Anson County NcArchives Military Records.....Willoughby, Edlyne 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension
Revolutionary soldier EDLYNE WILLOUGHBY enlisted  in 1775 at Spottsylvania 
County, Va. and died in Anson County, North Carolina. He was firstin Capt. 
Spencer's Company under the command of Col. McClannahan's Regiment for two 
years as private. Then he was in  Capt. Burley's Company under under command 
of Col. McClannahan's in the Woodford Brigade. His company united with the 
Grand Army under the command of General George Washington. He was engaged in 
the Battles of Brandywine, at Germantown, at White Plains and Trenton. He also 
served in Capt's White's Company, the 1st Regiment of the Continental Line and 
was at the Siege of Charleston, where he was captured and taken prisoner.
 
WILLOUGHBY first applied for pension in 1828. Then again in 1832 from Anson. 
He was then 80 years old. He died on 17 Dec. 1839 in Anson. On Sept. 4, 1839 
his sons and lawful heirs applied for arrears on his pension through their 
attorney JAMES HUSKE of Anson. The applicants were listed as WILLIS J. 
WILLOUGHBY, JOSEPH WILLOUGHBY, CHARLES WILLOUGHLY and NATHAN WILLOUGHBY.


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