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Date
29 April 1834
Place
Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
People
Matthew Armstrong, SrAbt 1750 - 1838

State of North Carolina 

    Lincoln County        Court of pleas & gu(ink smeared)
                          April Session 1834

On the 29th day of April 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Lincoln County now telling (?) came Matthew Armstrong a Resident of Lincoln County and State of North Carolina, aged Seventy one years who being duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed since July 7th 1832 that he Enlisted for ten months in the Army of the United States with Captain Williams McKensey in April 1781 at Nickolas Lee (?) in Lincoln County. that he was mustered into Service at the time and was marched to hickory Creek in now Chester District South Carolina, where his company formed the Regiment then commanded by Colonel (smeared Ink) that the Regiment was marched to Belville on the (?) and from thence to Browns old field, at this place his Regiment was placed under the command of Colonel William Polk and they were Joined by the regiment commanded by Colonel Middleton and Wade Hampton all under the command of General Samples were marched to the Eutaw Springs and were in that Battle (smeared ink) then Battle of the Eutaw Springs they were marched back to Browns old field. and from there to Orangeburg where he remained until about time before his time of Enlistment Expired, he was sent with a detachment to Santee where he remained until his time Expired which was on February 1782 that he was offered a discharge by his Captain, but he had been promised a negro If he would Enlist and was told If he took a discharge he would not get a negro he returned to his Residence in Lincoln County North Carolina

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