Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38667, William Douglass, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                 *                             Number
N.C.            Douglass, William             S. 38667
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CONTENTS
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38667
INVALID
Ray
File No.  38667
William Douglass
In Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:--Vol. S, Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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West
4.828
Roll of Tennefsee  (Tennessee)
William Douglafs  (Douglass)
North Carolina ry. (x)
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Capt Dixon             Private - 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Tennefsee - (Tennessee)
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 8th of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Decm 1810
and sent to John McNairy Esqr District Judge
Nashville  -
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.   3M: 24/31 x 4/30 - 31.25
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819  - 48.
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$79.25
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
The War
Davidson by
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[handwritten]

Hamel Tatum maketh Oath that he
was an Officer of the 1st North Carlina [sic] Regiment
commanded in Succession by Col James Moore
Francis Nash and Thomas Clark that William
Douglass
Joined the same regiment in the month
of October 1775. as a Soldier in Capt Henry
Dixons Company of the said regiment and
served as a Soldier in that regiment until the
12th May 1780. when he was captured at
the siege of Charlstown [sic] that he afterwards
was exchanged and went in company with me to
Williamsburgh [sic] in Virginia in the year 1781.
and was put under my command as one
of the men enlisted for the War, and from
thence marched to Petersburgh in Virginia at
which place I was furloughed home and the
Soldiers under my command were marched under the
command of Lieutenant Jesse Read to Hillsborough
in No. Carolina where the principal part of the
company I was informed and believe were
captured by the Tories commanded by a Colonel
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[handwritten]

Touring and I have been informed and believe
that William Douglass was captured at the same
time, this was in the month of Sept
1781 after which I never saw the said Douglass untill [sic]
the expiration of the War, and further
this deponant [sic] saith not
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the 8th of May 1818.
John McNairy District Judge &c
[illegible]
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[handwritten]

District of West Tennessee
William Douglass a citizen of the
County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee
came before me and claimed to be placed on the
Pension list of the United States, and after being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served
eight years in the revolutionary war, that he
first entered the service ^[insert] as a soldier in September 1775
under the command of Captain Henry
Dixon of the first North Carolina Regt
commanded in succession by Col. James
Moore, Francis Nash & Thomas Clark
and that he in entered in said service untill [sic] 
the end of the war. Further states that his 
discharge is lost or mislaid. That he is poor
and stands in much need of aid from his
Government
Sworn to subscribed before me this 8th day
of May 1818
William his P mark Douglass
John McNairy
District Judge &c
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This may certify that from my knowledge
of the Character of William Douglafs (Douglass) and may
Howel Tatons, who have made the foregoing
affidavits, I am will satisfied of the said
of the statements made them
John McNairy
District Judge
William Douglafs (left side sideway)