On October 7, 1780 the foundation that would forever change the world was established. Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. William Anderson was one of the Heroes who fought in the Battle of King's Mountain.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, R206. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of William Anderson R206 f12VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 6/6/06 rev'd 6/22/13
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1932: That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the State of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's [presumably Daniel Morgan] Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—
He was also at the battle of the Cowpens [January 17, 1781] under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs [September 8, 1781] attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
Charlotte April 18, 1839
State of Tennessee Dickson County
I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and State aforesaid was a private in the Army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said Army in the State of South Carolina Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year 1780, till the end of the war, as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the action fought at King's mountain and has reason to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 18th April 1839
S/ Thos. Palmer, JP
S/ John Nesbitt
[In the attestation of the credibility of this witness, he is referred to as "Colonel John Nesbitt."]
Another version Pension application of William Anderson R206 Transcribed by 22Jun2013 by Fred Weyler [p5-6] Charlotte April 18, 1839 State of Tennessee Dickson County I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and state aforesaid was a private in the army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said army in the state of South Carolina, Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty till the end of the war as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the actions fought at Kings Mountain and has cause [? Torn right margin' to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed Before me the 18th April 1839
Thos Palmer JP
s/John Nesbitt Justice of the Peace for said county [routine county certification
William Hightower, clerk
Thomas Palmer JP
John Eubank JP
[p7]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed Jun 7 1932:
That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the state of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—He was also at the battle of the Cowpens under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred [p8] to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn to in open court
S/ Wm Anderson May
6th 1839 Smith Criddle clerk
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn in open court May 6th 1839 Smith Criddle Clk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
E Abbott [?}
Robt Bradford
Chas W Moorman ;[?]
[p9] routine county certification by Smith Criddle, clerk.
[p10 note] William Anderson Campbell's Regiment Capt David Campbell's company Formerly belonged to Col William Bird's regiment in 1858 from Augusta Co. Virginia. [in different hand writing] No one just like this so sent the nearest to J. Fain Anderson Apr 10 08
[p11] rejection stamp
The actual burial site for William Anderson has been lost to history: he died in Virginia and would have been buried in Virginia. Nevertheless, we have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, R206. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of William Anderson R206 f12VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 6/6/06 rev'd 6/22/13
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1932: That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the State of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's [presumably Daniel Morgan] Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—
He was also at the battle of the Cowpens [January 17, 1781] under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs [September 8, 1781] attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
Charlotte April 18, 1839
State of Tennessee Dickson County
I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and State aforesaid was a private in the Army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said Army in the State of South Carolina Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year 1780, till the end of the war, as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the action fought at King's mountain and has reason to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 18th April 1839
S/ Thos. Palmer, JP
S/ John Nesbitt
[In the attestation of the credibility of this witness, he is referred to as "Colonel John Nesbitt."]
Another version Pension application of William Anderson R206 Transcribed by 22Jun2013 by Fred Weyler [p5-6] Charlotte April 18, 1839 State of Tennessee Dickson County I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and state aforesaid was a private in the army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said army in the state of South Carolina, Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty till the end of the war as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the actions fought at Kings Mountain and has cause [? Torn right margin' to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed Before me the 18th April 1839
Thos Palmer JP
s/John Nesbitt Justice of the Peace for said county [routine county certification
William Hightower, clerk
Thomas Palmer JP
John Eubank JP
[p7]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed Jun 7 1932:
That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the state of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—He was also at the battle of the Cowpens under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred [p8] to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn to in open court
S/ Wm Anderson May
6th 1839 Smith Criddle clerk
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn in open court May 6th 1839 Smith Criddle Clk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
E Abbott [?}
Robt Bradford
Chas W Moorman ;[?]
[p9] routine county certification by Smith Criddle, clerk.
[p10 note] William Anderson Campbell's Regiment Capt David Campbell's company Formerly belonged to Col William Bird's regiment in 1858 from Augusta Co. Virginia. [in different hand writing] No one just like this so sent the nearest to J. Fain Anderson Apr 10 08
[p11] rejection stamp
The actual burial site for William Anderson has been lost to history: he died in Virginia and would have been buried in Virginia. Nevertheless, we have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
On October 7, 1780 the foundation that would forever change the world was established. Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. William Anderson was one of the Heroes who fought in the Battle of King's Mountain.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, R206. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of William Anderson R206 f12VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 6/6/06 rev'd 6/22/13
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1932: That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the State of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's [presumably Daniel Morgan] Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—
He was also at the battle of the Cowpens [January 17, 1781] under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs [September 8, 1781] attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
Charlotte April 18, 1839
State of Tennessee Dickson County
I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and State aforesaid was a private in the Army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said Army in the State of South Carolina Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year 1780, till the end of the war, as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the action fought at King's mountain and has reason to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 18th April 1839
S/ Thos. Palmer, JP
S/ John Nesbitt
[In the attestation of the credibility of this witness, he is referred to as "Colonel John Nesbitt."]
Another version Pension application of William Anderson R206 Transcribed by 22Jun2013 by Fred Weyler [p5-6] Charlotte April 18, 1839 State of Tennessee Dickson County I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and state aforesaid was a private in the army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said army in the state of South Carolina, Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty till the end of the war as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the actions fought at Kings Mountain and has cause [? Torn right margin' to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed Before me the 18th April 1839
Thos Palmer JP
s/John Nesbitt Justice of the Peace for said county [routine county certification
William Hightower, clerk
Thomas Palmer JP
John Eubank JP
[p7]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed Jun 7 1932:
That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the state of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—He was also at the battle of the Cowpens under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred [p8] to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn to in open court
S/ Wm Anderson May
6th 1839 Smith Criddle clerk
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn in open court May 6th 1839 Smith Criddle Clk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
E Abbott [?}
Robt Bradford
Chas W Moorman ;[?]
[p9] routine county certification by Smith Criddle, clerk.
[p10 note] William Anderson Campbell's Regiment Capt David Campbell's company Formerly belonged to Col William Bird's regiment in 1858 from Augusta Co. Virginia. [in different hand writing] No one just like this so sent the nearest to J. Fain Anderson Apr 10 08
[p11] rejection stamp
The actual burial site for William Anderson has been lost to history: he died in Virginia and would have been buried in Virginia. Nevertheless, we have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
His participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension, R206. The application was transcribed by Will Graves.
(Parenthetically, historians, genealogists, and descendants owe thanks to Will Graves for his hours spent transcribing the pension applications of American Revolution veterans. These papers were fragile and difficult to read, so this was a most difficult task, but so many people benefit from his efforts. Thank you, Will Graves.)
Southern Campaign American Revolution
Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of William Anderson R206 f12VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 6/6/06 rev'd 6/22/13
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1932: That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the State of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's [presumably Daniel Morgan] Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—
He was also at the battle of the Cowpens [January 17, 1781] under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs [September 8, 1781] attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned.
S/ Wm Anderson
Charlotte April 18, 1839
State of Tennessee Dickson County
I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and State aforesaid was a private in the Army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said Army in the State of South Carolina Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year 1780, till the end of the war, as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the action fought at King's mountain and has reason to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 18th April 1839
S/ Thos. Palmer, JP
S/ John Nesbitt
[In the attestation of the credibility of this witness, he is referred to as "Colonel John Nesbitt."]
Another version Pension application of William Anderson R206 Transcribed by 22Jun2013 by Fred Weyler [p5-6] Charlotte April 18, 1839 State of Tennessee Dickson County I John Nesbitt of the County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby certify that William Anderson of Davidson County and state aforesaid was a private in the army of the Revolution and that I knew him to be in actual service in said army in the state of South Carolina, Spartanburg County from about the last of May or beginning of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty till the end of the war as far as my memory serves me and that he was attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Thomas and that he was in the actions fought at Kings Mountain and has cause [? Torn right margin' to believe that he was also engaged at the battle of the Cow-pens.
Sworn to and subscribed Before me the 18th April 1839
Thos Palmer JP
s/John Nesbitt Justice of the Peace for said county [routine county certification
William Hightower, clerk
Thomas Palmer JP
John Eubank JP
[p7]
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson
On this 6th day of May 1839 personally appeared in open court William Anderson a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed Jun 7 1932:
That he enlisted as a private for [and] during the War under a Captain Crabtree with the promise of eighty dollars bounty, which sum he never received at Prince Edward Court House State of Virginia in the year 1778, and that at the time he enlisted he was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia County Virginia. That after the expiration of about three months he marched from Prince Edward Court House with said Capt. Crabtree through the state of North Carolina to Union District South Carolina, from Union District he proceeded to Granby in said State, from thence he marched in different directions and was at the battle of King's Mountain under a Capt. McDowell of Col. Morgan's Regiment, and in that battle he was wounded in the right thigh—He was also at the battle of the Cowpens under Capt. McDowell, and was also at the battle of Eutaw Springs attached to Col. Thomas' Regiment as well as he can recollect, under whom he performed a great portion of his service. After the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was sent to Chisel [sic, probably Chiswell] Lead mines on New River to guard the mines and after remaining there three months he proceeded to Watauga under Capt. Sevier against the Indians, and remained with him about four months. After leaving Captain Sevier himself and fifteen more regulars were ordered to Norfolk, after remaining there some length of time he proceeded to Winchester where by the orders of General Morgan he was discharged, this occurred [p8] to the best of his recollection in November 1783, and his discharge which testified his service was destroyed by fire in Nashville some years since with many more of his valuable papers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn to in open court
S/ Wm Anderson May
6th 1839 Smith Criddle clerk
I William Anderson of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee by reason of old age and great loss of memory do certify that the period of my entering the service and the officers under whom I served is as is specified in the above declaration to the best of my recollection.
Sworn to and subscribed the year and day above mentioned.
Sworn in open court May 6th 1839 Smith Criddle Clk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
E Abbott [?}
Robt Bradford
Chas W Moorman ;[?]
[p9] routine county certification by Smith Criddle, clerk.
[p10 note] William Anderson Campbell's Regiment Capt David Campbell's company Formerly belonged to Col William Bird's regiment in 1858 from Augusta Co. Virginia. [in different hand writing] No one just like this so sent the nearest to J. Fain Anderson Apr 10 08
[p11] rejection stamp
The actual burial site for William Anderson has been lost to history: he died in Virginia and would have been buried in Virginia. Nevertheless, we have placed a Memorial Stone in his honor in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
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