Samuel Pounds, Sr. (b. Bef. 1756, d. 01 April 1830)
Samuel Pounds, Sr.84 was born Bef. 1756 in Probably Halifax Co., NC, and died 01 April 1830 in NC. He married (1) [FNU] [MNU] on Bef. 1795. He married (2) Sarah [MNU] on 16 January 1795 in Anson Co., NC.
SOURCE: Revolutionary War Pension Application For Samuel Pounds
Samuel POUNDS of Anson Co., NC filed for a pension [#8389] as a veteran of the Revolutionary War on 24 Oct 1782. His wife was listed as Sarah RORIE, whom he m. 26 Jan 1795. [She is believed to have been the widow of Reuben RORIE, a son of William and Judah (BUTLER) RORIE.]
"A Samuel POUNDS, who was b. in Halifax Co., NC, m. a Sarah ROREY on 16 Jan 1795 in Anson Co., NC. He d. 1 Apr 1830. A son of Samuel POUNDS alleged that his father volunteered in a NC unit and was in the battles of Briar Creek, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, Siege of Ninety Six, Siege of Augusta, and in numerous skirmishes against Tories and Indians. POUNDS was taken prisoner at some encounter in GA. He refused to take the oath never to bear arms against the king and later escaped or was exchanged. POUNDS returned to service and remained in the army until near the end of the war. Samuel POUNDS [Jr.], his son, made application for any pension that may have been due his father in Jan 1851 while residing in Anson Co., NC. He stated that he had been b. 15 Oct 1800, and he also said that this mother had died on 21 Sep 1847, leaving himself and his sister, Elizabeth POUNDS. FPA R8389"
The following affidavit appears in the above application:
Application #R8389, Jan 1851, Anson Co. NC State of North Carolina Anson County January Term 1851
"There appeared Samuel Pounds, age fifty years, a son of Samuel Pounds and Sarah Pounds, deceased, and after being duly sworn in open court, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 17th day of July 1828.......2nd of February 1818 on behalf of himself and his sister, Elizabeth Pounds, the only surviving children of the aforesaid Samuel Pounds and Sarah Pounds, deceased, (viz): "My father reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and had the scars on him received in battles as I have often heard him say. He was born in Halifax Co., NC; and when the war came on, my Father turned out a volunteer and joined the American Army under general Green(e) was at the Battle of Guilford Court House and served six months as a private in North Carolina. Was at the Battle at the Cowpens and Briar Creek. I think it was there the Americans were defeated; and in retreating, my Father with many others got the horses over some water course on a large log, some fell in the water and like to have drowned. He was then a Dragoon. In the battle of Ninety Six (SC); he said the soldiers underwent great hardships, eating nothing for three or four days but parched corn. He has said much about the skirmishes with the Indians and Tories in the State of Georgia, particularly in the battle at the siege of Augusta. I think it was there my father got wounded in the shoulder, and that their sufferings were great. I believe it was at this siege, they did not sleep for three days and nights without their horses' bridles over their arms. The Americans killed so many Indians it took the rails of a fence more than a mile to burn them up. I have also heard him speak of a fort made of .............they would talk about and of the Americans trying to undermine the Town and blow up the British with powder. My Father was taken prisoner in some battle in the State of Georgia, and the British wanted him to promise them never to serve any more against them but he either ran away or was exchanged and continued in the army in the States of Georgia and South Carolina to near or quite the end of the war. He must have belonged to the light horse under General Green(e) and General Lincoln(?) in most of those battles. I have heard him speak of other officers, but do not recollect their names. I believe he served one year and six months in the States of Georgia and South Carolina in actual service called out by authority of the United States. I have heard him say he had rather fight on a horse than any other way and that when a battle was coming on he felt a little bad but after the fighting commenced he did not mind it afterwards. I was the fourth child my mother had according to the record kept by my Father of his children's ages, but the Bible kept for that purpose has been either destroyed, lost or mislaid so that it cannot be found. I have kept my own age as it was recorded and was born the 15th day of October A. D. 1800. My father died the 1st day of April 1830 and my mother the 21st day of September 1847, leaving two children--myself and Elizabeth Pounds." The affidavit also contained a "true and correct copy" of the marriage license of Samuel Pounds and Sarah Rorey "as is now remaining on file" in the office of the Clerk of the Court of pleas, Norfleet D. Bogg, for the County of Anson [NC].
NOTE: The above-mentioned Sarah Rorey [Rorie] is believed to have previously been the wife of Reuben Rorie.
More About Samuel Pounds, Sr.: Census 1: 1790, Fayette Dist., Anson Co., NC. Census 2: 1800, Anson Co., NC.
More About Samuel Pounds, Sr. and [FNU] [MNU]: Marriage: Bef. 1795
More About Samuel Pounds, Sr. and Sarah [MNU]: Marriage: 16 January 1795, Anson Co., NC.
Children of Samuel Pounds, Sr. and [FNU] [MNU] are:
+John Pounds, b. Bet. 1775 - 1794, Probably Anson Co., NC, d. Abt. 1852, Probably Bedford Co., TN.
Samuel Pounds, Sr. (b. Bef. 1756, d. 01 April 1830)
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