Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 10000, James Wilson, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wilson, James Barah
W 10000
CONTENTS
b. Aug 25, 1761 in Frederick Co. Va. enl. in Frederick Co. Va. after Rev. war in Pa. & Ky. & Ind. d. Sept. 7, 1834 in Lawrence Co. Ind.

13609 Indiana
James Wilson Lawrence in the State of Indiana who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Beirig of the Regt commanded by Col. Edmund in the Vols here for 7 months & 20 days
Enscribed on the Roll of Indiana the rate of 25 Dollars 36 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and Seniors Robert Mitchell Beafords
arrears to the 4th of March 51.12 Pemi-anl. allowance ending 4 yrs 1278 $6280
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 134

Indiana (Madison) 3411
Sarah Wilson widow of James Wilson, Decd.
Va who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 7 th of Sept. 1834 - of Laurens Co in the State of Indiana. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Binniger of the Regt commanded by Col. E. Dunn in the Virginia line for 7 mos. 20 dys private
scribed on the Roll of Madison at the rate of 25 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of July, 1839 and sent to George G. Dunn, Bedford, Indiana.
Arrears to the 14th of March, 1839 $ 75.68 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 12.78 $88.46
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 222
Rate of death not on A.D.

No 24369.
James Wilson Lawrence County Indiana
for 1700 prints 7 mo. 20 days. $25.56 100
Beinher Cambridge Va
Robert Mitchell bld Lawrence County Indiana
Bedford.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Wilson Greene County Indiana
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. - 1 - private Capt Brinker 71 61 years Winchester Traditionary evidence P. Bergmann   Vol - 1780 about 1 - - " Officers not named Fredrich County Certificate, Witness certificate   Disch. June 1781 - 4 - " Capt Frost Colonel Virginia Credible - papers correct -   Served 1781 - 2 - Orderly Supt Edoucerid, Capt Bocheq,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

1830
Certificate of Marriage of James Wilson and Sarah Brown

Virginia
I Thomas Allen Tidball, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that it appears from the register of marriages in my Office that James Wilson and Sarah Brown were lawfully married by the Rev. John Montgomery on the twenty fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. And I do further certify that the foregoing transcript from the record aforesaid is a true copy with the exception that the date of the marriage, in the register, is in plain legible figures as followeth - "25 of December 1783"
And I do depose and say that I hold the Office of clerk of the County Court of Frederick County, in the State of Virginia and that the above is a true and exact copy from the records of said County with the exception above named as certified by me.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11 th day of February 1839
T. A. Tidball
Ch. H. Clark a Justice of the peace for Frederick County.
Virginia
I Thomas Allen Tidball, clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that the above transcript from the register of marriages in my Office, with the exception mentioned in my certificate, is truly copied; and that Charles H. Clark esq r before whom the above affidavit was made is a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I herunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office the 11 th day of February in the year of our Lord 1839 and in the 63 rd Year of the Commonwealth
T. A. Tidball

State of Indiana } Laurens county } Laurens county probate court November term 1832.
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress of the 7 th June 1832.
On this 12 th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before Rollin C. Duneer, Judge of the probate court of the county of Laurens, affirmed the same being a court of Record, before himself resident of Indiana and Township in the county aforesaid aged 66 years of age last on the 28 th August 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 of the 7 th June 1832. That he was born in Frederick county Virginia. some time in the summer of 1780 but on what month or day that he entered the army of the United States; in the Revolutionary war in Winchester, the county of Frederick in the state of Virginia, a volunteer for one month to guard some prisoners in Winchester under the command of Henry Brinker who commanded the guard - after which he returned home, where he remained but a short time, when in the fall of the year 1780. he again entered the army of the United States as a volunteer to guard some prisoners from Albemarle to Fort Frederick in Maryland the length of said engagement this declarant does not remember but thinks it was about a month, that he does not remember under whom he served in said engagement. That after he returned home from the last engagement he was some that he was drafted as a militia man from the county of Frederick aforesaid some time about the first day June 1781. for the term of three months in the company commanded by capt William Frost and Linsey and Lieutenant Linsey, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Edmunds and Maj. Blackwell that in said engagement that in said last mentioned town we retreated from Lord Cornwallis from 12 miles below Richmond Virginia, to the line of Albemarle county
James Nelson 24309

Virginia, where we were met by General Anthony Wayne's Brigade, and the Battenkill, and the Augusta forces: after which we pursued the Lord Cornwallis and his forces to Williamsburg Virginia and from there to Little York, about which time this deponent his discharge from Capt William Frost Having served in said Corps something more than four months, This deponent further states that after the Sur- =render of Lord Cornwallis that that he volunteered to guard the Winchester Barracks for the term of two months which was some time in the year 1781 under Captain
Cockley and Maj John Gillkason - that during the the last time of service as herein stated that this deponent acted as orderly sergeant, that he was discharged at the expiration of two months in his last engagement as herein stated. That he has a record of his age at home which which in a book Entitled Anborn Looking to Life by which Record he was born on the 28 th day of August 1761. That he has no written evidence of his services nor can he prove the same except other than by his neighbors and Abraham Mitchell a clergyman of said county of Lawrence which he prays may be made a part of this record - that he has lost his discharges supposing them to be of no value and for that reason did not take any care of them - that since he left the army of the Revolution as herein stated - that he lived, about three  four years in Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, from there he removed to Henderson county Kentucky where he resided resided two years from there to Washington county Kentucky where he lived about fifteen years, from there to Jefferson county twenty odd years, from there to Lawrence county Indiana where he has resided for the last two years.
Sworn to and subscribed to open court day & year first above written. James Wilson

We the undersigned Abraham Mitchelle a minister of the gospel and Joseph Glover and Stephen Potter householder and citizens of the county of Lawrence and neighbours of the said James Wilson do hereby certify that we are acquainted with the said James Wilson who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be 61 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 —
Abraham his Mitchelle mark
Stephen his Potter mark
Joseph Glover
James Wilson pension claim
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 Abraham Mitchelle who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Lawrence and state of Indiana and is a credible person, and that Stephen Potter and Joseph Glover who have also signed the same, are residents of the same County & State, and are also credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

State of Indiana } Lawrence county } ss.
I Robert Mitchell, clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Lawrence aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Wilson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13 th day of November 1832.
Robert Mitchell Clk L.P.C.

3411
4912
Parah Wilson Indiana
admitted Pr 7 m & dms $25.56 3 / 4
died 7th 1834
Act 7 July 1838
Geo. G. Summ Bedford Ind.

State of Indiana - Lawrence Probate Court - Lawrence County 3d Setz February Term A.D. 1839 -
Be it remembered that on this day to wit the thirteenth of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty nine personally came Sarah Wilson, a resident of the County of Lawrence and State of Indiana, into open court, before the Honorable William Duncan Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the said County of Lawrence and State of Indiana, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July the seventh in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Wilson, late of the County and State aforesaid, deceased; and that she is now seventy four years of age - That said James was a private soldier in the war of the revolution between this Country and Great Britain, but as to what particular services he rendered, the exact time of his entering the army, or left the same &c. &c. her recollection is too frail to give any certain statement which however can be fully supplied by reference to the evidences forwarded by the said James to the pension department in the year 1832 or 33 from this County applying for a pension which was granted the certificate of which grant is now also returned to said department. She further declares that she was married to the said James Wilson on the 25 th day of December A.D. 1783 that her husband the aforesaid James Wilson died on the

Seventh day of September A.D. 1834 in this County; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the mar- riage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit at the time above stated. And That she had not married a second time -
Jane B. Wilbore
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court - February 13th A.D. 1839
Robert Mitchell (clerk) Lawrence Probate Court
State of Indiana Lawrence County Set.
I Robert Mitchell Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Lawrence and State of Indiana, do hereby certify that the forego- ing declaration was made in open Court as above stated, before the judge thereof, that said Court by the Statute of this State is made and declared to be a Court of record. That the making of the foregoing declaration was duly entered on the records of said Court and or- dered to be certified. Which is done according- ly.
In witness whereof I the said Rob- ert Mitchell Clerk as aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court House in Bedford this thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine - Robert Mitchell Clerk of the Probate Court of Lawrence County, in the State of Indiana

State of Indiana Lawrence County Set
I William Duncan judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Lawrence and State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing certificate of the Clerk of said Court is in due form of law, that the said Robert Mitchell is the Clerk of said Court, that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his is genuine and that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court.
Witness my hand and seal this Thirteenth day of February A.D. 1839.
W Duncan Judge of the Probate Court of Lawrence County Indiana.
State of Indiana Lawrence County Set
I Robert Mitchell Clerk of the Probate Court of Lawrence County, Indiana do hereby certify that William Duncan is, and was at the time of giving the above certificate judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified that the signature and seal thereto set purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of February A.D. 1839 at the Court House at Bedford.
Robert Mitchell Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for said County and State.

June 9, 1938
Mrs. Manford E. Cox 707 South Glenwood Avenue Springfield, Illinois
James Wilson W. 10000 William Wilson S. 46083 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following soldiers-
William Wilson, born 1732 in Ireland, died in Hardy County, Virginia (West Virginia) June 12, 1801;
William Wilson of Frederick and Augusta Counties, Virginia;
James Wilson of Frederick and Augusta Counties, Virginia.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based on the service of a William Wilson, born 1732 in Ireland, died June 12, 1801.
The record of a James Wilson of Frederick County, Virginia, and the record of a William Wilson of Augusta County, Virginia have been found and are furnished herein, as found in pension claims, based on their service in the War of the Revolution.
James Wilson-W.10000
The data which follow concerning James Wilson were obtained from papers on file in pension claim,
see her letter re James Wilson - W 10000

W. 10000, based on his service in the War of the Revolution.
James Wilson was born August 28, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
marked James Wilson volunteered in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, in the summer of 1780, served one month in Captain Henry Brinker's company, to guard prisoners in Winchester. He served in the fall of 1780, one month and guarded prisoners from "Albemarle to Fort Frederick, Maryland", names of officers not given. He enlisted about June 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain William Frost's company, Colonel Edmunds' Virginia regiment, pursued to Yorktown, length of this service "more than four months". He served after the surrender of Cornwallis, two months as orderly sergeant, under Captain Cackley(?) and Major John Gilkerson, and guarded Winchester Barracks.
James Wilson, after the Revolution, lived four years in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, then moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, there about two years, moved to Washington County, Kentucky, there about fifteen years, then to Jefferson County, lived about twenty years, then moved to Lawrence County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Creek(?) Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, where he had lived about two years.
He died September 7, 1834 in Lawrence County, Indiana.
James Wilson married December 25, 1783 in Frederick County, Virginia, Sarah Brown. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were

B 8- not given.
The widow, Sarah Wilson, was allowed pension on her application executed February 13, 1839, at which time she was seventy-four years of age, and living in Lawrence County, Indiana.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Sarah Wilson, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Sarah Wilson, widow of James Certificate #3411 Issued July 9, 1839 Rate $25.56 per annum Commenced March 4, 1836 Act of July 7, 1838 Indiana (Madison) Agency.
*****
William Wilson-S.46083
The data furnished herein relative to William Wilson, were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 46083, based on his service in the War of the Revolution.
William Wilson was born about the year 1762, "on the Atlantic Ocean", during the passage of his parents from Ireland to America. His parents settled in Augusta County, Virginia, when he was about six months old. The names of his parents were not

4 stated.
While residing in Augusta County, Virginia, William Wilson, volunteered in the fall of 1778, and served two months as private in Captain Thomas Smith's company, marched to Richmond, Virginia. He served in 1781, about eight weeks as private in Captain James Bell's company, and on the day of the battle of Guilford Court House, was one of the "waggon guard", stationed about four miles from the battle ground. He served later in 1781, three months in Captain Thomas Smith's company, and was at the Siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1834, at which time he was living in Augusta County, Virginia. He was pensioned as William Wilson, Senior.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children.
George Wilson, brother of the soldier, William Wilson, was sixty years of age in 1834, and a resident of Augusta County, Virginia.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
William Wilson, Senior Certificate #23948 Issued April 28, 1834 Rate $22.88 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Part
1935 June 9 - Death Certificate 4th & 5th
WIDOW, &c
File No. 10000
Sarah Wilson Wid. of James Wilson Put. in line
Act: July 1928
Index: Vol. 116 Page 340
Arrangement of 1935

to the contrary, her claim be satisfactorily est- ablished & allowed by giving early notice thereof. Your kindly oblige the applicant & your most obedt. servt.
Edward J. Comstock Washington City George G. Dunn - D.C.

W.
Sarah Osborn
No 4912. B man
Richards Edge Court of Sessions Pemberton Office Washington City N.H.
Steele

Bedford Indiana, June 28 th /9
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Sir Sir
Some time in Febru- ary last I forwarded you an application for a pension from this place in behalf of Sarah Wilson widow of James Wil- son late of this County deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner upon the Indian a pension roll -
No answer has yet reached us and she desires that I enquire of you as to the fate of the application - and that you will be kind enough to inform us, if the information contained in the papers was deficient in any respect & if so in what - so that should the possible, it may be re-supplied -
By attending to this at the earliest convenient period you will greatly oblige the applicant & Sir your most Obedient Servant
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington City D. C.
George T. Dunn

MRS. JACOB FREDERICH ZIMMERMAN STATE REGENT 14819 MAIN STREET HARVEY, ILLINOIS
FILING AND LENDING BUREAU COMMITTEE CUSTODIAN OF D.A.R. FILES MRS. MANFORD E. COX, CHAIRMAN 709 SOUTH GLENWOOD AVENUE 707 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
May 17, 1938.
Daughters of the American Revolution STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
In searching for proof of pre Revolutionary service of William Wilson - b. 1722 in Ireland d. in Hardy Co. W. Va. June 12, 1801 - m. Eliza beth Blackburn - b. Feb 21, 1725 - d. May 2 - 1806. I find in Cartmel's History of Shenandoah Valley pp 516 -
"Wm. Wilson, Private of Frederick Co. - pension allowed by general Assembly Sept 24, 1758."
Also in Hennings' Statutes - Vol 7 - references to payments made William Wilson - Sept 1758, for services in militia - from Augusta and Frederick Counties pp - 184 - 187 - 216 - 217.
In Rev. Soldiers of Va. - find Wm. Wilson - D.P. D. 77 Pitts - 24 War 4 - 412
Is this William the father of Benjamin, (a Col. in Rev.) Archibald. John - David. James - Moses - Elizabeth - Margaret.?
Am also searching proof of Revolutionary service of James. b. - 1763 - m. Hannah Jamison - d. in Illinois 1822(?)