Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,995, John Stromatt Head, S.C.
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S.C.

Head, John Stromatt

s. 6,995

carded
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Georgia 32,530

John S. Head

Morgan Co. in the state of Georgia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Farrow of the reg't commanded by Col. Resbeck in the S. Carolina Militia line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 20 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Dec, 1866 and sent to Hon. A. H. Stephens, House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk, Book E Volume 6 page 49
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State of Georgia
Morgan County

July 11 day in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty six

Inferior Court of said County and State convened in (Madison?). Here we present their Honor. Justices

John Robrom
Elijah E jones                 
William S Stokes

  [Running vertically down the page, 'Justices']


When the following proceedings were taken in the matter of the application of John S (illegible) for a pension under the act of the 7 June 1832.

State or Georgia
Morgan County

On this the eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred forty six personally appeared in open court, before the Inferior Court for said county and state (illegible) selling John S Meade (?) a resident of said county and state aged eighty three years on the 5th day of  August next (illegible): who being duly sworn and according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of this act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following muster (illegible) and served as herein stated -- Entered the service of the
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United States under Captain Thomas Farrow Colonel Benjamin Roebuck Major.
---
While in the State of South Carolina, shortly after the defeat of Colonel Ferguson at King's Mountain. The
precise [strikeout] day this deponent cannot say, this deponent cannot say, but believes it was some where about the middle of the month of October in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Eighty to his services consisted of various scouting parties in the State of South Carolina untill [until] the Company formed General Morgan's detachment some short time before the defeat of Colonel Tarleton, was in the engagement, after the
battle marched with General Morgan's detachment to the State of North Carolina
crossed the Catawba river at Batey ford; at that place joined a detachment of six weeks mar. under Captain S. Potts. After Lord Cornwallis was on his return march through the Carolinas was engaged in the
pursuit of his army where several prisoners were taken; joined the detachment under General Pickens and marched to Ninety six was in the engagement at that place this last service was under Col Roebuck
and Captain Farrow; was employed from this time to the close of the war in various scouting parties; this deponent saith that it is impossible
for him to say positively the length of time he was in service reference being tied to the time he entered the service about the 15th of October 1780 to the close of the war will more fully show this deponent entered the service as a volunteer in the State of South Carolina
Spartanburg district, the discharges which he received for his services have long since been lost or destroyed; and further he
knows of no living testimony by which he can substantiate his
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Claim:, Captain Thomas Farrow under whom he served together with John Farrow has as this deponent understand from letters herewith
attached did some few years since; he has no documentary evidence to establish his claim other than the Certificate of (?)
from the Conf Gov Office of the State of South Carolina which is also therewith attached. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the age of any State Sworn and Subscribed
before us in open Court day and date above then
John S. Head

Questions by the Court; Where and in what year were you born
Answer: Born in Culpepper County State of Virginia in the year Seventeen
hundred and Sixty three.
Quest 2. Have you any record of your age; of so where is it
Answer. I had a record of my age( it is my sons, James Head in Gynette County State of Georgia
Quest 3. When are you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live. 
Answer: State of South Carolina Spartanburgh district I have lived
since the Revolutionary in Elbert. Genette Morgan County. I have now no permanent
home here and still live with my son in Genette County and at Mr Hepher Jones in Morgan County when I land have staying latterly
Question 4. How were you called into service; were you draughted did you
volunteer or and you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
Answer - All my service was as a volunteer
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Quest 5-State the name of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops when you served; such continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service
answer- General Morgan and Greene. Pickens and others the general circumstances have been detailed so far as recollected in the foregoing declaration
Question 6: did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and for by whom was it given and what has become if it
Answer. I received a discharge for some portion of the service, which has been lost or destroyed long since

Quest 7 State the name 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 solider of the Revolution
Answer- Stephen Jones and Thomas Hammond are both well acquainted with me and will testify that they believe I was a soldier of the Revolution

We-- a clergyman and Stephen Jones residing in said County and State aforesaid hereby certify that was are well acquainted with John S. Head who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age and upwards as he presents himself to be and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solider of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

(signature)
Stephen Jones

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
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and some do he States that Stephen Jones who has signed the same in the County and State aforesaid and that his statement is entitled to credit
(signatures)

Elijah E Jones J.J.C.
ZM S. Stokes J.J.C.
John Robson J.J.C.

Georgia Morgan County 

I John C Keis Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County and State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John S Head for pension."
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the 11 day of July 1846.
JW. C. Keis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Morgan County Georgia
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Service
S.C.
Head, John Stromatt
Number
S. 6995
Contents
Carded
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Family Record
Marriages
Marriages

Thomas Head was born 11th day of July 1804
and married the [illegible] day of July 1824 to Patsy Williams who was born in May the 22 day 1810. Their daughter Lucinda Carroline was born in May the 2 day 1826. 

(illegible entry follows--it is too faded to read)


Head, Stromatt
SC 56995
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May 26, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Stromatt Head, S. 6995
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. R. L. Wilkinson
Pooler, Box 14
Georgia

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.6995, based on the Revolutionary War service of John Stromatt Head.

He was born August 5, 1763, in Culpeper County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Spartanburg District, South Carolina, he enlisted about the middle of October, 1780, served as private in Captains Thomas Farrow's and Potts' companies in Colonel Benjamin Roebuck's South Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Cowpens and at the siege of Ninety-Six and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. He was subsequently engaged in scouting parties until the close of the war, no further details given.

After the Revolution he lived in Elbert County, Georgia, in Gwinnett County, Georgia, with his son, James, and in Morgan County, Georgia, where he was allowed pension on his application executed July 11, 1846.

This soldier married Barbara who was born June 19, 1771. Her maiden name and the date and place of marriage were not given.

Their children were:

Elizabeth born May 7, 1787
Catherine " January 15, 1789
Ginsy " November 11, 1790
Nancy " October 25, 1791
Unety " May 27, 1793
James " November 23, 1795
Polly " May 19, 1798
John S. " August 23, 1800
Fanny " June 3, 1802
Thomas " July 11, 1804, married July 8, 1824, Patsy Williams who was born May 22, 1810.
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Lucinday Carroline, the daughter of Thomas  and his wife, Patsy, was born May 2, 1826. These two names also appear but the relationship is not shown: Nancy Garner Head born August 2, 1828, and John Williams Head born March 7, 1830.

There are no further data relative to family.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1925 Apr. 4, Hist to Mrs. A. J. Lamb
1925 Apr. 9. Hist. to G. J. Hubbard
1932 Oct.6  Mrs Floille
Y Bonner advised
Soldier's wife name
was Barbara See corres [correspondance]
in John McDade S. 3 1856
UCG

1938 May 26 his to Mrs. U.L. Wilkinson UCG
1938 June 23. Photos mailed to 
Miss Lillian A. Norton Acct Div
notified [illegible]

1938 July 13. Mrs. R.L. Wilkinson  inf.  date & place of 
death, etc of this sold [soldier]
is not on file
MCG

1938 Oct. 14 His to Mrs.
John F. White, Jr.
UCS

Rev War
6995
INVALID.
File No. 6995
John S. Head
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 169
Arrangement of 1870.
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John S. Head
Private, 6 months
S. Carolina Militia
        _____
Act June 7, 1832
        _____
Georgia Role
        _____
$20 per annum, to commence March 4, 1831
        ______
         ____
Cert: to the Hon. A. H. Stephens
Hon. of Ref
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Comptroller's Office
Columbia, S.C. July 14th 1846

Dear Sir, 

There is no seal for the Comptroller's Office in this state. I have stamped my certificate with the seal of the Treasury Office, and with the seal of State in the Secretary of State's Office. _ _ _ If this is not sufficient, send me word, and I will get other certificate If you wish the "Governor's certificate" or, as it is called a testimonial from the Secretary's Office he says that you must send the fee, $1.12

I hardly think this is requisite however, as the Comptroller General publishes monthly a statement of the contrition of the Treasury with his name subscribed. 

Very Respectly
W. C. Black 
per Derrill Hawk, Dep.
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Comptroller Genl's [Generals] Office
Columbia So. Ca.  7th May 1846
John W Porter Esq


Sir
Your 5th is at hand.
After making a search I
write to inform you that there is an
Indent of [illegible] for John Head-- & not
for John S. Head as you wrote it the
services were rendered since the fall
of Charleston in Roebucks Reg
If you want this, you can write
back & I will send you a certified
copy -- Enclose the charge $3 
the business will be promptly attended
to by your ob [obedient] Servt [servant] in haste

J. Aug. Black
Deputy Com
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Comptroller's Office
Columbia S.C. 30th June 1846.
John W. Porter Esquire
Dear Sir

The following evidence
of the services of John Head, I certify
is to be found in the Records of this office,
Book X page 3539
An Indent issued 14th August 1786 for
page 3539 duty in Roebuck's Regiment for L 51.5.8
The account upon which this indent
was issued is
X
No. 3539
'For militia duty in Roebuck's Regiment
since the fall of Charleston
pr
Anderson's Return-

Cur 7. 359. Otly. 51.5.8
Yours Respect [Respectfully]
William C. Black
Compt Gen
per Derrill Hart. Deputy
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Laurens Co H. June 6. 1846.
Dear Sir
On my return home from a trip
to Charleston I found yours under date
of the 5 May desiring that I would make
some inquiry of Capt Thomas Farrow as
to the necessary proof to entitle John S Head
to a Pension. I regret that the old man has delayed the application so long. The old
[intelligible] Capt Thomas Farrow who I
presume is the man to whom I am referred
for the necessary proof has been dead for
about three years-- I was well acquainted with
him and would have taken pleasure
in his lifetime to have made the necessary
inquiry in behalf of Mr Head -
Respectfully
John Garlington
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37.330

Mr. John W. Porter
Madison 
Morgan Co. 
Georgia
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Dear Sir
I recd yours of the 15th [illegible] a few
days since, and am sorry I cannot
render Mr Head the service you request
my father Tho. Farrow who was a Revolutionary Pensioner died about two
years ago and shortly after my uncle
John Farrow also a Pensioner died. The
only surviving brother of them is William
Farrow who resides in Mississipi &
who being too young to participate him
in the war, would not I presume know
any thing that would benefit Mr. Head
Yours Respectfully
P. Farrow
June 9th 1846
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37.330 July 27 1846
Mr. JS Head
June 7 1832
Mail

postmark: Madison July 28

To: Jas [James] L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washingon City
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John S. Head
37.330
Ga
Act 7 June '32
vide. Thomas Farrow
S. Cadm No.23.438-
6
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Madison July 23 1846
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find the papers
of Mr. John S Head for your inspection and
decision for a pension
You will please address
any further communication you may have
to make on the subject to my address
Your [obedient servant]
John W. Porter

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Georgia Gwinnett County
 I  Kinchin Rambo. a Clergyman residing in said County and state
do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John S. Head who has subscribed and sworn to his declaration
for a pension; that I believe him to be eighty two years and
upwards old as he represents himself to be and that he
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur
in the opinion Sworn and Subscribed the day and year
aforesaid July Twentieth 1846
James Auston J P

Kinchin Rambo
Minister of the Gospel

Georgia Gwinnett County I Joel N Culver, Clerk of the
Inferior Court for said County and State do hereby Certify that
James Austin whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit
and was at the time an acting magistrate of said County lawfully
Commissioned and that due faith and credit should & ought to be had
and given to his official attestation as such Given under my hand & seal this

20th day of July 1846
Joel N. Culver C.S.C.
Georgia Gwinnett County I James Austin one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court for said County and State do hereby certify
that Joel N Culver whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate
is and was at the time of execution of the same Clerk of the Inferior Court
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for said County and State lawfully commissioned and that
due faith and credit should and ought to be given to his official
attestation on such and that the same is in due form of law
---
Given under my hand and private seal this 20th
day of July 1846
James Austin JLC (Seal)
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John S. Head
Statement
Hon A. H. Stephen
Dec 11 [1846] 46
months

[Intelligible] certificate issue for six months
A H Stephens
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Examination of John S. Head
Taken by Alexander H Stephens 20 November 1846
He says the first term of service he rendered in the war was
in Spartanburg S.C. under Captain Thomas Farrow this
was a short time after Fergerson's defeat-- not many days
he kept with Capt. Farrow until he joined Morgans
Army and was in the battle at the Cowpens. after
that battle he went on with Morgan's Army under
our Captain Polk (he thinks was his name), over the
main Catawba River - when Cornwallis crossed the
Catawba he was at a ford below Beaty's [Beatties] Ford 
when Cornwallis crossed he was garrisoned then -  near
enough to hear the Guns. Gen'l [General] Davison [Davidson] was killed
there as he understood - His company the followed
after Cornwallis and he was discharged two or three
weeks before the battle at Guilford - this time of service
was the first but he does not know how long it was
He was young-- this service was in the Infantry
The next term commenced at the time that Gen'l [General] Pickens come through that [unintelligible] He then
joined Capt. Thomas Farrow  company again and
joined Pickens army-- and went on down to
96 and joined Gen'l [General] Green army - He was at
the sign of that place-- Lord [unintelligible] relieved the
british when Green went in pursant to the Eutaw Spring, he remained in the service in that section-
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Soon after the siege of 96 Capt Farrow was
wounded in a skirmish with some tories under the
command, he thinks, to the best of his
recollection, of one Capt. Gray, Capt. Farrow was
shot through the [unintelligible] and he continued in this
kind of service until Cornwallis was taken -  he
then received his indent and was discharged
He does not recollect how long this service was
but he thinks it was nearly two years which
perhaps more. His cols [colonels] were Col. Robert and
Thomas - He thinks he was near two hundred
mile from home when he was with Green - all the
pay on got was an indent which he
sold in Charleston-- for two yards of what was
called Spanish broadcloth and velvet [unintelligible]
a pair pant & vest and one macar hat is all he even got. How it happens that the
indent omitted the initial of his middle name
he does not know. He says however that he
was generally called John Head-- and was united
counting his name, and never told any person
of his middle name was partially enquire
of as when full name. He show the record
of his age. his birth. This was copied from the
old family Bible of his father. It was copied upwards of thirty years ago.
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The reason he has never before applied for a pension is  that  he was disinclined to do it - he considers his service as a profer (sic) gift (illegible) country  - and he thought it would be like begging-and did not do it.
lately he has become old and inform and seeing others realizing the (illegible) of the Government he changed his opinion-He positively says that there was no other John Head in Farrows Company or Roebuck
(signatures)
A H Stephens

John S. Head

Stephen Jones
Madison Ga

Washington D.C.
10 December 1846

I Alexander H Stephens do hereby certify that I know Mr. John S. Head the above applicant and his character is good- he is a preacher of the gospel and is considered not only  a man of truth but of piety- And I believe his statements to be true to the best of his recollection-
Alexander H Stephens

Member of the House of Representatives
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Mrs. John F. White, Jr.
650 East 40th Street
Savannah, Georgia

Veterans Administration
Pension Dept.,
Washington, D.C.

[Seal] 
Received 
Sep 12 1938
[Unreadable] SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 31

Gentlemen: -

Will you kindly send me a copy of John Stromatt Head's record as you have it for Revolutionary services. He drew a pension. Wish to use this for the D.A.R. as he was my ancestor.

He is buried six miles from Lawrenceville, Ga., and may have enlisted in Va.

Thanking you for any information, I am
Yours Truly
Mrs. John F. White Jr.
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RECEIVED
APR 29 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 16

Pooler Ga April 27-38
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, I have for the past 2 months
been working on my ancestry for the name
Head, my mother's people. I have gathered a
great deal of information, and am now
certain that the record of a James Head and a John Head are mine. James Head & John Stromatt Head applied for a pension. my ancestor James & wife Nancy from South Carolina to Gwinnett County. a son Joseph born there in 1832. John Stromatt Head of Gwinnett Co - aged 85 in 1849 or so - John Stromatt Head of Wilkes County Ga 1806 - received land grant & in 1827 a land grant in Gwinnett Co. Ga. John Head of Glynn County a land grant in Gwinnett County 1820. In S.C - there were 2 James,  & 2 Johns in 1790. The same names 1790 Census SC for the Heads, I found in Colonial N.C.
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Record from 1735 to 1775. a William Head early settler of Wilkes County before 1788.
There is a Revolutionary record in N.C. and 2 in S.C. but I do not know exactly which one is mine. I do not know the father of James of Gwinnet Co - I would like the pension record as they seem to be the only authentic personal information
about where they are from & when born and service rendered. In giving this information you really keep to clear up difficult things for the researcher who is not wealthy enough to employ expert genealogical services.
Yours Respectfully.
(Mrs J F. White Descendant)
Per R.
Address Mrs R. L. Wilkinson
Pooler Ga
[stamp in circle]
RECEIVED
APR 29 1938
MAIL SUB DIV.
VETS ADM. 
[illegible] 16
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THE CITY OF TROY
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
TROY, ALABAMA
Mch. 4, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
I would thank you to give me such information as your records may disclose with reference to John Head, who is said to have been a pensioner of the Revolution. He served in Roebuck's South Carolina Reg't and was a resident of Spartanburg Dist., S.C. at and after the time of his service.
I do not know the date of his birth and
death. He was living in 1790. 
I desire to get all the information possible as to him and his family and service for use in a family history
Yours truly,
G.J. Hubbard,
Troy, Ala.
[stamp in circle]
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE
Mar 6 1925
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Veteran Administration
Please Fur
pages on fill in
for pension S.6995, 
John D Herd.
Miss Lilian A Norton
1840 Biltmore St NW
Washington DC
June 8, 1938
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Pooler Ga June 14-38
Veterans Administration Washington DC.
In reply to your letter of information, John Stromatt Head, S.6995 B.A - J /m.c.s. would say that the record was the one necessary. The part which said, "After the Revolution he lived in Elbert County Georgia, In Gwinnet County with his son James. this is the James, and there was nothing historical to tell but that J.S. Head was 85 years of age in 1850 or 1849. I still have to find out if he died and was buried in Laurenceville Gwinnet Co. Does the pension tell date of his death and where he died. If so I would like to know, as the graves on what is known as the old "Head home are unmarked or not recorded, as the Court house burned in 1871.
Thank you very much.
Resp. Mrs R L Wilkinson
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3-2027

REV, & 1812
WAR SECTION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

Feb. 9, 1925

Mrs. A. J. Lamb
Enoree
S.C.

Madam:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Blackstock.
In order to identify any particular solider by the name of John Head, some of the following data is essential: approximate date of birth & death, place of residence at enlistment & after service, & given name of widow.

Respectfully,
Hays Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.

John Head served from 96 District probably born 1735 to 1745, lived in Spartanburg district SC. after service, Widow probably named Effie - not explain this
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Rev. andn 1812 Wars Section
April 29, 1925

G. J. Hubbard
Troy, Ala.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6995 it appears that John Stromatt Head was born August 5, 1763 in Culpeper County, Virginia.

While a resident of Spartanburg District, South Carolina he enlisted about the middle of October 1780, served as a private in Captains Thomas Farrow and Potts' Companies under Colonel Benjamin Roebuck in the South Carolina Troops, was in the battle of Cowpens and at the Siege of Ninety Six and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. He was subsequently engaged in southing parties to the close of the war, no further details given. 

After the Revolution he lived in Elbert County, Georgia, in Gwinnett County, Georgia with his son James and in Morgan Country, Georgia where he was allowed pension on
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his application executed July 11, 1846. 

Soldier married Barbara born June 19, 1771. Her maiden name, the date and place of marriage not stated. 

Their children were:

Elisabeth born May             7, 1787.
Catherine   "    January      15, 1789.
Ginsy          "    November 11, 1790. 
Nancy         "    October     25, 1791.
Unety         "     May           27, 1793.
Jeames or
James         "     November 23, 1795.
Polly           "     May           19, 1798.
John S.       "     August       23, 1800.
Fanny         "     June             3, 1802.
Thomas      "     July             11, 1804, married July 8, 1824 Patsy Williams born May 22, 1810.

Lucinday Carroline, the daughter of Thomas and his wife Patsy, was born May 2, 1826. These two names also follow but the relationship is not stated-- Nancy Garner Head born August 2, 1828, and John Williams Head born March 7, 1830.

The above named is the only soldier named John Head of South Carolina found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 

Respectfully,

WILDER S. METCALF.
Commissioner.
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April 4, 1925
Mrs. A. J. Lamb
Enoree, S.C.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6995 it appears that John Stromatt Head was born August 5, 1763 in Culpeper County, Virginia. 

While a resident of Spartanburg District, South Carolina he enlisted about the middle of October 1780, served as a private in Captains Thomas Farrow and Potts' Companies under Colonel Benjamin Roebuck in the South Carolina Troops, was in the battles of Cowpens and the Siege of Ninety Six and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. He was subsequently engaged in scouting parties to the close of the war, no further details given. 

After the Revolution he lived in Elbert County, Georgia, in Gwinnett County, Georgia with his son James and in Morgan County, Georgia where he was allowed pension on
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his application executed July 11, 1846.

Soldier married Barbara born June 19, 1771. Her maiden name, the date and place of marriage not stated.

Their children were:

Elisabeth born May 7, 1787.
Catherine " January 15, 1789.
Ginsy " November 11, 1790.
Nancy " October 25, 1791.
Unety " May 27, 1793.
Jeames or
James " November 23, 1795.
Polly " May 19, 1798.
John S. " August 23, 1800.
Fanny " June 3, 1802.
Thomas " July 11, 1804, married July 8, 1824 Patsy Williams born May 22, 1810.

Lucinday Carroline, the daughter of Thomas and his wife Patsy, was born May 2, 1826. These two names also follow but the relationship is not stated-- Nancy Garner Head born August 2, 1828, and John Williams Head born March 7, 1830.

The above named is the only soldier named John Head of South Carolina found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.

Date of death not on AB
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July 13, 1938
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BJ-J/MCS
John Stromatt Head, S. 6995

Mrs. R. L. Wilkinson
Pooler
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of June 14, 1938, requesting the date and place of death and place of burial of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Stromatt Head, S.6995. This information is not given in the papers on file in John Stromatt Head's claim for pension. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John Stromatt Head, the name and address of the person to who it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washingto, D. C., giving the following dates: John Stromatt Head, Certificate 32530, issued December 25, 1846, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Georgia Agency. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 23, 1938.

Miss Lillian A. Norton
1840 Biltmore Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 

BA-J/ILL
John Stromatt Head
S. 6995

Dear Madam: 

In compliance with your request, you are furnished herewith, photostatic copies of three pages of the originals thereof on file in the claim for pension, S. 6995, based upon service of John Stromatt Head in the Revolutionary War. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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BA-J/ILL
Rev. & 1812
No. 420

June 10     8
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  Navy-Br. 970
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Revolutionary War claim for pension of
John Stromatt Head, S. 6995 Actual 1 of each page

75 cents 3 pages

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 inch at top of each page and return papers in folder with corresponding name and number. 

The word "Omit" written in pencil on page not to be copied. 

Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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May 26, 1938
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James Head, R. 4814
John Stromatt Head, S. 6995
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. R. L. Wilkinson
Pooler, Box 14
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, James, William and John Stromatt Head.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fails to afford any information relative to a William Head who lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia. 

You are furnished herewith the records of John Stromatt Head and the only James Head who lived in South Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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October 14, 1938
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BA-J/MCS
John Stromatt Head
S.6995

Mrs. John F. White, Jr.
650 East 40th Street
Savannah, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Stromatt Head, a solider of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.6995, based on the Revolutionary War service of John Stromatt Head.

He was born August 5, 1763, in Culpeper County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Spartanburg District, South Carolina, he enlisted about the middle of October, 1780, served as private in Captains Thomas Farrow's and Potts' companies in Colonel Benjamin Roebuck's South Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Cowpens and at the siege of Ninety-Six and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis. He was subsequently engaged in scouting parties until the close of the war, no further details given.

After the Revolution he lived in Elbert County, Georgia, in Gwinnett County, Georgia, with his son, James, and in Morgan County, Georgia, where he was allowed pension on his application executed July 11, 1846.

This solider married Barbara who was born June 19, 1771. Her maiden name and the date and place of marriage were not given.
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John Stromatt and Barbara Head had the following children:

Elisabeth born May 7, 1787
Catherine " January 15, 1789
Ginsy " November 11, 1790
Nancy " October 26, 1791
Unety " May 27, 1793
James " November 23, 1795
Polly " May 19, 1798
John S. " August 23, 1800
Fanny " June 3, 1802
Thomas " July 11, 1804, married July 8, 1824, Patsy Williams who was born May 22, 1810.

Lucinday Carroline, the daughter of Thomas and his wife, Patsy, was born May 2, 1826. These two names also appear but the relationship is not shown: Nancy Garner Head born August 2, 1828, and John Williams Head born March 7, 1830.

There are no further data relative to family.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator