The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-02-16
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF
ADAlR.
(BY H. G. BAKER,

Carolina in the month of October,
1778. He was kept in said county for
a considerable time scouting after the
enemy until he was marched to RAM
shaw Mill where he was attached to
Col. Locks regiment, and he was en-
gagged in the GLORIOUS victory" at
Ramshaw Mill. His captain was
killed in the battle, and he was then
put under Capt. Hall, Col. Cloyd's
regiment. He was in the battle of
Shallow Ford, North Carolina, and
continued in the service scouting in
the State until the spring of l779,
when he was discharged.
In May 1850 he re-enlisted under
Captain Samuel Martin, Col. Poague,
in the line of General Sumpter was
marched into South Carolina to the
Congaree and there the fort was
taken.
He was then put in a detachment
commanded by Capt Snipes, and went
with him to the Ashapoo river. There
they took some horses from the Brit
ish. AS they were returning to the
army, they stopped at Capt. Snipes,
and there had general engagement
with the British in which he, (Young)
received thirteen wounds, and all of
the troops were killed except Capt
Snipes, himself, and three or four 9TH
erS.
As soon as his wounds permitted he
returned to active service until his
term expired, when he received an
honorable discharge at Orangeburg,
South Carolina-his whole service
covering two years and two months.
He further states that while in the
service he losta horse, saddle and bri-
die, valued at $3.50 for which he re-
ceived no compensation.
He removed to Kentucky in the fall
of 1887. We presume some of the
Youngs now living in Adair county
are descendants of this old soldier pa
triot. They ought to be proud of this
record of honorable service on the
part of their ancestor.
Charles Moore gives his age 72 years.
He entered the service in 1776 under
Capt. Paxton He was at the battle
of Guilford Court House in the COM
mand of Col. Mcdowell. After the
battle he was called down to Peters
burg, Virginia, under Capt. Gray.
Later he went out under Capt Trim
BILE, Col. Sewers command. They
fell in with Gen. Marion, and we're
present when ninety prisoners were
taken at Monks Corner, North Car
DINA. y-s
Levi Conover gives his age 10 years.
He entered the service in IT'S or 1776,
under Capt. Stout, Col. DyKing's COM
mand He was in the battle of Tren-
ton and the next morning very early he
assisted in attacking the British at
Princeton. He was then marched to
Steel's Gap and "lay there near about
three weeks" He was then marched
to Brunswick, where the British were
said to be, but, the British in the
mean time marched off to New York,
/ and boarded their vessels. During
his service he was in many skirmishes.
He was volunteer during his term OF
service, which covered three or four
years.
James Smith II years old, was a
resident of Frederick county, Mary
land.
He enlisted in the State af Mary
land about 1774-5 or 6, the exact time
not remembered, under Capt. Craiger,
Phillip Smith, LIST Lieutenant.
He was in scrimmage about 81 ven
miles from Brunswick in the State of
New Jersey, and marched over parts
of the S tates of New Jersey
and New York, He then served
in Virginia, and marched. down
about Williamsburg and. jamestown.
He was at che taking of CORVALLIS,
and assisted in guarding the prisoners
to the Potomac river. Here the mi.
litia took them, and guarded them up
to Fredericktown. At the time of
taking CORVALLIS he was an orderly
sergeant, but previous to that time he
was sergeant of lower grade.
Jacob Cooper, at the time he filed
his declaration, was SO years old. He
entered the service under Capt. vii.
liam Moore in the year 1776, from the
county of Burke. North Carolina, was
in a battle with the British at Broad