Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,906, Solomon Wright, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Wright, Solomon
NUMBER
R.11,906
CONTENTS
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Georgia
Jones County
On this 20th October 1832 personally appeared in the Court of Ordinary in and for said County now sitting and the Honorable Judges Moore, Weaver, & Slades presiding as Judges of said Court, Solomon Wright, who being first duly sworn and who is 75 years of age makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed 7th June 1832. He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as is now stated. He states he was twenty two years old when he entered the service and that he volunteered. He lived in South Carolina in Darlington District. He entered the service as a volunteer when he was 22 years old in October under Col Giles Capt George King Major James Erwin Lieutenant Williamson. He served under these officers two months was during this tour engaged in no battles. The army was discharged to go home at [illegible] bay in South Carolina. This applicant then volunteered under Col Baxter, Samuel Bicoat was Capt. Major Windham Lieutenant Williamson This company and these officers were under the [illegible] commanded by Gen Marion
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This applicant knew Gen Green and Gen Sumpter Col Pulaski Col Mayam & Col Lee of the regular army or officers high in command. This applicant served three months under the officers who commanded where he volunteered the second time as before stated, was engaged in some Skirmishes with the Tories, but in no battles during this term of service. He Volunteered and served under the officers aforesaid two years and six months and during the whole time of his services he was engaged in two battles-- and several Skirmishes with the Tories and British. The first battle in which this applicant was at the Utaws [Eutaw Springs] in South Carolina on Santee River. Gen Marion Sumpter and Green were engaged in this battle as commanders and this applicant believes a Rawdon or Cornwallis or both of them command the brittish. In that battle Col Washington was wounded and taken prisoner by the brittish. The next battle in which he was engaged was at Shewbricks a tide water creek. There Col Baxter was wounded and Gen Marion & Sumpter had command. Some few men killed and wounded but no decided victory. This applicant never was marched out of South Carolina but was marched to Charleston and the intervening country, and to the Utaws and many
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other places too tedious to mention. There are no persons in this State by whom he can prove his services or claims to the pension for which he now applies. He had a discharge written by Col Baxter in conformity to the war regulations and the instructions of Gen Marion but he lost it. He lived in Darlington District South Carolina untill about seventeen years since during which period he has lived in Georgia and is now a citizen of this County. John Lamar Lew Major Mullins Rev Calvin Trice and the Honorable Henry G. Lamar is well acquainted with this applicant. This applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension or annuity except the present and states that his name is not on any pension Roll of any State.
Soloman Wright his mark X
Subscribed to and sworn to the day and year above written
Travis A D Weaver J.I.C
Peter Northen JIC
John B. Moore J.I.C.

We Calvin Trice a clergyman residing in the County and State aforesaid and Charles Hutchings residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Thomas C. Trice
Charles Hutchings
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
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And the said Court does hereby declare its 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 under States. And the Court further certifies that it appears that Calvin Trice who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the State & County aforesaid, and that Pleasant Mullins of the same place, are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Travis A.D. Weaver J.I.C.
Peter Northen J.I.C
John R. Moore J.I.C

I Charles McCarthy Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Wright for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20th 1832
Charles Mccarthy C.C.C
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Georgia
Solomon Wright
Rejected. See let 14 Oct 33 to Chas Macarthy
Clinton Ga
11906
act 7 June 1832
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Georgia
Jones County
Personally appeared before me Michael Sullivan a Justice of the peace in and for said County Solomon Wright who after being duly sworn according to law, doth state, that he cannot prove his services by no person living within his knowledge. That he is worn down with old age and affictions so that his memory does not enable him to state the particulars of his services for his country, in whose defence he spent the bloom and vigour of a life if otherwise employed might have placed him above, the wretched applicant for a pension. He has lost his discharge, he has no record of his age the family bible having been destroyed by fire, He never had a commission. The other questions will be found to be embodied in the declaration and he is totally unable to make further and more satisfactory statement. But one thing on oath he does state that he served as he has stated.
Solomon Wright his mark X
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 3rd Sept 1833. I know the deponent
to be a truthful old man and believe the above declaration
Michael Sullivan J.P.
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March 6, 1934

Mrs. Charles C. Cheshire, Jr.
Route 1
Nashville Tennessee

BA-J/MCS
Solomon Wright, R. 11906

Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 11906, based upon the military service of Solomon Wright, the only soldier by that name, who was from South Carolina, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
While living in Jones County, Georgia, Solomon Wright made application for pension on October 20, 1832, then aged seventy-five years, and stated that while a resident of Darlington District, South Carolina, he volunteered in October, year not given, and served two months as private with the South Carolina troops under Captain George King and Colonel Giles; he then volunteered and served three months under Captain Samuel Bacot and Colonel Baxter, of the South Carolina troops, after which he again volunteered and served over two years under the same officers; he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and a battle at Shewbrick (?), a tide water creek, and in many skirmishes.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish any proof of the alleged service, which was the requirement of the pension law.
Solomon Wright lived in Darlington District, South Carolina, until about 1815 when he moved to Georgia.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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REJECTED
11.906
P.O.
Solomon Wight [Wright]
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of rejection as follows: "did not serve six months."
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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1927-May 11. Hist to Hon J. H. Smithwick for Mrs J. L. McArthur -MWNF.
1930 - Dec 27 - Hist to Ray W. Bell. - EES
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1934 Mar 6, hist to Mrs. Chas C. Cheshire Jr. See corres. in Rev. Clm. Micajah
Mayfield S. 36692 - W.C.S.
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Solomon Wright
Geo.
[text crossed out]
Act 7 June 1832
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Copied from M M H F.

December 27, 1930

Ray W. Bell
2261 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Florida

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section EEL

Dear Sir:
You are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11906, it appears that Solomon Wright, while living in Jones County, Georgia, made application for pension October 20, 1832, then aged seventy-five years, and stated that while a resident of Darlington District, South Carolina, he volunteered at age of twenty-two years, in October, and served two months as private under Captain George King and Colonel Giles in the South Carolina Troops; then volunteered and served three months under Captain Samuel Bacot and Colonel Baxter in the South Carolina Troops, after which he again volunteered and served over two years under the same officers, and that he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and a battle at Shewbricks (?), a tide water creek, and in many skirmishes.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish any proof of the alleged services, as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to his family.
The above history is that of the only soldier by that name, of South Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF

May 11, 1927

Honorable J. H. Smithwick
House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Smithwick:
Your letter of May 3rd instant addressed to The Adjutant General, and the letter of Mrs. J. T. McArthur of Moultrie, Georgia, are referred to this Bureau from the office of the Adjutant General, for further information in regard to Solomon Wright of South Carolina, War of the Revolution.
I have the honor to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Solomon Wright while living in Jones County, Georgia, made application for pension October 20, 1832, then aged seventy-five years, and stated that while a resident of Darlington District, South Carolina he volunteered at the age of twenty-two years, in October, and served two months as private under Captain George King and Colonel Giles in the South Carolina Troops, then volunteered and served three months under Captain Samuel Bacot and Colonel Baxter in the South Carolina Troops, after which he again volunteered and served over two years under the same
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officers, and that he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and a battle at Shewbricks (7), a tide water creek, and in many skirmishes.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish any proof of the alleged services, as was required by the pension laws.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above history is that of the only soldier by that name, of South Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

2 enclosures.
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Wright, Solomon
1st Ind.
PB - MN
War Department, A.G.O., May 6, 1927. - To the Commissioner of Pensions.
1. Transmitted, the matter being one which pertains to the Pension Bureau.
2. No record is found on file in this office of service of a Solomon Wright from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War.
3. Representative Smithwick has been advised of this transmittal in a letter a copy of which is herewith inclosed.
Robert C. Davis
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By JBS
2 Inclosures

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE F MAY 9 1927
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201 Wright, Solomon
(5-3-27) ORD
1st Ind.
RH-MN
War Department, A.G.O., May 6, 1927. - To the Commissioner of Pensions.
1. Transmitted the matter being one which pertains to the Pension Bureau.
2. No record is found on file in this office of service of a Solomon Wright from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War.
3. Representative Smithwick has been advised of this transmittal in a letter a copy of which is herewith inclosed.
2 Inclosures
Robert C. Davis
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By

2 Inclosures
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Wright, Solomon
(5-3-27) ORD
May 6, 1927

Honorable John H. Smithwick,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Smithwick:

I have your letter of May 3, 1927, with which you inclosed one, addressed to you by Mrs. J. T. McArthur of Moultrie, Georgia, who desires to obtain the record filed by Solomon Wright of South Carolina when he applied for a pension.
For any record filed with the Pension Bureau application should be made to the Commissioner of Pensions, this city, and your letter with its inclosure, has this day been transmitted to the Commissioner from whom you will doubtless receive a reply in due course.
It is proper to and that while the records on file in my office show that numerous men named Solomon wright served in various State organizations during the Revolutionary War no one of them is shown to have served in a South Carolina organization, and I am unable to identify anyone of them as the Solomon Wright referred to by Mrs. Arthur.
It is suggested as a possibility that some record of service of Solomon Wright may be obtained from the State Historical Commission, Columbia, S. C.
Very respectfully,
Robert C. Davis
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
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Geo
Chas. Macarthy
14 Oct 1833.
S.C
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Depart of War
PO
Oct 14 1833
Sir - 
The papers in the case of Solo. Wright have again been examined, and he has said in his amended declaration that he cannot specify the same as is required by the rules, or afford any additional explanation upon that point, his claim has been rejected, and his papers placed Upon the files of this Office.
I am Respectfully
Y Ot St
J L Edwards

Charles Macarthy Esq.
Clk Jones Co. Ga.
Clinton -
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Hy H Sylvester
Hy H Sylvester
Hy H Sylvester
Hy H Sylvester
HFH
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Nov 24, 1930.

Pension Dept
Veterans Administration
Dear Sirs
Can you give me any information concerning Solomon Wright who enlisted, I think, in one of the Carolina lines during the war?
He was living in Wilkinson Co Ga in 1827
The name of his wife is unknown
He had a son - Charles Wright and a daughter Dorcas Wright Matthews
Sincerely
Ray W. Bell
2251 Myra St.
Jacksonville, Fla.

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