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Notes for John See

John enlisted in the Virginia Volunteer Militia in 1776 under Capitan Arbuckle in Greenbriar County, Va. for the term of one year for the purpose of defending the western frontier from hostile Indians. He was stationed at Fort Randolph at the junction of the Kanawha River and the Ohio River. They were building the fort at this time.

While stationed there, Chief Cornstalk came into camp and offered to aid the settlers against the British, however many of the soldiers were under the influence of liquor and were making inflammatory remarks against the Chief, so the Capt. locked Chief Cornstalk and his son Ellinipsco and Chief Red Hawk in the jail for their protection. The soldiers overran the officers and sentries and took Chief Cornstalk out for execution. He bravely folded his arms while hit seven times by musket fire. Chief Red Hawk and Ellinipsco had the same fate of being shot by the drunken mob of soldiers.

After John's enlistment was up he joined for another three years, enlisting in the Colonial Army of the Virginia Line, 19th Virginia Regiment under General Scott's Brigade. They joined forces under General Washington at West Camp, Pennsylvania and wintered at Valley Forge in 1777-1778.

John participated in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth and the storming of Stony Point. At one time he was taken as a prisoner of war.

John applied for a pension in Henry Co., Indiana in 1832. The last payment was made on Jan 2, 1837. His pension claim number was S.17538.