Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18,901, Willis West, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.

West, Willis
       Silvey

NUMBER
R.18.901

CONTENTS
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No. 15.515
Silvy West
[illegible] of Willis-
Georgia

Lit. Hon. L. J. Gartrell.
April 30/60

Act. [illegible] 7. 1838
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
18901
Revy        oin
P. O.    of Gea}
Silvey West}
Service: Widow of Willis}
Revy- N. C. troops

Enlisted:____,18
Discharged:___,18
Application filed: REJECTED, 18
Alleges:______
Re-enlisted:_____
Attorney:_____
P.O._______
____Recognized
___Contrac
____Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for ___, 18
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[(stamp) PENSION OFFICE APR 27 1860]
Silvey West
[illegible]
For [illegible]
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State of Georgia] SS. on this the 6th
Fayette County]  day of April 1860
Personally appeared before me Joshua P
Shropsher one of the Justices of the
Inferior Court of said State and County
aforesaid Silvey West a resident of
said State in the County of Fayette
and State aforesaid aged Ninty six
years who first being duly sworn
according to Law doth on his oath
make the 
Following Decolration in
order to obtain the benefits of the
provisions made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3d day of February Eighteen
hundred and fifty three granting
Pentions to Widows of [illegible] who
served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Willis
West who served as a private in
the Revolutionary war who went
into service from North Carolina
Blayden County in about the year
seventeen hundred and seventy nine
to the best of my recolection and did
serve Eighteen Monnths in the war
as a private Soulder all the time
under Captin Roundtree was his
Captin during his sirves that he
drum in the wor
she fouther declars, that to the best
of his recolection West Returned from
his Servce in the war about the year seventeen
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hundred and Eighty or Eighty one
She funther declare that she was
Married to the said Willis West
in Sampson County North Carolina
in or about October 1789
in seventeen hundred and Eighty
nine and that his said husband
died on the twenty third day of
November Eighteen hundred and
thirty.  Sevice in Fayette County
Georgia and that she was moved to
the said Willis West according to
Law at the time above Stated
and dates and that she has no minor childs
She fonther declars that she is
Now the Widow of Willis West [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above writen
Befoure me this the 6 day of
April
1860
J.P. Shropshire J.I.C. Silvy West
his mark
State of Georgia}
Fayette County}
I Joshua P. Shropshire  are of the
Justices of the
Inferior Court of Fayette
County and State aforesaid do hereby
certify that the applicant from bodley
infirmity and extreme old age is
unable to attend Court witness my hand
& seal this the 6th April the 1860 J.P. Shropshire J.I.C.
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Georgia}
Fayette County} 
I Felix B. Thornton Clerk of
the Inferior Court of said County
do hereby certify that Joshuah P. Shropshire
whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits
is an acting Justice of the Inferin Court
in & for said County & was at the time
said affidavits were made & that full faith
& credit ought to be given to his official signature.
Given under my hand & 
seal of office
Felix B. Thornton Clk. I.C.
This April 20th 1860
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State of Georgia} SS  On this the 6 day
Fayette County}
On this the 6 day
of April 1860
Peirsonlly appeared
Before me Joshua P Shropshire are of the
Justices of the Inferior
Court of said County & State aforesaid
Allen West a Resadent of Fayette
County and State aforesaid who
first being duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath make the
Following affidavit and says that
he was well acquainted with Willis
West in his lifetime and that he
believes from the best of his knowledg
that he did serve in the Revolutionary
war about the year seventeen hundred
and seventy Nine about twelve
Mounths as a privet soulder under
Captin Roundtree West went from
North Carolina Blayden County
he returned from the service about
seventeen hundred and Eighty or
Eighty one according to my understanding
and recolection further sworn to the
best of his Knolledg that the applicant
in this case was lawfully found in
Marrage with Willis West in Sampson
County North Carolina in Seventeen
hundred and Eighty Nine to the
best of his information in the case
and that the applicant is now the
Widow of Willis West [illegible]
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That she has  never been married to
any body since his death and that
she has no minor childring and
that Willis West never did recieve
no pention in his lifetime nor
his widow since his death and
that Willis West died on the twenty
third day of November Eighteen
hundred and thirty seven in
Fayette County Georgia
Sworn to and subscribed Befoure
me this the day the 6-
day of April 1860

J.P. Shropshire J.H.   Allen  West
                                   his mark
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U. S. House of Reps
April 26 1860

Sir,
Enclosed herewith you will
find an application for Pension
by Mr Silvey West, an affdt of
Allen West and letter from her
attoney Mr Rentfrow. Please have
the application filed and examined
and report to me with your
reply please return one Mr Rentfrow's letter.

Very Respectfully
[illegible]
Lewis J. Gartrell
Hon Geo. C. Whiting}  
Com of Pensions}