Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R., William Wilson, S.C. Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.
Va.

Wilson, William
[start above name]

NUMBER
R --

CONTENTS
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[a postcard]

one cent Jefferson stamp

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESSEE

Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.

[post mark]
HYDEN KY.
FEB 28
[remainder illegible]

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 2 1939 [35?]
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 19
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Central Presbyterian Church
Hyden, Kentucky
February 27, 1939.

Dear Sir:

Will you please give me the facts
concerning the parentage and family of William 
Wilson of Edgefield Count S. C. as contained in a 
request for pension which I think he filed for 
services in the Revolutionary War.
If more than one William Wilson so made 
claim in Edgefield County I can determine which 
is the correct one by the family names and 
relationships.  

Yours most cordially,
(Rev) F. C. Symonds
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Indian Springs Ga
Nov 16th 1858

Hon Geo C Whiting 
Commr of Pensions

Sir,

The claim of James Wilson
for services rendered as a soldier in the War of 
1812, has not been answered
I submitted in person the claim of the said
Wilson for Pension in right of his fathers service
in August last, and am of the opinion that
the claim for his own services were embraced
in the Declaration.  Will you have the Declaration 
reexamined for this purpose.  The claim for services
was included in the Declaration for Pension & in his
declaration for Bounty Land previously forwarded by C M 
Dickerson and I think in the former [?].

Respectfully
J M Varner
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[Answers ?]
J M Varner
Indian Springs
Ga
Claim under 
act June 7 1832
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State of Georgia
County of Butts

On this the 16th day of July
A.D. Eighteen hundred and 
fifty eight, personally appeared before me, 
Edward Varner, one of the Justices of the 
Inferior Court in & for said County and State,
James Wilson, aged Eighty seven years, a resident 
of said County and State, who being duly
sworn according to Law, declares that he is the 
identical person who is the son of William Wilson 
That he was born in in Richmond County in 
Virginia, in the year Seventeen hundred and 
seventy two - that the said William Wilson 
his father, served in the War of the Revolution
in Virginia, at the beginning of the war, and he 
believes against the Indians - and that during 
the Revolution and about the commencement 
of it, his mother whose maiden name was Nord
died - and that his father then moved to Edgefield 
District in South Carolina, and became a soldier
in a company commanded by Captain Ryan
of the Militia of South Carolina, and probably
of the Continental Army; and that his said father
afterwards was a soldier under Captain 
Youngblood & Gen Green, and was with them 
at the Battle of Guilford Court House and 
was wounded in one arm and thigh in that 
Battle - that his father served two years and 
he thinks six years in said War and that he 
does not know what other officers he served 
under - That at the close of the War his father
married a Miss Mary Caldwell, an Irish girl
and settled in North Carolina, and removed from 
that state to Granby in South Carolina and 
and from thence to Putnam County in the 
State of Georgia when he died.
Georgia
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about twenty years ago - that his fathers widow
died in Cass Co Ga four years ago
That he has half brothers living - to wit Jasper
John Alexander & Steven Wilson, and no 
other representative of his father.
He makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining his part of the Pension that may
be due him in right of his father alleged services
under the Act of June 7, 1832 - 
He declares that his father never obtained 
any pension nor any of his heirs that he ever
knew of, nor made any application 
that he hereby appoints J M Varner of Butts Co Ga
his attorney to prosecute the claim, to receive the 
pension awarded him and to receipt for the same

James Wilson

We D. C. Bancroft and W. P. Smith
residents of the County of Butts and State of Georgia
on our oaths declare that James Wilson signed
and acknowledged the foregoing declaration in my 
presence, and that from his appearance and statement
we believe him to be the identical person that he 
represents himself to be and that we have no 
interest in this claim

D. C. Bancroft
W. P. Smith

I do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration 
and affidavit, were sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and year above written -
and that the affiants are credible persons
and that I know the applicant is the identical 
person he represents himself to be
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and that I have no interest in this claim -
and I further certify that I knew the 
applicants father and his brothers, stated
in the declaration, and that I have no 
doubt from the age of William Wilson 
he is long since decd and that his widow 
is also decd from the same presumption
and that I have no doubt that the applicant 
is the age he represents himself to be
and that he is a credible person.  That 
I knew them in Putnam County, Georgia
many years ago - 

Edw Varner J.I.C.
Butts County


State of Georgia
County of Butts

I William R Bankston
Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said
County and State do hereby certify that
Edward Varner, whose name appears to 
the foregoing certificate, is and was at the 
time of signing the same an acting Justice
of the Inferior Court in and for said 
County and State and that his signature 
thereto is genuine - 
Given under my hand and 
seal of office July 19th
1858

W. R. Bankston C.I.C

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May 10, 1939

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BA-J/MCS
William Wilson, R. --

Rev. F. C. Symonds
Central Presbyterian Church
Hyden, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to 
William Wilson of Edgefield County, South Carolina, who served in the 
Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in pension 
claim, R. --, based on the military service of the only William Wilson
of Edgefield District, South Carolina, that is found in the Revolutionary
War records of this office.

On July 16, 1858, James Wilson of Butts County, Georgia, who 
stated that he was born in 1772 in Richmond County, Virginia, applied
for pension that might have been due himself and his half brothers, 
Joseph, John, Alexander and Steven Wilson, because of the Revolutionary 
War service of their father, William Wilson.  He alleged that his father, 
William Wilson, served against the Indians in Virginia at the beginning 
of the Revolution, that early in the Revolution, his mother whose maiden 
name was Hord, Hora or Horn (illegible), her first name not given, died 
and that his father then moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina,
and enlisted in Captain Ryan's South Carolina company and afterwards
served under Captain Youngblood and was wounded in the arm and thigh in 
the battle of Guilford Court House and that he served eight years in all.

The claim for pension was not allowed as there was no provision of 
law under which children of Revolutionary War soldiers were entitled to 
pension.
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In 1858, James Wilson stated that at the close of the Revolution
his father married Miss Mary Caldwell, an Irish girl, and settled in 
North Carolina and from there moved to Granby, South Carolina, and from 
there to Putnam County, Georgia, where he died "about twenty years ago."
and that his "father's widow died in Cass County, Georgia, four years 
ago."

The papers on file contain no further data relative to William 
Wilson and his family.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator