Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Lomax, 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, 2:08 am Pension Application Of William Lomax, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1579, Application #W5028 WILLIAM LOMAX, a resident of Davidson County, NC aged 70 years: “…At about the age of 16 years, he moved to Guilford County, North Carolina and resided there a short time and as well as he recollects, in the year 1781 in the spring, though he was not on the muster roll, volunteered his service as a regular soldier for the space of twelve months. Left Guilford County (his residence) and went to Salisbury, North Carolina, Rowan County, and as well as he can recollect, entered the service on the 9th of May 1781, under Colonel ARMSTRONG and Captain MCKEE, who took his name upon the rolls and states that a man by the name of PREVARD [BREVARD] was ensign, not any other officer recollected at that time but he and the other state troops under the controls of Colonel ARMSTRONG were in haste to reinforce General GREENE and from Salisbury, marched towards South Carolina for Ninety-Six, to fall in under General GREENE. He marched along in the south and intersected with General GREENE’s troops, the main army in the south composed of the Continental troops, as he was in retreat from Lord RAWDON and his reinforcement.” “He stated that he was then put into the 1st North Carolina regiment under Captain MCKEE [or MCREE or MCRAE] and the Lieutenant’s name he believes was ALEXANDER, the orderly sergeant by the name of BRIGGS. The two regiments were then under General GREENE as chief commander in the south with the following officers as well as recollected: Colonel HAL DICKSON [or DIXON], Colonel LEIGHTLE [LYTLE], Colonel MURPHY, Major DONAHOO and Colonel ARMSTRONG and one STILLWELL, fifer, MACKSTON, drummer and one TRACK was a musician, and he with the main army, marched under General GREENE, commander-in-chief, to the High Hills of the Santee and there stationed sometime, and after which time, marched towards the Eutaw Springs.” “But before the army reached the Eutaw Springs, he WILLIAM LOMAX states that he was detached along of a guard to convey a number of prisoners into the possession of the militia, which object they done before they reached Camden. After the completion of that object, he with the rest of the guard, marched back to the main army and during their absence or recess of them as guard at that period, the Battle at Eutaw Springs was fought between the British and American troops or Continentals as well as he, the said WILLIAM LOMAX can recollect about the 9th of September 1781.” “After the battle, the army was regulated and his captain MCKEE was promoted to the office of Major and then ELIJAH MOORE was appointed captain in Captain MCREE’s place, under whom he served the balance of his time in the 1st North Carolina regiment as a regular soldier. After that change in his captain, he states he marched to a place by the name of PonPons near Charleston and a little village called Dorchester not far from Bacon’s Bridge, where they were mainly stationed that winter and the greater part of the spring of 1782. But he, with other soldiers was frequently out on scouts in pursuit of the enemy or British troops by day and in the night under the control of our head officers whenever they deemed it necessary. The said WILLIAM LOMAX states that he was not in any regular battle, but was on other expeditions under the control and instructions of his officers.” “In consequence of his fatigue and exposure he has never been a right sound man since. He further states some of the names of the soldiers, to wit: STEPHEN BALEY in 2nd regiment, and the other following named persons regiment, not all recollected, but the most of whom he believes were in the first regiment, to wit: “JOSEPH HALL, MOSES H?E?PPER, JOHN CONN, RICHARD LEWIS, NICHOLAS GRINDSTAFF, one PIEVE?HOUSE, WILLIAM ADAMS, one ALLBROOK, MARTIN PENNINGER, STOFLE BOSTON, ANDREW BOSTON, GEORGE SOMMERS, one MCCLARNEY, JESSE ASHLOCK and PHILIP PAUL. He states that his tour of 12 months service as he believes, expired about the 9th of May 1782, but he was held in service until the 1st of June 1782, and from the vicinity of Charleston he marched up to Charlotte, North Carolina and was then released after a service of twelve months and 22 days.” “He states that when the soldiers dispersed in different directions, that his discharge was given to another man by the name of GATHRO MILLTEER through a mistake, who lived near Halifax, North Carolina, and the officer told him to take MILLTEER’s discharge so he WILLIAM LOMAX states that he was ignorant, without education and in ill health, that he could not get his proper discharge (MILLTEER left the army with his discharge before he knew it), therefore he states he never received anything for his services as a regular soldier of the Revolutionary War. He states that he sent MILLTEER’s discharge many years ago to Halifax to get what was due MILLTEER in the place of himself, but never received anything from that time to the present time…” “MARTIN PENNINGER…that WILLIAM LOMAX…was a regular soldier…in the 1st regiment under Colonel ARMSTRONG, in Captain MCKEE’s [or MCKEE’s] and then in ELIJAH MOORE’s company in the years 1781 & 2, and the said PENNINGER states that he served with the said LOMAX as a regular soldier in the same regiment, during the same tour, both entered the service at the same time and that he believes the said WILLIAM LOMAX declaration to be correct…” “STEPHEN BALEY…that he got acquainted with WILLIAM LOMAX…at the High Hills of Santee, South Carolina, in the 1st North Carolina regiment as a regular soldier…He, the said BALEY states that LOMAX was in the 1st regiment of the North Carolina troops and he was in the 2nd, at the time of the Battle at the Eutaw Springs, and after that period.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/lomax209gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb