Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 19003, James Whicker, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
NC

Whicker, James
or
Wicker,
Mary

NUMBER
R. 19003

CONTENTS
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Declaration in order to obtain a Bounty Land warrant of Pension. 

State of North Carolina}
County of Forsyth} ss

Be it known, that on this 13th day of August A.D. 1858, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in a for said county, personally appeared Mary Whicker, aged 89 years, and who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits, of the provisions made by the several Acts of Congress, granting Bounty land, pensions or half pay to widows of deceased soldiers. Tha she is the widow of James Whicker (sometimes written Wicker) who was a private in the company commanded, by Captain [blank] in the Regiment commanded by Col. [blank] - in the War of the Revolusion.
That she has often been informed by her late husband and many other persons, and verily believes, that her late husband, the said James Whicker, entered the service of the United States in Granville County N.C. in the year 1779, or 1780, as a drafted man he being then 16 years old, - that she is of opinion that he served one or two other tours of 6 or 3 months, as she has often heard him tell of different expeditions, in which he was engaged after tories & Indians
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That he was engaged as one of the N.C. Militia under Gen. Green at the battle of Guilford C.H. in March 1781- which time she well remembers- she does not know when or where her said husband was discharged from the service- she having in vain made search for his discharge- That she intermarried with the said James Whicker in the month of June 15th day in the year 1792 as she believes.
The marriage was celebrated by William Dobson Esq a Justice of the Peace in the County of Stokes N.C.- her maiden name was Mary Dean: She was born and brought up in Stokes county (that part that is now Forsyth) where she has resided all her life- and of which County Forsyth she is still a resident. She believes that she can prove the marriag by one Conny Crew, who is yet living, but does not know of any person living by whom she can prove her said husband’s service and she has no documentary evidence thereof- That she verily believes and so swears that he was in the service of the U.S. at least nine months-
That her said late husband departed this life on the 30th day of September 1830 in Forsyth (then Stokes) County N.C. And that she has ever since remained his widow- that she has never mad application for Bounty land or pension- she being illiterate- and having been told
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that she could not succeed unless she could produce her husband’s discharge- that she believes that her said late husband did not apply- because she heard him say that he could not draw land because he had not inlisted for 5 years,- nor money because he had not been wounded in battle- he died before the passage of the Pension Act of 1832- Applicant further swears that she is not, and never was on the Pension Roll of the U.S. or any State, Teritory, District or Agency thereof
[crossed out: Sworn to and subscribed be]
Mary Whicker (seal)
her X mark

Witness Elijah Hester
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the 13th day of August A.D. 1858: And I certify that I am not interested in said Claim as attorney, agent or otherwise. I further certify from personal acquaintence with the late James Whicker and his wife Mary, that Mary Whicker who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration is his widow as therein stated- and that I believe her statements to be true
R Murchison (JoP)

State of North Carolina}
County of Forsyth} ss
On this 13th day of August A.D. 1858 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Elijah Hester and Robert H. Linville who are to me well known to be residents of said County of Forsyth and credible witnesses, and who being by me first duly sworn, upon
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Said County of Forsyth and credible witnesses, and who being by me first duly sworn, upon

[mark] that her said brother often spoke of one of his comrades having been shot down by his side in the battle that this affiant remembers the day of said Battle- and that she heard the guns & thought it was thunder- that immediately after the battle, she heard that her brother James aforesaid was killed, & that she remembers how his mother & the family grieved about it- that some time thereafter her said brother James Whicker reachd home and they all rejoiced to see him alive- she verily believes that he was gone in all at least nine months- that she does not remember the names of the officers under whom her brother served except Gen. Green- she further swears that she is not in any way interested in his claim.

witness

Thomas Sullivan

Lucrecy Vance

Sworn to and subscribed before me This August 14th AD 1858
R. Murchison JP

State of North Carolina}
County of Forsyth} ss.

on this 14th day of Aug AD 1858 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Thomas Sullivan aged 63 years and Joseph Crews sur aged 76 years to me well known to be residents of said County of Forsyth and witnesses of the first respectability

who being duly sworn do certify & swear that they are well acquainted with Mrs Conny Crews
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who being duly sworn do certify & swear that they are well acquainted with Mrs Conny Crews and Mrs Lucretia Vance who have who have sworn to and subscribed the annex’d affidavits relative to the claim of Mrs Mary Whicker hereunto annexed_ that they have known the said old ladies for at least forty years last past- and that the said ladies are of good moral character and are persons of undoubted veracity & truth & that we fully believe their statements and affidavits aforesaid. We further swear that we are not interested in this claim
Thomas Sullivan
Joseph Crews

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of August A.D. 1858-
R. Murchison (JP)

State of North Carolina}
Forsyth County} ss.
I, A.J. Stafford Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Forsyth, above named, do hereby certify that Roderick Murchison, before whom the foregoing declaration, and affidavits were made, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that his several signatures above written are genuine. Witness my hand, and the seal of said Court, this the 14th day of August 1858
AJ Stafford CCC
By HK Thomas [illegible]
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the applicant & this affiant, were children and girls together, living only ¾ of a mile apart- that she, to wit, this affiant, was present at the marriage of James Whicker, and Mary Dean now Mary Whicker, the applicant, and saw and heard the ceremony- which took place at Dobson’s cross roads (now Kernersville) by [illegible], Dobson a Justice of the Peace in and for Skokes County N.C. that this affiant & her late husband Matthew Crews, and one Betsey Swain, went together with the groom and bride to the wedding that the said persons are all dead except this affiant & Mary Whicker the applicant- who is well known to me to have been the lawful wife of said James Whicker, and has remained his widow ever since; that she remembers the battle of Guilford, and heard the big guns that it was currently reported and believed that the said James Whicker was in that battle- that she well remembers that about that time the tories came to her father’s house and took her father John Whicker, prisoner and carried him to  the British camp- they also killed all his cattle. She has been acquainted with James Whicker, from the time he came to Stokes County until his death, that she always heard that he was a soldier in the R War- and never heard it disputed that he was in the war & served as stated by his widow in the foregoing declaration. I also swear that I am not interested in this claim
Conny Crews
her X mark
Mary M Fulp

Sworn to and subscribed Aug. 13th 1858 before me
R. Murchison (JP)
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State of North Carolina}
County of Forsyth} ss
Be it known that on this the 14th day of August AD 1858, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for Forsyth County above named, personally appeared Lucretia Vance, aged 76 years, on the 7th day of Aug Inst. who being first duly sworn before me, doth certify & swear, that she is well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Whicker who has sworn to and subscribed the annexed declaration; that said Mary Whicker was the lawful wife of James Whicker dec’d and is now his widows that she (this affiant) is the sister of the said James Whicker, who was drafted as a soldier in the County of Granville NC where the family then resided- she does not recollect the date- but that she was 8 or 9 years old- - that her said brother James Whicker went into the service when very young, and served a tour in the army at a place that she thinks was called Ramsay’s Mills- not far from Hillsboro N.C.- that she well remembers her said brother starting to the army- & that he came home two or three time with a paper from the Captain, and would stay a day or two and then go back- that after his first tour, he was again drafted, or volunteered she does not know which- and served another tour she thinks of six months or until the Guilford battle that she can safely swear that her said brother James Whicker was in that battle, as she verily believes and swears, (althou she was not present)- because she has so after heard him and other men who were in the battle tell how they were stationed in front- and haw that after the first fire, they could not see each other
over [mark]
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who being duly sworn do certify & swear that they are well acquainted with Mrs Conny Crews and Mrs Lucretia Vance who have who have sworn to and subscribed the annex’d affidavits relative to the claim of Mrs Mary Whicker hereunto annexed- that they have known the said old ladies for at least forty years last past- and that the said ladies are of good moral character and are persons of undoubted veracity & truth & that we fully believe their statements and affidavits aforesaid. We further swear that we are not interested in this claim
Thomas Sullivan
Joseph Crews

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of August A.D. 1858-
R. Murchison (JP)

State of North Carolina}
Forsyth County} ss.
I, A.J. Stafford Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Forsyth, above named, do hereby certify that Roderick Merchison, before whom the foregoing declaration, and affidavits were made, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that his several signatures above written are genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this the 14th day of August 1858
AJ Stafford CCC
By HK Thomas [illegible]
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July 17, 1939.

Mr. Walter R. Pope
Greenfield
Tennessee.

RA-J/ILL
James Whicker
R. 19003

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, James (Jimmie) Whicker, who served from North Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 19003, based upon service of James Whicker in the Revolut ionary War.
The date and place of birth of James Whicker are not shown, nor the names of his parents. He lived in Granville County, North Carolina, at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War; his mother was living there in the spring of 1781.
James Whicker married June 15, 1792, Mary Dean, who was born and reared in Stokes County, (the part which was later Forsyth County), North Carolina. They were married by William Dobson, a Justice of the Peace, at Dobson’s Cross Roads in Stokes County. The names of Mary’s parents were not stated.
James Whicker died September 30, 1830 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
Mary Whicker, the soldier’s widow, was a resident of Forsyth County, North Carolina, on August 13, 1858; she was aged the eighty-nine years. She applied then for the pension which might have been due on account of her husband’s service in the Revolutionary War; she alleged that James Whicker (her husband) enlisted in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1779 or 1780, when he was aged sixteen years, and served on tours against the Tories and Indians, in all at least nine months, and that he was in the battle of Guilford Court House; no names of officerd were given. Her claim for pension was not allowed as she
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failed to furnish proof of his service as required by the pension laws.
No names of children of James and Mary Whicker were stated.
In 1858, Lucretia Vance, the sister of James Whicker, resided in Forsyth County, North Carolina; she was born August 7, 1772 and was at home with her mother at the time of the battle of Guilford and, when her brother James did not come home immediately after that battle, they family grieved because they believed that he had been killed; they all rejoiced when he finally reached home.
At that same time (1858), Mrs, Conny Crews, the widow of Matthew Crews, resided in Forsyth County, North Carolina; she was then aged eighty-six years. She stated that her father, John Whicker, was taken prisoner by the British about the time of the battle of Guilford, and carried to their camp, also, that his cattle was killed by them. Said Conny (Whicker) had lived a short distance from Mary Dean as a girl, and she and Matthew Crews were present when Mary Dean and James Whicker were married. She did not state her relationship to James Whicker.
Joseph Crews, aged seventy-six years, and Thomas Sullivan, aged sixty-three years, resided in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and were in behalf of Mary Whickers. No relationship between these persons and the soldier’s family was stated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administer.

2.
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[Crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1832, and March 3, 1873.]

Revy 19003

P.O. [illegible]
Mary Whicker
Service: widow of James

Enlisted: REJECTED , 18
Discharged: [blank], 18

Application filed: [blank], 18

Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]

Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank], 18

1937- Feb 25- Hist to Mr Roy
Whicker- [illegible]
1939 July 17- Hist. to Walter R. Pope
[illegible]
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J. M. Henry
Sept. 24
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Pension Office, Sept. 24, 1860.

Sir,
I have received and filed under act of July 7, 1838, the application of Mrs. Mary Wicker, (alias Whicker) for pension; and have [illegible] that [illegible] Declaration should have been made before a Court of Record and that additional evidence is required showing conclusively that her deceased husband James Whicker resided in Granville County N. Carolina at the period of the revolutionary war, and was reputed to have served in the said war. [illegible] is also required that the marriage in 1792 be established by record proof if any exists in the County Court of the County in which it is [illegible] to have taken place. This additional evidence should be perfected before some magistrate other than the one who transmitted the papers to you.

P. M. Denry}
Present
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No. 15.519
Mary Wicker, alias
Whicker-
North Carolina

Sit. [crossed out: P.W. Henry Sept 24/60]

Act July 7, 1838
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February 25, 1937

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RA-J/[illegible]

