Nathaniel Austin, Sr. became a Captain of Infantry in General Andrew Pickens' Brigade, South Carolina Militia. The Archives of South Carolina Historical Commission at Columbia authenticate his participation in the siege of Charleston, Augusta, Kettle Creek (Washington Georgia), Musgrove Mills, Cowpens, and other battles in South and North Carolina.

John Osheals was in the service of his country at Bacon's Bridge under the command of Major Ford in Pickens' Brigade about the year 1782.

Thomas Hickman served as a volunteer and ensign during 1781, two months under Edwin Hickman as Captain in Colonel John Armstrong's Regiment of General Pickens' Brigade.

Lt. Colonel Benjamin Roebuck lived in Spartanburg County and commanded a militia regiment in Pickens' Brigade. Roebuck was wounded and captured by the British in the Battle of Mud Lick March 2, 1781 and taken to Charleston. He was confined aboard a prison ship in Charleston harbor until August 1781. "Per Anderson's return" suggests that Lt. Colonel Anderson, also a regimental commander in Pickens' Brigade certified the service of the Gowen men in the absence of Colonel Roebuck. The Fairfield County Gowen men served in Lt. Colonel John Winn's Regiment of militia in General Sumter's combined brigade of state troops and militia.