Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7195, for Jonathan Mc Peters, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

McPeters, Jonathan

NUMBER
S.7195

Carded

Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
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12.64.0
North Carolina
Jonathan McPeters
of Buncombe in the State of North Car.
who was a pri. in the company commanded
by Captain Moore of the Regt. commanded
by Col. McDowell in the North Car.
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of North Car.
the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of May '33
and sent Thomas Gardener,
Greenleesville, No. Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -         X60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " -   40
                                                            $200
{ Revolutionary Claim }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Miller Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 6. Page 48
Order to pay 31. Oct 1837

Pay [illegible] 19 Mar. '3[?5]
cont. 3 apr. "
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State of North Carolina
Buncombe
Court of [?] 
Quarter Sessions 1832
On this 18th day of October personally
appeared in open court before the Justices
of the County Court now sitting Jonathan
McPeters a resident in the County
Buncombe and State of North Carolina
aged 76 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 from the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and
served as herein stated 
The  first service entered under Col Bateman and Lieut. Charles McDowel Capt William Moore and Robert Patton, Ensign not recollected - the officers of the second were Col McDowel, Bateman having moved to the North{?] - Capt Reuben White, Capt of a frontier Station, after returning from  Station Peter Moore was captain White being killed in the Battle of North Fork Burke county -the spring following being the spring of 1777 was appointed by Col Charles McDowel an Indian Spy for a term of six months. In the spring or summer following by [illegible] the year 88 [sic] was sent with scouting party to the Indian County against the Tories under Captain Cunningham [?]and Lt. Lytle in the spring of 79 or 80 in that service under Capt Patton in Burke County Marched through Trion [?]thru Lincoln now, Mecklenburg NC to Camden SC toward Charleston - at Monks Corner joined Col Washington
.
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Lt. Lytle in the Spring of 79 or 80 entered service
under Capt Patton in Burke County Marched through Trion the Lincoln now, Mecklenburg NC Camden SC to Charleston on Monks corner joined Col Washington and was in the battle [illegible] from there to Trion now Lincoln in North Carolina- arrived a short time after the Battle of Ramsons Hill - there home  and was dismissed - In the year 80 or 81 again entered service under Gen Green Joshua Inman Capt Elias Alexander William Snoddy Ensign - knew Col. Howard, Major Hardy of the Maryland line - was in the battle of Ninety Six - in the fall of the same year of year after entered service
under Capt. Joseph McDowel M. Burke County
Marched through Salisbury N.C. to Wilmington
Join the Militia in Salisbury under Gen
Rutherford five or six days after at
Wilmington they heard of the surrender of Cornwallis - then dismissed and returned - first entered the service in March 76 under the officers first named for the purpose of subduing the Scotch at [illegible] - the [illegible] of entering and leaving the service of above mentioned is not recollected - resided in Burke County State of North Carolina when he entered the service - was a voluntary in the Battle of Monks Corner & Ninety Six - Marched through N. Carolina and South Carolina - served with Green and Col Howards troop's  and Col Washington - was aiding Capt Madden
when he was killed storing the said bags[?] at Ninety Six - the day after they were compelled to raise the siege consequence of British troops arriving from Charleston -
he has in Documentary evidence and knows of no person who can testify his services
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declare that my name is not on the
pension roll of the Agency of any State

1 When and in what year were you born
Ans. - Born in Mecklenburg N. Carolina 14th day of Janury. 1756

2dhave you any record of your age and if so
wher [where] is it
Ans Ther [There] is a record of my age in my fathers Bible which is in Tennessee

3d Wher [Where] wer [were] you living when called into service wher [where] have you lived since the Revolutionary war and wher [where] do you now live
Ans Lived in Burke County when I volunteered
since the Revolution I lived in Tennessee and
N. Carolina and now lives in Buncombe N. Carolina

4 How were you called unto service - were you
drafted - did you volunteer or wer [were] you a
substitutute -
Ans Volunteered

5th State the names of [crossed out] of the regular officers who wer [were] with the troops when you served such continental and malitia [militia] regiments as you can recollect and the general [illegible] of your service
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Col. Washington - Genl. Greene - Col. Howard
Washington Draggoons [Dragoons] - Green continental soldiers and Howard Maryland line

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from
the service if so by whom was it given and
what has become of it
Ans. I received a discharge from Capt. Joseph
McDowell at Wellington which has been
burnt by the burning of his house

7th State the names of the person to whom
you are known in your present neighborhood
and who can testify as to your character
for veracity and good behaviors, your servis [service] as a soldier of the revolution
Ans. Thomas Boyd [lined out], James McMahan, Zephenah [Zephaniah] Horton
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and
year aforsaid [aforesaid]
Jonathan his X mark McPeters

We James McMahan a clergyman residing in
the County of Buncomb [Buncombe] and State of North Carolina and Zephenah [Zephaniah] Horton residing in the same, hereby certify that we are
acquainted Jonathan McPeters who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
J. B. McMahan
Z. Horton
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And the said Court do hereby declare the
opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogators
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
who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the County and 
State aforesaid and that
who has signed the same is a resident
of the same state and County and is a
credible person and that their statement
is entitled to credit

I John Miller clerk of the County Court of
Buncombe do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
on the matter of the application of
Jonathan McPeters for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
this 18th day of October 1832
By
John Miller Clerk
W. Woodfin Dolk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

July 15, 1924

Charles Hill
Box 226,
Harriman, TENN.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7195, it appears that Jonathan McPeters was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, January
14, 1756. While a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served in the North Carolina Troops as follows:

From March 1776 for 2 months as a private in Captain William Moore's Company under Colonel Bateman.

From July 11, 1776, for 4 months as a private in Captains Reuben White and Moore's Company under Colonel McDowell.

From the spring of 1777 for 6 months as an Indian Spy under Colonel Charles McDowell.

From the spring or summer of 1778 for 3 months as a private in Captain Cunnegun's (?) Company.

From the spring of 1780 for 3 months in Captain Patton's Company and was in the battle of Monk's Corner.

In 1781 for 3 months in Captain Joshua Inman's Company
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and was at the siege of Ninety Six.

From the fall of 1781 for 3 months in Captain Joseph McDowell's Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832, while a resident of Buncombe County, North Carolina, aged 76 years. There is no data as to family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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1924. July 15 - Hist. to Charles Hill.
His let. in claim of Wm. Wright
W. File 11891.                         um.

Rev War
7195
INVALID.

File No. 7195
Jonathan McPeters
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th '32
Index:- Vol. 1st, Page 245

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Pension Office
Fayetteville Oct. 23d 1837

James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
Inclose [Enclose] the vouchers in the
following cases -
Act 1832. Jonathan McPeters pvt .to 4 March 1826.
     "        John P[?ruly]            Same.
     "        Thomas Walston [illegible]    Same.

very respectfully
I am Obt. Svt.
JM Huske
Agent

Washington.
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Admit as a private
for 2 years. $80 00
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jonathan McPeters . . . . . which require
further proof or explanation.

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

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

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?   No.

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 [amount] of pension he is entitled?   No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?   Yes.

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?   Yes.

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?   Yes.

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?   Yes.

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?   Yes.
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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?  Yes.

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 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? Yes.

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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?

