Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,648, for William Patterson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Patterson William
S. 3648
CONTENTS
carded.

26706 East Tennessee
William Patterson of Wayne in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Anderson of the 1st Regt commanded by Col Loney in the Virginia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate & Pension issued the 30 day of March 1834 and sent to him Nashville March 1834
Arrears to the 4th of March 90.00 Servant's allowance ending 1st 15.00
105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. Lloyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 36

29.803 William Patterson Tennessee
a. j. for 1776 Reg $30
Levi Trewitt Morgan C. N. Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
March 6. 1834
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 subjjoined 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 William Patterson
   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.     1774-1775 3 Sergt Capt Anderson Col. Young 80 Traditions   1776 3 Sergt Capt J. Boon Col B. Young   3 Pn. Capt Christy Col B. Young   3 Pn Capt Waller   Cor Col Shelby  
The first service is believed to have been performed before the revolutionary war. No allowance can be made for services as a sergeant unless proof is exhibited of his services in that capacity per also regulations & notes marked in the margin.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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) 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) 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

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers , except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county , and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Amended declaration of William Patterson.
answer is requested to be sent to Morgan Court house in East Tennessee Sir Trubitt

State of Tennessee } ss. Anderson County
on this 27 th day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared Before George Heskins a justice of the County court for the county of in the county of Anderson of said the county of Anderson of said. Who from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to get to a court of Record. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following amended decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. that he served the second campaigns in manner and form as stated in his original declaration under the several officers as stated in his original declaration, and that the sever- al facts mentioned in said declaration are true as therein set forth Applicant states that he is informed and believes that the Elijah Cross who was formerly a citizen of Sullivan  the county and who served with applicant at Mockerson Gap has since the making of the original declaration in this cause departed this life and that it is now out of Appli- cants power to obtain the testimony of said cross. Applicant dont now know of any person by whom he can prove his absolute service. applicant states that he was marched under Captain John Anderson from the North fork of Holston to Mockerson Gap. applicant states that they had no battle but was stationed there for the term for which he was drafted to guard them against the Indians - the second time applicant was drafted he was marched under Captain Loony to Blackamons station on Clinch River and was there stationed for the period for which he was drafted

but had no battle, but served as a guard against the Indians - applicant does not now recollect of any remarkable event that took place in either of the before mentioned Terms of duty applicant was appointed sergeant by parole by his captain in the two of above mentioned Terms and served as he states applicant is wholly unable to prove his appointment, must he ask a pension as that of a private applicant does not know the date of the years in which he served, but he well recollects that he served in the whole of his service not less than twelve months, and ask a pension for the portion of the service that was rendered during the revolution
question 1 st Where and in what year were you born - answer. I was born in Augusta County State Virginia in the year of 1753 -
question 2 nd have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
answer. I had a record left me by my father in a bible which from the use of the Bible said record - is now worn out -
question 3 rd Where were you living when called into service when had you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
answer. I lived in what was then North Carolina but now Tennessee Hawkins or Sullivan County, about five miles below the North fork of Holston, since the revolutionary war I have lived in the state of Tennessee and Kentucky and I now live in Henderson County Tennessee

Question 4 th how when you called into service when you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I was drafted ever time I was called into service I never volunteered nor was I a sub- stitute for any body
Question 5 th State the names of some of the regular officers. Who were with the troops, where you served such, Continental and Militia Regi- ments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Answer, there was no regiments in either of my first services as it was only a small body of men stationed to guard against the Indians and there was no regular officers. but when I was marched down the Holston River col. Christy from Virginia was our chief commander, and when I was drafted as a horseman I was commanded by Colonel Isaac Shelby the no. of which Regiment is not now recollectable by me. but Col. Bradson also commanded in said Regiment until we had no General until we crossed the Santa River then we was commanded by General Marion
The two first services I served I had no battle or engage- ment. the third time I was called into service I was in the battle of the Long Island on Holston was then marched down the Holston to the Indian Towns on Little Tennessee but when arrived at the towns the Indians had left there so I was then discharged by Captain Campbell and returned back again the 4 th time I was called into service I served as a horseman under Colonel Shelby.

was marched across the mountains through north carolina by charlotte and then through south carolina through camden. Which had been lately burnt by the British then across the Santee River and joined General Marion was marched by General Marion toward Charleston, and at a large house between monks corner and Charleston General Marion took ninety prisoners was marched back by General Marion up to Marion's encampment and was then discharged. had no other Battle or engagement -
Question 6 th did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.
Answer. I received four discharges from the service the first discharge was given by captain John Anderson for three months service rendered at Mockerson gap second discharge was given by captain John Loony for three months service rendered at Blackamores station on Clinch River third discharge was given by captain Gilbert Charity for three months service against the Indians down the Holston River on Little Tunyah fourth discharge was given by col Isaac Shelby for the three months service. When I marched and joined General Marion the whole of which discharges I had the misfortune to get burnt when my house was burnt -
Question 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity.

and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer. I am known to Robert Patterson Matthews Patterson. George Hoskins William McHaney. Samuel Young Samuel Dunn Joseph Park
sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid. William Patterson (his mark)
George Hoskins Justice of the Peace
and Justice of the county court for Anderson county aforesaid.
And the said justice being a justice of the county court for the county aforesaid do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the blue department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that the said applicant William Patterson from bodily infirmity is unable to get to a court of records and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the amended application of William Patterson for a pension - George Hoskins Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee Anderson County
and Justice of the county court for the county of Anderson March 27th 1834.
I John Garrison Clerk of county court for the County of Anderson do hereby certify that George Hoskins before whom the foregoing amended declaration

was made, and sworn to _____ was at the date thereof and now is a justice of the county court for the county of Andersen. and that his signature there to is genuine and do further certify that Joseph M - Schurst, before whom the original declar- ation in this cause was made was at the date thereof a justice of the county court for the county of Andersen of said the Given under my hand and seal this 14 th day of April A D 1834— John Farnagin Clerk

29.803 Mr Patterson Beneficiary
pension Declaration William Patterson 12 months service
Levi Spewett Morgan C. H. John

State of Tennessee } ss Anderson County }
On this 14 th day of January A.D. 1834 personally appeared before Joseph M. Ashurst a justice of the peace for the county of Anderson aforesaid William Patterson Eighty years of age, infirm and unable to get to a court of records, and at the house of the said William Patterson in the county of Anderson aforesaid 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 was born in Augusta County in the State of Virginia on the 21 st day of October A.D. 1753 as he is informed by his parents who had a record left him by his father at his age which is the day & date last aforesaid but said record being made in a bible and from the length of time and the use of said bible, said record is now mutilated and blown out, he kind the State of North Carolina where he was between the age of Twenty & twenty five years of age in that part of North Carolina which is now Tennessee Sullivan County or Hawkins County on the Holston River about five miles below the Northfork of Holston River the date of the year, from old age & consequent loss of.

of memory he can't now recollect but it was before he was married, some two or three years, and he was married at twenty five years of age. he was drafted and called into service of the united states under the follow- ing named officer, Captain John Anderson. there was no left Lieutenant or in sign application was appointed orderly sergeant. I served as such paid captain and his company in which applicant was one and sergeant as aforesaid was ordered by his colonel. He said soon after to Mockerson Gap Block house, and was stationed there three months as a guard against the Indians to keep them off of the frontier and having served his full three months as orderly sergeant of aforesaid above Army of volunteers, no other parent applicant was there honorably discharged by Captain Anderson. Which discharge has been burnt in self protection house some years ago. the above service was and in the fall of the year from causes also stated applicant can't now recollect the or the length of time before he was called into service again but applicant resides in the same neighborhood as applicant now believes about twelve months & in the fall season of the year he was called into the service of the united states again

drafts, & as to do the service under the follow- ing named officers to with Captain John Looney had no ensign nor Lieutenant but applicant was again appointed order- ly sergeant. They were ordered by their Colonel David Looney to Blackmore Station on Clinch River they were stationed at said station three months the whole of which time applicant served as sergeant, under bore arms, and guarded the Indians off of the frontiers had no battle nor engagement with the Indians he was honorably discharged by his said Captain John Looney but said discharge was long since burnt. When his first upon said discharge was burnt, he continued to reside on the Holston River some short time when he was called on to go & fight the Indians at the Long Island on the Holston River applicant was at the Battles aforesaid at the Long Island said Battles commenced in the mornings about ten o'clock. Battle lasted about one half hour. They defeated the Indians killed Twelve Indians dead upon the ground the whites had four men wounded appli- cant was then drafted to go a campaign against the Indians & intend the service of

the united States under the following named officers to wit: capt Robert Christy Ensign & Lieut. ten ant & Majors ranks can not now be recollectable from causes, above stated Colonel William Christy from Virginia was chief commander of said campaign they rendezvoused at the Long Island their force was about fifteen hundred in number. It was in the fall of the year they then marched down the Holston River Crossed French Broad & Red River & Little inter right Little Tennessee and when they got to the Indian Town on the Tennessee the Indians had fled & left the Town They carried their provisions on pack horses. They were discharged by captain Cumpans from the Indian Town. appli cant received a discharge from his said Captain Christy. Which discharge was burnt at the time applicant's other discharges was burnt. applicant served three months in the above campaign & was that ap proval applicant was at home about two years after the service of the last of said campaign. When he was again drafted as a horse man and

and intend the service of the united states under the following named officers. to wit Captain Wallace whose Christian name can't now be recalled by applicant Major's name can't now be recalled from the above cause. these officers also strangers to applicant. before applicant served under them, Colonel Isaac Shelby & also Colonel Blood so marched to Brandy towards at John Phagan on the Holston River then marched across the mountains through North Carolina by Charlotte and then into the state of South Carolina through Campden which had been burnt by the British and then to the Santee River crossed the river applicant does not know the name of the ferry but it was near where General Marion was encamped in about a mile of the River near a large swamp they then joined General Marion. General Marion then marched then down towards Charles town, and at a place between Monk's corner. and Charles town at a large house General Marion took ninety six British Prisoners they then marched back to General Marion's encampment near the large swamp aforesaid on the south side of the Santee River where applicant was honorably discharged by his Colonel Shelby.

applicant served three months as a private horse man in the last of aforesaid campaigns his last aforesaid discharge was burnt in his house at the time his other discharges were burnt from old age and consequent loss of memory as above stated, applicant cannot give any other account of the period of the war. than those already given by narrative of his absolute service applicant was acquainted with the following officers to wit Captain John Anderson Captain John Looney Colonel Dan Looney Colonel William Christy Captain Christy, Colonel Isaac Shelby Colonel Bleasdale General Marion. applicant has lived ever since the revolutionary war. he has lived in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee and now reside in Anderson County Tennessee. applicant has no documenta- ry evidence of his service & knows of no person who's personal attendance he can prove by which he can prove his absolute service but Elijah Crop of the County of Sullivan  Anderson served with applicant in the time of the war against the Indians at Wauhatchie applicant is further known to the following persons & citizens in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolu-

Town So. Wil ms George W Hoskins William McKamy Samuel Young Samuel Dunn Joseph Parks, Robert Patterson Matthew Patterson there is no longer man residing in the neighbourhood of applicant. Elijah Cross who knows of apart of applicant's absolute service is too aged and infirm to obtain the personal attendance, at the making of this declara
Tion applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, - - - - -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph M. Wheat
William Patterson mark
Justice of the peace
We Robert Patterson & Matthew Patterson and residing in the same neighbourhood of the said William Patterson hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said William Patterson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Robert Patterson mark Matthew Patterson mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph M. Wheat
Justice of the peace

and the said justice hereby declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant has  soldier are revolutionary, and served as he states and further certifies that it appears to him that William Patterson and Mathew Patterson, who has signed the pre- ceding Certificate are residents in the neighbourhood, of the said William Pat- ter-son, and are credible persons, and that their statement are entitled to credit and and that said applicant is unable to get to court and that the foregoing Certificate contains the original proceedings in the application of William Patterson for a pension
In testimony whereof the said justice hath hereunto his hand & seal the day & year first above written.
Joseph H. Wheat Esq.
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Anderson County
I John Tarnagin Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county of Anderson do hereby certify that Joseph M. Ashurst before whom the foregoing pension declaration was made was at the date thereof and now is an acting justice of the peace for the county of Anderson; and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing and that full faith and credit is intitled to be given to his offi- cial acts as such Given under my hand & seal at office this 2nd day of February 1834—
John Tarnagin Clerk By his Deputy John Love

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Patterson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 3648.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     — 3 mo. Ord. Sgt. John Anderson David Looney Va.   — 3 " " " John Looney " "   * — 3 " Pri. Gilbert Christy Wm. Christy   Two yrs. later 3 " " Wallace Isaac Shelby   — Bledsoe  
Battles engaged in, * latter with Indians at Long Island on Holston River. Residence of soldier at enlistment, N.C. on Holston River, 5 mi. below mouth fork of said river. Date of application for pension, Jan. 17, 1834. Al. al. Residence at date of application, Anderson Co., Tenn. in Anderson Co. Tenn. Age at date of application, B. Oct. 21, 1753, in Augusta Co., Va. Died in 1841.
Remarks: He was, when he was 25 years old, Nancy English, who died before soldier did. A son, Robert E. was 74 yrs. old in 1852. No other family data. The above noted and Wm Patterson S. F. 35543 are the only soldiers of that name of Va. found in the Rev. War pen records.
Very respectfully,
Wm B. [Signature]

May 23, '08. History to Mrs. B. F. McLeod. Letter with S.F. 35; 5:45 - Wm. Patterson. F.W.
Rev. Wm. Patterson
3648.
INVALID.
File No. 3648
William Patterson
Bk. Row, line
Act: June 7/32
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Columbus O. 15th Oct
Free
Returned April 26. 1884
Secretary of War Pension Office Department.
Pension claim
Washington City D.C.

Clinton Tennessee
April 14 th 1834#
Dear Sir
I herin return to the department the amended declaration of William Patterson which I hope will be satisfactory & comply with the rules of the department & request an answer to be sent to Morgan court house East Tennessee.
Sir Trubitt
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of pensions —

Examination Revolutionary Papers
William Patterson
Tennessee act 1832
filed 26 April 1852

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Tennessee
County of Anderson
Be it known that before me
J. Thompson a Justice of the peace personally appeared Robert E. Patterson aged 74 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of William Patterson who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Virginia and that he died on the _____ day of _____ 1849 and that his mother named Vaney Gray Lish died on the previous day of  at date 18 and that they were married on the _____ day of _____ in the year 17_____ and that they were residents of Anderson Co. in the State of Tennessee and that they resided there 40 or 45 years, and that he resided at the time of his death and that furthermore BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers all my rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due me as heir of William Patterson who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this 5 day of March 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
Robert E. Patterson { SEAL }
Witness: J. J. Ross
Witness: Silas L. Arthur
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 5 day of March 1852
Jonathan Thompson J. P. { SEAL }
At the same time personally appeared before me J. Thompson a Justice of the peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Silas L. Arthur and Micajah Portwood residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that it has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Wm. Patterson was a Revolutionary soldier and that Robert E. Patterson was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Silas L. Arthur { SEAL }
Micajah Portwood { SEAL }
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
Jonathan Thompson J. P. { SEAL }
State of Tennessee
County of Anderson
to wit:
Jonathan Thompson
Esq.,
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Jonathan Thompson before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Anderson County Court, this 8 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and 52
R. H. Howard Clerk.
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."