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 John Cox was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, S21124. Will Graves transcribed the application.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of John Cox
S21124 f37VA/NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
State of Tennessee,
Roane County
On this 30 day of December 1833 personally appeared before me John Roberts one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Roane County, John Cox a resident citizen of the County of Roane & State of Tennessee aged 75 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832:
that he volunteered in the year 1776 in Orange County Virginia ; marched from Orange to Little York where he remained three months & was discharged; they were in no engagement at this time; his discharge has been lost or destroyed long since; from thence we returned back to Orange where he remained sometime when in the year 1777 when he was drafted in Captain Head's [Benjamin Head's] company & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tool or Toal or Toul [Oliver Towles?] in the Brigade commanded by General Wheaten [perhaps Col. George Weedon]; marched from Orange to Fredericksburg Virginia where we remained sometime but was in no battle; was again discharged after serving three months; this discharge lost also;
from Fredericksburg we returned to Orange where he remained sometime when he was again drafted in Captain Hearn's Company; marched to Potomac [River] in order to guard the prisoners who had been taken at Burgoyne's defeat [Battle of Saratoga at Bemus Heights, October 7, 1777]; marched from Potomac to Albemarle Barracks where they remained three months when applicant was again discharged; this was in 1777 as well as recollected; this discharge has also been lost;
from Albemarle he returned back to Orange Virginia; from Orange applicant went to North Carolina to see his Brother, where he was taken Prisoner by a Tory party commanded by a certain Major Roberson & Colonel Lea & detained some days when applicant was discharged with order not to fight in the American Army during the war; not long afterwards this applicant again volunteered under Captain White1 & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland], remained in Wilkes County & Burke County until the 7th of October 1780 when they attacked & defeated a body of the British & Tories at Kings Mountain under the celebrated Colonel Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson]; when this applicant again retired after serving five months; he received no discharge; he then returned to Burke County North Carolina; this applicant was in no engagement save the one the last mentioned; was out on different tours 14 months; he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his service; he was born in the state of Virginia Orange county but has no record of his age. .
He has stated where he lived when called into service, he has lived in North Carolina ever since the revolutionary War until about 16 years since when he moved to Roane County Tennessee; he has stated the manner in which he was called into service & also the names of his officers. He received a discharge for every tour but the last one from the Captains under whom he served but they have been lost. .
He states the names of the different following persons residing in his neighborhood who certify as to his veracity, to wit: Hugh Francis, William Crowde [?], John Watson, Martin Watson & George White;
applicant also states that owing [to] bodily infirmity, he is unable to travel to the place of holding court; he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. .
S/ John Cox, X his mark.
Sworn to & subscribed the Fort Meade
the 30th day of December 1833.
S/ John Roberts,
Justice of the Peace for Roane County.
[Hugh Francis and John Watson gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for one-year in the Virginia and North Carolina militia.]
On February 6, 1783, Cox married Mary Bryson, daughter of John and Margaret Whitlock Bryson. The Cox couple had a large family.
The actual burial site for John Cox 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 him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
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 John Cox was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, S21124. Will Graves transcribed the application.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of John Cox
S21124 f37VA/NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
State of Tennessee,
Roane County
On this 30 day of December 1833 personally appeared before me John Roberts one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Roane County, John Cox a resident citizen of the County of Roane & State of Tennessee aged 75 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832:
that he volunteered in the year 1776 in Orange County Virginia ; marched from Orange to Little York where he remained three months & was discharged; they were in no engagement at this time; his discharge has been lost or destroyed long since; from thence we returned back to Orange where he remained sometime when in the year 1777 when he was drafted in Captain Head's [Benjamin Head's] company & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tool or Toal or Toul [Oliver Towles?] in the Brigade commanded by General Wheaten [perhaps Col. George Weedon]; marched from Orange to Fredericksburg Virginia where we remained sometime but was in no battle; was again discharged after serving three months; this discharge lost also;
from Fredericksburg we returned to Orange where he remained sometime when he was again drafted in Captain Hearn's Company; marched to Potomac [River] in order to guard the prisoners who had been taken at Burgoyne's defeat [Battle of Saratoga at Bemus Heights, October 7, 1777]; marched from Potomac to Albemarle Barracks where they remained three months when applicant was again discharged; this was in 1777 as well as recollected; this discharge has also been lost;
from Albemarle he returned back to Orange Virginia; from Orange applicant went to North Carolina to see his Brother, where he was taken Prisoner by a Tory party commanded by a certain Major Roberson & Colonel Lea & detained some days when applicant was discharged with order not to fight in the American Army during the war; not long afterwards this applicant again volunteered under Captain White1 & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland], remained in Wilkes County & Burke County until the 7th of October 1780 when they attacked & defeated a body of the British & Tories at Kings Mountain under the celebrated Colonel Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson]; when this applicant again retired after serving five months; he received no discharge; he then returned to Burke County North Carolina; this applicant was in no engagement save the one the last mentioned; was out on different tours 14 months; he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his service; he was born in the state of Virginia Orange county but has no record of his age. .
