Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Breden, Charles June 7, 1832 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, 4:10 am Pension Application Of Charles Breden Nat’l Archives Microfilm Series 804 Roll 327, Application No. W334: CHARLES BREDEN, a resident of Wilson County, TN, aged 79 years: “At the time he entered the service of the U.S. he was a citizen of Guilford County, and being called out, he served a tour of 3 months as a sergeant in the company by Captain ROBERT BELL. The regiment to which he was attached was commanded by Col. JAMES MARTIN, Col Commandant, Lt. Col. JOHN PAISLEY and Major THOMAS BLAIR. He was mustered into the service at Guilford Courthouse, NC, marched from thence to Salisbury to the Catawba River, thence up the same, and crossed the French Broad River at Swamano. Continuing next to the valley towns, from thence, returned home, having served a tour of 3 months, was regularly discharged. Gen. RUTHERFORD commanded the expedition. He is now aged and very infirm and cannot state with certainty the time he first entered the U.S. service, but his best recollection and belief is that it was in the summer of the year 1776.” “Shortly after this, I served another short tour as a guard in taking prisoners from Guilford to Hillsborough. Was on duty eight days at least. He was again called upon to serve a tour of three months, but was discharged at the end of two months. This was called the Raft Swamp expedition, and he was in the company of horse commanded by Captain DANIEL GILLESPIE. Cannot state with certainty in which year the service was rendered, but believe it was in the year 1777.” In the course of the next year, (I believe) I served another tour of one month (though I was called out for three months) in the company commanded by Captain FLACK of Guilford County, marched southwardly against the Tories.” “Some time after the last mentioned service, I was called upon to go against the Tories in the company commanded by Captain BELL. Marched about one hundred miles to Cross Creek and was in actual service about ten days at least. At another time he served a tour of eight days in General GREENE’s army and part of that time as a guide for the troops. After that, again I served fifteen days or upwards in the company commanded by Captain JOHN GILLESPIE and principally against the Tories to the south.” “According to his father’s family register, he was born the 16th April, 1753.” ‘…he is however, intimately acquainted with Capt. WILLIAM DONNELL, and Mr. GEORGE DONNELL, citizens of this county, who were his fellow soldiers part of the time above mentioned, and by them he can prove positively some part of his services and their belief of the balance as claimed to have been performed by him. “He was a militia man the whole he served in the Revolutionary War and was not in any battle, but was in some skirmishes. He knew Gen’l GREENE and Major JOHN DONNELL, STEPHEN? JOHN, of the regular army. C. or G. NELSON, Capt. HADLEY, Capt. FORBIS, Capt. JOHN RANKIN. His wife testified that he was taken sick on Haw River in North Carolina just before the Battle of Guilford, was not in that action. He had to be hauled home.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/breden124gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb