Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6942, for Thomas Morris, South Carolina
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S.C. Morris, Thomas R.6942
       Martin, Elizabeth
Former widow
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See letter from R. Campell Rev:
& Agent 25th Apl 1828
Died Dec 30, 1820 (AB)
Georgia 17016
Thomas Morris,
4
Jasper Co. in the State of Georgia
Who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel W. Thompson of the So Carolina
line, for the term of three years.
Described on the Roll of Georgia,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20 of January, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sept. 182
and sent to C. B. Strong, ag
Monticello, Georgia
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820. $156.10
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 48 "
$204,10
19 mo. 12 
____
31
& 4/30
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
and 1st May
1820
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State of Georgia
County of Jasper
Before me John Bean
one of the ["Justice of the" crossed out] Justice of the peace
for said County presently appeared
[too faded to see] the county of
Jasper in the sate aforesaid to
and being duly sworn makes
oath and on his oath on deponent[?]
and declares, That he was enlisted
by Lieutenant Robert Gaston
of the 3rd Regiment of South
Carolina. [Illegible]
about the first day of June
[illegible] for three years. That he was
the [illegible] Goode [illegible]
[illegible] of Infantry belonging
to Thompsons as the 3rd Regiment
of Continental. That he
was by said Capt United [?]
[illegible] and
acted in that capacity for
the last [illegible]
Capt. Gaston [illegible]
That said Thomas all [illegible]
then herewith [illegible] to Captain
[illegible]
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(illegible)
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Georgia Jasper 
County
I Certify that Thomas
Morris and Elizabeth
Jones were duly joined in Matrimony
by me this 7th day of October 1822
A Ponder J D.
Recorded 27th November 1822
John C Gibson C.C.O
Georgia Jasper
County
 G C Lovejoy Ordinary
of Said County and State
do certify that the above is a correct
copy of the marriage Certificate of Thomas
Morros to Elizabeth Jones as appears
of record in my office, In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 19th day of
September 1833
G C Lovejoy
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District of Georgia
On this 27 day of June 1820 personally appeared
in open Court being a court of record for said
district and County of Jasper Thomas Morris
aged sixty four years resident in Jasper County
in said District who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath declare
that he served in the Revolutionary war as
follows (Viz) That he enlisted for the term of
three years on the first day of June in the year
1777 in the State of South Carolina in the company
commanded by Capt Uriah Goodwin
of the 3rd Regiment commanded by
Thompson in the line of the State of South
Carolina on the continental establishment
that he continued to serve in said corps
or in the service of the United States until
the 12th of May 1780 at which time he was
taken prisoner by the British in Charleston
for ten months when he was discharged from
service in 1781 State of South Carolina that
he was in the Battle of Savannah, Stono at
the Seige of Savannah Seige at Charleston
in South Carolina at which place he was
wounded by a ball in his leg and that for
the services above mentioned he has not
Recd any thing whatever by way of Pension
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And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March 1818 and that I have not since that
time by gift, sale, or in any manner ["what" crossed out]
disposed of my property, or any part thereof,
with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
myself within the provisions of an act of Congress
entitled an act to provide for certain person
engaged in the land and Naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary war passed
on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have
not nor has any person in trust for me any
property, or securities contracts or debts due to me,
[blanked out word] I any income other than what is
contained in the following schedule, and by me
Subscribed and that I have a wife named
Elizabeth who is about sixty four or five years
old entirely helpless from the palsy for three
years back, no other family, and that I
have nothing but a bed, clothing and a
few hogs sworn to and subscribed in
open Court, being a Court of record, the
date above
two Hogs - $500
Sworn to before in open Court
this 27th July 1820
B Crawford
E W Brown J.J.C.
John River J.J.C.
Thos Morris
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Revolutionary
Act 3 Feby 1853.
Elizabeth Martin
formerly
Morris widow
of a pensioner
named
Thomas Morris
Geo 1818
Georgia
act 1818
filed 16 Oct 1854
F. E. Hassler
Attorney
Boynton
Oct 16 /54
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State of Georgia County of Pike G:
Elizabeth Martin late Elizabeth Morris
of the County of Pike & State of Georgia aforesaid
makes oath & says that she is the widow of
Thomas Morris deceased who was a Revolutionary
Soldier and Pensioner and whose
pension was paid to him in Jasper County
in the State of Georgia aforesaid. That the
said Thomas Morris of the County of Jasper
& State of Georgia a resident died at his
residence in said County of Jasper on the
thirtieth day of November A.D. one thousand
Eight hundred & twenty six - She further
States that she was married to the said
Thomas Morris in said County of Jasper
and State of Georgia on the Seventh day of
October in the year A.D. one thousand
Eight hundred & twenty two by one Amos
Ponder a Justice of the Peace within & for
said County of Jasper and that her
name before her said marriage was
Elizabeth Jones and that there is one child
of the said Thomas Morris now living whose
name is George J. Morris only surviving
child of the said deceased his daughter
having departed this life and that her
husband the said Thomas Morris during
his lifetime and up to the time of his
death received a Pension of ninety six
Dollars as near as she recollects paid to him
in Savannah Georgia annually or Semiannually
she cannot say which. She furthermore
by these presents constitutes and appoints
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irrevocably F. E. Hassler of Washington D.C.
her true & lawful attorney to prosecute and
demand from the U.S. Government any Pension
or money or Land she may have right to - hereby
confirming her said attorney's lawful acts in
the premises.
Elizabeth Martin her mark X [hand drawn seal with the word "seal"]
subscribed acknowledged and sworn to before
me this Seventeenth day of October in the year
A.D. Eighteen hundred & fifty three
Court at a regular Court and I further certify
that I am not in any way interested in this
Claim
Wiley E. Manghan
Ordinary -
State of Georgia County of Pike
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof
has been exhibited before me the undersigned
Ordinary and Judge of the Court of Ordinary
in & for the County of Pike & State of Georgia
aforesaid by the annexed affidavits of
George W. Martin and Benjamin
Salter both of the above named County
of Pike & State aforesaid residents being all
personally known to me & who are entitled
to credit and by the annexed Certificate of
the Ordinary of Jasper County in this State
that Mrs Elizabeth Martin late Mrs Elizabeth
Morris the applicant (who is also personally
known to me) is the widow of the late
Thomas Morris who was a Soldier in the United States
service in the Revolutionary War and
that the said Elizabeth Martin late Elizabeth
Morris is now and was on the third day of
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February in the year A.D. Eighteen hundred
and fifty three the widow of the said
Thomas Morris deceased to the best of their
knowledge and belief-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal this open Court at a regular Court this
Seventeenth day of October in the year A.D.
Eighteen hundred & fifty three (1853)
Wiley E. Manghan
Ordinary [hand drawn seal]
George W. Martin his mark X
Benjamin Salter his mark X
State of Georgia County of Pike G
I Wiley E. Mangham Ordinary & Ex officio
Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in & for
said County & State do hereby certify that the
Honorable Wiley E. Mangham before
whom the annexed Declaration & Affidavits
were made & who has thereunto subscribed his
name was at the time of so doing Ordinary
& Judge of the Court of Ordinary and for said
County duly commissioned & sworn and that
his signatures are genuine and that the
above & foregoing Declaration was made in
open Court and the above certified Affidavits
were sworn to in open Court - said Court being
a Court of Record - In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal
of the said Court of Ordinary at my office
in Zebulon in said County
State this the Seventeenth day of
October A.D. Eighteen
hundred & fifty three - (1853)
Wiley E. Mangham, Ordinary
- & Ex officio. C.C.D.
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May 16, 1936
XXXXXXX
THOMAS MORRIS
R. 6942
BA-J/MLB
Lieutenant Colonel H. N. Summer
A. G. D. The Army Industrial College
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Thomas Morris, who served in Captain
John C. Smith's company, Colonel William Thompson's 3" South Carolina
Regiment.
The record follows as found in the papers on file in pension
claim, R. 6942, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of
Thomas Morris.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Morris and names of his
parents are not given.
Thomas Morris enlisted June 1, 1777, in the State of South Carolina,
served as private and sergeant in Captain Uriah Goodwin's
and John Carraway Smith's companies, Colonel William Thompson's 3"
South Carolina Regiment, was in the battles of Savannah and Stono,
at the siege of Savannah and in the siege of Charleston in which he
was wounded in his leg, details not given, and was taken prisoner
by the British May 12, 1780, held ten months then made his escape
and joined Colonel Edward Lacey's South Carolina regiment, in which
he stated he was commissioned Lieutenant and served to the close of
the war.
Thomas Morris was allowed pension on his application which was
executed January 20, 1819, in Jasper County, Georgia. In 1820, he
was aged sixty four years and a resident of Jasper County, in
the State of Georgia, where he died at his residence October 30, 1825,
as shown by official records, or November 30, 1826, as stated by
soldier's widow.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife, Elizabeth, then aged
sixty-four or sixty-five years, her maiden name or names of parents
and date of her death not shown.
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Thomas Morris married Elizabeth Jones, October 7, 1822, in
Jasper County, Georgia; the date and place of her birth and names
of parents not given.
Sometime after the death of the soldier, Thomas Morris, his
widow, Elizabeth, married, date not stated, one William Martin, of
Pike County, Georgia, where he died, date not given and no further
details in regard to him except that he had a son, George W. Martin,
who in 1853 was aged about fifty-three years and living in Pike
County, Georgia, within a mile or two of Elizabeth Martin; the name of
George W. Martin's mother was not given.
It was stated that Thomas Morris had only one child living in
1853, a son, George J. Morris, his age and place of residence not
stated; soldier's daughter, name not given, died prior to 1853. The
name of their mother was not designated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
I enclosure
war dept
report
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Thomas Morris
Jasper County Ga
Original declaration
20. January, 1819
Col Wm Thompson
regiment. So Carolina
line, June 1777,
3 years
found on the rolls
-
Admitted
worth $5.00
C. B. Strong agt
Monticello, George
Recd 18 Sept. 1820
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Georgia
Jasper County 
Clerks office of the Inferior Court
I Green D Brantly Clerk of
the Inferior Court for the County
of Jasper and district of Georgia do hereby certify
that the within affidavit & Schedule is a true
copy from the [illegible] of said Court. Given
under my hand and private seal, at office
there being no County seal. This 29th June 1820
Gen D Brantly [hand drawn seal with the word "seal"]
Clk Infr Court J.C.
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We certify that proof was made in
the foregoing  court on the  2nd Jany
1820
B Crawford J.J.C.
E W Brewer JJC
John River JJC
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State of Georgia 
Jasper County 
In person Came William Kitchen
 Before me John Bean one of the
acting Justice for sd [said] County and
After having duly Sworn Saith
on oath that Thomas Morris Inlisted under
Robert Justin Lutenent [Lieutenant] in South Carolina in
the year of 1777 in the 3d Redgiment [regiment] and
Sum time after the sd Thomas Morris Came
Home on a furlow [furlough] and they went to a town
and [illegible] to gather and then the
Sd Thomas Morris went back to his Company
further saith that the sd Thomas Morris
Served as a faithful friend to his country
Sworn to and Submited to before me this 20th
of January 1819
Wm Kitchen
Jno Bean JD
Georgia Jasper
County
I do here by Certify the above
Menard William Kitchen
is a man of truth as far as
thy Recolection [Recollection] have me given from under
my hand this 20th of January 1819
Jno Bean JD
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State of Georgia
Putnum County
I Christopher B
Strong Judge of
the [Ocmulgee crossed out]
Superior Court of the Ocmulgee
District of said State do hereby certify
that from the annexed declaration
of Thomas Morris, certificate of
Captain John Buckhaman & the
affidavit of Z. Kitchen & Wm
Kitchen I am of the opinion of that
the said Thomas Morris did serve in
the revolutionary war in the 3 Regmt of S Carolina
Continentals upwards of nine
months as a private or non commissioned
officer & that he is in such named
& circumstances as to require aid for
support from his country witness
my hand & seal this 2 day of
April 1819
C. B. Strong [hand drawn seal with word "seal"]
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Georgia 
Jasper County
 I John Willson Clerk of the Superior Court
of said County do hereby certify that
John Bean Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits
were made is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County
aforesaid, and also that Christopher B. Strong whose
name is signed to the foregoing certificate is the acting
and presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the
Ocmulgee District in said State, and that all deed
& faith and credit ought of right to be given to each
of their attestations as such.
Given under my hand and private seal (there
being no official Seal of Office for said County)
this 6th day of April 1819
John Willson Clk [hand drawn seal with the word "seal"]
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State of Georgia 
Jasper County
 In person Came Zachary Kitchen
Before me John Bean one of the
acting Justice for said County and
After being Duly sworn saith
on oath that Thomas Morris enlisted at his sons[?]
under Robert Gaston Lutment [lieutenant] in South Carolina
in the year of 1777 in the 3d Ridgement [regiment] and
Sum time after the sd [said] Thomas Morris Came
Home on a furlow [furlough] and they went to a tavern
and Frank Spearnets to gather and then the
Sd Thomas Morris went back to his Comnaney [?]
and sum time after the sd Deponent went
into the Service of Military and Saw the S
Thomas Morris in Camp and Dun his Duty
as a faithful friend to his Country and after
he was taken a prisoner by the Britche [British]
the sd Morris Came home and then took up
Arms in the Military Service and lived the
war out Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this 20th of January 1819 Zachary Kitchen
Jno Bean JP
Georgia Jasper
County
I Do hereby certify that the above
Mentioned Zachary Kitchen is a
person of truth as far as my recolection serves
given from under my hand this 20th of
January 1819
Jno Bean JD
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State of Georgia County of Pike ss
On this Seventeenth day of October in the year A.D.
Eighteen hundred & fifty three in person appeared
before me George W. Martin of the County of Pike &
State of Georgia aforesaid a resident aged about fifty
three years who being duly sworn according to law deposes
& says that he was well acquainted with Thomas Morris
late husband of Elizabeth Morris the applicant during his
lifetime and was present at their intermarriage in Jasper
County Georgia some thirty odd years ago. they were
married by Amos Ponder a Justice of the Peace in & for
Jasper County after which time the deponent knew them
to his together as husband & wife up till his the said
Thomas Morris's death which took place at his the
said Thomas Morris resided in Jasper County Georgia
on or about the last day of November in the year A.D.
one thousand Eight hundred & twenty six the deponent
saw the said Thomas Morris die & showed him for
burial after his death - the applicant his widow has
resided within a mile or so of deponent from that
times until now having both removed to this County
about some time some twenty years ago. She is the
widow of the said Thomas Morris & has but one child
George J. Morris living Thomas Morris was a Revolutionary
Pensioner & witness his often heard him say he received
ninety six dollars a year - Witness his known him often
to go to Savannah after his pension & return with money
which he said to his Pension money - Witness further says
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That the said applicant Elizabeth Morris Since
few years ago long after the death of the said Thomas
Morris intermarried with one William Martin then
& late of Pike County aforesaid a resident who was
the father of this deponent a witness - That the
said Elizabeth Martin is now & was on the third
day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & fifty
three the widow of the said Thomas Morris deceased
to the best of his deponents knowledge & belief-
And that he the witness & deponent is not interested
in any way in this claim-- George & F. Martin his Mark X
Taken subscribed & Sworn to before me in open Court
at a regular Court of Ordinary in & for said County
this the seventeenth day of October in the year A.D.
Eighteen hundred & fifty three (1853)
Wiley C. Mangham ,J Ordinary
State of Georgia County of Pike ss
On this Seventeenth day of October in the year
A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty three in person
appeared before me Benjamin Salter aged
about forty three years of the County of Pike and
State of Georgia aforesaid a resident aged
__ about forty three years _____
who being ____ duly sworn according to law
deposes & says that he was acquainted with
Thomas Morris during his lifetime knew him
& the applicant to live together as [inkblot] & to be
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generally reputed to be husband & wife up till
his death. He the said Thomas Morris died at
his residence in Jasper County in the fall of the
Zion sime twenty seven or eight years ago
He witness saw him dead and laid out after
his death - Thomas Morris was a Revolutionary
Pensioner and witness his often seen him go off
after his pension & has seen him come back
with money which he said was his pension money
The applicant passed & has known as his widow
after his death - and so far as witness knows is
his widow now & was his widow on the third
day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and
fifty three. That he witness & deponent is
not interested in this claim in any way -
Benjamin Salter his mark X
Taken subscribed & sworn to before me in open
Court at a regular Court of Ordinary in & for said
County this the seventeenth day of October in the
year AD. Eighteen hundred & fifty three (1853)
Wiley C. Mangham Ordinary
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Service admitted
found on roll lent[?]
the declaration must be
made before a Judge
or Court of record as
The law duly
before a pensioner
can be granted - a
blank form is enclosed
for the purpose
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I do hereby certify that Thomas Morris was a solder
three years, in the 3d Regiment of South Carolina
during the Revolutionary war, that he served f[illegible]
therein and was made a prisoner of war by the 
British army at the reduction of the garrison
Charleston in May 1780. Two years of the above time
he acted as a [crossed and whited out] pensioned officer.
Jno. Buchanan
Capt. in the 3d Regt of S. Caroline
in the Revolutionary war
Winnsborough
Dec 30th 1818
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I do hereby certify that Thomas Morris was a soldier
State of South Carolina
for
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M 25
Pension Office
Oct 18 /54
Sir:
Please report
time of last payment
to or death of within
named pensioner
Your obe Se
S Cole
for Comm
R. J. Atkinson
3 aud
Recnt[?]
Thos Morris Paid to 4
Mar 1825 & it appears
from a note on the books
from the Pen. off. that
he died 30 Oct 1825
Robt J Atkinson
Auditor
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86
Pension Office
Oct. 21/54
Sir:
The papers relating to the
claim of Mrs Elizabeth Martin as the
widow of Thomas Morris have been examined
and there appears a discrepancy as to
the date of the death of the said Morris
It will be necessary therefore that you show
the exact date of his death by the best evidence
in your possession. The widow should
also state in an affidavit, when and where
her second husband died and that she
is still a widow. [crossed out "The wise should
also, to certified to be credible"]
Your obe. se.
F. E. Hassler Esqr
Washington
D.C.
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2nd, Ind.
Lt. Col. H. N. Sumner, A.G.D. Army Industrial College, Washington, D.C., May 4
1953. To: Veterans Administration Building, Washington, D.C.
With reference to par.4, of the preceding indorsement if your records
contain the data asked for in the basic letter an extract of same will be very
much appreciated.
H.N. Sumner
Lt. Col. A.G.D
[stamp with words "RECEIVED MAY 1936" rest illegible]
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THE ARMY INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Washington, D.C.
April 28, 1936.
[stamp with words "RECEIVED MAY 6 1936 27" rest illegible]
Subject: Commissioned service of Thomas Morris.
To; The Adjutant General, Washington, D. C.
In order to complete one phase of my family record it is
requested that a statement of the commissioned service of THOMAS
MORRIS he furnished me. He was a member of Captain John C. Smiths
Company, 3rd Regiment, South Carolina troops. The regiment was commanded
by Colonel William Thompson.
Morris enlisted July 9, 1777, held the grade of corporal
November 1, 1778, and was reported as a sergeant during March, 1780,
in the siege of Charleston, S. C.
The records indicate that he was later promoted to a
commissioned grade but I have no data upon which to base this claim
other than the mere statement that he was a corporal, sergeant and
lieutenant. An extract from the records giving the dates of his
commissioned service will be appreciated.
Received A. G. O. APR29 1936
H. N. Summer
Lt. Col. A. G. D.
[stamp with words "RECEIVED APR 29 1936" rest illegible]
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No 5150
Mrs Elizabeth Martin
of
Thomas Morris
D.C. Set to F E Hassler
Oct 21/54
6942
Act 3d Feby. 1853
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1913 going 15 Hist
To Miss Helen
Gamble. Letter
in S.F. 31592, Mr
Carter
1936 May 16 - Hist to
Lt. Col. H.N. Sumner MLB
["Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873." Crossed out]
6942
P.O. __
Elizabeth Martin
Service: former Widow
Thomas Morris
Enlisted: __, 18
Discharged: __, 18
Application filed: __, 18
Alleges: __
Re-enlisted: __
Attorney: __
P.O. __
__Recognized. __ Contract
__ Cert. of Dis. Searched for __,18
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RECORD DIVISION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __, 19
R. 6942
In reply to your request of __ received __
a statement of the military history of Thomas Morris
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.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
June 1777
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
RANK.
Sgt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Urial Goodwin
Jno C. Smith
COLONEL.
Wm Thompson
STATE.
SC
was wounded in leg and taken prisoner at Siege of Charleston May 12, 1780 and
after nearly ten mos. imprisonment escaped and joined
Col. Edward Lacy Militia Regt in which he
was a Lieut until the end of the War.
Battles engaged in, Savannah, Stono & Siege of Charleston
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Jany 2d 1819. His El. was al.
Residence at date of application, Jasper Ga.
Age at date of application, 63. He died Oct. 30 1825 or
Nov 30. 1826 in Jasper Co. Ga
Remarks:
He marriedOct 7, 1822 in Jasper Ga. Elizabeth Jones. She was a
resident of Pike Co. Ga in 1853 aged 53 years, George J. Morris
was the only surviving child in 1853. Widow afterwards married
William Martin date not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Rejection was not noted as soldier's el. was allowed
and the fact that she was his widow
is not questioned aw