Jackson County AlArchives Military Records.....Fletcher, William October 3, 1832 Revwar - Pension Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's Regiment ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Greg Fletcher greg@fletcher.net January 11, 2013, 1:19 am Revolutionary War Pension Statement Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements Pension application of William Fletcher S32249 fn47NC Transcribed by Will Graves 12/29/2008 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.] State of Alabama Jackson County On this 3rd day of October 1832 personally appeared before me William S. Compton Judge of the County Court of Jackson County Alabama now sitting at the courthouse in Bellefonte for said County, the same being a court of Record, William Fletcher a citizen of said County and State, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the seventh of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the year 1778 or thereabouts, in the County of Wilkes and State of North Carolina, he entered the service of the United States as a Captain of a militia Company which was raised near Wilksbury [sic, Wilkesboro] in said County That he marched with his said Company under the command of Colonel Benjamin Cleaveland [sic, Cleveland] and Colonel Joseph Herndon both of said County for the Hollows of the Yadkin River in pursuit of some Tories who were embodied there but before he reached that place the Tories had dispersed and they marched in pursuit and continued in search of the Tories until the time for which they had been called out had expired which was three months they were then marched back to Wilkes County and discharged, and some time afterwards, he was again called out as a Captain of a company to march with his company to Golstons on the Pedee River against some Tories who had embodied there, he marched with his company for said place under the command of Colonel Joseph Herndon and Colonel E. Isaacs, and on the evening before the militia reached the place of the light horse belonging to their Regiment defeated and dispersed the Tories and he with his company and in company with the Regiment reached the place early on the next morning. They remained in search of the Tories until the term of three months for which the militia were called out had expired we were then marched back to Wilkes County and again discharged. And some short time afterwards he again raised a militia company for three months of which he was Captain to go to Ramsour's Mill1 against a body of Tories which had embodied there, he marched with his company under his command again under the command of Colonel Joseph Herndon for that place and just before we reached that place a battle was fought and a great many of the Tories killed we then again remained in search of the dispersed Tories until the term of service for which we were called out had expired and we were then marched back to Wilkes County and discharged, and in the year 1780 as he thinks or thereabouts he again raised a company of which he was Captain and marched under the command of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland for King's Mountain against the British and Tories, and before he reached the place he was sent back by his Colonel to bring on some more men who had been called out and to direct a certain blacksmith to have some horse shoes in readiness for the purposes of the Regiment on their return and just before he reached King’s Mountain on his return to his Regiment the battleof King's Mountain2 had been fought and the troops marched off the ground from thence they marched on with the prisoners to Moravian Town, they remained with the prisoners until they had served out their time of three months when they were again marched back to Wilkes County and discharged, he was some time afterwards again called out with his company, under the command of Major Lenore [sic, William Lenoir] & Colonel J. Herndon and were marched against the Tories who had embodied at Crider's Fort [also spelled Cryder’s Fort] and when they reached the Fort the Tories had left it, he was then sent out with his company in pursuit of a body of Tories and not far from the Fort he overtook them and took a number of the Tories prisoners and carried them to the Fort, they continued in their service until their time of three months service had expired and then returned to Wilkes County and were discharged, and a short time afterwards he was again called out with a company of men of which he was Captain and were marched under the command of Colonel Francis Lock [sic, Francis Locke] for the Eutaw Springs,3 but before he could reach the Eutaw Springs battle had been fought and they met a body of men with the prisoners when the Tory prisoners were placed under his And he with his company took them to Salisbury in North Carolina where he remained until his term of service had again expired and was discharged, by General McDowell and he with his men returned home, and after he reached home he was again called out with his company to march against a body of Tories who were embodied near the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River and marched for that place under the command of Colonel B. Cleveland Colonel Jos. Herndon and Major Lenoir and before they reached that place the Tories had been attacked and defeated by another body of men, they then marched on to Moravian Town and after marching through the Town they encamped at some little distance on the other side of the Town on the route they were going and on the next morning they were attacked and dispersed by the British light horse and he himself and three of his company were taken prisoner and on that same night following he a little after dark made his escape, and returned home to Wilkes County, he again raised a company and went on again as Captain to join General Greene's Army, but before they reached Greene's Army they joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis Locke from thence under the command of Colonels Locke & Herndon they were marched to the High Rock Ford on Haw River and after they had crossed the River some distance he was ordered with an express from the field officers to Colonel Lee and directed not to sleep until he returned, he reached Colonel Lee remained until he mounted his mare [?] and was then ordered by Colonel Lee to return to my own Regiment which I did and some days after they joined Greene's Army at a little distance from that place, they were then ordered to go in pursuit of the Tories and remained in pursuit until their time of service had expired, he was out in several other little tours, during all of which time he lived in Wilkes County. He removed from thence to Georgia and from Georgia he removed to South Carolina and thence to Kentucky he removed from Kentucky to Tennessee and he removed to Jackson County Alabama in the year 1818 where he now lives, he was born in Stafford County in the State of Virginia in the year 1758 agreeable to his father's register of his age. I have no record of my age. I had a discharge for a part of my service. I sometimes did not get written ones, but I have lost those I did get. I do not recollect who assigned them all one was assigned by General McDowell, I am acquainted with Thomas Cargile4 of this County who was one of my soldiers and who can testify as to the times I was in actual service when he was along whilst I was in the revolutionary war and who will testify to the same, there is also a Nicholas Mitchell5 of this County who can testify to the same. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to in open court S/ William Fletcher I Thomas Cargile of Jackson County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Fletcher who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that I was well acquainted with him in the revolutionary war that I believe him to be 74 years of age that I served under him two or three of the tours mentioned by him in his declaration, and that I well recollect that I was attached to his company at the time he declares he was taken prisoner and that he was actually taken prisoner as he States. I have been acquainted with him several years since and from my knowledge of his character I believe his statements to be entitled to credit and that he was the Captain of a company whilst I knew him in the service. Sworn to and subscribed. S/ Thomas Cargile Before me S/ Wm S. Compton, JJCC I Nicholas Mitchell of Jackson County Alabama do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Captain William Fletcher who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That I saw him in the actual service of the United States during the revolutionary war and that I have known him in South Carolina and Alabama and from my knowledge of his character I believe his statements are entitled to credit and I believe he served as he states. Sworn to and subscribed before me. S/ Nicholas Mitchell, X his mark S/ Wm S. Compton, JJCC [In June 1838, from Belle Fonte, Alabama, Patsey Fletcher filed notice that she was the widow of William Fletcher; she did not give her age, her maiden name or other details.] 1 June 20, 1780. 2 October 7, 1780 3 September 8, 1781 4 Thomas Cargill or Cargile FPA W6891 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jackson/military/revwar/pensions/fletcher655gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 10.3 Kb