Guilford-Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Gwinn Or Quinn, 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 18, 2006, 2:34 pm Constructed History Of Lt. John Gwinn Or Quinn JOSEPH SUMMERS-“Not long after he was discharged from this service [fall of 1776], he volunteered to serve a tour of duty of three months in Captain EDWARD GWINN’s company, JOHN GWINN was the lieutenant. The company was organized in Guilford County, NC. Deponent does not remember what regiment the company was attached to. The company marched down to Chatham Courthouse, remained there some time, and returned to Guilford and a short time thereafter marched to Randolph County where twenty-one Tories were taken prisoners. They were taken to Hillsborough and left there to be tried as deponent understood. Deponent served this time, three months and was discharged.” “Shortly after this discharge, he volunteered again under Captain EDWARD GWINN to serve three months. The company was formed in Guilford County aforesaid. The company was employed in scouting though the country and defending the inhabitants from injury by the Tories and British. Deponent thinks he was employed in the service three months.” “that he…JOHN GWINN, was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and served in the North Carolina militia. That he was well-acquainted with JAMES HAMILTON while in actual service in the Army of the Revolution. He lived in Guilford Country, NC. I lived in Orange, though we lived close together. We were out all the time from the first time we volunteered until the surrender of LORD CORNWALLIS. Colonel WILLIAM O’NEAL had the command of us for some time. General BUTLER had the command of us all the time. We were under my brother EDWARD GWINN, who was our captain for some time.” “He [JAMES HAMILTON] served as a volunteer, sometimes on foot and sometimes on horseback. We served together from GATES’ Defeat [at Camden] until the surrender of CORNWALLIS. I do not recollect the length of time. We marched from Orange County to PeeDee River, thence to Lynche’s Creek, thence to Rugeley’s Mills. Here we parted.” “State which battles he was in.” “GATES Defeat [per Heitman, August 16, 1780] was the first, to Colonel PYLE’s Defeat [at Holts Racepaths-per Heitman, February 25, 1781], Whitesell’s Mills [per Heitman, March 6, 1781]. We were together the whole time, were even in the Battle of Guilford [per Heitman, March 15, 1781] and were in several skirmishes with the Tories.” The next, Lindley’s Mills [per Heitman, September 13, 1781]. He was wounded through the calf of his leg and in the head at the same battle, all done at Lynche’s Creek. At the same time out in the same battle, I was also wounded in my shoulder. The surgeon? who attended us was from Wilmington. I have forgotten his name, though he was an Irishman…" Additional Comments: Constructed History is my term for a soldier who did not file for a pension himself, but about whom there is enough evidence from other soldiers to form an equivalent to a pension application. Most of the testimony comes from other men mentioning the officer or non-comm. officer, but in some cases, the actual soldier himself testified on behalf of other men, thus revealing his own history. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/gwinnorq326gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb