John Rogers was a North Carolina soldier in the British army who served in the Seven Years' War. As a sergeant under the command of Major Hugh Waddell in the expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758, Rogers voluntarily undertook a mission to capture a man from hostile Indian forces. The information given by the prisoner materially aided British strategy and influenced General John Forbes in determining to march on the fort and force its abandonment by the enemy. General Forbes promised to pay Rogers five hundred pounds for his capture of the prisoner, but his death in early 1759 prevented it. Rogers appealed to royal governor Arthur Dobbs and the North Carolina Council for payment via petition in 1763.