Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11680, John Wilson, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Wilson, John Patty
R 11680
CONTENTS

State of North Carolina Johnston County
At a Special Court held at the Court House in Smithfield in the County and State aforesaid Special Administration was granted to Gaston Gully upon the Estate of Patty Wilson dec'd Widow of John Wilson dec'd after Betty Wilson the only child of John & Patty Wilson Relinquished her rights to Administration on the Estate of the said Patty Wilson Whereupon the said Gaston Gully Comes in said Court and enters into bond in the Sum of Three thousand dollars with John Gully & Needham G Gully his sureties which said bond is accepted by said Court
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Office in Smithfield the 30 th day of July 1855 J. H. Wm. day clk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the several acts of Congress granting pay to the Widows and Orphans of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
State of North Carolina
Johnston County
On this 16 th day of June 1855 personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mrs. Betty Wilson a resident of Johnston County aged 70 years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath Make the the following declaration in Order to Obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 4 th of July 1834 and of the Several different acts and Resolutions
that She is the daughter of John Wilson and Patty Wilson dec d whose Maiden Name before there marriage was Patty Davis my Father John Wilson was a private Soldier and served his country in the Revolutionary War he enlisted in the War on or about the 1 st day of January 1777 and was a Corporal in 1778 for the Term of three years and served under Captain Walsh as a

have understood and believe that her Father was in several engagements as I have heard him and Mother say and I know he was a cripple for life in his Right knee which wound he got in one of the battles as I have heard him say and have heard Father John Wilson and Uncle William Wilson speak of their services in the War. She prays for such pension as she may be entitled to I employed our clerk some years since to file my papers about the time that aunt Elizabeth Widow of William Wilson died and he (Thomas Bagley) died and I do not know whether he sent them or not as I live 20 miles from the Court House, that his said Father John Wilson died in the month of September 1832 the day of the month I do not recollect and my Mother Patty Wilson died on the 29 th day of April 1849 as will more fully appear by Proofs hereunto annexed.
her Betty x Wilson mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
De Witt C. Mellon Jr

State of North Carolina } Johnston County }
This day came John Ranes Senr before me and after having been duly sworn accord- -ing to Law says he was well acquainted with John Wilson the Father of Betty Wilson and with his wife Patty they both died some years ago John died before this widow I was old enough to Remember when John Wilson went in the Revolutionary War I know he was gone some over three years and when he was brought home he was wounded in his Right knee which I always understood he received his wou- -nd in a battle which I heard him say he was in a battle at Stono Ferry Mon- -ths corner and some others in South Car- -olina with Gen l Lincoln I have heard him often speak of his hardships in the war he is the man that served as he lived very near my Father and I was a boy of the Right age to Remember such thing and I know he married Patty Davis he was a cripple to the day he died as the Ball passed through his knee. my Grand Father Henry Ranes was one of the mem- -bers of the first Congress from Johnston

when the Members met at Halifax in November 1776 which formed the Constitution I can Remember when Grand Father went off to Congress I am now 90 years old.
John Rams Sr.
Sworn to and subscribed on this 18 th day June 1835 before me
DeWitt C. Wellons J.P.
State of North Carolina Johnston County
I hereby certify I am well acquainted with Betty Wilson the daughter of John Wilson and wife Patsy she is an aged and Respectable woman and so inform that she is unable to attend Court living some twenty miles from the Court house and she is as poor as any body.
given under my hand and seal this 18 th June 1835
DeWitt C. Wellons J.P.

State of North Carolina } Johnston County }
On this 18 day of June 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Allen Watkins a Resident of said County aged 89 years and after being being duly Cautioned and sworn according to law testifies and says that he was a very near Neighbour and was well acquainted with John Wilson and his Wife Patty Wilson who was Patty Davis before their marriage John Wilson served in the Revolutionary War about three years, John Wilson was wounded in his Right Knee which made him a cripple to the day he died I know he was brought home some time about the year 1780 Out of the War he lived near my Father and when he was brought home we all went over to see him and to see the wound, Father and Mother Brother Milie and myself he said they had a hard Battle at Eutaw, John Wilson the Father of Betty who is a filing these papers is the John Wilson who served in the War and was wounded in the Right Knee I have heard John Wilson speak of being with

Col Gasswell and General Lincoln. Allen Watkins
Sworn to and Subscribed this day above written before me.
Dewitt C. Wellons Jr
State of North Carolina Johnston County
I hereby Certify I am personally acquainted with Allen Watkins he is an aged and very Respectable man and his word is equal to any mans as truth.
Dewitt C. Wellons Jr

State of North Carolina
I John H Kennedy Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Johnston do Certify that Dewitt C Wellon whose Certificate appear to the foregoing proceedings is and was and acting justice in and for Said County at the time of the date thereof duly commissioned and sworn and that his Signature thereto is Genuine
I witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at office in Smithfield the 25 th day June 1855 J H Kennedy clk

State of North Carolina } Johnston County }
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Betty Wilson the daughter of John Wilson that his statement I believe to be true and correct and from infirmity and old age she is unable to attend at the court living about twenty miles from it.
Given under my hand this 16 th June 1835
De Witt C. Wellons Esq

This Pensioner was not the husband of Patsy Nelson, My letter of the 19th of July was written under a mis- apprehension, Examine as to Service,
Triplett
On the At Co Rolls there is a John Nilsson , enlisted 20 July '98 for 9 months, another in Sharp's Company, for 18 months from Aug 1782, these 18 months may seem about 12 months, refer to the Rolls, several of his men

State of North Carolina
Know all men by these Presents That we John Wilson & Jacob Davis are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Richard Caswell Esquire, Governor, Captain General and Commander in chief of the State aforesaid, in the just and full sum of five hundred Pounds Current Money of the State aforesaid, to be paid to his said Excellency the Governor, his Successors or assigns, to the which Payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents: Sealed with our Seals, and dated this fourteenth day of September Anno Domini (1785) Seventeen hundred & Eighty five
(The Condition of the above obligation is such That whereas the above bound John Wilson hath made Application for a Licence for a Marriage to be Celebrated between him and Patty Davis of the County aforesaid: Now in case it shall not appear hereafter that there is any lawful Cause to obstruct the said Marriage, then the above obligation to be Void; otherwise to remain in full Force and Virtue—
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Wm Ward
John X Wilson (Seal) Jacob X Davis (Seal)
State of North Carolina
Johnston County
I John H Kennedy Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Johnston in the aforesaid Do Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of a Marriage Licence Bond Now on file among the records of my office
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed My Name and affixed the Seal of said Court the 23 rd day of January AD 1854
John H Kennedy clk

11,680
P. O.
Patty Wilson
Service:
Under
John Wilson
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 8136
Patty Wilson
Dec'd Widow of S. N.C.
Ames July 19
same Aug. 8/
11680
July 4 1836

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary
War, that John Wilson a private soldier in Capt. Walsh's Company of the eighth Regiment, entered the service on the first day of Jany 1777, for the term of Three years; was a corporal in November 1778.
Given under my hand this 31 st day of July 18 55.
W. Hill Secretary of State

Washington August 4 1855 Hon J Munro, Sir
Enclosed you will find the evidence required by the letter from your Office of the 19 th ult. in the case of Polly Wilson Widow of John of N.C. Also evidence from the records of North Carolina of her husband Service.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Geo L. Ames

Washington July 10 th 1855 Hon L. P. Ward Sir
I present herewith the application of Betty Wilson for the Pension, alleged to be due her Mother Betty Wilson under the act of 4 July 1836. and her father John Wilson under the law of 1832. It appears from Claimants Statement that she some years since employed Thomas Bagby, then Clerk of the County to make out the papers required to present these Claims to the Pension Office. But Bagby died shortly after and she does not know whether the papers were presented or not. Should they be found on your files they will probably furnish proof of Marmaduke and also of John Wilson's Service.
William Wilson, the husband of Elizabeth Wilson referred to in the Statement of Betty Wilson, was a Continental Soldier, and if John the husband of Betty served with him, evidence of his services should be found in your Office.
These papers, I present as I

have received them. If the end aim to establish the claim has not already been filed I must endeavor if possible to procure it from North Carolina
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Geo L. Ames
1853- 70 1783-
John Melvin 8 th Sep 1832 Betty Melvin 2 nd 25 Apr 1849
Memor
- Mrs Rams S r - Allen Melvin
Memor