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Notes for LEONARD ANDERSON, SR.:
Augusta County is in the northwest corner of Virginia and lies in
the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. His parents may have
been part of the large Scotch-Irish community living in that area
but no proof has been found as yet.
LEONARD ANDERSON (Microfiche #6046521, LDS Family History Center)
ABSTRACT OF FEDERAL PENSION APPLICATION W-8329 (Abstracted by Bobby
Anderson, 1982)
ANDERSON, Leonard or Leondard and Rosanna
Continental (Virginia) North Carolina
At
the time of this application, he was at the age of 77 years.
In
the year 1777, he substituted under Capt. Morris Wolf for three
years from Rockingham County in the state of Virginia. They
rendezvoused at Col. Hites and from there marched to Winchester
under the command of Captain Morris {Wolf} and from there they
marched to Alexandria and then on to Fredericksburg in the state of
Virginia under the command of Captain Baylor in a company of
Dragoons under the command of Colonel William Washington. They were
occupied in escorting General George Washington from his seat in
Mount Vernon in the state of Virginia to Williamsburg and from there
to Petersburg and from there back again to Fredericksburg.
They then marched under General Scott to Petersburg, and they then
marched South under Colonel Buford and stopped at Ninety Six in
South Carolina and from there they marched to Augusta [GA] and
Savannah and they were present at the siege there and also in the
Battle of Bryar Creek.
They then went to Beach Island and Charlestown in the state of South
Carolina and they then were pursued by the British to Ulascaws, and
he was taken prisoner but he made his escape that night and he then
again rejoined the company commanded by General Foss, who was under
the command of General Sumpter, and he then joined the main army
under General Gates at Big Lynches Creek.
They then marched to Rugsbys Mills and then toward Camden.
At
Lynches Hills he was appointed a Lieutenant to have command of a
Dragoon with Captain Carter, and in that capacity he was in the
battle in which General Gates was defeated.
He
was then held prisoner by the enemy for a period of six months and
three weeks in the city of Charleston, and he was released when the
two opponents exchanged prisoners, and he then went to rejoin his
company at Salisbury in the state of North Carolina, and he then
joined Colonel William Washington on the Broad {or Bread} River near
the Iron Works.
He
was then in the rear of General Morgan's army until the Battle of
the Cowpens {or Cospens}. He then commanded the guards which took
the British prisoners to the Barracks in Albemarle in the State of
Virginia.
He
then returned to Salisbury and there he was discharged by Colonel
Sack for his service of three years.
Granville Mansfield, a clergyman, and William Whitewell swear that
they were well and favorably acquainted with him for a long period
of time.
He
was born in Augusta County in the State of Virginia and he remained
there until his enlistment.
He
served as a substitute in the capacity of a private in a company of
militia in the year 1781 in Rowan County in the state of North
Carolina for a man by the name of Young. In this tour he served for
a period of three months under the command of Captain Joshua Lop and
Lieutenant Wilson.
They rendezvoused at Salisbury and Colonel Smith commanded the
regiment and General Rutherford was the commander in Chief. They
first marched to the Shoals or the Narrows of the Pedse River for a
tour of two weeks and he was appointed to fill the capacity of an
Ensign.
They then marched through a settlement of Scotch and Tories near
Black Swamp. They then marched to Wilmington.
Daniel McGoodwin corroborates his statement of his services.
Leonard was on the muster rolls of the British Army as a prisoner:
"Loyalists in the Southern Campaign", Vol II, 1981, Murtie June
Clack (Ref. #929.3755):
Muster Roll of Capt. John Rousselet's Company, Infantry of British
Legion, Commanded by Lt. Co. Banastre Tarlton.
Private, Leonard Anderson (page 233)
Muster Roll of Part of Capt. Rousselet's Company, Infantry of
British Legion under the charge of Lt McLeod, from from 25 Oct to
24 Dec 1781:
Private Leonard Anderson, prisoner, 23 Feb 1781 (page 235)
Muster Roll of Part of Capt. John Rousselet's Company, Infantry of
British Legion under the charge of Lt. Donald McLeod, from 25 Dec
1781 to 23 Feb 1782:
Private Leonard Anderson*, prisoner, 23 Feb 1781
*Included in Capt Sanfords Abstract from 25 Oct 1781 at Charlestown
(PAC, RG8I, "C" Series, Vol 1884) (Page 236).
