Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3656, William Choice, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Choice, William 
Mary 

NUMBER
W. 3656

CONTENTS
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1000
South Carolina
Mary Choice decd,
widow of William Choice
who served in the Revolutionary 
a as a Private

(Ins)cribed on the Roll at the rate of (?)/.3 Dollars 33 (Cen)ts per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
(?) ding 6 October 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
3rd day of March 1853
(a) nd sent to Hon. D Wallace
H of R.

(R)ecorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
(J)uly 29, 1848 Page 141 Vol. A.

(right side)
Voucher to 3d Auditor (crossed out)
1855 Sept. 7 To A. D. Wallace
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32758.
South Carolina.
William Choice decd. of [blank] in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Va line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.  & end 30~ September 1843, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of August 1850. and sent to Hon T. L. Orr, H.R.
Payable to surviving children to wit, Wm. Choice, Josiah Choice, Tully Choice, Jefferson Choice, Cyrus Choice, Nancy Cobb, & Aralinta Dial.
[Written over: Arrears to the 4th of __
Semi=annual allowance ending __ ]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. B. Chase  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 74

Let  M. Thompson May 22/57 [1857]
Reputed

ctd  W.S.F.
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The State of South Carolina Greenville District ss
On this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace for the District of Greenville in the State aforesaid, being a court of record, now setting, William Choice, a resident of Greenville District in the State of South Carolina aged eighty six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832: That he was born as he has been informed by his parents on the 30th day of January 1756 in Halifax County in the State of Virginia which was subsequently divided and Pittsylvania County taken from it is which he resided in the year 1776 when, a short time before the 4th of July 1776, he first entered the service of the United State at Pittsylvania Court House in the State of Virginia by enlisting or enrolling himself in a corps of what were called Minute-men under Capt. Thomas Dillard, Lieutenant Joseph Roberts and Tully Choice, now dead, his brother, Ensign, the name of the Major is not remembered and marched to Stinking River in Virginia where he with the rest of the army were rendezvouzed for one week and were commanded and drilled by Col. Haynes Morgan; from which place he marched to Petersburg in the same state where he remained ten days. There were three companies, one commanded by Capt. Peter Perkins and Lieutenant Jesse Heard, one by
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Capt Penn and Lieutenant Harry Lyons and the other by Capt. Thomas Dillard as before stated. From Petersburg he marched to Jamestown where he was stationed for a short time, then went to Williamsburg and was there under arms in the service of his Country on the 4th of July 1776, from this place he marched back to Jamestown and after remaining there some time he marched with Captains Dillard and Perkins companies to Quinn's Island at the mouth of Peanketank and was there when Governor Dunmore was driven from that Island, after which he returned through Richmond home having served three months in this tour.

Afterwards in the fall of 1776 as one of the Minute-men aforesaid he marched under the command of Capt. Jesse Heard, Capt. Dillard being sick at that time, and joined the army at Bedford old court house called New London. The army was commanded by General Christie and Major Glenn, and marched from New London to the Island of Holsten (in Tennessee now) in an expedition against the Indians, thence into the Indian Nations and assisted in destroying many Indian towns. that he was taken sick in the Indian Nation and left by every man but one who assisted him back to the Island of Holsten, thence to Fort Chissel, from which place he returned home in Virginia where he arrived on Christmas day, having been out on this tour as he now believes three months.

That afterwards in the latter part of the winter or early in the spring of the year 1779 the Militia having been drafted in classes from 1 to 10 the declarent was drafted in class No 6 and one Thomas Jameson
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in Class No 1 in Henry County Virginia
that he the said William Choice exchanged
classes with the said Thomas Jamison, and
marched under the command of Frederick
Reeves Captain and Tully Choice his brother
Lieutenant as far as Statesburg in the State of
North Caroline, from which place Capt Reeves
returned home and Lieutenant Tully Choice
continued in command till the declarent
arrived at Salisbury North Carolina where
the army was stationed under the command
Col Mason and Major Burrell, and at
this place the declarant joined Capt. William
Witchels company and marched with the
army southwards by way of Camden, where
the Watonse was crossed, on to McCord Ferry
on the Congaree in South Carolina, thence
to Bacon's Bridge on the Ashley River, thence
to a place called Black Swamp from
which place he went to Stone and was in the
Battle of Stones which was fought on Sunday
in June 1779 and he believes about the 20th
of that month; that in this engagement
Generals Lincoln and Hager assisted by
Col Mason commanded; the latter named
General lost one of his Aiddecamps in this
Battle as the declarent afterwards heard
That after this battle to wit on the 18th July
in the same year he with the other Virginia
Troops were sent home and on their way
were paid off at Camden in the State of
South Carolina from which place he went
home where he arrived the last of July
or the first of August having been in the
service in this town Five months or perhaps to
more.
That afterwards he entered the
service again as a volunteer in Capt.
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[illegible] Heards company of Light horse and
marched to Surry Court House in the State of
North Carolina where he was stationed
for a week and then went by way of
Moravian town to the Trading Ford on the
Yadkin, thence to Rocky River to join Genl
Davidson and was sent out to [illegible]
Genl. Cornwallis' Army - was out from his
residence in Henry County in Virginia in
this town one month.
That he again entered the Service
under the command of one Col. Lyon and
was on the march to join Genl. Green just
before the Battle of Guilford in North Carolina,
but having received orders was discharged and returned home having been out
this time not more than two weeks-
And the said William Choice further
Swears that all the services he rendered his
country in the revolutionary war, were
rendered as a Minute man, drafted Militiaman or as a volunteer; that as a minuteman he was liable at any time to be called
into Service, and was always ready and
willing to obey the call and did so when
required to the utmost of his ability, that he
was never under the immediate command
of any of the officers of the regular
Army and consequently is unable to give
the names of any of them; that he served
his country faithfully during the revolutionary 
war in her armies in the various
tours and campaigns in which he was
engaged in the aggregate of active
Service thirteen months; that he has no
documentary evidence in his power or
possession by which he can prove his said
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said services, that if he ever received any
regular written discharge he has no
recollection of it, and cannot now produce
it, and that at this time he knows
of no person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his said services.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity, except
present; and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any State
1st Where, and in what year were you born?
Ansr In Halifax County Virginia on the
30th day of January 1776
Int. 2 Where were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since
the revolutionary war; and where do
you now live?
Ansr I lived in Halifax County Va. which
was divided and Pittsylvania made
and Henry County too was made
from it, and in one of these I lived
at all times when called into the
service; In 1785 I removed from
Virginia to Greenville District in the
State of South Carolina where I have
lived ever since, and now live-
Int 4 How were you called into the service
were you draughted, did you volunteer
or were you a substitute; and if a
substitute for whom?
Ansr I was called into the service as a Minute
man or drafted Militia, one tour, and
one I exchanged places with one Thomas
Jameson and went on tour as a substitute
in his place, and I also volunteered
into the Service
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Int 2d omitted at the proper place -
Have you any record of your
age? of so where is it?
Ansr I have no record of my age. It was
left with my Mother in the family
register in the Bible-
Int 5th State the names of some of the regular
officers who were with the troops when
you served, such Continental and
Militia regiments as you can recollect
and the general circumstances of
your service-
Ansr I name Capt Henry Conway, Cyrus
Roberts and William Jinkins
Int. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from
the Service; if so by whom was it given;
and what has become of it?
If I ever received a discharged I
have lost it
Int 7 State the names of persons to whom
you are known in your present 
neighbourhood, who can testify as to your
character for veracity and their belief
of your services as a soldier of the
revolution
Ansr I name the Hon. Mr Wm Butter Member of
Congress, Judge B. J. Earle, Major
Micajah Berry, Col Henry G Johnson,
Tandy Walker Esqr and
Dempsey Nesbitt to all of whom and
many more I can appeal with the
fullest confidence
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Sworn to and Subscribed the day and
year aforesaid _
The said William
Choice annexes three old papers which he
brought from Virginia _
William Choice
W Blasingame Clk
The State of South Carolina
Greenville District Ss
We Joseph
Robinson a clergyman residing in the
[crossed out: Village] [inserted: District] of Greenville and State aforesaid
and Tandy Walker Esquire residing in the 
same place hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with William Choice who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be eighty six
years of age; that he is reputed and believed
in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have
been a soldier of the revolution; and that
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
W Blasingame Clk
Joseph Robinson
Minister
Tandy Walker -
And the said Court do hereby
declare their opinion, after the investigation
of the matter, and after putting the interogatories 
prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And
the court further certifies, that it appears to
them that Jos. Robinson who has signed
the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident
in the District of Greenville, and that
Tandy Walker Esq is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit
B J. Earle
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The State of South Carolina
Greenville District } Ss
I William Blasingame Clerk of
the court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions of the Peace for the District of Greenville
in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of William Choice for a
Pension.
In testimony whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office this
fourth day of April
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred
and forty two and in the
sixty sixth year of the sovereignty and Independence of the United 
States of America _

W Blasingame
CCP
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District
Be it known, that on the Thirteenth
day of September 1848 Personally appeared before
the subscriber, an acting Magistrate, Mrs Mary
Choice, resident of said District, aged Eighty one years
Widow of William Choice decd, late an Officer in the
Revolutionary War, who having been duly sworn according
to Law, doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the several
acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3 1843,
June 17th 1844, February 2d 1848 and joint resolution
of July 1st 1848 that she is the widow of William
Choice decd. who was an officer of the Revolutionary War
from the State of Virginia, that the proof of
his services is already on file in the War Department
and also proof of the period of his death, that her
Maiden name was Mary McDonald, that she intermarried
with the said William Choice in the District
of Laurens and State of Saith Carolina in the tenth day
of May 1786, that she was not married to the said
William Choice before the expiration of his last period
of service but before the first of January 1794 (viz) at
the time and place above stated
Mary Choice
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written
Lewis H. Shumate
M. G. D.
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District
Be it remembered that on the this
thirteenth day of September 1848 Personally appeared
before the subscribed Mrs Mary Choice and made oath
in due form of Law to the foregoing declaration.
That she is well known to me, as the widow of the
said William Choice who was an officer of the
Revolutionary War and who died in this District
that she is a person of the highest respectability
and full faith and credit are due to her statements,
I further certify that from age and
bodily debility it is inconvenient for her to attend
at the Court House of this District Given under
my hand and seal this 13th day of September
1848
Lewis Shumate
M. G. D.
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South Carolina
Greenville District
Personally appeared before
me, Robert Bolling who being sworn saith upon
oath that he was present at the marriage
of William Choice to Mary McDonald, which
took place in Laurens District South Carolina
about the tenth of May 1786
This 13th September 1848
Robert Bolling

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
date above written
Lewis H. Shumate
M. G. D.
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The State of South Carolina
Greenville District
I David Hoke Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for
the State and District aforesaid which is a Court of record
Do hereby certify that Lewis H Shumate whose name
is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate and affidavids [sic]
is and was at the time of signing the same an acting
Magistrate within and for the the District and State
aforesaid and duly commissioned as such at the time the
Certificates and affidavids in [probably: were] made, and that the signatures
to the said Certificate and affidands [sic] as aforesaid are true and
genuine. And full faith and credit is due his official
acts
In testimony whereof I the Clerk aforesaid
have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office 
at Greenville Court House South Carolina
this Fifteenth day of September AD
1848
D Hoke
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
& General Sessions for Greenville District
South Carolina
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Mary Choice
Widow of
Wm Choice
of Greenville
SC.

