Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31473, William Whiteker, Georgia
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 Georgia Whiteker, William S.31473
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Kentucky 26.918
William Whiteker
Cumberland Co. in the State of [illegible]
he was a [illegible] in the Company commanded
Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] commanded 
Col Clarke in the [illegible] Ga.
for [illegible] 
[illegible]
Inscribed in the Roll of [illegible]
the rate of 10 Dollars [illegible] Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of July
and 
[illegible] 
[illegible] to the 4th of [illegible] 3, 91 [illegible]
[illegible] , allowance ending [illegible] 30.00
[illegible] 10.00
Revolutionary Claim
Abe June 7, 1832
Recorded by, [illegible] Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. [illegible] Page 51
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State of Kentucky
Cumberland County
Be it Remembered that on this 26 day of
May 1834 Personally appeared before the
undersigned a Justice of the peace in
and for the County of Cumberland
aforesaid William Whitaker a Resident
of the County of Cumberland of a a State
of Kentucky aged 74 years this 15th day
of February last past who being first 
Duly Sworn according to law doth 
this oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the 
Benefit of the Act of Congress [illegible] June 7th 1932 what he entered the service of the United States in the month of June in the year 1773 in what is now Wilks County state of Georgia as a volunteer militiaman for three months under Captain John Pullam; Lieutenant James Harris - Joshua Gannt Ensign and in the regiment commanded by Col. Elijah Clark he was immediately marched on to a fort called Holeman
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Freemans Fort near Broad River on the frontier of Georgia where he remained guarding said fort and ranging and spying about that region untill his term fully expired  he was then Honorable discharged by his Captain in this town   he faithfully served three months
he states that soon after he was so discharged he was drafted for three months and entered the Serive of the United States under the same Captain Lieut & Ensign and in the same Regiment and was again marched on to the Said Freemans Fort where he was again engaged in Guarding said Fort and Ranging about the woods as a spie and in this way he continued faithfully his term being three months.  and was honorably discharged by his Captain.

in the Spring of 1777 he was again drafted for three months under the same officers as before stated and entered the Service of the United States and Marched to said fort as a guard by this time another fort was built about fifteen miles Freemans fort and this Declarant was Constantly employed
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in guarding Said Fort and spying between that and the other fort (which was Called Pullams fort) in this way he continued his full term of three months and was again honorably discharged by his Captain
Soon thereafter he was again drafted for three months and entered the Service of the United States under the same officers and was again marched to Said Freemans Fort to perform the duties of Guard & spie  he had been there but a short time when a large Body of Cherokee & other Indians Came on and divided their forces one part went to the fort Called Pullams fort when their approach was discovered a part of the troops at Freemans fort was sent on to assist in keeping Pullams fort   part of the Company under Ensign Gaunt went and the Indians at the Siege of Pullams fort Killed Ensign Gaunt. and the whole force that is the Indian force Collected at Freemans fort where remained for Some time but made no attack on
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fort altho there were many in number and Came prepared for a Siege but it is believed they discovered that there was some artillery ^which discouraged them and they withdrew but many of them remined in the vicinage untill cold weather set in, and this declarant was kept most of his time after the Siege was raised spying untill his term expired after which he was honorable discharged by his Capt.

In the Spring 1778 he was again drafted for three months and entered the Service of the United States under the same Capt. & Lieut. & Colo. (John Brown had been appointed ensign in the room of Ensign Gaunt who had been killed as before Stated  he was again Stationed at Freeemans fort in this tour  the Indians again assembled at Freemans fort  attempted an attack  set fire to some of the outbuildings and were about to make a violent effort when Colo. Clark ordered a Cannon to be fired at them which proved effectual  they immediately declined any further attempts in the Course of the night withdrew  from that time great alarm and fear was entertained  the tories began to be troublesome and two British regiments
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(2)
made their appearance near the fort that is in a few miles; these Regiments he was informed were Command by Colo. Grayson & Brown, and were inducing the inhabitants to take protection under them which many done after they left there  Colo. Clark went into the Settlement obtained more men and then turned out and Such of the inhabitants had taken protection under the British & would not abandon them & take protection under the Americans and do their duty was put to death  Many were killed and great distress was filling the inhabitants; during those dreadful seans, this declarant continued his term in this way untill his three months expired and he was again honorably discharged. 

he further states that in Consequence of the Great distress of the Country and the want of men at the fort at the Request of Capt Pullam he as soon as the tour last mentioned was out he volunteered his services for three months and
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Continued in service at Said Fort under the same officers for three months during which time he was engaged in Guarding spying and discharging the duty required of him at the fort, wen his time expired he was Honorably discharge by his capt
he further states that the following Spring he was again drafted for three months and was stationed at the same Fort. and the whole of his time was spent in guarding spying & that no particular occurrence took place in this tour that he now recollects he served out his full three months and was by his Captain honorably discharged by his Captain and was in this tour under the same officers as before stated.

he further states that sometime thereafter he was again drafted for three months and entered the service of the United States under the same officers and was again stationed at Said Fort and was kept there as a guard for the whole time for which he was drafted being three months and was again honor
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ably discharged

he states that all the afsd services was done and performed in a Comy Called into Service by Competent authority  that he was Either in the field or in garrison and for the time during the service was performed he was in  employed in any Civil pursuit and for which service he Claims a Pension he states that he is now old and from Bodily infirmity he is unable to attend the Court of his County for the purpose of making his declaration  that he lives in a Remote part of the County   there is no Clergyman residing in his neighbourhood and from his Retired Situation he does not know that any Clergyman knows of his reputation as a soldier  he further states that he never took a written discharge for any of his service nor has he any documentary Evidence of his Service nor does he Know of any other person whose testimony he Can procure who can testify to his Service  there being no person in this Country with whom he was acquainted in the time of the war and he has been so long from there he does not
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Know that any of his old companions in arms is now living.
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever 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
1 Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in the County or district of Burr in State of North Carolina on the fifteenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and sixty  agreeable to the information of my parents which I believe to be true
2 Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Ans. I once had a record of my age taken from my fathers registar which states that I was born the time before stated which I left many years ago. at my sons in the state of Tennessee a long distance from here
3 Where were you living when Called into Service  Where have you lived Since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Ans. I lived in the State of Georgia in What is now Wilks County when I entered the Service and that was my Residents
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(3)
During the whole time I was in Service and untill the final Close of the war
Soon thereafter I moved to North Carolina near the Moravian towns where I staid a short time then I moved to Adkin River same State where I remained three years
then I moved to Lancaster County State of South Carolina Where I staid a few years then I moved to Mercer County State of Kentucky where I lived upwards of one year I then ^moved to Cumberland County, Ky, staid here a short time then moved to White County State of Tennessee where I remained untill about five years ago when I moved back to Cumberland County Where I now live
4 How were you called into Service  were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Ans. I volunteered two tours and was Drafted the others  I never was a Substitute for any person
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5th
State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served  Such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstanced of your Service
Ans. Capt William Dier had a company of Regular troops at Freemans fort where I served
David Phelps was his Lieutenant  they were stationed at that fort a long time
Phelps was killed by the Indians there was no other regular officer Where I served of a higher grad that Capt Dier.  I was with no Continental Regiment nor was I in any Malitia Regiment except Colo. Clarks as I served in his Regiment during the whole of my service and I have stated the Circumstances of my services as well as I recollect previously.

6th did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it Given and what has become of it
Answer I never received a discharge in writing  I was at the end of each of my tours discharged by my Capt verbally

7th State the names of persons to whom
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you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your Services as a soldier of the Revolution

I am acquainted with Capt John Gabbart, Claybourn Mash    Jubilee Joggins   John Juggart   Russel Elmore, Dudley Young, & Newton Gabbart and many others all of whom I believe would speak well of me as a man of character & veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier pf the Revolution
Subscribed and Sworn to the day and year afd
William Whiteker + (his mark)

We John Gabbart  Newton Gabbart & Dudley Young Residing in Cumberland County Kentucky Certify that we are well acquainted with William Whiteker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we Believe him to be seventy four years of age  That he is resepected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we further Certify that there is no Clergyman Residing in the neighbourhood of said Whiteker & we believe from his appearance that from his bodily infirmity he cannot without much inconvenience & difficulty attend Court  that he resides in a Remote
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part of the County  Subscribed and sworn to the day & year afd

John Gabbart
Newton Gabbart
Dudley Young

State of Kentucky Cumberland County &ct
I William Spearmon a Justice of the Peace in & for the County afd hereby Certify that on this day the above named William Whiteker the applicant Subscribed the foregoing declaration  and was duly sworn to the same before me according to law and I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant William Whiteker was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated and I further certify that he is a Respectable Person that I believe he is the age he states, and I further Certify that there is no Clergyman in the neighbourhood of said Whiteker and that from his old age & bodily infirmity I do not believe he could attend Court without great inconvenience & difficulty and Hazzard & that he Resides in a Remote part of the County about 16 miles from the Courthouse
and I further certify that John Gabbart Newton Gabbart & Dudley Young
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who has signed the preceding Certificate are Residents of Cumberland County State of Kentucky and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit  Given under my hand the 26th day of May 1834

Wm Spearmon J.P.C.C.

Kentucky Cumberland County Sett
I M King Clerk of the Cumberland County Court do Certify that Wm Spearman hose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County dule Commissioned and that his signature is Genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of office in the Town of Burksville this 27th day of May 1834
M King Clerk 
By James Haggard
[ink blot to the left of this signature]
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31.346
Wm Whiteker
Kentucky
1776 for 21 months
$70.00




Wm Owens
Columbia 
Ken
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May 20, 1937


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BA-J/EEL
William Whiteker – S. 31473

Mr. E. C. Crider
1213 W. Monroe Street
Kokomo, Indiana

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Whitaker, private, Virginia militia, pensioned July 10, 1834, while residing in Cumberland County, Kentucky.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31473, based upon the military service of William Whiteker in that war. He served from the state of Georgia and was erroneously listed in the Report of the Secretary of War, printed in 1835, as having served from Virginia.

William Whiteker was born February 15, 1760, in “Burvin” County, North Caroline. The names of his parents are not shown. [handwritten note outside this paragraph: No Co in NC nor on an old map any [illegible] like this]

While residing in Wilkes County, Georgia, William Whiteker volunteered in June, 1776, and served on tours of three months each, year in which last service was performed not given, in Captain John Pullam’s Company under Colonel Elijah Clarke in the Georgia troops. The entire service was rendered at Freeman’s Fort, near Broad River in the frontier of Georgia where he was engaged as a guard to the fort and as a spy and ranger and was in several engagements with the Tories and Indians, enter length of service, two years. [handwritten note outside this paragraph: Identified Col. Clarke but not Capt. Pullam]

After the close of the war, he moved to North Carolina, near the Moravian towns where he lived a short time; then moved to the Yadkin River, same state and remained three years; thence to Lancaster County, South Carolina, and lived a few years; thence to Mercer County, Kentucky, and lived one year; thence to Cumberland County, Kentucky, and lived a short time; thence to White County, Tennessee, then back to Cumberland County, Kentucky.
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William Whiteker was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1824, while residing in Cumberland County, Kentucky, where he had then lived for five years.

In 1834, soldier referred to a son in Tennessee, but did not give the name of the son, nor is the name of soldier’s wife shown or the names of any other children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Whiteker (S. 31473), - you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and the cite the following data:

William Whiteker
Certificate N. 36918
Issued July 10, 1834
Rate $70 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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31473
Revy INVALID

File No 31,473
William Whiteker
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 449

1911 Dec. 5 – Hist. to Lillian M. Hall V.L.M. (Letter in S.F. 31477 Mark Whitaker)

1937 May 20 – Hist to E. C. Crider - EL
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William Whitaker Ky 7 June 1832 $70
To What time last paid
Pension Office
28 March 1840
Pd to 4 Sep 1838 JH
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information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau 
William Whitaker S. F. 31473
[following is a table with the following columns]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment/Length of Service/Rank/ Officers under Whom Service Was Rendered/Captain/Colonel/State

June 1776/served at various times, 24 months/Pvt./John Pullam/Elijah Clark/Ga.

Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wilkes Co. Ga
Date of application for pension, May 26 1834*
Residence at date of application, Cumberland Co, Ky.
Age at date of application, b. Feby 15, 1760 in County or District of Burvin? N.C.
Remarks: Sons are referred to but no names are stated, nor is there any other family data. 
*Certificate issued July 10th 1834
Service erroneously quoted as Va on the printed list of Pensioners of 1835.
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Northern Bank  Ky
Lexington 
Dec 17 1836

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions

Sir
Accompanying this are the papers of William Whitaker (who has not drawn for two years) for your inspection---

Respy
Your Obt Svt
Wm Ernst
Clerk
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[vertical writing]
Mar 26. 1840
Mr Evans

[horizontal]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension 
Office

[vertical writing]
Hon. Sherrod Williams 
MN (?)
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March 26th. 1840
J. L. Edwards Eq.
Sir
Will you be so good as to give me the information asked by the enclosed letter and send me the proper blank forms and return the letter.

Yours very respectfully  
Sherrod Williams
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E. C. Crider
1213 W. Monroe St.
Kokomo, Ind.

Mar. 6, 37.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
From- Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky.

William Whitaker – Private – Virginia Militia – Pension July, 10 – 1834; $70. Age 74. Cumberland County, Ky. 

Will you please send me a copy of his application for Pension? I wish to learn the particulars of his service, and his place of Birth. 

Does his pension record tell how long he drew the pension? And if he moved to any other location?
Yours Truly, 
E. C. Crider

[handwritten notes found on page listed below]
26918
listed on 1835 list as Va
is Ga

[stamp]
Received Mar 8 1937
Mail Sub. Div
Veteran [illegible] 29
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Columbia Ky			
June 2nd

Rev June 11th

Pension Claims
Free

Honble
J. L. Edwards Commissioner
of Pension
Washington City
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Columbia, Ky, June 1st. 1834
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the original declaration 
of William Whitetaker and John 
Gibson of Cumberland County 
Kentucky for pensions I received 
your favor by last mail respecting 
Stephen underdowns business

I am Dear Sir 
With Respect your 
Most Obt. Huble. 
Sevt 
Wm Owens