Duplin County, NC - Revolutionary War Pension of William Whitfield

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William Whitfield, Pension # R.11395
Series: M805, Roll: 862, Image: 464, File: R11395
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August 23, 1932

Mrs. Harold Weaver
Edmondson, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of July 28, 1932, requesting information
in regard to William Whitfield who served in the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension
claim, R. 11395, based upon the military service of William Whitfield, the 
only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records
of this office.

On March 16, 1844, Mary Whitfield, a resident of Ewington, Effington County, 
Illinois, aged eighty-seven years, applied for pension as the widow of 
William Whitfield.

It was alleged that while living in Duplin County, North Carolina, William
Whitfield enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served three months as private
in Captain Quinsey's Company in Colonel Ben Sasser's North Carolina Regiment;
that in the fall of 1777 he enlisted and served until after the surrender of 
Cornwallis as private in Captain Ben Graham's or Grimes' Company in the
"Rockingham Regiment" and was in the battles of Hickory Plains, Charleston,
Ramsour's Hill, Broad River, Cowpass, Rutaw Springs and Yorktown.

The claim for pension was not allowed as proof of the alleged service was
never furnished.

It was stated that William Whitfield married September 9, 1775, in Duplin
County, North Carolina, Mary Beck.

He died August 8, 1825 in Stewart County, Tennessee.

In 1844 the widow, Mary, stated that she had lived in Duplin County, North
Carolina, Christian County, Kentucky, Stewart County, Tennessee, Fayette
County, Illinois, and Effingham County, Illinois.

William and Mary Whitfield had thirteen children but only the four youngest
were living in 1844. The eldest child was born about four months after
William Whitfield went into the service and the second child was born
January 19, 1783. The only names given were, Bryant who was youngest and
in 1844 was living in Effingham County, Illinois, aged thirty-three years,
and William who died in Kentucky several years prior to 1844.

In 1844 the widow's sister, Anna Slocumb, was about eighty-five years of
age and was living in Wayne County, Illinois.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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