Chatham-Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Edwards, William 1837
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension
"Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files" in Crossville 
Library Reference Room: 973.34 WHI.  Pertaining to WILLIAM EDWARDS, R3263.

p. 1091: William Edwards, R3263; wife Rebecca Brewer; married in Chatham 
County, NC 25 Jul 1775.  Soldier born 1757 in Orange County, NC, lived in 
Chatham County at enlistment; sol died on 23 Apr 1837; widow applied for 
pension 12 Aug 1837 in Robertson County, TN, aged 77.  Reference to 3 small 
children during war but none were named. 
 
Notes from LDS Film # 0970904, interlibrary loan from Salt Lake 
City, "Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty Land Warrant Applications".  
William Edwards, Application file R3263.  Widows Pension Application made by 
Rebecca Brewer Edwards, age 77, on 12 August 1837.  William Edwards died on 20 
April 1837.  He had previously been given a pension on 17 Aug 1832 while a 
resident of Robertson County, TN.  Rebecca married William Edwards on 25 July 
1775.  Applications mentions three small children and much hardship during the 
war but does not mention the children by name.  An official went to her home 
to take her statement so she was apparently unable to travel.  She made her 
mark on the paper so she probably could not write.  In the file is a statement 
by John Edwards, brother of William.  John, aged 73, lived in Simson County, 
KY.  He was present at the wedding of William and Rebecca.  They were married 
in Chatham County, NC by a Justice of the Peace whose name may have been 
Clark.  In a letter dated May 21, 1935 someone named Maybelle Delamar, 
Raleigh, NC requested Wm Edwards Rev. War. Records.  Records were not sent but 
a summary was provided, which included:

1. born in 1757 in Orange County, NC, names of parents not given.
2. lived in Chatham County, NC on Haws River when he enlisted.
3. served 3 months as private in Captain Abraham Allen’s Company, Colonel 
Lytle’s NC Regiment and was in frequent skirmishes with the Tories.
4. enlisted again in Sept 1778 in Capt Tavender Mack’s Co. and was in several 
skirmishes with Tories – one at Brush Creek.
5. enlisted again in Dec 1778 or Jan 1779.  Served one year as a minute man 
under Captain William Douglas and William James in Colonel Griffis’ NC 
Regiment.
6. served 3 months as private in Capt William Jones Company in Colonel Wade’s 
NC Regiment.
7. Discharged 27 March 1781.  He returned to his home in Chatham County, NC 
and while in his own house, the Tories surrounded the house, took him 
prisoner, and carried him to Hillsborough, NC and turned him over to the 
British.  He made his escape in about 3 days, returned home, and did not enter 
service again.
8. On 10 December 1838 a pension of $70 per year was given to "children of 
William Edwards".

NOTE:  If the widow survived, why was a pension given to the children?
There were several other affidavits on file but no new information.  NOTE:  
from the records, there was apparently another William Edwards from Orange 
County and the records of the two were somewhat entangled.


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