Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 979, William Bobbit, Va.

SERVICE
Var.
Bobbit, William
NUMBER
R. 979
CONTENTS

Ex'r.
INVALID.
RELEASED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
978
P. O. William D. Dobbitt
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Rejected, per letter 3 Jany 1827 to J. A. Cuthbert, Esq.
978

Georgia, Macon County, } }
Superior Court, September Term, 1820
Personally appeared in open court William Bobbitt, who being duly sworn, saith on oath, that he is a private soldier of the revolutionary army, & stands in need of the assistance of his country: that he belonged to the Sixth regiment of the Virginia line, commanded by Col. Grey Jenkins, & was attached to the company commanded by Capt. Nat. Mason: that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, & Trenton, besides various skirmishes: that he served three years & six weeks in the regular army: that he was discharged near Burlington; in the fall of 1778 or 1779 or 1780, according to the best of his belief: but of this his recollection is not certain: that his written discharge was given in the same instrument of writing with that of his brother, & this instrument was left with his brother (John Bobbitt) in Virginia, about forty years ago, & this petitioner knows not what has become of it: that he will be seventy two years of age on the 29 th of the next month ( October  July 1820) that he is very infirm & sickly, & incapable of labour: that besides the infirmities of old age, he is a cripple in consequence of having his leg broken & his ankle out of place: that his family consists of his wife, who is about fifty seven years of age, & of one daughter twenty three years of age.
The following is a schedule of his property: viz:
a moderate supply of wearing apparel, worth not exceeding ten dollars
$ 10, 00.
his William X Bobbitt mark

Georgia Monroe County
Monroe Superior Court, September Term, 1826
Personally appeared William Bonner in open court, who being duly sworn, made oath to said that he is personally acquainted with the petitioner, William Bobbit, & with his situation as to property, & that the foregoing schedule & valuation are correct.
William Bonner
Sworn to & read
Georgia Monroe County
In Monroe Superior Court, September Term, 1826
I, William P. Henry, clerk of said court, do certify, that the petitioner William Bobbit, came into open court, & made oath to, & subscribed the foregoing application for pension: & that the above-named William Bonner came into open court, & made oath to, & subscribed the foregoing certificate, verifying the schedule & valuation of said William Bobbit, annexed to foregoing petition.
William P. Henry Clerk S. C. Monroe County

20, 176.
Wm Babbit Ga
Mrs A. Cuthbert Forsyth, Ga
Recd. 21 Dec. 1826.
Warren, Danvers
Forsyth Ga
Decm 9th
1826
Jan

Hosford, Wayne County, Georgia, Dec. 8, 1826
Mr. James Barbour, Secretary of the War Department.
Dear Sir,
Inclosed is the application of an invalid soldier, to be placed on the pension list. The poor old man is very infirm, & could not attend at a convenient time to have his petition correctly prepared: but I hope, if it contains the material facts it will be received. If however it should be found too defective I respectfully solicit, that a form may be sent to me, such as is approved by the Department.
With sentiments of high regard,
I am Sir
John A. Guthrie