Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,372, William West, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N. C.
S. C.

West, William
Richards, Margaret
(former widow)

NUMBER 
W. 26,372
B.L. Reg. 274938-1855

CONTENTS
This widow's other husband was also 
pensioned.  See claim of Joshua Richards,
N. C. Service [?]
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18.107.
South Carolina
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William West
of Spartanburg in the State of S. Carolina
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Pickney of the S. Carolina
line, for the term of one year - war -
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Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 17 of March 1820.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of April 1820
and sent to John Drayton Esqr
Judge &c Charleston SC
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Arrears to 4th of March 1821. 11 mos.    $92.90
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1821           48.--
                                                               $140.90

{Revolutionary claim,    }
{Acts 18th March, 1818.}
{and first of May 1820  }
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Restoration 5461
South Carolina W City
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Margaret Richards form
widow of William West SC
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars [blank]
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th March 1861
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Certificate of Pension issued
18th day of August 1866
and sent to 
A S Wallace
Yorkville SC
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under [paper torn]
February 3, 1853, Page 346, Vol. 26 [paper torn]
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Schedule

District of South Carolina

On this third day of March 1821, personally appeared, in Open Court, for 
the above district, William West, aged fifty eight years, resident in Spartanburg
District in the above first mentioned district, who being first duly sworn, according
to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows
to wit, in the first Continental Regiment of South Carolina, commanded by
Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pickney, that he was a private in the same, and 
in the Company commanded by Capt. Felix Warley - that he enlisted therein 
the latter part of the year 1782, and served to the end of the Revolutionary War -
when he was regularly discharged - Also that he fought under the said Capt.
Warley in General Greens Army against the British at the Battle of the Eutaws,
in this state as are particularly specified in his petition accompanied with 
vouchers to that effect to the Secretary of War, under date of March 17th 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 an
Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in 
the land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War"
passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person 
in trust for me, any property, or securities, Contracts, or debts, due to me;
nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed by me and subscribed to wit:  I have no lands nor Negroes.  I 
have one horse, three cows and calves, a sow and four pigs - Bedding
a few common white oak bottom chairs, a few wooden tables, a few articles 
of kitchen utensals, no debts owing to me in any way - Owe to my creditors
about one hundred and twenty dollars which I am unable to pay; My 
occupation is a farmer.  I live on a tract of land belonging to one of my sons
my health is giving way.  I have a wife named, Bersheba.  I have Eight
children named, Robin, Priscilla, Henry, Polly, William, Bersheba, Sally and 
Sampson.  Robin is about Thirty years of age has a wife & three children
Priscilla is thirty four years old, is married and has five children.  Henry is Twenty four years old has a wife & child.  Polly is about twenty two, is
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married, has no children.  William is about nineteen is single.  Bersheba is about
seventeen is single - Sally is about fourteen, single.  Sampson is about Twelve years
old - The married ones can hardly support themselves and therefore cannot aid
me.  The single boys help me to farm.  I am in indigent circumstances, as stated
in my petition to the Secretary at War

William West  W  his mark

Sworn to and declared on the 
third day of March 1821 in Open 
Court, before me -

John Drayton
District Judge So. Ca.
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District

On this 9th day 
of May A.D. 1857 [1887?] personally appeared
before me Elizabeth Guinn aged 29 years
who being first duly sworn according
to law declares that she is 
the daughter of William and 
Margaret West now Margaret
Richards, and that her Father
William West was a Revolutionary 
pensioner of the United States at 
the rate of $96 per annum and that 
her mother the said Margaret Richards
is now a pensioner at the 
same rate Act 3 Feb 1853 S.C.
agency and has received a bounty
land warrant as the widow of the aforesaid
Joshua Richards of 160 acres
Act 3 March 1855, the evidence
of which as well as her marriage
is now on file in the pension office
to which she would respectfully
call the attention of the department 
as well as the proof of service
of her said Father and that she 
now makes this Declaration for 
the Benefit of her sister Louisa West
and John P. West as their next 
of kin both of whom are still 
are under twenty one years of 
age and claim the bounty land
due them, as the children of the 
said William West; and that they have
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no guardian, and that she now
as the sister of the aforesaid minors
and for their use and benefit
claims all due them under the 
Act of 3 March 1855

Elizabeth Guinn  X  her mark

H White Mag.

We Isaac T. Smith and Thos. D Gwinn
residents of said district upon our
oath declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed and 
acknowledged by Elizabeth
Guinn and in our presence and 
we know from personal knowledge 
that she is the Identical 
person she represents herself to be 
and that we have no interest
in this claim and that said minors are 
under twenty one years of age

Thomas D. Gwinn
Isaac T. Smith

The foregoing declaration and affidavit
were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written, and I certify that
I know the affiants to be credible
persons that the claimant is the 
person she represents herself to be 
and that I have no interest in this
claim and now that John P West
is under twenty one and lives in 
my neighborhood.

H. White Mag.
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And I hereby authorize A S Wallace
of York District S.C. to prosecute this claim 
with all the powers normally confered

Elisabeth Guinn  X  her mark

Given under my hand the 
day and year above written
In presence of 
H. White Mag
Thomas D. Gwin


State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

I, J. B. Tollison
Clerk of the Court of 
Common Pleas & General Sessions for the 
district & State aforesaid do hereby certify
that H. White Esqr. before whom the within
declaration was filed and who gave 
the within certificate was at the date
thereof a Magistrate for the district
and State aforesaid who had been 
duly appointed and qualified and 
the signature purporting to be his is 
genuine and that all due faith and 
credit should be given to all his 
official acts as such
Given under my hand & 
Seal of Office at Spartanburgh 
Court House 
this 13th day of May AD 1857

J B Tollison
Clerk

[seal]
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District

Before me personally
appeared Margaret Richard
a Resident of this district and 
applicant for a pension under
Act of 3rd February 1853 as the widow
of Joshua Richards late a revolutionary
pensioner at the rate of 
$42 dollars per annum.  She also states
that she was formerly the wife of 
William West late pensioner of 
Spartanburg District at the rate of $96 per 
annum which he continued to draw
up to the time of his death which took
place in Spartanburg District South
Carolina on the fifteenth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and 
forty one (1841) when she married Joshua
Richards as claimed in her declaration
under Act 3rd February 1853
and that she was maried to him 
in Spartanburg District S.C. on the 
[blank] day August 1823 or 1824, and 
that her maiden name before her 
first mariage to the said William 
West was White
She further states that she was 
not aware she could draw a pension 
for her first husband the 
said William West as she would have
prefered it to the claim of her last 
husband Joshua Richards and now 
claims the pension due her as the 
widow of William West who was
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who was a Drummer in Regular
army during the Revolution for 
which she now claims all due 
him the said William West and 
for the purpose of prosecuting 
the same I do hereby appoint
A. S. Wallace of York District
S.C. to prosecute the same to effect
and do all acts and deed in prosecuting
the same, at Washington City
or elsewhere, and receive the certificate
when since which certificates
I wish made payable to me as 
I myself could do were I personally
present Revoking all former powers
of attorney except the one given
heretofore by me to A. S. Wallace which 
I hereby acknowledge and confirm
Sworn to and subscribed
this 7th day of April A.D. 1855.

She further swears that she has no record 
of her mariage to the said William
West, nor has she any record of the births 
of her seven children issues of her 
mariage to the said William West
and that they were maried by Ostand
Shana Esqr. at the house of the said 
William West in Spartanburg district
SC who has removed from the state
and I understand is since dead at 
the time above stated as near as she 
can recollect

Margaret Richards  X  her mark

John H. Walker Mag.
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South Carolina
Spartanburgh Dist.

Personally appeared Wm. West before
me H. White Mag. of sd. Dist. resident
citizen of Spartanburgh Dist.
of high credibility aged fifty four
years past who being duly sworn 
according to law on oath saith
that he is the son of Wm. and 
Barsheba West late of Spartanburgh
Dist. Decd. that the Father
the sd. Wm. West was a pensioner
of the United States at the rate
of ninety six dollars per annum
which he continued to draw
until his death that his Mother
Barsheba West died the fourteenth
day of May Eighteen hundred 
and twenty or twenty one leaving 
seven children five of whom
are still living to wit, Wm West
Robt West Barsheba Lancaster Sarah
Hewitt and Priscilla [illegible but ending in -ison] who
are her only surviving children
issue of her marriage to William West
and all over twenty one years of age
and that his sd. Father shortly after
his Mother's death married Margaret
White by whom he had seven 
children   deponent was not present 
at the marriage but understood
they were married by Aniston Shands
Esqr. and lived together as husband
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and wife until the time of his
death and that his sd. widow
afterwards maried the Rev Joshua
Richards who was also a Pensioner
and died as well as he recollects
about Eighteen hundred and Forty
five and that the sd. Margaret
Richards is still a widow and 
that he deponent has no interest
in her the [illegible] Margaret Richards
right and that there was ever any
doubt about the legality of his 
marriage with the sd. Margaret
that now Margaret Richards
and that there is not any record of 
the marriage in existence 

William West

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 
29th Aug 1855
H. White Mag.

I the sd. Mag. do certify that I 
am well acquainted with the witness
Wm. West and from my own personal
knowledge know the facts
stated by him to be true as I have 
known the parties all my life
and I am now sixty four years old
past and that I have no interest
in this claim

H. White Mag.
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District of South Carolina

I William West, do hereby swear
and affirm, that during the American
Revolutionary War, I belonged to the first Continental
Regiment of South Carolina commanded
by Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, that 
I was a private in the same, and in the Company
commanded by Captain Felix Warley -
that I enlisted therein the latter part of the 
year 1782, and served to the end of the Revolutionary
War - When I was regularly discharged -
I further swear & affirm, 
that I fought under the said Captain Warley
in Genl Green's Army against the British
at the Battle of the Eutaw, in this State; &
that I have lost the discharge which was 
given me which prevents me from
affixing it hereto - Also, that I receive
at present no pension from the United 
States, nor ever have received - And, that 
from my reduced circumstances, I need
the assistance of my Country for 
support.

William West  W  his mark

Charleston March
17th 1820
Sworn to & mark affixed
in my presence
John Drayton
Dist. Judge, So. Carolina
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District of South Carolina.
Charleston  March 17th 1820.

To the Honble John C. Calhoun, 
Secretary of War --

I John Drayton District
Judge of South Carolina, do hereby 
certify that the above Deposition of William
West, and that I believe the same to be 
true; and further, that I have no 
reason to doubt the reduced circumstances
which he states --  I also certify
the genuineness of the signatures to 
the annexed certificates.
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District

Before me 
personally appeared Martha West
a resident of said District aged 51
who being first duly sworn says
that Basheba West was the widow
of William West Revolutionary
pensioner of the United
States at rate of 96 dollars per annum
died in Spartanburg
District S.C. the 14th day of May
1820 or 21 which was a matter
of record and her husband 
William West the same year
married Margaret White now
Margaret Richards who still 
survives and is now an applicant 
for a pension, and that 
the said William West left 
by his former marriage to his 
first wife Barsheba seven children 
five of whom yet survive
to wit, William West Robert West, Bersheba
Lamasters, Sarah Hewet
Priscilla Johnson, who are now
surviving and all over 21
years of age and that she has 
no interest in this application 

Martha West

Sworn to and subscribed
this 29th day of August 1855.

A. S. Wallace,
(Magt)
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South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

Personally appeared 
Claremont Lancaster
before me H White,
Mag. of sd. District
and deposeth and saith on oath in 
due form of law and makes oath
that she was well acquainted with 
Wm. West within named from shortly 
after her Marriage which occurrence
took place in 1782 and that she is 
seventy nine years old past and that 
she knows the statements made by 
the witness Wm. West and wife Martha
in relation to the facts stated
by them is true as she was intimately with 
the sd. Wm. West and lived one and half 
miles of him, and that the legality
of his marriage to Margaret White
the present claimant now Margaret
Richards widow of the Rev Joshua
Richards late of sd. Dist Decd
was never disputed and that she 
deponent has no interest in sd. claim

Clar Lancaster

Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 28th Aug 1855

H. White Mag.

Attest  A Lancaster
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I A Lancaster certify that 
the facts stated by the within
witnesses Clarymont Lancaster
Wm. West & Martha [Margaret] West in relation
to Wm. West a revolutionary pensioner
of the United States now diseast
have always been the received
opinion of this Neighbourhood 
and I believe true  I now Mrs.
Margarett Richards formaly the widow
of they sd. Wm. West since my
first recolection and I am now 
39 years old past  given under
my hand the day and year above 
written

A Lancaster

Taken and acknowledged on oath
before me the day and year above 
written

H. White Mag.

I do hereby certify that I am well 
acquinted with the within witnesses to 
wit, Martha West Claremont Lancaster
and A Lancaster to be of high credibility 
and their statements are entitled
to every confidence

H. White Mag.
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District

I Reuben Bowden
Judge of the Court
of Ordinary for the District and state
aforesaid certify that Claremont
Lancaster Martha West William West
& Maj A Lancaster whose testimony
is hereunto affended as well as 
the Magistrate are to my own personal
knowledge persons of high
respectability the other witness Martha
West has been she [illegible] to the 
satisfaction of the Court to be a lady 
of high credibility.
Given under my hand 
and seal office at 
Spartanburg District
Court House 29th August
A.D. 1855

R Bowden Judge
of Ordinary

[seal]
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July 26, 1937

William West
W. 26372
BA-J/AWF

Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of William West
of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The data furnished herein were obtained from 
papers on file in pension claim, W. 26372, based
upon the service of William West in the War of the 
Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
shown.

William West served in the North Carolina troops,
dates of service and names of officers not stated.  He 
was in the battle of Eutaw Springs under Captain
Warley; he enlisted late in the year 1782 and served
as a private in Captain Felix Warley's company in 
Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's First South 
Carolina regiment, and continued in the service until
the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 17, 1820, then aged about fifty-seven years
and a resident of Charleston, South Carolina.

He referred in 1821 to his wife, Bersheba, and 
their children - Priscilla, thirty-four years of age, 
married with five children; Robin or Robert, thirty 

[handwritten at the bottom of the page]
Note:  This [illegible] was
written before bounty land
papers were placed in 
jacket; and therefore could [illegible]
data shown in bounty land papers.
CS 10/24/51
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2-

years of age, married, with three children; Henry,
twenty-four years of age, married, with one child;
Polly, twenty-two years of age, married, no children;
William, nineteen years old, single; Bersheba, seventeen
years of age, single; Sally or Sarah, fourteen years
of age; and Sampson, twelve years of age.

William West's wife, Bersheba, died May 14, 1821
in Spartanburg District, South Carolina; there are no 
details as to their marriage.

William West married in the month of August,
1823 or 1824 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina,
Margaret White.  He died March 15, 1841 in said 
Spartanburg District.

His widow, Margaret West, married June 13, 1843,
the Reverend Joshua Richards who died July 27, 1845.

The following children of the soldier, William
West, and his first wife, Bersheba, were living in 
1855 - William West and his wife, Martha, who was then 
fifty-one years of age, they were living in Spartanburg
District; Robert (Robin) West; Bersheba Lamasters;
Sally (Sarah) Hewitt; and Priscilla Johnson.

William West and his wife, Margaret, had seven
children, the only name given was Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Gwin or Guinn or Given, with whom the widow, Margaret,
was living in 1866, near Walnut Grove, Spartanburg
District, South Carolina; the widow, Margaret, then 
gave her age as sixty-five years.  It was stated that 
she died July 4, 1873.

Hiram White was a magistrate in 1855 in Spartanburg
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3-

Spartanburg District, South Carolina, and Daniel Gwin or 
Guinn was living in 1866 in said district; it was not 
shown that they were related to the family.

In order to obtain the name and address of the 
person paid the last payment of this pension, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
and furnish the following data:

Margaret Richards, former widow of William West
Certificate #5461
Issued August 18, 1866
Rate $96.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1861
Act of February 3, 1853
South Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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5676
Margaret Richards
For. wid. of 
[edge torn] West
So. Ca.

Let W. A. J. Wallace Apl. 25"/55
"      "          "            May 30 [illegible]
"       "         "             July 5 1855
"       "         "             Augt. 15 1855
 


Act 153
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District

Before me 
Personally appeared Hilliard
Thomas a credible citizen of 
said district aged 37 years past
who being first duly sworn according
to law on oath says that 
he was at wedding of Joshua
Richards to Mrs. Margaret West
widow of William West a 
Revolutionary pensioner of said 
District in the month of June 
one thousand eight hundred 
and forty two or three (1843) and has
known her ever since
and that she has not since 
Intermaried since the death of 
the said Joshua Richards, and 
that she was maried by Nathaniel
Tracy who now living in 
state of Texas as he understands
and that Cayborn Vaughn and 
Wylie Vaughn and number 
of others were present but cannot
be particular about the date 
of the year

H Thomas

Sworn to and subscribed 
this 4th day of April 1855.

J. C. Caldwell Magistrate

I Elisha P. Smith do hereby certify 
that I [illegible] I am well acquainted 
with Margaret Richards formerly
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State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

I J B Tollison
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas & General Sessions for this
district and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that J C Caldwell
Esq before whom the within declaration
was filed and who gave
the within certificate was at 
the date thereof an acting 
Magistrate for the district & 
State aforesaid who had 
been duly appointed and 
qualified and the signature 
purporting to be his 
is genuine and that at 
all faith and credit should 
be given to all his official
acts as such
Given under my 
hand and 
seal of office 
at Spartanburgh
Court House 
this 5 April 1855

J B Tollison
Clerk

[seal]
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The wife of William West a Revolutionary
pensioner at the rate ninety
six Dollars per annum [illegible] and 
that after the death of William
West, was maried to Joshua Richards
I knew her many years [illegible] the
wife and widow of said
William West, before she married
the said Reverend Joshua Richards
April 4th 1855

Elisha P. Smith

Taken on oath before me the day and date
above written and I certify that I know that
I am well acquainted with Major E. P. Smith
and that he is a Gentleman of good character
and entitled to all due faith and credit

J. C. Caldwell Magistrate

Thomas Finch aged 75 years past and
says that he was acquainted with Margaret White from a small
girl who afterwards maried Wm.
West of this District who was a 
revolutionary pensioner of the sd.
District at the rate of 96 per annum
and afterwards as he understood
maried Rev Joshua Richards & that 
he was not present at her mariage
to the said Wm. West but knows
them for many years as husband 
and wife and know they [illegible]
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were so regarded by the community and 
of which he has no doubt

Thos Finch  X  his mark

Sworn to and subscribed this 
4th day of April 1855

R Bowden Judge
of the Court of Ordinary

T. S. Finch son of the above and 
both credible citizens of Spartanburg
district on oath says that he 
recollects where [illegible] the said
Margaret White was maried
to William West in Spartanburg
district some thirty past
and knew them after to the death 
of the said William West as he was 
called the old Drummer that he 
was not present at the mariage
but recollects the occurrence because
it was a runaway match
and have know her since
and know that her and the 
said William West were 
reputed husband and wife, and 
always understood that she 
afterwards [since?] maried Rev
Joshua Richards of said district
April 4th 1855

T. S. Finch

R Bowden Judge
of the Court of ordinary
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5461
South Carolina
------------------------
Margaret Richards
widow of 
William West
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars [blank]
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February,1853.
--------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued
7th day of Sept. 185[runs off edge of page]
and sent to 
A. S. Wallace
Yorkville S.C.
-------------------------------
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 146 Vol. A 
[bottom edge of paper is disintegrated]


[note on left side of page written sideways]
Let A. S. Wallace Sept. 8, 1857
3d and, June 9th 1866
A. S. Wallace June 15th '66
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Margaret Richards
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Yorkville So Ca  June 1st 1866

Hon Joseph H. Bonett
Washington City D.C.

Sir:

Enclosed 
please find the application of Margaret
Richards formerly widow of William West for 
restoration of Pension.  She is the same Margaret
Richards whose claim I have managed for
years previous to the war, and like nearly every
pensioner in my knowledge in destitute circumstances
and self interest if nothing else prompted
her to oppose the war because it assured her
of her only means of support.  I hope the 
application will meet the approval of the office.

Yours with great respect
A. S. Wallace
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Yorkville So Ca
13th May 1857.

Hon G. C. Whiting
Com of Pensions

My dr Sir,

I here with hand you declaration 
of Elizabeth Guinn for Bounty land
for her brother, William West, and sister
This I presume is a new case,
the widow is still living was pensioned
as the widow of Wm. West, and 
drew her bounty land warrant as the 
widow of Joshua Richards, I presume 
the minor children of Wm West are
entitled.
I respectfully submit the 
question to the Com of Pensions.

Very Respectfully
A. S. Wallace
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State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

On this 30th day of May A.D. 1866
personally appeared before me J. B. Tolleson
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General 
Sessions for Spartanburgh District So. Ca. 
the said court being a court of record
Margaret Richards aged 65 years a resident of 
Spartanburgh District So. Ca. near Walnut Grove
P. O. who being by me duly sworn according to 
law declares that she is the identical Margaret
Richards formerly widow of William West who 
was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at 
Charleston So. Ca. and whose pension certificate
is herewith returned No 5461 dates 7th Sept. 1855.
That she has resided since the first day of January
1861 as follows near crowsville in Spartanburgh 
District up to June 1864.  Since that date she
has lived with her daughter Mrs Gwin near
Walnut Grove in said District and that during 
this period her means of subsistence have been procured
from an unexpired balance of her pension drawn
previous to the war and partly by her own labor and 
partly by her daughters Mrs. Gwin and that she 
has not in any manner encouraged the Rebels
or manifested a Sympathy with their cause.
That she was opposed to the rebellion because it would 
deprive her of her pension which was her only means
of support and because it was intended to overthrow
the union of her forefathers, and that she was 
last paid her pension on the 4th day of March 1861.
This application is made for the purpose of 
securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls
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and of drawing the arrears now due to her on a of obtaining 
a new pension certificate such as she may be entitled
to under existing regulations reference being 
made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension 
office to substantiate her original claim.
and that she does hereby constitute and appoint
A. S. Wallace of York District So. Ca. her true and 
lawful attorney for her and her name to prosecute
her claim, to do all necessary acts and deeds in the 
prosecution of the same and to receive and receipt
for all moneys that may be found due to her.

Margaret Richards  X  her mark

Also personally appeared David Aikin
Eliza Aikin and Daniel Gwinn residents 
of Spartanburgh District So. Ca. persons whom
I certify to be very respectable and entitled 
to full credit and who being by me duly
sworn say that they were present and saw Margaret
Richards make her mark to the foregoing
declaration and they further swear that they have 
every reason to believe from the appearance of the 
applicant and their long and intimate acquaintance 
with her that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be and that they have know 
her intimately during the late war and that they
heard her express herself as opposed to the rebellion
and they believe she was opposed to the war.
and that she was supported during the war by her
own labor and by her daughter Elizabeth D. Guinn
and they further swear they have no interest whatever in this claim

David Aikin
Eliza Aikin
Daniell Guinn
Page 33

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 30th
day of May A. D. 1866 and I hereby certify that the
contents of the above declaration were read over to the
applicant before she made her mark and I further
certify that I have no interest direct or indirect
in the prosecution of this claim.

Given under my hand & seal of 
office at Spartanburg Court House
this 30 day May 1866

J B Tolleson
C.C.P. & G.S.
Page 34

Yorkville S.C.
7th Aug 1855.

Hon L. P. Waldo,

My Dr sir,

I answer to yours 
of the 15th July last, I here with
inclose evidence shewing Mrs. Margaret
Richards has not intermarried
since the death of her late Husband
Rev Joshua Richards, and also 
explaining discrepent statements, which 
you will see was a mistake in 
writing, as it was evidently intended 
for 1844, or 1845, and if the 
writing was done by me, I am very 
liable to such errors
Pleas answer as soon as 
convenient and oblige

A. S. Wallace
Page 35

B L Reg. 274938-1855
274.938
Act Mar. 3. [illegible]

Louisa & John P. West, minor
William West.

Revy. War.
Pensd. Feb. 3. '53
Special. May 28. '57

A. S. Wallace
Yorkville
S.C.

[note on right side of page]
rejec. Let. A. S. Wallace May 28/57
Page 36

Yorkville S.C.
21st May 18555

My Dr sir

I herewith inclose 
the evidence of several gentlemen
to sustain the marriage Margaret
Richards to Joshua Richards a 
Revolutionary Pensioner of the 
United States S.C. agency Spartanburg
District at the rate of $42
per annum.  She has made application for bounty land under
act of 3 March 1855, which
this evidence I hope will sustain 
as well as the pension 
Pleas inform me if she 
is not entitled to the amount
drawn by her first husband
William West as soon as her 
marriage to him is established

Very truely your friend
A. S. Wallace


L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Page 37

In answer to your of the 
25th April last
Page 38

FREE

[post mark]
YORKVILLE
JUN 28
S. C. 

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


[written sideways]
W
Triplett 
July 3/33
Page 39

Yorkville S. C.
27th Jul 1855.

Hon L. P. Waldo,

Mr Dr. Sir,

In reply to your 
letter of the 30th May last 
in case of Margaret Richards
widow of Joshua Richards, I would
most respectfully ask if Mrs. Margaret
Richards is entitled to the 
amount drawn by her first
Husband, William West if 
her mariage to him is apparent.
The discrepancy in statements
made in relation to her mariage
to Joshua Richards shall be 
explained.
Your early compliance will 
very much oblige.

A. S. Wallace

Act 3 Feb 1853 for Revolutionary 
pension
Page 40

Know all men by these presents - that I Margaret
Richards of Spartenburg District So
Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint
A. S. Wallace of York District So
Carolina my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute
my claim of Pension now $96 dollars
per annum for an increase act 8th 1863.
as well as have the same extended
to the 4th of March 1848 before any of 
the Departments of the Interior or Court of 
Claims with full powers of substitution
which power is irrevocable for three years
to examine all papers or documents on 
file at Washington City or elsewhere, to file
additional evidence and arguments and
receive the certificates when issued which
certificates I wish made payable to me
and do all other acts and deed that I myself
could lawfully do were I personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that my said attorney and agent can 
lawfully do in the premises

Margaret Richards

Given under my hand & seal 
this 15th day of December
A. D. 1856  Sealed and delivered 
In presence of 
W. H. Young
Thos. Young
[seal]


South Carolina
Spartenburg Dist.

Be it known that on 
the fifteenth day of December 1856 before 
the subscriber a Magistrate n and for
Page 41

the District aforesaid personally appeared
Margaret Richards above named and 
acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney
to be her act and deed -
In testimony whereof I have here unto
set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.

John H. Walker
Magistrate


State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District

I J B Tolleson
Clerk of the Court of 
Common Pleas and 
General Sessions for Spartanburg District
in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that 
John H Walker Esq. before whom the 
preceding affidavit was made, is and was 
at the date thereof, a Magistrate for the 
district aforesaid, duly appointed and 
qualified, that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that 
all due faith and credit should be given 
to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
seal of office at Spartanburg
Court House, this 22nd day of 
Dec 1856.

J. B. Tolleson 
Clerk

[seal]
Page 42

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 43

Yorkville S.C.
19th April 1855

Hon L. P. Waldo

My Dr sir,

I here with 
inclose declaration of Margaret
Richards, formerly widow of
William West, who was a 
pensioner of the United States
at the rate of $96 per anum.
I have proved her mariage
to Joshua Richards, but it has 
not yet been sent on
I was not aware the 
declarant was the widow of 
William West, before she maried
Joshua Richards, as her papers were 
executed in my absence.
Pleas inform me if 
William West was not 
entitled to $120 per annum under 
act of the 7th June 1832.
Page 44

Pleas answer this claim 
as soon as convenient

Very truely your friend
A. S. Wallace
Page 45

State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

Be it known 
that on this 6th day of August 1866 personally
appeared before me J. B. Tolleson Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions
for the District and State aforesaid, the same 
being a court of record Dr Robert M. Smith
and David Aiken residents of Spartanburgh
District gentlemen whom I certify to be of
undoubted respectability and high standing 
who being by me duly sworn according to law
say that they have known Mrs Margaret Richards
who was a pensioner of the United States
for many years past and they know that she 
is the identical Margaret Richards who was a 
pensioner before the late war and they further 
swear that they have known her intimately since
the 1st January 1861 and that she has not intermaried
since that time and that she still continues a widow
and that she is the widow of Mr. Richards and 
that she is a lady of respectability and deserving 
the bounty of the Government and she is a very poor woman
Page 46

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 
6th day of August 1866

Robt M. Smith MD
David Aikin

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed my seal of 
office at Spartanburgh Court House 
on the day and year above written 
and in the ninety first year of the 
Independence of the United States.

J B Tolleson
C.C.P.& G.S.
& Magst. Office

[no seal seen]
Page 47

Margaret Richards
To Power of 
Attorney

A. S. Wallace
Page 48

Margaret Richards
Payment to be made at Charleston
by
John C. Cochran, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of South Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March [blank]

Recorded in the Pension Office on the 
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 146, Vol. A.

G. J. Getty Clerk.
Page 49

P.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
--------------
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853,
Margaret Richards formerly
widow of William West,
who was a private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Ninety Six
dollars and [blank] cents per annum, commencing on the 
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should 
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time 
of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Seventh day of September
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

James Cumpler
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 50

Yorkville S.C.
29th August 1855.

Hon J Minot Com of Pensions

Dr Sr

Enclosed pleas
find evidence to sustain the 
claim of Margaret Richards
of Spartanburg District S. Ca. 
formerly widow of Wm. West.
In your letter of the 
15th Inst you require this 
applicant Margaret Richards to 
state when William West first
wife died and if 
she left children and if so their
names.  I had no opportunity of seeing 
Mrs Richards but have enclosed the 
present evidence which I hope will 
be satisfactory.
There is no record of her marriage
to Wm. West nor no one living
who saw them maried as
Page 51

I understand they run away, there
is no doubt of their marriage & I 
hope you will now send me 
the certificate in this claim
Pleas report to me at Yorkville
S. C. as soon as convenient
I refer you to her claim for
bounty land to sustain this application

Very Respectfully yours,
A. S. Wallace
Page 52

State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

I, J. B. Tolleson Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas
& General for the district & State
aforesaid do hereby certify that 
Hiram White Esqr. before whom the 
attached affidavit was made was
at the date thereof a Magistrate
for the district & State aforesaid
who had been duly appointed & 
qualified and the signature purporting
to be his is genuine and 
that all faith & credit should be 
given to all his official acts as 
such  I further certify that Clairmont
Lancaster William West & A Lancaster
are persons of good character
Given under my hand & seal 
of office at Spartanburg
Court House this 29th 
day of August 1855

J B Tolleson 
Clerk

[seal]
Page 53

Yorkville S.C.
25 August 1857.

Hon G. C. Whiting
Com of Pensions,

Dr Sr,

I here with send 
Power of attorney authorizing
me to prosecute the claim of Mrs
Margaret Richards under an 
extension of the act of 1853, to 
commence 4th March 1848 instead of 3
Feb 1853
Pleas inform me if 
such extension is yet given 
by your department, and if not 
yet given, are such claims
cognizable in the Court of 
Claims.  Pleas inform me as 
soon as convenient.

Very Respectfully yours
A. S. Wallace
Page 54

Very Respectfully yours
A. S. Wallace



Washington City
D.C.
Page 55

Margaret Richards
Page 56

Yorkville So. Ca.   Aug 8th 1866

Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir

In compliance with your letter of June 
15th 66, in the claim of Margaret Richards a
widow pensioner act 53 revolutionary war for restoration
I herewith enclose the evidence of Dr R M 
Smith and David Aikin to establish the fact
that Mrs R is still a widow and has not
intermarried since the first of January 1861.
This I hope will be satisfactory
You will confer a great favor by giving 
this case your early attention.  Mrs. R is very destitute
and sadly in need of the money now due.

Yours very Respectfully
A. S. Wallace
Page 57

State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District

Before me
personally appeared Thomas Young
a highly credible citizen of said
District aged 58 years, who being
first duly sworn according to law
on oath says that Mrs Margaret
Richards, widow of Joshua Richards,
formerly widow of William West,
has been living in his immediate
neighborhood for the last five or 
six years, a part of that time on
his own plantation and knows
she was a widow on the 3 February
1853 and is still the widow
of Joshua Richards who was 
a baptist clergyman and by 
reputation a revolutionary pensioner of 
of the United States, as well as her
first husband Wm. West, and that he
have no interest in this claim

Thos. Young

Sworn to & subscribed before me
Aug. 2. 1855
John H. Walker
Magistrate
Page 58

James Cathcart a highly credible
citizen of said District aged
65 years past on oath says that 
he is well acquainted with Margaret
Richards who is living in his 
imediate neighborhood in sight
now an applicant for a pension
as the widow of Joshua Richards
and William West her first
husband who was a Revolutionary
pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum
Deponent knew the said Margaret
before she married Wm. West and
has known her ever since and 
knows she has not intermaried
since the death of her late husband
Rev Joshua Richards, and 
that the said Margaret is now 
present and that he has no interest 
in this claim

James Catheart

Sworn to and subscribed before me
Aug 2, 1855
John H. Walker
Mag.

Dr W. H. Young on oath also states
that he has known the above applicant
Mrs Margaret Richards for several 
years past and knowns she was a 
widow 3 Feb 1853 and that she has 
not since intermaried and that 
he has no interest in this claim
Page 59

Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year above written

Wm. H. Young

John H. Walker Mag.

Mrs Margaret Richards the declarant
on oath says that her first husband
William West died on the fifteenth 
day of March 1841 as well as she can 
now recollect and that she was 
maried to Rev Joshua Richards as 
well as she can now recollect on 
Friday the thirteenth day of June 1843
and that she never stated she was 
maried to Joshua Richards in 1823,
or 1824.  

Margaret Richards  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed
this 2nd day of August 1855

John H. Walker
Mag.

I, John H. Walker, Magistrate, do hereby
certify that I executed the papers for the 
above named Margaret Richards for Bounty
land, and I am fully satisfied that she then 
gave the dates of her marriage as they are now
given, and not in 1823, and if that date is on 
her declaration it has been a mistake in me for
I know she was married between 1840 & 1845.
as I well recollect the occurrence.
Aug 2, 1855.

John H. Walker
Mag.
Page 60

State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District

I, J. B. Tolleson
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and 
General Sessions for Spartanburg Dist.
in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that John H. Walker is an acting
Magistrate for Spartanburg District
duly appointed and qualified according 
to Law, and that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are genuine
Given under my hand & Seal 
of Office at Spartanburg
Court House this the 4th
day of August 1855.

