Extracts of Military Pensions in National Archives:

WILLIAM BARRON, S. 1788.
23 January 1833, Washington Co., Tenn. William Barron of said county, aged 78, declares that while living in Montgomery Co., Va., he was drafted in the fall of 1775 under Sgt. John Brooby and served about one month guarding Harbird's Ferry in that county against the Indians.

He again enlisted under Lt. Frederick Edwards and served three months under Capt. Jacob Stevens. During this time he marched to Long Island on the Holston River where his company joined the regiment of Col. Preston. After they had remained there a few days an express came from Col. Preston from the Rye Cove Fort on Clinch River requesting assistance as the Indians had made some incursions in that quarter and killed a few of the inhabitants. Capt. Steven's company marched to their assistance.

After they had remained a few days at Rye Cover Fort, intelligence was received that Mr. Cooke who had been sent out as a spy had been killed by the Indians. He, with the rest of Stevens' company, spent a few days scouting Powell's valley with the view of discovering the Indians, but failing this, they buried Cooke and returned to the fort. They returned to Long Island and, having served three months, were discharged by Capt. Stevens and Col. Preston.

He returned to New River in Montgomery County and was drafted under Lt. Evans with whom he served four or five weeks without meeting the Indians, they returned. He moved to Washington Co., N.C., where in the fall of 1783, he volunteered under Capt. Thomas Hardeman and marched to the bend of "Chucky" where his company joined the regiment of Col. Sevier. They marched through the Cherokee Nation to Coosa River. Rogers Town, Bull town and some others were burned. They also destroyed a town called Estananba on the Coosa and, having crossed the river, proceeded up it to the mountains where they recrossed and returned through the Cherokee Nation to the Tennessee River where the troops were disbanded. Several prisoners were taken and one or two persons killed. He served about six weeks.

He was born on the Eastern shore in Talbert [Talbot] County Maryland, in 1755, lived a year or two in Dorset [Dorchester] County, Maryland, and when quite young moved to Rowan Co., N.C., where he lived several years. He went to Montgomery Co., Va., and then to Washington Co., N.C. [Now Tennessee] where he has resided perhaps fifty years.

• Married: BEF. 1793