Campbell County GaArchives Military Records.....Dillon, Thomas September 23, 1834 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Janet King JPerdue192@aol.com May 17, 2009, 9:38 pm Pension Application State of Georgia Campbell County On the twenty third day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared in open Court before Hiram Warner one of the Judges of the Superior Court of said State now sitting. Thomas Dillon a resident of Campbell County in said State of Georgia, aged Seventy Six years who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oaths, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officiers, and served as herein stated. That previous to his entering the service he resided in King William County, State of Virginia, that he entered the service as a Volunteer under Capt Zack Clarke cannot distinctly recollect the year thinks it was in the spring of 1774 or 1775 a any how deponant says it was the year that Gov. Dunmore evauated WilliamsBurg and went to the Low Country, perhaps on York River and raised a Company for the purpose of retaking Williamsburg but was met & beaten, and came well nigh being taken prisoner. That Thomas Green was first Lieutenant and John (or Zack then called) Clarke was ensign, that he this deponant acted by request of the Captain and Lieutenant before menioned as Adjutant, that there were no higher officiers that the Company to which he was then attached was raised for the purpose of guarding the Magazine which had been removed from Williamsburg, immediately after Gov Dunmore evacuated before Mentioned, and Stationed in Hanover County, in Virginia at a place then known as Jack Smiths gnat building on a River called Pusmunca or a name very similiar that he went from his place of residence in King William County to the place just mentioned where the Magazine was stationed at the request of Captn Zach Clarke & Lieutenant Thomas Green and entered the service of Country. That he remained then at the place guarding the Magazine for twelve months and not less then twelve months. That he was then dismissed without any written discharge. He thinks the Magazine was about the time of his discharge removed. That he then moved with his father Henry Dillon from King William County into Caroline County in Virginia when he was drafted in the service of his Country in June 1776 for a three months tour under Capt Saml Campbell, that he was marched from Carolina County when he was drafted through king william on through Hanover County, directly on to Williamsburg, when there were a large number of Regular Soldiers under the Command of Genl Scott who also Commanded the Militia, does not now rekollict the names of any other of the Field Officiers, that he remained at Williamsburg until he was discharged that he was told by his Captain to apply for a discharge after he marched home but never done so. That he served in this tour not less than three months during which time he acted as a sergent till dicharge.That after he marched home he moved with his father from Caroline County to Hallifz County in Virginia. That about the last day of February 1781 he again volunteered under Capt Wm M. Daniel at Hallifax old Court House for another three months tour this Company was raised for the purpose of Strengthening Genl. Greene who was then retreating before Lord Cornwallis. That he immediately found Genl Greene who was then at Hallifx Courthouse under Genl Stephenson of Virginia who commanded the Virginia Militia until a battle fought at Guilford Courhouse when he Genl Stephenson got wounded in his thigh in consequence of which we lost his service. That after he joined Genl Greene he was marched south all the army to North Caroline and after some time manuvering arrived on the 14th March at Guilford County (----?) N. Carolina and (---?) the 15th Genl Greene marched out and met the british commanded by Cornwallis that he was in that battle which was the only battle he was ever in. That after some days under the command of Genl Greene, they pursued Lord Cornwallis but not being able to bring him again to battle, the Virginia Troops or Militia were dismissed at Deep Run, North Carolina from service of Genl Greene that on the way home he was marched through Chatham Cty & by Hillsboro NCarolina and on to Hallifax from where he started, that after the expiration of his tour he was dismissed but never applyed for any written discharge that in this last tour he served not less than three months and further states that Col. Nat. Cock of Virginia who lived in Hallifax at that time was also at the battle at Guilford Courthouse. That in the last mentioned tour of three months he acted as orderly Sergeant. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension or Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed to Thos. Dillon day and year aforesaid. Hiram Warner Judge S. C. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/campbell/military/revwar/pensions/dillon444gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb