Person:William Mayberry (5)

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Mayberry, William - entered service 1776 as marine on ship Effingham; entered service 1778 in 4th Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment; granted 1810 in Wood County, Virginia; resided there in 1820 abt. age 28 with wife abt. age 63, their only child having moved away abt. 25 to 30 years earlier; William Mayberry Jr. made affidavit in 1819 there that he served in Revolutionary War with soldier; soldier's brother George made affidavit there in 1820; soldier resided 1824 in Muskingum County, Ohio, where he had moved from Virginia; query letter in file says soldier died there bet. 1820 & 1830. F-S41819, R1659.

1.   United States. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. (Washington D.C.).

   Name: William Mayberry
   Pension Year: 1819
   Application State: Ohio
   Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
   Archive Publication Number: M804
   Archive Roll Number: 1659
   Total Pages in Packet: 23
   Service: Continental Navy
   Enlisted in: PA

2.   .

   Thomas, William and George Mayberry
   Came to Pennsylvania from Ireland after 1757
   Thomas and William were soldiers in the American Revolution
   William and George were Ironmasters in the Shenandoah Valley
   Thomas was involved in the iron business in Pennsylvania
   
   We learn from the pension application of William Mayberry, Sr. and a biographical sketch of George Mayberry's son, John Pennybacker Mayberry, some important facts about their lives:
   William Mayberry, Sr. was born about 1738;
   William Mayberry, Sr. was a self described, "refiner of iron";
   George Mayberry, brother of William Mayberry, Sr., was born about 1757;
   George Mayberry, "was an Irish gentleman, having emigrated to America in early life";
   John Pennybacker Mayberry, son of George Mayberry, "was born March 1, 1790 at Pine Forge near New Market, Virginia;
   In the year 1810 George Mayberry, accompanied by his son, John P., moved the family to Wood County, Virginia, "purchasing plantations near Belleville".
   William Mayberry, Sr. and his son, William Mayberry, Jr. also lived in Wood County, Virginia, but later moved to Muskingham County, Ohio.
   
   http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mabry/imm_shenandoah.html

3.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/110854964/person/142225596896/facts?_phsrc=BJy191&_phstart=successSource

4.   The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).

   Name: William Mayberry, Sen.
   Rank: Private
   Pension: 96.00
   Pension Paid: 1,391.69
   Service: Pennsylvania cont'l
   Pension Date: Oct. 20, 1824
   Pension Start: Sep. 6, 1819
   Age: 96 [born abt. 1739]
   Notes: Transferred from Virginia