Transcribed by Diana Gale Matthiesen from photocopies of original pages (right edge cut off on photocopy).  Comments [in brackets] by transcriber.

On this 9th day of August 1832 personally appeared in [cut off] Court before Christopher Haynes, Jos Watts, William Stewart,and Jas C[cut off] Esqs. the County Court of Said County and State now sitting John Wheeler a resident of said County and State aged about Seventy Six years, [unreadable] [cut off] being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath state the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 that he was born in Prince Edward County State of Virginia, the precise time he does not know, as the Book Containing

the record of the ages of himself and his father's family was lost in the Revolution.  And from the best recollection he has, from information given him by his parents, he is now about Seventy Six years of age, that at about the age of sixteen on Holstein [Holston] river in the State of North Carolina [now Tennessee] near the Virginia line and near the Long Island in the Holstein he volunteered in a Company commanded by Capt. Bohannon, who was guarding the frontiers, and in a few days we had a Battle with the Cherokee Indians near the said Islands who were commanded by a Chief called the Draggon Canoe [Dragging Canoe], and in this Battle the Indians were defeated killing and wounding of them according to their own account afterwards about 100 and [?] their [cut off] their Chief.  After the Battle we were Stationed to guard the frontier and remained so until Col Christie came from Virginia [cut off] an army, and we joined him at the said Islands at a fort which we had built, and then marched into the Indian Country, and destroyed their Towns, and provisions all through their Country, but no engagement of any note, that after over running the Indian Country, and during all that [?] be done, we marched back to the fort, and the men were there discharged, that on the same day he was discharged he again Volunteered under Capt. Joseph Martin from Virginia (known as Col Martin) and marched to a place called the Rye Coves [Lee Co., VA], an [?] [?] for the purpose of guarding the frontiers until a contemplated treaty with Christie in June following, but this treaty never did any good, as part of the Indians broke off and would not agree to it, that last Service commenced in the fall or first of the winter, and lasted till June when the treaty was to be [?] and during the time [cut off] principally stationed at the Rye Cove [Lee Co., VA] as above, that after the [cut off] we had a short respite, but the party of Indians (called Dragg[cut off]
Canoe party) having burnt a town down, an the [?] continued their depredations, and we had to continue guarding the frontiers winter and summer until Col Evan Shelby (the father [cut off] the Kentucky Governor) raised a voluteer force for the purpose of distroying these Indians, that he (this applicant) Volunteered his Service and was in Capt Henry Clark and Lieutenant Benj. Cla[cut off] Company, and marched down to the Indian Towns near a place called the [?] — the town was called Chucka mawga as [?] [cut off] name and which was entirely distroyed haveing killed many [cut off] Indians, which [?] [?] to hostilities for a while, that we was home again, which expedition lasted two or three months - that [cut off] a few months the friendly Indians (as they were supposed) again broke out and commenced hostilities, that [he] volunteered again [cut off] Capt Clark, and he (this applicant) was appointed Lieutenant but had no commission, as none were given in those times on the frontiers, and his company was under the command [cut off] 

Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the day [?] year aforesaid
                                                his
                                John  X  Wheeler
                                              mark

Mr. John Travis a Clergyman residing in the County of Livingston and State of Kentucky and Robert Phillips residing in the same County and State, do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Wheeler who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 76 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a Soldeir of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the day and year [unreadable]
                                  John Travis
                                    Robt Phillips

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [?] the interogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and Served as he states, and the Court further certfing that it appears to them that Robt Phillips John Travis who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident of the County of Livington State of Kentucky, and that Robt Phillips who has also signed the 

same is a resident in the County of Livingston aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit.

Family Group Sheet of Col. Henry CLARK & Sarah JONES