The following transcription was completed and submitted by
June Herron
of Green Valley, AZ for inclusion at the Genealogy
in Washington Co., PA web site in October 1999. The original papers
are located in the National Archives Revolutionary War Pension file.
EPHRAIM WILSON -- Rev.War Pension S-32609
-- under Law of Congress June 7, 1832:
PA Line -- Applied 1833 in Ripley Co, IN [cannot write] Attested by
Mishack Hyatt, clergyman
& Edward Pendergast. Henry B. Hukill, Probate Judge; David P. Shook,
Clerk
Born 18 July 1756 - Sussex Co, DE; Died 22 Mar 1850 - Ripley Co, IN.
[No parents, wife or children given...nor any clues re same!!!]
Volunteered 1774 - Washington Co, PA; then known as, Yahagany Co,
VA.
Moved in 1795 to KY [no County given] lived there 22 years, then
Moved ca 1817 to Ripley Co, IN.
Entered service: Washington Co, PA (then known as, Yahagany Co, VA)
(1) first term in May 1774 [yes, 1774] - til July 1774 (2 mos + 2 wks) -
Volunteer - under Capt.
Richard Johnson, Lt. George Shilling & Ensign John Stergus - was
Northwest of Ohio River
against Delaware Indians.
(2) May 1778 - Drafted - guard at garrison at mouth of Mentures Run on
Ohio River 12 miles
below Pittsburgh - under Capt. Zadok Wright, Lt. Dan'l Jacobs (30 days);
another month as Sub
for Dan'l Brooks - under Capt. Mahany Ivins, Lt. George Shilling (1
mo.)..
(3) Mar-April 1779 - Sub for John Dunkins - under Col. John Cannon, Maj.
Gabriel Cox, Capt.
David Richy, Lt. John Hull. (1 mo.)
(4) June-August 1779 - Volunteer - 2 mos. - against Muncy Indians -
under Col. David
Broadhead, Maj. Cox, Capt. SPARKS, & Lt. Peter Frey. Destroyed two
Muncy towns & 150
acres of their corn. [These were near the fork of the Allegheny River
& French Creek. ]
(5) Mar 1780 til May or June - 2 mos. - Drafted - against Indians on
NorthWestern frontier -
under Capt. Nathan Ellis, Lt. Jeremiah Ellis; and marched to Tuscarora
garrison of Major Butler.
[Total service = 9 ½ months]
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1.) Ephraim states that he has proof 'at home' as given to him by his
parents. [Perhaps, a family
Bible?]
2.) No date as to why, when, or with whom, he moved from DE to PA, but
he lived there more
than 21 years - in Washington Co.- til 1795.
3.) In 1795 moved to KY - for 22 years; then,
4.) Moved to IN ..... died March 1850 in Ripley Co, IN.
Note: FTM-CD#145 - RW Pension Lists: 1840 Census of RW - IN -
Ripley Co, Johnson twp - Ephraim Wilson, age 84, in hh of Henry
Wilson.
Service: Penn. WILSON, EPHRAIM Number: S.32.609
[unreadable except: Del. Yahagany Co., Pa.]
[next sheet is cover of packet] 22104
Indiana
Ephraim Wilson of Ripley Co. in
the State of Indiana who was a private in the com commanded by
Captain Johnson of the rgts commanded by Col. Cannon
in the Penn. line for 7
months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd
day of Oct. 1833 and S S
Harding Versailles
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 58.32 [+]
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 11.66 [=]
$79.98
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832} Recorded by
Danl Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page
134
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[next sheet (#3) is pre-printed form -not typed
herewith- with calculation of months of service]:
1774 for 2 mos 14 days - Private - under Cap. R.
Johnson; age at present 77; entered in PA -- [this time is not
counted toward his pension.]
1778 - 1 mo. - under Cap. Wright; 1 mo.; 1779 - 1 mo. -
under Col. Cannon, Cap. Cox; 2 mos.; 1780 - 2 mos.;
total - 7 mos.]
26.740 Declaration for a Pension
State of Indiana - Ripley County} SS
On the 13th day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Eight hundred and thirty three
personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Henry B. Hukill,
probate judge of the
Ripley County probate Court sworn oathing Ephraim Wilson a resident of the
County of Ripley
and State of Indiana aged Seventy seven the 18th day of next
July who having 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 the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as
herein stated. He entered the service in the month of May in the year of
1774 as a volunteer and
was commanded by Captain Richard Johnson, Lieut. George Shilling, &
Ensign John Stergus. He
left the service the first tour the last of July same year as he entered,
after serving faithfully for
two months and two weeks. This service was rendered on the frontier, North
West of the Ohio
River against the Delaware Indians. He then in the month of May 1778 was
drafted for one
month to stand as a guard at the garrison situate at the mouth of Mentures
Run on the Ohio River
12 miles below Pittsburgh being this 2nd tour of service he was
commanded by Capt. Zadok
Wright, & Lieut. Danl Jacobs. When this term of thirty days was
expired he entered himself for
another month and served as a substitute for one David Brooks. During this
term he was
commanded by Capt. Mayhany Ivins, & Lieut. George Shilling. He was
thus dismissed after
serving one month as a substitute for David Brooks and one month on the
draft, which added to
the first tour of two months and half makes the term of Four months and
half. He then a third
time entered the service as a substitute for one John Dunkins in the month
of March in the year
Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine and left the service the last of April
same year after faithfully
serving for one month more which added to his other terms of service makes
five month and half.
He was commanded this tour by Col. John Cannon, Major Gabriel Cox, Captain
David Richy &
Lieut. John Hull. He then a fourth time, the last of June in the year
(that the Muncy Towns were
destroyed by Col. Broadheads Regiment (this applicant by reason of the loss
of memory cannot fix
the year by any other event) entered the service as a Volunteer and served
for the full term of two
months against the Muncy Indians. He left the service the last of August
same year. One thing
which causes this applicant to fix the season of the year is that at the
Muncy town, the company to
which he belonged, destroyed about 150 acres of standing corn which
belonged to the Indians,
and the corn was hardly fit for Roasting Ears at the time. He was
commanded by Col. David
Broadhead, Major Cox, Capt. Sparks, & Lieut. Peter Fry. This tour of
two months added to the
other tours makes the term of Seven Months and one half. He then in the
month of March in the
year of Col. McIntosh campaign, (This applicant by reason of age and the
consequent loss of
memory cannot fix the time by any other event - but he thinks that it was
in the year of 1780). He
was drafted and served for two months more against the Indians on the North
Western frontier.
He left the service for this tour in May or June same year after serving
for two months at least.
He was commanded by Capt. Nathan Ellis & Lieut. Jeremiah Ellis, and
march to the relief of the
Tuscarora garrison then under the command of Major Butler. This tour of
two months added to
the other tours makes Nine Months and a half for which he claims a
pension.
He resided at the several times he entered the service in Washington
County Pensylvania[sic]
(he thinks that it was then called Yahagany County and was considered to
belong to Virginia).
The 1st & 4th tours of service he was a
volunteer, the part of the 2nd and the 5th he was
drafted, and
a part of the 2nd and the 3rd tours he served as a
substitute, for Daniel Brooks and John Dunkins.
He was in the Battle of the Wopatomico Towns. During his first tour he
marched from what was
then termed Yohogany County to Cat Fish camp [aka Augusta
Town; now, Washington], from thence
to the mouth of the Wheeling Creek, from thence he crossed the Ohio River
and went to Indian
Meanding[?], from thence to Wills creek, from thence to Still Water, from
thence to the River
Muskingham, just below the mouth of Wopitornaco [or ?] Wakatornica [?]
creek where the Indian
town of Thacnome[?] stood. When they destroyed the same from thence he
marched back to
Pittsburgh and was dismissed by his captain. During his second tour he
marched from Pittsburgh
to Mentura Run on which stream the garrison was situated, and remained
stationary for two
months, where he was discharged. During his third tour he marched from
Major Gabriel Cox's to
Pittsburgh where he remained for some time when he was discharged. During
his fourth tour he
marched from Catimmoni[?] (now called Armstrong) from thence to the Mouth
of French Creek,
from thence to the Muncy towns, where the Soldiers destroyed the two towns
and about one
hundred and fifty acres of standing corn, from thence he marched down the
Allegany River to
Pittsburgh where he was discharged by Col. Broadhead. During his fifth and
last tour he marched
from Pittsburgh to Tuscaroras garrison under the command of Major Butler.
They relieved the
garrison and then marched back to Pittsburgh where he was discharged.
There were no
Continental Regiments or companies, with which he served. There were no
regular officers with
troops where he served. The general circumstances of his service has been
stated within. He has
no documentary or written Evidence, and he knows of no persons whose
testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes any claim
whatever to a pension or
an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the
pension Roll of the
agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
his mark "Ephraim [ E ]
Wilson" [his 'E' mark is very smooth; cursive]
We, Mishack Hyatt a clergyman residing in the County of Ripley and State
of Indiana, and
Edward Pendergast residing in the same County and State, hereby certify
that we are well
acquainted with Ephraim Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; that we
believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in
that opinion. Sworn to and
subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [signed by] M. Hyatt Edward
Pendergast
And this Court does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation
of the matter, and after
putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above
named applicant was
a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further
certifies that it appears to
him that Mishack Hyatt - who has signed the preceding certificate is a
clergyman resident in the
County of Ripley and State of Indiana, that Edward Pendergast who has also
signed the same is a
resident in the same County and State, and is a credible person, and that
their statement is entitled
to credit. [signed by] H. B. Hukill P. Judge {seal}
Answers to the Questions prescribed by the War Department - Answer to
Quest. 1st I was born
in the County of Sussex in the state of Delaware on the 18th day
of July 1756. Ans. to Quest. 2nd
I have a Record of my age at home, the one that my parents gave me. Ans
to Quest. 3rd I was
residing at the time I entered the service in Wasington[sic] County Penn.
(then called Yahagany
County and thought be in Virginia), and continued to reside there until the
year 1795. Since that
time I resided in Kentucky for 22 years when I removed to Ripley County
Ind. where I now
reside. Ans to Quest 4. The 1st and 4th tours I
was a volunteer, a part of the 2nd and the 3rd tour I
was a substitute for David Brooks & John Dunkins. A part of the
2nd and the fifth and last tour I
was drafted. Ans to 5th Quest. There were no regular
officers, or continental or malitia[sic]
companies where I lived. The general circumstances of my service is stated
within. Ans to 6th
Quest. I recd no other discharge than a certificate of my service, each
time, those certificates I
always left with Col. John Campbell our paymaster, from whom I drew my pay.
Ans to 7th Quest.
Enquire of William [?]Sh__[?], Col. Radimore, Col. John Hunter, John
Johnson Esgn and all who
know me.
I, David P. Shook clerk of the Ripley County Probate Court, do hereby
certify that the foregoing
contains the regional proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Ephraim
Wilson for a pension, and testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of record this
13th day of May 1833. [signed by] David P. Shook, Clk
[Note: my transcription comments in brackets]
[Danl or David -? Brooks]
[Ephraim's tours included one into Ohio, south of & near Coshocton
area.]
[His "E", is cursive with curved top, and bottom with slight loop. If
we find documents with
'live' signatures, we will be able to identify his.]
[There is another Ephraim Wilson, b. Mar 1756 MD. He is not to be
confused with this Ephraim,
b. July 1756 DE.]
[Following letter: Beginning & Ending format changed
to save space.]
[Heading] July 3, 1934 Ephraim Wilson -
S.32609 BA-J/AWF
[To:] The Quartermaster General, Memorial
Branch, War Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of
Ephraim Wilson, who
served with the Pennsylvania troops, and died March 22, 1850 in Ripley
County, Indiana. With
your request was enclosed the original application for headstone for
Ephraim Wilson, which is
returned herewith; there was no correspondence enclosed.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers in file in pension
claim, S.32609, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Ephraim Wilson.
He was born July 18, 1756 in Sussex County, Delaware; the names of his
parents are not given.
While residing in what was later Washington County, Pennsylvania, but
was then called
Youghiogheny County and was considered a part of the state of Virginia,
Ephraim Wilson enlisted
early in the Revolution and served two months and two weeks in Captain
Richard Johnson's
company on the frontier against the Delaware Indians. In the spring of
1778, he served one
month in Captain Zadock Wright's company and one month in Captain Mayhany
Ivins' company,
as a guard at the garrison on the Ohio River about twelve miles from
Pittsburgh. He enlisted in
March, 1779, served one month under Captain David Richy and Colonel John
Cannon and from
June, 1779, served two months under Captain Sparks and Colonel Daniel
Brodhead against the
Indians. He enlisted in March, 1780, served two months under Captain
Nathan Ellis and marched
to the relief of the Tuscarora Towns.
Ephraim Wilson moved in 1795 to Kentucky, where he lived about
twenty-two years and moved
to Ripley County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1833, then
living in Ripley County.
There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Ephraim Wilson,
nor are the date and
place of his death shown.
Very truly yours, A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator