Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39097, for William Stewart, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Stewart, William
S 39097
CONTENTS

19.676.
William Stewart, Madison County Tennessee
admitted
W m Harris Esq Jackson, Tenn

State of Tennessee Madison County 3 May Term of the Circuit 1825.
On this 26 th day of May 1825 personally appeared in Open Court, the same being a court of record for the Circuit of the County of Madison now in Session, William Stewart aged seventy years resident in said County of Madison who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare he served in the revolutionary war as follows: to wit, He enlisted shortly after the commencement of the war in the year 1775 or 76. the date not particularly remembered in Capt. Jesse Crockett's Company in the Virginia Line of Regiment, that it was previous to the Declaration of Independence on the 4 th of July 1776. that he remained in said Company a short time and was then transferred to Capt. Posey's Company in Morgan's Regiment of Riflemen in which he remained until discharged about the close of the war, when he then a private received an honorable discharge in the usual manner and form, which has been lost or destroyed by time or accident, he served as well as he remembers between six and seven years, he was in the battles at the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga & White Plains besides a number of other battles and skirmishes of life note that he knows of no person by whom he can now conveniently prove the fact of his having served as a soldier aforesaid and that he has never received any pension from Government. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 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 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 securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed herewith One tract of land of inferior quality lying in Dickson County containing about two hundred acres, one mare and saddle
Williams his Stewart mark
And the said Williams Stewart further makes oath that his occupation is that of a farmer and that he has now become aged and infirm that he is unable any longer to pursue his occupation as such, that he has no family whatever and is unable to sell his land or rent it as aforesaid to afford him assistance in his support Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court the 26 th May 1825
Williams his Stewart mark
W. Clarke, Clerk
Sworn to and declared in said Court in Open Court. The same being a Court of record which proceed according to the course of the Common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and which have the power of fine & imprisonment and the same power of the Court of Kings Bench in England. Whereupon the Court having duly examined and enquired into the value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule are of opinion that the total value of the same is two hundred & sixty five Dollars That is to say the land of the value of two hundred Dollars and the mare and saddle of the value of sixty five Dollars And the Court are further of opinion that the said William Stewart is a man of good character and entitled to full credit in a court of record

I William Harris Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Madison in the State of Tennessee do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 two hundred & sixty five Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) at office this 26 th May 1825.
William Harris Clerk Madison Circuit Court
State of Tennessee
Judge of the
I Joshua Haskill Judge of one of the Circuit Courts of Law and Equity in said State and Judge presiding in the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that William Harris whose name is officially subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of making said Certificate Clerk of said Court and that the certificate is in due form of law and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
Given under my hand & seal this 26 th day of May 1825
Joshua Haskill

19,676
Rev. A. Alexander
M m Stewart, Madison B o Tenn:
H of Rep.
u p 10 Dec. 1825
Hon: A. R. Alexander, A. R.
Rec d 10 Dec: 1825

State of Tennessee 10 Be it remembered that on this 26 th day of July Madison County 3 1825 Personally appeared before me John H. Hyde an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County William Stewart an Applicant to the General Government for a Pension who being first sworn in due form of Law maketh Oath that since the 18 th day of March 1818 he has not disposed of any property by sale or otherwise other than that which is hereinafter described to wit; on the said 18 th day of March 1818 he owned the tract of Land which he now owns and which has been heretofore de- scribed in his former Application or declaration, now on the files of the War Department One horse which he sold to Jacob Dumble of Hickman County in this State for One hundred Dollars in money two Cows which he sold to a Widow Steele of said County for Twenty Dollars the horse he sold in the Summer of 1822 and also the Cows in the Summer of the same year the precise time in either case he does not remember. This money he has disposed of in debts for his maintenance and support at many various times and to a great number of persons as he needed Articles for that use until it has long since been expended and he is now unable to produce any other testimony of the application thereof as he knows of other than his own Oath.
The reason why he did not apply at an earlier Period, or rather why he did not apply with effect is as follows. in the month of May 1820 he applied to Judge Humphreys one of the Circuit Judges

of this State who in the absence of the law on that subject furnished him with such a declaration and proceedings as both the Judge and said Stewart supposed would be sufficient which declaration was subscribed by him and sworn to by him before said Humphreys and the Clerk's Certificate of the Circuit Court of Hickman County being a County within the Judicial Circuit in which said Humphreys presided (he himself being a resident of Montgomery County within said Circuit) was procured. which for the purpose of this application and proceedings is hereby regarded as a part of this application. The above named declaration and proceedings were shortly after forwarded to the War Department, but being informed and insufficient were sent back. Said Stewart became so much discouraged that he resolved to make out the best he could without making further Application or being at any more expense or trouble and should not now have renewed his Application but for the increased infirmity of years and his extreme indigence. and regrets much the necessity
He is now under to make this Application Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 29 July 1825 John H. Hyde Justice of the Peace for Hickman County
William Stewart his mark

State of Tennessee Madison County } To wit
I Roderick McEwen Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County of Madison aforesaid do hereby certify that John H Hyde Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is now and was at the time of making the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Duly Commissioned and qualified
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court thereto done at office this 29 th day of July 1825
R McEwen Clerk

April 7, 1932.
Mrs. Harold Weaver Proctor Arkansas.
EA-J/ILL XXXXXXXXXXXX William Stewart-S.39097
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to William Stewart, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 39097, based upon the military service of William Stewart in that war.
did not use Jesse Crockett Joseph Crockett under Capt of 7th to force on H. William Stewart enlisted in the spring, 1776 as a private in Captain Crockett's Company, 7 th Virginia Regiment and after a short time was transferred to Captain Posey's Company in Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of White Plains and Saratoga besides a number of battles and skirmishes of less importance and served until "about the close of the War" used ab. 1776 in H. gives that date for Crockett & also for 7 th Va.
1820 here mentioned He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1825 at which time he was seventy years of age and resided in Madison County, Tennessee. In 1820, he was living in Montgomery County, Tennessee. The dates of his birth and death are not given.
There are no data relative to his family in the papers in this claim.
The above history is that of the only William Stewart who was born about 1756 and was pensioned while residing in Tennessee found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

1932 - April 6 - Hist: to Mrs. Harold Weaver - L.S. 1932 May 26. Mrs. Harold E. Weaver adv. as to last payment a.n.y.
39 097
INVALID.
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File No.
39 097
William Stewart
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Act:
15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

MRS. HAROLD E. WEAVER EDMONDSON, ARKANSAS
4-19, 1932.
Veterans Administration Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. (Rev. War)
Please give me all information you have on William Stewart , enlisted spring of 1776 in Capt. Crockett's Co 7 th Va. Regiment.
He applied for pension May 1825, Madison County, Tenn. Claim $39097.

I want to know when and where last pension was paid to him or on his application. The names mentioned in connection with him.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Harold Wheeler.

Proctor, Arkansas. Feb. 22, 1932.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
only Tenn pen. R. at 1756 - all off. Tenn. pen.
I shall appreciate you giving me pension record of William Stewart , who died in Tenn. He was born about 1750, probably in North Carolina.
Send this one Mrs. H.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Harold Weaver.

19.676
Wm Stewart, Madison Co. Tenn.
Wm Harris, Jackson, Tenn.
Recd. 24 June 1825
Surplus fee letter to agent
June 24. 1825
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May 26, 1933.
BA-J/ADY Cur
Mrs. Harold E. Weaver, Edmondson, Arkansas.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Stewart , S.39097, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
"William Stewart, Certificate No.19532, issued December 12, 1825, rate $8.00 per month, commenced July 29, 1825, Act of March 18, 1818, West Tennessee Agency".
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Washington City
Jany 31 st 1852
Sir
I desire to know if the name of William Stewart is among the list of Revolutionary Pensioners for Tennessee - If so - when did he last draw - and for what amount - and by whom - and is any thing now due - It is believed that he has been dead about 20 years.
I am respectfully Yours affectionately John H. Scrymge
J. E. Heath Compt. Pens