Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Apple, Daniel May 21, 1833 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 13, 2006, 3:23 am Pension Application Of Daniel Apple, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 69, Application # S6520 DANIEL APPLE, a resident of Guilford County NC, aged seventy-two years: “That in August 1780 in the County of Guilford, NC, he volunteered as a private militia man under Captain JACOB CLAPP of the regiment commanded by Colonel JOHN PAISLEY. That immediately thereafter, he was marched under his said captain to the south, passing through Salisbury to Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, a few miles beyond which the troops were met by the British under CORNWALLIS when we retreated, repassing Salisbury and the Yadkin River, being pursued by the enemy, when our troops were encamped for something like a week, when upon the British retiring south our forces were again marched after them and the main army went as far as what were called the Six Mile Creek where it encamped and the applicant was detached, going on a scout or reconnoitering party. That they pursued the enemy as far as the Catawba River upon the border of South Carolina.” “Upon rejoining the main army he remained then encamped until he was discharged by direction of his Colonel, the said JOHN PAISLEY. His discharge was given him in writing, but it has long since been lost. That during the expedition he was in actual service at least four months. That this expedition was conducted and commanded by the said Colonel JOHN PAISLEY who marched with the service, was captains companies from said County of Guilford commanded by the said Captain CLAPP, Captain NELSON, Captain PEARCE and Captain PEAY, who was of Rockingham County and perhaps some others whose names the applicant cannot recollect. The name of his major he cannot recollect. The name of his lieutenant he cannot now remember.” “That upon marching as herein aforestated, a few miles south of Charlotte their regiment joined the army under General DAVIDSON of the infantry and Colonel DAVIE of the Light Horse, under whose command they continued to the conclusion of the expedition as before stated. That during this service a portion of our troops was c___ a M___ ___ long at the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin in Surrey County ___ on which occasion some ten or twelve persons were killed upon both sides.” “That before the above mentioned tour and during the same year he was called into actual service and volunteered under Captains WHITESELL and Captain FORBIS in order to suppress the depradations of the Tories in the said County of Guilford. In this service he was from time to time engaged during the same year 1780 for at least two months. In addition, he thinks he was employed in guarding different parties of Tories taken prisoners in said County of Guilford and was in the service at least eight days. In these occasional tours of military duty he was not called out for any particular length of time, and when the occasion had ceased which ___ to them, he was discharged by ___ verbal direction of his officers. He states he was born in the state of Pennsylvania about fifty miles north of Philadelphia, the county he cannot recollect. He has no record of his birth and is unable to state precisely his age, but from the tradition and understanding of his family he thinks he was born in the year 1761. That he lived in the County of Guilford when he was called into service…” “He states that he has no documentary written evidence of his services nor does he know of any witnesses by whom he could prove the sum or any part thereof, except THOM. GREAR, JAMES FINDLAY, WM. ALBRIGHT and WM. MAXWELL…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/apple107gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb