Revolutionary War 1775-1783 Cape Girardeau County Soldiers

The following list of soldiers and their information was compiled from the individual pension applications bound in the Cape Girardeau County Court Books available at the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center in Jackson, MO.  Further information was gathered from the National Archive’s Revolutionary War Pension Papers and other sources. Only the soldiers registered as living in Cape Girardeau County before or after serving are listed.
 

Name	Rank	Regiment	Battles
Abernethie, John	Colonel	North Carolina Company
Brevard, Robert	Private	North Carolina Company	Battle of Ramisour’s Mill Battle of Cowan’s Ford Battle of Torrence
Brock, Uriah	Musician	Artillery Line of Virginia Regiment
Bull, Thomas	Sergeant	12th Regiment of the Virginia line	Battle of Brandywine Battle at Peola Battle at Germantown Battle of Iron Hill
Chase, Robert	Private	Line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment	Battle of Yorktown
Cochran, John	Horse	North Carolina Company	Siege of South Carolina
Cook (Kook), Jacob			Battle of Charleston
Deck, John	Private
Edwards, John			Indian Battles along the Ohio River
Fleming, Mitchel	Private	North Carolina Regiment
Green, Robert	Ensign	7th Regiment of the Maryland line	Battle at Brandywine Battle at Germantown Battle at Monmouth
Hartle, Peter
Hill, Thomas	Cavalry	North Carolina Line	Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Battle of King’s Mountain Battle of Cowan’s Ford Siege of Yorktown
Hitt, John
Hubbel, Ithamer	Private		Spy for Company
Hutchinson (Hutchins), David	Private	Virginia Company	Battle of Shawnee Indians Battle against Mohawk Indians Battle of Yadkin River Battle of Guilford Battle on Isle of Mance Battle of Reedy Fork
Masterson, William		P.A. Rangers on the Frontier Washington Co. PA Associaters & Militia Westmoreland Co. PA Associaters & Militia Pennsylvania Continental Line
May, John	Private	6th  Regiment of Pennsylvania Line
McChronister, James	Private	North Carolina Company
McLean (McLain/McLane), Alexander	Private	Mounted Rifleman of North Carolina Company	Battle of Ten Mile Spring Battle of Brier Creek Battle of Two Sisters Ferry
Patterson, David	Captain	Chester County, South Carolina Militia
Randall, Enos		Sussex County, New Jersey Militia
Seabaugh, Christian
Smith, John		North Carolina Company	Siege of Charlestown, SC Dunmores War Battle of Nub Station
Taylor, Benjamin	Private	North Carolina Company	Battle of Outlaw Springs
Wrightington, Thomas	Private	Massachusetts Company	Battle of Valentine Hill Battle of Fort Stongo
Yount, Jacob		North Carolina Company