Person:Joseph Parsons (51)

BURIAL: According to a 1928 newspaper article that announced the marker: "The grave and marker can be seen at Wadeville, on the west side of the highway, just opposite the Wadeville Cemetery and about the same distance from the highway." The Highway is #27, miles north of Mt. Gilead, NC Military: 10 Feb 1930 Letter from Earl D ____ , Commissioner, to Miss Georgia Kirkman, 312 South Pierce Street, Amarillo, Texas. I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W 4047, it appears that Joseph Parsons was born in Anson County, North Crolina, in 1760. While living in Montgomery (formerly a part of Anson) County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served in the North Carolina Troops as folows: In 1776, two months as private in Captain Cornelius Robinson's Company, Colonel David Love's Regiment. From June 1780, two and one half months in Captain James Crump's Company, was in the battle of Camden. From July or August 1781, five weeks as Lieutenant in Captain Shadrack Hogan's Company. From October 1781, three months as Captain under General Wade, was in an engagement with the Tories on the "Little River Montgomery" In 1781, two weeks under General Wade, was in a battle at Betty's Bridge on Drowing Creek. In the summer of 1782, three weeks as private in Captain Raiford's Company, Colonel Lytle's Regiment. In August 1782, two weeks as private under Major Douglass. In 1782, three weeks as private in Captain John Lapp's Company In 1782, one month on guard duty under General Rutherford. He was allowed pension on his application executied October 1, 1832, while residing in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He died November 28, 1837. He married in the summer or 1790 or 1791, Nancy Jordan. She was allowed pension on her application executed July 4, 1839, while reisding in Montgomery County, North Carolina, aged sixty-five years. In 1851 it was stated that the widow was dead and had left several children who were all of age and married, no names stated. One daughter married James Bruton.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1830. M19, 201;)
   Year: 1830; Census Place: East of Pee Dee and Yadkin River, Montgomery, North Carolina; Roll: 123; Page: 64.

   Name: Joseph Parsons
   Residence Date: 1830
   Residence Place: East of Pee Dee and Yadkin River, Montgomery, North Carolina

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Gen;).

   Birth date: 1750
   Birth place: North Carolina

3. ↑ Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Grav;).
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National;).
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census of the United States, 1810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810. M252, 71;)
   Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt Green, Montgomery, North Carolina; Roll: 41; Page: 566; Image: 66.00.

   Name: Joseph Parsons
   Residence Date: 1810
   Residence Place: Capt Green, Montgomery, North Carolina

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications, 1925-1963. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Burial Ledgers. The National Cemetery Administration, Washington, D.C. (Original records transferred to NARA: Burial Registers, compiled 1867–2006, documenting the per;).

   Death date: 28 Nov 1837
   Death place: