Mick-
  Wow, cool stuff. After a search on Guilford gave me way too many hits, I
threw together several search terms -- Guilford, Henry County, and Waller
(name of the commander) -- and found a more manageable list of fifteen
entries from which thirteen (which tended to reinforce one another, too)
gave me just what I wanted - details about where the Henry Co. unit went
after Guilford Courthhouse.   Some of the militia were discharged after the
battle ... a few went south with Greene ... and most of the Henry County
unit seems to have gone next to Surry Co. and eventually to Yorktown where
some were present at the surrender.

Great resource, and many thanks!!
All best,
Jon


Jon Kukla
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Michael Nicholls wrote:
>
>> Jon-- If you have any names of the 281men you might check them against
>> the pension claims filed. There is a great web site at revwarapps.org/
>> that has mounted thousands of these with typescripts of the applications. I
>> did look for George Waller but came up with a blank for him. Good luck--Mick
>
>


> On Apr 29, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Jon Kukla wrote:
>> > On March 11, 1781, responding to an invitation from Nathanael Greene and
>> > recruiting efforts by Patrick Henry, 281 militiamen from Henry County
>> > commanded by Major George Waller marched south to confront Cornwallis at
>> > the battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15th.
>> >
>> > Approximately 2,000 volunteers from adjacent counties did as well.
>> >
>> > Presumably these volunteers did not follow Greene into South Carolina
>> that
>> > spring.  Does anyone know where these volunteers went? what they did in
>> the
>> > weeks after that battle?
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> > Jon Kukla
>> > ________________
>>
>

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