In a message dated 09/21/1999 8:23:43 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Wyly built the Wyly's Road(Misspelled Wiley's Road, or, > the Tugaloo Turnpike. Jesse Walton built Traveller's Rest Inn on Cherokee > Lease, but Gen. wyly bought the land before he built the present Inn, a > historic Ga. Park on Lake Hartwell now The following paragraphs extracted from the Revolutionary War pension application of Richard Gordon may be of interest here: That he volunteered in the service of the U. States the 16th of August 1781 in Wilkes County North Carolina in an expedition against the Indians for three months under Capt John Beverly & Col. Hearn and marched to Pleasant Garden near the head of Kataboo River when we joined Genl McDowels army, was principally engaged in the Cherokee nation, what was called the middle settlements, scouring the country destroying Indian houses, towns, crops, etc. There were two companies that went in this expedition making near four hundred men that marched from Wilkes Court House to Pleasant Garden, one commanded by Capt Sloan & the other by Capt Berry(?), the latter to which I belonged. At the expiration of two months was discharged by Col. Hearn. I went home as we could without receiving any written discharge, was in actual service as a private soldier on this tour just two months. As soon as applicant returned home from the above mentioned tour his father moved to Wilkes County in the State of Georgia. On the 1st of May 1782 he again volunteered as a private soldier at Knox Station in said county for forty days under Capt. Knox who had a station on his farm & was chiefly in fact wholly engaged in scouting & ranging the surrounding country to drive off the Indians. This was a station when the Government allowed Knox a few men as guards against the Indians, when his time was out he was dismissed and went home without receiving any written discharge, served out his forty days which was considered one month & ten days, an Indian expedition. In August of the same year (to wit) 1782 applicant went to Franklin County on Tugula River, & in September was employed by Major Jesse Walton as a spy who applicant understood was authorized to employ such men in service, there built a fort called Walton Fort. At this fort we remained or were stationed & sent out by Major Walton on spying expeditions for seven months in every direction through the country as directed by Maj. Walton, generally sent out in certain boundarie & performed a tour every week, his tour was allways performed with a son of Major Walton who was assigned with applicant & went together throughout; this was against the Creek Indians, was retained longer than seven months, & was held in actual service this tour nine months ~ during the whole of the above mentioned service applicant was in actual service of the revolutionary war twelve months & ten days. After the year 1783, applicant was again in the United States service which he will here set forth for which service he claims & leaves it with the Department to say whether he is entitled to a pension for it to wit When he was discharged from his service as a spy under Walton he remained at the station two years or longer & in Dec. 1785 he enlisted at that place under Capt. Wm. Martin for two years who was destined for Bledsoes Lick in Cumberland now Sumner County Tennessee, was ordered on by Martin from Waltons station to the frontier of Virginia, Powels Valley, where he remained until August 1786 when Martin came on, applicant was then married & substituted a man in his place in this expedition was in service eleven months making in addition to his previous service one year, eleven months & ten days. Applicant would further state that from Powels Valley he moved to what is now Kentucky & in Sept 1791 was drafted for three months in Madison County at Milford under Capt. Wm. Cavinor & was marched to Cincinnati Ohio under Col Oldham in Genl St. Clairs army, then on to the point of battle where St. Clair was defeated in Nov 1791. His Col Oldham and Genl Butler were both killed in this battle. Applicant belonged to Oldhams Regiment as we went on to the place of the battle built a fort called Fort Jefferson. After we were defeated the soldiers came off pretty much in confusion, applicant with others travelled twenty-nine miles to Fort Jefferson the day of the battle through the snow barefoot having loaned his shoes to a companion & friend Wm. Carlish to stand guard, applicant was shot through the arm in this battle. When we got to Cincinnati were mustered out of service, got no written discharge except something like a certificate to the paymaster, in this expedition was in service two months & 20 days. End of quoted material. Richard Gordon was born in 1766 in Henry Co. VA, and was a lad of 15 when he volunteered into the militia in Wilkes Co., NC. His travelling days weren't over until after 1840 in Jackson Co., TN. Joyce