Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8861, William Goodwin, S.C.
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SC    W.8861
Goodwin, William
Goodwin, Grace
Son of Col. Robt. Goodwin or Goodwyn
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11.4.06
South Carolina
Grace Goodwin. Dec.d
widow of William Goodwin who died on the ______of SC in the state of S.C. who was a Lt. + Capt. in the __________commanded by Captain _____of the _____commanded by _____ in the R__.Y

 Inscribed on the Roll of S.C. at the rate of 395 Dollars 68 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Nov 1852 and set to Geo K. Jones Present
Arrears to the 4th of Semiannual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by HE. Robinson Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 307
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[crossed out]Mrs. Grace H Chappell's Declaration
Grace Goodwin dec
Wid William
S.C.
Act 7 July 1838
let 25 Augt 183-2

Married pna to 1794
He died _ 1801
she died Dec 20 1841

Hon. J. A. Woodward
H of Rep
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State of South Carolina Sct.
District of Richland On this first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared, in open court, now sitting before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary written and for said District and which is a Court of Record, Mrs. Grace H. Chappell a resident of said District and State, aged about fifty seven year who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows," & also such other acts and resolutions of Congress as are applicable to this declarant's claim: That she is the daughter of, and only living child of Mrs. Grace Goodwyn deceased who was the widow of captain, afterwards styled Colonel William Goodwyn who as this deponent has been informed and believes entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated: That Captain afterwards Colonel Robert Goodwyn was the father of said William Goodwyn and that said Robert Goodwyn Commanded a Company in the third South Carolina Continental Regiment Commonly called the Regiment of the Rangers, and Commanded by Colonel William   Thompson in the year seventeen seventy six (A.D. 1776) and that said William served under his said father said Capt. Robert Goodwyn Captain in said Regiment, said William Goodwyn's service being as private most likely while in said Company & Regiment: That afterwards, towit, about the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine said Robert Goodwyn having been promoted to the Commander Colonel of a Regiment
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of Militia in South Carolina his said son William Goodwyn this Declarant's father, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in said Regiment and served in such capacity more than four months, the same being in what was most likely termed the [crossed out] Snow Camps. That afterwards during the war & from about the year seventeen hundred Eighty and the year following, her said father said Lieutenant William Goodwyn was promoted to Captain in the Militia in which capacity he served most of said years under Colonel Thomas Faylor & Major Robert Lyell who also lived in the same neighborhood with said Captain William Goodwyn embraced in the present Richland District in which this Declarant now lives - That the battle in which her said father was engaged or the counties through which he passed this Declarant is unable to remember she being almost and infant at the date of his death, but that after he left the service and soon after the close of the war he married this Deponent's Mother Mrs. Grace Goodwyn deceased but the particular day or year upon which the marriage ^took place this Deponent on account of the fact that she has not now, nor has she had for years her father's & mother's family Record, cannot state but from facts she has gathered otherwise based upon a record entry the date of their marriage must have been about the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine or earlier - That they continued to live together as husband & wife in the same neighborhood in which her said father said Captain William Goodwyn had lived before, & during the war, until the date of his death about fifty one year ago: that his widow this Declarant's said mother Mrs. Grace Goodwyn continued as such widow to live in the same neighborhood until the date of her death which took place on the [blank space] day of [illegible]
The ensure above and the words "took place" interlined before signing
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in the year Eighteen hundred and forty two, at the residence of this Deponent - She further declares that her mother never made application for her pension either to this state or the United States. She further declares that her said mother said Mrs. Grace Goodwyn deceased was married to the said Captain William Goodwyn on the [blank space] day of [blank space] seventeen hundred and about Eighty nine - that her said father the said Captain William Goodwyn died on the [blank space] day of [blank space] about Eighteen hundred and one: That her said mother was not married to her said father prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year above written 
Grace Howell Chappell
Before me
James S Guignard
Judge of Court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina
District of Richland
And I the said Judge of the Court of Ordinary in and for said District & State do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day he submitted to me by the affidavit of Captain Samuel G Henry a respectable citizen of said District known to me & worthy of credit, that Mrs. Grace H Chappell the Deponent above is a lady of respectibilty and one to whose Statements upon oath are due full faith & credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two. 
James S. Guignard
Judge Court of Ordinary
[circular seal above signature]
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State of South Carolina
Richland District } Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in the said District Joel Adams Senior who being duly sworn saith that he was born, brought up & has ever lived in Richland District and that the date of his birth as recorded in his fathers family Bible is the sixth day of March in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty four (6th March 1784) so that his present age is over sixty Eight years: That he was well acquainted with Colonel William Goodwyn & his wife Mrs. Grace Goodwyn the latter of whom was a cousin of this Deponent's mother: That his earliest recollection of them extends back as long as sixty years ago in deponent's school-boy days & that they were then living together in this District as husband & wife: That at that time he was an associate & an intimate of their son Uriah Goodwyn now deceased who was two or three years older than this Deponent as he recollects: That this Deponent has heard his parents say that said Colonel Goodwyn & his said wife were married, & they were to this deponents certain knowledge, regarded & believed to be husband & wife in the community in which they lived as long ago as this deponent can recollect them which was at least sixty years ago or more: That they continued to live together as husband & wife until the death of said Colonel William Goodwyn in said District about fifty years ago & that after that his said wife remained a widow until her death in said District about ten years ago: That none of her children survived her but the present Mrs. Grace Howell
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Chappell now living: That Colonel William Goodwyn aforesaid was reputed & believed to have been an officer of the Revolution in the community in which he lived. That this Deponent is wholly disinterested in any amount which said daughter may recover on account of this said services. Sworn to & subscribed before me this fifth day of October A.D. 1852.
Joel Adams Sr.
S. Olin Salley
Mag

State of South Carolina
Richland District } Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in & for said District James S Guignard Esq and C Neuffer Sheriff, citizens of said District who upon oath state that they are personally well acquainted with Mr. Joel Adams Senior the deponent above & that he is a gentleman of sound mind & memory, accurate in his statements & one to whose testimony should & is given full & entire faith & credit: That he is a gentleman of high respectibility & intelligence. Sworn to & subscribed before me the fifth day of October 1852
James S. Guignard
Clerk of Court
C. Neuffer
Sheriff R. D. 
And I the said Magistrate certify that Joel Adams Senior is worthy of faith & credit & of sound mind & memory & that deponents James S. Guignard Clerk of County & C. Neuffer Sheriff are also worthy of full faith & credit.
S. Olin Salley
Mag

State of South Carolina
Richland District } I James Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Sessions in and for the District aforesaid do Certify that S. Olin Salley Esq who hath [illegible] [illegible] affidavits is an acting Magistrate in and for said District and that his signature is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of this Said Court at Columbia this 26 day of October Anni Domini 1852 ~
James S. Guignard
Clerk of Court
Com Pleas & Sessions
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section [illegible]

April 18, 1934

Teresa G. Smith
2818 Blossom St., 
Columbia, S.C.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 8861 it appears that William Goodwin, or Goodwyn, was the son of Colonel Robert Goodwin, or Goodwyn, of RIchland District, South Carolina, and while a resident of said district he enlisted in 1776 and served as a private in Captain Robert Goodwin's (his father) Company, Colonel William Thompson's South Carolina Regiment,length of service not given. 

About 1779 he was commissioned Lieutenant and served over four months in Colonel Robert Goodwin's (his father) South Carolina Regiment, We was promoted to Captain and served during 1780, 1781 and 1782 in Colonel Thomas Taylor's South Carolina Regiment. He died about 1801 in Richland District, South Carolina; his age is not stated.

Soldier married about 1789 or earlier, Grace
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whose maiden name is not given, and who died December 20, 1841 in said Richland District.

Their son Uriah ^was referred to. Mrs. Grace Howell Chappell was the only child who survived the widow, and she was allowed the pension due her mother, on her application executed March 1, 1852 while a resident of Richland District, South Carolina aged fifty-seven years. 

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.
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Compts certificate of the service of William Goodwyn

Geo H Jones
Atty
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So Ca
May 18th 1832

No. 21 Liby } Issued the 23d August 83 to William  Goodwyn for Two hundred & forty Eight pound two & one penny for 149 days duty in 1779 per account audited
Principal £248: 2: 1 1/2 annual Ins. £17: 7: 4 d on which amount no Ins. is allowed until one year Ins. becomes due. No. 73.

No 21 Liby No. 73.
23rd August 1785 Mr. William Goodwyn his accot. of 149 days Militia duty as Lieut in 1779 chd. cuny £298: 0: 0
Deduct an overcharge of 5 [illegible] p day as within state } 37. 5. 0
260. 15. 0
Also for 492 days duty as Captain in 1780, 1781 & 1782 @ £3 p day -- 1476: 0: 0
£1736. 15. 0
Stg £248. 2: 1 1/2

1780 Oct. 1st } State of South Carolina To Captain William Goodwyn, [illegible] to service done in South Carolina under the command of Col. Thomas Taylor from the first day of October to the 4th day of April 1781 both days included 186 days as Captain of Militia at 60 pr. day - £. S. D 558. 0. 0

5th April 1781 } To service done at Congarees under the command of Col. Thomas Taylor from the 5 day of April to the 12th day of July both days included 98 days  as Capt. of Militia at 60 p day £294: 0: 0

12th July 1781 } To service done at Orangburg under the command of Major Robert Lyell from 12th July to the 8th Sept. both days included
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58 days as Capt. of Militia at 60/p day £174. 0. 0

8 Sept 1781 To service done at Orangeburg also services done at four Holy & Biggin Church under the Command of Col. Taylor & Major Lyell as Captain of Militia amounting to 150 days at 60/ per day 450. 0. 0
£1476. 0. 0
The amount of the former currency in £ 1476. 0. 0
Reduced into Sterling 210 10 0
210 17 1/2
I do certify that the duty as mentioned above was done
(signed) Thos, Taylor Cat. 

Camden District} Before me William Meyer personally appeared the within named William Goodwyn Captain, and made oath that the within acct. against the Publick's just and true and that no part thereof has Been Receivd nor other satisfaction for the within said service - Sworn to the 20 day pf Septmr. 1784 before me (signed) William Goodwyn
Wm. Meyer J.P.
Certified by signed/ Robert Lyell Major.

4 Feby 1779 } The State of So Carolina to Lieut Wm Goodwyn dittor To service done at Augusta & Stono from the 4h Feby to the 4h July both days included 149 days at Liut in Col Robert Goodwyn's Regt. of Militia at 40 S per day   £. S. D 298. 0. 0
say at 35 S
Former currency £ 298: 0: 0
Sterling £ 42. 11. 5
Certified by (signed) R Goodwyn Colo. 
"see Statement on the other side"
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Camden District } Before me William Meyer personally appeared the within named Lut William Goodwyn and made oath that the within acct. against the Publick is just and true and that no part thereof has been received nor other satisfaction for the within said service. Sworn to the 20 Day of Septmr. 1784 Before me
Wm. Meyer J.P. (signed) William Goodwyn
Recd. 19 Decr. 1786 from the Commr. of the Treasury full Satisfaction for the within acct. in [illegible] N 21 Y by order for Wm. Goodwyn (signed) John Moore
Duty as Lieut [illegible] £298. 0. 0
[illegible] being overcharged 5 [illegible] p day say 149 days - - 37. 5. 0
260. 15. 0
Duty as Captain 1476
£1736. 15. 0
Stg £ 248. 2. 1 1/2

Gentm. Please deliver to John Moore my [illegible] to the amot. of Two hundred & fifty pounds for service in the Militia certify'd by Colo. Taylor & Colo. Robt. Goodwyn & you'd oblige your [illegible] servt. (signed) W Goodwyn

To Missers
Bogcuitt & Milibell
Treasurers & take payment out of the same for such Grants as hewith produce 20th Dec 1786.
Gentm. Please deliver John Moore my [illegible] for service to the amt. of Two hundred pounds." - 
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy as taken from the Records in this office.
For Comptroller Genl. 
|No seal of Office| Tho. Johns, Depy-
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No. 14.680
Grace Goodwin decd
Wid of William 
S.C.
Set 25 Aug '52 to Hon J. A. Woodward
Set G. H. Jones Sept 15/52
Act 7 July 1838
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Brief in case of Grace Goodwin, dcd 
Richland, D. and State of South Carolina
act
July 7, 1838.

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service
Satisfactory [illegible] evidence of marriage prior to 1784.

(if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Geo. H. Jones [illegible]

Examining Clerk.
Osder Wiles
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State of South Carolina
Richland District } Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate within & for said District, Benjamin Hart, State Librarian, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state: That he is nearly Eighty six years of age: That he was born brought up and has ever lived near where Columbia in Richland District is now situated: That this Deponent had a brother Captain Derrill Hart who was a Captain in the war of the Revolution in the [illegible] South Carolina Continental Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thompson and deponent knew several of the officers of the said Regiment during the war. That he was acquainted with Robert Goodwyn Captain in said Regiment and afterwards Colonel in the militia in service and deponent also during the war knew said Colonel Robert Goodwyn's son, Captain William Goodwyn in service as Captain in the militia and saw him in that Capacity under Major Robert Lyell & Colonel Thomas Taylor at Orangeburg in this state in Seventeen hundred and Eighty one: That Deponent during the whole war and for years afterwards lived at Granby some two miles below where Columbia is now situated and that within a few miles of said Granby lived Colonel Robert Goodwyn & Captain William Goodwyn above mentioned and also in the same vicinity Colonel Thomas Taylor & Major Robert Lyell: That Deponent was Clerk in the store of Taylors & Rae of Granby aforesaid about Seventeen hundred and Eighty three and for several years afterwards remained at said place as Clerk and as such had frequent opportunities of seeing the handwritings of said Colonel Robert Goodwyn, Colonel Thomas Taylor Major Robert Lyell & of William Meyer who was Justice of the Peace in what was then called Camden District which embraced the present Richland District
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all of these persons living in what is now Richland District, and from deponents knowledge of their handwriting which he then saw frequently to order sent to the store in which he was employed to the [illegible], he is certain that the signatures, which he has been requested to examine in the account Number 21 Book Y, on file in the office of the Comptroller General of South Carolina at Columbia this day, are in the handwritings respectively of said Colonel Robert Goodwyn, Colonel Thomas Taylor, Major Robert Lyell, and William Meyer Justice of the Peace. That said Captain William Goodwyn aforesaid called Colonel William Goodwyn continued to live in the same neighborhood until his death about fifty one or two years ago leaving surviving him Mrs. Grace Goodwyn. That this Deponent is entirely disinterested in any amount which the heir of the said parties may recover on account of said Colonel William Goodwyn's services as aforesaid. Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirtieth day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty two
Benjamin Hart
Before me
 A Fitch
Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Richland District } Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Magistrate within & for said District E Neuffer Sheriff and Edward J Arthur reputable citizen of said District known to me & worthy of credit who upon oath state that they are personally well acquainted with Major Benjamin Hart the deponent above & that he is a gentlemen of the highest respectibility & worthy of full faith & credit in his statements as above, of sound  mind & memory and in the opinion of these Deponents of this age by himself stated in the foregoing. Sworn to and
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subscribed before me this fourth day of May 1852
C. Neuffer S.R.D
Edward J Arthur
A Fitch
Magt
And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that all of the deponents above, viz, Benjamin Hart, C Neuffer and Edward J Arthur are personally well known to me & are all gentlemen worthy of full faith & credit in their statements as above Given under my hand this day & year aforesaid
A Fitch
Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Richland District} I James S. Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions in and for the District aforesaid do Certify that A Fitch Esquire whose name appears to the two affidavits and certificates above & before written was at the time of the dates thereof and is now an Acting Magistrate in and for the said District In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Columbia this 4th day of May Anni Domini 1852 - 
James S Guignard
Clerk of Court
Common Pleas & 
Genl Sessions Richland D

I am well acquainted with Benjamin Hart, State Librarian for the State of South Carolinian. He is a gentleman of the highest respectability, and of irreproachable character.
J A Woodward
Representa[illegible]
May 10th 1852 -
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Cde
M 12/52
She
Died Dec 20 1841
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State of South Carolina } ss 
Richland District } It is hereby certified that before the unsigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary in the aforesaid District satisfactory evidence has this day been submitted to me, viz, be the affidavit of Joel A Chappell is ^the only living child of Mrs. Grace Goodwyn deceased widow of Colonel William Goodwyn she being only child that did survive said mother, and I further Certify that satisfactory evidence has been submitted to me by the affidavit of William W Purse undertaker, founded upon an entry in his Day Book as undertaker that said Mrs. Grace Goodwyn died on the twentieth day of December Eighteen hundred and forty one (20th December 1841) ^and further that there are no public records of Marriages in said District In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this Twenty fifth day of October Eighteen hundred & fifty Two.
[seal of office attached to paper]
the above interlining made by me
James S Guignard
Judge of Court of Ordinary
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State of South Carolina District of Richland } Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Magistrate within & for said District, Thomas Heath a citizen of said District who being duly worn on oath states that he is seventy Eight years of age: That he moved from Dunwoody County in the State of Virginia to Richland District in the State of South Carolina arriving in the latter on the twelfth say of January seventeen hundred and ninety-one of which fact he the made a record entry and is therefore positive & certain as to the same: That when he settled at the time abovestated in this District, and a few miles below where Columbia is now situated he became acquainted with Col. William Goodwyn & his wife Mrs. Grace Goodwyn then living together as husband & wife and so regarded in the community: That they so continued to live until the death of said Colonel William Goodwyn some eight or ten years afterwards and that his widow the said Mrs. Grace Goodwyn continued to live in the same neighborhood as such widow until her death a few years ago, That the surviving child of said Colonel William Goodwyn & his said wife is the present Mrs. Grace H. Chappell: That Colonel William Goodwyn aforesaid was reputed & believed to have been an officer in the war of the Revolution: That this Deponent is not interested in any amount which said daughter may recover on account of her said father's Revolutionary service. Sworn to and subscribed this twenty fourth day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty two before me 
A Fitch Magistrate
Thos. Heath
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State of South Carolina Richland District} Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Magistrate within & for said District C. Neuffer Sheriff and Edward J Arthur respected citizens of said District known to me & worthy of credit who upon oath state that they are personally well acquainted with Thomas Heath the deponent above and that he is in their opinion of the age by himself stated in the foregoing and of sound mind & memory and a gentleman of unquestioned veracity worthy of full faith & credit when testifying as above. Sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day of May 1852
A Fitch
Magistrat
C. Neuffer S.R.D.
Edward J. Arthur

And I the said Magistrate certify that all of the deponents above, viz, Thomas Heath, C. Neuffer and Edward J Arthur are personally known to me & worthy of full faith & credit when testifying as above. Given under my hand the day & year aforesaid
A Fitch
Magst
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State of South Carolina Richland District } I James S Guignard Clerk of the  Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions is and for the District aforesaid do Certify that A Fitch Esquire whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits and Certificates was at the time of the date thereof and is now an acting Magistrate in and for said District and that his Signatures are genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court at Columbia this 4th day of May Anni Domini 1852 - 
James D Guignard
Clerk Court  Com. Pleas
& Sessions Richland District

I am well acquainted with Thomas Heath of the District of Richland, South Carolina. He is among the most wealthy and estimable citizens of the state and any statement of his, may be relied on implicitly. 
J A Woodward
Repro
May 10th 1852 -
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South Carolina
Grace Goodwyn, decd
widow of William,
who was a Lieut & Captain
S. C. Militia,

An Act Jul 7, 1838,
16 mo 12 days Capt. $328.00
5 mo Lieut. 66.68
$394. 68

Ca March 4, 1836, [illegible]
March 4, 1841. & she
dies Dec 20, 1841

Payable to 
Grace H. Chappell, [illegible]
[illegible]

Geo. N. Jones,
[illegible]
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11406
3-068.
(Old No. 3-649)
Bureau of Pensions.
Wm. Goodwin
applin of daughter - 57
Grace Chappell Mch 1, 1852
Richland Dist. S.C. 

Mar Grace about 1789 & 
died in 1801. She died in 
Dec 20, 1841

[text crossed out]

No [illegible] mentioned

Service
Richland Dist. S. C.
1779 Capt. Robt Goodwin
Col Wm Thompson
Sh 149 Days

1780 Capt himself
Col Thos Taylor
Capt 492 Days

Pens. pd to Grace Chappell
only Sur. child
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2818 Blossom St.
Columbia, S. C.
Mar. 9, 1924
[upside down circular stamp]U. S. PENSION OFFICE W MAR 12 1924

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me some information as to the record of Hix Chappell who ranked as major and William Goodwyn
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your dipartment for information. Perhaps you can give me a copy of the official record of both men. I shall appreciate your prory & [illegible].
Thanking you, I am Very truly
(Miss) Teresa G. Smith
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with rank of Colonel during the Revolutionary War. Both men were from Richland County this state. I have written the war department, but they did not have complete records. I know that Hix Chappell was paid a pension by the U. S. Government - and I was refered to
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1906 Pacific Ave.
Spokane Wash.
Sept. 5"- 1903 -

Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: -
Will you please give me any information you may have in regard to the record of one Wm Goodwin who served in the Revolutionary War in the First Regiment of the North Carolina Troops. Thanking you in advance for the courtesy. Please find stamped envelope enclosed for reply,
Yours truly
Mrs. W. B. Roberts
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[left side of page]
Sept. 24, 1903
Mrs. W. B. Roberts
Spokane Wash
1924- Apl. 12 - Hist to Teresa G. Smith 

[right side of page]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8861
Grace Goodwin
Wid
William Goodwin
Capt Rev War
Act: July 7" 1848
Index:-Vol. A, Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]