Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7575, for William Southern, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Southern, William

NUMBER  S. 7575

carded

CONTENTS
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16992
North Carolina
William Southern Snr.
of Stokes in the State of N. Car. who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain Meredith of the   commanded by     in the No. Car. line for 8 mos. 3 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of No. Carolina at the rate of 27 Dollars --Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22- day of Oct. 37 and sent to C. Banner Germantown No. Ca.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 67.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34 13.00=
$81.00
[Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6 1/2 Page 73.
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27.248

Admit a a private
8mo - 3days
$27.

C Banner
[illegible] Germantown

William Southern
Pension Papers
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State of North Carolina}
Stokes County} SS.
On this 10th day of September 1833 personally appeared before me Charles Banner a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid William Merritt now a Pensioner of the United States a man of Character for Veracity & truth he being first sworn according to law to state what he knew of Service rendered by William South Snr. to the United States during the Revolutionary War, deponent saith that some time in the Spring or Summer of 1780 he saw said Southern & marched in the same Regiment & Company from Surry County N. Carolina, this Deponent under lieut. Rob. Hill with 2nd Southern under Capt. Meredith he believes & met at Salisbury & joined headquarters under Gen'l. Rutherford marched from there through Charlotte N. Carolina Crossed Rocky River to a place near Calle Baringers, N. Carolina he thinks at some Mills the name he has forgotten near that place his Lieutenant Hill was wounded by the fall of a tree & this Deponent was ordered to nurse and take his Lieutenant aforesaid with other assistance at which place he saw said Southern for the last time - in that Tour &c. Sworn and Subscribed the date first above mentioned before me [Signature] William Southern X his mark 
[Signature C. Banner J. P.

On the day first above mentioned John Maib Snr. an aged old man of Good Character for Veracity & truth  who being first sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is Well acquainted with William Southern Snr. of Stokes County & has been acquainted with him for at least sixty years past that he served one Tour of Service in the Militia with him, both as privates & messmates three months under a Captain David Humphries marched from Richmond or Surry old Court House N. Carolina to or near Wilmington N. Carolina a distance of upwards of two hundred miles and served together three months at least & was dismissed this was about the close of the Revolutionary War. When the news came to General Rutherford our Commander in Chief that Lord Cornwallis had surrendered to Washington, James Martin was our Colonel he said Wm. Southern is the identical same person that I served with who is at this time my neighbor & can scarcely travel about his place owing to a large Rupture in the region of his Belly  [Signature] John Maib Snr. X his mark
Sworn and Subscribed this 4th September 1833 before me [Signature] C. Banner J. P.
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N. Carolina }
Stokes County} SS.
On this 18th day of September 1833 personally appeared before me, Charles Banner a Justice of the peace in and for said county Mag'r. Robert Hill a respectable Citizen of said County & he being Sworn according to Law, declares on his oath that William Southern who claims a Pension  agreeable to the declaration this day read to me by C. Banner that he recollects of said Wm. Southern serving in Capt. Meredith Company in which this deponent acted as Lieutenant [missing] an Expedition from Surry County N. Carolina towards [missing] South about the time of Gates' Defeat in which this Deponent was wounded by the fall of a tree & was convoyed hone by a Wm. Merritt & others that he believes the applicant Wm. Southern served as he states in his declaration. Sworn & Subscribed the date above mentioned by said Deponent a Pensioner &c  before me  [Signatures]  C. Banner J. P.
Robert Hill

North Carolina}
Stokes County} I Charles Banner, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Certify that the above names Robert Hill (who was formerly a Captain & Major) William Merritt, Josh Maib who have Sworn & subscribed the foregoing depositions are all men of Respectable Character for Veracity and their statement is entitled to credit Given under my hand this 3rd day October 1833
[Signature] C. Banner J. P.

State of North Carolina}
Stokes County} I John Hill Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and  Quarter Sessions for said County of Stokes aforesaid certify that Charles Banner a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 3rd day of October 1833
[Signature] Jno. Hill C.C.C.
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State of North Carolina}
Stokes County} SS.
Be it known that on the 30th day of July A. D. 1833 personally appeared before me Charles Banner one William Southern Snr. at his own place of residence in said County aged about seventy five or six years, who being first duly Sworn according Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. first he states that form the information of old age also he being badly Ruptured that he is unable to travel to Germantown the seat where the county of Record are held in this County of Stokes aforesaid it being upwards of twenty miles distant from his residence and he further states that from old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot precisely mention the different periods or dates when he entered in to & returned out of the Service of the Untied States. But as well as his memory will serve him that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated (to wit) the first service he entered & served as a private volunteer Militia soldier of Infantry under the Command of Captain William Meredith in Surry County North Carolina Lieut. Hills & Ensign Hickman for three months and marched from Surry Courthouse to Salisbury N. Carolina & thee joined headquarters under the Command of General Rutherford and from thence Marched to a place called Rugeley's Mills near Camden in South Carolina and after remaining at that place a week or ten days there being a call for a reinforcement to join General Sumpter's Brigade to scour the country & rout a party of British & Tories around about the Cataba [Catawba] tribe of Indians on the Cataba [Catawba] River. This applicant turned out with seven others of his Capt. Meredith's Company under Ensign Thos. Hickman & marched & joined General Sumpter on the said River near the Nation of Indians. During this Rout the Notorious Battle of Gen'l. Gates' defeat happened and our army was compelled to flee from the enemy & were irregularly dispersed and retreated homewards he thinks this happened in the month of
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II
August 1780 He was, acquainted with a Capt. Joel Lewis & his Lieutenant Rob't Hill who was axidentally wounded by the fall of a tree near or in Cabarry [Cabarrus] N. Carolina. In this service he served three months & was discharged in Salem N. Carolina by his Capt. Meredith some time in September 1780 He thinks he can prove this service by his Lieutenant Rob't. Hill or Wm. Merritt if in this County - 
The next Service this applicant performed was he was drafted in Surry County N. Carolina and marched from Richmond in said County commanded by Capt. Arthur Scott to Haw River & thence to the water course called Alleman in Guilford County N. Carolina at which place we joined the army under the Command of General Green and marched from thence towards Guilford Courthouse. When & where the notorious Battle of Guilford happened which was in March 1781 in which battle this applicant served as one of the Guard of the Baggage - & Military stores and after serving nine weeks or two months & 7 days a private was discharged by his Captain & returned home very sick. He knows of no person that he can get to testify as to this service -
The next service her rendered was as a drafted private Militia Soldier under Capt. David Humphries at old Richmond or Surry County N.C. which long or many months after Guilford Battle aforesaid and marched from thence to Guilford & there joined Col. James Martin's Regiment then marched towards Wilmington in N. Carolina crossing Deep River through several counties he does not recollect the names to a place called the Raft Swamp & to a Brick house near Wilmington. General Rutherford was our Commander in Chief during this Tour, when some time in November 1781 we were ordered to form in a line which being done our officers came riding along the lines making proclamation aloud that the Enemy had Surrendered; Cornwallis was Taken with his whole army; by Washington & his forces - whereupon our officers ordered a salute to the Glorious News by firing several rounds - in this
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III
in this Service this applicant served three months, and can prove the same by John Maib. Snr. Edwin Hickman & John Quillen if living in Stokes County which he believes they are, he rec'd. a discharge But has lost it - he has no documentary evidence of his services and after propounding the 7 Interrogatories prescribed by war department - he answers as follows. to wit - 
1st that he was born in Buckingham County in Virginia in the year 1758 or 59 - 
2nd that he has no record of his age only traditionary information
3rd, 4th & 5th that he lived in Surry County N. Carolina when he entered each Tour of Duty. the first as a volunteer & the two las as a drafted private each time; that he knew & served with all the officers named in the foregoing, that he now resides in the same neighborhood (which from the division of Surry is now Stokes County) where he resided ever since the Revolutionary War -
6th that he only received one written discharge as he can recollect from his Capt. or Col. Jas. Martin he does not recollect which has been lost
7th that he is acquainted with many good Citizens in his County that can Testify as to his Character for Veracity and will name Col. James Martin & James Davis, Esq. that there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood but Itinerant preachers that is not settled Citizens of the County &c. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, Sworn and Subscribed this 30th day of July 1833 - [Signatures] William Southern X his 
mark
before me
C. Banner J. P.

North Carolina}
Stokes County} We James Martin Snr. and James Davis Snr. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Southern Snr.  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five or six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides  to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & Subscribed the date above mentioned before me this 2nd day of October 1833
[Signatures]
Ja. Martin Sen., formerly Colonel of Guilford Mills 
Jas. Davis Snr.
C. Banner J. P.
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State of North Carolina}
Stokes County} SS.
Be it known that I Charles Banner an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County. Do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant William Southern Sen. was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he State, and that he is a decrepit old man afflicted with an uncommon large rupture that prevents him from traveling to Court and further, I certify that it appears there is no Clergyman convenient to him and that Col. James Martin Snr & James Davis Snr. Esquire who signed the proceeding certificate are residents of Stokes County aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and this 3rd day of October 1833 -
[Signature] C. Banner J. P.

State of North Carolina}
Stokes  County} SS.
I John Hill clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Stokes aforesaid certify that Charles Banner is and was an acting Magistrate at the time of signing & testing the foregoing Certificates and foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and Subscribed my name this 3rd day of October 1833
[Signature] Jno.  Hill C.C.C.
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W.C.S.
ow
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

February 28, 1928.

Mrs. M. T. Norris,
Hotel Sir Walter,
Raleigh, North Carolina.

Madam;

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7575, it appears that William Southern was born in 1758 or 1759 in Buckingham County, Virginia.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops as follows:
Three months in 1780 in Captain William Meredith's Company
and was discharged in September 1780.
Nine weeks in 1781, was in Captain Arthur Scott's Company and was in the battle of Guilford Court House.
From sometime in the summer of 1781, he served for three months in Captain David Humphrey's Company in Colonel James Martin's Regiment and was discharged soon after the surrender at Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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July 30, 1833, at which time he was living in Stokes County, North Carolina.
He was referred to as William Southern, Senior.
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There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Dec. 28, 1904 Hist. to Mrs. C. M. Tardy, Birmingham, Ala.
1928 Feb. 28 - hist. to Mrs. M. T. Norris  W.C.S.

Rev War
INVALID.
File No.7575
William Southern Snr.
Pri. Rev. War
Act June 7th 1832
Index;-Vol. [illegible], Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Birmingham, Ala.
Dec. 11 - 1904

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

Will you kindly inform me if there were Revolutionary soldiers by name of Sothern or Sothoron other than
Gipson Southern Jr. and give me war record of same if there were any.
Respectfully
Mrs. C.M. Tardy.
Two Huntsville Are -
Birmingham - Ala.

No other than Wm. Sr. S.7575
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[stamp -WAR & NAVY FILES. B.  DEC 14 1904]

[stamp - U.S. PENSION OFFICE A. DEC 14 1904]
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240 ROOMS  240 BATHS

HOTEL SIR WALTER

ASSOCIATED HOTELS
BLAND HOTEL
RALEIGH, N.C.
THE ROBERT E. LEE
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
KING COTTON 
GREENSBORO, N.C.
THE ZINZINDORF
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THE PETERSBURG
PETERSBURG, VA.

RALEIGH, N.C.

2-23-28

Will you give me by return mail the Pension Records of William Southern of Stokes Co. N.C. Line place on Pension Rolls 1833
commenced  1831
at the time 76 yrs. old - 
I need this for a man to become a son of the American Revolution - 
Mrs. M. T. Norris
Please - Please !!!