This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Slade Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1879/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Within the Revolutionary War Pension Application of Nathan (Nathaniel) SLADE (Widows Pension of Elizabeth P. SLADE, Pension No. W6071), Nathan SLADE gives a rather interesting account as to how he found himself re-enlisted for another term of service. SLADE gave his declaration in Caswell County, NC, on 03 Jul 1845, which included this account: "After the battle of Guilford, the company to which I belonged was divided into classes for from fifteen to eighteen or twenty and out of that number one was to be required to enlist in the number of the Continental troops or regular army of North Carolina. No man could be induced to enlist voluntarily and we were required to draw lots for the purpose of determining who should enlist. My brother Thomas Slade was at the head of the class to which I belonged and had to make the first draw and it so happened that it fell his lot to enlist or join the Continental Army. He was so situated that it was very inconvenient for him to do so-so he hired one Roper as a substitute. Roper was tendered to the proper authority as his substitute but Major Thomas Donoho refused to receive him because he had seduced a girl and gotten her with child and refused to marry her. I was them employed by Roper to take his place which I did and accordingly enlisted for eighteen months as a soldier in th! e Continental line of North Carolina. I served in the Continental Line of North Carolina form the month of August in the year 1782 until the month of July 1783 and was then discharged formerly but received no written discharge." See: http://revwarapps.org/w6071.pdf Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>