That he was drafted, or enlisted about the first day of July 1776 under the command of Captain Andrew Pickens in the Regiment of Colonel Hammond [LeRoy Hammond] (a militia man who was specially appointed to command that Regiment for that trip in the Division of General Williamson [Andrew Williamson]) for the term of 3 months to perform a tour of duty against the Cherokee Indians who made an attack upon the whites near the frontier and was marched, under the command of the above named officers to the Cherokee Nation to an Indian town called Senaker [Seneca]
Seneca
Pension application of Matthew Patton S18153
They were marched to Parris’ on Reedy River now Greenville District, Parris then being the Indian agent under the British Government and then after various marches they reached the Seneca Towns on the Tugaloo [River] where Gen. Williamson [Andrew Williamson] commanded.
Pension application of Jacob Gillham S3397
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 commande
Pension application of John McCutchen S32406
I then retired to the up country Seneka [Seneca] River where I enlisted under Captain Benjamin Tutt, Williamson’s Regiment and was employed in building Fort Rutledge, was ordered to Savannah joined General Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln] between Charleston & Savannah and was at Savannah during the Siege by General Lincoln & the Count De Estaing.
Pension application of Christopher Casey S16685
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he first entered the service as a volunteer, in a Militia Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Warford [Benjamin Wofford] in Major Thomas Brannon [Thomas Brandon] Battalion, Colonel John Thomas Regiment under General Andrew Williamson,
Pension application of Charles Whit (Whitt, Witt) S7889
[T]he said Charles Whitt enlisted for the term of 2 years on the __day of __ in or about the year 1777 in the state of South Carolina in the company commanded by Captain John Moore, it being in Independent Company raised for the purpose of guarding the frontier at front Seneca &a
Pension application of George Robuck (Roebuck) S9467
After he was discharged from the regular service he removed to Spartanburg SC, and volunteered in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians under Captain Prince [Francis Prince] Colonel Pickens [Andrew Pickens] & Major Davidson, he does not distinctly recollect the names of the
Pension application of Andrew Pickens S3697
That he entered the service the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered the service as a volunteer Militia man under General Andrew Williamson, who commanded on the Expedition; his Captain’s name was Robert Anderson, & William Riley was his Lieutenant. That he entered the service on or about the 15th of July, 1776, and marched into the Cherokee Nation, in what was called the Cherokee Expedition
Pension application of Joshua Hammond S21803
– he thinks the time was something over three months, that he continued some time in Service, after, which he again went with his father’s Company as a Volunteer upon an Expedition against the Cherokee Indians under the Command of Colonel Andrew Williamson, & attached to
Pension application of William Martindale R6980
He joined the company of a Captain Benjamin Wafford [sic, Benjamin Wofford] as a volunteer to drive back the Cherokee Indians, who, headed and led by the Tories had invaded the Country to within about 20 miles of where he then lived.