Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38481, William York, N.C.
Page 1

(3-1776)
Service 
NC.
[5 pointed star]
York, William
NUMBER
S.38481
Sol, died 1830
CONTENTS
Page 2

38481
---
Revy INVALID.
File No. 38481
William York
[illegible] Rev War
---
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 596
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Page 3

Monticello, Ga., Aug. 8, 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you send me a statement of the history of Jesse Vaughan S38400 [Handwritten Service Number],
Revolutionary Pensioner in Brunswick County, Va., in 1840, and of
William York S38481 [Handwritten Service Number], Revolutionary Pensioner in Hall county, Ga., in 1835?

Respectfully,
J.D. Blackwell
[Stamp] 1923 OFFICE
Page 4

Georgia Original Claim County of Hall Superior Court on the 17th day of September 1823 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County aforesaid William York resident in the County of Hall is said an aged sixty five years who who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made of the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and of 1st May 1820 that the said William York enlisted for the term of six months this declarant thinks about September seventeen hundred & seventy six in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Henry Dixon Capt in the Regiment commanded by Colo Clark in the time of the State of North Carolina Continental establishment that he continued to serve the said corps until the expiration of the said term of six months when he again enlisted in the same service in the same corps under the same commanders for the Term of twelve months that he continued in said service until the expiration of the said term of time that he was stationed at Wilmington during said term in North Carolina that this declarant to the end of the term of service aforesaid enlisted again in the same corps in Willmington during the war under the command of the same officers that he continued in the said Corps to do service until the end of the war that he was not regularly discharged from the service that he was on furlough when the corps broke up
Page 5

at the high hills at Ganter and that he had no opportunity of getting one. That he was in the battles of Cross Creek generally called defeating of the Scotch in North Carolina Brandywine, German Town, Monmouth, and that was taken prisoner at the seige of Charlston and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except his own oath And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemly 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 sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled --- an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 1811 day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed I have no property except my wearing apparel I have no family my occupation a farmer I am getting infirm unable to perform much service Sworn to & declared on the 17 day of September 1823 David McCluskey Clk  William York his mark
Page 6

William York
Revolutionary Claim
Page 7

I David H McLusky Clerk of the superior Court of said County of Hall & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and I do hereby further certify that it is the opinion of the court that at the declarant has perform the said declared and that he has not property the credibility of the declarant having been established by three disinterested and respectable witnesses. Given under my hand & private seal there being record of office this 17 day of Sept 1823 David H McCluskey Clk
Page 8

19185Georgia William York of Hall Co in the state of Georgia who was a Private in the Comp  commanded by Captain Dixon commander Colonel  Clark in the N Carolina ..., for the term of ... War on Roll  Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th of September 1823 Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Jan [?] and  sent to David H McClusky ... Hall Co ... Georgia
 of paid Semi anl. all'ce ending  4 March 1824
$44.64 | $44.64 Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. March 1 1823
dated June 29 1830 see Agency book
Page 9

   From the papers on the pension claim, S. 38481, it appears that William York enlisted in September 1776, served in Capt. Henry Dixon's Company, Col. Clark's N. C. Regiment, was in the battles of Cross Creek, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, and served until the end of the Revolution. He was allowed pension on his application executed Sept. 17, 1823, at which time he was a resident of Hall Co. Ga. aged sixty-five years. He died June 29, 1830. There is no data on file as to his family. Respectfully, Washington Gardner Commissioner.
This is last part of a letter to J.D. Blackwell Monticello  Ga. dated Sept 29, 1923 see first part in Jesse Vaughan S38450