Capt. Sterling Turner's Company of Volunteers on Horseback was recruited from among his neighbors in the Cloud's Creek and Mine Creek region of northern Edgefield (currently Saluda Co SC). While returning from a raid in Saxegotha/Lexington, he and around 30 members of his company camped near a partially completed log cabin (called "Carter's House") on a tributary of Cloud's Creek. On 7 Nov 1781, they were surrounded and outnumbered by Loyalist militia forces under the command of Col. William ("Bloody Bill") Cunningham, who demanded unconditional surrender. Some members of Turner's company attempted to return fire. With only two exceptions, all were either killed in battle or executed after surrendering. An incomplete muster roll for this company can be reconstructed from extant service records and pension applications. Men present at the Cloud's Creek massacre: Capt. Sterling Turner Bartlett Bledsoe (survived and escaped) Berryman Bledsoe, widow Emilia John Bledsoe James Butler, Sr., widow Mary Simpson James Butler, Jr. Nathaniel Corley Zachariah Davis, widow Christiana Burdett Eskridge/Ethridge, widow Hannah Peter Foy, widow Hamutel Matthew Jones Gideon Nicholson 2nd Lt. William Sisson, widow Lydia Smallwood Smith, widow Elizabeth Marable Jones Hendley Webb (taken prisoner, released) Burrows Whittle Other members of Capt. Sterling Turner's company who had completed their tour of duty, enlisted in a different company, or were otherwise not present at Cloud's Creek: Abner Corley Zacheus Corley Robert Davis Thomas Davis John Douglas James Eidson Daniel Jones Joseph Nunn Amos Richardson Frederick Sisson John Smith Hezekiah Watson Harriet Imrey himrey@ntelos.net