LEXINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - REV WAR - FETNER, Aberhart

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Pension Application Of Aberhart Fetner, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 969, Application #S19294
	Richland District, SC, November 1826-“The petition of Aberhart Fetner 
respectfully that your petitioner in the year 1777, enlisted as a musician in 
the third regiment of state troops commanded by Colonel Thomson. That he 
continued to serve in said regiment until the Battle of Briar Creek at which 
time he was taken prisoner and confined onboard a prison ship at Savannah. Your 
petitioner was afterwards retaken, and served under Captain Rudolph in Colonel 
Lee’s regiment until the close of the Revolutionary War.”

	“Morgan Griffin…made oath that he knew Aberhart Fetner in the 
Revolutionary War. That he served in the 3rd regiment commanded by Colonel 
Thomson as a musician and thinks he continued in said regiment two or three 
years.” Nov. 29, 1826

	“Personally appeared Gideon Griffin, and made oath that Aberhart Fetner 
served as a musician in the Revolutionary War in the 3rd regiment commanded by 
Colonel Thomson and believes said Fetner continued in said regiment about three 
years.” November 29th, 1826

	“Personally appeared…William Taylor, Senior, and made oath that he knew 
Aberhart Fetner in the Revolutionary War and that he served in the continental 
service under Captain Derrill Hart in the 3rd regiment commanded by Colonel 
William Thomson in the capacity of a fifer.” 28th November, 1826

Richland District, SC, 11th day of September, 1846, Aberhart Fetner, aged 86 
years:
	“That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 in 
August of the same under Captain Derrill Hart in Colonel William Thomson’s 
regiment of foot as a musician and served in the same, the third regiment of 
the Continental line. That he continued in said regiment until the Battle of 
Briar Creek [per Heitman, March 3rd, 1779] at which time he was taken prisoner 
and confined on board a prison ship at Savannah in the state of Georgia. That 
he was afterwards retaken by Colonel Lee and served under Captain Rudolph in 
Colonel Lee’s regiment in which he served until the close of the War of the 
Revolution. That before entering the last mentioned regiment, he served under 
Captain Felix Warley, who also belonged to Colonel William Thomson’s regiment 
of foot.”

“Interrogatory-Where were you living when called into service
Answer-At Granby in Lexington.”

“How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were 
you a substitute?

Answer-I enlisted in August 1777 under Captain Derrill Hart in Colonel William 
Thomson’s regiment, afterwards under Captain Felix Warley in Colonel William 
Thomson’s regiment which was the third continental regiment in the expedition 
to Florida.”

	“Personally appeared, Benjamin Hart…that he is well acquainted with 
Aberhart Fetner, who has made application to be placed on the pension list of 
the United States, and that he knew him well when he enlisted under the brother 
of this deponent, Lieutenant Derrill Hart, in the service of the United States 
in the 3rd continental regiment in the South Carolina line commanded by Colonel 
William Thomson and that the said Aberhart Fetner is the identical man as above 
stated. The deponent further states that he has heard his brother Lieutenant 
Derrill Hart since say that the said Aberhart Fetner was a fifer under his 
command.” 7th of July, 1847