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1760 - Abt 1837 (77 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
Richard B Meacham |
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1760 |
Caroline Co., VA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
Abt 1837 |
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- Notes for Richard Banks Meacham:
The following is from Revolutionary War veterans pension applications: "Meacham, Richard B. R7071, NC line, sol
was b in 1760 in Caroline Co. Va. & he lived in Chatham Co. NC at enl & afterwards moved to Morgan Co. Ga. & in
1810 he moved to Clarke Co. MS Terr now in AL then to Washington Co. AL then to Green Co. AL then to Wilcox Co.
AL & in Oct. 1833 he moved to Perry Co. AL where he appl 4 Sep 1835, sol srv under his father Col John Meacham
(an own cousin to Gen'l Washington)". UNVERIFIED...use caution with last statement
It appears that this son & his family left NC soon afterward 1790. He died in Alabama in 1837. (He changed his name to Mitcham after he left NC)His decendents carry that name & can be found scattered in Texas today.
- http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/r7071.pdf
Pension application of Richard B. Meacham R7071 fn9NC Transcribed by Will Graves 4/23/09
State of Alabama Perry County
On this 4th day of September personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of the County & State aforesaid now sitting Richard B. Meacham a resident of Perry County aforesaid & State of Alabama aged 75 years who being first 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 June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I was as well as I remember in my 18 year, in 1778 in what month or on what day for my life I cannot say I had acquired a thorough knowledge of the exercise & maneuvers in a horse company -- and resolved to entered the service of the United States till the close of the war -- which I did and volunteered for that purpose in Chatham County in North Carolina on Haw River. I was elected Capt. of a horse company in a few days after I joined the service -- I think I distinctly recollect all the officers of the Brigade I was then which was composed of 6 companies -- I will mention Captains Douglass, Willis, Johnson, two Crutchfields and myself -- the Colonels were Litrell [sic, Luttrell] & my father, John Meacham (an own cousin of General Washington & with him in Braddock's war). The Brigade was under the command of General Butler the length of my service to the best of my recollection was 3 years & 11 months. I feel that I can safely make this statement. I believe I got a certificate or showing of my service & discharge from one Col. Williams one of the Commissioners at Hillsborough in North Carolina about the 16th of March 1782. General Butler gave me a Commission but I cannot say whose name was signed to it. I state now that my commission with every paper I had was burned in my house on Pedee River four miles from grassy island set on fire by one John Panky & a Negro as is believed more than 30 years ago. I was a volunteer & in the horse service and Capt. of a horse company the whole time I was in the service 3 years & 11 months as above stated. The most important engagement I was in was in a very short time after I entered the service. It was between our Regiment and Col. Fanning [David Fanning] the Tory Col. who at that time had under his command several hundred Tories & Scotsmen [Scotchmen]. A battle was fought at Lindley's Mill on Cane Creek that runs into the West side of Haw River about 5 miles from his mouth & 9 miles from Luttrell's Barracks the place from which we started in Chatham County North Carolina in this battle I received a most severe wound the effects of which I feel more now than I did 20 years ago the wound being given by a musket ball in the right hip I was able to remain on horseback but after getting back to the Barracks was unable to ride again for a month -- it caused my whole right leg & foot to grow round to the right which everyone can see and has been an inconvenience to me all my life -- in this little battle we killed 37 Scotch and 26 of the American Tories -- we lost but few men I believe 4 killed -- we were marched back to the Barracks from this place after I had recovered so that I could ride & resume the command of my company we scoured the Country as often as occasion required which was very frequent in every direction -- sometimes detached under our superior officer & then another it would perhaps be of no consequence that I should enumerate the numerous little skirmishes & Jaycees we had with the Tories for it is known by everybody that this part of the Country was perhaps more plundered & annoyed by them in small numbers than almost any other -- but little idle time during any part of my service. In 1781 when Cornwallis was at Guilford Court house we were ordered to Joined the command & reinforce General Green [sic Nathanael Greene] and were on our march to that place at the time the battle was fought. I was also in the same year stationed with the guard to the baggage and wagons at the time the battle of Eutaw [sic, Eutaw Springs ] was fought. I could name many of the regular officers who passed occasionally through our quarter of the country but we were but little with them some parts of our Regiment were detached & engaged with them at several places but as I stated above I did not reach any point where a battle was fought by the regulars. There was General Greene a regular officer I have seen. I can say I have seen others but I suppose it will not be worthwhile for the general circumstances of my service I must refer the department to my declaration. It was as hard & fatiguing as that of any man who was long though perhaps not so important to the whole Country I should have applied for a pension before this but thought that the loss of my papers would prevent me from getting anything. I have no documentary evidence & that I know of no person living whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State whatever.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid S/ Richard B. Meacham
[Benjamin Ford, George Hameter [?] & William West gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
To the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department the applicant Richard B. Meacham answers as follows viz.
