This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County above written John Darrach of the said County aged 81 years who being first duly sworn according to Law testafies and says—That he was drafted in the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy six and marched from Bladen County in a company commanded by Captn. Colvin in the Regiment commanded by Col: Moore and Lieut: Col: Thomas Brown to Fayettvill and at the time the battle of Moores Creek was faught we were on the opposit side of the River, and joined the armey immediatly after the battle was over—In this expedition we were in service for three months and on our return we were in service at Wilmington when the British attempted to land at the mouth of the Cape Fear River—and on their sailing for Charleston Col: Brown who was then the Col: of the Regiment marched with a detachment of men for that place where we continued from the month of June until the month of November of that year. In the expedition to South Carolina and the period we were at Wilmington imbraced a period of Six months, and more. All this service was in 1776 and performed under Col: Brown whose widow is now applying for a Pension. From 1776 until the year 1780 Col: Brown was in service repeatedly but this affiant was not with him, until that time—In 1780 the British took possession of Wilmington and we were called into service in the month of January of that year and served from that period until the month of June of that year in protecting the Country from the depredations of the enemy—and in the month of March of that year Col Brown who was in command was wounded at Big Bridge. And in the month of June he was made a Prisoner and confined at Wilmington in January 1782 that is to say up to that time—During all the service up to the time that Col: Brown was made prisoner he was in command. This affiant can testafy that Col: Brown was married at the time he was a Prisoner of War. And that his widow now applying for a Pension is the identical person then married to him—In conclusion this affiant knows that Col: Brown served much more than he had detailed but as he did not participate in it he cannot speak with certainty about it—