Revolutionary War Soldiers

ALSOBROOK, JESSE, aged 72, and a resident of Greene county; private N. C. Militia; enrolled on March 26, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $50; sums received to date of publiaction of list, $100.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He
resided in Sumter county, June 1, 1840, aged 77.—Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

BLACK, JAMES, aged 71, and a resident of Greene County; private, N. C. Continental Line; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $60.80; sums received to date of publication of list, $180.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 51-L, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

BROEN, DANIEL. Born in Virginia in 1755, a minister, who served in the Revolutionary War. He lived in Jefferson County, Ala., for a short time before going to Greene County where he died in 1835. Information from Mrs. F. L. Weiland, Sr., 1516 Sweetbrier, Nashville, Tenn.

BROWN, DANIEL "At length they made the attempt and appointed their meeting on the 5th of September, 1818, at the house of Isaac Brown, Esq., who, with his wife, were Baptists, and who were living about three miles below where the County town (Elyton) now stands. Mr. Brown was the son of the venerable Danile Brown, of Kentucky, who afterwards emigrated to this state, and died in Greene County a few years since". (Source: Holcombe, History of the Baptists in Alabama, p. 226, - Transcribed by C. Anthony)

BROWN, HAMILTON, aged 79, and a resident of Greene County, private, S.C. Militia; enrolled on September 17, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1 831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list $8240.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 14, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 86. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

CAMPBELL, DAVID, aged 72, and a resident of Greene County; private, S.C. Militia; enrolled on September 17. 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30; sums received to date of publication of list, $90. — Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 80. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

COLEMAN, CHARLES P., aged 71, and a resident of Greene County; private, N.C. State Troops; enrolled on October 3, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $240.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

COLLINS, ELISHA, aged 75, and a resident of Greene County; private, Virginia Militia; enrolled on December 18, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30; sums received to date of publication of list, $90. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

DAVIS, WILLIAM, aged 73, and a resident of Greene county; private of Cavalry N. C. State Troops; enrolled on March 15, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $100; sums received to date of publication of list, $200.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

GILL, JAMES, aged 74, and a resident of Greene county; private S. C. Militia; enrolled on September 16, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March
4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $240.—Revolutionary Pension Roll in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

HART, HENRY, aged 71, and a resident of Greene County; private, S.C. Militia; enrolled on September 26, 1833; under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $940.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 76. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

HICKS, WILLIAM, aged 77, and a resident of Greene County; private, Virginia Continental Line; enrolled on January 15, 1830, under act of Congress of March 18 ,1818, payment to date from January 4, 1830; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $16; dropped under act May 1, 1820.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

HILLHOUSE, WILLIAM, aged 75, and a resident of Marengo County; private, sergeant and lieutenant S.C. Militia; enrolled on March 3, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $200; sums received to date of publication of list, $600.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess.. 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 81. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

HUGHES, JOSEPH, aged 73, and a resident of Greene County; captain S.C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $480; sums received to late of publication of list, $1,440.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv. Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

 Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 546, 548, presents an interesting account of Captain Hughes:

"Col. Joseph Hughes- came from Union district, South Carolina, to Greene County Alabama, in 1825. He was buried at Hebron cemetery in that County. The inscription upon his tomb is as follows: In memory of COL. JOSEPH HUGHES, who departed this life September 4th, 1834. Aged 85 years."He was twice married; the name of his first wife has not been ascertained. She left seven children; their names were William, Wright, Joseph, Mary, Martha, Sarah and Jane. Col. Joseph Hughes married for a second wife, Annie Brown of South Carolina; they had three children, Stewart, James and Annie. She was an aunt of Governor Albert G. Brown, of Mississippi. Her brother, John Brown was killed at the battle of Cowpens. All of the children of Col. Hughes came to Alabama except William, who married and settled in South Carolina, and Wright, who was captain of a steamboat on Broad river in South Carolina. Mary married --- Kennedy; Martha, ---- Morris; Sarah, ----Maberry; Jane, ---Bruner; Annie, ---White."

"Col. Hughes was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. He is well remembered by Mrs. Jay, of Benevola, Ala., who is now (1904) in her ninetieth year. She has often heard him speak of his experiences in the Revolutionary war and she has seen and handled his sword and pistol which were sacredly preserved because of their Revolutionary associations.

 "Some of the brave exploits of Lieut. Joseph Hughes are described in Save's Memoir of McJunkin; an interesting biographical sketch of him may be found in a pamphlet entitled The Life of Col. James D. Williams by Rev. J. D. Bailey; and several notices of Capt. Joseph Hughes occur in Draper's Kings Mountain and Its Heroes, from which the following brief account of his life is taken, pp. 122, 129, 131-33, 277."

"He was born in what is now Chester County, South Carolina, in 1761, his parents having retired there temporarily from the present region of Union County on account of Indian troubles. He served in 1776 on Williamson's Cherokee expedition and subsequently in Georgia. Governor Rutledge, early in 1780, commissioned him as a lieutenant and he fought under Sumter at Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock; and then shared in the heroic action of Musgrove's Mill. His daredevil character and adventurous services in the up-country region of South Carolina during the summer and autumn of 1780 have already been related."

"Then we find him taking part in the memorable engagements at King's Mountain, Hammond's Store and Cowpens. Though yet a lieutenant, he commanded his company in this latter action. He was not only a man of great personal strength, but of remarkable fleetness on foot. As his men with others broke at the Cowpens and fled before Tarleton's cavalry; and though receiving a sabre cut across his right hand, yet with his drawn sword he would out-run his men, and passing them, face about and command them to stand, striking right and left to enforce obedience to orders; often repeating with a loud voice: 'You d—d cowards, halt and fight,—there is more danger in running than in fighting, and if you don't stop and fight you will all be killed."

"But most of them were for a while too demoralized to realize the situation or to obey their officers. As they would scamper off, Hughes would renewedly pursue and once more gaining their front would repeat his tactics to bring them to their duty. At length the company was induced to make a stand on the brow of a slope, some distance from the battle line behind a clump of young pines that partially concealed and protected them from Tarleton's cavalry. Others now joined them for self-protection. Their guns were loaded quickly and they v were themselves again. Morgan galloped up and spoke words of encouragement to them. The next moment the British cavalry were at them; blot the Whigs reserved their fire till the enemy were so near that it was terribly effective, emptying, many a British saddle, when the survivors recoiled. Now Colonel Washington gave them a charge the battle was restored when Howard with his Marylanders with the bayonet, swept the field. Tarleton acknowledges that 'an unexpected fire from the Americans, who came about as they were retreating, stopped the British and threw them into confusion' when a panic ensued and then a general fight. It was a high and worthy compliment from his old commander, Colonel Brandon, who declared that at the Cowpens 'Hughes saved the fate of the day. " 'As a deserved recognition of these meritorious services he was promoted to a captaincy early in 1781, when he was scarcely twenty years of age and led his company with characteristic valor at the battle of Eutaw Springs. The Tories had killed his father during the war and many a dear friend, and his animosity against the whole race was alike bitter and unrelenting. In 1825 he removed to Alabama, first to Greene County and then to Pickens, where he died in September, 1834, in his seventy-fourth year. For more than twenty of the closing years of his life he was an elder in the Presbyterian church and the rough and almost tiger-like partisan became as humble and submissive as a lamb. He rose to the rank of colonel in the militia He was tall and commanding in his appearance, jovial and affable in conversation; yet his early military training rendered him to the last stern and rigid in discipline. In all that makes up the man he was a noble specimen of the Revolutionary hero."

HUSBANDS, WILLIAM, aged 75, and a resident of Greene County; private, N.C. Militia; enrolled July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to (late of publication of list, $240.- Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

JOHNSON, RICHARD, aged 74, and a resident of Greene County; private, Virginia Militia; enrolled on September 18, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, 23rd Cong., lst sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 79. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LAVENDER, HUGH, aged 79, and a resident of Greene County; dragoon, S. C. Militia; enrolled on February 10, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $66.21.-- Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

McCARTER, JAMES, aged 69, and a resident of Greene County; private, S. C. Militia; enrolled on Nov. 4, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $200.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 76. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

MADISON, JOHN, age not given, a resident of Greene County; corporal, 39th Regular U. S. lnfantry; enrolled on September 16, 1816; payment to date from July 9, 1814; annual allowance, $96; sums received to $927.16; transferred from Lincoln County, Tennessee, from March 4, 1825; under act of March 3, 1819, to date from March 4, 1824, rate reduced to annual allowance of $64, under which the sum of $640 received to date of publication of list.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

MADISON, PEYTON, age not given, a resident of Greene County; private, 39th Regular U. S. Infantry; enrolled on September 16, 1816; payment to date from July 9, 1814; annual allowance, $48; sums received, $1,023.15; transferred from Bedford County, West Tennessee, from March 4, 1825; under act of March 3, 1819, to date from March 4, 1825, rate reduced to annual allowance of $24, under which the sum of $34.60 received, and April 12, 1826, old rate of $48 annual allowance restored, under which the sum of $363.18 received to date of publication of list.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

MARTIN, JAMES, aged 75, and a resident of Greene County, private, S. C. Militia; enrolled on September 17, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $40; sums received to date of publication of list, $120.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

NEIL, ROBERT, age not given, a resident of Greene County; corporal in Mencon's Regiment; enrolled on June 10, 1817, payment to date from March 5, 1814; annual allowance, $60; sums received, $128.30; on April 24, 1816, rate increased to annual allowance of $96, under which the sum of $850.89 received; under act of March 3, 1819, to date from March 4, 1825, rate reduced to annual allowance of $64, under which $576 received to date of publication of list.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

NORRIS, PATRICK, aged 72, and a resident of Greene County; private, S. C. Militia; enrolled on September 28, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $200.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

OTTERSON, SAMUEL, age not given, and a resident of Greene County; captain, S. C. Militia; date enrolled not stated, but pension to date from Oct. 6, 1816, under act of Congress, March 3, 1809; transferred from S. C., March 4, 1834; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $2,247.74.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34

