Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40714, John Wilson, Va.
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Va.   Wilson, John.  S40714
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9,972
Ohio
John Wilson 4
of Wayne Township in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wood of the Virginia line, for a term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th of August 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of April 1819 and sent to H. Weaver, Esq. Hamilton, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 6 m, 28 $55.22 semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept '48.  
$103.22

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Notification sent May 30, 1821 to D. Millikin,
Eight, Hamilton, Ohio.
Date of death not on file.
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John Wilson submitting an application for a pension. 

The word private has no context so it may refer to his rank or be intended to mark the letter as private. 

Written to Col. Woods Regiment.  John Woods Jr was the commander (rank Colonel) of the 12th Virginia Continental Line in 1777. This unit would later be reorganized into the 8th Virginia Regiment in 1778. John Woods Jr was also the Governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799. 

3 years seems a likely reference to the time of service in the Continental Army for John Wilson. 

The last word appears to be in a different handwriting and not clear enough to be certain of what the word might be. 

Transcription Only:
John Wilson
Application for a Pension
Private
Col. Woods Regiment
Virginia LIne
3 years
Armitted
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The State of Ohio Butler county [illegible]
on this eight day of August, eighteen hundred and eighteen
before me     Henry Weaver, one of the Associate Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas within and for said county
of Butler, personally appears  John Wiison, aged five
years, resident in Wayne township in the said county, who
being by me first July sworn according to law, doth on this
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the [can't make out] made by the late act of congress, entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land
and naval service of the United States in the revolution
ary war" that the said, John Wilson enlisted in Wheeling   in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain
 Stephen Ashley   (of the  twelfth Virginia Regiment of state
troops commanded by Colonel James Wade, some time the
this [can't make out] thinks in seventeen hundred and seventy-
six for and serving the term of three years, that he continued
to serve in the said corps, [illegible] in the service of the United
States, until he had served out the time for which he [illegible]
deponant enlisted, to wit: three years, when he was discharged
from service but at what place or time his memory [illegible]
fails so that he is not able to tell, this deponant further
on his oath states that is in reduced circumstances and
stands in need of the assistance of his country for support/be-
ing unable to work from his age and having been wounded in
the right wrist and in the left arm in battles against the  indians
under General Clark/ this deponant further states that he has
no other evidence now in his [can't make out] of his said services
Sworn to declared and [can't make out] before me   the day and year
[can't make out]  [half of a seal] John Wilson

Henry Weaver
The State of Ohio Butler County, [illegible]
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The State of Ohio Butler County ss

I Henry Weaver one of the Associate Judges of the Court
of Common pleas within and for said County of Butler
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the
within named John Wilson did serve in the regular
Army of the United States, in the revolutionary war,
for the term of three years as stated in the preceeding
declaration against the common enemy. I likewise
believe him to be in reduced circumstances and that
he stands in need of the assistance of his country for
support. The said John Wilson lost the use of his right hand
in a battle with the Indians and his memory has said
very much, and I now transmit the proceedings and
testimony taken and had before me with the depositions of
William Covintree taken [illegible] 2d 1818 in the State of Kentucky
to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to
the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Given under my hand this Eighth day of August
Eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Henry Weaver
---
The State of Ohio Butler County  ss

I John Reily Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the
County of Butler aforesaid do certify that Henry Weaver
Esquire before whom the depositions within and the certificate
above stated were taken and made [illegible]
time of the taking and making thereof one of the associate 
Judges of the said Court of common pleas of the
said County of Butler and that to all his official
acts as such full faith and credit is due and
ought to be given.
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and Official seal at Hamilton the twelfth day of August One
thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Reily
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John Wilson's
Schedule

No. 9972
Sept. '19
Continue
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The State of Ohio Butler County  SS

At a Court of Common pleas holden at Hamilton in the County of Butler
aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of March One thousand eight hundred
and twenty one before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President and his
associates Judges of the said Court the same Court of Common pleas being a
Court of Record expressly created a Court of record by the laws and ordinances
of the state of Ohio with jurisdiction unlimited in civil causes and with power
to fine and imprison personally appeared in open court John Wilson aged
about eighty eight years resident in Wayne township in the said County
of Butler who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare
that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit he enlisted at Wheeling[?]
in Virginia in the year     in the Company
commanded by Captain Stephen Ashley in the Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Wood being the fourth or twelfth Regiment in the
Virginia line he was in the battle of Brandywine or Monmouth and was
discharged near the mouth of North River his original certificate of his
being placed on the pension Roll is numbered nine thousand nine hundred
and seventy two. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of
the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen and and that I have not since that time by gift
grant or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of
an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land
and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on
the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen &
that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property securities
contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed I have
only one son[illegible]. I have no family I reside with my son with whom I
have resided for several years. I am by occupation a common labourer.
But from my age and great debility in body I am not nor have been
able to do but very little for my support and my memory is very much
impaired.
John his mark [hand written X] Wilson

Sworn to and declared on the 24th day)
of March before the Judges aforesaid)
John Reily Clerk
I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the said County of Butler
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in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the
Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said
Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
schedule is forty dollars.

(seal) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
affixed the seal of the said Court the eighteenth day
of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty one

John Reily
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August 8, 1938

BA-J/AWF
John Wilson-S.40714
John Wilson-S.C.2541
John S. Willson-
Wt. 93487 - 120 - 55

Mr. Lowell Wilson
307 East Fairview Avenue
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of recent date in which
you state you are interested in the following soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812:

Daniel Wilson, soldier of the Revolution, came to Ohio from Washington County, Pennsylvania, wife Sarah Sutton, soldier died at Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio;
John Wilson, born March 30, 1737, died in Ohio,
September 5, 1823; John S. Wilson, son of the above named Daniel Wilson, and wife, Sarah, moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, with his father, and died there in 1879; John Wilson, born 1782, died in Shelby County,
Ohio, wife Letitia Mills.

Revolutionary War data and War of 1812 data
furnished by this office are obtained from papers on file in claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based on service in those wars.

A search of the records fails to show such
claims on file on account of the service in the War of the Revolution of a Daniel Wilson or Willson as described by you.

The records of John Wilson, War of the Revolution
, and the War of 1812 records of a John Wilson and
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John S. Willson follows:
John Wilson-S.40714
The data furnished in regard to John Wilson
which follow were obtained from papers on file in
pension claim, S. 40714, based on his service in
the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Wilson
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
stated.
John Wilson enlisted in Wheeling, Virginia,
sometime in 1776, served as a private in Captain
Stephen Ashby's company in Colonel John Wood's[?]
12th Virginia regiment; he was in the battle of
Brandywine or Germantown", and was wounded in the
right wrist and left arm in battles against the
Indians under General Clark, and continued in the
service three years.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 8, 1818 at which time he was aged
eighty-three years, and living in Wayne Township,
Butler County, Ohio.
He was living in said Wayne Township, with
his son. Name of son not given, and the papers on
file in this claim contain no further discernible
data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should address The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., 
and furnish the following data:
John Wilson, certificate #9972, issued April 29,
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1819, Rate $8.00 per month, commenced August 8, 1818,
Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.

John Wilson-S.C.2541
The data concerning this John Wilson were
obtained from claims for pension and bounty land
[illegible] in the War
of 1812.
The date and place of birth of John Wilson
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
stated.
John Wilson enlisted at "Twin Creek", Butler
County, Ohio, served as a private in Captain Thomas
Freeman's company of Ohio militia, from September
8, 1813 to March 4, 1814, was in the "Campaign in
Canada".
He was allowed eighty acres of bounty land on
his application executed December 17, 1850, at which
time he was aged sixty-one years, and living in Hamilton
County, Ohio. He was allowed, also, eighty
acres of bounty land on his application executed
April 28, 1855, still living in Hamilton County.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 29, 1871, then living in Green Township,
Hamilton County, Ohio; post office address Covedale,
Ohio.
John Wilson stated in 1871 that he had been
married and that his wife was then deceased, name of
wife not given.
Lothrop L. Wilson was a resident of Green Town-
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ship, Ohio, in 1871, it was not shown that he was
related to the family of the soldier, John Wilson.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of this pension, name and address of person paid,
date of death of this pensioner,
and possibly the date
you should address the same official as given herein,
and furnish the following data:
John Wilson, certificate #2541, issued
12, 1871, rate $8.00 per month, commenced February
14, 1871; Act of February 14, 1871, Ohio Agency.

If you desire information relative to location
of land referred to above, you should address the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., 
and furnish the following data:
Warrant #11476-80 acres- Act of 1850
Warrant #34818-80 acres- Act of 1855.

John S. Willson-Wt.93487-120-55

The data which follow were obtained from claims
for bounty land, based on service of John W. Willson
in the War of 1812. There is no claim for pension
on file based on his service in that war.
The date[?] and place of birth of John S. Willson
(as his signature is shown) were not given, nor were
the names of his parents stated.
John S. Willson enlisted in Dayton, Ohio, served
as private in Captain Francis Patterson's company of
Ohio militia, from the latter part of December, 1812,
until discharged January 20, 1813.
He was allowed forty acres of bounty land on his
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application executed December 12, 1850, at which
time he was sixty-four years old, and living in
Montgomery County, Ohio. He was allowed, also, one
hundred twenty acres of bounty land on his application
executed March 22, 1856, still a resident of
Montgomery County; his post office address Centerville,
Ohio.

Samuel Wilson (as he signed), brother of the
soldier, John S. Willson, was sixty-two years of age
in 1853, then a resident of Monroe County, Indiana.
It was not stated whether the soldier was ever
married.
In order to obtain information relative to location
of this land, you should address The Commissioner of
the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish
the following data:
Warrant #103884-40 acres- Act of 1850
Warrant # 93467-120 acres- Act of 1855.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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40714
INVALID. 
Revy...
File No. 40,714
John Wilson 
Pri. Rev. War

Act. 18th March 18
Index: -Vol. 3,  Page 368

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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May 1. 1897 - History to
Mrs. Julia W. Woodrough 570
Linden Ave. Avondale
Cincinnati Ohio
(See Inv. 3570)
---
1916, Aug. 25. Hist to
Miss Mina W. Applegate
1916 Nov. 20 Hist. to Miss
Leota Wilson
1916, Dec. 20. History to
Mrs. Lola E. M. Roy. W
30 Aug. Hist to [illegible]
1939 Jan. 19 [illegible] to Z. B. Wilson
no [illegible] data is aid him, etc.
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State of Kentucky Miren County
Sir
This day came William Covintree
before me a justice of the peace for said
County and made oath that John Wilson
served three years as a Soldier in the American
revolutionary war under the command of 
Col [Colonel] James Woods of the 12th Virginia Regiment and he has just cause to believe
that he has never recieved any land for his
services.  Given under my hand and seal
this 2nd day of October 1811
George W Thompson J.P.
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Hamilton Ohio
12th April 1821

Free
Hon. J C Calhoun Esq Secretary of War
Washington City
D 6a

[written along left side]
W Edwards
414
Ohio 
Rec'd 3 May 1821
Ex
Con.
L.L.E.
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Hamilton Ohio April 18th 1821

Respected Sir
Enclosed I send you
the schedule of the property of
John Wilson aged 88 years a very
frail old man, if the [illegible]
of his certificate should be allowed
he wishes it to be forwarded to
me at this place -
Dan Millikin

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Short Creek WVa
Nov 1st 1916

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C

Through Miss Mina W. Applegate
of Wellsburg W Va. I need a Rev
War Record of John Wilson
No 8. T.40..714
Will you please send me another
record of same
I would also like to know if
there is another John Wilson on
record from Va. near Wheeling
Resptly
Mrs. Leota Wilson

[received stamp]U. S. PENSION OFFICE K NOV 3 1916
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Two 1. stamps recd
2 -1 ct Stamps retd

Rev. C.B.H.
OW

DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION 1776-1891


Wellsburg W. Va.

Aug. 15th 1916

Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir: 
Please send me
the Revolutionary war record
of Abram and Samuel
McColloch and John
Wilson
They all lived
& enlisted in the war
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from Wheeling, which is now
West, Va That at that time Virginia
Any information you may
send me will be very
gratefully received
Thanking you in advance
I am very
Cordially Yours
Miss Mina W. Applegate
Wellsburg W. Va.
State Historian
for. D. R. for West, Va
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Ray
[received stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE O DEC 5 1916
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Rev. C C
Cadiz O. Dec. 3 '16.

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir
I wish to obtain a certificate of
membership of the Natl Society of the
Daughter of the American Revolution
through my Ancestor John Wilson, who was a
pensioner - Application for pension was
made Aug. 18th 1818. Residence at that time
Wayne Township, Butler Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application Eighty-five years.
I am unable to obtain a pensions certificate
and wish to verify my claim through you.
Please send me the necessary statements
and if there are any charges, I will be
glad to pay same.
Thanking you for your kindness,
 Iremain,
Yours very truly
Mrs. Lola E. W. Ray
120 So Main St
Cadiz O
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207 E. Fairview Ave.
Dayton, O.

Veterans Administration
Wash. D.C.

[received stamp] RECEIVED DEC 7 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM. READER #17

Dear sir:
Can you tell me whether a John Wilson or his son Daniel Wilson were soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
As near as I can tell by family records they lived at that time in Washington County, Pa., later removing to Green County, Pa. finally to Ohio.

Records
John Wilson {born 3/30/1739 died 9/5/1823}
wife Lydia Thatcher {born 6/6/1739 died 1/23/1837}
Daniel Wilson {born 4/21/1759 died 9/7/1848}
wife Sarah Sutton

John Wilson died in Miami Co. Ohio. Daniel Wilson died in Montgomery Co. O.
Respectfully,
L.B. Wilson
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207 E. Fairview Ave,
Dayton, Ohio.

Dear sir:
According to family history and also Books upon the early history of Green Co. (C.S. Xenia, Ohio) John Wilson Sr. was born in N.J. in 1739. His wife's name was Lydia (Thatcher) Wilson. He moved to Washington Co. Pa. (County seat Washington, Pa) then to Green Co. Pa (county seat Waynesburg, Pa.) then to vicinity of Cincinatti O.
Daniel Wilson, oldest son of John Sr. and his three brothers have the distinction of erecting the first house in Green Co. Ohio, in the fall of 1796. It was at that date that they moved from the vicinity of Cincinnati to Green Co.
Shortly after 1796 perhaps about 1804. John Wilson Sr. moved to Miami Co. Ohio remaining their [there] until death. In 1811 Daniel Wilson moved to Montgomery Co. Ohio and lived near Centerville, O. until death.
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According to family history, John S. Wilson, son of Daniel Wilson was born in Washington Co. Pa, in 1789, he removed to Green Co. Pa. then to the vicinity of Cincinatti, O. [on] Mar. 3, 1797. He removed to Green Co. Ohio with his father's family. Later he moved to Montgomery Co. Ohio. 
John Wilson 3/30/1739 to 9/5/1823 Born in NJ
Wife Lydia Thatcher             Buried in Miami Co.

