Forsyth County Historical Association
Forsyth County, North Carolina
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Samuel Vest (1757-1841) is the son of William Vest Sr. and Lucy Alford Vest of Townfork Settlement. Samuel Vest moved to the
Lewisville area by 1793 where he purchased some tracts of land. By 1830, Samuel Vest and his brother William Vest Jr. and his
sons Obediah, Moses and Samuel moved to Washington Co., Indiana. Samuel’s son, Charles Vest Jr. stayed in Lewisville and
died there in 1860.
Declaration of Samuel Vest in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of Indiana
Washington County
On this 5th day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of said Court it being a Court of Record now
sitting Samuel Vest a resident of the said County of Washington and State of Indiana, aged 73 years, the 7th day of April inst. 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the follow-
ing named officers and served as herein stated, that he entered said service in the County of Bedford State of Virginia in the
month of June 1779 as a volunteer Soldier in a Militia company commanded by James Adams, Captain Mathew Artee, Lieutenant
& Talbert Artee Ensign, said company was called out by the order of Col. Wm. Calloway to guard the Lead mines called Chissels
mines, upon New River in the State of Virginia, marched with said company to the said mines armed these & performed duty in
said company as a guard until he was discharged having served in this expedition, from the time he entered the service till he was
discharged, three months and twelve days. About the month of November in the same year (1779) at the same County of
Bedford, he again entered said service as a drafted militia man in the company under Capt. Robert Adams,
Charles Lynch was Lieutenant, he marched with said company to Petersburg, which belonged to the Regiment of Col. Lynch, the
forces at that place were under command of Baron Steuben. This claimant remained at Petersburg & performed duty in said
company as a private soldier until he was discharged, he served on this tour of duty not less than nine weeks, or 63 days.
About the first of February 1781 at the same County of Bedford Virginia, he again entered the service by joining a militia company
as a Substitute for a Benjamin Lisamor who was drafted in said company was commanded by Jacob Moore, Capt. & Michael
Gilbert Lieutenant, and belonged to the Regiment under Col. Lynch, marched to a place appointed to Rendezvous on Staunton
River. On the first of February or about that time 1781 the Regiment took up the line of March and proceeded on till it met the
army under General Green (?), this was at a place called the Hawfields on Haw River from thence, this declarant marched with the
army to Guilford, and was in the battle at that place, which took place on the 15th of March, after the battle, the Americans rallied
& collected at a place called the troublesome Ironworks, this declarant was amongst the numbers and at that place in his
discharge and returned home, having served with this last expedition not less than two months.This declarant states that he
served in the Revolution as a private Soldier in three expeditions above mentioned not less than seven months and fifteen days,
that herein discharges at the said several times when he left the service which are lost, and he states that he has no documentary
evidences and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except his Brother
William Vest. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name
is not on the Pension role of the Agency of any State
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Vest
William Vest, Brother of the said Samuel Vest who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration a resident of the
County of Washington and State of Indiana, in open Court makes oath that his said Brother Samuel, served as a private soldier in
the Revolution the said William states he knew of his own knowledge that his Brother Samuel went in the first tour of service
named to the Lead mines, and returned home about the time he stated he knows also of his going on the expedition to
Petersburgh and as to the last tour of service he knows (he the said William having served in the same expedition) that his said
Brother served as he has stated.
Sworn to in open Court and subscribed. William Vest
Samuel Vest did receive his pension payments.
Transcribed by Sally Jones and Judy S. Cardwell in 2006
Samuel Vest
American Revolution Pension Claim File –#S-16563
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