Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Dotson, Esau October 1, 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 28, 2006, 10:30 pm Pension Application Of Esau Dotson Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S6800 Claiborne County, Mississippi, October 1st, 1832, Esau Dotson, age 78 years: “He ___ ___ year 1779 in the North Carolina militia in Guilford County [on the Surrey County side of Guilford] and state of North Carolina in the company commanded by Absalom Bostick. That the regiment to which he attached was commanded by Colonel Alexander. That General Rutherford was commanding general of the North Carolina militia. That he was drafted for 3 months and served his time out but he did not receive any written discharge.” “That he was in the battle in which General Gates was defeated and was wounded 3 times in that battle. That General de Kalb was in the same battle commanding regulars and was taken prisoner after being wounded many times, and soon after died and was buried in Camden, South Carolina.” “That he was also drafted in Henry County and state of Virginia in the year 1781 for the term of 5 months. That Captain ?Rubels commanded the company to which he was attached, and Colonel Calaway the regiment. That he was marched to Little York and was under the regular officers, General Washington being the commander in chief. That the militia was engaged in building fortifications. That he was in no battle during this time. That he received a written discharge when his time was out. That the same has been lost by time or accident." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/dotson377gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb