Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,685, for William Taylor, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Taylor William
S. 7685
Born in N.C.
carded.
CONTENTS

12.743 North Carolina
William Taylor
of Duplin in the State of North Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Love of the Regt commanded by Col. Lillington in the North Carolina line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 45 Dollars — — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20. day of May '33 and sent J. L. Hyban Fayetteville N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 90 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 22.50 $112.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 57
286077

7 State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Duplin County } Sessions August Term 1832
On this 28 th day of August, personally afford before the Justices of said Court William Taylor a resident of the County of Duplin and State of North Carolina aged twenty five 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 7 th 1832 that volunteers in the Army of the United States about the year 1776 or 77 as a Minute Man in the Company commanded under the Command of Capt James Lane of which Company David Cannon was Lieutenant & his McCann was Ensign that said company was attached to the Regiment under the command of Colonel Lillington that the Company to which this Declarant was attached underwent at the Court House in Duplin County & Marched from thence to the Cape Fear River some where in the neighborhood of Crop Creek now Fayetteville that they marched thence down the Cape Fear River to Moore's Creek Bridge when by the direction of Genl. Caswell preparations were made by digging trenches to arrest the Forces who it was understood were marching in the direction of Wilmington. that an Engagement took place between the Sons & the Whigs at Moore's Creek Bridge in which Col. Norton one of the Tory Officers was killed while crossing the Bridge the American Troops were commanded in this engagement by Genl. Caswell & Col. Lillington

8 After this engagement which resulted in the defeat of the Jones the Regiment to which he was attached was marched to the Town of Wilmington & after marching there a short time was marched to Lockwoods Folly in Brunswick County When it was reported the Jones had evacuated from there the affiant returned to Wilmington with the rest of the Troops where he was stationed to the end of his term of service of six months. That after his discharge & return home he entered a light horse Company which was raised in Duplin County by Capt John Malton of which Geo Bradley was Lieutenant & Theophilus Williams Ensign for a term of three months service that the Company marched from Duplin County the residence of affiant to the Cape Fear & thence on to South Carolina beyond the Pee Dee River & after securing the intermediate country on the expiration of their term were discharged That he again entered the service in a light horse Company which was raised in Duplin County by Capt Nicholas Bowden of which Geo Bradley was Lieutenant & Wm Hooks was Ensign that this was for a term of three months that this troop were altogether engaged during the time in securing the County of Duplin & the adjoining country to prevent the depredations of the Jones that the troops of light horse to which he was attached were commanded by Col.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Test Geo Bradley Wm Williams Taylor

Questions propounded by the Court.
1 st When and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born on the 10 th day of February 1757 in the County of Pitt State of North Carolina
2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so when is it? Answer I have the family Bible containing it in my possession
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War; and Where do you now live?
Answer In the County of Duplin
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Answer I volunteered
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Answer I do not recollect the names of any other officers than those I have named in my declaration & by reason of my failing memory cannot pretend to a more minute detail of circumstances than is set forth in my declaration
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer I am not certain but think I did but from the different officers I served with under the Captains I mean if I did I cannot now find them.

7 th State the names 10 of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. Answer. the Rev d Sam l Stanford his Linton Esqr & others
We Samuel Stanford a clergyman residing in the County of Dublin and John Linton Esqr. residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is respected & believed in their neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day Sam l Stanford for and your affix and John Linton Esqr. In presence of us
And the justices of said do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Sam l Stanford who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Dublin and that his Linton Esqr
Who has also signed the same is a resident of the County of Dublin & a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W m Traill Esqr Gibson Sloan Esqr D r Jones Esqr

23120
William Taylor
Duplin county
North Carolina
Alambs
6 m. lat. 25-
6. 12/ 20 45.00
T. L. Hybart, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Taylor, Duplin co
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteers 1776-1777 6 private Capt Love Gen. Lillington Fayetteville 75   do — 3 cavalry Capt Molton Gen. Caswell Monk's bridge Monk's bridge Duplin county N.C. tradition   do — 3 do Capt Bowdon Melvin's Lockwood's Ferry South Carolina Witness proves one term of three months - another the other term of three months - another the six months term.  
Additional declaration was lost of memory.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.,
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
G. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about  three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place- where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
L. B. Branch

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
William Saylor V. 7-7685-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 6 mos Col. James Love Lillington N.C.   3 " " John Moulton ✓ "   3 " " Nicholas Borden ✓ "  
Battles engaged in, Moore's Creek Bridge. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Duplin Co. N.C. Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1822. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Duplin Co. N.C. Age at date of application, Jan. Feb. 19, 1822, 77, Battle N.C.
Remarks: No data as to family. The above is the only William Saylor of N.C. found on the Pension records of this Bureau.

John A. Taylor
23120

State of 13 North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Duplin County. } February Term 1833
On this 26 th day of February 1833. William Taylor a resident of said County, personally appeared in Open Court the Court aforesaid it being a Court of Record, and exhibited a Declaration heretofore filed in said Court at August Term 1832. with the Affidavits of Arthur Matthys, James Moore & William Ward, taken before John Linton Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County. to which is also appended the Certificates of the Rev d Sam l Stanfield & Jas Linton Esq. which said Declaration & Proofs thereunto appertaining were made in order to entitle the said William Taylor to the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832. And the said William Taylor after being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following additional Declaration That by reason of his old age & failing memory he cannot recollect the precise periods of the Revolutionary war War. When he served the three different tours as set forth in his said Declaration heretofore filed. But he is confident that he served one Term of six months which was the first term he performed as set forth in his Declaration aforesaid & this was performed in the Infantry under Capt. James Love. That he served two tours of three months each in the Light horse finding his own horse under Captains Molton & Borden. In these different tours he served as a Private.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. Taylor
Subscribed to the foregoing Declaration

14 State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Duplin County. } February Term 1833.
I James Pearsall Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Duplin County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Declaration & the Amended Declaration with the Proofs & Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Taylor for a Pension which said papers are marked pages 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. & 14 inclusive
J. Pearsall Clerk

Reuben
7685
INVALID.
File No. 7685
William Taylor born New York
Act: June 1 st 1882
Index:—Vol. 163 , Page 369
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 June 8. Heir. to Mrs. B.H. Griffin aw.
1909 Dec. 28 Heir. to Mrs. W. T. Cranford. V.P. etc. (Letter in Ltr. File 3911)

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
May 29, 1907
Searched by J. H. R.
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, Wm. Taylor
Soldier, _____
Service, H. C. R.
Remarks: No clm. as a- bove other than Inv. F. 7685-
Chief of Division.

R. H. Griffin, Prop.
L. T. Brown, Mgr.
Hotel Kennon,
Goldsboro, North Carolina.
May 23 190
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir—
Do the records show that either of my grandfathers William Taylor, Benjamin or the 10th N.C. Reg. Shepard's Co-1777 were pensioners.
Thanking you Sir
Yours Truly Mrs. W. H. Griffin. Goldsboro, N.C.
Revolutionary War Records—

Mr Taylor Dilworth L
12

And the Justices of the said Court do declare firmly delare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
State of Abolition Court of Pleas & Quarters of Dufren County 3 Session August Term 1832 I James Russell Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarters do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Taylor for a Pension
And I James Russell do further certify that his Sintow & Edward Bullaw Esqrs are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that their signatures to the annexed affidavits of Arthur Matthais William Ward & Jas Moore are in the proper hand writing of the said John Sintow & Edward Bullaw & that full faith & credit are due to their acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 28 th day of August A.D. 1832
J Russell Clerk

State of North Carolina } this day personally appeared before Duplin County } Mr John Linton one of the Justices of the peace of said County Arthur Mathis of the said County and after being sworn upon the holy Evangelist of Almighty God to declare the truth touching what he may know about Services rendered by William Taylor a soldier in the Revolutionary War deponeth & saith as follows to wit: that the said Taylor (together with himself) Volunteered as light horse men under the command of John Norton Capt. John Armstrong lieutenant & Theophilus Williams Ensign that they were marched to Big Pond River as headquarters that they remained in the South State most of the time & then put in charge of prisoners with whom they were sent back to the town of Newbern in this State and were then discharged that this town hereafter was for four months sworn to and subscribed before me Arthur Mathis the twentieth day of August 1832 mark Attest John Linton J.P.
I John Linton justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that Arthur Mathis whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness. Given under my hand & seal this 28
August 1832
John Linton J.P.

State of North Carolina 3 Duplin County
This day James Moore of said County personally appeared before me Edw d O'Callahan Esq one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County who being first duly sworn according to Law deposes & saith that he is Well acquainted with William Taylor of said County & has been for a number of years that he knew him in the service as a soldier during the Revolutionary War in a company of Light horse commanded by Capt d Nicholas Bowden. That he knows said Taylor as Ensign & that he knows said Taylor served in said Company three months. and that the said Company of Light horse being raised in Duplin County North Carolina.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27 th day of August 1832.
James Moore
Attest Edw d O'Callahan J.P. Ques
I John Linton Justice of the Peace in & for said County certify that James Moore whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit is a Credible Witness given under my hand & seal this 28 th August 1832
John Linton J.P. Ques

of North Carolina August the 28 th 1832. Duplin County } This day personally appeared before me William Ward of the said County and being sworn upon the Holy evangelist to depose the truth in respect of what he may know about the services of William Taylor, rendered in the Revolutionary war, deponeth and saith that as he believes it was in the year 1775 the Col. Taylor with himself, was an enlisted soldier under James Linn Esq t . David Cannon Lieut. colonel and John McCann Lieut. colonel in the Minute Service for the term of six months, & that the Rendezvous was at a creek known that they marched over the Northeast River then down the river by water to the mouth of Black river then up to the Bridge in Moore's Creek they were there for under the command of General Livingston, and was in the engagement at the Bridge, which this deponent thinks was in the month of February 1776 and from there to the town of Wilmington which then was head quarters that on a further Expedition they marched to Lockwood's ferry and then back to head quarters again, and various other movements until the six months expired Sworn to and subscribed before me the day above written
Attest John Linton J.P.
I John Linton one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County Certify that William Ward who sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit is a credible Witness. Seal this 28 th August 1832 Given under my hand John Linton J.P. Seal