Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,576, Obadiah Wade, N.C.
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State of Illinois
County of Shelby
October 2, 1832
On this second day of October in
the year eighteen hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court before
us the Judges of the County Commissioners
Court of Shelby County now sitting- Obadia Wade resident of Shelby County and State of Illinois
aged 71 in the present month who first being 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 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated: entered under General Butler Col Johnson Maj. Lowerie field officers company officers Capt Lenier first Lieut Daniel Teachy Lieut John Trockmorton  - Volunteered on the first of March (the day not recollected), one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight[illegible] the 18 of July - in the same year at the Battle of Stono in the month of July to the best of his recollection General Lincoln
commander in chief he was in Butler Brigade and in the company above mentioned - service as Volunteer - volunteered in Carteret County
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the
State of North Carolina in the town
of Buford march from Cartwright
County in N Carolina to Mecklenburg
to Charlotte town in the same state
he knew Captain Rodes [Rhodes?]of the Regular
service and he further states that
he knows of no documentary evidence
which he can assert his claim
neither does he know of any one
who can testify to his services
subscribed and sworn to the day and year last aforesaid
Obadiah Wade
We Evan Dauthett clergyman residing in the
County of Shelby and State of Illinois
and John Fleming residing in the Co and State
above mentioned hereby certify that Obadiah Wade to be seventy one years old and that he
is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to be a man of truth and that he has served in the revolutionary war and that we concur in that
opinion
Evan Douthett
Mark
John Fleming
Did you ever receive a discharge
A I did
What became of it
A It is unknown to me though I believe lost
By whom was it given