Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,425, John Wilshire, Ga. Va.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Ga.
Va.
Wilshire, John

NUMBER
S. 6425
carded

CONTENTS
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12.071
Virginia
John Wilshire
of Pr Edward in the State of Va:
who was a __ in the __ commanded by Captain __
of the Regi commanded by Col: Habersham in the - VA line for 10 mo: 2 days

Ga. and Va. June 6/04
Records completed.

Inscribed on the Roll of Viriginia
at the rate of 33 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of March 1833 and __ to B.J. Marshaue Pr. Edward C.A.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending __

67.10
16.77
$83.87

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 30.
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3777
Jno. Wilshire
Admit for 10 mo. & 2 day
[pts] 794.42.93.14.6 
[illegible] from 1777

[Sent letter to]

Col.  Habersham
$33.55 P-37

See letter Nov 10 1832
J. B. Worsham
Pn - Edwards
Va
March J. Worsham
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6777
Brief in the case of John Wilshire
County of Prince Edwd in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. - 1st Sept In 1776 enlisted & again afterwards

Duration of Service. -Serv’d until [following] summer & was disch’d for sickness, time not precisely stated.

Rank. - As a private.

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Cap. Robt Walton, Col Habbersham, Continental troops of Georgia, Cap. Rich’d Allen

5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Prince Edw’d Cty, Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The witnesses
 in another County, and it does not appear that the justice is such - as no person 
has so certified that he is a justice.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
F. Waugh Examining Clerk.
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John Wilshire
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State of Virginia Prince Edward County ss On this 21st day of January
1839, personally appeared by the Court of Prince Edward County. [Newellburg]
John Wilshire a resident of said County aged eighty five years who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth make oath to the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the armies of the United States
 on the first day of September 1776 for twelve months in the State of Virginia
in the Company commanded by Capt Robert Walton, and marched under
him to Augusta in the State of Georgia where we were attached to the
 Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Habersham in the line of the
 Continental troops of Georgia, in the service of the United States, and that
he was discharged, according to the best of his recollection, on the first of April
in consequence of sickness in the State of Georgia by Col. Habersham. And
 on the 13th day of May 1781 he was drafted and marched under Ensign
Abner Watkins from the County of Prince Edward to a place called Rollings
 old field, where we joined head quarters and were attached to the Company
Commanded by Capt Richard Allen, and to the Regt commanded Col Henry
Skipwith and remained in said Company untill we were discharged
by Col. Henry Skipwith at a place called the Mortanhills on the 17th day
of August, but has since lost a packet book which contained both of his
discharges  And in answer to the different interrogatories prescribed by
the war department,  He says that he has no record of his age but has
always understood that he was born the 10th day of February 1747; that he
 lived in the County of Prince Edward when called into service, have lived
there ever since and live there now. That he enlisted for twelve months in his first tour
was drafted in the last. He served under Colo Habersham, and Gen,
Mackintosh in the State of Georgia, and under Colo Henry Smith
in the Militia but I do not recollect what General officer.
I received a discharge in both tours the first assigned by Col Habersham
 the last by Col Skipwith, but have lost them both. He claims a
pension for seven months in the Georgia [Power] and three months in the
Millitia [Power] and that he never served in any capacity but a common
 soldier. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension,
except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension
role of any State.
John Wilshire his mark

Subscribed and sworn in court the date above.

We Levi Clay a resident of the County of Lunenburg and Simon
Walton a resident of the County of Prince Edward and State of Virginia
 do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John
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Wilshire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we
believe him to be Eighty five years of age that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and
that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Subscribed and sworn to in Court
the date first above
Simon Walton
Levi Clay

And the 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 applicant was a revolutionary
 soldier and served as he states, and the Court further
certify that Levi Clay and Simon Walton who signed the
foregoing certificate are residents, the first in Lunenburg
and the latter in Prince Edward and are credible persons
and that their statements are entitled to credit.

