Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Bruce, George February 20, 1835 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 May 23, 2006, 3:53 am Pension Application Of George Bruce Pension Application of George Bruce, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 384, Application #S39212 George Bruce, a resident of Rutherford County, TN, aged 60, in 1821: “That the said George Bruce enlisted on the 9th day of March in the year of 1776, in the state of North Carolina, in the company commanded by Hezekiah Rice, in the 9th regiment commanded by Colonel Polk, in the North Carolina line on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps for three years, when he was captured by the enemy at the siege of Charleston. He remained a prisoner of war for near six months, when he was pressed into the British Naval service, and made his escape from that service to his own country. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, and Monmouth and Stony Point, etc.” From a letter from the War Dept., dated Feb. 20, 1835 Sir, “The letter of Mr. George Bruce is herewith returned. It appears that he served in the 9th North Carolina Continental regiment in Captain Cook’s company, from March 1777 for three years, and for this service he now receives a pension of $90 per annum under the Act of March 18, 1818.” “The books of this office furnish no evidence in relation to any amount which he claims either in the shape of bounty land or pay of any description, except the pension above mentioned. All claims for military pay for Revolutionary service are barred by the act of limitation, etc.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/bruce37gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb