Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Jester, James T. 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 17, 2006, 1:43 am Pension Application Of James T. Jester, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll 1414, Application #S2650 Buncombe County, NC, James T. Jester, aged 70 years: “That he was born in the year 1765 on July 29th, in the state of Delaware, Kent County. In the year 1777, my father moved to North Carolina, and I came with him, and in the year 1781, in March, I volunteered in the service of the United States in the County of Guilford, in the state of NC under JOHN MCADUSE [actually MCADOW’s], Captain, and in the regiment of Colonel MARTIN, and he was with General GEORGE WASHINGTON at the Hawfields [it was actually Colonel William Washington] and served 3 months and received his discharge from service under the hand of JOHN MCADUSE, Captain.” “He volunteered in the service again in the same county and served three months under Captain JOHN HALEY? in the regiment commanded by Colonel MARTIN, and was in but one battle, and that was with Tories on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County in the state of North Carolina. We then marched to the state of Virginia in Franklin County. On our way to headquarters, but in the [word left out] we met with an express that Cornwallis had been taken, and that peace had been made, and we were then discharged. I received my discharge under the hand of Captain JOHN HALIN?, but I have lost both of my discharges." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/jester198gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb