Roane County TN Archives Military Records.....Geren, Solomon September 15, 1832 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 29, 2006, 4:14 am Pension Application Of Solomon Geren, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #W80 Roane County, Tennessee, September 15th, 1832, Solomon Geren, aged 71 years: “That in the year 1777 he took the state oath in Randolph County, North Carolina. He was then 16 and volunteered in the service of his country in Captain Clark’s company, Reuben Wood, Lieutenant, Simeon Geren, ensign, and was attached to [blank] regiment of NC militia, colonel’s name forgotten. Marched from Randolph to Charleston, SC. No particular circumstances occurred during this term of service. Applicant served 5 months and was discharged at Charleston, SC and was discharged by Lt. Wood, the captain being sick. This discharge has been destroyed many years since. Returned back home to Randolph county, NC.” “He again volunteered in the service of his country in 1778 under Captain McLain, Lt. Crabtree and was attached to a regiment of South Carolina militia, colonel’s name forgotten. Marched from Randolph county, NC to South Carolina to Rugeley’s Mill. Before we arrived at that place, applicant was transferred to Captain Bladsaw’s [Bledsoe?] who was from Wake County, NC. Marched from Rugeley’s Mill to attack the enemy at Camden. Commenced our line of march in the night. We met the enemy about halfway between Rugeley’s Mill and Camden, who [the enemy] was commanded by Lord Rawdon, General Gates commander of our troops. We engaged them and was defeated in this engagement.” “General Williams was wounded. On the next morning, General de Kalb, a Frenchman, was badly wounded ___ General Marion, there be he (Marion) was not in the general engagement as applicant was informed, but was sent by General Gates to ____ River to destroy the watercrafts to prevent the enemy’s escape. But we were defeated and the American army dispersed in every direction and this applicant returned home to Randolph County after serving 3 months. This was in 1778. Applicant received no discharge this time.” “Immediately after his return home, he again volunteered in the service of his country under Captain ?Hinds in the regiment of SC militia under Colonel Luttrell and marched to the Yadkin River in pursuit of the enemy under Lord Cornwallis. We had a little skirmish with the enemy under the aforesaid Cornwallis. Colonel Luttrell was the only commanding officer. We retreated east of the Yadkin, where we made a halt, on order to prevent the enemy from crossing and succeeded. The enemy marched up the river to a place called the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin where they crossed the river.” “We marched back into Randolph, NC where this applicant obtained a furlough to go home, where he stayed for 10 days and again joined his company. During his stay at home, the battle was fought at Guilford. Applicant stood in his father’s yard and heard the cannon roar in the battle. Applicant was then transferred from his own company to Captain York’s company. He served under the aforesaid Captain Hinds 12 months before he was transferred to Captain York’s company. Shortly after he was transferred he was taken prisoner by the Tories and taken to a place called Lindley’s Mill in Chatham County, NC, and from there he was taken by the Tories to O’Neal’s Race Path on the waters of Haw River, where he was retaken from the Tories by Colonel Lee of Virginia who commanded a company of Light Horse. He served with Colonel Lee 11 days, and was sent home by Colonel Lee in consequence of a wound he had received when e was retaken from the Tories.” “He again joined his company under Captain York in Randolph, NC where we reconnoitered through the country in pursuit of the Tories. He served in that station about three months and was discharged. This last service was in 1778 [His dates are not accurate.] and was discharged by Captain York. This discharge has also been lost. Applicant was acquainted with the following regular officers, to wit: Col. Sharp, Gen. Morgan, Col. Washington, and Col. Lee.” “He can prove his services by Wilburn and Ezekiel Croft of Madison county, Alabama. Applicant removed from Randolph County, NC to what was then called Hawkins County, NC, but now Roane County, TN, where he has resided ever since the close of the Revolutionary War.” Additional Comments: His widow, Eleanor Geren, aged 80, applied for widow’s benefits on March 4th, 1842. She said ‘he took the swamps to keep off from the British’ after Gates’ Defeat. She often heard him talk about serving under Captain William York, and that he served from the year 1780 until the war closed. She married him December 26, 1785, and her record of proof is among the papers of the pension file. He died on January 3rd, 1841, and most of the records on the Bible page are in his hand, until the birth of Silas Geren, which was in her hand. She died in Roane County, TN, February 5, 1852. The photocopy of the bible page is included on the microfilm. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/roane/military/revwar/pensions/geren196gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb