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William Hollifield (& other spelling variations) of Rutherford, NC and Spartanburg, SC

[This William Hollifield was born about 1793. He could have been a resident of Rutherford
County N.C.since that is where he joined the Artillery. Anyone know who his parents were?]
William Hollifield pension papers
War of 1812 Artillery Corps
Battle of New Orleans
#23,706 and #17,246
Obtained from National Archives
There is a notation that William Hollyfield may have sent for Bounty Land. All it says
is that there was a search made.

Residence of soldier in 1871 was Spartanburg Co (P.O. Spartanburg C.H., S.C.)
Married Pheby Coggin about June 10, 1811.
Enlisted 30 Jan. 1814
Discharged 30 Ap 1818
There is a note about tombstone data 31 July, 1908. [ Perhaps someone had a stone put
on his grave. Anyone know anything about this?]

War of 1812
Act February 14, 1871
Brief of Claim for a Survivor's Pension

in the case of William Hollyfield, of Captain Phillips company, W.L. Artillery corps.
Residence: Spartanburg C.H., Spartanburg Co., S.C.
Enlisted Janry 13th, 1814, to April 30th, 1818.
Declaration and identification in due form, filed Augt 3rd, 1871.

Service for Sixty Days Shown as Follows:

Report from the Adjutant General shows that William Holifield, enlisted Jany 13th 1814. Served in Capts Joseph Phillips and W.O. Allen's Companies, and present at Petite Coquile, N. Orleans, as Wm Holyfield, April 30th 1818.
Length of service 4 yrs & 91 days.
June 1st, 1872

[J.L. Scruggs and Simpson Lowe were witnesses to the loyalty of William.] War of 1812
Declaration of Soldier for Pension

State of South Carolina
County of Spartanburg
On this Twenty Second day of July, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, personally appeared before me, F.M. Trimmier, Clerk of the Common Please[sic] & General Session Court, a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid, William Hollyfield aged seventy eight years, a resident of ___, County of Spartanburg State of South Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is married; that his wife's name was Pheby Coggin, to whom he was married at her father's residence, on the or about tenth day of June, 1811; that he served the full period of sixty days in the (1) Military service of the United States in the war of 1812; that he is the identical William Hollyfield who (2) enlisted in Captain Phillips company, Col. Sparks regiment, Gen. Ripley brigade, Gen Jackson division, at Rutherford C.H. Rutherford Co. N.C., on the about 28th day of August, 1812, and was honorably discharged at New Orleans on the (day not recollected) day of March, 1815; that (3) he served in the Artillery about two years & seven months that he fought in the Battle of New Orleans on the 8th day of January 1815. Discharge lost or missplaced [sic].
[This is the correct date for the Battle of New Orleans.]

[His post office was at Spartanburg C.H., County of Spartanburg, State of South Carolina.
His witnesses were L.D. Scruggs and Simpson Lowe. Wm signed with a mark.]

Department of the Interior asked the Adjutant General's Office for confirmation. They
verified that William Holifield was enlisted on the thirtieth day of January 1814 to serve
five years. That he was assigned to the U.S.Artillery Corps. And that he served in Captains
Joseph Phillips and W.O. Allen's Companies, and was present at Petite Coquile, N. Orleans, as
Wm Holyfield, April 30th, 1818 and they had no further information. There were calculations
on the page where the time served was figured out as 4 years and 91 days.
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Neighbors Affidavit
State of South Carolina
County of Spartanburg

Before me personally appeared B.B. Martin residing in Spartanburg County, State of South Carolina, and D. Potter also a resident of aforesaid County and State, who being duly sworn, say that they well and personally knew William Hollyfield, who was a soldier in the service of the United States; that said pensioner died on the 13th day of February 1880; that neither widow, nor child under sixteen years of age at that date survived; and that they were well acquainted with the pecuniary circumstances of said decedent, and know that all property of whatever kind, personal and real left by him did not exceed in value any thing, and consisted of a sparce[sic] quantity of his old wearing apparrel[sic].

                                                                         B.B. Martin
                                                                          D. Potter
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of April 1880 at Spartanburg C.H.; and I hereby certify that affiants are reputable and competent witnesses, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
                                                                          ? W. Nichols
                                                                         Judge of Probate

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Martinsville P.O.
Spartanburg Co S.C.
March 4th 1880
Hon. J.A. Beuthy
---- Pensions

Dear Sir:
I hereby inform you that William Hollyfield, a Soldier, of the War of 1812, died on the 13th of February 1880 leaving no assets to pay for his last nursing and funeral expenses.
    At his death he was staying & boarding with our Rebecca Evans, who has applyed[sic] to me to acquaint you of the death of said pensioner and request you to please forward to her the necessary blanks and instructions to enable her to apply to the U.S. Government for pay for nursing and funeral expenses of said decedent.
                                                    Respectfully
                                                                Jas L. Scruggs

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In an application for reimbursement, Rebecca Evans said that William Hollyfield died on the 13th Feb 1880 and that he was drawing a pension at that time. She wanted $5.00 for the coffin, $2.55 for the shroud, and $10.50 for the "attending to and nursing said decedent over 2 months". She said that all he had when he died was "a sparce quantity of his old wearing apparel, the intrinsic value of which was worth nothing." His last illness continued from about the 10th of Dec, 1879. "General debility, worn out from old age, he grew weaker and weaker for something over two months before his death...had to be attended to like an infant." Her post office address was Martinsville. She signed the application on 15 April 1880.

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