XVI.  +
        +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   Yes. [lined out]  No. [crossed out]

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

EXPLANATORY 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 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.
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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. 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 in 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 places 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. 
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 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. 
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 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. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Declaration
to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed the 7th 1832
State of N. Carolina ⎬ On this 11th day of April 1833
Buncombe County personally appeared before
Joseph Bay an acting Justice of the peace
for the County of Burke State of Carolina
Jonathan McDeters resident of the same County
& State
Aged 77 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 entered the service of the United States
under the following named Officers & served as her
stated.
I entered
March 1715 The day of the month not recollected
under Col. Bateman & Col. Charles W
Dowell, Capt William Moore. I Robert Patton Ensign
not recollected & served two months for the purpose of subduing his
of Crop Creek
lived in Burke County N Carolina at the time of entering
service as a volunteer. The officers of the second Tower
were Col McDowell Bateman having moved to the North
Capt Scribed White Capt of a panted Station after
retiring from Station Moore was Capt. White being
killed in the Battle of North Fort I served the second Power
four months from the 11 July Allen the Third Lower in
the Spring of 1777 (the day & month not recollected) I
was ordered out an Indian Spy by Col Charles McDowell
served six months
In the year 1778 I served a fourth
Tower, was
Iron County
sent with a scouting party to
under Capt Cunigus &
the Spring or summer the say & month not recollected
against the same three months
I also commenced a fifth power in the year 1778 to the best
of my knowledge under Capt & atton in Pike County
Marched through Trian now
also through Camden South Carolina
Washington and returned in Corner where I was
in a Battle. Marched from thence to Trian now Lincoln
in No Carolina and a short time after the Battle
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of Ramsours Mill. Their House and was dismissed which Tower [tour] was three months, In the year 80 or 81 I served a
Sixth Tower [tour] under Gen. Green, Joshua Lynnan Capt. Elias Alexander Lt. William Snoddy Ensign - Knew Col. Howard & Major Hardy of the Maryland line
Was in the Battle of Ninty [Ninety] six which was a three month tower [tour] in the fall of the same year or year after served a Seventh & last Tower [tour] under Capt. Joseph McDowell in [? Burke] County, Marched through Salisbury No. Carolina to Wilmington, joined the Malitia [militia] in Salisbury under Gen. Rutherford, in five or six days after arrived at Wilmington. There heard of the surrender of Cornwallis, was then dismissed and returned Home which tower [tour] was three months I cannot precisely name the dates when I served all of the above mentioned towers [tours]
The seven towers [tours] above mentioned to which I [?can] positively make [illegible] years Besides other [illegible] I cannot recollect how long [illegible] of  my service was in the North Carolina Troops
Was aiding Capt. McFellen at the storming of the sand bags at siege of Ninety Six & there
was engaged in Battle Thirty days McFatten killed and the day after we were oblige to raize the siege in consequence of Lord Rodden coming from Charles tower [tour] with a reinforcement
I have no documentary evidence nor do I know
of any person who can testify as to my services
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on any Pension Roll or agency of any State. I do further declare
that I am not able to attend Court in consequence of affliction & the infirmities of old age -
Qs 1st Whare [where] and in what year were you born
Ans. I was born in Mecklenburg County No. Carolina the 11[?14]th day of January 1756
Qt 2 Have you any record of your age, and if so, whare [where] is it
Ans The record of my age is in my Fathers Bible in Tennessee which I have often seen
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Qs 3th Whare [where] were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and whare [where] do you now live
Ans. In Burke County No. Carolina, since the Revolution I have lived Tennessee & North Carolina & I now live in Buncombe County No. Carolina
Qs 4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did volunteer; or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
Ans. I volunteered
Qs. 5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental & Malitia [Militia] Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Ans. I was acquained [acquainted] with Col. Howart & Major Hardy of the Maryland Line at the siege of ninty six [Ninety Six] whare [where] Gen. Green commanded with whom I was also acquainted. I also was acquained [acquainted] with Col. Washinton at Munks [Monck's] Corner who commanded the Dragoons -
Qs. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so if so (sic) by whom was it given & what has become of it
Ans I recd. a discharge from Capt. Joseph McDowell at Wilmington a short time after Cornwallis was taken & it together with all my effects were Burnt in my House
Qs 7th. State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood [neighborhood] & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as to a soldier of the Revolution
Ans Goodson McDaniel & Zepaniah [Zephaniah] Horton.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan his x mark McPeters
We Goodson McDaniel a Clergyman residing in the County of Buncombe & State of No. Carolina & Zepaniah [Zephaniah] Horton
residing in the same hereby certify that we
are well acquained [acquainted] with Jonathan McPeters who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed and believed to be a soldier of the revolution in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] whare [where] he lives & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid
G. McDaniel
Z. Horton
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And said J. B. Ray Esqr. declare his opinion after the investigation of matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that that (sic) the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier & served as he States & the said J B Ray Esqr. further certifys [certifies] that it appears to him that the Goodson McDaniel who has signed the preceeding [preceding]
certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Buncombe & State of No. Carolina & that Zepanah [Zephaniah] Horton who has also assigned the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid & is a creditable Person & that therr [their] Statement
is entitled to credit
I Joseph B. Ray Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jonathan McPeters for a Pension and I do hereby certify that I do not consider the above named applicant from affliction & the infirmities old age is not able to attend Court to have this business transacted in In testamony [testimony] whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal This 11th day of April 1833
J. B. Ray [?JP]
I John Miller, clerk of the County
court of Buncombe State of North Carolina
certify that J B Ray is an acting magistrate for said county given under my hand and seal of office this 1st day of April 1833
Test John Miller Clk
By N.W. Woodfin D.C.