Bartholomew Haynes, son of David Haynes and Jane Huggins, was a soldier in the American Revolution and is listed as a private in Sumpter's SC Light Dragoons in 1780. If the tombstone dates are correct, he was only fifteen at the time of his service. Bartholomew Haynes married Sarah Carruth 30 Aug 1793 in Mecklenburg County, NC and they became the parents of eight children.∼Bartholomew Haynes, SAR Patriot # 335776, age sixteen, enlisted in the Militia of South Carolina in April 1781 when Brigadier General Thomas Sumter sent Lieutenant Colonel William Polk to recruit for new members in the Salisbury District of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He became a member of Lieutenant Colonel William Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons and served under the command of Captain Nathaniel Marshall Martin. Bartholomew Haynes participated in several battles during the American Revolution including an encounter with some Provincials who were surprised by a group of light dragoons on May 1, 1781 at Friday's Ferry; the battle of Orangeburg on May 11, 1781 where the British garrison quickly surrendered to the American Patriots; the battle of Eutaw Springs on September 8, 1871 where Lieutenant Colonel William Polk had a horse shot from under him and Captain Nathaniel Marshall Martin was wounded; and several skirmishes at Fort Dorchester on December 1, 1781 between cavalry troops under the command of General Nathanael Greene and British reconnaissance forces under the command of Major John Doyle. After completing his 10 months enlistment period, Bartholomew Haynes returned home to the family farm located in the Salisbury District of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina He married Sarah Curruth at the Steel Creek Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 30, 1793. Bartholomew Haynes was paid 94 Pounds Sterling plus interest by the State of Carolina for his service as a private during the American Revolution.