My 4th Great Grandfather Nathan Frizzell served in the Revolutionary War out of South Carolina. I descend from him thru two lines-- one thru his daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Frizzell Manley and the other thru his son, James Marion Frizzell. Below is just a small portion of the information contained in his Revolutionary War Pension application. In addition to the usual service details it also gives a pretty good detail of the families residences. Some of them ended up in Calloway Co. Kentucky.
From Nathan Frizel's Pension Application No. 3380 Served in South Carolina
14 Aug 1832 Bedford Co TN Court of Pleas and Quarter Session
Appeared before John L Neill, Samuel Phillips, & John S Armstrong
Esquires & Gentleman Justices of the Peace
He entered the Service of United State as a volunteer under
Captain William Deason in what is now called
Chesterfield District in the state of South Carolina, some time in the month of October 1780 and was attached to a Regiment commanded by
Colonel John Marshall of
General Sumpter's Brigade. He states they were not marched from that county or district any distance but was engaged in reconnoitering and acted as Rangers and watching the movements of the Tories until the following may when he states
Col. Marshall's Regiment was attached to
General Green's Army. He states he was marched with General Green's Army from Camden S Carolina to the high hills of Santa by way of a little town called
Statesville from that and to the
Eutaw Springs, where he states he was in an engagement against the British who were under the commander of
Lord Roddick He states that
Col William Washington was taken prisoner at that Engagement by the British, he states that he company he belonged to was permitted to return home after the battle of
Eutaw Springs after serving about eight months. he states that the was attached to General Sumpter's Brigade again and continued with him until
Cornwallis was taken, he states he was engaged in several small skirmishes with the Tories one at
Rugeley's Mill an
Granny's Quarter Creek one other at
Rocky Mount an
Catawba River and one other skirmish at
Black Creek with the Tories in
Chesterfield district South Carolina. And one small engagement, which should have been mentioned previously in this declaration at the
High Hill two miles from
Camden about the
1st of May 1781. Making in all a term of service of twelve months or there about. H e further states that he has no documentary evidence whatever and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can precure who can testify as to his service and hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension or annuity whatever except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in the United States.
Where and in what year were you born?
I was born in Baltimore County in the state of Maryland agreeable to my father's record therein on the 7th day of August 1759
I have a record of my age at my dwelling in this county, wrote in my Family Bible
which Record was taken from my Father's Bible
I was a citizen of Chesterfield district in the State of South Carolina when I volunteered under Capt. William Deason and after the Revolutionary War I moved to Anson County in the State of North Carolina from that to Robinson(Robertson) county in the state of Tennessee about 1802 and from that I moved to Rutherford County in the same state and from there I removed to the county of Bedford in same state some time in the year 1808 or 1809 where I have lived ever since and where I now live.
I was a volunteer during the whole time I served
I do not recollect the names of any regular officer except Col Wm Washington tho I saw Col Lee and Col Washington's troops frequently
I did receive a discharge in writing signed by Col John Marshall but I have lost or mislaid it many years ago & cannot produce it at this time.
(Character references from present neighborhood)
Rev. John Rushing
Capt. John Deason
William Norvell Esq.
John C Caldwell
Charles Taylor Sr.
Nathan Chaffin Esq.
Sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid
16th August 1832
Links of interest
Source:
Deposition of Claimant, 14 August 1832, Nathan Frizzell, invalid's pension application no. 3380 "Revolutionary War Pensions," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/file/21403156/nathan-frizel-revolutionary-war-pensions : accessed 1 October 2023); imaged from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Archives microfilm publication M804, roll 804
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Bird's Eye View of Frizzell Families' Locations of Residence |
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Signature from Sworn Statement |