Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4878, Wilson Henderson, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.

Henderson, Wilson

NUMBER
R.4878
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of Illinois
County of Gallatin ⎬ SS
On this 19th day of Nov. 1838, personally
appeared Wilson Henderson, in open Court before the
Hon. W.B. Scates, Judge of the Circuit Court in & for
said County, now sitting, which said Wilson Henderson
is a resident of said County and State, aged
76 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832,-

That he entered the service of the United 
States under the following named officers,
& served as herein stated:
His first tour of duty was under the command
of Capt. Anderson Thomas, and Col. Joseph Brown
He lived in Chester County, South Carolina,
and was born in Parson Co. N.C. according to his family
Record, on the 30th day of October 1762, and at
the age of fifteen years, he was drafted
and served under the above named officers
for a period of one month, to the best of
his remembrance. In this tour he marched
to Charleston, S.C. from thence to Phrensburgh
on Savannah river, & was then discharged
He served another town under Lieut John
Mayfield, down towards Charleston, but he
does not remember his captain or Colonel
name - The tour lasted about one month
and he acted as Serjeant therein
Martha  He served another tour under
Lieut. Mayfield & Col. Jos. Brown, - they
marched down to Camden town, camped
near the town, and the next morning the
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British took possession of the town, and the
American's had to make their escape.
acted as Sergeant that tour also which lasted
about one month then he served
another tour, under the same officers, after
Cornwallis left Waynesboro or Winsboro on a large river
the name of which he has forgotten, also
for one month.  Then another tour
under said Mayfield, joined with Gen
Sumpter's army, and in this tour they
drove about 400 tories out of a mill
pond, where he was shot through the
wrist by the tories a [illegible] by the name of
[illegible]. This tour also lasted one month
then another tour under the com-
mand of Capt. Robt Frost - in this tour
the battle of Eutaw took place. Here we
were mounted on horseback, every man
finding his own, with a view to intercept
the British, who were on their march
from Ninty Six 96 to Charleston. This tour was also
one month in duration. Then another 
town under said Mayfield and Col. David
Hopkins, down toward Charleston, also
of one month. And lastly a tour of
one month or more under Capt. Frost
& Lt. Mayfield, Scouting Tories and mur-
derer - that he served as Sergeant in
every tour except the first - 

That he moved from South Carolina, server
al years after the peace of '83 to Tennessee
Overton County, where he lived about three
years, from thence to Warren County, Ken
tucky, where he lived about thhree years
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then to Muhlenbergh county Ky where he lived until he moved to Illinois Gallatin county where about twenty years ago where he has resided ever since He states that he served one or two tours more that he cannot now remember the particulars of owing to advanced age and the consequent failutre of memory He states that he was drafted and the troops were so arranged to be called upon in classes to serve one month at a time & until they were replaced by another class and it often happened that he served more than a month at a time in consequence of this He served in all nine tours as he believes averaging one month each, and of [crossed out seven] eight of them he is certain from the particulars he has stated He has no documentary evidence & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service H hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state that he has made one attempt heretofore to get a pension under this lan, but it fell through & no application was made
sworn to & subscribed the Wilson Henderson
day & year first aforesaid
Leod White clk
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We Stephen Stilly, a clergyman residing in Gallatin County, Illinois and John Lockhart and William J Gatewood and [crossed out William Bourland] residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wilson Henderson, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six or seventy seven 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 
Stephen Stilby John Lockhart Wm J Gatewood
sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
Leod White clk

[in right margin
34871
Wilson Henderson
Illinois]
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 Stephen Stilby who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Gallatin and that John Lockhart and William J Gatewood who have also signed the same are residents of the same county, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Leonard White, clerk of the circuit court of Gallatin County Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Wilson Henderson for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office, at Equality, this 20th day of Nov 1838
Leod White
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No 34771
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Wilson Henderson
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Illinois
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Suspended
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Let 15 June 1839
Henry Eddy

Lt to W. Manly Aug 31
1847.
Let to same Dec 7 '47
[illegible] Hill Dec 19 / 57
4878
___________________
Act 7 June 1832
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REJECTED
4878
P.O.
Wilson Henderson
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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State of Illinois
Saline county} personally appeared before the Subinbe a justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid county deuly authorized by law to administer oaths Wilson Henderson said Linet being dualy sworn according to law and in order to make a father declaration of his service in the war of the Revolution or an addition to that of oath on his oath say that he was born in parson county North Carolina on the thirtieth day of October Seventeen hundred and sixty two and moved in to South Carolina chester county and rased there until he was fifteen years and three months of age and was then drafted in to the services of the United States served under Captain Anderson Thomas and Cornal Joseph Brown marched to Charlstown in South Carolina and from thence to pleuman on the Savannah River and was then discharged after nine weeks servis and stay home one month the above tower of servis commenced about the first of Feborary seveteen hundred and seventy eight my second tower commenced about the 15 of May 1778 under Lieutenant John Mayfield as and orderly sergent cant remember the Cornals name we marched down toworde Charlstown Served one month and discharged
a third tower commenced about the first of September 1780 served as an orderly sergent under Lieuten John Mayfield and Cornal Joseph Brown marched down to Camdentown left there the morning the british took the town the above tower may have commenced about the middle of Augst 1780
another tower of servis under Lieut John Mayfield and cornal Joseph Brown served as orderly sergent went down towords Charlstown and stationed on a
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river but cant remember its name served one month and was discharged this tower I think commenced about the first of December 1780
another tower of duty I supposed commenced in Feborary or March 1781 [crossed out] served as orderly sergent under Lieutente John Mayfild and Joined armies with General Sumpter and drove four hundred tories out of a mill pond and Liphan the commecery was wounded in his left arm served one month and came home 
one tower of duty I suppose commenced about the 1st of October or mabe a little sooner served as a privet in a horse company found my own horse and serd and horer fair under the command of capt Robewrt Frost was at the Battle of the Eutaw Springs October 1781 
one tower of duty under Lieut Mayfield and Cornal David Hopkins served as orderly sergent commenced I suppose in December 1781 served one month after the tories and discharged removed from South Carolina to Tennessee overland county on the waters of the Cumberland river from thence to Warren County Ky from thence to Muhlenberg County Ky from thence to Gallatin county Illinois where I now live the said deponent doth farther say and declare on his oath that he knows of no person living by whom he can proove his servises in the war of the revolution but that of his own oath and also states on his oath the reason why he did not apply sooner for a pension was that he never got what was called his indent from Charlstown but some other person had forged an order and got it and so at the persuasion of my friends I at last concented to make an effort
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sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above ritte Wilson henderson
Harmon Thompson JP
State of Illinois
Saline County } I Harmon Thompson justice aforesaid do hereby certify that in my opinion the above deponent Wilson Henderson is a man of good moral caractor a creditable witnes and an exceptable Minister of the gospell and has been for many years given under my heand and seal this day and date first written
Harmon Thompson JP seal
State of Illinois
Gallatin County}ss
I DP Wilbanks clerk of the county Commissioners court in and for said county do hereby certify that Harman Thompson whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Saline ("which said county was recently taken off of Gallatin and yet remains unorganized") duly elected commissioned and qualified according to law and as such full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Office in Equality this 8th day of October AD 1847
DP Wilbanks
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Pension  Office 
Washington 
City , D.C.
Official
Business 
Free
_____________________
Wilson Henderson
Ill - Sus - 1832

[illegible] he married  Ills
November 30th
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November 30th 1857
State of Illinois
Saline County ⎬
To the Pension Master
Washington City DC
The claim of Willson Henderson for pension
under Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 made
by Esqr Barrett failed to take effect and now I
ask of you the case Why it failed and will take
it as afar or to hear the case from you for you will
find that he served in the Revolution war in the
service of the United States as a private under
Captain Frost and in Colonel Hopkins Ridgement
if you find it in your office as stated please send
me some blank forms with the law how to fill
them. We the heirs of Wilson Henderson hearby
acknowledge James H Hill of the County of
Saline and State of Illinois to be our gent
Address Jas H Hill South America Post
office
Yours Respectfully
Son
James H Hill
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In to all 200
Oct S or 4 1847
Sir
I enclose you the claim (proof of Wilson Henderson He is an old preacher of the gospel a good man & none who [illegible]
In doubt [illegible]
to servis sufficiently long to an [illegible] him to a pension Is it not a well known fact at your department that the South Carolina Revolutionary justice servis as say posted on def tce that such duty his performed of which the records afford no proof
This claim is under the act of "32 and enbls the sales no for more rigid than formerly the claim yo Henderson for 6 months must to allowed in deed I myself in 1833 pescuted the claim Thomas Boon he exhibited a certificate of a few months duty in South Carolina and on that and his own oath his claim Issued for
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[illegible] his widow [illegible]
pensioned on the same proof

It has been my fortune of late
year to have all my claims
rejected either became they
appeared to be [illegible] or from
an under prejudice  against
my agency in them-- I hope
it is not the latter

I take it for granted that
when he filed his declaration
he filed with it the [illegible]
traditionary evidence required
of those who served in the
militia and  which his
always been regarded as
material in such cases

I hope his claim can be
allowed for $20 [illegible]
all that is allowed

Very Respectfully

W Manly

J. L. Edwards Eq
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Comptroller General Office
Columbia SoCa Oct 19 1847

Indent Book
No 84

No 1

Issued the 23rd say of September
1784 to Mr. Wilson Henderson for
nine pounds sterling for Militia
duty in 1778.  1880 and 1781. As
pr. account audited £9.0.0. sterling

The State of South Carolina 
No 2
1778 Dec 7 - 61 days duty @ 10 /per day £30.10.0
1780 May 9 - 10    "        "            "                        5.  0.0
1781 Aug          15   "        "            "                        7.  10.0
    "     Oct          30    "        "            "                     15.   0.0
    "                       10   "        "            "                        5.   0.0
                             ____.                                              ______
                             126                      Currency     £63.10.0 
                             126                     in Sterling       £9.10.0

I do hereby certify, that the extract
No 1 on the margin, is a true copy when
from Indent book L No 84 and that
No 2 is a true copy of the original and
for which said Indent was issued.
 William C Black
Co[illegible] General
SoCa
Pr Ben Hart
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Illinois Dec 11
Act 7 June 1832
d: Wilson Henderson

stamp
SHAWNEE
30
ILL

[horizontal]

FREE

J L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City,
D.C.
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Illinois Dec 11
Act 7 June 1832
d: Wilson Henderson

stamp
SHAWNEE
30
ILL

[horizontal]

FREE

J L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City,
D.C.
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I, Wilson Henderson do hereby make and
appoint Henry Eddy of Shawneetown,
Illinois, my attorney to solicit and receive
any pension which I may be entitled
to under the act of 7 June, 1832, and the same when received to receipt for in
any proper made required - Witness
my hand & seal this 19th day of Nov 1828

Wilson Henderson    SEAL

State of Illinois
Gallatin County, ⎬ Before me Leonard White
Clerk of the Circuit Court in & for said
County this day appeared Wilson Henderson
to me personally known, and acknowledged
the foregoing power of attorney to Henry Eddy
to be his free and voluntary act and
Deed for the purposes therein mentioned

In testimony whereof I have hereto
signed my name, and affixed the
Seal of the said Court, this 19th day
of Nov. 1838

Leo " White
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Shawneetown, Ill. Nov. 25, 1838
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose to you
the claim of Wilson Henderson for a pension
under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832,
as also his power of atty to me to
receive his money, in case the pen-
sion should be allowed-

Mr Henderson has been a Baptist Preacher
was since I knew him, say 15 years, and
is highly esteemed as a man of [illegible]
and piety-

Please let me know the [illegible]
of his application, as soon as convenient
Respectfully

your mo. obt. Servant
Henry Eddy
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
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Stamp
[illegible]

August 16 47
[illegible]
William Henderson

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FREE
J L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City,
D.C.
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Springfield Illinois
August 9th 1847

[illegible]

I am requested to ask if the
Declaration of William (Wilson?)Henderson
of this State has been filed for
pension under act of 7 June 1832

Wm Henderson informs me he made
a declaration some 4 years since
and placed it in the hands of
wm Eddy of [illegible] but has had
no information from it since

If on file please inform me
in what respect the claim is defective

Very Respectfully

W Manly

J. L. Edwards Eqr