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans: I was born in Caroline County Virginia in the year 1760
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans: My age is recorded in my father's Bible I believe at this time in my Younger Brother's possession.
3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Ans: In Chatham County when called into service (and being a carpenter & millwright by trade I have moved about a great deal I moved from Chatham to Morgan County in Georgia in 1810 I moved to Clark County now in Alabama on the Bigby -- I was engaged as a volunteer in a short time during the late war) I moved then into Washington County thence to Greene -- thence to [word obliterated] thence to Wilcox thence to Perry County where I have lived since October 1833.
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if in substitute, for whom?
Ans: I volunteered & served as stated in my Declaration
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans: General Greene -- General Wayne, Col. Lee & some others I do not recollect I cannot remember the number or names of any of the Regiments but my own as to the general
circumstances of my service I have stated them in my Declaration
6th Did you ever receive a commission, & if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
Ans: I have fully answered this Interrogatory in my declaration
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution.
Ans: I mention those who are here convenient Benjamin Ford Esquire George Hameter, Jack Ford and many others might be named. William West is a clergyman in my neighborhood.
Sworn to and subscribed this the 4th September 1835
S/ J. B. Nave, Clk S/ Richard B. Meacham [1]
- http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_battle_of_lindleys_mill.html
- The Battle of Lindley's Mill (also known as the Battle of Cane Creek) took place in Alamance County, North Carolina, on September 13, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War.
Lindley's Mill stands at what was once a crossroads where the north-south trade route from Hillsborough to Raleigh and the east-west route through the Piedmont crossed. Built in 1755 by an English immigrant Thomas Lindley, the recipient of 1000 acres (4 km˛) in land grants from the Earl of Granville, the gristmill was one of five that lined Cane Creek.
During the American Revolutionary War, Tories under the command of David Fanning and Hector McNeill captured Governor Burke and thirteen high-ranking Whig officials in Hillsborough on September 12, 1781. They were transporting them down the road to Wilmington where they would be turned over to the British army. General Butler and 300 North Carolina militia set an ambush at Lindley’s Mill the next day. The elderly McNeill was cut down early in the battle. The British failed to gain any ground against the militia position until Fanning and a company forded the creek and attacked the militia from their rear. This put the militia on the defensive, although they were able to rally. The battle persisted for four hours until the militia were forced to retreat.
Two hundred men were killed or wounded in the battle, with Tory force suffering due to the loss of McNeill and serious wounds received by Fanning, who was forced to hide in the woods when his column moved on. The governor was not rescued, and was imprisoned on James Island.[2] The Battle of Lindley's Mill closed the war in North Carolina one month before Lord Cornwallis surrendered the British Army at Yorktown.
The mill is still in operation, having passed down through the Lindley family for nine generations. [2]
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Person ID |
I263 |
Extended Families of Childress |
Last Modified |
8 Jun 2020 |
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8 Jun 2020 |
Family ID |
F107 |
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| Richard B Meacham Signature Taken from his Revolutionary War Pension #R7071 |
| Revolutionary War Pension and
Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071 Richard B Meacham
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071 Richard B Meacham
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071 Richard B Meacham
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071 Richard B Meacham
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071 Richard B Meacham
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| Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files R7071 Richard B Meacham
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| James M Mitcham - Bio Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas. . |
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