Revolutionary
Pension Claim
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District
On this 8th day of
[Crossed out: March] [Inserted: April] 1851. Personally appeared Wm Choice
a resident of the District and State aforesaid
aged 54 years who being first duly sworn 
according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by
the acts of Congress passed 3rd March 1843
17th June 1844 and 29th [crossed out: February] [inserted: July] 1848.
That this declarant the aforesaid William
Choice in behalf of himself and the 
surviving children of his Mother Mary Choice
late of Greenville District deceased states that
William Choice husband of the said
Mary was a soldier in the army of the
Revolution as he has always understood
and still believes and as such he seved
the United States against the common
every and has recently been allowed a
pension under the Act of 7th June 1832
at the rate of Forty three dollars and 33/100
per anum payable to their said children
Declarant further states that his Father
the said William Choice was married to
his mother the said Mary Choice formerly
Mary McDonald on the 11th day of May
one thousand seven hundred and eighty
six and as husband and wife they
lived together untill the death of the
said William Choice who died the 30th
day of September 1843, And that his widow
the said Mary Choice departed this
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life in said district on the sixth day of
October one thousand Eight hundred and
forty eight not having intermarried after
the death of her said husband
That he offers in support of the
Marriage of his said Father and mother
their family register shewing the birth
of their children isue [sic] of their said marriage
a part of which is in the hand writing
of his Father and is all believed to
be strictly correct
William Choice
Sworn to and subscribed this 8th
day of April 1851.
in open Court at
Greenville before
John Belton [Illegible]
Pres Judge

I the said Judge do hereby certify
that it has been shown in evidence to the
satisfaction of the Court that Mary Choice
Widow of William Choice late Pensioner of
the United States at the rate of forty three
dollars and thirty three cents per annum
died at her late residence in Greenville
District on the Sixth day of October one
thousand eight hundred and forty eight
(1848) leaving surviving the following
children namely Tully Choice, William Choice
Josiah Choice, Cyrus Choice, Jefferson
Choice, Nancy Cobb and Aralinta Dial,
and that Cyrus Choice has since died, and
that the above named except Cyrus Choice
are still surviving and all over twenty
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one years of age. And I further certify
that William Choice who has sworn to and
Subscribed the foregoing declaration before
me is a man to whose statements full faith
and credit are due
Done in open Court the day and
year above written
John Belton Hall
Pres Judge

I certify that I was at the Village
of Greenville during the setting of the
Court there on the 8th day of this
month, and know of my own
knowledge, that John Betten [Illegible]
whose genuine signature appears
above was the presiding Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas then &
there held April 23d 1831
D Wallace
M C
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South Carolina
Greenville District⎬
Personally came before me (the subscrib
bing Magistrate) Robert Bolling and made
oath that he was present in Laurens District
and State of South Carolina on or about
the tenth of May 1786

South Carolina
Greenville District⎬
Personally came before me Robert
Bolling who being duly sworn, saith upon
oath that he was present at the Intermarriage
of William Choice to Mary McDonald
that the marriage took place in Laurens
District & State aforesaid on or about
the 10th of May 1786 and he further
swears that he is 72 or 73 years old
that the record of his age was burned
so that he is not positive whether he is
72 or73 years old Sworn to and subscribed
before me this the 18th October 1848
Robert Bolling
Lewis H. Shumate M.G.D

I do hereby certify that I have been
acquainted with Robert Bolling for thirty-
five or forty years, that he is a Gentleman
of high respectability and of
undoubted veracity I do further certify
that I have been acquainted with
Mrs Mary Choice for upwards of twenty
years that she was a Lady of respectability
& high standing
L H Shumate M. G. D.
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State of South Carolina
Greenside District ⎬
I David Hoke Clerk of
the Court of General Sessions and
Common Pleas for the State and District aforesaid Do hereby
certify that L H Shumate whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of taking
said deposition and giving said certificate an acting 
magistrate within and for the District and State aforesaid and
due [sic] commissioned as such at the time when the said deposition
was taken and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I the Clerk aforsaid
have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office at Greenville Court House
the 27th day October A.D. 1848
D Hoke
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
and General Sessons for
Greenville District
So Carolina

Family Record of William Choice Senr. Deceased
of Greenville District South Carolina

William Choice and Mary Choice his wife was married May
1th day 1786
Tully Choice a son of William Choice and Mary Choice 
was Born December the 18th day 1787
Ann Choice Daughter of William Choice and Mary Choice 
was born July the 30th day 1790
Mary Choice a daughter of William & Mary Choice 
Born July the 7th day 1792
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Mary Choice Died August the 12th day 1792
John Choice son of William Choice and Mary his wife was
Born October 11th 1793
William Choice son of William and Mary his wife was
Born October 24th 1796
Cyrus Choice Son of William Choice and Mary his
wife was born October the 18th 1799
Aralinta Choice, daughter of William and Mary Choice
his wife was Born July 20th day 1802
Sophia Choice" daughter of William Choice and Mary
his wife was Born October the 29th day, 1805
Jonah Choice Son of William Choice and may his wife
was Born March the 28th day 1808
Jefferson Choice, son of William Choice and Mary his wife
was Born 29 April 1811

State of South Carolina
Grenville District 
David Hoke Clerk of the
Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas do hereby certify
that the foregoing Family Record of William Choice
Senior, Deceased late of Greenville District and State aforesaid
is a true and correct copy from the original Recorded
as produce and handed to me by a member of
the family
In testimony whereof I the clerk
aforesaid have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal of Office at
Greenville Court House the 27th day of October
A.D. 1848
D Hoke
C. C. P & G.S.
G District
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March 17, 1939

BA-J/AWF
William Choice
W. 3656

Miss Emma McSwain Dial
Gray Court
South Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to William
Choice, lieutenant in the Revolutionary War,
died in Greenville District, South Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, W. 3656,
based upon service of William Choice in the
Revolutionary War.

William Choice was born January 30, 1756
in Halifax (the part which was later Pittsylvania)
County, Virginia. The names of his
parents were not stated.

While residing in Pittsylvania (the part
which was later Henry) County, Virginia, William
Choice enlisted in the spring of 1776, served
three months as private in Captain Thomas Dilllard's
Virginia company (his brother, Tully
Choice, was ensign in this company), and went on
the expedition to Gwyn's Island; he served in the
fall of 1776, three months in Captain Jesse Heard's
company, Colonel Christie's Virginia regiment, in
an expedition against the Cherokee Indians. He
marched in the spring of 1779 to North Carolina, in
Captain Frederick Reeves' company of Virginia
militia; his captain was taken sick and he served
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in Captain William Witcher's (?) company, Colonel
Mason's Virginia regiment (his brother, Tully Choice,
was lieutenant in the company, was in the battle
of Stono, length of this service about five months.

William Choice served one month in Captain
Jesse Heard's company, and about two weeks in
Colonel Lyon's regiment, this was about the time
of the battle of Guilford Court House. He served
as lieutenant in Captains Hill's and Cunningham's
companies, no specific dates of this service
shown.

William Choice was appointed January 10,
1781, second lieutenant in the Henry County,
Virginia militia, and was appointed March 28,
1783, lieutenant in the same militia.

He applied for[inserted: pension] April 4, 1842, at which time
he was living in Greenville District, South Carolina,
having moved there from Virginia, sometime
in 1784. The pension was allowed.

He died September 30, 1843 in Greenville
District, South Carolina.

William Choice married May 10, or 11, 1786
in Laurens District, South Carolina, Mary McDonald;
the date and place of her birth, and names of
parents are not shown.

The widow, Mary Choice, applied for pension
September 13, 1848, at which time she was aged
eighty-one years, and a resident of Greenville
District, South Carolina. The pension was allowed.

She died in said Greenville District, October
6, 1848.

The following data in regard to the children
of William Choice, and his wife, Mary, are shown
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in the claim:
...................Born
Tully......... December 18, 1787
Ann.......... July 30, 1790
Mary........ July  7, 1792, died August 12, 1792
John.......... October  11, 1793
William...... October 24, 1796
Cyrus.......... October 18, 1799
Aralinta....... July  20, 1802
Sophia......... October 19, 1805
Josiah........... March  28, 1808
Jefferson..... April 29, 1811.

At the time of the death of their mother, Mary
Choice, the following children were alive-- William
Choice of Greenville District, South Carolina;
Josiah Choice, of Greenville District, South Carolina;
Tully Choice of Greenville District, South Carolina;
Jefferson Choice, of Spartanburg District, South
Carolina; Cyrus Choice, of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Ann or
Nancy, wife of Samuel Cobb, of Cherokee County, Alabama;
Aralinta, wife of Joseph Dial, of Cherokee County,
Georgia.

In 1851, Cyrus Choice was referred to as deceased,
and it was stated in 1855, that Tully Choice died in
Greenville District, South Carolina, "leaving neither
wife or children".

Jesse Herby, and his wife, Sophia, were living in
1848 in Warren County, Kentucky; his wife, Sophia,
was the sister of William Choice; Jesse Kerby married
Sophia Choice in 1778 in Henry County, Virginia; the
said Sophia was born September 23, 1760.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER

Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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CHOICE, WILLIAM
(VA.)
W. 3656
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The Commonwealth of VIRGINIA,
To William Choice greeting:
KNOW you that from the Special Trust and Confidence which is reposed
in your Fidelity, Courage, Activity, and good Conduct, our Governor,
with the Advice of the Council of State, and on the recommendation of the
Worshipful Court of the county of Henry
doth appoint you the said William Choice Lieut of the
Militia of the said county of Henry
to take rank as such from the 28th day of March
IN testimony whereof these our letters are made patent. WITNESS,
His Excellency Benjamin Harrison Esquire, our said Governor
at Richmond this 28th day of March
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three

Registered in the WAR OFFICE
Benj Harrison

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[Same as Document 26]
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The Commonwealth of VIRGINIA
To William Choice [illegible], Gentleman, greeting:
NOW YOU that GOVERNOUR, on Recommendation from the
Court of the County of Henry hath constituted and
appointed you Second Lieutenant in a Company of Militia in the said
County. In Testimony whereof these our Letters are sealed, with the Seal
of the Commonwealth, and made Patent. This
Witness THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esquire, our said Governour,
at Richmond, the Sixth Day of January in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
 Th. Jefferson

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[Same as Document 26 and 28]
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Henry County Virginia
To all persons to whom it may Concern. Whereas the

Bearer hereof viz. Mr William Choice having a design to travel
to the State of South Carolina or Georgia, This doth certify that the
sd Choice has ever maintained a fair unblemished character, and During the
Contest for liberty and Independance has distinguished himself a true friend
to the Cause, and if he should incline to fall into business we do Certify
that he is well calculated to follow the occupation of an Overseer, being well
skilled in the Culture of the produce of our Country as well as industrious
and Expect in looking after Negroes, given under our hands Octr 1765
Geo Waller Colo.
John Mann JP
[illegible]
[Illegible] JP
Henry Lyne Just Peace
Jno Dillard J. Peace

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[Same as Document 26, 28, and 30]
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[Same text as Document 32, but with a longer list of signatures that are mostly illegible]
[Left column, transcription doubted:]
John Chandler
[Illegible] Ryan
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
Richard [Illegible]
Nat Edwards
Abner Cockerham
[Illegible] Edwards
Joseph [Illegible]
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
John Grade
[Illegible]
Tully [Illegible]
Joseph [Illegible]
Thomas Black
[Illegible] Smith
John Kearby
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
[Illegible] Jenkins

[Right column, transcription doubted:]
[Illegible] 
[Illegible]
Burnell [Illegible]
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
William [Illegible]
[Illegible]
Philip [Illegible]
Hugh Innes
John [Illegible]
[Illegible] Heard
Fredk Rivers
James Major
James [Illegible]
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Unionville S. C
April 23 183?

Sir
Inclosed you have the
Evidince of claim to a Revolutionary
pension, on account of Mary
Choice, Widow of William Choice
Late a Revolutionary Pensioner of
the United States: The Testimony
seems to be complete.
Be pleased to cause the
case to be reported to me
I have the honor to be
Your Obt Servt
D Wallace

Hon James E Heath
War Depart
Washington
D C
Page 35

William Choice
South Carolina
Suspended
See letter to Wm Choice Jr
May 7th 1842
Same May 13th 1842
[Illegible] July 24.47
to same [Illegible] 10 '48
Act June 7th 183?
Page 36

House Reps US
Washington Feby 14th 1853

Sir
Mary Choice, widow of Wm
Choice, a Revolutionary soldier of
South Carolina, is an applicant for
a pension, the said William Choice
having been a pension [sic]
This case has been long
delayed although I believe all the
necessary proof is on file, I
presume the case has been overlooked
by inadvertence. May I hope the
case will be immediately reported
to me?
I have the honor to be
Your Obt Servt
D Wallace

P. C Johnston Esq
Pension Bureau
Washington 
D.C.
Page 37

No 14.334
Mary Choice
Wo of William
So Carolina
Act 7 July 1838
Let M. Thompson May 22 /57
Hon D. Wallace Dec 17.51
same May 4 /52
Same Feb 22/53
Page 38