Muster Roll of part of Capt. John Rousselet's Company, Infantry of
British Legion under the charge of Lt. Donald McLeod, from 24 Feb to
24 Apr 1782:
Private Leonard Anderson, prisoner, 23 Feb 1781 (page 237).
According to another Leonard descendant) the Wofford's owned Cowpens
and the Ironworks where Leonard was at one point. The ironworks was
referred to as Colonel William Wofford's Ironworks. The location
was also on the Broad River. William Washington Wofford moved with
Col Wofford to GA after the Revolution and named the settlement
Wofford's Settlement.
After the war, Leonard's whereabouts are unknown until 1791when he
was in Pendleton District, South Carolina (later became Anderson
Co.) and married Rosanna Hadden. By 1799 he had gone to KY to
claim land south of the Green River that had been reserved for
Revolutionary soldiers as compensation for their service. On 16
March 1799, he was granted 200 acres south of the Green River on the
Sand Lick Fork. On 3 Aug 1812 (Deed Book C, page 470), Leonard and
Rosanna, 1 part, and Anthony Wills, other part, paid $600 for a
tract of 200 acres on a fork of the Big Muddy, witnessed by J. B.
Barner. On 4 September 1833, he was awarded $300 for service in
the Revolutionary War and "his certificate of pension for $100 per
annum was issued and sent to Samuel H. Curd at Russellville in the
state of KY." By 1820, he had accumulated 100 acres of land and 3
horses. On 5 July 1841, a petition was filed to sell the land for
division among his heirs.
News article, The Butler County Banner, 13 Nov 1991, Volume 9,
Number 50, page B-1, "An American Patriot--Leonard Anderson" by Mary
Cottrell Elder. The article was a summary of Bobby Anderson's
abstract on Leonard. The last paragraph states that "as the ggg
granddaughter of Leonard Anderson, it has been my privilege to
establish him as a patriot in the Daughters of the American
Revolution, thereby bringing long overdue honor and recognition to
this truly great American freedom fighter."
Leonard doesn't appear on a census until 1820 when he was in the
Logan Co. census. (Ancestry.com has a listing for him in 1835 in
Logan Co. but doesn't show other members of the household and the
actual census sheet isn't on the internet.)
Some believe his name was James Leonard Anderson. There is a James
Anderson in 1800 Pendleton Dist., SC, pg 157A, in the right age
group to be Leonard and Rosanna - #715 1 male <10, 1 male 10-15, a
male 26-44, 1 male 45>, 2 females <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female
26-44. There was also a George Anderson at #711 about the same age
as Leonard with 6 children and a wife. (There was no 1800 or 1810
census for KY.)
1820 Logan Co. census: Leonard Anderson, 2 males 0-10 (1810-1820), 2
males 10-16 (1804-1810), 2 males 16-26 (1794-1804), 1 male 45 & over
(Leonard); 1 female 0-10, 3 females 16-18 (1802-1804), 1 female 45 &
over (Rosanna).
1820 Logan Co. tax list: Leonard Anderson, 1 male over 21, 3 horses,
100 acres, Rock Horse Fork.
1830 Logan Co. census: no listing for Leonard but Rosanna was listed
as 2 males over 21, 2 horses, 100 acres, Gaspar River.
Miscellaneous Anderson Notes:
Susan Anderson married John Kettles 5 Dec 1865. From the Logan Co.
Cemeteries book, she was born 18 Nov 1834, died 9 Apr 1913. John
was born 10 Mar 1842, died 15 Nov 1897. They are buried in Arnold
Cemetery. The fact that they are in Arnold Cemetery makes me think
they are related but I don't know the particulars yet - haven't been
able to place her. There was also a Susan who married L. P. Purdom
10 Dec 1865 in Logan Co. - or it's the same Susan and there was a
mistake in the records?
Notes for ROSANNA HADDEN: Rosanna was 16
when she married Leonard and he was about age 37.
At
the age of 74, Rosanna appeared in open court and was placed on the
KY Roll of Pensions at the rate of $100 per annum. Her nephew,
William Stevenson, swore that their oldest child was William and
that he was now 52 years old. Her brother, Thomas Hadden, swore as
to the legality of their marriage service. Rosanna appointed C. W.
Trabue and S.F.L. Trabue to be her lawful attorneys. She received
$100 per as a pension in the behalf of her husband from 4 Sep 1837
until 16 Apr 1838. She also received her certificate of pension on
9 Apr 1849 and it was sent to the Honorable C.S. Morehead at
Frankfort in the state of KY.
Rosanna was listed as living with her son, Alexander, in the 1850
Logan County census, age 75. She does not appear after that. Her
gravesite has not been found but is most likely one of the crumbled
fieldstones in the Union Grove Cemetery, Logan Co., KY. In the 1790
Pendleton Co. census, Ann Hadden is listed and since no other
Haddens are shown for Pendleton Co., Ann is probably her mother.
According to "Genealogy Handy Book," Pendleton was never a county -
it was a district later incorporated as Anderson County.
Rosanna petitioned the court for permission to sell that portion of
the land inherited by Hannah (the idiot) (it also referred to Hannah
as an infant) and was co-signed by William Hadden.
Abstracts of Wills & Settlements, Logan Co., 1838-1856
(R929.376976qA1642, 1988):
ANDERSON, LEONARD, Equity Case 54, case number 1351. Filed 5 Jul
1841. Died intestate.
Transcription of handwritten petitions:
Petition - Leonard Anderson
To
the Honorable ____ {missing} of the Logan Circuit Court in chancing
____ {missing} respectfully ___ your Honour your Petitioners,
Rosanna H. Anderson, Widow of Leonard Anderson, late of Logan
County, William Anderson, Samuel Anderson, Leonard Anderson,
Alexander Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Moses Evans and Nancy his wife,
late Nancy Anderson, John Ragan and Ann his wife, late Ann Anderson,
Thomas Sanders and his wife, late Mary Anderson, Hannah Idiot by
Rosanna Anderson is ____ Mathis (?), Elizabeth Catherine Anderson
and James Leonard Anderson, infant children of James Anderson, dec.,
by Elizabeth Anderson their grandchildren & ____ by said James
(Anderson), children & grandchildren of said Leonard Anderson, dec.
That he, said Leonard Anderson, died intestate seized & possessed a
tract of land of about 200 acres on the waters of gusses river in
said ____ {missing} tht said tract of land is not susceptable of
division among said heirs, to any sort of advantage whatever, that
such legatees interest will not amount to L30 [pounds]. They
therefore pray, your Honbl Court, to decree a Sub (?) of said land
among your petitioners allowing to your petitioner Rosanna an _____
for her dower and grant unto your petitioners such other and further
relief as to equity and good faith belong.
{no date, no signatures}
Separate Document - Rosanna Anderson
Know all men by these presents that we, Rosanna Anderson, cometh for
Hannah Anderson, an idiot, and William Hadden, us held and firmly
bound unto the commonwealth of Kentucky for the use & benefit of
said Hannah Anderson in the ____ sum of forty dollars, which payment
well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs to jointly
and severally firmly by these presents witness our hands and seals
this 5 day of July 1841. The condition of the above obligation is
such that whereas the said Rosanna Anderson, as consultee aforesaid
in conjunction with the other heirs of Leonard Anderson, dec'd, has
filed a petition in _____ in the Logan Circuit Court praying the
sale of the real estate of said idiot and is about to obtain a
decree for the sale thereof, which estate has been estimated and
valued by court _____ under an order of the Logan Circuit Court ____
this report filed. Now shall the said Rosanna H. Anderson
faithfully discharge all the duties imposed by law on persons
selling the real estate of infants under decree of court and shall
also faithfully discharge all the duties imposed on her by any order
or decree of the Logan Circuit Court in preservance (?) thereof,
then the above obligation is to be void. But on failure to do and
perform as aforesaid, then and in that case the same is to stand and
remain in full force and virtue.
