Orange County, NC - Martin Neese Revolutionary War Record

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Martin Nease
Revolutionary War Pension File, No. S1776

Pension application dated Sep. 1, 1832 at Orange Co., N.C.
Application for Transfer dated May 30, 1837 at Henry Co. TN

Born Feb. abt 1760 Northampton Co., PA, moved at about age 13 to Orange 
County, N.C., enlisted 1779 and served 9 months as private under Capt. 
Young, Col. Lytle, N.C. Regt.  Marched to Savannah, GA where involved in 
skirmishes.  Enlisted Dec. 28, 1779, under Capts. Rogers, O'Neal and 
Trousdale in NC troops, employed raising breastworks at Charleston S.C., 
discharged there March 28, 1780; enlisted 1781 and drove wagon loaded with 
baggage of Cols. Wooten & Farmer from N.C. to S.C.; served as guard over 
prisoners taken at Eutaw; transferred by Col. Malmedy to Qtrmstr. Dept. 
under Depty. Qtrmstr. I. Galbraith; discharged Sep. 18, 1781.

Names of wife and children not given.

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