Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39134, Aaron Woosley, Va.

SERVICE
Woooley, Aaron
NUMBER
S 39134
Var.
CONTENTS

14.879
West Tennessee
Aaron Woosley
Lincoln County in the state of Tennessee
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Bulford Beauford of the Virginia
Line, for the term of Three Years
scribed on the roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 25 th of Sep. 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep r 1818.
sent to Mrs. A. Harris
Palaski Tennessee
years to 4th of Sep. 1819. 90.66
emi-anl. all'ce ending, Mar. 1820. 48.00
Mo. \frac{10}{30}
$138.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued
West Tenn. 14.879 Aaron Woosley Lincoln County Tenn. Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beauford of the Virginia Line for the term of Three Years scribed on the roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of Sep. 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Sep r 1818. sent to Mrs. A. Harris Palaski Tennessee years to 4th of Sep. 1819. 90.66 emi-anl. all'ce ending, Mar. 1820. 48.00 Mo. 10/30 $138.66 Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. continued

(11) Aaron Woolley 14,879.
Con-
William E. Kennedy, Fayetteville, W. T.

State of Tennessee Lincoln County } Court of Pleas & quarter session } July Term 1820
On this 22 nd day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record erected by statute and of unlimited civil jurisdiction on the law side of said court, for the County aforesaid Aaron Woosley about sixty seven years of age on the  on the 11 th day of February 1820 resided in said County, who being first duly sworn under oath to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows, to wit, that he enlisted in January 1776 in Captain James Harris Company for three years of the fifteenth Virginia Regiment in the continental establish- ment commanded by Colonel Braxton and was dis- charged in January 1779. he again enlisted in June 1780 during the war in Captain James Gunn's troops of horse of the first regiment of Virginia horse in the continental establishment commanded by Colonel White, and he was discharged by Captain Hughes at the close of the war in Charleston South Carolina on the fifth day of July 1783 he was in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown, & Monmouth, and I do solemnly swear that I have been placed on the pension list roll of West Tennessee agency being number 14,879. and that I made my original declaration for a pension on the 15 th day of September 1818 and that I have no particular trace or profession & my family consists of myself who are consider- ably disabled, by reason of a wound in the right shoulder by a sword, received in scouting party in the State of Georgia and my wife aged 56 years, very feeble & unhealthy and one daughter

named Susanna aged fifty two years, able to sup- port her self, and I do solemnly swear that I 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 disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring my- self within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons en- aged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary 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 new notes, contracts, or debts, due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed
Aaron his Woolsey mark
one old horse, one old saddle, one old bridle six head of cattle being two cows three yearlings one calf, eleven head of hogs. to wit, one sow five shoats & five Pigs, one plough, two pair draught chains, two hoes, one iron wedge one ax, one butter dish, six butter plates, & six apple plates, five cups & saucers, six knives & forks, one wash tub, one pail, one peg and some table
A true schedule of all my property my wearing clothes & bearing & the necessary wearing clothes of my and bearing of my family excepted
Aaron his Woolsey mark

State of Tennessee Lincoln County
I, Minnie M. Garner clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing with schedule thereto annexed of Aaron Woosley are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court at office the 4th day of July 1820
Minnie M. Garner clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for Lincoln County Tennessee.

Aaron Woosley
Private
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Beaufort Virginia
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Aaron Woolley claim
Return?

State of Tennessee Lincoln County: Sixth Judicial Circuit.
This day personally appeared Aaron Wass- ley a revolutionary soldier before me Al- fred H. Harris an of the circuit judges of the judges for the state aforesaid for the circuit aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, in pursuance of an act of the last session of Congress providing a pension for poor & indigent revolutionary soldiers, deponeth & saith, That he is about sixty five years of age from the best information he has of his age. That in the year 1776 or 1777, in October he enlisted in the regular service of the United, in Amelia County, state of Virginia, in a company of Infantry commanded by Captain James Harris, & afterwards he was attached to the company commanded Capt. — Wells. That he enlisted for three years & served the full time of his enlist- ment in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buford, which composed a part of the Virginia line of continental troops commanded, by General Washington. That after he enlisted & during the term of his service he was engaged in behalf of the United States against the common enemy in the battles of Brandy wine & Ger- mantown & at Monmouth Court house. That he served out faithfully the full term of his enlistment and was discharged by Colo. Buford at Middlebrook in Pennsylvania in the year 1779 or 1780. in the fall of the year. That this discharge he is now unable to pro- duce, having lost it by accident or through the lapse of time is destroyed.

That about two months after he was dis- charged he again enlisted in the regular service of the United States in Amelia County Virginia, in the company of horse- men commanded by Capt. James Gunn, which belonged to the first Regiment of light horse, commanded by Colonel White, which composed a part of the Vir- ginia line commanded, as this affiant believes, for a time, by Genl. Stephens, who was the commander of the horse, and af- terwards, taken to the South under the com- mand of Genl. Wayne. & then commanded by Genl. Greene in the states of North- Carolina. South Carolina & Georgia That when he enlisted this second time, he enlisted during the war, & continued to serve faithfully against the common enemy in the South until the conclusion of peace in 1788. when he was regularly dis- charged by Colo. White in Charlestown in the state of South Carolina on the 5 th day of July. That during the time he served in Georgia he received a severe wound in the shoulder by a sword, when in a skirmish with the British & Tories about five miles off above Savannah. This affiant further states that he is in reduced circumstan- ces & stands in need of the assistance of his country and unless he receives the coun- try Government, he will ere long be un- able to procure even the common comforts & necessaries of life. He further states that he never has received a pension from the United States for any cause what- ever, & he hereby renounces, & releases his right & claim to all pensions from the U.S. except the one now requested for the services

mentioned in this affidavit. This affiant further states that he is unable to prove these facts stated in this affidavit by any person now living within the limits of this state, nor does he know certainly of any person now living within the United States by whom he could prove it. He is a citizen of the United States of America and resident in the county of Lincoln and State of Tennessee. He prays to be placed on the pension list agreeably to act of Congress &c — 25th Sept 1818
Subscribed & sworn to his before me this 25th day of Sept 1818. Aaron Woosley (his mark) Alfred M. Harris Judge
To the Honble the Secretary of the Department of War for the United States of America
I Alfred M. Harris, one of the Circuit Judges in & for the state of Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Aaron Woosley, was taken and subscribed before me this day — and that I am satisfied that the said Aaron Woosley did serve in War of the Revolution against the common enemy Great Britain in manner & for the time mentioned in said affidavit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 26th September 1818.
Alfred M. Harris (his mark) Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee

Aaron Woosley Private Col Blount's Regiment Virginia Line 1777-3 years
On Rolls 42.4
The Judges certificate as to the official's circumstances recorded

State of Tennessee
I James D. Wright Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county of Lincoln in the State aforesaid, do certify that Alfred M. Harris whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the sixth Circuit of the Courts of Law and Equity for the State of Tennessee, and full faith and credit is due to his Official acts as such -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) this 8 th day of October in the year 1818 and of the Independence of the United States the forty third.
J. D. Wright

State of Tennessee Issued
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States -
I, Alfred M. Harris, Judge of the sixth Judicial circuit of the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify, that Aaron Woosley, a private in Col. Buford's Regiment of Con- tinental troops, during the revolu- -tionary war, who has petitioned his Government for a pension & whose papers have been re- turned to me, and are hereto annexed, is in indigent circum- -stances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for a support - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th July 1879.
Alfred M. Harris Judge Judge of the 6th Judicial circuit of the state of Tennessee -

We the undersigned do certify that we are well acquainted with David Dada, Jesse Dada & Aaron Dadd & have been acquainted with them for a long time, and do know them to be men of credit, and to be fully believed on their oaths. And further we do certify that they are in reduced circumstances, & from our own knowledge, do stand in need of the assistance of their country. July 20 th 1819.
Will: E. Kennedy
Wm Edmiston
John Green
James Grew
I am very intimately acquainted with the above named gentlemen; all of whom, are citizens of Lincoln county. Will E Kennedy is a lawyer of late respectability - William Edmiston, our representative in the State Legislature - John Green, Brig Genl, on the Militia establishment, and James Grew, a very respectable merchant of Fayetteville - I believe the statement by them above made, as much as if they had sworn to it; & though not strictly legal, yet think proper to transmit this paper, not

as proof to the Secretary of War of the indigent circumstances of the applicants; but as a part of the foundation upon which I have framed my certificate of indigence. Indeed these Old men have had to walk with their staff as their only support near thirty miles, in order to see me upon this subject; & I have no hesitation in pronouncing them in miserably indigent circumstances - I should have made out a certificate to that effect in the first instance, & transmitted it with the papers heretofore sent on; except for the circumstance of having believed (as I still do) that the act of Congress only required my certificate of the applicants service; and left it with the Secretary to decide, from the evidence transmitted, whether the applicant was of that character which the act of Congress points out as being entitled to pensions. However I will conform to my instructions; although in doing this perhaps many persons who are entitled to pensions, will never get them; inasmuch as they are strangers to me, and I can know nothing of their circumstances, except from the information of those persons whose testimony I transmit. 28th July 1875 Alfred H. Harris
N. I had in the town of Pileaski; and would be thankful that returns of papers be made to that place.
A.W.H.

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