Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3663, for Mahlon Pierson, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Pierson, Mahlon
or Pearson

number
S. 3663
carded

CONTENTS
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(left side)
Ohio  19.962
Mahlon Pierson
of Warren Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Avery of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brannan in the South Carolina line for 1 year, 8 months, & 10 days
$67.77/100

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 67 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sep 1833 and sent to Hon. Thomas Corwin, Lebanon, Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833  169.43
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34  33.88
$203.31Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 8  Page 20

(right side) 
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1837. Agent notified 16 June 1838

Date of death not on AB
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[ The State of Ohio Warren County ]   Court of  Common Pleas of the term of Sept. 1832 . On this  3rd  Oct.  1832 before the Court aforesaid personally appeared in open Court   Mahlon  Pearson  aged 72 years  who  being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he was born in Burke County Pennsylvania  on the 7th  April 1761  - that  since the revolutionary war he has resided in South Carolina  till 29 years ago when  he removed to Warren County Ohio  where he has lived ever since. That he entered the service of the United states under the following named officers &  served as hereinafter stated. Uni County South Carolina  in the summer of  1777 he volunteered  under Capt. George Avery for three months to go to  the  siege of Savannah  in  Georgia , that Col. Brannon commanded the regiment to which his company was attached at Savannah Georgia, where he joined it under the said Capt. Avery- that about  four weeks after he joined  the army at Savannah , an attempt was  made to storm the place under command of Genl. Lincoln , He  remembers that the Count D' Estang  a French officer was there  .. ( illegible ) with the American Troops  & that  Count  .. ( illegible ) with his  legion of horse was there  & was  killed in  the  assault of the place . The American troops were  reputed with considerable  .. ( illegible )   deponent was in said engagement  but no wounds of any sort - after  this they remained at Davannah about  8 weeks & was then marched to Brier Creek  in  Georgia where he was discharged verbally having served three months in the  spring of the  next year & he thinks in the month of March  he was drafted in Union County  South Carolina  for three months under Capt. Avery  & was attached to a regiment commanded by  Col. Brannon ,that
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(2) Chander Avery  was Lieut.  in said company , they were  marched to  guard what was called the Bullpen  a prison of   boys in which  a number of Tories  were confined between  Broad & Saluda rivers in   South Carolina , they were marched under the aforesaid officers  & remained on this duty aforesaid three months at the end of  which time he was again discharged verbally - After the British had taken possession of Charleston  &   occupied  alway to the entire  State of South Carolina  with their troops  deponent left the  State  & went   North Carolina  & hearing that Genl. Sumpter was mustering troops in that State  at a point on the  Catawba , he went  to him and volunteer without  any definite  engagement as too time, he remained  with  Sumpter about 8 weeks  when he got a furlough to go home & get  clothing  being almost naked , on his way home  he was taken by the tories & carried to  Ferguson's camp in  South Carolina , where he was detained a prisoner about 6 weeks & was paroled with  prisoners to go home  &  not travel further than three miles from home. After he returned being ordered  by the Tories who were numerous in the neighborhood, he concluded he was not safe out of the army & again joined the American  troops at a  camp  commanded by  Col. Brannon near Union County   here in  South Carolina , with his regiment  he remained in active service during the remainder of the war. said regiment was sometimes commanded by Brannon  sometimes by Lieut. Fair  & sometimes  by Major Benj. Jolly  under  the latter officer , he went  to said regiment after the  indians
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(3 ) assembled in force after the  surrender of Cornwallis & before the close of the  War  they overtook the Indians at a placed called the Big Bend of  Tennessee River where they laid a sharp  engagement  & he remembers a  British officer by the name of Henry Crittenton who commanded the  Indians was killed by the  American Cavalry commanded by Col. Hammond , Genl. Pickens  was the commander of this  expedition, after the close of the  War he was discharged verbally  in   South Carolina  at a place called Paris old place near the Saluda Mountain , that he has no documentary evidence of his service & he  knows of no person who can prove any of  the said services except  John Cain whose testimony  is  accompanied herewith , that he herby  relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present  & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn  & subscribed in  open Court this 3 Oct.  1832.  Mahlon Pierson ( his mark ) J.K. Wilds ( signed ) clk  We Jacob Pearson a clergyman  residing in  Warren County Ohio  &  John  Satterthwaite of the  same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mahlon Pearson who has subscribed &sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be  72  years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution  &  they concur in that opinion. Sworn  & subscribed in open Court  3rd Oct. 1832. John Satterthwaite ( signed )  Jacob Pearson ( signed )
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that  Jacob Pearson  who signed the within certificate is a clergy man resident in the  Township of Wayne and  county of Warren  in the State of Ohio, and that John Satterthwaite who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person  and that  their statement is entitled to credit..  [ The State of Ohio Warren County] ss. I Johnathan K Wilds clerk of the  Court of Common Pleas within  and for said County  & State aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings of  said Court in the matter of the application of Mahlon Pierson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 8th day of Oct. 1832. J.K. Wilds ( signed ) clk
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Mahlon Pearson petition for pension
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[ State of Indiana Washington County ] Be it remembered that  on this day  to wit the 31st day of August  A.D. 1832  personally came  before me  Wm M Dunham  an acting  Justice of the peace in and for said County   John Cain of lawful age and a resident of our said County  who after being by me duly sworn  according to law   deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Mahlon Pierson  of Warren County  Ohio  since the year of our Lord  seventeen hundred and seventy seven , and  he  ( Cane )  further saith on  his oath as aforesaid  that he the said Mahlon Pierson  served in the Militia of the United States during the revolutionary war between  Great Britain and the United States  from the year  1777  until the close of said war, that he the said Mahlon Pierson served several  tours of duty  in action in the army of the United States during the said Revolutionary  War, and further  saith not. Affirmed to  and subscribe before me the day   above written. Wm.  M. Dunham ( signed / sealed ) J. of Peace John Cain ( his mark X )
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[ State of Indiana Wayne County  ] ss. I  Sam Hannah  clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court  hereby certify that the within  named Em M Dunham  Esq.  before whom the within   deposition of John Cain has been sworn to  & subscribed is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Wayne  duly elected , commissioned and sworn into office according to law, and fully authorized  by the law of the State of Indiana  to take such depositions  and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given  to all such his official acts. In testimony whereof I have  hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court  at Centreville tis 31st day of August  A.D. 1832. Saml. Hannah ( signed ) C.H.C.C.
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19962 Mahlon Pierson Warren County Ohio Returned  Adm. 1 year 8 months  & 10 days  $ 40.  $ 26.66 $ 1.11 ( total $ 67.77 ) Hon. Thomas Corwin Lebanon Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13th June 1830
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Mahlon Pierson Warren Co Ohio
Period when the service was rendered
Vol Summer 1777
March 1778
1780 and continued to the close of the war

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years  Months  Days
3 Months,
3 months
[see above for 1780]

Rank of the claimant.
private 

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt Avery
Col Brannan
Cap. Avery
Col Brannan.
Gen Sumpter

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72 years
Union City So. Carolina

Proof by which the declaration is supported. [no data]

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

The papers of Mahlon Pearson are again returned, it to scarcely probable that as a militia soldier he was in constant service from 1780 untill the 3 of Sept 1783 the period at which the Revolution closed. he must be definite see note @ 13
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REGULATION UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

                                                                  DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of} ss.
County of                                 }

On this______day of_____personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of______in the county of _______and State, Territory or District
of_____aged_______years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)____, with  and
served in the_____ (e) regiment of the_____ line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☞This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid._______________A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.

I _____________of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of__________________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
________ day of _____________& c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out ___________

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:______________

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____________ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we   _____________      are well acquainted with ___________ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___________
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the___________
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, ____________-Clerk of the Court of ____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ______ day of      ____________ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, 
and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. 
To a Solder.     } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
and what has become of it?
To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has be come of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months----, and ------------days  , I served as a --------- For -----------months and------- days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."

☞ It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent 
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i ] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                                                                                     
                                                                                          Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
                                                                                        
                                                                                                    Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the 
witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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July 18, 1932
BA-J/MLB
MAHLON PIERSON
S. 3663

Mr. Edwin S. Reid
The Mayflower Apartments
66 Summer Street
Buffalo, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Mahlon Pierson, S. 3665, a soldier of the Revolutionary War

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8645, based upon the military service of Mahlon Pierson or Pearson in the Revolutionary War.

He was born April 7, 1761, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

While residing on his father's plantation in Union County, South Carolina, he enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served at various times, until the end of the war, one year eight months and ten days, as a private under Captains George Avery, Young and Joseph Hughes, Major Benjamin Jolly, and Colonels Brannan, William Fair and Henderson in the South Carolina troops; he was taken prisoner while on furlough during this period of service, remained six weeks, then released on parole; he was at the siege of Savannah and was on an expedition under General Pickens against the Indians after the surrender of Cornwallis and was in a severe engagement with them on the Big Bend of the Tennessee River.

He resided in South Carolina until about 1803, then moved to Warren County, Ohio.

Mahlon Pierson or Pearson was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, while a resident of Wayne
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Township, Warren County, Ohio, in which county he had resided ever since he moved to Ohio.

During the Revolutionary War soldier's father was a resident of Union County, South Carolina, and the latter part of 1780 moved to Broad River in that county. His name is not given.

One Jacob Pearson was a clergyman of Wayne Township Warren County, Ohio, in 1833, Relationship to soldier not shown

No reference is made in the claim to soldier's wife or children.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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( left page )  1918  Sept. 27 - Hist. to  Mrs. Lydia E. Martin V.L.M. 1916 May 9  Hist . to Leola Colvert V.L.M.  1916 Nov 6  Hist. to Mrs. J.H. McBroom 1921 May 10 Hist to Mrs. F.C. Davidson  1922 Dec 7 Hist to Mrs. Ethel H. Knox -ans.  1931 July 28  Hist to  Hon Will R. Wood , Rev. N.N. Martindale MMHF  1932 July 18 Hist to Mr. Edwin S. Reid MLB.  ( right page )  3663 rev War INVALID File Nol 3663  Mahlon Pearson  Privt Rev War Act : June 7  1832  Index: - Vol. A Page 291 [ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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July 28, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MHF:MLB

Hon. Will R. Wood
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Woods

Reference is made to your letter of July 22, 1931, in behalf of Reverend H. H. Martindale, Oxford, Indiana, relative to securing photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3665, of Mahlon Pierson or Pearson.

You are advised that such copies are sometimes furnished. In this particular claim the papers are very frail and a part of then almost illegible and it is believed that such copies would not be entirely satisfactory.

Since Mr. Martindale desires the date at once, the following includes the principal items of interest found in the papers, however, if this does not suffice, the photos will be made upon further advice.

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 5565, that Mahlon Pierson or Pearson was born April 7, 1761, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

While residing on his father's plantation in Union County, South Carolina, he enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served at various times, until the end of the war, one year eight months and ten days, as a private under Captains George Avery, Young and Joseph Hughes, Major Benjamin Jolly, and Colonels Brennan, William Fair and Henderson in the South Carolina troops; he was taken prisoner while on furlough during this period of service, detained six weeks, then released on parole; he was at the siege of Savannah and was on an expedition under General Pickens against the Indians after the surrender of Cornwallis and was in a severe engagement with them on the Big Bend of the
Tennessee River.
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He resided in South Carolina until about 1803, then moved to Warren County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, while a resident of Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, in which county he had resided ever since he moved to Ohio.

During the Revolutionary War soldier's father was a resident of Union County, South Carolina; the latter part of 1780 moved to Broad River in said county. His name is not given.

One Jacob Pearson was a clergyman of Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, in 1832, no relationship to the soldier is shown

No reference is made to wife or children of the soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the soldier, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:

Mahlon Pierson or Pearson, Certificate No. 19962, issued September 8, 1833, rate, sev.77 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 19 __
S.F. 3663

In reply to your request of _____ received _____ for a statement of the military history of Mahlon Pierson soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
June 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
served at various times until end of war 1 yr. 8 mo. & 10 days

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
George Avery
Young
Joseph Hughes
COLONEL.
Brannan
Major Benj Jolly
William Fair
Henderson

STATE.
S.C.

He was taken prisoner while on furlough during the above service detained 6 weeks, then released on parole

Battles engaged in, Siege of Savannah
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Res Union County S.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8 1832 His cl was all
Residence at date of application, Warren Co. Ohio Wayne Twp
Age at date of application b. in Burk Co. Pa. Apr. 17, 1761
Remarks: His father was living at Broad river Union Co S.C. in 1832 his name is not stated & there is no other data as to his family [bracket by remarks stating "error"]
During the Rev sol's father was a res. of Union Co. S.C. the latter part of 1780 he moved to Broad River in said County

Very Respectfully
Commissioner
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66 Summer Street
Buffalo NY
May 3 1932

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me a certified copy the original Pension certificate & the date of service if possible of Mahlon Pierson (born in Bucks Co. Penn) April 7 1761 Enlisted June 1777 served 1 year 2 months 10 days in the Rev. war; engaged in the siege of Savannah

Oct. 3 1832 applied for pension which was allowed
Bureau of Pensions Rev. War
Record Sec. V. L. M.
S L 3663 Verify by 160 534

Thanking you for your kind attention
Yours very Truly
Edwin S. Reid

can you tell me where he enlisted from, either Penn of Indiana


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RECEIVED
MAY 4 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
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WILL R. WOOD, IND.
CHAIRMAN
House of Representatives
Committer on Appropriations
Seventy-first Congress
Washington, D. C.
July 22, 1931

Mr. E. W. Morgan,
Director of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Morgan:
I have a letter from Rev. Harry H. Martindale, Pastor of the Christian Church, Oxford, Indiana, stating that he would like to procure all the information that is contained in the application and other papers in the war claim of Mahlon Pearson (or Pierson) Claim S. 3663. Mr. Pearson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1761, and lived in Union County, South Carolina during the Revolution. He then went to Warren County, Ohio after 1800, and then on to Fountain County, Indiana, after 1830, and is now buried in a cemetery near Attica, Indiana, and is one of the two Revolutionary soldiers buried in Founty County.

Mr. Martindale would like to have a photostatic copy of the records in this claim, and I wish you would let me know how much it will cost to have this done. Or if you will send this information directly to Mr. Martindale at Oxford, Indiana, I will appreciate it. He is anxious to have this information at once if possible, as he is preparing an articles to be published by September 1st.

I will appreciate all the information you can give in this matter.
Very truly yours,
W R Wood

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RECEIVED
JUL 23 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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Rev Sec
ARTHUR HOWELL KNOX
ARCHITECT
7 W MADISON ST.
CHICAGO
DEARBORN 5053  November 9, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior, In re - U. L. N. S.F.3663
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:-
One of my ancestors Mahlon Pearson was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution, and received a pension for his services.

Will you kindly send me his war record as early as convenient. His pension number is U. L. N. S. F. 3663.

Very truly yours
(Mrs) Ethel H. Knox
2400 Park Place, Evanston, Ill.
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(post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE APR  20 1921 ] Montesano Wash.  April 10 - 1921 Commissioner of Pensions Washington  C.C. Dear Sir, I am writing you to see if you would please give me the necessary information to enable me to join the  Daughters of the American
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Revolution . My great grandfather Mahlon Pearson was a revolutionary soldier . He drew a pension and his home was Attica Indiana . He is buried  at Attica Indiana . Hoping to hear from you in the near future and oblige. Mrs. Fred Davidson ( signed ) Montisano Wash. C/0  Davidson Auto Co.
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McBroom ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 12 1916 ]
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( notes )  on 2ct stamped envelope rec'd  .. ( illegible ) stamped env. ret'd M.C.K.  El Paso Texas Pct 7 - 1916  Bureau of Pensions Dept of Interior  Washington  D.C.  9 post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 12 1916 ]  I have  here directed to  write to your  Dept. for information as to the  Revolutionary  War record of my ancestor Mahlon
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Pearson  - as I wish same in order to become D.A. R.  member. I do not  understand that there is any fee  required - but if there is  there  should be kindly advise and I will be glad to remit. Thanking you in advance  I am  yours very truly . Mrs. J.H. McBroom ( signed ) 215 Lawton  Ave. El Paso , Texas
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Enclosed find addressed envelope for reply.
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201 East State Street
Princeton, Indiana 
May 4, 1916

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir: I enclose a communication to the War Department which was returned to me, with the suggestion that I write to you. 

So I forward the same and shall very much appreciate any information you can give regarding Mahlon Pearson certificate of service in the Revolution

May I hear at once as I desire to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Very truly

Leota Colvert
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JESSE MARTIN
President
OS CLARK
Vice Pres.
W B SCHERMERHORN
Cashier
Rev Sec
The Central National Bank  CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
201 East State Street
Princeton Indiana
April 29, 1916

TO THE HON SEC'Y OF WAR USA
Washington DC

Dear Sir

Please send me a certificate of the War Department that  Mahlon Pearson was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution as evidenced by Pearson Certificate, recorded in the pension office in book E, Vol 8 Page 20 Dated September 28th, 1833.
The above mentioned certificate is desired for the purpose of the undersigned in receiving membership in the Daughters of the Revolution

Leota M Calvert
201 East State Street
Princeton Indiana

P.S. will you also send me any information regarding Mahlon Pearson's date and place of birth and death and the number of children
Leota Calvert

[STAMPED
ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK
MAY 1 1916
WAR DEPARTMENT] AG
[stamped Received AG MAY 1 1916]
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Rev. War Sec. 1 -
JAH
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JESSE MARTIN
President
OS CLARK
Vice Pres
W B SCHERMERHORN
Cashier
The Central National Bank CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
Capital %50,000
Attica, Indiana

The Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir Please send me a certificate stating that Mahlon Pearson was a soldier in the army of teh Revolution as evidenced by pension certificate recorded in the pension office in book E Vol 8 Page 20 dated September 28th 1833
The above mentioned certificate is desired for the purpose of the undersigned in receiving membership in the Daughters of the Revolution 
I am
Yours respectfully
Lydia E Martin
Sept 20 1913
Attica Indiana
403 East Washington ST
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Mahlon Pierson
of Ohio
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BRIEF  1-10 objections  to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                 Mahlon Pierson                                                           which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  does

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? did

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
          Not in all cases

V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? 
       Not with precision

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
                                                              Has
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?    Has

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  
                                                                 Has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
                                                                  Has
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  
                                                                 Has
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
       Has

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain- ing it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  


 XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who 
administered the oath certificate that he, she or they are persons credibility ?  No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?                           Yes


XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
                                                                               Yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 


XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?      Yes                                                                                                                                                                       ____________________________                                                             

E XPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolcannot with election he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For_____year _____months, and ______days, I served as a __________ For_____months and _________days, I served as a________________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too  indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Treasury  Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 14. 1838.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by cer= tain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,  Mahlon Pearson
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at
the rate of Sixty Seven Dollars and seventy seven Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1836
to the 4th Sept. 1837,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[ State of Indiana Wayne County ] ss. Be it remembered that on this day  to wit,  the 11th day of May  1833 personally came before me  Wm. M. Dunham  an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County  , John Cain  of lawful age who after being by me duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with  Mahon Pierson  now a resident of Warren County, State of Ohio  and  now an applicant to be placed on the pension list of the revolutionary soldiers of the United States of America ,  since the summer of A.D. 1777  and further saith that the aforesaid Mahlon Pierson  served various  tours in the  Revolutionary  War between England  & the United States from the year  A.D.  1777  to the close of the war and that he served several tours of duty with  ( said Pierson ) himself and further this deponent saith not. John Cain ( his mark X )  [ State of Indiana Wayne County ] ss. I , Wm M. Dunham  Justice as above mentioned  do hereby certify that forgoing affidavit  was sworn to  and subscribed before me the date above mentioned in said affidavit and  I do also hereby certify that  John Cain is a man of veracity and  general good moral character and entitled to credibility  and I might further add with safety as much so as any man  I have  ever had an acquaintance with . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 11th day of May A.D.  1833  Wm. M. Dunham ( signed /sealed ) J P
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[ State of Indiana Wayne County ] ss. I, Saml. Hannah   Clerk of the Wayne  Circuit Court  do hereby certify that  William M. Dunham  Esq. before whom  the  within deposition  of John Cain has been subscribed and sworn to , and who has certified the same, was at the time  the same appears to have been subscribed & sworn to , an acting Justice of the Peace in and for  said County duly commissioned and sworn into office according to law, and further that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto  subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court this 11th day of May A.D. 1833. Saml. Hannah ( signed / sealed ) c>H.C.C.
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The declaration of Mahlon Pierson  supplementary to his original declaration  made before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren and State of Ohio made on the thirtieth of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the seventh day of June 1832. Be it remembered  that  on the   seventeenth day of  July eighteen hundred and   thirty three personally appeared before me the subscriber an acting Justice  of the  peace within and for the County of Warren  and  State of Ohio  Mahlon Pierson a resident of  said County who being by me duly  affirmed  according to law doth upon his solemn affirmation   make the following declaration  amendatory to his declaration heretofore made and as  mentioned in the  captions hereto  said Pierson saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state with any more certainty  than he has heretofore done  and will hereinafter states  in relation the  length of his service in the revolutionary war, but according to the best of his  recollections he served not less that the period mentioned below and in the following  grades.  as it is mentioned in his first or original declaration . he entered the service  as a volunteer in the summer of 1777 in  Union County  as State of South Carolina and served under the officers and in the manner   stated in said original declaration and  he  .. ( illegible ) he recollects   he volunteered to serve .. ( illegible )  & that he served for more than the time which he was engaged before he  was discharged. he further states  from the loss of memory and  it is impossible for him  to fix the precise period of  .. ( illegible )  , but he knows it was in the summer  that  he served in the capacity of a common soldier. In the following spring  which was   in the year 1778  and he living  as before stated in the month of  March , and in said County of Union and  State aforesaid he was drafted into the service  under Captina Avery   & was attached to  a regiment of ... ( illegible )    Col. Brannon   and served for the period of three months in the manner particularly stated  in his former declaration  , during all of which last served he was a common solider  - from old age   loss of memory he cannot state  with greater precision  as to the day or month  of the  year in  which he was drafted, but he well remembers  which he was  drafted , but he  well remembers  it may  be in the sprig of the  year - This  deponent states that the  third and last time
