Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 19086, James Wiley, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Wiley, James
R 19086
Va. Half-Pay
CONTENTS

I James Wiley of Fairfax County and State of Virginia being weak in body but of sound and ruspung mind to make for as this is to my Last Will and Testament I direct my body to be decently interred & recommend my soul to the Great Creator from whom I received & dying on his grace and mercy I give and bequeath all my Lands in Fairfax County to my Son William to him and his heirs forever to be held on this ex- press condition that he maintain in a decent and comfortable manner his unfortunate brother Robert during his natural life I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Young my slaves Stephen and Anna. I give and bequeath to my Son James a slave called Charles now in his possession by way of loss from me . I give and bequeath to my Son William a boy called Willis & another boy called Daniel this last for the up keep purpose of at- tending upon my unfortunate Son Robert. I direct my servant woman Mima to be hired out whenever she pleases & her hire to be applied to sup- port my Son Robert as long as he lives and afterwards to inure to the ben- efit of my Son William. I further direct that all my just debts be paid out of the residue of my personal property not herein before disposed of. Lastly I direct all the rest of my property of whatever kind & nature to be divided equally between my Sons William & Robert & my Daughter Elizabeth Young, hereby consigning to my Son James the portion hereof made by me for him meaning thereby the gifts made in Part of otherwise but the part of my personal property hereby given to Robert to be held by William subject to the condition hereof expressed, of affording him a decent & com- fortable maintenance during his life & after his death to inure to the sole benefit of my Son William. I hereby constitute & appoint my sons William & my Sons in Law Alexander & Young to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament Witness my hand this 21st July 1811 Acknowledged in the presence of us  Richard Bland Lee, Chas. M c Knight } James Wiley (Seal) William Washington, P. S uff
At a Court held for Fairfax County the 29 day of August 1811 This Last Will & Testament of James Wiley deceased was presented in Court by William Wiley & Alexander Young the Bats therein named who made oath that to the best of their knowledge the same is true Richard Bland Lee and Charles M c Knight is admitted to record of the same Executed as having performed what the Law requires in such cases certificate

and granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form
Teste W. M. [unclear]
A Copy Teste
Amos [unclear]
Wiley Pames Will A Copy

No 19086
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812. 3358
James Wiley Capt
va Revolutionary
Discharged _____, 18
605-8
RECEIVED
N.Y. Pay _____ Act 32
Received _____, 187
Attorney.

James Wiley Lieutenant in Col o Stewart regiment, being unfit for duty, has liberty to go out into the country - to return as soon as his lameness will permit -
By Order of Gen l Greene
J. Burnett V. Asst. M p .
Camp Jan y 1 14 th 1778

Land Office, Annapolis, 13 th Oct r , 1841,
Dear Sir,
Having been confined to my bed for several weeks past with a severe attack of bilious fever, I have been unable to reply to your letter of the 1 st inst t , until to day. - The Master, pay rolls and Army Ledgers of the Revolution, in this office, have been very carefully examined and the only evidence they afford of the service of James Wiley, is, that he was appointed a Captain, on the 4 th day of October, 1779, in the select Militia of Frederick County, in a Battalion commanded by L t Colonel William Blair, - The rolls are very imperfect, and do not show, how long he was in service, or when he left the service, nor do I find his name upon any of the pay rolls or Army Ledgers, - I am therefore unable to furnish any thing more than the date of his appointment. -
I am very respectfully, Y ur Ob dt Serv t , G. G. Brown,
William J. Anderson, Esq r ,
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Mail
William J. Anderson Esq. Washington City District of Columbia
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G. G. Brown Esq. 13 Oct 1821

27. March 1848
Rev James Wiley
Conne
Hon R. M. T. Hunter
Senate US
Mr. Hunter
Comm. of Pensions
P. Office
Washington D.C.

Va
Wiley, James
R. 19086
Va \frac{1}{2} Pay
Furlough

Capt. Wiley's Furnough -

Correspondence were handed by Mr Wiley to J. F. Mason of Alexandria some year since

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wiley, John GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11798 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 7, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.