On 17 June 1842 Jame Ayres appeared before a Justice of the Peace to obtain a benefit of a provision Congress set in motion on 4 July 1836. She was entitled to a small pension because her husband, John Hales Ayres had served as a Private in the War of Independence.
He entered service as a Private in 1781 under Captain Robert Cary. All men in service were called to the courthouse in Buckingham, Virginia by Captain Carey He was to serve for three months on a march to the "South".
That march led them to Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina where he was immersed in the Battle of Guilford Court House on 15 March 1781.
A few months after his return from the "South" he was marched to Eastern Virginia and participated in the Battle at Little York. He was then marched to Winchester Virginia where he had the duty of guarding prisoners that were barracked there.
John is my 4th Great Grandfather born about 1740 in Buckingham County, Virginia and the son of Matthias and Elizabeth Ayres. He had 4 brothers and a sister.
In 1777 he married Jane Sallee and soon after each of their 10 children made a random appearance.
Magdalene
Nancy
Edmund
Sarah
Elizabeth
Susannah
Patsy
John
James
Olive
In November of 1828 Great Grandfather John Hales Ayres passed away.
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