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Michal Feshel, Lieutenant The
above soldier states in August 1812 he formed a troop of cavalry in
Kentucky – was commissioned as First Lieutenant of said troops fir
six months, in the regiment commanded by Col James Tunrall? Attached
to the N. Western army commanded by General Harrison, that the
regiment to which he belonged with others were attached under the
command of Col Campbell against the Indian towns of Massissaniwa?
and participated in the battle of that place. On his way out he had
the misfortune to be wounded by a ball passing through it in
consequence if which together with the exposure he was unnecessarily
subjected to (illegible) he has been so far disabled as to be
entirely unable to earn a subsistence. The facts stated by this
petitioner are substantially proven by the documents examining the
papers? Be
it known that John Dishman, late a cornet in the troop of cavalry
commanded by Capt. Geo. Trotter, Jr. in the regiment commanded by
Col James Simrall, attached to the army of the N.W. commanded by
Major General Harrison in the late war to which said troop Michael
Fishel was attached as First Lieut makes the following statement on
oath. That
the said Fishel discharged his duties of First Lt. Aforesaid with
great faithfulness and advantage to the cause in which he was
engaged, that the deponent was present and very near him when he
received the wound in the right hand, which has disabled that member
and from which he suffered severely and that he firmly believes that
from the hardships and suffering that the cold was the cause of his
being attacked by the rheumatism and from which he has never since
been free and which has rendered him unable entirely to support
himself by labor. The deponent is well acquainted by Fishel having
been his neighbor many years previous to the reception of the wound
and ever since. No man has a character for honesty and etc more
highly and etc than Lt. Feshel. He
joined the troop raised in and about Lexington. Ky commanded by Geo
Trotter Jr as captain. He was a copper smith by trade. He was a
resident of Fayette Co, Ky. This 1827, Oct. 10th. Affidavit
of Col James McDowell of Fleming Co, KY appeared in the Fayette Co,
KY and made affidavit and states that he was a major in the North
Western Army under General Harrison in the late war; that he has for
many years been well acquainted with Michael Fishel who was Lt. In
the troop of horse, under Major Gereral Harrison; that the deponent
was near him when he received the wound in his right hand, which ha
disabled that member and that he has lived a near neighbor to him
until the year 1823. AFFIDAVIT: FAYETTE CO. KY. This day Captain Patterson Bain
of Lexington, Ky personally appeared before me a justice of peace
for said county and state; states that he was captain of spies in
the Northwestern Army under General Harrison in the late war; that
he has been for many years well acquainted with Major Michal Fishel
who went out as Lt. In the tour of horse commanded by Capt. Geo.
Trotter, Jr. and etc.
Source: Records of Revolutionary War Pensions of Soldiers who Settled in Fayette County Kentucky Annie Walker Burns, compiler, Washington DC, 1936 Copy held by the Kentucky Room, Lexington Public Library Call number: R976.947 B4128r KY1936 |