Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 983, for Benjamin Rector, North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Iredell County
A
Court of pleas and
Quarter Session November
Tenn 1832
On this 20th day of November personally personally
appeared in open Court being a Court of Record
now Sitting Benjamin Rector of Iredell County State of North Carolina aged 71 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 act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served as he stated:
That he entered as a substitute for his father John
Rector in Henry County under Capt Jacob Camplin
and joined the corps under Col McDowell at the
Indian Lands in South Carolina and marched
through South Carolina and Georgia to the
neighborhood of Augusta - Gen Butler commanded
division and then joined the Regular Army under Gen Lincoln - after marching for time they were at the [illegible] of Stono[?] for head quarters at the head of [illegible] and he was at the Battle of Stono - returned to head quarters was discharged and returned home having served three months- afterwards he was drafted for three months under Capt. Woolridge and joined Col Williams in Salisbury & marched towards Charlotte and then to Surry, - at Richmond had an engagement & was defeated by the Tories -  collected again at Bethany, one of the Moravian towns, and was appointed to guard the Tories taken at King's Mountain