| James Bates - North Carolina
and Virginia - Pension #S30850 At the time of this application he was at the age of 73. He volunteered under Captain James Buford July 1776. At that time he was also under Lieutenant Jacob Early, Ensign Simon Miller and Colonel William Christey. At that time he was living in New London in Bedford County in the State of Virginia, they crossed the New River at Englishes Ferry to Long Island on the Holston River in the State of Tennessee. From there they went to Indian towns on the Tennessee River and they remained there while Colonel Christey made a treaty with the Indians. They then went to New London for a tour of six months. He then again volunteered under Captain Thomas Cook as a bodyguard for Governor martin. He then served under Lieutenant Richard Varner, Ensign James Cavender. He entered the service on October 1777 and he left it on a month in the year 1781. He at that time lived in Guilford County, North Carolina. After that he marched to the Governor's home and from there to Hillsborough and they then guarded the Governor to the Moravian town in Surrey County. From there the marched to Wilmington at which place he was discharged by the Governor of North Carolina. He then again volunteered under Captain Thomas Cook for a tour and he was also under the same Lieutenant Varner and Ensign Cavin. At that time General Sumner and Colonel Davy commanded the horse troops. They were all under General Green. He entered the service of his country May 1782 and he left it on November of the same year. He was then in a skirmish with Colonel Tarleton's troops in October of 1782 and he was also in a skirmish four miles east of Charlottesville when General Rutherford's son, James, was killed. He was furloughed for 20 days for taking the body home to his father, General Rutherford. He was present at the surrender of a band of Tories in September of the year 1782 at Roogles Mill in South Carolina. He at that time resided in Roan County in the state of North Carolina. He later also served under Captain George Peine, Lieutenant Robert More, Ensign James Purge, and Adjutant Robert Rollston, who were all under the command of General Greene. He entered the service of his country on November of the year 1782 and left it on February 1782. He then started from Guilford COunty to the Forks of the Yadkin River and from there to Wilks County, also on the Yadkin River. And from there he went to Burke County and home through Salisberry and by General Rutherford's home, by whom he was finally discharged. He was born in Essex County in the State of Virginia in the year 1760. He had been called into the service from Bedford County in the State of Virginia. After the close of the Revolutionary War he removed to Madison County in the State of Kentucky and from that county to Grant County, in the same State. Every time that he served for his country he volunteered, not once did he have to be drafted. At one time or another he had served under General Green, General Sumner, General Morgan, Colonel Washington and General Rutherford. His discharge, which had been given to him by Governor Martin of North Carolina, was burned in the year 1812 with others of his personal property. Alvin Kyes, a clergyman, and Joshua Jones, swear that at one time they were well acquainted with him. In all he served his country for five years and three months. He also served under Colonel Buford and Colonel Cristen for a tour of six months as a private in the cavalry and for eighteen months as a private in the infantry. He was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $85 per annum. His certificate of pension was issued December 27, 1833 and it was sent to the Honorable R. M. Johnson, House of Representatives.
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