Samuel Tanner: Deposition for Revolutionary War Pension

On 22 Aug 1833, Samuel Tanner gave a very detailed account of his
military service to Thomas Boggs, Justice of the Peace, Jackson County,
VA for the purpose of obtaining his Revolutionary War pension.

State of Virginia
County of Jackson

On the 22d day of June AD 1833 personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of said and
State of Virginia Samuel Tanner a resident of Spring Creek in the
county of Jackson and State of Virginia aged 74 years, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7t 1832. That he entered service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as here in stated. In April in
the year 1777, in the County of Rockbridge in the State of Virginia he
volunteered as a private in a company of militia commanded by the Capt.
_____ Hall, marched to Lexington in the said county, where the said
company assembled and was organized and about the 10th of May commenced
a march toward Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Great Kananwha river.
Marched via Warm Springs and Hot Springs in the Bath County. Crossed
Jackson river 5 miles from the Hot Springs. Proceeded to the fort where
Lewisburg now is there joined a companies of regular and militia under
command of Col George Skillern, remained here two or three weeks for
the purpose of obtaining a supply of cattle and other provisions. Then
proceeded on the march by Walker's meadows on the head of the Meadow
River, crossing the Sewell Mountains, fell on to Gauley River near it's
mouth crossing the same fell on to the Great Kanawha a short distance
below the falls thereof lay here a week or two in consequence of some
sickness among the officers. Then proceeded on the march to Point
Pleasant where they arrived some time in the month of August. Found the
fort garrisoned with a few regulars under command of Capt Matthew
Arbuckle. Halted at Point Pleasant in expectation of being joined by
Genl. Hand from Fort Pitt and then the which to proceded against the
Indian villages on the North west side of the Ohio. In October some of
the company to which declarant belonged was on the west side of the
Kana river hunting. One of whom was killed by some Indians who were
lurking about at which the soldiary became greatly enraged and
proceeded to the guard house and killed Cornstalk and som other Indians
who were detained as hostages in the fort. Soon after this event Genl.
Hand arrived without an army, in consequence of which after a few days
consultation the expedition against the Indians was abandoned, and some
time in Nov. they left the fort and retraced their steps to the forts
on the Greenbrier river, arrived here in declarant was marched to his
county Rockbridge, arrived at home about the first of Jany 1778, having
served 8 months and about 20 days as a private militia man.

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