He stated in his Revolutionary War pension application that he was "Born 8 May 1763, Monongahalia County, Virginia" (now Hampshire Co. WV, son of Henry and Mary BRENTON of Hampshire Co. (W)Virginia. [Note: Monongahalia County, VA was within the District of Augusta, and included the area from which Hampton Co. WV was formed.]
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Died after Feb 1834 as a resident of Owen Co., Indiana. Burial place unknown.
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Adam BRENTON, then aged seventy years, a resident of Owen County, Indiana, applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on 7 Feb. 1834. He declared, that he "was born ("as he was informed by his parents") in -illegible- (could be Monongahalia?) County of Virginia on the waters of the Potomac, on the 8 day of May 1763, lived (there) about 7 years, moved to Cheat River in Virginia, a fork of the Monongahela River, lived about 2 years there and moved to Red Stone old Fort, lived about 7 years, thence to Kentucky (then Virginia), lived on Cain River near Harrodsburgh, lived 1 year, moved to where Danville now is lived two or 3 years, moved Millers Station Garrett (Garrad?) Shelby (Shelbyville?), moved in the year 1798 to Indiana to Clarke Grant, lived here till 1816, lived in the neighborhood of his principle residence in Owen County, Indiana where he has resided ever since. - Pension file #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared, in 1834, that he served in the Revolutionary War, in 1778, as "a substitute for James LAWSON in a company that was drafted in what is now (in 1834) called Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania; that Thomas BROWN was the commander of said company; that said company was stationed at Red Stone old Fort situated on a bluff on the Monongahela River, to guard a magazine of powder and lead; ---" After serving one month, he again enlisted later the same year as a substitute for John PURDY, for the same guard duty. - Pension File R.1178.
[Note: I wonder if Thomas BROWN, commander of this unit, is the same Thomas Brown whose daughters Mary and Elizabeth BROWN married in the 1770s at King George Co., VA respectively to William and John SPILMAN?]
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Adam BRENTON "again entered the service of the United States in what is now (in 1834) called Mercer County, Kentucky, then Virginia in the summer of 1781; that the company was commanded by James KINCAID; that they were stationed at the mouth of (Mauring?) Run where it empties into the Kentucky River; that the company was stationed at the place for the purpose of guarding the Continental buffalo meat that was brought there by canoes on the Kentucky River. ---" - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared that "he again entered the service of the United States on the ground where Danville, now (in 1834 is, in what was then Virginia, now is Kentucky; that this was in the month of October 1782; that Samuel KIRKHAM was Captain; that the Colonel of the regiment was Benjamin LOGAN; that George Rogers CLARK was the General who commanded; that they were marched across the Kentucky River and on to the forks of Licking River, thence down Licking on the south side of the River to its mouth, thence across the Ohio, near or at the place where Cincinnati now stands, where there was a cabin called the Buckeye Cabin where the invalids were placed, thence to Old Chilacothe on the little Miami. There the Indians stole some of (the) horses among whose was our adjutants's (John CROUS?). Thence to the Pickawny town on the Big Miami. There we remained some days; a part of the army scouted over the adjoining country; while we were here the Indians shot across the Miami and shot one REYNOLDS in the hip, of which wound he died as we returned home. Capt. William McCRAKEN was also wounded and died on his return home, at a high hill near where Cincinnati now is. McCRACKEN was Captian of the Light Horse and --?-- CLAY was Lieutenant of the Light Horse.; that after we left where Cincinnati now is, on our return home we had no provisions save what we killed in the woods, till we got home; that this time was for five weeks, they got home in November 1782." - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON declared, in 1834, "that he again entered the service of the United States at what is now (in 1834) called Garrett [sic] (Garrard) County, in the State of Kentucky, in the month of September in the year 1786; that he was employed as a substitute for Edmund PARKER." The Captain was John DOWNING; Lieut. William MONTGOMERY; the Major was James DOWNING; Colonel BARNETT; and George Rogers CLARK, General. They were marched across the Ohio River at the falls; here three soldiers were drowned in crossing, named John BRANTS?, Macum McCULLUM, --?-- SHAW. "From thence we were marched across Blue River to Vincennes; a part were sent round by water with the cannon and provisions; applicant was one of those who were marched across by land; they waited at Vincennes ten days for the cannon and provisions; when they got to Vincennes, two companies were sent on down the Wabash to meet the Cannon and provisions. The companies that were selected were commanded by Captains Robert SANDER? and Robert FLOYED, among whom the applicant was taken as one of Capt. FLOYED company; that after they met with the boats a part of the company were marched on land as a land guard among whom was this applicant; after we returned to Vincennes, and thence crossed the Wabash and marched some distance; then recrossed and were marched some distance further when the provisions were about to fail; and the officers called a council, as to whether they should go further; that the officers, some of them, gave out the idea that the soldiers must starve if thy went on, and they voted in the council to go on, among whom was on Capt. Baker EWING; here a large portion of the soldiers determined to return, and marched about a half mile back when the remainder of the army came on back, and they were marched on back home by way of Vincennes; that they had little or no provisions from Vincennes to the falls of the Ohio; that this tour was for six weeks." - Pension file #R.1178.
