1st. Where and what year were you born
A. I was born in Frederick County, Virginia 1762

2 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live.
A. I lived in Wilkes County North Carolina when called into service I removed from there in 1785 to South Carolina and now live in Pickens District, South Carolina

4 How were you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom—
A I first Enlisted for three months after which I volunteered and remained untill the close of the war—

5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were the Troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services
A We were near under the Regular Officers at least none was with the Troops where I served we were under Col. Cleveland Mgr Lewis, Col. Campbell, Col. Shelby Col Williams and Lacy joined us at the Cowpens and was with us at Kings Mountain

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it—
A I received a discharge from Capt Moses Guest at the head of the Catawba left with Capt. Joel Lewis and do not know what has become of it.

7th. State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can Testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
A. Col. J. C Kilpatrick, Genl. J. N. Whitner, Col. R. Anderson and and Capt. D. Sloan can vouch for my Character