State of Georgia Court of Ordinary, January adjourned term 1833 On this fourteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty three,
personally appeared in open court before Robert Groves, John Meroney, Noah W.
Pittman and James Long ~ Justices of the Inferior Court now sitting as a Court
of Ordinary, William Glasgo, a resident in Capt. Watson’s Company District
of Georgia Militia in the County of Madison & State of Georgia, aged seventy
years, who being first duly sworn by law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United
States in the year 1780 with Capt. Race Clicket and served in the third regiment
of the Maryland line under the following named officers, to wit, he enlisted
under Capt. Race Clicket and was attached to the third regiment of the Maryland
line of Troops as before stated ~ from the lapse of time he cannot recollect
the name of the Maj. or Col. he first entered under. He joined the regiment
at Smiths Close in New Jersey and was marched to West Point under Gen’l
Arnold. The summer afterwards Arnold proved traitor. Gen’l Putnam commanded
a Bridgade. While stationed at West Point Capt. Smith beat through the line
for volunteers to storm Fowler’s Fort on or near the North River not far
from New York. He joined said company and marched to the fort when near the
fort and nearly at the gate the company was hailed by a Sentry ~ the Captain
answered a friend, he was ordered to advance and give the countersign ~ the
Capt. advanced and run the Sentry though the body with a spear ~ the fort immediately
surrendered. He was also at the storming of Stony Point Fort under Gen’l
Wayne ~ he was afterwards marched with a part of the army to the South ~ Gen’l
Gates having the command ~ while at the South he was in several skirmishing
parties under different officers. A part of the time he was attached to Col.
Morgan’s command and was in the battle of the Cowpens ~ he was also at
the battle of Guilford in Capt. Gazeway, the whole under the command of Gen’l
Greene. He was living in Charles County Maryland when he enlisted. He enlisted
about the first of April 1780 and was discharged on the 11th April
1783 by Capt. Gazeway and Col. George Gunby, which said discharge has long since
been lost. William (x) Glasgo Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above
named applicant was Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Robert Groves, JIC Georgia On this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen
hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before the Inferior Court held in
and for said County and State in open court, Mrs. Elizabeth Glasgow a resident
of the County and State aforesaid, aged fifty-two years, who being first duly
sworn according to law does on her oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Law of the United States
passed the 3rd of February 1853 granting pensions to the widows of
persons who served in the War of the Revolution. That she is the widow of William
Glasgow dec’d who was a private in the Maryland Militia in the War of the
Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 at the
rate of Eighty dollars per annum and who was a resident of the County of Madison
and State of Georgia. Elizabeth (x) Glasgow Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year first above
written before us Justices of said court. R. H. Bullock, JIC Georgia On this 1 th day of April 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Elizabeth Glasgow aged fifty three years a resident of the County and State
aforesaid who made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Elizabeth
Glasgow to whom, under the provisions of an act of Feb 3 1853, a pension of
eighty dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband
Wm. Glasgow a private of the Revolutionary War and late of the County and State
aforesaid. She further states that her pension certificate under the aforesaid
act of Feb 3 1853 is numbered bears date fourth
day of August 1854 and is made payable Agency in Savannah Georgia by James J.
Moore, Esq. payable on the 4th September and 4th March
recorded in the pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act Feb. 3 1853,
page 157, vol. A. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of 3 March 1855 never
having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous
act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said
husband she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore addressed now on file
in the Pension Office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. That
since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners she has not intermarried
but continues the widow of the said William Glasgow. Elizabeth (x) Glasgo
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County of Madison
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of
any agency in any State.
John Mironey, JIC
Noah W. Pittman, JIC
James Long, JIC
Madison County
She further states that she was married to the said
William Glasgow on the 9th day of February eighteen hundred and thirty
five 1835, that her said husband died on the day of
February eighteen hundred and forty-six. That she was not married to him prior
to the second day of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated,
that there is no record of their marriage either public or private and she further
declares that she is now a widow.
W. H. Griffith, JIC
Ranford E. Hitchcock,
JIC
Madison County
