Guilford-Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Brasher, John July 21, 1834 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 14, 2006, 4:03 am Pension Application Of John Brasher, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 325, Application #R1162 JOHN BRASHER, a resident of Fayette County, Alabama, aged 74 years: JOHN BRASHER, a resident of Fayette County, Alabama, aged 74 years: That I entered in the service of the United States in the militia on the 11th day of February 1780 under the command of Captain John Taylor who was commanded by Colonel Maben in Orange County, NC, and was stationed in Hillsboro until I was discharged at said place some time about the middle of May by Major McCauley.” “Again I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer sometime in August 1780 in Orange County, NC under the command of Captain McCauley who was commanded by Colonel Maben and General Butler and marched from Orange County to the ?__field Ford on Haw River, and from thence we were marched back into Orange County thence to Guilford Courthouse and was in the battle at Guilford Courthouse. From thence we were marched on several routes after the Tories below Guilford Courthouse and then back to Hillsboro where I was discharged by Colonel Maben sometime in November 1781. During the last tour I was in actual service about nine months, making in both tours of duty about 12 months…” Interrogatory-What year were you born? I was born in Orange County, NC in the year 1760. My age is recorded in my father’s Bible. When I was called into service I was living in Orange County, NC. Since the Revolutionary War I have lived in South Carolina, Kentucky and now in Alabama. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/brasher122gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb