Généalogie Wylie » John Scalf , Sr. (1761-1848)

Données personnelles John Scalf , Sr. 

• Il est né en l'an 1761 dans North Carolina.
• Il est décédé le 10 mars 1848 dans Greene County, Tennessee, il avait 87 ans.
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 12 août 2006.

Famille de John Scalf , Sr.

Il est marié avec Edeah Carlisle.

Ils se sont mariés le 15 février 1787 à EdgecombeNorth Carolina, il avait 26 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Polly Mary Scalf  1788-???? 
2. Nancy Scalf  1790-1893 
3. John Scalf  1791-???? 
4. William Scalf  1795-????
5. Britton Scalf  1799-???? 
6. Dicey Scalf  1800-± 1848 
7. Lydia Scalf  1804-???? 
8. William II Scalf  1805-1845 
9. Berryman Scalf  1809-1914 
10. Lee Scalf  1810-????
11. Ira Andrew Scalf  1812-???? 
12. Jesse Scalf  1812-???? 
13. Peter Scalf  1815-???? 
14. Betsy Scalf  1816-????
15. Robert Edward Lee Scalf  1819-1931 
16. Cecelia Scalf  1823-1859 

Notes par John Scalf , Sr.

Only know child of first marriage (mothers name unknown)
John Scalf served in the North Carolina Regiment during the Revolutionary
War for three years. On May 30, 1777 John enlisted in the 10 Regiment,
North Carolina Line, commande d by Col. John Williams, and began service
in "Lytle's Company" in 1782. He e nlisted in the company of a Captain
Gregory and Joseph, his name spelled Scaf f.
In the fall of 1779 John was wounded in the leg and was permitted to
ret urn home in the summer of 1780. His family was now living in Edgecombe
County , North Carolina.
John left North Carolina around 1806. He had been charged just prior to
this with stealing a "light blue hog". John's brother, William, went on
his bond for $40 but John saw fit to leave the County before the trial
came up. William remained, went to court and straighten everything out.
John moved to Russell County, Virginia, then Clay County, Kentucky, then
back again to Russell County, Virginia.
Had some of his sons taken away or "apprenticed out" because of family
hardships. John Sr. went into debt to lawyers for the defense of son John
Jr. for allegedly having passed a counterfeit coin. John Jr., however was
acquitted of the crime. John is said to have moved to Hawkins County,
Tennessee to avoid debtors and having his sons apprenticed out again.
John applied for a pension in 1837 while he was a resident of Hawkin s
County, Tennessee, and it is to his declaration found in the National
Archives, Washington, D. C., that we are indebted for an account of his
army service.
The declaration of John Scalf as given here is slightly edited with
punctuation marks only. His pension was awarded March 4, 1838 some 58
years after his service and 6 years after congress passed the law for
pensions.
"On this 11th day of July 1837 personally appeared John Scalf before John
Mitchell, a Justice of the Peace for said county afore-said, aged 76 who
first being duly sworn according to the law doeth on oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of
an act of Congress passed June 9th 1832, " the declaration reads.
"That he enlisted in the Army of the United States for the term of three
years 1777 sometime in May in Cap't Gregory's Company in the 10th
Regiment of North Carolina in Johnson County. The name of the Colo. I
cannot now name. We marched from said state through Virginia and
Merryland into Pennsylvania to Philadelphia under the command of General
Nash. We lay some time there and from there we marched to Trenton. We lay
there awhile them joined the main army commanded by General Washington in
the neighborhood of Philadelphia.
From there we marched on to a creek called Brandywine where we had a
battle with the enemy. After the battle we marched to a place called
Chester and there to Philadelphia. From there we marched across a river I
think called Schuylkill and encamped. We then recrossed the river again
and marched to a place called the Yellow Springs. From there we marched
to a place called Warwick Furnace and directly after engaged the enemy
again at Jermantown where General Nash was killed." (Note:
Brigadier-General Francis Nash (1742-1777) was of a distinguished family.
Nash County, NC, and Nashville, Tennessee, were named for him. He was
killed October 1777.)
" After the battle we retreated some distance and encamped on a creek.
After moving to different places which I cannot now name we took up
winter quarters at a place called Valley Froge where we staid all winter.
Int the spring of 1778 we were again put in motion. We crossed the
Delaware and went into Jersey and encamped at a place called Hopewell.
From there we marched to Kingston, f rom there to Cranberry some time in
June 1778. From there after various movements in jersey we engaged the
enemy again at Monmouth. From this battle we ma rched to a place called
White Plains, form ther
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873
FRIDAY, June 12, 1846.

By Mr. Andrew Johnson: A petition of John Scalf, of Hawkins county, and State of Tennessee, praying for a grant, of two-hundred and ninety-seven acres of land on account of his services during the revolutionary war in the North Carolina continental line: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873
TUESDAY, May 19, 1840.

Mr. McClellan presented a petition of John Scalf, of Hawkins county, State of Tennessee, a soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

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