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he engaged in the service he well recollects was soon after the Raid of Charleston by the British in the same year of the capture of said city and he is informed that afoursaid transpired in the year 1780 he engaged as heretofore stated in North Carolina with Genl Sumpter and remained with him about eight weeks and then obtained a furlough to go home on his way he was taken prisoner by the tories & conveyed to Fergusons Camp when he went [illegible] about  [illegible] weeks was then paroled of which feeling unsafe to remain at home among the Tories as agreed  [illegible] rejoin the American troops in the as stated in his first declaration & remained in active service as a common soldier until the termination of the war when he was discharged verbaly applicant again states that from old age & loss of memory having no documentary evidence he cannot state with more p [illegible] the first and [illegible] to his service
Mahlon his X mark Pearson
I do hereby certify that Mahlon Pearson affi [illegible] to any [illegible] to the above declaration before me this 17 day of May 1833 as witness my hand & seal W Sellers JP seal
State of Ohio
Warren County I Phenias Ross being first sworn by an acting justice of the peace for the county aforsaid saith that Mahlon Pearson who [illegible] [illegible] entered the above declaration and Mahlon [illegible] who subscribed & attest the declaration [illegible] [illegible] the caption of this declaration are one & the same person Phenias Ross
State of Ohio
Warren county} I do hereby certify that Phenias Ross sworn and subscribed the above declaration before me this 7th day of May AD 1833 & that said Ross is a man of veracity
W Sellers JP seal
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[ The State of Ohio Warren County ] ss. I Johnathan  K. Wilds  clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within  & for the County aforesaid  do hereby certify  that William Sellers Esq.  whose signatures are attached to the foregoing affidavits  and certificates is an acting Justice of the peace within  & for the  County aforesaid  duly commissioned  & sworn  into office  & that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts , also that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court  aforesaid at Lebanon  this 17th  May  A.D. 1833. J.K. Wilds ( signed / sealed  ) clk
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The further declaration of Mahlon Pierson explanation of his original and supplementary declarations heretofore by him made the one before the judge of the court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Warren and state of Ohio on the 3d day of October 1832 the other before William Sellars Esqr a justice of the peace within and for said county and state on the Seventeenth of May 1833 for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 Be it remembered that on this sixth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the acting justices of the peace withing and for the county of Warren and state of Ohio Mahlon Pierson a resident of said county who being by me duly affirmed acording to law doth upon his solemn affirmation make the following statement ammdatony and explanatory of the declaration hereto made by him at the time & in the manner particularly stated in the above caption said Mahlon Pierson saith that he is still a resident of Wayne Township in the county aforesaid and is at this time in his seventy third year of age that by reason of old age his memory has become very considerably impaired that since making his formal declaration he has held conversations with persons well acquainted with the history of the revolution and has himself made an [illegible] ination of the history of his country from both of which sources he finds that he had been mistaken in the dates of his services as stated in said declaration though correct in the main facts therein stated He now states that as far as his memory serves him in the month of June in the year 1777 in Union County South Carolina he volunteered under captain George Avery for three months as he then understood to go to Georgia in which state a British officer by the name of Col Campbel it was siad had landed that said captain Avery with his company joined the regiment commanded by Col Brannen at Vagets old field on Pagets creek South Carolina where departing which time the Tories [illegible] common soldier and we remained four weeks the end of which period the entire regiment was dismissed in consequence of some communication received from the governor of said state but deponent received no written discharge deponent states that in making his former declaration he condound is theabove mentioned service with that by him rendered at the seige of Savannah and in that was mistaken the date of the siege of said town deponent further states that such is the frailty of his memory that it is impossible for him to state with precition the month or
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the day thereof when he again entered the service he believes however that the latter part of July or forepart of August 1779 & was that he again volunteered under the aforesaid captain George Avery for three months that said captain Avery and his company joined the regiment commanded by Col Brannon it at Fair forth in Union County South Carolina in which county said company was raised that said regiment from thence marched and crossed the Savannah river at Augusta and from thence through the pine woods to a near Savannah where we joined the army about four weeks after we joined the army an attempt was made to storm said town under the command of General Lincoln he remembers that the count De Estaing Cooperated at said siege and was said to have been wounded that count Pulaski with his legion of horse was there & he was there killed our army was repuld with considerable loss deponent was actually engaged in said siege but received no wound after the American army was repulsed it was marched to Brier Creek in Georgia where we remained for four weeks and Col Brannon regiment was then  & there discharged but this deponent received no written discharge He positively states that he served actively the full period for which he volunteered being three months during which time he served as a common soldier In the spring of March (but of this he cannot be positive) he was drafted in said county of Union South Carolina for three months under the aforesaid Captain George Avery and was marched to the Bull pens where he joined the regiment commanded by Col Brannon under Avery was lieutenant of said company we remained at the Bull pen (a prison in which a number of tories were confined) for the period of three months during which time we were employed in guarding said prison deponent here received a verbal discharge having served as a common soldier three months After the British had taken possession of Charlestown (which he is confirmed was in 1780) and occupied almost the entire state of South Carolina deponent said states and went to North Carolina & hearing that Genl Sumpter was mustering troops
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in that state at a point on the Catawba river to his and volunteered without any definite engagement as to time he reamined with Sumpter at this place being engaged in scouting parties after the tories at least eight weeks if not longer Genl Sumpter then gave deponent a furlough to go home and get clothing being almost naked on my way home and near to my fathers plantation in Union County South Carolina was taken prisoner by the tories and taken to Fergusons Camp at Folars ford on Packletnion from thence I was taken to said Ferguson to Rutherford court house in North Carolina from thence Ferguson reveal to said Folars ford where he paroled deponent who had been prisoner at least six weeks if not longer deponent then went home and being ab [illegible] by the [illegible] who were numerous in the  neighborhood of his fathers residence he again joined the army in the summer of 1780 and he thinks in July but on what day he cannot say at a camp near Union court house South Carolina commanded by Col Brannon from thence I was marched in a company commanded by Major Benjamin Jolly to Fanforest at Flet [illegible] old mill where there was station and where he remained under the command of said Jolly for three menths believing longer from thence I was allowed to go home to my father who had then removed to Broad river in Union County aforesaid where I remained one week & then joined Col Brannon at his camp upon Browns creek which empties into Broad river where I remained a week when Col Brannon sent me as an express to Genl or Col Pickins upon the Savannah river about Augusta from thence I returned to Col Brannons camp who in a few days sent capt Young with his company to which I was then attached upon a scouting expedition he [illegible] ange ant ies served and upon Tucany creek at which place the tories were committing depredating upon the whigs and their property in this service I was engage six weeks or more when we returned to Col Brannons camp and was dismissed and went home and there remained until the spring of year 1781 in month of March there was a draft and Col Brannons regiment was drafted in three divisions & numbered firstly second third
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Deponent was drafted into the first division in the month of May & allowing we were called into active service under lieutenant Col William Fair of Col Brannons Regiment and marched to Pincking County or district and there joined Col Hendersons regiment and were marched to Hugh Nils mill upon Little river where we encamped were engaged in scouting parties after the tories In August we were discharged having served for the full period of three months Deponent did not receive a written discharge in this last service he was a common soldier Again in the year 1782 in Faby deponent volunteered in Union County of under Major Jolly Capt  was Joseph Hughes and joined Genl Pickens at Panig old place near the Saluda mountans Col Hammond commanded the dragoons at this place they best up for volunteers to go in advance of the army to see if any sign of the Indians could be discover I volunteered for that purpose was under the command of Major Benj Jolly and continued in the service until May following when I was verbaly discharged having served for the term of three months as a common soldier after this I occasionaly was engaged in scouting parties after this but am unable to state particular deponent further states that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state with more particularty [illegible] he has heretofore done the precise length of the different periods of his service deponent also states that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit during any part of the time he has above stated himself to have been engaged int he service and further saith not 
Mahlon his x mark Peirson

I do certify that Mahlon Pierson affined to [illegible] subscribed the above declaration before me this 6th of September 1833 as witness my hand and seal W Sellers JP seal
State of Ohio
Warren County } S 
I Phineas Ross being sworn by an acting justice of the peace for the county afsd that Mahlon Pierson who [illegible] and subscribed the above declaration of Mahlon Pierson and subscribed [illegible] to declaration mentioned in the [illegible] is one and the same person 
Phineas Ross
State of Ohio
Warren County } S
I do certify that Phineas Ross sworn and subscribed the above affidavit in my pr [illegible] and that said Ross is a man of veracity and is entitled to credit
W Sellers JP seal

State of Ohio
Warren County } Ss I Jonathan K Wilds clerk of the  
within & for the county aforesaid
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and subscribed [illegible] to declaration mentioned in the [illegible] is one and the same person 
Phineas Ross
State of Ohio
Warren County } S
I do certify that Phineas Ross sworn and subscribed the above affidavit in my pr [illegible] and that said Ross is a man of veracity and is entitled to credit
W Sellers JP seal

State of Ohio
Warren County } Ss I Jonathan K Wilds clerk of Common please within & for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that William Sellers Esq who appears to signed the aforegoing affidavit & certificate was at the time of the date thereof & now is an acting Justice of the peace within & for the county aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn into office that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court aforesaid at Lebanon this 6th September 1833
JK Wilks clk