Mr. Roy Whicker
Greenfield
Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request of January 23, for the Revolutionary War record of James Whicker.
The date and place of birth and  the names of the parents of James Whicker are not stated.
James Whicker married June 15, 1792, in Stokes County, North Carolina, Mary Dean, who was born and reared in Stokes (that part which was later Forsyth) County, North Carolina. The date of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
James Whicker died September 30, 1830, in Stokes County, North Carolina.
August 13, 1858, at which time she gave her age as eighty-nine years and was a resident of Forsyth County, North Carolina, Mary Whicker applied for the pension which might have been due on account of her husband’s service in the Revolutionary War and alleged that her husband, James Whicker, enlisted in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1779 or 1780, when he was sixteen years old, and served on tours against the Tories and Indians, at least nine months in all, at least nine months in all, and that he was in the battle of Guilford Court House; no names of officers were given.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
No names of children of James and Mary Whicker are given.
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In 1858, Lucretia Vance made affidavit in Forsyth County, North Carolina, that she was the sister of James Whicker. She was born August 7, 1772.
In above year, one Conny Crews, aged eighty-six years and the widow of Matthew Crews, made affidavit in Forsyth County, North Carolina, that she was the daughter of John Whicker, who was taken prisoner by the British, but she gave no relationship to the soldier, James Whicker. The name, Joseph Crews, appears, also: no relationship to said Conny Crews stated.
The date of death of the widow, Mary Whicker, is not given.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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COPY.

Greenfield, Tennessee.
January 23, 1937.

War Department,
Veteran’s Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Please tell me if [crossed out: George Dewey Rose] [annotation: a3133342] has collected his bonus. If it has been paid where was he located when you paid it. We have not heard from him in years and would like to know his address.
Please go to the record of the Revolutionary War and look up James (Jimmy) Whicker’s record. He was from Salem, N. C. (now Winston-Salem) and served with Washington for seven years. I like to have his record and know if he ever collected anything in the way of a bounty or bonus.

Yours truly,

(Signed) Roy Whicker.

copied by:-
E.A.MCM.

[annotated: Orig is for Geo Dewey Rose]
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[date stamp]
RECIEVED
JUN 7 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM READER # 9

Greenfield, Tenn.
June 6; 1939

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

I have a great-great grandfather James (or Jimmie) Whicker (initials not known) who served in the American Revolutionary War in the state of North Carolina. We think he enlisted in Forsythe County, N.C., but are not certain. Can you give me any information about his war record?

Respectfully,
Walter R Pope
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Pension Act July 7, 1838 &c
Revolutionary War

Mary Whicker wid of James Whicker, or Wicker
N.C. Militia or State Troops Revolutionary war

This claim has been for some time [illegible] for the purpose of getting some further proof lent the parties failing to obtain it, the claim is now filed with the hope that it may be favorably acted on. [illegible]

Received by me from R. Murchison Esq.
Winston, N.C.

[date stamp]
PENSION OFFICE.
SEP 15 1860.

P.M. Henry
Present
Sept 14/60
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller’s Department
I, C.H. Brogden, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of Record in my office among the payments or allowances made by said State to sundry persons for Militia services in the Revolutionary War, as follows:

James Wicker
Hillsboro District N.C.
Army Accounts, Vol. 1, Book No. 1, Page 43, £9..2’S Specie, Allowed by the Auditors for Hillsboro District, 10th June, 1783.
The Hillsboro District was composed of the Counties of Caswell, Granville, Wake, Chatham, Orange, Randolph.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, in the City of Raleigh, this 5th day of May A.D. 1860.
C.H. Brogden,
Comptroller.
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State of North Carolina}
County of Forsyth} ss.

Know all men by these presents, that I Mary Whicker widow of James Whicker, who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution, do hereby constitute & appoint Capt. P.M Henry of Washington D.C. my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute my Claims for Bounty land Pension or half pay or any thing due to me by any Act of Congress, & I do hereby invest him with the most complete permission to act as my Agent & Attorney for receiving Bounty land warrant or Pension Certificate- or any other matter in relation to the claim. Hereby declaring this power of attorney irrivocable without sufficient special cause given.
I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 13th day of August A.D. 1858.
Mary Whicker [illegible]
her X mark

Witness
Elijah Hester

State of North Carolina}
County of Forsyth} ss.
Be it known that on the 13th day of Aug, 1858 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County, personally appeared Mary Whicker to me well known and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be her Act and Deed
R. Murchison (JoP)
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State of North Carolina}
Forsyth County}
I, A.J. Stafford Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County, do hereby certify that R. Murchison Esq. before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature within written is genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 14th day of August 1858.
AJ Stafford CCC
By H.R. Thomas [illegible]