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George &
Agnes Paschal Revolutionary Pension Application State of Georgia County of Lumpkin On this sixth day of April AD 1853 before me, Eli B. Wells, a Justice of the
Peace in and for the county & State aforesaid, personally appeared Agnes Paschal, a
resident of Lumpkin County, State of Georgia, aged 78 years, who being sworn according to
law declares she is the widow of George Paschal, deceased, who was a soldier in a company
of dragoons commanded by John Hughes in the Regiment commanded by Arthur W. White in the
Revolutionary War. That her said husband was a pensioner at the rate of Ninety six dollars
per annum at his death. That her said husband George Paschal died in Oglethorpe County in
the State of Georgia on or about the 14th day of September 1832 and left her a
widow and that she is still a widow. Agnes (x) Paschal State of Georgia On the twentieth day of September AD 1853, personally appeared before the Inferior court of the county & State aforesaid, Agnes Paschal, a resident of Auraria, in the county of Lumpkin and State aforesaid, aged seventy seven years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of George Paschal who was a private in the United States Army, that for said service said George Paschal received a pension of eight dollars per month from the year 1820 until one year before his death which death was in the autumn of 1832, as she believes under the act of March 18th 1818, that he was paid at the pension agency in Savannah Georgia, that during all that time he resided in Oglethorpe County in Georgia, where he died, that there was then due the said George Paschal a little over one year’s pension which was paid to this deponent at Savannah by the United States pension agent, at which time the original certificate of said George Paschal was delivered up, that all these facts will appear by reference to the proper pension office ~ as will also the proofs of deponents marriage made by her sons present at its celebration. She further declares that she was married to the said George Paschal on the 23rd day of November AD 1802 or 1803, that her said husband died on the day of September AD 1832, that she was not married to him before the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow and that she moved from Oglethorpe County to Auraria in Lumpkin County in the year 1833 where she has resided ever since. Agnes Paschal Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above stated before the said court. Geo. Paschal aged fifty nine years (the applicant) Geo. Paschal State of Georgia Oglethorpe County The Entry of the marriage license of George Paschal to Agnes Brewer stands on record in my office thus ~ November 23rd 1802. George Paschal to Agnes Brewer. No. 411. State of Georgia I, Henry Britain, Ordinary in and for said county in said State do hereby
certify that the entry of the marriage license of George Paschal to Agnes Brewer stands on
the record of my office thus, Nov. 23rd 1802, George Paschal to Agnes Brewer.
And I have no doubt they were legally married. I further certify that I have made diligent
search in my office for the certificate of this marriage, but cannot find it, owing to
this fact, that there is no marriage certificate recorded in my office further back than
1806, and hence you see the reason why the said certificate cannot be found. I further
certify that the Entry of the time of this marriage license of those parties as recorded
in my office is all that can be found in relation to the marriage of said parties in my
office. Rev & 1812 January 18, 1930 Mr. George Paschal Dear Sir: I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.4306, it appears that George Paschal, while performing a three months tour under Captain Howel Lewis, enlisted April 28, 1780, not fat from "Monk’s County", (perhaps this was meant for Moncks Corner) in South Carolina, served as a private in the Fifth Troop commanded by Captain John Hughes of Gloucester County, Virginia, in Colonel Anthony Walton White’s First Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons, was in the battles of Lanneen’s Ferry, Hot Water in Virginia, Gibbon’s Old Field near Savannah, and in many skirmishes, and was discharged June 28, 1783, at Charleston, South Carolina. He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1818, while a resident of Oglethorpe County, Georgia. In 1821 he stated that he was then fifty-nine years of age. He died September 14, 1832 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. The soldier married November 23, 1802, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Agnes Brewer. He was then a merchant in Lexington, Georgia. She was allowed a pension on her application executed September 20, 1853, at which time she as seventy-seven years of age and a resident of Auraria, Lumpkin County, Georgia to which place she had removed from Oglethorpe County in 1833. In 1866 she resided in Dawson County, Georgia, with her daughter, whose name is not designated. George and Agnes Paschal had the following children: Augustus B. L. N. born October 1, 1803 In 1866, the widow’s son, George W. Paschal, was the "Special Agent for Texas at Washington", and her grandson, George W. Paschal, Jr., was also in Washington and stated that he was "late Lieutenant-Colonel in the United States Army." A daughter, Mrs. Theresa M. Lilly is referred to in 1866, and one John F. Lilly was a resident of Auraria, Georgia in 1855, but no relationship is stated. Very Truly Yours, Earl D. Church
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