J. B. Tolleson Clerk

[seal]
Page 61

Brief in the case of Margaret Richards former widow of Wm West
County and State of So Carolina
act 3 Feby 1853
---------------------------------
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
[blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
[blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioner under the Acts of 1818 & 1820 at
$96 a year
Marriage (no public record of marriage exists in S.C.)
cohabitation and several reputation of marriage 
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
[Section beginning with If for increase, has been marked through.]
Identity, death & widow have proved
by various witnesses prepared certificates as to 
credibility & respectability.


Thornton Tripetts
Examining Clerk.

Name and resident of Agent
A. S. Wallace Esq
Yorkville S. C.
Page 62

Margaret Richards
formerly widow of 
William West
South Carolina
Admd. 3d Feby. 1853
$96 per annum
from the passage of 
the act.


Cert to 
A. S. Wallace Esq
Yorkville
S. C.
Page 63

W City
Brief in the Case of Margaret Richards for. wid. of William West
For a restoration
Spartanburg District and State of S. C.
Act 3d Feb. 1853 the 2d Sec.
-----------------------------
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,

PROOF EXHIBITED,

Claimant was pensioner on the S. C. roll at the rate
of #96 per an.  Her widowhood, identity and loyalty is 
shown by three credible affiants and the surrender of 
her original pension Cert.
Her pension was last paid
March 4" 1861 as appears by her declaration. This
This Auditor has no evidence that it was from after
Sept. 4" 1860.
Claim is allowed at the rate of #96
per an. commencing March 4" 1861 & to continue
during widowhood.
Aug. 17" 1866.

Boynton [?]
Examining Clerk.


Name and residence of Agent.
A. S. Wallace, Esqr.
Yorkville, 
S. C.
Page 64

South Carolina, Charleston   March 16th 1820.

I John Russell of the State aforesaid, do solemnly 
swear, that I have known William West
of the State aforesaid for about thirteen or 
fourteen years, during which time he was 
industrious, but is now poor, with a large family,
and from his reduced circumstances he needs
the assistance of his country for support.

John Russell  X  his mark

Sworn to before me, and
affixed his mark, the 
the time & place above 
written

John Drayton
District Judge, So. Carolina
Page 65

District of South Carolina Charleston March 17th 1820

I James Waddell late Sergeant in 
Captain Felix Warley's Company, in the first
Continental Regiment of South Carolina, during the Revolutionary War, do solemnly swear and certify,
that William West now of this State, was a 
private of the said first Continental Regiment
at the close of the said War, having served in the 
said Regiment since the latter part of the year
1782 - during all which time, he belonged to the 
said Company of which I was one of the Sergeants
and that he conducted himself in a soldierly manner, 
and was regularly & honorably discharged
at the close of the said War.  I do further certify
he is in poor circumstances, requiring the assistance
of his Country.

James Waddell  X  his mark
First Sergeant, in Captain Felix
Warley's Company in the 
first Continental Regiment of 
South Carolina, commanded by 
Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Sworn to, & mark affixed
in my presence at the time 
& place first above written

John Drayton
Dist Judge, So. Carolina

[possible seal on the left]
Page 66

16,6930 [last number might be 2]
Wm. West.
Charleston, So. Cara.
----
John Drayton
Judge
Charleston, S. C.
-----
recd. 25 Mar. 1820.

[seal]
Page 67

Admitted

Comply with the 
act of the 1st of May
1820 - a blank
schedule is forwarded
for that purpose
Page 68

Charleston So. Carolina - 17th March 1820

I do hereby certify that to the best of my Recollection
& belief William West was a private Soldier in the 
Continental Line of So. Carolina & continued & served
therein to the end of the Revolutionary War, in the 
Company commanded by Felix Warley then a Captain
& at the close of the war a Major - & that he was enlisted in 
the latter part of the year A.D. 1782, after having
served out his Term of a former enlistment in the North
Carolina Line - My private checks which I kept as 
payment (when I gave agreeably to General orders a 
Certificate of arrearage of pay to each individual of 
the line) being lost or mislaid up to No. C & some of the
higher numbers [illegible] prevents my being able to give
after so long a lapse of time, a more positive certificate
but after the most mature reflection & consideration,
I verily believe the above contains a true statement of 
facts - 

James Kennedy
late Lieut. & Paymaster in the 1st
Contl. Regt. of So. Carolina


I hereby certify that James Kennedy whose certificate is 
above was during the War of the Revolution a Lieutenant in 
the first Continental Regiment of South Carolina, and sometime
Paymaster of the same, and that full faith is due to his
certificate as such

Thomas Pinckney
late Major of the 1st Contl. Regt. So. Carolina.
Page 69

State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

I, J. B. Tolleson Clerk 
of the Court of Common Pleas and 
General Sessions for the district & State
aforesaid do hereby certify that 
John H Walker Esq before whom the 
within declaration was sworn to and 
and who gave the within certificate
was at the date thereof an acting 
Magistrate for the district and 
State aforesaid who had been duly
appointed and qualified and 
the signature purporting to be his 
is genuine and that all due faith
and credit should be given to all his
official acts as such
Given under my hand 
and seal of office at 
Spartanburgh Court
House this 11" day of 
April 1855

J. B. Tolleson 
Clerk

[seal]

I further certify that there is no 
public record of marriages kept
in my office the day & year 
above written

J B Tolleson
Clerk

[on left margin written sideways]
Marj with [the rest covered by the seal]
Page 70

I, John H. Walker, a magistrate
for Spartanburg district
in the state of South Carolina
do hereby certify that Margaret
Richards who has sworn to and 
subscribed the above Declaration
before me is a woman whose
statements are entitled to full 
credit, and that she is the 
identical person she represents
herself to be, as I have known since
before she was married to the 
said Wm West and that I 
have no interest whatever in 
this claim.
Given under my hand the 
day and year above written

John H. Walker
Mag.
Page 71

S.C.
Cross Anchor S. C.
Sept 11th 1878

Mr D. C. Cox
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

The letter 
from the acting Commissioner of 
July 29th last to Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Gwin is at hand & at her
request I reply -
Margaret Richards Widow of
Wm West died July 4th last
& then is yet due her one 
month pay which the family
needs & would like to have to 
pay balance expense of the old lady's
last sickness & burial expenses
I return you the blank that 
came with the last check
& would ask that you make
Page 72

[written across the top of the writing on the top of the page which obscures some of the original document]
Wid
No 5461
Margaret Richards
F. No. 26372
A 26 73

another for the proper amount
if [illegible] think is allowable
[illegible] nor will be any
arrears [illegible] for the estate
but think likely the excess
[illegible] John [illegible] is a daughter
of pensioner will be a sufficient Voucher for you
The facts in the case is they
need the money though the amt. 
is small & if you can pay
it to them in any way they 
would be truly thankfull --

Very Truly Yours &c
John H Montgomery

P.S.  Answer to Mrs. Elizabeth
D Gwin at this office
M
Page 73

WIDOW, &c.
------------
Revy.
File No. 26372
Margaret Richards
wid of 
William West
Pri Rev. War
Washington D.C. Agency
Act Feb. 3rd 1853
Index:  Vol. M, Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[notes at the top and right side of page]
Died July 4, 1873
Paid to June 4, 1873
73 Sept 26
D Gwin 
calling for 
pen cert.
75 Dec 18
returning 
completion
76 Aug 22
Voucher 
bills 
Eur-PC was
[illegible] 23 - hist to Charles
[illegible] AWS
[illegible] 26 hist to H. H.
[illegible]
Page 74

Mrs Elizabeth
Form 00 and 
original bills &
Sprague 
Elizabeth D Gwin
voucher for 
Sprague 
Second Compt
for arrears
144.35 Due #8.27
paid Sprague
1914 Jany 23 Hist to Mrs.
H. B. Carlisle V.D.M.
1924 Sept. 24 Hist to 
Mrs. A. J. Lamb MCA
1930 Feb. 6 hist to Mrs.
E. E. Eslick  MCA
1930 Dec. 18  Hist to G. Leland
Summer copy of M.C.S.
see letter in Joseph West S. 18275
Page 75

[post mark]
SPARTANBURG
MAY 3
S.C.


Hon Geo C. Whiting
Com of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C.
Page 76

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,

June 12" 1866.

Sir,

In reply to your inquiry of the 9"
inst. I have to inform you that the 
pension of Mrs Margaret Richards
(on South Carolina roll under 2" sec.
of Act 3" Feby 53) appears by the books
of this office to have been last paid
to 4" Sept 1860.

Very Respectfully
John Wilson
Auditor


Hon Jos. H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions

J. H.
H. R. R.
Page 77

CERTIFICATE.

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the 30 day of May 1866
at Spartanburgh S. C., the oath prescribed by the President of the United States, in his 
proclamation of May 29, 1865, was duly taken, subscribed and made matters of record by Margaret Richards
of Spartanburgh Dist. S. C. 

J B Tolleson
Clerk & Magst Ex officio

-----

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

The State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District.

I, Margaret Richards a resident
of Spartanburgh District, aged 65 years; 5 feet 6 inches high; dark complexion,
and by occupation a [blank]; do solemnly swear, (or affirm) in presence of Almighty God, that I 
will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States
thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have 
been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves.  SO HELP ME GOD.

Margaret Richards  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me,
at Spartanburgh C. H. this 
30 day of May 1866

J B Tolleson
Clerk & Magst 
Exofficio
Page 78

I James Jervey District Clerk for South Carolina District, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule above stated and thereto
annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do 
further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount
in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is about Sixty
Dollars -    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and 
affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this third day of March 1821

James Jervey  Dist Clk V./D

[no seal seen]
Page 79

Enoree, S. C.
Aug. 30, 1934

Pension Bureau
Rev. War Records Sec.

Dear Sir,

You have an 
application for 
Revolutionary 
pension on 
record of Wm.
West (who married
Margaret White) and 
who served through
war - Wm. West b. 1759
d. 1841 - married 1820
Please send me 
over
Page 80

2
copy of this 
application which 
will be used 
in making 
D.A.R. application
by a great grand 
daughter - 

Yours truly
Mrs. A. J. Lamb
Page 81

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
C
JAN 8 1914


Department of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Will you kindly inform 
me if John Ward and 
William West both Revolutionary
soldiers of Spartanburg County
South Carolina drew a pension?
I shall appreciate a prompt
reply.

Very respectfully
Mrs. H. B. Carlisle Regent
Cowpens Chapter D. A. R.
Spartanburg S.C.
January 6, 1914
Page 82

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
JAN 13 1934
MAIL SUB.-DIV.
U.S.V.B. 
READER 24

Spartanburg, S. C.
January 11, 1934.

Veterans Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen;

In Hebron Cemetery below Walnut Grove in the lower part of 
Spartanburg County there is buried a 'William West" 1st. S. C. Regiment
Revolutionary War.

I am informed that this is my great great grandfather but can
not prove that fact as all of my old relatives are dead.

I am getting me up a West Record and have been told that if I write
your Bureau that you would give me this information.

William West's date of birth [blank]   
date of death [blank]
His father's name.  [blank]
His mother's name.  [blank]
His wife's name.  [blank]
Children  [blank]

I would appreciate this information if you have it 
at hand. 

Respectfully yours.

Charles D. West,
c/o Post Office, 
Spartanburg, S. C.
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H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers' Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.

July 1, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

On the 1840 Index of list of Revolutionary pensioners appears;

WILLIAM WEST, Sr., Spartanburg, South Carolina, aged 80.

Will you kindly furnish me service and family abstract from his
pension application, and oblige.  Same wanted for History of Hezekiah
West, Revolutionary soldier.

Yours very truly,

H. H. WEST,

HHW/M


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[date stamp]
RECEIVED
JULY 6 1937
MAIL SUB.-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 19
Page 84

January 23, 1934
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William West. - W. 26372
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Charles D. West
c/o Post Office
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to William West, a Revolutionary
War soldier of South Carolina.

The data furnished herein were obtained from 
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26372, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of William West.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

William West served in the North Carolina troops,
dates of service and officers not stated; he was in 
the battle of Eutaw Springs under Captain Warley; he
enlisted late in 1782 and served as a private in 
Captain Felix Warley's company, Colonel Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney's First South Carolina regiment and served until
the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application 
executed, March 17, 1820, then aged about fifty-seven years
and residing in Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1821 he referred to his wife, Bersheba, and their
children - Priscilla, thirty-four years of age, married, 
with five children; Robin or Robert, thirty years of age, 
married, with three children; Henry, twenty-four years 
of age, married, with one child; Polly, twenty-two years
old, married, no children; William, nineteen years old, 
single; Bersheba, seventeen years of age, single; Sally
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or Sarah, fourteen years of age; and Sampson, twelve
years old.

William West's wife, Bersheba, died May 14, 1821
in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.  No further data
in regard to her.

He married in August, 1823 or 1824 in Spartanburg
District, South Carolina, Margaret White.  He died 
March 15, 1841 in said Spartanburg District.

His widow, Margaret, married June 13, 1843, the 
Reverend Joshua Richards, who died July 27, 1845.

The widow, Margaret Richards, was allowed pension
on account of the service of her husband, William West,
on an application executed, April 7, 1855, at which 
time she was living in Spartanburg District.

The following children of the soldier, William
West, and his first wife, Bersheba, were living in 
1855 - William West and his wife, Martha, who was fifty-one years of age and they were living in Spartanburg 
District; Robert (Robin) West; Bersheba Lamasters;
Sally (Sarah) Hewitt; and Priscilla Johnson.

William West and his wife, Margaret, had seven
children, the only name given being, Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Gwin or Guin or Given, with whom the widow, Margaret,
was living in 1866, near Walnut Grove, Spartanburg
District, South Carolina.  The widow, Margaret,
gave her age then as sixty-five years; it is stated
that she died July 4, 1873.

Hiram White was a magistrate in 1855 in Spartanburg
District, and Daniel Gwin or Guinn was living in 
1866 in Spartanburg District; no relationship to the 
family stated.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
AWF

December 18, 1930

G. Leland Summer
1711 East Main Street
Newberry, South Carolina.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in 
the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26372, that William
West entered the service in the North Carolina Troops, dates
of service and officers not stated; was in the battle of Eutaw
Springs under Captain Warley; and late in 1782, he enlisted
as a private in Captain Felix Warley's Company, Colonel Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney's South Carolina Regiment and served until 
the close of the Revolution.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March
17, 1820, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged
fifty-seven years.

In 1821 he referred to his wife, Bersheba, and their children,
Robin or Robert; Henry; Polly; William; Sampson; Priscilla
Johnson; Bersheba Lamasters; Sally or Sarah Hewitt.

* His wife died May 14, 1820 or 1821 in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina.

He married August 1823 or 1824, in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, Margaret White.  He died March 15, 1841, at 
said place.

They had seven children, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Gwin being the 
only one whose name is stated.

His widow, Margaret, married June 13, 1843, the Reverend
Joshua Richards, who died July 27, 1845.

She was allowed pension on account of the services of 

[note at the bottom]
* March 3, 1821 - he stated that I have
a wife Bersheba - so she could not 
have been dead then.
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her husband, William West, on an application executed April
7, 1855, at which time she was living in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, aged fifty-four years.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Page 88

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.
26372, it appears that William West entered the service in the North
Carolina Troops, dates of service and officers not stated; was in the 
battle of Eutaw Springs under Captain Warley; and late in 1782 he 
enlisted as a private in Captain Felix Warley's Company, Colonel Charles 
Cotesworth Pinckney's South Carolina Regiment and served until the 
close of the Revolution.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 17, 
1820, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged fifty-seven
years.

In 1821 he referred to his wife, Bersheba, and their children, 
Robin or Robert, Priscilla Johnson, Henry, Polly, William,
Bersheba Lamasters, Sally or Sarah Hewitt and Sampson.  His wife
died in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, May 14, 1820 or 1821.

He then married August 1823 or 1824, in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, Margaret White.  He died March 15, 1841, at said
place.  They had seven children, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Gwin being the
only one whose name is stated.

The widow married June 13, 1843, the Reverend Joshua
Richards who died July 27, 1845.  She was allowed pension on 
account of the services of her husband, William West, on an 
application executed April 7, 1855, while a resident of Spartanburg 
District, South Carolina, aged fifty-four years.

Very truly yours,


EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

[note on bottom of page]
sent to 
Hon. E. E. Eslick, Feb. 6, 1930
see clm. of 
Matthew Gregg S. 35981
Page 89

I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this 
Bureau it appears that Joshua Richards was born March 9, 1760 in 
Franklin County, North Carolina.

While residing in Franklin County, North Carolina, he volunteered in 1779, served as 1st or orderly sergeant in Captain 
Richard Ransom's Company under Colonels Lowry and Shepard in the 
North Carolina Troops and was discharged April 12, 1780, having
served six months.

He enlisted in September 1780, served as 1st or orderly
sergeant in Captain Jinkins Devaney's Company, Colonel Robert
Hill's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged in December 1780.

He volunteered in April 1781, served as a private in 
Captain George Bledso's Company of Cavalry under Colonel Youngblood
in the North Carolina Troops and was discharged July 11, 1781,
having served three months.

The soldier also made the following statement: "I then, 
about the 1st of September, (1781) volunteered under Colonel 
Benjamin Sowell and continued as a life guard of the Council of War
that set at Colonel Burton's, in Granville County, North Carolina,
until the cessation of hostilities in 1783."

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
28, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, where he had moved in 1801 from Franklin County, 
North Carolina.

He died July 27, 1845 and was then referred to as the 
Reverend Joshua Richards.

The soldier married June 13, 1843, in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, Margaret, the widow of William West.  She was 
allowed bounty land (warrant number 11274 for one hundred and sixty
acres) on account of the service of her husband, Joshua Richards,
on her application executed April 7, 1855, at which time she was 
fifty-four years of age and a resident of Spartanburg District,
South Carolina.

There are no further family data.

[note at the bottom]
This history should accompany that of 
Wm. West, W. 26372 (attached) as widow, 
Margaret, was married to both of them.
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MCS

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

September 24, 1924

Mrs. A. J. Lamb
Enoree
S.C.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, W. 26372, it appears that William West entered
the service in the North Carolina Troops, dates of service and 
officers not stated; was in the battle of Eutaw Springs under 
Captain 
Warley; and late in 1782 he enlisted as a private in Captain 
Felix Warley's Company, Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's 
South Carolina Regiment, and served until the close of the 
Revolution.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 17, 
1820, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged 57 years.
In 1821 he referred to his wife, Bersheba, and their children,
Robin or Robert, Priscilla Johnson, Henry, Polly, William, Bersheba
Lamasters, Sally or Sarah Hewitt, and Sampson.  His wife died in 
Spartanburg District, South Carolina, May 14, 1820 or 1821.

He then married August 1823 or 1824, in Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, Margaret White.  He died March 15, 1841, at said
place.  They had seven children, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Gwin being the 
only one whose name is stated.
Page 91

The widow married June 13, 1843, the Reverend Joshua Richards,
who died July 27, 1845.  She was allowed pension on account of the 
services of her husband, William West, on an application executed
April 7, 1855, while a resident of Spartanburg District, South
Carolina, aged 54 years.

Respectfully,


Acting Commissioner.
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January 12, 1918.

Mrs. H. B. Carlisle,
Spartanburg, S. C.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 8" instant, you are 
advised that from the papers in the claim of William West, 
W. 26372, Rev. War, it appears that soldier entered
the service in the North Carolina Troops, no dates of service 
or officers not stated; was in the battle of Eutaw Springs under 
Captain Warley; and late in 1782 he enlisted as a Private in 
Captain Felix Warley's company, Colonel Charles Cotesworth 
Pinckney's 1st South Carolina Regiment, and served to the end 
of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 
17, 1820, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, 
aged fifty-seven years.

In 1821 he referred to his wife, Bersheba, and their 
children, Robin or Robert, Priscilla (Johnson), Henry, Polly, 
William, Bersheba (Lamasters), Sally or Sarah (Hewitt), and 
Sampson.  His wife died in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, 
May 14, 1820 or 1821.  He then married August 1823 or 1824, 
in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Margaret White, and 
died March 15, 1841, in said District and State.
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They had seven children.  Mrs. Elizabeth D. Gwin is the 
only one whose name is stated.

The widow married June 13, 1843, the Rev. Joshua Richards
who died *July 27, 1845.  she was allowed pension on account of 
the services of her husband William West, on an application
executed April 7, 1855, while a resident of Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, aged fifty-four years.

Very respectfully,

G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.


[note at bottom]
*  Taken from B. L. claim 
of Joshua Richards.



William West. - 2
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  West, William  GRADE  Private  LINE  Rhode Island

WARRANT NUMBER  3596  ACREAGE  160  ISSUED  Mar. 12, 1793
to J. Farnham, assignee

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.