Rutherford County NcArchives Military Records.....Dickey, David October 18, 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Revolutionary War Pension File
David Dickey (1747-1835) – Mary (Heeslip) McFadden Dickey (1755-1827)

The following is from the David Dickey (GA, NC, SC) Revolutionary War Pension 
File:

State of North Carolina, Rutherford County. On this 18th day of October 1832 
personally appeared before us Ambrose Mills(?) & William Richardson, Justices 
of the peace for the County and State aforesaid now called for the purpose 
David Dickey a Resident of the United States in the County of Rutherford and 
state of North Carolina aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn 
according to law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to 
Obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 That he 
entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers 
and served as herein stated. I think sometimes in the year 1775 I came to the 
County of Tryon now Rutherford County N. Carolina at that time we all was 
obliged to take sides. I then became a Volunteer in the Service of the United 
States under Captain Moffett commanded by Col. Neil as an Indian Spy and a 
Rainger some times on horse back and sometimes on foot ? ? in this service we 
was called ? ? a Tour at the Snow Camps we was Two months on that Tour we 
Drove them from their positions at that place. I then Returned home I then 
joined service Captain Leonard Marbury Troop of Horse in the State of Georgia 
to go against the Indians we had an engagement with them on the Oconee River 
where we drove them from the position This was a three month tour I then 
returned home and in the winter of 1779. I went to the Seige of Charleston 
under Cole Hampton and served as Waggon master in the Continental line for Two 
months and Returned home in May 1780 I made a Tour under Col" Hampton as 
Sergant Majr in persute of the British Tories we had an engagment on Pacolate 
[i.e., Pacolet] River I was again engaged in persute of CornWallis when he 
Marched through N Carolina I was then under Captain Simons we went in persute 
of them as far as Salisbury and on to the South Yadkin from that place we 
Returned home he had many difficult ? to encounter we lived in a frontier 
Country in ? ? ? The Indians on one side the British on the other that ? that 
was on the Liberty side was ready at every ? to go [rest is missing from my 
file].

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