Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10939, James Vickers, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. L.
Vickers, James Elizabeth
R. 10939
CONTENTS

State of Illinois
Hamilton County 3 55
On this 17 th day of October 1853, personally appeared before me Eli Smith — a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general pur- poses within and for said county. Elizabeth Vickers a resident citizen of the county of Hamilton State of Illinois aged seventy one years on the first day of September of this inst one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, (1853), to me well known her estates being entitled to the fullest of credit, a lady highly respectable, and being duly sworn for the purpose on her oath makes the fol- lowing Declaration in order to obtain a pension for the Revolutionary Service of her husband, James Vickers, de- ceased agreeable to several acts of con- gress as the facts of her case may authorize the application of to her case, and under the act of the 3 rd February 1853, and of 1845. She is the identical Elizabeth Vickers who some applied for a Re- volutionary Pension heretofore through the will of John P. Barratt of Shol- ton in Illinois which applica- tion she now would have this new application make a part thereof and filed together; and considered of all

in connection, She would further state that the said James Nichols her deceased hus- band made an application for a Revolu- tionary pension, Some time before his death, he lived in White County Illi- nois, the time of his application not now exactly recollected but believe to be not far from 1835, or there about the papers are most likely on file in the Pension office and is prayed now by her to make a part of this Declaration and all confidence of together, Her husband was most certainly a a Revolutionary soldier as such was his consistent history from Declaration first acquaintance with him, and served in the Revolutionary war as a Captain Harris, and Lieut. Webb, and under and subject to General Ash, at some period or all his service; as to the period of his service in the war and particulars she relies mostly on his Declaration. She recollects her husband being, as he used to say at or near the battle of Brier Creek and spoke much of Col. Williams and of the Doctoring his wounded horse wounded in Battle. She thinks near or on Savannah River, She under- stood her husband to have served about nine months three months of which he was a spy!! She has no record of her marriage to said soldier, but to her undoubted calculation she was married to her said husband on the 18th day

of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, (1799) in Sevier County East Tennessee, by Andrew Cowan or Cowin, a justice of the peace, Declarant's oldest husband, oldest child John Wickins, being the oldest child of seven, born of the soldier's first wife, whose maiden name was Polly Johnson. Her said husband, oldest child John Wickins, was only 18 months younger than Declarant. Declarant can not give the county of her husband's residence in time of the Revolutionary war at this time; wholly relies on his papers now on file as to them particulars. Declarant would say her husband was a good and reli- gious man, a Baptist preacher before Declarant married him, served all way as a soldier, died in the stream of his acquaintance generally, he died in Hamilton County State of Illinois on the 20 day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty, (1840). That she is still his widow, Declarant is very blind and lives nearly six- teen miles from the courthouse of her county Hamilton, and is unable to attend court from bodily infirm- ity, she prays a Pension, under the laws above referred to, and such other law as may fairly apply to her case, for at least so much as may appear to be just and right referring

the whole matter to the constitutional authority to tell out her what they may think right, she has no documentary evidence of her husbands service nor of the facts & truths in this Declaration, in any of the whole matters as to her marriage nor of the death of her husband. her maiden name before her marriage was, Henry
Elizabeth Vickers mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 17. day of October 1853, before me, Eli Smith J.P.
State of Illinois Hamilton County ss.
I Eli Smith — a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general pur- poses within and for said county hereby certify that, Elizabeth Vickers who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, I know is unable to attend court she is near- ly blind and very frail she is I believe fully and exactly the age set forth by her in her Declaration she is truly of good character and is well known to me as such, I have it from reliable sources that her

Deceased husband was a man of more than ordinary good character, and that he was reputed by his acquaintance as a Revolutionary soldier, and that fact disputed by none that I have heard of; I have for years past had a good opportunity of knowing such things as I have asserted, I believe her said husband was a Revolutionary soldier, and her Declaration true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written, being the 17 day of October 1853.
Eli Smith JR
State of Illinois Hamilton County 359
on this 17th day of October, 1853, personally appeared before me Eli Smith a Justice of the peace for said county, the Reverend Jeremiah D Lewis, Minister of the Gospel in the Regular Baptist church a man of good moral character whose statements are entitled to full credit aged forty six - years and on his oath states that he was well acquainted with, and with the moral character of James Vickers the deceased husband of the foregoing applicant, for a Pension, that he was reputed as a Revolutionary soldier, by all his most

intimate acquaintance who were well well enough to be acquainted with him to be familiarly acquainted with the his long of his life, affiant believes. The forego- ing Declaration to be true to her under- standing, and substantially true in fact,
Sworn to and } 7 "J" F. Lewis Subscribed the } day and year } above written } before me } Eli Smith ER
State of Illinois } Hamilton County } ss
I John W Marshall Clerk of the County Court of said County Court of said County hereby certify that Eli Smith esq whose signature appear to the foregoing proceeding was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace for said County and the signatures purport- ing to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of November 1853. John W. Marshall Clerk

No 233
Elizabeth Vickers widow of James
St.
act 29 July 1848

State of Illinois
Hamilton County ss on this twenty eighth day of
March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine before the Subscribers two of the Judges of the County Court in and for said County at a Special Term of our said Court in open Court in and for said County personally appeared Elizabeth Vickers a resident of said County aged sixty seven years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 29 th of July 1848 that she is the Widow of James Vickers who was a private in the Revolution- ary War in the North Carolina Militia in the Company commanded by Captain Harris and if not mistaken in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Williams in the latter part of the War with Great Britain and also a term of three months as a Ranger under Captain Wallace - and she further states that she was married to the above named James Vickers some time in October seventeen hundred and ninety nine in Sevier County in the State of Tennessee by Esquire Andrew Causer and by a Licen and her name before marriage was Elizabeth Mowery - and that the said Vickers her husband died on the 20 th day of May (1848) one thousand eight hundred and forty - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services but that the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred V's at the time above stated - she further swears that she is now a Widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Elizabeth Vickers
John G. Millspaugh Henry J. Williams

State of Illinois
Hamilton County ss before the subscriber probate Justice of the peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared J G Millspaugh - Wm H Stoney and John V Stoney and after being my duly sworn as this law directs upon them oaths depose and say that they were acquainted with the above named James Vickers and Elizabeth Vickers his wife for at least nineteen or twenty years and at that time and as long as he lived he bore the character of one of the old Revolutionary soldiers and that he the said James Vickers died about the day set out in the foregoing Declaration viz the 26 of May 1840 and that she the said Elizabeth Vickers still remains his widow subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 day of March 1849
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 28 th March 1849
J. G. Millspaugh Wm. H. Stoney John V. Stoney mark
Wm. H. Marshall P.H.
I the W Marshall probate Justice above said do certify that the above named witnesses J G Millspaugh Wm H. Stoney and John V Stoney are persons entitled to credit given under my hand and seal this day and date above written
Wm. H. Marshall P.H.

State of Illinois Hamilton County) ss I Daniel Marshall Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in and for said County do hereby certify that John G. Millspaugh and Henry J. Williams whose names appear to the foregoing Declaration of Elizabeth Fickers is and was at the time of signing the same two of the Judges of the County commissioners court in and for said County and state duly commissioned and qualified to office and that the foregoing Declaration was made before them in open Court and that it is a Court of record and I further certify that Geo W. Marshall whose name appears to the foregoing Deposition of John G. Millspaugh Wm H Story and John H Story is and was at the time of signing the same a probate Justice of the peace in and for said County and state duly commissioned and qualified as such and whose faith and credit should be placed to all his official acts as such Subtestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at McLeansborough this 28 day of March 1849
(D anl , Marshall Clk)

July 31, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXX
SA-J/ENL John Thompson-S.17144 James Vickers-R.10939
Mrs.C.T.Land Enfield Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Thompson, a Revolutionary War soldier of Virginia, who was pensioned while residing in the state of Indiana and who subsequently went to White County, Illinois, where he died; also the record of James Vickers who applied for pension in White County, Illinois.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a John Thompson, of White County, Illinois. The record of a John Thompson, who served in the Virginia Troops and who received pension while residing in Knox County, Indiana, is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S/17144, based upon his military service in the War of the Revolution. There is no way for this office to determine whether or not this is the soldier in whom you are interested. The history of James Vickers is also furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R.10939, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
John Thompson S.17144
John Thompson was born in 1760, in Caroline County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Caroline County, Virginia, he volunteered sometime in 1776 and served at various times on tours, at least one year in all, until after the surrender at Yorktown as a private under

