Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,844, Billy Holloway, Va.
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(3-1776)
Service
Va.
Holloway, Billy
Number
S. 38,844
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[left page]
(East)
Tennessee Roll
Apri 30, 1831 d. 
4,084
Billy Holloway 
Capt Fleming    private
Virginia line 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2 of May 1818?
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of Nov 1818)
and forwarded to John Wilkinson Esq
Maryville, Blount C., E Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  33.06
Semi-anl. all'cr ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$81.0
4 [illegible] 4/30      
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
76 Two years
Blount C
Continued
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Notification sent to Azariah Shelton Esq 3d Nov 1820 Maysville Tennessee
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Billy Holloway
Application
for
Pension
Virginia
Admitted
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State of Tennessee
Blount County viz
Be it remembered that this day came Billy 
Holloway a Citizen of and resident in said County
who says he is, and who appears to be about sixty-four
years of age, before me James Turk presiding Justice of 
the Court of present quarter sessions of said County
which Court is a court of record
and the said Billy Holloway being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that early in the revolutionary war
between Great Britain and the United States; 
on or about the 12th day of February in the year 1776,
in Cumberland County in the state 
of Virginia he entered as a private soldier
in the Virgina line in Capt. Flemmings Company of the 
Regiment commissioned by Col. Dangerfield, that
he was afterwards transferred to the 5th Virginia Regiment 
Commanded by Col. Scott, that he this deponent continued in the
said service and on the Continental establishment
for the term of his two years, more than nine months
of which he was on the Continental Establishment 
qnd on the 15th of February 1778  at the valley forge
in the State of Pennsylvania received an
honorable discharge in writing by Col W. Russell
of General Muehlenberg's brigade, that during 
the said time of service he was in several Battles with the 
British and amongst others those of Brandywine and Germantown - 
that afterwards in the year 1781 being on a tour of militia duty
against the enemy he lost his said Certificate of
discharge and has never found it and so cannot produce it - 
that he this deponent does  not know of any person near his 
residence nor even in the state who personally knew that he 
performed the said military service the the said period of two years
This
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This deponent further states, that he has not received
on  account of said services any Pension from 
the United States nor any of them, nor does he expect
or Claims any for time to come, except in pursuance 
of the late act of Congress of March 18th 1818
or such acts as maybe be a passed on saith
subjects - And farther that from his reduced
circumstances; he needs the assistance of his 
country for support.
[signature] Billy Holloway
Sworn to and subscribed this second day of May
 in  the year 1818 before me  the said
James Turk
 
State of Tennessee
Blount County viz
Be it remembered that this day come Joseph 
Holloway before me the above named James Turk
presiding Justice. and being duly sworn
deposeth and saith  that he is well acquainted
with the above named Billy Holloway
being his brother, that although 
he was not with the said Billy Holloway
during any part of the period of service two years 
which the said Billy Holloway states he served  
during the Revolutionary War - yet he the deponent 
has good reason to believe that fact to be true as
he this deponent received and [illegible] several letters
from the said Billy to this deponent and their father 
during that time - and that he this deponent verily 
believes the whole statement of the said Billy Holloway
made as above to be true.
Sworn to and subscribed this second day of May 1818 
before me the said [signature] James Turk
[signature] Joseph Holloway
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State of Tennessee 
Blount County viz
I the before named James Turk
presiding Justice of the said Court Pleas and quarters Sessions of the said
County do hereby certify that from an examination
of the before named Billy Holloway, from his statements 
and declarations on oath as above
and coraborated by the deposition of the said 
Joseph Holloway and from the character of both those
men  being credible as witnesses, I am satisfied
the said Billy Holloway has served in the 
Revolutionary War against the common enemy for the time 
and in the manner by him as above stated - given under my hand
at Maryville in the said county this second day of May AD 1818
James Turk

State of Tennessee
Blount County
I Jacob F Fowle clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarters session in 
and for the said County in the state aforesaid : which Court is a Court of record; 
Do hereby certify that James Turk whose signature of Attestation
is affixed to the foregoing depositions and certificate was at the time 
of Attesting the said and Still is presiding Justice of the said county 
and that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts as such - 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office 
at Office in Maryville in Blount County, the 4th day of May A.D. 1818 and 
42nd years of American  Independence.
Jac: F. Fowle Clk

[illegible round seal lower left hand corner]
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(22)
Copy of Record
Billy Holloway's
Declaration
not numbered
4084
Azariah Shelton,
Maryville, E: Tenn.
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Blount County Tennessee,
Be it known that on this 
fourth day of August 1820 Personally
appeared in open Court, it being a Court 
and a Court of Record for said
County, Billy Holloway, aged 66. years residing
in said Blount County  - this being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his
oath declared that he served in the 
Revolutionary War, as follows - That
he the said Billy Holloway enlisted
for the term of two years in the State of Virginia
on the 14th day of February 1776- in
the Company of Captain Flemming in the 
Regiment commanded by Col. Dangerfield
of the Virginia line, in the Continental Establishment
and that he served in said
Flemming's Company until the latter part
of September 1776- when by consent of the officers
of both Companies he exchanged into Capt
Scrugg's company at YorkTown in Virginia
into the Regiment of Colonel Scott, 
then about to march to the Northward
and that he was in both the battles at Trenton, 
and that at Brandywine, and at German Town, 
and some skirmishes, besides, and that he continued to
serve in the said Company and Regiment
and the Continental Establishment
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until the 15th of February 1778 - when he
was lawfully discharged at Valley forge
Camps - in Pennsylvania which discharge he
afterwards lost, and that his former declaration
was dated the 2d day of May 1818
his Pension Certificate dated November 20th
1818- number 4,084- as appears on the back
of said Certificate, and that he has drawn 
a Pension three times- from the 2d of 
May 1818 until the 4 day of March 1819
from then until the 4th day of September
1819 and from then until the 4th day of 
March 1820 and I do solemnly swear
that I was a Resident Citizen of the United
States on the 18th day of March 1818-
and that I have not since that time, 
by gift - sale or in any manner disposed 
of my property or any part 
thereof with intent thereby, so to diminish 
it as to bring myself within the provisions of 
our Act of Congress entitled an  act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval service of the 
United States past on the 18th day of March 1818
nor that I have nor as any person in trust for me any property
securities contracts or debts due to me 
nor have I any income other than
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what is contained in the schedule
hereunto [illegible], and by me subscribed
as for land I have none, I am debtor to 
the charity of a friend for a cabin to
live in, and about seven acres of land
to [illegible] gratis - my live stock is 1 horse
supposed to be 11 or 12 years old 4 feet 10
inches high, one small mare supposed to be 
14 or 15 years old with a young colt both very
poor - two cows both tolerably good but
old - one heifer near three years old and yearling
heifer and one calf which with its [illegible], I bought 
last spring on the credit of my pension which
I owe for yet still  13 dollars and beside that 
I owe about 17 dollars on the same credit
for my necessary provisions for my family, since
hogs six of them two years old or upwards, since
thru winter or Spring pigs, [illegible] of the older 
and the three pigs I paid for with my
Pension money - Poultry about forty
old and young & ten ducks - Farming utensils
two plows and two sets of gears 1 coulter three 
hoes , 1 mattock 2 axes 2 grind stones - 1 sickle 
1 cutting knife and bose & one iron wedge, 
also one handsaw- drawing [illegible] auger & chisel 
and a few tools for shoe making and old bottle
Table wear two pewter dishes two do. [dozen]
[illegible] 1 do. [dozen] plate & five spoons - one of the 
dishes and seven of the plates I bought 
with my pension money
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five knives and five forks - two [illegible] 
buckets and five [illegible] - castings two small
pots and hooks, one oven skillet and one flat
iron also one frying  pan and shovel, wooden
utensil, one pine chest and table two spinning 
wheels and two pairs of cards seven 
chairs one counting reel one washing tub 
three barrels one cork two water pails
one chair and two slop buckets - books and
Bible one hymn book and an old spelling
book - Total 126 dollars & 5/cents
and I have about 4 dollars due to me
if I have any more real or per law [personal] estate
it is insignificant or forgotten
[signature] Billy Holloway
I am by occupation a farmer 
and have for fifteen years or upwards
been troubled with a Phthisis cough 
which naturally increases with my age
and has to reduced my bodily strength
that for ten years last past I have done
but little farming businesses - and in August
1817 had my right hip put out of place
and that leg, being shorter than the other
it is difficult for me to do farming business - 
Nancy Holloway my wife 56
years old is healthy as [illegible] with woman 
of her age - Christia Holloway
my daughter by a farmer wife 32 years
old, has been sickly from her  infancy
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Sorrily grown  and a very small stock of sense: 
she could never be learned to sew 
knit or weave, nor read to do any good
nor ever to count 100 - She can do a little 
at spinning cotton and some little house
hold business with looking after, Betsey
Senter daughter of my wife 22 years old
healthy but has been from a child subject
to an inflammatory complaint t in
one of her feet, which sometimes renders
 her useless but by applying a certain 
mode of treatment the [illeigble]
relaxes and she can resume  her business
William Senter son  of my wife twenty years
old, but by the contracts by which he
cause [illegible] to this family he is now 
his own man, he says he will stay
and take in the craft, and we 
depend no more on heirs for support
William Senter grandson of my wife 
11 years old, a healthy boy but is not bound
to us and we know not at what 
time his  parents may call for him
Total number six - Billy Holloway
Sworn  to and declared on in open court
Augt- 4th 1820 before the Honorable 
Samuel Powel Judge of the said  Court
A. Shelton Clerk
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State of Tennessee Pct
I Azariah Shelton clerk of the said Circuit
Court of Blount County Do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the schedule therein
unto rendered are truly copied from the
Records of the said Court: and I do 
further certify that it is the opinion of 
of the said Court (having heard sufficient 
evidence) that the total amount in value 
of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid Schedule is one hundred & twenty
six dollars, fifty one cents - 
[illegible round seal left side]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and private (having 
no official) seal of office at
office in  Marysville the seventeenth
day of August in the year
of our Lord Eighteen hundred & 
twenty  - 
Azariah Shelton Clk
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March 2, 1936
BA-J/ILL
Billy Holloway
S. 38844
Irene Holloway
5800 High Drive
Kansas City, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Billy Holloway, who lived in Blount County, Tennessee.
Billy Holloway enlisted in February 14, 1776 in Cumberland County, Virginia, served as private in Captain Fleming's company, Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia regiment until the latter part of September 177t, when he was transferred to Captain Scrugg's company, Colonel Scott's 5th Virginia Regiment, marched north, was in both battles of Trenton, the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and continued until February 15, 1778 at which time he was discharged at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He served a tour in the militia in 1781, officers not named.
Billy Holloway was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he resided in Blount County, Tennessee; he was then aged about sixty-four years. The date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
In 1830, Nancy, the wife of the above noted soldier, was aged about fifty-six years; the date and place of her birth, her maiden name and the date of their marriage are not shown. Both Billy Holloway and said Nancy had been married previously; the date of said marriages are not shown, nor  the name of his former wife or of her former husband are given. Christia, aged thirty-two years, soldier's daughter by his former wife, was living at home. The other members of their family then were Nancy's children by her former marriage, Betsey Senter, aged twenty-two years, William Senter, aged twenty years, also William Senter aged
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eleven years, Nancy's grandson.
Billy Holloway died April 30, 1831.
In 1818,  the soldier's brother, Joseph Holloway, stated
that he and his father received letters from Billy Holloway while he was away during the war, but he did not state
the name of their father.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Miller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[middle page]
38844
Revy INVALID.
File No. 38844
Billy Holloway
Pri. Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: __Vol. 3, Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1916, Aug. 15. Hist. to Mrs. Elizabeth White
1917, Aug.20. Hist to James Johnson [illegible]
Letter with claim of [illegible]
James Johnson , R.F. 5607.
1931- Oct,21 - Hist. to Mrs.S.J. Woodridge - ILL
1936 - Mar. 2 - Hist. to Irene Holloway - ILL
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5800 High Drive, K. C. Mo.
Feb. 22, 1936
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs-
The War Department refers me to your department
for any possible information
you might have, in the United States pension
Records, about "Billy" Holloway, Baptist 
Preacher of English descent, who served
under General Washington during the 
American Revolution.
I would appreciate any information you can
give me.
If you have no record of him, can
you suggest another department I
might write to ?
I do to know what state he entered the
service from but he lived in Blount
County, Tenn., Pittsyloama (?) County, Virginia.
and North Carolina during his lifetime.
If there is any cjarge for your service, kindly let me know.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours truly, 
Irene Holloway
5800 High Drive
Kansas City, Mo.
[round black ink stamp]
RECEIVED FEB 24 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM. READER # 26
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Rev. - 1 C.B.H.
6 Seaside Place,
Fitches Point
So. Norwalk, Conn.,
July 7, 1916.
U.S. Bureau of Pensions,
Washington ,D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the pension records of
John Ross of Madison Co., Ky. private in South Carolina Line; 
pension granted Apr. 11", 1833, age 73; 
Billy Holloway of Blount Co., Tenn., private in Va Continental Line; 
pension granted Nov. 2, 1818, age 77; he died Ap. 30" 1830; 
Thomas Holloway of Sussex Co., Va. private in Va. Militia,
pension granted Feb., 1833 age 71;
James Conway of Knox Co., Tenn., private in North Carolina Line; Pension
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granted March 5th 1819, ac. 91. Transferred from
Greenville District South Carolina, Sept. 4", 1819.
He died June 1", 1827.
Thanking you in advance, I am, 
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Eliz. White
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Rev
CASS COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY
WILMA SCRUGGS. GENERAL MANAGER
HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI
Oct. 2, 1931.
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Do you have the record of pension received by Billy
Holloway, Revolutionary Soldier, or by his widow?
Billy Holloway died in 1828 or 1830, in Blount County,
Tenn. and in his will he states, "my pension if any due me after
Sept. 4, 1828 to be divided among some friends, "
which are named.
Thanking you in advance for information , I am,
Sincerely,
[signature] Mrs. S. J. Wooldridge.
MRS. S. J. Wooldridge.
Harrisonville, Missouri
1 inclosure stamped envelope
[round black ink stamp]
RECEIVED OCT 5 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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[Typed form with handwritten answers]
In reply to your request of ..., received....
for a statement of the military history of Billy Holloway
a soldier of he REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out ; or his widow's]
application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S.F. 38844
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Feb.14 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE
to Feb 15 '78
RANK
Pri
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Fleming, Scruggs
COLONEL
Dangerfield, Scott
STATE
Va

Battles engaged in: Both battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Enlisted in  Cumberland Co.,Va
Date of application for pension: May 2, 1818. His cl was al.
Residence at date of application: Blount Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application: 64 yrs. He died Apr. 30, 1831
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife, Nancy, aged 56 yrs, 
his daughter (by a former wife, whose name is not stated) 
Christia aged 32 yrs, Betsey Senter, aged 22 yrs, his wife's daughter, 
and William Senter, his wife's son, aged 20 yrs.
Respecfully
Commissioner
(Date of death take n from A. B.)

[FORM NUMBER] ?-285G
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October 21, 1921.
BA-J/ILL
Mrs. S. J. Wooldridge
Harrisonville, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Billy Holloway,
a Revolutionary War soldier.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on
file in pension claim, S. 38844, based upon his military service in 
that war.
Billy Holloway enlisted February 14, 1776 in Cumberland
County, Virginia, served as private in Captain Fleming's  Company, 
Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia  Regiment until the latter part of
September, 1776, when he joined Captain Scruggs' Company, 
Colonel Scott's Virginia Regiment, marched north, was in both battles of
Trenton, in the battle of Brandywine and Germantown 
and was discharged February 15, 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, while 
a resident of Blount County, Tennessee.
In 1820, the soldier was sixty-six years of age and referred to his family living with him as follows: 
his wife, Nancy, aged fifty-six years, his daughter, Christia, aged thirty-two years by his former wife 
(her name not given), Betsey Senter, his wife's daughter, aged twenty-two years, 
William Senter, his wife's son , aged twenty years, and William Senter, his wife's grandson, aged eleven years.
He died April 30, 1831. [handwritten initial] A. B.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller, 
Assistant to Administrator 
[handwritten note at bottom] Joseph Holloway- soldiers brother - aff- 1818