Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9072, for William Jackson, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
S.C.  Jackson, William  W. 9072
        Elizabeth W.

B.L. Wt. 1176 -300 Capt.
Issued Feb. 17, 1798
no papers

Peu. in Pa.
CONTENTS
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No 14
Elizabeth W Jackson
Wid of William
Pa
act 29 July 1848
married 1795
husband died1828
No 12 Act
15 May 1795
Admid. Trans Capt
South Carolina Line
$480 pr an
On 4 March 1848

S. War 1176 to
himself Feb 17/98

C. S. Coltman Esq
Present
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City of Philadelphia &
State of Pennsylvania

On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight Personally appeared before the the President Judge 1st District Penna. Elizabeth W. Jackson a resident of the City of Philadelphia
in the County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania in the Eighty first year of her age. Who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration. In Order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed the twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1848. To Wit Her late husband Major William Jackson. Who was a Captain in the Army of the United States Entered in June 1775 when in the Seventeenth year of his age as a Lieutenant the first Regiment of South Carolina Infantry, then commanded by Colonel Christopher Gadsden and Subsequently by General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney in which Regiment
he held his Commission as Captain, until the
Close of the War. His Commission as Captain in the above named Regiment is dated the 9th day of October 1779 and signed by Samuel Huntington President of Congress - Attested by Benjamin Stoddert Secretary of the Board of War June 29th 1780. When Major General Benjamin Lincoln, assumed the command of the Southern department of the Army he appointed Captain William Jackson his Aid de Camp, who as such assumed the Brevet rank of Major.

She further declares that she was
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married to the said Major William Jackson on the Eleventh day of November in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety five, that her husband, the aforesaid Major William Jackson, died on the Seventeenth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and Twenty Eight. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the Second of January Eighteen hundred. Viz at the time above Stated.

She further swears that she is now the widow of the said Major William Jackson, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
      E.W. Jackson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written

Before Edward King, President
Judge Court of Common Pleas City
& County of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA CITY
AND COUNTY, ss.
I John Smith Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Philadelphia, do CERTIFY, that the Honourable, EDWARD KING, Esquire, by ^and before^ whom the ^[illegible] affidavit was made^ whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time of making thereof, and still is, President Judge, of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for the County of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such full faith and credit
are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the Twelfth day of October eighteen hundred and Forty Eight

John Smith Prothonotary
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Greeting:
I CERTIFY, That John N Moulder, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace for Washington County in the District of Columbia duly appointed and commissioned, and that full faith is due
to all his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I, Henry Clay
Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this ninth day of June A. D. 1828 and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty second
H. Clay
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Revolutionary Claims.
[A]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled ""An act for the relief of
certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved on the
15th of May, 1828, I, William Jackson of the City and county of  Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Captain in the first regiment of the South Carolina line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation
certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826, nothing.
Witness my hand, this Seventh day of June, in the year 1828.
WJackson
Before me John N. Moulder, a Justice of the peace in the county of Washington, District of Columbia personally appeared, this day,
Aaron Ogden of New Jersey  and Michael [illegible] of the said county, who did severally make oath that William Jackson by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this ninth day of June in the year 1828.
John N. Moulder Justice of the peace
Aaron Ogden
[illegible]
I,_Clerk of the Court of the county of_
in the State of_do hereby certify, that_ before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, at_and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this_day of 
- insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army ordered by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried in effect; and that I was- under that arrangement.
- insert, The sum of_dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State. 
If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration-omitted.
Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.
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Extract from the Register Book A. of
Marriages belonging to the United Churches
of Christ Church and Saint Peters
in the City of Philadelphia---
The Right Reverend William White D.D.
Rector---

William Jackson to Elizabeth Willing

I. Benjamin Dorr Rector of Christ Church in
the City of Philadelphia do Hereby Certify
that the above extract from the Register Book
A. &c. of Marriage &c. of the Record of the
Marriage of William Jackson to Elizabeth
Willing is a true Copy of the Record with
the exception of the date which is expressed
on the Record in fair legible figures as follows-
"November eleventh ^AD one thousand Seven
hundred and ninety five-"
November 11th  1795
" NOVEMBER XI "A.D." MDCCXCV
Benjamin Dorr
Rector of Christ Church.
I Benjamin Dorr above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Rector
of Christ Church in the City of Philadelphia
and State of Pennsylvania. And that the above
is a true Extract from the Records of said Church
with the Exception above named as certified
by me.--
Sworn & Subscribed Before Me )
this ninth day of )
October AD. 1848 )

