Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11852, Henry Wilson, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Wilson, Henry Mary
W 11852
B.L.Mt 31.768-160-55
CONTENTS
4. Sept. 4, 1763 on Parr River, N.C.
res at eul. Dobbs Co. N.C.
res in 1832 Darlington District S.C.
d. Nov. 22, 1838.

23,833.
South Carolina
Henry Wilson of Darlington in the State of S o Ca: who was a p er in the Compy commanded by Captain H earsey of the _____ commanded by _____ in the S o Ca: line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of South Ca: at the rate of 20. Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Ap r 34. and Sub P er R.B. Campbell - A.R.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept - 1834  60 -    Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap r 34  10     $70 -  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath: Rice - Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 83

5195 South Carolina, Mary Wilson, widow of Henry Wilson N.B. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private ,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 21 st day of May 1853. and sent to
M c A. Huggins Darlington Dist. No. 11. S.C.
recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 1853, Page 148 Vol. C
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179.035. act 3, mar
27. June '55
Mary Wilson - wid of Henry Wilson - 181
Capt _____
Col _____
1 mil
Ent _____
Dis _____
Revolutionary Pensioner Rev War.
at rate of $20. per an =
July 53-5195
ad: 1600 per 16/56
Bluffton
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Mr. A. Huggins Darlington C.H. So Ca
Vd. No-23. —

South Carolina Darlington District
On this 24 th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Richard Gant one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas & Sessions held for the District & State aforesaid. Henry Wilson aged Seventy years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in the year 1780 he volunteered into the service of the United States & joined the Company of Militia at Kingston, N.C. under the command of Capt. Stephen Herring. the higher officers which I now recollect were Maj. Wm. Shippard & Genl. Caswell. that he was on a tour through Jones County in pursuit of Tories about one month and returned to Kingston. & remained one month more when I went home and the day returning home I was

For six months - I immediately returned to Winston & joined the same forces named above & acted as fifer - The Regt. was marched in Jones County to meet the British under Genl. Craig. we had a small engagement with them Genl. Craig then retreated through Onslow towards Wilmington . The Regiment pursued to within six miles of Wilmington: when we were informed that the British had embark- -ed - & further pursuit was unnecessary our term of service being out we were then discharged
I hereby relinquish every claim Whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Answers to Interrogatories,
1 I was born on Tar river N.C. September 4 th 1763 2 The only record of my age was lost by the burning of my house 3 When I entered the service I was living in Dobbs County N.C. Since the Revolutionary war I lived in

Wayne County N.C. until 1815 when I moved to this state & have ever since lived in this District
4 - I volunteered at first & was after- wards drafted & served in all eight months
5. I know only the officers named in the preceding declaration & the circumstances are there detailed
6. I did receive a discharge near Wilmington but it was burnt with my house at the time the record of my age was burnt
7. Mary Vause now in this neighborhood knows that I was in the service & I name Robert Campbell - Elias D Law - Theodore Dudley to shew my reputation for veracity & good conduct begin to in open court before Richard Gault P. Judge Henry Wilson
We Robert Campbell a clergyman resi- ding in the District of Darlington and Elias D Law residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be seventy years old

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and 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 to the day & year aforesaid in open Court before us Richard Gantt P. Judge R Campbell Elias B. Law Theodore Dufresne Rachab Cannon Timothy Dargan
And the Court do declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the warm report that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the Court further certifies that Ross Campbell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Darlington District S.C. & that Elias B Law who has also signed is a resident of the same is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit Richard Gantt
I John B Bruce Clerk of the Court of Darlington District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the Application of Henry Wilson for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office J B Bruce
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North Carolina Darlington District }
Mary Cause came person- ally before me John B. Bruce & made oath that she knew Henry Wilson during the Revolutionary war & that he was a constant good soldier and that the facts set forth in his declaration are substantially true
Sworn to before me 24 th Octr. 1833.
her Mary X Cause mark
John B. Bruce C.C.P.

State of South Carolina } ss District of Darlington } On this the 11 th day of May 4 th 1855. Personally appeared before me the Judge of the probate Court in and for the District of Darlington & State aforesaid, Mrs Mary Wilson a resident of Darlington District and State aforesaid aged Sixty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February 1853 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Henry Wilson, a Revolutionary Pensioner, of said District & State, & refers you to the evidence filed in his application when a Pension was granted him — that the old Pension Certificate has been duly searched for, but cannot be found it is lost or mislaid — She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Wilson on 12 th June 1822, by D Flowers a minister of Darlington District and State aforesaid, married in said District and State, and that her said husband (Henry Wilson) died on the 22 nd day of November 1838, being 77 years of age, and that she was not married to him prior to the 2 nd of January 1800, but at the time above stated, she further declares that she has remained a widow ever since his death, and is now a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Mary Wilson (Seal) Pendant
Reuben Beasley Judge of Probate D.D.

Darlington OH V.C
11 th May 1858.
The Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find Application of Mrs Mary Wilson for a Pension. When a Certificate is issued. Enclose it and direct it to me at this office. I am acting as her agent in this matter.
Yours Very Respectfully M. A. Huggins

The State of South Carolina } District of Darlington } S. I. E. B. Brunson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of several Sessions in and for the District of Darlington and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Miles H. Joy before whom the Annexed four Affidavits were signed, was at the date of each of them a magistrate in and for the District of Darlington and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths and to take acknowledgments, and that his name appea- ring to the same is his genuine signature. In testi- mony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 11 th day of May A.D. 1855. E. B. Brunson
Cop

(Proof of marriage)
State of South Carolina District of Darlington } Personally appeared before the subscribing officer Cordell Hunt — resident of Darlington District and State aforesaid (whose credibility I sustain) and being first duly sworn according to law, doth say, that Henry Wilson and Mary Wilson, was married, by D Flowers a minister on the 12 th day of June 1822; that they were married in Darlington District and State aforesaid, to the best of my recollection at the above stated time Sworn to before me on this the 17 th day of April 1855 Miles W. Loy Magistrate D.D.
C. Hunt

Per
State of South Carolina
Darlington District - { Personally appeared before me Clarisa Hunt and made oath that that she was present when Henry Wilson & Mary Wilson, widow was married there were married by D Glover a Minister Sworn to before me this 6 th Feby 1855-
Walter D. Ly Magistrate
Clarisa Hunt (Mark)

State of South Carolina } Darlington District }
Personally appeared before me John Moore and made oath that Henry Wilson, Pensioner, and Mary Wilson his widow were living together at the time he said he has been dead about sixteen or seventeen years ago -
Sworn to before me this 11 th February 1855 -
Wm H Ly Magistrate }
John Moore

(Proof of death,
State of South Carolina } ss
District of Darlington } ss
Personally appeared before me the subscribing officer James Polk — a resident of Darlington District and State aforesaid (whom Credibility is sustained) first being duly sworn ac- -cording to Law, doth say that Henry Wilson a Pensioner of said District and State, died on the 22 nd day of November 1838, leaving a widow Mary Wilson, who has remained a widow ever since his death, and is now his widow Sworn to before me this
James Polk
the 18 th day of April 1855
W. H. Ly
Magistrate
D. D.

The State of South Carolina District of Darlington } On this 18 day of June A D One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five, Personally appeared before me one of the magistrates in and for the District of Darlington and State aforesaid. Mrs Mary Wilson the Widow of Henry Wilson, and a resident of Darlington District and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the widow of Henry Wilson deceased who was a revolutionary Pensioner. She further states that she is 60 years of age, and that she as the widow of Henry Wilson, made application for a Pension under the Act of February 3 rd 1853. and received a Pension cer- tificate, issued to her, (the following a copy of said Certifi- =cate. Department of the Interior, Widows Pension.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2 d section of the Act of February 3 rd 1853. Mary Wilson Widow of Henry Wilson, who was a private in the revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February 1853, and continuing for life unless she should again mar- ry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty first day of May One thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
Examined and Countersigned.
No 5195 I P Waldo
R Mblelland Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Payment to be made at Charleston by J. C. Cochran Esqr Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of South Carolina Payable on the 4 th Sept. and 4 th March. Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under Act February 3 rd 1853. Page 148 Vol A. G. Getty Clerk. -
She also states that she was married to the said Henry Wilson as was stated in her application for a Pension, and refers you to

