Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,864, William Bickley, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Bickley William Bickly or
S. 30,864
CONTENTS

25568 125
Kentucky
William Pickly of Mason Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Montgomery of the 1st regt commanded by Col. Christie in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Feb y 1834 and Marshall Ray Washington
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 250 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st March 40 00 $290 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book C Vol. 7 Page 34
Certificate sent to Washington Territory. returned & sent to M c Key, Washington, Kentucky 18 Sept r taken copy for H m . T. J. Hanley H.R. Mar 13 '46

29. 204
Wm Bickley Kans.
from 1777 pr
29 pr $80
on Roll
Model Key Oklahoma Co The

State of Kentucky County of Mason ss.
On this ninth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court, before County Court of the County aforesaid now sitting William Pickley a resident of the said County of Mason State of Kentucky, aged seventy seven 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 act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of June in the year 1777 he was at the house of Col. Anthony Winston in Buckingham County, Virginia, being then a resident of Prince George County in said state, that at Col. Winston's he fell in with Col. William Christian, Captain John Montgomery & others escorting a party of Cherokee Indians who had been on a visit to the seat of Government, that he this affiant was then there employed by said Capt. Montgomery to serve as a guard over some public property, destined for the long island on Holston river, where a treaty was about to be held with the Cherokee Indians in the month of July; that upon his arrival at

that place he found Col o Shelby (father of the late Governor of Kentucky of that name) commanding a regiment, with which he this affiant did military duty until the treaty was concluded, (about the middle of July) and then enlisted under the above named Capt o Montgomery for six months, in a company destined to protect the inhabitants of Kentucky against the Indians, but as the company could not march for some weeks, Capt o Montgomery permitted him to accompany Col o Richard Calloway, who was on his way from Richmond to Kentucky, the greater part supplying ammunition and provisions by order of Col o Shelby - We arrived at Boonsborough about the 10 th of August, where Col o Bowman had arrived a few days before at the head of about one hundred men with whom this affiant did duty until the arrival of Capt o Montgomery, at the expiration of his term of enlistment, some of the officers and men returned home but he again enlisted for six months, Lieutenant John Williams then commanding the company in the absence of Capt o Montgomery who had returned to Virginia; before the termination of this second period of enlistment the company was ordered to the falls of Ohio there to join Col o George Rogers Clark, who was descending the river with

a body of men destined for an attack upon the posts upon the Mississippi and Wabash rivers, upon the arrival of Col o Clark they descended the river in boats to the mouth of Tennessee river and from thence marched to Kaskaskia, which place was taken by surprise and the other villages on or near the Mississippi surrender soon after, after which the men agreeably to the promise of Col o Clark made at the falls of Ohio were entitled to be discharged. Some of them returned home, but as many as could be prevented upon were re-enlisted for six months or until the first day of the succeeding month of March, (when Capt o . Montgomery was expected to join with some regular troops from Virginia) and this officer again enlisted for the term of six months. In the fall of that year Col o Clark learned that Governor Hamilton of Detroit was on his way to the Wabash at the head of about 100 regular troops & seven or eight hun- dred Indians and having ascertained his arrival at Port St. Vincennes about the first of Feby, Col o Clark marched im- mediately for that place this officer being with closing duty under him. the place was taken about the first of March & we then returned to Kaskaskia where we found a company of regular troops had arrived under the command of Capt o George. the services of this officer

being no longer required in the fort he was employed and did duty as an artificer, getting timber for the erection of a fort, in which service he continued about two months at the termination of which time all the troops in that country were ordered to Vincennes, with a view as this affiant understood to an attack upon Detroit, but not finding the number of men there he expected Col. Clark relinquished the expedition, this affiant continued to serve as an artificer repairing the fortifications, public boats &c until the first of September, when he was discharged and returned to Kentucky. The next spring he returned to Virginia and in the fall of that year enlisted in a regiment raised by Col. Charles Lynch H.W. Leftwich to be commanded by Genl. Robert Lawson intended for the Southern service, he thinks principally with a view to the Siege of NinetySix this affiant was attached to a company commanded by
Captain Jacob Early
and joined the regiment at the house of one Col. Ward in Bedford County Virginia and at the end of one days march from thence the march of the regiment was countermanded and we were ordered to Petersburg, the enemy having landed at Portsmouth, on our arrival

at Petersburg we met the Matilda returning home the enemy having re-embarked. We remained encamped some weeks at Petersburg and were then discharged by Genl. Lawton. This affiant then returned to his father's in Amherst County and in the month of December the enemy having again landed in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth he volunteered in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Poindexter, and after joining their regiment it was discovered that there was a sufficient number of riflemen to form a company and they were enrolled accordingly, this affiant being one, and placed under the command of Captain O'Byrne (said to be) the senior Capt. of the Regiment. Col. Thomas Mennycather or Meryweather commanding the regiment and Genl. Mulenburgh the brigade. We were continued from the 15 th of January (the time we were regimented) until the 15 th of April when we were discharged. In June of that year the enemy having ravaged the country as far as Richmond Petersburg and even Charlottesville, Genl. Nelson then Lieut. Governor of Virginia issued his proclamation offering credit for a term of duty to all Militia men who would repair to the lines and serve twenty days, this affiant volunteered and served

twenty eight days and was then discharged. Upon the whole this affiant states that he was in the public service during the war of the revolution at least two years his last service was under the command of Capt. John Woodruff. He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no other person by whose testimony he can prove his services than those whose evidence is hereto annexed, except Simon Renton of the State of Ohio, who if alive could prove his services while under the command of Col. George Rogers Clarke, but Renton (if alive) lives so remote from this affiant's residence that the procurement of his evidence would be attended with great trouble & expense. He further states that there is no clergyman resident in his neighbourhood or with whom he has such a knowledge of him as to render it probable that he knows or has heard the reputation of his services in the revolutionary war. He relinquishes every claim whatever 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 & year aforesaid.
William Pickley We John Chambers & Marshall Kay

hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Captain William Bickley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 77  seventy  seven years old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid
John Chambers Marshall Key
And the 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 William Bickley was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that there is no clergyman resident in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, and that John Chambers and Marshall Key who signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to full credit.
J. Marshall Key Clerk of the Court for the County of Meadon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the

the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William Pickley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 14 th day of January 1834. Marshall Key.

30864
Recy INVALID.
File No. 30864
William Bickly Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington City
March 3/46
Dear J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Sir, I was requested by Mr. Praper of Bottineau who is compiling a history of Western Pioneers, and desires me to procure for him a copy of the declaration of Capt Wm. Burley of Moon City Ky to be used in the compilation of said history
Respectfully yours &c.
Thos. H. Shelby