Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15602, for William Major, Virginia
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Major, William S. 15602
carded
CONTENTS
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Missouri 30,659
William Major
of Monroe Co in the State of Missouri 
who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Stith of the regt commanded by Col. Jones in the Virga Mila 
six months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri 
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of May 1836. and sent to P. Williams, Monroe C.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $100.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10
$110.-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk,
Book 62 Vol. 9 Page 70
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State of Missouri
borderly of Monroe
on the 27th day of April in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty six, personally appeared, before the
Judge of the [illegible] limit [illegible] for the
County and State aforesaid; it being a
Court of Record - William Major a resident
of said County and State aforesaid Aged
 Eighty four years the 15th day of March
last past, who being first duly sworn
according to Law, doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of a Pension and the
Congress passed the 7th day of June
A.D. 1832 - that this declarant
entered the Army of the United States in the
year AD 1780 or 1781 as a drafted Militia soldier
No 5 of the Virginia Militia, under the
command of Capt Buckner Stith, Powel
Eldredge first Lieutenant, and these
officers this declarant was marched to the
place of rendezvous, then called the Long [illegible]
Tavern in Dinwiddie County Va from the County of Brunswick at that time the residence of this declarant - And from the Long [illegible] Tavern
the Long [illegible] Tavern near Petersburg the
declarant was marched under command
of Capt Buckneistith [?], who was under the
and the command of Col Jones - the Col of the Colony of Virginia Brunswick Reg. through the County of Prince George by the way of Southampton Court house, and from thence to the
Cabin Point-- and from thence to
Smithfield in Nan[?]mon County Virginia
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at which place the Reg. was placed under the
command of General Sosing[?] and
under his command this declarant as
one of the Reg. was marched to the Town of
Suffolk the County name I do not recollect
which had just before the Reg arrive been
burnt by the British, whom we were
in the pursuit of the command of
Gen.  Sosing - and from thence we were
marched to Portsmouth, from them to the
Dismal swamps, and from them to Cooper Mills
and Blakes Old Field. - we were then placed
under the command of Col Fleming and General
Mulenberg by the act of the Virginia Brunswick
and Dinwiddie Reg and from there we
were marched to the Pilch[?] yard by the name of
Jerico at which this declarant was stationed about
two weeks, during which time we reconnoitered
the surrounding County of the Dismal Swamps -
then marched from there to a place I have
[illegible] the name of - though for a short time after we left (Jerico)  this declarant was discharged under the command of Capt Howel Eldredge, who was under the command of Col. Fleming, who was under the command of General Mulenberg from whom this
declarant received a written discharge for the
time he served as a drafted militia man, which
term of service was four months, one half of the
time as a soldier the other half as a corporal -
but this declarant has long since lost the said
discharge - this declarant being called into
serve as embodied corps camp  [illegible] and was in the field or Garrison for the time of four months as aforesaid and
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was not engaged in any other civil pursuit
deny the term as aforesaid - during which time
this declarant was not in any engagement
but was frequently drawn up in Battle array
Afterward in the year 1781 this
declarant volunteered after a stay at home
for a few months at the request of Col
Fredmachel at Brunswick County Va
as a soldier under the command of Left.
Prichett[?] as one of a guard company on the
march to Dick Lands in Brunswick Va and remained as a guard company at said place as [illegible] over the provisions army - this declarant remained for two months under the command of left. Pritchett as
aforesaid and was their discharged regularly
and received a written discharge which I
have long since lost - 
[illegible]
of the Revolutionary war and just before the Battle
fought at York Town and the capture of Lord
Cornwallis about the 19th of Oct 1781 as
I now recollect - during which time of service as a
volunteer this declarant was not engaged in any other civil pursuit and was in the field or Garrison all the time, which makes six months - this declarant was in those two capacities during the revolutionary war - this declarant does not now
having no documentary evidence recollect the
particular days he was called into service or the
particular days in which he received his
discharges-- this declarant knows of one
other person by the name of William Hampton
who as I am informed now if living resides in
the State of Tennessee