REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - MATHEW COULTER

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COULTER:MATHEW Section 60
State of Kentucky; Mercer County; S30,349 North Carolina
OCTOBER 21-1833, Age 74

Says he enlisted the later part of the summer 1779, He volunteered under captain 
Tanner Alford in Orange county, N.C. And joined the regiment, under the command 
of Col. John Ramsey. for a tour of 3 months and marched to S.C.. And were 
continued as scouts until 3 months expired when we were marched to hillsboro and 
honorably discharged. Again in 1780, He volunteered under captain Ray and joined 
the regiment commanded by the same colonel. Ramsey, and marched to Camden, where 
we had & serious battle. We were marched back after our defeat and discharged 
after having served faithfully 3 months and again in the same year, at the late 
end of the year, he volunteered for a tour of 3 under capt Jones, as a light 
horse man and marched to Santee hills, and joined the main army under the 
command of general Green and was detached as one to assist in gathering in and 
drying beans to general Green's camp, for the subsistance of the army and after 
expiration of our tour, we were honorahly discharged at Chiran or Santee hills 
having served 3 months as a light horseman again in the spring of 1781 he 
volunteered under captain Douglass of the said company of Orange county and I 
joined col. Douglass regiment of N.C. militia and marched against the tories. 
who were very troublesome. in the district of hillsboro, we killed some wounded 
several and took some prisoners. We were honorably discharged after having 
servered two months and again in the summer of the same year, he volunteered 
under captain Whorton and marched in pursuit of a celebrated tory called col. 
Fanning, but never could catch him, we could hear of him and frequently broke up 
his camps and took his plunder before he slipped off to the british and left the 
country. this tour of 3 months. we were discharged by col. Dudlgey again, in 
this was a tour of 3 months. we were discharged by col. Dudley again in the same 
year, joined captain Allen's company and was marched under sergeant, Hart as an 
escort to some prisoners at hillshoro, he thinks they were tories and about 40 
in number. they were part of the said Fanningston's troops. we guarded them 
safely to confine in jail. this was a tour of 16 days perhaps it was more. again 
in the same year he entered captain John Caldwells company in col. Mc Cauleys 
regiment, and were classed as follows; viz; eight men in a class and each class 
servered 24 hours for 3 months tour, but all were held in reddiness to march at 
a moments warning if necessary, we constantly in pursuit of the tories who were 
very troublesome in that part of the State. he further states that he received 
frequent and regular discharges for the different tours of duty he served, but 
they have long since been lost. he has no documentary evidence of his services 
and he knows of no person by whom he can prove the whole, but he solemnly swears 
upon the whole evangelist of almighty god, that he served as he states in his 
foregoing declaration:
viz,- 17 months and 16 days faithfully and is to this day an enemy and to the 
tories. he forther states that he lived 18 miles from harrodsburg where the 
Mercer county sets and he feels himself unable to attend then to swear to his 
declaration, without great bodily pain.
STATE OF KENTUCKY: MERCER COUNTY. AFFIDAVIT OF James T. Smith a clergyman 
Abraham Fulkerson, Robert C. Compton, are acquainted with the soldier
Nelson Mays, A J. of P.
Source Harrodsburg Historical Society