Daniel McKisick Revolutionary War.

State of Arkansas Benton County.

On this 14th day of August 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Benton and State of Arkansas James McKisick aged 80 years, who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836.

That she is the widow of Capt. Daniel McKisick who served in the war of the revolution, that her husband the said Daniel McKisick commanded a company of Volunteers or Militia in the County of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina and that on the 20th day of June in the year 1780 he her said husband in an engagement with the enemy at Ramsour's Mill in said County received a gunshot wound in his left arm in consequence of which he was never able to perform manual labor during the remainder of his life, the ball having entered near the elbow Placuated [?] the bone up to near the shoulder where it came out in consequence of receiving which wound he was placed on the list of invalid pensioners, as will be more fully understood and explained by a reference to the evidence on file in the pension office as she believes in the City of Washington.

she cannot at this remote period recollect who commanded the Whigs, at the battle at said Ramsour's Mills where her said husband Capt. Daniel McKisick received the wound as above described, but she is inclined to believe, that the command devolved on Capt. Falls who fell in the action, at the time of the Battle above referred to, her said husband Daniel McKisick lived about 8 or 10 miles from said Ramsour's Mills, during the day, on the morning of which he Battle was fought she was informed that an engagement had taken place with the enemy, & that her husband the said Capt. Daniel McKisick was wounded, she immediately proceeded to the Battle ground & found her husband with others wounded in the action, at Rinehardt's [Reinhart's?] house on a large farm which lay South, & near to Ramsour's Mills: on the evening of the same day on which the engagement took place.

General Rutherford came up with his Brigade but not in time to take part in the action: the detachment of the enemy consisted principally of Tories, & was commanded by Col. Moore as she was then in many times afterwards informed: she cannot at this remote period state exactly the date of her marriage with her husband the said Capt. Daniel McKisick deceased but to the best of her recollection it was in the year 1776 or 1777. She distinctly recollects that her 2nd child was at the breast on the date of said Battle at said Ramsour's Mills where her husband was wounded.

She was married in the County of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina, the marriage ceremony was performed by a Presbyterian Clergyman by the name of Lyle, who is dead as she believes; she has no documentary evidence of the marriage or the date thereof; & upon that point refers to the accompanying evidence as the best she can at this time procure. Her deceased husband the said Capt. Daniel McKisick drew a pension for many years before and up to the time of his death, she thinks he was placed on the list of invalid pensioners for the State of Tennessee after moving to that State his pension certificate if any he had, has been lost or mislaid & cannot now be found, the only documentary evidence she has of his being an invalid pensioner is the power of attorney hereto appended marked A which power of attorney with the oath annexed together with the signatures she believes to be in the handwriting of her said deceased husband Daniel McKissick.

She with her husband and such of her children as were then unmarried left the State of North Carolina Lincoln County in the month of October 1807 and settled in Bedford County Tennessee, where he resided until the time of his death, which was on the 19th of November 1818, she resided at the same place where her husband died until the month of May 1836, when she set out for the State of Arkansas where she arrived in the month of June in the same year and has ever since lived in the County of Benton in said State, that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.

S/ Jane McKisick.

[Ezekiel Dickson, 56, of Benton County, Ark., on Aug. 14, 1839, gave traditionary evidence as to the service and marriage of Daniel McKisick]

State of Arkansas Benton County.

On this 17th day of August 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Benton John Robinson of said County aged __ years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was a Soldier of the revolutionary war, he lived in Mecklenburg County in the State of North Carolina and belonged to General Rutherford's brigade, that in the month of June in the year 1780 according to the best of his recollection the general marched with the troops under his command from Charlotte in said County to Ramsour's Mills in Lincoln County in said State, that on the morning of the same day on which General Rutherford arrived with his Brigade at said Mills, a battle had been fought between a portion of the militia & volunteers of the State of North Carolina and a detachment of the enemy consisting principally of Tories who were commanded by Col. Moore.

On the march from Charlotte to Ramsour's Mills General Rutherford's men took some prisoners, among whom was one, who represented himself to be a brother of the said Col. Moore who commanded the enemy at Ramsour's Mills [entire line of text is indecipherable where someone has attempted to match up two pieces of paper] out of his [indecipherable word] while he was under guard, General Rutherford he understood appeared to be much displeased on his arrival at the Mills that the engagement had been brought on before the arrival of his brigade. He states that he has no recollection of seeing the said Daniel McKisick deceased when he arrived at the Mills though he seen some of the wounded man, nor was he personally acquainted with him.

During the revolutionary war, he became intimately acquainted with him, his wife Jane the applicant & all his family in the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee, he knows that he was disabled in the left arm & always understood during his acquaintance with him, that the disability in his arm & hand, was occasioned by a gunshot wound which he received in the battle that was fought as above represented at Ramsour's Mills in which the Tories were defeated, though the loss was considerable on both sides, & that in consequence of said wound he received a pension. He distinctly recollects that the said Daniel McKisick died in the fall of 1818 in the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee. That he was present at the time of his death leaving the present applicant Jane McKisick his widow, that she now lives in Benton County Arkansas & has remained.

State of Tennessee Bedford County.

On this 11th day of October 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Patton the widow and relic of John Patten deceased, aged 76 years on the 16th day of September last, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she is the sister of said Jane McKisick the applicant the widow of Daniel McKisick deceased and was living with her said sister Jane a part of her time during the revolutionary war, and was living in the family at the time the engagement took place, between a detachment of the American Army and the enemy at Ramsour's Mills in the County of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina.

She was then young but very distinctly recollects the circumstance of the said Daniel McKisick deceased being wounded at said Ramsour's Mills, that on the same day on which the battle was fought, the said Jane McKssick the applicant went on to the place where the engagement was fought; and she this deponent went to her father's house about 4 or 5 miles distant from where said Daniel McKisick then resided, then about 3 or 4 days to the best of her recollection after going to her father's; the said Daniel McKisick with others who were wounded in the engagement were brought to bear. She cannot at this remote period state the year in which the said Jane McKisick the present applicant was married to the said Daniel deceased. She was present at the time of the marriage, being as above stated a younger sister of the said Jane the applicant.

She distinctly recollects that the said Jane had 2 children at the time the said Daniel McKisick was wounded the youngest of which was at the breast, and was left in her care at the time the said Jane was absent with her wounded husband the said Daniel McKisick deceased. That the said Jane removed from this County in the spring of 1836, since which time she has not seen her, that up to that time she remained a widow since the death of her said husband Daniel McKisick, that she is credibly informed and believes the facts so to be, that she is alive and still a widow living in Benton County Arkansas.
Sworn to before me the day and date above written.
S/ John Barrett, JP S/ Mary Patton

Know all men by these presents, that I Daniel McKisick of the County of Bedford, and the State of Tennessee, for divers consideration and good causes me hereunto moving have made, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, ordain, constitute and appoint, William Boylan Esquire of the City of Raleigh in the State of North Carolina, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and my name and to my use, to ask, demand and receive of and from Sherwood Haywood Esquire, Commissioner of the loan office in & for North Carolina, the sum of $240, money of the United States, the same being my pension due you and owing to me as an invalid Pensioner for 2 years commencing September 1808... In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 10 day of September in the year of our Lord 1810.
S/ Danl McKisick, Seal.

State of Tennessee __ County Daniel McKisick this day personally appeared before the Subscribing Justice, and being Sworn in due and solemn form deposeth and saith that in the time of the revolutionary war on the 20th day of June in the year 1780, in an action against the enemy near Ramsour's Mills he received a gun Shot wound in the left arm which broke the bone and has ever since entirely disabled him from performing manual labor and that afterwards, to the best of his recollection in the year 1797 he applied for a Pension, and that by an act of the Congress of the United States his name was placed on the list of invalid Pensioners, and that he was at that time and from the time of receiving the aforesaid wound an inhabitant of Lincoln County in the State of North Carolina until the Month of October 1807, when he removed to the State of Tennessee and is now a resident of the County of Bedford in said State, and that he is the same Daniel McKisick whose name has been placed on the Pension list by the act of Congress before preferred to dated on the 2nd day of February 1798.
Sworn to and subscribed September 10, 1810 Before me. S/ Dan'l McKisick
S/ Jos Steele, JP