WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - William Nelson, Indian War Pension ----¤¤¤---- NELSON, WILLIAM, Old War Serv, #48225; Widow Sarah, Old War Wid. #10803 3 September 1825: State of Tennessee, Washington County, affidavit of John Hughs, who states he is intimately acquainted with William Nelson of said county, and that “during the Winter of Seventeen hundred and ninety one this deponant was under Gnl St. Clair with the said William Nelson now present & at the unfortunate Defeat of St Clair he saw said Nelson wounded in the left elbow and was the first man who administered any relief to him by tieing up his Arm with his leggon said arm being broke off and hanging down loose that said Nelson was conveyed to the Hospital at Fort Washington and there this Deponant left him he further states that they were under the command of Capt Jacob Tipton who was killed that he now sees said Nelsons arm and it is shrunk away in consequence of the would which he knows of his receiving as before stated in the defeat of St Clair.” John [his X mark] Hughs ?Date: Washington Co, Tennessee, affidavit of Stephen Redman before John Patton and William V Cheeter that he was present and served with William Nelson at the defeat of St. Clair and saw him sitting by a tree bleeding wounded in the left arm and afterward saw him in the Hospital at Fort Washington. Stephen [hix X mark] Redman 10 October 1825: State of Tennessee, Washington County} “Be it remembred that on this 10th day of October eighteen hundred and twenty five, before me John Patton one of the commissioners appointed by the Hon John McNairy district Judge [of said County and State] personally appeared William Nelson the applicant for a pension and made oath according to Law that on or about May 1791 he enlisted under Capn Jacob Tipton for a term of duty in the army against the Shawnee Indians, that he enlisted to serve six months after the arrival at Fort Washington unless sooner discharged , that under said enlistment he marched with the army and was in the mesurable affect of ?? claim _ _ which engagement he was wounded in the left elbow, the ball passing through the arm, and breaking the lower bone & breaking the sinews so as to contract his hand & fingers in consequence of which injury he has been unable to support himself by manual labor; that he served under said _____ until some time in October when he was wounded and put into the Hospital at Fort Washington, where he continued until he was discharged and when able to travel returned home which discharge in the lapse of time he has lost. He states that he would have applied for a pension before the present time, but that he was ignorant of the provisions on that subject and did not delay on any other account, for his inability to make support for himself would have demanded an earlier application. He further states that he is not on the pension roll of any state, or of the United States. Sworn to and subsribed before me this date first above written. John Patten William [his X mark] Nelson Justice of Peace and Commissioner” 10 October 1825: Statement of William P. Cherter & John E. Cosson examining surgeons approved by the Hon. John McNairy following examination of William Nelson, “an applicant for pension…disability in consequence of a wound received in the arm…at St. Clairs defeat…two-thirds disqualified to allow him subsistence by manual labor; that said Nelson was wounded in the left arm by a ball which entered at the Joint, and passed through the arm in an oblique direction breaking part of the lower bone, by reason whereof said arm has withered away, and the leaders so contracted that his fingers are drawn up”. [Signed] William V. Cherter; J. E Cosson{ examining surgeons John Patten, Justice of Peace and Commissioner 4 January 1826: State of Tennessee, Carter Co., affidavit of Arthur Stone “who was under Capt McCormicc” that he served with William Nelson in the defeat of Genl St. Clair where said Nelson was wounded. Arthur [his X mark] Stone 9 January 1826: Washigton County, Tennessee, Affidavit of Jacob Brown and Thomas Brown, make oath they have been acquainted with William Nelson for the greater part of the time “since ninety two, that said Nelson has been almost wholly engaged in agriculture, or such part thereof as he was able to perform, that he resided & still does in Washington County, on a poor broken spot of mountainous land”. [Signed] Jacob Brown; Thomas Brown 17 March 1826: State of Tennessee, Carter County, similar affidavit of Arthur Stone to that dated 4 Jan 1826; that he and William Nelson served under Capt. McCormic in the defeat of St. Clair, and Nelson was wounded. Arthur [his X mark] Stone 13 March 1826: Town of Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, similar affidavit to that dated 9 January 1826 by same individuals. [Signed] Jacob Brown; Thomas Brown 30 March 1826, Certificate of Pension, East Tennessee, William Nelson, Private Capt. Tipton’s company of the Army of the ?M.L. under command of General St. Clair. Ratio of Disability: Two Thirds Date of Discharge: [blank] Time of closing testimony: 17 March 1826 Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at $5.33 1/3 per month, to commence on the 17th of March 1826 Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of March 1826 and sent to the Hon J Blair – House of Representatives Semi-annl portion of all’ce ending 4 Sep 1826 $29.95 1/3 Act of the 25 April 1808 ?Washington Co [dim – mlj] See letter to Hon Jno Blair Sept 19, 1829 Increased to $8 per month from 5th Sept 1829, and new certificate issued and sent to Hon. J Blair, Jonesborough, Ten on the 26th Oct 1829 Admitted widow #10803 2 May 1853: State of Tennessee, Washington Co, statement of Mrs. Sarah Nelson, aged about seventy years, widow of William. States she is his second wife and married since his service was performed…”married to the said William Nelson by one Joseph Longmire, Esq. and acting magistrate authorized by law to solemnize the rights of matrimony on the fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight [4 Feb 1828] in the County of Washington and State of Tennessee. That her said husband departed this life on the nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty seven [19 July 1837].” Sarah [her X mark] Nelson Joseph Longmire also signed affidavit that he performed ceremony as stated. ?Date: Brief in the case of Sarah Nelson, widow of William Nelson by J. E. Stewart stating William Nelson died 19 July 1837. Indicates pension of $3.30 per month. Name and residence of agent given as John Blair, Esq, Jonesboro, Tenn. [Signed] J.E. Stewart, Examining Clerk 12 July 1854: Affidavit of ?Isaac Taylor, Surgeon, that he was acquainted with William Nelson and administered to him until his death; that he was paralyzed in his left arm shoulder & side. “As to the precise time of his death I have no record, but can positively state that he died some time about 1836”. [Signed] ?Isaac Taylor, Ssurgeon 28 December 1854, Certificate of Pension #4753 issued to Sarah Nelson, widow of William who died on the 19th July 1851. Private in the U. S. Army, Waynes War. Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough at the rate of $3.50 per month to commence 13th day of July 1854. 14 August 1935, typed summation of pension sent to Irene Shepherd, 3160 East _ood Street, Decatur, Illinois, by A. D. Hiller, Exec Ass’t to the Adm’r ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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