Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Jones, 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 17, 2006, 1:47 am Pension Application Of John Jones, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll 1441, Application #S13542 Morgan County, Alabama, John Jones, 73 years of age: “He entered the regular service under Captain ROBERT RAIFORD, Lieutenant WILLIAM LEWIS, and Ensign JOEL LEWIS in January 1779 in the state of North Carolina and he resided in Guilford County in said state when he entered to service. HENRY DIXON was major, and ARCHIBALD LYTLE was colonel and joined General Lincoln at Purysburg, old field on the Savannah River some time in January of the same year and marched to Augusta in Georgia and on to New ___ Creek and ___ into South Carolina and from there to Bacon’s Bridge and from there to Ashley Hill and from there to Stono Ferry in South Carolina and had an engagement there with the British, which battle was about the 21st day of June 1779, and from a ?part of a cannon ball, he was disabled and remained as an invalid at Stono Ferry a short time, and then marched to Bacon’s Bridge and remained there a short time, and marched to Monck’s Corner and thence went as a guard to guard Tory prisoners under the command of Colonel ARCHIBALD LYTLE and Captain WILLIAM LYTLE to Salisbury, and there he was discharged the 19th day of August 1779, and received a discharge from Colonel ARCHIBALD LYTLE, which has been lost for some years.” “He served in militia service in 1777, about the first of January, under the command of Lieutenant WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Captain ROBERT BELL, and Colonel ROBERT PAISLEY [Robert was a captain, never a colonel. Probably meant Col. John Paisley.] He served until in spring, about the 1st of April. He was marched to Camden and remained there until discharged. He received a discharge by Captain ROBERT BELL. He entered the militia service again about the last of February in 1780 and served a three months tour under the command of Captain WILLIAM BETHEL, Lieutenant RICHARD VOUNHAHN [VERNON] and Ensign ROBERT NELSON and General RICHARD CASWELL and Colonel BUFORD was in the regular service, who was with us at Monck’s Corner and was marched from Guilford County to near Monck’s Corner and returned back to Camden, where we separated from the regulars. We were marched back ?home before discharged, and in the fall of the same year, I was again in the service of the militia under Captain JOHN [crossed out, replaced with] WILLIAM PIERCE, and Colonel JOHN PAISLEY and served about six weeks and was discharged.” Amended Declaration: “As to the first tour of duty ?discussed? in his original declaration, as one term in the regular service of the United States, he states his attorney, in penning down his original declaration, erred in stating the time of entering the regular service. It should be stated that he entered the service of the United States at this tour, on the 5th of May 1778 instead of 1779, and served until the 19th of August 1779, making his term of service one year, and three months and 13 days in the ___ tour mentioned in his declaration ___ ____ service on the 1st of January 1779 was served three months, and ?no more [or one more?] Second Amended Declaration: “That as to the manner of his quitting the service, he has before stated that he was discharged by Colonel ARCHIBALD LYTLE and received a discharge which has been long since lost. That the circumstance of his discharge was this: That this affiant believed he had entered the service for nine months. That he had been kept on that time a great time. That while under the command of Captain RAIFORD at Monck’s Corner, there was some Tory prisoners brought there from Charleston that had been taken in Georgia and the affiant was then stationed at Monck’s Corner and was detached from Captain RAIFORD’s camp ____ to guard said prisoners from Monck’s Corner to Salisbury under the command of Captain WILLIAM LYTLE, and this affiant being of opinion that he had entered the Continental service for a term of months and not for during the war, he was discharge as was stated in his original declarations, by Colonel ARCHIBALD LYTLE, who gave his discharge. This affiant states that if the terms of the enlistment were for during the war, it was unknown to him. He states that he was informed and believes that all the balance of Captain RAIFORD’s company was discharged immediately after this affiant left Monck’s Corner, which shows that this affiant was not mistaken as to the term of his enlistment.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/jones200gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb