Flud Mitchell
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==Revolutionary War Service== | ==Revolutionary War Service== | ||
| − | In this application he states that he "...volunteered 12 Jul 1775 and served two years with Col. Thomson and Capt. Purvis". Another Pension Application [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mecklenburg/military/revwar/pensions/buckaloe447gmt.txt here] confirms that Purvis was a Capt in South Carolina. Apparently ([http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdowdle/TheDowdleTree/DOWDLEsOfUS/States/SouthCarolina.htm see the bottom of this page]), Captain Purvis commanded a company of Ranger within the 3rd South Carolina | + | In this application he states that he "...volunteered 12 Jul 1775 and served two years with Col. Thomson and Capt. Purvis". Another Pension Application [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mecklenburg/military/revwar/pensions/buckaloe447gmt.txt here] confirms that Purvis was a Capt in South Carolina. Apparently ([http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdowdle/TheDowdleTree/DOWDLEsOfUS/States/SouthCarolina.htm see the bottom of this page]), Captain Purvis commanded a company of Ranger within the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_South_Carolina_Regiment 3rd South Carolina Regiment] which itself was commanded by Col William Thompson. |
There is a deed dated 14 Feb 1778 from "Flood Mitchell of Granville County, [[South Carolina]]" to John Dugger for 233 acres. Flood states that he next "...enlisted again in 1778 under Capt. Hammond and Capt. Jones and served in an expedition against the Creek Indians." | There is a deed dated 14 Feb 1778 from "Flood Mitchell of Granville County, [[South Carolina]]" to John Dugger for 233 acres. Flood states that he next "...enlisted again in 1778 under Capt. Hammond and Capt. Jones and served in an expedition against the Creek Indians." | ||
