Guilford-Rockingham County NcArchives Military Records.....Wright, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of William Wright, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll __, Application #R11910:
“Rockingham County…WILLIAM Wright, aged 78 years:
	“I was living in Guilford County when I entered the service of the U.S. 
under the following officers: _______________________ states volunteered in the 
month of March 1775 [the Cherokee campaign was in 1776] for a tour of 3 months 
in the North Carolina militia under Captain JOHN LEEK, Lt. JOHN DAVIS and 
Ensign WILLIAM. Marched on to Salisbury in Rowan County where we joined our 
regiment. JAMES MARTIN was our colonel commanding, A. W. PAISLEY was Lt. Col. 
and WILLIAM BLAIR was major.”

	“All of the county of Guilford was marching __ Salisbury to the head of 
the ___ River to Cathey’s Fort. We went on over the mountains to Tennessee 
against the Indians. General RUTHERFORD detached Colonel MCDOWELL with 1200 
troops to attack the Indians at a certain point of the lower Watauga, but the 
South [Carolina] troops arrived there before we did and engaged the Indians, 
defeated and ____ ____ ____ and pursued them to what was called the Valley 
Towns. Our company only arrived in time to aid in destroying their town. In a 
few days we took up our return march to Cathey’s Fort. Our term of service 
expired. We were discharged and returned home.”

	“The 2nd time I was drafted to go into the service. That I hired a 
substitute for to serve in my place. A third time I was drafted, but the 
situation of my office or _____ required my attention and I gave a man ten 
barrels of corn to go in my place. I, about then, ___ and took up a couple of 
____ deserters. One of them was by the name of BENJAMIN LAND, who had been at 
his father’s house a considerable time, dressed in female clothes and passed 
for one of his father’s daughters. The other man’s name was REUBEN LAND.”

“After this I was very frequently called out to serve, sometimes twelve days at 
a time. As this continued to be the case for upwards of a year, a little while 
before the Guilford Battle, when was called into service entering as a 
volunteer under my former Captain LEEK, and joined General GREENE’s army. We 
were mounted troops. I had a fine fleet horse and was very frequently sent out 
on expresses to different places.”

“Just before the Battle of Guilford, Colonel JOHN WILLIAMS was ordered with our 
expresses to Colonel BUTLER’s, who was then laying at ?Fasit’s Mills in the 
County of Orange. Colonel WILLIAMS took myself and another trooper with him, 
and we set out, but before we reached BUTLER, WILLIAMS’ horse ?tired down. He 
had to stop. He then gave me the express and directed me not to eat nor sleep 
until I delivered it to Colonel BUTLER, which I delivered to him. He 
immediately made preparations to take up his line of march to join GREENE’s 
army, which was then near Guilford Courthouse. I returned immediately and 
reported to General GREENE and in a very short time, Colonel BUTLER joined 
General GREENE with all his troops, which I believe was on Sunday morning, and 
in a few days the army engaged the British under Lord Cornwallis, and a short 
time thereafter, I was discharged the service and returning home, etc.”

	“We, JAMES SCALES and CHESLEY BARNES, now residing in the county of 
Rockingham and in the neighborhood of the present applicant, do hereby certify 
that we are well acquainted with William Wright…and we do further certify that 
we do know of our own knowledge of his having served in the war of the 
revolution as one of the state troops of the militia of North Carolina.”

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