Lincoln-Burke County NcArchives Military Records.....John Duckworth Pension 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 May 24, 2006, 2:37 am Pension Application Of John Duckworth, Nat’l Archives M804, Roll 857, Application #S6805 John Duckworth, a resident of Burke County, N.C., aged 74 years: “That he entered the service under William Knox in the County of Burke, state of North Carolina, some time in the year 1776. He entered said service for the term of six months or during the war. Colonel Alexander Martin commanded the regiment. He has understood that he was subsequently governor of N. Carolina. The company of Captain Knox rendezvoused at Salisbury, North Carolina, from whence they marched to Fayetteville, and from thence to Wilmington, where the Regiment joined Gen’l Lee. We were then marched down Cape Fear River to a place called Brunswick, from thence we were marche to Charleston, South Carolina, and around there, the day that Sullivan’s Island was first attacked (date not recollected) we remained there til the 4th day of August, 1777. My time of service being about nine months ___ __, when I was discharged. Captain Knox was accidentally shot by his lieutenant, Richard G___, of which wound he died, and on his death he requested that his company should be discharged. It was accordingly done, and this is the reason why I did not serve “during the war.” “Shortly after my return home, I volunteered under Captain Thomas Kennedy and went a short expedition against the Cherokee Indians. In a short time after I volunteered again under Captain John Hunter and went another short expedition against the Cherokees. These expeditions did not exceed six weeks or two months. These expeditions were in the year 1777 or 78. I then volunteered under Captain Thomas Lytle for six months during which time I was generally in a stockade or fort on the frontier of Burke County, guarding against the Cherokees.” “After this service, I volunteered to go against the British and Tories under Captain Thomas Kennedy (Colonel Sharpe commanded) and we marched into Lincoln county and was in the Battle at Ramsour’s Mill. I was there wounded in the left shoulder and the ball is now plainly to be felt where it is lodged. [Note: I felt the ball myself. Sam T. Carson].’ Some time after this, Ferguson came through the country and a number of the citizens crossed the mountains and joined Colonels Shelby and Sevier under the command of Col. Charles McDowell. We returned and followed on to King’s Mountain where we defeated Ferguson. At the time of the battle, my wound did not get well, and I fought with tent? in my shoulder of considerable length? I still remained under Captain Kennedy and Major Joseph McDowell. Colonels Campbell and Shelby and Sevier commanded in the battle. Ramsour’s Battle was on the 20th day of June 1780 and the King’s Mountain battle was in October following. This ended my service except some little scouting expeditions against the Indians. My whole services amounted to something upwards of two years….” etc, etc. “The following explanations and statements with regard to the services performed by him during the said war…With regard to his service of 6 months in the Continental army under Captain Knox, he alleges that when he enlisted he was under the impression that it was for the time of 6 months. Then it was after his enlistment, he marched to Salisbury, where the forces were collected and from thence to Fayetteville, at which place I saw Isaac Thompson under the command of Col Batineau and Captain Kennedy or Hardin and I believe officers of the militia. From Fayetteville we marched on Wilmington and from thence to Brunswick and on to Charleston.” “While at Wilmington, the 6 months for which I enlisted (as I then believed) had expired and myself and many others applied to Captain Knox for our discharge, when we were told for the first time that we had enlisted for “during the war”, but that if he should be able to procure a sufficient recruit of men, we should be discharged. His own words were “As we come in, so we should go out”, and accordingly, Captain Knox in company with his lieutenant left the army for the purpose of getting men to enlist, when he, Captain Knox was, as I then understood, and have since often heard, accidentally killed by said lieutenant, and whose name was Richard Grimes?” “Shortly after this or currently came on to Charleston, S.C., where we had marched from Brunswick under command of a Lieutenant selected from the army under of Gen’l. Lee, whom we had joined at Wilmington. The name of this Lieutenant I do not at this time remember. Soon after the arrival of Lieut. Grimes? In Charleston, we were discharges, having served nine months as I alleged in my former declaration, to which I beg now to refer for a more full and perfect account of my services during my enlistment.” “As regards my service in the militia under Capt. Lytle, it amounts to 6 months. It may be stated in my declaration in a way calculated to make the impression that I served one tour of 6 months. Such is not the case. I served 2 tours of three months each. At the time I made the declaration I did not know, nor was I told that it was necessary to specify each tour separately. My opinion was the 2 tours of 3 months each under Capt. Lytle was the same as one tour of 6 months.” “That two tours of three months each were performed at the time I allege in my declaration, to have served under Capt. Lytle. There was perhaps an intermission of 10 or 12 days between the 1st and 2nd tour upon the particular period at which time this service was performed. I beg leave also to refer to my former declaration.” etc, etc. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lincoln/military/revwar/pensions/asher46gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb