Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Clapp, Adam October 16, 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, 4:40 am Pension Application Of Adam Clapp, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 547, Application # S30937 ADAM CLAPP, a resident of Union County, Illinois, aged 77 years: “He lived in the County of Guilford, state of North Carolina sometime in the fall of 1776 or 1777. He volunteered in the service of his country as a soldier under Captain HENRY WHITESELL and was put under the regimental command of Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN, by whom they were marched to Salisbury, where General RUTHERFORD took the command of the troops then assembled from the different counties.” “The soldiers about thousand or upwards strong, were marched by General RUTHERFORD to the Cherokee nation, where they were joined by the troops from South Carolina, aided by the Catawba Indians. The day after this junction, they fell in with the Cherokee Indians, who first attacked the troops from South Carolina. In the battle, the Americans lost no men, and the Indians but few. The remainder of this term of service, three months and two weeks, they were occupied in scouring the country and demolishing such villages as they could find.” “They were marched back to Salisbury, where, where at the end of this term of service, they were discharged. He does not recollect the precise time either of his entering in or leaving it, but is certain that it was in the latter part of 1776 or 1777 he was discharged. There was no regular soldiers with them.” “In the beginning of the year 1778, he turned out again under Captain WHITESELL, under whose command the company was stationed at Guilford Courthouse as guard over the public ammunition. There were no other troops there, while Captain WHITESELL remained, a period of two months, at the expiration of which time they were discharged and dismissed to their homes. Another company was then stationed there in the stead of Captain WHITESELL’s.” “During the year 1781, he thinks before the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, he turned out as a drafted militiaman, under Captain ELI NEWLAND on a twenty-days tour, under the regimental command of Colonel WILLIAM O’NEAL, to be marched to Cross Creek, now called Fayette he believes, against the Scotch Tories. Upon their route, having reached the neighborhood of a strong body of the enemy, Colonel O’NEAL made preparations to sustain an attack from him, which he (Col. O’NEAL) was informed would be made. But that after waiting some time in readiness, he proceeded to where the Tories and Scotch were thought to be embodied, and upon arriving there found that they had fled.” “The Americans immediately hurried upon the pursuit, and overtook them as they had crossed Deep River. As soon as we could obtain a passage across the River we recommenced the pursuit, but the Scotch and Tories dispersed upon the pursuit growing closer, and thereby put it out of our power to overtake them, so as satisfactorily to effect the object of our expedition. We were then marched back to Guilford County, where we were discharged. On this service or tour, we were engaged two months or upwards, although we were called out for twenty days only.” “Soon after, in two or three weeks, the Tories having again gathered and embodied themselves, as was reported, this applicant again turned out under the same [Captain], but under a different Colonel whose name he does not recollect. We were again marched in the same direction, but without any important result, the Tories having again scattered. We, however, succeeded in taking some few who were summarily punished and turned loose.” “In the course of two or three weeks, the British having come down into Guilford, we returned to Guilford County, where Captain NEWLAND’s company was transferred to the command of Captain WHITESELL. The captain marched the company towards the courthouse, near which they were put under the command of Colonel WILLIAM [probably meant John] PAISLEY, by whom they were marched to the main army, where General GREENE took command as General-in-chief. They arrived at the courthouse the day after the battle of that took place. They proceeded immediately after the British, who had retired towards Newbern. The militia went as far as the county line only, where they were discharged, and General GREENE followed with the regulars. We were engaged in this service against the British about twenty days. In this service he remembers to have seen Col. WASHINGTON and General GREENE, the only regular officers whom he now recollects.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/clapp131gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb