ALL U.S., REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AND BOUNTY-LAND WARRANT APPLICATION FILES, 1800-1900 results for Isaac Williamson, Sr. NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS - SELECTED RECORDS (Researcherd and Transcribed by Myrtle Norton Bridges - May 6, 2015)
Brief in the case of Isaac Williamson Senior of Richmond County in the State of NC (Act 7th June, 1832) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Answer: Open Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (no answer.) 3. How old is he? 74 years. 4. State his service as directed in the form annexed. Enlisted in 1775 for 3 years as a private. General Moultre, Col. Moat, Maj. Francis Marion and Capt. Mason. 5. In what battles was he engaged? Sullivan Island 6.Where did he reside when he entered the service? Georgetown, SC 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Examining Clerk.
No. 3669 Declaration of isaac Williamson for Pension. July Term 1832 Richmond Co. Court NC State of No. Carolina Richmond County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - July Term 1832 On this 17th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the worshipful justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Isaac Williamson, Sen, a resident of the state and county aforesaid, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarative in order to obtain the benefit of the motion made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain William Mason, then a citizen of Georgetown, South Carolina, and served in the second regiment of foot under the following named officers; here follows the names and rank of the field and company officers; General Moultree, Colonel Moat, Major Francis Marion and Captain William Mason, Lieutenant Lester(?). The deponent having lost his discharge thinks he was discharged in July 1778 after having served three years from the date of enlistment. The regiment to which this deponent was attached was stationed most of the time in the Barracks in Charlestown, South Carolina. He fought in the Battle of Fort Moultree, Sullivans Island as a detachment of the regiment of which this deponant was one, made an excursion into Georgia as far as Savannah. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of any agency in the State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Isaac Williamson. M.D. Crawford, Clk. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after putting the several interrogations that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in the States, and the court further states that Martin D. Crawford and Elias Sinclair who signed the certificate below are clergymen of this county and men of character. I, Martin D. Crawford and Elias Sinclair, Clergymen of the County of Richmond and State afordsaid certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Williamson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarative, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. (signed) M.D. Crawford and Elias Sinclair. July 17, 1832
State of South Carolina Marlboro District Personally appeared before me Jonathan Adams a Justice of the Quorum for the District and State aforesaid Sion Adams, Sr. of said district who being duly sworn in due force of law deposeth and saith as follows: The he (Sion Adams Sr.) served in the Revolutionary War in the 3rd Regt. of Foot in Captain Smith's Company the Regt. commanded by Col. Thompson, that he became acquainted with Isaac Williamson, Sr. (now a citizen of the County of Richmond and State of North Carolina) in Fort Moultree, Sulivans Island near Charleston, SC, and that the said Isaac Williamson aforesaid was when he became acquainted with him, a soldier in the 2nd Regiment of Foot in said Fort and that both the 2nd and 3rd Regiments were commanded by Gen'l Moultree and that he recollects very well of having seen the said Isaac Williamson, Sr. in the regular service in said Fort Moultree often times before and after the memorable engagement. (the year not recollected). This deponent believes that from his own knowledge of the Revolutionary service of said Isaac Williamson, Sr. that he served at Charles Town as he states in his declaration. Thinks he enlisted in 1775 and was discharged in 1778 in the month of July after having served three years, and that this deponent has been acquainted with Isaac Williamson, Sr. ever since. He became acquainted with him on Sulivans Island during the Revolutionary War and that the said Isaac Williamson, Sr. was always reputed and believed to have served on the Island and to have been regularly discharged. This deponent further states that there were but the 2nd and 3rd Regiments in the Fort on Sulivans Island during the engagement with the British above alluded to, and further the deponent saith not. Sion Adams, Sr. (X his mark) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of May 1833. Jonathan Adams I, Jonathan Adams of the District a Justice of the Quorium for the District of Marlboro and State of South Carolina do hereby certify that Sion Adams, Sr. who has assigned the above affidavit is a man in whom implicit reliance may be placed in his oaths, and that he is and has been always considered a man worthy of being believed on oath. Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of May, 1833. Jonathan Adams, Sr.
South Carolina Marlborough District I, James C. Thomas, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Sessions in and for the State and District aforesaid do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern that Jonathan Adams who signed the foregoing certificate is and was an acting Justice of Quoram for the State and District aforesaid, and that the same is in his own proper hand and in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal of office at Bennettsville the 31st day of May 1833 James C. Thomas
State of South Carolina Marion District Personally appeared before me Edward B. Wheeler Clerk of the Court for Marion District on the State aforesaid and the officers Justices of the Quorium, Roan Thomas of said District who being sworn in the form of law to depose the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth deposeths and saith as follows: That this deponent was an enlisted soldier in the Revolutionary War of the United States. That he enlisted as a private in the company of Captain Richard Marion who was immediately preceded by Captain John Blake in the Second Regiment of Foot under the following named officers. To wit: General Moultree, Colonel Isaac Mott and Major Francis Marion. That he became acquainted with Isaac Williamson, Senior, now a citizen of Richmond County, North Carolina within a few days after his enlistment as a soldier near the Pee Dee River in Craven County, now Marion District (the said county being divided into a variety of Districts, That the said Isaac Williamson was a private in Captain William Masons Company of thie Second Regiment of Foot under General Moultrie, Colonel Mott, and Major Francis Marion. That this deponent has a perfect recollection that Isaac Williamson aforesaid served three years from the time he enlisted in seventeen hundred and seventy five, and that he was duly and regularly discharged in seventeen hundred and seventy eight after having served three years. That this deponent and Isaac Williamson, the person above named fought in the Battle of Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, and that the said Williamson was a brave and faithful soldier and much appraised for his good conduct, and further this deponent saith not. (Signed) Roan Thomas Sworn to and subscribed before me this the third day of June 1833. Edward B. Wheeler, Clk P.S. Mr. Thomas subsequently consented that the date of '75 should be subscribed for '76 and '78 for '79. E.B. Wheeler. I hereby certify that Roan Thomas who has deposed and signed the within affidavit was always reputed and believed to have served as soldier of the Revolution, and that he is a citizen of this District and in every respect worthy of belief on oath. Given under my hand and seal this the third day of June 1833. (Signed) Stephen Godbold and Job Foxworth I hereby certify that Roan Thomas, Stephen Godbold and Job Foxworth are considered as men of strict veracity and reputable standing this third day of June A.D. 1833 Edw'd B. Wheeler, CC, Marion District, South Carolina.
State of North Carolina Richmond County Personally appeared before me John R. Buie a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Isaac Williamson, Sr. a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God to depose the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, deposeth and saith as following-That he is the same Isaac Williamson who filed his declaration at July term 1832 of the Worshipful Court of this County in order to obtain a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier which declaration is now appended to this ammended declaration that he has not been able to find but two persons who served in the Revolutionary Army with him at the time of his service, viz; Sion Adams of Marlboro District, So.Ca. and Rowan Thomas of Marion District, So.Ca. whose affadavits are duly authenticated and now appended to this amended Declaration. That he was born as he understood from his Father in the year 1758 on Coharry in what he supposes now to b Sampson County, No.Ca., and that his father emigrated when he was young into South Carolina beyond PeeDee, and after a few years he removed on this side of PeeDee to the Beauty Spot settlement in which is now Marlboro District, So.Ca, at which place his Father lived when he first enlisted under Capt. Mason-That he has no recollection of his age, nor never had, except [family] evidence which he always understood to be the year 1758 in which he was born. He refers to Walter F. Leak, Sr., John MacAlister, Sam'l Pate and Stephen Pate all …whom are persons who lived in the time of the Revolution, and they all believe that I served as stated in my Declaration, and I now refer to the Hon. L. Bethune of Cumberland Cty and Hon. Edward Deberry of Montgomery County and of this County to Tryam MacFarland, Esq., Walter F. Leak Atto at Law, Gen'l Alfred Dockery, Col. Alex'd Nicholson, Wm. Crawford, Sheriff, F.L. Leak, P.M. at Rockingham, James (?) P. Leak, Clerk of the Superior Court, Doct. John Malloy, P.M. Stewartsville, No.Ca., Peter H. Cole and Colonel Charles Robinson and Col. Stephen Wall in this county of Rockingham [town of Rockingham, Richmond County, No.Ca.] and in fact to every person who knows me. This known and believed here that I served as stated in my Declaration. He also states that he recollects the names of some of the officers of the 2nd and 3rd Regiments, say Lieut. Charnock, Capt. Shuburk, Capt. Blake, Adjutant Delyoung (& Sergt. Maj. Fort who was a one-handed man). He also states that he had three brothers in the service with him, viz: Shadrick, Joel and Richard. Shadrick returned after he was discharged and is now dead. Joel was wounded in a false alarm at the time Capt. Huger was killed [Capt. Francis Huger ] about the line between Cooper and Ashley Rivers and died some days afterwards. [Huger was killed in an accidental friendly fire incident near Charleston, SC] Richard went on board a privateer and he does not know what has become of him. He has been their Part…? In … circumstances, so as to show to the Department that he does not wish to practice any fraud, and further this deponent saith not. Isaac Williamson Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of July 1833 John R. Buie, JP I certify that Isaac Williamson Sr., who has assigned and sworned to the foregoing amended declaration is a man of credit and veracity and that he is entitled to credit on oath and I further certify that he is known and believed to have served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as set forth in this amended declaration, as also in the original to what this is appended and that Walter Leak Sr, John MacAlester (McAllister) Sr., Sam'l Pate and Stephen Pate are all old men and persons of respectable standing in the county and that all the other persons named are persons of high standing, the two persons have represented this District in Congress, the former in the last Congress the latter in the 2nd to last Congress. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of July A.D. 1833. Jno. R. Buie, JP
State of North Carolina Richmond County I Martin D. Crawford Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the state and county aforesaid do hereby certify that John R. Buie who signed the foregoing certificate is and was an acting Justice of the peace in and for the state and county aforesaid, and that the same is in his own proper hand and in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal of office this 12th July, 1833. Elias Sinclair, Deputy for Martin D. Crawford, Clerk.
Rev and 1812 Wars Section December 12, 1933 Mary E. McCool 23 Vidado Atlanta, GA Madam; I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, B. 7911, it appears that Isaac Williamson, Sr., was born in 1758 on Cohary, Sampson County, North Carolina. While residing at Beauty Spot Settlement, Marlboro District, South Carolina, he enlisted in 1775 and served as private in Captain William Mason's Company, Colonel Motte's South Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Sullivan's Island and was discharged July 1778, having served three years. He afterwards was out on several scouting parties, against the Tories, dates of service and officers were not on record. He was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1832, while a resident of Richmond County, North Carolina. It is not stated whether soldier ever married. Respectfully, (un-signed) Commissioner.
Laurel Hill, NC July 18, 1833 To the Hon. James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions Department of War Washington City, Dist. Of Col. Sir, Enclosed I send you the original Declaration of Isaac Williamson, Sr a Revolutionary Soldier with the ammended declaration and the affidavits of Sion Adams of Marlboro Dist. So. Ca. and of Rowan Thomas of Marion Dist. So.Ca. When the original declaration was returned, it came to Rockingham and lay there untill April, and then it was some time before he could procure the evidence of Rowan Thomas of Marion Dist, South Carolina who livess 60 odd meters from Mr. Williamson. I went with Mr. Williamson to see Mr. Thomas and they had not seen each other since they were in the army together and were discharged in 1778. Mr. Williamson is 84 years of age and is a State pensioner drawing 60 dols. a year and he says as he is so very old he is satisfied with that without being of the trouble of making application under the Act of Congress of June 7th, 1832. Mr. Adams had his discharge and told us he had got Mr. Christopher Dudly of Bennettsville, Marlboro [SC] to forward his declaration discharge, and at the time we saw him in May he had not heard the results of the application. Mr. Adams and Mr. Williamson told anecdotes that occurred and states that occurred, which is proven, and particularly of some incidents that occurred during the Battle of Fort Moultrie. Mr. Thomas told some incidents that occurred and Mr. Williamson told Mr. Thomas about the false alarm which Mr. Thomas well recollected. That was given about the line between Cooper and Ashley Rivers, and that the Brothers became encamped some little distance beyond the line, and that Major. Huger and a small party who went to illuminate the line at night, was fired on and killed by the Americans, and I think some of his party wounded, and it was in this false alarm that the Brother of Mr. Williamson, Joel Williamson, received a wound of which he died shortly after. Mr. Williamson, after his discharge served in the Militia as a private a great length of time in fact. He states that [he] belonged to a scouting party of volunteers that was raised in this section to suppress the Tories and plunderers that were committing defraudulions in this section of No.Ca., and in So.Ca., and that at one time he went down beyond Charleston about Pocotaligo. He has filed no declarations for his military service, as he served in the regular service long enough to entitle him to a pension. If his name is not on the rolls of the department it is his misfortune and not his fault, for it is and has always been the prevailing opinion that he served as stated in his declaration. Mr. Williamson is very smart of his age and could undergo the fatigue of a campaign better than many men of 55 years of age. It would indeed be a great source of pleasure to him to hear that Mr. W.'s application should meet with a favorable result. I know of no other who served with Mr. Williamson besides Mr. Adams and Mr. Thomas who is now living, having all gone to their tombs. No one of the three could recollect the year the attack was made by the British on Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, but all agreed it was in the summer and in very warm weather, and by reference to Ramsays History, vol. 2nd page 112, I find it was the 28th of June 1776 that the Battle of Fort Moultrie was fought. They all stated that there were but few killed and not a great many wounded which the historian states, viz. 10 killed and 22 wounded. The ships of the enemy was torn almost to pieces and their loss in their killed and wounded was 200, which corresponds with what they all stated in their different conversations. Please write me addressed to Laurel Hill, Richmond County, No.Ca. the results of Mr. Williamson's application as soon as it is ascertained. I think the proof of service is sufficiently strong to entitle him to a pension, together with the explanations made by myself which I recursion Respectully yours, Jno R. Buie P.S. I wrote you about Isham Norton's application recently and have not heard.
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