Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10625, Abraham Elledge, S.C.
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S. C. 
Elledge, Abraham
S 10625
Carded
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Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of the 6 April 1838 from 
4 March to 4 Sep. 1839   Agent 
notified 20 Aug 1840 

Alabama 22,358  
Abraham Elledge  
Lawrence Co in the State of Alabama 
who was a Private in the  Co. commanded by  Captain Turner of the Rgt commanded 
by ___ in the South Carol. 
for 9 mos. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama 
at the rate of 30 Dollars  00 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th March 1831.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Oct. 1838 and sent to  D. 
Hubbard  Moulton  Libr, Ala. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833 - $75. 
Semi - an. allowance ending 4 Mar ' 84 . $15 
$90.-
{ Revolutionary Claim }
{Act June 7, 1832. } 
Recorded by  Wm R. Palmer Clerk 
Book E Vol.  8 Page 45
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The State of Alabama}
Lawrence County}    County Court July 
Term 1833
On this the 16th day of July 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the honorable  James B. Wallace Judge of the  County Court of said County now sitting. Abram Elledge a resident of said County aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn in open Court 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 : to wit : He entered the service in the year 1781 at which time he resided in Edgefield District South Carolina, the company in which served at this time as a private was commanded by Capt. Sterling Turner  and was stationed at Richland Creek in said District: while stationed here Genl. Pickens ordered the Company commanded by Capt. Turner; one commanded by a Capt. Ryon one commanded by a Capt. Hammonds. from near Augusta, Georgia and and another Company the name of whose commander I have forgotten, to go down the Country and harass the enemy Capt. Ryon was placed as commander of this detachment we went down into Orangeburg District and dispersed a parcel of tories, who fled at the first fire, and on our return Capt. Ryon was shot through the shoulder, near Orangeburg on the Edisto River. We returned to a place called the "Ridge" and there drew lots for the horses we had taken from the tories, and a small pony fell to his lot, which he afterwards sold for two dollars, we then returned to our station at Richland Creek. While at this station a Capt. Toles from Newberry District came within about three (3) miles and killed one of Capt .Turner's men, they (the tories) then marched towards Lee's ferry  on the Saluda river, about forty men from the station went in pursuit of them , but
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were unable to come up with them until the sixth day where they came up with the tories and attacked  and dispersed them, after killing one private and taking four or five of them prisoners. On the march of the tories they frequently unroofed the houses of the whigs and beat them with the butts of their guns : After the tories were dispersed the officer s of the whigs held a court martial  over the prisoners they had taken , and found out that  one of them had, the day before, murdered a whig, and he was condemned to be hanged, but breaking from Capt. Toles  who held the rope he ran towards the main body of men where he was shot at once or twice and killed. They there returned when he was taken sick and became unable to do duty.  While he was sick  Capt. Turner's company  went out on a scouting party and were defeated by Bill Cunningham  and nearly all his men were killed at a place called  Carter's old place - Capt. Turner, James Butler Senr. ( the father of  Gen. Butler ) and his son James were killed and buried in the old field, with some ten or fifteen others - He served during this tour  three months, he believes that he was engaged in this service at this time more than three months, but he is confident that it was at least three months and he  claims for no more. He wants here state, having omitted it in its regular place, that at the time of the defeat of Capt. Turner by Cunningham and his party, he lost a mare and saddle that was worth at least eighty dollars.  In the year 1782 he enlisted under Capt. Michael Watson who by order of Gen Pickens raised a company of minute men while in this service he went out with a party of the company  and they attacked and killed a tory Colonel by the name of Ferguson & a Capt. Marlow - he enlisted as a private in this service and served six months, and was discharged by William Butler who commanded the company  at the end of its time of service,  Capt. Watson having been killed by the tories near Orangeburg  they had no fighting except a few skirmishes  with the tories - he received written discharge from Butler which was the only one he ever had, but
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lost it many years since in South Carolina. He was born on the 21st March 1760 as appeared by a record in a family bible of his fathers which has been long since lost -he was born in Baltimore County Maryland- he removed shortly  after the war to Pendleton District South Carolina  where he resided abut twenty years - and since that time has resided in  Lawrence County Alabama knows of no person living by whom he can prove his service and refers to the testimony of John Gallagher, John Gregg and  Crockett  McDonald a clergyman  as to his character for veracity and his having been reputed a revolutionary soldier. He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity , except the present , and he declares that his name is not on the Pension  Roll of any agency of any State. (his mark X ) Abraham Elledge 
Sworn to and subscribed  in open Court . 
John Gregg, ( signed ) Clerk  

We Crockett McDonald a Clergyman , residing in the  County of Lawrence and State of Alabama  and John Gregg  & John Gallagher residing in the same hereby  certify , that we are well acquainted with Abram Elledge, who has subscribed  & sworn  to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy three 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.  
C McDonald ( signed ) 
John Gregg ( signed ) 
John  Gallagher ( signed )  

Sworn to the day and the  year aforesaid in open Court.  And the 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 solder and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Crockett McDonald who has also signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Lawrence
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and State of Alabama , and that John Gregg  & John Gallagher who have also signed the same are residents in said County, and a credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
James B. Wallace Judge County Court of Lawrence County.   

I John Gregg Clerk of the County Court of Lawrence County Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of... ( seal covering name ) Elledge for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 16th day of  July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.    
John Gregg Clerk
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J. L. EWARDS ,  Commissioner of Pensions 

22.358 Abraham Ellidge  Lawrence County Alabama Adm. 9 months $ 30  D. Hubbard Moulton Lawrence Cou   Alaba
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War Department,
Pension Office

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 (unclear) 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Abraham Ellidger 

Period when the service was rendered. 1781 1782
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months 3.  6.  Days.
Rank of the claimant. Priv
Names and rank of the Field Officers under who he served.  Cap. Turner  Cap. Watson
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 73 years.  Edgefield Dist. So. Ca.
Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
 J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS 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 claiming
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}
County of} ss
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 (c)   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.
1,   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 Soldier. {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 become 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
inquiry 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 readily infirmity, attend the Con
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 person 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 affiddavit 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-
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 in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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
with the service by competent all 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 fix 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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Rev War
10625
INVALID
File No. 10625
Abraham Elledge
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7th 1832.
dex:-Vol A, Page 113
    [ Arrangement of 1870]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
August 6th , 1840.  

Sir : Under the act of the 6th of April 1833, entitled " An 
act directing the transfer of money  remaining unclaimed by certain  
Pensioners, and authorizing payment of the same at the Treasury 
of the United States, " Abraham Ellidge, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville , Al Agency , at 
the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has 
been paid at this Department, from the  4th of March 
to the 4th Sept. 1839. 
Respectfully yours,  
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller.   
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.