionary
War as stated and that he entered the 10th Regiment, in Captain Donohue's company, on the
25th. of May 1781, for 12 months and left the service May 25, 1782.
Zachariah Phillips, of Estill County, Kentucky, who was a private in the North Carolina
Line for 1 year was inscribed on the roll of the Kentucky Agency, to commence 29th. day of
May 1830, Certificate of the pension was issued on the same date.
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