Revolutionary War William Burns
Transcribed by: Timothy Spence
This is an overview of the Revolutionary War pension application of William Burns.
Pension claim #s.16669.
William Burns was born in the state of Virginia, no dates given He enlisted in Pittsylvania county, Virginia Served as a private against the Cherokee Indians, in Captain Joseph Martins company in Colonel Christie's Virginia regiment, and was discharged at the Long Islands of Holston in Tennessee having served nine months. He enlisted the same day that he was discharged and served six months in Captain Martins company under Major Bletcher in defense of the frontier.
Shortly before the battle of Ramsour's Mill, he enlisted in Wilkes county North Carolina to serve in Captain Micajah Lewis's company in Colonel Gordon's North Carolina regiment, soon after his enlistment he hired a substitute, Jonathan Hickman, to serve in his staed. He gave no dates of any of his service, but stated that all of his service was rendered prior to the battle of King's Mountain.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, than a resident of Clay Co. Kentucky and was seventy six years of age. Personal Note: 76 in 1832 he would have been born 1756.