Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11658, John Worsham, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Worsham, John Warsham
S. 11658
CONTENTS
carded

Habana 29.012
John Warsham of Washington in the State of H who was a S er in the Company comman by Captain Lick of the Reg t comman by Col Campbell in the Virginia line for
9. No. 15. B. 30.00
John Warsham Records corrected June 26/65.
Inscribed on the Roll of Habana at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per ann to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Feb and sent to 134 Wm Grimes Washington
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 24 Oct '34 15.00
$ 90.00
Revolutionary Claim Ex ct June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. S. Spence Clerk Book 6 Vol. 87 Page 53

Order to pay March 25, 1837 Letter to Pen. Act. & Co. Comptroller 25 April 1838.
ended Letter to 3 An. ditor 20 Sept 1838
ended Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 Sept 1837. at Modified 29 Sept 1838.
Augt: 28. 1841. See let to J.T. Files, Mobile, Alabama - Letter to Hon. P. Phelps House of Reps. Oct. 23. 1834.
by P. H. C. C C C 3 rk,

The State of Alabama - December 10 th 1833 Washington County
Personally appeared before me Josiah D. Lister Judge of the County Court of said County of Washington and State of Alabama John Worsham a resident of said County & State 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 provision made by the act of Con- gress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here after stated, to wit: He volunteered in Pittsylvania County in the State of Virginia the first of February in the year 1781 as he believes, under Capt. William Dick's who commanded a Company of rifle men that Col Campbell commanded the regiment that he was marched into North Carolina and was at the Battle at Whitseells Mills on the reedy fork of Haw river that in this battle Col Campbell was wounded and he was then attached to Genl. Greens main Army and was in hearing of the battle at Guilford that shortly after this battle the three months for which he volunteered expired and he received a discharge and returned home.
The next term of service was as a substitute for Josiah Fur- geson three months in this term he went under Capt John Wynn and Major Rose to guard the prisoners that was taken in the battle of the Cowpens and Carried to Winches- ter Virginia where he was again relieved and returned home, having obtained a discharge for Furgeson whose place he had taken for three months. After his return home he was drafted for three months under Charles But- -cherson and was marched to the siege of the British at Little York there he was attached to General Washingtons main Army where he remained until a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis - He then enlisted under

Col. — Many weather as a State Legion for three years that immediately after enlisting he was discharged for the purpose of returning home to equip himself with horse sword pistols agreeable to the terms of enlistment and to be in readiness at any moment when called for it now being the close of the war he was not again called for, that a short time after this he joined a company of volunteers under Capt Thomas Gueff Col. John Sevier and went against the Indians in East Tennessee see that he believes he was out one month and a half He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension whatsomany except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State
Then the questions were put as prescribed by law 1 st Where and in what year were born
Ans r In Pittsylvania County State of Virginia in the year 1764
2 nd Have you any records of your age & if so where is it
Ans r As my brother Jeremiah Worsham's in this County is the Record of my age
3 rd Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since and where do you now live
Ans r In Pittsylvania County Virginia some years after the close of the Revolutionary I immigrated to South Carolina from thence to Tennessee and from thence to Alabama where I have been living ever since which is upwards of twenty two years
4 th How were you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute or of a substitute for whom
Ans r I first went out as a volunteer for three months next I took the place of my brother in law Josiah Ferguson for three months next I was drafted for three months and lastly volunteered against the Indians.
5 th State the names of some of the particular Officers who were with the troops where you served

Ans r Col Washington & Lie t General Washington & Green and many others I do not know the number of any particular Regiment that I was attached to. That he first went into the service under Col s Lee & Washington in the light Infantry that in a short time Col Campbell joined Washington & Lee and he was then under him until the battle at Whitsett mill where Col Campbell was wounded after he was attached to General Green's main Army during the remainder of the three months for which he had volunteered
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service etc
Ans r I did receive a discharge for each term of service the first was given by William Dickson the second for my brother-in-law from Capt John Wynn the third by Capt Charles Hutchins and the fourth and last from Capt Thomas Lee all of which are lost or destroyed, that he believes nearly all the above named service was rendered in the year 1781
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood etc -
Ans r Col Josiah D. Lester, Samuel Frisbie the Rev. James Myers, William Godfrey Esqr, Bookajah Smith and a great many besides
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above
John Worsham
John Worsham
We James Myers a Clergyman residing in Washington County and Samuel Frisbie residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Worsham who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Myers Samuel Frisbie

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as his duty. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Myers who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Washington and that Samuel Frisbie who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. J. H. Lester Judge C. C. - W. C.
I William Grimes Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Worsham for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office the 10 th day of December A. D. 1833
Wm Grimes Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
21 st July 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Marsham
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1781. 3 for Capt. Dicks 67 years Traditionary.   1781 16 Col Campbell Pittsylvania County Va   3 Capt. Mynn   3 " Hutchins  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel cur
October 25, 1928
Mrs. W.H. Carothers Indianola, Mississippi
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11658, it appears that John Worsham was born in 1764, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
While a resident of that county, he enlisted, February 1, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain William Dicks' Company in Colonel Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Whitsall's Mills.
He then served three months with the Virginia Troops in Captain John Wynn's Company under Major Rose.
He next served three months in Captain Charles Hutchinson's Virginia Company and was in the Siege of York.
He then served one and one half months under Captain Thomas Guess and Colonel John Sevier in a campaign against the Indians in East Tennessee.
Some years after the close of the Revolution, he moved to South Carolina; from there to Tennessee and from there to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 10, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Washington County, Alabama.
There are no data on file relative to wife and children.
This is the only soldier by the name of John Worsham that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
You were furnished the history of John Carothers, S. 8182, on October 3, 1928.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Burham
11658 INVALID.
1928 Oct. 25 - hist. to Mrs. W. H. Carothers U.C.S.
File No. 11,658
John ★ Worsham Pri. view war
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: - Vol. a , Page 894
[Arrangement of 1870.]
John ★ Worsham Records corrected June 26/05. K.

MRS. WILLIAM HEWLETTE CAROTHERS INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI
Jan. 14 1928'
Pension Bureau.
Washington D C .
Will you please give the Declaration of for pension made by John Caruthers Revolution- ary soldier of North Caro Carolina.
He is listed as a Rev Pensioner in their State records.
Also John worsham of Virginia; who died Washin in WASHINGTON. CO GA.
This will greatly assist me my research work and I will greatly appreciate the help.
I am sure you will be glad to see that I am even trying to use the typewriter, it will be so much much easier for you to read my writing.
Thanking you in advance for this help I am yours truly Mrs. W H Carothers I

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 25. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Warshaw a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Alabama Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and " — " — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832. has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept r . 1835 to the 4 th of September 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Albin K. Parise
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Agents Office Nashville 11 April 1838.
Sir Yours of the 29 th March is received. I enclosed for you the by amendment of the Trust of Mr. Wood's insurance for the year 1832 at 30 per annum. It was last paid on the 18 th December 1835 from 4 Sept 1834 to 4 Sept 1835.
I am Very respectfully your obedt Servt
Geo. S. Gann P.A.
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Legation Washington City D.C.

Pension Agency Br. Bank of the State of Alabama Mobile Feby. 2. 1837
Sir
I Enclose for your examination the Pension Vouchers of Nathan Reed Thrall per act 7 June 1832, at 30 per annum. He was last paid on the 14 January 1835. from 4 Sept 1833 to 4 Sept 1834. also the Vouchers of John Mersharn per act 7 June 1832 at 30 per annum, who was last paid on 18 th Dec 1835 from 4 Sept 1834 to 4 Sept 1835.
I am Very Respectfully Your ob t Serv t
Geo. S. Gaines
Yours of the 19. Jany with the enclosed stated is at hand.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington C. D.

Augst 21 st 1841
Mr Evans
James J. Camards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City -
1841

J. P. Cairns Esq.
Mohr August 9 th 1841
Dear Sir
Enclosed I hand you the pension papers of my old friend John Warham. I am directed by them his agent to receive the money. He lives in a very Remote part of County under to travel so I volunteered to attend to it for him during his stay - this old man is by his own request deprived of his pay until I shall hear from you. I trust that it will draw your early attention - the agent here Col. D. B. Hogan informed that as it has now been over one year since Mr Warham has made any demand that it was necessary for me to send the papers to you so that it might be arranged - I am sure yours truly. I am sure yours truly.
J. T. Files