South Carolina  
Greenville District
Before me personally 
appeared Capt William
choice a resident citizen of this district aged
55 years who being first sworn according to law 
says that the family register surendered with
and to sustain the claim of his mother Mary
Choice for a pension as the widow of William
Choice late of Greenville District deceased was
the original register a part of which was in
the hand writing of his said father and as
such was always keep in the family from his
first recollection and that he believes the same
to be correct and would refer the department
to the evidence on file to sustain the claim of
this further the said William Choice's claim
under act of June 7th 1832 in which the
time of the mariage is set forth and that there
is no public records of either births or marriages
keep in Greenville District in which his said father
and mother "the said Mary Choice" were married
as set forth
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me this 27th Feby 1852
William Choice
D Hoke C of PMC off
Page 39

The State of South Caroline
Greenville District 
I D Hoke
Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions do
hereby certify that Capt William Choice who swore ┃
to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before
me is a respectable citizen of this District and
his statements are entitled to full credit I do
further certify that the records of this Office
affords no evidence of either births or marriages
and that there is no public of this character kept
in this District
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office and Greenville Court House
this 27th day of February 1832
D Hoke ccg
Page 40

No 1,199 [or 1,111]
Mary Choice Dec
widow of William
S. C
Act 29 July 1848,
Regt under Act 7 July 1838

Married before 1800
Hus decd 1843

Admd 13 mos for $43.33
per annum, commencing
4 March 1848 & ending
6 October 1848. payable
Tully Choice
Wm Choice
Josiah Choice
Cyrus Choice
Jefferson Choice
Nancy Cobb &
Aralinta Dial, only
Survg children

Hon D. Wallace
H of R
Page 41

House Reps US
Washington May 5th 1852

Sir
I am this moment in receipt of your
letter of the 4th Inst, in which you say
"No additional evidence has been
received in the case of Mary Choice, widow
of Wm of S.C. Since my Report to you
the 17th December last, &c"
In reply
I have to inform
you, that some weeks after I received
your report of the 17th December last, 
I filed additional evidence in the
case of Mary Choice, meeting the
points of objection made in your
report to Col Thompson. This evidence ┃
doubtless on file, but may have
ben overlooked in the hurry of
business.

I have the honor to be
Your Obt Servt
D Wallace

Hon J. E. Heath
Page 42

House Reps US
Washington July 3d 1830

Sir
I am requested to call up
the case of William Choice late
of South Carolina decd, who was
a soldier & officer in the
Virginia Militia in the the War of
the Revolution. The inclosed
letters from yourself, will afford
An index to the case.
I was long &  well acquainted 
with WilliamChoice, the soldier
Refered to. He was an eminent
citizen to the day of his death
& his declaration are entitled to
full faith & credit.
I would be glad to have
a report of the precise testimony
needed to establish his claim.
I have written to Virginia for
Record evidence
I have the honor 
to be &c
D Wallace

Hon J. L Edwards
Page 43

Greenville So Ca
26 April 1842-
Dear Sir,

Herein is the original
Declaration of William Choice
Senr. my father, for a Pension
with such papers and evidence
as he is able at this day to
procure, which you will
please examine and advise
me of the result--
I have the honor to be
Very Resptfy
Yr obt. Servt
William Chase Jr
Page 44

Greenville S. C.
Wm Choice Jr.
Inc. the commission of
his father as a Lieut Revy
War
C173 [or 6173] Rec May 9. 1842
Pension Office

S. C.
Page 45

Greenville So Ca.
Sir,
Last night I received the inclosed
from my father who resides some
twenty miles from this by mail which
he expected to accompany his
pension papers which I had previously
forwarded to. I now inclose this
commission not with expectations
that it will do more than form an
item in the chain of circumstances
to which he has deposed- Please
connect this with the other papers
already forwarded. I suppose
Gov. Benj Harrison's hand
writing is well known in the
Department-
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt Servt
William Choice Jr.
Page 46

Pension Office
May 13th 1842
Sir,
The Commission in 1783 of William
Choice Senr as Lieutenant of the militia of
Henry County has been received and filed with
the other papers. No service being rendered 
under that commission it does not advance the
adjustment of his claim
I am Very respectfully
Yr Mo. Obt St.
J L Edwards
Page 47

I wrote to the Sec. of War the 4th Feby
1843 W Choice

Pension Office
May 7th 1842
Sir,
The claim of William Choice has
been examined and filed.
He sets forth certain terms of service in the
Virginia militia without producing any witness
of either. Although he delay of presenting his claim
may have curtailed the amount of proof within
his reach, it is not to be doubted that he may obtain
among the survivors now in Halifax and
Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia, testimony of any
service actually rendered, and claimants are
required to adduce the best attainable evidence.
The alleged tour of 5 months is inconsistent
with the terms prescribed by law limiting them
to  3 months.
I am, Very respectfully
Yr. Mo. Obt St
J.L. Edwards

William Choice Jr Esqr.
Greenville
South Carolina
Page 48

Greenville So Ca.
4th Feby. 1843
Sir,
Yours of the 7 May last
in relation to my Fathers
claim for a Pension, was
received in due time-- Since,
I have seen him and enquired ┃
if he knew of any one living
by whom his services as a
soldier in the Revolution could
be proved, and he says he
knows of none as his cotemporaries
and associates in Va.
have all either died or removed
long since to parts unknown
to him, that all those persons in
the south such as his brother
Brothers-in-law and others
who knew of his services are
dead, so that at present or at
the time of making the declaration
it was impossible to procure
the required evidence.
Page 49

On the 30th ult. Father completed
his Eighty seventh year from
which the great difficulty in
fact the almost impossibility
of finding survivors who were
old enough during the Revolution
to prove any event connected
with it, may be inferred.
His case must therefore be
submitted upon the evidence
already adduced as now [sic]
other is attainable-
I am very respectfully
Jr. Obt Servt
William Choice Jr.
Page 50

