Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38478, Richard Worsham, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Worsham, Richard
838478
{ B.L. No. 2438-200-Lieut. Issued Mar. 19, 1794 no papers.
CONTENTS

7246
Georgia
Richard Mershon Wilkes city in the state of Georgia who was a lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel to Linn of the Virginia brigade, for the term of six years War
inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar. 1818 and sent to the Hon. Mr. Cobb for it.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 11 33: 225: 80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 320 00 Continued. 8345:80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Wilkes County Georgia
Notwithstanding November 10 1820 to Richard Mershon Georgia
Died Oct 17, 1826 (aB)

Informal to be returned
Hon: Apr 11 1878 Buy me Porter, E.H.
1. As this applicant appears to have rec d his commission of Ensign from under the au- thority of the State of Virgi- nia, it is doubtful whe- ther he served on the Conti- nental establishment, or the regular Army of the U. States.
2. The Judge has not affixed the seal of this County Court. Chas. M. Taylor Clerk April 23 1878
Admitted, for Oath
W. T. Taylor

State of Georgia Wilkes County. S. Before me a Judge of the Superior Court for said County and State personally appeared Richard Worsham who being duly sworn upon his oath saith That he entered the service during the revolutionary war in the year seventeen hundred & Seventy five as a private in Captain Ballards company of Infantry attached to the first regiment of Infantry from the State of Virginia commanded by Col. Patrick Henry; That in the year seventeen hundred & Seventy six he was appointed an Ensign by the County Court of Charlotte County and joined the 14 th Virginia regiment commanded by Col. Charles Lewis. The company he belonged to was commanded it is believed by Col. Mifflin. That he rose from that to be first Lieutenant which he held for several years and at the conclusion of the Revolutionary war at which time he was attached to the first & tenth regiments which had been consolidated & were commanded by Col. Ruel. This regiment was taken at the siege of Charleston. That this Deponent was discharged by the order discharging the Army - And that he received his commutation money about the year seventeen hundred & Eighty four And the Deponent further states

That he is in reduced circumstances and has been for many years past — Sworn to before me this 27 th March 1818
Benjamin Porter P. B. I. & Wilkes
Att Woodson
= Georgia } I Benjamin Porter Judge of Wilkes County } the Inferior Court of Wilkes Do hereby certify That it appears to my satisfaction & I have no doubt that the above named Richard Woodson served as an officer during the war of the Revolution in defence of the United States against the common enemy That I have known him for about thirty years that he has always been reputed & considered to have been an officer in the army of the revolution which I believe never to have been disabled and that he is now well known to some of the members of his family from this State that he is now in the state for many years a citizen of said county & state and that he is in reduced circumstances — Given under my hand & seal this 27 th March 1818
B. Porter P. B. I. & W. B.

In Superior Court of said County State of Georgia } July Term 1820 Wilkes County. ss. } Present the Honble Wm M Dooley Judge of said court - On this nineteenth day of
July 1820 personally appeared in open court the the said court being a court of record for said county, Richard Wersharn aged being now in the sixty fifth year of his age, resident in the Town of Washington in said county, State, who being first duly sworn according to law, dith on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. He entered the into the continental service as an Ensign in the four- teenth Virginia regiment, in the company of said Regiment commanded by Captain Joseph M c Intosh or M c Intire (a french name) in the Virginia lines on continental establishment. The Regi- ment was then commanded by Col Chas s Lewis of Albemarle County, Virginia. That he hath heretofore applied for Pensions under the act of the ninth tenth day of March 1818. That his original declaration bears date, he believes about the twenty se- venth day of March 1818, but being informed it was corrected in Clarke Superior Court, further fuller proofs of service given, at September Term 1818 of said court. That the pension allowed him at the rate of

Department, and permitted a certificate issued in his favor No 7246 bearing date on the fifth day of March 1819, which is in the words following
"War Department Revolutionary claims
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818, Richard Mosher late a Lieutenant, in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the Georgia agency, at the rate of Twenty dollars per month to commence on the twenty seventh day of March 1818 one thousand eight hundred eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J C Calhoun Secretary of War
The deponent further saith that altho' he entered our service as an Ensign he was promoted to a second Officer Lieutenancy in which last capacity he was serving at the close of the war, all which will more fully appear from his original declaration, & other documents accompany- ing the same, now in the War Department to which he begs leave to refer for further information as to his service. And the said Richard further swearing says that he was a resident citizen of the United States on

the 18 th day of March 1818 and that "I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, dis- posed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby as to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land naval service of the United States in the Revolu- tionary war, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or receivings, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, the said schedule (which contains nothing, as I have no- thing to be specified therein except my wearing ap- parel) schedule
Lands, I have none
Dwelling house, none
Personal property, debts or contracts, none
If
R. Worsham
I further swear that I have no occupation at this time, & am too old to pursue any to engage in even that I have children living of the following names, being now all grown, Joseph, Elizabeth Willy (a widow) Sophia intermarried with Osborn Stone, Martha, (intermarried with Dr. Mrs. Piper) Emily Worsham & Richard Worsham. That none of these lives with me ; but that I am dependent upon them & indeed have never given them any property, & I never lives occasionally with one

or an other of them - Under these circumstances I am submitted to the War Department whether I may be considered in such "in dignified circumstances" as to be entitled to the pension -
(signed) R Wershane
I solemnly declare on the 19th day of July 1820 before me Dooley J J C
Conf
11 Mar
Georgia
Washington
Richd Wershane
Sept 1819
Sept 1817
Sept 1816
Richd Wershane
Georgia } Macon County }
J. John Dyson
clerk of the
superior court of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths, and the schedule thereto an- nexed are truly copies from the records of said court & do certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the said Richard is worth nothing . having nothing of any kind as the schedule, thing satisfies of the truths of his oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this nineteenth day of July
1820.
John Dyson Clk

February 26, 1936
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Mrs. Edgar L. Smith Washington, Georgia
RICHARD WORSHAM S. 38478 BA-J/MLB am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Richard Worsham, who received pension and died in Wilkes County, Georgia, and whose widow, Mary, was living in Walton County, Georgia, in 1828.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Richard Worsham, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38478, based upon his service in the Revolution.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
Richard Worsham enlisted in 1775, place not stated, as a private in Captain Ballard's company, Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia regiment. In 1776 he was appointed from Charlotte County, Virginia, ensign, and served in Captain Joseph Michaux' company, Colonel Charles Lewis' Virginia regiment. In 1777 he was promoted to lieutenant and served in Captain Winston's company, Colonel Russell's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine, in which he was wounded in his left arm by a musket ball, in the battle of Monmouth, Stony Point, and in many skirmishes, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina, and after about a year was exchanged, then joined the army at Yorktown, was in the siege at that place and was discharged in the summer or autumn of 1782 or 1783.
Richard Worsham was allowed pension on his application executed March 27, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and a resident of Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia.

In 1820, Richard Worsham was still residing in Washington, Georgia, and referred to the following children with whom he lived occasionally, first one then another of them:- Joseph, Elizabeth Willy (or Willes), a widow, Sophia, wife of Osborn Stone or Stowe, Martha, wife of Doctor John Pope, Emily and Richard. The name of soldier's wife was not stated.
Richard Worsham died February 17, 1826.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 11, 1924
A. Lou Neilson Second South St., Oxford, Miss.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 38478 it appears that Richard Worsham enlisted in 1775 as a private in Captain Ballard's Company, Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment.
In 1776 he was appointed, from Charlotte County, Virginia, Ensign and served in Captain Joseph Michaux' Company, Colonel Charles Lewis' Virginia Regiment.
In 1777 he was promoted to Lieutenant and served in Captain Winston's Company, Colonel Russell's Virginia Regiment.
He was in the battles of Brandywine (where he was wounded in his left arm by a musket ball), Monmouth, Stony Point, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina and after about a year was exchanged and joined the army at Yorktown. He was at the Siege of that place and was discharged in the sum-

mer or autumn of 1782, or in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 27, 1818 while living in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia aged sixty-two years.
In 1820 he referred to his children, Joseph, Elizabeth Willy (or Willes) a widow, Sophia wife of Osborn Stone or Stowe, Martha wife of Doctor John Pope, Emily and Richard. The name of his wife is not given.
He died February 17, 1826.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. 38478
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Richard Worsham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 Pvt. Ballard Patrick Henry Va.   1776 ap. Ensign Joseph Michaux Charles Lewis   1777 Lieut. Winston Russell   Taken prisoner at Charleston S.C. then exchanged & joined the Army at York and was discharged in the summer or autumn of 1782 or in 1783  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine where he was wounded in arm. Known only Stony Point Siege of Charleston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Mar. 27 1818. His el. was also
Residence at date of application, Washington, Wilkes County, Ga.
Age at date of application, 62 yrs He died Feb 17 1826
Remarks: Children were Joseph, Elizabeth Miller, a widow, Sophia wife of Osborn Stone, Martha wife of Dr John Pope. Emily and Richard
Respectfully,
* from A.B.
Commissioner.

Georgia } Superior Court - September Term 1818 Clark County }
Before me Christopher B Strong one of the judges of the Superior Court of said State, presiding at said Court, came M aj Richard Mershaw, now of Wilkes County, in said State, being first duly sworn saith, That in the month of July or August seventeen hundred & seventy six he entered the fourteenth Virginia Regiment of the Virginia  State of Virginia in upon the continental establish- ment, under a commission of Ensign in a company then commanded by Captain Mishaw, (or Mispner) a french name having that sound) That in the course of the same or the next year he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in Captain Winston's company in the same Regiment. That in that capacity he served until taken prisoner at Charlytown in South Carolina. That he was afterwards exchanged, for Lieut Palmer of the sixteenth  sixth British Regiment. From Charlytown he went under orders to Philadelphia, from whence he went with dispatches to Staunton in Virginia. Having there no command as consequence of the Regiment having never been made up after its Captors, very few of the Officers or soldiers being yet exchanged, he joined the army at York, without a command. after the capture of that place he went on to Winchester with the troops from whence he was ordered upon the recruiting service at

Cumberland St. Hous where he continued with Maj t Fowle, afterwards Lieut. Colonel at which place orders were received to discontinue recruiting. He then received his discharge, or furlough  afterwards from Maj t Fowle sometimes in the summer or autumn of the year seventeen hundred eighty two. That his commissions & discharge, or furlough are now totally lost, this deponent at that time not know- ing that there was any necessity to preserve them for an occasion like the present. That during the course of his military service during the Revolutionary war, he was present at the following battles & engagements, in which he took a part, to wit, the Battles of Bran- dywine, Monmouth, Stony Point, & many skirmishes, & finally at the siege of Charleston So. Carolina, when he was taken prisoner. That at the Battle of Brandywine he was wound- ed through his left arm by a musket ball. in consequence of his confinement by which he did not join in the battle at Germantown when his Regiment at that time  was was engaged. That he is now advanced in age, having no estate, & in circurmstances so reduced as to stand in need of the aid & assistance of his Country.
A. Woodhull
Sworn to in open court
this 22 d September 1818
C. B. Strong-Judge
S. C. O. D. Georgia.

38478 INVALID.
Rev
1917 Mar. 23 Hist. to Mrs. G. A. Barker. 1924 Dec. 11 Hist. to Miss A. Lou Nel- son - MMXJ. 1936 Feb. 16 - Hist. to Mrs. Agap Smith
File No. 38,478
Richard Rusham
Lient Per Mas
Act: 16 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Sec H
Richmond Va.,
March 9 1917.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you tell me if Richard Worsham who served as Lieut. Continental Line from Nov. 20th 1776, to March 3rd 1783 ever drew a pension or family. he was from Virginia but I do not know where he enlisted. Any information will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
Rev. L. A. Burles
# 409 E Clay St.,
Richmond, Va.,

MISS A. LOU NEILSON SECOND SOUTH STREET OXFORD, MISS.
Nov. 22. 1924
Dear Sir;
If you have an file in your office the record of Capt. John Walker of Andrews Hanover County, North Carolina will you kindly send me a full statement of the record. I think he was later promoted to Major. I would also like to have the record of Richard Worsham - born in Va. died in Ga. With sincere thanks -
Very Truly yours -
Miss A. Lou Neilson

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau, Revolutionary War Section, Washington D.C.

Washington Ga. Jan 26 - 1936.
Pension Bureau - Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me pension declaration of Richard Worsbam who died in Wilkes County Ga, about 1825 - wife named Mary.
The widow, Mary Worsbam was residing in Walton Co. Ga. in 1828 - listed as widow of Revolutionary Soldier. As her husband Richard of Wilkes Co. was a pensioner, I'll be so glad to have the pension record of Mary, also Very truly Yours
Mrs. Edgar L. Griffith.

District of Georgia } on this Twelfth day Wittes County — } of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Richard Washam aged sixty two years resident in the Town of Washington, County of Wittes & State of Georgia who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oaths make the following Decla- -ration in order to obtain the provision made by the Late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," that he the said Richard was appointed an ensign by the County Court of Charlotte in the State of Virginia in the Summer of the year Seventeen hundred & Seven- -ty six in the Continental establishment that he raised his quota of men which were reviewed & received & that he was attached to the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Mifflin of the 14 th Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment commanded by Colonel Charles Lewis that he joined the Army commanded by General Washington at Morristown New Jersey in the year Seventy seven — That he continued in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the end of the war or cessation of hostilities in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty Three when he was discharged from service in the State of Virginia at Cumberland Court House —

That he was in the following Battles - That he was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine by a musket Ball thro' his left arm That he was also in the Battle of Monmouth That at the close of the Campaign in the year 1779 he was marched to Charleston South Carolina and was taken a prisoner by the British at the fall of that place in the year 1780 - That he was paroled to Wadsworth Point where he remained a prisoner for about a year that he was then exchanged for Lieutenant Palmer a Parmer of the Sixtieth British Regiment That he went to Philadelphia in the Hessian Ship From there he returned to his native State Virginia with dispatches from the President of Congress & board of war to the Governor of Virginia, In force the Hessian and that he was also at the siege of York - and that he was at the time of his discharge & had been from the year Seventy seven a Lieutenant on the Continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services -
Attest J. W. Morris
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
B. Porter Presiding S. J. C. County Writings

State of Georgia } of Benjamin Wilkes County } Porter Judge of the Superior Court of the County & State of Georgia do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Worsham did serve in the Revolution- ary war in the Continental establishment as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months that I have been personally acquainted with him for about thirty years & have never heard it doubted but that he was an officer in the Revolutionary war that he is in reduced circum- stances as stated - And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforemen- tioned act of Congress - Given under my hand and the Seal of the Superior Court of the County of Wilkes this 12 th of May 1818
J. D. Porter Presiding J. J. L. Wells Clerk

City of Washington.
We certify that we have no doubt but that Richard Worsham the within applicant was an officer of the Virginia line on the Continental establishment. That he is now in reduced circumstances. Mr. Cobb certifies that he has heard Genl David Meriwether also an officer of the Virginia line as he believes say that if any man or officer was entitled to the Pension, Richard Worsham was.
Thos. M c Cobb
Joel Abbot
28 th Feb. 1819
Additional testimony of Worsham's claim may be found in papers left in this office the 1 st Dec r last.
Richard Worsham
Col. C. Lewis Reg t
Virginia line
1776 — 7 years
em

Georgia } I Charles Smith Clerk of Wilkes County } the Inferior Court of the County of Wilkes & State of Georgia do hereby Certify that the within named Benjamin Porter is now one of our presi- ding Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid and due faith ought to be paid thereunto Given under my hand and the seal of the County aforesaid hereunto annexed this 13 th day of May 1818
Charles Smith Clk.
The honorable Mr Crawford is well acquainted with me and I refer you to him for further particulars
J. T. Woodham

Adm c .
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Hon. Mr. Cobb,
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Date cet. 5 March.

Georgia } Superior Court Clark County }
September Term 1818
I Christopher B Strong one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of said State do hereby certify that sufficient and most satisfactory evidence has been offered before me, upon the oaths of Maj: Richard Worsham, Genl David Meriwether to wit, that the said Richard Worsham (whose affidavit is hereto annexed) did serve for more than nine months against the Common enemy, first as an Ensign & afterwards as a Lieutenant in the fourteenth Virginia Regiment, upon the Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary war, as stated in his said affidavit, that his commissions & discharges have been lost. I further certify that sufficient has also been offered before me that the said Richard Worsham is now in reduced circumstances so as to stand in need of the aid & assistance of his Country in his old age for his subsistence & comfort, under the act of Congress of the last Session.
Given under my hand in open Court this 22 d September 1818. —
C. B. Strong. Judge S.G.O.D. Georgia

Georgia } Clark County }
Superior Court
September Term 1818
I Sterling Elder clerk of said court do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were had before the Honorable Christopher B Strong one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of said State, presiding in said court, on the day of the date thereof
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 22 d September 1818
Sterling Elder Clerk
N.B. The foregoing proceedings are forwarded to the War Department in aid of other papers & documents heretofore sent by the same applicant Richard Worthington - not knowing whether these before sent contained sufficient proof of legal formality.