Guilford-Randolph-Yancey County NcArchives Military Records.....Morgan, James October 20, 1834
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of James Morgan, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll ____ Application #S7251
Yancey County, North Carolina}
	On this 20th day of October, 1834, personally appeared before the Court 
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, the Reverend James Morgan, a resident of the 
county of Yancey and state of North Carolina, aged 74 years, who being first 
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration…:

 	That he entered the army of the United States as a volunteer in the 
spring of the year 1781 in Randolph County, North Carolina, where he was living 
at that time. That he was called out by Colonel Collier and placed under 
Captain John Hines, and Lieutenant William York, and marched down into Chatham 
County after the enemy and says at the time he was sent out against a party of 
Tories and had an engagement with them and was defeated with the loss of three 
men killed and two wounded [among the latter was his Lieutenant William York] 
and says they took a good many prisoners during the time he was out in this 
tour; but how long he was out he cannot say precise, but believes it was seven 
weeks or more. 

	Some short time after he was discharged, Colonel Collier give orders to 
raise another company in Randolph County to suppress the Tories. This was about 
the latter part of summer or the beginning of fall in the same year of 1781, 
when he substituted for three months for which he got a horse, but not having 
any acquaintance with the man for whom he substituted, he cannot recollect his 
name at this time; and says he was placed under the command of Captain Thomas 
Dugan [Dougan] and Lieutenant William Gray. That they marched from Randolph 
County through Chatham, Orange and Moore Counties, but had no battle with the 
enemy, but took a number of straggling Tories prisoners and brought them in, 
and said he officers acted under General Butler.

 	…Says after the expiration of this tour, he went to live in Guilford 
County in North Carolina, and in the year of 1782, Colonel Paisley give orders 
to raise men to suppress the Tories who were collecting in large numbers in the 
lower end of Randolph County and the counties adjoining. That he volunteered 
under Captain Daniel Gillespie and Lieutenant George Sparks, and commanded by 
Colonel John Paisley and Major John Gillespie. That he served under these 
officers seven weeks and two days before he was discharged. That they were 
marched twice through Randolph and Chatham Counties during this term of 
service, but had no engagement and that in all tours he served as private. 

	And says from the best information he can get, he was born in Baltimore 
County, in the state of Maryland on the 26th day of April, 1760. That his 
parents brought him to North Carolina, where he was raised and was living when 
he entered the services and continued to leave until after peace was concluded 
until he was upwards of forty years of age.  Since that time he has lived in 
different parts of the country, that is in South Carolina and different parts 
of the western country and last before he came into this county in Ash County. 
That he has followed teaching school and preaching and traveling for many 
years. And says this is the first time he ever made application to be put on 
the pension roll of the United States or any other state because he could not 
get anyone to prepare a declaration for him. And says that he does not know 
that he can find any living witness at this time by whom he can prove his 
services…

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