Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32083, Nathan Wright, S.C. Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S. C. 
Va.
Wright, Nathan 
NUMBER
S32083
CONTENTS
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Died Feb. 17. 1806(?) AB.

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Georgia 23.714

Nathan Wright -
of Lincoln in the State of Geo:
who was a pri in the -[blank space] commanded 
by Captain Toliver of the Regt commanded 
by Col: Parker in the Va. line for 18 mo:

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia -
at the rate of 60-Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 34
and Sent Peter Lamar
Lincolnton. Ga:

Arrears to the 4th of March 34. 180-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 30-
$210.-
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 106
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No 16940
Nathan Wright Lincoln
County. Georgia

Admit a private
18 mo $60

10.14
P. 336

13 Apl. 32
Peter Lamar Clk
Lincoln County Court
Georgia
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BRIEF in the case of Nathan Wright
County of Lincoln in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 72

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Enlisted/Vol.} In 17__
Duration of Service.
Years,
1
Months,
8.
Days.
{absent more than 2 years from home
Rank.
As a
Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. (Capt Toliver
Sergeant Burt - Col Parker; Capt Johnson Col Hammond

5. In what battles was he engaged? Ninety Six

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg Co Va

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[Signed] Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.
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State of Georgia Lincoln County | On this 23rd day of October 183[illegible]
Personally appeared in open Court
before William H. Crawford the presiding 
Judge thereof being the Superior Court of the said
County and State now sitting, Nathan Wright a resident
of the said County of Lincoln, aged seventy two years of
age the seventh day of November next according to the register
kept of the family record and accounts from the 
older children from whom he derived his information
Born in the County of Lunenburg State of Virginia
Who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on
his oath, make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the
7th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United
States, under the following named officers and Served
as herein stated
A call was made for a quota
of the Militia in the County of Mecklenburg Va. for a three months tour of duty in this Call one George Stovall was
drafted, soon after another Call was made on the Militia for eighteen months men, and according to the recollection
of deponent a squad of 12 to 20 the exact number
he don't recollect furnished a man, and those who had been
drafted for a three month tour not being Call'd out had
the opportunity of enlisting for eighteen ^months thereby clearing
the squad to Which they were attached, and this Stovall
done, previous to his Marching deponant substituted in 
the place of said George Stovall, and immediately was
ordered to meet the recruits at Mecklenburg Court House
Va. and from there Marched under Charge of Sergeant
Moody Burt with the other Recruits to Petersburg in
Va. where he formed with the Army, Within a few days
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thereafter on evening parade, a Colonel Parker, turned out
and called on the army for Volunteers to March immediately
to the South who soon formed a Regiment which was commanded
by Colo. Parker. deponent having himself Volunteered and
was attached to a Company under Captain Benjamin Toliver
in Parkers Regiment and the Regiment immediately took up the
line of Mach from Petersburg Va. by Hillsboro & Saulsbury No.
Carolina, Camden and the Ridge So. Carolina to Augusta
Georgia, Soon after the Regiment again moved down to
Buckhead, Spirit Creek and on to the Ogeechee  River quitting 
the disaffected and checking the fear from the 
Indians, remaining but a short time at either place
and again returned to Augusta, remaining but a short
timer there, again Marched to Spirit Creek, where the Regiment
remained a few weeks, and moved to Buckhead again & on to Ogeechee, and from there Marched to Savannah
which was at that time in the possession of the British and united with other Troops. he believes Genl. Lincoln
Was in Command besieging the place, in all which [illegible]
[illegible] was continually with the regiment and was in the attack
made on the Breastworks at Savannah, which terminated
unsuccessfully to the American Troops, and they Withdrew.
Parkers Regiment returned to Augusta, where they remained
a considerable time. Most of the winter.
Some time in February after the Siege of Savannah
Parkers Regiment had ordered & marched to Charleston,
So. Carolina, deponent with them, where they remained as
Deponent now believes until last of April or the first of
May. the British made an attack in the City and took
possession thereof in that attack Col. Parker was killed in 
the Half Moon Battery, deponent with others made prisoner 
in this Situation he remained until the 28th of June at night
when an opportunity offered and deponent with one William
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Esse deserted from the British and made their way through
South Carolina, to Orangeburg near that place they were. Retaken by the British in this deplorable situation. Threats were made
to take them immediately off to Charleston and put them on
Board of prison ships, whilst under these threats an officer
of the British Army who was in Command made overtures
to deponent and Esse to enlist for six months, with the British
Army in which time difficulties would be over and a Sergeant
Hawkins who was one of Parkers Regiment had enlisted
and made an opportunity to recommend that Course with
deponent and Esse which they done with a belief and the
Recommendation of the Sergeant they could have an opportunity 
this sooner to desert & go home, they were taken from 
Orangeburg to Augusta which was then in possession of the British 
no opportunity to escape having offered they remained
for some time until taken down the Savannah River
to guard Boats which were bringing goods &c up for
the use of the Troops, when near to Galphinton an opportunity 
offered & deponent with two other soldiers Marshal & Taylor deserted
again and made their way to a detachment of American Troops
under the Command of Majr. James Jackson near to Savannah
River on the South Carolina side between Galphinton and Augusta;
the dangers of travelling was so great we were recommended
and determined to continue until a better opportunity offered
of getting back to Virginia, in a short time thereafter deponent
availed himself of uniting as a Volunteer 
in Colonel Hammonds Regiment in Capt. Wm. Johnstons Company Majr. Perdues Battalion 
in the detachment. He remained some time was at The siege of Augusta. Was at the Storming of Greason's Fort from thence
Marching to Various points and routes in South Carolina
and eventually reached Cambridge So Carolina and there
met with Genl. Greene in Command who gave deponent a
discharge. Altho he continued at The Siege of ninety six until
it was raided, as the discharge was intended for deponents
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protection, travelling home, when an opportunity might
offer to return, home. Soon after this Colonel Hammonds Regiment 
marched through the upper part of South Carolina by
Genl Picken and on Sandy river he left the detachment being
the safest route for a return he started from there & arrived
safe in Meclinburg[Mecklenburg]  in Virginia and was absent from the
time he went into service until he returned home upward of
two years.
Soon after this deponant[deponent] married & removed to
Georgia, and has resided in that part of Georgia Wilkes
& Lincoln Counties upwards of forty years.
Deponant[deponent]  further swears that he has no documentary
testimony to prove his service. His discharge from Genl Greene
he has long since lost. He is a very poor Scholar not capable
of keeping accompts, consequently at a loss about dates
which he could not keep. Nor is he able to set them out
correctly, nor is he able to prove his actual service by any
living witness, which he can procure the testimony of at
this time, he will be able to prove his standing as a Revolutionary 
character. His standing in society and the
reasonableness of his claim by John Guice & Reverend John
H. Walker and John Crosson all Revolutionary soldiers all
of whom will state their knowledge of deponant[deponent]. 
Deponent never received a pension nor was he 
on the pension list, Roll of any agency in any State
and he hereby relinquishes all but the present.
Sworn to before me this )
23d of October 1832 in )
open court. )
Nathan ^his X mark^ Wright
Peter Lamar Clk
LC
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State of Georgia )
Lincoln County )
Personally appeared in open Court John
Guice who being duly sworn, deposeth
and saith that he has been acquainted with
Nathan Wright the applicant in the annext[annexed]  application 
for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June
1832, near forty years intimately acquainted the most of the
time with him. That he believes him to be of the age as therein
set forth, that he is believed and reputed in the neighborhood 
where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution 
and that he concurs in that opinion.
Also
The Reverend John H. Walker and John Crosson a Citizen
of the County & State aforesaid who being also duly sworn do
say that they have been acquainted with Nathan Wright
the applicant in the declaration before stated, both of whom
are revolutionary soldiers, they say that they have been acquainted
with about forty years that the said Nathan is reputed &
believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have served
in the revolutionary war that from their knowledge of him
and the neighborhood belief they fully concur in that opinion.
Sworn to in open Court )
this 23d day of October 1832)
Peter Lamar, clk
LSC

John ^his X mark^ Guice
John H Walker
John ^his X mark ^ Crosson
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And the said Court does hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as
he states- and the Court further certifies that it appears that John H
Walker who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in
the County of Lincoln aforesaid and that John Guice  and John Crosson
have also signed the same are residents of said County of Lincoln, and are credible 
persons-- and that their statement is entitled to credit
W H Crawford
J J C N C
Georgia, Lincoln County I Peter Lamar Clerk of the Superior Court
of the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
of Nathan Wright for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 23d day of October 1832
[physically affixed seal]
Peter Lamar ,Clk
L.S.C.
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Nathan Wright
Application for a pension
under the act of Congress
of 7 June 1832.
18940 [handwritten lightly below]
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May 28, 1936

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/MLB
NATHAN WRIGHT
S. 32063

Mary Wright
2251 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Florida

[hand written note] Mailed without review

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your communication of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Wright, whose residence after the war was Lincoln or Cumberland County, Georgia, and who received a pension.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of a Nathaniel Wright; however, the record of a Nathan Wright, of Lincoln County, Georgia, was found and it is furnished you herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32083, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Nathan Wright was born November 7, 1760, in Lunenburg County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Nathan Wright volunteered April 4, 1779, for a period of eighteen months, served as private in Captain Benjamin Taliaferro's company, Colonel Richard Parker's Virginia regiment, was in the sieges of Savannah and Charleston, in the latter of which Colonel Parker was killed and Nathan Wright was taken prisoner and held until June 28, when he made his escape but was recaptured and enlisted in the British Army, from which he deserted and enlisted in Captain William Johnston's company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina regiment, was at the siege of Augusta, storming of Grierson's Fort, and continued to serve until the siege of Ninety Six was raised, having served in all a period of more than two years, after which he returned to his home in Virginia.

Soon after his service, the soldier married and moved to Georgia and resided in Wilkes and Lincoln Counties. The name of his wife and date
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of their marriage were not shown.

Nathan Wright was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while a resident of Lincoln County, Georgia. He stated he had resided in Georgia "upwards of forty years". He died February 17, 1836.

Reference was made to children but no names given.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of person paid, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Nathan Wright
Certificate # 23714
Issued March 25, 1834 [Handwritten] 24 or
[Print] Rate $ 60 per annum
Commencing March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Georgia Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator


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[Postcard]
[Stamped with airplane] AIR-MAIL SAVES TIME
[One cent stamp with face of Jefferson]
[Postal stamp] JACKSONVILLE FLA MAY 17 1936 930PM 
[Time & Date Stamped] RECEIVED MAY 19 1936 MAIL SUB.DIV. VETS ADM READER #8 3:15
Veterans Administration
Rev. Records
Washington
D.C.
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[Postcard]
2251 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Fla.
Veterans Administration
Please let me now if you can furnish information concerning Nathaniel Wright a Revolutionary pensioner whose residence after the war was Lincoln Co. Ga. or Columbia County, Ga.
Mary Wright
2251 Myra St. Jacksonville, Fla.
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Nathan Wright
J. L. Edwards 
Comr of Pensions
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [Handwritten] Nathan Wright [Print] Which require further proof of explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? [Handwritten] No

[Print] VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [Handwritten] No
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a    clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one 
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

not on rolls

XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?

no

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the paper that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? 
if not, which of them is not so answered ?

1 & 7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V.   In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposit and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _______ 
year ______________ months and _______ days, I served as a __________  For _______ months
and _________ days, I served as a ____________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply fore pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department. He must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
>In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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[left side]
32083
Reg INVALID.
File No. 32,083
Nathan Wright
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 471

(Arrangement of 1870.)

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1917 October. 17. Hist. to Mrs S. R. Carrington,
letter in S.7221 John Meadows
1936, May 28-Hist.to Mary Wright-MLB.
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In reply to your request of ________, received ________ [No Nathaniel]
for a statement of the military history of Nathan Wright
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as obtained in his (or his widow's - [crossed out]) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S32,083
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Apl 4, 1779

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
->until the siege of ninety six was raised.

RANK.
 Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  ]
CAPTAIN.  
Benjamin Talliferro 
COLONEL.
 Richard Parker 
STATE.
 Va.
he was captured at siege of Charleston; escaped June 28.
but was recaptured & enlisted in British Army from which
he deserted, & enlisted in Capt. Wm Johnston's Co., Col.
Hammond's regt. of S. C. troops and served

Battles engaged in, sieges of Savannah ^Oct 9, 79.    Charleston ^Apr 1780. ^May & June  Augusta, Grison's Fort & Ninety-Six
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburg Co, Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 23, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co., Georgia.
Age at date of application, "72 on Nov. 7 next." born in Lundenburg Co., Va.
Remarks: Soon after his service he married (date & name of wife not stated)
and removed to Georgia where he had resided in Wilkes & Lincoln Counties upwards of forty years.
There is his family data on file.
Respectfully,
[hand written] Col. Parker, killed at Charleston
Commissioner.
3-2856
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Lincolnton Ga
March 13  20 )  Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
City of Washington

Georgia
17 March
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Lincolnton ^Ga. March 3d 1834
Dear Sir
The application of Nathan Wright 
denied, was placed in the Mail at
Augusta as an applicant for a pension
with his amended application, which I
hope will be satisfactory at the War
department. The certificates are not as
full of his brother soldier, and the Justice
not having certified the Credibility of the
Witnesses, I hope will be overlooked only
much as they are as I understand
Revolutionary Soldiers & pensioners. I am
not acquainted with them, but of Mr
Wright being a revolutionary soldier there
is no doubt with those who knows him.
I have a desire that the soldiers of the
Revolution, should have the benefit of the
act, who are entitled, is my motive alone
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for writing, for them in all my executions
have never charged a farthing. I have recently give of the office of Clerk in our County, yet I have the same feeling for
the old men, most of which that I have
acted for are very poor, and had no
money to give Lawyers.
You will therefore excuse my
interference if it is beyond prudence, as
before stated I have no expectation of pay
and am not needy of the little they could
give direct as usual to this Office.
And accept of the respects
of your obt Servant
Peter Lamar

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comr of Pension
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[ribbon attached]
Declaration of 
Nathan Wright
to
obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress
of 7 June 1832
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Georgia )
Walton County )

Personally appeared before me
Leroy Pattillo a magistrate in & for 
said County Nathan Formby
who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Nathan
Wright entered the service of the United States on the
fourth day of April 1779 in the Regiment commanded
by Col Richard Parker in Capt Benjamin Talhafero's
company of the Virginia line of Continental Troops
& that said Wright was in the service in the same company
with this deponent from said fourth of April 1779
until some time in February 1780 when said Wright
was marched to the siege of Charleston where said
Wright was taken prisoner.
Nathan Formby
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 14th day of February
1834 Leroy Pattillo J.P.

State of Georgia )
Walton County )
I John Lucas Clerk of the Sup Court in & for
said ^county do hereby certify that Leroy Pattillo whose
name appears to the forgoing affidavit is a
Magistrate in & for said County as above stated
that the above signature purporting to be his is
genuine that full faith & credit ought to be
had & given to his official acts & attestation as
such Justice In testimony whereof I have hereto
subscribed my name & affixed my seal of Office
this 14 Feby. 1834
J. P. Lucas Clk Sup Ct.
[physical seal affixed]
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State of Georgia )
Greene County )

Personally appeared before me John
Wilson Jr. a magistrate in and for
said County John Wilson Snr. who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Nathan Wright
entered the service of the United States on the fourth day of
April 1779 in the Regiment commanded by Col Richard
Parker in Capt Benjamin Tallaforo's company of the
Virginia line of Continental Troops and that said Wright
was in the service in the same company with this
deponent from said fourth of April 1779 untill some time
in February 1780. when we was marched to the siege
of Charleston where we were both taken prisoners.
John ^his X mark^ Wilson Jnr
Sworn to & Subscribed before
me this 20th day of February
1834
John Wilson Jr., J. P.

Georgia )
Greene County )
I Thomas W. Grimes Clerk of the
Superior Court for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that John Wilson whose signature is
attached to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice
of the Peace duly qualified and commissioned
for the County of Greene & that his signature is
genuine & entitled to full faith and credit as such.
Given under my hand and seal of office
this 21st day of February 1834
Thomas W. Grimes Clk
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State of Georgia )
Lincoln County )
Personally appeared before me
John H. Little a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
Nathan Wright who being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent 
loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as
to the precise length of his service, but according to
the best of his recollection he served not less
than the said mentioned below, and in the following grade
That the time of his enlistment was for
eighteen months, as he has set out in his declaration 
of the 23d October 1832, which he performed as therein
set out either in actual service as a private, or as a prisoner
or whilst in the British line, the short period before
he obtained the opportunity of deserting all of which
he has set out in that declaration, and that the time
that deponent was in the Regiment of Col Hammond
after deserting untill the opportunity of travelling more
safely to Virginia where he lived, and the time travelling 
home, made over two years from his Enlistment
the precise time he can't state.
The deponant further swears that 
in addition to the testimony before transmitted
he had been enabled to obtain, the testimony of John
Wilson Senr of the County of Greene & Nathan Formby
of Walton County, both of which testify to his service
a part of the time, and who were fellow soldiers with
deponent and whose affidavits accompany this
further declaration of deponant. All of which deponant
further & most solemnly Swear is true.
Sworn to & Subscribed )
before me this 24 February 1834 )
Nathan ^his X mark^ Wright
John H Little J.P.
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Georgia )
Lincoln County)

 I John H Little, Justice of
the Peace in & for said County
do hereby certify that Nathan Wright Senior
who subscribed to the foregoing declaration before
me is a Citizen of the County of Lincoln of fair
standing for integrity, as a man as well as a
Christian.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal the 24th February 1834
John H. Little J.P.

Georgia )
Lincoln County )

I Elice Lockhart Clerk
of the Inferior Court of said
County and State, do hereby certify that John H Little
whose name appears to the foregoing certificate of
affidavit as Justice of the Peace is and was at the
time duly qualified and acting as such and whose
certificate is entitled to full faith and credit.
I do further certify that Peter Lamar
Esq. Whose Certificate is attached to the declaration
of the said Nathan Wright made before the Superior
Court of said County & State the 23d October 1832. Was
at that time the Clerk of the Superior Court of said
County that the Certificate and seal thereto attached is
the initials of the seal of office of said Court C.S.C.
which is now in my possession as Clerk of that Court
and the same is in due form and entitled to full
credit as such 
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & private sale there being no
seal of office to our said ^Inferior Court this 24th day
February 1834 )
Elice Lockhart C.I.C. (Seal)