Source: Biographies of North Carolina Revolutionary War Participants and NC Participants in the Revolutionary War, both submitted by Sandra Logan Ingles.

Name: BEASLEY, William

• Pension number: W9352
  
• Statement made: 8 October 1832, Butler County KY
  
• Age: 70

Facts relevant to Battle of Camden:

• Served under Capt. David Roach.
  
• Under Majors Griffin & Nichols.
  
• In Col. Benjamin Aksom's regiment which was later Col. Leasewell's regiment.
  
• Rendesvouzed at the Ferry, Neuse River about forty miles from New Bern.
  
• Marched to the Deep River and where they remained there briefly.
  
• Marched across the Yadkin River and Rocky River, by the Blackstock House and Cheraw Hills on Peedee River to Camden.
  
• Joined the forces under General Gates about a week before the battle.
  
• Participated in "General Gates Defeat at Camden, South Carolina".
  
• Capt. David Roach was killed in the Battle of Camden.