Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,615, for William Nelson, North Carolina

 SERVICE 
NUMBER _____
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Nelson, William
S. 4615
carded.
CONTENTS

23,938
No. 12345 to [illegible] of [illegible] in the State of [illegible] who was a [illegible] in the [illegible] command by Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] command by [illegible] in the [illegible] Carolina line for [illegible]
Yrs No 2 $ 20.33
Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible] at the rate of 15 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of July 1834 and [illegible] 1834 [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] Semi-annual allowance ending [illegible]
$ 51.66 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Acc. June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk, Book [illegible] Vol. [illegible] Page 153 -

30. 541
Mrs Nelson Tuscarora Jonesboro. age
f 0777 Rm 7 m p 23 \frac{33}{100}
Lewis Mitchell Rogersville Tuscarora

Declaration of William Nelson in Order to Obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 State of Tennessee Hawkins County
On this 29 th day of May 1834 personally appeared William Nelson resident of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee aged 89 years before me James Willis one of the Justices of the peace for said County and being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the provision of an act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the united States in the Year 1777 and served under the following named Officers Entered the service of the united States the first of July 1777 under the Command of General Christy Col o Williams W m Winston and Col o Cox in the State of North Carolina Surry County we met at the Courthouse in said County and marched from there against the Cherokee Indians On Tennessee river we march d a cross the blue ridge on to the Long Islands of Holston river where there had been a battle fought some time before between the Indians and whites we went down said river in to the Indian nation where we destroyed their corn they sued for peace and we treated with them and returned home about the first of November in the same Year being gone four months I volunteered myself  I was drafted in the service as a private and received my discharge from W m Winston which I have long since lost In the Year 1779 as well as I now recollect the date of the year General Rutherford lay stationed below Salisbury in the State of North- - Carolina; the County I do not recollect he sent out an express for some Dragoons to join him at head quarters I volunteered myself the first of July under the Command of Col o Joseph Bland we marched on through Salisbury to join Rutherford which we done. After we arrived there

Capt. Bland and his dragoons were ordered by Rutherford to go in to some county the name I have forgotten in pursuit of some Tories when we arrived at the place of destination the Tories fired on us from a barn Capt. Bland threatened to fire the barn and they surrendered we took them back to Rutherford's Camp where some enlisted in the service of the united states and some were not at liberty. There was dismissed and returned home first of September being good two months I volunteered myself again under the command of Captain Bland the date of the year I do not recollect it was some time in the fall of the year we went in pursuit of Tories in Surry County State of North Carolina we had a skirmish with them commanded by Rev. Capt. Norton we killed Norton and two of his men and returned home being good twelve or fourteen days.
The Tories were very troublesome where we lived in North Carolina and I volunteered myself frequently under Capt. Bland to go after Tories when we could hear of their doing mischief in the country. The dates and time of these small trips I cannot recollect I was good under Capt. Bland at another time three weeks roaming after Tories through the country where I lived. I never was out any more excepting some short trips after Tories in the country where I lived the duration of which I cannot recollect. This declarant says he cannot prove his service by any and has no documentary evidence of his service he had by relinquishing every claim to a pension or annuity what ever except the present one and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any date sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written before me. Rev. William his Nelson mark
James Willis
This declarant cannot prove a clergyman as he is not sufficiently acquainted with any in the neighborhood where he lives

Questions proposed to William Nelson by the war department
1 st Question
Ans. I was born in the state of Virginia Dinwiddie County in the year 1749
2 nd Question
Ans. I have not at present in being in my bible which I gave my son
3 rd Question
Ans. I was living in the state of North Carolina Surry County from there I moved in to Hawkins County Tennessee where I now live
4 th Question
Ans. I was drafted the first time and the ballance of my service I volunteered myself
5 th Question
Ans. General Christy Col l Williams M aj Winston General Rutherford Col l Bland Col l Cox
6 th Question
Ans. I received a discharge and by M aj Winston but have lost it
7 th Question
Ans. Humphreys Anderson, Thomas Martin
Serkin Willis Esq o Sam l Willis Willis
Garrison, John Nash Henry Begley
and fifty other good men of Tennessee
Hawkins County Personally appeared Lt Col William Nelson
before me Sam l Willis and of the Justices of the peace for said County and after 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 order: for four months I served under Col l Cox as a private For three months at different I served as a private under Col l Bland for which service I claim a pension sworn to 29 th May 1834
James Willis P
Attest William his Nelson mark

We George Hogan Esq. ————— residing in the County of Hawkins and Larkin Willis Esq. residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Nelson who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be 87 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 sworn to and sub- scribed 29 th May 1834 Larkin his Willis
James Willis S.D.
Larkins his Willing mark
George Rogers
George Rogers, Send James Willis and of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the Interrogatories prescribed by the war depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revolution- ary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that George Rogers Esq. and Sarah Willis Esq. who have sworn to the preceding certificate, the said George Rogers and Sarah Willis are the said George Rogers and Sarah Willis the said George Rogers and Sarah Willis and resident in the County of Hawkins and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit given under my hand seal 29 th May 1834
James Willis (J. W.)
State of Tennessee Hawkins County }
Franklin County } I certify that the above applicant owing to old age and great bodily infirmity he is unable to appear before a court or judge of a court to make the following declaration given under my hand and seal 29 th May 1834
James Willis P

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
James Willis (S D)
I certify that the above applicant owing to old age and great bodily infirmity he is unable to appear before a court or judge of a court to make the following declaration given under my hand and seal 29 th May 1834
James Willis (S D)
State of Tennessee Hawkins County
I Stockley D. Mitchell Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of the County and State aforesaid do certify that James Willis before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is now and was at the time the same bears date an acting Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signatures thereto appear to be genuine -
Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Rogersville this 1 st day of July A.D. 1834
S.D. Mitchell Clerk By W.B. Mitchell S.H.C.

July 26, 1935.
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BA-J/ady William Nelson, S. 4615 Joel Hicks, S. 4385
Mrs. Dora D. Allen 621 East Terrace Street Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Nelson and Joel Hicks, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Their records are furnished you herein as found in the claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
William Nelson, S. 4615
William Nelson was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1747, day, month, and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, William Nelson enlisted the first of July 1777 and served four months as private in Captain Cox's Company, Colonel Williams' North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted the first of July 1779, served two months as private in Captain Joseph Claud's North Carolina Company and was in an engagement with Tories. He enlisted in the fall, the year not stated, served twelve or fourteen days in Captain Claud's North Carolina Company and was in a skirmish with the Tories. He also served three weeks in Captain Claud's North Carolina Company, date not given.
He moved from Surry County, North Carolina, to Hawkins County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1834 while a resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee.
In 1834 soldier referred to his son, his name or age not stated. The name of soldier's wife is not shown and there are no further family data.
William Nelson died August 9, 1834, place not stated. Cn 9 B
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Joel Hicks, S.4365
Joel Hicks was born October 21, 1765 in Hanover County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
During the Revolutionary War he was a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, after the Revolution he lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, and about 1809 he moved to Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Joel Hicks applied for pension October 7, 1833 while a resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee, and stated that he entered the service in the summer of 1781 and that he served ten months under Captains Ambrose Lipscomb and William Grimes and Major Burk in the Virginia troops.
His claim was allowed. Upon an investigation of his claim by the United States District Attorney at Rogersville, Tennessee, it was found that he never served as a soldier of the Revolution, in consequence of which his name was dropped from the pension roll October 29, 1836.
In 1833 a sister of Joel Hicks was living in Albemarle County, Virginia, her name or age not given. It is not stated whether Joel Hicks was ever married.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

can furnish the military Revolutionary soldiers or whose widows were their services. original muster and pay Revolutionary War and the as are now in the possession ment are on file in the Pension Office, War Depart- Original rolls and other records to service in the Revolution- War may also be found on file in the nives of many of the original States.
L. W. B.
I. 4615.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 13th, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that William Nelson made an application for pension on May 29th, 1834, at which time he was 87 years of age and residing in Hawkins County, Tenn. and his pension was allowed for seven months' actual service as a private in the North Carolina troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Cox and Col. Winston. He enlisted in Surrey County, N. C.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. L. D. Tarkington,
26 East St. Clair St.,
Indianapolis, Indiana.

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July 13. 1898.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
On a "Report from the Secty. of War," Vol. III page 10. I find: "William Nelson of Washington county, Tennessee was placed on the Revolutionary pension roll March 31. 1836." I am anxious to find the age given of the above, also verification of service rec. for proof of service of ancestor for membership in a Revolutionary Society. Will you kindly furnish me with all the particulars possible and
Greatly Oblige
(Mrs) L. D. Sarkingston 26. East St. Clair St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Aug 13 '98 Mrs. S. D. Sarkington Indianapolis Indiana
1935 July 26. Hist. to Mrs. Dora D. Allen. See her letter in elm. of Joel Hicks, S 4365. A.W.Y.
Rev May
4615
INVALID.
File No. 4615
William Nelson
Pitt S. E. line
Act: June 7/33
Index:—Vol. 4, Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rogersville 28 th June 1834
Wm James L Edwards Sir you can, if the Recd. Nelson's Declaration meets with a favourable action direct it to be paid at Jones- borough Agency I am Sir
James Livingston Mitchell