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WILLIAM BRADLEY
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA CONT'L
$26.66 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$79.98 AMOUNT RECEIVED
APRIL 22, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 74
Pension Application of William Bradley: S6734
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris
State of Virginia, To Wit:
On this 26th day of January 1833 Personally appeared before Dan’l Versen a justice of the peace for Pittsylvania County William Bradley a resident of said County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy three 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 7th, 1832, that he entered the Services of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated, In the month of May 1777 I marched from the County of Powhattan [sicL Powhatan] in the State of Virginia where I then resided, as a substitute for William Gray, in a Company of Militia which was commanded by Captain Robert Hughes Lieut, Edward Munford the Ensign I do not now recollect went through the Town of Richmond direct to Williamsburg where we joined the Regiment under Colo. [Edward] Carrington, we were stationed at that place five or six weeks, and marched from there to Little York [sic: now Yorktown], and joined many other troops at that place. The officers I do not recollect, we remained at that place untill the last of [No] vember 1777. I was then discharged by Colo. Carrington, the time of service rendered on this tour was at least four months. I have no discharge that can be found, but the service rendered is proved by Elisha Burton who was a soldier with me in the same company and served at the same time.
In the winter of the year 1780 I moved to the County of Montgomery in the State of Virginia, and on the first of August of the same year I again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, and marched from the said County of Montgomery in the state aforesaid in a company of Militia which was commanded by Captain Abraham Trigg, and Lieut William Davis, together with three other companies commanded by Captains George Parish [sic: Pearis] Captain Franklin and Captain [blank] all of whom were under the command of Major Joseph Floyd [sic: Cloyd] we crossed New River at English’s Ferry [sic: probably Ingles Ferry near present Radford] and marched up the said river to the lead mines [in Wythe County VA] from there we marched regularly up the said River three days, and encamped in Willis Bottom where we remained some time, then crossed the said River and went up the same some distance, crossed the said River again and went to the Pilot Mountain in the State of North Carolina, from thence we marched direct to the Yadkin River and crossed the said River at the Mulberry fields [now Wilkesboro in Wilkes County] and went to Wilkes Court House, from thence to Ninety Six [South Carolina?], at that place in the month of October we received information that a Battle had been fought at Kings Mountain [in South Carolina on 7 Oct 1780], we then went in pursuit of the Tories and marched in various directions not long being stationed at any one place untill we met with a number of the Tories supposed to be 500 and had a Battle with them near the Shallow ford on the Yadkin River [14 Oct] still under Major Floyd we beat them and took about twenty prisoners we crossed the River at the said Shallow ford and were stationed about ten miles from the said River for some time. I was discharged at that place, by Major Floyd about the last of November 1780 the time of service rendered on this tour including the time of travelling home was at least four months, my discharge is lost and cannot be found I do not know any person living that was in that service with me
I was Born in the County of Cumberland in the State of Virginia in the year 1759. I have no record of my age but always understood from my parents that I was born in that year. I lived in the County of Powhattan when I first entered the service of the Revolution I lived in the County of Montgomery when I entered the service last, I lived in the County of Pittsylvania when the war ended and lived in that county ever since
I can refer to the Revd William Blair Jesse Reynolds and many others who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
William his X mark Bailey
William McGehee
Cumberland Co, VA Will Book 2, page 34-35
Wr 13 Mar 1771; Pr 24 Jun 1771
To dau Ann McGehee, 1 negro also the first live born child of testator's
negro Dinah, 1 feather bed and furniture, when she is 17 years old or married
To child testator's wife is pregnant with, 1 negro and the second live born
child of the negro Dinah, 1 feather bed and furniture. If the child is
female, articles to be given to her when she is 18 or married. If a male,
not to be given to him until he is 21 years old.
Testator's land in Charlotte Co to be sold to discharge debts and executors
to attend to this as soon as convenient
To aforesaid children the testator give 50 pounds each to be paid to them at
their respective age
To wife Catherine McGehee full use of testator's land and plantation whereon
he lives also the use of three negros and after paying debts and funeral
expenses residue of household furniture and stocks of all kinds (except a
young sorrel mare) and she is thereon to reaise my children and to give
[them] four years schooling; land whereon testator now lives to the aforesaid
children to be equally divided between them at the death of testator's wife,
also 3 negros; the sorrel mare to be sold to the best advantage to pay
executors.
Exs: wife Catherine McGehee and brother Jacob McGehee and friends Frederick
Hatcher and Thomas Carter
Wit: Isham Bradley, Adcock Hobson
Securities: George Cox, John Mayo, Robert Moore, Robert Biscoe
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