Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21444, for Alexander Rhodes, Maryland
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SERVICE                                  NUMBER
N.C.       Rhodes, Alexander    S.21444

born in Md.
CONTENTS
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(left panel) 
See letter to M. Bullock, June 20, 1857
Same -- 19 Sept. 1837.
Order to pay - 5 Decr. 1837.
Letter to Hol. C.H. Williams - Same

(right panel)
Jackson
West Tennessee 20.64
Alexander Rhodes of Henderson Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Capt. Allen of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tenion in the N. Carolina line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of w. Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1931.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jan. 1835 and sent to Hon. W.C. Dunlap H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '34                   70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 35   10.00
                 $80.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown clerk,
Book E-2   Vol. 7   Page 103
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32.147
Alexr. Rhodes
Tennessee
from 1781
(illegible)
$20

Hon. W.C. Dunlap
H.R.

(The above is written over a letter making it illegible.)
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Declaration Page 1
The State of Tennessee 1832
 Henderson County
 On this 19 day August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before me Adam M Brown one of the justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee Alexander Rhodes aged ninety five years of age 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 on the fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one he entered the service of the United States as a private drafted militia Soldier for the term of six months in the Militia Regiment of North Carolina from the County Orange command by
 Colonel Tinim in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Allen his Lieutenant
 was by the name of Joseph Young and his Major was by the name [illegible]. This Regiment marched from the Town of Hillsborough
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Through Caswell County in the same State and was for several weeks stationed there. The object of this service was to guard and protect the State from the incursions of the Tories and British. This Regiment marched and Countermarched through Caswell County and the adjacent Counties as the [undeciphered word] of the enemy required being stationary at no [several undeciphered words] In this six months tour there was no regular Battle but frequent skirmishing with the Enemy  this
Tour of service lasted for six months at the expiration of which time the regiment was march to Hillsborough and then Discharged  This Declarant thinks that there was no written discharge given to any of the soldiers of this Regiment [one or two undeciphered words] there was any he has long since lost his. He states that this Regiment was discharged [one or two undeciphered words] fifteenth day of August seventeen hundred eighty one. Thus ends the first tour of service of Declarant. There being no regular or Continental Troops with whom he served of course he can not name the Regimental Officers thereof.
Second tour of service  This Declarant states that on the first of December [one or two
 undeciphered words] year (17??) he again entered the service of the United States as a Drafted militia private Cavalry Soldier in the Cavalry Regiment of North Carolina militia from the County of Orange in the same state commanded by Colonel
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Thomas Taylor in the company commanded by Captain Mark Patterson  his Lieutenant was by the name of [first name undeciphered] Bynum and his Major by the name of William McCauley of the Regiment of Cavalry as aforesaid  there were only four Companies To wit Captain Hodge’s Company  Captain Guinn’s[?] Company  Captain Grissom’s Company and Captain Patterson’s. The Troopers composing these four Companies were only drafted for the period of three months. This Regiment of Cavalry marched from the town of Hillsborough in the State of North Carolina [one or two undeciphered words] Pedee river and were stationed at the Plantation of General Harrington for several weeks when an express arrived in Camp ordering us to march to Cheraw Hills but previous to this we had been ordered to
 Haleys Ferry on Pedee in order to guard this Ferry and intercept the British and Tories should they attempt to cross the river at that point  from thence we marched to Cheraw Hills as the Enemy never made its appearance at Haley’s Ferry but was anticipated would march on to the Cheraw Hills  here we were
stationed for a for a few weeks when another express came into camp and ordered us to march to George Town in the State of South Carolina upon which Town it was apprehended the British and Tories would make an attack  on this march we were joined by three or four companies of the Militia of South Carolina
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but owing to the scarcity of provisions and the delay consequent upon procuring it our time had so far expired that the officers found that before we could possibly reach George Town our [illegible word] of service which was only for three months would have terminated  consequently we were marched back to Hillsborough and there discharged in mass without any written discharge [one or two
 illegible words] first of March seventeen hundred and eighty two. There being no regular or continental Regiments which served with the Regiment [two or three illegible words]      Declarent therefore is unable to
 give any statement of them or their Officers. This Declarent states that in both these tours of service the one for six months and the other for three months he only served as a private Militia soldier.
      This Declarent states that he has no Doccumentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose Testimony he can procure who can Testify to his service – he hereby relinquishes every Claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and Declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
                    Alexander X Rhodes
                      (X his mark)
Sworn and subscribed to before me the Justice of the said Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions this 19th day of August 1834.
Adam M. Brown 
justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Henderson County
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Personally appeared before me personally the said Adam M. Brown one of the justices of the Circuit of pleas and Quarter sessions held in and for the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee this nineteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Alexander Rhodes of the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee 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 - and the said Alexander Rhodes further makes oath that he is too weak feeble and infirm to attend any of the Court of Record in the County of Henderson as aforesaid the distance being too great in consequence of his feeble state of health the truth of which fact the said justice is aforesaid now certifies to the War Department and the said justice as aforesaid hereby declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was ad Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the said Justice further certifies that it appears to him that William Britt Tully who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Henderson and that John Tully and Jordan Fuller who has also signed the (illegible) residents in the same county and are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit.
             Adam M Brown
             Justice of the County of Pleas & Q.             Sessions Henderson
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     We William B Tully a clergyman residing in the county of Henderson in the State of Tennessee and John Tully Jordan Fuller residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Rhodes who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we do believe him to be of the age of ninety five years as he has stated in his Declaration above and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
                    Wm. B. Tully
                    John Tully
                    Jordan Fuller

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid before me.
     Adam M. Brown
Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Henderson County Tennessee

Questions by Adam M. Brown before the Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held in and for the County of Henderson in the State of Tennessee put in conformity with the regulations of the War Department of the United States.
                (Turn over)
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Question 1st. Where and in what year were you born
Answer. in the County of Baltimore in the State of Maryland and as well as my memory now seves me and in the year 1739 the month I can not recollect
Quest 2d have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer  I have none
Q 3d Where were you liveing when called into service  where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
 Answer. Resided in Orange in the State of North Carolina during my first entrance into the service of the United States and which said County of Orange was my Domicille during the two tours of my service as set forth in my Declaration  from thence removed to Berk County in the same state thence removed to Bedford County in the State of Tennessee thence from Bedford County to Henderson in the same State my present place of abode
Quest 4th How were you called into service – were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer in both my Tours of Service the first for six months and the latter for three months I was in both instances private Militia Cavalry Soldier and volunteer
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as I have before stated
In answer to the 5th Question as heretofore remarked in the Body of this my Declaration I can make no statement in relation to any Regular Continental or Milititia Regiments having never served with any of the one or other for the Circumstances of my service I refer you to the history of the same
contained in the Body of my Declaration
6th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer  as well as I can now recollect I never received any written discharge  the Regiment to which I belonged being dismissed and discharged without any written individual discharge
7th As to Persons to whom I am known in my own immediate neighborhood I can refer to the Reverend William Britt Tully pastor of the Baptist  Mr. John Tully his Brother  Adam M Brown Esqr. and Jordan Fuller all of them Gentlemen high standing and respectability and who will at any time Testify to my
 character for veracity
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The State of Tennessee
Henderson County
John A. Wilson Clerk of the County Court of Henderson County hereby certify that I Adam M Brown before whom the foregoing Declaration of Alexander Rhodes was taken is and was at the time of signing the same one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Henderson County it being the same court as the County Court that the signatures purporting to be his to the aforesaid Declaration are genuine and that full faith and credit are due to and should be given to all his official Acts as such.  I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 5th day of September A.D. 1834.
(seal)
John A. Wilson Clerk
of Henderson county Court 
Clerk of Henderson County Court or Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The State of Tennessee
Henderson County
I William H. Burton Chairman the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held in and for the County of Henderson aforesaid hereby certify that John A. Wilson who has signed the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the said Court as aforesaid.  That his said certificate is in due form of Law and that full faith and credit are due to and should be given to all his official acts as such.  Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of September 1834.
              Wm. H. Burton
              Chairman
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I agree for the applicant to take a pension for six months service instead of the nine claimed.
                    W.C.  Dunlap
Dec 20th 1834

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Revolution
21444
INVALID.
OWN

Fil No. 21.444
Alexander Rhodes
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7th 32"

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 326

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Lexington Tenn
May 4

Free

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

19 June
Micajah Bullock 
(illegible)
Alexr. Rhodes   29.645
John Grider  7341
7 June Tenn
Cases
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Lexington June 3rd 1834
Sir,
     Alexander Rhodes of Henderson County Tennessee pensioner of the U.S. under the act 7 June 1832 recently applied through his regularly appointed attorney in fact to the agent for paying pensions at Jackson Tennessee for payment of his pension - the agent declined paying the pension and said that application must be made to you as commissioner of pensions requesting you to authorise the payment to be made.
     John Grider Senr who now resides in Henderson County Tennessee and who has been placed on the Kentucky Roll and transferred from the Roll of Kentucky to that of Jackson Tennessee to take effect from and after the 4 September 1837 as appears by your letter to him dated 30 Jany 1837 committed to care of Hon. W.C. Dunlap of Representatives, made a similar application in March last and the same directions were given in relation to his pension.  No payment has been made to Rhodes I believe sine Sept 1835.  These pensioners desire that you be requested to give the proper instructions to the pension agent at Jackson, which as respectfully done
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Please acknowledge the receipt of this note and advise me what is done in relation to these pensions and what if anything further is necessary to be done on their part to procure payment of their doing.
                   Your o.b.s.v.t.
                   Micajah Bullock

JL Edwards
Com. Pensions
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Schl 78
Lexington Tenn
Sept 4

Free

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington city
DC
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                  Lexington Tennessee, Sept 2nd 1837

Sir,
     Your letter of the 20 June last enclosing printed instructions in relation to the payments of the pensions of John Grider Senr and Alexander Rhodes of Henderson County Tennessee have been received and I herewith enclose you their vouchers made out according to the printed instructions forwarded to me (at least as I understand them)  If on examination they are found to be correct you will please direct the payments of the pensions at the pension office at Jackson Tennessee and advise me of that fact.  If there should be anything in point for form or substance omitted in making out the vouchers as requested by law and the rules of the pension office you be so good as to return the papers to and point the errors in making them out as soon as you conveniently can in order that those errors if any may be corrected.
                           Very Respectfully
                           Your Obt. Svt.
                           Micajah Bullock

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City