CRAWFORD, JOHN. PENSION FILE
JOHN CRAWFORD
GEORGIA MILITIA
Service: GA, NC
John Crawford, Rebecca
Born in Virginia
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Georgia 27.844
John Crawford
of Monroe in the State of Geo. who was a priv. in the command of Captain ____of
the Ry.. in Col. Habersham in the Georgia
for 15 mo.: 26 days.
Inscribed on
the Roll of Georgia at the ____ of 52 Dollars 88 Cents is commence on the 4th Day
of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of June, Forsyth, Geo. and such pension arrears to the 5th of March $158.64;
Semi-ane. allowance ending 4 Sept. 26.44, Total $185.08. Revolutionary Claim by
June 7, 1832. Recorded by Nath. Rice, Clerk, Book E, Vol 6, Page 87
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Conscription(?) of the
7th June 1832.
State of Georgia
County of Monroe
On this twelfth day of
March in the year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty four before the honorable
the Superior Court of said county of Monroe personally appeared in open court John
Crawford a resident of said and State of Georgia aged seventy four (74) years, who
being first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832 - That he enlisted in army of United States in the regular service
on the second day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
and was mustered into service on that day under Captain Cheadley Bostwick and served
in the first Regiment of the Georgia line under the following named officers. General
Lachlin McIntosh, Colonel Joseph Habersham, Commandant of the Regiment above named,
Major John Cathbers of this same Regiment. Led(?) by Bostwick, Captain of the company
to which he belonged, who, after the expiration of about six months according to
application, recollections, was succeeded by Captain DeLepaine. These were the general
field and company officers under whom he served. He resided at the time of his enlistment
in what was then St. Pauls Parish now Columbia County in the State of Georgia. He
served the whole of his time in the State of Georgia. After his enlistment, he marched
from St. Pauls Parish through Augusta to Savannah, arrived at the latter place in
March 1776. The company to which he belonged was stationed there until January 1777.
Applicant was then marched with a part of his company and detachments from other
companies to Fort Barrington on the Altamaha River under Lieutenant Col. Harrid,
remained there two months, then marched to ____bary, then went on board a public
vessel called the "Washington Galley" commanded by Capt. Newresgate, said
which together with two other galleys to wit, the "Congress and Lee"
was under the command of Commander Bowen, sailed from thence to the mouth of St.
Mary's river and up said river about six miles and landed, marched thence to Savannah
by land and arrived in Savannah in June 1777 having crossed the Altamaha at Fort
Barrington. He obtained his discharge the day after his arrival in Savannah. viz
on the 28th day of June 1777. Having served in the regular army one year, three
months and twenty six days. His turn of enlistment was twenty months, but being
out on service he could not obtain his discharge until his return to Savannah. His
discharge has long since been lost.
He next entered the service of the United
States as second lieutenant in the Malitia of Georgia in the month of October 1777
under the following named officers. Colonel Benjamin Few, Capt. Charles Crawford,
and Isaac Skinner, first lieutenant. He resided at the time of his entering the
malitia in what was then Richmond but now Columbia County in the Sate of Georgia.
He marched under Col. Few from Richmond to Burk's jail and went in the battle fought
at that place with the enemy under the command of Col. Brown. He then returned to
Augusta and was immediately compelled to flee to So. Carolina for refuge from Col.
Brown and his marauders who obtained possession of Augusta and the adjacent county.
He remained between two and three months in So. Carolina when he returned to Augusta
upon the vacation of that place by Col. Brown. He then marched under Capt. Leonard
Marbury who commanded his company of _____ down Savannah River about fifty miles.
There, hearing of the defeat of Gen. Ash by Col. Brown, we returned to Augusta.
He then marched to Savannah under Capt. Chas. Crawford, was engaged in the attack
on that place, was taken a prisoner by the British and confined eight weeks in a
prison ship at the expiration of which he was released in an exchange of prisoners.
He then went home and remained there about two months. He then went to Augusta
and was at the first siege of that place. In Sept. 1780 he fled from the State to
North Carolina for refuge. He there joined Col. Morgan and was with him in the battle
of Kings Mountain. He then joined the army under the command of Gen. Sumpter and
was in the battle of Black Stocks on Tiger River. He then returned to Georgia in
March 1781 and entered the malitia as a private under Capt. Wm. Lucas in D regiment
commanded by Col. Elijah Clrk. He remained at Augusta until that place was taken.
He then marched to Savannah January 1782 under Capt. Thomas Townsend and remained
in service until April 1782 when he was discharged. Applicant states that he served
in the malitia of Georgia according to his recollection two years as Second Lieutenant
and about two years as a private. He further states that it is not in his power
at this time to prove his service as Second Lieutenant and as a private in the Malitia
by any other testimony than his own oath. He was born in the year 1759 on the 16th
day of July. (Note by transcriber. Page of image cut off. Not complete).
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DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Third Section of the Act of Congress
of the 4th July 1836. State of Georgia, Pike County. J. Benson Roberts an acting
Justice of the Inferior Court in and for this county and state aforesaid do certify
on this the 29th day of August, A. D. 1845, Eighteen Hundred and Forty Six. personally
appeared before me Mrs. Rebecca Crawford a resident of the County and State aforesaid,
aged 84, Eight four years past who being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on her oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the Act of Congress as of July 4th 1836 that she is the widow
of John Crawford late of said county Deceased who was a soldier in the War of the
Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the law past 7th June 1832,
at the ___of fifty two dollars and eighty eight cent per annum and as to the grade
of the said John Crawford and proof of his services She refers to the proof under
which he drew his pension and proof that may be ____after annexed that she has no
record nor documentary evidence in her possession of her Husband the said John Crawford
services that he served in the Georgia Militia as a private, but does not recollect
the officers that he served under. She cannot give a narrative of his services at
this late period according to the rules required in other cases. She further declares
that she was legally married to the said John Crawford on the 27th Twenty Seventh
day of April 1781, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty One that her husband, the aforesaid
John Crawford died on the 19th day of October 1836, and that she has remained a
widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by difference of proof that
will be hereafter amended that she has no record proof in her possession in support
of her marriage to her husband the said John Crawford other than the date of her
marriage. Registered in what she calls her old Methodist Book and the date of her
children ages registered in the order of their births does not recollect in whose
had writing the said registry is in. The title of said book is the Methodist Conference
Book the leaf that said registry contains will be herewith annexed has been kept
in her possession ever since the record of her husbands death and she further declares
that she ws married to the said John Crawford before his last services and at the
time before stated that her said husband continued in the service as she believes
and always understood until he was honorably discharged by his officers at the breaking
up __ at the time peace was made of the Revolution War that she knows of no person
living who could testify to any part of his service and that she believes upon the
proof already at the War Department and proof that may be hereafter annexed in support
of her said husbands services that the remaining part of his said certificate certifying
his right to the pension is hereunto annexed, has been kept in her possession since
the period of his death. Sworn two and subscribed on the day nd year before written
before me. Benion Robert, JJC, Pike County. Her mark (Rebecca Crawford)
I
further certify that through mistake the name of the person who solomnized the marriage
ceremony was left out of the aforesaid declarztion, I now give the name according
to Mrs. Crawford's statement which is the Rev. Loveless Savage, Resided at the time
of their marriage in Richmond county then, now Columbia Georgia. This 29th day of
August 1840 in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand. Benson Roberts
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COPY OF PAGE FROM METHODIST CONFERENCE BOOK:
John Crawford and Rebecca Snider
(?) was married the 27 day of April 1781.
David L. born Jan. 1782
Rhea ? born
October 17883
Elizabeth born October 1785
William born January 1788
Susannah
born January 1790
Charles born May 1793
Jean born July 1795
John born October
1797
Infant son born October 1799
infant born May 19, 1803
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Letter to Mrs. M. C. Moseley, Byron, Georgia
Re: John Crawford R. 2470, BA-J/ATF
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension
claim, R. 2470, based upon the service of John Crawford in the War of the Revolution.
John Crawford was born July 16, 1759 in Amherst County, Virginia. The names
of his parents were not given.
While a resident of St. Paul's Parish, Columbia
County, Georgia, John Crawford enlisted March 2, 1776, served as a private in Captain
Chesley Bostwick's and Captain Delaplaine's companies, Colonel Joseph Habersham's
1st Georgia regiment and was discharged June 28, 1777. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant
and served from sometime in October, 1777 under Captain Charles Crawford in Colonel
Benjamin Few's regiment of Georgia militia, and was in an engagement at Burks Jain;
he marched in Captain Leonard Marbury's company of cavalry fifty miles down the
Savannah River, was under Captain Charles Crawford in the battle of Savannah, where
he was taken prisoner and exchanged after eight months of captivity; he was at the
first siege of Augusta, and in September 1780 joined Colonel Morgan's regiment and
was in the battle of King's Mountain, and was in the battle of Black Stocks under
General Sumter. He enlisted sometime in March 1781, served as a private in Captain
William Lucas' company in Colonel Elijah Clark's regiment of Georgia militia, was
stationed in Augusta until the surrender, and served under Captain Charles Townsend
from January until April 1782.
John Crawford was allowed pension on his application
executed March 12, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Monroe County, Georgia.
He died October 19, 1836 in either Monroe or Pike County, Georgia. (Note by transcriber:
See Will of John Crawford below, registered in Pike county, Georgia and dated September
4, 1835.)
John Crawford married April 27, 1781, Rebecca Snider. She died
May 25, 1846 or 1847, aged about eighty-five years. The date and place of her birth
were not shown, nor were the names of her parents given.
The children of
John Crawford and his wife, Rebecca:
David Born January 24, 1782
Rhoda Born
October 3, 1783
Elizabeth " October 3, 1785
William " January 17,
1788
Susannah " January 9, 1790
Charles " May 30, 1793
Jean "
July 3, 1795
John " October 2, 1797
Anderson " October 3, 1799
Ambros " May 19, 1803
Thomas, date of birth not stated; he was living in
1855 in Lincoln County, Georgia.
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One Peter
Crawford was a resident of Columbia County, Georgia in 1829. It was not shown that
he was related to the family, nor was it stated that the Captain Charles Crawford
referred to herein was a relative.
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Executive
Assistant to the Administrator
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State of Georgia, Lincoln County
Personally came before me Aaron Hardy a Justice
of the Inferior Court in and for said State and County, Benjamin Bentley, Jabez
Garrett, William Woods and William Elliots, who being duly sworn according to law
dispose and say that they were well acquainted with John Crawford and Rebecca Crawford
of said State and County; that they lived together as man and wife, and we believe
them to have been such. That to the best of our knowledge information and belief
John Crawford departed this life in the month of June 1836 and that his wife Rebecca
Crawford died in the month of May 1847.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 13th day of June 1855. Benjamin Bentley, Jabez Garrett, Aaron Hardy, JJC,
William Woods (his mark), William Elliott
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State of Georgia, Wilkes County. On this 12th day of June 1855, personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the inferior Court in and for said county and state aforesaid
Thomas A. Crawford, a resident of the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid who
being duly sworn according to law declares that his father John Crawford enlisted
in the State of South Carolina under Colonel Habersham and served seven years in
the Revolutionary War. He was at the Battle of King's Mountain, Cowpens and at the
siege of Augusta. He died in the month of June 1836. He was married in the year
1783 to Rebecca Snider and his widow, the said Rebecca died in the month of May
1847. That there are living seven heirs of the said John and Rebecca Crawford: to
wit: David, Rhody, Elizabeth, Susan, John, Thomas and Lee. That deponent makes application
in his own right and in right of said heirs as law before mentioned for the purpose
of obtain the Pension money due said heirs under the act of the 7th of June 1832.
He further states that his said Mother remained a widow from the death of her said
husband, until she died and that she did not obtain a pension nor make application
therefore so far he knows or believes and that he has been informed of and believes
the foregoing facts to be true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 12 day of
June 1855. D. G. Cotting, JJC. SS Thomas Crawford
(also included sworn statement
by Roylane Beasley, Clrk, JC>
(End of Transcription)
Transcribed by Liz
Robertson, January 2007.
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Pike COUNTY GA Will of John Crawford
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives
by Doris Caldor <[email protected]>
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/crawford.txt
Will: John Crawford Pike Co., Georgia dated September 4, 1835
Pike County Georgia.
John Crawford Will dated September 4, 1835 Bk B p 64-66
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This file was contributed by:
Doris Irons Greer
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In the name of God Amen. First that my just debts first be paid Second I give &
bequeath to my beloved wife Rebecca all the estate both real & personal &
every piece of property I am possessed of during her natural life or widowhood.
Third that the property after the death of my wife or widowhood be sold &
equally divided amongst my children except that of Richard Hunter. I will that
he
has one third of a Childs part and Nancy Rodgers and her child John Abraham
Rogers have the other two thirds of a child Part. **About five words marked thru
and unreadable. Lastly I constitute & appoint my beloved son David Crawford &
Gideon Barnes Executor to this my last will & Testament hereby revoking all
former wills made by me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand &
affixed my seal this the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight hundred & Thirty five.
Signed & sealed in the presence
John Crawford (seal) of us & signed by us in the presence of Testator
Test. C.G. Turner Seaborn Covington
September Term adjourned Court of Ordinary
___) This within last will & Testament of John Crawford same having been
duly proven at this adjourned term in open Court upon the oaths of Seaborn Covington
ordained that the same be admitted to record Except these Items relating to
Manumission of a slave & the ___ Estate.
Georgia } Mr. David Crawford &
Gideon Barnes do solemnly swear that this Pike County} writing contains the
true last will of the within named John Crawford said deceased so far as we know
or believe that we will truly execute the same by paying first the debts &
then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods insert (&
chattels) will thereunto Extend & the law charge us. Sworn to & subscribed
in open court this 25th
September - 1837 David
Crawford H. G. Johnson CCO
Gideon Barnes
Recorded this 29th Sept 1837 H. G. Johnson C. C. O.
DAVIS, TOLLIVER... (Transcribed by Liz Robertson, I have asked for help in reading some of this file. )
(Click on the below pictures to enlarge and view the actual pension file. )
TOLLIVER DAVIS
VIRGINIA CONT'L LINE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR PENSION FILE:
20.027
Tolliver Davis of Monroe Co. in the State of Georgia who was a private
in the Company commanded by Captain Lamb of the Regiment commanded by Colonel febiger
(?) in the Virginia line for the term of eighteen months from 1779 to 1781.
Described
on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of $8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st
day of January 1829.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of January 1829 and
sent to _____Cuthbert, Esq., Forsyth, Ga.
Arrears to 4th of March 1829. $17.03
Semi-anl.'all'ce ending. $17.03
COUNTY OF MONROE, STATE OF GEORGIA
On
this tenth day of March 1827, personally appeared in open court of record, being
a court of record for said State and county, Tolliver Davis, resident of said county
aged between sixty five and seventy years, who being duly sworn according to law,
on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made
by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, and the first of May 1820, that
he the said Tolliver Davis, enlisted for the term of eighteen months, ____ in the
year 1779, in the State of Virginia, in the company commanded by Captain Lamb, in
the regiment commanded by Colonel Frebecher (?) in the line of the State of Virginia,
on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until
his said term had expired when he was discharged from the service in the State of
Virginia; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except
that for the present; that his name is not on the roll of any state and that the
following is the reason for his not making an earlier application viz; that he has
led an obsecure life, being in proverty and was ignorant until recently of the law
under which this application is made.
And in persuance of the act of 1820, I
do solumnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift or sale, or in any
manner disposed of any property, or any part thereof with intent thereby do to di-----
it as to being my _____ the provision of Congress, entitled in act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the
revolutionary war, provideed on the 18th day of March 1818. To that I have got,
nor _____any person in trust for ____my property, or securities, contracts or debt,
due to said war have I any reason other than what is contained in the schedule herewith
annexed by me subscribed that since the 18th of March 1818. The following changes
have been made in my property. At that time I owned one hundred and forty acres
of farm lands, which about the latter part of the year 1821 was sold to Willie Cox,
for two hundred dollars, which money was paid to my creditors.
Schedule of
property was sold:
Two small ovens
One small pot
A small quantity of furniture
Value (including the whole lot) - - $15.00
He is a farmer, but in consequence
of bodily infirmity is able to labor but very little.
My family consists
of one daughter, Penelope, between twenty five and thirty years of age; one daughter
Polly, about twenty four years of age. One daughter Patsy about twenty four years
of age, one son Chasley, about eighteen years of age, one daughter Emily, about
fourteen years of age and one grandson, Thomas F. Gallahor, about two years of age.
My family depends on their own labor for support.
Signed by Tolaver Davis
Sworn to and declared on the 10th day of March 1827 before me Charles J. McDonald,
Judge L. C.
REV. AND 1812 WARS SECTION ADF/HEM
(LETTER TO MRS. J.
E. LANE, ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929)
Dear Madam:
I advise
you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.37879, it appears
that Tolaver (Pensioned Tolliver) Davis enlisted in the state of Virginia in 1779,
and served eighteen months in Captain Lamb's Company, Colonel Febiger's Virginia
Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 10, 1827,
at which time he was residing in Monroe County, Georgia, aged between sixty-five
and seventy years>
In 1827 he referred to the following children:
Penelope
aged between 25 and 30 years
Polly aged 24 years
Patsey 20 years
Chesley
18 years
Emely 14 years
and to a grandson Thomas F. Gallahor aged ten years.
The name of soldier's wife is not given, nor are there any further data as to
family. Very truly yours. E. V. Morgan, Acting Commissioner
(Note by Transcriber.
Please see separate file by Valerie Freeman, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/monroe/military/revwar/pensions/davis215gmt.txt
for additional information)
DUNN, ALEXANDER. Revolutionary Pension File #R3142
(Transcribed
by Lynda Schoonover from Photocopy sent to her by the National Archives
Copyrighted
by Lynda Schoonover 2003)
Part I
State of Georgia
County
of Monroe
On this ninth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty four again appeared in open court, and sitting before the Honorable Christopher B. Strong, Judge of the Superior Court in and for the County aforesaid, the same Alexander Dunn who appeared in this court and made his declaration on the twenty third day of October eighteen hundred and thirty two in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of congress passed June 7, 1832. And the said Alexander Dunn being again duly sworn according to law doth make the following additional declaration on oath for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress above mentioned. That in the first mentioned tour in his declaration of October 1832, declaratant served out the entire tour or three months for which he was drafted into service, the officers and incidents of that tour of service are mentioned as well as remembered in the first application made by claimant; In the next tour mentioned in claimants first application above referred to he also served out the full term of three months or which he had volunteered; and as already stated in his first application he was not discharged until a month and ten or twelve days after his turn of three months had expired; and he would here add further that during the months and ten or twelve days (ten at least) he remained in the army after his regular term of service had expired, he was regularly and continually engaged in active service and subject to the command of his officers and did duty in he same manner as before the expiration of the three months for which the he volunteered; After entering the service as stated in May 1780 (the particular time in that month claimant is now unable to state) he served as mentioned in his first application except that he was in mistaken as to the time of his being discharged, which in his first application is put in May 1782; he is now satisfied that he was mistaken as to the time of his discharged, which was some months earlier than mention in his first declaration; claimant was in the service under the command of Captain Hampton and Colonel Porter and McDowell when the news of the capture of Cornwallis was received:
after the capture of Cornwallis his news was received (claimant thinks after the expiration of a month from the capture) that a cessation of army was agreed upon and claimant was discharged which claimant now feels well satisfied took place not earlier than the first of December 1781: Claimant can safely state that during this last mentioned term of service he was in constant service for at least eighteen months: After being discharged as above mentioned he returned to his home in Rutherford County North Carolina and in the month of May 1782 was again drafted for a three months tour of duty against the Cherokee Indians, he entered this service under the command of Captain John Watson at a Block House erected near the head of Green River In North Carolina: During the time of this companies being in service Robert Porter was the Colonel William Porter lieutenant Colonel and Patrick Watson Major in commanded of the Militia of Rutherford County but there were during the time no officers in active in service except those belonging to the company commanded by Captain Watson and stationed as mentioned above on Green River, the place where the block house stood was called Mumford Cove. After serving out his term of three mouths, claimant was discharged and shortly thereafter moved to Georgia where he was engaged in repeated short tours and scouts but now that he thinks it worthwhile here to [sic] recapitulate, Claimant states that during the whole time mentioned by him in his different tours he was engaged in actual service and was not employed in any civil pursuit.
Claimant has done his utmost to give a faithful and true account of his services and feels well satisfied that as it now stands corrected his declaration contains no material error: he cannot swear more positively that he has done to the precise terms of his service and has been careful at Least not to exceed in any instance his actual service rendered-- by reason of advanced age his memory is indistinct as to many particulars; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the Following grade: For two years three months and ten days I served a private soldier.
In not answering the seventh interrogatory prescribed by the War Department in his first application claimant had no desire to evade a compliance with the rules of the department; at the time his declaration was preparing he was uncertain who of his neighbors might fihd it convenient to attend court and feeling satisfied that any of those who knew him would willingly testify in his favor he answered generally---he now [sic] have to refer to the names of the Rev. Robb. McGinty and Mr. Britton Rogers of persons by whom compliant is able to pertain[sic] his [sic] for certainty[sic] and his being a soldier of the revolution
Sworn to and subscribed in open
court this day and year of our [aid].
Christopher B. Strong for Judge of Sup.
Court.
Alexander Dunn
I ,Elbridge G. Cabaniss [sic], Clerk of the Superior Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Alexander Dunn for a pension: The testimony I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of September 1834.
PART TWO
Re: Alexander Dunn, Revolutionaty
War Soldier, File #R3142. National Archives Transcribed by L Sehoonover from Photocopy
sent to her by the National Archives.
Copyrighted by Lynda Schoonover 2003
State of Georgia
County of
Monroe
On this twenty third day of October Eighteen hundred two personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Christopher Strong Judge of the Superior Court for the County of Monroe which said court is now sitting, Alexander Dunn a resident of the said County of Monroe aged sixty nine years and two months who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States the month of April, 1779, and was drafted for three months tour of service, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, he was mustered into service under Captain William Porter. The company marched to and was stationed in Mumford’s Cove at Archibold’s Grants. This company was called into service to guard against the [sic] of the Cherokee Indians who had committed repeated [deputations]
In that neighborhood. This Company was comprised of forty seven [sic] officers and was divided into two divisions of twenty men each and [sic] about, performed the following service. One half of the company left the fort (which was called Fort Grant) on Monday morning and marched to Point [_ock] on French Broad. Then to the mouth of Muddy Creek, then to the head of Muddy Creek, then across the mountain to Green River and up the river to the Fort and when this service was performed by half the Company over with, the other half performed it the week following and this routine of service was regularly kept up to the end of the three months when Claimant was discharged.
After claimant returned home from
the above mentioned tour of service he volunteered, on he 15th day of November 1779,
for three months tour of service to go on to Charlotte against the British, and
was ordered to meet at Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on the first
day of December following which claimant did and joined the army at that place under
General Alexander Sillington. The company in which claimant volunteered and to which
he belonged, was commanded by Captain Robed Gilley; after the troops had rendezvoused,
at Charlotte, they marched to Charleston in South Carolina. Some time after the
arrival of the troops at Charleston, General Lincoln arrived there and took command.
While at Charleston there were fifty men drafted from the regiment to which claimant
belonged, and put on board the 36 gun ship called Brickcole, claimant was one among
the number drafted, the ship was commanded by Commodore Davis and under him Captain
Peacock, both officers of the American Navy: Whilst on board this ship claimant
says the Brit ships made an attack on Fort Moultrie and the fort on Sullivan’s Island.
but as well as claimant remembers, the British ships did not enter the harbor whilst
he remained at Charleston, but the American Ships came into the harbors and the
guns were taken off the ships and mounted on the wharf to defend the town. This
[dismantling] of the ships took place about the first of April 1780 and a
few days after which claimant was discharged and returned through many difficulties
to his home in
Rutherford County; Claimant was not discharged until a month and
ten or twelve days after his term of service had expired. After claimant returned
home from the last mentioned term of service he found times so troublesome from
the marauding parties of Tories (and part Whigs, too) killing and murdering on all
hands, that he found it impossible to remain at home in any degree of safetv,
and in the month of May l78O joined, as a volunteer, a troop of Cavalry commanded
by Captain Addin Hampton, and joined the troops raised at that time from the two
counties of Rutherford and Burke which were commanded by Colonel Robert Porter and
Charles MacDowell. They were both Colonels but claimant is unable to say which of
them was the first in command, these troops were stationed for a month at Colonel
Balor Earle’s in the upper part of South Carolina, near the South Carolina line.
Whilst stationed at Earle’s the detachment was joined by General Elijah Clark, and
Colonels Dunn and Alexander with about fifty horsemen from Georgia. On the
same night after the arrival of General Clark and the others the whole were attacked
by a detachment of British and Tories from Ferguson’s Army whilst [sic] at Prince
Fort; The British and Tories were repelled with considerable losses in killed
and wounded; The American detachment also suffered. Claimants brother, Andrew Dunn.
Lieutenant in the company to which claimant belonged, was killed there. A colonel
[Cones] who had joined the detachment from Burke or Lincoln County but not in command
as an officer was also among the slain. —After the above mentioned engagement and
defeat of the British and Tories Colonel Ferguson of the British Army came out in
pursuit of the Americans who being far inferior to him in point of members, retreated
before him into Rutherford and Burkes Counties; In the each mentioned county, Captain
Hampton with his company of Calvary separated from Colonel Porter and McDowell,
and marched across the mountains into Tennessee; in the days after Hampton
and his Calvry arrived in Tennessee a force of two thousand men was raised by Colonels
Campbell and Shelby; after the raising of this force they were joined by Captain
Hampton and his cavalry who returned with them again across the mountains and found
a junction? with Colonel [Cleveland] and the force under his command in Burke County. The
British now retreated and were pursued by the Americans to Kings Mountain in South
Carolina. There the battle of Kings Mountain took place on the 17Th September 1780;
claimant was engaged in this battle from beginning to end; the Americans remained
in this battle ground three days after the battle and then marched to Colonel
Walker in Rutherford County where [ruin] of the principal Tories were hanged on
account of murders and other [sic] committed by them. The Army remained at
Walker’s about ten days, and the Tennesseans were discharged and returned to their
homes. The British prisoners were sent on to Charleston to be exchanged and Captain
Hampton with his Calvary and claimant among them, marched to a place called Gilbert
Town in Rutherford County to guard [sic] against the Indians and Tories, and continued
at Gilbert Town and that neighborhood until the first of May 1782 when the company
was disbanded and the claimant discharged. While stationed at Gilbert Town Captain
Hampton’s company took a block house occupied by Tories on the head of Parkaulett
[sic] River and took from them thirty Negroes and a large amount of other property
which had been robbed from the American citizens.
The above is the best the claimant can give of his service- Claimant was born, as been informed and fully believes on the l8th day of December 1762. He has a sword which was made by his father; it is now in his possession, he has already stated where he lived when called into the service, after the war he moved to Georgia in December 1784[sic] and lived in Columbia County and was there one year. From there he as lived for different lengths of time in the Counties Hancock, Putnam, Jones and Monroe, in which last county he now lives, and has lived there for [sic] years back; he received one discharge from Captain Porter. another after his service expired at Charleston which was signed by the adjutant of the regiment but claimant does not remember his name. Claimant also received another discharge from Captain Hampton which discharge was written by Abel Lewis the orderly Sergeant of the Company. Claimant has not seen either of those discharges for many years and he is unable to say where they are or what has become of them, He does not know of any one by whom he can prove his service, but trusts that any of them who are acquainted with him will testify to his character for [certainty] [sic] and who to their belief of his being a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
C. B. Strong Alexander Dunn
{Wm. Ingal}
NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA
Pension No. S.32,224
DURHAM, MATHEW, Bn. in North Carolina
Mathew Durham of Monroe in the State of Georgia who was a Private and Captain in the command by Captain Young of the Rifles commanded by Col. Sanders in the N. Ca. line for 15 mo. 20 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 68 Dollars and 89 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
Certificte of Pension ____the 15th day of Jan. 34 Forsyth, Ga. and such pension.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $172.22, _______ allowance 4 Mar. 34 $34.45, Total $206.67
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by Nath. Rice, Clerk, Book E, Vol. 6, Page 88
STATE OF GEORGIA, TALBOT COUNTY
This is to Wm. M. Varium (?) or his agent in Washington City to examine my Father's declaration on file in the Pension Office and know the years ___he was not allowed larger pension that he received for his services as Capt. and Private in the Revolutionary War. My Father, Matthew Durham, made out his papers in Monroe County and forwarded them in 1832 or 1833 and was allowed only $68 dollars and 89 cents per annum. Dated June 5, 1850, S. W. Durham.
STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY
On this twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Christopher D. Strong, Judge of the Superior Court of said County of Monroe now sitting Mathew Durham a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was drafted in Orange County, North Carolina for a tour of five months in aid of South Carolina and rendezvoused at Hillsboro N. C. on the 7th Nov. 1778 under Captain Joseph Young and regiment commanded by Col. James Landers and marched from Hillsboro by Guilford Court house to Salisbury in Rowan County, N. C. where the regiment joined the brigade under command of General Rutherford from Salisbury the brigade there marched through Charlotte in North Carolina and on to Camden, S. C., and to the ten mile house near Charleston and then to Purysburg on the Savannah River and thence about twenty miles above Purysburg to a placed called the Lester Ferry where the brigade was stationed for some time, and where the brigade was visited by General Lincoln and ____, and then marched still higher up the river to a place called Mathews Bluff, and had just arrived at that place when the bttle of Briar Creek began on the Georgia side about four miles off where General Ash as defeated. The firing was distinctly heard and General Ash arrives in General Rutherford's camp before the firing ceased. The brigade marched bak to the Lester Ferry and the ballance of the term of service was spent in keeping guard and patrolling up and down the Savannah River until the tenth day of April where their brigade started back for N. C. and applicant was discharged at Hillsboro N. C. on the 1st May 1779 as appears from his discharge, hereto annexed...In the month of March 1781 Claimant was acting as Lieutenant of the militia and was ordered by General Butler to make a draft which was done and whilst claimant was engaged on this duty he left his beast at his fathers and went off to be secure during the night and before he returned in the morning his beast was taken by the Tories. The coming on of the British put a stop to the collection of troups and claimant ____ fled to join General Butler but was unable to do by reason that the country between where he set out from and the American Army was occupied by the British and Tories. Claimant was in hearing of the battles at Guilford but was unable to join the army. Other under Butler or General Greene this little turn of service did not last longer than two days, and came the time referred to in the annexed certificate signed by John Steel (?) about the tenth of July 1781 as near as applicant can remember he volunteered as Lieutenant which commanded he there held for three months tour in Captain Watsons Company and Col. Woottens Regiment, and marched again through Guilford and Salsbury where the Captain Watson was taken from the Company and _______of his belonging to the regular army. We then marched on through Charlotte to Camden. At Camden the regiment
____________ was reported to General Green, and on the twenty second day of August claimant being a supernumerary Captain, was discharged as appears from the annexed discharge of that date and was taken sick on the road and was not able to get home until after the three months had expired. In the month of November after claimant returns home as above stated, he substituted in the place of his brother William Durham in Captain Douglas's troup of horse to serve an unexpired term of one moth and a half. In joining the company claimant received the appointment of Ensign of the horse and served in that capacity until the end of his turn of service, three moth and half was spent in scouring the counties of Orange and Chatham for British and Tories. After the operation of the above term claimant again substituted in the same company in the place of his brother Thomas Durham who was a married man and had a family to provide for. For a three months tour in the Company of horse and claimant continued to fill the appointment of ensign of horse and this term of service was spent in scouring the county in pursuit of the Tories and guarding against the incroachments of col. Tanner and his forces who was then infesting that section of the country. The last mention term expired in the spring of the year 1782, and some few months thereafter claimant joined the State troops of North Carolina as an ensign in Captain Jones company and Col. Lewis' regiment of infantry in Chatham County for eight months being an unexpired part of a twelve months tour, and of the eight months for which claimant entered he served as near as he can remember four months, when he received permission and the soldiers were furloughed to go home until further orders and claimant was never again called into the service. This last mentioned term was devoted to the _____kind of service as the last preceding. Applicant was born as he believes and has always understood in Orange County, North Carolina on the 16th June 1760. He has a record of his age copied from his father's record. When called into the service he ____ as already the two in Orange County, N. C., and he served there until the month of November or December 1782 where he remained to Edgefield District, South Carolina and lived there three years or thereabout, and then removed to Augusta Georgia and remained there about nine months and then removed to Burk County, Georgia and lived there about three years, then he removed to Green, now Hancock County, Georgia, lived there about twenty two years then to Jones County, Georgia and lived there until December 1823 where he removed to Monroe County where he now lives. Has already stated how he served has stated about the officers, has two discharges which are appeared. He had one other which he got from the horse company as ensign of the horse, which he traded off for a trifle after the war, as it entitled claimant to some claim on the State. He believes that any of his neighbors will testify as to his character for veracity, and also to their belief of his having been a revolutionary soldier. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR OF ISSUANCE: SS. Mathew DurhamV. N. Dytonh. Pr. Judge
Mr. Robert McGinty, clergyman, residing in the county of Monroe and State of Georgia and James P. Redding residing in the same state and county, hereby certify that we are acquainted with Mathew Durham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age and he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THIS DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID: Robert McGinty, James P. Redding.
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Letter to
Mrs. Robert James Faucette
1448 East Beach
Gulfport, Mississippi HA-J/ILL, Mathew Durham S.32224
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Mathew Durham, certificate #23377
issued January 16, 1834, Georgia Agency.
The data which follows were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.32224, based upon service of Mathew Durham in the Revolutionary War. His name is shown both Mathew and Matthew.
Mathew Durham was born June 15, 1760 in Orange County, North Carolina; the names of his parents were not given. His father lived in the vicinity of Orange and Chatham Counties, North Caroline, during the Revolutionary War. Mathew's two brothers, William and Thomas, lived there about that time.
Mathew Durham enlisted in Orange County, North Carolina, November 7, 1778 and served as private in Captain Joseph Young's Company, Colonel Sanders' North Carolina regiment until May 1, 1779, a part of the time near Brier Creek. From sometime in March 1871 he served ten days as 1st Lieutenant in the North Carolina militia under command of General Butler. He volunteered for service of three months as 1st Lieutenant in Captain Watson's company, Colonel Wooten's North Carolina regiment, served from July 10, 1781 until July. 22, 1781 at which time at Salisbury, North Carolina, he became Captain of that company, succeeding Captain Watson, and continued in command until August 22, when he became a supernumerary officer. After his return to Orange County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served one and one half months as ensign in Captain Douglass' troup of horse: this service was rendered as substitute for his brother, William Durham. Afterwards, he served a tour of three months as ensign in said Captain Douglass' company, which tour was rendered as substitute for his brother, Thomas Durham; said Thomas was married and had a family dependant upon him for support. Subsequently, Mathew Durham enlisted and served four months as ensign in Captain Jones' company, Coloney Lewis' regiment of Chatham County North Carolina Infantry.
Mathew Durham moved in December 1788 from North Carolina to Edgefield District, South Carolina, resided there about three years, then moved to Augusta, Georgia, where he resided about nine months, moved to Burke County, Georgia, resided about three years, after which he moved to Green County, Georgia (a part which was later Hancock County). remained about twenty-two years, then moved to Jones County, Georgia, resided until December 1822, when he moved to Monroe County, Georgia.
He applied September 23, 1832 for pension which was due under the act of June 7, 1832 on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, at which time he resided in Monroe County, Georgia. Pension was allowed. He died January 3, 1834, survived by heirs whose names were not designated.
The name of the wife of Mathew Durham was not given, nor the date and place of their marriage. In 1850, S. W. Durham (only his initials shown), the son of this pensioner, was a resident of Talbot County, Georgia.
In 1782, one Thomas Durham stated that a band of Tories had taken the mare and saddle belonging to Mathew Durham, but he did not state the relationship to him.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person to whom the last pament of pension was paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Mathew Durham
Certificate #23377
Issued January 16, 1834
Rate $68.89 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832 - Georgia Agency
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller, Executive Asst. to the Administrator.
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THE FOLLOWING NOTES ARE NOT PART OF THE PENSION FILE FOR MATHEW DURHAM.
WILL OF MATHEW DURHAM. Will Dated 10-16-1833 Will Probated 1-7-1834 Will Book A Page No.66
SONS: Simeon, Shelman, Singleton & Seaborn I Durham. DAU: Mary Pleasants. EXR. Seaborn I Durham, Singleton Durham, Shelman Durham, WIT: Collier Foster, William Mckinney.
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Deed Book H, Page 152...................that said Seaborn J. Durham, Singleton and Shelman as executors.....sold a part of a certain parcel of land containing 108 acres...north half of lot number 30 in Fifth (5th) district...deeded to Matthew Durham..excepted with the exception of a reservation of a grave yard made and excepted in the will and testment of Matthew Durham deceased....being 50 feet north and south by 40 feet east and west beginning 2 feet north and 5 feet east from Nancy Durham's grave...the title of said reservation with appurtenances thereunto belonging and possession to remain forever in said executors.
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The following is a copy of the DURHAM FAMILY BIBLE, contributed to USGenWeb Archives by Lillie Ruby. URL of complete bible is:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/monroe/bibles/durham.txt
Only part of the bible is shown below:
" I. Mathew Durham (father of Col. Shelman Durham) was born in Orage County, North Carolina on the 16th day of June 1760. This is sixteen miles from Hillsborough. He died in Monroe County, Georgia the 3rd day of January 1834. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War of 1776.
II. Col. Shelman Durham's grandfather and family, Mathew Durham, came from Virginia and settled in Orange County, North Carolina, on or near Fairview, which is sixteen miles from Hillsborough on the road to Cortham Courthouse. Some distance from Chapple Hill. He married a Miss Lindsey. They had the following children:
1. James Durham (by his first wife) was born May 21, 1750. He was a Baptist.
2. William Durham (by his second wife) was born May 21, 1752. He was a Baptist and died old.
3. John Durham was born July 16, 1757. He was a Baptist and died old.
4. Mathew Durham, a Baptist Deacon, was born July 16, 1760 and died January 3, 1834.
5. Ambrose Durham was born July 15, 1762 and died in childhood.
6. Siceous Durham was born November 12, 1765 and died February 8, 1838. Was a Baptist.
7. Mary Durham was born in 1772. She married a Mr. Piper, who died and left two girls both deaf and dumb. West to east Tennessee.
