Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4314, William Haygood, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Haygood, William
NUMBER
S. 4314
Carded
CONTENTS
[BLANK]
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2981-
West Tennessee
William Haygood - 
of Davidson in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Alford - in the -------------commanded by ---------------in the N. Carolina line for 2 years from 1779.

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Dec. '32 and sent to Hon. F. Grundy W. T. Senate - 

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - 12-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 33  40 - =
$160-
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk.
Book D Vol. 9 Page 150-
died Oct 29 1836
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The declaration of William Haygood to otain the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Tennessee} Court of pleas and quarter sessions.
Davidson County.}  This day personally appeared in open court before us William Williams, Jesse Wharton and Enoch P. Connell Justices sitting for the county of Davidson aforesaid at the October Session 1832 of said court William Haygood a citizen of said county of Davidson aged seventy seven years on the 21st day of July last who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That he was born in Brunswick County Virginia on othe 26th day of July 1755 and in his infancy his father removed from the county of Brunswick aforesaid to Johnson County in the state of North Carolina. That in early life the particular time he does not now remember, he was drafted in a company of Infantry commanded by Captain Tanner Alford of Wake county North Carolina on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, that he served his time faithfully and honorably and received an honorable discharge which he has lost since by accident. That soon after his return from the Cherokee expedition there was a call made by the state of North Carolina for men to serve nine months, that he volunteered his services in the company commanded by  Captain John L. Jones and marched from Surry county North Carolina in said company to Virginia this service was in 1778 he recollects but the day of the month or the month itself has slipped his memory - when the company had arrived at Dan river in Virginia it was furloughed from the first day of August 1778 until the first day of March following. At the expiration of the furlough he surrendered to sixth Carolina, when he was placed under the command of Captain of Ben Rhodes of the 4th Regiment of United States Infantry at that time denominated new lines the regiment was part of the North Carolina line and he recollects [illegible] for Ramssey was one of the field offiecers, the field officers under not remembered (except the Major-) the troops to which the regiment belonged men under the command of col. Lincoln - the applicant marched through various parts of South Carolina and was in the engagment with the British at Stono Point in which action the American forces men commanded by Gen'l. Lincoln, the engagement lasted sometime and the Americans then retired in the evening the British had above dug the graves and the applicant was one of the party ordered to bring the dead from Stono Point the applicant was marched to Charleston South Carolina when he was discharged from the service of Col. Robert Mayburn on the 1st day of December 1779 having been in actual service
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from the 1st day of March 1779 up to that time, this discharge the applicant has lost in some maybe cannot now recollect how, but supposes it was by beingc arelessly kept or he never insisted to mind the assistance of his county in his support. After his discharge at  Charleston South Carolina he returned home to Johnson County in the state of North Carolina and in 1780 - the month he does not now recollect, he substituted in the place of Richard Rials in a company commanded by Captain Whitley - this was in the militia and a tour of three months - the regiment was commanded by Col. Sumner which term of service he underwent faithfully and was honorably dischrged - Again after the battle at Guilford Courothouse he substituted in the place of Chrels Johnson of Wake County North Carolina for a two months tour in a company of Cavalry commaded by Col. S. Mallody this time of service having expired he was discharged honorably and returned home - The applicant next sustituted in a class of long twenty men the law then requiring that twenty men should be drafted in line or sustitute the company was Infantry and under the command of Captin Evans, whether of the regulars and the applicant cannot remember, but this below number that Captain Evans took his measure, compline  in, appearance and the color of his eyes and administered an oath to lines, from which circumstances it is evident to think the company was of the regulars but to what line it belonged he cannot say, the company was marched from Johnson County North Carolina to Halifax and placed in the regiment under the command of Col. Long who was the commander of the public depot at Halifax; he served under the command of Col. Long in various parts of North Carolina until the final terminatin of the war when he received his discharge from Col. Long. He has lost all his discharges by some means or other and has therefore no documentary evidence of his service other than can be found on the books in the war department if his servcie was in the regular troops - after he was discharged by Col. Long he returned home to Johnson County in  the State of North Carolina after the   war he removed from Johnson county to Montgomery county in the same state and remained there for three years - from thence he moved to Fairfield county a district in South Carolina and lived there some twenty years or near removed from South Carolina to Rowan County Tennessee then back to South Carolina then to Griggs county Georgia, then to Rutherford county Tennessee then back to Rowan county Tennessee then to Davidson County Tennesee
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where he at present resides and has resided for the last three years - He cannot prove his service by any one but Edward Blurton who resides somewhere in Sumner and is a pensioner of the Government as this applicant is informed and believes - where Blurton lives affiant cannot tell as he is too infirm and helpless to prosecute his enquires in person and can only make this application to the court in person by the charity of neighbors in loaning him a horse to get to court. He has never received any pay for his services from the government nor is his name upon the pension list of any State or agency in the United States that he knows of and he hereby relinquishes  his every claim to a pension but the present and declares tht his necessities and infirmaties are such that unless he receives the timely support of the govenment he will be cast upon the world cold charity - a beggar - 
William Haygood X his mark
[Signature]

Sworn to & Subscribed in open court this 28th day of October 1832.
Test Henry Ewing Clerk of 
Davidson County Court
[Signature]

Mr. William Gower, minister of the Gospel and Neal Hopkins, citizen of Davidson Count do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with the above named William Haygood for some time that he is a citizen of Davidson County and a man entitled to full faith and credit upon oath - that from his statements and appearance we believe him to be seventy seven years old and further we certify that he is reputed in the neighbourhood in which he lives to be a soldier of the Revolution and from conversations with him and other circumstances we concur in that opinion and that we believe the above statement to be true as nearly as he can recollecdt it - .
[Signatures]
Wm. Gower
Neal Hopkins
This 28d October 1832. Test 
Henry Ewing Clerk of 
Davidson County Court
[Signature]

State of Tennessee}
Davidson County.} County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions October Term 1832
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion  after investigating the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the before named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the said court also certifies that the above named William Gower is a minister of the Gospel and that he and Neal Hopkins are both citizens of Davidson County and reputable men and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. Given under our
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in open court this 23rd day of October 1832.
E. P. Connell
Will. Williams
J. Wharton

State of Tennessee Davidson County Sr.
I Henry Ewing clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county do hereby certify to whom it may concern that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of William Haygood for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of said cour to be also affixed at office in Nahsville on this 23d day of October A. D. 1832
Henry Ewing
[Signature]
[Seal]

William Haygood
Pension Claim
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11th day of 
[illegible] - Co 16th Reg't '79 for 9 mos. Pri. Oct . 19
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September 9, 1937
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William Haygood, S.4314
BA-J/MCS

Mr. Rufus H. Bethea
815 Jackson Building
Birmingham, Alabama

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 4314, based upon the military service of William Haygood, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

William Haygood was born July 26, 1755, in Brunswick County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given. 

While an infant he moved with his father to Johnson County, North Carolina, and while living there he enlisted as early in the Revolution as 1778 or prior to that year and served with the North Carolina troops at various times until the close of the Revolution, as private under
Captains Tanner Alford, John L. Jones, Ben Rhodes, Whitley or Whittey
and Evans, and Colonels Robert Mebane, Sumner, Wallody (evidently meant for Malmedy) and Long; he was in the battle of Stono Point.

After the Revolution he moved to Montgomery County, North Carolina, from there to Fairfield County, South Carolina, from there to Rowan [Roane] County, Tennessee, then back to South Carolina, then to Twiggs County, Georgia, then to Rutherford County, Tennessee, from there back to Rowan [Roane] County, Tennessee, and from there to Davidson County, Tennessee.
William Haygood was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, at which time he was living in Davidson County, Tennessee.
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He died October 29, 1836.
There are no data relative to his family,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 9, 1937
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David Flenniken, S.10154
William Haygood, S. 4314
BA-J/MCS

Mr. Rufus H. Bethea
815 Jackson Building
Birmingham, Alabama

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, David and Dennis Flannigan, William Haygood and Thomas Walker.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a Thomas Walker as described by you, or of any Dennis Flannigan.

You are furnished herewith, the records of David Flenniken and William Haygood.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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W.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

April 2, 1927

Miss Eva Hagood
Greenwood, Box 457
South Carolina

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4314, it appears that WILLIAM HAYGOOD was born July 25, 1755, in Brunswick County, Virginia.

While a resident of Johnson County, North Carolina, he enlisted as early in the Revolution as 1778 or prior to that year and served with the North Carolina troops at various times until the close of the Revolution as a private under Captains Tanner Alford, John L. Jones, Ben Rhodes, Whittey and Evans, and Colonels Robert Mabane, Sumner, Mallody and Long; he was in the battle of Stono Point. 

After the Revolution he moved to Montgomery County, North Carolina, and from there he moved to Fairfield County, South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee.

There are no data on file relative to his family.

This is the only soldier by the name of William Haygood, searched under all spellings of that name, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Greenwood, S. C.
Box 467
Greenwood, S. C.

Commissioner of Pensions,

Washington D.C.

Dear Sir;-

Will you please advise me if you have the Revolutionary War record of William Hagood, a native of Virginia, of English descent, who married Sarah Johnson of Virginia. About 1776 he moved to Ninety Six District in South Carolina (Name originally spelt Haguewood)

Any information you can give me with reference to the above will be very much appreciated.

Yours truly,
(Miss) Eva Hagood
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After 5 days, return to
________________________
________________________
GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA.

[stamp - UNITED STATES POSTAGE 2 CENTS]

Miss Eva Hagood
P.O. Box 467
Greenwood, S. C.
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1927 Apr. 2 hist to Miss Eva Hagood. WES
1937 Sept. 9 hist. to Mr. Rufus H. Bethea. see corres. in David Plenniken S. 10154 MCS

4314
Rev. War INVALID.

File 4314
Willia Haygood 
Prvt. N. C. line
Act. June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 158
[Arrangement 1870.]
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Wm.Haygood
Tennessee
two years from 1779
private $80.

Hr. F. Grundy
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State of North Carolina
Secretary's Office

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforessaid do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in teh revolutionary war, that William Haygood a private in     company of the 10th Regiment enlisted in the year 1779 for 9 months, and was omitted in Oct. 1779.
Given under my hand this 5th Dec'r. 1832
W. Hill