Branch J. Worsham Clerk of the Court of Prince Edward
County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the
application of John Wilshire for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 24th day
of January 1833
B. J. Worsham CC
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 19

In reply to your request of  …,  received ../.
a statement of the military history of John Wilshire
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.
S.F. 6425.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. & LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Sept. 1, 1776 to April 6, 1777 and May 13, 1781 to Aug 12, 1781
RANK. Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN Robert Walton, Richard Allen
COLONEL. Joseph Habersham, Henry Skipwith 
STATE. Ga., Va.

Battles engaged in, x
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Prince Edward Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Jan 18, 1833 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Prince EdwardCo., Va.
Age at date of application, B. Feb 10, 1747.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family

John Fram of  Lunenburg Co. Va. testified that he
also served under said officers

(to be incorporated only in Mr. Wilshire’s circular)
Respectfully,

Commissioner.
3---2856
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6425
Rev. War 
INVALID.
File No. 6425

John Wilshire
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 408
(Arrangement of 1870.}

1918, Apr. 1. History to
Wm. W. Wilshire FW
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Certificate of Declaration
of
Abner Watkins
in the case of
John Wilshire
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Mr John Wilshire having made application to me for a certificate
of his services as a militia man all that I can say is this, I have
no personal recollection of him but from sundry circumstances that
he states I have no hesitation in saying that I feel fully persuaded
that he did march under me as Ensign & we joined the army
at Ratcliff's old field and continue in the service untill a little
before the capture of Cornwallis & being discharged, we returned
home but what the length of time was I do not recollect.
Given under my hand this 4th of Jan 1833.
Abner Watkins Ensign

State of Virginia Lunenburg County  (Court)
This day [crossed out-the Petitioner] Abner Watkins a credible
witness whose statement is entitled to credit, came before me
one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace for the County
aforesaid and made oath to the above certificate.
Given under my hand this 14 day of Jany 1833
Edmd Will J.P.

I John Fram a soldier of the Revolution do hereby certify that John Wilshire
now applicant enlisted in the United States service for twelve months
under Capt Robert Walton about the first of Sept 1776 and marched
in company with me to Augusta in the State of Georgia where
we were attached to the Reg. commanded by Col Joseph Habersham
and we remained in one Company until some time in the
month of February. We were them seperated in different detachment
and I never saw him afterwards. His conduct when together
was much in the [Careston] of a Soldier. Given under my
hand this ___ day of January 1833.
John Fram

State of Virginia Lunenburg County (Court)
This day John Fram a credible witness whose statement is
entitled to credit came before me one of the Commonwealth
Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath
to the above certificate. Given under my hand this ___
day of January 1833.
George L Bays
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133.
Virginia Lunenburg County (to wit:

I William H Taylor  Clerk of the
County Court of the said County do hereby certify that
Edmund Winn and George L Bays Esqr before whom
the foregoing affidavits were sworn to are acting Justices
of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned
and quallified, and that their signatures are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the
said court this 19th day of January 1933.
W. H. Taylor
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William W. Wilshire
Temporary Address
1770 M At N.W. c/o Albert H. Shillington


Permanent address
W.  W. Wilshire
Atty at Law
536. New York Block
Seattle Wash

Give name & address of Fram (Witness)

Personal request of Mch. 30, 1918
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J.W. Rev. War Section
3-1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON April 1, 1918

Mr. William W. Wilshire,
1770 U Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

In order to obtain the last known residence of soldier, the date of his death and name of person to whom the arrears of pension were paid, in the case of
"John Wilshire, Cert. No. 18,071,
issued March 31, 1833, for
$33.55 per annum, from March
4, 1831, under the Act of
June 7, 1832, at the Virginia
Agency",
you should forward this letter to
The Auditor for the Interior Department,
Auditors' Bldg., 14th and B Sts., S.W.,
Washington, D.C.

Very respectfully,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Wilsie, Jacob GRADE Private LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 8036 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 12, 1790
to Henry S. Peatt, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.