Guilford-Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Wood, Sampson February 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Sampson Wood, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2630, Application #S42079
SAMPSON WOOD, a resident of Guilford County, NC, aged about 72 years in 
February 1832:
	“That he, the said SAMPSON WOOD, enlisted on the 25th day of May 1781 
in the town of Hillsboro, Orange County, NC for the term of 12 months. Was 
immediately sent to Oxford, Granville County after being joined by troops from 
the lower part of the state and other ____ ___, returned to Hillsboro and 
shortly marched to the High Hills of the Santee in the state of South Carolina 
in the 10th regiment of North Carolina line commanded by Col. ABRAHAM SHEPARD 
and in Captain DONAHO’s company, where he joined General GREENE’s army.”
“That he continued in camp in among the High Hills of Santee for some time, 
from which he marched back to Camden and from thence he marched to the Eutaw 
Springs [per Heitman, September 8, 1781], and was then engaged in battle with 
the British. That he, SAMPSON WOOD, was again marched back to the High Hills of 
Santee, and thence ?through? different parts of the southern section of South 
Carolina, until he was finally marched to Baker’s [Bacon’s?] Bridge, about 
twenty-five miles from Charleston, at which place, on the 25th day of May 1782, 
he received a discharge that he has long lost.”
“That said Wood further states that previous to the time of his entering in 
Captain DONAHO’s company, he served three months in the North Carolina militia, 
but spent most of his time in camp in Salisbury, Rowan County, of this state…”

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