Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5820, for William Nelson, Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania, Westmorland County
on this sixteenth day of June AD 1820 before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in &for the said
County personally appeared William Nelson who
on his oath declares that he is the same person
who formerly belonged to the company com
anded by Captain Joseph Erwin in the Regiment
commanded by Col Miles in the Service of
the United States, that this deponent was taken
prisoner at the Battle of Long Island and
was detained two years or nearly so a prisoner
by the British before he was discharged, That
he was wounded in the left knee by a Bullet
of which he is lame to the present time, he was
also wounded in the thigh. That Captain
James Carnahan afterward commanded the said
Company.  That the name of this deponent
was placed on the pension list roll about forty
years ago, the pension list roll of the State
of Pennsylvania, that he received a certi
ficate of that fact under the seal and signa
ture of the Territory at War which certificate
was in the hands of Different agents of this
deponent for drawing his pension but was
lost This deponent doesn't know how or when.
But he drew his pension regularly until
        about a year ago.
                                                   Wm Nelson
sworn & subscribed to before me
the day & year aforesaid
Robt Montgomery
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Westmorland County  I
I John H. Wise Prothonotary of the Court of Common
pleas for said County in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania - Do Hereby Certify that
Robert Montgomery Esq before whom the
within affidant was taken was at the
time of the taking thereof & yet is a Justice
of the peace for said County duly commissioned
& Sworn.       In Testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand & seal of office at Greens
burgh this Sixteenth day of June AD. 1820
                                  For J. H. Wise   Proth
                                        Morrison Underwood
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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July 11, 1939
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WILLIAM NELSON
S. 5820
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Charles Hugh Neilson
6319 Alexander Drive
Saint Louis, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you are still trying to obtain information in regard to one William
Neilson, Revolutionary War soldier, and in which letter you cite the War Department report of 1835, in which a William Neilson, you state, is recorded as a pensioner in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
The pensioner cited above was William Nelson. His record follows
as found in the papers in his claim for pension on file under S. 5820,
based upon his service in the Revolutionary War and upon disability incurred in service in that war.
The date and place of birth of William Nelson and names of his parents are not shown.
William Nelson enlisted, date and place not given, served as
private in Captains Joseph Irwin's and James Carnaghan's company,
Colonel Miles' Pennsylvania regiment, and while serving in line of
duty in the battle of Long Island, was wounded by a bullet in his left knee and thigh, also taken prisoner and held by the British nearly two
years.
On account of disability resulting from the injuries noted above,
the soldier was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1785, while a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was still living
there in 1820, when he signed William Nelson. His age was not given.
No family data, whatever, are shown in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of