Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Morgan, Valentine 
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Valentine Morgan, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll ____ Application #S1567
Grainger County, Tennessee}
On this __day of _______ [date was left blank], personally appeared in open 
court before the Honorable, the judge of the Circuit Court now sitting, 
Valentine Morgan, a resident of the county of Grainger and state of Tennessee, 
aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath 
make the following declaration…:

That he entered the service of the United States under Captain John Davis, 
Lieutenant Pierce and Robert Moore, ensign. That he entered the service on the 
first day of April 1777 and left the service the last of August of the same 
year. That he was at the Battle at Stono River in the state of South Carolina 
under the command of Colonel Marlburry [Malmedy?]. That he entered the service 
in the county of Guilford in the state of North Carolina where he resided when 
he entered the service. That he _____ and in the service, that he marched from 
Guilford to Bacon’s Bridge. That he was stationed in the neighborhood of the 
British at Stono River to ?fret the picket guard of the British. That he served 
with Colonel McDowell, General Lincoln and General Butler. That General Lincoln 
was a regular officer.

He states that he served for six weeks under Captain Glen, Colonel Thomas 
Henderson’s regiment under General Greene. That he was taken sick just before 
the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and obtained permission from Colonel 
Henderson to go to his mother, 18 miles of. That while he was thus sick, the 
Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought.

He further states that he again entered the service under Captain John Morgan 
and served six weeks. He does not recollect the day of the month that he 
entered the service under Captain Morgan. That he was in Colonel Davidson’s 
regiment. 

He further states that he again entered the service under Colonel Marlburry on 
the 6th day of June and left the service the first of September 1778. That he 
was in no engagement during this service. That when he entered this tour of 
service he was a resident of Surry in the state of North Carolina…

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