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Facts and Events
Henry Jolly Requests Pension S2
- Mrs. E. E. Willis
- Riverside Hotel
- Shawneetown, Ill.
- Madam:
- I have to advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Joseph Jolly, while residing near Broad River in what was later Union District, South Carolina, enlisted and served over twelve months, exact time not stated, as private and sergeant with the South Carolina Troops under Captains James Steen, Jeffrys and Montgomery, and Colonel Brandon.
- He married in Union District, South Carolina, about the year 1772, Elizabeth Smith. He died in Anderson District, South Carolina November 25, 1833. His widow, Elizabeth, died in Anderson District, South Carolina, June 20, 1845.
- Their children were: Amy, Rhoda, and Henry.
- On February 23, 1855, the above mentioned Henry Jolly, while a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina, aged seventy years, applied for pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father, Joseph Jolly, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
- The above noted is the only Joseph Jolly found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
- Respectfully,
- Winfield Scott
- Commissioner
- 8 Oct 1855 - Union County, South Carolina. Deposed for Joseph Jolly's Revolutionary War Service. Joseph Jolly son Henry Jolly filed the claim for his Revolutionary War Service and Benefit.
- Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting magistrate in and for said District William Goudelock who being duly sworn according to law declares that he has a record of the date of his birth which shown that event to have taken place on the 13 Dec 1775 and was brought up and has ever resided in this District and within a few miles of where he now lives not more than twelve miles from Smith's Ford on Broad River. That the earliest circumstance of the Revolutionary War of which he has a distinct recollection was that of hearing the guns firing at the Battle of Cowpens twenty miles from this Deponents' Father's and that the British in their retreat passed by his father's place near which they dropped a ?? which this Deponent found in the road near the house and this and this deponent from that time was well acquainted with many of the Whigs of his neighborhodd among whom were Captain James Steen, Captain Robert Montgomery, Nathaniel Jeffers, Robert & John Lusk, Nicholas Cury, Wilson Jolly & his brother Joseph Jolly with the latter of whom in acquaintance began from the event of the Cowpens' battle. That although the Deponent never actually saw the two brothers Wilson & Joseph Jolly in the service, yet this deponent is certain that from his earliest recollection they bore the undisputed reputation of having served in the American Service. This deponent also knew Colonel Thomas Brandon who then lived in this...
- ...District as it now is called Union. That from his first recollection Joseph & Wilson Jolly lived some six or seven miles from this Deponents' father's and that Joseph Jolly & his wife Elizabeth who before her marriage had been Elizabeth Smith of Smith's Ford neighborhood, were living together as husband & wife & bore the undisputed reputation as such in the community in which they lived and this deponent feels confident that they were such before the conclusion of the war aforesaid. That this Deponents' brother Davis Goudelock and John Jeffers, or Jeffries were also Whigs of this Section & drew their pensions the latter of whom was a Justice of the Peace before 1800: That just before the year 1800 Wilson & Joseph Jolly aforesaid moved from this neighborhood to the then Pendleton District in this State and about thirty-five or forty years ago this Deponent was at the house of said Wilson Jolly in Pendleton & learned from him that his brother Joseph Jolly aforesaid lived near him: That this Deponent is wholly uninterested in giving this testimony sworn to and subscribed to this 8th day of October 1855 before me Wm. P Dunn Magistrate. Signed William Goudelock I certify upon oath that I am a practicing physician, that my father the deponant above lives with me & that he is of sound mind & memory & adequate to testify as afore. Signed, N. Goudelock, 8th Oct 1855
References
- ↑ Ancestry Family Trees. (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Originaldata: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;)
Ancestry Family Trees.
- Revolutionary War and Pension Records.
- Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family.
- LAND -
1 Jan 1767 - Union County, South Carolina. Joseph Jolly was also chain bearer for another 200 acres for Adam Gowdylock.
2 Jan 1767 - Mecklenburg Co. NC Grants [later Union Co. SC] - Two identical plats were surveyed for Adam Gowdylock by William Tyron. Land adjacent to Joseph Jolly's land. Joseph and William Jolly were chain bearers. Joseph Jolly was also chain bearer for another 200 acres for Adam Gowdylock on 1 January 1767.
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