Roster of Revoluntionary Soldiers- Pittsylvania County
 
 

Gravesites in Pittsylvania County
  The Quill Pen-Pittsylvania Historical Society

NAME;                                                LOCATION:

Robert Adams Brights

 Jacob Berger b. 1745, Germany near Siloam Church Toshes

 John Buckley c. 3 mi. E. of Mt. Airy

 Samuel Calland b. 1750 5 mi. W. of Callands

Thomas Carter b. 1734 near Green Rock

Daniel Coleman b. 1768 between Java & Riceville

Stephen Coleman b. 1739 (Capt) beside Daniel Coleman

Isaac Coles b. 1747 (Col) Riddle Farm, Chalk Level

Griffith Dickenson b. 1756 (Corp) Chalk Level near Meadowwood

Edmund Fitzgerald b. 1745 near Shockoe

David Hunt b. 1745 (Col) Moorefield Dairy Farm near Renan

Moses Hutchings b. 1754 2 mi W. of Dry Fork

Thomas Jones b. before 1746 near Mountain Top

James Mitchell b. 1751 (Lt) 1 mi. E. of Callands PO.

Avery Mustain 5 mi. N. of Ray Mill

Edward Robertson b. 1755 1 mi. W. of Dry Fork

Joshua Stone b. 1744 (Capt) near Mulberry Church

Burwell Vaden b. 1733 patriot on White Oak Mtn., moved to Chatham

John Wilson Dan’s Hill, W. of Danville

William Witcher (Capt) W. of Sandy Level PO

Robert "Danny" Ricketts
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Nathaniel GARDNER born ca 1735/1750 d Feb 1833 md Margaret HEATH he is
listed in DAR patriot book index VOL II. History of Pittsylvania Co VA
by Clements Chapter 13 pg 167.  He is in 1782 Pittsylvannia CO VA
census. Supposedly tree fell on him and he is buried at the Mill Meeting
house near Chatham.

Heath GARDNER born 1-16-1761 d Aug 1829 md Susannah WELDON in
Pittsylvannia CO 1784 listed in DAR Patriot index Vol I pg 259 and Vol
III.  I have the woman's DAR application and he signed oath 10-4-1777
list by  George Carter.

Also in the online database of Univ of VA - Revolutionary war public
service claims lists Daniel GARDNER of Pittsylvannia CO VA court booklet
pg 23 LIsts V, pg 11

Thomas Carter Chapter,   Daughters of the American Revolution
Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Mark Boatner, and McKay
History of Pittsylvania County  by Maud Carter Clement.  J.P. Bell. 1919
Historical Register of Virginians in Revolution  by John H. Gwaltmey
1938
List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia by H.J. Eckenrode
Revolutionary Land Records. Vol 1 Virginia by Gaius Marcus  1936
Virginis Militia in Revoluntionary War by J.T. McAllister.  1913
Records in the Clerk's Office of Pittsylvania Sounty
Virginia State Archives
National Archives.  (The National Archives contain the records of those
who applied for the Pension act of 1932 and in some cases contains considerably more information than given here)  Those marked with a * applied for a pension, which required a written record of their military activities in the war.

AARON, Abraham.    patriot
ANDERSON Jacob, *    Soldier.  Company of Capt. John Marshall in
Carolina Co; marched to Williamsburg.  Drafted 1779 from Cumberland Co. under Capt Richard Allen.  Marched to Malvern Hill below Richmond. Drafted August 1781 under Capt Creed Hoskins at Yorktown.
ANDERSON,  James.     Capt. Continental Line under George Washington
ANDERSON, Nelson.     Capt.
AUTHOR,  James.     Died at Norfolk
AUSTIN, William.     Officer, County Militia
ATKINS (ADKINS) Barlett.     1st and 10th Continental Line
BARKSDALE, Beverly.     Soldier County Militia: Yorktown
BATES, Fleming.   Capt. 1776; Led Co. to Cabin Pt. 1781 Siege of York
BERGER, Jacob.   Chief Wagoner, Service of Supply; Continental Line
under George Washington
BLACK, Thomas   Officer, County Militia
BLANKENSHIP, John
BOOTH, John, Lt.   2nd Amelia Militia
BRADLEY, Daniel.*  1st Va. Reg., Southern Army.  Enlisted in Cumberland, July 1780. Warrant on file in Bounty Land Office, attached to Col. Campbell and Capt. Morton for Battle of Gilford.  Took part in battles of Eutaw, the Forts at Friday's Thompson's and Augusta; in camp.
BREWER, James.    Capt. Winter 1780 led Co to Hillsboro to support Gen. Greene. Commanded Co Battle of Guilford
BROWN, Richard.     Officer, County Militia
BUCKLEY, John.    Lt. and Capt., County Militia Commissioner of
Provisions for State Troops.  Led Co to Hanover, 1781 en route to Malvern Hill
BURNETT, Henry.   Capt., Indian Expedition 1776.  Led Co to Charlotte
C.H 1781
CALLOWAY, Dudley.    Soldier  In service under Col. Dan Morgan in
Washington's army at Germantown
CANNADAY,    James.   Soldier
CARTER, George.     Officer, County Militia
CARTER, Thomas, IV     Soldier
CHANEY, Abraham.*     Indian Expedition under Capt. Donelson 1777; two tours ranging after Cherokees;  Served under Capt. Donelson in 1778.  3rd Tour to Hillsboro under Capt. Isaac Clement in winter 1780; returned home because of 10-week sickness; drafted in 1781
CHANEY, Joseph.     Substituted for brother, Abraham, winter 1781, in
Hillsboro under Capt. Clement
CHOICE, Tully     Officer, County Militia;  Gwynne's Island, 1776.
Indian Expedition 1776
CLARK, Leonard.     Soldier.  Congenital Line, threes years
CLAY,  Matthew.   Ensign 9th Va. Regiment
CLEMENT, Adam.   Capt. with Co of 97 men to S.C. 1789 with Lt. Benjamin Duncan in support of General Lincoln.  Also at Camden
CLEMENT,  Isaac.   Officer, County Militia, Committee of Safety.  Led
Co. in 1780 to Camden joining 3rd Va. Regiment under MAJ.. Henry Conway in Gen. Edward Steven's Brigade for Battle of Camden.  Winter 1789 led Co to Hillsboro to support Gen. Green.
COLEMAN, Stephen.   Officer, County Militia
COLLEY,  Charles.*  b. 25Jan1751 Stafford Co., Va.  Moved to Pitts. Co
1767. Enlisted July 1776 under Capt. Peter Perkins and Lt. Burwell Smith. Indian Expedition, 1776.  Marched through woods and wilderness 115 miles to the IndianTowns on the Tenn. River.  The Indians had fled.  The Regiment were in their huts about 19 days.
CONWAY, Henry.   Capt. 14th Reg. Continental Line Nov. 28, 1776.  In
command of supporting troops, Battle of Camden, 1780.  Awarded 4,666 acres. Committee of Safety
CONWAY, James.   Lt. 6th Va. Reg., Continental Line. 1776; one of two
Americans killed at Trenton.  Marched from Peytonsburg under Capt. Thomas Hutchings to Williamsburg, 1776
CONWAY,  Joseph.  Ensign 12 Reg. Continental Line, 1777; 2nd Lt., Dec
22, 1777; regiment designated as 10th Continental Line.  Taken prisoner at Charleston May 12, 1780; Capt. Lt. July 15, 1780; transferred to 1st Continental Line served to close of war. Awarded 3,110 acres.
COOK, Harmon.   Patriot.
CORNELIUS,  William.   Officer, County Militia
DALTON, Robert.   Ensign.  Gwynns's Island.  1776  Cherokee Expedition, 1776
DAVIS, Thomas.   Soldier, Dillard's Co.
DAVIS,  William
DEVOULT, Henry.   Ensign, County Militia
DEWS, William.*   Soldier Continental Line, 9th Va., served under Col.
Dan Morgan in Washington's army;  Three engagements in one day.  Battle of Germantown.  Taken prisoner
DICKENSON,  Griffith.*   #7304 Va. Military Land Warrants; Va.  Military District of Ohio. Corp., Continental Line.  Enlisted Hanover Co., 1776; 1st Co., 3rd Battalion; marched to Savannah, Ga. under Col. Elbert; assisted in the capture of British vessels ("richly laden in whiskey for the British") and forts.  Served three months as fifer and 33
months as Corp.  Volunteered later for Guilford; at Yorktown
DILLARD, John.   Lt. under Capt. Donelson, Indian Expedition Spring 1778
DIX, William.   Capt. County Militia; also Adjutant: fought under
Campbell at Guilford where his horse was shot from under him.  After Guilford marched South with Green. Led Co. to Siege of York with Lt. David Hunt, Ens Clement, McDaniel.
DIXON, William.   b. 1762  Enlisted three years Continental Cavalry,
reg. of Col. Litterell.  His command often out to suppress Tories.  Before Guilford, detached to guard ammunition to Hillsboro.
DODSON, George E.  Soldier, Battle of Guilford under Capt. Joseph
Morton, wounded, Pittsylvania petition.
DODSON, Joshua.  Continental soldier.  Indian Expedition 1777.  Killed
in service in Maryland.
DONELSON, John Jr.   Capt., County Militia.  Capt. Indian Expeditions
1777; 1778. County surveyor.
DOOLEY, James.   Capt. 1776; killed by an Indian in Georgia
DOVE, William.*  b. 27Nov1758 in Charles County, Maryland.  Migrated to Pittsylvania Co. in 1783.   Sgt;  volunteered Aug 1777; joined Washington's army; 2nd Tour - Marineon the "General Washington" convoying merchantmen out of Chesapeake in route to
Amsterdam; captured large British Merchantman, served on crew to bring
the ship to Philadelphia: never received a cent of Prize money.  4th Tour -Corp. in company at Malvern Hill guarding Burwell's warehouse in York
DUNCAN,  Benjamin.   Officer, County Militia with Adam Clement's Co in S.C. 1780
DINCAN,  George.   Capt.; Lt. under Capt. Isaac Clement
EAST, Thomas
ECHOLS,  Joseph.  Patriot
ELLIOTT,  John
FARMER, Isham   Soldier. Co. Militia.  At Yorktown
FARIS,  Joseph.   Officer, County Militia
FARIS, Thomas.    Indian Expedition 1778;  joined George Rogers Clark
marching to Illinois.
FARTHING,  John.   Indian Expedition 1778 under Capt. Donelson
FARTHING, Richard.   Officer, County Militia
FERGUSON,  John
FERGUSON, Robert.*  Soldier.  continental Line #7789;  200 acres;
Vespasian Ellis surrender the warrant.  Entered service 1779 as substitute for Bazaliel Wier under William Witcher; marched to Salisbury, N.C., to Charlotte, to Stono Inlet on S.C. coast. Spring 1780 employed by Joseph Terry to assist in driving cattle to Wilkes Co. courthouse, N.C.   Volunteered May 1780 in N.C.  Marched in various in various
directions, principally engaged in searching for and taking Tories.
