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==Revolutionary War Service==
In this application he states that he "...volunteered 12 Jul 1775 and served two years with Col. Thomson and Capt. Purvis".  Another Pension Application [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/mecklenburg/military/revwar/pensions/buckaloe447gmt.txt here] confirms that Purvis was a Capt in South Carolina.  Apparently ([http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdowdle/TheDowdleTree/DOWDLEsOfUS/States/SouthCarolina.htm see the bottom of this page]), Captain Purvis commanded a company of Rangers within the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_South_Carolina_Regiment 3rd South Carolina Regiment] which itself was initially commanded by Col William Thompson.  The 3rd was raised at the 96th District Court House in Jun 1775, just a month before Flud joined.  We see that he would have just turned 18, making it very likely that his family was, at this time, living in or near the 96th Judicial District.

Three trees submit to the Ancestry World Tree state that Flud Mitchell by his wife, there given as Sarah Bennett, had a son John Mitchell born about 1775.  The trees do not provide adequate documentation for this fact, so I'm unsure of it, but give it here as is.

There is a deed dated 14 Feb 1778 from "Flood Mitchell of Granville County, [[South Carolina]]" to John Dugger for 233 acres.  Flood states that he next "...enlisted again in 1778 under Capt. Hammond and Capt. Jones and served in an expedition against the Creek Indians."

On an existing jury list from the 96th Judicial District, South Carolina for 1778-9 we find the name of Flud Mitchell.  Flood states "...After this, I served six months as a volunteer and spy under Capt. Jones and Pulaski, was in the [http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/wire/RevWar/CarolinaDay/ Battle of Sullivan's Island] and several with the Indians and Tories.  After this campaign I returned to my native Virginia and resided in Brunswick County until the close of the war."

Since the Battle of Sullivan's Island was fought on 28 Jun 1776, we see that his chronology is a bit muddled.  He must have fought at Sullivan's Island while under Thomson and Purvis.