Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11716, John Wingo, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wingo, John
R. 11716
CONTENTS

Revolutionary Pension Claim of John Ningo of Co. E. Ar.
To
M. Thompson
File. Sec. 1 st
1852
Paps. cal. for
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M. Thompson Ag t

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I,* Mary High, daughter of John Wingo who is now mentally & physically unable to make a power of attorney on account of extreme old age
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of John Wingo for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 15 th day of Nov
A. D., 1852.
Mary High
Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
Ebenezer Farrar A. S. Wallars Magt
STATE OF South Carolina DISTRICT OF York ss.
On this 15 th day of Nov
A. D., 1852
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary High and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
A. S. Wallars (Magt)
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.

STATE OF COUNTY
day of _____ A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty _____, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared _____ a resident of _____ in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical
who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and _____ year aforesaid, before _____ J. Peace.
I, _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that _____ who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. J. Peace.
I, John G. Enloe Clerk of the _____ Court in the County  Sedalia State aforesaid, do hereby certify that A. S. Wallace before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County  Sedalia duly authorized to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this twentieth day of November A. D., 1852.
John G. Enloe 666 p 108 G.S.
Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
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It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me.
that Abraham was a Revolutionary of the United States at the rate of $ per annum, and that died on the day of  eighteen hundred and leaving surviving and that the only surviving child of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
NOTE.—If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power of attorney it must also appear when the marriage tookplace, and that she is still a widow. If there be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear; and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be) was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely, state that fact. The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.

Spartanburg C. H. S.C. 11. th April 1857.
My der Col
I herewith hand you power of attorney handed me from the Judge of ordinary for the prosecution of the claim of John Wingo, who made appli- cation under act of 7th June, 1882, and failed.
Please attend to this matter as you think best. There is no want of the justice of the claim.
My Kind Regards to Mrs Thompson, as well as yourself. Most Truly your friend A. J. Wallau.

I now all know by these presents that I Elias J. Wingo Administrator of John Wingo deceased do hereby constitute and appoint A. S. Wallace of York District South Carolina my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of my Father John Wingo deceased Applicant for a Pension Act 7th June 1832 with full powers of sub- -stitution and prosecute the same before any of the departments of Interior or Court of Claims to examine all papers and documents on file at Washington City or elsewhere to file additional evidence and arguments and receive the Certificate when issued which power is irrevocable for three years and do all other acts and deeds which I myself could do were I personally present hereby Ratifying and confir- =ming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises. Given under my hand and Seal this 6 th day of April 1857 sealed and delivered
In presence of E. J. Wingo ad m with Seal Will T. Russell. } will unsealed
Jefferson Choate }
State of South Carolina } ss
Spartanburg District } Be it remembered. that on the 6 th day of April 1857 personally appeared E. J. Wingo before me Jefferson Choate a Notary Public in and for

the District aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths and acknowledge the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
Jefferson Chavis Not. Pub & Exr office Magistrate
South Carolina } ss Spartanburg District } I Reuben Bowden judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid certify that Elias J. Mingo is the true and and  Executor trustee of John Mingo deceased above named duly qualified according to Law and that the Bond in the file in this office with good and sufficient security for all taxes and I further certify that Jefferson Chavis before whom the above power of Attorney was executed is a Notary Public as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Spartanburg Court House the 6 th day of April 1857 In open Court Reuben Bowden Judge & Clerk of the Court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
On this the 29 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Personally appeared before me R Boudin Judge of the Court of ordinary for the District of Spartanburg in the State aforesaid John Wings a resident of the District and State aforesaid. Aged (86) eighty six years. Who being 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 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States. 1 st Enlisted as a Regular Soldier under Capt Chas. Smith Amelia County Virginia after being mustered into service was discharged at Rowland Church by Capt Gamewell 2 nd Tour under Capt Ford served near Norfolk Virginia three months in the year 1777 or 8. Three months, discharged by Capt Ford at Petersburg 3 rd Tour as substitute for Thomas Pollard under Capt Henderson Lieutenant Dupre May 1781 under Gen Green six months, marched through North Carolina until Hills himself and others were out foraging in time of the Battle of Guilford pursued the British Army as far as Ramsour's Mills on Deep River, was discharged at Hillsborough Orange County North Carolina does not recollect by whom. 4 th Tour under Capt Anderson May Long Col Mangum under Gen Lafayette as a militia man during which tour he volunteered under Capt Scott in Col Wood's Infantry and was defeated between Petersburg and Richmond Virginia by Tarleton's Cavalry three months tour. does not recollect what became of his discharge nor does he recollect the present date of the above services, he knows of but one person who is at the time alive

who can testify to his service in the war of the Revolution John Chapman Esq who was not a Soldier but on business in the Army at William Virginia. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 as Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written.
John Wingo
R B Rowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary
We John G Landrum Clergiman of the District of Spartanburgh State of So Carolina and John Chapman Esq of the same Dist and State afore said, hereby certify that we are or will be acquainted with John Wingo Esq who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 80 years of age, that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and that we concur in that opinion. John G. Landrum Sworn to & subscribed day & date above John Chapman Esq When and in what year were you Born? Ans I was born in Amelia County Virginia in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty one Oct 2 nd day 2 Have you any Record of your age if so when is it? Ans I have it in possession. 3 When were you being when called into service of the Revolutionary War? Ans Amelia County Virginia, remained there till the year 1793. Then moved to Spartanburgh Dist South Carolina where I now live. 4 When were you called into service? were you drafted or did you volunteer or were you a substitute? if a substitute for whom? Ans The answer to this question is set forth in my declaration

5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general Circumstances of your service Ans The answers to the above enquiries are as well as I can recollect set forth in my Declaration.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it Ans The answers to this enquiry is set forth in my Declaration.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution Ans. John Chapman Esq. & Rev J. B. Landrum
I R Bowdon Judge of the court of Ordinary for the District of Spartanburgh in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that John Wingo the Withers applicant for a pension from Bodily infirmity & old age is unable to appear in open Court and do further certify that the foregoing is the Original proceedings of said Court. in said Case and I further certify that from 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 the State and I further certify that John P. Landrum who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the State & district before mentioned & that John Chapman Esq. is a Creditable person & that their statements is entitled to Credit Given under my Hand & Seal of Office at Spartanburgh Court House the 31 st December 1847
R Bowdon Judge of the court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina Spartanburg Dist
Personally came before me R Bowden Judge of the Court of ordinary for Spar- tanburg Dist & So Carolina John Chap- man Esq and makes oath that he saw John Mingo Esq who has made the oath in declaration in the service of the United States Army in the Revolutionary war at Wilton Virginia under the Command of Gen Lafayette
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 29 th of Dec r 1847
John Chapman Esq
R Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary
State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
§ I JB Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Common- Pleas & General Sessions for said District Certify that R Bowden who hath signed the within Certificate is Judge of the Ordinary's Court for said District & further Certify that his Court is a Court of Record & that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine & that he is entitled to all due rights and Emoluments in all his official acts as such Judge under my hand & seal of Office at Spartanburg Court House The 30 th day of December 1847
J B Tolleson Clerk

September 20, 1924.
Mrs. A. J. Lamb, Enoree, S. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11714, it appears that John Wingo, Senior, was born in Amelia County, Virginia, October 2, 1761, and lived there during the Revolution.
He applied for pension December 29, 1847, while living in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, and alleged that he served in the Virginia Troops as follows:
Under Captains Chapin (or Chafin) and Garrold, dates not given.
From 1777, 1778 or 1780 for 3 months under Captain Lewis Ford.
For 6 months under Captains Hudson and Daffee (or Dapee) and Colonel Lynch, dates not given.
In 1781 for 3 months under Captains Anderson and Scott, Colonels Merriwether and Good, and was in battle with Tarleton's Cavalry between Richmond and Petersburg.

His claim was not allowed as his service was not satisfactorily proved.  he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension law
Reference is made to his children, Mary High and Elias J. There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

1908 Apr. 18. Hist to Edna Harris. au
1924, Sept 20, Hist. to Mrs. A. J. Lamb. um
1925. June 25 - Hist to Mrs J E Malgun. m d H
11.716 P. O. John Wingo Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

37581
John Wingo SC
Alex Hoagge Sep 15 1848
Rich d Burges July 31 1849
Am D Wallace Sep 28 1850
M Thompson Dec 30 1854
" " May 25 1855
AS Wallace Octo 11 1855
M. Thompson Dec 17/57
Hon. W. L. Williams,
June 17/57
11716
June 7/1832

7. Jan'y 1854
M rs Cole
6 cases for Mr Burges
1 case cannot be found
Jan 11-51
Ex-M r Burges Jan 18-51

  ✓ John Wingo  Act 7 June 1832  } North or S.C.    ✓ Jesse Davis  do    ✓ Solomon Loftis  do    ✓ Elisha Green -  do    ✓ Daniel Bailey  do    ✓ Abram Ellledge  do    ✓ The Widow of  } North Carolina Act of 1836 or 1838    ✓ Gabriel Jackson  
Mr Evans will oblige me by having the papers in the above cases filed by me got out so that I may have the opportunity of looking them tomorrow
(all the above by R d Burges Cases-Ex Jan y 7. '57

State of South Carolina Personally Spartanburgh District } Came before me John Chapman swr aged ninety, two years and made oath that he was well acquainted with John Wingo from infancy as they were raised boys together and that John Wingo entered the service early in the revolutionary war and served four terms of three months, each in his own name and one of three months as a substitute making fifteen months that he is certain the said John Wingo served in the revolutionary war that he remembers very well that he substituted the day after the battle at Gilford Courthouse that he himself was not in service on account of having his shoulder and elbow put out of place but having three brothers in the service with the said John Wingo he went frequently to the army to see them and Wingo was always there he further swears that he is in no way interested in the pension of said Wingo Sworn to attest before me this 19 th July 1854 and I certify that the deponent is a man of Good Character and I believe him to be of the age above stated } J. C. Caldwell } John Chapman swr Magistrate }

State of South Carolina Spaulenburgh District
I J B Follison Clerk of the court of Common pleas & General Sessions for the district & State aforesaid do hereby certify that J. C. Caldwell Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made was at the date thereof an acting Magistrate for the district and State aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qualified and the signature purport- ing to be his is genuine and that all due faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such
Given under my hand & seal of office at Spaulenburgh Court House this 21 st day of July 1834
J B Follison Clerk

Waverlyville S.C. 27 th Sept 1855,
Hon J Minot, Comm of Pensions, My Dr Sir,
Inclosed please find Evidence to sustain the claims of John Wingo of Shastanbury District S.C. act of 7 th June 1832, which you will please report to me as soon as con d or Col l Thompson son of your city, John Wingo names has not been found in the Virginia Rolls,
The Tradit ry testimony is abundant, I have not taken the testimony but believe the claim is good Very Respectfully Yours H. H. Wallace

House Rels N S Washington Sep 21 st 1835
Sir
I am informed that about six months ago, a declaration was forwarded to you, of John Wingo of Spartanburg District S.C. a Revolutionary soldier, asking for a Revolutionary Pension.
Mr Wingo is a man of much respectability. He has lived in independent circumstances, and needed no assistance, and being as I learn opposed to the Pension laws, never applied for the benefit of them, until the time mentioned, and he was induced to do it then only because he has met with some reverses, & necessity compelled him to make the application.
Will you cause the report of his case, to be made to me at an early day? I have the honor to be Your obedt Servt D Wallace
Hon J L Edwards.

Washington City May 19. 1855
Hon. J. P. Ward Comr. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith inclose you the affidavit of John Chapman in case of John Wingo a Revolutionary Soldier of South Carolina Claiming a pension.
You will see that Chapman shows himself to have been in such a position as to know he (Wingo) served as alleged. His (Chapman's) affidavit

shows clearly that he knows" all of the "particulars of Mingo's services," as far as he (C.) has testified in relation thereto; He has testified with sufficient clearness, positiveness, pointedness & circumstantiality of detail, as to leave no reasonable ground to doubt the fact that Mingo served as sworn to; all of which is corroborated by the evidence of the other witnesses in case; so far as tradition, hearsay & general report are concerned; to which due weight must be given, as you attach importance

to it yourself; by requiring evidence to be furnished upon those points.
I have the honor to be &c.
A. Thompson Atty. for Plaintiff

Washington City Dec. 19. 1857 Hon. L. P. Waldo Comr. of Pensions
Sir I herewith inclose affidavit of John Chapman in support of the claim of John Wirt of South Carolina whose daughter, Mary High, claims a pension for her said Father's services in the War of the revolution. I have the honor to be &c.
H. Thompson Atty.

Spartanburg July 28. 49
Sir
Mr John Winge of this District is entitled to a Pension as a Revolutionary Soldier He refused to apply for a Pension until last year or the year before, he says he made his declaration & employed a man named Krage who is one of those travelling Pension Agents going over the Country to hunt up Pensioners to attend to his claim. The old gentleman has an undoubted right to the Pension and having undertaken it wishes to carry it on to a successful issue, he has heard nothing more of the matter, and knows nothing of the whereabouts of Krage. I received a letter from the old man yesterday requesting me to enquire into the case - Will you be kind enough to let me know whether any thing has been done, whether the Pension was allowed & if so how much & when, whether it has been drawn, if not what is wanting to make his application pass An Early answer will very much oblige yours &c Simpson Bobo

The State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District
On this 25 th day of January 1850 personally appeared before the court of Ordinary now sitting John Klingo Sen r of Spartanburg District State aforesaid aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to laws doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —
That he entered in the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated — He joined the army in the State of Virginia at Carvin's Point under Capt. Lewis Ford, Maj. So, Clunard & Col, and served three months and was discharged at Petersburg in 1780 —
He then went a tour of six months as a substitute for one Thomas Pollard under Capt. Hutson, Maj. Butts & Col. Lynch; Hutson died & was succeeded in command by Lieutenant Duffee or Casper, Green & Morgan were the general officers — He entered the service at near the North Carolina line and marched into North Carolina — his Regt. fought in the battle at Guilford during this tour, though he was not in the engagement himself — The army pursued the enemy to Ramsay's Mills on Deep River, where he was discharged — He then joined the army near Richmond Virginia under Capt. Anderson, Col. May-weather, Genl. La Fayette — He marched to Williamsburg — from this point the army retreated before Lord Cornwallis to the Mountains — He was at one time during this tour under the command of Capt. Scott and was present when Tarleton defeated the army under Col. Good or Goud — He served three months & was discharged at Little York after the defeat of Lord Cornwallis — The precise dates he does not remember but he knows that his service was continued from

The time he entered the army until the time of the defeat of Lord Cornwallis, which service lasted twelve months. He knows of no person now alive, who was with him regularly in any of the tours of his service. He has never before applied for a pension, because he did not believe the law was proper, but since nearly all of his fellow soldiers have received their pension & gone to their account his views have so far changed as to be willing to receive the bounty offered him as a free gift, by his beloved country. 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. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid — before me
W B Bowden
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
John Wingo
We John G. Landrum a clergyman residing in Spartanburg District South Carolina and Jesse Cleveland residing in the same District & State — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wingo Esq., who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age — that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid — before me
W B Bowden
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
John G. Landrum Jesse Cleveland

