Orange-Chatham County NcArchives Military Records.....Mebane, John March 30, 1833
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of John Mebane, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S9403
Chatham County, NC, March 30th, 1833, John Mebane, aged 76 years: “That 
sometime in the year (he thinks) 1779 or 1780, he volunteered his services as a 
private in the County of Orange in the state of North Carolina, and joined a 
company of horse commanded by Captain Douglas and lt. James Mebane in the 
regiment commanded by Col. Dudley and marched from Hillsborough and marched 
into Randolph County and spent the time in scouring the country in search of 
Tories, but the principal object of their pursuit was the notorious Colonel 
Fanning who had lately robbed Col. Dudley on his way from Charleston. They 
failed in catching him but were fortunate enough on one occasion to capture his 
horse. He thinks he was employed in this service about three months and has no 
distinct recollection of how, when or where he was discharged, but is quite 
certain that he did not receive any written discharge.”

“Sometime after his discharge as aforesaid he volunteered his services as a 
private in Orange County and joined a company of horse commanded by Captain 
Williams and marched under the command of General Butler to Fayetteville and 
thence up the Cape Fear to intercept the Tories in their retreat from the 
Battle at Moore’s Bridge (where they had been defeated) by General Moore and 
Colonel Caswell and we succeeded in making a large number of them prisoners at 
Smith’s Ferry and marched them to Fayetteville. He thinks he was engaged in 
this service about two months. He has no recollection how, when or where he was 
discharged.”

Sometime in the year 1781 he volunteered his service in a company of horse (in 
Orange County) and was commanded by General Butler and was in the service in 
Chatham County, but went to Hillsborough when that town was taken by the 
Tories. He and all the troops and the Governor of North Carolina were made 
prisoners. He was marched as a prisoner by the enemy to Wilmington and thrown 
into a prison ship where he remained several weeks, when he was paroled to the 
town where he remained some time, when he was exchanged, as he understood, for 
a Lieutenant ?McLain who had been made a prisoner by his brother, Robert 
Mebane, a Continental officer (but of the certainty of this exchange he cannot 
positively speak, his brother having been killed shortly after and he never saw 
him after his discharge.)

He returned home after he had served about two months, but he received no 
written discharge that he recollects. He further states that in all the above 
tours he found his own horse and lost one when he was taken at Hillsborough. 
That he served a number of short tours, the particulars of which he cannot 
recollect.

He further states that sometime in the year 1782, he thinks in the month of 
may, he was appointed a captain in a regiment of foot called the state regiment 
which was commanded part of the time which he served by Major Crafton? [or 
Croston?] and Colonel Joseph Lewis, and captains ?Swan, Trouten?,  Samuel 
Jones, Captain Jold? And Major Ferrigoad? (a Frenchman) were in the same 
regiment. He marched into South Carolina with the regiment to succor General 
Marion, but their services were not needed. They scouted the Raft Swamp in 
search of Tories, were sometimes stationed in Moore County at Connor Dowd’s 
where they erected a stockade fort, were stationed sometimes at Brewer’s Mills 
in Chatham, sometimes at ?Bones Mills in Randolph County. He is not certain as 
to the length of time he was in the service but thinks it was not less than 5 
months. He has no recollection by whom his commission was signed or from whom 
he received it. That entered the service and took a commission at the request 
of  Major Crofton who at that time was commanding the regiment. He thinks he 
surrendered his commission when his claims were liquidated by the state, but of 
this he is not certain….But he thinks he can safely say that he served his 
country faithfully at least 7 months as a private and 5 months as a captain.”

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