Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,421, for William Pettigrew, South Carolina
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(8-1776)

SERVICE                                 NUMBER
S.C.          Pettigru, William.   S. 21431
                 Petigru        "


CONTENTS
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29.565
South Carolina 
 William Pettigrew
of Abbeville in the State of So Ca
Who was a Prv in the   commanded
by Captain   of the Rgr commanded
by Col Loyd in the S.C
line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars   cent per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Dec 36 and delivered [illegible]
Chas Pettigrew

Arrears to the 4th of Sept [illegible               140
Semi-ant. allowance ending [illegible] 35     20
                                                                                  ___
                                                                              $160
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6  Page 77

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Date of death not see A B
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32 213.

Admit as a private
12 mo $40


Charles Petigrew
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On the twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight  hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court at Abbeville Court House before Hon. Andrew P Butler one of the judges of said State, William Pettigrew a resident of the District and State of aforesaid, ages seventy six 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 was born in the state of Virginia on the 26th of February 1758. That he resided in the District and State aforesaid when called into service and has resided there ever since the Revolutionary war and now does reside there. That in 1776 he marched against the Indians under the command of Lieutenant William Lackie? of Capt. Alexander Noble's company and served three months; In 1777 he served again against the Indians on month under Major Pickens. In 1778 he again served under Major Pickens for two months and traversed the Indian Country on the Okmulgee River. In February 1779 he with twenty other privates under the command of Lieutenant Joseph Calhoun were dispatched to McGowans Block House eight miles above Cherokee ford on the Savannah River from which they retreated before the Tory Col. Boyd with a force of five or six hundred men, on their retreat they were reinforced by Captains Anderson, Baskin, and Miller. On the 11th of February they attacked the Tories at Vann's Creek, and after a skirmish of two hours they were compelled to retreat; they were joined by Maj. Pickens and again attacked the Tories and defeated them on the 13th of the same month when Col. Boyd was killed. They then returned to the Block House above named and were stationed there two months.
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when we surrendered our arms, to Col. Richard Pavis, a Tory Officer and took British protection: [illegible] 
then returned home and remained until Gen. Greene
[illegible] to Ninety-Six  where he was one of the first 
to join the camp of Cols Pickens and Anderson and others arrived in service  until the British abandoned
Ninety-Six: that he was soon drafted, but always 
volunteered, and at Stono was a substitute for his
brother Ebenezer Pettigrew: He [illegible] a commission

and never had a written discharge.   [illegible]

was not ??  in any civil [illegible] during 
the time when his service was preformed. [illegible]

has a record of his age in a  family Bible
now in his application. 

I am acquainted with the Rev. Moses Waddell, Joshua Hill Esq, Edward  Collins Esq,  Alexander Houston Esq. and William Calhoun of said neighborhood can atest
my verasity and their belief of my service as a  soldier of the Revolution: and that I am the father of [illegible] Petigrew of the city of Charleston, and of  Lieutenant of Thomas Petigrew of the United States [illegible] and Charles Petigrew a Lieutenant of the U. States Army now stationed at the  Arsenal  in the city of Washington 

[illegible] he  knows no living witness that can be found 
He [illegible]  any claim [ illegible] to a pension
on an   authority except  the present said to declare that
his service is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state

Willam Pettigrew

Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid.

Jas Wardlaw CLK.

The Moses Waddell a clergyman and Joshua Hill
each residing in the District of Abbeville and the state of South Carolina , hereby certify that we are well
aquatinted with William Pettagrew who has duly certified and sworn to the above declaration, that his claim to be seventy six years of age ; that he is [illegible]
and believed in his neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 

M. Waddell
Joshua Hill

Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid.

Jas Wardlaw
CLK.

And [illegible] declare this after the investigation
of the matter
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and after putting the interrogatories presented by the  War Department have the above named applicant was a Revolutionary  soldier, and served as he  States: once the court further certifies that of that of these our knowledge of the Rev . Dr. Moses Waddell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man resident in the district of Abbeville in the state of South Carolina and that it appears to them that  Joshua Hill, Esq who has also signed the [illegible] is also a resident of the same  District  and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

A.P. Butler
Presiding Judge

I I [illegible ] Clerk of the Court of General
Session and Common Pleas of Abbeville District
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains 
the original proceeding of the said court in
the matter of the applications of William Pettigrew for a pension.

In testimony  whereof I have hereunto set
My hand & Seal of office this
28 day of October Anno Domini 1834
James Wardlaw.
CLK.
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519 W. 5th Ave
Pine Bluff Ark.
Je. 23 - 1923

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send
me a copy of the Pension
papers of Wm Petigru - or Wm Pettigrew  Abbeville Dist. S.C. Revolutionary service
the names of his wife and children & of his brothers and sisters, if such

[stamp upper right corner]
US
PENSION OFFICE
D
JUN
28
1923
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is to be found in 
depositions accompanying
request for his pension assuring 
you of my great
appreciation and 
thanking you for 
your kindness and courtesy

Sincerely
Marion C Miller

[Stamp]
US
PENSION OFFICE
D 
JUN
28
1923
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.             3-525

                                                                   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S.  21.421                                                          BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                                                                    Washington, D. C.,  Aug. 3,1923


In reply to your request of.....for the history of
William Pettigrew or Petigrew a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 

the following is taken from the soldiers claim for pension.
DATES OF                   LENGTH OF            RANK.         OFFICERS UNDER WHOM             STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR        SERVICE.                                     SERVICE WAS RENDERED.     
APPOINTMENT.                                                                 CAPTAIN.            COLONEL
__________________________________________________________________________________
1776                            3 mos.                        P              Alexander Noble                                       S.C.
1777                             1 mo                                                                                 Major Pickens                                  
1778                            2 mos                                                 Joseph                Major Pickens
1779 Feb           over 2 mos                                          James Calhoun       Major Pickens
1779                             2 mos                                                                               Major Pickens
1779                             2 mos                                                                               Major Pickens
1780 Spring               2 mos                                           Lt Thos  Farrow      Major Pickens
1781                        At Seige of Ninety-Six                                                     Pickens and Anderson

Battles engaged in, 2 engagements with Tories, Stono Ferry
Residence of soldier at enlistment,... Abbeville Dist. S. C.
Date of application for pension,... Oct. 28. 1834. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application,...Abbeville Dist S.C.
Age at date of application,... Born Feb.26,1758 in Virginia
                                                 
Remarks :  In this service was substitute for his brother Ebenezer
In 1834 he referred to his sons James L of Charleston
Thomas a Lieutenant in U.S. N. and Charles a Lieutenant U. S. A
and stationed in Arsenal in Washington, D.C.  His wife's
name is not stated, and no other family data.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Date of death not on A.B.)

[illegible] OFFICE
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Revolution 
21 421
INVALID.
File No. 21,421
William Pettigrew
Prv  Rev War
Act: June 7th  32
Index:- Vol 2 , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870]



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1922 Aug 3 Hist to Marion C. Miller
1982  Jan 14 Hist to Senator E D Smith
Letter in case Lilliam  Read S. 4766
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William Pettigrew
S.21,421

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
In the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.21421, based upon the
military service of William Pettigrew in that war.

William Pettigrew (the name also appears as Petigru) was born
February 25, 1758, in the state of Virginia.

While residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina, he voluteered 
in 1776, and served at various times on short tours until in 
1781, at least twelve months in all, as a private under Lieutenants
Joseph Calhoun and Thomas Farrow, Captain Alerander Noble and Major
(afterward Colonel) Pickens and Colonel Anderson in the South 
Carolina Troops, was at the battle of Stono, at which time he was serving as a subtitute for his brother, Ebanezer Pettigrew, at the sieze of Ninety Six and in several engagements with the Indians.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 28,
1834, while residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina.

In 1834, he referred to his sons, James L.,  a resident of 
Charleston, South Carolina, at that time; Thomas, a Lieutenant  in
the United States Navy and Charles, a lieutenant in the United States 
Army, than (then) stationed in the city of Washington. The name of his wife is not given, and there are no further data as to his family.m