Military Pensioners of Census 1840 for Abbeville, Anderson, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Newberry, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburgh, & Union District

List contains names of pensioners for revolutionary or military services, ages, and names of heads of families with whom pensioners resided June 1, 1840.


Abbeville District

Willis Scroggins – age 78 – W. Scroggins
James Lockhart – age 84 – James Lockhart
James Carlisle – age 78 – James Carlisle
Solomon Hall – age 82 – S. Hall
Pollard Brown – age 78 – P. Brown
Peter Roberts – age 79 – P. Roberts
Christiana Teulon – age 85 – William Beazly
James Frashier – age 74 – James Frashier
Zachariah Corwill – age 90 – Zachariah Corwill
Joseph Black – age 77 – Joseph Black


Anderson District

Joseph Caldwell - age 78 - Joseph Caldwell
James Caldwell – age 84 – James Caldwell
James Brown – age 83 – James Brown
William Grant – age 80 – William Grant
John Burns – age 83 – John Burns
John Harris – age 87 – Andrew Harris
Samuel Warren – age 86 – Samuel Warren
David Saddler, sen. – age 78 – David Saddler, sen.
William Armstrong – age 78 – Thomas Runnels
Harmon Cummins – age 84 – Harmon Cummins
Joshua Betterton – age 78 – John Chappel
David Verner – age 81 – Mary Ledbitter
James Young – age 88 – John Young
William Moore – age 83 – James Moore
John Warnock – age 84 – John Warnock
William Entreken – age 79 – William Entreken
Frederick Owen – age 83 – Frederick Owen
Shedrick Owen – age 79 – Shedrick Owen
William Hubbard – age 79 – James Smith
Stephen Huff – age 83 – Nicholas Tripp
Aaron Guyton – age 79 – Aaron Guyton
Peter McMahan – age 85 – Peter McMahan
William Gibbs – age 76 – William Gibbs
John Wilson – age 85 – John Wilson
Reuben Brock – age 86 – Headon Brock
John Bagwell – age 79 – John Bagwell
William Williamson – age 77 – William Williamson
Joshua Pruett – age 87 – William Pruett
John Parker – age 84 – Robert Parker
Nicholas Bishop – age 79 – Nicholas Bishop
Major William Millun – age 87 – Major William Millun


Darlington District

Martin Dewett – age 77 – Martin Dewett
Albert Forte – age 85 – Albert Forte
Ephraim Gandy – age 98 – Ephraim Gandy
Jesse Jordan – age 80 – Jesse Jordan
John Kolb – age 83 –  John Kolb
James Neill – age 85 – James Neill
Augustin Wilson – age 85 – Augustin Wilson


Edgefield District

Smith Brooks – age 76 – Smith Brooks
Miles Radford – age 94 – Richard Prescott
Basil Lowe – age 81 – Basil Lowe
Dennis Lowe – age 70 – Samuel Posey
John B. Mitchell – age 83 – William Riley
George Seigler – age 76 – George Seigler
Richard Burton – age 81 – Richard Burton
William Nobles – age 80 – William Nobles
U. Richardson – age 81 – U. Richardson
Drewry Hearn – age 85 – Drewry Hearn
James King – age 82 – Margaret Sharpton
Daniel Rodgers – age 82 – Daniel Rodgers
William Howle – age 85 – William Howle
Colonel Samuel Hammond – age 85 – Colonel Samuel Hammond
James Eidson – age 74 – James Eidson
Benjamin Lindsey – age 87 – Benjamin Lindsey
William Smith – age 78 – William Smith
Moses Harris – age 88 – Moses Harris
Jacob Wise – age 82 – Jacob Wise
Elizabeth Carter – age 74 – Elizabeth Carter
Thomas M. Chandler – age 29 – Thomas M. Chandler
Thomas Williams – age 98 – Warde Glover
Henry Timmanson – age 82 – Wm. T. Timmanson
William Cook – age 86 – Jeremiah Cook
Peter Hilliard – no age listed – Peter Hilliard
Zilpha Nobles – no age listed – Theophilus Loudy
Abner Corley – age 82 – J.W. Devore
Phebe Randal – age 76 – Alfred Randal


Fairfield District

Robert Killpatrick – age 105 – Thomas Killpatrick, sen.
John Sloan – age 77 – J. Sloan


Greenville District

William Bagwell – age 83 – Jesse Bagwell
John Brooksher – age 80 – John Brooksher
Henry Canon – age 89 – Henry Canon
Greenbury Caps – age 80 – Greenbury Caps
William Crane, sen. – age 76 – William Crane, sen.
Jonathan Davis – age 82 – Jonathan Davis
Robert Duncan – age 78 – Robert Duncan
Runnels Dill – age 76 – Runnels Dill
Philip Evans – age 81 – Philip Evans
Isaac Gregory – age 102 – Isaac Gregory
Ezekiel Henderson – age 78 – Ezeliel Henderson
Jacob Kittle – age 80 – Jacob Kittle
Richard Locke – age 79 – Richard Locke
Lewis Land – age 78 – Lewis Land
David Morton – age 80 – David Morton
Alexander Peden – age 84 – Robert Peden
John Rogers – age 91 – John Rogers
Samuel Robers, sen. – age 79 – Samuel Roberts, sen.


Kershaw District

Delilah Williams – age 66 – Delilah Williams
Lewis Cook – age 84 – Lewis Cook
Adam Teem – age 79 –  Adam Teem
John Steward – age 86 – John Steward
Nathaniel Jones – age 86 – Nathaniel Jones
Samuel Jones – age 78 – Samuel Jones


Laurens District

Captain Ambrose Hudgens – age 76 – Major John Hudgens
Andrew Burnside – age 78 – Andrew Burnside
Thomas Word – age 88 – John Walcomb
Robert Long, Esq. – age 79 – Robert Long, Esq.
John Freeman – age 73 – Henry Pope
Sally Downs – age 83 – James Bruster
John Osborn – age 77 – John Osborn
Joseph Griffin – age 77 – Joshua Burns
Charles Allen, Esq. – age 76 – Charles Allen, Esq.
Leonard Beasly – age 76 – Leonard Beasly
John Farrow – age 82 – John Farrow
Henry Pitts – age 81 – Henry Pitts
Henry Meredith – age 83 – Henry Meredith
John Knight – age 92 – William Pucket
William Blakely, sen. – age 80 – William Blakely, sen.
Paul Finley – age 78 – Paul Finley


Lexington District

Clem. Clemmons – age 75 – Clem. Clemmons
Needham Busby – age 80 – Needham Busby


Marion District

Ezekiel Daniel – age 76 – Mary Meggs
Levi Odam – age 83 – Levi Odam
L.R. Munnerling – age 88 – Thomas M. Munnerling
Dura Pilkington, sen. – age 79 – Dura Pilkington, sen.


Newberry District

Thomas Denson – age 77 – Thomas Denson
John Hays – age 76 – John Hays
Edmund Kelly – age 95 – Robert Kelly


Pickens District

Levi Phillips – age 94 – Levi Phillips
Charles Williamson – age 76 – Charles Williamson
Jacob Jones – age 87 – Major Cole
John Verner – age 77 – John Verner
William Day – age 83 – Reuben Day
William Hughes – age 79 – James Hughes
William Guest – age 77 – William Guest
Jesse Neville – age 83 – Alexander Neville
John Wilson – age 107 – John Wilson
John Buckner Smith – age 79 – Buckner Smith
John Thrift – age 79 – John Thrift
William Dodd – age 80 – William Dodd
Benjamin Neighbour – age 78 – Benjamin Neighbour
Andrew Hughes – age 85 – James Hughes
John Craig – age 81 – John Craig
John Cobb – age 82 – John Cobb
Jordan Holcomb – age 78 – William Holcomb
Charles Smith – age 81 – Cullen Rains
Thomas Hays – age 89 – Thomas Hays
Archibald McMahan – age 82 – Archibald McMahan
Jesse Smith – age 82 – Jesse Smith
Thomas Henderson – age 79 – Thomas Henderson


Richland District

Nancy Higgins – age 83 – Martha Howell


Spartanburgh District

Newman Wilson – age 85 – Isham Wilson
Joel Calaham – age 81 – Joel Calaham
Samuel Fowler – age 93 – Samuel Fowler
William Wingo – age 81 – John Wingo
George Roebuck – age 89 – Willis Pierson
Reuben Newman – age 80 – Reuben Newman
Paul Castleberry – age 83 – Paul Castleberry
John Collins, sen. – age 85 – John Collins, sen.
Ellis Johnston – age 86 – Samuel Brice
Thomas Farrar – age 85 – Thomas Farrar
William Holme – age 85 – Mordecai Taylor
Solomon Crocker – age 86 – Solomon Crocker
Samuel Morrow – age 81 – Samuel Morrow
William West, sen. – age 80 – William West, sen.
Drury Parkham – age 85 – Drury Parkham
John O’Shields – age 80 – John O’Shields
James Seay – age 88 – James Seay
Mourning Smith – age 77 – Mourning Smith
Geoffrey O’Shields – age 78 – Geoffrey O’Shields
Howell Johnson – age 78 - Howell Johnson
John King – age 82 – John King
Anthony Crocker – age 82 – Anthony Crocker
Rowland Johnson – age 80 – Rowland Johnson
Claburn Holt – age 87 – Claburn Holt
Solomon Abbott – age 83 – Solomon Abbott
Robert Belcher – age 82 – Cyrus Belcher
William G. Hopkins – age 80 – William G. Hopkins
John McClure – age 81 – John McClure
Edward Clement – age 81 – T.J. Rollins
Henry Emerson – age 78 – Henry Emerson
George Walker – age 75 – George Walker


Union District

Richard Addis – age 91 – Andrew Culbertson
Robert Savage – age 82 – Robert Savage
Hancock Potter – age 92 – Hancock Potter
Mordecai Chandler – age 78 – Mordecai Chandler
Mrs. E.F. Farr – age 75 – Mrs. E.F. Farr
James Smith – age 89 – James Smith
Ann Rochester – age 70 – Ann Rochester
Thomas Word – age 88 – John D. Word
Major Thomas Young – age 76 – Major Thomas Young
Meshack Chandler – age 96 – Meshack Chandler
Major Joseph McJemkin – age 85 – Major Joseph McJemkin
Perry Evans – age 80 – Perry Evans
Tilmon Bobo – age 78 – Tilmon Bobo
James Hollis – age 82 – Thomas Hollis
James Howard – age 78 – James Howard
Daniel Palmer – age 85 – Daniel Palmer
Daniel Holder – age 83 – Daniel Holder
Sherwood Nance – age 86 – David Adams
James McWherter – age 83 – James McWherter
William Morehead – age 77 – Walter Morehead
William Bailey – age 92 – William Bailey
Nicholas Cump, sen. – age 88 – Nicholas Cump, sen.
John Bird – age 82 – Daniel Smith


Source, “Census of Pensioners 1840”, Genealogical Publishing
Contributed by Wendy Campbell