 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokugadzwa kwake semukuru mukuru muna 1776, Eaton akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yeNorth Carolina Council of State, sangano rinotungamirira raisarudzwa neNorth Carolina General Assembly iro raibatsira gavhuna mukutarisira nyaya dzehurumende. Eaton akashanda pasi paRichard Caswell mumatemu emubati iyeye semubati wekutanga uye wechishanu wenyika yepashure-Revolution, uye akasarudzwazve kuKanzuru muna 1779 na1784. Pakati pemigove yake samakurukota, Eaton akashanda nemasoja kumaodzanyembamukurwisana neuto reBritain nevatsigiri varo vomunzvimbomo veLoyalist, asi akanga ari wezvematongerwe enyika zvikurukuru, uye akanga ane ruzivo rushoma rwemauto kupfuura vazhinji vaaishanda navo. 