He has stated where he lived when called into service, he has lived in North Carolina ever since the revolutionary War until about 16 years since when he moved to Roane County Tennessee; he has stated the manner in which he was called into service & also the names of his officers. He received a discharge for every tour but the last one from the Captains under whom he served but they have been lost. .
He states the names of the different following persons residing in his neighborhood who certify as to his veracity, to wit: Hugh Francis, William Crowde [?], John Watson, Martin Watson & George White;
applicant also states that owing [to] bodily infirmity, he is unable to travel to the place of holding court; he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. .
S/ John Cox, X his mark.
Sworn to & subscribed the Fort Meade
the 30th day of December 1833.
S/ John Roberts,
Justice of the Peace for Roane County.
[Hugh Francis and John Watson gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for one-year in the Virginia and North Carolina militia.]
On February 6, 1783, Cox married Mary Bryson, daughter of John and Margaret Whitlock Bryson. The Cox couple had a large family.
The actual burial site for John Cox 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 him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
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 John Cox was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, S21124. Will Graves transcribed the application.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of John Cox
S21124 f37VA/NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
State of Tennessee,
Roane County
On this 30 day of December 1833 personally appeared before me John Roberts one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Roane County, John Cox a resident citizen of the County of Roane & State of Tennessee aged 75 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832:
that he volunteered in the year 1776 in Orange County Virginia ; marched from Orange to Little York where he remained three months & was discharged; they were in no engagement at this time; his discharge has been lost or destroyed long since; from thence we returned back to Orange where he remained sometime when in the year 1777 when he was drafted in Captain Head's [Benjamin Head's] company & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tool or Toal or Toul [Oliver Towles?] in the Brigade commanded by General Wheaten [perhaps Col. George Weedon]; marched from Orange to Fredericksburg Virginia where we remained sometime but was in no battle; was again discharged after serving three months; this discharge lost also;
from Fredericksburg we returned to Orange where he remained sometime when he was again drafted in Captain Hearn's Company; marched to Potomac [River] in order to guard the prisoners who had been taken at Burgoyne's defeat [Battle of Saratoga at Bemus Heights, October 7, 1777]; marched from Potomac to Albemarle Barracks where they remained three months when applicant was again discharged; this was in 1777 as well as recollected; this discharge has also been lost;
from Albemarle he returned back to Orange Virginia; from Orange applicant went to North Carolina to see his Brother, where he was taken Prisoner by a Tory party commanded by a certain Major Roberson & Colonel Lea & detained some days when applicant was discharged with order not to fight in the American Army during the war; not long afterwards this applicant again volunteered under Captain White1 & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland], remained in Wilkes County & Burke County until the 7th of October 1780 when they attacked & defeated a body of the British & Tories at Kings Mountain under the celebrated Colonel Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson]; when this applicant again retired after serving five months; he received no discharge; he then returned to Burke County North Carolina; this applicant was in no engagement save the one the last mentioned; was out on different tours 14 months; he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his service; he was born in the state of Virginia Orange county but has no record of his age. .
He has stated where he lived when called into service, he has lived in North Carolina ever since the revolutionary War until about 16 years since when he moved to Roane County Tennessee; he has stated the manner in which he was called into service & also the names of his officers. He received a discharge for every tour but the last one from the Captains under whom he served but they have been lost. .
He states the names of the different following persons residing in his neighborhood who certify as to his veracity, to wit: Hugh Francis, William Crowde [?], John Watson, Martin Watson & George White;
applicant also states that owing [to] bodily infirmity, he is unable to travel to the place of holding court; he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. .
S/ John Cox, X his mark.
Sworn to & subscribed the Fort Meade
the 30th day of December 1833.
S/ John Roberts,
Justice of the Peace for Roane County.
[Hugh Francis and John Watson gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for one-year in the Virginia and North Carolina militia.]
On February 6, 1783, Cox married Mary Bryson, daughter of John and Margaret Whitlock Bryson. The Cox couple had a large family.
The actual burial site for John Cox 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 him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
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 John Cox was one of those Heroes.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, S21124. Will Graves transcribed the application.
Southern Campaigns American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of John Cox
S21124 f37VA/NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
State of Tennessee,
Roane County
On this 30 day of December 1833 personally appeared before me John Roberts one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Roane County, John Cox a resident citizen of the County of Roane & State of Tennessee aged 75 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832:
that he volunteered in the year 1776 in Orange County Virginia ; marched from Orange to Little York where he remained three months & was discharged; they were in no engagement at this time; his discharge has been lost or destroyed long since; from thence we returned back to Orange where he remained sometime when in the year 1777 when he was drafted in Captain Head's [Benjamin Head's] company & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tool or Toal or Toul [Oliver Towles?] in the Brigade commanded by General Wheaten [perhaps Col. George Weedon]; marched from Orange to Fredericksburg Virginia where we remained sometime but was in no battle; was again discharged after serving three months; this discharge lost also;
from Fredericksburg we returned to Orange where he remained sometime when he was again drafted in Captain Hearn's Company; marched to Potomac [River] in order to guard the prisoners who had been taken at Burgoyne's defeat [Battle of Saratoga at Bemus Heights, October 7, 1777]; marched from Potomac to Albemarle Barracks where they remained three months when applicant was again discharged; this was in 1777 as well as recollected; this discharge has also been lost;
from Albemarle he returned back to Orange Virginia; from Orange applicant went to North Carolina to see his Brother, where he was taken Prisoner by a Tory party commanded by a certain Major Roberson & Colonel Lea & detained some days when applicant was discharged with order not to fight in the American Army during the war; not long afterwards this applicant again volunteered under Captain White1 & attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland], remained in Wilkes County & Burke County until the 7th of October 1780 when they attacked & defeated a body of the British & Tories at Kings Mountain under the celebrated Colonel Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson]; when this applicant again retired after serving five months; he received no discharge; he then returned to Burke County North Carolina; this applicant was in no engagement save the one the last mentioned; was out on different tours 14 months; he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his service; he was born in the state of Virginia Orange county but has no record of his age. .
He has stated where he lived when called into service, he has lived in North Carolina ever since the revolutionary War until about 16 years since when he moved to Roane County Tennessee; he has stated the manner in which he was called into service & also the names of his officers. He received a discharge for every tour but the last one from the Captains under whom he served but they have been lost. .
He states the names of the different following persons residing in his neighborhood who certify as to his veracity, to wit: Hugh Francis, William Crowde [?], John Watson, Martin Watson & George White;
applicant also states that owing [to] bodily infirmity, he is unable to travel to the place of holding court; he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. .
S/ John Cox, X his mark.
Sworn to & subscribed the Fort Meade
the 30th day of December 1833.
S/ John Roberts,
Justice of the Peace for Roane County.
[Hugh Francis and John Watson gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for one-year in the Virginia and North Carolina militia.]
On February 6, 1783, Cox married Mary Bryson, daughter of John and Margaret Whitlock Bryson. The Cox couple had a large family.
The actual burial site for John Cox 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 him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
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