Martin Dewitt of Darlington District SC REV WAR PENSION APP
FromMartin Dewitt's pension application for Revolutionary War Pension:
He stated, "the he was born 9 July 1764 in Culpepper Co., VA"and "that his father and family came to Marlborough district [SC] in 1773 and that he, the deponent, had "resided here ever since and that he is now in his sixty ninth year his age". Application date: October 18, 1832.He was at the time of the application a resident of Darlington District, SC.His claim was denied because he failed to serve the required amount time.Martin served under Capt. Charles Dewitt with Francis Marion.His record has been digitized and is available at Footnote.com and includes his account of service in SC militia.
I am posting Dewitt notes from my research.I would like to encourage Dewitts to join the FT DNA Dewitt Project (Family Tree DNA Project) to help us sort out the Dewitts of South Carolina and other regions.Testing combined with traditional research would document relationships between Dewitts and their "migration" in the settling of America.