Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11889, James Wright, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
va
★ Wright, James
R, 11889
CONTENTS

REJECTED
11,889
P. O. James Wright
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

and to Mrs Scott Esq. Hillsboro Ohio 17. Jany. 1835

The State of Ohio } Highland County }
On this Sixteenth day of July A.D. 1834 personally came before me one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county James Wright Senior a resident in said county aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
1 st This applicant states that he was born in Augusta County in the state of Virginia in the year 1758. 2 nd That he has no record of his age. 3 rd That he was living when called into service in Augusta County Virginia - About the year 1784 he moved to Fayette County Kentucky - where he remained some time & removed thence to Bourbon County Kentucky & from thence to Highland County Ohio where he now lives
4 th That he was always a drafted soldier
5 th That in October A.D. 1779 - he was drafted at said County of Augusta for the Virginia Militia under Captain Long - and soon afterwards marched to Charlottesville - from thence to Richmond & thence to a place near Williamsburg where he joined a part of the American army then in Virginia - That after joining the army he was transferred to the Company commanded by Captain Patterson - That while near Williamsburg the Company to which he belonged was detached from the army & marched to Sandy Point to watch the British shipping that they remained at & near Sandy Point for a few days when they marched back to Williamsburg & again joined the army - That he was in service at this time - Not up then nine months marching from place to place in Virginia & after serving for the said term of nine months he was verbally discharged by his said Captain at Williamsburg & returned home
That in October 1780 he was again drafted at Augusta under Captain Patrick Buchanan - for a three months term of service - Marched soon afterwards to South Carolina where he joined that part of the American army under the command of General Morgan at a place called Hillsboro - That the part of the army to which he was attached were constantly marching from place to place during the term of his service - & in January 1781 he was engaged at the Battle of the Cowpens - The whole detachment of Americans here was commanded by General Morgan - & during the engagement he was under the immediate command of Colonel Howard - That the Americans were the victors - having taken about 500 prisoners - & several hundred stands of arms & killed a great many of the enemy - After the battle - he was marched back to Virginia & verbally discharged by his said Captain at Augusta County - That in this term he was

drafted for three months but served before he was discharged not up then five months -
That in the month of June he was drafted for the Virginia Militia AD 1781 - & served under Captain Austead. During this time he served as a horseman & spy - The company commanded by Captain Austead were all mounted & were almost constantly engaged night & day during his service under that officer in watching the British army in Virginia in the neighborhood of Williamsburg & Richmond & conveying intelligence to the officers of the American Army - He served in this time twenty days - & was verbally discharged by his Captain
That he knew Generals Washington & La Fayette Colonel Washington & other officers whose names he can not now recollect
6 th That he never received a written discharge for any of his times service -
7 th That there is no Clergyman in his immediate neighborhood but that John Matthews John Woollass Foster Severtson & others will testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - That he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witnesses by whom he could prove his services That he is unable from old age & bodily infirmity to appear before the court of means for said court to make his declaration
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity but the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Subscribed & sworn to before me this sixteenth day of July 1834 James Wright Senior
John Matthews - } Of Judg H.C. Ohio
We the subscribers residing in said County of Wright and do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Wright Senior who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid
John Matthews - } Of Judg H.C. Ohio
John Matthews } Of Judg John W. Woollass John F. Severtson

I John Matthews — one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that it is my opinion after investigating the matter & putting the interrogatories presented by the War department, that the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states: That John Matthews John W. Woollas John D. Leaverton who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of said County — an credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit & further that said James Wright Jr could not from bodily infirmity attend the Courts of record for this county to make his declaration. Witness my hand & seal this 16 th day of July AD 1834 { Associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Highland County Ohio }  John Matthews
The State of Ohio } ss Highland County } ss  I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that John Matthews — who has signed the preceding certificate is, & was at the time of signing the same one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his an genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this seventeenth day of July AD 1834  Samuel Bell { CLR
The State of Ohio Highland County ss: Personally came before me one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County James Wright Jr who being duly sworn says, that in the first term of service within mentioned he served three months, & subsequently without leaving the service volunteered at Williamsburg for three months & after the expiration of said term he again volunteered at Williamsburg for three months more under the same officers, that by reason of his old age & bodily infirmity he did not recollect when his original declaration

was made but that he served for nine months under our draft but upon reflection he brought the circum- to my memory stances further says that as he was during the whole nine months in service he considered it as one tour. So named it. For said service he never received a written discharge. That in that time of his service when he served under Morgan at the Corners he was in service two months longer than the period for which he was drafted - he remained after his term expired because it would not be safe for him to return home on account of the British Stores that filled the country & because his services were very much needed by the country at the time & he was strongly solicited by his officers to remain. That several persons within his knowledge
30. 59. 50 James Wright Jr Appr for pension Ohio. Independence, William Scott Agent Hillsborough Hillsboro Ohio.
whose services had expired were forcibly detained by the officers such was the danger of the Southern country at that time - And this was another inducement for him to stay -
James Wright Senior (1)
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 31 st day of October A.D. 1834
John Matthews { J.P. for N. & E. Oh.
The State of Ohio Wright and County ss:
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county hereby certify that John Matthews above named is one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this first day of November A.D. 1834
Samuel Bell { C.P. for