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David and Nancy Snowden
W 9308 Penn.
On the 20th of August 1832, before James W. Gravin, Samuel Tipton, and Sampson Walters,
Justices of the Peace in said county, David Snowden, Sr., resident of said county, aged
73, made oath: That he was born in New Jersey in 1759. When about 3 years of age, that his
father moved to the Western part of Pennsylvania and when the Revolutionary War commenced,
he resided with his father in what is now Washington County, Pennsylvania. That from 1775
or 1776, he served as an Indian spy from time to time, for a great portion of his time
till the close of the War. That sometimes they would be out for a week and sometimes more
and that after guarding the frontiers against the Indians, he was drafted and when on
McIntosh's campaign against the Indians in what is now the state of Ohio. He went within
two miles from where Washington Pennsylvania now stands. He was out 3 months. Andrew
Sweringer was his Captain. Crawford and Sl Glinson (?) were Colonels in the Militia. AFter
they got to what in now called Ohio, they halted and bult a fort called Ft. McIntosh. That
they afterward built a fort on the waters of Tuscarawai (?) called Ft. Lawrence. That they
afterward were marched back to Ft. McIntosh and then discharged. He continued to act as a
spy and guard for the frontier. That he volunteered under Captain Lest (?) and went out as
Colonels Crawford and Williamson ordered. He went to the Sandusky Pains and were there in
an engagement with the Indians and British and were defeated. Crawford was taken prisoner
and burnt. Before going out with Crawford, he had served 1 or 2 months on the
frontier at Black Hawk on the Waters of Wheeling Creek. Captain Scott was his Captain. He
was engaged as an Indian spy and guard for the frontier and was out on campaigns against
the Indians during the Revolutionary War for almost 3 years.
Samuel Kelly, clergyman, and Thomas White, clergyman, both residents of Estill County, Kentucky, certify of their acquaintance with David Snowden and their belief in his statements.
In Owsley County, Kentucky, on the 13th of June 1844, before David Snowen,
Justice of the Peace, Nancy Snowden, aged 82, appeared and made oath: That she is the
widow of David Snowden, deceased, late a pensioned on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency.
That she married to David Snowden, in April 1782, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, by a
Baptist preacher named William Woods and that her husband aforesaid David Snowden died in
June 2, 1839. David Snowden of Estill County, Kentucky, who was a private in the
company commanded by Captain Swearinger of the Regiment commanded by Col. Crawford in the
Pennsylvania line for 2 years, was inscribed on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency commence
on March 4, 1831, certificate of the pension was issued March 29, 1833.
James Snowden, aged 45, resident of Estill County, Kentucky made oath that: He is the son
of David Snowden, deceased and Nancy Snowden, applicate for a pension on this 13th day of
June 1844. That he has for many years, the record of the ages of the children of his
father and which record commences with the age of the oldest child. He thinks this
handwriting is that of his father, David Snowden.
The record was made part of his deposition, and read as follows: Chas. Snowden born
December 28th, 1783. Joshua Snowden born on June 26, 1785. David Snowden born December 6,
1786. Elizabeth Snowden, born October 26, 1788. Joseph Snowden born June 9, 1791. Sary
Snowden, born November 19, 1793. John Snowden born January 3, 1796. James Snowden born
April 30, 1798. Wm Snowden born August 27, 1800. Sancy Snowden born August 15, 1802.
Eli Hazelrigg, resident of Bath County, Kentucky, made oath that he is 67
years of age, October next. That he is the brother of Nancy Snowden. That he was an inmate
of his father's family at the date his sister, Nancy, intermarried with David Snowden. His
father moved from Virginia to near Red Stone Old Fort in Pennsylvania in 1781. He had not
lived there long before David Snowden married to his sister, Nancy, in April 1782. The
deponent's father's family moved to Kentucky in 1784 and settled on Boone Creek, then to
Fayette County and several years later said Snowden and family moved to Kentucky and lived
1 or 2 years in my father's family. Said Snowden there purchased a farm in this deponent's
neighborhood where he lived several years and sold it and moved to Estill County, Kentucky
where said Snowden died.
Rachel Hoges made oath in Clark County, Kentucky, that she is 72 years old. That she
became acquainted with David Snowden at this site in the family of Mrs. Snowden's father,
James Hazelrigg and lived there for some short time. Then he purchased a piece of land
adjoining Hazelrigg's and moved his family off of said land to the land above mentioned,
where he lived for several years. The whole time he lived in the neighborhood, he lived
within a short distance of this deponent. That said Nancy and David has 4 or 5 children
when they first came into the neighborhood. That the record of their children says that
Moses was born 28th December 1793 and the deponent knows that they lived in the
neighborhood a year or 2 before the birth of the deponent's son Moses.
A letter written from Morris Owen, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on the 4th of October 1850, to
the commissioner of pensions, stated that Mrs. Nancy Snowden to whom the enclosed pension
certificate was issued died, as he was informed on the 5th of May 1850, prior to the date
of her certificate, which was dated 25th June. He asked that her pension, not having been
drawn that the commissioner of pension permit it to be paid to her administrator, she
having 4 children residing in this and different places and the commissioner of pensions
directs her claim to be paid at the Pittsburg Agency, by William H. Howard, Esquire.
Nancy Snowden, widow of David Snowden was inscribed on the pension Roll of Kentucky, to
commence on June 2, 1839, certificate of the pension was issued October 14, 1845.
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