And the said court do hereby declare Their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John G. Landrum who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the District & State above mentioned and that Esau Cleveland is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -
Given Under My hand and Seal of Office
This 25 th January 1850
K Bowden - Judge of the Court of Ordinary
I S. B. Tillson Clerk of the court of common pleas for Spartanburg District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Alingo surr for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office - This _____ day of January - Eighteen hundred & fifty -
State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
I R Bowden Ordinary of the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that there is no Clerk legally belonging to the Court of Ordinary that I know of, That the Ordinary serves both as Judge and also Clerk of said Court
Given Under My hand and Seal of Office
January 31 st 1850
K Bowden Ordinary

Saw the Declaration . (Spartanburg District)
Personally came before me John Chapman Swain & made oath that he was born in Amelia county Virginia - that he lived in said county about thirty years - that he was raised in one mile of John Dingo's house - the declarant aforesaid - knew said Dingo when he first entered the army in the service of his country - that your deponent was at that time about twenty years of age - that he had a twin brother who served he thinks in the same Regt. at the time Dingo served under Capt. Hentz, but not in the same company - that they - Dingo & his brother - were both in the same company & were messmates at the time Dingo served in the Army under Capt. Anderson - This deponent further deposes that he knew all the captains under whom Dingo served (viz) Ford, Henson & Anderson, but he did not see Dingo in actual service till after his second discharge - This deponent further saith on his oath that whilst Dingo was in the army under Capt. Anderson & stationed at Winton Virginia, he was sent to the army with provisions to the soldiers of his neighborhood - at this place Dingo was a messmate of your deponent's brother - Your deponent remained with the Army about three days - When the Army left Winton your deponent went in company with it to Richmond where all crossed James River together - During this stay in the army of three days your deponent saith on his oath he saw John Dingo in the service of his country - From Richmond your deponent went to Amelia county - leaving Dingo & his brother in the army - Sworn to & subscribed before me this 25 th day of January one thousand eight hundred & fifty -
John Chapman Swain
W. B. Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina ss. Spartanburg District } Personally appears before me John Chapman aged ninety two years and being duly sworn on his oath saith he is very much surprised that the heirs of John Wingo does not obtain a pension for their fathers services in the Revolutionary war as he is positive he served the time stated in a previous affidavit (to wit), fifteen months as this deponent and John Wingo was raised and lived in the same neighborhood and went to school together and he had two older and a twin brother that served with said Wingo he himself not being able to serve in the army on account of a lame arm (elbow out of joint), that he frequently visited the army to see his brothers and always saw Wingo there that he always knew when they went into the army and when they returned and knows said Wingo served the length of time above stated if not longer and that this deponent knows he was the same Wingo alluded to and that he has no interest whatever in said claim that it never was disputed said Wingo being a soldier of the Revolutionary war Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of April 1855 J. C. Calawell                      John his Chapman Magistrate                                              mark

and I certify that this deponent John Chapman is a Gentleman of Good Character and entitled to credit and of the age above stated and that he makes his mark to this affidavit on account of a pain in his right arm April 2 nd 1855
J. C. Caldwell Magistrate
Personally appears before me a magistrate in Spartanburg District and State South Carolina Garland Foster aged fifty seven years and makes oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with the above named John Wingo from infancy up to his death and heard him talk a great deal about his services in the Revolutionary war and believes him to have been a soldier of that war and a man of Good Character
Garland Foster
Sworn to before me this 17 th day of April 1855 and I certify that the affiant is a man of Good Character and entitled to full credit and belief
J. C. Caldwell Magistrate
J. C. Caldwell

Personally appears before me John Snoddy aged 63 years and makes oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with the above named John Wing died from infancy and that he was always reputed and believed to be a revolutionary soldier Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 st April 1855
John Snoddy
and I certify that John Snoddy is a man of good character and entitled to full credit and belief and that I am 58 years old and knew said John Wing died and believe him to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war
J. C. Caldwell Magistrate

State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
I. S. B. Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the district and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that J. C. Caldwell Esq, who gave the within Certificate and before whom the within affi- davit was made was at the date there- of a Magistrate for the district and State aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qualified and the Signature purporting to be his is gen- uine and that all due faith and Credit should be given to his official acts as such
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Spar- tanburg Court House this 2 nd day of May 1835
I. S. B. Tolleson Clerk

Washington, June 3, 1857.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Commr. of Pensions.
Sir:
I have examined the suspended claim of the heirs of John Wingo decd., late of South Carolina. In 1847 he applied under the Act of 1837 to your Department for a Pension for his services in the War of the Revolution. In a letter of inquiry of Feby. 28, 1849 to your Department from Simpson Bobo Esq., a member of the South Carolina Legislature, it is stated, that the claimant applied thro' one Hoge, of whom he could hear nothing in regard to his claim. In January 1850 he made a second declaration substantially the same as the first. I invite your particular notice to the affidavits of John Chapman Sr. on file with the papers in this case; the one accompanying his second declaration, and the other bearing date April 2, 1855. Either of these is sufficient to establish the service of Wingo. But as your predecessor thought the one insufficient — Chapman not stating clearly enough that he was in a position to know of Wingo's service — the other was furnished, to set his means of knowledge in a clearer light. On this your predecessor would not allow the claim for "want of direct evidence of his service." By simply observing here the wavering and injustice displayed in these decisions of your predecessor,

and which I know you remarked on reading over these affidavits, I will proceed by saying that I shall consider them together, and ask you to take the two and refer indiscriminately to either for any quotation or reference I shall make in regard to the testimony of John Chapman Sr.
In the first place you have direct and positive evidence of the service for which a Pension is claimed. Chapman states that he is positive Wingo served the time stated — say fifteen months, if not longer. You now wish such circumstances as will set his means of knowledge in a clear light, and convince you that his evidence is not based on loose and vague impressions. This is given in a manner most strikingly satisfactory. He tells that he and Wingo were raised within a mile of each other. That he knew Wingo when a boy, when a youth at school, from youth to manhood, and knew when he first entered the Army. The event when recruits were being raised in his neighborhood was one of some moment to a spirited young man, presented from serving his Country by a disjointed elbow. A strong impression seems to have been made upon Chapman's mind, when he saw his old school-mate and companion leave friends and home to fight the battles of his Country. So strong was the impression that he recollects what his age was at the time, for he says he was

about twenty years of age. He states that he had two older and a twin-brother who served with Wingo; that he frequently visited the Army to see his brothers, and always saw Wingo there; that Wingo was the messmate of his twin-brother; that while at Wilton Va. to furnish provisions to the soldiers of his neighborhood, he saw Wingo in the service of his Country; that he always knew when they came and when they went. And still he was required to state such circumstances as would enable your predecessor to judge of the accuracy of his memory! Is not the circumstance of his having three brothers whom he visited in the Army — one a twin-brother, messing with Wingo, his old schoolfellow — calculated to make a lasting impression on his mind?
In Chapman's testimony there is one little apparent discrepancy in regard to his having seen Wingo in the Army and in the service of his Country. In the first affidavit he says he went to Wilton, Va. to carry provisions to the soldiers of his neighborhood and there saw Wingo in the service of his Country; in the other, he says he frequently visited the Army to see his brothers and always saw Wingo there. Instead of a contradiction or inconsistency, this is a pleasing proof of the correctness and truthfulness of his testimony. It also presents us something more to admire in the spirit of those trying times. When he says he saw Wingo in the service of his Country, he unquestionably means the actual hard

about twenty years of age. He states that he had two older and a twin-brother who served with Wingo; that he frequently visited the Army to see his brothers, and always saw Wingo there; that Wingo was the messmate of his twin-brother; that while at Wilton Va. to furnish provisions to the soldiers of his neighborhood, he saw Wingo in the service of his Country; that he always knew when they came and when they went. And still he was required to state such circumstances as would enable your predecessor to judge of the accuracy of his memory! Is not the circumstance of his having three brothers whom he visited in the Army — one a twin-brother, messing with Wingo, his old schoolfellow — calculated to make a lasting impression on his mind?
In Chapman's testimony there is one little apparent discrepancy in regard to his having seen Wingo in the Army and in the service of his Country. In the first affidavit he says he went to Wilton, Va. to carry provisions to the soldiers of his neighborhood and there saw Wingo in the service of his Country; in the other, he says he frequently visited the Army to see his brothers and always saw Wingo there. Instead of a contradiction or inconsistency, this is a pleasing proof of the correctness and truthfulness of his testimony. It also presents us something more to admire in the spirit of those trying times. When he says he saw Wingo in the service of his Country, he unquestionably means the actual hard

service, such as preparing for the battle, and the march, and skirmishing. When he witnessed this he was supplying the soldiers of his neighborhood with provisions. He was himself in the service of his Country. But when he was on those frequent visits to the Army to see his brothers, it is probable that they were in a state of inactivity, awaiting orders. Altho' this was paid for as service and is recognized by law as such, it was not so termed in those days. Simple readings to work was not regarded as work. You quickly see the cause of the distinction which Chapman tacitly expresses. Altho' he always saw Wingo with his brothers in the Army when he visited them, he did not see him in the service — the actual service, active preparation for the battle, the march, standing guard, &c. — except at Wilton, Va., where Wingo was the messmate of his twin-brother. While we admire the patriotic and sturdy cause of this distinction, can we not also discover, that, Wingo being the messmate of his twin-brother, abundant opportunity was afforded to have the recollection of his service fixed in his mind? Is not the circumstance of his seeing a twin-brother messing in the service of his Country with an old neighbor, schoolmate, and friend satisfactory that he can testify accurately of his service? While simply visiting his brothers in the Army with Wingo, would not the conversations they would have about their mutual friends

at home, the messages he more than likely bore to and from Wingo's family, give him an undoubted recollection of his services? When we think of these circumstances, and read the demand of your predecessor for such circumstances as will satisfy him of the accuracy of Chapman's memory, we almost exclaim that his demand is monstrously unjust and ridiculously absurd.
He states that he always knew when they — Wingo and his brothers — came and when they went. This is a strong proof, not only of his means of knowledge, but of Wingo's service. Living in the same neighborhood, having been school-mates, a friendly recollection being preserved by the intimate association in arms of Wingo & his twin-brother, their return, or the return of any of them was a matter of interest and moment to himself. Very naturally they would talk over what had occurred; how those were, who had been left; what had transpired after his last visit to them at a certain place &c. This is perfectly plain, and practicable, and natural. Where, I ask you, is the room for doubt that these things have made a vivid impression on Chapman's mind? If man has mind and memory; if circumstances strengthen a man's recollection of events, is not John Chapman perfectly competent to swear positively and unequivocally that John Wingo served fifteen months if not longer, in the Revolutionary War?

Another circumstance which indicates the accuracy, is that he knew the Captains under whom Wingo served, as he states in his affidavit. It is reasonable to conjecture that the services of his neighbor, his friend, his old school-mate, the messmate in arms of his twin-brother, was frequently the subject of conversation between himself and those Captains, his acquaintances. We know how those who have served their Country in her Wars, delight to dwell on the fortitude with which they and their companions bore privation and suffering for their Country's good, to narrate their conduct in scenes of danger, and courage, and daring; and how those who were unable to participate in their glory love to listen to these narrations, which stir up their patriotism and lead them to admire patriotic devotion. Does not this tend to show that by such means the recollection of Wingo's service was kept fresh in his mind?
His last statement, confirmed by the affidavits of several, among them the Rev. John G. Sandrum, Jesse Cleveland, Garland Foster & John Snoddy, and by the letters of the Hon. Daniel Wallace and Simpson Robb, Esq., that it never was disputed that Wingo was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, is one of some importance. I would not ask you to base an allowance merely on the fact that it is generally believed or undisputed that a man has performed certain service. But I would ask

you to give it its due weight as confirmatory of such direct and positive testimony as is above given in the affidavits of John Chapman, Sr. We have observed that morbid appetite in our Community to ferret out the faults and foibles of our neighbors. A virtue is frequently overlooked, while a fault is handed, in an under and confidential tone, from one to another, till it is generally known. Nothing in a man's life is more talked of than his military services. Among his neighbors and those who served with him, how often have Wingo's services been talked of. It was recieved and believed he had served, because none could contradict it. His neighbors knew that he went to war and returned with those who had been in the War. Those who served knew he was with them and could not say he had not. Hence, as it was uncontradicted, did his service recieved belief. Quickly, if it had been false, would it have been contradicted; and while one might have boasted of it, another, in a low voice, would have told those around him, "It is not so." This you know is natural. Does not the truth that the service of Wingo has recieved general belief and is uncontradicted, add strength to the testimony of Chapman? With this strongly confirmatory circumstance, and upon the supposition that the testimony of Chapman is reliable — and you have evidence of his credibility — I ask you are you not satisfied

that John Wingo served his Country and deserves her gratitude.
You discover, then, from the examination of the papers on file in this case, that you have the direct and positive testimony of one witness that John Wingo served in the Revolutionary War the time alleged in his declaration — say fifteen months, if not longer. The credibility of this witness is vouched for, and you can therefore rely upon the truth of his testimony. When I say that the unimpeached and unimpeachable testimony of John Chapman is as reliable as any on file in your Department, I do not detract from the truth and veracity of the best of it. This admitted, I also say that in a Court of Law or Equity it is amply sufficient to establish the fact in regard to which he testifies. To satisfy you of this I must ask to submit a few brief references.
I will first call your attention to what is said by the front and standard Common Law authority, Judge Blackstone. In book 3, p. 370, he says, "One witness (if credible) is sufficient evidence to a jury of any single fact." The word sufficient is italicised by him as I have it in the quotation. It should have been emphasized, for this is a very important principle and rule of law. Without it, or if it were otherwise, for the want of another witness how many criminals

might escape unpunished, how easily might justice in many instances be baffled, how often might we be defrauded of our rights, how easily could the administration of the law be transferred to a farce. For the sake of our interests and the interests of the community we should hate to see this rule changed in regard to the transactions of life and the punishment of crime. You quickly discern the vast importance of this principle. As a further confirmation of it, see Foster's Crown Law, p. 233, where he says, "It hath been generally agreed, and I think upon just grounds, (though Lord Coke hath advanced a contrary doctrine) that at Common Law one witness was sufficient in case of treason as well as in every other capital case." Archibald p. 156 says, "At common law one witness was sufficient in all cases (with the exception of perjury) both before the grand jury and at the trial." Then, after referring to the other express and statutory exceptions in cases of treason, he says, "In all other cases one witness is sufficient." Roscoe, p. 115, uses the same language and after the same arrangement. You very readily discover the reason of the exception in cases of treason and perjury, to this important rule. In the one case the oath and duties of allegiance are to be overturned, and in the other, it is oath against oath. The great and important principle of equality makes it as probable that one man is

perjuring himself as that the other has perjured himself. So that the scales are just balanced, and the weight of another's testimony is required to turn them. The reason of that special provision in the Constitution that "no person shall be convicted of Treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act", is, I think, palpably to prevent that universal rule, that one witness was sufficient in any case to establish a fact, from being exercised in a charge of treason & thereby deprive one man of his equal right to swear the truth. Having shown you in an unequivocal manner the principle of the common Law in regard to the number of witnesses required to establish a fact, let me finally refer you to what is said by our principal, and, indeed, our standard writer on evidence, Mr. Greenleaf. On p. 326 of Vol. 1. he says, "that whatever was evidence at Common Law, is still good evidence under the express Constitutional & Statutory provision [of our government] above mentioned."
(You are satisfied that in Law the claim for John Wingo's services in the Revolution is reasonably, fairly and firmly established. No man who reads these authorities and applies them to this testimony can deny, that, by them, the fact that Wingo served his Country in her Revolutionary War is clearly proved and lawfully established. This of course

you will admit. Then, I ask you, are you going to proclaim to your Countrymen that you will exact more of those who by their precious blood gave us that freedom and independence which have linked us to wealth, prosperity and happiness, than reason allows law to exact — more than equity is allowed, by justice, to require. That patriotic spirit which has characterized your public life, assures me that you will not.
In his last declaration, Wingo states that he never had applied for a Pension because he regarded the Pension Law as improper. In the letter of the Hon Daniel Wallace, on file with these papers, this statement is confirmed. Can we but pause and remark the patriotism displayed here. It is matter of history that in her early days, our Country was almost bankrupt. From this state she emerged into credit, altho' she was poor. When he was in easy circumstances and his Country in need, he disdained to accept that generous bounty, which, tho' due himself and comrades, his Country needed more than some of them. But by a reverse in fortunes, the scene is changed. His Country is rich and prosperous, and he is poor and needy. He now accepts the generous offer which she long since made but which he refused from motives of patriotism. The black day of threatening bankruptcy having passed, so has passed an independent credit, and his Country now glories in the sunshine of exuberant wealth. Those who, with him, brasted the

storm, sacrificed their comfort, and faced the fire for their Country, and who could have established his claim, had he submitted it when his Country first made the offer, has passed away. In need, he now submits his claim but knows of none to establish it, save one, who frequently saw him in service, tho' he did not serve with him — who supplied him with provisions, tho' he could not shoulder the musket and march by his side. He refers his Country to John Chapman, Sr., who can convince her that the declaration of one of her Sires is reliable. Chapman comes forward, and, on his oath, avers, by every positive proof and convincing circumstance that John Wingo was his friend and schoolfellow, and entered the service in his neighborhood; that he saw him in the service of his Country; that three of his brothers served with him; that he was the messmate in arms of his twin-brother; that he supplied them, in common with the others from his neighborhood, with provisions; that he frequently visited the Army to see his brothers and always saw Wingo there; that he knew when he came and when he went to fight; and yet your predecessor says he must state some circumstances that will enable him to test the accuracy of his memory! and refuses to allow the claim. This is unreasonable, because it deprives an unimpeached witness of credibility; unjust, because it deprives a man of his right; ungrateful, because it exacts hard and unreasonable conditions of a Revolutionary Sire; unlawful, because it violates that great and universal principle of law that the testimony of one witness is sufficient to establish any fact. Respectfully submitted J. P. Chase Atty

July 18.48 Rev. Case of John Briggs
Wm Lloyd warm spirit Washington D.C.
from

Ordinarys Office Spartanburgh C.H. Jany 1 st 1848
J G Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir on the 29 th Decr I act there was a pension Declaration taken before me as Judge of the Court of Ordinary in the Case of John Wingo of the District of Spartanburgh in the State of South Carolina and on the 31 st of Decr made a certificate, In making said certificate I committed an Error by leaving out the Word (Opinion) which I beg leave to correct) as I learn from a paper lying on the Table after the declaration had left the Office on which paper I first drafted the certificate then copied on the declaration & the Error I wish to correct Reads thus & am further certify that from the investigation of the matter and after ruling the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in this part of the certificate I only intend to certify as to my opinion, I hope therefore will please to amend this Sheet to the original certificate use that part of above referred to on the original certificate on the the Declaration as to my Opinion as to the cor- -ness of his Statements
Yours Most Respectfully R B Bowdin

State of South Carolina S. W. Tolson Spartanburg District Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the District of Spartanburg. in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that J C Caldwell Esq. before whom the within declar- ation and affidavit was made. is and was at the time of signing the same an acting magistrate for Spartanburg District, in the state aforesaid. and who has been duly appointed and qualified. and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. and that all due faith and credit should be given to his Official Acts as such.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Spartanburg Court House this the 25 th day of Sept 1855
J. W. Tolson Clerk

State of South Carolina } Personally appeared Spartanburg District } before me Henry Bishop aged 80 years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with John Wingo Deceased whose heirs is now applying for a pension from the time he came to this Country until his death and mustered under him as lieutenant for several years and often heard talk about being in the Revolutionary war also heard several other old soldiers say they knew John Wingo to have been a soldier of that war that he was a man of undoubted Good Character and was always reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day September 1855
J. B. Caldwell } Magistrate }
Henry his Bishop mark
State of South Carolina } Personally appeared Spartanburg District } before me Samuel Turner aged 63 years and made oath in due form of law that was well acquainted with John Wingo Deceased for the last 45 years before his death whose heirs is now applying for a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary war and often heard him speak of his services in said war and that he was a man of undoubted Good Character and was always reputed and believed to be a soldier of that war and that he has no interest in this Claim Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of September 1855
J. B. Caldwell } Magistrate }
Sam Turner

State of South Carolina } Personally appeared Spartanburg District } before me B. R. Chap- man aged 63 years and made oath that he was well acquainted with John Wingo Deceased from infancy until his death and often heard him who is now applying for a pension speak of being in the Revolutionary war and believes from what he heard the old man say he must have served between 15 and 18 months and that he was a man of undoubted Good Character and always reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of September 1855
J. C. Caldwell } Magistrate } B. R. Chapman
I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that L. D. Chapman William Branch John Clement Barney Bishop Henry Bishop Samuel Turner and B. R. Chapman who have sworn to and subscribed the above affidavits before me are respectable Citizens of said District they as well as my self are disinter- ested and that their statements are in every to the highest confidence and the old soldiers spoken of by Henry Bishop was Thos Belcher Robert Belcher and James Seay the two last I know was Pensioners
Given under my hand and seal the day date above written
J. C. Caldwell } Magistrate } B. R. Chapman

State of South Carolina Personally appeared Spartanburg District 3 before me L. D. Chapman aged 58 years who being duly sworn says he was well acquainted with John Wingo dec d whose heirs is applying for a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary war and often heard him speak of being in said war and believes from what he has heard the old man say he served between 15 and 18 months said Wingo was a man of undoubted Good Character and always was reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier-
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11 th September 1855
J. C. Caldwell Magistrate
Lorenzo D. Chapman
State of South Carolina Personally appeared before Spartanburg District 3 me William Brannon aged 65 years who being duly sworn saith he was well acquainted with John Wingo Dec d whose heirs is applying for a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary war and often heard him speak of being in said war and believes him to have been a soldier of that war and a man of undoubted Good Character and was always reputed and believed to have been a Revolution- ary soldier-
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 11 th September 1855
Wm Brannon
J. C. Caldwell Magistrate

State of South Carolina Personally appeared Spartanburg District 3 before me John Clement aged 72 years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with John Wingo Dec'd whose heirs is now applying for a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary war for the last 50 years before he died and always believed him to be a soldier of that war and a man of undoubted Good Character and Reputed and believed to have been a soldier of that war Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11 th day of September 1855
J. G. Caldwell 3 John Clement Magistrate 3
State of South Carolina Personally ap- peared before me Barney Bishop aged 70 years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with John Wingo Dec'd whose heirs is now applying for a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary war from infancy until he died and often heard him speak of being in the service in that war and believes him to have been also said Wingo was a man of undoubted Good Character and always reputed and believed to have been a soldier of that war Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of September 1855
J. G. Caldwell 3 Barney Bishop Magistrate 3

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 11 , 190 8
Searched by S. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, John Wingo
Service, Pa Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above Try Reg. # 11716 No U. W. Inv. as above H.
Chief of Division.

Emory, S.C.
Aug. 22, 24,
Bureau of Pensions - Washington, D.C. Gentlemen -
John Wingo, a soldier of the Revolution who lived in either Cumberland or Halifax and served from 1775-81 Co. W. married Polly Deay of Amelia Co. Va. and came to Spartan- burg District S.C. just after close of Rev. must have a pension application - Please send me a copy -
Thanking you Mrs. A. F. Lamb.

April 21-1921
Commission of Pensions
Reis,
Can I get-
information from you of
James Ballenger and
John Knapp - both Revolu- tionary Soldiers coming to K.C. from Va.?
Mrs. J. E. Margum 132 E. Henry St. Spartanburg, S.C.

Can you tell me if the names of John Wingo of Halifax Co. Virginia - and John Dodd of Rockingham Co - Va - appear in Revolutionary records - If they do - what information can you of that service - Greatly obliging Mrs. Edna Harris Isabelle, S.C.

L. S. W.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MS. 9.
June 25, 1925
Mrs. J.E. Margun 132 East Henry Street Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in The Revolutionary War Pension claim, R-11714, it appears that John Wingo, Senior, was born in Amelia County, Virginia, October 2, 1761 and lived there during the Revolution.
He applied for pension December 29, 1847, while living in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, and alleged that he served in the Virginia Troops as follows:
Under Captains Chapin (or Chafin) and Garrold, dates not given.
In From 1777, 1778 or 1780 for three months under Captain Lewis Ford.
For six months under Captains Hudson and Daffee (or Dapee) and Colonel Lynch, dates not given.
In 1781 for three months under Captains Anderson and Scott, Colonels Merriwether and Good, and was in the battle with Tarleton's Cavalry between Richmond and Petersburg.

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws,
Reference is made to his children, Mary High and Elias J. There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.