1811  Montgomery County, North Carolina Legal Document Signed by Revolutionary War Dragoon David Chester and Others / SOLD

Description

1811 Montgomery County, North Carolina Legal Document

Signed by Revolutionary War Dragoon David Chester

A Veteran of Colonel Armstrong’s Regiment of Light Dragoons

 

This well-preserved manuscript legal document, dated December 1811, originates from Montgomery County, North Carolina and bears the signature of David Chesher (also appearing as Chesser), a verified veteran of the North Carolina Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel Armstrong during the American Revolutionary War. Men of this regiment served in the southern campaigns, a theater marked by brutal cavalry engagements, raids, and small-unit actions in both North and South Carolina.

 

The document itself is written in elegant early 19th-century clerical script and relates to county legal proceedings—typical of the civic roles held by many Revolutionary War veterans who remained active in local affairs after the conflict. The ink remains strong, the writing highly legible, and the paper retains its original period folds.

 

Chesher’s Revolutionary War service is confirmed in North Carolina pension abstracts and state archives, which note his mounted service and subsequent life in Montgomery County. Surviving documents signed by enlisted or non-commissioned cavalry veterans of the southern campaigns are relatively uncommon, as the mounted regiments were small in number and suffered heavy wartime attrition.

 

A scarce document signed by Revolutionary War soldier and Pennsylvania Constitution Convention member David Redick (1753-1805) Discusses a debt owed by Ebenezer Vendegraft. Redick served in the 1st Brigade Ga.

 

Militia during the Revolution. In 1790 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention and served as Vice-President of the state.

 

Also signed on reverse by Revolutionary War surgeon Absolom Baird (1755-1805) who served in Baldwin’s Regiment of Artillery Officers.

 

This document provides both an appealing artifact of early North Carolina legal history and a direct wartime connection to a veteran of the Revolutionary cavalry forces who served under one of the region’s notable dragoon commanders.

 

A strong, displayable example for collectors of early Americana, southern documents, or Revolutionary War Collection.

 

Inventory Number: DOC 404