Good morning Cardwell's,
Found the following Rev. war pension on this web page:
http://www.erols.com/fmoran/stokes/revjk.html
Note Thomas Cardwell is the brother-in-law of George Joyce!
Carmelita
WLWMEGAWAT(a)aol.com
Researching Thomas CARDWELL d. 1800 Granville Co NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------
Stokes and Surry County, North Carolina
Revolutionary War Pension Applications
JOYCE, George S-30514 Abstracted by Brenda Jerome, CGRS
Brenda Jerome's email address: bjjerome(a)comsource.net
George Joyce was born 25 Oct 1759 VA and died 15 Sep 1835 Bullitt Co, KY. He
entered service in Charlotte Co, VA 7 June 1759 as a private under Capt.Henry
King. In Jan or Feb of 1781 he moved part of his property to the part of
Guilford Co that later became Rockingham Co, NC. He was preparing to move his
family, with the help of his brother in Charlotte Co, to NC when he heard that
Genl. Nathaniel Greene had been forced to retreat from Ninety Six, SC, to
Jennings Ferry on the Dan River in Virginia. He made arrangements with his
brother to move his family while he entered a rifle company under Capt. Wm.
Morse. He was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. He was discharged
some time later. Again in 1781, he served in a company of Light Horse under
Capt. Richard Verrnon and also served in an expedition against the Cherokee
Indians under Capt. John Leak in the regiment of Maj. Joseph Cloud.
George Joyce moved from Rockingham Co, NC to Bullitt Co, KY in 1806. His
discharge papers were left with his brother-in-law, Thomas Cardwell. George
Joyce applied for a pension in Bullitt Co, KY 17 Aug 1835 and died one month
later. The pension was awarded and his children paid the sum of $20 per annum,
retroactive to 4 Mar 1831.
George Joyce is found on the 1800 Stokes Co, NC census. His children, named in
the pension application, were: Thomas, Richard, Alexander, George, Sarah,
Delisha, Mary and Delila. A Bible record of one of his sons also names two
older children, Elizabeth and William (Brenda Jerome�s ancestor). It is
believed that Elizabeth and William stayed in NC, while the rest of the
children went to Bullitt Co, KY.