the Papers on file when the  She made application for a Pension for the proof of Marriage & the death of the said Henry Wilson. She further States that She is still the widow of Henry Wilson. And now makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which She may be entitled under the Act approved the 3 rd March 1855. She further States that She has never made any other application for Bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress except this one. She further States that when a warrant is issued to her that it be sent to M A Huggins who is my agent, at Darlington Cty. South Carolina. Mary her Wilson mark
We James S. McCall Jr. and E. J. White residents of Darlington District in the state of South Carolina; upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Wilson in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that She is the identical person She represents herself to be.
James S. McCall Jr.
E. J. White
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were signed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person She represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
M. A. Huggins Magistrate
177.035

The State of South Carolina } District of Darlington } ss I, E B Brunson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in and for the District of Darlington and State aforesaid do hereby certify that M A Huggins esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was signed was at the date of the same a magistrate in and for the District of Darlington and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths and to take acknowledgments. And that his name appearing to the same is his genuine signature, in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this the 20 day of June A D 1855.
E B Brunson Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11852
Mary Wilson Widow of Henry Wilson Rev Rev war
Act: Feb 3 d /53
Index:—Vol. (M) , Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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J Newans

Provision Office, May 16 th 1855
Mr. 21 M ch 56 Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid on the date of his death. Very Respectfully,
L. M c Leod Commissioner,
Winton,
R. J. Atkinson, Esq r , Their Auditor. W. Asbury,
Henry Wilson paid to 4 March 1836.
Robt. Graham
Auditor

Brief in the case of Mrs. Wilson, widow of Henry, Darlington Dist.  County and State of Pa. act 3 rd Feb y : 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband was pensioned under the Act of June, 1832 at a rate of $20. per An n . Two witnesses testify they were present at the marriage. Pensioner died 22 d November, 1836, as per the Affidavits of two witnesses, report of the H. Auditor. Widowhood & Identity, is established by the Affidavits of three Credible Affiants. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
M. A. Huggins, Esq., Darlington C. H. Name and residence of Agent P. G.
J. B. Buxton, Examining Clerk.

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Henry Wilson
Samuel A. Smith 10 mo $20 S. ca
Hon R. B. Campbell

State of South Carolina Darlington District
On this Eighteenth day October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Hon: Baylis J Earle Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions now sitting. Henry Wilson a resident of Darlington district State aforesaid aged Seventy one years. who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated -
About six months before the siege of Charleston I volunteered under Major Sheppard in Captain Hearn's Company - and served three months - He lived at that time in Dobbs County North Carolina - He was in a skirmish in Jones County N.C. - He was drafted and served three months more under the same Officers - In his first engage- ment in the service, he marched from Kingston towards Newbern N.C. and in the last he marched through Jones to Bladen County - He does not recollect the names of any the Regular Officers - He has no documentary evidence - and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim other- -ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll or agency of any

of any State - Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
By J. Earle presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas &c Sessions in open court at Darlington Court house in the State & Dist aforesaid
South Carolina Darlington District We Robert Campbell a Clergyman residing in Darlington State afore- said and Theophilus Norwood of the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Henry Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he as reported & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn to and subscribed J. Campbell the day & year aforesaid. Thos. Norwood
By J. Earle presiding Judge in open court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Campbell & the others who have signed the preceding certificate are as a

Clergyman resident in Darlington District and State aforesaid and that Theo. M c Wort who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit —
B J Earle
Pending Judge
As aforesaid
in open court
I, Mr. R. Bruce Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Sessions for the District of Darlington and State aforesaid of South Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Henry Wilson for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Mr. R. Bruce C. C. H.