Benjamin Door
Rector of Christ Church
M. Mills
Mayor
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Mayors Office Philadelphia
October 9th-- 1848-
William Jackson
Being duly sworn
according to Law, deposes and says. That
he is the son of the late Major William
Jackson and of his widow now Mrs Elizabeth
Jackson, that he was born in Philadelphia 
[blank space] on the Seventh [blank space] day of [blank space] 
August. A.D. 1807 and is now in the
forty second year of his age. that he has
enjoyed all the rights, priviledges and immunities
both legal and domestic of such
relationship, from as early a period in life
as he can remember-- or as it is possible in
the nature of things for the memory to serve.
That his Father the late Major William
Jackson received his half yearly pension
under an act of Congress granting half
pay for life to the officers of the Revolutionary
Army. On the 24th day of September A.D. 1828 
by a draft on the Bank 
of the United States No 9933. drawn by
William Clark Treasurer of the United 
States.  Amount of Warrant No 603. issued
by the Secretary of the Treasury for the sum
of Two Hundred and forty dollars 
deponent says that he was in the
City of Philadelphia, at his home when his
Father the last and above named Major William
Jackson deceased. Which was on the
Seventeenth day of December A.D. 1828. Also
that he deponent was with others at his
fathers bedside and saw him expire.
That his father was attended in his last illness
by Doctor N. Chapman and Philip S. Physick
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of the City of Philadelphia.
Deponent further says that he was at his
fathers, the late and before mentioned Major William Jackson Funeral which took place
on the twentieth day of December A.D. 1828
and his remains were interred in the Burial
Ground of Christ Church in the City of Philadelphia
over which is now to be seen a monument
Erected to his memory 
Wm. Jackson
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City of Philadelphia )  SS
State of Pennsylvania )

Mayors Office

Be it Remembered that on the ninth
day of October in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty eight
Before the Subscriber Mayor of the City of
Philadelphia Came William Jackson
who being duly sworn according to Law
depose and says that the facts set forth
in the foregoing affidavit are fair and
true to the best of his knowledge and
belief, and that the signature to said
Affidavit is in his own proper hand writing.
That is known to me as such.---
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand and have
Caused the Corporate Seal of
said City to be affixed the
day and year above written
G. M. Dallas
Mayor
[physical seal affixed]
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March 2, 1931.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section 
ILL
Mrs. R. B. Browder
1415 Isabella
Houston, Texas.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9072, that William Jackson entered the service in June, 1775, when in the seventeenth year of his age, and was a lieutenant in Colonel Christopher Gadsden's 1st South Carolina Regiment, was commissioned October 9, 1779, Captain in Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's 1st South Carolina Regiment, was appointed Aide-de-Camp with brevet rank of Major to General Benjamin Lincoln and served to the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 9, 1828, while a resident of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier died December 17, 1828 at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his remains were interred in the Burial Ground of Christ Church in that City. 
He married November 11, 1795 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Willing.
His widow, Elizabeth W. Jackson, was allowed pension on her application executed October 9, 1848, while a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the eighty-first year of her age.
Soldier's son, William Jackson, was born August 11, 1807, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ^he^ appeared ^in that city in 1848, in support of his mother's claim for pension^ [and appeared there in behalf of his mother in 1848 crossed out].
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner.
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Revy.
WIDOW, &c
File No. 9072
Elizabeth W. Jackson
Wid.
William Jackson
Capt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:- Vol. A. Page 371
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[Written on right side of card] 1931 Mch-2 Hist to Mrs. R. B. Browden, LL[?]
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Consd. with
Ad O W Wid
File #9.072.
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Commission in favor of William Jackson
as Captain in the 1st So.Ca. Regt to rank from
9th October 1779 & dated 29th June 1780.-
.
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Feb. 8. 1931
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Please send me all data on record concerning
William Jackson of S. C. who
served as second lieutenant of first S.C.
regiment during the Revolutionary war
He died Dec. 17 1828.
Thanks for your kindness
I am Yours truly
Mrs. R.B. Browder
1415 Isabella
Houston
Texas

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE FEB 12 1931
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Proof org. Paymt 12
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
9th June 1828
William Jackson of City and County of
Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end
of the War,
at which period he was a Captain in the first regiment of the South Carolina
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve
of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March,
1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dinkins
Act [illegible] File
No. 9.072
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 9th 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to Capt. William Jackson in
the South Carolina line, amounting to Twenty four hundred dollars.
It further appears that he is not now on the pension
list of  any agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826
month.
Peter Hagner Aud.