Daniel Wilson 4/21/1759 to 9/7/1848 Born in Pa, probably Washington Co. Buried at Centerville, O.
son of Jackson S                                  
wife Sarah Sutton 

John S Wilson 1/30/87 to 5/24/1879 Born in PA. moved to Green Co. Ohio in 1797 Buried at Centerville, O.
son of Daniel wife Nancy Dunwiddie

I wonder if you have any record of John Wilson Sr. being a Revolutionary War Soldier? And if you can tell me his father and mother's name?
At the grave of Daniel Wilson stands a metal marker of the War 1775 to 1783. I wonder if you have a record of he being a soldier in the Rev. War?

[received stamp] RECEIVED AUG 2 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER #5
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John S. Wilson was supposed to have been a soldier in the war of 1812. His younger brother John Wilson Junior 1/6/1782 to 4/10/1866 wife Lettitia Mills was also supposed to have been a soldier in the war of 1812. Either from Green Co. Ohio or from Miami Co. Ohio, where he was buried.
Any information you can give me about these early Americans, my ancestors, will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Lowell M. Wilson

[received stamp] RECEIVED AUG 2 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER #5

He wrote 2 letters in the sheet one-asked for the 
record of Samuel 
Wilson - Civil War
soldier-as well as the Daniel Wilson  john Wilson (Rev. sol.)
& John  & John S. Wilson War of 1812

So one letter sent  to Vet. Adm.
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J. L. M.
Rev. War Section.

November 20, 1916.

Miss Leota Wilson,
Short Creek,
West Virginia.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the first instant,
you are herewith furnished the record of John Wilson S. File
No. 40,714 Revolutionary War, and are advised that in order
to identify the record of any other John Wilson of Virginia
whose history you desire, you should furnish as much as possible
of the following data; the name of some officer under
whom he served, place of residence at enlistment and after
service approximate dates of his birth and death, and given
name of his widow.

Very respectfully,
G. W. Saltzgaber

Commissioner.
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August 8, 1938

BA-J/AWF
John Wilson
S. 40714

Mr. Lowell Wilson
207 East Fairview Avenue
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to soldiers of
the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, with the
surname Wilson, also, the Civil War record of
Samuel Wilson.

A report is furnished you herewith in regard to
the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 soldiers.

Your letter has been referred to the proper
official for reply relative to the Civil War soldier
named above.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

2 letters: one sent
over  to Vet Aden
Aug 8 - '38
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January 19, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(Possibly MOVE)
BA-J/CC
John Wilson,
S. 40714
Daniel Wilson

Mr. L. B. Wilson 
207 E, Fairview Avenue,
Dayton, Ohio. 


Dear Sir:
       Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Wilson, who was born March 20, 1739, married Lydia Thatchen lived in Pennsylvania, family in Ohio where he died September 5, 1823 in Miami County, Ohio, and the record of Daniel Wilson, his son, who was born April 21, 1759, married Sarah Sutton and died September 6, 1848, in Montgomery Country, Ohio.
 
      August 8, 1938, a report in regard to the above named soldier was sent to your address. At the time that report was made a real effort was made to aid you in your research and the records of John Wilson, S.40714, Revolutionary War Soldier: John Wilson, S.C.2541, and John S. Wilson, Wt.93487-120-55, both soldiers of the War of 1812 were furnished you and the report that no record was found of the Daniel Wilson of the Revolutionary War. Another search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of the John and Daniel Wilson described above. 

       It is regretted that this office has no further information to aid you in your research.

               Very truly yours 

               A. D. HILLER
               Executive Assistant 
               to the Administrator.
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In reply to your request of..., received...
for a statement of the military history of John Wilson.
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.  S.F. 40.714

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1776
Length of Service: 3 yrs.
Rank: Pvt. 
Captain: Stephen Ashby
Colonel: James Wood
State: VA.

Battles engaged in: {wounded in right wrist and left arm in battles against Indians under Gen. Clarke, and in battle of Brandywine on Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Enlisted at Wheeling, Va.
Date of application for pension: Aug. 8, 1818. His Cl mas ol.
Residence at date of application: Mayne Township, Butler Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application: 85 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820, he referred to a son, name not stated. There is no other data rel. to family.