Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Grear, Thomas 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, 2:23 am Pension Application Of Thomas Grear, National Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1117, Application # S8553 THOMAS GREAR, a resident of Guilford County, NC, aged 77 years: “That he volunteered in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County in the company of Captain SCOTT, commanded by Colonel LOWERY, when nearly all of the citizens of Lancaster, York, and Cumberland Counties turned out and met at Philadelphia. That after leaving Philadelphia, he went with the troops up the Delaware to a town on the Jersey side called Burlington, below Trenton. That this was in the latter part of 1776 to the best of his recollection. That his company joined the regular army under the command of General WASHINGTON at Trenton. That he was engaged in the Battle of Trenton, that night put an end to the battle. That there ran a creek through Trenton. That General WASHINGTON continued on our side and the British on the other. That he marched off in the night in General WASHINGTON’s army. That he marched all the latter part of the night, and arrived at Princeton at daylight. That before leaving Trenton, he assisted in building large fires to deceive the enemy.” “That shortly after their arrival, the Americans were engaged in battle at Princeton with a part of the British army coming to join LORD CORNWALLIS. That the enemy was defeated. That in this battle, General M____ was killed. That he was marched thence to Somerset Courthouse and thence to Morristown, where the army took up winter quarters. That he continued in Morristown about two weeks. That there were brought to Morristown, prisoners from some place north? south? of that place. That these prisoners were sent under the care of the said Captain SCOTT and his own Co. to the C.H. County of Lancaster, PA to the barracks. That after he returned he was discharged from the service, and received a certificate of service for 4 months. That he resided in Pennsylvania until 1778.” “That he and his father’s family then removed to Guilford County, NC. That at Martinsville, Guilford County, he volunteered in the company of Captain FORBIS August 1780 in Guilford. That he marched to the south under Colonel PAISLEY and joined the troops under General DAVIDSON below Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. That he retreated with General DAVIDSON back to Salisbury, Rowan County. That he was there left by the troops to take care of the baggage wagons. The troops marched to the south and returned late in the fall of the same year, 1780, when he was discharged and sent home to Guilford with some troops from the same county. That this was a three month tour.” “That previous and he believes the summer [1779?] before the last mentioned tour, he volunteered and was marched under Captain FORBIS and Colonel PAISLEY up on the Yadkin River after one Colonel BRYAN, a Tory, in which he consumed a few weeks. That he took many other such short tours after the Tories off in various sections, but his recollection does not sufficiently aid him to give of them a satisfactory history, or their seasonal date.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/grear180gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb