Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....McBroom, Andrew May 20, 1833
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Andrew McBroom, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S7205
Orange County, NC, May 20th, 1833, Andrew McBroom, aged 78 years July last: “In 
the year 1776, as he thinks, the declarant volunteered as a private in the 
militia of North Carolina for a tour of 3 months and was attached to a company 
which was organized in Hillsborough under the command of Captain Hugh Tinnen, 
Lt. William Williams and Ensign Samuel Thompson. From Hillsborough he was 
marched on what was called the ‘Scotch Expedition’ to Fayetteville, NC one or 
more regiments having been organized under the command of Col. Thaxton and 
Adjutant Butler to which declarant’s company belonged, destined for that 
service.”

	“After arriving at Fayetteville, he was marched into the vicinity and 
back into the town without having an opportunity of meeting the enemy in 
battle. The Scotch Tories in that quarter having been recently defeated by 
Governor Caswell. They surrendered to our forces as soon as we found them. From 
Fayetteville, the object of our expedition being accomplished, the declarant 
was marched to Hillsborough and there discharged from the tour of three months 
for which he volunteered. He thinks that Col. Thaxton discharged him. He hath 
lost his discharge many years since, as he has all his other discharges, as he 
fought for the liberty of his country and not obtain evidence with a view to 
procuring advantage.”

	“The declarant again volunteered as a private in the militia of North 
Carolina for a tour of three months in the year 1778 or 1779 [the Cherokee 
expedition was in the summer of 1776], as he thinks and was attached to a 
company which was organized in the town of Hillsborough under Captain William 
Williams, and Lt. John Taylor and Ensign Samuel Thompson and was destined for 
service against the Indians in the western part of North Carolina. One or more 
regiments marched from Hillsborough on this occasion under the immediate 
command of Colonel Ramsey

Additional Comments:
[The next page is missing from the Heritage Quest file. In Dept. of Interior 
form, it appears that he served 2 more terms in 1781, one of 1 month under 
Captain Samuel Johnston and Col. Moore, the next under Captain Samuel Johnston 
and Col. Farmer. The applicant was born in Pennsylvania 7 July, 1754 and moved 
to Orange County as a child. There was no family data in the file according to 
this form.]

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