Lancaster County }
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Bain of the Township of Paradise, in said County who upon his solemn affirmation, saith that he enlisted under Captain Sharp, in the North Carolina Line for three years or during the war, and that Captain Sharp put him under Col Davis on the Penna line 9th Regiment that he Bain was transfered at White March from Captain Sharp to DAvis in consequence of being sick, as said Capt was called off to join the Battle of Charleston, and he said Bain was left in consequence of said sickness with which he was afflicted at the time. he finally recovered and served under GEnl WAshington until the close of the Revolutionary war. He was engaged in five battles. One at Germantown, one at the Paoli, Brandywine [?] at which place (Brandywine) he was wounded the cap of the Elbow shot off, received a ball in the Groin, below the hip, which ball was retracted, also a wound in the right hand, from a sword, hand split from the end of the finger to the wrist, and at the close of the war, was honorably discharged on the Penna and Maryland line, but the certificate of said discharge has been lost, said Bain further states that he served under Col. Shepherd, against the Cherokees for the term of six months, for which he was to receive seventy five cents per day, but has never received any pay whatever for said service rendered. served under Col. Shepherd before he was under Gen'l Washington.
Affirmed and subscribed to with his mark before me the 15th day of August, A.D. 1849
John Zuigley}
John x Bain {his Mark}
See FamilySearch film 889124 Series DD, v. 3-4 King's Mountain papers, 1775-1783.
Draper manuscript collection by Lyman Copeland Draper.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Bain of the Township of Paradise, in said County who upon his solemn affirmation, saith that he enlisted under Captain Sharp, in the North Carolina Line for three years or during the war, and that Captain Sharp put him under Col Davis on the Penna line 9th Regiment that he Bain was transfered at White March from Captain Sharp to DAvis in consequence of being sick, as said Capt was called off to join the Battle of Charleston, and he said Bain was left in consequence of said sickness with which he was afflicted at the time. he finally recovered and served under GEnl WAshington until the close of the Revolutionary war. He was engaged in five battles. One at Germantown, one at the Paoli, Brandywine [?] at which place (Brandywine) he was wounded the cap of the Elbow shot off, received a ball in the Groin, below the hip, which ball was retracted, also a wound in the right hand, from a sword, hand split from the end of the finger to the wrist, and at the close of the war, was honorably discharged on the Penna and Maryland line, but the certificate of said discharge has been lost, said Bain further states that he served under Col. Shepherd, against the Cherokees for the term of six months, for which he was to receive seventy five cents per day, but has never received any pay whatever for said service rendered. served under Col. Shepherd before he was under Gen'l Washington.
Affirmed and subscribed to with his mark before me the 15th day of August, A.D. 1849
John Zuigley}
John x Bain {his Mark}
See FamilySearch film 889124 Series DD, v. 3-4 King's Mountain papers, 1775-1783.
Draper manuscript collection by Lyman Copeland Draper.