Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18128, for William Morrow, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
Service                             Number
S. l.      Morrow, William   S. 18128
Born in Ireland
Cardeal
CONTENTS
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South Carolina 23477
William Morrow
Newbury in the State of So. Car.
What was a [illegible] in the  commanded 
Captain of the [illegible] commanded
Col. Anderson in the So Car
for time: 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina 
the rate of 21 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of the Pension issued the 5 day of February 34 
and [illegible] R. Griffin 
IHR

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 1833            53.87
Semi amt. allowance ending [illegible] 34   10.78
                                                                     $67.65
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by [illegible]  Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 74
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I   18128
INVALID
File No. 18,128
William Morrow
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7, 32
Index:- Vol. , Page 266
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct 19 96 [illegible]
[illegible] to Mrs
H S Chamberlain 
Chattanooga Ten
[illegible]
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Pension OCT 9 1896
US OFFICE
OLD WAR & NAVY 
OCT 18 1896
FILES
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Address  Mrs H.S. Chamberlain
237 East Terrace
Chattanooga Tenn.
October 6th 1896.

Honorable Commissions of Pensions. 

Dear Sir:

Will you oblige me by giving the record, of military service of my ancestor "William Morrow" of the State of North Carolina.  I find on record in [illegible] Tenn, that he received 200 acres of land, from the State of North Carolina "pursuant to an act for the relief of the officers & soldiers of the continental line". about 1787 - either he or his father Samuel Morrow, must have been revolutionary soldiers.  Hoping you can find information desired [illegible] can do me this great favor.  I [illegible]. 
Yours Respectfully 
Amelia Morrow Chamberlain
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D. W. & N. Div.
I 18128
L. W. P. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
 October 19, 1896.
Madam:

Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of William Morrow, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension on November 20, 1833, at which time he was 68 years of age and resided at Newburg, S. C., and his pension was allowed for six months and fourteen days actual service as a private in the S. C. Troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Samuel Moore and Col. Anderson.  He enlisted at Laurens, S. C. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner. 
Mrs. H. S, Chamberlin, 
237 East Terrace,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Declaration of 
William Morrows 
for a pension. 
[illegible]
29.377
[illegible]
[illegible] 14 day 
$21.55

Report to Hon. John R Griffin
HR
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Declaration

in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of [illegible] of the 7th June 1832.
State of South Carolina District of [illegible] on this twentieth day of [illegible] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty  three personally appeared before the Hon. [illegible] one of the [illegible] of the Court of official [illegible] as Circuit Judge in the Court of Common Pleas for the [illegible], William Morris a resident of the [illegible] on the said State, aged about sixty eight years, who being first duly  sworn according to law, [illegible] on his oath make the following declaration an order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congressional  [illegible] 1832.  

That he was born in County of [illegible] Ireland, and came to this country with his parents in 1772 and was then seven years old.  He has  no record of his age.  When called into service he lived  in Laurens district [illegible] County and part of [illegible].  He first [illegible] of the [illegible] as a [illegible] and the Siege of Ninety Six and [illegible] two wounds.  [illegible] Col. Robert Anderson, Gen. Andrew Pickens, and [illegible] Greene. [illegible] at the Siege.  This was in the [illegible] the month of July [illegible].  He does  not remember being there but he was there, then sixteen years old.  On Sunday at the end of two weeks, he obtained leave to go home and was to return the next day.  The next day he [illegible] with some of the North Carolinas militia who told him that Greene had [illegible] the siege and gone North. 

The afterwards of the [illegible] of the same week he again entered the service as a private as a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Robert Maxwell of Mayfield.  He volunteered for the term of [illegible] actually served six months.  The company first [illegible] at which [illegible] district then County of [illegible] the County of [illegible] the [illegible] for some time.  During their service [illegible] Capt. Maxwell's company sometimes [illegible]
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alone and at other times, was [illegible] with the companies of Capt. Samuel Moore, and Capt. John Nimrod one or both.  They were under the orders  of Col. Anderson and Gen. Pickens.  After some time (it may have been two or three weeks), [illegible] in the service against the torries, the three companies already mentioned with some others under the [illegible] Col. Anderson and Maj. Taylor (he can't say certainly which) marched into the Cherokee nation on the waters of Tugalo River .  They marched [illegible].  The [illegible] one white main prisoner.  They were not strong enough to attack the Torries.  [illegible] very little and returned.  After their return they performed the same services as before against the Tories, for a short time and were again called upon to go against the Cherokees.  They assembled this time at a place called King's store.  Gen. Pickens commanded the forces on this expedition.   Col. Anderson and Maj. Taylor were along.  They marched into the Cherokee nation cut down the corn, killed one man and took another prisoner.  He remembers that Gen. Pickens loaned his  sword to a soldier to cut down [illegible], and that he broke it.  They again returned without attacking the town.  After this they were employed for a short time against the torries as before until they were called upon the third time to go against the Cherokees.  Gen. Pickens commanded on this expedition also.  The army was combined in part of Georgians.  The Carolinians remained a day or two at the [illegible] Beaver Dam Creek on the Georgia side of the Savannah River before they were joined by the Georgians, Col. Anderson and Maj. Taylor were along.  They marched [illegible] and Indian town called he think, Little Shoty.  A creek runs through the town.  Maj. Taylor was sent over to attack on the South side.  They attacked both at once killed 36 and took 46 prisoners women and children.  They brought
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the prisoners into [illegible] and sent them to Beach Island.  They returned by a new Cherokee town called [illegible] Creek town in South Carolina, or rather by the place where the town had been for on this arrival there the town last been destroyed by another party (Col. Kilgore's).  They killed one Indian there.  On this return into [illegible] Capt. Maxwells company performed the same service as before against the torries until the expiration of their term of six months.  When they were dismissed verbally by the Captain.
From after this Christopher Morrow the father of this applicant was drafted for a three month service.  And he undertook to perform the service for his father.  Gen. Pickens directed one Jonathon Gilbert to carry some tobacco from [illegible] Big [illegible] River in Newberry district to the then Governor's seven miles below Bacon's Bridge for the use of his guard.  Gilbert being unable to attend to the matter Gen. Pickens authorized him to employ any two men who had a tour of duty to perform to carry the tobacco stipulating that carrying the tobacco should be accepted in lieu of the military monies.  This applicant and one [illegible] were chosen for the purpose.  and they carried and delivered the tobacco.  (Crossed out) This applicant [illegible] says (uncrossed out) They were between six and eight weeks in making the trip.

This applicant therefore says that he actually served the United States in the War of the Revolution six months and two weeks, and that he did that which was accepted in being of and considered a further service three months.  HE has no written evidence of his service.  never at any time received a discharge in writing and knows of no person now living by whom he can [illegible] his services.  

The foregoing statements has been made from memory/  This applicant is now informed that the siege of Ninety Six was raged about the middle of June 1781.  He must therefore have entered the service of the United States the first and second time in the month of June 1781 and last time in December 1781 or January 1782.  He is an illiterate man and cannot speak with confidence about dates.  From [illegible] it appears that
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was born in 1765.

Since the Revolutionary war this applicant has resided in the districts of Newberry and Laurens in the State of South Carolina.  On his marriage he settled in Newberry where he resided twenty two years.  He then lived seventeen years in Laurens, and after that has resided for the last eight years in Newberry District.

He relinquishes away claims whatever to a pension or an amenity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any States.  He refers to Rev. Daniel Mangum and Hugh (inserted) O'Niall  his character for veracity and his reputation as a Soldier of the Revolution.  

{Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and year afore and in open court}

YJ Harrington clk                        William Morrow 
Newberry District

We Daniel Mangum a Clergyman and Hugh O'Niall both residing in the District of Newberry, hereby certify that we are [illegible] acquainted with William Morrow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations, that we believe him to be sixty eight years old; that he is requested and believed [illegible] Soldier of the Revolution and that we can concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore and in open court}

YJ Harrington                             Daniel Mangum
clk  Newberry District                  Hugh O'Niall 

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Department of War 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 Daniel Mangum and Hugh O'Niall, the former of whom is a clergyman and both whom reside in the district of Newberry are credible [illegible] and that this statement is entitled to [illegible].

[Signature illegible]

I Y. J. Harrington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Newberry District S. C. do hereby certify that this foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Morrow for a pension.  The testimony whereof I have [illegible] my hand and seal of office this sixth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty three.

Y. J. Harrington clk
Newberry District