Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8100, William Brittain, N.C.

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NC  Brittain William S8100

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North Carolina

William Brittain
of Buncombe County in the State of N. C.
who was a Pr: the Command by Captain ________
of the [illegible] command by Col: McCauly in the N.C. line for ____6 months

Transcribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of $20 Dollars -cents per annum to commence of the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Feby 1834 and N.W. Woodfin
Ashville N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 33  50-
Semi-anl allowance ending [illegible] 34  10-

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by M. Rice
Book 6   Vol. 6 yr Page 6.

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No 17635

William Brittan of Buncomb
County North Carolina

Rev [illegible]

[crossed out- Admit as a private illegible]

4.14
Admit as a private
6 mo apl  30 '33  $20
P 362

[very faint illegible script]

Suspended [illegible]
23 Sept: 1833-
[illegible] W. Wood [illegible]
Buncomb County NC

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Brief in the case of William Brittain
of Buncombe County in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Yes

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No

3. How old is he?  70 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[illegible]- In 17
The time of Col. Tarlton's defeat

3 Months  as a Sergeant  under Col. McCauley
3 Months as a private under Col. Joseph McDowell  Capt. Smith

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  in Orange County, North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witness and traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective the applicant has not stated in what year he entered the service nor has the Clerk of the Court certified to the official of [illegible] Justice of peace

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Reind Key Watts Examining Clerk

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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
Court of pleas and quarter sessions July sessions 1833
On this .... day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county aforesaid now in sessions William Brittain a resident in the said county of Buncombe and the aforesaid aged seventy one 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 the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Henry Wood who had been drafted for three months and that he served under the command or sup[illegible]  of Col. McCalley in Hillsborough in this state as a guard to guard the Tories whom we had in prison. there were twenty five of us and were called the Sergeants Guard that he remained stationed at Hillsborough in North Carolina for three months and was for the whole of that time there in the service of aforesaid as a Sergeant that there was no Captain with the Guard nor other officer higher than a Sergeant in which office this applicant and one Thomas Bivins served, but we were occasionally visited by Col. McCalley  that at the end of his three months tour he received a discharge from Col. McCalley at the last of April or first of May 1779. That he again volunteered in the service of the United States the first of November 1780 under Col. Joseph McDowell who marched us to what was then called the Upper Fort on the head of the Catawba River in Burke County in this state where we met Capt. Daniel Smith when this applicant and twenty four others were left with Captain Smith to strengthen his forces at the fort that they were stationed at said point for three months in guarding the fort. That nothing of importance occurred more than that two of our men were killed by the Indians that at the end of the three months he was discharged by Captain Daniel Smith on the last of January or the first of February 1781 That he has no documentary evidence of his service as he never took care of his discharges he lost them. That he knows no living witnesses by whom he can confirm the first term of his service having moved 250 miles from Hillsborough where he served. that he can prove the last term of three months by Samuel Patton who was in the service with me and now residing in Asheville Buncombe County only a few miles from me that there is no other existing living in the county known to this applicant by whom he can prove his service Capt. Daniel Smith having died in this neighbourhood a few years since. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the

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Buncombe County only a few miles from me that there is no other witness living in the county known to this applicant by whom he can prove his service Capt. Daniel Smith having died in this neighbourhood a few years since. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the role of this agency of any state.
Wm. Brittain
Sworn to and subscribed in open court July 1st 1833
Test. John Miller Clk
By N. W. Woodfin DC

Question 1st. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer 1st. I was born in Orange County North Carolina on the 7th day of February 1762


Question 2nd. have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer 2nd I have a record of my age at home, the record that my father left me

Question 3rd. Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since and where do you now live?
Answer 3rd I was living in Orange County in North Carolina when I was called into service at Hillsborough the first tour mentioned in the foregoing declaration. I was living in Burke County No. Carolina when called in the other tour I lived in Burke County untill about 1788 or 89 when I moved to Buncombe County North Carolina where I now live.

Question 4th How were you called into the service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom 
Answer 4th I was a substitute for one Henry Wood the first three months of my service and the last time I volunteered.

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 and the general circumstances of your service 
Answer 5th There were no regular officers nor troops where I served I knew no continental regiments. Col. McCalley commanded a regiment of the militia near where I served at Hillsborough but I do not know what was was its number or name. Col. Joseph McDowell commanded a militia regiment in Burke County where I served the last tour were all the regiments of which I have any recollection as for the general circumstances of my service the period was so short and the changes so few that I believe they are stated in the foregoing declaration as minutely as I can conveniently do.

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Question 6th Did you receive a discharge and if so where is it and by whom was it given.
I received a discharge from my first term of service given by Col. McCalley but I have lost it and have not seen it in many years, from the last tour I was discharged by Capt. Daniel Smith but am not certain whether he gave me a written discharge or not - if he did, I have lost it. 

Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for [illegible] and their belief of your service as a soldier.
Answer 7th William Kimzey and James M. SmithC
Wm Brittain
Test John Miller Clk
By N. W. Woodfin Clk

We William Kimsey a clergyman residing on    , in Buncombe County North Carolina in the neighbourhood of William Brittain- and James M. Smith a citizen residing in the same neighbourhood hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brittain who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion 
Wm. Kimzey
James Smith

Sworn to and subscribed in open court July 1st 1833
Test John Miller Clk by N. W. Woodfin 
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and that he served as he states and the court do further certify that it appears to them that William Kimzey who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in this county in the same neighbourhood with William Brittain and that James M. Smith who has also signed the same certificate is a citizen of this same neighbourhood and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
E. Hightower 
John Thrash
John Clayton

State of North Carolina 
Buncombe County 
I John Miller Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter session for said county hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Brittain for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office the    day of July 1833
John Miller Clerk
By N.W. Woodfin D.Clk

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State of North Carolina 
Buncombe County    John Clayton

I John Miller clerk of the court of pleas and quarters session for said County hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of William Brittain for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office the    day of July 1833
John Miller Clerk
By N. W. Woodfin Dblk


State of North Carolina
Buncombe County 

This day came Samuel Patton before me John Clayton a Justice of the Peace for said county and after being first duly sworn according to law on his oath states that he served a tour of three months in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution with William Brittain who has made and sworn to the foregoing declaration that this is the same William Brittain and that he served three months in the service of the United States in the Revolution with this deponent under Captain Daniel Smith at the upper Fort near the head of the Catawba River in Burke County in this state in latter part of the year 1780 and the first of 1781 as this deponent believes that they have been ever since acquainted and he believes the applicant to be a man of [illegible] and entitled to due credit.
[illegible] John Clayton J. P.
Samuel Patton X his mark

I John Clayton who attests the above affidavit hereby certify that Samuel Patton who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit is a credible man that he is generally respected in the neighbourhood to be a man entitled to due credit, and I being well acquainted with him concur in that opinion.

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County 
County Court Office
I John Miller Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county hereby certify that John Clayton Esquire who has made the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in & for this county that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that his acts are entitled to due faith and credit.
Certified under my hand and the seal of office 
By John Miller Clk
N. W. Woodfin DBlk

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May 28, 1925

Mrs. M. T. Norris
205  Capital Apartments
Raleigh, North Carolina

Madam:
I have to advise you, that, from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-8100, it appears that William Brittain was born February 7, 1762 in Orange County, North Carolina and while living there enlisted February 1, 1779 and served three months as a sergeant in Colonel McCauley's North Carolina Regiment.
While living in Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted November 1, 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Daniel Smith's Company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina Regimet.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832 while residing in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
There is no data on file as to family.
Respectfully
Wilder S. Metcalf

Commissioner

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1921 Apr. 27 Hist. to Mrs. Pearl L. Taylor
1923-July 13-Hist. to Phoebe Norman
1925 May 28 Hist. to Mrs. M. J. Norris
1927 Jan. 7- Hist. to Mrs. J. P. Kitchin
1927 Mch4 Mrs. J. P. Kitchin adv as to how to get date of death
1935 Dec 6- Hist. to Mrs. Clem B. Wilson see her letter in Burrell Brand S.6698
1938 July 7. Hist. to Memorial Branch
19938 Sept. 17 "    "

8100 
INVALID
William Brittain
Priv. Rev. War

Act : June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. Set, Page 45
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Pension Office US
May 24 1923

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3-049
Wx. AW     Rev. War Section

