Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42080, William Woosley, Va.

SERVICE
Woosley, William
NUMBER
S. 42080
CONTENTS

19 562.
North Carolina
William Woosley
of Davidson Co. in the State of North Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Foster of the regiment commanded by Colonel Innis - in the Virginia line, for the term of three years from February 1777 to February 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d . day of December 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Jan: 1826 and sent to the Hon John Long Jr. Speaker of Representatives.
Appears to 4th of portion of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1826, $ 19.61
$ 19.61
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 1 March 1823

19.483
Woolly appetite amended

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Davidson County } December term 1825.
Being a court of records &c.
In addition to a Declaration heretofore made by William Woosley of the County of Davidson and State aforesaid, in the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Davidson at September Sessions 1824. in Order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and first of May 1820 for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States, The said William Woosley hereby declares upon Oath that he hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State, except of the Continental establishment of the State of Virginia. And that the following are the reasons for not making earlier Application for a pension, that in fact and truth already in the Year 1819. he went to the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Rowan County of which the County of Davidson, then was a part, and made a declaration which was sent on by the Hon ble Charles Fisher then a member of Congress, who when he returned from Congress brought the paper back for amendment, that he went to Salisbury the Court House of Rowan again in 1821. and made the amendment suggested by Mr. Fisher, that the Clerk promised him to forward on the papers to the proper department at Washington City, That he went home satisfied that his business would be attended to & that he would soon be gratified with a pension. Living in thirty miles of Salisbury, being very poor & greatly infirm, he found himself disabled to enquire himself, at Salisbury for an answer in Person, but frequently enquired through other persons and generally received for answer that No return had been received yet - believing that his application

was delayed at Washington being in the Ordinary Course of business, he retained satisfied that an answer would still be required, until perhaps in March 1824 when he carried a letter to be addressed to the war department on the subject of his claim, and received for answer, signed J L Edwards that no paper in support of his claim for a pension was on file, from which he is satisfied that his paper prepared in Salisbury must either have miscarried or by some omission was not sent on, he is withall ignorant and has little or no knowledge of proceedings of this kind, that on the receipt of the above letter he shortly thereafter made the declaration now on file at the proper office, he further maketh oath that on the 18 th March 1818 he was worth nothing, being in the same situation he was in mentioned in the de- claration on file, and that he continues in the same situation and that of course no change in his property has taken place since that time, and that he continues to be supported by the charity of his son who is himself very poor with a family of five children, that age and infirmity disabled him to do any thing for his own support.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court the 22 nd day of December 1823
William Woosley
David Stockbleb

State of North Carolina } Davidson County }
I David Mock Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Davidson County do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the Records of Said Court and that the court is satisfied that Said Oath contains a true Statement and are further satisfied that Affiant is truly an Object of Charity.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said Court at office the 22 nd day of Decem- ber A.D 1825
D. Mock Clerk

19.483. William Woosley. Davidson County N. Carolina
on Row-page 316
Hon. Mr. Long H.R.
Hon: John Long H Rep Jan 7. 1825.

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Davidson County } Sessions September Term 1824.
On the 21 st day of September 1824 personally appeared in Open Court being a court of Record in and for the County of Davidson, William Woosley aged Sixty Seven Years, and a resident in the aforesaid County of Davidson, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in Order to Obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820, That he the said William Woosley enlisted for the term of Three Years on the 7 th day of February in the Year 1777 in the State of Virginia in the company Commanded by Captain James Foster, in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Ennis, in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental establishment; That he continued to serve in said Corps until the 8 th of February 1780 when he was discharged from the said Service in Fredericksburg in the State of Virginia from a company at that time Commanded by Lieutenant Crane of the Artillery, attached to the Corps Commanded by Colonel Russel, That he was in the battles of Brandywine and York and that he has no Other evidence of his said Service except by his Own Oath - And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or will 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, intitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th 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 whatever, that except my wearing apparel, I am not worth one Cent - And this declarant doth on his Oath further declare, that he was brought up to the tailoring business, but that from infirmity, is unable to pursue his occupation - That he has two Children living both of which is extremely poor, who live to themselves and have families - That he lives with one of them, his son who gives him his daily bread, that the name of his son is William, aged about Thirty Nine Years, and that the name of his other Child is Elizabeth White aged about Thirty Three Years
Sworn to and declared on the 21 st day of September 1824 before the Justices in Open Court!
William Woosley
I David Mock clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Davidson and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said William Woosley did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of Nine Months under one engagement in the Continental establishment, I also certify that the foregoing oath 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 said William Woosley is not worth One cent.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on the 23 rd day of October Anno Domini 1824.
David Rootbble

Adm l Com: 22 Dec: 1825

42 080 INVALID.
File No. 42.080
William Wooley Re: Old Law
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 573
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wm Woolley
Recd Jan 24. 1826
Hon. John Long Jr
H. Re
Hon. the
Secretary of War
Washington

Washington City Jan'y 23 d 1826
Sir / Enclosed you have some additional evidence in favour of Mr Woosely accompanied with a letter from Mr Shobor which you d please to examine as soon as convenient and let me know the result
Very Respectfully
Your H ble Serv t
A. H. L.
Hon ble James Barbour
resignature probably — M c Longf Memor for M c

J L Edwards Esq
War Department
Pension Office
Washington City

200 Talem January 12 1826
Sir
Herewith I enclose you an additional affidavit of poor Woolf which agrees to your line of 5 November. I trust will be found sufficient to give the reasons for not making earlier application, and had he advanced no reasons at all, the fact established in the affidavit that he was worth nothing on the 10 th March 1818, and has continued so ever since, should it appear to me so at that point, the poor old man is truly an object of pity. Let me therefore beg your early attention to his case, while an annuity devolves to me or through the medium of Mr Long
With much obliged
Your Humble Servt
Em Thobor
J L Edwards Esq