That some time very soon after the war broke out in the state of South Carolina, he, this applicant, was drafted to serve a three month tour in the Militia of that state. That he went out under the command of Colonel Thomas Neal [sic, Thomas Neel], and was in the company commanded by Captain Saddler [Richard Sadler] – That expedition in which he was engaged was to protect the frontier of South Carolina against the Indians that the Regiment in which he served was drawn from York District in that state, and was engaged at or near the mouth of Seneca & Tugaloo Rivers