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C. May 11, 1923

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit and return to this Bureau,
First name of widow
Name of soldier:  William Brittain
P.O. address of claimant: at enlistment and after service : Horse Pen Creek N.C.
Company........
Regiment.........
State where enlisted..North Carolina
Date of birth.......
Date of death......
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply
Washington Gardner 
Commissioner

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Wm. Brittain
17635

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State of N.C.
Buncombe County 
Court of Pleas and quarters Sessions October 1832

On this 10th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court Wm. Brittain a resident in the County and State of N. Carolina aged between 70 and 71 years who being first duly sworn according to the 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 volunteered and served two three months tours first he volunteered a tour of three months in Orange, NC detached by order Col McCauly and served in a sergeants command of which command Thomas Bivins was first & he was second sergeant of a guard to guard the Tories in Hillsborough and and taking of Governor Burke by the Tories he then obtained a discharge from Col McCauley and went home.
And after that he removed to Burke in N.C. Volunteered again under the Command of Col Joseph McDowel who came in person with a detachment to what was called the uper fort near the head of the Catawba River and [illegible} them with himself to the command of Captain Smith and there remained untill the time was over & was dismissed by Capt Smith within which time Col Tarlton was defeated by Genl. Morgan at the Battle of the Cowpens
Sworn to & subscribed October the 18th 1832 
William Brittain
John Miller
By [illegible]

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I Nathan Harrison clergyman of the county of Buncombe & state of No. Carolina & Samuel Davidson of the state & county aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wm. Brittain who has sworn & subscribed the above declaration, that we believe he is between 70 & 71 years of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed this day aforesaid
Test. John Miller Clk [illegible]
By N W Woodfin  Nathan Harrison

He [illegible] every claim [illegible] for a pension or annuity except the present  & believes that his name is not on the Pension Role agency of any state .
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year above written. Wm. Brittain
Test John Miller Clk
By N. W. Woodfin D.C.

And the said court do hereby certify 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 we further certify that the same Nathan Harrison who signed the pending certificate is a clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the applicant and that Samuel W. Davidson who also signed the said certificate is a resident of the same neighbourhood and that he is credible person and that their statement is entitled to trust.
I John Miller Clerk of the Court of aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court of the application of William Brittain for a pension in testimony whereof  I have herewith set my hand and fixed the seal of office John Miller Clk this day and of as aforesaid By N. W. Woodfin D. C.

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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
This day came Samuel Patton before me Isaac P. Poor one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and made oath in the form of law who deposeth William Brittain and sayeth that he served a tour of the upper Fort (under David Smith) near the head of the Catawba River in Burke County. Sworn to and subscribed this the 17th Oct 1832
X his mark
Samuel Patton

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County

This day came Samuel Patton before me Isaac P. Poor one of the Justices of the peace for said County and made oath in our form of law that William Brittain and himself did serve a tour of three months at the Upper Fort near the head of Catawba River in Burke County under David Smith.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 17 day of Octr. 1832 
His mark

I. P. Poor J.P.
Samuel P. Patton

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Pension Office US
Apr 18 1923

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Jasper Indiana

2 ct stamped envelope enclosed ES

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:- Do you records show that James Brittain or William Brittain received pensions for services rendered during Revolutionary War? Thanking you,
I am 
Very truly yours
Phoebe Norman 
205 W. 4th St
Jasper, Indiana

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205 Capital Apts
Raleigh N.C.
Mar 26th 1925

Will the Dept of Interior & Revolutionary  Pensions, kindly give me Pensions Record of Mr "William Brittain" from Rowan or Buncombe Counties, as Buncombe was [illegible], and Burke from Rowan, & oblige

Mrs. M. T. Norris

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Record Division
May 2 1921

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May 3 1921 Answered

Indianapolis Ind. Apl, 28, 1921

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Dept. of Interior, Rev. War Records.
Washington D. C.

Please send one copy of war record of Wm. Albright and Wm. Brittain, who are given as pensioners of Revolutionary War, of Guildford Co. N. Carolina.
I wrote you a few weeks ago concerning the above, and fear my letter got lost and you did not receive it, there are

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several of us eligible to the D.A.R. if the Wm. Albright spoken of in the N. C. Colonial Records is our Wm. I secured the date of the death of our Wm. Albright from our old family Bible, but not his birth or name of his wife. he died Feb. 13th 1831, in Guildford Co. N. C.; now if he was the Capt Wm. Albright spoken of in the N. C. Colonial Records Vol. 8, pages 736, 735, 737 we will be eligible.
They are starting a new

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Chapter in Knightstown, (near here) in a few days, and we are very anxious to hear from you at your earliest convenience.

Thanking you for your kindness,  I am 
Very respectfully

Mrs. Pearl L. Taylor
Indianapolis 
Ind.
3528 E. Fall Creek Blvd. No. 7.

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Record Division
Apr 4 1921

[stamped]
Pension Office US
 Apr 4 1921

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3528 E. Falls Creek Blvd
Indianapolis Ind Apl, 1 , 1921

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D. C.

Kind Sir,
Please send one copy of war record of Wm. Albright and Wm. Brittain, who are given as pensioners of Revolutionary War, Guildford Co. N. C.

Thanking you for kindness, I am very respectfully Mrs. Pearl L. Taylor

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[stamped]
Office of the Commissioner 
US Bureau of Pensions
Nov 10 1926

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Mrs. Julian P. Kitchin
5 Swan Street
Biltmore , N. C.

Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D. C.                   Nov. 5, 1926

Dear Sir,
Will you please send to the above address whatever records and family data you may have on file in the pension claim of William Brittain who served in the continental line from North Carolina. I find in the North Carolina State Records that he was granted a pension. I am,
Respectfully,
Rossie R. Kitchin
(Mrs. J. P.)

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[stamped]
Office of the Commissioner
U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Jan 15 1927

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Mrs. Julian P. Kitchin
5 Swan Street
Biltmore N. C.

Jan. 13, 1927

Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

My dear sir,

Will you please give me the date of the last payment of pension claim S. 8100 of William Brittain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, for services in the Revolutionary War.
I wish this date to establish an approximate date of his death.
Respectfully,
Rossie R. Kitchin,
(Mrs. J. P.)

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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

In reply to your request of...... , received..... , for a statement of the military history of William Brittain a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
February 1, 1779
Nov. 1, 1780

Length of Service.
3 mos.
3 mos.

Rank.
Sgt.

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain Daniel Smith
Colonel McCauley
Colonel Joseph McDowell

Battles engaged in : none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Orange County
Date of application for pension: Oct 18 [illegible]
Residence at date of application: Buncombe County.
Age at date of application: born February 7, 1762 in Orange Co. N. C.
Remarks: there is no data on file as to his family.

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The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington D. C.

BA-J/AWF
William Brittain
S. 8100

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to William Brittain, soldier in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S. 8100, based on the military service of William Brittain in the War of the Revolution.

William Brittain was born February 7, 1762 in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in said Orange County, William Brittain volunteered, February 1, 1779, and served three months as second sergeant under Colonel McCauley, to guard the Tory prisoners in Hillsborough.

William Brittain moved to Burke County, North Carolina, and volunteered, November 1, 1780, served three months in Captain Daniel Smith's company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina regiment, guarding the Upper Fort at the head of the Catawba River.

He continued to live in Burke County , until sometime in 1788 or 1789, when he moved to Buncombe

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County, North Carolina.

The soldier, William Brittain, was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832, at which time he was living in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier.

The record of this soldier was furnished your office. July 7, 1938. This is the record of the only William Brittain found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who served with the North Carolina troops. The surname was searched under similar spellings.

The application for headstone for William Brittain is returned herewith, also a letter addressed to your office from Mrs. Rossie Reed Kitchen, Biltmore, North Carolina.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

March 4, 1927

Mrs. J. P. Kitchin
5 Swan St
Biltmore N. C.

Madam:

I have to advise you that in order to obtain data of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner William Brittain (S. 8100), you should apply to the Civil Division, General Accounting Office, Washington D. C., citing all of the following data-

William Brittain, Certificate No. 23473,
issued February 5, 1834, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner

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July 7, 1938

BA-J/AWF
William Brittain
S. 8100

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to William Brittain, soldier of the War of the Revolution, pension number, S. 8100.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 8100, based o n the military service of William Brittain in the Revolutionary War.

