Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6880, William Ganey, N.C.

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8-1776
SERVICE N.C.
Ganey, William
NUMBER S. 6880

Born in N. C. 
Carded
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No.6 Ganey,William  S6880

Born in N. C.  carded

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a few days under the command of Col. Rutlidge that they were then marched across the Cape Fear River Opposite to the town of Wilmington and marched down the South Side of Said River toward old mill near Brunswick.  I there Encamped in Tents Sometime.  I then were marched Back to the Town of Wilmington. I staid there about three days and nights and then marched about a mile below the town to a place called the Coil Spring.  I there encamped till there time of Service Expired and were discharged.  That Some time afterwards the time he does not recollect he volunteered a third time for a tour of three months under the command of Francis [blurred ink] Capt and Joab Blackman Lieut. that he was marched to the town of Wilmington where there was a Considerable Army under the Command of Colonel Rutledge and General Kenan--that when the volunteers and drafted militia were all assembled It was Ascertained that there were more soldiers than required--So a draft was ordered to see who might come home and the present applicant was drafted to come Home. He returned to his residence in Sampson County where he has lived ever since having served in the war of the revolution Six months and twelve days.

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he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
Pension or
annuity except the present and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of

the agency
of any State or of any only on that of the agency
of the State of North Carolina
&
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
In the presence
In
of
James King
James Benntet
William
his
Ganey
Mary
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questions put to the applicant by the Justices of
the peace & Justices of the Court of pleas &
quarter Sessions for Sampson County
Question Where & in what year were you born
was Born

at Ruffins mills on Big Contintay
Edgecomb  County  on the 12th Nov 1757

Pution I have you any record of your age
As I have it on a Slip of Paper Copied
from my Fathers Bible
Question 3d. Where were you living when called
into service, where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war & where do you now live
Answer I was living on the East side of great
Coharie in Sampson County County Carolina
where where Wm Cox Sen now lives

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I came to the place where I now live about fifty years ago, on the West Side of great Coharie [sic] Sampson County above five miles from where I formerly lived
Question -4th-  How were you called into Service  Were you drafted, did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute, & If a substitute for whom--
Answer   I was a Volunteer thru [serving?] for three months each time
Question 5th  State the names of Some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you Served, Such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your Service--
Answer-- I have no recollection of any regular Officers, that we were Stationed with or Served with, neither do I remember any regiments of militia that I was [sic] Served with except those Commanded by General Kenan in my third tour of Service--& that was only twelve days that I have had a faint [?] recollection of them.  I was in no Battles & chiefly confined to the Town of Wilmington.  I know of nothing particular more than I have Stated in my declaration

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Question 6th.  did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it written and what has become of it --
Answer.  I have no recollection of ever getting a written Discharge--I have recd Scrip to draw Rations & Receive pay--But the Manner of Discharging was when the time of Service expired to Call the men into Ranks, & an Officer would tell them that their time of Service had expired & they might return to their respective homes
Question 7th   State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your Character for veracity & their Belief of Your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution--
Answer--  I believe that Westbrook Lee can certify as to part of my Service, as to the Balance of my time of Service, I do not know of any person now living by whom I could prove it-- as to my character for Veracity I refer to Keder Blackman & Eldridge Thornton Esq

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I Westbrook Lee do hereby certify that I served
a tour of three months in the war of the revolution
in company with the applicant William Ganey
& I have reason to believe that he served as he states. 
Sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Westbrook Lee his mark
Jno King JP
Jos Bennett

We  Eldredge Thornton & Kedar Blackman
Farmers residing in Sampson County N. Carolina
do hereby certify that
we have known & been
Well acquainted with the applicant William
Ganey who has sworn & subscribed to the
above declaration for twenty six or seven
years, that we believe him to be 74 or 75 years
of age, that he is respected & believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been
a Soldier
of the revolution & that we concur
in that Opinion
& that we believe him
to be a man of veracity.
Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid.

Eldridge Thornton
Cader Blackman
Jno King JP
Jas Bennett

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State of North Carolina  I Thomas J Faison Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions of the County of Sampson do hereby certify that John King & James Bennett Esq whose signatures appear the foregoing Declaration & certificates were at the date acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and Sworn and that full faith and credit are their Official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of office at Clinton this 20th day
of August AD 1833 and in
the 58th Year of American Ind-
pendence
Thomas J Faison Clerk

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We John King and James Bennet Justices of
the peace as aforesaid,
do hereby declare as
our opinion after the investigation of the mattern and after putting the Interogatories presented
by the War Department
that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and
served as he states. & we further certify that
Westbrok Lee, Eldridge Thorton & Cader
Blackman, who has signed the preceding
Certificates are very respectable farmers of
this County, that they are
creditable persons & that their statements are entitled to
credit. 
We further certify that we
believe the applicant
from Bodily infirmity
is unable to attend the Court which is about
twenty one miles from his house.
Given under our hands the day & year
first above written
Jno King JP 
Jas Bennett

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August 16, 1938
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BA-J/Nos
William Ganey, S. 6880

Mrs. James DeRake
4015 Kathland Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
William Gainy of Sampson County, North Carolina, who served in the
Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S.6880, based on the military service of William Ganey.
He was born November 12, 1757, at Ruffin's Mills, Edgecombe County,
North Carolina, on the Big Contentnea. The names of his parents were not
given.
While living in Sampson County, North Carolina, on the east side
of the Great Coharie, he enlisted in the spring of 1774 and served three
months in Captain Francis Hill's North Carolina company. About twelve
months later he enlisted and served three months in Captain Francis
Hill's North Carolina company under Colonel Rutledge. Sometime afterward
he enlisted and served twelve days in Captain Francis Hills company in
Colonel Rutledge's North Carolina regiment.
William Ganey was allowed pension on his application executed
August 15, 1833, while living in Sampson County, North Carolina, on the
west side of the Great Coharie, about five miles from where he formerly
lived; he moved there about 1783.
There are no data relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
sees of Westbrook Sec
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

This service was before
commencement of Rev. but see claim of Westbrook Lee S 7143 
for description of the
second enlistment to which was in 
1775. I stated it just as soldier did
even though the aggregate service of Wm Ganey during Rev was not six mos.

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Mrs. James DeRake  4015 Kathland Avenue  
Baltimore, Maryland
July 1938
Received Jul 25 1938 
Veterans Administrator,
Pension Department,
Washington, D.
Dear Sir
It is requested that summary
of the Revolutionary War pension papers 
of William Gainy, Sampson County, No. Carolina be furnished.
Yours very truly,
Pearl C. DeRake
(Mrs. James DeRake)

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[verso]
1938 Aug. 16 hist to
Mrs James D Rake            MC

[recto]
Rev War
6880 INVALID.

No. 6880
Wiliam Ganey
Priv Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832

[ileg.] ex:--Vol. 1st, Page 137

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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TREASURY DEPARTMENTS
Second Comptroller's Office
September 14th 1839-
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, William Garney,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Twenty
Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832
has
been paid at this Department, from the
4 of March 1838
to the 4th September
1838.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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TREASURE DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
January 18th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," William Ganey, 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 18. 1837 to the 4th March
1838.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.