Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Nelson, Samuel August 27, 1832 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 June 27, 2006, 3:33 am Pension Application Of Samuel Nelson, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S8916 Orange County, NC, August 27th, 1832, Samuel Nelson, aged 77 years, a resident of Hawfields: “That he was in three different tours. The 1st was a tour of one month when he entered the service of the United States as a light horseman sometime in the spring of 1776 or 1777. Our officers were John Williams, captain , James Thaxton, colonel. We were organized in Hillsborough. Our object was to suppress the Tories who were becoming troublesome south of us. We marched from Hillsborough crossing Deep River at Ramsey’s Mills and proceeded to what was then called Cross Creek. We them marched up the river 20 to 25 miles and crossed the river and attacked a body of Scotch Tories commanded by McDaniel and McNeil near Smith’s Ferry, took them all prisoners being several hundred, and about 500 stand of arms. The arms were put in a boat and sent down to Cross Creek. We recrossed the river and went down to Cross Creek, where I with the rest of the company, was dismissed.” “This applicant again entered the service of the United States for a term of 5 months as ensign in a company of which Joseph Young was captain, and William Rogers lieutenant. That said company was organized and marched from the town of Hillsborough in this county about the latter part of the month of October, 1778, and proceeded to General Rutherford’s camp above Salisbury, and upon arriving at said camp, he was put under the command of General Rutherford and that Francis Locke was colonel of the regiment he was in. He was, from Rutherford’s camp, marched to Charlotte, thence to the Santee River crossing at Nelson’s Ferry thence toward Charleston to what is called the ‘Ten-Mile House’, thence to Augusta where we were joined by General Ashe, crossed the Savannah, went down the said river on the Georgia side to Briar Creek Bridge where we were routed by certain British forces; driven across the river to the South Carolina side where we again joined with General Rutherford. From this place we went down the river to the “Two Sisters”, thence to the ‘Black Swamp’ where we remained till our five months tour expired, being as much as this applicant now remembers about the 10th of April, 1779. “ “This applicant, as a volunteer again entered the service of the United States in the early part of February 1781. The company to which he belonged was commanded by Thomas Thompson, the lieutenant now not recollected, and that himself was ensign. That they marched out of the Hawfields in Orange County under General Butler to Harrisburg in Granville County; from Harrisburg they returned to Orange passing through Hillsborough to the High Rock on Haw River where he joined General Greene and under Greene was marched to Guilford Old Courthouse and was in the battle fought at that place on the 15th day of March 1781 and remained with Greene’s army until about the 21st March, when by permission from General Butler, he returned home.” Interrogatory: That he was born in the Hawfields in this county. That he has no record of his age, but from the best information, he is of the age he has stated, that he is in the 77th year of his age. He knew Gen. Butler, Gen. Rutherford, Col. Lyttle and Col. Jno. Taylor of Granville." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/orange/military/revwar/pensions/nelson363gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb