Henry County TN Archives Military Records.....Nease, Martin September 1, 1832
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of Martin Nease, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application
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Orange County, NC, September 1st, 1832, Martin Nease, aged 71 years last
February: That in the year 1799 [meant 1779] he was drafted in Orange County
in the state of North Carolina in the militia of the state for the term of 5
months. He was in the company of Captain young, Lieutenant Patterson, field
officers, General Butler and Colonel Archibald Lyttle. His company was
organized near Haw River and was marched to Savannah in the state of Georgia by
way of Salisbury and Camden. The British were in the neighborhood of Savannah
during the time the declarant was there; no battle was fought, but there was
some skirmishing. The declarant served out the nine months for which he was
drafted and was discharged on this side of the Savannah River and returned
home.
In December of the same year, he supposes on the 28th, he was drafted in the
County of Orange and state of North Carolina for the term of three months and
was attached to the company of Captain Rogers at first, and then was placed
under the command of Captain ONeal and Lieutenant Trousdale. From Orange they
were marched to Charleston, South Carolina. At Charleston, Captain ONeal was
promoted and Trousdale was appointed Captain of his company. This company
belonged to General Lillingtons brigade. He was in no battle in this tour, was
employed in making breastworks. He served out his tour of three months and was
discharged at Charleston March 28th, 1780, as will appear by the printed
discharge hereunto annexed, which appears not to have been signed. The
declarant supposes that the signing was omitted in the hurry of business, but
he is certain that he received the paper at the time as a discharge. From
Charleston he returned home.
After the Battle of Guilford, the declarant was again drafted in the county of
Orange, for the term of three months and drove a wagon from Orange County,
North Carolina to South Carolina, loaded with the baggage of Colonel Wooten and
Colonel Farmer. When on his return with his wagon within the limits of South
Carolina, and being with the guard placed over the prisoners taken in the
Battle of the Eutaw, Colonel Malmedy placed the declarant in the charge of J.
Galbraith, DLM, as will appear by the written discharge hereunto annexed, and
was discharged on the 18th September, 1781 by J. Galbraith, D. Quarter Master.
When he was discharged by Galbraith, his three months of service wanted a few
days of being ended. He remembers that it was understood at the time, Colonel
Malmedy stopped him on his return with his wagon, which was previously, of
course, to the declarants being left by the said colonel with Galbraith, that
declarants term of service would expire by the time he could reach
Hillsborough, NC with his wagon. The declarant returned home and was not again
in the service.
He was born in Northampton County, in the state of Pennsylvania, he supposes
somewhere about the year 1760. At the age of 13 years or thereabouts, he was
removed to the County of Orange and state of North Carolina, where he hath ever
since resided. He has no record of his age. He is known to Major John Taylor,
John Efland, and John Ferrel of his county and neighborhood. He has procured
the testimony in the form of an affidavit from John Efland, of the county and
state aforesaid, as proof in part, of his service."
Additional Comments:
He applied for a transfer of his pension to Henry County, Tennessee on May 30th
1837.
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