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In 1834, Adam BRENTON declared that "he volunteered in what is now called Waynes Campaign, while in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the year 1794, under Capt. Daniel BARLEY, Henry GRIDER Lieutenant of the Company, Col. CALDWELL commanded the regiment" to which he belonged. "--- Brig. General Thomas BARBER, Major General SCOTT, Anthony WAYNE, commander in chief, rendezvoused at Scott County Kentucky, thence to Cincinnati, then to Fort Recovery, thence to where the Rivers Oglaze and --illegible-- to where we had an engagement with the Indians. After the battle was over here, we were marched back to where we built Fort Defiance, thence we marched to Greenville for provisions, thence to Fort Wayne, and from there we were marched home by way of Cincinnati."
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Died after Feb 1834 as a resident of Owen Co., Indiana. Burial place unknown.
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Adam BRENTON, then aged seventy years, a resident of Owen County, Indiana, applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on 7 Feb. 1834. He declared, that he "was born ("as he was informed by his parents") in -illegible- (could be Monongahalia?) County of Virginia on the waters of the Potomac, on the 8 day of May 1763, lived (there) about 7 years, moved to Cheat River in Virginia, a fork of the Monongahela River, lived about 2 years there and moved to Red Stone old Fort, lived about 7 years, thence to Kentucky (then Virginia), lived on Cain River near Harrodsburgh, lived 1 year, moved to where Danville now is lived two or 3 years, moved Millers Station Garrett (Garrad?) Shelby (Shelbyville?), moved in the year 1798 to Indiana to Clarke Grant, lived here till 1816, lived in the neighborhood of his principle residence in Owen County, Indiana where he has resided ever since. - Pension file #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared, in 1834, that he served in the Revolutionary War, in 1778, as "a substitute for James LAWSON in a company that was drafted in what is now (in 1834) called Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania; that Thomas BROWN was the commander of said company; that said company was stationed at Red Stone old Fort situated on a bluff on the Monongahela River, to guard a magazine of powder and lead; ---" After serving one month, he again enlisted later the same year as a substitute for John PURDY, for the same guard duty. - Pension File R.1178.
[Note: I wonder if Thomas BROWN, commander of this unit, is the same Thomas Brown whose daughters Mary and Elizabeth BROWN married in the 1770s at King George Co., VA respectively to William and John SPILMAN?]
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Adam BRENTON "again entered the service of the United States in what is now (in 1834) called Mercer County, Kentucky, then Virginia in the summer of 1781; that the company was commanded by James KINCAID; that they were stationed at the mouth of (Mauring?) Run where it empties into the Kentucky River; that the company was stationed at the place for the purpose of guarding the Continental buffalo meat that was brought there by canoes on the Kentucky River. ---" - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared that "he again entered the service of the United States on the ground where Danville, now (in 1834 is, in what was then Virginia, now is Kentucky; that this was in the month of October 1782; that Samuel KIRKHAM was Captain; that the Colonel of the regiment was Benjamin LOGAN; that George Rogers CLARK was the General who commanded; that they were marched across the Kentucky River and on to the forks of Licking River, thence down Licking on the south side of the River to its mouth, thence across the Ohio, near or at the place where Cincinnati now stands, where there was a cabin called the Buckeye Cabin where the invalids were placed, thence to Old Chilacothe on the little Miami. There the Indians stole some of (the) horses among whose was our adjutants's (John CROUS?). Thence to the Pickawny town on the Big Miami. There we remained some days; a part of the army scouted over the adjoining country; while we were here the Indians shot across the Miami and shot one REYNOLDS in the hip, of which wound he died as we returned home. Capt. William McCRAKEN was also wounded and died on his return home, at a high hill near where Cincinnati now is. McCRACKEN was Captian of the Light Horse and --?-- CLAY was Lieutenant of the Light Horse.; that after we left where Cincinnati now is, on our return home we had no provisions save what we killed in the woods, till we got home; that this time was for five weeks, they got home in November 1782." - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON declared, in 1834, "that he again entered the service of the United States at what is now (in 1834) called Garrett [sic] (Garrard) County, in the State of Kentucky, in the month of September in the year 1786; that he was employed as a substitute for Edmund PARKER." The Captain was John DOWNING; Lieut. William MONTGOMERY; the Major was James DOWNING; Colonel BARNETT; and George Rogers CLARK, General. They were marched across the Ohio River at the falls; here three soldiers were drowned in crossing, named John BRANTS?, Macum McCULLUM, --?