Zachariah "The Patriot" Cooksey

He served in the American Revolutionary War.

https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cooksey&GSfn=zac...

http://revwarapps.org/s17357.pdf

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters Pension Application of Zachariah Cooksey S17357 VA Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris State of Indiana } Ss Franklin County } On this the 13th day of November 1832 personally appeared before the honorable Henry Berry Probate Judge of the County of Franklin, and state aforesaid Zachariah Cooksey Sr a resident of Franklin County af’d of the age of seventy one years or therabouts who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he was drafted in the army of the United States in the year 1778 and served in the regiment of Colonel Darke under Captain Jennings and Colonel Allen and served three weeks about year after he was first drafted, was again drafted and served something more than two months under Captain Reggins and Colonel Netherton, afterwards served in Colonel Darkes Regiment under Captain Awle and Lieutenant Rinkard about four months, and was at the battle of Little York when Cornwallis with his army was taken prisoner [19 Oct 1781], and served as guard to Cornwallis’s army until they arrived at Nolens ferry [Noland%E2%80%99s Ferry on Potomac River] where I was discharged. The whole amount which I served as exhibited above is 6 month and three weeks. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Zachariah his X mark Cooksey NOTE: Colonel William Darke commanded the 8 th Virginia Continental Regiment of Foot, but there was no Capt. Jennings or Capt. Allen in that Regiment, and tours in Continental service were never as short as three weeks. “Captain Reggins and Colonel Netherton” were probably Capt. William Riggins and Col. John Netherton of the Shenandoah County Militia. I could not identify “Captain Awle and Lieutenant Rinkard.”