Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,653, William Donaldson, N.C.
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Service N. C.
Donaldson, William
Number S. 31.653

[illegible] N. C.
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Georgia 27.813

William Donaldson
DeKalb Co. in the State of Georgia
he was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hardin of the Troops commanded by Genl Smith in the [illegible] Cos. Troops line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
of the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May 1834 and sent to Wm. Ezzard 
Decatur Ga.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending to Sept 10.00
[totaled] $70.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 88
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Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of the h? April 1838 from 4th Sept 1838 to 4 [illegible; may be March] 1839. Agt notified 3 [illegible] 18[illegible]
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E.B. Reynolds clk
William Donalson
Ga
30.760
Admitted
Private 6 mo
$20-
[seal]
Wm Ezzard
Decatur Ga
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
State of Georgia
DeKalb County ⎬ On this fifth day of May
 in the year 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Inferior Court of said County now sitting William Donaldson a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged
Seventy two years who first being duly sworn
according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated in the year 1778 he resided in Rutherford County North Carolina and in that year he entered the Militia service of the United States
as a volunteer and private under Captain
Benjamin Harden an office of the Militia
for a three months tour which term of service
he states he performed when he entered the
Service he state he marched from his residence in North Carolina to the City of Augusta and from thence to the city of Savannah and from thence to the a place called Stone in the State of South Carolina where he states he was in a considerable engagement with the British. In the year 1779 he States he entered the service in the (illegible) for a six months tour but further States he did not serve but
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three months of the time in consequence of his having been arrested by the British. he state after he volunteered the second tour he states he marched from his residence
North Carolina to the City of Charleston where he was arrested. he further states he does not recollect the names of the officers he volunteered under the second tour but recollects that Baldridge was the Lieutenant
and that Genl (illegible) was Commander in Chief during both tours he (illegible).
he further States he served six months in the Militia and as a volunteer and private. he further states he knows of no person living who can testify as to his service he states he never received but one discharge and that was
under the hand of Capt Harden which has long
since been destroyed. He states that he is acquainted with Nathan Williford Willis (illegible) Daniel Gohen and David McDow who resides in his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character
for veracity and their belief of his service as a
soldier of the Revolution. he further states that
during the service he performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit. he states he was born in the State of North Carolina in Hillsborough and on the 14th day of January 1762 he states he has no record of his age. he states he was living in Rutherford County North Carolina when called into
service he states that since the war he has lived
in North Carolina & South Carolina and now lives in the state of Georgia DeKalb County. he states he volunteered in the service
he states he does not recollect any of the regular officers who were with the troops but
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Genl Woodford he further States he never received but one written discharge that was under the hand of Capt Harden. he also states he received a parol (sic) from the British when they discharged him
This declarant further states that he has been unable to procure the certificate of a Clergyman there being no clergyman at Court with whom he is acquainted be hereby relinquishes every 
Sworn to and substantiates claim whatever to a pension the day and year aforesaid
or an (illegible) except the present & he declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State Sworn to and (illegible)
this 5th day of May 1834
Edward Long IIC
John Dobbs IIC
John McCulloch IIC
William (his mark) Donaldson
We James Lemon & Alfred B Greenwood residing in said County of DeKalb
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Donaldson who has has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe
him to be seventy two years of age that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this day 5th day of May 1834
Edward Jones JJC
John Dobbs J.J.C.
John McCulloch J.J.C.
James Lemon
A Greenwood
(illegible) the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations presented by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states and the court further certify
-
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that it appears to them that James Lemon &
Alfred B Greenwood who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said County of Dekalb & are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit
Edward Jones J.J.C.
John Dobbs, J.J.C.
John McCulloch J.J.C.
of
I Elzy B Reynolds Clerk of the Inferiour [Inferior] Court of DeKalb County & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Donaldson
for a pension do further certify that Edward Jones Kohn Dobb & John McCulloch whose names appears to the foregoing certificate are Justices of said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal of office this 10th day of May 1834
E. B. Reynolds Clk
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Wars Section (5)
AWF/HMM
July 11, 1929.
Mrs. J. Ralph Smith,
Librarian, Bainbridge Public Library,
Bainbridge,
Georgia.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31653, it appears that William Donaldson was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, January 14, 1762 and while living in Rutherford County, North Carolina enlisted in 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Benjamin Hardin's Company, North Carolina troops.
In 1779 he served three months under Lieutenant Baldridge and was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina. He was in the battle at Sto[illegible].
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 5, 1834, while a resident of De Kalb County, Georgia.
There are no data relative to his family.
The above noted is the only William Donaldson found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH.
Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812 Rev. War Section.
September 10,1923.
Mrs. L. C. Showe
Box 115,
Chautauqua, N. Y.
Madam;
September 10, 1923.
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31653, it appears that William Donaldson was born in Hillsborough, N. C. Jan. 14, 1783 and while living in Rutherford County, N. C. enlisted in 1778 and served three months as a private
in Captain Benjamin Harden's company, North Carolina troops.
In 1779 he served three months under Lieutenant Baldridge and was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina. He was in the battle at Stono.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 5, 1834, while a resident of DeKalb County, Georgia.
There are no data relative to his family.
The above listed is the only William Donaldson found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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BAINBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
Mar. 15, 1929
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Have you any record of service
in the Revolutionary War of William Donaldson
who was Pensioner from DeKalb County, Georgia
Thanking you for information,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. Ralph Smith
Librarian
[stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
MAR 19 1929
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Ans. Sept 10-23 
ans
Chautauqua N.Y.
July 23rd 1923
Adjutant General
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me a copy of the
Revolutionary War record of William Donaldson of N.C. He lived in Craven and Iredell Counties.
I am under the impression that he served
either in the Hillsborough
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or Salisbury Malitia [Militia]
He married a Miss Bates and had several
children, two sons and one daughter Rhoda who was my grandmother. 
Would appreciate any family data you may have. 
Very sincerely
Mrs. Lou Ellen Chattin Showe
Box 115 Chautauqua
New York
[stamped] 37 Received A.G.O. JUL 26 1923
RECEIVED JUL 27 1923
OLD RECORDS DIVN.
U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUL [illegible]1 1923
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Address: "The Adjutant General,
War Department, Washington, D. C."
O.R.D.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON.
July 27, 1923
Respectfully returned to
Mrs Lou Ellen Chattin Showe
Box 115 Chautauqua
New York
The name given within has not been found on the records in this office of soldiers of the Revolutionary War from the State mentioned.
The collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., or from the authorities of the State referred
to within. 
[stamped]
US PENSION OFFICE 
H JUL 31 1923

Benj Alvord
Acting The Adjutant General.
By E. S. B
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Box 115
Chautauqua N.Y.
July 23rd 1923
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C. 
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War
record of William Donaldson who lived in Craven and Irdell Counties. N.C. and later moved further west in the state. 
I am under the impression he may have served in
the either Hillsborough
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or Salisbury District.
He died some ten years after the close of this war, and his wife was a Miss Bates
I will greatly appreciate any information about
as well as proof of service of this William Donaldson. 
Yours very Truly,
Mrs. Lou Ellen Chattin Show
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Irvington, Indiana
March 15, 1898.
Department of Interior.
Washington D. C.
Will you please let me know whether William Donaldson was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War from Virginia or Tennessee and in what regiment was he? 
I know that his name last appears on the roll of
Col. Wood's Company, dated Morristown Dec. 
2, 1779. Can you give me any information of Capt. James Thompson, who fought at Island
Flats Tennessee, with the Indians, July, 20, 1776, as given in
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Ramsey's History of Tennessee?
Was James Thompson a soldier of the Revolution and in what regiment and from what state?
Very respectfully,
(Miss) Bona Thompson.
Irvington, Indiana
[stamped]
US PENSION OFFICE
MAR 17 1898
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31653
Revy INVALID.
No. 31,653
William Donaldson
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 112
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Mar 25 '99
Miss Bona Thompson
Irvington Ind.
1923 Sept. 10 Hist to Mrs.
L. C. Showe
1929, July 12 Hist to Mrs.
J. Ralph Smith
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(3)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 27th, 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Donaldson,- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and [crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March,1839.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Decatur 10th May 1834
(2)
Dear Sir
I send you herein inclosed the declaration of William Donalson an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier which I hope will be
found to be satisfactory
Yours very Respectfully
William Ezzard