REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - JOHN NELSON Contributed by: Bil Hughes Copyright 2002 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** John Nelson Revolutionary War Veteran - Enlisted at about age 16 at White Marsh, VA on 5 Apr 1777. Assigned to Capt. Wm. HULL's Co. as a regular soldier, and then attached to WOVELFORD's Brigade, 15th Regimental U.S. Army. Assigned to the garrison at Camden, Craven District, SC following the surrender of Cornwallis. When the war ended, he was discharged and remained in Camden, where he later married Ruth STRATFORD. From the Records Section, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary O W & U, Division LWBW 8486 - "The said John NELSON is the ancestory who assisted in establishing American Independence whil acting in the capacity of Private. He enlisted at the age of 16 and served the entire period of the War." Listed in the DAR Patriot Index-Centennial Edition, Volume #2, page #2130. Shown as a Private with the Continental Line of Virginia. Ruth STRATFORD NELSON applied for and was granted pension for his service. According to notations in a family Bible of John Alexander NELSON, "John NELSON Sr. and his sister Annie NELSON left orphans in Va. by death of parents who emigrated from England. At age of 16 enlisted at White Marsh Virginia in Revolutionary Army and serving til end of war and settling in Kershaw County SC. Never heard from Annie again. Lived an honorable life until 1826, leaving a family of honest, industrious children. Millwright by trade. John NELSON married Ruth STRATFORD June 1, 1790. Died May 21, 1826. John Alexander NELSON, son of John Sr., was born April 7 1795 - Mary YOUNG his wife born 1809. Married 1825." An additional notation: "John Nelson departed this life on the Sabbath morning May the 21st AD 1826."