Robertson County TN Archives Military Records.....Ellison {Allison}, Charles
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of Charles Ellison [Allison], Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __,
Application # W354
[The first page is missing from the Heritage Quest file. It is possible that it
is missing from the microfilm.]
He states that he was taken by Col. Tinnen and placed as a driver on one of
the public wagons and remained in [smudges____] three months and was then
discharged.
He states that he was again drafted and put under the same officers
and was started again to Hillsborough and when we got there we was all taken
prisoners by Col. Fanning, a Tory colonel and was taken to Wilmington and was
there put into a prison ship for about two months. The day we was taken we was
taken by Fanning was the 9th of September. He states that him and his
companions were taken from Wilmington by water to Charleston, South Carolina
where they was kept in a prison ship until some time in the month of August
1782 when a part of us was exchanged. He states that he was one of that number.
We was taken ?above? town to General Greene and he sent us home after
discharging us. He states that he has no writing to prove anything about his
service, nor does he know any person living by which he can
etc.
Robertson County, Tennessee
September 8, 1851, Robertson County, TN: Massey Ellison, widow of Charles
Ellison: That she was married to Charles Ellison in the 4th day of September
in 1786 or 87. She has no documentation and has to rely on the age of the
oldest child, which is 63 years old and the record in the Bible was torn out
some years ago and so is lost
She was married in Caswell County, NC by one John
Wamach, a Justice of the Peace which may be found in the Caswell County
office, or the Person County office. They lived in Person County until 1822
when they moved to Tennessee where they have lived ever since. Her husband,
Charles Ellison died on the 2nd day of May, 1851, and that she has remained a
widow.
Additional Comments:
A printed form by the Dept of Interior has this additional information: That he
was entered into service in August 1780 for three months under General Butler,
Major William Williams and Captain Thomas Thompson.
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