Captains John Fitzhugh, Samuel Temple, Fountain(probably meant for Fontaine), Park Goodall, George Sarrill and Edmund Pendleton in the Virginia Troops; he was in the battle of Gates' Defeat.
John Thompson was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1838, while residing in Knox County, Indiana.
He died December 20, 1835, as stated by his widow, or December 21, 1835, as shown in an official paper in the pension claim. The place of his death is not stated.
His widow, Ann, survived him and in 1837, was residing in Knox County, Indiana; there are no further particulars in regard to her and no reference is made to children.
*****
James Vickers R.10939
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Vickers are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
The soldier married Polly Johnson. The date and place of their marriage and the date of her death are not shown. He married October 18, 1799, in Sevier County, Tennessee, Elizabeth Mowery. She was born September 1, 1783; place of her birth and names of her parents are not given.
The soldier was living in White County, Illinois, about 1835. He died on May 20, 1840, in Hamilton County, Illinois. It was stated that he was a minister of the Baptist Church.
On March 28, 1849, soldier's widow, Elizabeth, then a resident of Hamilton County, Illinois, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of her husband, James Vickers, in the War of the Revolution and alleged that he enlisted, date and place not shown, served in Captain Harris' Company, Colonel Williams' North Carolina Regiment, and in Captain Wallace's North Carolina Company; that his service amounted to nine months, three months of which was as a ranger and spy and that he was in a battle off the Savannah

River, in which battle his horse was wounded.
Elizabeth Vickery's claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension law.
The widow stated that her husband, James Vickery, had seven children by his first wife, and that the eldest, John Vickery, was only eighteen months older than she. The names of the other children are not given and there is no reference to any children by soldier's wife, Elizabeth Mary Vickery, and no further family data.
*****
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Robt. N. Delany Dec 8/53

66 Pension Office
Dec 8 1853
Sir
I enclose a copy of a letter to Hon O. B. Hicklin of the 24 May, 1849, which will disclose the condition of the case of Elizabeth Vickers of Ill, and point out the steps necessary for the its completion.
Robert A. Delany Esq Griswold, Waukegan Co Ohio

1933. July 31- Hist. to Miss. S. Land. later in case of John Thompson D. 17144-1
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879
10,939
F.O. Elizabeth Vickers Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Pension Office May 24, 1849
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the declaration of Elizabeth Vickers widow of James Vickers has been received and placed on file under the act of 29 th July 1848.
To entitle Claimant to a pension under the above named act, she must show to the satisfaction of this Department that her husband rendered not less than ten years service and that she was married to him prior to 1800. No evidence either as to the service or their marriage has been introduced. The commencement and duration of each term of service for which applicant claims a pension, with the names of the Company and field officers under whom they were rendered should be clearly specified and sustained by the records in the office of the Comptroller or of the Secretary of State of North Carolina, and the date of their

Marriage by the a certified Copy of the Marriage bond or license from the Clerk's office in the County in which the rites were performed or by some other valid or documentary proof of in which that event took place where the Marriage approximates the period of limited by the act of 23 July 1848 within a month or two as is alleged in this Case. The testimony of witnesses cannot be relied upon to establish it with the required certainty required by the requirements
The original papers of James Nelson should be returned to this office
Hon. C. B. H. & Co. May 24. 49
Hon. O. B. Fricklin Charleston See

Griswold P.O., Hamilton County Ills Nov 21st 1853
The hon.
L P Waldo, commr of pensions office of the Interior, Washington city D.C.
Having been solicited by Elizabeth Vickers, to aid her in an application for a Revolutionary Pension, she lives near me and seems to know something of her husband's service in the war of the Revolution and under General Ash her knowledge is only founded on his history James Vickers her deceased husband, it seems that Joshua P Barrett of Mont Vernon Ills her agent who has heretofore applied for her Pension is dead the answers to him if any I know not where they are, I must be allowed to say for her I believe her husband must have served she is old, nearly blind I have endeavored to give you her knowledge of her case, and think it is certain she has fair claims to a Revolutionary Pension, if it appears she is entitled to any under any act or acts, she would refer the matter wholly for you to settle the matter and allow her what you can (if any, the result of your consideration on comparing the enclosed with and by the papers on file in his application in his life time, and her Declar

sent by Barrett, her agent, I would ask sent to me at this office, I would ask for her the most liberal construction of the Laws, her situation would dem and in Justice
In her behalf I am your humble Servt,
Robert A Dabney