Revolutionary War Pension Record |
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Tennessee ========================== William
Collier Giles Co. in the State of �Tenn.
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Militia � 6� Mo Pr������������������������� $20. 00 ============================= The forescribed on the
roll of West
Tenn �At
the rate of� 20.00 Dollars----- _____per annum To commence on th 4th
day of March, 1834. ================================================================= Certificate of Pension
issued the 25th
day of August 1834��������������������������� and Sent to (signed
by)� Hon.� W.N. Inge , Fayetteville, Tennessee ================================================================== Arrears to the 4th
of �_______������������� $ 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ___,_____������ $ 10.00 ���������������������������������������������������������� ======= ������������������������������������������������������������� $
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{Revolutionary Claim �������������������������������������������������������� Act June 7, 1832� } Recorded by� _� T.� Springer�� Clerk,�������������������� 2 Book 6(?).��� Volume 7��� Page 85������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������������ V ���������������������������������������� �����������������R From the back of the folded pension, in longhand. S21121William
Collier State
of ������ Tennessee F__
l780 pr (?) �� 6---- $ 20 (signed
by) Hon. W.N. Inge ������������������
Fayetteville Tennessee ������������������� State of Tennessee State of TennesseeGiles County
On this the 23rd day of July 1834 personally appears in
open court before the judge of the Circuit Court of the County
aforesaid, now sitting William Collier a resident of the County and
State aforesaid aged seventy one years since the 11th day of
October 1833, who being first duly sworn according to him doth on
his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the Act of Claimship Papers June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the Army
and State under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the said service as a drafted private Militia man in the County of Northampton in the State of North Carolina under the command of Captain James Williamson in Major Rind�s (?) Batalion in General Green�s division. He cannot now recollect positively who commanded the regiment. The troops to which he was allotted rendesvoused at Wake Courthouse in said state, and from that place were marched by the way of Hillsborough to Sailsbury in said state. From thence they were marched to Six Mile Creek where they fell in with the whole of General Green�s army, where they were stationed during the remainder of the term for which he had been drafted, and here at that place discharged after having been in actual service on this expedition three months. He was fterwards again drafted in the said County of State and entered the said service as a Private Militia man, under the command of Captain Henry Casper in Major Peebles Batalion, not being joined in this service to any regiment. He was marched out of the said County of Northampton to Halifax town in the County of Halifax in said State, where application (a line drawn thru these words) where applicant and the Batalion to which he belonged were retained to guard some British prisoners during the whole of his term of service which lasted only three months, from which applicant was discharged by Maj. Peebles at the end of three months from the time when he entered said service. Said services were performed late in the war and complete all the services rendered by applicant during the War of the Revolution. Applicant received the 1st discharge above spoken of from James Williamson, his Capt., but he has since lost or mislaid both of said discharges. He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service of his own knowledge. He hereby 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. His William X Collier Mark Subcribed + sworn to in open Court this 4th day of August 1834. Sterling H. Lester, Clerk of Giles Circuit Court The Questions propounded to the said Applicant by the Court and his answers thereto.
1st.Where and in what year were you born ?
2nd. Have you any record of your age and if so
where is it? 3rd. Where were you living when called into
service; Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 4th. How were you called into service, were you
drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitution and if a substitute for whom ? 5th. 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 for your service. 6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from service
and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? 7th. State the names of the persons to whom you
are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character and veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution. His William X Collier Mark Sworn to and duly scribed in open court 4th of August 1834. Sterling H. Lester,Clerk of Giles Circuit Court We, John Collier, residing in Limestone County Alabama, and James Hanna, residing in Giles County Tennessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Collier who has ascribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and we further certify that there is no clergyman resident in the neighborhood where the said William Collier now resides. His William X Collier Mark James Hanna Subscribed and sworn to in open court this 4th day of August 1834. Sterling H. Lester, clerk of Giles Circuit court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed. |
Submitted by Teresa Shands