- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Military order for the] honorabl[e] discharge of William English Pillar, 1814 May 10, Fayettesville [i.e., Fayetteville, Tennessee] / Andrew Jackson of an image
- Creator:
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Tennessee Historical Society , box 12, folder P1, document tl015.
- Date of Original:
- 1814-05-10
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Wars
Military discharge - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- discharges
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a military order given by Andrew Jackson for the honorable discharge of William English Pillar, dated May 10, 1814. The order states that Pillar fought under Jackson's command against the Creek Indians and completed service for the entire length of time for which he had originally enlisted.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- ths015
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ths015
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ths015#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ths015/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Tennessee Historical Society , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Fayettesville
May 10th 1814
William English Pillar a volunteer under the acts of congress of
February the 6th and
July 6th 1812, has served on an expedition against the creek Indians under my command from the
fourth day of October 1813, untill [until] the
tenth day of May 1814 -- which with the addition of a tour of four and a half months to Natchez makes three hundred and Sixty five days actual Service, the time for which he originally engaged -- he was the only person of [added text: Capt ] Wm. [William] Smiths company that did not quit the service in
Decr [December] last for the faithful discharge of his duty he receives my thanks and is hereby honorably discharged
[Signed] Andrew Jackson Major Genl [General]