THOMAS CASEY NAMED IN CLAIM RECORDS -1

Date: 1781 to 1781
Location: GUILFORD NORTH CAROLINA
Surnames/tags: CASEY , HAIRSTON Battle of Guilford Courthouse

Note In Pittsylvania County VA History

Note from the history of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, of events during the Revolutionary Wr, about the time of the Guildford Courthouse battle.

1781 , Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA While Greene's army was in this section he established his hospital15 at the plantation of Col. Peter Perkins, on Dan River, in the southwestern part of the county; and Col. Perkins' home not being sufficiently large to receive all the sick, the homes of the neighbors, Constant and Nicholas Perkins and William Harrison were also used. "Berry Hill," Col. Perkins' home, stands on a hill overlooking the river from the north side, and is a fine specimen of colonial architecture. The William Harrison16 house is also standing, and is a short distance from the lawn at "Oak Hill," but has suffered from neglect in the passage of years. The hospital was established here for three months, and from the Claim Records we learn that it was under the command of Dr. Brown, and that Dr. Elijah Gillett was one of the attending physicians; that **Thomas Casey was paid for shoeing 43 horses for the officers and doctors of the general hospital;** that Thomas Thompkins served as ferryman to the hospital. Daniel Roberts was forage master and Nicholas and James McCubbins and Charles Oaks were commissaries and gathered supplies for the use of the hospital. William Norton was paid for twenty-one days service in "collecting and bringing flour from Cumberland for the General Hospital."