Dec. 1780 entered as substitute for William Bennett under Capt. John Winn; marched to Island Ford on Dan River; thence to N.C. to support Gen. Greene.  Transferred to Capt. William Dix's Co; marched in various directions nearly all night, until they met with Lord Cornwallis at
Guilford when a severe battle was fought.  Americans were defeated.
Apr. 1781 drafted under Capt. Henry Burnett, joined army at Charlotte Ct. House, transferred to Company under Capt. John Buckley.  Marched to Hanover Co.; transferred to Capt. William Clark's Co.; next to Gen. Von Steuben to Jamestown; a battle fought here.  Discharged by Capt.
William Clark July 1781.  Returned home and enlisted with William
McCraw, Deputy Quartermaster at Peytonsburg; was engaged as wagoner.
FITZGERALD, Edmund   Ensign, 1st Lt. and Patriot
FOWLKES, James.*  Soldier.  Volunteered 1777 in Amelia Co. under Capt. Gabriel Fowlkes, marched to Cabin Point on James River; to Williamsburg and Hampton.  Feb. 1778 volunteered under Capt. Roland Ward and  marched to Williamsburg, joined army under von Steuben.  Feb. 1781 volunteered under Capt. John Oglesby, command of Maj.
Cunningham;  crossed Dan River at Boyd's Ferry;  joined Col Beverly
Randolph's Reg. in Lawson's Brigade; marched in various directions, sometimes in the night, other troops falling in with Brigade until Mar 16 when met with British under Lord Cornwallis, had severe battle in County of Guilford.  The American Army was defeated and retreated to
Troubleson Iron Works on Haw River where rendezvoused and followed on after Cornwallis as far as Ramsey's Mill on Deep River.  Acted as Sgt. and later Ensign on this tour.  May 1781 volunteered under Capt. Roland Ward, to Northhampton Co., thence to Williamsburg, then to Norfolk; marched back to Williamsburg; joined main army under Gen. Stevens, Lafayette, etc. at Little York.  Stationed here until Cornwallis surrendered
Oct. 17, 1781.  Ordered to assist 18 sick men to Amelia County Court
House as a Sgt.
FULLER, Arthur.  Patriot
GARDINER, Nathaniel.   Soldier, Co. Militia.  Guarded boats under Conwayduring Battle of Camden 1780
GATEWOOD, Dudley.   Lt.
GAULDIN (GAULDEN), William.*   Soldier.  Volunteered 1776 or '77 in
Bedford under Capt. James Adams to Fort Lewis near New River, then to
Ft.Chiswell, then to lead mines under Col. Lynch.  Tour, three months.  In 1777 or 78 volunteered 12 months with Gideon Booker and rendezvoused at New London.  Apr.-May 1780 volunteered with Col. Williams at Coles Ferry on Staunton in Charlotte Co.; was attached to Capt. Dixon's Co
of riflemen and marched to Halifax Co. where we fell in with Col.Washington's Lighthorse at Battle of Henton Springs. Took or killed about 150 Tories at crossroads or race track; from there to Allimance where had a skirmish with the British and killed 19 or 20, severe skirmish with the British under Lord Cornwallis and had a very severe battle.  Was
shot in the head, the ball coming out at the end of the nose.  No further military service.
GILES,  George.*  b. in Westmoreland Co. and moved to Surry Co.  N.C.
Soldier. Drafted in Surry Co., N.C. 1780.  attached to Capt. Gideaon Falls' Co under Maj. James Rutherford.  Marched to Monks Corner in S.C. where Gen. Caswell took command;  Company ordered to march back, Charleston having already surrendered to British.  Joined army at Nelson's Ferry on Sante's River.  From thence to Camden, then to Cross
Creek.  In 1780 moved from N.C. to Loudoun Co in Va.;  In 1781 drafted
to Yorktown until British surrendered.  Marched in Reg of Col. G West which was sent as a guard over British prisoners to Noland's Ferry on Potomac.
GOAD,  Abraham    Soldier.  Died in Continental service.
GWIN, Richard.   Officer, County Militia
GWINN (GWYNN), Jesse.   Indian Expedition under Capt. Perkins  1776;
Pittsylvania pension.
GWINN, John.   Lt. Col. Militia.  Indian Expedition.  1778
HAIRSTON,  Samuel
HAIRSTON, Peter.  Capt., Henry Co. Militia
HALEY, Lewis.   Orderly  Sgt. Dinwiddie Militia.  Cabin Pt. Yorktown
HALL, John.   Soldier.  Died in Continental service
HAMBRIGHT, Frederick.   Capt.
HANKINS, Daniel.   Officer, county Militia. Patriot.
HANKINS, William.   2nd Lt. Continental Line.  1777 in Peter Rogers'
Co., Pittsylvania Co.; Pittsylvania Co., served in Ga., N.C., S.C, commissary.
HARRIS,  Benjamin.   1st Lt.  1st Continental Line.  Dec. 28, 1776
HARRIS, John.*   Soldier.  Drafted June 1780 under Isaac Clement to
Hillsboro, joining 3rd Va. Reg. under Maj. Henry Conway;  detached to guard boats at Massey's Ferry on Pee Dee River during Battle of Camden.  After defeat of Gates, marched to Guilford and was discharged.   2nd Tour - drafted under Capt. James Brewer to
Hillsboro.  Transferred to Capt. Peter Mays Co. in 3rd Va Reg. under Conway.   Marched to Salisbury where taken sick.  3td Tour  - to Little York, but unable from disability to march;  when recovered was on way to join Company and in Charlotte County met men of Company returning since Lord Cornwallis had surrendered.
HARRISON, Richard   Capt. Battle of '96 under Capt. James Turner at High Hills at Santee; at Yorktown as substitute for John Lewis under Capt. Fleming Bates
HEARD, Jesse.   Lt. Gwynne's Island 1776.  Capt. Cherokee Expedition ,
1776.  Deputy commissioner of Provisions for State troops.
HENRY, Francis.   Soldier. 1st and 10th Continental line; 2nd Va.
Brigade 10th Continental line.  Died in service.
HENRY.  Hugh.   Lt. Indian Expedition, 1777.  Continental services.
Capt. Lyle's Co., Augusta, Ill
HENRY, James.   Soldier, Indian Expedition.  Continental services.
Capt. Tate's Co., Augusta , Ill
HENRY, John.   Soldier 8th, 9th and 12th Continental Line
HOLDER, Jesse.   Soldier.  Continental Line
HOLT, James.  9th Continental Line, 14th continental Line as Corp.
HOPKINS, James.*  b. 1765  Soldier at Camden
HUBBARD, Joseph*    Soldier. 3rd Va. Reg. Substituted for William
(Carpenter) Harrison  with Capt. Isaac Clement to Camden, S.C. 1780.  Joined Peter Perkins, marched to Rougeley's Mills.  Attached to 3rd Va. Reg. Attacked at night by British Army under Cornwallis.  Battle next day under Gates defeated Americans. "In the American Army there was a positive order that there should be no firing without order, which orders were never given"  Marched to Guilford for purpose of keeping Tories in
check.  Discharged 1780.  Volunteered in winter 1781 to serve with Capt.
Gabriel Shelton, who got sick.  Switched to Capt. Smith's Co.  Had frequent skirmished with the enemy.
HUGHES, Archaleous.  Soldier. Co. Militia
HUNDLEY,  George.   Soldier.  6th Va. Reg., Continental Line
HUNT, David    Lt. County Militia.  At Yorktown under Capt. Charles
Williams.  Guarded prisoners to Noland's Ferry
HURT,  Joseph
HURT,  Philemon.    Corp. 5th Va. reg., Continental Line three years.
Battle of Guilford
HURT, West.    Soldier.  7th Continental Line;  infantry three years.
Bounty Land  #1184
HUTCHINGS. Charles.  Capt.  Led Co to Gwynne's Island 1776.  Indian
