Guilford-Rockingham County NcArchives Military Records.....Forguson, John 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 16, 2006, 2:07 am Pension Application Of John Forguson, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll # __, Application #W10777 Boon County, Indiana, April 21, 1834, John Forguson, a resident of Sugar Creek Township, aged 79 years: “That he was born in York County, VA about 12 miles below Little York. He has no previous recollection of having heard the year in which he was born, but knows from what was told him by his parents that he was 79 years old the 15th day of last January. That he has no record of his age. That his parents were members of the Church of England and the names of their children were entered by the clerk of the parish, but his parents, when they moved from the place of his birth aforementioned, they neglected to take a copy of the record, as he believes. That while a lad he moved with his father from York County to Brunswick County, VA and was living there when he was drafted from the last mentioned place about the year 77; cannot name the days nor the month. Thinks it was either the spring or the fall from the recollection he has that the weather was pleasant . He believes it was the month of April, in the company of Captain Charles Lucas of the last mentioned county.” “That he marched with his company to Sussex County, VA and then joined the troops under Col. Grey Perkins of said county. Thinks the number of troops was about eight hundred. The troops were all militia. That they stayed there but a few days and then marched to Smithfield on James River, Va. That nothing remarkable occurred during the march. That a number of British soldiers had landed from British ships then lying in the river off the town, and were plundering the neighboring country, but embarked outbound upon the approach of Col. Perkins and the ships moved down the river. That the troops garrisoned the town between two and three months (the time for which he was drafted) and were then discharged, and that he returned back to Brunswick County. That no English troops visited the town during his stay there with the militia. That there were no regular troops with the militia. That neither he nor any others of the troops under Col. Perkins had any skirmishes during the said tour.” “That some time afterwards he moved from Brunswick County to Guilford County, NC in that part of said county which was shortly after separated, and took the name of Rockingham County, about 17 miles from the county seat of the latter. That he was drafted from the latter place in the company of William Bethel of the last mentioned county. That Captain Bethel and Captain John Mackedew [McAdow or McAdoo] of Guilford County, joined companies. That he joined the troops under Colonel Abram Philips of Rockingham County with his company. That there were about eight hundred troops, perhaps more or less, under Colonel Philips. That they were all militia. That he marched with the troops under Colonel Philips from Guilford Court House to Salisbury on the south side of the river Yadkin, and from thence to Camden, and joined the troops under General Gates.” “That he retreated with the other troops from the British. That during the retreat, a party of the company to which he belonged stopped to cook and were surprised by a party of British Light Horse and nearly all cut to pieces. That he continued with his company under Colonel Philips five months, the time for which he was drafted. That he and the troops under Colonel Philips had a skirmish with a detachment of British troops as the Eutaw Springs, SC in which no damage was done on either side. That he knew none of the regular officers under Gates. That he was discharged with the other troops under Colonel Philips at Salisbury, after the expiration of five months, the time for which he was drafted. That he cannot recollect in what year he served this tour. Thinks it was about the commencement of the summer when he joined General Gates aforesaid. That he returned to Rockingham County.” “That some time afterwards, he was drafted into the company of Captain John McAdow, aforesaid, to go against the Tories on Deep River, NC under Col. John Pasely [Paisley]. That he served two tours of three months each under Captain McAdow and Colonel Paisley against the Tories on said river. Can’t recollect the time when he served these tours, except that the first was in September and the 2nd in December, but they were in different years, he thinks an interval of a year or more. In the first one served as sergeant, in the second as private. The troops were light horse in the first and foot in the second tour. During these two tours they took a great many Tories.” “That afterwards, he was drafted from Rockingham County aforesaid into Captain George Pearce’s company of the same county for three months, destined, as he thinks, for the Cowpens, but he hired a substitute. That in all the tours aforesaid, except the first against the Tories, he served as a private. That he has never been wounded and he has never received any pay for his services. That he recollects none of the regular officers except Colonel Washington of the American Light Horse, and never served with him or any other regular officer, except under General Gates as aforesaid.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/forguson171gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb