William M. Nance Pension, 1832 - Pittsylvania & Amelia Counties, Virginia  

State of Virginia, Pittsylvania County to wit  	

On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Stephen  
Coleman, John *. Adams, William M. Williams & Robert Wilson, the court of Pittsylvania now  
Sitting William M. Nance a resident of Pittsylvania county & State of Virginia aged seventy two  
years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following  declaration 
in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Cangrep papid? June 7th 1832. 	

That he was born on the 18th January 1760 in the County of Amelia now Nottowa Va according to his 
fathers register which is not in his popipion? that he entered the service of the United  States 
as a Substitute for Wm Mitchell in the year 1777 under Capt. Gabriel Fowlkes **, John  Knight Lient. 
and William Brookin Ensign at the Courthouse of Amelia County Va. and marched to  Williamsburg and 
joined the Regiment under the Command of Col. Vivian Brookin & after remaining  there a short time 
was ordered to Hampton where he joined the army under the Command of General Thornton? where he served 
several months the particular time not recollected but thinks it was  not less than three months and 
was disbanded to Hampton by Col. Brookin without any regular  discharge and returned home where he 
remained until early in thew month of February 1779 when  he was drafted and marched under Capt. 
William Fitzgerald, Lient., Charles Irby? to Halifax town North Carolina where he joined Col. David 
Mason and Marched through Hillsborough Salisburg North Carolina and Joined Genl. Lincoln at Hono? 
Camp South Carolina and fought a hard battle with the British on the 20th of June 1779 in which he 
was engaged from the Commencement to the end after  which he marched back to camp where he remained 
some time. knew Count Pulaski, Genl. Parsons *  and from thence was marched to Camden South Carolina 
and disbanded in August 1779 after serving  a tour of six months during which time he was orderly 
sargeant and was disbanded by Col. Mason  and returned to amelia Va where he remained until the 6? 
day of Dec. 1780 when he removed to the county of Pittsylvania where he has resided ever since and 
in the year 1781 he was drafted and  marched from the county aforesaid under Capt. CharlesWilliams, 
Lient. Dix or Hunt he does not  recollect which, to York Town Va where he was regularly engaged in 
the seige until the  surrender. two days after which he with the other sick of the troops from Pittsylvania 
was  discharged by General Stephens which discharge is lost or mislaid--- He hereby relinquishes every 
claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and  declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of the agency of any state---- Suscribed & Sworn to this 17th day of Septem. 1832 		


Wm M Nance 	We James Nance of wake County North Carolina and thomas Hawkins residing in the County of  
Pittsylvania, hereby Certify that we are well acquanted with William M. Nance who has Subscribed and Sworn 
to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Two years of age, that he  is reputed and he 
lived in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the  revolution that we concur in that opinion. 

						     his 						
                                    Jas X Nance Jr. 			
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                                         his 		
                                    Thos X Hoskins 			
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And this said court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation in the matter  
and after putting the investigation perscribed by the war department that the aboved named  
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further Certifies  
that it appears to them that James Nance & Thomas Hoskins ?indent, the said James Nance in Wake  
County North Carolina & Thos. Hoskins in Pitts. County Virginia are credible persons and that  
their Statements are intitled credit---- 	I William Tunstall Clerk of Pittsylvania County Va do 
hereby Certify that this the  foregoing contains the original procedings of the said court in the 
matter of the application of (William M. Nance) for Pension. 	
In testamony whereof I have hereunto set in hand and ??? of office this 26th day of  
September One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two------ 					

William Tunstall   Submitted by Sonia Nance Kinback <sonia@gate.net>  

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