Expedition Jan. 1778, Yorktown.  Bounty warrant
HUTCHINGS,  Moses.*   Ensign under Capt. John Donelson;   Lt. Hugh
Henry, 1777.  To Long Island on Holston, ranging against Cherokees.  Marched with Capt. William Witcher's Co.  2nd Tour - under Capt. Thomas Dillard, appointed Indian spy; marched to Boonesboro, Ky March 1778   3rd Tour1779.  Lt. under Capt. Armistead Shelton;  Feb 1781 when Cornwallis was approaching with nine others, took horses and rifles and set out to harass British pickets.  4th - Tour  entered Capt. Thomas's Co as Private; fought at Guilford.
HUTCHINGS, Thomas.   Capt.., Continental Line 6th Va Reg. Led Pitts. Co toGwynne's Island 1776.  Battle of Trenton
HUTCHINGS, Peter.   Cavalry; name appeared in War Department Records, but never received Bounty Land
IRBY, Charles.  Officer, Continental Line Cavalry
IRBY, David.*  Soldier.  Illinois volunteer, entitled to 200 acres of
land.  Enlisted 1776 under Capt. Thomas; Marched to Gwinn's Island driving Lord Dunmore from there;  ordered to Long Island on Holston River to put down Indians with Col. Haynes Morgan's Reg. 1778.  Enlisted under Capt. Dillard  for Illinois Expedition to Boonesboro, Ky;
there joined Col. George Clark and "took" possession of whole country."
Fought in Battle of Guilford.  July 1781 marched from Peytonsburg to Winchester guarding 975 prisoners.
IRBY, John.  Soldier.  County Militia.  At Battle of Guilford under
Capt. Thomas Smith
IRONMONGER, Cornelius.  Lt. County Militia
JEFFRIES, William.*   Soldier.  Volunteered 1777 in Richmond Co., 15th
Va Reg;  Continental Line.  At Valley Forge, winter of 1777; harassed Tories in area of Guilford Feb.-March, 1781.  Drafted 1781 under Capt. William Dix to Little York where Cornwallis surrendered.  Guarded British prisoners to Noland's Ferry
JOHNSON, Josiah.*  Soldier.  Continental Line.  Enlisted under French
officer at Elkton.Md.  His widow, Susan,  appealed under Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.  She believes he served three years.
JONES, Benjamin.    M.D. Soldier
JONES, Elisha.   Soldier.  Enlisted from Hanover 1777 in 1st Va Reg.,
Continental Line.  Artillery under Capt. Nathanial Burwell; isolated for smallpox.  Marched to Valley Forge; in Battle of Monmouth; wintered in N.J. under Gen. Knox.
JONES, Thomas, Sr.    Lt., County Militia
KENNON, Charles.   Officer, County Militia
KIRBY, John, Jr.   Soldier. Va Militia
LAIN, James  (LANE)   Soldier. 5th and 11th Continental Line
LAIN, Joseph.*   Soldier.  Volunteered from Bedford 1777. guarded lead
mines in Montgomery Co. Jan. 1781 volunteered to march to Burnt Mills near Suffolk.  Joining Muhlenburg Army.  Skirmishes, some killed.  Drafted Seat. 1781 for Siege of York and surrender of Cornwallis
LANIER, David.  Capt. Va Militia, Capt. of Henry Co. Militia at Battle
Guilford;  Pitts Officer before the division
LANKFORD, Benjamin.   Major and Lt. Col. Pittsylvania Militia in
177-1778.  Committee of Safety, Justice, Delegate to Continental Convention
LaPRADE, Andrew.   Soldier.  Continental Line.  Died in service.
LEWIS,  Zacherias.   Soldier. 10th Va. reg., Continental Line
LIGGON, Joseph.,    Capt.
LIPFORD, Anthony P.*   Soldier.  Substituted in 1780 for George Wright
at Cumberland Court house;  attached to 4th Reg. under Col. Stubblefield at Hillsboro; at Rougeley's Mills before Camden where American Army was defeated.  2nd Tour  - drafted under Capt. William Meredith at Cumberland;  attached to 3rd Va under Col. Wilson.  Marched with Lafayette to meet Gen. Wayne at Raccoon Ford.
MAID, James.   Lt., County Militia.  Under Capt. Gabriel Shelton
Feb-Mar., 1781 in N.C, harassing Tories
McHAYNEY, Terry.   Served with Griffith Dickinson in deep South. three
yrs. 1st co.,  3d Batt. Southern Army.
McLAUGHLIN, Charles.   Patriot.
McMAHAN,  John
MARTIN, Joseph.,    Capt. Indian Expedition, 1776
MARTIN, Joshua,   Capt. County Militia
MARTIN,  Josiah.
MARTIN, William Peters.   Officer, County Militia. Clerk, Committee of
Safety
MAYES, William
MITCHELL, James   Ensign 1777; 1st Lt. 1780
MORGAN, Haynes.   Col., Commanded Pittsylvania 2nd Battalion;  later all Va. State Infantry.  Cherokee Expedition, 1776; Col. Va. Militia 1776-1779.
MORTON, Jehu.   Officer, County Militia
MORTON, Joseph.   Officer.  County Militia.  Commanded Co. at Battle
Guilford
MORTON, John,   Officer, County Militia
MOTLEY, Daniel,   Patriotic service;  wagoner for Continental troops
MOTLEY, David,   Soldier.  3rd Va.  Continental Line.  Granted 100 acres Bounty Land
MUSTAIN, Avery.*  b. 26Feb.1756.   Soldier.  Volunteered 1776 under
Capt. Thomas Dillard.  Marched  to Gwinn's Island and assisted in driving off Lord Dunmore;  Co on Cherokee Expedition, 1776.  Returned before Christmas 1776.  Drafted 1780 under Capt. Isaac Clement to go south;  fought in Battle of Camden where Americans were defeated.  1781 volunteered under Capt. Gabriel Shelton who got sick.  Under Lt.
James Maid, to N.C. to harass Tories, but not in the Battle of Guilford.  Aug. 1718 drafted to go to Siege of York.  Present at surrender of Cornwallis.  Detached to guard prisoners to Noland's Ferry
NANCE, James Sr.*   b. 02Feb.1762 in Amelia County.  Moved to Wake Co. 1801.  Entered service in Pittsy. Co.  Soldier.  Drafted Feb. 1779 from Amelia under Capt. William Fitzgerald;  marched to Camp Stono, S.C. under Gen. Lincoln.  In Battle of Stono; discharged as fifer.  1780 served two months.  Fall of 1780 drafted three months under Capt. Charles Irby.  4th Tour - enlisted in Cavalry under Capt. Charles Irby.  Not
getting a horse, changed tour with Elisha Gunn to join Gen. Greene in
opposition.  In Battle of Guilford
NANCE, William M.*    b. 18Jan1760 in Amelia Co. Moved to Pittsylvania Co in 1781. Soldier.  Enlisted 1777 from Amelia as substitute for William Mitchell;  marched to Williamsburg and Hampton.  No battles.  Feb. 1779 drafted under Capt. William Fitzgerald;  marched to Camp Stono, in Battle of Stono.  Orderly Sergeant.  Drafted to
Siege of Yorktown.
NEAL, John.   County Militia.  Soldier.  volunteered 1778 under Capt.
John Donelson to Hatfield's Fort in Montgomery Co. against the Indians.  Feb. 1781 volunteered under Capt. Isaac Clement to Boy's Ferry, joined Co under Col. Peter Perkins for Battle of Guilford.  Aug. 1781 drafted under Capt. William Dix; marched to Siege of York, engaged in throwing up entrenchments until surrender.  guarded British prisoners to Noland's Ferry on Potomac.
NEWTON,  Henry.   b. 1755 in Mecklenburg Co.  Moved to Pittsylvania Co.  Soldier.  Drafted 1780 in Mecklenburg; marched south; in Battle of Camden.  Drafted 1781 ; marched to Raccoon Ford, joining the army of Lafayette , proceeding to Jamestown; discharged June 1781.  July 1781 drafted under Capt. John Collier at Yorktown.
NEWTON, William.   Soldier.  In service with brother Henry Newton
NICHOLAS, Charles.   1st Va Reg.
PAULIN  (PAULING?), ____.      Capt. Continental Line.
PAYNE, Abraham.   Officer, County Militia
PAYNE, John. Sr.   Officer, County Militia.  Committee of Safety.
PAYNE, Reuben.   Ensign, Capt.. County Militia, Justice; 1776-1778
fought Indians; 1779-80-81 in Souther campaign.
PAYNE, Robert.   Officer, County Militia.
PAYNE, William.   Capt. Continental Army under George Washington
PERKINS, Harden.   Ensign 6th Va Reg., Continental Line, 1776;  2nd Lt.
Apr. 15, 1777; resigned Apr. 26 1778
PERKINS, Peter.   Committee of Safety, 1776. Capt., Major, Lt. Col.
(1776-1778)  and Col. of Pittsylvania Militia.   Indian Expedition 1776.  Rougeley's Mill (Camden), 1780. command at Guilford;  Commissary of General Hospital in his house, Berry Hill.
POINDEXTER, Peter.  Patriot
PROSIZE, Daniel.   Soldier, Continental Line
RAGSDALE, Daniel.   Patriot.
RAGSDALE, William   Officer, County Militia
REYNOLDS, Barlett.   Soldier, Dillards Co., Va. State Line
REYNOLDS, Richard Spencer.   Soldier.  Henderson's  Co., Va. State Line.
REYNOLDS, William   Ensign. County Militia
ROACH, James.  b. in Charlotte Co. Va.  Soldier,  Inf. Bounty Land
Warrant not received.  Drafted in Charlotte Co., Mar. 1781, at 16 years under Capt. Davenport.  Marched to Raccoon Ford joining Lafayette, guarded magazine at Louisa while Co. marched to Jamestown.  Discharged June, 1781; Drafted July 1781, to Yorktown.  At surrender.
ROBERTSON, Edward.   Soldier
ROBERTS, Joseph.   Lt. Co. Militia.  Gwynne's Island. 1776.  Indian
Expedition 1776
ROGERS, Joseph.   Civil service
SEAY, Austin, Sr.   Soldier
SEAY, Matthew, Crpl.   Drafted Oct. 1780 from Amelia Co; Corp. under
Capt. Creed Haskins in Va. troops; Stoner's Mill, Chuckatuck, Mills Sleepy Hole, Ferry and Suffolk; discharged Apr. 1781,  Drafted Apr. 1781 under Gen. Lawson.  1781 attached to Va. State Legion
SEAY, Nathan.   Soldier.  Served  with Essex Worsham at Cabin Point,
Stoner's Mill, Chuckatuck Mills, etc
SHELTON, Abraham.   Officer, County Militia.  Committee of Safety, 1775  Court of Inquiry.  Escheator, Commissioner of Provisions for County Militia.
SHELTON, Armistead.   Officer County Militia
SHELTON, Beverley.   Lt., County Militia.
SHELTON, Crispin.   Officer, County Militia.  Committee of Safety
SHELTON,  Daniel.    Officer,  County Militia.  Committee of Safety
SHELTON, Elisha.
SHELTON, Gabriel.   Officer,  County Militia.  Committee of Safety
Feb-Mar., 1781 led Co. to N.C.
SHELTON, Leroy.   Soldier.  Henry Burnett's Co to Charlotte C.H., underBuckley to Malvern Hill, then under Capt. William Clark to Jamestown.
SHELTON, Vincent.   Lt., County Militia.  With Capt. Gabriel Shelton
Feb.-Mar., 1780 harassing Tories in N.C.
SHELTON, Spencer.  Lt., County Militia
SHELTON, Young.   Capt., County Militia
SHIELDS,  James.   Officer, County Militia
SHORT,  Neilly
SHORT, William.   Officer, County Militia.  committee of Safety, Court
of Inquiry.
SMITH, Burwell.   Lt., County Militia.  Indian Expedition 1776
SMITH, John.*   Soldier.  County Militia.  Battles of Guilford and
Yorktown
SMITH, Joseph.   Substituted Jan. 1781 for Harmon Miller Cabin Point.
2nd Tour- substituted for his father; served at Point of Fork
SMITH, Ralph.   Capt. Bedford Militia
SMITH, Reubin.   Soldier.  Taylor's Va. Reg., Buckingham pension
SMITH, Thomas.   Capt.., County Militia; 6th Va. Reg., Continental
Line.  Fought at Guilford
STONE, John
STONE, Joshua.  Capt., County Militia.  Led Co. Winter 1781 to support
Gen. Green, harassing British and Tories near Guilford
STREET, Anthony.   Capt.
STREET, David.   Washington's army at Battle of Germantown
SWEPSTON, John
TERRY, John.   County Militia, Battle of Guilford.
THOMAS,  Carter.   Soldier.  Co. Militia
THOMAS,  Dillard.   Capt.
THOMAS, James
THOMPSON, Jennings.*   Drafted 1781 from Amelia under Capt. John
Knight;  to Richmond; thence to Malvern Hill and Williamsburg. Instructed to procure cattle for Army use.  discharged last of Oct. 1781
TODD, William
TOWLER, Joseph.  Soldier.  continental Line   Citation for six years
service.  Enlisted 177713th Va. Reg.   Bounty of 4555 acres.
TUGGLE Ludowick.   Officer, County Milita
TURNER, James.   Capt.
VADEN, Burwell.  Patriot
VAUGHN, John
WALL,  Peter.*   Soldier.  Enlisted in Dinwiddie Co, as substitute for
Richard Whitehead in Jan. 1781; to Cabin Pt., Burnt Mills.  2nd Tour- June 1781.  Guarded British prisoners at Winchester; Discharged 1781
WALL, Charles.  Capt. 2nd Va., State Reg.  Continental Line.  Led Co to
Cabin Pt. 1781
WALL, William.   Officer, County Militia; Committee of Safety; Patriot
WALTERS, John.*   Capt., County Militia
WALTERS,  Robert, County Militia, battle of Guilford
WEST,  John.  Sgt.
WHITE, Raleigh,  Sr.   Doctor, soldier of Cavalry.
WILBURN, Thomas.   Soldier, Prince Edward Militia
WILLIAMS, Charles,   Capt., County; Capt. of Co at Siege of York.
Guarded prisoners to Noland's Ferry
WILLIAMS, James M. Soldier  At Guilford.
WILLIAMS, Joseph.  Ens. Co.  Militia.  Indian Expedition, 1776
WILLIAMS, Robert,   County Lt. 1778-1779. Colonel, Militia.  Patriot.
Committee of Safety.
WILLIAMS, Thomas.   Soldier at Massey's Ferry
WILSON, John.   Col. in County Militia.  County Lt. Committee of Safety
WINN, John    Capt. County Militia.  Fall, 1780 led Co to Hillsboro to
support Greene. March 1781 led Co to Battle of Guilford.  July, 1781, led Co. guarding 975 British prisoners from Peytonburg to Winchester.
WITCHER, William.   Capt.-Col County Militia.  Indian Expeditions
1776-1777.  Member of the Committee of  Safety.  Vestryman, Justice; led Company to Stono Inlet. S.C. 1779.  Led Co to Hillsboro to support Gen. Green Winter 1780.  Fought with Col. Campbell's riflemen at Guilford.
WOMACK. William, III.  Soldier
WOODING, Robert.   Col. County Lt. of Halifax Co.
WORSHAM, Essex.*   Drafted in Amelia Co., fall 1778 marched to Min's
Ferry on James River.  Re-enlisted 1779 as substitute for brother Henry.  Marched to Williamsburg, thence to Jamestown, Mattapony and Pamunky Rivers.  Drafted 1780 marched to Suffolk and Edmond's Hill near Norfolk.  3rd Tour- Enlisted as substitute for brother, Canon; marched to Williamsburg;   became ill and was discharged Aug. 1781
WRAY, David.*    b. Brunswick 1751 in Brunswick Co.  Soldier.  Indian
Expedition 1778 on border of New River.   2nd Tour- joined Gen. Lincoln in S.C. 1780; guarded prisoners from Cowpens to Va.   At Guilford guarded wagon train
WYNNE, John.   Officer, County Militia
YATES, Matthew.  Soldier.  Drafted from Amelia, Oct., 1781.  Marched to
Stoner's Mill, Etc.  April 1781, a few days after getting, drafted again, marched to Stoners's Mill,  April 1781, a few days after getting home, drafted again.  Enlisted Aug. 1781 with Capt. Richardson in Va. State Legion, moved to Pittsylvania
YATES, Stephen,    Capt. Va. State Line
  Transcribed by Anita Avery

An Intimate History of the American Revolution in Pittsylvania County by Frances Hurt. Many little-known family stories, scores of surnames, roster of Pittsylvania soldiers. Illustrated and fully indexed, reprinted in hard cover. $17 postpaid. Send order to:
Pittsylvania Historical Society c/o Susan Worley, 380 Greenbay Road, Chatham VA 24531

ABSTRACTS OF REV WAR PENSION FILES, VOL III N-Z, abstracted by Virgil D. White, located at the American Antiquarian Society Library in Worcester, MA. 06 Dec 1996; pg 3704: WATSON, William VA Line S17752 b 05 Sep 1742 and lived in Pittsylvania Co and moved to Anderson Co KY. He later moved to Posey Co., IN where he applied for his pension. He died at the age of 104. Note: Records of Lois Johnson on file at the Virginia Archives in Richmond prove this William Watson was not the son of the John Watson who died in 1802.

  "Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files"
gives the following information:

CRAWLEY, Thomas, (wife) Margaret, R2476, GA, NC & VA Line, soldier was born
25 April, 1755 in Amherst Co. VA and lived in Pittsylvania Co. VA, at
enlistment.  He later moved to Guilford Co. NC, and also enlisted there,
then moved to Surry Co. NC, where he was living in 1788.  He then moved to
White Co. TN, and was there in 1818 and applied for pension there 9
October, 1832.  Thomas died 7 July, 1843, in Van Buren Co. TN.  He had
married Margaret ____ on 3 March, 1786, in Stokes or Surry Co. NC, and she
died 5 December, 1844, in Van Buren Co. TN, aged 83 leaving children:
Nancy, Catharine, John, Henry and Thomas.  (Three other children had
already died: Samuel, Asa and Mary.)

Because of the source, I presume this information is correct and so Thomas
may qualify to be listed with the Revolutionary War soldiers from
Pittsylvania Co.
I am not sure where you might want to add this information and will leave
that to your judgment.  Thomas was my g-g-g-g-grandfather.

Submitted by Jerry McClure <jmac23@ipa.netSubject:

WILLIAM DEVIN, SR. , b. c1724 in Dublin, Ireland, m. Sarah Smith in Ireland
and they settled in Chatham area, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Colony.  He
was a Seargeant in Infantry, Virginia Continental Line and received a
certificate for balance of full pay, according to Act passed November Session
1781. (War Records No. 4, p. 166)  His children were Joh, James, William,
Jr., Mray, Robert, Joseph, Margaret, Sarah and Alexander. He is proven as a
patriot through lineage for membership in Daughters of the American
Revolution.   He paid taxes in 1767 in the Virginia Colony and served on
Grand Jury.

    I would like to have John Doss of Pittsylvania CO added
to the list of Revolutionary War Soldiers...it is very strongly
believed he was one of the older sons of James Doss, SR ...he
married Mary Margaret Shields in Christ Church Parish in 1785
and filed his application for pension in 1825 in Marion CO, TN...I
have his application papers...he is listed in "Some Tennessee
Heroes of the Revolution, Pamphlet II, (copy found in Danville
Library) by Zella Armstrong ," Abstracts of War Pension Files by
Virgil White, A-D ",Bledsoe County Tennessee, A History" by
Elizabeth Robnett. article by Zella Armstrong,
"Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Sequatchie"(TN).

    He enlisted May 17, 1777 in Pittsylvania CO, VA under
Capt Thomas Dillard, Col. Haynes Morgan and others.  He
was granted a pension(file S38669) in 1826.  He was a
private and served in The Virginia Line for the term of two
years, Apr 1777 to March 1779 he most likely served in
2nd Regiment Virginia Continental Line.  He died
September 16, 1838.  He is buried in Sequatchie CO, Tn
along with other Revolutionary War Veterans.
 
Contributed by Sandra Samoyedny
                         badpuppy@cyberback.com

State of Illinois, Jackson County

On the 3rd day of September, 1832, personally appeared in open court before
the County Commissioners Court of Jackson County now sitting, Joseph T
Williams, a resident of the said county in the state of Illinois, aged 76
years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832.  That in the year 1776 as near as he the deponant can
recollect, he was a resident of Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia
and on the 2nd day of April of said year he turned out as a volunteer to go
against the Cherokee Indians.  The Captain of the company to which he
belonged was of the name of John Donelson under the command of Irwin (?)
Shelby on a tour of three months.  The force marched to the Long Islands in
the River Holston.  To this place a great many of the Cherokees came and
there they made a treaty with the Americans, then the force was discharged
and sent home.  In this expedition against the Indians his assignment was an
orderly sergent.

In the month of February 1779 this deponant was called out for a five
months tour as a drafted militia man in a company commanded by Captain
William Witcher in a regiment commanded by David Mason and was immediately
marched ---?--- south and joined the
continental troops under General Linkhon at a place called --?— a place
southwest of Charleston not long before the battle at ---?---.  He and the
militia with him were attached to and served
with the regular troops during the whole campagn.  He was discharged at
Camden SC by a written discharge by his captain which said discharge he
still has, of which the following is a
true copy---
  "Camden SC
  "This is to certify that Joseph Terry Williams a
  "Sergeant in my company of militia from
  "Pittsylvania has served his tour of duty and is
  "discharged.   Given under my hand this 23rd
  "day of July 1779.
                Wm Witcher, Capt.

In the winter of 1780 and of which Gen Green was retreating through the
country before the approaching British under the command of Lord Cornwallis,
Green called on the militia for a
tour of duty.  This deponant turned out as a volunteer in a company
commanded by Capt Steven Coleman under the command of Col Peter Perkins and
joined the army of regulars under Gen Green at Davis (?) River in the state
of Virginia.  Green continued close to the enemy during the whole tour but
saw no battle but some slight skirmishes and as the one Whitsill's Mill and
was
discharged a copy of which is as follows and the original still remains in
his hands.  "Jos Terry Williams is hereby discharged from my company of
militia - given at Camden, Guilford County
North Carolina 12 Mar 1781---Stephen Coleman, Capt.

During the last mentioned tour this deponant served as quarter master
sergent.

During the year 1781 or 1782 this deponant was called out on a tour of duty
and put to driving public wagons and teams transporting public stores to and
from Halifax old town, was
regular and constant in the said employment, subject to the order of the
deputy quartermaster in the regular service, served the tour out of three
months as he believes and was regularly
discharged by Wm McGraw the said deputy quartermaster but whether he
received from said officer a written discharge or not the deponant cannot
say.  If he did it has been lost.  It might have been in this as in his
first tour that he never thought it worth his while to apply for a written
discharge as the officer who would give it lives in his immediate
neighborhood.  This is all the service this deponant did and he has no
documentary testimony then to offer in proof of such service.  The original
of the discharges he has herein copied are still in his hands subject to
the inspection of anyone and the deponant says he has no one now within his
power by whom he could prove his actual service as there are so few of the
old Revolutionary soldiers yet living and
they so scattered over this widely extended country.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any
agency of any state.

Interrogatories propounded by the court:

QUESTION 1  Where and in what year were you born?

ANSWER  I was born in the county that was afterward Pittsylvania but at the
time it was Halifax Co, in the year 1756.

QUESTION 2  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?

ANSWER  I have it was on a leaf of my father's Bible and the book was about
to fall pieces.  I took out the said leaf and now have it in my possession.
It is in my father's handwriting and I have no doubt it is correct.

QUESTION 3  Where were you living when called into service?   Where have you
lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?

ANSWER  In the county of Pittsylvania Virginia when first called out.  From
thence he moved to Tennessee, Sumner Co.  Thence to Wilson Tennessee  thence
to Jackson Co Illinois where I now live.

QUESTION 4  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you
volunteer or were you a substitute and is so for whom?

ANSWER He volunteered three tours and was drafted for one to wit his tour of
five months above mentioned.

QUESTION 5  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with
the troops where you served such Continental and militia regiments as you
can recollect] and the general
circumstances of you service.

ANSWER  General Green commanded in the west before Lord Cornwallis in his
tour.  In his second tour his commander-in-chief was General Linkhon.  He
was at Salsberry soon after the defeat at Briar Creek and saw some of the
men who were in the battle one by the name of Frost a citizen of Salsbery.

QUESTION 6  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if so by whom
was it given and what has become of it.

ANSWER  He refers to the former part of this his declaration in answer to
this question.

QUESTION 7th  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your
present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity
and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

ANSWER  He refers to and gives up Green Lindsey a clergyman and Conrad Will
a citizen of this county.

Subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid.

                     Joseph T Williams

attest J Manning, clerk
 

We Green Lindsey, a clergyman residing in the county of Jackson and Conrad
Will, residing in the same place hereby certify that we are all well
acquainted with Joseph Terry Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy-six years of age and
that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur with the
deposition.
Sworn to and subscribed

                          Green Lindsey
                          Conrad Will

In open court the day and year aforesaid.  Attest

                          J Manning, clk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the interrogation
of the matter and after fielding the interrogation prescribed by the war
department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and
served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them
that Green Lindsey who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman,
resident in the county of Jackson and that Conrad Will who has also signed
the same is a resident in the same county and is a reliable person and the
their statement is entitled to belief.

                           Benj H Conner
                           George Creath
                           Alexander Cochran

State of Illinois Jackson County.   I Joel Manning, clerk of the county
commissioners and of Jackson County Illinois do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter
of the application of Joseph T. Williams for a pension.  On testimony of
which I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this twenty third day
of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.

                         Joel Manning, clerk

State of Illinois Jackson County

I Joel Manning, clerk of the county commissioners court of Jackson County
do hereby testify that George Creath, Alexander Cochran and Benjamin F
Conner who have signed the foregoing certificate , were at the time of
signing the same and still are the three judges of the said court duly
elected and qualified.   Given under my hand and seal of office at
Brownsville in the said county this twenty third day of September one
thousand eight hundred and thirty three

                     J Manning, clerk

From Rev War Pension Application Film at the National Archives,
Federal Center, Denver CO

Brownsville Oct 19 1833
Sire,

I send enclosed the original discharges of Joseph T Williams hoping that
this will remove every objection to the allowance of his claim.  An early
attention to the subject desirable as the old gentlemen is in a low state of
health probably the effects of old age and hard labour and really is in much
need of the discharge of that debt which the country has so long owed the
Revolutionary soldiers.

There is a case in this neighborhood of the following description:

Peter Golliher was drafted to stand in readiness for a six months tour of
duty and greatly often was called out and was marched toward Yorktown (at
the time Cornwallis was there) to join the army at that place and when
within a few miles of the army was taken sick (of the scarlet fever) and so
---?--- for some time
then not fit for duty received a furlough on account of his ill health and
was by his friend taken home before the expiration of the six months for
which he was drafted but remained sick and unable to perform any business
for nearly a year. Without putting the department to the trouble of
investigating a claim which can be of no benefit to the claimant I wish you
to inform me whether in case the facts were made out as above stated the
said Peter Golliher couldbe allowed as for six months service.

With much respect, your obedient servant

                   Joel Manning

Rev War Pension File of Joseph T Williams
Viewed at National Archives, Federal Center, Denver CO
Brownsville Jackson Co Illinois
                               Feb 7, 1834

Dear Sir,

You will recollect that sometime since I made an application for a pension
for an old gentlemen of our county by the name of Joseph T Williams.

This declaration was in the first instance returned with objections.  These
were obviated or attempted to be and the Declaration returned to the
Department.  I then received a communication requiring that his original
discharges from service mentioned in his declaration should be sent to the
Department.  I
accordingly obtained them from the old man, copied them, enclosed the
originals and directed them to the Department.  This was about the middle of
October last since which time I have heard nothing upon the subject.  I
however expected mail after mail a communication supposing the delay was
---?--- by the press of business until the last mail brought me the
allowance of the pension of ---?--- Lipe whose declaration was sent long
after the original discharges of Mr Williams.  This circumstance incurs me
to think that the delay cannot be occasioned by the theory of business as I
before supposed.  I therefore write this for
information upon the subject.

I wish to make an inquiry concerning the application for a pension of Jesse
Gordan also of our county.  His declaration was just returned with
objections, was amended and sent back.  It as a second time returned with
the note --"The claimant must produce or at least make an effort to produce
some evidence of his service as a non-commissioned officer and as to his
service as a Lieut.  The regulation of the department is imperative.  Must
produce his commission or satisfactory evidence he was duly
commissioned and served in that capacity for the time alleged.

Mr Gordon claims to have served ---?--- or nearly so as a Lieut and also a
long time in the capacity of sergent ---?---.  He has not given up his claim
but is still searching for evidence.  He has found where a brother of his
resides of whom he has not heard for many years.  By him he hopes to be able
to make satisfactory proof of his services as a non-commissioned officer.
Now the question I wish to ask is this, in case he able to make such proof
by his brother and should wave for the present his claim for service as
Lieut and be allowed a pension as non-commissioned officer whether hereafter
after making satisfactory proof of his service as Lieut his pension could be
increased to what it would have been in case he had made such proof in the
first instance.

His age, infirmity and poverty will at once suggest the reason for this
inquiry.

I mentioned in a former communication a case of a person of this county by
the name of Peter Golliher.  Will you please in our answer to this to answer
my inquiry in that case also.

Your servant with much regard

                          Joel Manning

To J L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Rev War Pension File of Joseph Terry Williams
Viewed at National Archives, Federal Center, Denver CO

Camden South Carolina

This is to certify that Joseph Terry Williams a sergant in my
company of militia from Pittsylvania has served his tour of duty
and is discharged.  Given under my hand this 23rd day of July
1779.

                      Wm Witcher, Capt
Joseph Terry Williams is hereby discharged from my company of
militia given at Camden, Guilford County North Carolina 12th
month 1781.

                    Stephen Coleman  Capt --?--

Joseph Terry Williams Rev War Pension File
Viewed at National Archives, Federal Center, Denver CO

Brownsville Jackson County Illinois

Sir,
I return to the department the application of Joseph T Williams,
Robert Hiatt (?) and Hesekiah Davis with the accompanying briefs
after having made such amendments as appeared to me to be
sufficient from instructions.  I have altogether refrained from
medling with any other part of the application as that would
disarrange the examination which has been made by the department.

I drew the conclusion that the only defect in the ---?---
referred to in Ques XVI was that the sheet of paper which
contained the seals was not attached in the manner subscribed in
the explanatory note to the said ques and I was confirmed in this
opinion by the particular direction in the brief accompanying
Joseph T Williams application.  If I have misapprehended the
objection, I shall of course be informed.

The other applications will probably be returned after the next
term of our court.

The delay in this matter has been occassioned by my absence for a
long time and it is hoped that the department has by this time so
far relieved itself from the great throng of business that has
been thrown upon it as to be able to soon to act upon these
applications.
              Your obedient servant
                Joel Manning

J L Edwards, Esq.
 

Rev War Pension File of Joseph Terry Williams
Viewed National Archives, Federal Center, Denver CO
Contributed by Jane Snidow
jpsnidow@hotmail.com

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