REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT - WILLIAM CLINTON

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William Clinton, #R 3053 

"William Clinton was born in 1749 in Virginia, place, day, month and the names 
of his parents are not shown. When a boy he moved to Kershaw District, South 
Carolina. 

William Clinton married in 1783 or 1784, day and month not stated, in Kershaw 
District, South Carolina, Violet Perry. 

In 1834 they moved from Kershaw District, South Carolina, to Campbell County, 
Georgia [NOTE: Campbell Co. went bankrupt about 1931, was absorbed by Fulton 
Co., now mostly downtown Atlanta]. 

William Clinton died February 16, 1847, in Campbell County, Georgia, and his 
widow, Violet Clinton, died February 12, 1852, place, and her age not shown, 
leaving the following children: David Clinton, aged sixty-seven years, living in 
Louisiana, place not given; George P. Clinton, aged forty-two years, residing in 
Campbell County, Georgia; Susan V. Hollis, aged forty-five years, a resident of 
Cobb County, Georgia, and William P. Clinton, aged forty-eight years, living in 
Campbell County, Georgia. 

April 2, 1852, said William P. Clinton, applied for pension, on account of the 
Revolutionary War services of his father, on behalf of himself and his brothers 
and sister named above. William P. Clinton stated that his father, William 
Clinton, while a resident of Kershaw District, South Carolina, enlisted the 
second year of the Revolutionary War and served all or nearly all the time until 
peace was made; that he served in the South Carolina troops under Colonel 
Henderson and under Kershaw and other officers, names not given, as private and 
sergeant, and that near the close of the war he served as lieutenant; and that 
he was in the battles of Stone, Hanging Rock, Camden, and Eutaw Springs where he 
received a shot in his thigh. 

The claim for pension was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished as 
required by the pension laws. 

In 1852 one Alexander W. Perry and one Thomas J. Perry were of Kershaw District, 
South Carolina, their ages and relationship to the family are not shown. There 
are no further family data. 

Very truly yours, A.D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator 

2 April, 1852, affidavit of William P. Clinton aged 48, states he is the son of 
Violet Clinton, deceased who was the widow of William Clinton, a soldier of the 
Revolution. His father was born 1749 in Virginia; while a boy moved to Kershaw 
District, South Carolina. Parents lived Kershaw District until 1834 when they 
removed to Campbell County, Georgia. Rest of affidavit as stated in summation.