Veteran of the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780.
See Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong.∼On October 7, 1780, brother met brother, neighbor met neighbor, Patriot met Loyalist on a battlefield in rural South Carolina. The battle lasted an hour: the brevity belied the import. Thomas Jefferson proclaimed the Battle of King's Mountain turned "the tide of success which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence."
Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. James Isbell was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented W78631 the Application his widow, Mary Polly Simpson submitted for her widow's portion of his Revolutionary War Pension. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of James Isbell
(Isabel) W78631 Polly fn51NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
[Note: The original application is not to be found in either the Footnote.com or HeritageQuest.com versions of this file. I did not see a note explaining what had happened to the original declaration. The following is taken from a letter dated October 19, 1932, summarizing the veteran's services as follows:
"He volunteered, place not given, June 15, 1780, and served at various times on short tours until the end of the war, at least 12 months in all, officers' names not given: he stated that he was in the battles of King's mountain and at the cross roads near the Hawfields." Also, in the brief of the declaration, it was noted that he claimed to have volunteered in 1778 or 79 as a private under Capt. Kays, Col. Cleveland (precise length of service not stated); in 1780 under Captains Gess and T. Isbell, Col. Cleveland (again, length of service not stated); that altogether, the veteran stated he served about one year.]
[fn p. 18]2 State of Kentucky,
Warren Circuit Court
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Warren Circuit Court now sitting, James Isbell, who makes the following amendment to his Declaration for a pension which has lately been returned from Washington for defects in the same. He states that he was born in Orange County Virginia on the 3rd April 1760. My age was recorded in my Father's Bible in Virginia. The following are the names of all the officers he knew in the revolution: Col Cleveland, Col Campbell, Col Shelby, Genl Pickens from South Carolina and Col Lee.
He was in two battles, the battle at King's Mountain and at the Crossroads near the Hawfields. He does not remember the number of the Regiment in which he served. You cannot state precisely the length of the periods of his service but from June 15, 1780 when the Tories rose he volunteered for the whole war and held himself constantly in readiness and was called every few weeks into service. He states that he knows that he served not a shorter period than twelve months.
Captain Payne, Alexander Graham, Benjamin Vance are the persons who can testify to his veracity for truth and their belief in his services in the revolution. He states that for all his services he received nothing. He is unable to procure a witness to his direct services as seem to be required from the Brief lately sent from Washington. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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S/ James Isbell, X his mark
[On October 20, 1854 in Warren County Kentucky, Polly Isbell, 74, filed for a widow's pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of James Isbell a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolutionary war at the rate of $40 per annum; that she married him August 5th 1819; that her husband died April 1, 1840; that she remains his widow; and that she has resided in Warren County for the last 37 years previous to which he had lived in Madison County Virginia.]
[facts in file: the veteran married August 5, 1819 Mary or Polly Simpson; they were married in Warren County Kentucky; the widow died June 29, 1871; there is no reference to any children in this file.
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, full one-year service as a private in the North Carolina militia. Veteran's widow was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 3rd, 1853.].
James Isbell was the son of Major James B Isbell 1720 – 1780 and Frances Tompkins Livingston 1727 – 1784.
The actual burial site for William Isbell has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe Major Isbell for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.∼Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Husband of Mary Simpson Isbell. Some family trees say he married first Caroline Childs.
Gravesite lost.
See Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong.∼On October 7, 1780, brother met brother, neighbor met neighbor, Patriot met Loyalist on a battlefield in rural South Carolina. The battle lasted an hour: the brevity belied the import. Thomas Jefferson proclaimed the Battle of King's Mountain turned "the tide of success which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence."
Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. James Isbell was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented W78631 the Application his widow, Mary Polly Simpson submitted for her widow's portion of his Revolutionary War Pension. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of James Isbell
(Isabel) W78631 Polly fn51NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
[Note: The original application is not to be found in either the Footnote.com or HeritageQuest.com versions of this file. I did not see a note explaining what had happened to the original declaration. The following is taken from a letter dated October 19, 1932, summarizing the veteran's services as follows:
"He volunteered, place not given, June 15, 1780, and served at various times on short tours until the end of the war, at least 12 months in all, officers' names not given: he stated that he was in the battles of King's mountain and at the cross roads near the Hawfields." Also, in the brief of the declaration, it was noted that he claimed to have volunteered in 1778 or 79 as a private under Capt. Kays, Col. Cleveland (precise length of service not stated); in 1780 under Captains Gess and T. Isbell, Col. Cleveland (again, length of service not stated); that altogether, the veteran stated he served about one year.]