OTTERSON, SAMUEL, aged 80, and a resident of Greene County; captain and major, S. C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833 under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $525; sums received to date of publication of list, $1,585.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

PETTIGREW, JAMES, aged 73, and a resident of Greene County; private, S.C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $240. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, June 1, 1840, aged 79. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

SAWYER, STEPHEN, aged 75, and a resident of Greene County; private N.C. Militia; enrolled on March 21, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $40.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

SEALE, JARVIS, a resident of Greene County; private, particular service not shown; enrolled on July 8, 1835, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

STOREY, HENRY, aged 77, and a resident of Greene County; sergeant, S.C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $120; sums received to date of publication of list, $360.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

WALTON, WlLLIAM, aged 68, and a resident of Greene County; private, N.C. Militia; enrolled on January 16, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $33.33; sums received to date of publication of list, $99.99. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

WILLIAM, ISAAC, age not given, a resident of Greene County; captain in Cannon's regiment; enrolled on April 20, 1818, payment to date from December 26, 1813; annual allowance, $120; sums received, $800.19; and "on account of increased ratio of disability," rate increased to annual allowance of $180, under which $2,137.89 received to date of publication of list.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

WILLIAMS, DAVID (1760-1834) enlisted, 1782, as a private in Capt. Coleman's company, Col. Abraham Shepherd's 10th North Carolina regiment. He was born in North Carolina, died in Greene County, Alabama.--D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol 55, page 23.

WYLIE, WILLIAM. "In the Selma Times-Journal of Sunday, August 20, 1925, I see a query concerning the burial place of William Wylie and wife, Isabella. They had a daughter Polly, who married Mr. David Hamilton, who is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, near Summerfield, in what is now Dallas County. This was in Perry County, at the time of which you write.

 "William Wylie and wife resided near Mount Pleasant church and I rest assured, that they were both buried there. I find no monument thus far, for either of them, but have seen Mrs. Hamilton's tomb. She was their youngest daughter. Another daughter of theirs, Susan, who married Alex Walker is buried at Mount Pleasant, but I fail to find her grave mark.

 "Another daughter, Sallie, who married William Morrow, is also buried there. Jennie Wylie, another daughter, who married William Walker, never came to Alabama, but remained in South Carolina, Chester District.

"His son, Peter Wylie, who was judge of probate once, remained in South Carolina, also. He had two sons, Kelso and John Wylie, who came to Alabama. They removed from here to North Alabama. W. W. Walker, better known as Dad Walker of Selma, is a great grandson of William and Isabella Wylie. He should be able to give you some information. His full name is William Wylie Walker. Also John Bradford of Selma is a great grandson of theirs. Signed: R. D. Reedy, Plantersville, Ala., Route 1."— From an unidentified newspaper clipping.

WYNNE, WILLIAMSON, private in First North Carolina Regiment, also in War of 1812, son of Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Elizabeth Appling Wynne, was born in Pendleton District. South Carolina in 1780. He lived for a time in Georgia and in North Carolina. Later he moved to Alabama. He died on his plantation, "Wynnewood", in Greene County, Alabama, in 1829. He is buried on this plantation near the home of his descendants, the Wynne Coleman family; and Harris Magruder Coleman and his wife are the ones living nearest his grave. He served as private in Captain Dixon's company, First North Carolina Regiment, Revohitionary War. He enlisted 1777 and his service ended January 1778. He also served in the War of 1812 as a private in Captain Jacob Welch's company 5th (McDonald's) Regiment of North Carolina from Chowan County. He was discharged July 19, 1813. He is said to have re-enlisted later, but we do not have this record. By the records of Greene County. Alabama, (certified by Judge B. B. Barnes and Miss Mary Dunlap) Williamson Wynne died in 1829—his son Osmond Appling Wynne qualified as administrator of his estate April 1829. Williamson Wynne died intestate and left surviving him his widow, Eleanor Magruder Wynne and five children viz: Osmond and Erasmus, both over 21 years, and Williamson, Robert and Salina Ann, minors under 21 years. Eleanor Magruder Wynne, wife of Williamson Wynne, made her will February 14, 1848, probated November 26, 1849 everything settled and executors resigned 1854,  Folio 1144, Greene County, Alabama. Their children were: Joshua; Pattie, died unmarried; John; Osmond, m. Francis Anderson; Erasmus, b. Dec. 19. 1807, m. 1. Jane Sophronia Anderson (sister of Francis Anderson); 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Smither; Robert, b. Nov. 9, 1812, m. Elizabeth Wynne; Williamson, m. 1. Palomie (?) Smith. 2. Helen Robinson; Salina Ann, m. William Ferrell. The descendants of Osmond Appling Wynne still live in Alabama. Erasmus, Robert and Williamson moved with their families to Texas and there many of them still live.—Information from Mrs. Marie Scovel Browder, 1415 Isabella Ave.. Houston. Texas.

Source:  Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Author-Thomas McAdory Owen, 1911 - Submitted by C. Anthony

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