This Orange County NC post says:

"Seeking the father of Richard PARKER who was in Orange County as early as 1753. Is listed in "Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions" as a 'Justice'. And in 1766, "Richard PARKER, Esq. presents his commission as Captain of Foot in the Regiment of Orange". He bought land "on Waters of New Hope", which, later was located in Chatham. Several deeds names wife, Ann. In 1771 a deed of sale was witnessed by James Turner,LEWIS PARKER and JOHN BOOKER. Lewis believed to be son of Richard. Lewis's wife believed to be Sarah HATLEY.

Richard Parker's son, Lewis, bought 300 acres of land, on Lick Branch, in Chatham County, from the State of North Carolina in 1782. This family migrated to Georgia. In 1798, "Lewis Parker of Warren County, Georgia,gave power to his friend, Thomas Bell, of Chatham County,North Carolina power of attorney to sell 300 acres of land on Parker's Creek, formerly known as Lick Branch." I understand Parker's Creek is the swimming and camp site for the Jordan Lake area. Survey: p 376 Richard CASWELL 11 May 1756 640 acres in Orange County in the Parish of St Matthew on both sides of the fork of New Hope and old Field Creek OR /s/ Richard CASWELL Wits: Cha YOUNG, Shad HAYWOOD. surveyed 19 August 1755 SCC: John RHODES, William PICKETT W CHURTON Surveyor"

Richard Parker commisioned Captain of Militia, "Petition from Alexander Mebane concerning the defense of Orange County", Mebane, Alexander 1755 Volume 05, Page 365.

Richard Parker was a justice of the peace in Orange County, "Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council North Carolina. Council" May 17, 1757 - May 30, 1757 Volume 05, Pages 810-817.

Richard Parker of Chataham County is mentioned seventeen times in "Minutes of the Lower House of the North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina. General Assembly" March 02, 1774 - March 25, 1774 Volume 09, Pages 874-953.

	Muster Roll of James Read's company of the First North Carolina Battalion of the Continental Army James Read September 08, 1778
    [National Archives: M246: Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783: North Carolina; 1st Regiment: Folder 1: posted on Footnote.com NC 1st Regiment, p. 32]
    Transcribed by Will Graves 9/22/09

	No. NAMES.                ENLISTED.              War. Years. REMARKS.
	43  Henry Williamson      May 20th, '76               2½
	
	S/ Jas. Read, Captn
    S/ Peter Bacot, Lt.
    S/ Wm Hargrave Ensign
	

Stroud also served with his brother in the French and Indian Wars and was at the plains of Abraham in Quebec when General Wolfe was killed. From: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=betsym&id=I4065
Note 1: American Revolution, May 15, 1777 - March 3, 1779. First NC Regiment, Col. Thomas Clark, Commander. Also served in Ninth NC Reg., in Harper's Row. (See also pg. 145, in Dr. Freeland's book.)
Note 2: John Stroud, eldest son of Barnard and Keziah Harker Stroud, was born in Amwell Township, New Jersey in 1732; he died in Clarke County, GA in 1806 and was buried in Mars Hill Churchyard. His grave is marked by the Georgia Daughters of the American Revolution.

He joined the Colonial Army in PA and fought with his brother, Jacob, in the French and Indian Wars. John and Jacob were both with Wolfe in the closing battle at Quebec. John also fought at Fort William Henry on Lake George, in September 1759, the crowning victory of Wolfe over Montcalm.
Dr. Freeland's official DAR records state that John Stroud was a private in Capt. Sharpe's Company, First North Carolina Regiment, Continental Line, served 1777-1780.
Other records are found in Georgia Genealogical Magazine, January 1962, Folks Huxford, p. 135; also Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, by McCall, Vol. I, p. 162.

In the spring of 1756 John Stroud married Sarah Conley. I have as yet found no specific information about her family. The name is spelled variously--Connally, etc. About 1757, John, his bride, his brothers Samuel and James and two of their sisters moved to Suffolk, VA. A short time later, John moved his family to Hillsboro, Orange County, NC. Here they remained until after the American Revolution. His son, Mark, was also enlisted as a private in the North Carolina Reserves and was engaged in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Around 1787, the John Stroud family, together with in-laws and neighbors, left their NC homes and moved to GA. There are reasons to believe that some of the families may have settled or paused for a time in SC. The stories of grants to the fertile land in GA appealed to the post-war discontented Strouds and despite the primitive traveling and living conditions they began the long journey. They traveled hundreds of miles through uncleared forests and trails, over hills, rivers, and swamp lands. They first pitched tents in Burke County, GA; but after a year moved on to Hancock County where the families began to split up. Soon the Strouds, Crows, Meltons and other allied failies were scattered over GA and eventually their descendants could be found in AL, MS, LA and even far-off TX where my ancestors from daughter Elizabeth Stroud Crow planted new roots. John and Sarah Conley Stroud settled and remained until each died in 1806 in Clarke County, GA. They are both buried in Mars Hill Cemetery. They became active in the Mars Hill Baptist Church; he served as a deacon and some records show he was a minister there for a time. (Dr. Freeland) has a copy of his will and from it was able to secure the names of the children as well as other important information.

Mrs. Howard H. McCall's Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol. I,Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. pg. 162 states:

"John Stroud, b. Amwell NJ 1732, d. Clarke GA. Buried Mars Hill Cemetery, Clarke County GA (grave marked by GA. DAR) Joined the Colonial Army in Penn., faought in French and Indian Wars, served as a Rev Sol. in NC under Major John Ashe 1st NC Regiment 1777-1779. Moved to Burke GA then Hancock GA then Clarke GA (will made Jan 21 1805, Pro. Jan 6 1806). Married 1756 Sarah Connally (Connelly)"

Memorial Dedication to John Stroud and Stephen Crow

Members of the Athens, Lyman Hall and the Piedmont Chapters met on March 24th, 2007 at 2 PM at the Mars Hill Baptist Cemetery in Watkinsville GA. to mark the graves of three Revolutionary War Patriots, William Daniell, John Stroud and Stephen Crow. Representatives from many patriotic organizations participated including the Georgia Society SAR, Colonial Dames XVII Century, Elijah Clarke, Martha Stewart Bulloch Chapter DAR and many other groups. Piedmont member John Mortison performed with his bagpipes. Color Guard members Commander Paul Prescott, Charlie Newcomer, Georgia Society President George Wheeless, Walker Chewning, Robert Cruthirds, Jack Ferguson, Jay Guest, Larry Guzy, Jim Hubert, Piper John Mortison, Bob Sapp, Richard Ramsaur, Ted Smith, George Thurmond, Bobby Towns, Terry Manning, Geoffrey Oosterhoudt and Larry Wilson participated in this unusual event of marking three Patriot graves. The youngster on the right fully dressed in his colonial uniform is Robert Walker, grandson of Walker Chewning. Piper John Mortison set the stage for the event playing Amazing Grace. Travis Ellis, member of the Lyman Hall Chapter, and his son Dawson and beautiful daughter Grace, descendants of Stephen Crow, pictured at the Stephen Crow monument. The Elijah Clarke Militia fires a salute honoring the three Patriots. http://www.avoc.info/info/article.php?article=3718 http://onlineathens.com/stories/052307/oconee_20070523019.shtml

• Pvt. Rueben Weed (1740 NY - 1790 Abbeville SC)

  First Lt. Reuben Weed "present and fit for duty" in "List of Officers in Col. (Thomas) Thomas' Regiment as well as present and fit for duty as of the unfit and absent 4th Oct 1776". From Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, State: New York; Regiment: Col Thomas Thomas' 2nd Westchester County Regiment of Militia. (see Ethyle Porter Weed in 1935 below). Other Officers listed: William Dutcher, Daniel Martling, Gershom Sherwood, Abraham Ledew, Isaac van Wert, Daniel Willims, Nathaniel Delivan, Samuel Lawrence, John Crissy Miller, James Cronkyte, Obediah Purdy, Joshua Drake, Benoni Platt, Hezekiah Gray, Caleb Merrit, Abijah Gilbert, William Fanshier, Thadeus Crane, Elijah Hunter, Henry Piers, Nathan Olmsted, Samuel Townsend, Richard Hatfield, William Woodward, David Dan.

  While interesting to find Reuben Weed's name on a Westchester County NY Militia unit in 1776 -- and to be recalled by Ethyle Weed in 1935. It is generally accepted that Reuben Weed was born in New Haven CT and moved to Orange County NY (Newburgh) where all his children were born 1760 through 1768. Some data implies that Reuben and his brothers Nathaniel and John moved to South Carolina in 1774 -- before the Revolution. Land records in Newburgh say he sold his property in 1774. Further there are many Weeds in and around the NY-CT border in Stamford CT who were more likely to be in the Westchester County militia. I doubt the veracity of this NY claim. For eaxmple there is a Rebuben Weed in Westchester NY: See (this) This says that:

  "vii. Reuben Weed was born 03 FEB 1740 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT, and died 24 JUN 1810 in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., NY. He married Mary Scofield 30 MAY 1764 in South Salem, Westchester Co., NY, daughter of Ebenezer Scofield and Mary Smith. She was born 1746 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT, and died 10 FEB 1812 in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., NY. "

  This Reuben Weed is the son of Reuben Weed 1717-1761 Stamford CT; grandson of Daniel Weed 1685-1765 Stamford CT; great grandson of Daniel Weed 1652-1697 Stamford CT; great great grandson of Jonas Weed, immigrant to MA. This makes him a diostant cousin of The SC Reuben Weed and the likely Westchester County NY militia lieutenant.

  The Reuben who moved to SC in 1774 was in:

  South Carolina Militia
  Private, Aide to General Andrew Pickens

  Battles:
  His March, 19 1785 petition in the Abbeville (96th) District issued Reuben 52 pounds for his "...duty as a private and also rum, provisions and forage for militia use in 1780 and 1781."

  Ethyle Porter Weed in 1935 wrote to the Dept. of Pensions in Washington D.C., she states:
  "...Reuben Weed was appointed Lieut. in 1776 (in N.Y. I believe). His services were under Gen Clinton....He moved to South Carolina in 1778 or 1779...

  ...Aug 18 a Reuben Weed his account of militia duty before and after the reduction of Charleston and for rum, Provisions and forage for Militia use in 1780 and 1781."

• Pvt. Rueben Weed, Jr. (1767-1845 Abbeville SC)
  Private, South Carolina Militia
  He enlisted while residing in Abbeville District under Capt. Joseph Calhoun and Col. Anderson during 1780 and 1781

  "To Reuben Weed for Duty Col Anderson's Regiment #161.10
  Rum and Salt 1780 #141.
  201 bushels of corn in May 1781 22.10
  Corn and Oats in June 1781 41.12"
  Rum and Salt in 1780"

  "96 District
  May 1781 of Reuben Weed 20 bushels of corn for the use of Gen Green's Army by order of Brig General Andrew Pickens"

  In 1935 a letter summarizing his pension application says:

  "He applied for a pension October 7 1839 while living in the Abbeville District, South Carolina aged 74 years and alleged that while a resident of said place he enlisted in February 1782, served as a private in Captain Joseph Calhoun's company in Colonel Anderson's South Carolina Regiment and was discharged November 30, 1782...His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service, in accordance with the requirement of the pension law"

  In 1840 a discharge from service was submitted signed by Captain Joseph Calhoun in 1782. Proof was requested about the authenticity of the signature.

• Capt. John Rainey (1750 VA -
  Captain South Carolina Militia

  Battles: Cowpens
  Pension file: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/bedford/military/revwar/pensions/rainey01.txt
  

  Name: Rank State Served: John Rainey PVT South Carolina Born 20 May, 1750 in Caroline County, Virginia, Died prior to 3rd May 1842 in Bedford County, Tennessee. Possibly buried at Mt. Hermon Cemetery or Pleasant Gardens Cemetery in an unmarked grave. GSA: John Rainey, S.4035, South Carolina. Claim No. 13.872: West Tennessee, John Rainey of Bedford County, in the State of Tennessee, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain_____ in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas in the South Carolina Line for 2 Years. Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 dollars, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July 1833 and sent to Hon. J.K.Polk Columbia. Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00) Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept $ 40.00) Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by William Allison, Clerk Book E Vol 7 page 95 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6th, 1838 from Sept 4th 1840 to March 4 1844 Agt. Notified 3rd May 1842. Declaration in order obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 State of Tennessee) Bedford County ) On this sixteenth day of August, appeared in open Court before Samuel Phillips, John B. Armstrong and John L. Neill, Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee aforesaid John Rainey, a resident of said County, aged eighty two years, two months seven days, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath state the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passes 7th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. He does not know owing to the failing of his memory what time he entered the service but that it was during the time the American Army lay at Slim Oak [STONO], a place between Charleston and Savannah in South Carolina. That in Laurens County, South Carolina, he was commissioned by one Colonel [JOHN] Thomas to hold a garrison at the place where Colonel Hight [JACOB HITE] was killed which was in the Cherokee Nation, just over the South Carolina line, and then remained himself with about sixty men, he had under his command nine months during which time they kept possession of the garrison, and after the nine months service, he had his company returned home. There was but one little engagement, which was about half a mile from the garrison in, which engagement there was no white men killed and but one Indian. This applicant further states that shortly after he returned home from his service in the garrison, he raised a Company of Volunteers, say about twenty and went in pursuit of the Tories, who were then going through the country and trailed them about fifty miles when he got information that Colonel [ELIJAH] Clark and General [ANDREW] Pickens were before him and nearer the Tories than he was, He then on that information, thought proper to return back home, and immediately himself and Colonel [BENJAMIN ROEBUCK] Rowebuck and Major Smith turns out and raised more volunteers to keep down the Tories in that part of the country and guard the frontiers, and whilst he was scouting about down below Camden, he was taken prisoner by the British and one Colonel [PATRICK] Ferguson was the Commander of the British at the time he was taken by them, and whilst on their way with him from Camden to Kings Mountain about eighteen miles from Camden, between sunset and daylight down, he made his escape from the British, he then without delay, made back home being about forty miles distant, to hear, if he could, anything of Rowebuck, Smith or General Green. But his wife could give no account of them (and all in that neighborhood with a very few exception, were Tories). So he had no chance to make further inquiries but he immediately went on to a place in South Carolina then called Ninety-Six and near Camden, and stayed there some two three days, being a Whig neighborhood generally speaking but could not still hear anything of the above mentioned men. He then returned home again and by this time, his wife had got information in what direction Morgan's Army was. He then immediately without staying one single night at home, went in pursuit of Morgan's Army to join him which I done. When I found Rowebuck and Smith and their Companies and my own Company. Morgan's Army then lay about eighty miles from his house, and the morning after I joined them, the battle [COWPENS] was fought between Morgan and Tailor (Tarleton] and in which battle, Taylor [TARLETON] and his Army was defeated and Taylor [TARLETON] himself wounded. We pursued them on to where Colonel Wallis' [CORNWALLIS] Army was laying and in the pursuit together with what we took on the field of battle. We captured some hundred of the British and we kept on to Halifax Court House in the State of Virginia and then we lay about six weeks. But before we got to said Court House, General Morgan gave up his command and understood went home, and General Greene took command of the whole. He further states that they marched from Halifax Court House to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and directly after they got there, they very nearly had some small engagements and some are killed, and when the army got up to High Rock, North Carolina, General Greene commissioned him to recruit men to join General Pickens at Ramseur's Mills, and he is accordingly recruited some when he thinks about thirty. He was in hearing of artillery when the Battle of Guilford was fought and the second day after the Battle of Guilford, him and his men were on march to join General Pickens, when to his great astonishment, he met his wife and all his children with her, five in number, drove out of their native State by the Tories,and nearly exhausted by fatigue and might add with hunger and this situation, he gave up his command to one Major Stone and they went on and he conveyed his wife off a distant of about thirty miles and procured a house for them and from thence home to South Carolina and was not in the service afterwards. This declarent further represents that he has documentary evidence to assist his recollection, he having received no discharge from General Greene or any other person and half a century having now lapsed since the time of his service he presumes many things have escaped his recollection, which might be necessarily stated in his declaration. He is not certain that he recollects all the skirmishes he may have been engaged in. Many of the Officers together with names with whom he was then familiar, he has entirely forgotten. He is unable to state precisely at the remote period the length of time, he was engaged with the service of the United States as a Revolutionary Soldier, according to the best of his recollection, it was upwards of three years how much over that time he cannot say. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State. John ( X ) Rainey Sworn into open Court 16th August 1832. Jas. McKisick, Clk. We, Malchesadic Brame, a Clergyman, residing in the County of Bedford and William Hazlett residing in said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Rainey, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ,that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court. Jas. McKisick, Clk Melch. Brame Wm. Hazlett Interrogatories by the Court: Q 1st: Where and in what year were you born? A. I was born in Caroline County, Virginia on the 20th day of May 1750. Q 2nd: Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? A. My age is registered in a Family Bible belonging to my father in Virginia and I have not seen it since the close of the war. Q 3rd: Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? A. I was living in South Carolina, Laurens County when I entered the service, after the war was over I lived in the same County and State, and I removed from there to Bedford County, State of Tennessee in the year 1808,where I now live and have lived since the year 1808. Q 4th: How were you called into service? Were you drafted? Did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if so, a Substitute for whom? A.In the first place, I was commissioned as a Captain to build the garrison as stated in the declaration, and when I entered the service the second time, I volunteered and I was never a substitute. Q 5th: State the names 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 service. A.Colonel Thomas (his Christian name I do not recollect) was the man that commissioned me to built the garrison, spoken of in this declaration and he was the Colonel of Laurens County. General Morgan, his Christian name I also forgot, I do not know the names of any of the Field Officers under him. I was then under General Greene, his given name I also forgot, and I knew Major Lawson who was under General Greene. The general circumstances in relation to my service are related as correctly as I can now recollect them in my declaration. Q 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it giver) and what has become of it? A. I never received a discharge from anyone. Q 7th : 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 Revolutionary Soldier. A. I have been acquainted with Solomon Campbell, Thomas Dean, and William Hazlett, the latter two are Justices of the County of Bedford and many other persons in Bedford County, having lived in said County. upwards of twenty two years past. Sworn to in open Court 16th August 1832. ]as. McKisick, Clk. John ( X ) Rainey Personally appeared in open Court, Solomon Campbell a citizen of the said County of Bedford, who makes the following statement on oath in relation to the services rendered by John Rainey, the before mentioned applicant. That he was not personally acquainted with said John Rainey as he copy, but does believe from having repeated conversations together about the Revolutionary War and said Rainey speaking of certain events happening during the campaign in North Carolina, that he was certainly in the Revolution and a true Whig and that the opinion of the neighborhood and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Melchesadic Brame who has signed the preceeding certificate, a Clergyman, resident in the said County of Bedford and that William Hazlett and Solomon Campbell who respectively signed the foregoing certificate, are creditable persons and that their respected statements are entitled to credit. Jno. L.Neill , Samuel Phillips, John B Armstrong I, James McKisick, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Bedford in the State of aforesaid, do hereby testify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the applicant of John Rainey for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office of Shelbyville, the 16th day of August 1832. Jas. McKisick, Clk. 1835, age 84 years, Private in South Carolina Militia. John Rainey had a daughter Nancy, born November 11, 1784, died October 17 1871 married Henry Hart. Nancy is buried in the Hart-Gossage Cemetery, Oak, Polk County, Illinois. Her tombstone reads: "Nancy, wife of Henry Hart daughter of Capt. John Rainey of the Revolution, born Nov 11, 1784, died Oct 17, 187 1. Aged 86 yrs, 11 mos & 6 days" Member of the Baptist Church for 70 years" John Rainey lived in the extreme southern part of Bedford County; north west of New Hermon, in the area of Possum Trot Road. In the 1820's and 1830's,other Raineys living near John Rainey were: Peter, John W., A.R., and Henry K. Rainey. John Rainey was living on Rainey Branch on waters of Flat Creek in 1814. Ref: GSA Report, Washington, D.C. Ref: DAR No. 655757 Ref; Tennessee Land Grants by Marsh Submitted By: Joe.E Davis Je.davis@mindspring.com From the Patriots at Cowpens, Capt. John’s record is more complete: John Rainey enlisted at the time the army lay at a place between Stono and Charleston. He was commissioned by Col. Thomas to build a garrison at the site where Col. Hight had been killed (just inside the Cherokee nation across the South Carolina frontier). Rainey with about 60 men in his command built the fort and manned it until his tour expired. Shortly after returning home he raised a company of twenty volunteers under Col. Roebuck and Maj. Smith. While scouting below Cambridge he was taken prisoner by Col. Ferguson. While they were on their way to Kings Mountain, he made his escape between sunset and dawn. Later Rainey went to join Morgan. When he found Morgan he saw that Roebuck and his own command were present. The morning after Rainey reached Morgan he was in the battle of Cowpens. After the battle Rainey and his company pursued Tarleton to the camp of Corwallis. He returned to Hillsborough, NC where on the very day he reached that place they were in a small battle. From Hillsborough the army marched to High Rock NC where Rainey was commissioned to recruit men to join Gen. Pickens. He raised about thirty men and was within hearing distance of the guns in the battle of Guilford Courthouse. On the second day after the battle, while marching his men to Pickens, to his astonishment he met his wife and his five children. They had been driven out of their homes by the Tories and were suffering from fatigue and hunger. Rainey gave up his command to Maj. Moore (who march the men to Pickens) conveyed his family about thirty miles, procured a house for them and did not return to service.

• Capt. Nathaniel Austin (1720 Yorkshire England - 1798 SC)
  Captain South Carolina Militia, Captain in Pickens Brigade in 1779 and 1781
  Nathaniel Austin was paid nearly 721 pounds for his services in providing provisions to the militia and his military

  "Nathaniel Austin, Sr. became a Captain of Infantry in General Andrew Pickens' Brigade, South Carolina Militia. The Archives of South Carolina Historical Commission at Columbia authenticate his participation in the siege of Charleston, Augusta, Kettle Creek (Washington Georgia), Musgrove Mills, Cowpens, and other battles in South and North Carolina."

  From "The American Revolution in South Carolina" pages by J.D. Lewis, Little River, see this on Capt. Austin in the Little River Regiment

  

  Graves of Revolutionary War Capt. Nathaniel Austin (1720-1798) and his daughter Mary
  13th Hole of Holly Tree Country Club in Simpsonville, SC

  Nathaniel Austin probably operated a post on the Indian border which became his estate called "Gilder" near the current town of Simpsonville SC (see this marker). His daughter Mary (gravesite above) was scalped by the Indians while visiting a neighbor on the Fourth of July 1776. She is buried next to her father (read this story).

  Nathaniel and 10 sons all served in the revolution as South Carolina Militia (see this from the Greenville News on Nathaniel Sr.) Nathaniel Jr (1743-1802) married Sarah Ann Anderson daughter of another SC Militia captain, William Anderson. See this descendants chart.

• Sgt. Nathaniel Austin, Jr. (1743 Yorkshire England-1820)
  Quarter Master Sergeant
  served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in Capt. John Drury’s Company (Little River Regiment commanded by Col. James Williams)

  From "The American Revoltion in South Carolina" pages by J.D. Lewis, Little River, see this for Sgt. Austin in the Little River Regiment

• Sgt. Drury Johnson
  Pvt, Cpl and Sergeant 1st SC and Sergeant SC Militia
  He enlisted in the First Regiment on Nov 4 1775 and was a corporal on 31 Dec 1776. On 20 April 1778 he became a sergeant. He was discharged 27 July 1778. He was a sergeant of militia during 1780 and 1781. He died in 1832.

  Battles:
  1775 Bloody Point, Fort Johnson, Hog Island Channel
  1776 Fort Moultrie, Barbados
  1779 Port Royal Island, Briar Creek (GA), Prevost's March on Charleston
  1779 Stono Ferry, Siege of Savannah (GA)
  1780 Siege of Charleston, Gibbes' Plantation, Sullivan's Island, Haddrell's Point, Fort Moultrie

  From "The American Revoltion in South Carolina" pages by J.D. Lewis, Little River, see this on Sgt. Drury Johnson in the 1st SC Continental Line.

  Pension:
  Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
  Pension application of Drewry Johnston R5656 Rhoda fn42NC\
  (Drury Johnson)

  Transcribed by Will Graves 10/28/08

  [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.]

  [fn p. 2, copy of marriage bond dated May 7, 1785, given in Orange County, NC, by Drury Johnson and Thomas Browen to secure the marriage of Johnson to Rody Cole.]

  [On February 27, 1845, in Guilford County, NC, Sarah Cate, 75, gave testimony that she is the sister of Rhoda Johnson, widow of Drury Johnson, who resides in Orange County, NC; that her sister is the widow of Drury Johnson; that she, Sarah, was present at their marriage in 1785 by James Carrington, JP.]

  North Carolina, Orange County

  On this the 28th day of November 1844, personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Court, of pleas and quarter sessions for said County, Rhoda Johnson, a resident of said County aged 82 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, maketh the declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th July 1838. That she is the widow of the late Drewry Johnson, who during the War of the Revolution (as this Declarant has reason to believe & does believe) did serve the United States, as a private of Infantry in the Militia, after her marriage with the said Drury Johnson.

  1st The said Rhoda Johnson has reason to believe and does believe that in the fall of 1778, there was a draft for 5 months Militia man, to serve the United States in the War of the Revolution, when this Declarant's husband, the aforesaid Drewry Johnson, was drafted to Serve in said tour, was marched from the Town of Hillsboro in the aforesaid County, to Salisbury, thence to Charlotte, thence to Rutherford's Camp in South Carolina and at the Cheraw Hills, was discharged & returned home, and in the foregoing tour was, she believes in a legally organized Corps.

  2. This Declarant has reason to believe and does believe that in the fall of 1781, immediately after the Town of Hillsboro was captured by Colonel Fanning, September 1781. This Declarant's husband did volunteer for a Tour in the militia under Captain Hodges, Tinnin Colonel: in Butler Brigadier General -- the object in raising the troops was to rescue the Governor & the Troops which the Tories had surprised & captured in Hillsboro -- In this tour the troops were marched to near Wilmington & after remaining some time on the Cape Fear [River], returned home about Christmas following – having been absent in the Army about 3 months & 2 weeks. When he was discharged in the Town of Hillsborough & returned home, and in said tour, was called into the Service by the proper authority.

  3rd This Declarant remembers that some time in the early part of the year after the [battle of] Guilford [Court House] her deceased husband did volunteer a 3 months tour under Captain Guinn [Gwinn?] & Colonel O'Neal -- Butler Brigadier General, rendezvoused in the Town of Hillsboro were marched to Randolph, Grassy Island on the [?] and to Cross Creek, now Fayetteville, thence to Pittsboro & were marched to Hillsboro and discharged by Colonel O'Neal. In each of the foregoing tours, this Declarant has reason to believe and does believe that her husband was in legally organized Corps & called into Service by Competent authority. That as regards her Deceased husband's discharges from his tours, she has no knowledge what has become of them.

  This Declarant further states that her Deceased husband may have served in other tours; but she does not recollect them -- and as to the foregoing Tours, they are as Correctly as she is enabled to state them, from what her in perfect memory furnishes her, and was she learns from those who were companions of her husband's in the Army.

  The said Rhoda Johnson, further sets forth that she was married to the aforesaid Drewry Johnson, to the best of her recollection in the year of 1785, that they were married by James Carrington Esquire and the aforesaid County of Orange as per Copy of her marriage Bond -- That her Deceased husband Drury Johnson died in the year of 1832. That she has not married since, but still remains the widow of the aforesaid Drury Johnson. That from old age & bodily infirmity is unable to attend to court to make this Declaration.

  Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written before me. S/ Wm Lipscomb, JP S/ Rhoda Johnson, X her mark
  State of North Carolina, Orange County
  On this 21st of November 1846 personally appeared before me John A. McMannen one of the acting Justices for said County George Carrington1
  1 FPA S8185 a resident of said County aged 96 years and maketh oath that he was well acquainted with Drury Johnson Deceased Husband of Rhody Johnson who is now his widow, and that he well recollects that said Drury was a soldier in the Revolution the first tour said jury served was in the 9 months Militia That this deponent's brother James Carrington was Captain & Litle [Lytle?] was Colonel whether or not said Johnson served out the 9 months he is unable to say with certainty he will [well] recollects that said Johnson went in another tour of Duty and is under the impression it was a 6 months tour and thinks that McFarland was Captain & Mebane the Colonel, and in said tour said Johnson was with him at Ramsey's Mills on Deep River and in an engagement at Lindley's Mills N.C.
  Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written.
  Before me John A. McMannen, JP S/ George Carrington, X his mark
  
  State of North Carolina, Orange County
  On this the 24th day of February 1845 Personally appeared before me Samuel N. Tate one of the acting justices of the peace for said County George Carrington a resident of the said County & State aged 93 years, an United States pensioner who being Sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in the War of the Revolution he was in the United States service as a private soldier under Captain Mebane & General Butler.
  This deponent was well acquainted with the late Drewery [Drewry or Drury] Johnson of said County whose widow Rhoda is now applying for a pension -- Said Drewry Johnson to this Deponent's knowledge did serve the United States as much as 9 months as a private Soldier and under said Officers with this deponent during which time the Battle of Lindley's Mills was fought in the year 1781 And that this deponent remembers that the said Drewery Johnson was in the aforesaid Battle.
  The aforesaid Drewery Johnson has been dead about 12 years and left a widow Rhoda surviving who has not since married but remains his widow.
  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of February 1845.
  S/ Saml. N. Tate, JP S/ George Carrigan [sic], X his mark
  

• Capt. William Anderson 1730 Charlotte VA - 1798 Laurens SC
  SC Militia

  William lived in Lunenburg County, Virginia (later Charlotte County), on land deeded to him by his father until 1768, when he sold out and moved to South Carolina. He served in the Revolutionary War, during which he was shot in the head by a Tory, carrying an ugly scar the remainder of his life. He received a land grant of 400 acres in Laurens District, South Carolina, on July 8, 1774, near the town of Waterloo. See "Waterloo: A History of the Anderson Family".

  Ssee this book on-line: "Waterloo, a history of the Anderson Family" by Goodlett, Mildred Wilson, here: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89063008171;view=1up;seq=23 Served as wagoner under Capt. Joseph Freeman and Col. Richard Winn [Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolution" by Bobby Gilmore Moss, Pub 1983 Gen. Pub Co, pg 13.]

  Military service 1: Captain in South Carolina Militia Rev War
  References:

  1. SAR application of cousin Oakley Lee Rassel 10/29/97, SAR # 141538.,
  2. "South Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers, Patriots and Sailors" by Joseph Maddox and Mary Carter, pub GA Pioneers Publications.
  3. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors & Marines 1775-1783, pg 16, Captain Wm Anderson serving in S. C.
  4. "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolution" by Bobby Gilmore Moss, Pub 1983 Gen. Pub Co, He enlisted in 5th Reg on April 17, 1776 William served in he 3rd Reg and in 1779 and 1780 was under Capt. Felix Warley Served as a wagoneer under Capt. Joseph Freeman and Col. Richard Winn during 1779..
  5. "South Carolinians in the Revolution" by Sara Sullivan Ervin, Pub Genealogical Publishing Co, 2000, pg 95, Ancestral Roll, S. C. Daughters of the American Revolution, compiled 1938 by Mrs. E. T. Crawford, State Registrar" Anderson, William, Captain.

  Military service 2: Furnished material to the government during Rev War [Ref: SAR application of cousin Oakley Lee Rassel 10/29/97, SAR # 141538.]

  Military service 3: December 22, 1775, Paid Captain William Anderson for pay of a guard over Hanover Powder Magazine. 84.2.5 [Ref: . Virginia Military Records, Genealogical Publishing Co, pg 552.]

  Military service 4: January 27, 1776, Paid Captain William Anderson for Provisions for a powder guard 44.3.4 [Ref: Virginia Military Records, Genealogical Publishing Co, pg 566.]

  Military service 5: April 17, 1776, Enlisted in the Fifth Regiment [Ref: "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolution" by Bobby Gilmore Moss, Pub 1983 Gen. Pub Co, pg 13.]

  Military service 6: 1777, Militia Captain William Anderson for Drum, Colors, etc. for his Company. Augusta Militia 6.12.6 [Ref: Virginia Military Records, Genealogical Publishing Co, pg 43]

  Military service 7: Bet. 1779 - 1780, Served in Third Regiment under Capt. Felix Warley [Ref:"Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolution" by Bobby Gilmore Moss, Pub 1983 Gen. Pub Co, pg 13.]

  "Stub Entries to Indents issued in payment of Claims against South Carolina Growing out of the Revolution" pg. 27, Edited by A. S. Salley, Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1934

  1. # 104 in Book B states: Issued to Mr. William Anderson the 39th Day of November, 1783 for Fifty Nine pounds 3/1 d Sterling in lieu of a Indent No 268 Book AA granted the 29th Day of October 1779 for Six thousand pounds currency. Principal 59..2..1 Sterling Annual Interest- 4..2..10 Sterling
  2. #341 Book W Issued 8 August 1783 to William Anderson for Eighty six pounds thirteen Shillings & one penny for provisions & forage for Continentals and Militia in 1781 & 82 per account passed by the Commiss of Accounts . Principal 86...13...1 Sterling annual interest 6..1..3 Sterling
  3. # 333 Book R Issued the 28th of May, 1785 to Capt William Anderson for Twenty Six Pounds ten Shillings and Nine Pence Sterling for a Horse Impressed for Militia use in 1780 As Account Audited Principal 26- 10-9 Sterling......Annual interest 1- 17- 1
  4. # 334 Issued 28 of May 1785 to Mr. William Anderson for 10 pounds 4 shillings and 3 pence half penny Sterling for 1100 tw Flower for Militia use in 1779 as per account audited. Principal 10-4-3 1/2 Int. 0-14-3
  5. # 356 Issued the 14 of June 1785 to Mr. William Anderson for Thirty two pounds Eleven shillings and five pence Sterling for the Hire of a Wagon and Team and Driver in 1779 and 1780 as per account audited. Principal 32--11--5 Sterling Annual interest 2-- 5--7

• Capt. John Collins (1760 Frederick MD - 1852 GA)
  Private, Sgt, Sgt-Major, Captain SC Militia and NC Militia
  Briar Creek, Orangeburg, Four Holes Bridge, Bacon's Bridge, Charlestown, King's Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, Yorktown (Jamestown)

  

  In his 1834 pension he says ..."I was born in Frederick County State of Maryland in the year 1760
  on the 9th of December."

  The Cobb County Georgia DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) is named for Captain John Collins http://www.captainjohncollins.org/

  John Collins was born on 9 Dec. 1760 in Frederick County, Maryland. He served in the South Carolina Militia from 10 May 1776 to 26 Oct. 1776 under Captain Robert McAfee and Colonel Neal. He was in a skirmish with the Indians on the Seneca River. He re-enlisted for a second tour under the same officers. In his third tour, Patriot Collins served as a private in the Camden District as a substitute in Captain Thomas Barron’s Company, commanded by Major Francis Ross where he was in the Battle of Briar Creek. Next, he enlisted in Captain Benjamin Hardin’s Company of the North Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel Charles McDowell. He served from September 1779 as Orderly Sergeant under Captain John G. Lowman and Colonel Hampton. Immediately afterwards, he was a Private, Sergeant, and Sergeant-Major under Captain John G. Lowman and Colonel Archibald Lyle. He was taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston, but later paroled. He went to Lincoln County, NC where he was again captured by the Tories and again sentenced to hang. He escaped and again joined the Militia. He participated in the Battles of King’s Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse and Jamestown. He also served as Adjutant Lieutenant in the Virginia Troops and as a Captain in the South Carolina Militia and participated in the Battles of Orangeburg, Four Holes Bridge, and Bacon's Bridge. He received a pension for his service. Patriot John Collins married Phoebe Sailors on 30 November 1786 and died on 8 March 1852. He is buried in Mars Hill Cemetery in Acworth, GA. Daniel Collins, also buried at Mars Hill, is mentioned in the pension application. (from:

  Battles:

  • Seneca Town Aug 1 1776 -- Collins in the "New Acquisition District Regiment" commanded by Col Neel and Major Bratton, Captain Robert McAfee's company
  • Briar Creek Mar 3 1779 -- Collins in the "New Acquisition District Regiment" commanded by Col Neel and Major Francis Ross, Captain Thomas Barron
  • Battles of Orangeburg
  • Four Holes Bridge
  • Bacon’s Bridge.
  • King's Mountain
  • Cowpens
  • Guilford Courthouse Mar 15 1781
  • Jamestown (Yorktown)

  1834 Pension application of Capt. John Collins # W6735
  http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/W6735.pdf 5 pages made in Hall County GA age 73

  CAUTION: There are two Captain John Collins pensions. The one above and then John Collins Pension # S8248
  ...made State of South Carolina, Spartanburg District: To Wit On this 29th day of September, 1832 ...
  ...John Collins aged 78 [so bc 1754 and older than the John Collins above]
  ...I was born in the year 1754 November 28th in York County Pennsylvania. I have the Record of my age at home
  ...I resided in Spartanburg when I entered the Service and reside there still.
  ...he received a Captain's commission in the militia of the State of South Carolina, in the Revolutionary War,
  ...in the District of Ninety Six from Col. Thomas that
  ...he served as Capt. in the South Carolina Militia 2 years & 3 months
  ...died 1841
  Battles:
  1776 service against the Indians under Capt McElhinney and General Williamson
  1778 Florida Expedition under CApt. PAlmer and Col. BRannon
  Battle of Iron Works
  1780 Thicketty Fort
  1780 Musgrave Mill
  1780 Blackstock's Ford
  Grindal Shoals
  1781 Cowpens

  This John Collins (pension # S8248) is NOT our relation
  

  ---

  
  Short biographies appear in:

  (1) Patriots at Cowpens, Bobby Gilmer Moss, 1985, A Press, Greenville SC, pg 49.
  (2) Patriots at King's Mountain, Bobby Gilmer Moss, 1990, Scotia-Hibernia Press, Blacksbburg SC, pg 52.

  and

  (3) Capt. John Collins is mentioned in Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens by Lawrence E Babits:

  "Spartanburg Captain John Collins raised 24 men the night before Cowpens."

  (4) See Battles Rosters for:

  Port Royal Island
  Cowpens

  Capt. Collins appears in List of Officers in the Lower 96th District; List of Officers in the Fairfield Militia; and List of Officers in the First Spartanburg Regiment of Militia

• Sgt. Edward Nash, Loyalist Soldier

  Loyalist Edward Nash appears on the " Whig Militia Commander's Enemies List of 1783" whose estates were forfeited because of their adherance to the British cause during the Revolution. Of the Ten Militia captains, Edward Nash appears on Col. Benjamin Roebuck's list of 94 names.

  Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. I

  1. Pay Abstract Lt. Col Zachariah Gibbs Regiment of Spartanburg Militia, 96 Brigade, Captain James Gibbs, Company, six-months pay 14 Jun-13 Dec 1780
     Private Edward Nash,pg 278
  2. Pay Abstract Major Zachariah Gibbs Regiment of Spartanburg Militia, 96 District, men who came to Orangeburg SC with Lt.Col. John H. Cruger and Captain William Young, six-months pay 14 Jun-13 Dec 1780
     Private Edward Nash,pg 280
  3. Pay Abstract Major Zachariah Gibbs Regiment of Spartan Militia, 96 Brigade, Lt. Richard Mays Company, 183 days pay 14 Jun-13 Dec 1780
     Private Edward Nash, pg 282
  4. Pay Abstract Col Thomas Pearson's Regiment, Little River Militia, 96 Brigade, soldiers posted on James Island Sc 90 days pay, 7 Dec 1781-6 Mar 1782, pg 304
  5. Pay Abstract Col Thomas Pearson's Regiment, Little River Militia, 96 Brigade, 60 days service, 7 Mar-5 May 1782, pg 307
     Captain John Young
     7. Private Edward Nash
  6. Pay Abstract Col Thomas Pearson's Regiment, Little River Militia, 96 Brigade, 60 days service, 7 Mar-5 May 1782, pg 307
     71. Private Edward Nash, witness John Young
  7. Pay Abstract Nr 155, Col Thomas Pearson's Regiment, Little River Militia, 96 Brigade, 10 Sep 1782, 92 days pay, 6 May-5 Aug 1782, pg 310
     Lt Drury Mills
     7. Private Edward Nash
  8. Pay Abstract Nr 167, Col Thomas Pearson's Regiment, Little River Militia, 96 Brigade, 61 days pay, 6 Aug-6 Oct 82, pg 316
     Lt Drury Mills
     2. Private Edward Nash
  9. Pay Abstract Nr 167, Col Thomas Pearson's Regiment, Little River Militia, 96 Brigade, Charleston SC, 148 days pay, 6 Aug-31 Dec 1782 (duplicate, Alphabetic Abstract), pg 319
     John Nash
     Edward Nash (rec'd for my two sick sons, John and Edward, Elizabeth Nash)
  10. From North Carolina and recommended by Col. Samuel Campbell, pg 524
      Nr 16 Refugee Mills, Elizabeth, Widow
      Nr 18 Refugee Nash, Elizabeth rec'd by Henry Wiley

      Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III

  11. Muster Roll of Capt Stephens Hoyt's Company, Prince of Wales American Regiment, commanded by Brig. General Montfort Brown, Charleston, S.C. 24 Feb 1781 to Apr 1781 60 days, pg 239
      Sergeant Edward Nash, prisoner with the rebels
  12. Muster Roll of Capt Stephens Hoyt's Company, Prince of Wales American Regiment, commanded by Brig. General Montfort Brown, Charleston, S.C. 25 Apr 1781 to 24 Jun 1781 61 days, pg 239
      Sergeant Edward Nash, prisoner with the rebels
  13. Muster Roll of Capt Stephens Hoyt's Company, Prince of Wales American Regiment, commanded by Brig. General Montfort Brown, Beaufort S.C. 25 Oct 1781 to 24 Dec 1781 61 days, pg 240
      Sergeant Edward Nash, prisoner with the rebels
  14. Muster Roll of Capt Stephens Hoyt's Company, Prince of Wales American Regiment, commanded by Brig. General Montfort Brown, James Island S.C. 25 Apr 1782 to 24 Jun 1782 61 days, pg 241
      Sergeant Edward Nash, prisoner with the enemy
  15. Muster Roll of Capt Stephens Hoyt's Company, Prince of Wales American Regiment, Denyse's, near New Utrecht 25 Dec 1782 to 24 Feb 1783 61 days, pg 242
      Private Edward Nash, prisoner with the rebels

• Capt. John Brown (1740 Ireland -1822 GA)

b Ireland 1740 m 1762 in Ireland Martha Conley

Came to America in Feb 1763 and produced certificates of being members of the Protestant Congregation in Ireland to settle in the Protestant Irish Colony in SC in Boonesborough, Belfast Township.
In Original list of Protestant Immigrants to SC 1763-1773 by Janie Revill, 1939, found in the State Dept. of Archives and History, Atlanta GA., pg 107-109:

Council Journal 34, page 70-78 Meeting of 23rd February 1768

From "The American Revoltion in South Carolina" pages by J.D. Lewis, Little River, see this on John Brown in the Col. John Marshall's Kershaw Regiment of Militia which lists battles as:

• Fort Motte May 12, 1781
• Quinby's Bridge Jul. 17, 1781
• Shubrick's Plantation Jul. 17, 1781

The following persons presented petitions to his excellency setting forth that they were protestants and had arrived in this province from Ireland in the snow Gregg, John Monford Master on the encouragement and Bounty given by aan Act of the General Assembly passed the 25th July 1761 that prayers of the petition were granted and the public Treasurer was ordered to pay their Bounties of four pounds and two pounds sterling according to their respective ages in consideration of their passages to this province to Messrs Torrans and Pouag in behalf of the owners of said snow and the remaining twenty shillings to themselves agreeable to the directions of the said act.

A list of passengers follows, adjacent in the list are:

John Brown 32
Mary Brown 31
John Brown 4
Henry Brown 25
Margaret Brown 27
Jane Brown 16
Samuel Brown 15

The following section on Page 100 identifies the same ship owners but the snow (a brig i.e., merchant ship with square sails) is named Betty Gregg. The ship is identified (here) as sailing from Larne, Antrim Northern Ireland (a coastal port north of Belfast) on Oct. 4, 1767 and arrived in Charleston Feb 2, 1768. Some of the passengers revieved land in Cravens County NC. But many received "poor Protestant" land grants according to the 1761 act above in South Carolina. The Betty Gregg was a British ship of 100 tons with a crew of 14 build in 1763 (see this)

He was a Revolutionary Soldier in SC served several tours in 1779-1781. Stub Entries of SC Soldiers Book I pg, 220 by Salley Issued May 4 1785; Book R, pg. 343; Book W, pg. 209.
Moved to Georgia in 1786 and in 1790 drew land in Franklin County.
He drew land in 1820 Land Lottery in GA while a resident of Franklin County.
Shown in Knight's Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers of GA with son Meredith.
See Vol. 22 "McCall Collections" for the Brown Family by Ettia T McCall.

see also: http://thegillons.net/gen/browns.htm for some more genealogy.

See Kershaw's Regiment of Miltia Officers established June 1780.

John Brown appears on three battle rosters:

1. Quinby's bridge battle roster (July 17, 1781):
http://carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_quinbys_bridge.html (wounded, see below)

 
In Unwaried Patience and Fortitude: Francis Marion's Orderly Book", Patrick O'Kelley, 2006, page 540, in the returns for Quinby's Bridge, July 17, 1781, "Cap. Brown" is listed as wounded.
 

2. Shubrick's Plantation July 17 1781
http://carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_shubricks_plantation.html

3. Fort Motte May 12, 1781
http://carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_battle_of_fort_motte.html

• Charles Price

  British Revolutionary War soldier (stated here)

  The document posted on Ancestry.com (shown below) has several interesting statements. The assumption is that a Charles Price was a British soldier serving in the colonies, was captured, released and remained in the states. It does NOT prove that this is the same Charles Price father of Rev. Henry Price. The statement that this Charles Price was captured at the battle of Eutaw Springs in late 1781 is at odds with the Clifford Neal Smith data shown in the footnote above. The exact entry for Charles Price from Smith is in the section of the 3rd Regiment of Foot (East Kent or Buffs):

  PRICE, Charles, prisoner of war, 17 Mar 1780 (A:03;D:20)

  In Smith's (British And German Deserters, Dischargees, And Prisoners Of War Who May Have Remained In Canada And The United States, 1774-1783. Part One And Part Two: [and] Deserters And Disbanded Soldiers From British, German, And Loyalist Military Units In The ... ) discussion of the 3rd Regiment of Foot, he notes that the regiment departed for America in March 1781 and arrived June 3 1781 in Charleston SC. This is fifteen months after Charles Price was captured. On June 7 1781, the 3rd advanced to the beseiged fort at Ninety-Six, a village in northwest South Carolina. They arrived in June 21 and helped disperse the colonials. By September 8, the 3rd was at Eutaw Springs with the Sixty-Third and Sixty-Fourth Regiments of Foot and was attackled by a superior American force. The British retreated first and then returned to route the America. Both sides claimed victory. This was the last substantive action by the 3rd Regiment in the colonies. By October Cornwallis and the majority of the British forces surrendered at Yorktown VA. After cesstation of hostilities, the 3rd Regiment left South Carolina in 1782 and sailed to Jamaica where the regiment remained until 1790. Smith then notes:

  "There appear to be no extant muster rolls dating from the 1781-82 period when the 3rd regiment was in the American colonies; a diligent check for them was made in the War Office 12, volume 2105 which is apparently complete until near the time of the regiment's departure from Ireland in 1781. All musters in subsequent volumes 2106 are from 1783 probably all taken in Jamaica, but seemingly reflecting actions taken in South Carolina before the regiment's departure for Jamaica in 1782. Note, however, that some prisoners of war in America, listed hereinafter, were captured before the Third Regiment reached the new world. It is thought that they pertain to men who had originally been in other British regiments and reassigned to the third regiment only after their release from American captivity following the peace settlement in 1783."

  The "A:03" note means page 3 of a muster roll dated 24 Jul 1783 in Jamaica
  The "D:20" note means page 20 of a roll dated 24 Aug 1783 at Kingston Jamaica

  In conclusion:

  • the soldiers listed in Smith's book did not return to England after they had deserted or were captured by the colonists. For this Charles Price, he is listed as being assigned to the 3rd Regiment of Foot (East Essex or "Buffs" regiment) after the war ended.
  • As the 3rd regiment did not arrive until 1781 in South Carolina, it did not participate in Seige of Charleston in 1780 -- which occured between February and April of 1780 and are the relevant dates for the capture of Charles Price. It did participate in the the Battle of Eutaw Springs a year later in 1781. The specific entry for the "Charles Price" capture is dated March 17, 1780. This is over a year BEFORE Eutaw Springs. It corresponds to Gen. Clinton's approach to Charleton SC during the time Clinton was moving troops and supplies to the islands outside the Charleston waterways BEFORE the seige of Charleston began.
  • More critically, this date is BEFORE the 3rd Regiment of Foot arrived in America. On the stated date of Charles Price's capture, the "Buffs" were still in Ireland.
  • Smith states that the entire muster roll of the Buffs between 1781 and 1783 is missing from the British military archives and the entry for Price was made after the Buffs returned to Jamaica after the war in 1783. Smith notes that the it is likely that if the date of capture was before the Buffs arrived in SC, that the soldier was probably with another British regiment and was transfered while listed as "captured".

  So one of three option exist:

  1. This is NOT the Charles Price we discuss here. Nothing in the Military record connects this soldier to the Charles Price who died after 1850 in Tennessee.
  2. The listed Charles Price was captured at Charleston in 1780 and when released stayed in the states. It is likely that as a prisoner from SC he would have been returned to Virginia for imprisonment in a place such as Albemarle County barracks or in late 1780 to Frederick Maryland or Winchester VA.
  3. The listed Charles Price was released, returned to Jamaica with the Buffs and then returned to the states after his enlistnment ended.

  There is another viewpoint of Charles Price service provided several years ago by "Sloane":

  ----------------------------------------------------
  From:
  Subject: Irish Soldier-What Co.?
  Date: 23 Nov 1997 11:26:11 -0800

  Hi:
  Can someone please tell me what County in Ireland would a soldier most likely have come from?
  His name is PRICE he was an Irish soldier fighting for the British in the 64th regiment on foot in 1781 at the battle of Eutaw Springs,S.C. Also, is the Roster for this Regiment on the internet?
  Thank you for your help.
  Sloane

  ----------------------------------------------------
  This "Sloane" also asks about the Price/Wooten line:
  ----------------------------------------------------
  

  From:
  Subject: Re: SURNAME-QUERY-D Digest V97 #281
  Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 18:43:03 -0800

  Hi Gladys:
  What Wooten line are your researching?
  My Wooten ancestors start with Turner Wooten and Nancy Roper Wooten - Turner was a Revolutionary Soldier In Virginia they later moved to Tennessee - does this look familiar to you?
  Thanks,
  Sloane
  cslone@pacbell.net
  ----------------------------------------------------
  From:
  Subject: Re: Surnames in TX, VA, NC, GA., KY, TN, MS, NY
  Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 12:35:04 -0700
  

  Hi:
  Well, this is a long shot - I have A Price line in VA. and TN. but none of the other names seem to connect.
  My Price line Charles and Nancy Black Price in Ireland 1757 Charles was probably married more than once. their son Rev. Henry Price was married at twice 1 - Susan Stultz, 2. Elizabeth Wooten. their son Charles I. Price m Catherine Samples.
  Please let me know if any of this looks familiar to you.
  Thanks,
  Sloane
  ----------------------------------------------------

  I can find no references to "Sloan" or their data after 1997. The 64 Regiment of Foot does exist as a fighting unit at Eutaw Springs in 1781 having been in the colonies from 1775 forward. I have no idea how this data was obtained or how it might relate to Charles Price.
  ------------------------------------------

  From: "Sue Ikerd" Subject: Prices - Ireland, SC, TN, MO
  Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 07:41:50 +0000

  According to family tradition my Price ancestor came from County Kildare Ireland c. 1780.
  I have been told that 3 Price brothers, John, Henry and Charles came from Ireland to fight as British soldier in the Am. Revolution. They landed a Charleston, SC ca. 1780. Charles was captured at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, SC. He remained in America after the war but it is not known what became of his brothers.
  Charles had 2 known children, Henry b. c. 1790 and Charles Jr. b. 1802. There may have also been a son named James.
  Charles Sr. is living with his son. Rev. Henry Price in the 1850 Bradley Co. TN. Census. He is 93 yrs. old and b. in Ireland so this helps to verify some of the family stories.
  I have not been able to find any record on Charles Sr. before 1850, so there is approximately 70 years of his life in the US that I can find no records on. He may have married Nancy Black.
  Any information on this line would be appreciated. Charles Jr. went to Webster Co. MO and some of Rev. Henry Price's family moved to Barry Co. MO and then to OK. but I am especially interested in finding info on Charles Sr.

  Sue Ikerd
  pikerd@mail.llion.org

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

• Lived with Rev. Henry Price from sometimes before 1840 until his death at over 93 years old in Bradley County Tennessee.

John is mentioned in The Roster of the Revolution, by Knight in section titled "Certified List of Revolutionary Soldiers Compiled by Capt. B.F. Johnson from Lottery Lists of 1827--p.346: "Bryan, John, lottery 1827, Franklin Co., Ga.

In Mrs. Howard H. McCall's Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol. I,Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. pg. 180, under the section, "Names of Revolutionary Soldiers who drew Land in Georgia in the Lottery of 1827" and the counties of Georgia in which the lived.

Served 1778 in Robert Creary's company http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or16_200.htm
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Volume I
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. XVII.
OCTOBER 20, 1778.
(362) Samuel Black qualified Second Lieutenant in Capt. Robert McCreary's Company

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126083485

"Birth: 1730
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Sep. 28, 1792
Augusta County
Virginia, USA

Samuel was born in Chester County, PA about 1730. He was the son of Rev. Samuel Black (1700-1770) and Catherine Shaw Black (1701-1779).

Samuel married Rebecca Jane Porter in 1749 in Augusta, Virginia, USA. Rebecca Jane was the daughter of William Alexander Porter (1707-1782) and Elizabeth Jane Black Porter (1717-1782).

Samuel and Rebecca Black were the parents of the following known children: Mary, Margaret, Nancy (see below), Samuel, John Michael, William, James and Jane.
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.
.
Samuel Black served in the Revolutionary War. Samuel served in the state of Virginia. He served under CAPT MCCREARY MILITIA . His rank was second Lieutenant.. The DAR ancestor # is A010660. Samuel Black - was a Lieutenant in Captain Robert McCreary's Company of Virginia Militia. See Oath of Office, page 361, Augusta County Order Book, for October 20, 1778. Also DAR patriot index page 62 Buried in the Beverly Manor Cemetery at Beverly Manor, South River, Augusta County, Va. Samuel was a 2nd Lt, Virginia Militia. .
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There is evidence that Samuel's daughter Nancy married Charles Price (a British soldier captured at Eutaw Springs in 1781). This is feasible as most captured British soldiers here transported to northern Virginia and doled out to local farmers to work in the fields -- rather than placing them in stockades or prisons.

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/23093655/person/13025750778/mediax/fcbed046-c6a1-48fb-b7f7-b47b947b8e80?pg=32768&pgpl=pid

William Turner July 15 1780 Wicomico Battalion of Militia
Worcester County Maryland 7th class Captain Davis Company
Militia Lists page 205 Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore MD

William Turner b 1745 Worcester County MD died Hancock County GA http://interactive.ancestry.com/2204/32596_242258-00310/591907?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dSARMemberApps%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3dwilliam%26gsln%3dtruner%26msbpn__ftp%3dMaryland%252c%2bUSA%26msbpn%3d23%26msbpn_PInfo%3d5-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c23%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c%26msbpn_x%3dXO%26msbpn__ftp_x%3d1%26dbOnly%3d_F0006399%257c_F0006399_x%26uidh%3d000%26pcat%3d39%26fh%3d0%26h%3d591907%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=32596_242258-00311

Sons of the Anmerican Revolution application:

Applicant (Wm Richburgh Turner son of Rev Jackson Parks turner) was grandson of

Thomas B. Turner 1773-1848/50 Cobb county at the home of Green Berry Turner 2nd wife Wife Jane Evans (Betts) 1786-1860
(Many say Eunice Collins who died in 1817 at age 37 he then married 1818 Jane Evans 1786-1860
g. grandson of William Turner and ? Blizzard
g.g. Grandson of Henry Turner
g.g.g. gtandson of Samuel Turner