Wayne County KyArchives Military Records.....Acre, Wiliam August 1832 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com September 3, 2006, 3:36 am Pension Application Of William Acre, Nat’l Archives MicroSeries M805, Roll __, Application #W25334 Wayne County, Kentucky, __ day of August, 1832, William Acre, aged 80 years: “He was born in the County of Frederick, state of Maryland in the year 1752. Where he lived 12 or 13 years and which ?place his father died. His mother, with him and the family then moved to the County of Guilford in the state of North Carolina, where he resided when the War of the Revolution commenced.” “He entered the service of the United States in the aforesaid county at about the age of 25 in the year 1777 or 1778 [it was actually in 1776 according to the description of his service] as a volunteer on foot under Colonel Martin. The captain was Thomas Doogan [Dougan] (as he now thinks.) They marched from Guilford to Moore County on the waters of the Cape Fear River to oppose the Scotch Tories, who had risen to join and aid the British. He states they had no very important engagement, but was engaged in a skirmish on Little River in the aforesaid county of Moore, atream which runs into Cape Fear. His service in the aforesaid character of volunteer was for 3 months, when he was discharged, but did not obtain a written discharge.” “About one year afterwards [this event also took place in 1776], he was drafted into the militia of the state of North Carolina in the said County of Guilford and served under General Rutherford, the said Colonel Martin being the colonel of the regiment to which he belonged; Henry Whitsell the captain. He marched with the army aforesaid up across the Yadkin River, from thence to the Holstein River, which was crossed, thence across the Blue Ridge. They then crossed the Pigeon and French Broad Rivers and went on to the Tennessee River to the Indian towns, against whom they marched out, to prevent their further depradations upon the whites. When they reached the Indian towns, they were mostly deserted. They destroyed and burned the towns, the crops, the stock, etc, and returned home, he having served 3 months. He obtained, as well as he now recollects, no written discharge.” “About 2 years afterwards, he was again drafted into the service in the militia of North Carolina in Guilford County under the aforesaid Colonel Martin (the name of the captain of the company, he does not now recollect), for the term of 6 months, but did not perform the service in consequence of taking the disease called the small pox about the time the army was going to march. He states that when the army or regiment aforesaid under Colonel Martin returned from the last- mentioned service, he was told by the officers that if he would volunteer in the horse company and find his own horse, and serve as a volunteer for the space of 3 months, against the Tories and enemies of the country, that it should be considered in the same light and deemed as the equivalent to the service of the 6 months last mentioned which he was prevented from performing by reason of his aforesaid sickness.” “In accordance with the aforesaid statements of the officers, he took his own horse and volunteered and served in the horse company 3 months under Colonel Martin and Captain Dougan. They marched down Cape Fear River through the swamps, took nine of the Tories and put them in jail. At the expiration of 3 months, they returned home, and was discharged, but did not get a written discharge…” “He states that he has no record of his birth. He believes that his parents kept one, and that if they did, it is lost. He resided in North Caroina in the county of Guilford until about 28 years ago, when he moved to the county of Wayne, state of Kentucky, where he has ever since resided,” etc. “Clinton County, Kentucky, May 27th, 1854, Edith Acres, aged 61 years the 14th day of May, 1852, widow of William Acres, etc. Their marriage took place in the year 1800. Declarant states that her name before she was married was Edith Doss. Declarant states that shw was married to William Acre about 34 years ago, just before last Christmas. That they lived together as husband and wife from the time of said marriage until the day of his death, which took place in Wayne County, Kentucky, as she now recollects, 21 years ago, the 2nd day of last March, 1854.Declarant states that she was married to William Acres by John Jones, Esq. of Wayne Conty, KY at his home. Declarant states that she and her husband lived at the same place where she now lives in the edge of Wayne from the time of said marriage of her said husband, and that she still lives and has ever since his death at the same place...” William Acre died March 3, 1833. She, Edith Doss, was born May 14, 1793. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/wayne/military/revwar/pensions/acre331gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/