William Fields (1754 - 1854)

Born 1754 in North Carolina

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Died 1854 at about age 100 in Scott, Virginia, United States

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Private William Fields served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

William Fields is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A213019.

William Fields was born in North Carolina, in the year 1754. He married Sarah (LNU), and together they had a daughter, Agy. Sarah apparently died, and William and Agy both moved to Russell County, Virginia.

William married Elizabeth "Betsey" Elliott in Russell County in August of 1808. A bond dated on the 8th of August was signed by a Michael Elliott, with no relationship stated. The exact date of the marriage is not given, but in her pension application, Elizabeth said they were married by William Wells, a Minister of the Baptist Church. They were married about 46 years, and raised a family with several children, one being Michael born in 1810.

William Fields stated in his pension application that he "belonged to the company commanded by Captain Knox in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moore in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of North Carolina from whence he has removed; that he now resides in the State of Virginia where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be payable in the future." He gives the reasons for his move as "climate being more healthy and the means of living cheaper, provisions being more plenty."

He also stated that he was placed on the pension roll at four dollars per month, on account of "having received a gunshot wound in the right arm immediately above the elbow which has broken the arm and stiffened the joint rendering weak and nearly useless while in the line of duty at a place called Stono in North Carolina." Elizabeth later states that he served five or six months when he was "severely wounded".

His wound rendered him unfit for military service. On account of his disability he was pensioned by the United States beginning 4 Mar 1809. He was pensioned in North Carolina, and removed to Virginia in 1821, possibly from Cumberland County. The 1820 Scott County census disputes the year she gives. She then states he received his pension until the day of his death, 8 February 1854.

Sources

• 1820 United States Federal Census, Scott, Virginia [1]
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9Mar2022), "Record of Field,William", Ancestor # A213019.
• Scott County Register of Deaths 1853-1870, District 2, 1866, Line 11, Agy Casteel retrieved from the Scott Co., VA Register of Deeds on 1 Sep 2021 by Stephanie Hamilton Dwyer
• Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
• Widow's Pension of Elizabeth Fields #S25088

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