Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Hitchcock, Joshua 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, 2:38 am Pension Application Of Joshua Hitchcock, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1289, Application #S31126 JOSHUA HITCHCOCK, a resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, aged 91 years: “He first entered the service whilst he resided in the County of Guilford, state of North Carolina about the 10th day of December (but in what year he is not able to recollect). He met his company in the County of Rowan and under the command of Captain FROST (Christian name, I think was JONAS) as a drafted soldier for a tour of three months. He marched on with his company under the command of Captain FROST to the town of Charlotte, where Captain FROST with his company, 4 or five other companies also being there, when we halted and stayed 3 or 4 days, waiting for General RUTHERFORD to come on and march us on to cross the North Carolina line. Then General RUTHERFORD came on and marched us on over the line dividing North and South Carolina, which we crossed on the 24th day of December, to the best of his recollection.” “He entered in this first tour as a militia soldier under the above named Captain FROST who also belonged to the militia of North Carolina. Colonel ANDREW HAMPTON was the commanding Colonel, Major DICKSON was the major, Lieutenant J??? HANCOCK was the lieutenant, JAMES RAY the ensign, and CHARLES DOUGHERTY the sergeant of his (this applicant’s) company. Colonel LYTLE and Captain LYTLE, Continental officers, also went along with us ‘til we got to Charleston, where they (Colonel LYTLE and Captain LYTLE) left us.” “From the North and South Carolina line, we marched on to the town of Camden and crossed the Wateree River and encamped and lay there several days about one mile from the river. From this camp near the Wateree, we marched on and crossed the Congaree River and we camped near the river at Colonel Thompson’s Mill and lay there several days, time not exactly recollected, but we stayed at Colonel Thompson’s Mill he thinks about 7 or 8 days. From here, he was marched on by Monck’s Corner and on within 12 miles of Charleston, South Carolina, and lay there 3 or 4 days encamped in the woods. From here he was marched on to Dorchester where we encamped for one night only.” “From Dorchester he was marched back and on to Charleston and encamped in sight of the town of Charleston in the woods at what was called the Smokey Camps, where we stayed about a month or nearly so, til on the 24th of February we entered Charleston. Whilst we were in Charleston, he was compelled to stand sentinel 2 hours at a time with an intermission of 2 hours rest. On the 24th of March, after staying in Charleston one month, he received a discharge signed by Colonel HAMPTON, which discharge has been lost…” “One year from the September following after his first discharge, he was again drafted in the militia of North Carolina about the first of the month (September) but in what year he does not recollect. He still lived in Guilford County, North Carolina when he was drafted the second time, which was for a tour of three months. He met his company at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina immediately after his second draft, where he arrived very early in the month of September, he thinks, not later than the 2nd or 3rd day of the month. He stayed at Guilford Courthouse 3 or 4 days, waiting for the company to assemble, when the company all assembled, which was about the 5th of September to the best of his recollection.” “Captain GEORGE STEWART of the militia took the command of the company. The name of the lieutenant of the company not recollected. He thinks there was no ensign. DAVID WADDLE was the sergeant of the company. From Guilford Courthouse he was marched on under the command of Captain STEWART, within a few miles of Cross Creek, where we met with a company under the command of Captain HUMPHRIES. Some short time after the companies under Captain STEWART and Captain HUMPHRIES joined, where we were encamped one night, a messenger came on from General RUTHERFORD with orders to join him (General RUTHERFORD) at headquarters on a small branch in the woods near what place he does not recollect, but not far from Cross Creek.” “He marched on (the companies of Captain STEWART and Captain HUMPHRIES continuing together) ‘til we joined General RUTHERFORD and after staying there one night, he was marched on (General RUTHERFORD having the chief command) and marched over the country in different directions, never encamping more than two nights in one place, waiting, as he (this applicant heard it then said) for artillery to arrive to go on and storm Wilmington, which was in the possession of some Scotch troops. News came of the evacuation of Wilmington and General RUTHERFORD gave orders that such as wished to do so might receive a discharge and return home. He then received a discharge about the last of November or 1st of December, the exact time he cannot recollect, for a tour of 3 months, which was signed Captain GEORGE STEWART, and then went home to his residence in Guilford County, North Carolina…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/hitchcoc187gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.6 Kb