Revolutionary War Pension:  NEEL, William -  Giles County, VA


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SUBMITTER: Wendy Fogelstrom
EMAIL: tidge@home.com


On this 29th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court
before the Justices of the Peace for the court of Giles. Now sitting
William Neel a resident of Giles County and state of Virginia, aged 71
years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He declares that about the year
1777 or 1778 he entered the service as a volunteer from the county of
Augusta and state of Virginia, in a company of rangers commanded by
Capt. Samuel Vance intended for the protection of the frontier against
the Indians. The applicant does not exactly recollect the length of
time that this embraced, but thinks it did not exceed 6 or 7 months.
But is confident he remained until the expiration of the term of
service and distinctly recollects that the company was discharged
after a heavy fall of snow, when the people in the stations returned
to their families. He was stationed at Warricks staion at the head of
Greenbrier river and at the Clover Lick station at which later he was
discharged. In the year 1780 (as he thinks) he went as a volunteer
from Augusta County, Virginia with a company under the command of
Capt. Buchannan in company with two other companies commanded by
Captain Tate and Gilmore from the state of North Carolina and joined
General Morgan at Six Mile Creek. In North Carolina he joined Capt.
Carmichaels company of Virginia militia- but the Captain became sick
and the company was then commanded by Capt. David Guzman and was under
his command at Guilford Courthouse under General Green and Major
Rowland, the latter of whom commanded a scouting party to which the
applicant was attached and employed in the arduous duty against both
the British forces and the Tories and was successful in taking some
Tory and British prisoners. Col. Lee commanded the cavalry and Genl.
Campbell and Williams were also there. After this he was transferred
to a company commanded by Capt. May and with it marched through
Richmond and Williamsburg to Yorktown in Virginia and had the pleasure
of being in the army until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He was
born in Lancaster, Penn., he now resides in Giles and has resided here
for 38 years.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to any pension or
annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the
pension role of any agent in any state or territory whatsoever.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Wm. Neel

Mr. Francis Farley a clergyman residing in Giles County state
aforesaid and Jacob Misewarder a resident of said county hereby
certify that we are well aquainted with William Neel who has sworn to
the above declaration. That we believe him to be 71 years old and it
is believed in the neighborhood were he resides to have been a soldier
of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and
subscribed the day and year above written.

Francis Farley

Jacob Misewarder