-- SHAW. "From thence we were marched across Blue River to Vincennes; a part were sent round by water with the cannon and provisions; applicant was one of those who were marched across by land; they waited at Vincennes ten days for the cannon and provisions; when they got to Vincennes, two companies were sent on down the Wabash to meet the Cannon and provisions. The companies that were selected were commanded by Captains Robert SANDER? and Robert FLOYED, among whom the applicant was taken as one of Capt. FLOYED company; that after they met with the boats a part of the company were marched on land as a land guard among whom was this applicant; after we returned to Vincennes, and thence crossed the Wabash and marched some distance; then recrossed and were marched some distance further when the provisions were about to fail; and the officers called a council, as to whether they should go further; that the officers, some of them, gave out the idea that the soldiers must starve if thy went on, and they voted in the council to go on, among whom was on Capt. Baker EWING; here a large portion of the soldiers determined to return, and marched about a half mile back when the remainder of the army came on back, and they were marched on back home by way of Vincennes; that they had little or no provisions from Vincennes to the falls of the Ohio; that this tour was for six weeks." - Pension file #R.1178.
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In 1834, Adam BRENTON declared that "he volunteered in what is now called Waynes Campaign, while in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the year 1794, under Capt. Daniel BARLEY, Henry GRIDER Lieutenant of the Company, Col. CALDWELL commanded the regiment" to which he belonged. "--- Brig. General Thomas BARBER, Major General SCOTT, Anthony WAYNE, commander in chief, rendezvoused at Scott County Kentucky, thence to Cincinnati, then to Fort Recovery, thence to where the Rivers Oglaze and --illegible-- to where we had an engagement with the Indians. After the battle was over here, we were marched back to where we built Fort Defiance, thence we marched to Greenville for provisions, thence to Fort Wayne, and from there we were marched home by way of Cincinnati."
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He stated in his Revolutionary War pension application that he was "Born 8 May 1763, Monongahalia County, Virginia" (now Hampshire Co. WV, son of Henry and Mary BRENTON of Hampshire Co. (W)Virginia. [Note: Monongahalia County, VA was within the District of Augusta, and included the area from which Hampton Co. WV was formed.]
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Died after Feb 1834 as a resident of Owen Co., Indiana. Burial place unknown.
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Adam BRENTON, then aged seventy years, a resident of Owen County, Indiana, applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on 7 Feb. 1834. He declared, that he "was born ("as he was informed by his parents") in -illegible- (could be Monongahalia?) County of Virginia on the waters of the Potomac, on the 8 day of May 1763, lived (there) about 7 years, moved to Cheat River in Virginia, a fork of the Monongahela River, lived about 2 years there and moved to Red Stone old Fort, lived about 7 years, thence to Kentucky (then Virginia), lived on Cain River near Harrodsburgh, lived 1 year, moved to where Danville now is lived two or 3 years, moved Millers Station Garrett (Garrad?) Shelby (Shelbyville?), moved in the year 1798 to Indiana to Clarke Grant, lived here till 1816, lived in the neighborhood of his principle residence in Owen County, Indiana where he has resided ever since. - Pension file #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared, in 1834, that he served in the Revolutionary War, in 1778, as "a substitute for James LAWSON in a company that was drafted in what is now (in 1834) called Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania; that Thomas BROWN was the commander of said company; that said company was stationed at Red Stone old Fort situated on a bluff on the Monongahela River, to guard a magazine of powder and lead; ---" After serving one month, he again enlisted later the same year as a substitute for John PURDY, for the same guard duty. - Pension File R.1178.
[Note: I wonder if Thomas BROWN, commander of this unit, is the same Thomas Brown whose daughters Mary and Elizabeth BROWN married in the 1770s at King George Co., VA respectively to William and John SPILMAN?]
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Adam BRENTON "again entered the service of the United States in what is now (in 1834) called Mercer County, Kentucky, then Virginia in the summer of 1781; that the company was commanded by James KINCAID; that they were stationed at the mouth of (Mauring?) Run where it empties into the Kentucky River; that the company was stationed at the place for the purpose of guarding the Continental buffalo meat that was brought there by canoes on the Kentucky River. ---" - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared that "he again entered the service of the United States on the ground where Danville, now (in 1834 is, in what was then Virginia, now is Kentucky; that this was in the month of October 1782; that Samuel KIRKHAM was Captain; that the Colonel of the regiment was Benjamin LOGAN; that George Rogers CLARK was the General who commanded; that they were marched across the Kentucky River and on to the forks of Licking River, thence down Licking on the south side of the River to its mouth, thence across the Ohio, near or at the place where Cincinnati now stands, where there was a cabin called the Buckeye Cabin where the invalids were placed, thence to Old Chilacothe on the little Miami. There the Indians stole some of (the) horses among whose was our adjutants's (John CROUS?). Thence to the Pickawny town on the Big Miami. There we remained some days; a part of the army scouted over the adjoining country; while we were here the Indians shot across the Miami and shot one REYNOLDS in the hip, of which wound he died as we returned home. Capt. William McCRAKEN was also wounded and died on his return home, at a high hill near where Cincinnati now is. McCRACKEN was Captian of the Light Horse and --?-- CLAY was Lieutenant of the Light Horse.; that after we left where Cincinnati now is, on our return home we had no provisions save what we killed in the woods, till we got home; that this time was for five weeks, they got home in November 1782." - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON declared, in 1834, "that he again entered the service of the United States at what is now (in 1834) called Garrett [sic] (Garrard) County, in the State of Kentucky, in the month of September in the year 1786; that he was employed as a substitute for Edmund PARKER." The Captain was John DOWNING; Lieut. William MONTGOMERY; the Major was James DOWNING; Colonel BARNETT; and George Rogers CLARK, General. They were marched across the Ohio River at the falls; here three soldiers were drowned in crossing, named John BRANTS?, Macum McCULLUM, --?-- SHAW. "From thence we were marched across Blue River to Vincennes; a part were sent round by water with the cannon and provisions; applicant was one of those who were marched across by land; they waited at Vincennes ten days for the cannon and provisions; when they got to Vincennes, two companies were sent on down the Wabash to meet the Cannon and provisions. The companies that were selected were commanded by Captains Robert SANDER? and Robert FLOYED, among whom the applicant was taken as one of Capt. FLOYED company; that after they met with the boats a part of the company were marched on land as a land guard among whom was this applicant; after we returned to Vincennes, and thence crossed the Wabash and marched some distance; then recrossed and were marched some distance further when the provisions were about to fail; and the officers called a council, as to whether they should go further; that the officers, some of them, gave out the idea that the soldiers must starve if thy went on, and they voted in the council to go on, among whom was on Capt. Baker EWING; here a large portion of the soldiers determined to return, and marched about a half mile back when the remainder of the army came on back, and they were marched on back home by way of Vincennes; that they had little or no provisions from Vincennes to the falls of the Ohio; that this tour was for six weeks." - Pension file #R.1178.
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In 1834, Adam BRENTON declared that "he volunteered in what is now called Waynes Campaign, while in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the year 1794, under Capt. Daniel BARLEY, Henry GRIDER Lieutenant of the Company, Col. CALDWELL commanded the regiment" to which he belonged. "--- Brig. General Thomas BARBER, Major General SCOTT, Anthony WAYNE, commander in chief, rendezvoused at Scott County Kentucky, thence to Cincinnati, then to Fort Recovery, thence to where the Rivers Oglaze and --illegible-- to where we had an engagement with the Indians. After the battle was over here, we were marched back to where we built Fort Defiance, thence we marched to Greenville for provisions, thence to Fort Wayne, and from there we were marched home by way of Cincinnati."
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Died after Feb 1834 as a resident of Owen Co., Indiana. Burial place unknown.
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Adam BRENTON, then aged seventy years, a resident of Owen County, Indiana, applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on 7 Feb. 1834. He declared, that he "was born ("as he was informed by his parents") in -illegible- (could be Monongahalia?) County of Virginia on the waters of the Potomac, on the 8 day of May 1763, lived (there) about 7 years, moved to Cheat River in Virginia, a fork of the Monongahela River, lived about 2 years there and moved to Red Stone old Fort, lived about 7 years, thence to Kentucky (then Virginia), lived on Cain River near Harrodsburgh, lived 1 year, moved to where Danville now is lived two or 3 years, moved Millers Station Garrett (Garrad?) Shelby (Shelbyville?), moved in the year 1798 to Indiana to Clarke Grant, lived here till 1816, lived in the neighborhood of his principle residence in Owen County, Indiana where he has resided ever since. - Pension file #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared, in 1834, that he served in the Revolutionary War, in 1778, as "a substitute for James LAWSON in a company that was drafted in what is now (in 1834) called Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania; that Thomas BROWN was the commander of said company; that said company was stationed at Red Stone old Fort situated on a bluff on the Monongahela River, to guard a magazine of powder and lead; ---" After serving one month, he again enlisted later the same year as a substitute for John PURDY, for the same guard duty. - Pension File R.1178.
[Note: I wonder if Thomas BROWN, commander of this unit, is the same Thomas Brown whose daughters Mary and Elizabeth BROWN married in the 1770s at King George Co., VA respectively to William and John SPILMAN?]
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Adam BRENTON "again entered the service of the United States in what is now (in 1834) called Mercer County, Kentucky, then Virginia in the summer of 1781; that the company was commanded by James KINCAID; that they were stationed at the mouth of (Mauring?) Run where it empties into the Kentucky River; that the company was stationed at the place for the purpose of guarding the Continental buffalo meat that was brought there by canoes on the Kentucky River. ---" - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON further declared that "he again entered the service of the United States on the ground where Danville, now (in 1834 is, in what was then Virginia, now is Kentucky; that this was in the month of October 1782; that Samuel KIRKHAM was Captain; that the Colonel of the regiment was Benjamin LOGAN; that George Rogers CLARK was the General who commanded; that they were marched across the Kentucky River and on to the forks of Licking River, thence down Licking on the south side of the River to its mouth, thence across the Ohio, near or at the place where Cincinnati now stands, where there was a cabin called the Buckeye Cabin where the invalids were placed, thence to Old Chilacothe on the little Miami. There the Indians stole some of (the) horses among whose was our adjutants's (John CROUS?). Thence to the Pickawny town on the Big Miami. There we remained some days; a part of the army scouted over the adjoining country; while we were here the Indians shot across the Miami and shot one REYNOLDS in the hip, of which wound he died as we returned home. Capt. William McCRAKEN was also wounded and died on his return home, at a high hill near where Cincinnati now is. McCRACKEN was Captian of the Light Horse and --?-- CLAY was Lieutenant of the Light Horse.; that after we left where Cincinnati now is, on our return home we had no provisions save what we killed in the woods, till we got home; that this time was for five weeks, they got home in November 1782." - Pension File #R.1178.
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Adam BRENTON declared, in 1834, "that he again entered the service of the United States at what is now (in 1834) called Garrett [sic] (Garrard) County, in the State of Kentucky, in the month of September in the year 1786; that he was employed as a substitute for Edmund PARKER." The Captain was John DOWNING; Lieut. William MONTGOMERY; the Major was James DOWNING; Colonel BARNETT; and George Rogers CLARK, General. They were marched across the Ohio River at the falls; here three soldiers were drowned in crossing, named John BRANTS?, Macum McCULLUM, --?-- SHAW. "From thence we were marched across Blue River to Vincennes; a part were sent round by water with the cannon and provisions; applicant was one of those who were marched across by land; they waited at Vincennes ten days for the cannon and provisions; when they got to Vincennes, two companies were sent on down the Wabash to meet the Cannon and provisions. The companies that were selected were commanded by Captains Robert SANDER? and Robert FLOYED, among whom the applicant was taken as one of Capt. FLOYED company; that after they met with the boats a part of the company were marched on land as a land guard among whom was this applicant; after we returned to Vincennes, and thence crossed the Wabash and marched some distance; then recrossed and were marched some distance further when the provisions were about to fail; and the officers called a council, as to whether they should go further; that the officers, some of them, gave out the idea that the soldiers must starve if thy went on, and they voted in the council to go on, among whom was on Capt. Baker EWING; here a large portion of the soldiers determined to return, and marched about a half mile back when the remainder of the army came on back, and they were marched on back home by way of Vincennes; that they had little or no provisions from Vincennes to the falls of the Ohio; that this tour was for six weeks." - Pension file #R.1178.
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In 1834, Adam BRENTON declared that "he volunteered in what is now called Waynes Campaign, while in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the year 1794, under Capt. Daniel BARLEY, Henry GRIDER Lieutenant of the Company, Col. CALDWELL commanded the regiment" to which he belonged. "--- Brig. General Thomas BARBER, Major General SCOTT, Anthony WAYNE, commander in chief, rendezvoused at Scott County Kentucky, thence to Cincinnati, then to Fort Recovery, thence to where the Rivers Oglaze and --illegible-- to where we had an engagement with the Indians. After the battle was over here, we were marched back to where we built Fort Defiance, thence we marched to Greenville for provisions, thence to Fort Wayne, and from there we were marched home by way of Cincinnati."
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