Surry County, NC - Sterling Rose Revolutionary War Pension, 1832

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February 26, 1925

Mrs. H.F. Hoves
Savannah, GA

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension
claim S.4132 that Sterling Rose was born in November 1757 in King and
Queen County, Virginia.

While a resident of Surry County (later Wilkes Cunty) North Carolina,
he enlisted and served in the North Carolina Troops as follows:

From 1777 twenty days as Corporal in Captain Jesse Walton's Company
under Colonel Martin Armstrong.

From the fall of 1778 three months as Corporal under Captain John 
Cleveland.

From the spring or summer of 1779 two months as Corporal under Captain
Jarvis and Colonel Charles Gordon.

From August 1779 two months as Orderly Sergeant under Lieutenant
William Gray, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, and was at the destroying
of Indian Town on the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers.

From December 1779 one month as Oederly Sergeant under Captain Benjamin
Herndon, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.

From the spring of 1780 one and one half months as Orderly Sergeant
under Captain John Clevelend and Major Hargrove.

About two weeks as Orderly Sergeant under Captain Benjamin Herndon.

From September or October 1780 two months as Orderly Sergeant in
Captain Benjamin Herndon's Company, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's
Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832 
while a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina.

It is not stated whether soldier ever married.

Respectfully,

Commissioner

Source: HeritageQuest Online
        Sterling Rose Pension file

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