Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4857, Burrill Whitehead, N. C.
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE N.C. CONTENTS Whitehead, Burrill or Burrell Nancy NUMBER W 4857
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North Carolina 12.895 
Burrell Whitehead 
of Wake in the State of N. Car: 
who was a pri: cav & inf in the company commanded 
by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Brown in the North Car: 
line for 12 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina 
the rate of 45 Dollars - Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of June '33  and delivered R. W Saunders 

Arrears to the 4th of March 33- 90 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 22.50 
$112.50 

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 6 Page 59

Letter R M Saunders
15 March 1844 
5 papers dest to War office July 29, '44 See letter 
to Hn. R. M. Saunders July 12, 1844 & 
to Sec War July 23, 1844
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State of North Carolina, 
Wake County Aug 1832 
Personally appeared Burrel Whitehead of the said 
County of Wake aged about 80 years who being 
duly sworn according to law makes the 
following declaration in order to obtain the 
benefit of the act of congress reaped the 
7th June 1832 - That he entered the U. States 
service under the following named officers 
& served as herein stated. That when he first 
entered the service he was living in Duplin 
County & entered & served six months under 
John Whitehead James Shewan Col. William 
Clark Lieutenant marched first to Blufords 
Bridge near Wilmington in this State then 
marched to Richland Chapel at New River 
where he served part of his tour-- was in the 
Battle of Blufords Bridge Col Brown was 
the Col. & Lemardton [illegible] was the Genl.-- was 
also in annother engagement with Brittish 
& Tories at Elizabeth town was discharged 
at Garhams Bridge-- has lost his discharge 
He further states that he served another tour 
of six months in the Horse under Capt Assa 
Williams that he skirmished with the 
Tories in the lower part of this State 
was in no particular engagement 
was attached to the Wilmington district 
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a 
pension or annuity except the present and
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declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of any State 
Sworn to & Subscribed 
Burrill Whitehead 
We the undersigned hereby certify that we 
are acquainted with Burrell Whitehead 
who has made the above certificate and 
from our acquaintance was would credit 
any statement he would make upon 
oath that he is reported in his neighbourhood 
to have been a revolutionary soldier 
Sworn to & subscribed 
Josiah Barber 
Rich. Jones 
The Court declare their opinion after 
due examination that they are satisfied 
that Burwell Whitehead who has made 
the above declaration was a soldier 
of the revolution & served as he stated 
We further certify that Josiah Barber 
& Richard Jones are citizens of this County 
& are entitled to credit 
State of North Carolina 
Wake County Benjamin 
S King Clerk of the Court 
of Pleas & quarter Septon 
of Wake County do certify 
of that the foregoing contains 
a copy of the original proceedings of said Court 
Burril Whitehead
17680
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in the aplication of Burwell Whitehead 
for a pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & seal of office this 
day of August 1832
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Burel Whitehead 
Admit as a private 
1mo Infantry- 20 
1mo cavalry- 25 
$45.00 
R. W. Saunders 
Present
[signature]
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State of North Carolina 
Wake County. This day appeared in 
open Court Burrel Whilehad & being 
duly sworn according to law, make 
the following declaration, ammends
[illegible]ory of that heretofore made by him. 
He cannot state to a certainty when 
he first enter into the service, the he 
knows his last tour was where Lord 
Cornwallis had through N. Carolina 
the thirty his first tour was 
then two years before. That he behind
a wound on his left arm. At Backfield Bridge
when his party was surprised by the British
under the command of a Major
Craig. This was 10 or 15 miles from 
Wilmington. That this applicant does
not know that he can get any 
living witness to his service, as 
he now lives in Wake County, a 
distance of 80 or 90 miles from where 
he entered the service.
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that there is a minister living in his 
neighbourhood, but has not been living 
these many years & is not now at Court. 
He refers however to the following 
persons who live in his neighbourhood. 
In the several interrogations of the more Department, This applicant answers to the first: was born in Edgecomb County NC 
& is 81 years of age 12 day of month March. 
2. Has no record of his age
3. was living in Duplin County when called into service. 
4. was first drafted for three months & volunteered for three months, in the first was a volunteer in the Horse & found his own horse, was and six months. 
5. only recollects Col Brown & Col. Howe 
and who was afterwards Brigadier [?] does 
not collect any names of [illegible] 
officers, as his memory is now partly
impaired
6. had a discharge, but has lost that & 
all of his other papers. 
the 7. interrogatory he refers to the applicant hereunto attached 
Burell Whitehead
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We the undersigned live in the neighbourhood 
of Burril Whitehead, where he has 
lived for a number of years & 
that he has maintained a good character for 
truth & honesty & has always been 
reported in his neighbourhood as 
a revolutionary Soldier, 
Sworn to in open court,
[scratched out name]
Isaac Hudson 
Jno Babb 
the Court hereby certify, that Isaac Hudson &  John Babb [illegible] are [illegible] men of character 
& entitled to full credit. 
I Benj. S. King Clerk of the Court of pleas & 
Quarter Sessions for the County of 
Wake, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had 
in the matter of Burril Whitehead's
 application for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & seal of office this 20 
day of May 1833 
B. S. King
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6338
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North Carolina
Nancy Whitehead
widow of Burrell Whitehead
who was a private Infy: Cavalry
in the North-Carolina line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
45 - Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.[strikeout] 24th
April, 1843-
Certificate of Pension issued the
4th day of Nov. 1844
and sent to Hon R. M. Saunders
Raleigh
N. Ca
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 162

Retro Nov 5.44
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5311 N165 
Nancy Whitehead 
N.C. 
Act 7, July 38
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5311
Nancy Whitehead
Decliration [sic]

R.W. Saunders
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State of North Carolina
Wake County

on the Thirtieth day of
November 1843_ personally appeared
before me Willie J. Fuller a Justice
the Peace for the County of Wake_
Nancy Whitehead, a resident of said
County, aged ninety years & being duly
sworn according to law, doth make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress of
1838 & of March 1843-granting pensions
to the widows the soldiers of the Revolution
she says she is the widow of Burrill
Whitehead, who was a Pensioner at
the rate of Forty five dollars _ that she
married to the said Burril [sic] in the
1782 or 1783 - that her oldest child [Illegible]
from the record of her book was born the
23. May 1784 - that her husband died the
24th April past - that for his services
she refers to the [Illegible] on
file - she swears she is still a widow
not having moved since the death
her husband & that she is too infirm
to travel to the Court House -
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the date aforesaid - 
her
Nancy X Whitehead
mark

Willie J. Fuller J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Wake County -
on this thirtieth day of
November 1843 personally appeared before
me Willie J. Fuller a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Wake Francis Hudson
resident of said County and being duly
sworn according to Law sayeth that she
has been well acquainted with Nancy
Whitehead for the last seventy years past
and upwards that she saw the said Nancy
Married to Burril Whitehall in the year
1782 or 1783 that the said Burril Whitehead
died in April last, and that the aforesaid
Nancy Whitehead has not intermarried with
any other person but remains the widow
of the aforesaid Burril Whitehead she
further saith that from old age and
bodily affliction She cant Travel to Court
without great inconvenience. Sworn
and subscribed before me the date aforesaid
her
Francis X Hudson
mark

Willie J. Fuller J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Wake County
Willie J. Fuller a Justice of the Peace in the County
above named do hereby certify that I have examined
the Records of the Births of the children of the
late Burrel and Nancy Whitehead and find from
the said Records that the oldest child was born
on the 23d day of May 1784. I also certify that  the said Burrel Whitehead, was a pensioner of the
United States at the rate of Forty Five Dollars
per Annum. Given this 30th of November 1843
Willis J Fuller J.P.

State of North Carolina
County of Wake
I James T Marriott Clerk of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the  County of Wake
aforesaid do certify that Willie J. Fuller before whom the foregoing
depositions were taken and who has signed the as such, and whose
name appears Signed to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County. and that the
signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said Court and
subscribed my name at office in Raleigh
this 20th day of January 1844
Jas. T. Marriott Cle
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State of North Carolina  
Wake County⎬  This day came before
me Willie J. Fuller a Justice of the Peace in the
said County Francis Hudson & being sworn according to
lay sayeth that Nancy Whitehead and herself are
sisters of the same parents that after the marriag [sic]
of Burrel and Nancy Whitehead she resided with
them for the space of Two years when she intermarried with Thomas Hudson and from her own family
record and the above named facts she remembers dates with
accuracy sufficient to swear to this 22nd May 1844
Willie J. Fuller J.P.

