Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Pension Application Of Samuel Hunter, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #W941 October 19, 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Samuel Hunter, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #W941
Smith County, TN, October 19?, 1832, Samuel Hunter, aged 76 years the (?6th)(?
4th) day of May, 1832: “That some time in the year [left blank] he entered the 
service of the United States as a volunteer in the company commanded by Captain 
Charles Abercrombie in Orange County, NC.  He was ordered out into the country 
for the purpose of pressing wagons and teams for the service of the United 
States and together with others, did press 6 wagons and teams for the service 
of the United States, and delivered them to the officers commanding at Kingston 
in the states aforesaid whose names he does not recollect, from whence he 
returned home having served 3 months this tour.”

“2nd, he was drafted in Orange County, North Carolina  and was attached to a 
company of cavalry commanded by Major McLory [probably McCrory]. He was marched 
to South Carolina under James ?Armstrong commanded by General Greene at the 
High Hills of Santee. From thence he was marched to the Eutaw Springs and was 
in that engagement. His term of service expired in a few days after the Battle 
of the Eutaw Springs and he was discharged and returned home, having served 3 
months and some days on this tour of duty.”

“3rd, he volunteered in the same county, joined the company commanded by 
Captain John Taylor and was stationed at Hillsborough to guard the country from 
the depredations of the Tories. He remained there until his tour of service was 
expired, which term was 3 months. He was then discharged and returned home. He 
thinks this tour of duty was performed in 1780. A.D.”

“He thinks about 1 year after the 3rd tour was performed, and joined the 
company commanded by the same captain, to wit, John Taylor, and was again 
stationed at Hillsborough to guard the Tories and protect the country from 
their ravages. He remained at Hillsborough until his term expired and he was 
discharged having served 3 months in this tour of duty, having served in all, 1 
year.

Questions of the Court:
I was born in Orange County, state of North Carolina the [?6th] [?4th] of May, 
1756.
I have no record of my age, having lost that with my other papers ____ _____, 
but I have seen it frequently and know my age is stated correctly in my 
declaration.
I lived in Orange County, NC when I entered the service. I continued to live in 
the same county until near 26 years ago, when I moved to the state of 
Tennessee, Smith County, where I have continued to reside ever since, and am 
now a resident of Smith County, Tennessee.

Smith County, TN, September 19, 1838, Elizabeth Hunter, aged 76 years: “That 
she was married to Samuel Hunter on the [left blank] day of August 1787. That 
her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Hunter died on the 12th day of February, 
1834."

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