Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16755, William Day, S.C.
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(3-1776)
Service Number
SC  Day. William S. 16755
Born in S.C. Carded
Contents
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Alabama 1863
William Day
Dallas Co in the State of Alabama
he was a private in the company commanded by Captain Carter of the Reg command Col Purvis in the S.C. Militia 
for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 40 dollars and 00 cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issue the 8 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Mr. King. senator
Arrears to the 4th of March 33  80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33  20.00
$100.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Francis F. Francis, Clerk
Book D Vol. 10 Page 199
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The State of Alabama
Dallas County
One this eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord, One thousand and eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the county seat of the county of Dallas now sitting: William Day as resident of and in the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy nine years in August 1833, 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 is entitled to the pension of the United State as a private maintained volunteer soldier, under the command of Capt John Carter; that his Colonel was first Col. Purvis and afterwards Col Leroy Hammonds, his general was Gen. Andrew Williamson; that he belonged to the South Carolina militia of volunteers; he cannot recollect when he entered the service, only that he knows it was at the beginning of the revolutionary war through which he continued to serve to the end of the war, except such times as british bore rule in South Carolina. So as well as he recollects about those years this applicant served allege these
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attached more than two years and as well
as he can he believes about four
you. This applicant never had any 
documentary evidence of his service. John Pearce
& Fielding Reynolds, who now in court can testify to
his service. There is no other within his knowledge 
in the states who can. There are several
who could testify to his service living it
Edgefield District, South Carolina, the
distance between them and him, his age
presents his procuring this
evidence. He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever pension or annuity except
the present and declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the Agency of
any State. He further declares that there is
not any Clergyman residing in his vicinity
who can testify to the belief the of the neighborhood 
as to this applicants revolutionary services. 
He further makes as a part of his
declaration the following answers to
the Interrogatives directed & prescribed
by the War Department, to wit,
1. He was born in Edgefield District South Carolina he cannot
recollect the year of his birth, he is un
lettered and has kept in his memory
An Account of his age and makes
himself seventy nine years of age
next August. He was born in a
fort, while the inhabitants were for
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ed against the Cherokees. He has understood
that troops were then sent to relieve the 
Whites from England
2. To the second; that he has never had any
record of his age; and he believes there
never was any made
3. To the third he was living in Edgefield
District, Smith Carolina, about ten miles from
Augusta, when called into service,
and has lived in that District ever since
the revolutionary War until about twelve
or thirteen years ago when
he removed from thence to Dalton
County, Alabama, where he has ever
since resided
4. To the fourth, That he was a mounted
volunteer
5. to the fifth. That he knew Col Samuel
Hammond of the regular Army; Col. Leroy
Hammond commanded the troops who marched
from Augusta to meet the british on the
advanced from Savannah, this applicant
was a soldier under Col L. Hammond
in that expedition. The American force, being 
to weak to withstand the enemy, had to 
retreat, upon which retreat applicant
was on the rear guard Applicant was 
at the siege of Augusta where Col L Hammonds
under Genl Williamson's commanders of the 
 the American force,
the time he cannot recollect. Applicant
was one of the soldiers at the battle of
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Stone, Genl Andrew Williamson Commanded
the American forces this applicant knew
a regular office by the nameof  Prince
who died of the wound he received in that
battle. Applicant was not in the engage
ment, having been detailed to guard the
cattle. Applicant was also in several
other skirmishes with the enemy. He can
not recollect in particular the continental
and militia regiments with whom
he served only as to the officers with whom
and under whom he served. some part
of his time he served under Genl or Col Andrew 
Pickens of South Carolina, and
same of his time he acted as a pilot or guide
 the horse troops under Genl
Nathaniel Greene. He also served 4 or 5 months
in a scouting party under Capt John Hammond
6. To the sixth that he never did receive
any written discharge. He was discharged.
from the service verbally by his old capt McAlister [sic]
7. to the seventh, That Daniel Hardy, John Hardy Esq,
Col Freeman Hardy, Richard Blalock, 
John Greenhals [sic] Esqr, & Majr Benjamin Greenlees
are known to him and can testify as to
his character for veracity and their opinion
of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
William Day X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Dering clk
the County Court of Dalles
County Ala
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I, John Pierce Senr residing in the County
of Dallas and State of Alabama, hereby
certify, that I have been acquainted with the
foregoing applicant William Day from
the commencement of the revolutionary War
, that the applicant and this witness
served between two and three years
together in the revolutionary war under
Capt [illegible], in the south 
Carolina Volunteers subsequently
they were in the service together under 
Capt John Hammond, their Col
was Col Leroy Hammond
John Pierce X his mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Gray Clk
I Fielding Reynolds residing in the County
of Dallas State of Alabama, certify that I
have been acquainted with the applicant
William Day since 1781, that said applicant
was then a soldier in the revolutionary War
, and that this witness frequently
afterwards seen applicant in the
Service between the time aforesaid & the 
end of the war he has no doubt that
a period of two years elapsed between the
first time he seen applicant in the service
& the last time be seen applicant in service
Fielding Rennolds
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
James Craig Clk
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We Daniel Handy, John Handy Freeman and Richard Blalock, John Graembles and Benjamin Grabel
in the [?] of [?} Day 
residing in the Country of Dallas and State of Alichames, hereby
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1 year
40  8

Hon. Wm. King
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And the said leauit [lieutenant] do hereby declare their opinion after hearing the testimony of the said John Pierce Lieut. and Fielding Reynolds and the  investe questions of the matters, and often putting  the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above  named applicant was as revolutionary soldier and serviced as has stated. And the  Captain further certifies, that it appears to them that there is no clergyman living in the residence date ninety age of the applicant, and that John Pierce Gen. Fielding Reynolds, Daniel Hardy, John Hardy, Freeman Hardy, Richard Blalock, John Grumble and Benjamin Grumbel whom have signed the proceeding certificates are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Richd S Clinton  J.C.C.H.

I James D. Craig, clerk of the County Court of Dallas County, Alabama, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Day for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and private seal of having no official seal this 11th day of December 1832.
James D. Craig  [seal clk]
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State of Alabama.
John Gayle, Governor of Said State,
To all whom these presents shall come. 
Know ye, That Richard S Clinton whose signature appears to the foregoing & annexed declaration was at the time of signing the same, Judge of the County Court of Dallas County - State of Alabama - duly commissioned and qualified, and also this [illegible] Clerk of the County Court of Dallas County - duly commissioned & qualified. The said Court is a court of Record.
Therefore, all due faith, credit, and authority are, and ought to be had and given to all their official acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in Tuscaloosa, this 19th day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the Fifty-Seventh
By The Governor John Gayle
James J Thornton Secretary of State
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BA-J
William Day
S. 16755
Miss Vernon C. Day
901- 39th Street, North
Birmingham, Alabama.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William, Peter, Sam, Henry, Joseph, and Josiah Day, and of a Captain Day of South Carolina regiment of Foot in 1779, stating that you hope to establish the earlier generations of your father's family who came from Edgefield District, South Carolina, to Alabama.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Joseph Day of South Carolina, or of any Peter, Samuel, Henry or Josiah Day. No claim of a Captain Day can be identified without his full name. The record of William Day has been found and is given herein as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 16756, based upon his service in that war. 
William Day was born in August 1754, in a fort in Edgefield District, South Carolina, where the inhabitants were fortified against the Cherokee Indians; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Edgefield District, South Carolina, about ten miles from Augusta, he volunteered at the beginning of the war, served as private in Captain John Carter's mounted company, under Colonels Purvis and LeRoy Hammond, was in the Siege of Augusta and in many skirmashes; subsequently, he served four or five months in Captain John Hammond's South Carolina company, also served some time under General Andrew Pickens, and acted as guide to General Nathaniel Greene's troops. He served at various times during the period of the entire war, amounting to between three and four years. 
The solider resided in Edgefield District, South Carolina, until
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about 1819, then moved to Dallas County, Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 11, 1832, at which time he resided in Dallas County, Alabama.

There is no reference to wife or children of William Day.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:

William Day
Certificate 6863
Issued March 8, 1833
Rate $40 per (illegible)
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832
Alabama Agency.


Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER.
Assistant to Administrator.
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William Day
S. C. Troops
Rev. War

born - Aug. 1754
died - date not stated

Aug. 10. 1908
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April 14, 1937.

Mrs. Rebecca L. Wilkinson
221 West 39th Street
Savannah, Georgia.

BA-J/ILL
William Day
S. 16755

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of February 23, in which you designate Seth Prior and William Day as soldiers of the Revolution in whom you are especially interested.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of a Seth Prior, Pryer, etc. in the Revolutionary War.  The record has ben found of a William Day of South Carolina which may aid you in your research.  His record follows as found in pension claim, S. 16755, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Day was born in August 1754, in a fort in Edgefield District, South Carolina, where the inhabitants were fortified against the Cherokee Indians:  the names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Edgefield District, South Carolina, about ten miles from Augusta, he volunteered at the beginning of the war, served as private in Captain John Carter's mounted company, under Colonels Purvis and LeRoy Hammond, was in the Siege of August and in may skirmishes;  subsequently, he served four or five months in Captain John Hammond's South Carolina company, also served some time under General Andrew Pickens and acted as guide to General Nathaniel Greene's troops.  He served at Various times during the period of the entire war, amounting to between two and three years.

The soldier resided in Edgefield District, South Carolina, until about 1819, then moved to Dallas County, Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 11,
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1832, at which time he resided in Dallas County, Alabama.

No reference was made to wife or children of William Day.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the followings

William Day
Certificate 16863
Issued March 8, 1833
Rate $40 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.

(Handwritten)
Mr. Finch drew this & wrote first part of letter:  to me April 13.
See letter in Misc. File - Feb. 19 - 1937 - regarding other requests.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Day L.F. 16755
Dates of enlistment or appointment.  Length of service.  Rank.  Officers under whom service was rendered.  Captain. Colonel.  State.

Beginning of war
4 yrs.
Pvt.
John Carter 
Purvis
S. C.

[slash]
4 or 5 mos
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John Hammond
Leroy Hammond
[blank]

[blank] also served some part of his time under Andrew Pickens

Battles engaged in, Seige of Augusta
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Edgefield Dist. S.C.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 11. 1832. His cl. was ala.
Residence at date of application, Dallas Co. Ala.
Age at date of application, Born Aug. in 1754 in Edgefield Dist S.C.
Remarks: For date of last payment of pension and probable date of death apply to auditor for Interior, Treasury Dept. citing the following data: William Day; Ctf No. 6863: Issue Mar. 8.1833. Act June 7.1832: Agency Alabama. The above noted is the only soldier of that name S.C. service found on the Rev. War pension records. Said records fail to afford any information in regard to John Day described in your letter.
Very respectfully, 
[blank]
31793b5m10 07
Commissioner.
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RECEIVED
FEB 24, 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER 75


Savannah ga
Feb 23 - (year is cut off by stamp)

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

I am sorry if I over-reached my self asking for more than one ancestor, but when records are burned in places you could get information and in research work you are up against a brick wall. you venture to ask, as all any one can do is to refuse. and if these old ancestors were brave to fight I am have to ask.  Some people do not want This form of knowledge.  I do - I have asked for Seth Prior patriot of South Carolina revolutionary war, who must have had a record of frontier fighting he was born 1734 in Virginia, but nothing!  then he appears in S.C. as a patriot & fighter and his Inn at Dorchester headquarters for Marions men.  He is evidently of the Thornton, & Prior family of Virginia as he names a son Seth Thornton, & we have it continued to Seth Thornton 3 - Seth left property to his sons and also to nieces Prudence Johnston & Mary Day
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2.

So - in the Pension list of South Carolina & N.C Samuel Pryor, name of Seth's first son, and William Day SC.  I did not know if several of these would help me solve this record that I have searched historical magazines for.  People were so busy cutting trees, fighting Indians, and eventually fighting the British, it is no wonder that a great many people make no attempt to find out any thing historical.  All these people migrating from one state to another evidently kept together and if a few lived long enough to be awarded a pension, they had to take the time to tell where they came from.  Therefore I thought Samuel Pryor NC might tell where he came from - and a Day Wm or Johnston.  I find a Samuel Pryor 1700, came to Caroline Co. Va. married Prudence Thornton 1694 who had a brother Seth Thornton 1699 - I find out if Seth Pryor is Samuel Pryor 1700 - son - Samuel Pryor 1700 had a son Thornton?  If you see anything in your file to enlighten me please tell me.

Resp  Mrs Rebecca L. Wilkinson

over
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* William Day who lived with Reuben Day
Rowland Johnston
the name Rowland is one of the 3 sons
of William Thornton 1640 - Virginia
sons
William, Francis, Rowland.
The name William Day, a son of?
there is a James Day of Gloucester Va
early date who had a number of sons -
You can see I may get my clue to
this family where Seth came from.


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RECEIVED FEB 24 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS DIV
READER 75
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RECEIVED
SEP 10 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS-ADM
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(Typewritten)

Birmingham, Alabama,
September 6th, 1934.

Department of Interior,
Pension Bureau.
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:

I am extremely interested in establishing certain records relative to the earlier generations of my father's family, the Day Family.  The Day Family, of which I am a descendent, came to Alabama from Edgefield county (or district), South Carolian some time prior to 1827.

In reviewing 'Stub Entries to Indents for Revolutionary Claims' I find the following names from South Carolina-

Stub Entries to Indents for Revolutionary Claims

William Day - Book #44 P ----O - Q
Issued to the 5th. day of April, 1785 to
Wm. Day for Nineteen Pounds Eleven Shillings
Sterling for Provisions and Forage for
Continental Use in 1782.

Peter Day - #295 Lib. U. --- U - W, July 1785
Sam Day - #463 Lib. M. -- L - N, October, 1874

Capt. Day - October, 1st, 1779, Return of the
Collinty County, S.C. Regiment of Foot,
commanded by Col. Will Skerving.

The following Day Names were listed in 'Stub Entries to Indents for Revolutionary Claims', but I was unable to determine whether or not they were from South Carolina -

William Day, July, 1785 - #296 U ---- U - W
William Day, July, 1785 - #297 U ---- U - W
Henry Day, July, 1785 - #298 ---- U - W
Joseph Day, July, 1785 - #299 ---- U - W

From Vol. X, Part 2,
Josiah Day, October, 1786 - #2920-X

Can you furnish me with following information concerning any of the above named persons who were residents of South Carolina -
Name of County of district where resided,
Names and birth dates of their children
Date or any record of removal from State of South Carolina.

I will greatly appreciate you furnishing me with any information or records your department files may disclose.

Yours truly,
(Miss) Vernon Day

Miss Vernon Day
901-39th. Street, North,
Birmingham, Ala.
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HW
Joseph N. Brown
Attorney at Law
Anderson, S.C. March 23d 1908
Hon Court of Pensions
Washington D.C.
With you hereby inform me if there was ever in the Pension Rolls either John Day or William Day who died in Pickens District about the year 1840?
We wish to get finally time to mark the cost resting place
My regards
Joseph N. Brown
Servers in S.C.
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16755
INVALID.
File No. 16755
William Day
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. , Page
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1908 Apr 8 Hist. to Joseph N. Brown. V.L.M.
1908 Aug. 13 Mrs. P. H. Mell
                      Tombstone date V. L. M.
                      (letter in Ref. 10489)
1934 Oct. 4    Hist. to N[blob of ink] Vernon Day ILL
1937 April 14 Hist. to Mrs. Rebecca L. Wilkinson ILL