State of North Carolina
Wake County ⎬ I, Jas. T. Marriott Clerk of the
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Willie J Fuller whose
name appears Signed to the foregoing certificate is an
acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, & that the signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed this seal of said Court subscribed
my name at office in Raleigh this 22nd
day of May 1844
Jas. T. Marriott Cle
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State of North Carolina
Wake County
I Willie J Fuller
a Justice of the Peace in the aforesaid
County do hereby certify that Nancy
Whitehead On the 13 day of November
1843 the day on which she assigned
a declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the act of Congress
of 1838 and of March 1843
granting pensions to the widows
of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary
war then and now is from old
age bodily afflicted and the
great Distance She Reside from
the Court House is unable to
attend Court this 21 day of
May 1844
Willie J. Fuller J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Wake County ⎬ May Term 1844 of Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions
I James J. Marriott Clerk of the Court
of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake aforesaid
do hereby certify that John Whitehead had appeared in open
Court [Illegible] in open Court a family record & after
being duly sworn deposeth & saith that It is the family
Record of Burwell & Nancy Whitehead and the said
Record shows that Priscily Whitehead daughter of the
said Burwell & Nancy Whitehead, was born on the on
the Twenty Third (23rd) day of May Seventeen hundred
and Eighty four (1784)
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed
my name at office in Raleigh this 22nd
day of May 1844
Jas. T Marriott

State NCarolina
Wake County
I Willie J Fuller a Justices of the Peace
in and for said County do hereby certify
that John Whitehead is a man of
Respectability to whose Testimony full
credit may be given this 22 day
May 1844
Willie J. Fuller J.P.
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In reply to your request of __ received __
a statement of the military history of Berrill Whitehead
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Mid.Fill 4857

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.

STATE

About 2 yrs before
second enlistment.  6 mos.  John Whitehead  James Sherman?  N.C.



1781  6 mos.  Affa Williams

In skirmishes at Bluford's Bridge, Elizabethtown & was wounded
in left arm at Rockfish Bridge.

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dunlin Co N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug.-1832.
Residence at date of application, Wake Co, N.C.
Age at date of application, born Mch 12, 1752 in Edgecomb Co, N.C.
Remarks: Sol. mar. 1782 or 3 Nancy ---
hed. Ap1. 24. 1843
& she was alld. pens. and her appln. exec. Nov 30, 1843, while 20 yrs of
age & a res. of Wake Co. N.C. Their oldest child Priscilla was born
May 23, 1784, sol. name also appears "Burrell".

Very respectfully,
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11165
Nancy Whitehead
Widow of Burrell
N C
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected, husb. decd' 43
Act 3 March 1843
Admd
6 mo pri of Infantry $20
6 "     "    "   Cav.  25
45.00
from 24 April 1843 to
4 March 1844 -

Hon R. M. Saunders
Raleigh
NC
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you please
send me the records of
the revolutionary war
pensioners, Robert Hunter
page 95 of Ohio list (Warren C.) &
of Burwell Whitehead of Wake
Co. N. C. page 122, and
greatly oblige
Yours very Truly
Mrs L. H. Chapman
Quitman
Ga
Nov 19-1921

PENSION
D
NOV
U. 21 S.
1921
OFFICE.
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Fairburn, Ga
Feb 22-1912
Commissioner of Pensions-
Will you please send
me the record of service in
the Revolution of my ancestors
William Williams
NC troops-- Nov. 21 1833
of Washington Co. Ga. who
was living in 1840, and
Burrell Whitehead of
Wake Co. N.C. in 1833.?
Both these names are
in your published list
of Pensioners and I would
like to get all the data
about their families contained
in their applications
for pensions. Thanking
you for your courtesy
Yours very Truly,
Mrs W. T. Roberts
Fairburn
Ga
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FEB 26 1912

PENSION
D
FEB
U. 24 S.
1912
OFFICE.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4857
Nancy Whitehead
Wid.
Burrell Whitehead
Pvt. N. C. line
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Act: Mch. 3"/43
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1912 Mch 2. History to Mrs. W. T. Roberts
1921 Dec. 5 Hist. to Mrs. L. H. Chapman
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Rejected 11165
Let. R M Saunders 15 March
44~
Let to ditto July 12. 1844
" to sec-war July 23: "
do to Hon R. M. Sanders, Aug. 13 1844
Nancy Whitehead
M. C.
Act July 7 '38
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Nancy Whitehead
[Illegible]
Declaration
Husband died 24th
April '43
R M S