State of South Carolina
Greenville District 
I Robert McKay Clerk of
the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas for
the State and District aforesaid do hereby certify
that satisfactory evidence has been furnished and
exhibited at the office of the said Court proving
that William Choice Senr of the aforesaid
District of Greenville one of the surviving soldiers
of the Revolution and an applicant for a Pension
under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
died at his late residence in said District and
State on the Thirtieth day of September A.D
Eighteen hundred and forty three (1843) leaving
a widow whose name is Mary who now
resides at the residence of her deceased husband
in Greenville District South Carolina
In witness of all which I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of the said
Court at Office in Greenville this
31st day of May 1847
Robert McKay
Page 51

Washington March 4th 1852
Sir
I have the honor to enclose additional
evidence in the Revolutionary pension claim
Mary  Cchoice, widow of William Choice
of S. C.
I am instructed to inform you, that
the family Register surrendered with the
papers is in this case, was the original
Register of the Choice family, & not a copy
is been supposed.
the marriage was proved I also
learn, in the application for a pension
for William Choice the Husband & it
may be seen with the papers in that
case.
The proof for the Husband, is
for the Widows claim, under 
the acts of 1838 + 1848, without
additional evidence.
Mrs Choice did the fall of
1848, as shown by the Certificate
of the presiding Judge; who heard
Page 52

the proof & certified to the fact
I have the honor to be
Your Obt Servt
E Wallace

Hon J E Heath.
Page 53

Washington Feb. 12th 1851
Sirs
I herewith inclose the
declaration &c of Mary Choice
Widow of William Choice of South 
Carolina, for whose revolutionary
services, a pension was not long
given out from the United States
as will appear by references to
the files in your office.
Ther [sic] Marriage being clearly
established, she is entitled to a
pension under the act of July 7th
1828. March 3rd 1842. June 17
1844, Feby 2d 1848, & out [Illegible]
resolution of July 1 1848.
An early action on the claim
is respectfully, but earnestly solicited.
I have the honor to be your obt. ser't
M. Thompson

To
Hon J. E. Heath, C.P.
Page 54

Yorkville S.C.
31th August 1855.

The Com of Pensions
Will Pleas find pension
certificate of Mary Choice widow
of William late of Greenville
District decd which I wish canselled
and one [illegible] payable to the
Executor Jefferson choice
Cyrus Choice was dead
before the claim of Wm Choice
was admitted.
Pleas attend to this as soon ┃
as convenient and report to me
at Yorkville S.C.
Very Respectfully yours,
A.S. Wallace

Hon J Minot Comm of Pensions
Page 55

House kept
Washington Dec 14 1851

Sir
As the claim of Mary Choice,
widow of William Choice, has been some
time on file & not reported, and as
your duties in the case is merely
Ministerial under the satute (&
only requires that a certificate
be issued, for the amount her
husband received, I hope it
will not be longer delayed.
I have the honor to be
Widow
your obt servt
D Wallace

Hon J E Heath
Page 56

Brief in the case of Mary Choice
Greenville County and State of S. Carolina
act 29 July 1848

Claim, (original, [crossed out: or "for increase."])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner
Traditionary proof of marriage &
ages of children

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

Name and residence of Agent
Hon D. Wallace
H of R

S Cole
Examining Clerk,
Page 57

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, W. 3656, it appears that William Choice was born
January 30, 1756, in Halifax (that part which was later
Pittsylvania) County, Virginia.
While residing in Pittsylvania (that part which was a
later Henry) County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring
of 1776, and served three months in Captain Thomas Dillard's
Company (his brother, Tully Choice, was ensign in
this company); [crossed out: they] went on the expedition to [crossed out: Gywn's] [inserted: Gwyn's]
Island; [crossed out: and] [inserted [fall 76] he later served three months in Captain Jesse
Heard's Company, Colonel Christie's Virginia Regiment in
the expedition against the Cherokee Indians, [inserted: to the Holstore?? ILLEGIBLE]
In the spring of 1779, he marched to North Carolina
in Captain Frederick Reeves' Company of Virginia Militia.

[In the right margin:}
This letter addressed to JJ
Mrs Swain - see Tully Choice
W. 3774

-3-
Page 58

His captain was taken sick and he served in Captain William
Witchin's (?) Company, Colonel Mason's Virginia Regiment
(his brother, Tully Choice, was lieutenant in this
company), he was in the battle of Stono, and served about
five months.
[Inserted between lines: about time but Genl]
He served one month in Captain Jesse Heard's Company
and about two weeks in Colonel Lyon's Regiment, no dates
of this service given. It is also stated that he was a
lieutenant in Captains Hill's and Cunningham's Companies,
no specific dates of these services given.
He was appointed January 10, 1781, second Lieutenant
in the Henry County, Virginia Militia, and appointed
lieutenant March 28, 1785, in the same militia company.
Pension was allowed on his application executed
April 4, 1842, at which time he was living in Greenville
District, South Carolina, having moved there from Virginia,
in the [crossed out: 178?] [iserted: 1784].
He died September 30, 1843, in Greenville District,
South Carolina,
He married May 11 [inserted: 10], 1786, in Laurens District, South 
Carolina, Mary McDonald.
Pension was allowed on her application executed

-4-

100
Page 59

September 13, 1848, at which time she was living in 
Greenville District, South Carolina, aged eighty-one years.
She died there October 6, 1848.
Their children were:
Tully......... December 18, 1787.
Ann.......... July 30, 1790.
Mary........ July  7, 1792, died August 12, 1792.
John.......... October  11, 1793.
William...... October 24, 1796.
Cyrus.......... October 18, 1799.
Aralinta....... July  20, 1802.
Sophia......... October 19, 1805.
Josiah........... March  28, 1808.
Jefferson..... April 29, 1811.

The following children surviived their mother, William
Choice of Greenville District, South Carolina; 
Josiah Choice, of Greenville District, South Carolina;
Tully Choice of Greenville District, South Carolina;
Jefferson Choice, of Spartanburg District, South Carolina;
Cyrus Choice, of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Nancy, wife of 
Samuel Cobb, of Cherokee County, Alabama; Aralinta, 
wife of Joseph Dial, of Cherokee County, Georgia.
Very truly yours

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

[Penciled in:] Cyrus died after mother
refered to
as deceased 1851

Tully died
ref 1855 as
decd
in Greenville
Dist.
[illegible]
wife or 
chil

-5-
Page 60

Gray Court, S.C.
Feb. 22, 1989.

