Misc. War Documents

Source of this Sworn Affidavit is from Doyle Sanders
This day appeared before me W. K. Blair, a justice of the peace for the said county, Darling Jones aged seventy-five years and being duly sworn according to law of deposeth and saith that during the war of independence served in one tour of duty in the year 1781 in the company of Captain Landon Carter of South Carolina to the high hills of Santee (the Santee River?), in the regiment commanded by Col. John Sevier, then we marched through Charlotte town, North Carolina and Camden, South Carolina to the high hills of the Santee where General Green's army lay after the battle of Eutaw Springs, from there down to the Santee river to where General Marion lay with his militia and joined him. We had no battle while there, but took on the British garrison without fighting (his unit was probably a decoy or bait). We were in service about four months and was discharged and returned home in the winter. We went to Washington County, North Carolina, Colonel Isaac Shelby and his regiment was along from Sullivan County.

Darling Jones
Sworn to 8th of December 1838

Abstracts of Rev. War Pension files in 1869

Darling) Nancy, W7922, BLW #26674-160-55, NC Line, sol was b in 1764 in Wake Co NC & later moved with his father (not named) to the "frontier west of the mountains" to what is now Carter Co TN then In the Cherokee Country & he lived there at enl, he appi 23 Jul 1834 Washington Co TN & sol d there 9 Oct 1848, sol had m in Mar 1832 or 1833 in Carter Co TN to Nancy Huff (m bond signed 18 Feb 1832), vid appl 28 Mar 1853 Washington Co TN aged about 40 yrs