Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5149, William Holliday, Ga.
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Service                           Number
Ga.   Holliday, William   R.5149
Contents
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38,441        Aug 31/52
William Holliday, Holiday (crossed out)
Declaration
S.C.
June 7th, 1832
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State of South Carolina
   Pickens District 
      
On this thirtieth day of March 1852. Personally appears in open court before the Honorable W.D. Steele, William Holliday a resident of Greenville District in the state aforementioned, aged Eighty. Eight years, who being first duly sorn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he volunteered under Captain Walker in Wilkes County, Georgia in the war of the revolution when he was but a youth, to continue during the war; Major John Rines, other officers no recollected, marched to Augusta and was there at Clark, defeat, he marched much through Georgia and South Carolina and way in the Battle in Augusta, one at Wrightsborough, which town was burned by the Whigs on driving out the British. That he continued in actual service under the same Officer two years and six months, and was discharged honorably, but not in writing, he did not know the necessity of getting and preserving such a thing. and now at his advanced age he is unable to recollect, to tell anything like a correct account of his services. That he was not aware until lately that he could have any chance to procure a pension without positive proof by two witnesses of his services, and that by then who serves with him, and that is his reason for not long since making this application.  That he hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his revenue is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any State. To the questions put by the court by directions of the
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War Department he answers as follows.
1st He was born in Columbia County Georgia on the 7th day of February 1764.
2nd. His sister has his father's Bible in which his Birth is recorded and which he seen a few years ago.
3rd. He lived in Wilkes County, Ga. when he entered the service and remained there until about 40 or 50 years ago when he came to South Carolina.
4th. He was a volunteer.
5th He was with no regulary.
6th He got no written discharge.
7th. The men with whom he is now well acquainted of respectability and whom he thinks will testify to his truth and honesty of character, are Doctor John C. Sullivan, John Bagwell, Austin Williams Esquire, Hiram Cody, Hon. J.E. Ware, and Captain Adam Jones.
Sworn to the open court before,
William D. Steele
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
William Holliday (his mark not signature)
The Israel Chapman a Clergyman and Stehen Smith both residents of the District of Pickens and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Holliday who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age represented therein, that he have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
Israel Chapman (signed)
Stephen Smith (signed)
William D. Steele, (signed)
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
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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 was as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Israel Chapman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the District of Pickens and State of South Carolina and that Stephen Smith who has also signed the same is a resident of the District of Pickens and State aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
(signed) William D. Steele
     Judge of the Court
     of Ordinary
I, William L. Keith Clerk of the Court of (crossed out: the Court of Common pleas for) Pickens District certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Holliday for a pension.
            In testimony whereof I have hereunto
            set my hand and affixed my seal of
             Office this                day of
              1852.
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William Holliday
Revolutionary pension
Claim ___

Evidence of
Elizabeth Pike
 as to identity

forwarded by
L. F. Fowned
attorney for
William Holiday
Greenville S. Carolina
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District	} Personally appeared
Mrs. Elizabeth Pike, aged about eighty seven
years, before me + being duly sworn makes oath
that she has known William Holliday, a revolutionary
soldier, nearly all her life. That her father,
Daniel Johnson, lived near Augusta, Georgia,
during the War of the revolution + was a soldier,
on the side of America, during the greater part of
the war. It was about the time that Gen. Clarke,
(in whose army the Informant's father then was,)
marched against the British at Augusta, that
Informant became acquainted with said William
Holliday, who was then in a company commanded
by Capt Walker in Gen. Clark's army. During the
or about that time	with her father
siege of Augusta	^	the said Wm Holliday came	^	to her
father's house + had a wound in one of his thigh's
which he said was received at the siege of Augusta +
which this Informant remembers to have afsisted in
drefsing. Informant was also informed that the
said Holliday was appointed a Lieutenant for
his good conduct at the siege of Augusta. Holliday
remained at her father's house until his wound
was quite healed when he returned to his duty, +
was with her father the said Daniel Johnson, in
service, under Gen. Clark, against the Indians
in Georgia and East Tennefsee, as she was informed +
believes, until peace was declared. The said
Wm. Holliday afterwards removed to + settled in
Greenville District aforesaid (where this informant
had also settled) and married a woman by
the name of Cooly. That the said Holliday
still resides in Greenville District aforesaid, +
he is the identical person whom she knew
as a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
Sword to + subscribed		her
before me this 18th day	Elizabeth	X	Pike
of Feby A. D. 1856		mark
W. H. Campbell N. P.
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District  } I, W. H. Campbell,
before whom the preceding affidavit
was made do certify that Mrs. Elizabeth
Pike, who made the foregoing affidavit
is represented to me by reliable persons
as a credible witnefs + one whose
statements are worthy of entire confidence
W. H. Campbell
not Pub-

State of South Carolina
Greenville District } I, Wm A. McDaniel
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas +
General Sefsions for Greenville District
in the State aforesaid do certify that
W. H. Campbell, before whom the
preceding affidavit was made as
appears by his name in his own hand
writing attesting the same, was at the date
thereof a Magistrate as aforesaid, for the
District aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my Hand
and Seal of Office
this 23rd Day of April
A. D. 1856
WAMcDaniel
Clerk
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5149 REJECTED OM
P.O. __
William Holliday
Service:__
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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38.441
William Holliday
   S. C
   5149
Wm Holliday Dec 24 1852
Thompson + Wood	Sept 12/1853
   Same -	" 24 "
   D. W. Wood	Oct 15. "
   Thompson J Veneble	Feb 25/54
Hon. J. S. Orr	Apr 29/56
G. L. Tounes	May 14/56
Act June 7 1832
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  Official Business
Hon. L. P. Waldo
   Comr. of Pensions
      Washington
         D. C.
written at 90 degrees to the rest, at the left edge
of
Wm Holliday
S C Act 32
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       Washington, Oct 15, 53

To the
Comr of Pensions
     Sir:- We respectfully ask your
personal revision of Wm Holliday's case.
     He alleges service in Capt. Walker's
Co. under Col. Clark. The certf. of the Sec.
of State of Geo. shows that he was a Lieut.
under Col. Clark + rec.d land as such.
     John Bagwell, a pensioner,
swears that "he saw Holliday while march
ing thro' S.C. after the defeat at Augusta" +
afterwards that Holliday told him of all the
battles he was in +c. Here then is the identity.
     The service, grade + identity being
established - How shall the length of his
service be determined? We propose to
committee his claim to the minimum, Gmd
for the present, + will only ask for more
when inefragible evidence can be pro-
duced that he served conjen.
         Very Respy
         Thompson + Wood
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State of South Carolina	} Before me
   Pickens District	} Robert Stewart
a magistrate for Retlen District personally
appeared Martha Roe who being duly sworn
upon oath declared that she is personally
acquainted with William Holliday who
enlisted in Wilkes County Georgia under
Captain Walker attached to the Command
of General Clark; that she knew him
before he enlisted and Saw him in the
march for the City of Augusta under the
Command as aforesaid, and also saw
him on the Ecturu March from
Augusta, and that she knows the
Said William Holliday Served at one
time ten months in the Revolutionary
War; and how much more she can
not exactly state though he was out
several times - this deponent further
states that she has known the said William
Holliday personally ever since and swears
that the William Holliday now applying
for a pension is the identical William
Holliday she knew in service under General
Clarke and who enlisted in Georgia,
Wilkes County,
Sworn to + Subscribed before me this
14 day of January AD 1854.
R H Stewart	}
Pickens District	}
South Carolina	} Martha Roe
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State of South Carolina	} I W. L Rectte
Picking District	} Clerk of the Court
of General Sefsions and common
Pleas in and for Picking District do
hereby certify that Robert Stewart whose
name appears to the foregoing affidavit
is and was at the date thereof a regularly
appointed Commifsioner and qualified
Magistrate for said District _ that the
signature purporting to be his is genuine
and that all due faith and Credit
are and ought to be given to all
his official acts
     I further Certify that I am
acquainted with Martha Roe the
deponent and that she is a person
of good character and her statements
as to truth may be relied on
Given under my hand and
seal of officer at Rekay CH
this 17 day of January 1854
W. L. Rick
Clerk of the Court of
Genl Sefs + Com. Pleas
Picking District
  S. C.
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   I W J Parsons Judge of the
Court of Ordinary for Perkins District
South Carolina do hereby certify that
W L Kuth whose name affiars to
the foregoing Certificate is and was
at the date thereof Clerk of the Court
of General Sefsion and Common Pleas,
that the signature purporting to be his
is genuine, and that all due faith
and credit should be given to his
official acts _ that the Certificate
is in the proper forum and by this to public
officers
     I further certify that I am
personally acquainted with Martha
Roe the Informant and that she
is a woman of good character
and that her statement may be
relied on.
A seal is here
W. J Parsons
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
17 January 1854
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I am personally acquainted with William Holliday.
He is very old + infirm + his faculties are much
blunted by age. He has always maintained
the reputation of an honest + truthfyl
man.	Larry L Orr
sub
written vertically at the bottom left of the page
Martha Roe's
Affidavit
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Georgia State,

     These are to certify that Wm
Holloday a Citizen is entitled to two hundred
and fifty acres of Land as a Bounty, agreeable to
an Act and Resolve of the General Afsembly
pafsed at Augusta the 20th of August 1781, as
per Certificate April 21st 1784
          Elijah Clark Col.
     By his order
     M. Freeman

Georgia          (No.1135)
     These are to certify, That Willm Halloday
Lieut. a citizen is entitled to Two Hundred and
Fifty Acres of Land, as a Bounty, agreeable to an
Act and Resolve of the General Afsembly, pafsed
at Augusta the 20 August 1781, as jist Certifi
cate E. Clark Colo
Given under my Hand, at Savannah, the
28th day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and Eighty-
four
Attest	J. Houstown
D. Rees, Secr'y
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	Executive Department Georgia
Milledgeville July 23 1853
     I do hereby Certify, that the forgoing are true
and correct Copies of original Certificates,
which are on file in this Department.
Given under my hand and the
Seal of the Executive Department
this the 23d day of July A.D. 1853
Wm Steele
Secretary Ex. Dept.
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Washington D.C. Feb. 18th 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo
          Comr. of Pensions
Sir
     We have the honor to inclose
the affidavit of Mrs. Martha Roe
to the fact of Wm. Holliday's
service. Also the certificate of Col.
Orr to his credibility

     Respectfully H.
     Thompson V Venable
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  Washington D.C.
      August 10 1853
To the Comr. of Pensions

    Sir: -
      Enclosed is the certf.
of the Sec. of State of Georgia, which
not only shows the Service of William
Holliday but fixes the grade at
Lieutenant in the Revolution. This
taken in connexion with John
Dagwell's affidavit who "saw him
in the service" identified Holliday,
and we ask for the issue of his
pension.

     Very Respectfully
      Thompson + Wood
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Revolutionary
Pension Claim
of William
Holiday of
So. Car.
Act of 7th June
1832
pr. to
  M Thompson
  Present
 Fild Feby 25 1853

Papers cald for
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PAGE 1 POWER OF ATTORNEY -- Revolutionary Pension Claims

 Know all Men by these Presents, that I,* William Holliday
of Greenville District South Carolina do

hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D.C., my true
and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of William Holliday
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby
authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file
in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments;
and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do
were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent
shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.

     Witness my hand and Seal this 15t day January A.D., 1853
his
William	+	Holliday	
a seal, LL in design
mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of}
D. Heolice
his
G.W.	X	Holliday
mark

STATE OF South Carolina	}
COUNTY OF Greenville District	} ss.
     On this Fifteenth day of January A.D. 1853
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
William Holliday and acknowledged the foregoing Power
of Attorney to be       act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand,	}
the day and year aforesaid.	}
M. Taylor	J. Peace
Notary Public
+ Magt & Jofp.

     *In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If
he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and
execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name,
(stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
     If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the
existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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PAGE 2 Claim of __
Act of __


STATE OF South Carolina
COUNTY Greenville District      Be it Known, That on this Fifteenth
day of January A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
G. W. Holliday a resident of Greenville in said County District and
made oath according to law that he is the identical William Holliday
is the identical who executed the foregoing
power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be
filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agents may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and	}		his
 year aforesaid, before	}	G. W.	X	Holliday
 J. Peace	}		mark
M. Taylor notary Public
 + Magt JofP

     I. M. Taylor a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County District do hereby
certify that William Holliday who executed the foregoing paper, is a
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
     J. Peace
     M. Taylor notary Public
     + Magt JofP

     I, D. Peoke Clerk of the Comp Court in the County Dist and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that M Taylor before whom the foregoing
papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County,
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature.
     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
      affixed my official Seal, this 15th day of
      January A.D., 1853
       D. Hoke
Clerk
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STATE OF	}
COUNTY OF	}
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me

that       was a Revolutionary       of the
United States at the rate of $       per annum, and that       died on the
      day of       eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving

and that

the only surviving child       of the aforesaid

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this       day of
one thousand eight hundred and fifty

NOTE.- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there
is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may
be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power
of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there
be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and, and of the death of each, must appear;
and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be)
was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely,
     The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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stamped postmark Greenville S. C. Apr 23 stamped FREE

Pension office Department
     Washington City
     D. C
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Greenville SC April 1856

     To the Comissioner of Pensions
     Sir.
          I enclose on behalf of
William Holliday the evidence of
identity to entitle him to his
pension. He is now living in
this district + fortunately has
discovered an aged woman who
has known him from the
period of his Services to the present
time. It seems that the evidence
is conclusive as to the identity
+ the proof of Service already is
furnished as I am informed.
     With Ricat which
     Tanxs
     G. T. Townes
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the State of South Carolina	}	Before me RF Stewart Magistrate
Pickens District	}	in and for the District of Pickens
in the State aforesaid Personally appeared John Bagwell
Who being Duly sworn saith that he saw Little William
Holloday in Service in the Revolutionary war - march
ing through South Carolina under General Clark
from his defeat at Augusta he thinks Walker was
the capt - They went from Wilkes County Georgia
+ never saw him any more till after peace and
he moved to South Carolina and has lived in the
same naborhood ever since - he told me of ten
Battles he was in and the times of said Battles
and at such Plasis and I new it was Saw
and from what I saw my selfe and what he
has told me he served the time he said and
the said Holloday is a good Sitazen and much to
be Relied on and worthy of his Pension
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me this the 5 day	}	his
of April 1852	}John	+	Bagwell
}	mark
RF Stewart M.P.D	}