Monroe-Schley County GaArchives Military Records.....Stewart, William March 1834 Revwar - Pension Virginia Militia ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Liz Robertson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003232 January 24, 2007, 7:42 am Revolutionary War Pension File Roll: 773 Image: 471 File: W11555/BLWT38559-160-55 Total Pages: 17 STEWART, WILLIAM, W11555, VA. STEWART, MARTHA B., BLM38559-160-55 William Stewart of Monroe in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the company commanded by Capt. _____ of the regiment commanded by _____ in the ____line for Virginia Issued on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of one hundred Dollars _no Cents per Annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834. _______________________ Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of (unreadable) Arrears to the 4th of _____________ (unreadable) Semiannual. allowance ending _________________ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by _____, Clerk Book E, Vol. 6, Page 151. ------------------------------ GEORGIA, MARTHA B STEWART Widow of William Stewart, Virginia who served in the Revolutionary War as a Private and Sergeant Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars and oo cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853 Certificate of Pension issued 24th day of May 1855 and sent to Z. E. Harman, Forsyth, Geo. REcorded on Roll of Pensioners under the act February 3, 1853, Page 154, Vol. A. ----------------------------- Page 4 June 12,/60 Let. to Hon. Joshua Hall, G. R., duplicates entries June 16/60 Let. to Hon. Joshua Hall, returning the affidavit of Chas T. Wilson in relation to the copy of the _____ Oct. 23/60 Let. to Dr. for proof of ____and to file ____ _______ Lett. Angus M. D. King, Inf. Certificate filed 10 July, 1839 and sent to Angus M. D. King. Forsyth, Georgia ________ to Pension Agt. S. D. Comptroller 8 May 1838 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838, from 4th March 1836 to Sept. 1837, Agt. notified 10 May 1838 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4th April 1838 from 4 Sept. 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt. notified 13 Dec. 1838 ________ -------------------- Page 5 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF MONROE On this the third day of March A.D. 1855, personally appeared before the under said Judge of the Superior Court of said county and state Martha B. Stewart a resident of the county of Monroe in said State aged seventy two years who _____________ ___________ sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the Third February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of William Stewart who was a soldier in the revolutionary war. The rank of her husband she is unable to state, neither can she state the time when he entered the service nor the time he left said, since. Neither can she state the names and rank of the officers under whom he served, that he entered said service in the State of Virginia, that Said William Stewart departed this life in the County of Macon in the State of Georgia on the ____day of June AD 1848; that she further declares that said William Stewart received a pension from the pension office of the U. S. for said service of one hundred dollars per annum payable to the agency of Virginia pension office in the City of Savannah in the State of Georgia, but for what time and under what act this payment despondent cannot state but for proof of all these facts, despondent refers to the Page 6 evidence filed by the said William Stewart on his application for a pension, and the order, or orders, issued by the pension office allowing such pension She further states and declares that she was married to the said William Stewart on the Seventeenth Day of December eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven as will appear by reference to an _____(application?) of that marriage certificate of the Justice of the Peace by whom they were married, as well as the affidavit of Meckleberry Merritt, Esq the person by whom they were married which are hereto annexed. That her said husband died on the Ninth day of June A.D. 1848. As aforesaid, that she was not married prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. By. Martha B. Stewart (mark) Sworn to and subscribed before an open court on the day and year above written. SS: James H. Staub, Judge Sup. Court, Flint Dist. Ga. Page 7 STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF MONROE On the fifth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me Jesse Aycock a justice of the peace in aforesaid county and state. Martha B. Stewart aged seventy two years a resident of the county and state aforesaid who being duly sown according to law, declared that she is the widow of William Stewart, deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the lines of militia from the State of Virginia, deponent is not able to state the Company in which her said husband served nor does she know the regiment nor the names of either the Captain or Colonel but her said husband during his lifetime for several years was a Revolutionary pensioner and that since his death, she has been allowed a pension as his widow having received from the Department of the Interior a certificate of which the following is a copy. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, "WIDOWS PENSION" I certify that in conformity with the 2nd Section of the Act of February 3, 1853, Martha B. Stewart, widow of William Stewart who was a private and sergeant in the Revolutionary War is subscribed on the Pension list at the rate of One Hundred Dollars per annum commencing on the 3rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the date of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. Enumerated and countersigned: L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions George B. Whiting Acting Secretary of the Interior. PAGE 8 (Ordered Herein?) "Payment to be made at Savannah by J. S. Morse(?) ____for paying pensioner in the Agency of Georgia, payable on 4th September and 4th March". Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under Act of February 3d 1853. Page 154, Vol. W. G. T. Getty, Clerk She further states that she was married to the said William Stewart in Monroe County, Georgia on the Seventeenth day of December A.D. 1837 by one Mickleberry Merritt a Justice of the Peach and that her name before the said marriage was Martha B. Wilson, as appears by the named certificate of the Ordinary of Said County. That her said husband died in Macon County, Georgia on the _________ day of June 1848; that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County law to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. SS: Martha B. Stewart (mark) We, David B. Ramsey (?) and Henry Reed, residents of Monroe County in the State of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha b. Stewart in our persons and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she presents herself to be and we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Martha B. Stewart and her husband William Stewart during the lifetime of said William. That they lived together as husband and wife until the death of said William which event occurred sometime in the year A.D. 1848 and that said Martha B. Stewart has been ever since that time and still is a widow of said William. --------------- Page 9 STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF MONROE On this twenty third day of October in the year eighteen hundred and Thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Christopher B. Strong, Judge of the Superior Court for said County which Court is now sitting William Stewart a resident of said County and State aged sixty nine years and ten months 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was drafted in Amherst County, Virginia, in the fall of 1778 at which time he had just arrived at sixteen years of age and entered the militia under Captain Pamplin, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Gaines. The company was mustered at Amherst Courthouse, and claimant was appointed by Colonel Gaines ____ Commissary of the shirts and provisions to those of the troops that were collected at Amherst Courthouse until the Regiment rendezvoused at Richmond in the State of Virginia where Claimant was appointed sergeant in Captain Pamplins company and continued to fill that appointment until the expiration of his term of service. The detachment to which Claimant was stationed belonged during this term of service, which was for six months at Richmond and in that neighborhood we were in no engagements during this tour. Within a short time after the expiration of this above mentioned term of service, claimant was again drafted and entered the service for another tour of six months, and entered the service in Captain John Christian's Company, of militia in a regiment commanded by Colonel Vance. At the commencement of this term of service claimant was again appointed Sergeant which appointment he continued to fill in Captain Christian's company until the expiration of his term of service. During this tour of service the Brigade or Division was commanded by General Lawson, and was in no engagements or battles. We were in hearing of the firing during the engagement between the British and a part of the American army under General Wayne at Jamestown . the part of the army which at that time under the command of General Lawson, marched all the night preceding the battle for the purpose of joining General Wayne but were bewildered by taking wrong roads and failed in forming a junction. General Lawson was suspected by some of the soldiers of being not very desirous of joining the army under General Wayne. After the expiration of the last mentioned term of service, claimant was again drafted for another tour of six months, and entered the service under his brother's Captain John Stewart of Amherst County Virginia in the regiment (page 10), commanded by Colonel Tucker and the Brigade was commanded by General Holt Richardson. Applicant was at the siege of Little York from beginning to end and after the surrender of the British army claimant marched several days as part of the guard in conducting the prisoners on their way towards the Winchester Barracks where claimant was taken sick and discharged a few days before the expiration of his term of service. In addition to the above claimant served a short time in guarding through Virginia the prisoners taken at the Cowpens in North Carolina by General Morgan. Claimant was again called on as belonging to the second division (the County where he lived being laid off into divisions) in the State of Virginia to march against the British sometime in the year 1779 or so, who were at that time marching on from the south through the settlement where claimant had lived in the State of Virginia, under the command of Lord Cornwallis as claimant understood. Claimant does not remember what length of time he spent in this term of service, but the tour was short and claimant was not engaged in any battle during that term. In conclusion claimant conscientiously believes that during the above mentioned terms of service, he served at least for the space of two years; during some of the above mentioned terms of service claimant served longer than the term for which he was drafted. and at other times was discharged before his term of service had actually expired. Claimant remembers very distinctly that he was under the command of General Lafayette at a place called Moblen Hills in the State of Virginia, where the army under the command of Lafayette was stationed some short time and claimant remembers that the army marched from that place across a large swamp called Chickahoming, but does not remember how far said swamp is from the Mabben Hills. Neither does he remember particularly where they went after they crossed the swamp, nor during what tour of service the last mentioned circumstances took place. Applicant was born as he has always understood and believed in Hanover County, Virginia on the 8th day of November 1762. He had a record of his age which was burned in 1812 when he had the misfortune to lose his house with all his books and papers besides other valuable property by fire he has already stated that at the time of being called into the service he lived in Amherst County, Virginia and he lived there eight or ten years after the war. From Amherst County, claimant moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia where he lived between thirty and fourth years. From there he removed to Monroe County, Georgia (page 11) where he has been living for the seven or eight years and (Note by transcriber. Unable to read Page 11) Page 12 STATE OF GEORGIA MONROE COUNTY On this the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, before me John H. Thomas a Justice of Inferior Court ____ and for the county and state aforesaid, personally came Thomas Stewart and Thomas H. Stewart, each of whom being duly sworn declares and say that they are well acquainted with Mrs. Martha B. Stewart of the County and state aforesaid, who has made application for a pension as the widow of William Stewart of Revolutionary Pensioner formerly of Monroe County, Georgia, that the said Martha B. Stewart is the widow of the identical William Stewart, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, that said William Stewart formerly resided in the county of Monroe in said state; that he removed from there to the county of Macon of said State, where he died in the month of ______________________the year 1848, and that said Martha B. Stewart is still his widow and has removed back and now resides in the County of Monroe. That the first named despondent is the Son and the Second name the grandson of said William Stuart. That neither of them have any interest in the claim of said Martha B. for a pension. Page 13 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF MONROE: On this the twentieth day of May AD Eighteen Hundred and Fifty five, before me John H. Thomas justice of the Inferior Court in aforesaid county, personally comes Oliver C. Phelps and David Mickleberry Merritt, each of whom being duly sworn depose and saith that they are acquainted with Mrs. Martha B. Stewart of said county and state; that she is the widow of the ___________ William Stewart who was a Revolutionary pensioner in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty Eight as deponents have been informed, and that said Martha B. Stewart is at this time residing in the County of Monroe and said State is still a widow and that they have no interest in the claim of said Martha B. Stewart for a pension. SS: Oliver C. Phelps, M. Merritt The foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written and I certify that said affidavits are all of them credible persons and that I have no interest in the claim of Martha B. Stewart for a pension. John H. Thomas, JPC ------------------------------ PAGE 14 Georgia, Monroe County I certify that William Stuart and Martha Wilson were duly joined in matrimony by me the 17th Day of December 1837. M. B. Merritt, JP Georgia, Monroe County I I Elbridge G. Cabaniss, Ordinary and ex-officio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of said County hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the records of my office of the marriage of William Stewart and Martha Wilson. Given under my hand I seal of office this 5th day of December 1855. SS Elbridge G. Cabaniss, Ordinary -------------------------------- Page 15 Letter dated May 10, 1938 to: Mr. Wilson Reeves, Roberta, Georgia Re: William Stewart W.11556, BA-J-AWF Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Stewart of Virginia, a pensioner from Monroe County, Georgia. The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension Claim, W.11555, based on the military service of William Stewart during the Revolutionary War. William Stewart was born November 8, 1762 in Hanover County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given. While residing in Amherst County, Virginia, William Stewart enlisted in the fall of 1778, served six months as sergeant and issuing commissary in Captain Pamplin's company. Colonel Daniel Gaines' Virginia regiment, and shortly afterwards, served six months as sergeant in Captain John Christian's Company, Colonel Vance's Virginia regiment. He served in 1779 or 1780 a short tour, officers names not given. He served about two months as sergeant in Captain John Stewart's company, Colonel Tucker's Virginia Regiment, and was in the Siege of Yorktown. He moved from Amherst County, Virginia to (Page 2 of letter) Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where he lived thirty or forty years, and then moved to Monroe County, Georgia. The soldier, William Stewart, was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, then a resident Monroe County, Georgia. His address in 1837 was Forsyth, Georgia. He died in the month of June 1848 in Macon County, Georgia. (Note by transcriber. William Stewart is buried in Schley Co., GA. near Ellaville in the Stewart Family Cemetery which is located 2 miles east of Ellaville on old Stewart Family Farm. Also may be buried in Fellowship Church Cemetery) William Stewart married December 17, 1837 in Monroe County, Georgia, Martha B. Wilson. She was his second wife, name of first wife not given, nor are there any data in regard to her. The widow, Martha B. Stewart, was allowed pension on her application executed March 3, 1855, at which time she was living in Monroe County, Georgia, aged seventy-two years. She was allowed, also one hundred sixty acres of county land, on her application executed December 6, 1855. Thomas Stewart and Thomas H. Stewart, son and grandson of the soldier, William Stewart, were living in Monroe County, Georgia in 1855. Charles T. Wilson, son of the widow, Martha B. Stewart was a resident of Jones County, Georgia in 1861, and then referred to her as deceased, but did not give the date of her death. The Captain John Stewart, under whom the soldier, William Stewart, served at the siege of Yorktown, was his Brother. The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data relative to family. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this widow, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General accounting office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data: Martha B. Stewart, Widow of William Stewart Certificate #5203 Issued May 24, 1855 Rate $100.00 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853 Act of February 3, 1853 Georgia Agency If you desire information in regard to location of land referred to herein, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C. and furnish the following. Warrant 38559 - 160 Acres - Act of 1855 Very truly yours, A. D. Hiller,Exect. Asst. to the Administrator End of File ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Additional Comments: Additional information. William Stewart Events): Birth: 8 Nov 1762 Place: ,Hanover County ,Virginia Death: Jun 1848 Place: Macon County,Georgia Burial: Place: Ellaville,Schley,Georgia (Formerly Macon County) Father: John S. Stewart Captain Disc #45 Pin #537880 Mother: Ann Haw Disc #45 Pin #537881 Marriages): 1st Spouse: Mary Ann Penn Marriage: 8 Nov 1783 Place: 1nd Spouse: Martha B Wilson Marriage: 17 Dec 1837 Place: ,Monroe,Georgia Father of William Stewart: John S. Stewart Captain Events): Birth: 17 Jun 1732 Place: ,of Amherst,Virginia Christening: Place: Bristol Parish,,Virginia Death: 1784 Place: ,Amherst,Virginia Marriages): Spouse: Ann Haw Marriage: 1755 Place: Hanover,Virginia Father of John S. Stewart John Stewart File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/monroe/military/revwar/pensions/stewart298gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 21.3 Kb