Wayne County

Revolutionary War Pension Filed of George Clark

Transcribed, copyright, and submitted by Shirley Clark Coyle

SERVICE:
Captain Thomas Price Co.,
Co. commanded by Captain Asher,
Sevier's Regiment (Captain Williams),
General Marvious Command
CERTIFICATE: 32179, NORTH CAROLINA.

Wayne County, Illinois on this 29th day of March 1836 personally appeared George Clark before the Circuit Court in and for the county of Wayne, a resident of said county of Wayne and State aforesaid aged 75 years.

He entered the service of the United States in the regiment commanded by Col. John Sevier in Captain Thomas Price Company in the month of March 1777 and continued in service six months. That he was a volunteer on the Nolle Chuckey river about one hundred miles from where Knoxville, Tn. is now situated and remained there in what was called Sevier Station.

He again entered service in the year of 1780 in the month of October about the first of the month in the company commanded by Captain Asher, does not recollect the Col. He was called into service at the same place, was a volunteer and was detailed to guard the persons who (---) the line between Virginia and North Carolina in what is now Tenn and Kentucky that he remained in service three months and was discharged about the 1st of Jan 1781 but did not receive a written discharge.

He again entered service about the 1st Sep 1781 as a volunteer and resided at same place as state above in the company commanded by Capt. Williams in Sevier's regiment and joined Gen. Marvious command on the Sautee river about the week after we joined him we took the enemy station at Mouk's corner near Charleston was discharged in three months from the time he entered the service but did not receive a written discharge.

He stated he has no documentation or record of his age and knows of no person by whom he can prove his service except William Clark whose deposition is hereto attached.

He was born in Virginia but can't tell the county and moved from there at an early day to Burke Co., NC and then to the place where he entered the service. Soon after the close of the war he moved to Franklin co., Georgia and resided there about 10 years, then removed to Green County, Kentucky and resided there upwards of forty years when he removed to this county and that he was born on 8 of September 1760.

We Peter Wooley and Jesse Lard residing in the county of Wayne hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Clark state they believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution.

29 April 1835.
Pickens County, SC.
Affidavit of William Clark said he and the said George Clark were brothers and confirms his service in the Revolutionary War.
William L. Keeth, Clerk of the Court for Pickens District.
See William Clark papers #30531, South Carolina

Samuel Leech Clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court certified that pages 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 contain the original papers and the affidavit of William Clark in the matter of the application of George Clark for a pension.

April 4, 1836.
Carmi, White Co., Ill.
"you have the application of George Clark for a pension whenever decided upon please return and answer to us at this place",
Signed W. T. Page



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