Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11920, William Wynn, Va.
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Va. Wynn, William R 11920
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11920 William Wynn REJECTED
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Wm Wynn
Va
11920
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State of Virginia 5 Tazwell County On this 4th day of April in the year of Our Lord 1834 personally appeared before me Thomas Peary an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of as well and State of Virginia William Wynn a resident in the County & State aforesaid aged Seventy two years on the 25th day of Feby last 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 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated That he moved from Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia in the year 1772 to the South Fork of Clynch River in what was the[n] called Montgomery now Tazwell County and State aforesaid - That he was enrolled in a company of Militia under the command of ┃ Captain Thos Mastin - That in the early part of the Indian War there was a Garrison erected on the plantation belonging to his Father which was called in honor of its proprietor Wynns Garrison. That there was a special order of Col Puston that the men so soon as they were inrolled should be held as soldier and stationed in the different Forts or Garrisons for the protection of the Frontier settlements-- That as early as the 1st day of April in the year 1778 he Volunteered as a guard under the command of the aforesaid Captain Thos Mastin and was stationed in Wynns Garrison. That he remained
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in Service until the 1st of November following That in the year 1779 he again volunteered as a guard under the command of the aforesaid Captain Thos Mastin and was stationed as before in Wynns Garrison. That his services commenced in this year as early as the 1st of April and continued until the 1st of Novr following - That he again volunteered and entered the service of his Country as early as the 1st of April in the year 1780 and continued in service until the 1st of Novr following that he was commanded by the aforesaid Captain Thos Mastin and stationed as before in Wynns Garrison - That in the year 1781 as early as the 20th of March the Indians having made their appearance in the settlement the People betook themselves to their respective Forty that he volunteered and served as before in Wynns Garrison from that time until the 1st of November following that he was commanded as before by Captain Thos Mastin --- that he again Volunteered and served in each of the years 1782 and 1783 under the command of the aforesaid Captain from the 1st of April until 1 of November following that he was stationed as before in Wynns Garrison that he does not recollect that there was any attack made on their Fort during the above named Periods but that the Indians committed a great many depradations and murdered numerous individuals in the Settlement during that time so that the People in the frontier settlements of Virginia were kept in constant alarm that the
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Indians would frequently steal slyly into the Hearts of the Settlements and murder Individuals who would happen to fall in their way and at other time would come in large bodies and attack the Garrisons along the frontiers. that there was not a sufficiency of men in the Settlement where he lived to deffend [defend] it so that they were under the necessity of calling on the County farther east for assistance that a company of men were commonly sent from the eastern part of Montgomery County a part of which were stationed in Wynns Garrison and the balance in other Garrisons along the frontiers- That the nature of his services was to guard the Fort in turn as a sentinel and to go out when commanded in pursuit of the Indians when they would make their appearance in the settlement or when the spyes would being in a report that they had seen signs of Indians in the vicinity of the Garrison That during the whole of the aforesaid Periods that he has mentioned in the foregoing part of his declaration he was in Garrison with a regularly imbodied [embodied] Corps called into service by order of the aforesaid Officers and that during the aforesaid Periods he was not engaged in any civil pursuits - That during the whole of the aforesaid time he was commanded by the aforesaid Captain and that he does not recollect the subaltern Officers (First Interrogatory) that he was born in Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia in the year 1762
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Second) that he has a record of his age which is now in the possession of his Brother with whom he now lives (Third) that he was living on the South Fork of Clynch River in what was then called Montgomery now Tazwell County and State of Virginia when called into service where he has lived ever since (Fourth) that he volunteered when he entered the service of his County (Fifth) that he has given the name of his officers in the foregoing part of his declaration (Sixth That he never Recd any written discharge for any of the services he rendered his County (Seventh) that he is known to Wm G W Currin and Jos. Linkous who can testify to his good character for veracity and their belief of his services as he states. That he can support his declaration by the evidence of Michael Stump He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the preasant and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State William Wynn + his servant 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid⎬Thomas Peary JP.
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We Wm G W. Curran and John Linkous residing in the County of Tazwell and State of Virginia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Wynn who has subscribed and sworn to the above or foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Seventy two years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have served as he states during the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Farwell the day and year aforesaid. Thomas Peary JP. } William G. W. Currie 
John Linkous
I Thomas Perry the said Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Tazwell and State of Virginia do hereby declare my opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant served against the Indians during the Revolution as he states. I do further certify that the applicant from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend the Court of Tazwell County - I do further certify that it appears to me that Wm G W Currin & John Linkous who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Tazwell and State of Virginia and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit
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I do further certify that their is no Clergyman Residing in the neighborhood or section of Country where the above named applicant  Resides Thomas Peary JP

State of Virginia Tazwell County On this 4th day of April in the year of Our Lord 1834 personally appeared before me Thomas Peary an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Tazwell and State of Virginia Michael Stump a resident in the County & State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following statement. That he was stationed in the same garrison with William Wynn and served under the same officers that he well recollects the services of William Wynn as he has Stated in his Declaration in Wynns Garrison that William Wynn served in the capacity of a guard, and that he believes William Wynn did serve at last the length of time that he has stated in his declaration. Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid Thomas Peary JP
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I Thos Peary the said Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Michael Stump is a resident in the County of Tazwell and State of Virginia is a creditable person and that his statement is entitled to Credit Thomas Peary 
State of Virginia} 
Tazewell County}
I John Crickett Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for Tazwell County afore said do certify that Thomas Peary whose [certif]icates are annexed to the foregoing declaration is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of office and subscribed my name, this the 4th day of April 1834 John Crockett Clerk of the Circuit Supr Court of Law & Chy for Tazewell County
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No. 30.556
William Wynn