Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Lindsey, James September 25, 1834
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of James Lindsey, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S10992
Marion County, Alabama, September 25, 1834, James Lindsey, aged 69 years:
 “That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in Orange 
County, NC sometime in February 1781 under the command of Captain Thompson who 
was commanded by Col. Thomas Taylor and marched from Orange County to Guilford 
Courthouse, and was in the Battle of Guilford, and after the battle we were 
rendezvoused at Troublesome Ironworks, and from thence we were marched in 
pursuit of the British to Ramsey’s Mills on Deep River, and from thence to 
Raleigh, and was marched as a guard over some British and Tory prisoners to 
Hillsborough at which place we remained until we were dismissed by our captain 
which was some time in May 1781, making a tour of duty of a full 3 months.”

“Again, about the 1st of June 1781. I entered the service in Orange County, NC 
as a substitute for _____ Gwinn who was drafted in said county, under the 
command of Edward Gwinn as captain, the colonel’s name not recollected, and was 
stationed as a guard over the prisoners at Hillsborough when we were not on 
scouting parties until some time in September thereafter, at which time we were 
dismissed, making a tour of full  3 months or more.”

“Again, some time in October 1781 in Orange County, NC I enlisted under the 
command of Captain Elijah Moore, who was commanded by adjutant ___ Ivy and 
Colonel Sumter, General Lytle, and General Greene, commander-in-chief, and was 
marched from Hillsborough to Salisbury, thence to Ashley Hills and there joined 
the Maryland and Pennsylvania line of regulars, and from thence to James Island 
and was there stationed until some time in the latter part of the year 1782, at 
which time I was furloughed and ordered to be kept in readiness when called, 
but was not called into service again.”

“A short time before my furlough, I was appointed corporal, and was furloughed 
as such, from under the command of Captain Joseph T. Rhodes, who was our 
captain at that time, and was in actual service from the time of my enlistment 
until I was furloughed, 11 months and 8 days, which added to my other two tours 
will make upwards of 17 months actual service…”

“My furlough I lost about the year 1789 or 90 on Olinah River in Tennessee, 
when a company of us was defeated by the Chuckee Indians.”

I was born in the state of Pennsylvania about the year, 1765.
I have no record of my age, but I am certain I was about 16 years of age when I 
first entered the service.
Each time I went into service, I was living in Orange County, NC. Since that 
time I have lived in Tennessee, and now in Alabama."

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