Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Pension Application Of John W. Crunk, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 706, Application #S38646 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 15, 2006, 3:06 am Pension Application Of John W. Crunk, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 706, Application #S38646 JOHN WALTER CRUNK, a resident of Madison County, Alabama in January 1819, aged 66 years: “That in the month of March 1776 in Guilford County, North Carolina, he was enlisted by Lieutenant ROBIN ROLSTON into the company commanded by Captain DAVIDSON of the second regiment of the North Carolina line on Continental establishment, commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN. That in about the month of May following, he was transferred to the company commanded by Captain ARMSTRONG in the same regiment, and was appointed a sergeant. That he continued to serve as such in said company until, in or about the month of September following when he was commissioned an ensign in the company commanded by Captain KNOX, in the same regiment. He received this commission at Charleston, South Carolina, and soon afterwards marched with same under the command of Major [JAMES] WHITE for Savannah, Georgia. On his arrival in the neighborhood of Savannah, he was taken ill of a fever and remained hereabouts, too sick and unfit for duty until the month of April following.” “Before this time, Captain KNOX with his company, had marched to the northward and shortly before this affiant set out from the neighborhood of Savannah, he wrote to Captain KNOX to inform him that he would soon be fit for duty again, and to request that Captain KNOX would inform him when he should join him. About the month of June 1777 at Monck’s Corner, this affiant received a letter from Captain KNOX informing him that he had believed this affiant to be dead. That the offices in his company was then all filled and that if this affiant wished to continue in the service, it would be well for him to join some other part of the army. This letter, as well as this affiant recollects, was dated from Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, where this affiant believes Captain KNOX’s company was.” “In about the month of June 1777, and soon after receiving the aforesaid letter from Captain KNOX, this affiant joined the company of dragoons commanded by Captain DUFF, of Colonel WILLIAM FAIN’s regiment, and at Camden in South Carolina, received his commission as first lieutenant in said company and marched with said company from Camden and joined the regiment at or near Fish Dam Ford of Broad River. He continued in service acting as said lieutenant in said company and regiment until the month of March 1778, when he resigned his commission and left the regiment near said Fish Dam Ford and set out to return to his connections in Guilford County. On his way thither, he met with Captain JOSEPH BARRETT of the South Carolina militia then about to march with his company on an expedition against the Cherokees to the head of the Pacolet River, and at the request of said Captain BARRETT, joined his company, went with him on said service, and continued for three months, when this company was discharged.” “In or about the year 1779, this affiant went as a private in the militia of Virginia on an expedition against the Tories on New [or Neuse] River, and continued in said service until regularly discharged.” “In or about the year 1799, when this affiant resided in Lee County, Virginia, his home was burnt, together with his furniture and papers, and as he believes, his aforesaid commissions as lieutenant and ensign was then consumed. He believes that the aforesaid company of Captain DUFF and Colonel FAIN’s regiment were on the Continental establishment, and well recollects that said second regiment commanded by Colonel MARTIN was.” “This affiant is now a resident of the United States residing in said county of Madison. He owns a house and four cows, and some few articles of household furniture, but neither land, negroes nor any other property to the value of five dollars, except as above mentioned…” “On this 2nd day of July 1827, Davidson County, Tennessee…JOHN W. CRUNK, who…formerly belonged in the company commanded by Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG, in the regiment commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN…that he received a certificate of that fact…which was destroyed, and a duplicate issued… In March 1826, he was transferred from Alabama to Tennessee to be paid at Nashville from the 4th of March 1826. About the 25th of October 1825, he was assaulted in the house where he lived by four men and cruelly beaten. He believes they done this with the intention of robbing him, believing he had drawn his pension money, as the pension certificate cannot be found since that attack. It is believed they robbed me of the certificate and some other things…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/pensiona142gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb