Guilford-Rockingham County NcArchives Military Records.....Tuttle, John 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, 6:55 pm Pension Application Of John Tuttle, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2430, Application #W4836 “JOHN TUTTLE was born March 22, 1761 in Fairfax County, Virginia. He came to North Carolina as a youth. He entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer in the militia company of Captain PETER O’NEAL, in Rockingham County, sometime around Easter of 1778. He was in service for about two months and returned home to Rockingham County.” “In August of 1778, he was drafted into a company commanded by Captain WILLIAM WILSON. They marched to Guilford Courthouse, NC, and there joined Col. PAISLEY’s regiment. From there they marched to Salisbury and were joined by General DAVIDSON’s brigade. After a short stay in Salisbury, they marched ‘to or near’ the borders of South Carolina and took up what was called headquarters at a place called 12 Mile Creek, where we took 18 Tories and Colonel Paisley and other officers had them tried by court martial, when this applicant was one of the guard. Nine of the prisoners was acquitted and the other nine were sentenced to receive the lash and did receive them on their bare backs, and to serve 12 months in the regular service.” “Shortly after this happened, information came to our officers that the British army an _____ towards and near our headquarters. We were ordered to march immediately and marched in a dark, wet night, the enemy being in pursuit until we passed back through Salisbury and crossed the Yadkin River where we met with an army of Virginia troops, as I was told. We were then ordered and did recross the river and marched back after the British until we came to our old stand at 12 Mile Creek near the Catawba River, the British having crossed 25 miles below in South Carolina. Then a detachment of our troops was sent from headquarters and this applicant was one of the company to watch and guard at a point on the river to prevent the British from coming back again, at which time and place this applicant’s time of service ended with many others for three months, and was marched back to headquarters at 12-Mile Creek, and there received a written discharge from Colonel Paisley for three months and ten days, and then returned home to his father’s in Surry County, near major Winston’s residence.” “In January 1781, he answered a call for mounted men and joined a company commanded by ROBERT HILL of Surrey County under Major JOSEPH WINSTON. They marched through Rockingham County and into Caswell County. While enroute, they skirmished and defeated a parcel of Tories’ and then were joined by General PICKENS’ light horse troops. TARLETON, the British commander, with about 800 soldiers was located near Hillsboro, North Carolina. The British advanced on TUTTLE’s unit which ‘retreated a few miles and then formed for battle.’ TUTTLE apparently had been previously wounded on his instep by a ‘rough-shod horse’ and was left to guard some horses in the rear. The attack was too much for the U.S. troops and ‘they broke on the right wing which soon became a disorderly retreat with the loss of two men killed.’ TUTTLE and a few other men made it into Rockingham County where he stayed until his foot healed. After recovering from the injury, he received a verbal discharge from Captain HILL." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/tuttle282gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb