Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,684, James Wilson, N. C.
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2 -- 1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
CONTENTS
res at enl. Burk Co. N.C.
in 1834
Wilson, James
Phebe
assessed
NUMBER
R. 11.684
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Georgia
Clark County |
Personally appeared Robert
Wilson - who on oath saith that he is a younger Brother
of James Wilson deceased whose widow
Phebe Wilson is applying for a Pension from
this General Government. That he recollects
very distinctly when his Brother entered the
service of the County - in the winter season
of the year seventeen hundred & eighty-three
& when he returned after a three months
tour.  It was an expedition against hostile Indians under Colonel Joseph McDowell. Deponent's Father lived in Burke
County North Carolina & the expedition
was towards the western part of the State.
Deponent has often heard his brother tell
of the hardships they underwent in camping
from [[illegible]] blue ridge-- They had no
general engagement, but many skirmishes
with hostile Indians, whose towns they harmed
Deponent was not present when his Brother
was married, but knows of their living
for many year as man & wife & raising a
large family. He knows of his Brother
dying in the year 1834 but was not present
Deponent knows that Phebe Wilson has
never been married since that time
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this | Robert Wilson
Sept 13th 1845 -
E. L. Newton J.J.C
for Clerk County Geo
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Georgia
Clarke County ⎬ I do hereby certify
that Mr Robert Willson, whose name
appears on the oposit side of this paper
is an old gentleman of respectability
and unimpeachable character
E L Newton J.J.C.
of Clarke County
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State of Georgia
County of Clarke |on this the [crossed out] eleventh day of August 1845. Personall appeared before
the Superior Court of
said County & State
Phebe Wilson a widow
of the Town of Athens in this County - aforesaid aged - seventy nine years.  Who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her [damage] make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838.  entitled "An Act - granting half pay & pensions
to certain widows"- That she is the widow
of James Wilson who was a private in the
army (militiaman) who died in the year 1834
That he performed three months service during the Revolutionary war in the winter season of the year seventeen hundred & eighty three as well as she can arrive at the year. The officer's name was Col McDowell, the name of the Captain-- she has heard her husband mention often but it has escaped her memory Her ^husband resided in Burk County North Carolina at the time of entering the service - Col McDowell's name was Joseph or Charles - Petitioner thinks it was Joseph. Her husband was a volunteer - she is pretty certain. She has often heard her husband tell of the skirmishes they had with the Indians-- & of their burning the Indian Towns, but she knows of no regular pitch Battle fought by them- She has no documentary evidence in her possession Her husband his discharge - which during his last sickness he sent to the Hon A.S. Clayton a representative then from Georgia
.
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for the purpose of applying at the next
Session thereafter for a pension for him 
Her husband never rose from his bed
again & the Hon A S. Clayton is long
since dead - so that though she has searched
diligently for the discharge she has been unable to get it. The affidavits accompanying
[smudged] from all the facts - here stated -
They were married by Rev. Danl Thatcher
in the Eleventh day of June [smudged] 
hundred
& eighty nine in the county of Green
& state aforesaid & that she never had
been since married. She further declares
that she was not married to her husband
prior to his leaving the service - but previous
to the first of January seventeen hundred &
ninety four - viz - at the time aforesaid
Sworn to & subscribed on 
the day & year above written.
in open Court.
Her
Phebe Wilson
Mark
Junius Hillyer
J.S.C.M.S
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12382
Phebe Wilson
Ga.
Act 7 July 38
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Georgia
Clark County | Clerks Office [missing]

I John Calvin [missing]
Clerk of the Superior Court of [missing]
hereby certify that Junius Hilly[missing]
name appears to the foregoing affidav[missing]
attesting Witness is and was at the [missing]
the same, Judge of the Superior Court of [missing]
Western District of Georgia embracing Clark
County, duly commissioned and qualified, that
full faith and credit are and of right ought
to be had and given to all his official acts as
such, that the foregoing attestation is in due
form of law, and the signature purporting to
be his is genuine
[seal]
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office, at office
this 11th day of August 1845.
John Calvin Johnson Clerk
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P.O. Phebe Wilson
Service: Widow James Wilson ┃
Enlisted: _,18
Discharged: _, 18
Application filed: _,18

Alleges:[crossed out] The printed list of 1832
gives cause of suspension as;
Re-enlisted:[crossed out] "He did not serve 6 months"
Attorney:_
P. O._
_Recognized.
_Contract
_Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _, 18
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V 12382
Phebe Wilson
James
Ga,
Dis 6 Hon. H. Cobb
Dec 18 '45
11684
[illegible] July 1838
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304
Pen of
Dec. 18th 1845
Sir
I have the honor to
inform you that the papers
in the case of Phebe Wilson
have been examined &
her claim disallowed
The pension laws provide for
6 months as a militiaman
and by her own statement
& proofs her husband was but
once in service in the militia
in a tour of 3 months- as
this is fatal to her claim other
objections need not be stated
Hon Howell Cobb
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Georgia
Milton County | Personally appeared James
McGaughey, who on oath saith he was present
when James Wilson & Pheby White was married in deponent's Father residence in Green County and State of [illegible] in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighty nine that they was married by Rev Daniel Thacher and as far as informant knows laid together as man and wife to the day of James Wilson death
Sworn to & Subscribed
before me this 25th August 1845
James Murphy

I before whom the above affidavit was
made certify that Mr James McGaughey is an
old gentleman of [illegible] and whose
character for purity is unimpeachable.
Warren J. Hill, JJC