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Letter from Alexander Brevard Randal

Letter from Alexander Brevard on Behalf of Randal and John Shoemaker, Revolutionary War Soldiers

This may certify that Randel Shomaker and his brother John Shomaker were delivered to me at Frohacke (?) House near Salisbury in May 1781 to serve in the continental Army for Twelve months as part of the quota of men of that description that was to be furnished from Rowan County. Those two brothers happened to fall in my Company and John was with me in the Battle of Ewetaw Springs and was wounded which wound he died in Camden. Randal was also in the Battle, was sent on with his wounded brother to Camden to the Hospital. On my return from the army with those Twelve months men whose time had expired I found Randel Shomaker in Camden & he came on with the others & received his discharge. They were quiet well conducting young men & Randel was a Sergeant part of the time in the Company. Now I do concieve that if there is land coming to any of the Troops of this description that is of Twelve months men that they Randel & John Shomaker are as much Intitled to it as any others can be Especialy John who lost his life in Violent struggle.

Given under hand the 26th day of October 1827.

Alex Brevard
Captain at the time in the Continental army North Carolina line
Anyone who is this to be with the manner (?) in which the Continental Troops of North Carolina were arranged when the Shomakers were in Service Know that North Carolina had Six Regiments on the establishment (?) that Troops they would not have amounted to one full Regiment that they were called the first & Second Battalions & were under Two Colonels (Viz) John Baptist Ash the first Battalion John Armstrong the Second Battalion and my Company was in the Second Brigadier Jethro Sumner had comand of the N. Carolina Troops that was just known then by the North Carolina line Every (?) & the war were called the Pinsylvania the Virginia line & the North Carolina Lee's Legion & the Dellaware Company. I think those were the Continental (?) that were in the the Shoemakers put in their Service Except the Pensylvanians which I think had not come on any more wanted to make Shoemakers Certificate Satisfactory I write freely and as far as I Wrote by request the 12th day
of March 1828
Alex Brevard


at the
End of the War

North Carolina }
Lincoln County }
Personally appeared before me Seth Edwards (?) (Smudge) Alexander Brevard who being duly sworn makes oath to the above certificate and statements were in his own hand writing and that they were true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Seth Edwards (?) Alex Brevard

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NOTE: A descendant of Alexander Brevard's was one of the cadets sent out from Virginia Military Institute during the Battle of New Market in Virginia at the time of the Civil War. There is an article about William Hugh McDowell, accompanied by a photograph at the VMI site, if you would like to know more.
William Hugh McDowell, The "Ghost Cadet"



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