[Penciled in left margin:]
Stamp gone 
when rec. in Rev
& 1812 Wars
[Illegible]

Veterans Administration Board
Dear Sirs,
Will you please be so kind
as to give me the Revolutionary War
record of William Choice
service Virginia. He was a lieutenant
during Revolutionary 
War, and a Pensioner under
Act of Congress approved
1832.
William Choice's house
at time of his death was in
Laurens County, S.C. He married
Mary McDonald in Lanrens
County S.C. 1786
I shall appreciate the inform
mation you may be able to give
me of his Revolutionary record
Page 61

under whom, where, and
me he served _ was any militia
service given?

Very truly
Miss Emma McSwain Dial,
Gray Court, S.C.
Page 62

J. J. McSWAIN
4TH DIST. SOUTH CAROLINA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DIXON D. DAVIS
SECRETARY

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
September 27, 1929.

Hon. Earl D. Church,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Church:
Please have the records in the Revolutionary War
Division of your office searched and furnish me
a report on what you find of the military service of
the two following persons:

Captain Tully choice who served from the State of
Virginia.

William Choice, perhaps a private in the Revolutionary
War who enlisted from Virginia but later removed to
South Carolina.

Yours very respectfully,
J J McSwain
Page 63

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3656

Mary Choice
Widow
William Choice
Pvt Rev. War

Act: July 29, 1848
Index: -- Vol. A. Page 128

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1929. Sept 30. Hist to Hon J. J. McSwain
1939. Mch 17 Hist to Hon Mrs Emma Mc S Dial [illegible]
Page 64

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District } Ss

Personally came M Berry and 
Tandy Walker
and being duly sworn according to law
and on oath say that they have been
well acquainted with William Choice
who has made the annexed declaration
in order to obtain a pension, for a
number of years, and that he has been
reputed in the neighbourhood and believed
to have been a soldier of the revolution
and served his country as he has stated
and that we are of that opinion and
belief; and further that the said
William Choice is a man of good character
and whose veracity is unquestioned
Sworn to and subscribed before
me the th day of April 1842
W Blannegan
Micajah Berry
Tandy Walker

W Blasingame
J ?
Page 65

C167
35352

William Choice
S. Carolina

Act 7. June '32
Page 66

William Choice
S. Carolina

admitted
Private 13 months $43.33
per an [illegible] March
1831 to [crossed out: 13] [inserted: 30th] 4 Sept 1843
when he died. [illegible]
to children, William
Choice Josiah Choice
Tully Choice Jefferson
Choice Cyrus Choice
Nancy Cobb & Aralinta
Dial

Act 7 June 3?

Hon J. L. Orr
H. R.
Page 67

The Deposition of Jesse Kerly S of Warren
County Kentucky taken at his residence in sd
County the Friday the 11th day of August 1848
to be used and read as evidence in the matter
of the application of Mrs Mary Choice for a
pension. This deponent being first duly
sworn on the Holy Evangelists to tell the truth
the whole truth and other but the truth
in the matter above named upon his oath deposeth
and saith that he will be ninety one
years old on the 23d day of October next _
That he was a soldier of the Revolutionary 
War _ and resided during the period of the war
in Henry County Virginia _ That from his
early boy whood [sic], he was acquainted with William
Choice, who also lived in said County of Henry &
State of Virginia prior to and during the war _
That this deponent married Sophia Choice
the sister of said William Choice, in said County
and State, and his said wife yet lives--
Deponent served one tour in the Army of the
Revolution with William Choice - During this
Tour, according to deponents best recollection
said Choice held the rank and discharged the
duties of Second Lieutenant in the company
of Capt Hill (if deponent rightly recollects the
Page 68

name, for he did not himself belong to that company)
Lieutenant Choice was an older man than this
deponent _ and had served according to deponents
best recollection, and which is quite distinct in
the subject, two tours before the one under Hill
just spoken of _ The first of these was under
Capt Dillard. The second under Capt
Cunningham. He was a Lieutenant under
Cunningham - a Brother of his was a
Lieut: under Dillard _ Deponent by conversation
with his wife and from his own recollection
is unable to state with great confidence that
Luntenant Choice served on these various
tours upwards of a year _ The tour under
Hill was a short one, not longer perhaps than three
months _ Those under Dillard & Cunningham
were longer-- that under Dillard was near
or quite nine months in duration _ He is less
assured as to the length of service under Cunningham. 
He was marched under him to South Carolina
and was at the battle of Stono _
altho witness was not with Lieut Choice
under Cunningham & Dillard, he knows and
States the fact that sd Choice belonged to them
Companies-- that he marched out-remained
and returned with them _
Page 69

Deponent can not fix date with certainly - He has
nothing with which to refresh his memory concerning
them. He can not therefore state the precise
years or periods within which the services of
Lieut Choice were rendered _ He can state
however that he was a brave, active & efficient
young officer _ That he was out in the
service at various periods and at various
intervals throughout the revolution _ and
whilst deponent remembers the particular
tours he has before mentioned, the sd Choice
may have been out in other tours, which this
deponent can not now recollect _
Some two years after the close of the war
and after deponent had married the sister of sd
Choice, he and sd choice removed from Henry
County Virginia to Greenville County, District
96, South Carolina _ and deponent lived in
that state about Eleven years and then removed
to Kentucky _ in which state he has continued
to live ever since _
Deponent would state, in addition to the
facts all ready detailed as personally known
to him,  that sd William Cain was well
known to have been an officer and to
have actually served, in the Revolutionary War
in the neighborhood where he resided
Page 70

both in Virginia and South Carolina _
Deponent is well acquainted with Mary
Choice, the present applicant and the indow
of sd William Choice _ He was at the
Marriage of her and the sd Wm Choice and
gave them wedding dinner afterwards
They were married about the year 1786 in
the spring of that year - and further short
saith not
Jessee X his mark Kerby
Witness
W Henderwood

