Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,889, William Copeland, S.C.
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SERVICE S.C.
COPELAND, WILLIAM
NUMBER X 17889
CARDED
CONTENTS
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23591
South Carolina
William Copeland
of Pickens in the state of So. Car:
Who was a pri & capt. in the  commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Maj. Ross in the So. Ca: line for 
3 mo: 12 days Capt
3 "       26 "  Pri
Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
at the rate of 81 Dollars 25 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension Issued the 6th day of Mar: and Sent Hon W.R. Davis. - H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 243.75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  40.63
$284.38
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 64
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State of South Carolina
Pickens Dist.
Personally came Capt William Copeland before me James Osborn one of the justices of Quorum in and for the State & Sit afforesaid [aforesaid] and being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that since makeing [making] out his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of congress passed June 7th 1832. he this deponent  recollects that he served a 6 month tour a private in what was called Mounted Militia under the command of Capt. Baron by the orders of Col. Bartton. that the company to which he this deponent belonged done duty as raingers [rangers] that during the whole of his service both as a private and an officer he considered himself a belonging to what was then called Mounted Militia excepting on three months tour that he commanded a company on foot and this deponent on his oath further 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 nine months I served as a private in what was then, I think, called Mounted Militia and for six months I served as Captain of mounted malitia [militia] and three months I served as Captain of a foot Company of Militia and for such service I claim a pension - that besides these services he was a number of times out in scouting parties and was at on time sent by Genl Morgan to reconnoiter Lord Corn Wallaces [Cornwallis] army. and was on that service several weeks. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of July 1833
Wm Copeland
James Osborn JQ
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State of South Carolina
Pickens District
I James Osborn on the Justices of Quorum in and for the State & District aforesaid do here by certify that I am, and have been for upwards of twenty-six years, personally acquainted and lived in the same neighbourhood [neighborhood] with Capt. William Copeland who has Sworn to and subscribed the within probate that I have frequently heard him spoken of as an officer of the American revolution and have never heard it disputed or doubted. That he was a true whig and fought bravely for his county I have not doubt - and do further certify, that, he is in respectable standing and that full faith and credit ought to be paid to his oath. Given under my hand this 25th day of July 1833.
James Osborn JQ
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23770
William Copeland
Picken's District 
South Carolina

Admit as
Capt. 3 mo 22 days 68.03
Prvd 3 mo 26 days 13.22
ei $8125
not [illegible]
Hon W.R. Davis
Suspended - Sec let 16
Sept 1833 to 
James Osborn
Pickensville S.C.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office.    183


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 subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
__________________________________________________________________________
A STATEMENT, showing the service of William Copeland Pickens District SC
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Period when the
service was
rendered.
_____________
sone after the
British landed 
in Savannah
a volunteer
___

___


___

Duration of the
claimant's service
___
Years.
-
-
x

x

Months.

3

3

6

3

Days




Rank of
the
claimant.
___
private

captain

captain

captain


Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served
___
Major Ross
1.10
1.10
3.26.   pn
24
28
56
1. 02 p
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
___
80
York
District
S. C.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
___
1 Witness knows applicant
to be in the service of the
appellation of Captain being
applied to him-- thinks
full credit ought to be given
to his declaration-- others
prove part of his service &
character


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

9 mo pr
9 Mo Capt. 

3 mo 26 pr     13.22
3.        12 capt 68 03
                           _______  
                           $81.35  
Commissioned by Col. Bratton
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                                                      REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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 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 name 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 the 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 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. 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.

I Clerk of Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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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, it 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 nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 or 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 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, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.  

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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(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 period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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 affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ 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 service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 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 verify 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 note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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.

The applicant will be required, [illegible] addition the removing the
objection above [illegible],  to produce some further proof that
he served under a commission of Captain 

 [illegible]
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In answer to the interogatories [interrogatories] proposed by the war department to be propounded by the court this deponant [deponent] further swares [swears] in answer to interogatory [interrogatory] 1st. I was born in Ireland in the County of Down and think I was about sixteen years of age when I came to America.
2d - I have no record of my age it was entered in a Family Bible which I believe was burned or otherwise destroyed by the British in the revolutionary war
3d. I was living in York Dist. South Carolina I removed from York to Greenville Dist. from there to Pendleton Dist. which has since been divided into Pickens and Anderson and left me in Pickens where I now live
4th - I have answered that in my declaration before
5th. I have answered that, likewise, in my declaration
6th. I recd a ^Captains^ commission from Co. Bratton and after peace was made I returned it to Col Bratton 
7th. I am well know by Maj Thomas Henderson a revolutionary soldier John Wilson a revolutionary soldier and Andrew Hughes a revolutionary soldier James Dauthit Esqr James Osborn Esqr and a number of others who I believe want to testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of January 1833.
Wm Copland LQ
James Osborn LQ
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and do declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state -
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of January 1833
Wm Copland LQ
James Osborn LQ
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South Carolina
Pickens Dist
To all whom it may concern
I James Osborn one of the Justices of Quorum in and for the Dist [district] aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personly [personally] acquainted with Wm Copeland Sen [senior] the within applicant for a pension and I do believe that oweing [owing] to extreme age and bodily infirmity
he cannot attend the Court-
Given under my hand and seal this
18th day of January 1833
Jas Osborn J.Q.        [handwritten] SEAL

South Carolina.   
Pickens Dist  
We the undersigned Citizens of said District and Neighborhood of Capt. Wm Copeland the within applicant for a Pension do hereby certify that we are personaly [personally] acquainted with the said Capt. and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in the opinion expressed above by James Osborn Esq  

Capt. Thomas Blasingame
John Ariail
George Dilworth
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23770
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[the transcribing was done around a large SEAL and the botton left of the page is torn]


The State of South Carolina⎬
Pickens District                  ⎬

Illegible paper SEAL

On this fourth day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight
Thirty three, personally appeared before us, James Osborn, two Justices of the quorum, William resident of the District & State aforesaid aged, as he says Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, and doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered
the service in York District in the State of South Carolina, a volunteer soon after the British landed in Savanah [Savannah], and was attached to a company commanded by leutenant [Lieutenant] Kirkindall, under the command of
Major Ross, for a three Months Tour, that he marched under the command of Major Ross, from York District to liberty Hill, and there joined General Williamson, and was sent by General Williamson under the command of Major Ross, to General Ash [General John Ashe] to the mouth of Brier [Briar] Creek in the State of Georgia - that he fought in the battle at the mouth of Brier [Briar] Creek - that after the battle at Brier Creek he returned to general Williamson's army, and served out his tour,
and was discharged by general Williamson at liberty Hill. that soon after being discharged, he received a Captains commission signed
by Col William Bratton; and shortly after, was ordered by Col Batton to raise a company of drafted men, which was done, and he was
ordered with them to Orangeburg in South Carolina, and there stationed to the guard the jail and prisoners, and was continued there
for three months, and then discharged. That shortly after being discharged at Orangeburg, he was sent in command of another draft
ed company to Fridays fort, on the Congaree River, and remained there until genl Green arrived, and the fort was taken, and he and
the men under him was discharged. That shortly after he was ordered by Col Bratton, in command of another drafted company
to join general Greens army at Congaree River, and under the command of Col Bratton was engaged for a lenth [length] of time in scouting parties between Orangeburg and Charleston
                                               Wm Copeland
James Douthit J.Q.
James Osborn J.Q.

We the undersigned Justices of the quorum do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wm Copeland the applicant and that he is a man of good moral character and we believe
him to be about Eighty years of age and a man of truth though we know nothing of his revolutionary services we believe the declaration that he has made to be correct and        know that the above deponent is reputed a Revolutionary Soldier

James Douthit J.Q.
James Osborn J.Q.
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P
17889
INVALID.
File No.  17.889
William Copeland
Capt Rev War
---
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870}
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington   D.C.

[right margin]
David Copeland
S.C
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Pickensville Pickens Dist S:C
Jany 23, 1834
S.C.

Sir

Enclosed I send you the Certificate of six
respectable citizens neighbours of Wm Copeland Since
writing to you on the 28th Sept last. I have several
times, called on M. Copeland and find that he is
Gradualy declining. He is desidedly less capable now
of complying with the requisitions of yours of the
16 Sept last, than he wants have been when he
first made his declaration-- I spent several days
with the old gentleman a few days since, his
feelings appeared to be deeply wounded at the thought
of its being believed that any intentional discrepancies
should exist in his statements. In relating to me
the circumstances of the wanton distruction of his
property by the army of L. C. Wallace and other
sufferings whilst he was in the service of his County
The appaling thought that that country should now
believe him acting a deceptive part to obtain
its grateful bounty- overcame his feelings-
tears trickled down his venerable cheeks-
He instructs me to beg you to examined
his case, and refer you to the Hon Warren
Davis Member in Congress from this Dist, for the
character of his witnesses and that of the signers
of the enclosed certificate and the merits of his
case generally and make such disposition of it as
you are satisfied he is justly entitled to and
communicate the result to him or
Your Obt H.S.
J. Osborn

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Washington C.y
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South Carolina
Pickens Dist
Personally Came David Hamilton before me
the Subscribing Justice and being duly
Sworn according to Law on his Oath sayeth
that he was personaly acquainted with Capt
William Copeland in the time of the Amer
-ican revolution that he knew of the said Copeland
bearing arms in defence of the United States
against the British forces that the said
Copeland was called Captain and that he
had good reson to believe and does believe
that he have a Captains Commission
and that this deponant was a soldier in
company with him the said Copeland, when
Genl Green Marched to attact the British
at Orangeburg -- This deponant further
saith that he thinks it probable that
he was with the said Copeland at other
time and places towards the close of the war
but from his extreme age and forgetfulness
he cannot exactly recollect
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 14th Day of November 1832

James Osborn J.Q.                     David Hamilton


South Carolina
Pickens Dist 
 I do hereby certify that David Hamilton
the above deponent is a respectable
Citizen of this Dist and is reputed a
soldier of the American Revolution and
that due faith and credit ought to be
paid to his oath

Given under my hand
this 14th Day of Novr 1832

James Osborn. JQ
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State of South Carolina     I James McDaniel
Greenville District                Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas and general Sessions of the Peace
in the District and State aforesaid do hereby
certify that James Osborn whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing certificate is
an acting Justice of the Quorum in the Dist
rict of Pickins and State aforesaid and that
his actings and doings as such are entitled
to full faith and credit

SEAL

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Public Seal of Office this 30th
July 1833
James McDaniel
C.C. P.

[left side]
David Hamilton
Probate
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We the undersigned citizens of
Anderson District SoCa
Do hereby certify to all whom it may concern
that we have been acquainted with Capt
William Copeland the present applicant for
a pension from twenty to thirty odd years
during which time he has been reputed and
believed to have been a soldier and Commissioned
Officer of the Revolution that we do believe
he is as justly entitled to a pension as any other
Soldier of the Revolution That we do not believe
he would knowingly make any incorrect
statement to obtain a pension. But that from
his low state of health, old age, and apparent
loss of memory, we believe that he is now
incapable of making a clear and distinct
statement of the precise time that he was
in actual service, the number of tours, and
the nature of the service, January 22d 1884
John Wilson
Geo. Dilworth
James H. Atkinson
Billey G. Dilworth
Isaac Elrod
James Douthit
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State of South Carolina 
Pickens Dist
Personally Came
Mjr Thos Henderson
before me the Subscribing Justice and
made Oath in due form of Law that
he is personaly [personally] acquainted with Capt William Copeland the present applicant
for a pension that he saw the said
Copeland bearing arms in defence [defense] of the United States against the British forces
in the time of the revolution but
cannot recollect whether the said Copeland
was an officer or private that his acquaintance with said Copeland during the revolutionary war was but slight and want of
recollection prevents him from stating
Particulars

Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 24th Day of July 1833
James Osborn J.Q.  Thos Henderson

South Carolina    
Pickens Dist  
I do hereby certify to all whom it may concern
that I am personally acquainted with Mr
Thos Henderson the above deponant [deponent] that he is of Respectable character and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to his oath .Given under my hand this 24th day of July 1833
Jas. Osborn  J.Q
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State of South Carolina
Greensville District
I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions
of the Peace for the District of Greenville and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that James
Osborn whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing certificate is an acting Justice
of the Quorum for the District of Pickins
and State aforesaid and that his actings
and doings as such are entitled to full faith
and credit-

Illegible paper SEAL

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
Public Seal of Office this 30th
July 1833
James McDaniel
C.C.P.


