Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,595, for William Nelson, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Nelson, William

NUMBER
R. 7,595

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CONTENTS
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No 39.009
as
William Nelson
N. Carolina
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Let. D. Nelson Aug 27/53

See case of Wm. Nelson
S.C. act June 7, 1832 - 
J. M. Stewart   Mch 8/58
7595
June 7, 1832.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 5, 1873.

REJECTED [stamped on]

7595
P. O.  [blank]
William Nelson
Service:  [blank]

Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged:  [blank]

Application filed:  [blank]

Alleges:  [blank]
Re-enlisted:  [blank]

Attorney:  [blank]
P. O.   [blank]

[blank] Recognized.   [blank] Contract
[blank] Cert. of Dis.    Searched for [blank]
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Walkersville Union Co. NC
13th January 1858

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington by D. C.

Sir

Some considerable time
since I filed Danl. Nelson declaration
for William Nelson Pension, you wrote
me he had been returned as a deserter.
I there procured his own petition & the 
affidavit of his Captain & two other Revolutionary
soldiers & the affidavits of a number
of other gentlemen & sent you from
which & from the department I haven't 
heard a word.  It seems to me you 
have had time to report & I was of 
the impression I had supplied you with
abundant evidence, let me hear from the 
department.

Your ob.
J. M. Stewart

write to Walkersville N. C.
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State of North Carolina
Union County

In open court 
April Term 1855
Present D A Covington, J E Irby & H G Wolf Esqrs.
On this the 6th day of April A.D. 1855, before
the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County of Union in the State 
aforesaid, personally appeared Daniel Nelson aged
59 years, a resident of Lancaster District in the 
State of South Carolina; who being duly sworn according 
to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of 7th
June 1832; that he is one of the children & heirs at law of 
William Nelson deceased, who was a private soldier i the 
company of Militia commanded by Captain Hugh Knox in the 
Regiment of State troops of South Carolina commanded by 
Colonels Roebuck & Kimble in the War of the Revolution.  
That his said father (as he believes) entered the service
at Lancaster Dist. S. Ca. about the first day of September A. D. 1780;
for the term of Six months & continued in actual 
service in said war, for the term of Six months &
was honourably discharged at Lancaster on the [blank]
day of [blank] A.D. 1781;  That he was in the following 
engagements, viz:  Buford's Defeat & Hanging Rock.
That he served under the following 
named officers in addition to the above, viz; under Lieutenant
Col. Kimble in Captain Coffee, Collins & Wm Nesbit & Wm Hughes
Company commanded
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in the Regiment.
commanded by Colonels Roebuck & Kimble.  That he acted as 
sergeant for Forty one days in the company commanded
Captain Wm. Hughes & in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel [blank]; and Eighty days or more as a
private infantry in the Regiment commanded by Col.
Roebuck.  That he has no documentary evidence of 
his service.  That he left no widow surviving him.
That the following are the only surviving children of the 
said soldier, Wm. Nelson, viz;  Nancy Belk, Robert Nelson, John Nelson
Abel Nelson, Wm. Nelson, Andrew Nelson & Danl. Nelson.
That his father, the said Wm. Nelson was married to his mother, (who was Mary
Consart, before marriage) in Lancaster District in the 
State of South Carolina on the Eighth (8th) day of May
1777 by one Wm. Baskins a Justice of the Peace.
That his mother the said Mary Nelson died on the 14th day 
of December A.D. 1837 & that his father the said William
Nelson died in Lancaster District in the state of South
Carolina on the 6th day of March A.D. 1840.  And further 
that there is no public record of their marriage.
He hereby appoints Samuel H. Walkess his true & lawful
attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute his claim
to receive the certificate when issued & to do all other acts
necessary & proper in the premises.

Daniel Nelson

Witness         Magistrates of the Special Court
D. A. Covington
J. E. Irby
H. H. Wolf
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Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first
above mentioned & I hereby certify that I know the above deponent
Danl. Nelson & believe him to be as is above stated &
that he is of the age above stated & further that I am 
not interested in the claim as attorney or otherwise.
Witness my hand & the seal of said court,
affixed by order of said court, now in session.

J. M. Stewart, Clerk


State of North Carolina
Union County

On this 26th day of June
A.D. 1855,  personally appeared before 
the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid
duly authorized to administer oaths, Benjamin Nisbit,
a resident of said county, to me well known as a credible witness
& who being by me first duly sworn doth on his oath state
that he was well acquainted with William Nelson & his wife
Mary above named, that he knew them for forty
years before their death, that he has examined their family
record, that he believes the same to be genuine.  That it is contained 
in a book purporting to be the "Bible" & printed in the 
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety two.
(1792) at Cambridge by J. Archdeacon printer to the university
& that said record as far as relates to the marriage of William &
Mary Nelson & the names & dates of the birth of their children
is as follows viz:  William Nelson & Mary Nelson married
May ye 8 1777 & the names of the only surviving children "Robert
Nelson their son was bourn August ye 6th 1779 [marked out] January ye 31st
1781 - John Nelson their son was bourn March ye 15th 1784
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Abel Nilson their son was bourn January ye 25th 1786
Thomas Nilson their son was bourn May ye 5th 1788.  William
Nilson their son was bourn June ye 7th 1791.  Andrew
Nilson their son was bourn January ye 11th 1794.  Daniel
Nilson their son was bourn January ye 28th 1796.  Lottie
Nilson their daughter was bourn October ye 25th 1799"  
& that the deponent is not interested in the claim.

Benjamin Nesbit [his mark] X

Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written, 
before me, & I certify that I am in 
no manner interested

John Stewart J.P.


State of North Carolina
Union County

On this the 27 day of June
A.D. 1855 personally appeared
before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for
said County, Alexander Montgomery & Benj. Nesbit who 
are to me well known & who are credible & respectable witnesses
& who being by me duly sworn depose & say that they were as
well acquainted with William Nelson & his wife Mary; that they
knew them for forty years prior to their deaths.  That they
husband & wife & were reputed so to be, that deponents never
heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned.
That the said William Nelson died 
March the 6th 1840 & the said Mary Nelson his wife died
December 14th 1837, & that the following names are
the only surviving children of the said Wm Nelson viz:
Robert, John, Abel, William, Andrew, Nancy & Daniel Nelson

Benjamin Nesbit  [his mark]  X
Alexander Montgomery  [his mark]  X

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
year first above written.

John Stewart, JP
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No 39009

William Nelson 

N. Carolina

June 7, 1832




J. M. Stewart
Monroe
N.C.
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State of North Carolina
Union County

On this the 27 day of June 1855 personally appeared
before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Alexander Montgomery of Lancaster District South Carolina to me well known
as a creditable witness who being by me duly sworn depose & saith that
he was a Revolutionary soldier, that he was well acquainted with William
Nelson that they both served together, for some six or twelve month under
the same officers, that served under Genl. Sumter, under Captain Coffee
Collins, Nesbit, and other he can't recollect all their officers, nor how
long they served under each one, he says they served three tours
of six months each and that William Nelson served on tour
with Genl. Marion, that they were in the battles as stated in the 
foregoing declaration, he further states that he new William
Nelson before his marriage, that when William Nelson married
he settled and lived in one mile of deponent until the day
of his death, that they were mess mates in the army for about six
months, deponent further states that he is now Ninety eight or
one hundred years of age according to the best of his
knowledge, that his mind has become frail and that he
can't relate what he knows in any kind of order, but says William
Nelson was a good soldier, a good reputable citizen and 
raised a respectable family, with whom he is well
acquainted.

Alexander Montgomery [his mark]  X

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above
written & I certify that I am in no manner interested.

John Stewart JP
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State of North Carolina
Union County

I, James M. Stewart Clerk of 
the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that John 
Stewart Esq.  whose genuine signature appeared to 
the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County & State aforesaid duly
commissioned and sworn there fore full faith
and credit are due all his official acts as 
such.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of 
said Court at office this
12 July 1855.

J. M. Stewart, Clerk


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No. 39009
William Nelson
N. Carolina
June 7, 1832


J. M. Stewart
Monroe
N.C.