8. Mark Durham was born August 15, 1775 and died October 22, 1841. He was a Baptist.
All of the older ones died in the country where they were born, except Mathew. He and his children emigrated to all south and west states.
III. Mathew Durham, son of Shelman Durham, married Fanny Spencer, who was born in Edge Districk, South Carolina on the 15 day of June 1765. They were married on January 12th 1781. She was a Baptist. She died March 26, 1831 in Monroe County, George. Their children:
1. Jonnie Durham was born Dec. 31, 1784 and died January 15, 1787.
2. Susan Durham was born April 21, 1787. Susan married George Carruthers. She was a Baptist. She died in Washington County, Texas in June 1867.
3. John Spencer Durham was born March 11, 1789 and died June 11, 1790.
4. Mary Durham was born September 22, 1789. She married Thomas Pleasant. They were both Baptist. She died in Corral County, Mississippi in 1868.
5. Mathew Durham was born May 27, 1793 and died October 9, 1793
6. Nancy Durham was born September 20, 1795 and died in Jones County, George, September 14, 1811
7. Seaborn Jones Durham was born November 22, 1796. He married Miss Nancy Stovall and after her death he married Mrs. Mary George. Mrs. George was the mother of General J. Z. George of Mississippi. He was also a U. S. Senator.
8. Sanders Walker Durham was born May 21, 1798. He was an ordained preacher. He married twice. He died in Taylor County, Georgia on June 11, 1879. He left a widow and one son, Sanders Durham. In 1903 Sanders was living in Sherman, Texas.
9. Singleton Durham was born January 9, 1800 and died October 7, 1835, in Monroe County, George. He had five children.
10. Saleta Durham was born March 27, 1801 and died August 21, 1801.
11. Shelman Durham was born December 6, 1803. He was baptized by Edman Talbot in Walnut Creek Church in Jones County, Georgia, the third Sabbath of June 1822, on a profession of faith of his redeemer.
12. James Jackson Durham was born at 8 o'clock A. M. Monday October 31, 1825 in Monroe County, George. He married Miss Mary Oldham in Atala County, Mississippi. He was a Baptist and died May 6, 1893 at Dublin, Texas.
13. William Washington Durham was born in Monroe County, George. He was a Baptist and died in Cherokee County, Texas.
14. Franklin Marion Durham was born at 3:00 A.M. January 5, 1830 in Monroe County, George. He died in Cherokee County, Texas on December 24, 1895.
15. Susan Haselton Durham was born in 1832 and died August 20, 1857. She was a Baptist.
16. John Lafayette Durham was born Tuesday at 4 o'clock P. M. September 30, 1834 in Monroe County, Georgia. He departed this life in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas June 28, 1901. He was a Baptist, Mason and Odd Fellow. He died by stomach trouble, surrounded by all of this children, whom he told he was going home to Jesus. He was Flag Bearer in the Battle of Gettyburg where he received a wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm. He served in the Confederate Army.
17. Elizabeth Pollard Durham was born Sunday December 18, 1836 in Nesbobu County, Mississippi. She married Simon Tims. She was a Baptist.
18. Mathew Lenard Durham was born Friday at 11:30 P. M. October 11, 1842 in Atala County, Mississippi. He was in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Sarsburg in Maryland in 1863.
19. Cornitta Francis Durham was born Friday at 4:00 A. M. October 11, 1844 in Atala County, Mississippi. She died August 17, 1856.
(Note: the complete bible reference is on line at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/monroe/bibles/durham.txt)
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1830 Census Monroe Co. (Matthew Durham was probably living with one of his children but I do not have access to the 1830 census.
Page
DURHAM POLLY 186
DURHAM SANDERS 222
DURHAM SEABORN 187
DURHAM SHELMAN 219
DURHAM SINGLETON 187
(Note by transcriber: Wm. Jones widow, Amelia or Milly Paterson (See license below) in 1824 aged 70 yrs. & Res. of Jasper Co., Ga. died. Feb. 20, 1841. Pension records show he was a private in the company commanded by Captain Powell of the Regiment commanded by Col. Elbert in the Virginia line, for the term of three years. From September 1776 to ___1779.
Inscribed on the roll of Georgia at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 day of April 1831.
Certificate of pension issued the 19 of April, 1831...
Arrears to the 4th of September 1831 $36.52.
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Widow of William Jones who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private. Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 dollars 00 cents per annum to commence on the 3d February 1853. Certificate of Pension issued 22nd day of July 1854 and sent to Hon. D. J. Bailey. (handwritten note,
Died October 30, 1857
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State of Georgia, Greene County. To any Minister of the Gospel or Justice of the Peace. You are hereby authorized to join in the holy State of Matrimony, William Jones and Emilia Paterson of this county and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient license. Witness Thomas Casilton, clerk of the Court of Ordinary for said county this 4 Jan 1808. signed. Thos. Casilton,
The written named William Jones and Emilia Paterson was married this 5th day of January 1808. S. Hays, JP. Recorded the 3d Feby 1809.
JOHN MONK
NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA
GEORGIA; JOHN
MONK, 23.201 of Monroe Co., in the State of Georgia who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain Kennedy of Regiment commanded by Col. Caswell in the N. c.
REV. LINES FOR 8 MONTHS.
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 21 Dollars
per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1821.
Certificate of Pension inscribed
the 21st day of November 1833 and Sempt.(?) ___Forsyth, Monroe Co.
Arrears to
the 4th of Sept. 1833 $66.66. Semi-anl,. allowance ending 4th March 1834 $13.33,
total $80.00)
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W. L. Williams,
Clerk, Book E. Vol 6, Page 97
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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF MONROE
On this fourth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and
thirty three, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Christopher
B. Strong Judge of the Superior Court for said county which court is now sitting
John Monk a resident of said County and State aged eighty one years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth under make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service
of the United States under the following recorded officers and awards as herein
stated. He was drafted in Dobbs County North Carolina for a five month term of service
which he entered in the month of January but the year he is unable to state further
than it was the same year in which the British defeated Gen. Ash at Briar Creek
in Georgia, claimant entered his service in a company commanded by Captain John
Kennedy in a regiment commanded by Colonel William Carswell. The regiment rendezvoused
at Kingston, from Kingston the regiment marched through to Fayetteville, then called
Crop Creek, through Camden in South Carolina and crossed the Congeree River at the
place where Columbia has since been located and built up; there to the Savannah
River near Augusta where the forces ___(attempted?) to cross the river but where
prevented by the British Troops who had possession of Augusta and the neighborhood.
Near Augusta Gen. Ash who took command at Kingston was joined by a regiment under
the command of Col. Williamson whose forces marked down the Savannah River to a
place called the Two Sisters Ferry. When the greater part of the army crossed over
to the Georgia side, but before the army crossed the river claimant was sent off
with a detachment of two hundred and twenty five men under the command of Captain
Harrison and Good man in pursuit of one David McGirt, a noted Tory officer who with
his men was committing desecrations(?) on the South Carolina side of the river between
Charleston and Savannah. McGirt escaped and ___the detachment last mentioned was
in pursuit of McGirt, the rest of the army passed over into Georgia and were defeated.
After the balance of the troupes recrossed the river, the five months expired and
claimant was discharged near Purysburg and returned home to North Carolina. After
claimant returned home and had worked over his crop once, the month or day he
cannot give, he was again drafted for a tour of three months and rendezvoused again
at Kingston in a company commanded by Captain John Grainger in a regiment of which
Col. Caswell again took commanded by Major James Nuppard commanded under Colonel
Caswell (who claimant thinks then ranked as General). The regiment consisted of
five hundred men._____ Kingston the regiment marched towards Willmington to put
down the Tories under the command of the British Col. Craig and were stationed for
a while twenty five miles above Newbern, then marched back towards Kingston to protect
that place against the Tories who had collected forces in that part of the State.
whilst stationed near Kingston the three months for which claimant was drafted expired
and he was discharged. Claimant saw Gen. Lincoln once as he passed on towards Augusta
while the troups were stationed near Purysburg. Applicant was born as he has always
understood in Wake County, North Carolina on the fourteenth day of September 1752.
There was a record of his age in a book entitled "Partiesd of Pirty"
but claimant does not know where it is. He has not seen it for sixty years past.
At the time of being called to the service, he lived in Dobs County N. Carolina
and lived in New Hanover County three years after the war and then removed to Wilkes
County, Georgia and lived in Wilkes two years. Then moved to Columbia County, Georgia
and lived there twenty five years; then moved to Bullock County Georgia and lived
there two years; then moved to Monroe County, Georgia where he has lived for the
last five years. Claimant saw many regular officers but remembers the names of none
but General Lancaster. Claimant had two discharges but he does not know where they
now are. He has not seen them for many years.
Claimant is acquainted with the
Rev. Mr. Josiah Langley by whom said by claimant's neighbor Benjamin J. Harris he
expected to obtain testimony in support of his character for vacuity (?) and was
of their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes
any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. SS John Monks
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Christopher B. Strong, Georgia
S.G. dist.
Mr. Isaiah Langley a clergyman residing in the county of Monroe
and State of Georgia and Benjamin F. Harris residing in the same state and county
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Monk who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one years of age
that he is reputed he lived in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a
soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. SS: Isaiah Langley,
Benjamin F. Harris
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above said. C. B.
Strong, Judge
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation
of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated.
And the court further certifies that it appears that Isaiah Langley who has signed
the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Monroe and State
of Georgia and that Benja. F. Harris who has also signed the same is resident in
the same county and state and is a credible person and that their statements is
entitled to credit. C. B. Strong, Judge
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Rev. War Section
February
21, 1923, John Monk S.16490
Letter to:
Miss Bessie Nesmith
703 Lafayette
Street,
Quitman, Georgia
Madam:
In response to your letter dated January
23, 1923, you are advised that for the dated of last payment of pension, name of
person paid, and date of soldier's death you should apply to the Pension Section,
Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, 1200 E. Street, N. W.,
Washington D. C. citing all of the following data:
John Monk
Certificate 23201
Issued November 29, 1833
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1833
Georgia Agency
Very respectfully years, Commissioner
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Record Division
Revolutionary War Records Section
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C., Dec. 19, 1922
In reply to your request___________, received___________for a statement of military
history of John Monk a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below
the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in
this Bureau
Dates of Enlistment on Appointment: Jan. 1779 and 1779,
Length
of Service: 5 Mos. 3 Mos.
Rank Private Private
Officers under whom service:
Capt John Kennedy Captain John Granger
William Caswell William Caswell
STATE:
N. C. STATE: N. C.
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FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS NOT PART OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FILE:
According to file on FamilySearch Web page http://www.familysearch.org/
John
Monk, Bn. 14 Aug. 1752, Wake Co., N. C., Died: 1835, Georgia
Parents: Father:
Willis Monk, bn abt. 1728, Johnson, N.C. Died before 1779, Wake, N.C.
Mother:
Elizabeth , bn abt 1730, Johnson NC, Died abt 1768, Wake N. C.
Husband's
Name
Willis MONK
Born: Abt 1728 Place: , , Johnson, Nc
Died: Bef 1779
Place: , , Wake, Nc
Married: Abt 1746 Place: , , Wake, Nc
Father: John
MONK
Mother: Mrs John MONK
Wife's Name
Elizabeth
Born: Abt 1730 Place: , , Johnson, Nc
Died:
Abt 1780 Place: , , Wake, Nc
Married: Abt 1746 Place: , , Wake, Nc
Father:
Mother:
Children
Silas MONK
Born: Abt 1748 Place: , , Prob Johnson Co, Nc
Note: One Silas
Monk drew land lot in Monroe Co., GA. 1821 Land Lottery
Willis MONK
Born: Bef 1760 Place: , , Wake, Nc
Died: Bef 1840 Place:
Elizabeth MONK
Born: Abt 1763 Place: <, , Wake, Nc>
Esther MONK
Born: Abt. 1765 Place: <, , Wake, Nc>
John MONK
Born: 14 Aug 1752 Place: <, , Wake, Nc>
Died: 1835 Place:
, , , Ga
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John Monk Samuel Pearson page 36
John Monk Theophilus Hunter page 167 (117)
Silas Monk Hunter Reuben page 364
John Monk Edward Green page 85
Mark Phillips Thomas Fort page 78
Theophilus Hunter Jonathon Monk page 263
Theophilus Hunter Willis Monk page 284
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MONROE COUNTY GA WILL BOOK, PAGE A52, WILL DATED 7-5-1832, PROBATED 9-3-1832
Wife: Piety, Exr.: wife, Piety Monk. WIT: William C. Jones, John G. Hill, Benjamin F. Harris
MONROE COUNTY GA WILL BOOK, PAGE A81, Probated 3-2-1835
Wife: Piety Ann. DAU. Franky Ross and Nancy Brooks. Sons: Willis, Silas & John H. Monk. Wit:Solomon Beckom, James Beckom, John T. Pope, Miller W. McGraw
VIRGINIA CONT'L LINE
GEORGIA - JOHN PEACE of Monroe County in the State of Georgia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Richardson, of the regiment commanded by Colonel Dangerfield in the Virginia line, for a term of two years from February 1776 to February 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of March 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of May 1825 and sent to Matthew Phillips, Esq., Monticello, Georgia
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1825...$46.47 Revolutionary claim, Acts. March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820
March 1823
(handwritten notation: Per letter to the Pension of Jany. 1826, date Hon.
C. E. Hayes, H. R. Feb. 22, 183.
______ _____by T. H. ___________Sparta, Ga. )
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Georgia
Monroe County
On the ninth day of March 1825, personally appeared in open Court __ ___ in the Flint District, John Peace resident of said County, aged about Seventy Years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth under oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 (and March 1826) __ ___ ___ that he enlisted in the line of Virginia the ___ day of February, 1776 of the State of Virginia in the Company commanded by Captain Holt Richardson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dangerfield in the line of the State of Virginia of ......................
(Note by transcriber: There is a total of six documents in this file but I am simply unable to read the remainder.
Rev. Isaac Smith, who died in this county, in
1834, aged 76 years, was another Revolutionary soldier, who fought under Washington.
Says White:*" He was present at most of the principal actions which were fought
by this distinguished leader, and although his term of service expired before the
close of the war, yet he was present as a volunteer at the capturing of Cornwallis
at Yorktown; after which he retired from military life and was soon after, under
the preaching of the Methodist, awakened and converted, and called of God to preach
deliverance to the captives and the opening of the prison doors to those who were
bound by the fetters of sin." (from "Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and
Legends, by Lucian Lamar Knight, 1913)
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILE FOR REV. ISAAC SMITH
ISAAC SMITH
VIRGINIA
CONT'L LINE
W4338
Ann R.
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Georgia 6567
Ann R. Smith, widow
of Isaac Smith pensioner under the Act of June 1812 and who died on the 20th
July 1836 Monroe Co., in the State of Georgia who was a Sergeant in the Company
commanded
by Captain ___________of the Regiment commanded by Col. Parker in
the Va. line Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia in the amount of $120.00 Dollars
per annum, commenced on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension
___the 2nd day of March 1842 and sent to W. C. Hall, Esq. ____, Ga.
Arrears
to the 4th day of March 1841 ---$600.00
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D. Brown,
Clerk, Book. __ Vol 2, Page 200
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12056
Georgia
Isaac Smith of Monroe in the State of Geo. who was a Sergaent
in the _____commanded by Captain ____ of the Regiment commanded by Col. Parker
in the Va. line for 2 years. m - 1793, w 1834
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of $120.00 Dollars per annum to commence on teh 4th day of March
1831.
Certificate of Pension ___the 21st day of March 1833 and sent to Pensioner
Macon, Geo.
Inscribed on the 4th of March '33, $240.
Pension allowance ____
? $60.00, total $300.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan
Bell (?) Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 6, Page 113
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832>
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF MONROE
On this the twenty second day of October
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Julian
B. Strong, Judge of the Superior Court of said county of Monroe in open court,
in in term time, Isaac Smith, a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged
Seventy Four years, who being first duly sworn according to law,doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension
made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he was born in New
Kent County and remained there at the time of his enlistment issued there in
the State of Virginia--that he enlisted in the State troops of Virginia in the latter
part
of the year 1775 in the town of Williamsburg under Captain Robert Baitland
for one year --- in a few days was ordered below Saplton N. J.(?) was there
when the town was burnt. Sometime after was with a small scouting party and fell
in with the enemy on the river banks, fired on them and received a fire in return.
That he was wounded in this skirmish by a ball in his forehead which glanced
and has left a scar. The regiment in which he performed this tour was extended
to be commanded by the celebrated Patrick Henry. This deponent did niot enter
the Regiment until ...
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sometime after its first formation. During
the time he was in the regiment Patrick Henry was never in the actual command
of it nor does this deponent believe he ever at any time was in the actual command.
In July 1776 in the town of Williamsburg _______________on the day on which
the Declaration of Independence was read to the Troops, the deponent enlisted
under Captain Charles Pelham as a Sargeant in the First _____ Regiment which
was to have been commanded by Col. Isaac Meed, for three years - Col. Meed died,
and afterwards the Regiment was commanded by Col. Richard Parker. During the
time he was in the Regiment, Major Anderson and Major Dickinson were officers
in it under whom he served. This regiment was attached to the Continental Army and
during the whole period
of his service in this regiment this deponent was in
the Continental Service.
Immediately after deponent goining said regiment, he
proceeded along with it to the Army of the North under General Washington and
arrived at the encampment of the Army near Fort Washington in the neighborhood of
the City of New York in the month of September 1776. Not long after the Battle
of Long Island. He continued with General Washington from that time until August
1779 and was during said period in the following battles, to wit: At the White Plains;
at the taking of the Wessian(?) at Trenton; the Battle of Princeton; the Battle
of Brandwine; of Germantown and
Momouth. He was in Fort Wessian(?() when the
Hessians under Count Donoss(?) attacked that ______Fort and after the action
ceased went with a company of volunteers to ascertain fate of the fort. Finding
the enemy refused us(?) continued next morning and saw that day the burning
and blowing up of the Augusta Sixty Four Gun S___ which struck in attempting to
come up the
river, was said to be set on fire by red hot shot from our batteries.
Deponent was at Stoney Point when taken by General Massie, belonged to a reserve
and was not in the action.
He was discharged in August 1779 in the State of York
at the place called Goshen by Gen. Mecklenburg.
The discharge was sent to the
land office in Richmond Virginia.
Afterwards the deponent joined the militia(?)
from New Kent County Virginia and was with said militia at the seige of York
adn surrender of Cornwallis. This was his last tour of military duty.
In the
year 1820, he believes in February or March, the deponent received a Certificate
from the War Department granting a pension of eight dollars a month to be paid
in Charleston, S. C.
Before payment became due, Congress passed another act...that
prevented deponents receiving any thing as he could not comply with its requirements.
He sent in the certificate which he received from the War Department from the
State of Mississippi to Judge Ellis a Senator from that State...that he might do
something for the deponent...but deponent left the state of Mississippi and has
not since heard from Judge Ellis on the subject. Then deponent has never received
a cent from the Government since
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he left the army,
He hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and
he hereby that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any State
unless it may have been put on the Pension Roll in 1820 in the manner above
stated, and which availed nothing to the deponent.
Sowrn to and Subscribed the
day and year above written: SS. Isaac Smith
Christopher B. Strong, Judge Superior
Court
Monroe County
And the said court does hereby declare its opinion that
the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated.
22nd Oct. 1832 (Certification statement)
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FAMILY RECORD (Click on picture to enlarge)
BIRTHS
MARRIAGES
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the
peace in and for the county and State aforesaid Miss Mary R. Lanior alias Mary
R. Smith who deposed and says that the annexed two pages to be taken from the
family Bible of her father, Isaac Smith and that the entries of Marriages, Births
on said annexed sheets are in the handwriting of her said father Isaac Smith
and the said Mary R. Lenoir further depose that said _____ that she believes
that the said entries are correct and true.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this fifth day of February AD 1842. SS: Wm. Pubbs, J.P., SS Mary R. Lanoir
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PAGE TITLE: FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Elizabeth Ann, Daughter of Isaac and Ann
Rebecca Smith was born June 26 at 6 in the morning, 1813. She died Feby(?)3 of
1820 William Joseph, Sone of Isaac and Ann Rebecca smith was born September (?)
6th ----- September 1817
Hesteser _____ ____ 16 May 1819
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Brief in the case of Isaac Smith of Monroe County in the State of Georgia
Act 7th June 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a court or a Judge: Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity:
Yes
3 How old is he: 74 Years
4. State his service, as directed in the form
annexed.
PERIOD DURATION OF SERVICE RANK NAMES OF GEN. AND FIELD OFFICERS
UNDER WHOM HE SERVED
In 1775 Enlisted 1 year Private Capt Robt. Ballard
July 1776 3 years Sergeant Capt. Chas Pelham, Col. Rich. Parker Major Anderson,
Maj. Dickerson
Afterwards joined the malitia but does not say how long
his tour was
5. In what battles was he engaged: White Plains, Princeton,
Brandywine, Germantown and Mamouth
6. Where did he reside when he entered the
service: New Kent County, Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses:
by documentary proof, or by traditionary evidence; by incidental evidence, or
by the rolls: Formerly applied under the act of 1818.
8. Are the papers defective
as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect.
Certify that the
foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838. entitled
as Act Granting half Pay and Pension to certain Widows.
GEORGIA
MONROE
COUNTY
On this twenty third day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred
and forty, personally appeared before Judge W. D. King (?) a judge of the Superior
Court for the County and State aforesaid, Ann R. Smith, a resident of said County
and State aged, sixty seven, who by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend court
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act granting
half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Isaac Smith, a
deceased pensioner who was a Sergeant in the army of the revolution and proof
of whose services ____ ____ of record in the War department. She further declares
that she married to the said Isaac Smith on the 3rd day of February Seventeen Hundred
and Ninety Three that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Smith died on the twentieth
day of July Eighteen Hundred and thirty four. That she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of
January Seventeen Hundred and Ninth Four, viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed before me The applicant being unable to attend
court from bodily infirmity on the day and year aforesaid: SS Ann R. Smith
SS: Angus M. Dilling (?)
____ _____ Court
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Georgia,
Monroe County: Personally comes before me Ann R. Smith that claimant in the above
declaration and upon oath saith that she had no documentary evidence whereby
to establish the period of her marriage; that she was married in the State of South
Carolina where no record of Marriages is formally kept; that she is aware of
and that the family record in which her marriage was entered by her late husband
has been long since lost or mislaid so that this despondent does not know where
to find it and that as to the date of her marriage she has to rely upon her own
oath.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Nineteenth day of November 1840.
SS: Angus M. Dilling, Judge Sup. Court
ss: Ann R, Smith
Georgia; Monroe
County) Personally appears before me Angus W. D. King, Judge of the Superior Court
for the county and state aforesaid the, Rev. Whitman C. Hill, who being duly
sworn doth and saith that he witnessed the decease
Roll: 773 Image: 471 File: W11555/BLWT38559-160-55 Total Pages: 17
STEWART, WILLIAM, W11555, VA.
STEWART, MARTHA
B., BLM38559-160-55
William Stewart of Monroe in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the company commanded by Capt. _____ of the regiment commanded
by _____ in the ____line for Virginia
Issued on the Roll of Georgia at the
rate of one hundred Dollars _no Cents per Annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March 1834.
_______________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day
of (unreadable)
Arrears to the 4th of _____________ (unreadable)
Semi-annl.
allowance ending _________________
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded
by _____, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 6, Page 151.
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GEORGIA, MARTHA B STEWART
Widow of William Stewart, Virginia who served in
the Revolutionary War as a Private and Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at
the rate of 100 Dollars and no cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February,
1853
Certificate of Pension issued 24th day of May 1855 and sent to Z. E.
Harman, Forsyth, Geo.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under the act February 3,
1853, Page 154, Vol. A.
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June 12,/60
Let. to Hon. Joshua Hall, G.R., duplicates entries
June 16/60 Let. to Hon. Joshua
Hall, returning the affidavit of Chas T. Wilson in relation to the copy of the
_____
Oct. 23/60 Let. to Dr. for proof of ____and to file ____
_______
Lett. Angus M. D. King,
Inf. Certificate filed 10 July, 1839 and sent
to Angus M. D. King. Forsyth, Georgia ________ to Pension Agt. S. D. Comptroller
8 May 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838, from
4th March 1836 to Sept. 1837, Agt. notified 10 May 1838
Paid at the Treasury
under the Act of the 4th April 1838 from 4 Sept. 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt.
notified 13 Dec. 1838
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STATE OF
GEORGIA
COUNTY OF MONROE
On this the third day of March A.D. 1855, personally
appeared before the undersaid Judge of the Superior Court of said county and
state Martha B. Stewart a resident of the county of Monroe in said State aged seventy
two years who _____________ ___________ sworn according to law, doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the Act of Congress passed on the Third February 1853, granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the
widow of William Stewart who was a soldier in the revolutionary war. The rank of
her husband she is unable to state, neither can she state the time when he entered
the service nor the time he left said, since. Neither can she state the names
and rank of the officers under whom he served, that he entered said service in the
State of Virginia, that Said William Stewart departed this life in the County
of Macon in the State of Georgia on the ____day of June AD 1848; that she further
declares that said William Stewart received a pension from the pension office of
the U. S. for said service of one hundred dollars per annum payable to the agency
of Virginia pension office in the City of Savannah in the State of Georgia, but
for what time and under what act this payment deponent cannot state but for proof
of all these facts, despondent refers to the
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evidence filed by
the said William Stewart on his application for a pension, and the order, or orders,
issued by the pension office allowing such pension She further states and
declares that she was married to the said William Stewart on the Seventeenth Day
of December eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven as will appear by reference to an
_____(application?) of that marriage certificate
of the Justice of the Peace
by whom they were married, as well as the affidavit of Meckleberry Merritt, Esq.
the person by whom they were married which are hereto annexed. That her said
husband died on the Ninth day of June A.D. 1848. As aforesaid, that she was not
married prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a widow. By. Martha B. Stewart (mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before an open court on the day and year above written.
SS: James H. Staub, Judge Sup. Court, Flint Dist. Ga.
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STATE OF
GEORGIA, COUNTY OF MONROE
On the fifth day of December A.D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me Jesse Aycock a justice of
the peace in aforesaid county and state. Martha B. Stewart aged seventy two years
a resident of the county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law,
declared that she is the widow of William Stewart, deceased, who was a soldier in
the Revolutionary War in the lines of malitia from the State of Virginia, deponent
is not able to state the Company in which her said husband served nor does she
know the regiment nor the names of either the Captain or Colonel but her said husband
during his lifetime for several years was a Revolutionary pensioner and that
since his death, she has been allowed a pension as his widow having received
from the Department of the Interior a certificate of which the following is a copy.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, "WIDOWS PENSION"
I certify that in
conformity with the 2nd Section of the Act of February 3, 1853, Martha B. Stewart,
widow of William Stewart who was a private and sergeant in the Revolutionary War
is subscribed on the Pension list at the rate of One Hundred Dollars per annum commencing
on the 3rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry
in which case the pension is not payable after the date of such marriage. Given
at the Department of the Interior this twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight
hundred and fifty five. Enumerated and countersigned: L. P. Waldo, Commissioner
of Pensions George B. Whiting Acting Secretary of the Interior.
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(Ordered Herein?)
"Payment to be made at Savannah by J. S. Morse(?) ____for
paying pensioner in the Agency of Georgia, payable on 4th September and 4th March".
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under Act of February
3d 1853. Page 154, Vol. W.
G. T. Getty, Clerk
She further states that she
was married to the said William Stewart in Monroe County, Georgia on the Seventeenth
day of December A.D. 1837 by one Mickleberry Merritt a Justice of the Peach
and that her name before the said marriage was Martha B. Wilson, as appears by the
named certificate of the Ordinary of Said County. That her said husband died in
Macon County, Georgia on the _________ day of June 1848; that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County law to which
she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. SS: Martha B. Stewart
(mark)
We, David B. Ramsey (?) and Henry Reed, residents of Monroe County
in the State of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by Martha b. Stewart in our persons and that we believe
from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person
she presents herself to be and we further declare that we were well acquainted with
the said Martha B. Stewart and her husband William Stewart during the lifetime of
said William. That they lived together as husband and wife until the death of said
William which event occurred sometime in the year A.D. 1848 and that said Martha
B. Stewart has been ever since that time and still is a widow of said William.
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STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF MONROE
On this twenty
third day of October in the year eighteen hundred and Thirty two personally appeared
in open court before the Honorable Christopher B. Strong, Judge of the Superior
Court for said County which Court is now sitting William Stewart a resident of
said County and State aged sixty nine years and ten months who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered
the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as
herein stated.
He was drafted in Amherst County, Virginia, in the fall of
1778 at which time he had just arrived at sixteen years of age and entered the
militia under Captain Pamplin, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Gaines.
The company was mustered at Amherst Courthouse, and claimant was appointed by Colonel
Gaines ____ Commissary of the shirts and provisions to those of the troops that
were collected at Amherst Courthouse until the Regiment rendezvoused at Richmond
in the State of Virginia where Claimant was appointed sergeant in Captain Pamplins'
company and continued to fill that appointment until the expiration of his term
of service. The detachment to which Claimant was stationed belonged during this
term of service, which was for six months at Richmond and in that neighborhood we
were in no engagements during this tour. Within a short time after the expiration
of this above mentioned term of service, claimant was again drafted and entered
the service for another tour of six months, and entered the service in Captain John
Christian's Company, of militia in a regiment commanded by Colonel Vance. At the
commencement of this term of service claimant was again appointed Sergeant which
appointment he continued to fill in Captain Christian's company until the expiration
of his term of service. During this tour of service the Brigade or Division was
commanded by General Lawson, and was in no engagements or battles. We were in hearing
of the firing during the engagement between the British and a part of the American
army under General Wayne at Jamestown . the part of the army which at that time
under the command of General Lawson, marched all the night preceding the battle
for the purpose of joining General Wayne but were bewildered by taking wrong roads
and failed in forming a junction. General Lawson was suspected by some of the soldiers
of being not very desirous of joining the army under General Wayne. After the expiration
of the last mentioned term of service, claimant was again drafted for another tour
of six months, and entered the service under his brother's Captain John Stewart
of Amherst County Virginia in the regiment
(page 10), commanded by Colonel Tucker
and the Brigade was commanded by General Holt Richardson. Applicant was at the siege
of Little York from beginning to end and after the surrender of the British army
claimant marched several days as part of the guard in conducting the prisoners on
their way towards the Winchester Barracks where claimant was taken sick and discharged
a few days before the expiration of his term of service. In addition to the above
claimant served a short time in guarding through Virginia the prisoners taken at
the Cowpens in North Carolina by General Morgan. Claimant was again called on as
belonging to the second division (the County where he lived being laid off into
divisions) in the State of Virginia to march against the British sometime in the
year 1779 or so, who were at that time marching on from the south through the settlement
where claimant had lived in the State of Virginia, under the command of Lord Cornwallis
as claimant understood. Claimant does not remember what length of time he spent
in this term of service, but the tour was short and claimant was not engaged in
any battle during that term. In conclusion claimant conscientiously believes that
during the above mentioned terms of service, he served at least for the space of
two years; during some of the above mentioned terms of service claimant served longer
than the term for which he was drafted. and at other times was discharged before
his term of service had actually expired. Claimant remembers very distinctly that
he was under the command of General Lafayette at a place called Mablen Hills in
the State of Virginia, where the army under the command of Lafayette was stationed
some short time and claimant remembers that the army marched from that place across
a large swamp called Chickahoming, but does not remember how far said swamp is from
the Mabben Hills. Neither does he remember particularly where they went after they
crossed the swamp, nor during what tour of service the last mentioned circumstances
took place. Applicant was born as he has always understood and believed in Hanover
County, Virginia on the 8th day of November 1762. He had a record of his age which
was burned in 1812 when he had the misfortune to lose his house with all his books
and papers besides other valuable property by fire he has already stated that
at the time of being called into the service he lived in Amherst County, Virginia
and he lived there eight or ten years after the war. From Amherst County, claimant
moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia where he lived between thirty and four years.
From there he removed to Monroe County, Georgia (page 11) where he has been
living for the seven or eight years and (Note by transcriber. Unable to read
Page 11)
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STATE OF GEORGIA
MONROE COUNTY
On this the twentieth
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, before
me John H. Thomas a Justice of Inferior Court ____ and for the county and state
aforesaid, personally came Thomas Stewart and Thomas H. Stewart, each of whom being
duly sworn declares and say that they are well acquainted with Mrs. Martha B. Stewart
of the County and state aforesaid, who has made application for a pension as the
widow of William Stewart of Revolutionary Pensioner formerly of Monroe County, Georgia,
that the said Martha B. Stewart is the widow of the identical William Stewart, who
was a Revolutionary pensioner, that said William Stewart formerly resided in the
county of Monroe in said state; that he removed from there to the county of Macon
of said State, where he died in the month of ______________________the year 1848,
and that said Martha B. Stewart is still his widow and has removed back and now
resides in the County of Monroe. That the first named deponent is the Son and the
Second name the grandson of said William Stuart. That neither of them have any interest
in the claim of said Martha B. for a pension.
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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF MONROE:
On this the twentieth day of May AD Eighteen Hundred and Fifty
five, before me John H. Thomas justice of the Inferior Court in aforesaid county,
personally comes Oliver C. Phelps and David Mickleberry Merritt, each of whom being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that they are acquainted with Mrs. Martha B. Stewart
of said county and state; that she is the widow of the ___________ William Stewart
who was a Revolutionary pensioner in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty Eight as
deponents have been informed, and that said Martha B. Stewart is at this time residing
in the County of Monroe and said State is still a widow and that they have no interest
in the claim of said Martha B. Stewart for a pension. SS: Oliver C. Phelps, M. Merritt
The foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written and I certify that said affidants are all of them credible persons and
that I have no interest in the claim of Martha B. Stewart for a pension.
John
H. Thomas, JPC
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Georgia, Monroe County
I certify that William Stuart and Martha Wilson were duly joined in matrimony by
me the 17th Day of December 1837. M. B. Merritt, JP
Georgia, Monroe County
I Elbridge G. Cabaniss, Ordinary and ex-officio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
of said County hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the records of
my office of the marriage of William Stewart and Martha Wilson. Given under my hand
, seal of office this 5th day of December 1855. SS Elbridge G. Cabaniss, Ordinary
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Letter dated May 10, 1938
to:
Mr. Wilson Reeves, Roberta, Georgia
Re: William Stewart W.11556, BA-J-AWF
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of William Stewart of Virginia, a pensioner from Monroe County, Georgia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension Claim, W.11555,
based on the military service of William Stewart during the Revolutionary War.
William Stewart was born November 8, 1762 in Hanover County, Virginia. The names
of his parents were not given.
While residing in Amherst County, Virginia,
William Stewart enlisted in the fall of 1778, served six months as sergeant and
issuing commissary in Captain Pamplins company. Colonel Daniel Gaines' Virginia
regiment, and shortly afterwards, served six months as sergeant in Captain John
Christian's Company, Colonel Vance's Virginia regiment. He served in 1779 or 1780
a short tour, officers names not given. He served about two months as sergeant in
Captain John Stewart's company, Colonel Tucker's Virginia Regiment, and was in the
Siege of Yorktown.
He moved from Amherst County, Virginia to (Page 2 of letter)
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where he lived thirty or forty years, and then moved
to Monroe County, Georgia.
The soldier, William Stewart, was allowed pension
on his application executed October 23, 1832, then a resident Monroe County,
Georgia. His address in 1837 was Forsyth, Georgia. He died in the month of June
1848 in Macon County, Georgia.
(Note by transcriber. William Stewart is buried
in Schley Co., GA. near Ellaville in the Stewart Family Cemetery which is located
2 miles east of Ellaville on old Stewart Family Farm. Also may be buried in Fellowship
Church Cemetery)
William Stewart married December 17, 1837 in Monroe County,
Georgia, Martha B. Wilson. She was his second wife, name of first wife not given,
nor are there any data in regard to her.
The widow, Martha B. Stewart, was allowed
pension on her application executed March 3, 1855, at which time she was living
in Monroe County, Georgia, aged seventy-two years. She was allowed, also one hundred
sixty acres of county land, on her application executed December 6, 1855.
Thomas
Stewart and Thomas H. Stewart, son and grandson of the soldier, William Stewart,
were living in Monroe County, Georgia in 1855.
Charles T. Wilson, son of the
widow, Martha B. Stewart was a resident of Jones County, Georgia in 1861, and
then referred to her as deceased, but did not give the date of her death.
The Captain John Stewart, under whom the soldier, William Stewart, served at the
siege of Yorktown, was his Brother.
The papers on file in this claim contain
no further discernible data relative to family.
In order to obtain the date of
last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date
of death of this widow, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
accounting office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following
data:
Martha B. Stewart, Widow of William Stewart
Certificate #5203
Issued
May 24, 1855
Rate $100.00 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February
3, 1853
Georgia Agency
If you desire information in regard to location
of land referred to herein, you should address The Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Washington, D. C. and furnish the following. Warrant 38559 - 160 Acres
- Act of 1855
Very truly yours, A. D. Hiller, Exec. Asst. to the Administrator
End of File
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Additional information.
William Stewart Event(s):
Birth: 8 Nov 1762
Place: ,Hanover County ,Virginia
Death: Jun 1848 Place: Macon County, Georgia
Burial: Place: Ellaville, Schley, Georgia (Formerly Macon County)
Father: John S. Stewart Captain
Mother: Ann Haw
Marriage(s):
1st Spouse: Mary Ann Penn
Marriage: 8 Nov 1783 Place:
1nd Spouse:
Martha B Wilson
Marriage: 17 Dec 1837 Place: ,Monroe County, Georgia
Father of William Stewart:
John
S. Stewart Captain
Event(s): John S. Stewart, Captain
Birth: 17 Jun
1732 Place: of Amherst, Virginia
Christening: Place: Bristol Parish,,
Virginia
Death: 1784 Place: Amherst, Virginia
Marriage(s): Spouse: Ann
Haw
Marriage: 1755 Place: Hanover, Virginia
Father of John S. Stewart
John Stewart
