Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18127, for William Moorhead, South Carolina
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South Carolina 31.175
Willliam Morehead
of Union Dist. in the State of S. Carolina
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Montgomery of the Bataln commanded
by Major Jolly in the S. Car. mil
line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 3. day of August
1837 and sent to John Rogers
Clerk of the court, Union C.H.I.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March '37 160.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep '37 13.33
#173.33
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown
Book E, Vol 6 Page 76

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Let. Hon W K Clowney
26 Sept 1837
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April
1838 from 4th Sept 1838 to
4 March 1839. Agt notified
6 March 1840
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was in service for two months - 
That he has no documentary evidence of his services
but refers to the certificates of Nicholas Corry & Davis
Goudelock to prove the services as stated

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present and declare
that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any state
The applicant in answer to the interrogatories
propounded by the court states in answer to the
1st interrogatory that he was born in Ireland on the 9 of July 1762 -
Answer to 2 I have a record of my age at home
made by my fathers account to me, but no original
entry
Answer to 3 I was living in Union District
South Carolina when called into service & have
lived there over time
Answer to 4 He was drafted & served as a 
private each tour of duty -
Answer to 5 I have already answered this
Answer to 6 I never received a written discharge
Answer to 7 I refer to the Rev Willis Walker
Nicholas Corry and Davis Goudelock
Wm Moorhead
Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
J.J. Pratt
Judge of the court
of ordy for Union
Dist  S.C.

I Willis Walker a clergyman residing
in the District & State aforesaid hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with William
Moorhead who has subscribed & sworn to
the above declaration : That I believe
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him to be seventy four years of age, That he is
reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and I concur in that opinion
Willis Walker
Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year (of age interlined before signing)
aforesaid
J.J. Pratt Judge
of the Court of Ordy
for Union Dist S.C.

South Carolina
Union District
Personally appeared Nicholas Corry
before me & being duly sworn states on
oath that he believes he served one tour of duty of
three months with William Moorhead who has subscribed
& sworn to the foregoing declaration, That they were
stationed at the ten mile house near Charleston the
winter preceeding the fall of Charleston, under the command
of Genl Lincoln - Col. James then commanding the
division in which he served, That he believes him
to be seventy four years of age. That he is reputed
& believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution & that he concurs in
that opinion
Nicholas Corry
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 10th day of June 1837
Saml A Goodman Qu[?]

South Carolina
Union District
Davis Goudelock states on oath that he lived
in the neighborhood of William Moorhead
during the Revolutionary war & has continued to do so ever
since; That he has heared the foregoing declaration read 
to him as made by William Moorhead & he is satisfied that it
is true; he was not himself either at Bacons Bridge or one
of the party in the expedition against the Indians - but he
believes that William Moorhead left the neighborhood
at each time as stated for the purposes set forth in the
declaration; & has no doubt of its correctness
Davis Goudelock
Sworn to before me
this 7th day of June 1837
Saml A Goodman Qu
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South Carolina
Union District
And the said John J
Pratt Judge of the court of Ordinary for the
district & state aforesaid does hereby declare his
opinion after the investigation of the matter of the
application of William Moorhead for a pension
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the
war department, that he was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states; And he further certifies
that Willis Walker who has signed the first
certificate is a clergyman resident in Union District
district & state aforesaid and that Nicholas Corry
and Davis Goudelock who have signed seperate
certificates are resident in the district & state aforesaid
and are credible persons and that their statements
are entitled to credit
J. J. Pratt Judge
of the Court Ordinary

I John Rogers Clerk of the court of common pleas
of the district & state aforesaid do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the
matter of the application of William Moorhead for
a pension.  I further certify that John J. Pratt is
the judge of the court of ordinary for the district & state
aforesaid & that the signatures in the foregoing proceedings 
purporting to be his are his genuine
signatures - And that Samuel A Goodman
who qualified Nicholas Corry and
Davis Goudelock is an acting 
justice of the quorum for the District