Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5966, for Robert King, North Carolina
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State South Carolina
June 19th day A.D. 1846
Greenor Descrits ⎬ 
Personally appeared before me
Thom, Watson Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the
District and State aforesaid the said Court being a
Court of Record, Robert King a resident of South Carolina and Greenville District aged 88 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the Seventh Eighteen hundred and thirty two 
That he enlisted as a Militia in the army of the United States in the year 1778 or 9 (but he is not
able to give the positive time, for he has not any Education and the lapse of time has deprived him of his recollection) General Green in the fourth regiment
of the North Carolina militia as a private under the following named named officers
He served two years under Genl. Green at one
time and Maj. Baley and Capt F. Lawson and
service something over twelve month or more under Maj. Butler - then marched to Camden and was at the Battle at that place - he further states that he went four or five months at another time under Butler and then taken to guard some prisoners one Month under Capt Lee - afterward March to Pittsboro - Maj. Butler was the Commanding officer but he states that he has forgotten the Capt name - he states he then returned and Joined Gen Green at the Hewlawes[?] Springs and was in the Battle at that place and afterwards march to Little York and got his discharge from Genl. Green - further states that he lived in Caswell County North Carolina and that the reason that he has not applied
for a pension before now is that he lost his discharge by his Mother house burning some three years after he got it and he moved to South Carolina and did not now how to proceed as he had no Education and was not able to go back to North Carolina to prove his service
He hereby relinqushes every Claim