Unknown County ScArchives Military Records.....Watson, John August 25, 1785 Revwar South Carolina Militia Commanded by Gen. Ash ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kermit Smith kermit61@bellsouth.net August 21, 2007, 11:14 am Compensation For Revolutionary Service Compensation for Revolutionary Service: The following records were preserved in their original form at the South Carolina Archives.They are entitiled "House of Representatives/Annuities,Claims, and Pension Reports",and althought unsigned they were evidenly transcribed by the State treasurer of the House of Representatives. 1785 August 25 Paid for children of John Watson,taken at the defeat of General Ash at Brear (Briar) Creek in '79 & died with the Enemy 8.15(August 15) Additional Comments: Source: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Records(CD) Auth: Brent Holcomb (Briar Creek is located off the Savannah River in the vicinity of Warren and McDuffie Counties in Georgia, located near Augusta.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/unknown/military/revwar/other/watson84gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb