Guilford-Rockingham County NcArchives Military Records.....Stubblefield, Richard 
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Richard Stubblefield, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll __, Application #R10281
Rockingham County, North Carolina, Richard, aged 81 years:
	“That he volunteered himself in the service of the United States in the 
year 1781 as a private in the North Carolina militia under Captain WILLIAM 
BETHEL of Guilford County for one tour of 3 months. He volunteered in August or 
September, as well as he can recollect. He recollects that it was after the 
Battle of Guilford that he marched to Martinsville and from there to Randolph 
County, NC where they joined the regiment under Colonel Smith and General 
Weatherford [RUTHERFORD] and were kept constantly marching toward Wilmington, 
NC until the news reached them that Cornwallis had surrendered after which they 
were dismissed and returned home to Guilford County where he resided…He cannot 
recollect the day or the month he entered or left the service, but recollects 
it was after the Battle of Guilford in 1781, and that it was warm weather when 
he entered the service, where he continued for three months…” etc.

	Interrogatory: Where were you living when called into service?
Answer-“I was living when called into service, in what is now called Rockingham 
County, but was then a part of Guilford County, NC…”

	State the names of some of the regular officers that were with the 
troops where you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can 
recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
	Answer-“I volunteered and marched under Captain WILLIAM BETHEL all or 
some of the time at Randolph, adjacent counties. We joined the regiment under 
Colonel SMITH and General Weatherford [RUTHERFORD], and marched under them 
until dismissed as before stated.

	“NICHOLAS MCCUBBIN, sworn, says that he is personally acquainted with 
RICHARD STUBBLEFIELD…says that he served one tour of 3 months in the 
Revolutionary War with the applicant, RICHARD STUBBLEFIELD. The said MCCUBBIN 
further states that he and the said STUBBLEFIELD volunteered together under 
Captain WILLIAM BETHEL of NC, called Guilford County [in the year 1781] at that 
time, but since has been divided and they live in a part called Rockingham. The 
said MCCUBBIN states that they marched to Martinsville, Guilford County, NC 
from thence to Randolph Co, NC. There they joined the regiment under Colonel 
SMITH and General Weatherford [RUTHERFORD]. They then marched on toward 
Wilmington, NC. The said MCCUBBIN states that himself, the said STUBBLEFIELD 
and Captain WILLIAM BETHEL were messmates together during the 3 months tour in 
the Revolutionary War.”

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