The Waxhaws settlement was raided, and the meeting house there and several homes were burned by a mounted party of one hundred-fifty (150) Provincials and Loyalists under Capt. John Coffin. An unknown number of citizens were killed and wounded, and fourteen were captured.

Brigadier General Thomas Sumter’s men, under Col. Thomas Taylor and Lt. Col. Henry Hampton, were unable catch Capt. Coffin in pursuit. Brigadier General Sumter, then afterward, retaliated by raiding the Loyalists of the Mobley and Sandy Run Settlements.

On April 13th, Brigadier General Thomas Sumter, from his camp on the Catawba, wrote to Major General Nathanael Greene:

"On Tuesday night a party of horse & foot to the Number of about one hundred & fifty men from Camden appeard in the Waxsaws, they Marched with Great precipitation as far as the Meeting House, Which they burnt together with Some other houses Barns &C. They have Kild Wound[ed] & Taken Several persons Carried off all Kinds of horses, plundered the Settlement of as much as they Could Carry. As Soon as I Received Intelligence of Their approach, I Detached Cols Hampton and Taylor after them, but as they began to Retreat on Wednesday Night, Don't expect they will be overtaken. By accounts Just Received from Genl Pickens Who Wrote me about ten days ago that he had Collected Men of his Brigade, and also a few Georgians, but was unable to attempt anything against the Enemy. I give orders to the Cols Commanding four Regemnts in My Brigade Westward of Broad River to Join Genl Pickens, Which has been Done accordingly. I Requested Genl Pickens to Move Down & Take a position upon Tyger River Near the Fish Dam Ford to indeavor to Cover the Country and Collect Provisions..."