[fn p. 18]2 State of Kentucky,
Warren Circuit Court
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Warren Circuit Court now sitting, James Isbell, who makes the following amendment to his Declaration for a pension which has lately been returned from Washington for defects in the same. He states that he was born in Orange County Virginia on the 3rd April 1760. My age was recorded in my Father's Bible in Virginia. The following are the names of all the officers he knew in the revolution: Col Cleveland, Col Campbell, Col Shelby, Genl Pickens from South Carolina and Col Lee.
He was in two battles, the battle at King's Mountain and at the Crossroads near the Hawfields. He does not remember the number of the Regiment in which he served. You cannot state precisely the length of the periods of his service but from June 15, 1780 when the Tories rose he volunteered for the whole war and held himself constantly in readiness and was called every few weeks into service. He states that he knows that he served not a shorter period than twelve months.
Captain Payne, Alexander Graham, Benjamin Vance are the persons who can testify to his veracity for truth and their belief in his services in the revolution. He states that for all his services he received nothing. He is unable to procure a witness to his direct services as seem to be required from the Brief lately sent from Washington. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
1 BLWt26782-160-55 2
S/ James Isbell, X his mark
[On October 20, 1854 in Warren County Kentucky, Polly Isbell, 74, filed for a widow's pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of James Isbell a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolutionary war at the rate of $40 per annum; that she married him August 5th 1819; that her husband died April 1, 1840; that she remains his widow; and that she has resided in Warren County for the last 37 years previous to which he had lived in Madison County Virginia.]
[facts in file: the veteran married August 5, 1819 Mary or Polly Simpson; they were married in Warren County Kentucky; the widow died June 29, 1871; there is no reference to any children in this file.
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, full one-year service as a private in the North Carolina militia. Veteran's widow was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 3rd, 1853.].
James Isbell was the son of Major James B Isbell 1720 – 1780 and Frances Tompkins Livingston 1727 – 1784.
The actual burial site for William Isbell has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe Major Isbell for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.∼Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Husband of Mary Simpson Isbell. Some family trees say he married first Caroline Childs.
Gravesite lost.
Veteran of the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780.
See Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong.∼On October 7, 1780, brother met brother, neighbor met neighbor, Patriot met Loyalist on a battlefield in rural South Carolina. The battle lasted an hour: the brevity belied the import. Thomas Jefferson proclaimed the Battle of King's Mountain turned "the tide of success which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence."
Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. James Isbell was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented W78631 the Application his widow, Mary Polly Simpson submitted for her widow's portion of his Revolutionary War Pension. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of James Isbell
(Isabel) W78631 Polly fn51NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
[Note: The original application is not to be found in either the Footnote.com or HeritageQuest.com versions of this file. I did not see a note explaining what had happened to the original declaration. The following is taken from a letter dated October 19, 1932, summarizing the veteran's services as follows:
"He volunteered, place not given, June 15, 1780, and served at various times on short tours until the end of the war, at least 12 months in all, officers' names not given: he stated that he was in the battles of King's mountain and at the cross roads near the Hawfields." Also, in the brief of the declaration, it was noted that he claimed to have volunteered in 1778 or 79 as a private under Capt. Kays, Col. Cleveland (precise length of service not stated); in 1780 under Captains Gess and T. Isbell, Col. Cleveland (again, length of service not stated); that altogether, the veteran stated he served about one year.]
[fn p. 18]2 State of Kentucky,
Warren Circuit Court
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Warren Circuit Court now sitting, James Isbell, who makes the following amendment to his Declaration for a pension which has lately been returned from Washington for defects in the same. He states that he was born in Orange County Virginia on the 3rd April 1760. My age was recorded in my Father's Bible in Virginia. The following are the names of all the officers he knew in the revolution: Col Cleveland, Col Campbell, Col Shelby, Genl Pickens from South Carolina and Col Lee.
He was in two battles, the battle at King's Mountain and at the Crossroads near the Hawfields. He does not remember the number of the Regiment in which he served. You cannot state precisely the length of the periods of his service but from June 15, 1780 when the Tories rose he volunteered for the whole war and held himself constantly in readiness and was called every few weeks into service. He states that he knows that he served not a shorter period than twelve months.
