“The applicant says that he marched his company in the fall of the year 1776 to the Cherokee nation by order of Major or General Williamson who commanded the expedition in person and to the number of about two thousand men, who were met and opposed by a superior force of Indians,
Andrew Williamson
Pension Application of Thomas Farrow S17946
“I then moved to the State of South Carolina & on the 20th of June 1776 I volunteered my service as a private soldier under Captain Benjamin Kilgore of the militia of Colonel James Williams Regiment in General Andrew Williamson’s brigade in Ninety Six District now Laurens District said Captain belonged to the horse troop
Pension application of William Dawson S17920
“That he entered the service of the United States in July 1776 his first tour of military service being against the Cherokee Indians within the chartered limits of this State, as a volunteer in a militia company under the command of one Captain Jefferson Williams of said District
Pension application of Hugh McVay S15286
“he again volunteered in the said County of Laurens and joined a Company commanded by Capt. John Rodgers [John Rogers], and the Regiment to which this Company belonged was commanded by Col. Williamson [Andrew Williamson]-
Pension application of James Hemphill S21277
We had some skirmishing with the Tories & took several prisoners some time in June 1776 I volunteered under the same officers to go against the Cherokee Indians who had murdered several people & burned many houses on the Seneca River. Our regiment was then under the comma
Pension application of Thomas Blackly (or Blakely) S21650
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he volunteered in the year 1776 in the Spring under Capt. John Rodgers, Col. James Williams, Genl. Andrew Williamson in Craven County Ninety Six District &
Pension application of Demsay Tinor [Dempsey Tyner, Tiner] S1599
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say that he volunteered under Captain Thomas Keelin Smith in Abbeville County South Carolina who was attached to the command of General Andrew Williamson and
Pension application of William McGowan [McGowen] S1692
“That he entered the service of the United States in July 1776 to the best of my recollection, and served under the following named officers and as herein after stated. I volunteered under Capt. John Pickens — Col. Andrew Pickens, General Williamson [Andrew Williamson] —
Pension application of James McElroy S2786
“That he then resided in Spartanburg County South Carolina when he volunteered under Capt. Gowan; the Indians broke out on the 4th of July 1776 and were committing depredations on the borders of said state and on the Georgia lines, the name of the Col. of our Regiment was John Thomas and the General was by the name of Williamson [Andrew Williamson].
Pension application of William Gabriel Pickens (Pikins) S1244
“the first of October 1775 I first entered the service as a private in the District of Abbeville (formerly Ninety Six) and as a volunteer under Captain Robert Anderson (afterwards general). About the 2nd of July preceding my entering the service, the inhabitants along the frontiers and back settlements of Georgia and Carolinas, had generally forted up, in consequence of the Cherokee Indians, who were extremely troublesome at this time; having been instigated by the British.”