Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Jackson, Joseph 
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Joseph Jackson, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1400, Application # W370
JOSEPH JACKSON, a resident of Morgan County, Illinois, aged 72 years in 1832:
	“About the month of March 1780, he volunteered to serve a tour of duty 
in the militia of three months at the Haw River Presbyterian Meeting House, 
Guilford County, North Carolina (he, at that time, resided in the said County 
of Guilford) under Captain ANDREW WILSON, of that county. There was a regiment 
formed in that county. The troops were mustered into service into the regiment 
organized at Guilford Courthouse in August or September 1780. Colonel JOHN 
PAISLEY commanded the regiment, marched to Charlotte and then joined the army 
under the command of General SUMNER. General SUMNER marched out towards the 
Catawba River, but returned to Guilford at the near approach of the British 
Army. The deponent does not recollect the various movements of the American or 
British army about this time. He remembers that Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment was 
discharged or dismissed from the army at a place called New Providence, and 
marched back to Guilford Courthouse, when the men were discharged. The deponent 
was not in any engagement or battle during this service.”
	“Immediately upon his return home, he was again called on to enter the 
service as a volunteer. At this time the British and Tories were passing 
through the country in almost every direction, and the “Whigs” found it 
necessary for the protection of themselves, their property and their families, 
to keep themselves in constant readiness for action, pursuit or “retreat”. The 
above-named Captain ANDREW WILSON called on his company for volunteers. The 
deponent volunteered. The company did not march on any regular campaign, but 
acted in the county for the protection of the lives and property of the “Whig” 
or American party.”
“The company continued in this service until after the Battle at Guilford 
Courthouse in March 1781. This deponent cannot at this time, say how long he 
was in service, but according to his best ____, he was in service from August 
or September 1780 until about April 1781. He never received any pay or 
compensation for his services. He received a written discharge for the first 
three months service…He does not know of but one man who served with him in the 
army, whose name is THOMAS HAMBLETON. He resides (if living at this time) in 
Sumner County, Tennessee. JOSEPH SUMMERS of Morgan County, Illinois was 
acquainted with deponent during the war, and knows that deponent left home to 
go into the service, and knows from report, that he actually served…”

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