Wayne County, NC - John Howell Revolutionary War Pension, 1832

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John Howell - applied for pension in Wayne County Superior Court 
October 1832, aged 79 years

Volunteered soon after the commencement of hostilities between Great 
Britain and this country for a service of three months, which term 
he served as Sgt. under the command of Capt. Joseph Green, Lieut. 
Herring, Ensign Joseph Herring, Col. Abraham Sheppard, Gen. Caswell; 
was ordered to Wilmington and encamped below the town when time of 
service expired; in 1780 volunteered for a second term as private in 
the Light Horse company under the command of Capt. Thos. Grantham, 
Col. Benj. Exum; a three months term under Capt. Boon when ordered to
meet and oppose the British Officer Craig at Wilmington; his corps 
principally suppressed disaffection in Wayne and adjacent counties 
in crippling the Tories; taken prisoner by Cornwallis and paroled; 
enrolled again eight or twelve months; born 29 May 1753 in Wayne County 
as recorded in Family Bible.

Source: HeritageQuest Online
        Abstract from Revolutionary War Pension

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