Mercer County Genealogy Trails
William Tolley:
Application for Revolutionary War Pension:
Submitted by Belinda Bowman
State
of Kentucky
Mercer
County
On this 21st day of November AD 1835 personally appeared before me,
Samuel Ewing, a Justice of the peace and one of the Judges of the Mercer County
Courts, William Tolley a resident citizen of the said County of Mercer and State
of Kentucky 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 benefits
of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That
he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated.
First ....That in the year 1776 shortly
after the declaration of
Independence He entered Captain Rich (?) Singleton Company of North
Carolina Militia from the County of Rutherford NC. and joined Colonel William
Grimes Regt. and marched through
the County of Rowan to a place called cross creek when we arrived shortly after
a battle with the Tories, and where we were stationed until our tour expired
which was fully three months we marched back to Rutherford and was honorably
discharged. ..... shortly after, he immigrated to this state {KY} and joined
Captain Henry Prather Company of Volunteers and marched and joined Col Geo
Rogers Clarke's Regiment at Louisville this was in the year 1780 we left home in
the month of July. From Louisville
we marched up the River to the mouth of Licking River, where we built a block
house, from there we marched to ??????????. The Indians learning of our approach
left left the place after setting fire to some of the houses. We then set fire to the balance of the
Indians houses and destroyed all their corn and marched to a place called
Pickway (?) where we engaged the Indians and defeated them we destroyed their
corn and buildings & corn and marched back to the block house at the mouth
of Licking River where we were honorably discharged and continued home having
served in this Tour fully three months during which tour I was duly appointed
and served as Captain Prathers orderly Sergeant. Again in the year 1781 He entered
Captain John Cowan Company at Harrods
Station and marched around through the Shawnee run country to the
Kentucky River and acted faithfully as spies and scouts. This was a tour of one month we returned
and was discharged at Harrods Station, and again in the year 1781 or 2 he
entered Capt. Carr Company of spies or scouts and marched into the now County of
Shelby on a creek called Bullskin where we acted as Scouts and Spies for two
months and was sent for to come home as the Indians were killing the people near
home. They killed John Miller's
family on the Roling Fork River - seven in number. We returned home and he continued to act
as spies and sometimes as the Scout until the year 1783, and after, realy to
speak the truth faithfully he can not remember the number of Tours he served
against the Indians, but he solemnly swears that he served 3 months in North
Carolina before he ..........to this country and from the year 1780 to the year
1783 he was constantly engaged as a spie some times with Scouts acting in and
out of the different Stations as occasion required some times at Harbison
Station some times at Harrods Station and some times at Williams Station. He further states that he was wounded in
the left shoulder by a shot from the Indians near Harbisons Station, he
considers himself to have been in active service against the Indians in this
country, acting some times as a spie, some times with the Scouts and some times
in the forts fully two years and ten months. He further states that he has no
documentary evidence of his service and he knows of no person living in this
County by whom he can prove his services in North Carolina and knows of no
person living by whom he can prove all his Services in this County his Capt
being long since dead, to wit, Prather, Willis, Capt. John Little, John
Harbison, Arthur Harbison, and Ebenezer Carr under all of whom he served
faithfully. His discharges have
long since been lost he never thought that they would be of any service and he
took no care of them. He further
states that he is in feeble health and unable to attend the Mercer County Court
to swear to his foregoing declaration without pain and great inconvenience he
lives fourteen miles from Harrodsburg where the County Court sets which is the
only reason of his swearing to it before a single magistrate. He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or anuity
except the present and declares that his name is not upon the pension roll
of this Agency of any
State
Sworn to and Subscribed this day...................and year Sam'l Ewing
J/P
. William Tolley
(Seal)
We, James T. Smith, a Clergyman serving
in Mercer County & State of Kentucky and Silas Harlan and James L. Williams
residing in the State & County "afo" and neighbors to the sd. William Tolley
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with him the sd William Tolley who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be seventy eight
years of age. That he is reputed
and believes in our neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we do fully concur
in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year afd before me Sam l Ewing J.
P. M.C.
James T. Smith
(Seal)
Silas Harlan (Seal)
James L. Williams (Seal)
State
of Kentucky
Mercer
County
And I Samuel Ewing a Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges of the
Mercer County Court do hereby declare my opinion after a fair investigation of
the matter that the above named applicant is eligible for a
pension.
[The
above original document was transcribed by us to the best of our ability. We
left the wording and spelling as it appeared in the original document. Orene W. Hemby, Belinda
Bowman]
WILLIAM TOLLEY MERCER COUNTY KY PRIVATE - SERGEANT NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA $35.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $105.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED DECEMBER 21, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 79
Elizabeth
Hayes Tolley's Application for Rev. War Widows Pension
State
of Kentucky
County
of Washington
On
this 8th day of November A.D. 1867
before me R.S. Peters Clerk of the County Court a court of record within and for
the County and state aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Tolly a resident of
said county aged 75 years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her oth make the following decleration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed on the third day of February
1853 and other acts of Congress granting pensions to the widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War _____. She is the widow of William Tolly
who was a pensioner at the time of his death the act of Congress under which he
was pensioned is unknown to her but he drew his Money at the Agency at Lexington
in The State of Kentucky for proof of his service the rank he held and the
Commander under whom he served she referes to the papers in his application for
a pension now filled in The Pension office in Washington city D.C. She Further declares That She was
Married to the said William Tolly on the 22nd day of April 1822 and her name
before She was Married was Elizabeth Hayes and that she has remained a widow
ever since the death of her Husband William Tolly having never again Married and
that her Husband died on the 20th day of April A.D. 1834 and That she is now a
widow ...........
She
hereby appoints Robert S. Mitchell her attorney with power of substitution to
prasent this her Claim for a Pension to recive this certificate when issued at
Mackwill, Washington County Ky
and
to do all other acts necessary in order to affect the object of his appointment
postoffice Mackwill, Washington County Kentucky.
her
Elizabeth [ X
] Tolly
mark
Witness
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legible______
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legible______
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Second
Application of Elizabeth Hayes Tolly
State
of Kentucky
)
County
of Washington )
On
this 9th day of July A.D. 1868, before me a Clerk of a Court of Record in for
said County duly authorized to personally exam Elizabeth Tolly whom I know to be
a resident of the County and State afore said and whom I know to be the
identical person She represents herself to be and entitled to credit who being
duly sworn Says upon her oath that she is the widow of William Tolly deceased
who was a revolutionary Soldier, and that She has made application as his widow
for a Pension for his services, filed in November 1867, in which I Stated In
said Application. I have been
informed that my husband William Tolly died on the 20th of April 1834 and if so,
it is a Mistake of mine. He died on
the 20th of April 1835. I know that
he died at that time from the fact that the last draw he made was whilst he was
on his death bead on the 4th day of March 1835 and he died the April after which
I know to be correct from circumstances which has been brought to bear up on my
mind since I made my application that I was mistaken in stating he died on the
20th of April 1834.
her
Elizabeth X Tolly
mark
Witnesses
D.
J. Mitchell
illegible
Walker
Also
personally appeared at the same time and place (illegible) G. Crain and Samuel
Devine, both of the county Boyle and State of Kentucky persons whom I consider
to be respectable and entitled to credit and by me duly sworn according to law,
Say upon their oaths that they give their affidavits in the application of
Elizabeth Tolly for a pension for the services of her deceased Husband William
Tolly in the Revolutionary War.
[These
documents transcribed to the best of my ability. I have left spelling and
punctuation as it appeared in the document. Belinda B. Bowman
bobow1@charter.net]
1810
MERCER CO KY Census
Tolly William
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pg 336
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