Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Martin, Robert 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 18, 2006, 3:03 pm Constructed History Of Major Robert Martin WILLIAM BOWDEN-“That he volunteered as a soldier in the army of the United States in the year 1776 and went into the service under the following named officers (to wit) Captain JOHN NELSON, sergeant ROBERT MARTIN, Colonel JAMES MARTIN and General ____RUTHERFORD, whom he served under during this tour. Applicant at this time, lived in Guilford County, North Carolina.” “The company rendezvoused within one mile of Guilford Courthouse and from thence marched to the Pleasant Garden, where they united with, or joined, the Mecklenburg and Rowan companies, and were all placed under the command of General RUTHERFORD. From thence, they marched on the 7th day of September 1776 through the mountains crossing Little and Big Savannah Rivers, also French Broad River. They proceeded on into the Indian Nation, and in passing through the same, they destroyed the following named towns (to wit), Serve, Watauga and Allador, all of which were situated on the Little Tennessee River. They also destroyed many other Indian towns during their march, the names of which is not recollected. They also destroyed a great deal of corn, and in fact almost everything they met with belonging to the Indians.” “During this march through the nation, they fought no battles, but applicant believes they would have met with an engagement had not Colonel WILLIAMSON, who commanded the southern army, got ahead of them, and routed the Indians, who were lying in wait for them. After doing all the damage they could do in the Indian nation, they set out for home, and marched on immediately to Cathey’s Fort on the Catawba River in North Carolina, where they were dismissed from service. This tour lasted for thirteen weeks, and he got no regular discharge from service.” NATHANIEL SCALES-“That he entered the service of the United States in June 1777 [probably 1776], he thinks about the 10th day, as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. JOHN LEAK and Lt. JOHN DAVIS, in the regiment commanded by Col. JAMES MARTIN. That they marched from Salisbury, North Carolina under the command of General RUTHERFORD against the Chickasaw [probably Cherokee] nation of Indians. That in that campaign the army under General RUTHERFORD destroyed thirteen Indian towns besides destroying their corn and carrying off their horses. This applicant thinks that this campaign lasted six months. This applicant will here state that he has always been under the impression that he enlisted for 12 months as a private soldier because he got ten dollars when he entered the service. He enlisted at the Rocky Springs, North Carolina.” “This applicant further states that after they had subdued the Indians in the early winter, they were discharged. This applicant thinks he got a discharge but does not recollect who signed it, but he well recollects that Colonel MARTIN returned home with them. He also recollects that Captain LEAK ordered all those who had enlisted to be in constant readiness for active service, should they be called on. The other Colonels who served in this campaign were Colonel PAISLEY, Colonel GRIMES and Colonel ALEXANDER and the adjutant of that army was ROBERT MARTIN, brother of our Colonel.” WILLIAM WILEY [a]-“That sometime in the month of September 1779, he was again in the service of the United States in the militia of South Carolina as a lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain JOHN DONNELL and which was under the command of Major ROBERT MARTIN, Colonel JOHN COLLIER and General GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD. Declarant joined the army again at Guilford Courthouse. From thence he was marched to the Savannah River above Savannah and was crossing the river at the time of the engagement at Briar Creek, and within a mile or two of the place where the battle was fought. From this place he was marched down the Savannah River to a place called the Two Sisters, where he remained until his tour, which was five months, was out and was discharged.” Additional Comments: Constructed History is my term for a soldier who did not file for a pension himself, but about whom there is enough evidence from other soldiers to form an equivalent to a pension application. Most of the testimony comes from other men mentioning the officer or non-comm. officer, but in some cases, the actual soldier himself testified on behalf of other men, thus revealing his own history. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/martin340gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb