Cumberland County NcArchives Military Records.....Carraway, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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August 16, 1922

Mrs. Ben Braulty
Little Rock, Arkansas

Dear Mrs. Braulty:

I have to acknowledge receipt by reference of Hon. T. H. Carraway, United 
States Senate, of your letter to him asking for information concerning service 
in the Revolutionary War rendered by soldiers bearing the name of Caraway, and 
to advise you that the Commisioner of Pension reports that the Revolutionary 
War files and records of the Pension Bureau show but one soldier named 
Carraway to have filed a claim on account of service in the Revolutionary War.

This soldier was William Carraway (name also appears as Caraway) and the 
papers in his claim (R. File No. 1725) show that he lived in Cumberland 
County, North Carolina at the time of the Revolution; enlisted at Cambridge, 
South Carolina, date not stated, served about twenty months as Sergeant and 
Orderly Sergeant under Captains Moore and Smith, Colonel Huger, South Carolina 
Troops, participated in the siege of Savannah and the battle of Stono, and was 
discharged June 11, 1780 at Whitehall, South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application made September 4, 1827, while he was 
residing in Monroe County, Georgia, and 71 years of age. Reference is made in 
the papers to a son, Charles, aged 23, a widowed daughter, Mildred Saunders, 
and his wife's sister, Winneford Averea. He died February 1, 1834, leaving his 
widow, Elizabeth, who died January 1, 1838. Correspondence on file shows that 
a son, John Caraway, was living in 1856.

Respectfully,
M. R. Brock
Assistant to the Secretary

Source: HeritageQuest

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(John and Margaret Carraway of Cumberland County had a son named William. Their
wills are posted on this county site. John's will mentions neighbors Alexander
and Virginia Avera who may be have been related to William's wife.)

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