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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

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

 

Pennsylvania 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

 

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