Richard LEDBETTER

1738 - 1841  (103 years)

• Name	Richard LEDBETTER
  Birth	1738	Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9E173251DE9543D9B5922DB8B13F73429815
  Death	22 Jan 1841	Dahlonga Or Hightower, Lumpkin County, Georgia
  Notes	Notes Taken from the National Archives: State of North CarolinaPersonally on the tenth day of December Rutherford CountyAD 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justice of said Court, now sitting Richhard Ledbetter aged 94 years who being first duly sworn according to Law (????) (??) (??). (Both?) make the following declaration in Person to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States and Service under the following named Officers as herin Stated. To the of my Recollection, I Settled myself and family in the year 1795 -(should be 1770, before the Revolution.) in the Mumfords Cove, Tryon County, now Rutherford County North Carolina. About that time we were entirely on the frontier and very thinly Settled we all had to take sides. I became a Volunteer to guard the frontier. I served under Captain Potts, Capt. McDowell and Capt McDaniel. The length of time I was out on those Different Posts I am not able to say but my first (?????) was in pursuit of the Indians. Capt. McDowell commanded. My Next Service was a Volunteer for the Siege of Ninety-six under Col Hamilton, but he turned his course down Broad River in pursuit of the British and Tories. And came in Sight of them at Shiers Ferry. About or before we reached the main army under General Sumpter. We fired a few Rifles across the River. I think I saw several fall. We shortly after that we had the Battle of Black Stocks where our General was wounded. We Returned to the Mountains. Soon after our return were was ordered out again. We was to meet at Col. Hampton, but before the Company had Collected the Indians Broke into the Settlement and Killed two of my little Daughters and a negro girl about 10 years of age and Scalped them. My Wife with a Child at her breast made her escape. They were immediately pursued. Shortly after I think in year 1780 I took the balance of my family and moved back to Virginia. I was immediately numbered and placed on the Muster Rolls under Capt Vaugn of Brunswick County State of Virginia and was marched in pursuit of the British to the point of fork on James River where we came up with them and had an engagement. We was there under the Command of Col. or General Lawson we had to retreat but when we was reinforced we followed after them to Little York. I left that plain a few days before the Capture of Cornwallis and his Army and returned home. There are many Circumstances that took place that I cannot recollect so as to be qualifyed to. I well know that I served my Country Faithfully, lost nearly all that I had and three of my (??????) killed by the Indians when I was in the Service, where I was called for the Cause of Liberty. I hereby relinquish my Claim whatsoever to a pension except the present and declare that my Name is not on the pension Rolls of the Agency of any state whatsoever. Question by the County Where and in what year were you born Answer I was as I have been Informed born in the state of Virginia in Brunswick County in the year 1738 Question have you any record of your age Answer I have not only from Circumstances Dictated by my Relations and the ages of my Children Question Where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live. Answer When I first entered the Service I was living in Tryon County North Carolina. I then Served in the state of Virginia where I lived at the Close of the Revolutioary War and about the year 1790 I moved back to the place where I first settled in Mumford Cove then Rutherford County Carolina where I have resided ever since. Question How were you called into Service; were you Drafted, did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom. Answer From the year 1775 - to the year 1780 I was a general Volunteer and served at every call which was frequent in that Resided on the frontier had to guard against the Indians, Tories and the British and we was the Weakest party when I (marched?) back to Virginia. I was Numbered and went in my Turn. I think I Served two Touers whilst in Virginia. State the names off some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such as Continental and Militia as you can Recollect and the General Circumstances as you can Recollect. I Served unter Col. McDowell, Col Hamilton*, General Sumpter, Col. Clark - & Twig also Col or General Lawson. I was at firing at Shiers Ferry. I was at the Taking Ten Baggage Waggons. I was at the Battle at Blackstocks. I was (in?) Company in many Chase after the Indians and Tories and been Closely persued by them. I was at the Engagement at the point of Fork in Virginia. I was in persuits after Cornwallis when he was (chased?) through North Carolina into Virginia. I was at little York where Cornwallis was Taken. there are many more Circumstances that Occured that I cannot explain my memory fails me they appear like a dream . Question did you ever Receive a Discharge and if so what has become of it. |Answer| Whilst living in North Carolina we Generally Returned under the same Officers we went under when we were in Virginia. I think I (Had?) two but they have become so defaced that nothing can be made of them. |Question| State the names of some persons in your Neighbourhood to whom you are known who can testify as to your Character for Veracity and good behaviour your Service as Soldier of the Revolution The Reverend David L. Ballew & Col. John Mills. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Witness Theo T. Birchett Atty Richard Ledbetter (Seal) Was David L. Ballew, a Clergyman Residing in the County and State aforementioned and John Mills, reiding in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Richard Ledbetter who has subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration state we believe him to be 94 years of age that he is Reported and he lived in the Neighborhood where he Resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and Year aforesaid in Open Court. Witness Theo T. Birchett Atty David L. Ballew (Seal) John Mills (Seal) And the said Court do hereby Declare these "Oppinion" after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states and the Court further strates that it appears to them that David L. Ballew Who has also signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the same County and State and that John Mills who has also signed the same is a Resident in the same are both credible persons and that their Statements is entitled do Credit. I Theo T. Birchett Clerk of Court of pleas and Quarter Session do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceeding of the application of Richard Ledbetter for a pension. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of December 1832. Theo T. Birchett Atty * Andrew Hampton, a native of England. Migrated first to Virginia, and settled prior to 1751, on Duchman's Creek in Catawba, removeing before the Revolution to what is now Rutherford County, North Carolina. In 1770, he was made Captain, in 1776, Lieutenant- Colonel, and Colonel, in 1779. While yet a Captain, early in 1776, he served against the Scotch Tories; and early in 1779, pursued Colonel John Moore's Tory party when they fled south. Early in 1780, he went to the relief of Charleston; Subsequently served at Earl's Ford, Thicketty Fort, Cane Creek, and commanded the Rutherford Troops at King's Mountain and Blackstock's. He was Sheriff of Rutherford in 1782, and died in October, 1805, leaving many worthy descendants. Listed as living in Orange Co., NC in 11 Apr 1789 in Ledbetters from Virginia, Roy C. Ledbetter. Richard III is the ancestor of most of the Rutherford. Co. Ledbetters. Sometime after 1770, before the Revolution, Richard III and hs brothers, George and Isaac and their sister, Mary, and her husband, John Bradley, migrated to Rutherford Co., NC. Richard settled in Mumford's Cove, near a fort, for protection. The exact location can still be located by an old cellar, a couple of miles west of County Rd #1001, near the Harris Crossroads. Our country was still under the British rule. The area was at that time part of old Tryon County. Richard Ledbetter III, Is now buried at Mt. Hope Cemetary, Dahlonega, Ga BURIAL: The current Dahlonega Methodist Church is reportedly built over graves of Richard III and others per Blanch Culbreth ltr of 7/93. BIRT: RIN MH:IF2820 DEAT: RIN MH:IF2821
  Person ID	I22	America
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	Richard LEDBETTER,   b. 12 Aug 1717, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. d. 1751, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Mary WALTON,   b. 23 Oct 1711, Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jul 1779, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1717	Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1738 - Brunswick County, Virginia, USA Death - 22 Jan 1841 - Dahlonga Or Hightower, Lumpkin County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth