On this 14th day of January 1833 before us Enoch Mathew, William Brown, Joel Frazier and William Marshall constituting the County Court of Harrison County, in the state of Kentucky which is a court of record, now setting, appeared Edmund Pollard a resident of Harrison County, in the state of Kentucky aged upward of seventy four years, having been born in King and Queen County, Va on the 24th Novr 1758.

Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the law of congress passed June 7th 1832. He states that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officer and served as is here in after stated.

That in the fall of 1776 he served voluntarily a tour of three months under Capt William Todd, Whitaker Campbell and Barnet Todd being Lieuts in Genl Stevens Brigade ( he believes) that the services included in this tour consisted of marching from King and Queen County Va to Williamsburg where he was stationed until the expiration of this tour when he was dismissed. That afterward, in February or March 1777 being sworned in he served a tour of four months under Capt. Thomas Rowe, Whitaker Campbell and William Courtney Lieuts and John Harkins, Ensign, Col: not recollected and in Genl Lawson Stevens in Weedon's Brigade, which not recollected, all being in courses (?) and ..?.... the tour.
The services included consisted of marching from King and Queen County to Little York, where he was stationed during the tour, being employed in digging intrenchments etc. when on no other duty. The American artillery lay there, Colos William Campbell, and Nelson, and Genl Nelson and other regular and Militia officers were there likewise. That after the expiration of this tour, he was dismissed and came home. That afterwards, latter end of September or first of October 1779 he was again sworned in as before and served a tour of three months under Capt. William Courtney (other officers not recollected) and was attached to Genl Lawson and Stevens Brigade.
That the services rendered consisted of marching from King and Queen County to Little York, Halfway house and Gloucester, where he was stationed awhile thence across to York where he was stationed some time. Thence to the halfway house. That here he was in Genl Lawsons brigade. That at this place he staid awhile and betweeen this place and Hampton he spent the ballance of this tour and being dismissed he returned home in March 1781. That about the first of May 1781 he served a tour of four months under Capt Henry Lumkin and under Genl. Wayne and Lafayette. That he marched from King and Queen County to Dunkirk called Todds bridge and here he joined Colo: Lynes regiment and staid till first of June. Thence to Port Royal, thence to Fredericksburg and in the Marquis's chase and until the expiration of this tour. That during this tour he was at the fight at old Jamestown under Genl Wayne, At this time being in Colo Mathews Bloody Third - He recollects Colo. Benj. Temple: at the end of the tour he was dismissed and came home.

That afterwards about the middle of September 1781 he again entered the sd service under Capt Phillip Pendleton, Brigade Major Armistead - Colo: Mathews Bloody 3rd. This tour he served until after the siege of York at which siege he was. This tour lasted about six weeks, when he was dismissed and went home. He recollects Genls Washington, Lafayette, Wayne, Weeden, Lawson: Cols. Campbell of artillery and Major Thos Hill regular etc.

That he recd a discharge for the first tour of Capt. Todd which has been lost or destroyed. That he verily believes that he served full nineteen months in the service of the United States.

That he was a resident of King and Queen County Va at the time he entered the sd service each time as above.

That he had no record of his age except on his own old cyphering book: that he resided in sd county and the counties of Orange and Culpepper Va after the revolution until the fall of 1815 when he removed to Harrison County Kentucky. Where he now resides and has resided ever since.

He states that he knows of no individual by whom he can prove his said services except Jacob Lanter who served in the bloody 3rd and was at the battle of JamesTown with him, and Claibourne Chandler who was with him in the last tour under Colo: Mathews. Both of whom are now present in court declaring to the same and known of this declarants having rendered the above mentioned services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory whatever. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year afore sd. Edmund Pollard.

Attest Samuel Endicott Clk H.C.

We Jacob Lanter and Claibourne Chandler residing in the County of Harrison and state of Kentucky, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmund Pollard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be upward of seventy four years of .....