Sworn to & subscribed before
me, the date above
John Smith JP

Also the Deposition of Sophia Kerby wife of Jessee
Kerby as above named, taken at the same time
and place and for the purpose stated in the
captions to the preceeding deposition of sd Jessee
This deponent being first duly sworn on the
Holy Bible to tell the truth the whole truth
and nothing but the truth in the matter above
stated, upon her oath deposeth and saith
That she will be eighty eight years old on the
23d September next _ that she is the sister
Page 71

of William Choice, now decd, late of Greenville
County, South Carolina _ She of course
can make no statement from her own knowledge
of the actual services of her brother William
in the War of the Revolution _ In the
early part of the war she lived with her Brother _
but deponent was married in the year 1778 and
wand to live with her brother then _ She well
remembers his going out into the service, joining
the army _ and staying away from home for
months at a time and coming back when
the tours were out _ She knows he was out
under Dillard, Cunningham & Hill and her
recollection is that he was out under others
besides these _ Her recollection is that he was out
some six times in all _ And she has no
hesitation in saying that he was out in all
more than a year _ The first tour he was
about began about the last of March and
he got back past before Christmass. This
was the time he went out as a minute
Man with Capt Dillard. They were
given some five or six months when he
was at Stono in the South _ He was
known to all the neighbors in Henry County
(she thinks it was then Pitsylvania) to have
Page 72

served in the revolutionary war _ and when he was
away on their tours the family knew & understood
that he was in the army _ sent word to him to the
army _ received word from him from the
any &c &c. From these mattifluid facts
she may well say she knows he was in
the revolutionary army and served during the
period of his absences on his several tours
as above stated _ and from his recollection of the
time he was thus out she would say he was
in the service from twelve to fifteen months
She further states that she too knows
Mary Choice, her Brothers widow _ was at the
weidding &c. From her recollection, which is
strengthened & refreshed by the date of the birth
of one of her children, her brother was married
to sd Mary in the 10th May 1786.
She [illegible] & concurs with her husband in
his statements as to their removal from Va
to South Carolina & thence to Ky &c &c
And further deponent saith not
Sophia X her mark Kerby

Witness
W Hederwood
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this date above
John Smith JP
Page 73

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Warren County- Sct
Be it remembered that on this 11th
day of August 1848 at the house of Jesse
Kerby Sr in sd County of Warren the preceeding
Deposition of the sd Jesse Kerby Sr and Sophia
Kerby, were taken, sworn to and
subscribed before me, in manner & form
as stated in the captions thereof _ That 
the sd Jesse Kerby and Sophia Kerby are
well known to me _ that they are persons
of the highest respectability and that the
statements on oath are entitled to full faith
and credit _ That I believe them to be of
the age they respectively state  _  And that
from age & consequent bodily dibility [sic] the said
Sophia Kerby would not well have made this
deposition at Court or have attended Court (rather  I for
the purpose of giving it _Given under
my hand as a Justice of the peace of the
County & State aforesaid
John Smith JP
Page 74

State of Kentucky
Warren County. I Atwood G Hobson Clerk of the
County Court of Warren County _ do certify that
John Smith is a Justice of the peace for said
County, duly qualified & acting as such and that the
foregoing signature purporting to be his
genuine _
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said County at Bowling
Green this 12th day of August
1848.
A G Hobson
Page 75

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District
I Robert McKay Judge of the
Court of Ordinary for the District and
State oforesaid certify that it has been
shewn in Evidence to the satisfaction
of the Court to wit by Capt. Roger Loveland
and W. M. Goodlett that Tully Choice Son of
William and Mary Choice late Pensioners
of the United States of Greenville District
South Carolina [inserted: deceased] departed this life in
Greenville District in the State aforesaid
having neither wife or children
Surviving and that William Choice, Josiah
Choice, Jefferson Choice, Nancy Cobb and
Aralinta Dial are now the only surviving
children and all now twenty one
years of age of the said William and
Mary Choice above named, and that
Jefferson Choice, is the Executor of the
said deceased, duly qualified according to
Law. And this certificate is made to
have the Pension Certificate of Mary Choice
deceased cancelled and have reissued in Liew
thereof issued payable to Jefferson Choice 
qualified executor of the last Will and testament
of the above named deceased
Given under my hand and seal
of office, at Greenville Court House
Page 76

this 31st 
day of August A.D. 1855
I further certify that the
witnesses are reputable
citizens of said District
and [maybe:] disinterested. The facts
above stated are known to the
undersigned
Robt McKay
Ordinary Greenville District
South Carolina

[Crossed out, at bottom of this document:]

So Carolina

Act 29 July 1848

Mary Choice widow
of William_
Issue new certificate in
lieu of that of 3 March
1853 (surrendered &
similar to it except
that is to be made
payable to Jefferson
Choice Exec of said
Mary, for the benefit
of her only [illegible]
Page 77

City of Washington
District of Columbia
Personally appeared
William Choice before
me and deposed on oath that the late
William Choice of Greenville District and
State of South Carolina a soldier in the
War of the Revolution and who [crossed out: has] made
application to be placed on the Pension Roll
of the United States departed this life on
the thirtieth day of September 1843,
That his wife Mary Choice survived him
a short time and deceased in 1847
The said William Choice left surviving
him the following named children
as also did the said Mary his widow
to wit, this affiant William Choice now
a citizen of Greenville in the State of South
Carolina, Joseph Choice. Tully Choice both
of whom reside in the State & District
last aforesaid. Jefferson Choice of Spartanburg
District in the same state aforesaid
Cyrus Choice now a resident in the Town of
Santa Fe New Mexico, Nancy Cobb
late Nancy Choice the wife of Samuel
Cobb residing in Cherokee County in the
State of Alabama, Aralinta Dial
late Araminta Choice wife of Joseph
Dial residing in Cherokee County in
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in the State of Georgia, in all Seven
Children, to wit William Choice Josiah
Choice, Tully Choice, Jefferson Choice
Cyrus Choice Nancy Cobb & Aralinta
Dial. These being all the surviving
children of the late William Choice,
William Choice
Sworn to & Subscribed
this 31st July 1850
before me
W Thompson

I am personally acquainted with Mr William Choice
who has subscribed the above affidavit, I have
known him for many years _ he is a gentlemen
of probity wealth, and unquestionable integrity
and full credence is due any statement
which he may make
James L Orr