[top right margin]

Mjr [Major] T H S Henderson
Probate
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South Carolina Greenville District
I Richard Gautt one of the Circuit Judges of the
State of South Carolina and Presiding Judge in these judicial districts of the same do hereby certify that in consequence of the advanced age and consequent infirmity of the applicant William Copeland I advised that he should make affidavit of the truth of the facts satisfying his service as a soldier of the Revolution, before some respectable Justice of the peace in his neighborhood he law not requiring an impossibility in any case
I [illegible] no doubt myself of the inability of
the applicant to attend County or leave home without encountering great danger and sick from his very advanced age

I am personally and intimately acquainted 
with the Revd James Douthit who is an officiating minister of the Gospel and an acting Justice of the quorum his character for [illegible] and [illegible] at conduct is not surpassed by any man of my acquaintance

His testimony may be safety and fully relied upon - I am also well acquainted with the character of James Osborn J. Q. which is without reproach he is considered a man of respectability and worth 

I entertain no doubt of the truth of the facts set forth in the application for pension is also of what is contained in the several affidavits and certificates which accompany the application and in consideration of the
premises it is to be hoped that the department will request nothing more of the applicant to ensure him what he  [illegible] 
so justly entitled to receive
Richard Gautt
Greenville 22d 1833
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Pickensville Pickens Dist
S. C.

should there be any thing omitted in the application
of Capt Wm Copeland for a Pension, which the
Department requires- or any further proof of
his services required. I presume it can be furnished
and the department will please
apprise one of it

Very Respectfully
James Osborn

Feby 2d 1833-
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Pickens Court House South Carolina
I hereby certify that Richard Gauth is one
of the preceding Judge of this State in the Court of
General Sessions of the peace and that
James Osburn and James Douthit
are acting Justices of the Quorum

Given under my hand & seal the 15th
day of February 1833

Silas Kirksey Depty
Clerk of the Court
for Pickens Dist SoCa                         SEAL
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State of South Carolina
Pickens District
Personally Came James
Houston Esq. before me
James Osborn one of the Justices of Quorum
in and for the State & District aforesaid and made Oath in due form that he was acquainted with Capt. William Copeland in the time of the American Revolution that he knew that the said Copeland did command a company attached to Col. Bratton
regiment and this deponent served in Genl
Sumpters Brigade to which Col. Brattons Regiment was attached at the time of his acquaintance with the said Capt. Copeland-- That he distinctly
recollects of being with him at the seige [siege] of Fridays Fort , and at the Burned or Bigham
Church that he does not know how many
tours or how long the said Copeland did serve
That he has not seen the said Capt Copeland
for a number of years untill [until] this day but
that in conversation with him this day, he the
said Copeland has brought a number of the
transactions of the revolution to the recollection of this deponant [deponent] that he had forgotten and that took place when they were both in the same Army - and that this deponent is now satisfied, and verily believe that the present applicant for a Pension is the Identical Capt. Wm Copeland and that he knew in the time of the American revolution and thinks that he is justly entitled to a pension
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th
Day of July 1833
James Houston

James Osborn J.Q.


South Carolina. 
Pickens District
I do hereby certify to all whom it
may come that James Houston Esq
who has sworn to and subscribed the above oath is a credible
Person and that his Oath is entitled to full faith and
Credit Given under my hand this 25th day of July 1833

Jas Osborn J.Q
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State of South Carolina 
Greenville District 
 I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of
common pleas and Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that James Osborn whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Quorum for the District of [illegible] in the State aforesaid and that his actings and doings as such are intitled [entitled] to full faith and credit
[illegible paper seal attached]
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Public seal of office this
30 July 1833
James McDaniel
C. C. J.

[written in right margin]
Probate of James Houston Esqr.
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South Carolina
Greenville District

Personally appeared Newman Wilson before
me Josiah Kilgore one of the Justices of the Quorum for said State & district and made oath in due form that he was personally acquainted with Captain William Copeland, (the present applicant for a pension) in the time of the American Revolution, that he this deponent was a private soldier under the command of the said Captain William Copeland and was attached to Col Bratton's Regiment: was under the sd [said] Capt Wm Copeland Command at the taking of the Forts at Orangeburgh Thompson & Fridays, likewise at the battle at Hager's Bridge: that he served two tours under the said Capt Copeland; that he never saw the said Copeland Commission but knew that he was called Captain, that
he commanded a company as such that
this deponent served under him, he thinks
to the best of his knowledge about two years.
that the said Copeland was considered a brave
& efficient officer in defense of the
United States, but from extreme age & want of
recollection this deponent cannot recollect
the time, when said service was rendered
Newman his mark Wilson
Sworn to before me
this 5th July 1833
Josiah Kilgore J.Q.
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South Carolina
Greenville District

I Josiah Kilgore do certify that I have                                           been personally acquainted with the within named Newman Wilson, who has Sworn to the within probate, for the last said Twenty or thirty years; he has during said time supported the character of a good & respectable citizen & that due faith and credit ought to be paid to his oath

Given under my hand the 5th July 1833
Josiah Kilgore. J.P.


State of South Carolina ⎬
Greenville District
I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of                Common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District do hereby certify unto all whom it may Consern [concern] that Josiah Kilgore who assigned the above certificate is and was an acting Justice of the Quorum in said district at the assignment of the above and that all due faith and credit is and ought
to be given him in any of his official acts

[Illegible paper SEAL]

Given under my hand and the
Seal of the Court at Greenville Court
House this 6th day of July 1833
J McDaniel
C.C.P.
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Newman Wilson
Probate
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Coplands
affidavit
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State of South Carolina
Pendleton District 
Before me John Willson one of
the Justices of the Quorum for
the  district aforesaid personaly [personally]
Came William Copland and being duly sworn and on oath sayeth that he this deponent did serve this Country as a private Solder [soldier] in Colonel William Bratin [Bratton] Regiment of Militia for time and towards the latter end of the war he did serve as a Captain in the said Regiment untill [until] the End of the war
and that he did make return of the services
by him don [done] in defence [defense] of his Country in said war unto Captain William Tate who was apointed [apppointed] as he understood by authority to take said return with others and that he hath never
since Recived [received] any pay or discount Either directly or indirectly for said services although often aplayed [applied] for and often petitioned the Legislature of this State for to alow [allow] him som [some] Compensation for his serveres [services] and all in vain
for he can never obtain any satisfaction
although he understands that his Return appears upon the books of the treasury of this State proven to and subscribed the 18th day of November
1801 before me
                                              W. Copland
John Willson J.Q
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Pay Bill, - The State to Capt Wm Copeland D

Feb 25th 1779. Commenced a tour of Duty for Brye Creek
and returned April 12th being 46 days at 20/.     46-0-0
To a Horse Post at same time [illegible]               240-0-0
To a Gun [illegible]  to 13                                             13-0-0

March 10th 1780
Commenced a Scouting tour which ended
the 10th of April, 40 Day at 20/                                   40-0-0

Jany 2nd 1771
Commenced a scouting tour which ended.
Jany. 31.                30 Days at 20/                                  30-0-0
                                                                                         __________
                                                                                             269-0-0
The above Duty was done as a private Should be [illegible]

April 10th 1781
Commenced a tour for Friday, ferry
which ended. May 3rd 24 Days at 70/.   [illegible]  ??-0-0

June 15. 1781
Commenced a tour which ended
                           July 12th  20 Days at 70/-                    90-0-0

Feby 25.1782
Commenced a tour which ended                                
April 16th 1782. 50 Days at 70/                                   175-0-0
                                                                                             ________       
                                                                                              726-0-0
                                                                                         __________
Duty was perform'd a Horse Man in                    £89-8-63/4
Col. Brattons Regt Genl Sumpters Brig                     Sterling
========================================
[illegible]

these are to certify that the above
" Count is just
Certify
Restory
103.14.3
by W Bratton Colo

old county £726
History 103 [illegible] 3


[illegible computation]
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[this page is divided into 5 sections...all have extremely light text and illegible writing
except for the following]                     f    s   d
Thomas Brig is pri 50 ds at 10 pr day 25  0   0
[Illegible[ Lait pri 50 ds at 10 pr day   25  0   0
John Morgin pri 50 ds at 10 pr day    25  0   0
John Ellis pri 50 ds at 10 pr day   25  0   0
Wm Jenkins [illegible]     25  0   0
Benjamine Naile [illegible]    25  0   0
Danniel Green and a Waggon [illegible] at 50 ds £5 pr [illegible] 50  0   0
Charles Morgan 24 ds at 1 pr day  24  0   0
Thomas Brig pvt 24 ds at 1 pr day   24  0   0
John Ellis Jr. pvt 24 ds at 1 pr day   24  0   0
Danniel Green pvt 24 ds at 1 pr day   24  0   0
Thomas Collins pvt 24 ds at 1 pr day   24  0   0
Wm Willson pvt 24 ds at 1 pr day    24  0   0
[illegible]   24  0   0
Newman Willson pvt 24 ds at 1 pr day 24  0   0

[Written Vertically]
Capt. Wm Copeland Pay bill [illegible]
Brattons Regiment
Entd [Entered] 
This acct does not agree with the [illegible] entry See return Book No. 15 to be found in the office does not appear it was paid. by the books -

Wm Copeland
S.F. 17889 - 
S.C.