Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Sutherland, Daniel June 1832 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, 2:48 pm Pension Application Of Daniel Sutherland, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2324, Application #W6608 DANIEL SUTHERLAND, a resident of Franklin County, Georgia, aged about 70 years in June 1832: “That he volunteered and entered the service of the United States in 1777 at Guilford Courthouse in the state of North Carolina where he then resided, under Captain JOHN NELSON. Colonels PAISLEY and MARTIN, Major OWEN and General RUTHERFORD were all commanding officers. Was marched from Guilford Courthouse to the head of the Catawba River to a place called the Pleasant Gardens in the Indian nation [this occurred summer -fall, 1776] where we were stationed for some time. From there he was marched to what was called the Big ? Town House on the Tennessee River, which place we burned together with several other towns and killed some of the Indians. He was then marched to the valley towns on Valley River, which towns we also burned and cut down and destroyed the corn and everything else we could find belonging to the Indians. He was then marched back to the Pleasant Gardens where he was discharged. Served this tour three months.” “In April 1778, he again volunteered in Guilford County, North Carolina under Captain JOHN ?DOOLY and was marched to Fort ?Dooly in Wilkes County in the state of Georgia, where he remained for some time. He was then marched to Fort Heard, he thinks in the same county. He was then marched to the head of Long Creek, where he was stationed some time, during which time they had a skirmish with the Indians, when his Captain THOMAS (Captain JOHN DOOLY being promoted to Colonel, THOMAS DOOLY was put in his place) DOOLY was killed. He was then marched back by Fort Dooly to Guilford County, NC where he was discharged. Served this tour, three months.” “He again entered the service at Guilford Courthouse in May or June 1779 under Captain O’NEAL or BRASHEAR, and was marched into South Carolina to join General GATES, which we did, about a day’s march from Camden, was in the Battle of Camden, or GATES’ Defeat [per Heitman, August 16, 1780]. Before he joined GATES’ army, he was marched to Salisbury and to the mouth of the Rocky River, at which place we had a skirmish with the Tories. From GATES’ Defeat he was marched back to Guilford County, NC, where he was discharged, having served this time three months.” “He again entered the service at Guilford Courthouse, NC in the fall or winter of 1780, under Captain JOHN MAY or MOORE, but from some circumstance, Captain MAY or MOORE did not march with us, when he, declarant was appointed by Colonel MARTIN to take the command of the company, which he did during this tour. We marched from Guilford down into Randolph and Chatham Counties after the Tories, Colonel FANNING being at their head. Had several skirmishes with the Tories, after which he returned back to Guilford and was discharged by Colonel MARTIN, having served this tour three months.” “…Colonel ARMSTRONG, General GATES, and General GREENE were sometimes with the troops where he served. He served under Colonel ISAACS, Colonel MARTIN and Colonel PAISLEY, and Colonel DAVIDSON, General RUTHERFORD and Colonel DOOLY…” “He does not know of any person by whom he can prove his services more fully than he has done, except by ISAAC HORTON, whom he is informed lives in Hall County, GA, and by JAMES SUTHERLAND, Esq. of Pickens County, So.Carolina. He does not know that they are now in life, but will endeavor to obtain their testimony.” JAMES SUTHERLAND, Esq. “That he was well acquainted with one Mr. DANIEL SUTHERLAND…who served a tour of duty of three months against the Indians, I think the Over Hill Indians some time before GATES’ Defeat, and further says upon oath, that he the said DANIEL SUTHERLAND served another three months tour as light infantry with this deponent under the command of Colonel DAVIDSON, Major JOHN ARMSTRONG and Captain ASA BRASHEAR against the British at GATES’ Defeat in South Carolina near Camden. Also saith on oath that the said DANIEL SUTHERLAND served another tour, but not recollected the time of tour against the Tories, near the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin River in North Carolina, nor don’t recollect the commander, but recollects of his starting and returning home.” “Also the said DANIEL SUTHERLAND served another tour with this deponent, he thinks about three months against the Tories under the command of Colonel PAISLEY and I think Captain MOORE in Randolph County and Chatham, NC as they was drafted for three months, but he thinks they did not serve their time quite out…” MICHAEL HUTCHINGS-“That he was well acquainted with DANIEL SUTHERLAND… he entered into service in the aforesaid county and was under the command of Captain ASA BRASHEARS and served that tour three months. Entered into the service again under the command of Captain DOOLY and was marched into Georgia and served that tour three months.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/sutherla275gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb