Dyer-Rutherford-Williamson County TN Archives Military Records.....Nash, William May 7, 1833
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Pension Application Of William Nash, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll ____ Application #S4597
Dyer County, Tennessee May term 1833, Circuit Court of _an and Equity}

	On this day, the 7th day of May, 1833, personally appeared in open 

court, William Nash, aged 70 years and a resident of said county and state, and 

after having being duly sworn according to law, makes the following 

declaration…:



	That in the later end of March or 1st of April in the year 1780 in the 

county of Guilford, state of North Carolina, he entered the service as a 

substitute for one Nathaniel Simpson who had been drafted for a term of three 

months in the militia, which rendezvoused at Guilford Courthouse in the company 

commanded by Captain William Bethel, and Lieutenant Richard Brannen or Vanier 

[it was Vernon], and Robert Nelson ensign; form which place they went on 

through Salisbury, North Carolina on their way to Charleston, South Carolina to 

which place they were ?directed, and on through Camden, South Carolina. From 

thence they were marched on to Monk’s Corner, within about 32 miles of 

Charleston, which was then besieged by the British, under Clinton. 



At Monk’s Corner they formed three troops of American light horse, commanded, 

as he thinks, by Colonel Washington. Whether he was present he can’t recollect, 

as he was not among the troops. Further states that the company to which he 

belonged arrived there on one day and the next morning about daybreak, they 

were attacked by a troop of light horse under Colonel Tarleton, and the 

Americans, after a skirmish, were forced to retreat before their superior 

force. They were pursued for some distance by Tarleton, and at Nelson’s Ferry 

on Santee River they were embodied with a number of other companies which were 

marching to the same point in a brigade under Brigadier General William Caswell 

as the 3rd regiment,. Colonel Tinnen, he thinks, had the command of the 

regiment, and a Lieutenant Colonel McDonald [McDowell]. After joining Caswell, 

we were marched down Santee about 70 miles to a ferry, either ?Dupre or Le___ 

on the said river; which, he does not now recollect. They were ten miles apart, 

and Colonel Beaufort [Buford], Virginia regiment, was stationed at the upper 

one, they at the lower one. 



They lay for several weeks when they were again marched up the same road, up 

the river seven miles above Nelson’s Ferry to a place called Wright’s Bluff and 

Scotch Lake. From this they marched. From this they marched up to Camden where 

his regiment parted with Buford who took what was called the Rocky River Road, 

and his regiment were marched on to Fayetteville, North Carolina, then called 

Cross Creek. Part of the brigade, among which was the company to which he 

belonged were detached up the country towards Salisbury under Colonel McDonald 

[McDowell] and near Guilford County, his company was disbanded some few days 

before their time was out, and he received no discharge.



He further states that in a few days after he returned home, he was drafted for 

a tour of three months and two weeks. Afterwards, the company to which he was 

attached rendezvoused at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina under the command 

of Asa Brashears, captain, James Delay, lieutenant. From Guilford Courthouse, 

we marched down to the Widow Magee’s old place in Randolph, North Carolina when 

we lay about ten days. We then marched back by Guilford Courthouse to 

Salisbury. From Salisbury we marched about 15 miles down the Yadkin River when 

we joined the troops commanded by General Griffith Rutherford where we were 

formed into a battalion of light infantry under the command of Major John 

Armstrong, who was a continental officer.



From thence we marched down to the mouth of the Rocky River. From thence we 

crossed the Yadkin River to the north side again, and then marched down to the 

Cheraw Hills, South Carolina; from there to Rugely’s Mills where were joined by 

the troops under the command of Major General Gates and the troops commanded by 

Major General Richard Caswell. From Rugely’s Mills we marched on towards Camden 

when the two armies met about six miles from Camden when the battle took place, 

which is generally known by the name of Gates’ Defeat. At this place, the 

British was commanded by Lord Cornwallis,  which battle took place some time in 

the month of August in the year 1780. This declarant was not in the battle, but 

was lying sick about four miles from the battleground. Colonel Porterfield, a 

Virginia regular officer who commanded about 80 men, had joined the light 

infantry before the battle took place. This declarant was not in ?militia 

service any more during that campaign, but was afterwards taken home sick, and 

never received a discharge.



	He further states that he served the said two tours, one as a 

substitute, making in all, six months. That he knows of no living witness by 

whom he can prove his services, nor has he any documentary evidence to 

establish the same, and further states that he is not on the pension roll of 

any state and that he hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension but the 

present. 



Questions by the court.



 1st: When and in what year were you born?

Answer: I was born in Botetourt County, Virginia on the 5th day of February, as 

I have been told.



2nd Have you any record of you age and if so, where is it?

Answer: I have none.



3rd Where were you living when called into service? Were you drafted; did you 

volunteer, or were you a substitute?

Answer: In Guilford County, North Carolina, as stated. In the spring of 1781 he 

moved to Montgomery County, Virginia. Four years after he moved to Kentucky, 

Lincoln County, where he stayed but a short time and came to Nashville, 

Tennessee in October 1785 in the neighborhood of which he lived until 1803. He 

then moved to ?Stones River, now Rutherford County where he lived near 18 

years, then moved to Dyer County, Tennessee in the year 1821, where he now 

lives.

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