Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16993, for Willis Odom, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
S.C.
Odom, Willis
NUMBER
S. 16993
carded
CONTENTS
[BLANK]
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29515
Missouri

Willis Odom
Graves, Co, in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com. commanded by Captain Hicks of the regt. commanded by _____________ in the S.C. and N.C. the rep. 4.59
[missing] for 3 mos. pr of Cavalry
4 mos & 21 days pr of Infantry
Feb. 27, 1847 date of death from Agency Book
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 28 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feb. 1834 and Hon. C. Lyon H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 70.40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 14.08 =
$84.48
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 21

[missing] to Pen. Agt. July 3 1834.
[missing] Arskansas from 4 Sept 1842
4th July 1844 Notification to Pen Agt,  Little Rock Arkansas.
Order to pay. 7/ May 1846.
Letter to Hon. J.S. Phelps of Cin to Pen Agt Phelps Dec'd. 1846
To [illegible] from 4 March 1846 16 Jany 1847. notification to Hon. J. S. Phelps. Ho of Reps
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Pension Agency Office
Little Rock, Arks. 
17 June, 1844

Sir,
I enclose you an application for the transfer of Willis Odom, from the Kentucky to the  Arkansas Agency - His son-in-law, Wm. B. Sillivan, write to me some weeks since, to send him a form for transfer and I did so- but I am not certain that he has filled up the names correctly -indeed, I am not certain that the name of the Pensioner is spelt correctly, as Sillivan writes a very obscure hand and appears to know but little about business. - In some places it is written Adom, others Odom & other Adam. - Altho' [Although] I have no knowledge of any of the parties, I feel pretty well assured, from the names of two of the  witnesses, with whom I am personally acquainted, that there is no deception or fraud intended by the. - The reside more than 100 miles from this place & my correspondence with them has been by mail.
Respectfully,
Yr. obt. srvt.
Wm, E Woodruff [Signature]

J L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions,
Washington City.
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State of Kentucky }
Graves County } S.S.
On this 16th day of January 1834 personally appeared in open Court before Crawford Anderson, David Graham & James Cochran Justices of the Graves Court no sitting Willis Odom aged Seventy one years and about eight months a resident of the said County of Graves and state of Kentucky 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 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated he states that he was born in Cheraw's district in the state of South Carolina in the month of May 1762 but he cannot recollect the day of the month as he has no record of his age he states hat he was raised in the said district of Cheraw and State of South Carolina t which place he first entered the service of the United States in the month  of April1778 as a private volunteer militia man and joined a company of Volunteers under Capt. James Hicks with whom he marched down the country towards the sea coast until they reached the neighborhood of the Wackamaw bay when this declarant

29.695
Willis Odom
Ken
for - pri. Camp Inf.
7 m 21 days
p. cam 3 mos. $12.50
p. inf 4 m 21 days 15.66 =
$28.16
Hon. C. Lyon H.R.
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with the whole company returned to Chaney and the declarant and two whole company were simply dismissed from the service by capt. HIcks - he states that Capt Hicks was the commanding officer on the expedition and none but his company were engaged in it he states that he was engaged three weeks under capt Hicks 21 days in this expedition in the month of april 1778 he would remark that this volunteer expedition was caused by an alarm that a portion of what was called the tory population were about to rise He states that he was next drafted to service as private militia man for the period of one month and that he entered the service of the United States in that capacity under Captain Evans in the said district of Chaney & state aforesaid in the month of october 1778 he was stationed under captain Evans on the pedee [Peedee] river at a place called Cheraw Hills under whom and at which place he remained in the service of the United States one month at the end of which period this declarant & the whole company were verbally discharged by Capt Evans by way of Illustration he would state that Cheraw Hills was a landing and place of hassock  on the peedee river at which place a wealthy scotch merchant whose name was John Mitchell resided who was at that time strongly suspected of being a tory & that he had Just then laid in a large quantity of salt an [illegible] extremely scarce and Capt. Evans with his company
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were sent there to take the salt for the benefit of the country where they remained guarding the same one month as above stated at the end of which period the salt was distributed to the neighbouring [neighboring] inhabitants and a moderate compensation given to the scotchman  he states that Capt Evans was the commanding officer upon this occasion & that no others but his company were employed this declarant states that after he was discharged  by Capt Evans he went to live with his  brother who resided in Edgefield district state of South Carolina where he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer private mounted militia man under Captain Francis Sinkfield he engaged with Capt. Sinkfield for the our of 3 months and entered in the month of December 1779  - Capt. John Carter raised a volunter [volunteer] mounted company in Edgefield district at the same time with Capt. Sinkfield & their two companies occasionally acted in concert but they were under the command of no supervis [supervising ]officer these companies being mounted each soldier finding his own horse clothing & arms this services were wholly of a partisan character the british had the possession of the lower part of Georgia by which means & the assistance of the tories they were enabled to keep the
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states of Georgia & South Carolina in continual state of alarm & it was to protect the country from the combined depredations of the british & tory & their equally civilized allies the Indians that the volunteer partisan companies of Captains Sinkfield [Singuefield] & Carter were called into active service this declarant states that he served under Captain Sinkfield [Singuefield] three months in the capacity above stated at the end of which period he was verbally discharged by Captain Sinkfield [Singuefield]  in the month of March 1780 he would [missing] that whilst under Capt Sinkfield [Singuefield]  he was [missing] continual active Service on horse back going from place to place to over [illegible] the tories sometiny [sometimes] on the Georgia frontier sometimes at the fork of Saluda & twice on the Edisto this declarant ow states that about this period his father moved from Cheraw district South Carolina to Bladen County North Carolina & that when he was discharged by Capt Sinkfield [Singuefield] this declarant followed his father there and it was at that place to wit in Bladen County north Carolina that he was drafted for a three months tour of duty he states that he entered the service this time in the said County of Bladen & State of North Carolina as a private drafted Militia
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man under Captain Peter Robinson that he joined a regiment of drafted militia men under Colonel Thomas Robinson this declarant states that he was stationed the whole of this tour at Wilmington North Carolina toured under Capt Peter Robinson & Col Thomas Robinson he state that he served three months the tour at Wilmington under Capt. Peter Robinson & Col Thos. Robinson at the end the end of which time he was discharged by Capt Robinson that he can not recollect whether it was a written discharge or not If written he states that he has lost it to present his services in our view he would remark that he served three weeks under Capt James Hicks - one month under Capt - Evans - three months under Captain Francis Sinkfield [Singuefield] and three months under Captain Peter Robinson & Col Thomas Robinson making him the whole seven months & three weeks he states that he has no documentary evidence of his services & that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his service. he states that he removed
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from Bladen County north Carolina to Edgefield district South Carolina in the year 1783 & from thence he removed to Lincoln County Kentucky in the year 1788 & from thence to Washington County Ky in 1789 & from thence he removed to Logan County Ky in the Spring of 1790 & from there he removed to Daviess County Ky in 1794 & from thence he removed to Graves County Ky in 1825 where he has resided ever since - he states that Washington B. Sullivan John Frazer Lewis Y Beadles and German J Wingo are his neighbors who will be an ample testimony to his character for veracity and as to his reputation of having been a revolutionary soldier. he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory whatever.
Willis Odom [Signature]
Subscribed & Sworn to in open court the day & year aforesaid
attest Jno Anderson clerk [Signature]

We Fletcher Sillivan a clergyman residing in the county of Graves & State of Kentucky and John Frazer a resident of the said county
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and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Willis Odom who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 years & 8 months of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion not having any doubt whatever of his having been such  
[Signatures]
Fletcher Sillivan
John Frazer
Subscribed & Sworn to in open court the day & year aforesaid.
attest
Jno Anderson clerk

And we the undersigned Justices of the said Court do hereby certify it to be our opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states we do further certify that it appears to us that the said Fletcher Sillivan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and residing in the said County of graves ad that Jno Frazer who has signed the same certificate is also a resident of the same county & state and is a creditable person and that their statements are entitled to credit
Given under our hands this 16th day of Jany 1834
[Signatures]
Crawford Anderson J. P. G. C.
David Graham J.P.G.C.
James Cochran J P
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Commonwealth of Kentucky }
Graves County Set } J John Anderson clerk of the County court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing seven pages contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Willis Odom for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of the said County court to be hereunto affixed the 17th day of January 1834 & in the 42nd year of the commonwealth
Jno Anderson [Signature]
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FREE
July 2 1844

J L Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions Washington City.

W. Odom for transfer Mr. Evans

LITTLE ROCK ARK. 
JUN 18
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State of Arkansas }
County of Van Buren } SS.
On this 5th day of June 1844, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the dais county of VanBuren, personally appeared Willis Adom [Odom], who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Evans, F. Singuefield the Regiment commanded by Colonel Robinson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Kentucky, whence he has totally removed; that he now resides in Van Buren county, in the State of Arkansas, where he intends to remain & wishes his Pension to be there payable in future. - The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Kentucky to the State of Arkansas: first to be with my Son Lewis Odom who Lives in the County and State aforesaid on the middle fork of Little red river second to be near my grand Children and further he declareth not.  [Signature Willis Odom X his mark]

Sworn and subscribed to before me,}
the day & year aforesaid.
[Signatures]
Thos. J Griggs J. P. 
Test 
Hiram W. Moss
John C. Morrison
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State of Arkansas }
County of Van Buren } SS
On this 3rd day of June 1844, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, personally appeared W. B. Sillivan to e personally well known to be a person of veracity & entitled to credit on oath or otherwise, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that  he is well acquainted with Willis Adom [Odom]; and has been for 16 years last past and knows that the said Willis Adorn [Odom] is the identical person described as a Pensioner of the United States in the annexed & foregoing affidavit signed by him.

[Signature] Thos. J Griggs J.P.

State of Arkansas }
County of Van Buren } SS
I, H. Matthews, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thos. J Griggs is a Justice of the Peace as above, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this Third day of June in the year 1844.
[Signature]
Herman Matthews Clerk
of Van Buren County, Ark's.
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Willis Odom
application for transfer of Pension
(Mr. J. M. Barker)
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State of Missouri }
County of Barry } SS.
Be it remembered that on the seventeen of November 1846 personally appeared before me an acting justice of the peace within and for the county of Barry aforesaid Who being duly sworn deposeth and says, that the person who has taken the above and foregoing oath is the same person described in the applicant
[Signature] [illegible] Freezier

Be it remembered that person above named is man of worth and veracity before this day and year above written. [Signature] Jonathon Bullock
Justice of the peace

State of Missouri }
County of Barley } SS.
Be it remembered that
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State of Missouri }
County of Barry } I Saml. M. Pharis Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of aforesaid do hereby certify that Johnathan Bullock whose signature appears to the foregoing is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the Peace within and for said County and duly commissioned and sworn as such. That all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and and affixed the seal of said court done at office at the Court house in the Town of Cassville This 12th day of November A D 1846
Saml M Pharis [Signature]
Clerk County Court

State of Missouri }
County of Barry } I Saml M Pharis Clerk of the County Court within and for said county do hereby certify that Johnathan Bullock whose signature appears to the foregoing is ow, and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace with said county duly commissioned and sworn as such & that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court done at my office this 12th day of Nov. A D 1846.
Saml. M. Pharis Clerk [Signature]
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State of Missouri }
County of Barry } SS.
On this seventh day of November A D. 1846 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Barry personally appeared Willis Adam [Odom] who on his oath declares that he is the same person formerly belonging to the company commanded by Captain Francis Sendfield [Singuefield] of the regiment commanded by Colonel  __________ in the service of the United States in the Revolution - that his name was placed on the pension rolls of the State of Kentucky, from whence it was transferred to the State of Arkansas by order of the commissioner of pensions - from which last state he has solely removed to the state of Missouri where he now resides and intends to remain - and he wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Arkansas to the State of Missouri that my own natural children and grand children removed from the state aforesaid to Mis. State and I being old and infirm and able [unable] to support myself cant with them.
[Signature] Willis Odom X his mark
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16.993
INVALID.
File. No.16.993
Willis Odom
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7"32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1922 Apr. 12 Data to Hon. A. W. Barkley. see letter in John Brimmiage S. 38568
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Louisville Ky Pension Agency Office
9 July 1844
Sir,
The Pension of Willis Odom, under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 26.16 Dollars per annum, was paid to the 4th of September 1842.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt.
G W Meriwether Sen Agt
By J. H. Rhorer

J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Agency Office
Little Rock Ark's.
21 April, 1846

Sir,
Enclosed you will find the voucher for the Pension of Willis Adam [Odom], a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, under act of 7 June, 1832, at $28.16 per annum, to whom there is due one year's Pension on 4 March (ult.) - Please to examine the vouchers at your earliest convenience, & if found correct, return them to me with your order to pay the amount due him.
Respectfully,
Yr. ob't Serv't.
Wm E. Woodruff Agt [Signature]

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions, 
Washington City.
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H of R.
Dec 10th 46

Sir
Herewith you will receive the application of Willis Odom a Pensioner of the U.S. on the Arkansas Roll, & he transferred to the Missouri agency for paying Pensions.
Yours with respect
John S. Phelps [Signature]

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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Pension Agency Offices
Little Rock Ark's.
24 Dec. 1846

Sir,
In reply to your letter of 11 inst. received per. last eve's mail, I have to inform you, that Willis Odom, a Rev. Pensioner under act of 7 June 1832, at the rate of $28.16 per annum, has been paid a this office to 4 March 1846.
I am sir,
Very respectfully, 
Yr. ob't. serv't.
Wm E. Woodruff Agt.

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm'r. f Pensions
Washington City.