Dickson County TN Archives Military Records.....Wiley, William October 1832
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of William Wiley [a], Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 2578,
Application #W322
WILLIAM WILEY [a], a resident of Dickson County, Tennessee, aged 82 years in
October 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the
North Carolina militia and as a first lieutenant in the company commanded by
Captain ARTHUR FORBIS under Major DONNELL in the regiment commanded by Colonel
JOHN COLLIER, and which was under the command of General GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD.
That at the time he volunteered he was a resident of the County of Guilford in
the state of North Carolina. That he joined the army at Guilford Courthouse in
the month of June in the year 1777 as well as he can recollect. From Guilford
Courthouse he was marched down to Fayetteville where the regiment remained a
few days and then was marched in search of a company of Tories who were
commanded by one FANNING, but did not come up them. In this tour declarant
served five weeks. He further states that from the time above until the fall of
1779, he was out at various times and for short periods which he is unable to
detail particularly.
That sometime in the month of September 1779, he was again in the service of
the United States in the militia of South Carolina as a lieutenant in a company
commanded by Captain JOHN DONNELL and which was under the command of Major
ROBERT MARTIN, Colonel JOHN COLLIER and General GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD. Declarant
joined the army again at Guilford Courthouse. From thence he was marched to the
Savannah River above Savannah and was crossing the river at the time of the
engagement at Briar Creek, and within a mile or two of the place where the
battle was fought. From this place he was marched down the Savannah River to a
place called the Two Sisters, where he remained until his tour, which was five
months, was out and was discharged.
Between the time last mentioned and the fall of 1780, declarant was out as a
soldier after the Tories and British several times for short periods that he is
unable to state particularly.
In November 1780, he again joined the army as a volunteer and a lieutenant
under his former Captain FORBIS in a regiment commanded by Colonel JOHN
PAISLEY. He does not recollect the name of his major. His regiment joined the
army under General GREENE at Guilford Courthouse. From here they retreated to
Virginia and were reinforced by the Virginia militia.
From here we wheeled on our pursuers and followed them on to Guilford
Courthouse again, where on the 15th of March 1781, we had a battle with
CORNWALLIS and his army. In this battle declarant took the small pox and was
not in service anymore. In the Battle of Guilford, declarants captain [FORBIS]
was so severely wounded that he died in a short time after, before declarant
got well of the small pox. His Colonel also died, and he got no discharge. From
the time he entered the service last spoken of until he took the small pox, the
whole of which was four months or more, to the best of his recollection.
Declarant has no documentary evidence of his service or any part thereof. His
discharge for the time first mentioned by him was destroyed by the Tories
together with his books and all his other papers. He knows of no person whose
testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except JOHN MABEN,
whose certificate is hereto appended.
JOHN MABEN-
That he was well acquainted with WILLIAM WILEY
before the
Revolutionary War and during the war, and has known him since his removal to
Dickson County. That he served under the said Lieutenant WILEY three tours of
duty during the war, the said WILEY acting as the lieutenant of the company in
each of the tours of duty. He also knew aforesaid WILEY being very frequently
in the service at other times when this affiant was not in the service and he
has always understood and so believes the fact to be that said WILEY always
acted as a lieutenant
July 1833-WILLIAM WILEY [a]-That in his first tour against the Tory Colonel
FANNING, he served five weeks to the best of his knowledge and belief. He
served as a lieutenant in the company. In his next tour he was out as a
lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain JOHN FORBIS, the regiment by
Colonel GILLESPIE and served three months. In this campaign he marched from
Guilford to Pedee River against the Tories, but was in no engagement with them.
His next tour of service was for five months commencing in September 1779 in
Captain DONNELLs company and in the regiment commanded by Colonel COLLIER and
Major MARTIN and General RUTHERFORD as stated in the declaration. He served
five months. In the spring of 1780, he was out another tour in a company
commanded by Captain FORBIS and the regiment commanded by Colonel JAMES MARTIN
against the Tories and marched from Guilford to Haw River but did not overtake
the Tories. In this tour, he served six weeks.
His next tour of service [Cherokee expedition] was against the Indians in
Captain FORBIS company, the regiment was again commanded by Colonel COLLIER,
and the whole of the troops commanded by General RUTHERFORD. They marched over
the mountains to what was then called the lower towns on the Tennessee River.
There was a skirmish between part of the troops of RUTHERFORD and the Indians
but he was not in the battle owing to a wound he had received on his leg by a
tomahawk. They returned in the fall, having served six months. This tour was
not mentioned in the original declaration because he believed they were not
entitled to pay for services against the Indians.
The next tour commenced in November 1780 as stated in the original declaration
under Colonel PAISLEY and continued in the service until after the Battle at
Guilford Courthouse, the 15th March 1781. He believes he served at least four
months, constituting twenty months and three weeks actual service against the
British, Tories and Indians.
In addition to this he had several [tours] of a week or two at a time
against the Tories which he is unable to specify and for which he cannot claim
a pension. He served in all the tours as a lieutenant. He was commissioned as a
lieutenant and his commission with all his papers was taken from him by the
Tories about the time that CORNWALLIS was passing through that part of North
Carolina
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