Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10708, William Troop, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Troop or Throop
William
R 10708
Nancy
CONTENTS

13828 Nancy Troop widow of William Lee act 7 May 1838
Rejected
William Troop Minuteman June 18, 1780 Wm N. deserted Lee Role: Col. Shuyler Regiment

state of Illinois Jefferson County ss Be it remembered That at a special Term of the County Commissioners Court held in and for the County of Jefferson in the State of Illinois the Annexed proceedings had before John Trout one of the Judges of this Court in the matter of the application of Nancy Trout for a pension was submitted to and approved by said Court in open Court and ordered to be so Certified in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Mt Vernon this 12 th day February AD 1849. J. F. Walton, Clerk.

State of Illinois
Jefferson County Ss on this tenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine before the subscribers one of the Judges of the County Commissioners Court in and said County personally appeared Nancy Pnoop alias Nancy Throop aged eighty two years old a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law both on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress past July 7 1838 March 3 1843 June 17 1844 and February 2 nd 1848 granting pensions and help- pay to certain Widows: that she is the widow of William Pnoop alias William Throop who was very near or quite six feet high dark eyes and dark hair and fair skin and was about twenty or twentyone when he enlisted as a private about the year seventeen hundred and sixty eight in the service of the state of New Jersey in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Shelton or Sheldon. and that some of the officers under whom he served was named Brown and one named _____ and that he enlisted in the state of New Jersey and served as much as three years but does not remember where he was born. he was as I have heard him say in the battles of Monmouth Guilford's Court House and the Cowpens and on one occasion had the end of his finger shot off

She further declares that she and the above said William Troop was married some time in the year sixty  eighty three in the County of Burke and State of North Carolina by Esquire Morrison and her name before marriage was Nancy Harmon She was born about the year seventeen hundred and sixty seven and was sixteen years old when she and the said William Troop was married he had a discharge but it has been mislaid we also had a family record and that is mislaid in the fall of the year eighteen hundred and thirty one William Troop aforesaid made an effort to fix his papers to secure a pension but before he sent on his papers took sick and in December of that year died and nothing has been done since and that she still remains the Widow of the fore mentioned William Troop - she knows of no land that the said William Troop got for his services as a soldier
She further declares that she was not married to the said William Troop previous to his leaving the services but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seven hundred and ninety four VIZ at the time above stated - subscribed and sworn to before me this
John Trout
Nancy her L Troop mark
the st

I John Truett Judge of said do certify that Nancy Troop above named is unable to attend Court from old age and infirmity given under my hand and seal this 10th February 1849 John Truett Esq.
State of Illinois Jefferson County ss. Before the subscriber one of the Judges of County Commissioners Court in and for said County personally appeared Martin Gray a creditable witness and after being by me duly sworn upon his oath deposed and says that he was acquainted with the above mentioned William Troop and Nancy Troop for the space of forty years past and at that time she was recognized as the Wife of the above said William Troop and continued so to pass until his death which occurred in December eighteen hundred and thirty one and she still carries his Widow's pension. years ago they had children grown up to manhood have heard the said William Troop tell about his engagements in the Revolution and being in the battle of Monmouth Guilford Court House and the Cowpens and in one engagement had part of one finger shot off think he served as a Dragoon and that he served several years in the army
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above written John Truett Martin Gray

and also before the same Court at the same time personally appeared Mary Gray a credible witness and after and  after being sworn as the law directs upon her oath deposeth and says that she was acquainted with the above named William Troop and Nancy Troop at least forty years ago they were then recognised as husband and wife and had a family of children and some of them of lawful age and they continued to hold the relation of husband and wife until the death of the said William Troop which took place in December eighteen hundred and thirty one and the said Nancy Troop still continues to remain the widow of the fore named William Troop
have heard the said William Troop tell about serving in the war of the Revolution and being engaged in several battles and on one occasion had the end of one of his fingers shot off
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above mentioned
John Tranth
Me Mary Gray widow

N 13.828
Nancy Twp
Lib. of J. H. Young, June 28. '49
Rejected
Letter to Wm Manly 19 th Oct 1849
10708
ad of July 1848

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10,748
P. O. _____
Nancy Troop
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Hon J L Edwards
Counr of Pensions

Marshall Clark Co Ills July 22-1849
Dear Sir -
Enclosed please find the application of Nancy Troop for a pension under the several acts of 1838-1843 &c. The claim has been forwarded to me, by the friends of the applicant, to be presented for allowance, your attention to same will oblige
Yours Ott- Serot- Jim H Young
P.S. Please correspond with me on the subject at this place - J H Y

Additional Proof in Case of Nancy Troop

State of North Carolina County Court office Buncombe County } July 10 th 1849
I. Joseph D Ferrer Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that I have made diligent search amongst the Marriage Bonds now on file in my office which is the only record evidence of marriages my office affords: for the marriage Bond of William Troop or Throop to Nancy, and I can find no such Record. Evidence
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office done at office in Asheville the 10 th day of July 1849 J. D. Ferrer Clerk

State of North Carolina Bertie County
J. Joseph D. Ferris Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have made diligent search amongst the Marriage Bond on file in my office which is the only Record the County Court office afford of Marriages for the Marriage Bond of William & Nancy Troop or Throop and have not been able to find any such Record In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this the 1st day of May AD 1849 J. D. Ferris Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Henry County To before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and State personally appeared Mary Esten and after being by me duly sworn as the law directs on her oath deposeth and says that she is fifty nine years old and as early as she can remember back a certain Nancy Troop who she knows has applied in the County of Jefferson and State of Illinois for a pension as the Widow of William Troop - they the said William and Nancy Troop were living together as husband and wife and that fifty years ago had seven or eight children and at that time the oldest must have been as much as sixteen years old - have frequently heard the said William Troop say that he was a regular Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served for several years some times on horse and some times on foot. had also heard her Father Calvin Wade who was a pensioner in the County of Blount and State of Alabama say that he and the said William Troop served together in the War of the Revolution and that both enlisted at the said time and place and that after the said Calvin Wade got his pension established then the said William Troop came to get the evidence of the said Wade her father and while at her house the said William Troop died in December eighteen hundred and

merely one if not mistaken in the date after which time nothing more was done in the arrangement of the papers for his pension and from her long standing acquaintance with the said William Troop she does not doubt that but that he was a soldier in the revolution and that the said Nancy Troop is his lawful Wife and that they must have been married as long as sixty six or sixty seven years - and that she is entirely disinterested in the event of the matter Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 26 th of May 1849
G. M. Hutton
JP
her Mary + O'Brien mark
I G. M. Hutton do hereby certify that the person above mentioned as hereby that May O'Brien above described is a citizen of my neighbourhood and with whom I am personally acquainted and I recommend her as a credible witness given under my hand and seal this day and date last above written this the 26 th of May 1849
G. M. Hutton J. H. Reed

State of Tennessee Perry County } I P. Pleasant Whitwell Clerk of the County Court in and for said County and State do hereby certify that G. W. Shelton who name appears to the foregoing Affidavit is and was at the time of signing of the same an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified to office and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such.
and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deposing witness Mary Osteen and can also certify to her good reputable character
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the official seal of said Court. done at Linden Perry County this 26 th day of May 1849 P. Pleasant Whitwell Clk
State of Tennessee Perry County } I P. Pleasant Whitwell Clerk of said County Court do hereby certify that the County Seal of said Perry County is lost or mislaid so it can not be had I therefore write the same in writing. Given under my hand and seal at office in the town of Linden this 26 day of May 1849 P. Pleasant Whitwell Clk