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Rh head of Green-brier Creek, where they erected a fort (Warwick).

That in the next year he volunteered for and served for a period of three months under Capt. William Anderson; that they marched to a place on Brier Creek called Clover Lick; that he subsequently served under Capt. Thomas Smith; that in this last named expedition they had three or four companies, and the companies under command of Col. Bowyer, who marched from Staunton to the south-east side of the Blue Ridge, where they rendezvoused a few days and then marched directly towards Richmond in Virginia, and when they arrived at Richmond were joined by other forces and all marched from there down James River towards Jamestown, under the command of Baron Steuben; that they were subsequently discharged at Richmond. That he again volunteered under one Capt. Zaccheus Johnson; that they rendezvoused on the top of Blue Ridge at Rock Fish gap.

That they were then joined by several other companies and marched towards Norfolk and continued their march for near two hundred miles, when they turned to the left towards the Rappahannock River and went to about three miles above York, Virginia; from thence to a place called Burnt Church, which was then headquarters.

That he served two tours of three months each under Capt. Johnson; that in the expedition under Capt. Smith he served three months; that he has no documentary evidence of his services and that John Caldwell is the only person known to him who could testify as to his services.

The court then put the following interrogatories to the aforenamed applicant, viz:

Qu. 1st. Where and in what year were you born?

Answer—In Augusta County, Virginia, in the year 1748.

Qu. 2nd. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where?

Answer—In my father's Bible.

Qu. 3rd. Where were you living when called into service