Guilford-Rockingham County NcArchives Military Records.....Smith, Samuel August 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Samuel Smith, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2231, Application #W4808
SAMUEL SMITH, a resident of Rockingham County, NC, aged 73 years in August 1832:
	“That about the year 1775 he was called upon to march against the 
Cherokee Indians. That he was excused from the performance of service upon his 
making powder for the ore and ?subsumption of those persons called into 
service, that this regulation was adopted among the officers for the purpose of 
encouraging the supply of ammunition.”
	“That some time after the Declaration of Independence, he was attached 
to a company of horse under the command of Colonel GILLESPIE. That he was with 
him for a few days when we were transferred by General JOHN HAMILTON to a 
company of Virginia militia where he was engaged as a commissary in collecting 
provisions for the army for about three months, when he was discharged by 
Captain WILLIAMS of his own company under Colonel GILLESPIE, by the 
interference of General HAMILTON, who stated the records of his being taken 
from the horse and engaged as a commissary.”
	“That after his return home, he was placed under Captain BETHEL who we 
left at home, together with Captain SHARP for the purpose of forming companies 
of horse called minute light horse to check and suppress the Tories. That he 
was engaged in this service for the space of three months in reconnoitering the 
country and we marched over on to near the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River for 
the purpose of dispersing a number of Tories who had assembled there, but 
before their arrival, the Tories had been dispersed by some of the troops near 
the place of their rendezvous. After this term of service, he was discharged by 
Captain WILLIAM BETHEL, which discharge he has lost.”
	That after he returned home, he was several times called out in the 
state troops and employed generally as a commissary for several tours under the 
directives of General HAMILTON, and we were to provide provisions for the army 
under the command of General GREENE. That at the time of the Battle of Guilford 
Courthouse, he was on a three months tour under Captain WILLIAM BETHEL down on 
Haw River and part of the time on the Pedee River protecting the country from 
the ravages of the Tories. That Major OWENS had the principle command in this 
tour and gave him his discharge at the expiration of his tour of service, which 
he has long since lost or destroyed.”
	“That he was frequently after this time sent on different ____ relative 
to some branch of the army, but was in no regular campaign. He further states 
that he does not know of any person by whom he can prove his service as all his 
old ?associates are dead or removed except one, who is a lunatic…”

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