Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....McCrory, Thomas 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, 3:18 pm Constructed History Of Captain Thomas McCrory JAMES MCCRORY-“That he enlisted in Captain THOMAS MCCRORY’s company of the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line in the year 1776 and that said line rendezvoused at Halifax and marched to the north and joined headquarters the 6th day of June at Middlebrook in the state of New Jersey, and was under the command of General Washington at the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown and then went into winter quarters at the Valley Forge and was commissioned ensign by the state of North Carolina in Captain WADE’s company. The nine regiments, which composed the line being reduced to three, the supernumerary officers were sent home, of which he was one. He then joined the nine months men and marched to the south and was at the Battle of Stono, the 30th of June in the year 1779.” JAMES WITTY-“He (this affiant) states that he entered the service of the United States in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina in the year 1777 on the 21st day of May. He (this affiant) enlisted in the regular army of the United States under the command of Captain MCCRORY of the 1st regiment commanded by Colonel THOMAS CLARK. He marched soon after enlisting to Halifax in the said state of North Carolina. At this place the affiant states that he deserted from the army and returned home. He was absent from the army about 6 weeks.” “He (this affiant) then gave up to Lieutenant ROBERT ?HAYS, a recruiting officer at Salisbury in the said state of North Carolina. He remained at this place during the winter. In the succeeding spring he marched to Pennsylvania and joined the army at Valley Forge commanded by General GEORGE WASHINGTON. From thence he (the affiant) marched under the command of WASHINGTON to Monmouth and was in the memorable battle [per Heitman, June 28, 1778] fought at that place. SAMUEL RAYL-“In the month of March 1777, day not recollected, declarant volunteered at his company muster grounds at CHARLES BRUCES’s house under his Captain JOHN ELMS, for the purpose of marching against the Tories on Cross Creek, who had been committing many outrages upon the Whig families in that and adjacent sections of country. THOMAS MCCRORY was lieutenant in this tour, declarant believes, though he is not certain from the impaired state of his memory. Declarant was ensign, sergeant or corporals not recollected.” “At Guilford Courthouse, we collected together and thence we were marched under Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN towards the Cross Creek settlement about seventy miles from Guilford Courthouse. Captain LEAK was one of the captains. There were several companies, number unknown to declarant, as they joined us on our way from different sections. We marched in a southerly direction towards Cross Creek, waiting for reinforcements. We got into a settlement of Tories eight or ten miles before we reached Cross Creek. About ten or twelve miles from Guilford Courthouse, we crossed Deep River. We delayed for some time in going to Cross Creek. The Tories were collecting in a body under CONNER DOWD. On our approach, they dispersed.” “All the Tories we could catch were compelled to take the oath of allegiance to the state of North Carolina, and to support and maintain the independence of the United States against George 3rd, or any other king or foreign power. After doing this and destroying the property of those Tories who had been committing outrages upon Whig families, and had been aiding and abetting the British power, we returned home. We took some prisoners and had them tried at the townhouse of the country, name of the town and county not recollected. These Tories were suffered to go unpunished after taking the oath as above, which they did. When we had finished the destruction of the property of such Tories as had been committing outrages, their trial and had compelled all that we could take to swear the oath of allegiance to the state, we returned to our respective homes, and this declarant was discharged verbally by his Captain JOHN ELMS at Guilford Courthouse after a tour of three months…Declarant volunteered in this expedition in the month of March 1777 and returned and was discharge in the month of June 1777, day not recollected.” “ANDREW BAY-“He enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States under Captain THOMAS MCCRORY, which took place on or about the __ day of January, 1777, in the North Carolina regiment of the Continental Army, commanded by Colonel JOHN WILLIAMS, and continued in the services of the Unite States until about the __ day of ____ 1779, having served about two years and six months, and was discharged by Colonel ARCHIBALD LYTLE and Major JOHN NELSON, in South Carolina, the term of service having expired. He received a regular discharge which has been worn out and destroyed by length of time, not believing it would be important to keep and preserve this. He served and fought in the Battles of Brandywine [per Heitman September 11, 1777], Germantown [per Heitman, October 4, 1777] and at the Battle of Briar Creek in Georgia [March 3, 1779]. His captain, THOMAS MCCRORY is since dead. He does not know of any officer within convenient distance except Captain JAMES TATUM, who knew him in service ANDREW BAY–“That I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a sergeant-major in Captain THOMAS MCCRORY’s company in the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line.” “That he, ANDREW BAY, enlisted for the term of three years on the 20th? day of December, in the year 1776, in he state of North Carolina in the company of Captain THOMAS MCCRORY in the regiment commanded by Colonel WILLIAMS.” ANDREW BAY-“Applicant enlisted in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina in 1776 under Captain MCCRORY for three years, and served two years and a half, and was discharged in consequence of infirmity. Soon after he enlisted, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-Major in which office he continued until he was discharged. Said BAY was attached to the 9th regiment of North Carolina troops commanded by Colonel WILLIAMS, WILLIAM POLK (now Colonel POLK of Raleigh, North Carolina) acted its major to the regiment.” 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/mccrory345gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 7.3 Kb