Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....McAdow, James 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, 2:25 am Pension Application Of James McAdow, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1661, Application # S2760 JAMES MCADOW, a resident of Wilson County, TN, aged 73 years: “In the year A.D. 177?, I went with my wagons loaded with flour to Charleston. While there I was pressed with my wagon and team, into service for three months to carry the baggage from Charleston to Purysburg. I was then detained as long as the army remained and when they marched back, I returned to Charleston and carried the baggage. After I got to Charleston, I was again pressed as a baggage wagon to carry the militia to Orangeburg and was detained for two months, making in all five months of this kind of service, for which I have never received one cent.” “In the year of 1778, I volunteered as a minute man in cavalry under Captain DANIEL GILLESPIE and JOHN GILLESPIE, colonel, against the Tories and British. I was often called out, some times for the space of two months and some times for a less period. I was often in pursuit of Tories, and routed Colonel FANNING, a noted Tory. I was out in all this service six months.” “The next service I was a volunteer in the cavalry under Captain GILLESPIE in Guilford. We rendezvoused at Charlotte in Mecklenburg, North Carolina and placed under the command of Colonel DAVIE. While at Charlotte, we attacked the Tories in Wahab Lane [per Heitman, September 21, 1780] and killed a number and took a number of horses. We marched from Charlotte to Salisbury, then to Guilford and joined General GREENE in that action [per Heitman, March 15, 1781]. I served out the whole six months. I expect I can prove part, if not all of my services by Captain WILLIAM DONNELL, who was out in the service with him.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/mcadow218gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb