Henry County TN Archives Military Records.....Nease, Martin September 1, 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Martin Nease, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S1776
Orange County, NC, September 1st, 1832, Martin Nease, aged 71 years last 

February: “That in the year 1799 [meant 1779] he was drafted in Orange County 

in the state of North Carolina in the militia of the state for the term of 5 

months. He was in the company of Captain young, Lieutenant Patterson, field 

officers, General Butler and Colonel Archibald Lyttle. His company was 

organized near Haw River and was marched to Savannah in the state of Georgia by 

way of Salisbury and Camden. The British were in the neighborhood of Savannah 

during the time the declarant was there; no battle was fought, but there was 

some skirmishing. The declarant served out the nine months for which he was 

drafted and was discharged on this side of the Savannah River and returned 

home.”



“In December of the same year, he supposes on the 28th, he was drafted in the 

County of Orange and state of North Carolina for the term of three months and 

was attached to the company of Captain Rogers at first, and then was placed 

under the command of Captain O’Neal and Lieutenant Trousdale. From Orange they 

were marched to Charleston, South Carolina. At Charleston, Captain O’Neal was 

promoted and Trousdale was appointed Captain of his company. This company 

belonged to General Lillington’s brigade. He was in no battle in this tour, was 

employed in making breastworks. He served  out his tour of three months and was 

discharged at Charleston March 28th, 1780, as will appear by the printed 

discharge hereunto annexed, which appears not to have been signed. The 

declarant supposes that the signing was omitted in the hurry of business, but 

he is certain that he received the paper at the time as a discharge. From 

Charleston he returned home.”



“After the Battle of Guilford, the declarant was again drafted in the county of 

Orange, for the term of three months and drove a wagon from Orange County, 

North Carolina to South Carolina, loaded with the baggage of Colonel Wooten and 

Colonel Farmer. When on his return with his wagon within the limits of South 

Carolina, and being with the guard placed over the prisoners taken in the 

Battle of the Eutaw, Colonel Malmedy placed the declarant in the charge of J. 

Galbraith, DLM, as will appear by the written discharge hereunto annexed, and 

was discharged on the 18th September, 1781 by J. Galbraith, D. Quarter Master. 

When he was discharged by Galbraith, his three months of service wanted a few 

days of being ended. He remembers that it was understood at the time, Colonel 

Malmedy stopped him on his return with his wagon, which was previously, of 

course, to the declarant’s being left by the said colonel with Galbraith, that 

declarant’s term of service would expire by the time he could reach 

Hillsborough, NC with his wagon. The declarant returned home and was not again 

in the service.”



“He was born in Northampton County, in the state of Pennsylvania, he supposes 

somewhere about the year 1760. At the age of 13 years or thereabouts, he was 

removed to the County of Orange and state of North Carolina, where he hath ever 

since resided. He has no record of his age. He is known to Major John Taylor, 

John Efland, and John Ferrel of his county and neighborhood. He has procured 

the testimony in the form of an affidavit from John Efland, of the county and 

state aforesaid, as proof in part, of his service."

Additional Comments:
He applied for a transfer of his pension to Henry County, Tennessee on May 30th 

1837.



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