Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18127, for William Moorhead, South Carolina
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S.C. Moorhead, William S.18127
or
Morehead
carded
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State of South Carolina
Union District
To wit
On this the thirty first day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
seven personally appeared in the court of ordinary
for the district and state aforesaid before
John J. Pratt the judge of said court now 
sitting William Moorhead a resident of the 
district 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
act of congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
in the winter of 1779 in the company commanded
by Captain Robert Montgomery attached to Colonel
James [?] regiment which belonged to the 
command of General Lincoln; that he joined
the company at the ten mile spring near Charleston
South Carolina for a tour of three months
which he served out as a private - That he
remained at the ten mile spring the whole
period of three months and was discharged as
Deponent thinks in March 1780; at the time
he entered the service he was a citizen of
that part of South Carolina now called Union district
in [?] miles of where he now lives - Deponent
is satisfied that from the time he left home
until he returned it was more than three
months but he enlisted the services for a three
months tour of duty.
That he again entered the service as a
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private in the summer of 1782 at the Bacons Bridge
on Edisto river South Carolina; he was there under
the command of Captain or Lieutenant Nicholas
Jasper who acted as a captain & was attached to the 
battalion commanded by Major Benjamin Jolly - 
That he remained at Bacons Bridge for three
months during which time he was engaged in no
actions but during the time he was stationed at
Bacons Bridge he went under the command of
Major Jolly to Ashley ferry & took five boats
belonging to the British & carried them on
waggons about five miles from the river - 
that he was discharged at the expiration of three
months from the time he entered the service
which was not very long before the British
evacuated Charleston
That he entered the service of the United States
in February 1783 in an expedition against the
Cherokee indians at the time he entered the service
he was a citizen of the district & state aforesaid
that the company to which he belonged rendezvoused
at a place known by the name of the Black house
in Union District and this deponent was under 
the command of Capt Montgomery attached to
Major Benjamin Jolly battalion under the
command of General Pickens, that they marched
from Union District across the blue ridge at Hiwassee
or [?] & went from the place of starting
several hundred miles; during which they 
burnt several towns, but had no general
engagement with the indians, but some
skirmishing - That he was discharged on
his return with the troops in April 1783 &
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[This is the form used by the Pension Bureau
to summarize service. It has entries but they are
too faint to transcribe.]
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Wm Morehead
SC

Admd[?] for 8 mos
$26.66 pe ann

SCmilitia

Send to the Clerk
of the Court
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and state aforesaid and duly authorized to
administer oaths and that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have sworn to set my hand and seal of office this twenty sixth day of
June eighteen hundred & thirty seven
J Rogers clk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENTS
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 29th 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," William Morehead
-
a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, 
has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838
to the 4th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present
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18127
INVALID

File No. 18127
William Morehead
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: -Vol. 1,  Page 266

Arrangement of 1870

Circular [?]
J. M. Mallory - Feb 15, 1910
1916, Apr. 17 Hist to Mrs W. J. Milkins
1923, Feb 1 hist to J. M. Mallory - Eu
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Rev Sec 1

Gaffney S.C.
April 7 1916

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C - 
Do the names of either 
John Moorhead from 1730
or William b.1761 of S.C - troops
appear on the Pension
rools.
Mrs. W. J. Wilkins
Gaffeny S.C

[Stamped]
U S PENSION OFFICE
C
APR 10 1916
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ESB
ORD
Address: "The Adjutant General,
War Department, Washington, D.C."

WAR DEPARTMENT.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON Jany 10. 1923

Respectfully returned to
Mr J.M. Mallory
425 Bull St
Savannah, Ga
The name given within has not
been found on the records in this
office of soldiers of the Revolutionary
War from the State mentioned.
The collection of Revolutionary
War records in this office is
far from complete, and it is suggested
as a possibility that the
desired information may be obtained
from the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., or from
the authorities of the State referred
to within.

[Stamped]
US PENSION OFFICE
JAN 15 1923

Robert C. Davis
The Adjutant General.
PerB
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3.7.[illegible]
Central of Georgia Railway Company
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT
J.M. MALLORY
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL AGENT

SAVANNAH. GA.. Januaru 7, 1923

War Department,
Bureau of Revolutionary Records,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
I will be greatly obliged if you will give me the official record of William Moorhead, a soldier from South Carolina in the American Revolution.

Yours truly,
[Signature] J. M. Mallory
[Print] J.M. Mallory,
425 Bull Street,
Savannah, Georgia.

IO Received A. G. O. JAN 9
[Stamp] RECEIVED
JAN 9-1923
OLD RECORDS DIVN.

[Circle Stamp]
[Illegible] O JAN 15 1923 OFFICE.
U S.
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CENTRAL OF GEROGIA RAILWAY COMPANY
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT
J.M. MALLORY
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL AGENT

SAVANNAH, GA.. January 13, 1923

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
If you will give me the record requested of the Adjutant General in my letter of January 7th attached the courtesy and trouble will be very much appreciated.
Yours truly,
[Signature] J.M. Mallory
[Print] J. M. Mallory,
425 Bull Street,
Savannah, Georgia.

[Circle Stamp] [Illegible] O JAN 15 1923 OFFICE
U S.

[Illegible Half Circle]
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[This sheet is the backside of a typed letter.]
[Stamped]
RECORD DIVISION
FEB 7 1910
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425 Bull Street,
Savannah, Georgia, Febry.3, 1910
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
May I trouble you to ascertain if your records show the name of Lieutenant William Morehead, (probably spelled Muirhead), an officer in the American Army from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you, I am, [Faintly] FEB 7-1010
Yours truly,
[Signature] J.M. Mallory.

[Sidways Circle Stamp] Pension A FEB 5 1910 OFFICE. 
U. S.