Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7862, Willis Weathers, N.C.
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State of North Carolina ⎬ 
Rutherford County
Court of pleas & quarter session
October Sep A.D. 1832
On this 24th day of October 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Justice of the County Court of pleas & quarter sessions for the County of Rutherford now sitting Willis Weathers a resident in the
County of Rutherford State of North Carolina aged 74 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 the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein state - That he entered the service of the United States in the County of Franklin North Carolina on the 28th September 1880 as a drafted militiamen under the command of Capt Jenkins Devaney in Col Heart's regiment afterwards commanded by Col Branch under Genl Jones-- marched to the Waxaw [Waxhaw?] in South Carolina & returned & was discharged at Providence in North Carolina & entered the service again in the fall of 1881 in Franklin County N.C. as a volunteer for the term of twelve months under Capt. John McNees under Genl Summer & afterwards marched into South Carolina under Capt Hall in Genl Greens army & was discharged at Bacon Bridge in So Ca
That he was born in Sussex County in the State of Virginia on the 29th day of March 1759 that he has no record of his age -- that he was living in Franklin County N. Ca when he entered the service. that he lived 11 years in York District So Ca & 3 years in Mecklenburg County N. C. & since that time has lived in Rutherford County where he now lives which has been upwards of thirty years. That he was drafted when first called into service & afterwards as a volunteer. He was acquainted with Col Little, Major Donahoo, Genl Green, Major Armstrong. That he had discharge from Capt Hall but has since lost it -- that
he is acquainted with Drury Dobbins & John Bennett who can testify as to his
character for veracity & give their belief as to his services in the Revolutionary war
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any state sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Willis Weathers
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