Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Pope, Charles 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, 1:50 pm Pension Application Of Charles Pope, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1951, Application #R8325 CHARLES POPE, a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, aged 70 in October 1823: “That he, the said CHARLY POPE was drafted in the militia of North Carolina in the Revolutionary War for the term of three months, on or about the __ day of ____ term not recollected, in Guilford County of said state of North Carolina under Captain MOORE in regiment commanded by ______, not recollected, by whom in the line of the State of North Carolina, that he continued to serve until he hired a substitute who served out the balance of the three months unexpired, when said substitute was received in his stead, and the declarant obtained a discharge for the said three months tour of service.” “On the __ day of ____ in said county, he was drafted for a second term of three months in the militia of said state of North Carolina under the command of Captain JOHN HALEY, the regiment not recollected. He continued to serve some short time and hired PATRICK HALEY, a substitute, to serve out the balance of the three months, who did serve out the same, and the declarant obtained a discharge for the said last three months tour in the said state of North Carolina.” He was not in any, but his substitute was in the service at the time of the Battle of Guilford. This declarant states that the two captains above named were commanded by General GREENE of the Revolutionary army…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/pope243gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb