Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32608, William Wiggs, N.C.
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SERVICE 

N.C.  

Wiggs, William  

NUMBER 

S32608
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Illinois 13.410
William Wiggs
of Johnson Co. in the State of Illinois
who was a Private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Bryant of the Regt commanded
by Col Fellows in the N Carolina
line for 9 mos & 5 days
30  56/100

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
the rate of 30. Dollars 56 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July
1833 and sent to John
McIntire  Vienna Co Ill

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.          61.12
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33   15.28.
                                                                    $76,40
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by  Wm R Palmer  Clerk
Book    6    Vol.    8    Page 64
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Suspd: see let: to Danl
Hay: Esqr Pen: Agt: Carmi
Illinois — Jany 21, 1835 —
do. To D. Hay, March 30, 1835 =
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W. 20573
13. 410
William Wiggs
Johnson County
Illinois
Return
 [illegible]   [very light:  declarant]
Adm  9. Months and 5 days.
[very light] Wiggs makes his
mark in the  [illegible]
in rated Sept. 30
1834 his signature
[illegible] purports to be 
his is in a very legible
hand [end very light]
John McIntire Clerk
Johnson County
Illinois
Vienna P. Office
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 

 Pension Office, 

183 

Sir: 

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A statement, shewing the service of William Wiggs Johnson County Illinois 

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant’s service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 

Years. | Months. | Days. 

Vol. Not stated Vol “ 

Sub. “ 

for John Wiggs | | 5 

3 | 35 | Private 

“ 

“ | 

Capt Wm Fellows 

Liet Jacob Hocks 

Capt John Canada 

Joseph [illegible] | Generals Ash & Briant | |Main Co to Brunswick to South Carol. Agusta | About 76 years | Traditionary 

I am, respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

J. L. EDWARDS, 

Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 

The following regulations have been adopted: 

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 

1. The Regular Troops. 

2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 

3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 

4. Indian Spies. 

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

DECLARATION, 

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 

State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. 

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank] 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing finger icon]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal 

of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
Case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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 your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. 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.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____ and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit,
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.


MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

PROOF OF SERVICE.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] and [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Daniel D. Davidson Exam Clerk
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 State of Illinois                      April Term of the Circuit Court
Johnson County                            1833, 
              on this 26th day of April A.D. 1833 
personally appeared before Thomas C. Browne Judge of the Circuit Court now in Session for said County
William Briggs Resident of the County of Johnson & State of Illinois of the age of Seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. This declarant
States, that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the year A.D. 1775 or about that time, it was at the commencement of the war as well as the declarant can now recollect, I served a tour of duty of 35 days under the command of William Fellows as Captain & Jacob Hooks Lieut. - the company was ordered from Wayne County in North Carolina to guard the Town of Brunswick against the
British. The next tour of duty that this declarant done was, he volunteered his services in the defence of the United States for five months under the command of Cap John Canada as well as this declarant can now  (at this distant period of time) recollect the staff officers were Generals Ash & Briant, we marched into South Carolina & there I took sick & was sent back to Augusta in Georgia, I was there sick at the time of the defeat at Brier creek; I next volunteered my services as a substitute for my Uncle John Griggs for a tour of duty for three months under the command of Cap Joseph Sessions during this
time I was at the battle of Gilford in North Carolina where Genl Green commanded, during all this time I never stood a draft, but always volunteered my service in behalf of my Beloved country for the cause of liberty which I yet hold
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dear - I shall feel grateful to my country for which I fought, for any assistance she may render me in the decline of my life: I am now poor & unable to work. I have lost that precious [illegible] my eye sight. For the several tour of duties which I have here related I received from my commanding officers Honorable
discharges, but time & accident (not thinking that they would ever be of material service) hath distroyed them.  this declarant does not recollect any particular Regiment to which he belonged during his whole service, nor any other officers except those already mentioned. This declarant states that he was born in North Carolina the year 1758 or anear that time, as he now can recollect from traditionary circumstances, I have no record of my age when I joined the army of the United States. I lived with my
Father in Wayne County North Carolina I moved into the state of Tennessee since the Revolution from thence I moved to Kentucky, from thence into the State of Illinois in Johnson County where I now live & I am acquainted with Hezekiah West, James Jones Senr & John Sims persons of my present neighbourhood, who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution. This declarant relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any State. Sworn to subscribed the day and year aforesaid

His
William  X  Wiggs
mark

We Hezekiah West & James Jones Sen clergymen residing in the County of Johnson, State of Illinois John Sims residing in the County & State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
William Wiggs who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in in that  opinion  Sworn  & subscribed
the day year aforesaid
Hezekiah West
 James Jones

his
John  X  Sims
Mark
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and the said Court does hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 Hezekiah West James Jones [illegible] who has signed the preceding certificate Clergymen, resident in the County of Johnson State of Illinois and that John Sims, who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Johnson & State of Illinois and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
      I John McIntire Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Johnson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Wiggs for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
26th day of April A.D. 1833.
                                          John McIntire   Clk
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WMNF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

January 18, 1926

Honorable T. S. Williams
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Williams:
In response to your letter of the 15th instant, with
the enclosed letter of Mrs. P. T. Chapman, I have the hon-
or to advise you that from the papers in the Revolution-
ary War pension claim S. 32608 it appears that William
Wiggs was born in 1758 in North Carolina.

While living in Wayne County, North Carolina with his
father, he volunteered in 1775 and served thirty-five days
as a private in Captain William Fellows' North Carolina
Company.

He volunteered in 1779 and served five months as a
private in Captain John Canada's North Carolina Company.

He volunteered in 1781, served three months, as a sub-
stitute for his Uncle John Wiggs, in Captain Joseph Ses-
sions’ North Carolina Company and was in the battle of
Guilford.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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April 26, 1833 while a resident of Johnson County, Illinois.
There is no data on file as to his family, other
than the reference to his Uncle John Wiggs, and to father whose name is not given.
Very truly yours,

Date of death not on
 At 3
 
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

1 enclosure

Mrs Chapmen & this NC
had gotten this hist.
but as she seemed so anxious for
fam. data, I included all there was
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Carmi Ill
14th March                      ........Free


James L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[sideways]:

Mar 28
In Attention
Wm Wiggs
Ill's  note
No. 13410
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Carmi Illinois  ……………………. Pension Agents office
………………………………………..9th March 1835

Sir
your letter of …………………..last was received, which directed me to suspend any further payments to
William Wiggs a Revolutionary Pensioner, inasmuch as to the vouchers upon which his claim was admited, he made his mark, and the voucher upon which his pension was paid in September last, his name is signed. ……………….Beleiving as do that I understand the causes which have led to the Suspension
I think it my duty to explain

Mr Wiggs is a blind man-- Samuel J Chapman Esq is his friend  & neighbour, and has been in the habit of
preparing the old mans pension papers-- appointing my Son, William L Hay the attorney, and having the money remitted by mail-- in September last, the papers came as usual-- I was at the time sick-- my Son
was quallified as the attorney and signed the receipts – he then discovered that the Pensioners name was signed in the same hand writing that wrote the voucher and he thought it objectionable, and he concluded not to send the money untill I would examine the papers. he states that he afterwards saw that I had placed the papers amongst the paid vouchers, and he supposed that I was satisfied with the papers and had sent the money- so it was the charge was made in
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quarterly returns and the money not sent to the pensioner for some three months, when I received a letter from Mr Chapman stating that the money had not been received and wishing to know what objections to the papers-
At this time my son had started for New Orleans and not understaning the matter fully. I addressed
a letter to Mr Haynes 3rd auditor enquiring whether I had made the charge in my quarterly return, and
who the attorney was that signed the receipts etc.
this letter, I presume led to the examination, which caused the order to suspend payment
on receiving the order to stop payment to him- I wrote to him (Mr Wiggs), and informed him of it
and suggested to him the steps that I presumed he would have to take to be reinstated-- and
the paper here enclosed was made and sent to me in pursuance of that suggestion which it is
hoped will be sufficient to reinstate the old man who I have reason to believe is as worthy of his
pension as any others-- with Mr Chapman I have some personal acquaintance and have
confidence in him-- if this explanation, and the enclosed proof is insufficient-- please inform
me what steps will be necessary for the old man to take
                     very Respectfully
                       your obt Ser
                      Daniel Hay

James L Edwards Esq
commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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State of Illinois
Johnson County

                        Samuel J Chapman being called before Campbell Gilmer Judge of Probate for
the County & State af’d  to testify in a certain matter relative to the pension of William Wiggs deposeth and saith that the said Wiggs made application to me draw a power of attorney for him the said Wiggs to draw his pension from the fourth of March to the fourth of September last, that he directed me to sign his name which I did to the best of my recollection, at any rate I have been in the habit &  have done all his business in and about assisting him to get his pension and sometimes I may have
written his name by request without his attaching his mark.  that the old man is blind and my assistance
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was through motives of charity that there has been no fraud practised or ever was there any intended
S. J. Chapman
-
State of Illinois
Johnson County

J Campbell Gilmore Judge of Probate for the County of Johnson and State and do certify that the foregoing Statement of Samuel J Chapman was Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd 
day of March 1835.  Given under my hand & private seal of office there being no seal provided
                Campbell Gilmer  [seal]

State of Illinois
Johnson County
   I  Campbell Gilmer do certify that William Briggs the pensioner before named acknowledged on this day before me that he believes there had been no Fraud used by any person in relation to his suspension.  2nd  March 1835     Campbell Gilmore  J Probate.

Mr March 1835 Campbell Gilmer I. Probate
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State of Illinois
Johnson County
I Campbell Gilmer Judge of
Probate for the County & State af'd do
certify that this statement of Saml J Chapman
was sworn to and subscribed
before me and also the said William
Wiggs, Pensioner as herein named acknowledged that he believed there had 
been no fraud whatever used in
relation to his pension
and also that of my own knowledge
I know the said Wiggs to be now living
 In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the private seal of said
office at Vienna this the
2nd day of March 1835
There being no seal provided-
Campbell, Gilmer Judge of
Probate
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Vienna, Ill                 12
March 6

Daniel Hay, Esqr
Pension Agent
Carmi
Illinois

Mail
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Public

Free

The Hon'ble
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Mail

May 23   

Rec'd
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Vienna     Apl 28th 1833
Dear Sir
                   Inclosed I now return you the declaration of Wm Wiggs which has been taken before the cir court, which I hope will be satisfactory on account of the poor old man, his memory has failed him very much +  is entirely blind, but from every circumstance it is believed he declared the truth. if this should be sufficient to give him this little boon the sooner the old man can get it the better for him-- you will please communicate & transact his business with me as he relies on my doing of it for him.
I am  Respectfully
your obt
John McIntire

JL. Edwards Esqr
Commiss of Pensions
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[left hand side}  32608
Revy INVALID
File No.   39.608
William Wiggs
Pri.  Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 436

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right hand side]     states
1916  Jan. 29. Tombstone data
for Hon. T. S. Williams M.C.
for Mrs P. T. Chapman of Vienna
Ills. (see inquiry slip of M.C.
in John Lawson, Va S 32206 &
also reply)  aw
1916 Dec. 5 Hist to Hon T. S. Williams
1917 June 14 Letter of Mrs. Harriet
J Walker of Hotel Congress
Los Angeles Cal. which
was addressed to Treasury
Dept. and sent to this Bureau
by Treasurer of U.S. Forwarded
to auditor for Interior for date
of last payment of pension    aw
1922, Apr. 14 - Hist. to Hon. T. S.
Williams            …..        UM
1926 Jan. 18 - Hist. to Hon T S Williams for Mrs P T. Chapman
1934 Feb 10- Mr. H H West  adv-rel. to
afffid of Hezekiah West.     MWM 
1934 - Nov 27 - Hon. Claude V. Parsons
adv  for Mrs. P.T Chapman, hist  [illegible]
in 1926       MWM
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214 South Hill Street,

Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 8, 1934.

The Veterans Administration

Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
WILLIAM HIGGS, a soldier of the Revolution of Johnson County, Illinois, applied for pension in 1833, which was allowed. He filed a certificate from Hezekiah West, James Jones and John Sims. Will you please advise whether the certificate
from Hezekiah West shows him to have been in the same company with Wiggs, or what
West's certificate covers, and oblige.
 
Yours very truly,
         signed
H. H. West.

HHW-M
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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS 

BERTRAND M SNELL N. Y. CHAIRMAN
THEODORE E BURTON  OHIO
THOMAS S. WILLIAMS, ILL  ...........................EDWARD W. POU, N. C. 
WALLACE H. WHITE, JR. ME........................FINIS J. GARRETT, TENN ,
FRED S. PURNELL, IND ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, ALA
EARL C. MICHENER, MICH. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,JOHN J. O ' CONNOR, N. Y
HARRY C. RANSLEY, PA.
 C. WILLIAM RAMSEYER, IOWA
 
 MAUD A. REED, CLERK 

House of Representative U.S.
Committee on Rules
Washington, DC

January 15, 1926. 
Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
 Washington, D. C. Committee on Rules Washington, D.C. 

My dear Mr. Commissioner: 
   ................[HANDWRITTEN:   Returned]
I enclose you a letter from Mrs. P. T. Chapman, wife of Judge P. T. Chapman, a former Member of Congress, desiring information as to what the records of the Bureau of Pensions show as to one William Wiggs or Weggs who served from North Carolina in the Revolutionary War and who was granted a pension in 1833.

 I would appreciate it very much if you will kindly furnish me with this information.

 Very truly yours,  
T.S. Williams 
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T. S. WILLIAMS      .........................HALLIE F. STANFORD
12th  Dist. James  ............................. CLERK

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
   [STAMP:   OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
            ................APRIL 12, 1924
             ...........U.S.BUREAU OF PENSIONS]

April 12, 1924.

Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:

Will you kindly inform me what your records show as to the War Record, and names of
his family of one William Wiggs or Weggs who served in the Revolutionary War. He was from
North Carolina, and it is believed drew a pension while he lived in Johnson County, Illinois.

Very truly yours,
T. S Williams
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T. S. WILLIAMS
24TH DIST. ILLINOIS

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C.

December 2nd, 1916.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:-
Will you please furnish me with the military record of one William Wiggs and Randolph Lawson, Revolutionary soldiers and oblige,
Very truly yours,
T S Williams
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wife are not stated. [scratched out]

From the papers in the claim S. File No. 32,608 it appears that William Wiggs was born in North Carolina in 1758, and while residing in Wayne County, North Carolina , he served as private during 1775 for thirty-five days in Captain William Fellows' Company, in 1779 for five months under Captain John Canada, and in 1781 for three months under Captain Joseph Sessions and was at the battle of Guilford.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 26, 1833, while residing in Johnson County, Illinois. It is not stated whether he was married.

Very truly yours,
G M Saltzgaber 

Commissioner.

Letter to Hon. T. S. Williams
House of Reps.
Dec. 5, 1916
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

April 14, 1924.

Honorable T. S. Williams,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Williams,

In response to your letter of the 12th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in pension claim, S.32608, it appears that William Wiggs was born in North Carolina in 1758, and while residing in Wayne County, North Carolina, he served as private during 1775 for thirty-five days
in Captain William Fellows' Company, in 1779 for five months under Captain John Canada, and in 1781 for three months under Captain Joseph Sessions and was at the battle of Guilford.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 26, 1833, while residing in Johnson County, Illinois. It is not stated whether he was married.

Sincerely,
Acting Commissioner.
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February 10, 1934
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Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 8, in which you request to know the nature of the affidavit of Hezekiah West, on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of William Wiggs.

The papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32608, based upon service of William Wiggs in the Revolutionary War have been
examined. The affidavit of Hezekiah West, a clergyman, resident of Johnson County, Illinois, made jointly with James Jones and John
Sims, dated April 26, 1833, is shown as follows: "We are well acquainted with William Wiggs who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-five years of age; that 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. It is not stated therein that Hezekiah
West served in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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                                                        COUNTIES:

CLAY ……   EDWARDS
WAYNE  ……   GALLATIN
WHITE ……    JOHNSON
SALINE ……    HARDIN
POPE …….. MASSAC
HAMILTON
 
 CLAUDE V. PARSONS
24TH DIST. ILLINOIS

HOME ADDRESS:
COLCONDA, ILL.

SECRETARY:
E. BISHOP HILL

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

November 21, 1934

Hon. Edward W. Morgan,
Director of Pensions,
Veterans' Administration,
Arlington Building,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Morgan:
I am enclosing communication I received from Mrs. P. T. Chapman of Vienna, Illinois.

I will greatly appreciate it if you will send to me, together with the return of the
enclosed letter, the information Mrs. Chapman desires.

Enc.                                  Sincerely yours  
CVP 						CLAUDE V. PARSONS


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November 27, 1934
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WILLIAM WIGGS
S. 32608
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Honorable Claude V. Parsons

House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Parsons:


Reference is made to your letter with which you enclosed one, returned herewith, from Mrs. P. T. Chapman, Vienna, Illinois, who requested to know whether or not John G. Limpkin or Lumpkin, David
McNeely, Samuel Gardner and William Wiggs received Revolutionary War pensions while residing in Illinois, and if the names of their wives and children are given.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon Revolutionary War service of a John G. Limpkin or Lumpkin. The pensioner cited by Mrs. Chapman was John G. Simpkins. It is regretted that this
office has no record of her ancestor, John Limpkin.  Mrs. Chapman was furnished the full record of William Wiggs, S. 32608, in 1926; no additional date have been filed. In the claims of David McNeely,
S. 35524, and Samuel Gardner, S. 35336, no names of wives or children are shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator