SUMTER CO., SOUTH CAROLINA - REV WAR - McIntosh, William

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Pension Application Of William McIntosh,
 Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1687, Application #S9424

Sumter District, SC, October 30, 1832, William McIntosh, aged 68 years:
	"That he entered the service of the United States and served under the 
following named officers and served as herein stated, viz. General Francis 
Marion, Colonel Richard Richardson, Lt. Colonel John James, Captain John 
Singleton, First Liuetenant Joseph Hill, 2nd Lieutenant John Harvin…it was 
early in the year 1781…he believes he was in service when General Morgan 
defeated Tarleton which was on the 17th of January in the year 1781. He left 
the service when General Marion discharged his brigade at Wadboo after the 
evacuation of Charleston, which was on the 14th of December, 1782."

"He continued to serve in Marion’s brigade under different officers who 
commanded scouting parties in which service he was generally engaged. He was 
under the command of Captain James McColley, Captain Colcloug? Captain Dukes, 
Captain Hill and a number of other officers not recollected until the summer of 
1782 when the militia were drafted. When the relief came into camp his 
executor, Peter Mettette was one of them, who persuaded him to serve in his 
place as a substitute which he did and continued to do Mettette’s duty and his 
own until the discharge at Wadboo."

"When he entered the service he resided on the High Hills of Santee, now the 
County of Clairmont in Sumter District. He entered the service as a volunteer. 
One of Marion’s scouts came to the schoolhouse where he was going to school. He 
joined them and continued with them until they returned to Marion’s camp. He 
was with General Marion and Colonel Lee at the taking of Fort Watson at Scott’s 
Lake in April 1781. He was with Marion and Lee at the taking of Fort Mott in 
May [1781]. He was with General Marion at Georgetown when the town was 
evacuated by the British troops in June. Was at the Battle of Eutaw Springs on 
the 8th of September [1781]. Was with Colonel Maham when he took upwards of 80 
prisoners in sight of the British Army below Monk’s Corner on the 16th of 
October [1781]."

"In the year 1782 he served in Captain James McColley’s troop of militia horse. 
The country through which we marched was on both sides of the Santee and 
between Santee and Ashley River, Cooper River, Georgetown and the Peedee. He 
served with Colonel Lee’s Legion, Colonel Washington’s horse, Colonel Maham, 
and Colonel Horry. State troops: he knew General Greene, Colonel Lee, Colonel 
Washington, Colonel Armstrong, Captain Rodwit, Captain Eggleston, Major 
Conyers, Lieutenant Manning..."

	"I, John China do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William 
McIntosh…that we served together in Marion’s brigade. Was with him in Marion’s 
encampment at Doughty Plantation in Santee in the year 1781 and at the 
encampment at Cantey’s on Santee. Was with him at General Greene’s encampment 
near Bacon Bridge in the latter part of the year of 178?"

	"He served for the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: 
For four months under the command of Captain John Singleton, Colonel Richard 
Richardson’s regiment in Marion’s brigade as a volunteer, for two months in 
Captain James McColley’s volunteer troop of horse, same regiment, as a 
volunteer, for twelve months under the command of Captain Joseph Hill, same 
regiment and brigade as a sergeant..."