William Brittain was born February 7, 1762 in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in said Orange County, William Brittain volunteered, February 1, 1779, served three months as second sergeant under Colonel McCauley, to guard the Tory prisoners in Hillsborough.

William Brittain moved to Burke County, North Carolina, and volunteered, November 1, 1780, served three months in Captain Daniel Smith's company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina regiment, guarding the Upper Fort at the head of the Catawba River.

He continued to live in Burke County, until sometime in 1788 or 1789, when he moved to Buncombe

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County, North Carolina.

The soldier William Brittain, was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832, at which time he was living in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier.

The application for headstone for William Brittain is returned herewith, also a description of the service of said William Brittain, signed Mrs. Asbury G. Barnett, 171 Charlotte Street, Asheville North Carolina.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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December 6, 1935

Mrs. Clem B. Wilson    
108 Eighth Street
Hot Springs, Arkansas            

Burrell Branch-S.6698
William Brittain-S.8190

Dear Madam:
The record of Burrell Branch furnished herein was obtained from the papers  on file in pension claim S.6698, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

Burrell Branch was born in the year 1757 in Dobbs County, which was later Greene County, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Dobbs County, he served seventeen days, no further details of this service given.

He enlisted while residing in Duplin County, North Carolina, in the fall of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Thomas Williams' company, Colonel James Moore's North Carolina regiment; he served in the spring of 1779, three months under same officers; in both of these tours he was guarding and doing sentry duty near Wilmington. He enlisted in 1781 and served one year in Captain Joseph Rhodes' company, Colonel Blount's North Carolina regiment, and was discharged in May,1782.

Burrell Branch was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, then living in Duplin County, North Carolina.

The papers in this claim contain no reference to his family.
If you desire information relative to the last

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payment of pension, name and address of the person paid, and possible the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:

Burrell Branch
Certificate # 16792
Issued September 25, 1833
Rate $60.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

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William Brittain-S.8100

The Revolutionary War record of William Brittain which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8100, based upon his service in that war.

William Brittain was born February 7, 1762 in Orange County, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not given.

He volunteered, while residing in Orange County, February 1, 1779, served three months as 2nd sergeant under Colonel McCauley, to guard the Tory prisoners in Hillsborough.

He moved to Burke County, North Carolina, and volunteered, November 1, 1780, served three months in Captain Daniel Smith's company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina regiment, guarding the upper Fort at the head of the Catawba River.

William Brittain continued to live in Burke County until in 1788 or 1789, when he moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina. 

He was allowed pension on his application exe-

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outed October 18, 1832, at which time he was living in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

The papers in this claim contain no reference to the family of William Brittain.

If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner William Brittain, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D.C., and cite the following:

William Brittain
Certificate #23473
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1831
North Carolina Agency

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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December 6, 1935


Mrs. Clem B. Wilson
108 Eighth Street
Hot Springs, Arkansas                BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Arnett, General Daniel Smith, wife Sally Meeky, county in Tennessee where he resided named for him, and received a a pension in 1833, also, the Revolutionary War records of Peter Rucker, Arthur, Burrell, Isham, Jesse, Job, Moses, and Thomas Branch, all of North Carolina, of John Higgins of Hampshire County, West Virginia, James and John Hurst, those of James, Joseph, Mitchell, Michael, Phillip, and William Brittain, variously spelled, all of Buncombe County, North Carolina, also, War of 1812 record of Nicholas Branch.

There are no  claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of James Arnett, Peter Rucker, Arthur, Isham, Jesse, Job, and Moses Branch, Mitchell Brittain, James or John Hurst, nor of a Daniel Smith of Tennessee and with rank of general, Thomas Branch of North Carolina, James and Joseph Brittain of North Carolina, Michael or Phillip Brittain of Buncombe County, North Carolina, nor of John Higgins of Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia). The War of 1812 records do not show a claim for pension on file based upon service of a Nicholas Branch; this search of the War of 1812 records was made and reported to you in the record of Colby Rucker, R. 9061, April 26, 1935.

Please state upon what list of pensioners you

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found General Daniel Smith recorded.

The records of Burrell Branch and William Brittain are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.