Person talk:William Edmiston (15)

My tree has William Edmiston that matches person:william_edmiston_(15) the age of death that we have, 1848, and father James Edmiston, which was thought to be [[person:James_Edmiston_(1)]. Our information was based on a William Edmiston's pension application, I'm surching for copy, but for now I only have description as follows:

application for pension for revolutionary war service dated Aug. 2, 1844, stating that he is 84 and that he enlisted in august 1780 in Amherst County, Va. He list's service of his brother Robert (may have used Edmondson or Edmundson spelling for brother). He states that he returned to the house of his father James Edmiston's on the Pedlar in Amherst Co, Va after several tours in the Malitia, in one of which he was shot. He signed William Edmiston. The application was denied because he listed only Malitia, not regular service. I believe this was filed in Amherst, Co.

There is supposed to be another person who tried to claim pension for William as dependent after his death. The claimant in second record is Susannanh Blair, and is believed to be the daughter of James Blair and Mary Suddereth Blair. Mary is believed to be the widow of James Blair who later marries William Edmiston. Susannah claims to be oldest child. Sussannahclaims William died 27 Oct. 1847. This is filed ca 1853 in Burke Co, NC.

Do we know the scource of the record for person:william_edmiston_(15)?

The wiliiam I am refering to was born in 1759 or 1760, does not match ca 1775 date. James and Jane were 14, not impossible but unlikely. Creating new personallity for my record.

person:william_edmisten_(17) created.