Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32076, George Wilson, Md.
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SERVICE NUMBER 
Md. Wilson, George S 32076
CONTENTS
b. July 1, 1750
res [residence]at enl. [enlistment] Talbot Co. Md. 
res [residence] in 1839, Walton Co. Ga
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Georgia 12.799 
Geo: Wilson 
of Walton in the State of Georgia
who was a pri [private] in the company commanded Captain Lynch of the Regt. commanded by Col. Howard in the Maryland line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, [to] commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May '33
adn sent J.P. Lucas
Monroe C.H. Ga.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33  160
Semi-anl. allowance 4 Sept           40
                                                     $200
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol 6__ Page 106.

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Set to T Green July 17 1844

[Written crossway on right bifold]
Sent to J. P Lucas Clk of Walton Co. [illegible] [illegible] day.___having been erroneously sent
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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The Declaration of George Wilson a Revolutionary Soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Georgia}
County of Walton} ss
On this nineteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the honorable Inferior Court of the County & State aforesaid being a court of Record George Wilson a resident of the County of Walton in the said State of Georgia aged Eighty two years on the first day of July last past who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven on the twenty second day of March with Capt. John Lynch for the term of three years & served in the fifth Regiment of the Maryland line under the
following named officers Wm Smallwood Brigadier General John E Howard Lieutenant Colonel John Eagleston Major James Wolds Adjutant James Gray 1st  Lieutenant Philip Reed 2nd Lieutenant Thos Jones 1st Seargent [sergeant] Levi Smith 2nd Sergeant & Wm Gow Corporal And deponent further declares that he enlisted for & served the term of three years or more on the land service & that he left the land service the ninth of May seventeen hundred & eighty one at Charlotte Court House in North Carolina at which time & place last aforesaid he was regularly discharged Capt [Captain] Perry Benson Capt [Captain] Commandant which discharge is no where in this deponents power custody or control at this time having been so far as he knows or believes long since lost or destroyed and this deponent farther declares that at the time he entered into the service he resided in the County of Talbot & State of Maryland And this deponent further declares that he was during his service engaged in the following battles or fights at the battle of Brandywine Pennsylvia [Pennsylvania] and at the battle of Germantown
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Pennsylvania at the battle of Monmouth State of New Jersey and at the storming of Stoney Point on the Hudson River in the State of New York and at the surprize [surprise] of Poler's Hook in New Jersey & at Gates defeat at a place called the Gum Swamp near Camden in South Carolina & at the battle of Cowpens in South Carolina at the head of Buck Creek, where this deponent was wounded & at the battle at Guilford Court House in the State of North Carolina & at what was called the second fight at the Town of Camden South Carolina & at the siege of 96 
And this deponent further declares that he marched through the following sections of Country First from Talbot County in the State of Maryland where he enlisted to Brandywine in Pennsylvania thence to Willmington [Wilmington] in the State of Delaware thence to Germantown in Pennsylvania from thence this deponent marched to winter Quarters of the Army at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania at the breaking up of winter quarters the following Spring deponent marched to Monmouth State of New Jersey from thence deponent marched to a place called the white plains in the State of New York where he remained the balance of that summer the battle of Monmouth having taken place in July From white Plains deponent marched to winter quarters at Middlebrook State of New Jersey from
thence to a place called Smiths Cloves from thence to a place called Buttermilk falls on the Hudson River in the State of New York [illegible] near west Point where this deponent worked upon Fort Putnam on a Redoubt and a part of the time upon Fort Defiance from thence this deponent marched to winter Quarters on the plains of Mendom near Morristown in New Jersey The Spring following in April this deponent took the line of March for the Southern Country & passed thru Princeton in New Jersey & Trenton also where he took shipping & landed at Christian Bridge in the State of Delaware from thence this deponent marched to Elktown in the State of Maryland from thence this deponent took Shipping again & landed next at Petersburgh in Virginia
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from thence this deponent marched to Hillsboro in North Carolina From thence he marched to a place called the Gum Swamp near Camden in South Carolina where General Gates was defeated Thence he this deponent marched on the retreat back to Hillsboro in North Carolina There this deponent was detached & put under General Morgan & marched thence under said General Morgan through North & South Carolina to Pachelett River in South Carolina from thence to the Cowpens in South Carolina where he was engaged in the battle at that place heretofore mentioned Thence this deponent marched on the retreat before Lord Cornwallis through South Carolina North Carolina & a part of Virginia to Halifax Oldtown in the State last aforesaid thence to Guilford Court House in the State of North Carolina thence to Camden in South Carolina thence back to Charlotte Court House in North Carolina where this deponent was discharged as aforesaid
And this deponent farther declares that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares that his  name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
George Wilson
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year first aforesaid
John P. [illegible] clk [clerk]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Egbert. B. Ball [illegible]
W Whatley [illegible]
James Orr [illegible]
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I John P Lucas Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County of Walton & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of George Wilson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of November 1832
J.P. Lucas Clk [clerk]
[white paper attached to left margin]
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George Wilson
Ga
No. 19566-
Admit as a private 
2  yr $80=
[illegible]
Annapolis Md
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                                 WAR DEPARTMENT
                                     Pension Office,
                                                               183

Sir:

    The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

[table]
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      A statement, shewing the service of George Wilson
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[column titles]
Period when the service was rendered./     Duration of the claimant's service/Years./Months./Days./   Rank of the claimant./    Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served./     Names and Rank of the General and Field officers./    Battles in which the applicant was engaged./    Country through which he marched./    Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period./    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[information in the columns that are populated]
Period when the service was rendered
    22d March 
    1777 enlisted 3 or more 

Rank of the claimant
    Pri.
    
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
    Capt. Ins Lynch

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
    Brig. Genl. Wm. Smallwood
    Lt. Col. Ins. E. Howard
    Maj. Ins Eagleston

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
    Brandywine
    Germantown
    Monmouth
    Stony Point
    Gates de feat
    Cowpens
    Guilford
    Camden
    Siege of [?]

Country through which he marched.
    From Talbot C & M? to Brandywine PA thence to Wilmington thence to Germantown then to Valley Forge then to Monmouth thence to White Plains N.Yk to Middlebrook N...others to Smiths Cloves, thence to Buttermilk falls thence to Menden then thro Princeton thence to Elkton thence to Petersburg thence Hillsboro to  Gum Swamp back to Hillsboro then thro N.C. & S.C. thence is Cowpens  N.C. & S.C. [?] VA.  

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
    83 years 
    Talbot
    Co. Md.

                        I am, respectfully
                             Your obedient servant,
                                  J. L. EDWARDS,
                                       Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of }ss. On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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, 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 bis 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 mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension." {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 for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 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 papers 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. Proof of Service. [j] 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 claimant's 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. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Georgia 
Walton County ⎬
on the fourth day of [Sept crossed out] October 1843
Personally appeared in open Court of the County of Walton and State aforesaid
George Wilson a resident of the County and State aforesaid of the age of Ninety four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th Eighteen hundred and thirty two. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in April 1777 under Captain John Linch and at his death Captain Perry Benton in the County of Talbot and State of Maryland and served in Major John Deans Battalion and Colonel William Richardsons Regiment of the Maryland line and John E Howard was the Lieutenant Colonel and that he served until September 1781 as a private enlisted Soldier, and then he was Brevated to Ensign by General Green and served in that capacity eleven months and that he fought at the Battle of Brandywine Jermantown [Germantown] Monmoth, [Monmouth] the storming of Stoney Point and at the surprise of Polan Hook then left the North and moved on to the South and fought at Gates defeat and was taken prisoner, and then fought at Tarltons defeat at the Cowpens and then he was wounded, then at the Battle of Guilford and Sundry other places of Smaller note, his last Captain was Perry Benston, his Major, John Dean and his Colonel John E Howard, his Generals, Green and Morgan And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any other State or Territory only on the agency of the State aforesaid
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day [illegible crossed out] and year above set forth the Court called for this purpose
George Wilson
test. W. Briscoe JJC
Neh Johnson J.J.C.
Warren I Hill JJC
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Georgia Walton County} And the Court do hereby declare there opinion that the above named George Wilson the Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States  Oct 4th 1843
W Briscoe GG6
Neh Johnson G.G.6
Warren J. Hill. GG6

Georgia Walton County} I William W. Nowell Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify  that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Wilson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal of office this 4th October 1843.
W. W. Nowell  CM
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3--525
[illegible initials]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ____________, 19___
S. F. 32076
[illegible initials]

In reply to your request of ____, received _____, 
for a statement of the military history of George Wilson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Mch. 22, 1777 ^or Apr.
Sept. 1781

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Sept. 1781
11 mos.

RANK.
Pvt.
Ensign

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Lynch
Perry Benson
COLONEL.
John E. Howard 
William Richardson

STATE
Md.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stoney Parish, Paulus Hook Camden Cowpens Guilford Hobkirk Holl Ninety Six

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Talbot  County, Md.

Date of application for pension, Nov, 19, 1832 His [illegible]

Residence at date of application,
Walter Co. Ga

Age at date of application, born [illegible] 1750
[pencil side note for birth year] 1832-82=1750
Remarks: Soldier states that he was taken prisoner at Camden & wounded at Cowpens but no details are given, and there
is no data on file as to his family

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6 -- 2856
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32076
Rvy INVALID.
File No. 32,076
George Wilson
Pri Rev. War
Act: June 7" 32"
Vol. 2, Page 456
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1920 Apr. 19 Hist to Mrs. W. J. Vadeen
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LAND OFFICE.
ANNAPOLIS, April 20th 1833,
I Certify, that it appears by a Depreciation Pay Roll, remaining in my Office that George Wilson
a private 5th Regt of the Maryland Line received £60"8"6d" Depreciation Money, issued to the Maryland quota of troops on Continental Establishment, on the 29th day of May 1781,
George G. Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.
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Land Office, Annapolis, April 20th 1833,
I certify, that it appears by the Muster rolls, remaining in the office, that George Wilson, enlisted for the term of three years, as a private in Captain Lynch's Company of the 5th Maryland Regiment, on the 29th day of May 1778, was present the 1st of October 1788 and was discharged on the 5th of May 1781;
George G. Brewer
Regr [Registrar] Ld [Land] off. W. S. Md.
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Oct 20 18203
[round stamp OCT 19, illegible printing]
Georgia
Geo Wilson
Act 1832 for increase
Mr Geo. W. Crump,
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Richmond 17 Oct. 1843
Dr. Geo. W. Crump
Acting Comm of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed is the application of George Wilson of Walton County Georgia now a pensioner of said County, at $80 p. an:, under act 7 June 1832, for an increase
of pension. He claims to have been breveted and made Ensign, in Sept. 1781, and to have served Eleven months in that capacity -- No proof is furnished of the fact and unless the rolls & records of the Maryland Line, to which he belonged, shall establish the fact, he says it cannot be proved by any persons to whom he can refer. This application is somewhat informal, but may be admitted, if the books in [illegible] possession shall show that he really has, any well-founded claim to the pay of an Ensign
I an yr. Obt sevt [obedient servant]
Thomas Green
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Moultrie Ga.
April 2nd 1920
(circular stamp)
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
APR 5 1920

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you be so kind as to send me the record of George Wilson, a Revolutionary pensioner, who lived in Walton, Co. Ga 1833--"age 84".
Your prompt consiter-
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ation in my behalf will be greatfully  appreciated.
Yours truly, Mr. W. J. Vereen.
P.S. Neglected to state George Wilson is my g. g. g. grandfather.