Captain Payne, Alexander Graham, Benjamin Vance are the persons who can testify to his veracity for truth and their belief in his services in the revolution. He states that for all his services he received nothing. He is unable to procure a witness to his direct services as seem to be required from the Brief lately sent from Washington. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
1 BLWt26782-160-55 2
S/ James Isbell, X his mark
[On October 20, 1854 in Warren County Kentucky, Polly Isbell, 74, filed for a widow's pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of James Isbell a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolutionary war at the rate of $40 per annum; that she married him August 5th 1819; that her husband died April 1, 1840; that she remains his widow; and that she has resided in Warren County for the last 37 years previous to which he had lived in Madison County Virginia.]
[facts in file: the veteran married August 5, 1819 Mary or Polly Simpson; they were married in Warren County Kentucky; the widow died June 29, 1871; there is no reference to any children in this file.
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, full one-year service as a private in the North Carolina militia. Veteran's widow was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 3rd, 1853.].
James Isbell was the son of Major James B Isbell 1720 – 1780 and Frances Tompkins Livingston 1727 – 1784.
The actual burial site for William Isbell has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe Major Isbell for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.∼Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Husband of Mary Simpson Isbell. Some family trees say he married first Caroline Childs.
Gravesite lost.
See Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong.∼On October 7, 1780, brother met brother, neighbor met neighbor, Patriot met Loyalist on a battlefield in rural South Carolina. The battle lasted an hour: the brevity belied the import. Thomas Jefferson proclaimed the Battle of King's Mountain turned "the tide of success which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence."
Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. James Isbell was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented W78631 the Application his widow, Mary Polly Simpson submitted for her widow's portion of his Revolutionary War Pension. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of James Isbell
(Isabel) W78631 Polly fn51NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
[Note: The original application is not to be found in either the Footnote.com or HeritageQuest.com versions of this file. I did not see a note explaining what had happened to the original declaration. The following is taken from a letter dated October 19, 1932, summarizing the veteran's services as follows:
"He volunteered, place not given, June 15, 1780, and served at various times on short tours until the end of the war, at least 12 months in all, officers' names not given: he stated that he was in the battles of King's mountain and at the cross roads near the Hawfields." Also, in the brief of the declaration, it was noted that he claimed to have volunteered in 1778 or 79 as a private under Capt. Kays, Col. Cleveland (precise length of service not stated); in 1780 under Captains Gess and T. Isbell, Col. Cleveland (again, length of service not stated); that altogether, the veteran stated he served about one year.]
[fn p. 18]2 State of Kentucky,
Warren Circuit Court
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Warren Circuit Court now sitting, James Isbell, who makes the following amendment to his Declaration for a pension which has lately been returned from Washington for defects in the same. He states that he was born in Orange County Virginia on the 3rd April 1760. My age was recorded in my Father's Bible in Virginia. The following are the names of all the officers he knew in the revolution: Col Cleveland, Col Campbell, Col Shelby, Genl Pickens from South Carolina and Col Lee.
He was in two battles, the battle at King's Mountain and at the Crossroads near the Hawfields. He does not remember the number of the Regiment in which he served. You cannot state precisely the length of the periods of his service but from June 15, 1780 when the Tories rose he volunteered for the whole war and held himself constantly in readiness and was called every few weeks into service. He states that he knows that he served not a shorter period than twelve months.
Captain Payne, Alexander Graham, Benjamin Vance are the persons who can testify to his veracity for truth and their belief in his services in the revolution. He states that for all his services he received nothing. He is unable to procure a witness to his direct services as seem to be required from the Brief lately sent from Washington. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
1 BLWt26782-160-55 2
S/ James Isbell, X his mark
[On October 20, 1854 in Warren County Kentucky, Polly Isbell, 74, filed for a widow's pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of James Isbell a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolutionary war at the rate of $40 per annum; that she married him August 5th 1819; that her husband died April 1, 1840; that she remains his widow; and that she has resided in Warren County for the last 37 years previous to which he had lived in Madison County Virginia.]
[facts in file: the veteran married August 5, 1819 Mary or Polly Simpson; they were married in Warren County Kentucky; the widow died June 29, 1871; there is no reference to any children in this file.
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, full one-year service as a private in the North Carolina militia. Veteran's widow was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 3rd, 1853.].
James Isbell was the son of Major James B Isbell 1720 – 1780 and Frances Tompkins Livingston 1727 – 1784.
The actual burial site for William Isbell has been lost to history. We have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe Major Isbell for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.∼Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Husband of Mary Simpson Isbell. Some family trees say he married first Caroline Childs.
Gravesite lost.
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