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Benjamin Wray marched under orders of Captain Davis across the mountains to Salem, Virginia. He was left with three others to guard the place while the rest of the company marched to another place. He remained at Salem about six weeks and was discharged. He was repeatedly called out and marched against the Tories on the Carolina Line in the mountains. He was usually under the command of Captain Thomas Arthur, and he was in actual service about six months. In 1781, he was drafted into a company of riflemen commanded by Captain Jonathan Richardson and marched from Bedford County, Virginia. to North Carolina to join the Army commanded by General Green. He was in a regiment commanded by Colonel Washington. While with this unit, he was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and after the battle he served in the pursuit of the British over Deep River. He served three months this time and received a written discharge.
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