WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA - MILITARY - William Moore, Revolutionary War 
				   Pension Affidavit
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


Moore, William                   Pen. 297            1787-1826  
Soldier-State Militia  
Washington County

  I do certifiy that William Moore at the Battle of King Mountain as a militia 
man in the service of the United States received a wound in his arm and also a 
wound in his thorax? which occasioned the loss of his legg.
      Signed: Samuel Edmiston  19 Dec. 1787

  I do with the advice of the Council hereby certify that William Moore, aged 
about    years, late a private in the Militia  appears to have been disabled in 
such a manner while in the service of the United States by two wounds he 
received at the Battle of King's Mountain, one of which wounds occasioned the 
loss of his leg, and that he is entitled to the sum of 15 pounds yearly; which 
allowance is accordingly made him to commence from the first day of January 
1786.  Given under my hand as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, at 
Richmond, this 20th day of December 1787.  
T. Meriwether              Signed: Edm: Randolph

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