Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Jones, William 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, 1:40 am Pension Application Of William Jones, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1448, Application #R5757 WILLIAM JONES, a resident of Carroll County, Tennessee, aged 87 years: He states that he was drafted and entered the service of the United States as a private in the Revolutionary War under Captain O’NEAL, in Guilford County, North Carolina and served out his tour of three months for which he was drafted. He marched down the Yadkin River and crossed it, where it was called PeeDee, and then joined General RUTHERFORD. Soon after which GATES and RUTHERFORD’s armies were united and marched to the engagement of Camden [per Heitman, August 16, 1780] in which our forces were routed and dispersed, and the declarant states that this, he supposes, was the cause of the soldiers not being regularly discharged, not rallying again before his term had expired. He states that this draft and service occurred, he thinks, in the summer of 1780, or in fall of that year.” He states that in 1781, in the beginning of the year, he volunteered, living in Guilford County, for an indefinite period of service as a private under Captain PHILIPS, General GREENE commanding, and was in this service on the day of the Battle of Guilford, having on the morning of that day, 15th March ’81, been sent by the General along with PHILIPS together with others, on express for arms. After this battle the soldiers dispersed and went home. He states that his service during this tour, as he verily believes, amounted to more than 3 months, but he is positive and believes it was that long.” The declarant states that he was not in the service he has just mentioned, what was called a minute man, having much of such service besides and for which he claims nothing. He states that there was further service rendered by him, but in such short and indistinct tours, and so long a period of time having elapsed, he can’t remember anything about them distinctly…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/jones197gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb