Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Vincent, White August 26, 1851
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Vincent White, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll __, Application #R11445
County of Lafayette, State of Arkansas}
	On this 26th day of August, 1851, personally appeared before me in open 
court in the county of Lafayette, in the state of Arkansas, Vincent White, a 
resident of the county of Lafayette, in the state of Arkansas, aged 84 years, 
who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the 
following declaration…:

	That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1779, and 
to the best of his recollection, it was in the fall of that year with the 5th 
continental regiment, and served under Colonel ?Kelson (William was his 
Christian name). Colonel Morgan and Colonel Lee was the field, the regular 
officers. Ruben Lett was the captain, Jo__ ____ was the first lieutenant, Moses 
Sharp was ensign or 2nd lieutenant. He resided in North Carolina when he 
enlisted, near the Indian line. The county in which he resided he does not 
recollect. He engaged for the war, and served four years and 16 days. 

	The first battle or engagement was Bacon’s Bridge, in North Carolina. 
The second engagement was the Cowpens, near the line. 3rd engagement was King’s 
Mountain. The colonel was Kelson at King’s Mountain [to the best of his 
recollection.] was in the field and was in 8 main battles, under General Gates, 
Lee, Lincoln and Greene. He was at Stono when General [he meant Colonel] 
Washington came up [Colonel William Washington, cousin of the General]. He held 
no rank but was a regular enlisted soldier, and during these engagements, 
marched through North Carolina, South Carolina, and into the state of Georgia. 
He was in active service constantly during the period of his service, and 
tarried longer at Salisbury in North Carolina than anywhere during the time; 
and deponent saith that he left his discharge in North Carolina among his 
connections’ papers, and there is no surviving witness to his personal service, 
and he left the service when peace was made, and he was in his 16th year, and 
General Lincoln gave him his discharge.

Interrogatories propounded by the court:
Q. Where and in what year were you born?
A. First answer was crossed out. It read: I don’t know. 2nd answer was: In 
North Carolina in Craven County.

Q. Have you any record of your age? If so, where is it?
A. Yes, and recorded in his family register in Craven County near New Bern.

Q. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since 
the Revolution, and where do you now live?
A. Upon Yadkin River in Guilford County. In different places in Georgia, in 
several ____ in Arkansas and ever since in Lafayette County, 13 years.

Q. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or 
were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? 
A. He enlisted-volunteer.

Q. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops 
when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, 
and the general circumstances of your service.
A. General Lee, Colonel Morgan.

Q. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it 
given, and what has become of it?
A. Yes. General Lincoln. Among my connections in North Carolina.

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