(signed) Rosanna Anderson
(seal)
X (his Mark) Willliam Hadden
(seal)
(Note: Thomas J. Spencer's father, David, left him some land -
Wills/Settlements 1795-1838, page 142. David's wife was named
Elizabeth C. and his will was probated 16 Mar 1835.)
Separate Document - Land Value Estimate
The
undersigned ___ is appointed by the Logan Circuit Court to estimate
the value of the lands of Leonard Anderson, dec'd, late of Logan
County, respectfully report as our opinion ____ judgement that the
said land is worth two hundred dollars. Given under our hand &
seals this 5th day of July 1841.
{signatures unreadable}
Separate Document - Court Hearing
The
petition of the widow and heirs of Leonard Anderson, dec'd.
This cause came unto be heard this day, and the Court being
sufficiently advised of and concerning the premises. It is
therefore decreed & ordered that the land in the petition mentioned
be sold on a credit of twelve months at the Court House down in the
town of Russellville on some court day. The purchaser giving bond
to the said petitioners for the purchase money with good and
sufficient security, notice of the time & place of sale having been
previously advertised at the courthouse door & the public houses n
Russellville & William Morton is hereby appointed commissioner to
carry into effect this decree.
(no signatures)
Separate Document - Description of Land
Beginning at a double post oak corner to Andrew Cochran, running
thence S30 E240 poles to a dogwood & dead post oak, thence N51 E,
passing Halls corner at 166 poles, 210 poles to a stake, a sasafrass
& some dogwood, thence N46 E40 (?) poles to a lying black oak and
hickory, thence N44 W253 poles to a black oak marked W.H., thence
S64 W124 poles to the beginning.
(no signatures
From Logan County, KY court records:
Heirs of LEONARD ANDERSON, Sr., Logan County, Kentucky - #83
Commissioner to deed Thos. Crewdson Easements Delivered
This indenture made and entered into this 3rd day of April,
l843, between Rosanna H. Anderson, William Anderson, Samuel
Anderson, Leonard Anderson, Alexander Anderson, Moses Evans and
Nancy Evans his wife, John Ragan and Ann Ragan, his wife, Thomas
Sanders and Mary Sanders, his wife, Hannah Anderson, idiot,
Elizabeth Chatham Anderson, James Leonard Anderson, by William J.
Morton, Commissioner, appointed by a decree of the court, of the
first part, and Thomas Crewdson, of the second part, witnesseth that
the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum
of One Dollar to them in hand paid and the further consideration
that Williams* by a decree of the Logan Circuit Court prove need at
their July Term 1841, the said Court in said decree ordered and
decreed the sale of the land of LEONARD ANDERSON, deceased, and
William Morton was appointed by said Court commissioner to carry
into effect the said decree by selling said land and whereas, the
said Morton did at a subsequent time sell said land to the highest
bidder after having duly advertized the same and the said Thomas
Crewdson became the purchaser, he being the highest bidder at the
sum of fifty Dollars doth and doth by these presents bargain, sell,
deliver, and convey to the said Thomas Crewdson, party of the second
part, his heirs and assigns forever the lands in the decree
mentioned which said tract of land is bounded as followeth:
Beginning at a double post oak corner to Andrew Cochren Mining (?),
thence south 31 east 240 poles to a dogwood and dead post oak,
thence north 51 east ___ Halls corner at 166 poles, 210 poles to a
stake, a sasafras and some dogwoods then north 46 east 10 poles to a
black oak lying on the ground and ____, thence north 44 west 253
poles to black oak marked M H, then south 66 west 124 poles to the
beginning.
To
have and to hold the said tract of land with all and singular the
appurtenances hereunto belonging to the party of the second part,
his heirs and assigns forever free from the claims of the said party
of the first part, their heirs and assigns free from claim of all
and every person or persons whatsoever will warrant and forever
defend.
In
testimony whereof the said part of the first part by the
commissioner aforesaid, William J. Morton hath herewith set their
hands and seals the day and date first herein witnessed.
Signed:
Roseanna H. Anderson (seal) John Ragan (seal)
William Anderson (seal) Ann Ragan (seal)
Samuel Anderson (seal) Thomas
Sanders (seal)
Leonard Anderson (seal) Mary Sanders
(seal)
Alexander Anderson (seal) Hannah
Anderson (seal)
Thomas Anderson (seal) Elizabeth
Anderson (seal)
Moses Evans (seal) Nancy
Evans (seal)
James L. Anderson **
*
It is not known here who the transcriber was referring to, but
possibly William Morton, the commissioner
**
Question. Who signed the deed for James Leonard Anderson? His death
is later proven to be in 1841, two years prior to the writing of
this document, and his widow, Elizabeth McFarlin Anderson (Scarbrough)
would have relinquished her claim to the estate of Leonard Anderson
at her marriage to Scarbrough. Both children of her marriage to
James Leonard Anderson (Sr.), Elizabeth Catherine and James Leonard
(Jr.) would still be minors. Could the court have empowered the
commissioner, Mr. Morton, to sign for the deceased James Leonard?
State of Kentucky, Todd County.
Be
it remembered that on this the 26th day of January 1844 Personally
appeared before me J. N. Kennedy, an acting Justice of the peace in
and for the County & state aforesaid, Mr. Thomas Hadden a resident
of said County of Todd and personally known to me and known to be a
man of respectability and who, after being first duly sworn
according to Law, doth on his oath State that he is the Brother of
Mrs. Rosanna Anderson now of Logan County Kentucky and that she is
the widow of Leonard Anderson, deceased, late of the said County of
Logan, and who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution and a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and upon the Kentucky
Agency at the rate of $100 per annum and further that this deponent
was at the wedding and present when his said Sister Rosanna and the
said Leonard Anderson were Married and that it took place in the
Spring of the year and in the Month of March in the year of Our Lord
seventeen hundred and ninety one and the rights of Matrimony were
solemnized by a Baptist Preacher of the gospel; and that they have
raised a large & respectable family of Children and the oldest of
which is by the name of William and was born about one year after
said Marriage and he is now about Fifty two years of age and the
said Leonard Anderson died ____ six years ago leaving his said
Sister Rosanna his widow who has never since intermarried but still
remains a widow. Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year aforesaid.
(signed) Thos. Hadden
J. N. Kennedy, Jr.
Kentucky, Todd County Court, Clerk's Office January 27, 1844.
Willis L. Reeves, Clerk of Said County Court, do certify that J. N.
Kennedy Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
Certificate and attestation is and was at the time of Signing the
Same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Todd
aforesaid duly ____ ____ and qualified according to that full faith
and credit are official acts as such, in testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of County.
(signed) Willis L. Reeves
Possibly related (son of one of her brothers?):
1850 Todd Co. Census, Dis 2, page 246: #20/20 John N. Hadden, age
33, wagon maker, KY; Sarah A., age 26, KY; Virginia A., age 5, KY;
David B., age 3, KY; William R., age 2/12, KY
He
was born in Augusta County in the State of Virginia and he remained
there until his enlistment. He served as a substitute in the
capacity of a private in a company of militia in the year 1781 in
Rowan County in the state of North Carolina for a man by the name of
Young. In this tour he served for a period of three months under the
command of Captain Joshua Lop and Lieutenant Wilson.
They rendezvoused at Salisbury and Colonel Smith commanded the
regiment and General Rutherford was the commander in Chief. They
first marched to the Shoals or the Narrows of the Pedse River for a
tour of two weeks and he was appointed to fill the capacity of an
Ensign.
They then marched through a settlement of Scotch and Tories near
Black Swamp. They then marched to Wilmington.
Daniel McGoodwin corroborates his statement of his services.
Leonard was on the muster rolls of the British Army as a prisoner:
"Loyalists in the Southern Campaign", Vol II, 1981, Murtie June
Clack (Ref. #929.3755): Muster Roll of Capt. John Rousselet's
Company, Infantry of British Legion, Commanded by Lt. Co. Banastre
Tarlton. Private, Leonard Anderson (page 233)
Muster Roll of Part of Capt. Rousselet's Company, Infantry of
British Legion under the charge of Lt McLeod, from from 25 Oct to 24
Dec 1781: Private Leonard Anderson, prisoner, 23 Feb 1781
(page 235) Muster Roll of Part of Capt. John Rousselet's
Company, Infantry of British Legion under the charge of Lt. Donald
McLeod, from 25 Dec 1781 to 23 Feb 1782: Private Leonard
Anderson*, prisoner, 23 Feb 1781
*Included in Capt Sanfords Abstract from 25 Oct 1781 at Charlestown
(PAC, RG8I, "C" Series, Vol 1884) (Page 236).
Muster Roll of part of Capt. John Rousselet's Company, Infantry of
British Legion under the charge of Lt. Donald McLeod, from 24 Feb to
24 Apr 1782: Private Leonard Anderson, prisoner, 23 Feb 1781
(page 237).
According to another Leonard descendant) the Wofford's owned Cowpens
and the Ironworks where Leonard was at one point. The ironworks was
referred to as Colonel William Wofford's Ironworks. The location was
also on the Broad River. William Washington Wofford moved with Col
Wofford to GA after the Revolution and named the settlement
Wofford's Settlement.
After the war, Leonard's whereabouts are unknown until 1791when he
was in Pendleton District, South Carolina (later became Anderson
Co.) and married Rosanna Hadden. By 1799 he had gone to KY to claim
land south of the Green River that had been reserved for
Revolutionary soldiers as compensation for their service. On 16
March 1799, he was granted 200 acres south of the Green River on the
Sand Lick Fork. On 3 Aug 1812 (Deed Book C, page 470), Leonard and
Rosanna, 1 part, and Anthony Wills, other part, paid $600 for a
tract of 200 acres on a fork of the Big Muddy, witnessed by J. B.
Barner. On 4 September 1833, he was awarded $300 for service in the
Revolutionary War and "his certificate of pension for $100 per annum
was issued and sent to Samuel H. Curd at Russellville in the state
of KY." By 1820, he had accumulated 100 acres of land and 3 horses.
On 5 July 1841, a petition was filed to sell the land for division
among his heirs.
News article, The Butler County Banner, 13 Nov 1991, Volume 9,
Number 50, page B-1, "An American Patriot--Leonard Anderson" by Mary
Cottrell Elder. The article was a summary of Bobby Anderson's
abstract on Leonard. The last paragraph states that "as the ggg
granddaughter of Leonard Anderson, it has been my privilege to
establish him as a patriot in the Daughters of the American
Revolution, thereby bringing long overdue honor and recognition to
this truly great American freedom fighter."
Leonard doesn't appear on a census until 1820 when he was in the
Logan Co. census. (Ancestry.com has a listing for him in 1835 in
Logan Co. but doesn't show other members of the household and the
actual census sheet isn't on the internet.)
Some believe his name was James Leonard Anderson. There is a James
Anderson in 1800 Pendleton Dist., SC, pg 157A, in the right age
group to be Leonard and Rosanna - #715 1 male <10, 1 male 10-15, a
male 26-44, 1 male 45>, 2 females <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female
26-44. There was also a George Anderson at #711 about the same age
as Leonard with 6 children and a wife. (There was no 1800 or 1810
census for KY.)
1820 Logan Co. census: Leonard Anderson, 2 males 0-10 (1810-1820), 2
males 10-16 (1804-1810), 2 males 16-26 (1794-1804), 1 male 45 & over
(Leonard); 1 female 0-10, 3 females 16-18 (1802-1804), 1 female 45 &
over (Rosanna).
1820 Logan Co. tax list: Leonard Anderson, 1 male over 21, 3 horses,
100 acres, Rock Horse Fork.
1830 Logan Co. census: no listing for Leonard but Rosanna was listed
as 2 males over 21, 2 horses, 100 acres, Gaspar River.
Miscellaneous Anderson Notes:
Susan Anderson married John Kettles 5 Dec 1865. From the Logan Co.
Cemeteries book, she was born 18 Nov 1834, died 9 Apr 1913. John was
born 10 Mar 1842, died 15 Nov 1897. They are buried in Arnold
Cemetery. The fact that they are in Arnold Cemetery makes me think
they are related but I don't know the particulars yet - haven't been
able to place her. There was also a Susan who married L. P. Purdom
10 Dec 1865 in Logan Co. - or it's the same Susan and there was a
mistake in the records?
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