Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27664, Paul Castlebury, Ga
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South Carolina 16084
J. Nesbit x order to pay July 6, 1837
Paul Castlebury
of Spartanburg in the State of South Car:
who was a pri. in the company commanded
by Captain Howard of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Dun in the Georgia line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of 
June '33 and sent E. Boman
Spartansburg  C.H.S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33- 126.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "-31.66 1/2
$158.32 1/2
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7,  1832.}}
(r)ecorded by Wm Miller Clerk,
(b)ook E.   Vol. 6,   Page 64
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Paul Castleberry
15302
Spartanburg District 
S. Carolina
I Elisha Bomar clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & for the district & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the 
original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Paul Castleberry for a pension.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of the Court this 13th day of
October A.D. 1832
E. Bomar
C L.K.
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State of South Carolina Spartanburg District } to wit On this 29th day of Sep'tr. 1832 personally 
appeared in open court before the judge of the court of common pleas the now sitting Paul Castlebury a resident of the district aforesaid aged 71 years & 6 months 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 7. 1832. that he entered the service of the U. States
as a volunteer in 177 (blank)  under Cap'tl James Danley & Col Clark & remained for two months & was discharged verbally a short time before that he was  drafted to serve a town 
against the Creek Indians under Captl Howard & Col Dun & was stationed at Autruss" fort where they remained for two (three-crossed out) months - & he was discharged - He was again drafted & served under Cap't. Danby & Col Clark & was was stationed at the Cabord bridge on the (illegible-crossed out) Savanah River. 
where they  remained for two months & was discharged- He was again drafted under Capt'l Danly - Lieut
Blunt & col twiggs - they marched through Georgia to Midway - where they had a battle with the enemy . after serving about three months & was discharged  - He then drafted under Capt'l
Danly & Col Clark & was stationed at Washington Georgia guarding the frontiers against the Creek Indians - They served
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two months this tour & was dismissed.  he was again drafted & was stationed on Chiokoon on Kiokos- Creek in Georgia under Cap't Danly- they were again guarding the frontiers= he remained stationed at that place for 3 months & was discharged. He again entered the Army as a substitute under Cap't Danly & Marched on a scouting expedition against the Creek Indians & served for two months after which he was discharged.  He again volunteered under Cap't Beacham, & Col. Clark & Gen'l Wayne & was stationed near Savanah & was at the battle at Savannah= and was in several light engagements near that place.  He remained there on that tour between three & four months- where he was regularly discharged.  he left his discharge with his father & he understands it was lost or mislaid by him= he never had any written discharge except the above, he has no 
documentary evidence of his services- he was born on the first of March 1761= on Tar River in Virginia.  His parents while he was very young
removed to Orange County N. C. & from that place to Newbury District South Carolina  & from  that place to Richmond County Georgia where he lived when at home until after the siege at Savannah.  When he removed  to Spartanburgh 
District South Carolina where he now resides,  He refers to the Rev'd Joshua Richards & George
Robuck to prove his services & his character as a man of veracity.  He
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & 
declare that his name is not on the pension roll
of any agency in any state 
Paul    P  (his Mark)  Castleberry

Sworn to in open court  }
Jno B ONeall Pres Judge

One Joshua Richards a clergyman residing in 
Spartanburgh District and George Roebuck 
residing in the same district do hereby on our oath certify that we are well acquainted with 
Paul Castlebury who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 years & six months of age.  that  he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and to us  concurs in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed this day & Year  }
aforesaid
Joshua Richards George Robuck
Jno B ONeall Pres  Judge
And the said court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to it that Joshua Richards who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Spartanburgh District & that Geo Roebuck is a resident of the same district & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit Jno B ONeall Presiding Judge
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I Elisha Bomar clerk of the Court od Common Pleas and for the district and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Paul Castleberry for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Court this the 13th day of October A.D.1832 E. Bomar     Clk      (Written vertically on right side of page) Paul Castleberry 15302 Spartansburgh District S.Carolina
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Restoration  6147

1877 Jany 22. Hon Ress (illegible)
allowed & that the amt paid in May 1867
SOUTH CAROLINA
NANCY CASTLEBURY
widow of  Ga    PAUL CASTLEBURY
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Washington DC
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 63, dollars 33.
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th March,  1867
terminating Nov 20th  1865
 
Certificate of Pension issued 
23rd day of March 1867
and sent to H. S. Wallace
Yorkville So Carolina
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners  (torn Page)
February 3, 1853, Page 342 Vol (torn page)
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( top part of this page is faded/ torn and the rest is also hard to read but ls probably a list of Paul and Nancy Castleberry's children and their birth dates)

Sa   (faded )
Tabitha Castleberry
born April (faded) 
James A. Castleberry
Born December 2nd (faded)
Elizabeth J. A. Castleberry
was Born October 7th, 1829
Winny Castleberry
was born the 13th day 
of April 1832
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Malinda Castleberry was born the 17th day of  February 1834 Nancy (illegible name) Ann Castleberry was born the 25th day of February 1836 Rosey Castleberry was born the 28th day of December 1837
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Declaration of 
Nancy Castleberry
for pension
Act 13 Feb 1853
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(this name on the side)
C Lanford 
Magistrate

Sarah M Castleberry wad born the 14th December 1825
Tabitha Castleberry was born April 5th 1826
James A Castleberry was born December 2nd
1827
Elizabeth J A Castleberry was born October 7th
1829
Winney Castleberry was born the 13th day of April 1832
Malinda Castleberry was born the 17th day 
of February 1834
Nancy Ann Castleberry was born the 25th day of February 1836
Rosey Castleberry was born the 28 day of December 1837
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State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District }
on the 25th day of August 1855 Personally appeared Reuben Bowden judge of the Court of ordinary for the District of Spartanburg in the State of South Carolina which Court is a court of Record duly authorized by law to administer oaths .  Nancy Castleberry a residen citizen of Spartanburg District aged 49 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress {illegible} 3 February 1853.  That she is the widow of Paul Castleberry, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution , and pensioner of the United States S. C. agency Spartanburg District, at the rate of $ 62  per annum, which he continued to draw until the time of his death on 4th March previous, Declarat further says that she was married to the said Paul Castleberry on the Fifteenth day of February one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twentyfive, (1825,) and as husband and wife they lived together until the death of the said Paul Castleberry who departed this life Spartanburg District S. C. on the 16th day of March 1841, and that she is now his
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widow,
Declarant further say that after the death of her husband, the said Paul Castleberry, that she married a man by the name of [space] Waldrop who it appeard had a wife living and on that report coming into the neighborhood deserted her the third day after marriage, and has been gone ten or tweve years with out any tidings from him, or any knowledge of where he is, and that she never took his name
Declarant now offers in support of her mariage a coppy (spelling ) of her family register which as well as the original is in the hand writing of Z Lanford Esq which is attached to her declaration for land bounty Act 3rd March 1855. and the copy to this declaration, (space) And further do hereby constitute and appoint A. S.,Wallace of York District, State of S. C. my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name (crossedout )prosecute my claim for a United States pension, as well as my claim for Bounty land, under Act of 3 March 1855, to file additiional evidence and arguments, to examine all papers and documents on file at Washington City or else where to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein
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expressid, and do all other acts, and deeds, that I myself cant do were I personally present, also to recieve  (spelling) the Certificate and warrant when issued which form is irrevocable hereby satisfying, and confirming, all that my attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises.  Sworn unto &  subscribed and acknowledged in open Court this day and years above written ,
 
Nancy (her Mark) Castleberry (seal)
R  Bondess Judge
of the Court of Ordinary }I Reuben Bondess Judge of the Court of Ordinary, which Court , is a Court of Record, certify, that it has been show to the satisfaction of the Court, by Z Lanford, James Leatherwood Residents of said District, that Paul Castleberry husband of the present claimant, Nancy Castleberry, died the 16th day of June (1841) one Thousand eight hundred and forty one and that his widow, Nancy still survives and that she has not intermarried since his death, only as above described, and that the man she married , Waldrop has not been heard from for the last ten years, and that the declarants Statements are entitled to full credit, and further that her husband Paul Castleberry was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
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United States
at the rate of $ 63.33 per annum
Given under my hand and seal of office at 
Spartanburg Court House this 25th day of August A D  1855, in open Court
R Bondess Judge 
of the  Court of Ordinary


Declaration of Nancy Castleberry for 
Pension
Act 13 Feb 1853
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201.79 1. act March 3, 55
                      Aug 13.  55
_________________________________________________
Exrnd
L D N
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Ser A. S. Wallace Nov 12/ 56
"      same             Jany 24/ 57
Nancy Castleberry, widow of 
Paul Castleberry, (Revol. Pensioner -crossed out)
                                Pri:
__________________________________________________
See her application for Pension under Act of 1853----
67.529 
June 16th / 57

Revol. War.
___________________________________________________

A O53 

Ins  (illegible) 53
________________________________________________

AD : 16 th June 15/57
Blyth

________________________________________________
Special 
Blyth
________________________________________________
A. S .  (Wallan, crossed out)  Wallace
Yorkville
S. C.
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Declaration 
of 
Nancy Castleberry 
for 
Bounty Land
Act 3 March 1855
Filed by 
A. S. Wallace
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State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District      } on this 31 st day of July A.D. 1855 personally appeared before an acting magistrate in and for the district aforesaid duly authorized by aw to administer oaths for the district of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina Nancy Castleberry a resident of said district aged 49 years who being first duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Paul Castleberry deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States  S. C.  agency of the district of Spartanburg at the rate of some 62 dollars per annum but to give the particulars of his service or the names of his company or field officers declarant  cannot but wanta refer the department to the proof in the application of her late husband under act of 7th June 1832, but always understood that his services were long and ardious and that she has no discharge of her late husband or any other paper in relation to his service
Declarant further states that she was married to the said Paul Castleberry in Spartanburg District
S. C. on the fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and Twenty five (1825)
by John Bruton Esq and that her maiden name was Gillespie, and that her husband the said Paul Castleberry, died at his late residence in said district on the 16th day of June 1841. and that after his death
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of her said husband she married a man by the name by the name of Waldrop who she soon heard had a wife living and as soon as he heard the reports was out on him he left in three days after their marriage and has not been heard from for the last ten or twelve years as he immediately left the neighborhood as her neighbors threatened his arrest and that she refused to take his name even after and has always gone by the name of her first husband.
Declarant now offers in support of her marriage her old Family register showing the births of their children name of the marriage to the said Paul Castleberry which record is in the Hand writing of Z Lanford a near neighbor and strictly correct and hereunto assembled.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March the 3rd 1855, Nancy (her mark) Castleberry
We W. D. Young and Silas W Floyd Residents of Spartanburg district in the state of South Carolina upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration signed and acknowledged by Nancy Castleberry the declarant in our presence, and we believe from appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
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and that we have no interest in this claim 
William D Young
S. W. Floyd
The foregoing declarations and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day 
and year above written. and I certify and know the affidavints to be credible persons and also 
know the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim 
This 31st July 1855 
Z Lanford
Magistrate
I further certify that the family register hereunto attached was written by me at different times I know personally that it is correct as the statements made by declarant of herself and family 
G Lanford
Magistrate.
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State of South Car( Damaged)
Spartanburgh  District
On this 28th day of May A. D. 1866. personally appeared before me A. B. Woodruff a magistrate in and for the Said District and State Tabitha Stephens aged 40 years. Winney Marler aged 33 years, Melinda Pearson aged 31 years and Rosa Stephens aged 29 years residents of Spartanburg District near woodruffs P. O. who being duly sworn by me according to law declare that they are the children and heirs at law of Nancy Castleberry Decd who was a pensioner of the United States on the roll of the agency at Charleston S. C. and whose pension certificate is herewith returned No. 6147 dated 13 June 1857.
and that their mother Nancy Castleberry resided from the first day of January 1861 up to the time of her death with Rosa Stephens near Woodruffs P. O. in Spartanburgh District S.C. and that she died on the 20th day of November 1865, and a the time of her death she was 60 years old, and they further swear that they all often heard her say that she was apposed to the war and that the  Yankees would whip the Rebels, and that she was last paid her pension on the 4th March 1861. and that from the commencement of the war up to the time of her death she was supported by her own labor and the labor of Rosa Stephens. And they further swear that they never encouraged the Rebels in any manner or manifested any sympathy with their cause and that they all were very poor people and had no interest whatsoever in the war. and they further swear that they have twenty.
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miles from Spartanburgh C. H. the nearest court of record and that they all are in very destitute circumstances that they do not own a horse or have any kind of conveyance among them to get to the court House and they have no money or means to hire a conveyance to go there, and that they are forced to work for the daily support of themselves and families, that Tabitha Stephens is a widow with 4 children all under 8 years of age and Melinda Pearson is a widow with 6 children all under 13 years of age and that Rosa Stephens is a widow with 3 children all under 9 year of age and they are hard pressed to make a support and are dependent to a considerable extent for their living on the charity of their neighbors and they hope that the Pension office will not require  them to leave their little children alone and walk to the court House to appear before a court of record to secure the arrears that may be due their  mother, and that their mother did not intermary but continued the widow of Paul Castleberry up to the time of her death. This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of their mothers name to the pension rolls and of obtaining a new pension certificate for the account that may be due her up to the time of her death such as she may be entitled to under existing regulations, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension office to substantiate her original claim and they do herto constitute and appoint A. S. Wallace of York District S. C. their true and lawful attorney to prosecute their claim and do all acts necessary in managing the claim.
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and to receive any money that may be found
due to them and receipt for the Same
Tabitha (her mark) Stephens
Winney (her mark) Marler
Melinda (her mark) Pearson
Rosa (her mark) Stephens
also personally appeared Jesse Leatherwood  Dr N. W. Drummond and Dr T S Wright residents of Spartanburgh District near Woodruff P. O. persons whom I certify to be of the higest
respectability and entitled to the fullest credit and who being by me duly sworn according to law say that they were present and show Tabitha Stephens Winney Marler Melinda Pearson and Rosa Stephens make their marks to the foregoing declaration and they further swear that they have been acquainted with all of the applicants for twenty years past and we know them to be the children and heirs at law of Nancy Castleberry dec 'd . and that Nancy Castleberry died about the 20th November 1865 and that they also swear that she continued a widow up to her death, and they never heard of her expressing any sentiments in favor of the last rebellion on manifesting any Sympathy with the cause. and that they have known the present applicants during the war and they never heard that any time expressed any sentiments in favor of the Rebellion or manifested any sympathy the cause. and they further swear that they all are in very destitute circumstances and that they live.
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no means of conveyance to the court House and they do not believe that any of the applicant have any money or anu means of hiring a conveyance to go there to  appear before a court of record and they further swear that Tabitha Stephens Melinda Pearson and Rosa Stephens are widows each having several small children, and that they are dependent to some extent on the charity of their neighbors for a living, and that Bethel Church to which the applicants belong has been contributing bread for their support, and they further certify that they all are women of good character and that they live twenty miles from the C. H. and they further swear that they have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
Jesse Leatherwood M. W. Drummond M. D. T. S. Wright M. D. 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 28th day of May AD 1866 and I further certify that the above declaration was read open in my presence to the applicants before they made their marks and I further certify that I have been acquanted with the applicants all of their lives and that they are the children of Nancy Castleberry dec'd who was a pensioner and who died about 20 November 1865,  and I certify that they all are in destitute circumstances with helpless families and illegible of t hem are widows as Stated and that the church has contributed to their support, and further that I do not believe they have any  means of getting to the court House whcih is twenty miles from their homes, and I further certify that I have no interest direct or indirect interest in this claim
A B Woodruff Magistrate
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December 8, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MS
all
Paul Castleberry, W. 27664

Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth
Edgefield
South Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Paul Castleberry and Edmund Kelley who served in the Revolutionary War.
.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to comply in full with requests similar to yours. You are furnished herein, the record of Paul Castleberry as obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.27664, based on the Revolutionary War service of this soldier
.
Paul Castleberry was born March 1, 1761, on the Tar River in Virginia. When he was very young he moved with his parents (names not
given) to Orange County, North Carolina, from there he moved to Newberry District, South Carolina, and from there to Richmond County, Georgia

While living in Richmond County, Georgia, he volunteered in the summer of 1777 and served on various short tours of two or three months
each, amounting in all to one year and seven months as sergeant with the Georgia troops under Captains Howard, James Danly and Beacham, and Colonel's "Dun", Clark and Twiggs; he was in the battle of Medway, in the
battle of Savannah and in several light engagements near there,

Soon after the siege of Savannah, Paul Castleberry moved to Spartanburgh District, South Carolina,

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832, at which time he was living in Richmond County, Georgia,

Paul Castleberry died in Spartanburgh District, South Carolina, June 16, 1841.

(continued)
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(cont'd request of Hollingsworth)

Paul Castleberry married in Spartanburgh District, South Carolina , February 15, 1824, Miss Nancy Gillespie.

She was allowed pension on her application executed August 25, 1855, at which time she was forty-nine years of age and was living in
Spartanburgh District, South Carolina. She died there November 20, 1885.

Paul and Nancy Castleberry had the following children:

Sarah M.         born November 14, 1824, 
          married -- Pace and in 1857 she was 
          living in Greenville District, South 
          Carolina, and in 1866 was living in
          Pickens County, South Carolina, or in 
          Henderson County, North Carolina.

Tabitha             born April 5, 1826, married 
          William Stephens who was conscripted in 
          the Confederate army in fall of 1862 and 
          it was reported that he died in a hospital 
          in Charleston in August, 1863; in 1865 she 
          was living in Spartanburgh District and in 
          1866 was still a widow and had four
          children, all under eight years of age.

James A.           born December 2, 1827,

Elizabeth J. A.      "    October 7, 1829,

Winney                 "   April 13, 1833, married - 
          Marler and she was living in 
          Spartanburgh District in 1865.

Malinda            born February 17, 1834, married 
          Charles Pearson who was conscripted
          in Confederate Army in February, 1864, 
          and it was reported that he died in July, 
          1864, in Virginia, from the effects of 
          measles in 1866 the was still a widow and 
          had six children, all under thirteen years of 
          age.

Nancy Ann         born February 25, 1836, 
          married -- King and she died in
          December, 1865, and was survived by 
          three minor children. Rosey or Rosa born 
          December 28, 1837, married Jackson 
          Stephens who was conscripted in 
          Confederate Army in July, 1863, and it 
          was reported he died of fever in 
          Richmond, Virginia, in July, 1864; in 1866 
          she was living in Spartanburgh District, 
          was a widow and had three children,

Julia A.                date of her birth not given, she 
           married ---- Smith, in 1866 it was not known 
          whether she was alive but some years 
          before said date she was living in St. Clair 
          County, Alabama

 Anderson,          date of his  birth not given; he 
          was living in St. Clair County, Alabama, 
          during the Civil War.

 In 1857 it was stated that Richard Castleberry, who was the  stepson of Nancy Castleberry (widow of  Paul Castleberry) had moved to 
  Mississippi in the fall of 1844. There are no further data relative to family of Paul Castleberry


Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1913 July Hist. to Ruby C. Stone V.L.M. 
1913 Dec 4 Hist. to Frank B. Castleberry. V.L.M.
1914 June 18 Hist. to Mrs. H. B. Hollingsworth, MCS
Revy Widow, & c.
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File No. 27664

Nancy Castleberry
Widow
Paul Castleberry
Priv. Rev War
----o-----
Act Feb 3rd 1853
Index:  Vol  1,   Page 123

[Arrangement of 1870 . ]
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Chas A Rhett APrl 9/60
A. S. Wallace June 9th 1866,
6 (greyed out)
-------------------
South Carolina
Nancy Castleberry
widow of Paul,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

=====================

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
63 dollars 33.
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.

===================
certificate of Pension issued 
13th day June 1857
and sent to  of
A. S. Wallace Yorkville, S C 
Paid to Mar 11/62
Jdc

====================Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act
(page torn)
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V.
67529

160 acres

No  6000

Nancy Castleberry
widow of Paul  (page torn)

S Carolina

Sen. A. S. Wallace Sept 7/55
same Acts 2 1855-
same May 20 1856-
same Mch 24, 1857-



Act Sept 3, 1853
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State of South Carolina }
Spartanburgh District    } on this 4th day of August A.D. 1866 personally appeared before me 
A. B. Woodruff a magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid Elizabeth J. Woodruff and Jane L. Woodruff who are residents of Spartanburgh District near Woodruff P. O. who being by me duly sworn according to law say that they are well acquainted with Rosa Stephens, Tabitha Stephens Melinda Pearson and Winny Marler and that they have known them for twelve or fifteen years and that they are the children of Nancy Castleberry Dec'd and that they were well acquainted with Nancy Castleberry from the commencement of the war of the rebellion up to the time of her death that they saw her often and at different times heard her express her opposition to the war and the rebellion. She expressed her opinions openly and freely and said the war would involve the country in trouble and that she was opposed to her Sons-in-law going into the rebel army and used her influence to keep them at home, and they further swear that the children of Nancy Castleberry above named were very much opposed to their husbands going into the Service and that they have always understood and believed that they all were opposed to the war and they further swear that Jackson Stephens the husband of Rosa Stephens was conscriped and taken in the Rebel Service in 1863 and .
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they understood that he died of fever in Virginia in 1864 and that William Stephens the husband of Tabitha Stephens went into the rebel Service in the fall of 1862 when required by the conscript laws and that they learned that he died in Charleston some time afterwards and that Charles Pearson the husband of Melinda Pearson went into Service under the requirements of the conscript law about the first of the year 1864 and they understood that he died in Virginia some months afterwards from the effects of measles. and they further swear that the old lady Castleberry and her children were poor but respectable people and that they had no interest in the peculiar institutions of the South. and they further swear that they knew another daughter of that Castleberry Nancy Anne King and that she is now dead leaving some children and they have understood that she had those other children that they do not know certainly know where they are. and they further swear that they have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim. A. B . Woodruff     E J Woodruff
M. S. D           }   G F Woodruff  .
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South Carolina Spartansburg District                    
           I , J.B. Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that AB Woodruff Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made was at the date thereof a Magistrate for the district aforesaid who has been duly appointed & qualified and the Signature purporting to be his is genuine ..(illegible) that due faith & heart should be given to act as his official and I as such        Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 8th day of August 1866             JB Tolleson CCP.& GS
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South Carolina 
Spartanburg District 
Before me person [illegible] [illegible] James Leatherwood a highly credible citizen of [illegible] District age 47 years [illegible] who being [illegible] [illegible] sworn according to law on oath says that he well recollects the [illegible] of the marriage of Paul and Nancy of Castleberry formerly Nancy Gillespie now an applicant for a pension and [illegible] [illegible].
Thant he was [illegible] present at the [illegible] [illegible] which too place at Paul Castleberry's own home one half mile from [illegible] about which [illegible] he has [illegible] since [illegible] & saw John Briton Esq on [illegible] was as he told [illegible] to the said marriage then saw him on his [illegible] from the said marriage and told [illegible] he had married Paul Castleberry to the said Nance Gillespie now his widow and know they lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Paul Castleberry and that all their children were born in wedlock the eldest child [illegible] of said marriage [illegible] was named Sarah who was born some nine months after then said marriage but cannot give the precise time of said marriage which fact has never been doubted and [illegible] [illegible] believes and that
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(continuation)

he believes they were married between
1820, and 1825 and that the said Nancy is now a widow, and well is known, only by the name of Nancy Castlebury, and that she has no interest in this claim and that John Brewton Esqr is (illeg)

 Jonas Brewton  (his signature)

Sworn to  & Subscribed Before me 
James Leatherwood,


 Mrs. Frances Leatherwood, also a highly
Credible citizen of said district on oath says that she was well acquainted , with the said Paul, and Nancy Castlebury, formerly Nancy Gillespie 
before their marriage, and recollects the occurrence, but was not present at the marriage, which took place at the home of the said Paul C
Castlebury, about one an one half Miles distant from deponents residence  and knows that all their children were born in wedlock and that they lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Paul Castlebury & and ┃
that the said Nancy is still a widow and their Eldest child born some nine months after marriage was named Sarah now Mrs. Sarah
Pace of Greenville District and that the said Marriage was never doubted and deponent verily believes,

Sworn to and subscribed this said
day of March 1857,- Deponent

(continued)
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Nancy Castleberry the claimant for a Pension , and Bounty land a credible citizen of said District on oath says that she was married to Paul Castleberry Revolutionary Pensioner of limited States, SC agency. at his own house in Spartansburg District S.C. on the fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty four (1824) and that her first child Sarah M. Castleberry was born the fourteenth of November following, and that the marriage was ( unknown word but think solemnized) by John Brenton Esq who is now dead that she has no other record than the one ...(illegible) her application which she believes correct  that she cannot read or write, and cannot give the date of the year of her marriage only from information but distinctly minds the day of the month of her marriage, as well as the birth of her first child who is now 32 years of age past and is now satisfied that if she said she was married in 1825 she was mistaken, and that
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there is no public or Church Records of marriage kept to his knowledge in the County, and that only Record of the births of her children I give of her marriage to Paul Castleberry is on file with her papers as above stated. The eldest Sarah M., now Sarah Pace of Greenville District S.C. Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of March 1857. Nancy Castleberry (her Mark X) Before me   
 Jonas Brewton Mag                                                    
 Test James Leatherwood Nancy Pearson aged 49 past a highly credible citizen of said District who being first duly sworn according to law and says that she was personally acquainted with Paul Castleberry , above named before her marriage to the said Paul Castleberry and has been ...(illegible) acquainted with her ever since as she has lived within a mile of the deponents since her marriage above named, where she resides and is now present Deponent Will recollects the marriage of Nancy to Paul, her late husband and recollects their marriage took place on the fifteenth day of Feb
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One  thousand eight hundred and twenty four (1824) deponent was married on the 5th day of February 1824 and the said Paul and Nancy Gillespie, were both at her wedding before their own marriage and invited deponent and her husband to them and always understood that they were married by John Brewton who is now dead , also knows they lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Paul Castleberry , and knows that all their children were born in wedlock, the eldest Sarah now Mrs. Sarah Pace of Greenville District S.C. was born about nine months after her marriage to the said Paul Castleberry. Deponents own first child was born on the 6th December 1824 about three weeks after the birth of Sarah, Eldest child of Paul and Nancy Castleberry, and that the marriage as well as the births of Deponents children is a matter of record aside from which she distinctly recollects the dates thereof, and that the marriage was never doubted ,and that she remembered in this application. Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of March 1857      
Jonas Brewton Mag (signed)                     
Nancy Pearson (signed)
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John Pearson aged 58 years, a highly credible citizen of said district and oath says that he well recollects the marriage of Paul and Nancy Castleberry which...(illegible) a short time after his own marriage at which Paul and the said Nancy were present then Nancy Gillespie and deponent and wife were invited invited to their wedding but was not present but always understood John Brewton Esq now dead married the said Paul & Nancy, as well as deponents, and knows all their children were born in wedlock and their marriage never doubted, the Eldest of whom Sarah, now Sarah Pace was born about three weeks after the birth of his own first child and knows of his own personal knowledge that he and his wife Nancy, above named, were married on the 5th say of Feb 1824, that is deponent and wife Nancy. Sworn and subscribed this 3rd day of March 1857 before me and that he has no interest in this claim.                                    Jonas Brewton, Mag (signed)                       John Pearson  (signed his mark X)                       I the said magistrate do hereby certify that I am
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well acquainted with all the above name witnesses, as well as the applicant Nancy Castleberry and know them all to be persons of good character for truths and Mrs. Nancy Pearson remarkable for correct memory given under my hand this 3rd day of March 1857. Jonas Brewton, Mag                                        State of South Carolina                     
Spartansburg District I J.B. Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions doe Spartansburg district & state aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonas Brewton Esq who gave the above certificate and before whom this witness affidavits was made was at the date thereof a Magistrate for the district & State aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qualified and the signature purported to be his is genuine & that all due faith and heart should be given to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand & seal of Office at Spartansburg Courthouse the 4 March 1837   
JB Tolleson Clerk (Round seal - illegible)
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Spartanburgh

South Carolina

Paul Castleberry
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South Carolina
Spartanburgh District

Pau=l Castlebury further declaring on oath states that he entered the Service of the United States as a Sargent some time in the summer of 1777 - the precise date he does not recollect.  He further states that he was acting as Sargent and held that  office during the whole time referred to in the foregoing declaration.  He cannot state the precise periods of the different tours by reason of old age and  a deficiency of memory.  He know that he served and states in his declaration and that he was several times that he as on duty that he had not  mentioned for want of a  distinct recollection of the person who commanded and the length of time he served .  At the Siege of Savannah he volunteered for the [?? specific??] purpose of going to the Siege and it was understood that all who went in our company was to stay until the enemy was ref\pulsed or us was forced to abandon it.  the tour was about  four months - it may have been a few days more or less.  He   during the whole of his service resided in the state of Georgia and removed to So. Carolina soon after.  So that he does not know whether there are any of those who served with him now alive.  He does not therefore know of any person who could  prove his services ,  He was not in any civil employment while in the army.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
May 8th, 1833.
Paul "P" (his mark) Castleberry

H. J. Dray, J.P.
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South Carolina
Sartanburgh District

Personally appeared before me the Undersigned a justice of the peace for the District  aforesaid Paul Castlebury who being duly sworn deposed and [????}  that by reason of old age and the [???] 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 period mentioned in  his declaration and in the following grade  for one year and seven months as a Sargent and for such service  & claims a pension,

Sworn & Subscribed before me May 6th 1833

                   Paul "P" (his mark) Castlebury

H. J.  Dearce  J.P.
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State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh [sic] District on this 20th day of August A.D. 1866 personally appeared before me, J. Earle Bomar Judge of the court of ordinary for the District and State aforesaid the same being a court of record. Rosa Stephens aged 29 years a resident of Spartanburgh [sic] District S.C. near Woodruff S.C. who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that she is the admistratrix of her mother Nancy Castlebury and that she is duly appointed and qualified by law. And that she makes this application as administratrix for the purpose of securing a restoration of her mother's name to the pension roll and of obtaining a new pension certificate for the amount due from the time she was last paid up to the time of her death, and she would respectfully refer her cousin of pensions to the declaration already on file and the evidence accompaning [sic] to prove that she is the identical Nancy Castlebury who was a pensioner before the last war and also to prove the date of her mother's death, the of a pension certificate was forwarded with the former application and that she forwarded her oath of allegiance with the former application. And she further swears that she never in our manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their case and that she was opposed to the war and used every effort to prevent her husband from being taken into
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the rebel army.  and that  her  mother was violently opposed to her now and openly expressed her opposition to it saying  that she never  wanted to see a government destroyed which her husband had fought and suffered to establish and which was then supporting her in her old age. and she further swears that all her sisters in this state were opposed to the war and never in any manner encouraged the Rebels or manifested any sympathy with their cause. and  that her husband Jackson Stephens was opposed to the war and was conscripted and forced into service in July 1863 and that he died at Richmond of fever in July 1864 and that William Stephen the husband of Tabitha Stephens was opposed to the war and was conscripted in the fall of 1862 and taken to Charleston and died there in the Hospital in August 1863. and that Charles Pearson the husband of Helinda Pearson was opposed to the war and was conscripted and forced into service in February 1864 and died in July following from the effects of measles and that here sister Nancy Ann King dies in December 1865 leaving their minor children and that she was also bitterly opposed to the war and that her sister Sarah Pace was living when last heard from in the Blue Ridge mountains in Pickens Solea in Henderson cty (City?? or County?)  No. Ca. and that her sister Julia A Smith was living in
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know whether or not she is still living and that her brother Anderson Castleberry was living in St Clair County Ala when last heard from anyway the rebellion and she further swears that her mother lived a widow up to the time of her death.  and she further swears that she does hereby constitute and appoint A S Wallace of York District So Ca her true and lawful attorney claim of her mother for arrears of pension which may be due. and to receive and receipt for all monies which may be allowed to her. 
Rosa (her x mark) Stephens  aamrx.
Also personally appeared R. W. Woodruff and Jonas Bruton gentlemen whom I certify to be of undoubted respectability and high standing who are residents of Spartanburg District So. Ca. who being by me duly sworn according to law say that they were present and saw Rosa Stephens make her mark to the forgoing declaration and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and from long personal acquaintance that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. and that they knew Nancy   Castleberry for many years before her death and that they are well acquainted  with the present applicant and saw her often during the war and know that she was opposed to the war and they know that Winny Marler
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(stamp at the top in circle)Department of the interior Oct 19 1866 Pension Office
Tabitha Stephens and Melinda Pearson were opposed to the war and the rebellion.  and they further swear that they have always understood and believed that Jackson Stephens William Stephens and Charles Pearson were forced  into the rebel army by the conscript laws of the Confederacy. and they further swear that all the children and heirs of Nancy Castleberry dec'd are poor but hard working people, that they had no interest in the peculiar institutions of the South and they believe that all of them now living in this State were opposed to the war. and  they further swear that they have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
R. W. Woodruff
Jonas Breuton
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 20th day of August A. D. 1866 and I hereby certify that the declaration was read over to the applicant Rosa Stephens before she made her mark and I further certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
Jno. Earl Boman
Judge of Court of Ordinary.
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(left half of page)

Not on Wash DC

(stamp)
DEPARTMENT OFFICE (ILLEG)
JULY 23 187(?)
PENSION DIVISION

(right side of page)

Not on Washington roll,
Respectfully referred 
to the Comm of Pensions
for the desired information

Very respectfully
Wm T Collins
Pension agent
Fser N.
July 29/70
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Woodruff S.C
14  July 1870

Hon Wm T. Collins

Dear Sir

Will you be so kind as to examine the records in the Pension office and let me know to what time Mrs. Nancy Castleberry, widow of Paul
Castlebury decd. was last paid and what amount
she was entitled to for as she is died and her children are greatly needing what may be coming to her Please send me whatever papers may be necessary for an Administrator to execute in
the case

(continued)
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(cont'd letter to Collins)

and oblige

Yours Truly
A.B. Woodruff
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Pension Office
Oct 23d / 56

Sir

Paul Castleberry pensioner on S.C. roll at $63.33
under act of 1832 - To what time paid ?

Very respectfully
S. Cole
For Court

R.J. Atkinson Esq
3d Audr.

Third Auditors Office
October 23, 1856

Sir:

Paul Castleberry, South Carolina Agency Act 7 June 1832. paid to March 4, 1841, as appears from the records of this Office

Very respectfully
your obt sevt

Rob Jameson
Auditor

Hon. Comm of Pensions}
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(government ticket)

Nancy Castlebury

Payment to e made at Charleston,
J.C. Cochran Esq
Agent for paying Pensions, in the Agency of
South Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February 
3d, 1853, Page  342  Vol.  26

G. T. Getty, Clerk
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(government form)

BK  (initials on left corner)


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.
--------------
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853,

Nancy  Castlebury,

widow of Paul Castlebury
,
who was a private, in the revolutionary war.
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Sixty three, dollars and thirty-three - cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this thirteenth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Seven

J. Nivenssion
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.
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(notes right hand corner)

 pd May 1867   298.50
to Nov 20, 1865

House of Representative (letterhead)
Washington, D.C. Jny 19th, 1877.

The Hon Com of
Pensions
Will please give the amount of Pension paid to
the heirs of Nancy Castlebury Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. late of Spartanburg
County, South Carolina decd, which was paid
about the year 1867, Mrs Castlebury  was
paid to 4 March 1861. and died in time of
the war she was the widow of Paul Castlebury
also a pensioner

(notes in left margin)

63.33 all'd 1857  rec'd March 67 - -- from March 4 1861 to Nov 20 1865

6147
27,664


(continued)
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(cont'd letter to comm of pensions)

in of U.S.  S.C. Agency.

Your compliance will oblige

Yours Respectfully,

A.S. Wallace


STAMP on page illegible
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Yorkville   So. Ca. 
13th May 1857

Hon Geo C. Whiting
Comm of Pensions


Sir

In answer to your letter of the 24th March
last in claim of Nancy Castlebury, widow of Paul
Castlebury decd, act of  3 Feb 1853. I herewith
hand you evidence to sustain the said Claim, you will please examine and report to me as soon as convenient

Very Respectfully Yours
A.S. Wallace

P.S.  , Catherine Garrett is the wife of Thos
Garrett  whose evidence has been sent
this case I know them well.

I hope this will be satisfactory If so have the land warrant issued  and as well as the pension certificate
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Very Respectfully Yours

ASW
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Yorkville So Ca   October 12 1886

Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Comm. of Pensions

Sir;

In compliance with your letter of the 9th of June in relation to the application of the heirs of Nancy Castlebury for the restoration of her
name to her pension rolls, I have caused on a
administration to be made and herewith enclose you the supplementry declaration of Rosa Stephens one of the daughters as administratrix

Nancy Castlebury  was the widow of Paul Castlebury a revolutionary soldier, pension payable at Charleston. 

It is hoped that satisfactory proof of the
points required is here presented   The family
are in a very destitute condition and anxious
to hear from this application. Your immediate
consideration will greatly oblige all parties. I have sent two claims to the office two months ago which are not yet reported upon

Very Respectfully
A. S Wallace
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(government form)

Restorative   6147  D.C.

Brief in the case of     Nancy Castlebury, Widow of Paul Castlebury   Spartanburgh    County and State of   South Carolina   2d Sec Act Feb 3 1853
==================
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.

PROOF EXHIBITED.

on the roll of Charleston S.C. at $63.33 per annum paid to March 4. 1861 the claim for restoration made by on Rosa Stephens, administratrix . Pensioner died Nov 20. 1865. & the evidence shows her having been loyal & continuous widow

Restored March 15-1867 to a pension at $63.33
per Annum commencing March 4 1861 & terminating Nov. 20  1865. payable to Rosa Stephens, administratrix for legal heirs

Name and residence of Agent.
A S. Wallace
Yorkville So Carolina

WE Trask
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Nancy. widow of Paul
Castlebury of S. Carolina,   Act Feby 3, 1853,

Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832, at $63.33 a year and over 1841

Marriage proved by witnesses

Cohabitation, general reputation of veracity
her identity as the pensioner known his death then present and  then proved by credible 
 witnesses

Thorton Triplett
Examiner

Send to
A.S. Wallace Esqr
Yorksville, S.C.
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201'  791'
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Yorksville S.C.
7th August 1855,

Hon L. P. Waldo,

My Dear Sir

I herewith inclose claim of Nancy Castlebury for Bounty Land act 3 March 1855 with the accompanying documents,

I will also send declaration as soon as executed claiming pension act 3 Feb 1853, which I wish
examined in connection with this claim 

Very Respectfully yours
A. S. Wallace
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State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District     }

Before me Z Lanford a magistrate in and for the district and State aforesaid, personally came
Thomas Garrett who being sworn according to law declares upon oath that was well acquainted with Isaiah Waldrop and that he was present and saw said Waldrop married to a
woman by the name of Tempy Gregory
that they lived together for several years and moved to North Carolina that after this said Waldrop came to his (deponents) house in Company with another woman who ^he^ said was his wife that his first wife had left him and was living with another man and that after his first wife left him he married the woman
that was in company with him that Waldrop and the woman in company with him left his house
and went away together sometime after
this the same woman came to his (deponents) house and stated that there was likely some legal charges to be preferred against the said Waldrop and he had left her in order to escape and arrest, deponent further states that in a short time he heard that Waldrop was married to Nancy Castlebury widow of Paul Castlebury Decd that he remained with her not more than
a day or two, and left being threatened
with a prosecutions, that he has not seen

(^--^) indicates word inserted into text

(continued)
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or heard of said Waldrip since that he has no doubt but what he had a wife living at the time he was married to the widow Castleberry that he never heard of the death of wither of the two first women he claimed as his wives
Thomas (his x mark ) Garrett
State of South Carolina }
Spartanburg District       }
Before me I Lanford a magistrate in and for the district and state aforesaid personally came John L Waldrip who being duly sworn according to law dec-
lares upon oath that he is the brother  of Isaiah Waldrip that his brother was married to a woman by the name of 
Tenpy Gregory that they lived together several years in Spartanburg district South Carolina and they removed  to North Carolina and some time after this his brother (the said Isaiah Waldrip) came to his house in Company with another woman who he claimed as his wife stating that his first wife had left him and took up with another man and that he had remarried the woman there in company with him that they left his house together and that soon afterwards he heard they had separated and in everry
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short time after this he heard that he was married to Nancy Castleberry widow of Paul Castleberry Dec'd that he did not live with her more than two days and left being threatened to be indicted for marrying the widow Castleberry while his first wife was living deposition further states that he has no doubt but what his said Brother had a lawful wife living at the time he married the widow Castleberry as he has never heard of her death
Jelus L Waldrop
The foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before the 18th day of September 1856.  and I certify that I am well acquainted with the affidavits and know them to be creditable persons.
given under my hand and seal the 18th day of September 1856
L Landford (seal)
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina }
Spartanburgh District    }
I J. B. Tolleson clerk of the court of Common pleas & General Sessions for the district and State afore said do herby certify that T Lanford Esqr before whom the within affidavits was made was at the date thereof a Magistrate for the district & State aforesaid who had ben duly appointed and qualified and the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that all due faith and credit should be given to all his official  act as such
(seal) given under my hand & seal of office at Spartanburgh Court House this 9 December 1836
J B Tolleson clerk
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I John Leatherwood do hereby certify that I was acquainted with Isaiah  Waldrop a few years previous to his marriage to Nancy Castleberry widow of Paul Castleberry Dec'd and have understood that he had a wife living at the time he married the said Nancy Casleberry which I never heard doubted by any one and that he left a short time after said marriage and I have never heard of him since which was previous to the fall of eighteen hundred and forty four but cannot recollect the precise time I am fully satisfied that it was previous to the fall of eighteen hundred & forty four from the fact that Richard Castleberry a step son of Nancy Castleberry moved to Mississippi in the fall of 1844 and that said marriage was previous to his moving away and 
that I am now fifty two years old and have no interest in this claim taken an oath before this the 11th day of May 1857
Wm. Leatherwood
T. Lanford
Magistrate
I Richard Woodruff do hereby certify that I performed the marriage ceremony between Isaiah and Waldrop and Nancy Castleberry above named in 183 or 1844 but cannot fix the  precise  (illegible) afterwards heard he (Waldrop ) had another wife living and ran away being threatened
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(continuation Woodruff depo)

with a prosecutions for bigamy by
Sexton Taylor and have never heard
of Waldrop since and from the circumstance
connected with the case I think it highly
propable  (sic probable) that he (Waldrop) had another wife living at the time of his marriage
to the said Nancy Castlebury as above
stated   I am now and have been for
the last twenty five years a Baptist
Clergyman and have no interest
in this application

  Richard Woodruff

Taken on oath
Before me the 11th
day of May 1857

Z. Lawford
Magistrate

I Catharine Garrett do hereby certify
that Isaiah Waldrop was living at
my house at the time he  was married
to Tempa Gregory and was present.
and witnessed the marriage performed
by John Bradley a magistrate of
Spartanburg District So. Co.  knew
them until they left for North Carolina
or Tennessee as they run away in the night time and had three children at that time the
oldest of whom was named Franklins that said Isaiah Waldrop returned in 12 or 18 months said his wife Tempa had left him and  taken up with another man and 

(continued)
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(cont'd Garrett deposition)

had another woman with him who he claimed as his wife and I understood that he went to his
mothers in Lawrence district and broke open a still house and was run  been back to Spartanburg district and I know the same woman he brought out with him came in
search of him and said she was going on back where she came from and about that time
or shortly after she understood he (Waldrop), married Nancy Castlebury above named widow of of Paul Castlebury Decd   some Six or seven miles on my below where I live and as I understood left her in a few days after the marriage as he was about to be prosecuted for
having two or three wives and that I have never heard of him since and that he told me himself a very short time before he married Nancy
Castlebury that his first wife was then
living but had taken up with another man but I cannot recollect the dates of the above named occurrences but am fully satisfied that it is twelve or thirteen years since he left the Country I am now Sixty three years old or upwards and have no interest in this claim

Catharine (her X mark)  Garrett

Taken on oath before the
11th day of May 1857
Z. Lawford magistrate
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I William S. Garrett do hereby certify that I was at the marriage of Isaiah Waldrop and Tempa Gregory by John Bradley Esqr, know they lived
together as man and wife for a number of years until they left for North Carolina or Tennessee as they run away in the night season that they had three children the oldest was named Franklin   I recollect that said Isaiah Waldrop returned in about a year or eighteen months and brought back another woman who
he said was his wife stating that Tempa had
taken up with another man passed on as  I shortly after returned and said he had left his wife at his mothers in Lawrence district and
as I understood returned back to Lawrence and broke open a still house and was run back to Spartanburg for breaking open the still house that he (Waldrop), told me that his first wife
was living but had taken up with another man that in a very short time after he returned to Spartanburg he married Nancy Castlebury that in two or three days left the Country as Sexton
Taylor threatened to prosecute him for
having two or three wives that the conversations between me and Waldrop
in reference to his first wife being above
was about two or three weeks before he

(continued)
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(cont'd affidavit Wm Garrett)

married Nancy Castlebury and I have never doubted his first wife Tampa being alive at the time he married Nancy Castlebury above named which has always been the prevailing opinion that Sexton Taylor left the country several years ago and that Isaiah Waldrop above named has been gone for twelve or thirteen years and I have not heard of him in that time I am now in my thirty fourth year ┃
and have no interest in this claim

William Garrett  (his signature)

taken on oath before
the 11th day May
1857.

Z. Lanford Magistrate
South Carolina
Spartanburg District

I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I am personally and intimately acquainted with the
witnesses who have sworn to and subscribed
the foregoing affidavits, before me and
know them all to be respectable citizens of
this district and their statements entitled to every confidence that Richard Woodruff is a Clergyman of the Baptist Denomination as stated by him in his affidavit that C.P. Woodruff
his brother is a regular physician   I further certify that I am well acquainted with Nancy Castleberry and fully concur in the statements made by the foregoing witnesses

(continued)
Page 72

(cont'd affidavit of Wm Garrett)

and that I have no interest in this
application

Given under my hand near
Woodruffs post office this
the 11th day of May AD 1857

Z. Lanford    Magistrate


State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District.    }

I, J. B. Tolleson  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the district & State aforesaid  do hereby certify that Z. Lanford Esqr. before whom the attached affidavits was made was and is at the date hereof a Magistrate for the district and State aforesaid who had been duly appointed  and qualified and the
Signature purporting to be his is genuine and that all due faith and credit should be
given to his official acts as such

Give under my hand &
Seal of Office at Spartanburgh
 Court House
this 13th day of May 1857

J B Tollison
Clerk
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District }

I Pill Bruton of the District and State aforesaid
certify that that I have been acquainted with Nancy Castleberry (aka Castlebury)
since her marriage to Paul Castleberry, 
 Revolutionary Pensioner  of the united states S.C. Agency dec'd but was absent from the state
twelve years during which time the said Paul Castleberry died and his widow Nancy as I have
always understood married a man by the name of Isaiah Waldrop who was run off for having a
other wife, and (cross out) I have never heard of the said Waldrop or saw him since  my return to this state in fall of 1844 and never heard any
other opinion but the marriage was illegal which has been the prevailing opinion of the County and not doubted    I live about two miles from Nancy Castleberry and am now 46 years old.

P. M Brunton  (his signature)

Taken on oath before me the
day of May 1857, and that witness
has no interest in this claim

Z  Lanford    Magistrate
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 C. P. Woodruff do hereby certify
that I was well acquainted with Isaiah
Waldrop who married Nancy Castleberry (aka Castlebury) widow of Paul Castleberry ( aka Castlebury) and for many years previous to said marriage, and saw him a short time before his marriage to Nancy Castleberry in company
with another woman who he pointed
out to me as his wife   a few days after I understood they (Waldrop and said Woman) had a fight and separated    a very short time after he married the above named Nancy Castleberry now an applicant for a pension lived
with her a few days when he left as Sexton Taylor threatened to indict him for bigamy and I have never heard of Waldrop since which is now about ten or twelve years past    I have as a
practicing Physician attended said Waldrop when sick and know that he was a very worthless fellow and have no doubt he had a wife living at the time he married Nancy Castleberry and that Sexton Taylor moved to the State of Georgia and I have understood was
dead and that Nancy Castleberry never 
took the name of Waldrop and never
heard the invalidity of the marriage to the
said Nancy Castleberry doubted by any one
and that I am now in my fiftieth year and
that I have in interest in this claim

C P Woodriff  (his signature) 

Taken on oath before me the
11 May 1857

Z  Lanford     Magistrate
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I Elizabeth Dumond do hereby
certify that I was personally and 
intimately acquainted with Isaiah
and wife Tempa (formerly
Tempa Gregory) for several years as
they lived part of the time on my
fathers land in Spartanburg
District South Carolina and
had three children Viz Franklin
William and Nancy and left
about the year 1840 or 1841, for
Tenessee as I understood as he
had to run away on account of
some misconduct, as he was a
worthless trifling sort of a man
the next I heard of him he had
returned and married Nancy
Castleberry widow of Paul Castleberry
Jead and run away in one or two
days after as he was charged of
having another wife and I
have never heard of him since
and never heard of the death
of his wife Tempa and that
the opinion was general that
he had another wife living at
the time he married Nancy
Castleberry which I verily believed
and have not heard anything
from the said Isaiah Waldrop
for the last ten or twelve years
that I am now twenty eight years
old and have no interest in
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this claim.
her
Elizabeth x Drumond
mark

Taken on oath before
me the 9th day of May
1857
L. Lanford
Magistrate

I John F Drumond do hereby certify
that I knew Isaiah Waldrop about one
before he married Nancy Castleberry
and saw him the next day after
he was married to her and know
that he left a day or two after his
marriage as he was charged with
have a wife living and was about
to be prosecuted and the opinion
of his having another wife living
was Generals and never doubted
to my knowledge, and I have
not heard of him since a period
of ten or twelve years and that
I have no interest in this claim.
J F Drummond

Taken on oath
before me the 9th
day of May 1857
L Lanford
Magistrate
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201:791:
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District {

Before me personally appeared James Leatherwood a resident of said District aged 46 years who being first duly Sworn according to law says that he is and has been acquainted with Mary Castleberry ( aka Castlebury)  since she was married to Paul Castleberry (aka Castlebury)  who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United states and that after the death of the said Paul Castleberry his widow the said
Nancy was afterwards as deponent under
stood married to a man by the name of
Waldrop who left in a few days afterwards and has not been heard of for the last ten or twelve years and was said to have been married before
he married Mrs Nancy Castleberry and
that his wife was still living  She Mrs. Castleberry never took his name and that he has lived with in 1/2 miles of the said Nancy Castleberry for the last nineteen years and previous to that he lived within one mile of
of Paul Castleberry in whose residence
the widow now lives and was always
intimately acquainted with the family and
that he has no interest in this claim
and that the Marriage of Mrs Castleberry to
Waldrop was never regarded a legal Marriage 

James Leatherwood  (his signature)
 
Sworn Before me the 31
July 1855

L Lanford   masg (sic magistrate)
Page 79

I hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with James Leatherwood defendant of the written affidavit for thirty years or more and that he is a respectable citizen of Spartanburg District and entitled to full credit.
Given under my Hand the 31st, July 1855.
Z. Langford
Magistrate

William Meadows, a credible citizen of said district aged 60 years just this month says that he lives about two miles from the Nancy Castleberry for the last 15 years, and knew her before her marriage to Paul Castleberry who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and died at the residence of his widow in 1841, his widow Nancy Castleberry as defendant understood after the death of the said Paul Castleberry married a man by the name of Waldrop who left her in a few days after this marriage as a report reached the neighborhood he had a wife living and he was threatened with a prosecution and immediately left and has not been heard from for the last ten or twelve years and that the said Nancy Castleberry always refused to take his name.
Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of July 1855 before me William Meadows
G. Langford Magt
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South Carolina
Spartanburg District }

Before me personally appeared Samuel S Robuck a resident of said district aged thirty nine years past who being first duly sworn according to law says that he is and has been acquainted with Nance Cartleberry ( aka Castlebury) since she was married to Paul Castleberry who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that after the death of the said Paul Castleberry his widow the said
Nancy was afterwards as deponent
understood married to a man by the name of Waldrop who left in a few days afterwards and has not been heard of for the last ten or twelve years and was said to have a wife living at the time he married the said Nancy Castleberry which report reached the neighborhood and caused him to leave immediately    that the said Nancy Castleberry never took his name    that he has lived within two miles of the said Nancy Castlebury for the last eighteen years or more and within the same distance of Paul Castleberry in whose residence the widow now lives and has been intimately acquainted with the family for the last twenty years and
that he has no interest in this claim
and that the marriage of Mrs Castleberry
to Waldrop was never regarded a legal
Marriage

S.S Robuck  (his signature)

Sworn Before me the 31st
July 1855

S. P. Robert
Z. Lawford  magt (sic magistrate)
Page 81

I hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with S. S. Robuck who has sworn and subscribed to the written affidavit for thirty years or more and that he is a respectable citizen of Spartanburg district and entitled a full credit.
Given under my hand this 31st July 1855
Z. Langford
Magistrate
Page 82

I further certify that the statement made by the 
(illegible) (illegible) James Leatherwood, S. S. Robuck and William Meadows are to my own personal knowledge true and have known the said Nancy Castleberry and her husband Paul Castleberry for thirty years or more and have lived within half a mile of their residence 1832.
Z Langford
Magistrate
North Carolina
Spartanburg District
I J. B. Tolleson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, for Spartanburg District in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Z Lanford is an acting magistrate for Spartanburg District, duly qualified according to law and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to thus be genuine.
Given under my name and seal of office at Spartanburg Court for this the 4th day of August 1855.'
J. B. Tolleson
Clerk
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State of South Carolina    Letters of Administration-Spartan
Spartanburg District  
By Jno Earle Bomar Ordinary, 
of Spartanburg District

To Rosa Stephens
Whereas, Nancy Castleberry, late of said State deceased, lately died intestate, having whilst she lived, and at the time of her death, divers (diverse) goods and chattels, rights and credits, with the District aforesaid: by means whereof the full dispaition and power of granting the administration of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, of the said deceased, and also auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of the said administered, applied and disposed of, "according to law,," do hereby grant unto the said
Rena Stephens
in whose fidelity, in this behalf, I confide full power, by the tenor of these presents, to administer the goods and chattels, rights and credits, of the said deceased, which to 
her in her life-time, and at the time of her death, did belong, and to ask, demand, recover, and receive the same, and to pay whatever debts the said deceased, at the time of her death, did owe, so far as such goods, chattels, rights and credits will extend, according to their rate and order of law; being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same into the Ordinary's Office in (illegible) in order to be recorded, on or before the 2nd day of October now next ensuing; and to render a just and true account, calculation and reckoning of the said administration, when thereunto required: And I ordain, depute, and constitute you, the said 
Rosa Stephens
Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office, the 20th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-Six and in the (illegible) year of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America.
Jno. Earle Bomar
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State of South Carolina 
Spartanburg District     }

In the Court of Ordinary

I, Jno Earle Bower Judge and ex-officio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary for a District & State aforesaid  do hereby certifies that the  within and foregoing contains a true copy of Letters Of Administration issued from my office to 
 Rosa Stephens upon the estate of Nancy Castlebury died; and that all of her actings & doings as administration as aforesaid are entitled to full faith & credit


Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 
the 12th day of October A.D. 1866

Jno. Earle Bower
D.S. O


(receipt seal bottom right)

DEPARTMENT OF THE  INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
OCT 19 1866
Page 85

State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District }

J. J. B. Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that A. B. Woodruff Esq before whom the within declaration was made was at the date thereof a Magistrate for the District and State aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qualified and the signature purporting to be his are genuine and that all due faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as  such and I further certify that Esqr Woodruff is a gentleman of high standing and a member of the State Legislature  for Spartanburgh District

Sworn  under my hand & seal
of office at Spartanburg
Court House 30 May 1866
 J. B. Tolleson
C.C.P. & GS
Page 86

Paul Castlebury
Admit as a private
19mo ----[illegible]3.33
March 2, 1833
Pa 280
[signature] E. Bomar
Spartansburgh
S.C.
Page 87

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Paul Castleberry which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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 of pension
he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?
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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?
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? No
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
year
and --
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 afidavit 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 [form blank]
year [form blank] months, and [from blank] days, I served as a [form blank] days For [form blank] months
and [form blank] days, I served as a [form blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3
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 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 is highly objectionable. 
It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 claimants 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 paper authenticated, the 
ceritificate 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.
Claimant should endeavor to prove
his services or state whether there are
survivors of his services
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CERTIFICATE.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the 28th day of May 1865,
at Woodruff S. C., the oath prescribed by the President of the United States, in his proclamation
of May 29, 1865, was duly taken, subscribed and made matters of record by Tabitha Stephens
of Spartanburgh Dist [sic District] S. C.
A B Woodruff Magh

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
The State of South Carolina,
Spartanburgh [YORK crossed out] DISTRICT.
I, Tabitha Stephens a resident
of Spartanburgh District, aged 40 years; 5 feet 5 inches high, dark complexion,
and by occupation a [blank]; do solemnly swear, (or affirm) in presence of Almighty God, that I
will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States
thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have
been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves. SO HELP ME GOD.
her
Tabitha x Stephens
mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me,
at Woodruffs this
28 day of May1865.
A B Woodruff Magh
Page 91

(printed form)

CERTIFICATE

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the... 28th... 
day of... May... 1866 at ...Woodruff... S. C., the oath prescribed by the President of the United States, in his proclamation of May 29, 1865, was duly taken, subscribed and made matters of record by ...Winny Marler...

A B Woodruff    Magt
=======
.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. 

The State of South Carolina,
Spartanburgh District}
,
I .... Winney Marler.... a resident of;;; Spartanburgh... District, aged... 33... years,.. ...5.. feet... ...6... inches high...fair... complexion, and by occupation a ....... do solemnly swear (or affirm) in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves. SO HELP ME GOD.

Winney (her X mark) Marler

Sworn to and subscribed before me,
at Woodruff
2nd day of May 1866

A B Woodruff   Mayt
Page 92

(government form)

CERTIFICATE.

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the... 28th...
day  of... May... 1866 At ...Woodruffs...
S. C., the oath prescribed by the President of the United States, in his proclamation 
of May 29, 1865, was duly taken, subscribed and made matters of record by...Rosa Stephens... of ...Spartanburgh... Dst So. Ca.

A B Woodruff   Magt
========

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

The State of South Carolina,
Spartanburgh District }

I, ...Rosa Stephens... a resident of ... Spartanburgh... District, aged... 29... years;... 5... feet... ...6 inches high; ...fair... complexion, and by occupation a .........do solemnly swear (or affirm) in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves. SO HELP ME GOD.

Rosa (her X mark) Stephens

Sworn to and subscribed before me, ┃
at Woodruffs  this 28 day of May 1866

A.B. Woodruff Magt
Page 93

(government form)

CERTIFICATE.

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the... 28th...
day of... May...1866 at ...Woodruffs...S. C., the oath prescribed by the President of the United States, in his proclamation of May 29, 1865, was duly taken, subscribed and made matters of record by... Melinda Pearson... of... Spartanburg So. Ca...

A. B. Woodruff    Mgt

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

The State of South Carolina,
Spartanburgh District   }

I,...Melinda Pearson...a resident of ...Spartanburgh...District, aged... 31... years,... 5... feet... 6... inches high; ...dark... complexion,
and by occupation a .........do solemnly swear (or affirm) in presence of Almighty God, that I
will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves. SO HELP ME GOD.

Melinda (her X mark) Pearson

Sworn and subscribed before me,
at Woodruffs this 28 day of May 1866

A B Woodruff    Magt
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Yorkill So Ca June 1st 1866
Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Court of Pensions
Washington DC.
---
for
enclosed in
will please find the application of the heirs of
Nancy Castlebury died for a restoration of the
mothers name to the pension rolls up to time of
her death.
They are in poor condition and
have as stated no means of travling to the
to prove their exulity and at the H. No one
knows him and they could not prove note
were. If you can allow the claim under the
circumstances you would certainly be doing a great
favor to walk and desering women although they
are very poor. I do not think the testimony
in reford to the identity could be made any
Stronger. Their mothers certificate and then
oath of allegiance go also enclosed
Very Respectfully yours
A. S. Wallace
Page 95

(cont'd Letter to Whiting)

" The Examins says the marriage could not have taken place in  the 15 Feb 1825, as their first child (by the records)  was born was bgm
 14 Nov. 1824, and birth of the 2nd 1826 April 5th, and adds that if  the first child was born out of wedlock, why not the others, and why did not the widow claim the  arrears due her husband at  his death   the widow told me of  the arrears, when I forwarded her declaration but said the certificate was not in her possession and that she  could not as she supposed, make the application without it"

I would respectfully again call the attention of
the commissioner to this claim or the very intelligent clerk  who made the examination as
I am satisfied the Register is correct, as it was made by Z. Landford himself, who Know all about the family and has lived close by them

(continued)
Page 96

(cont'd letter to Whiting)

all his life

But like the Examiner I think the second marriage is the greatest difficulty which 
I hope now is fully removed but if I had been present could have made the evidence
more satisfactory, as it is not to
Be in strict conformity to the Rules of your office, as the magistrate  has failed to certify that he and the witnesses, had no interest in this
application If necessary I will forward such certificate.

I herewith request that this evidence be applied also to the claim of Mrs. Castlebury, under the act of 3 Feb 1853.

I herewith inclose the letter of Z.  Landford Esqr

Very Respectfully yours
Answer at your earliest Convenience

AS. . Wallace
Page 97

Nancy Castlebury
[seal] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE.  JUN 6 1866
Page 98


Yorkville  So Ca     June 1st 1866

Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Court of Pensions
Washington DC.

Sir:

Enclosed in will please find the application of the heirs of Nancy Castlebury died for a restoration of the mothers name to the pension rolls up to time of her death. They are in poor condition and have as stated no means of travling to the C.H.  to prove their identify  and at the C.H. No one knows them  and they could not prove who they were. If you can allow the claim under the circumstances you would certainly be doing a great favor to worthy  and deserving women   although they are very poor. I do not think the testimony in regard to their  identity could be made any Stronger. Their mothers certificate and then oath of allegiance are also enclosed


Very Respectfully yours
A. S. Wallace
Page 99

Hon. G.C. Whiting
Comm of Pensions,
Washington City, D. C.
Page 100

Yorkville So. Ca.
13th March 1857

Hon G C Whiting
Comm of Pensions,

My Dear Sir:

In answer to your letter of the 24th of January
last, in claim of Nancy Castleberry (aka Castlebury)  widow of Paul, act 3 Feb 1853, and
also claimant for Bounty land act 3 March 1855. I herewith hand you evidence enclosed to sustain her claim which I hope will be satisfactory.

There is no person living in this County that saw them married but I understand the man who
waited on foul Castle berry, is living in State of Mississippi of necessary. I will try and find him

I was not aware of manifestos & Impatience in my last letter, and assure the the gentleman by, and careful examiner, I did not intend it.

You will please examine

(continued)
Page 101

(cont'd Letter to Whiting March 13)

and repost their claim to me as soon as convenient.

very respectfully yours,

A.S. Wallace
Page 102

Washington City D.C.
17th May 1856

Hon J Minot Comm  of Pensions

My Dear Sir

I would respectfully return your  letter of the 2nd of Oct  last in claim Castlebury Widow of Paul Castleberry for bounty  land and Pension and request the examination of her claim for a pension   while I am in the city as I presume the evidence
to sustain her marriage and widowhood are to be found with her claim for bounty land on file in your office to which I would respectfully 
refer you

Most respectfully yours

A. S. Wallace
Page 103

Spartanburg District
19 September 1856
A. S. Wallace, Esquire 
Sir I send you the affidavits of Thos (Thomas) Garrett and John L. Waldrip containing all they know in reference to the marriage of Isaiah Waldrip and the widow Castleberry and his other wives.
I have taken considerable pain to find proof to the point at issues but find nothing definite.  Finding I could do nothing better I have taken the affidavits above states and send them.
Mr. John L. Waldrip says his father enlisted and served fifteen years as a regular soldier and desired to know whether under any Act of Congress he is entitled to receive anything his father and mother are both dead.
Please answer at your earliest convenience with the necessary instructions.
Address to Woodruffs
P.O. Spartanburg District
Most respectfully,
Z. Lanford
Page 104

Fingerville S. Ca
Sept 24th 

Important (underlined)

Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington city, D.C.

(note of Left side)  Nancy Castleberry
Page 105

[This is a duplicate of the previous page - page 14 of this file]
Page 106

Yorkvill, S.C.
21st September 1855
Honorable J. Minot
Care of Pensions
My Dear sir,
Yours of the just in claim of Nancy Castleberry of Spartanburg District South Carolina for a pension and bounty is now before and in reply would respectfully inform you that the evidence of James Leatherwood and the certificate of J. Lanford together with the original Family Register is in the hand writing of the said J. Lanford, showing it's antiquity and authenticity are attached to her declaration for bounty land, which was sent to the Pension office some time before claim
Page 107

for Pension was executed and forwarded the evidence you call for in this case would be subjecting me to great inconvenience, and the claimant to additional costs as I live some 70 miles from the Claimant and by a recent rule adopted by your predecessor where evidence in on file in any of the departments, about the city a reference to it only is all that is necessary (June 1855)

Should your department after an examination of the Family Register not be satisfied with the marriage of Mrs. Nancy Castleberry, I will be happy to furnish you any evidence you may require consistent with the requirements of law but the evidence in this case is very full and voluminous and I feel persuaded will satisfy
Page 108

your department if examined.

I hope you will forgive my seeming want of Compliance as it would not have been made had you seen the declaration for bounty land, act  in March 1855 of Mrs. Nancy Castlebury
Very respectfully yours, A. S. Wallace

PS Please direct to me at Yorkville, S.D.
A.S.W.
Page 109

Crowsville, S.C.
June 27th 
[illegible initials]

To the Honorable Secretary of War
Washington City
District of Columbia

Pension Office
Page 110

Crowsville, S.C.
Jun 27th, 1837

To the Honorable Secretary of War

Dear Sir
Mr. Paul Castleberry sent his papers to Charleston for to draw his pension some short time back and the agent there returned his paper and said that when it remained for one year it must sent to Washington to be examined and then it would be forwarded to Charleston and be asked to be paid there being no Schuller has [illegible] ... to write on for him and requests that the papers and is ordered to be payed [sic] at Charleston that you would forward same to Mr. William H. Gilliland and he will receive his money and account to him for it.
Yours truly
Jas Nesbitt
Page 111


Yorkville S.C.
29th August 1855

Hon J Minot Com of Pensions

Dr Sir

I herewith inclose declaration of Nancy Castleberry (aka Castlebury) widow of Paul Castleberry act of 3 Feb 1853, which he will
examine and report to me as soon as convenient at Yorkville S.C.

Very Respectfully yours
A.S. Wallace
Page 112


Pension Office
October 2, 1835
Sir,
When the bounty land application
of Nancy Castleberry, widow of Paul, of South Carolina, is reached in the regular course of Examination, the evidence to which you refer as
completing her claim for pension under the Act of 1833, will be examined in connexion [sic] with said claim.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obdt. Servt.
S. Cole
for Commissioner
A. S. Wallace, Esq.
Yorkville, S.C.
Page 113

Pension Department
Washington D.C.
Will you please give me the military and recorded history of my ancestor, Paul Castleberry of Cowpens, and whose widow we understand drew a pension. 
Respectfully Yours, 
Ruby C. Stone
R.K. #4 Strafford Missouri
July 7, 1913
Page 114

Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Military history of my great grand Paul Castleberry, who was a soldier in the
Revolution and who was granted a pension.
Also please give me the family history recorded in your department.
Yours very Truly
Frank B. Castleberry
Woodruff, S. C.
11/25/13
Page 115

H. B. CARLISLE, Chairman
LEGRAND G. WALKER
HUGER SINKLER
J. H. CLIFTON
ROBERT LIDE
W. S. HALL
T. J. MAULDIN
G. K. LANEY
L. M. LAWSON
J. MOORE MARS
E. J. DENNIS
MACBETH YOUNG

Judiciary Committee
Senate Chamber
C. H. GLAZE, Clerk

Spartanburg, S.C. June 15 1914
Pension Bureau, Department of the Interior:

Will you kindly tell me whether the name of Paul Castleberry
a Revolutionary soldier from
Spartanburg County, S.C. is found
on the pension roll?
If so, please give me an account
his record.
Your prompt attention will be
greatly appreciated
Very respectfully
Mrs H. B. Carlisle, Regent


Cowpens Chapter D.A.R.
Fairview Ave.  Spartanburg, S.C.
June 15, 1914
Page 116


Edgefield S. C
Oct 24  38

Dear Mr Hiller

Please give me any information
 you may have on Paul Castleberry, (aka Castlebury)  who was a pensioner
 from Spartanburg Co .S.C. 1840,
---
also informatine on Edmund Kelley of Newberry
County S.C. 1840, &
---
Pensioners for Rev. Soldiers of Military service
as returned under the act for taking the sixth census in 1840

Very Respectfully,
Mrs D. B. Hollingsworth
Page 117

(government form)

RECORD DIVISION.
3--525.
======
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ., .........19......

W.F. 27.664


In reply to your request of ...........,received .....
a statement of the military history of .... Paul Castleberry or Castlebury... soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
==================
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
      check mark
      Tennessee 1777
      Check mark
      Check mark
      Check mark
      Check mark
      Check mark
      Check mark

Length of Service
      2 mos
      2 mos
      2 mos
      about 3 mos
      3 mos
      3 mos
      2 mos
      3 or 4 mos

RANK.
      Sgt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
      Howard
      James Danby
      Danby
      Danby
      Danby
      Danby
      Danby
      Beacham

COLONEL.
      Dun
      Clark
      Clark
      Trigger
      Clark
      Clark
       Clark

STATE
    Ga.
=========================
Battles engaged in,
       Savannah, Medway

Residence of soldier at enlistment,
       Richmond Co. G.

Date of application for pension,
       Sept. 29, 1832  his cl. was at

Residence at date of application, 
      Spartanburg Dist S. C.

Age at date of application,
       b. on Tar River Va   Mrh. 1, 1761
      d. in Spartanburg Dist.  S. C. June 16, 1841

Remarks:

Soldier wed  in Spartanburg Dist. S.C. Feby 13, 1824 Nancy Gillespie She was allowed pension on an application ex. Aug 25, (31 crossed out) 
, 1855, while a resident of Spartanburg Dist. S.C.
aged 49 years. She died in said District Nov. 20. 1865  The only soldier of this name
found on Rev.  War Records--
See supplement herewith for family data

Very respectfully,
Commissioner,

6--2856 (sic form no.)
Page 118



V.L... (initialed)

Rev. War Section
July 11, 1913

Mrs. Ruby C. Stone,
R. R., #4
Strafford, Mo.

Madam: --

In addition to the military history of Paul Castlebury or Castleberry. W.F. No. 27.664 Rev. War.  you are furnished the following data as to his family:

Children.

Sarah M.          Born    November 14, 1824 or
                                     *December 14, 1825* 
       Married ---Pace   ^ n. of Greenwoods Dist. 
       SC in 1857 -- in 1866 d. Park(?) Co. S.C or 
       Henderson Co. N.C.^

Tabitha               "         April 5. 1826. married 
       William Stephens.  ^ n  Spartenburgh Dist 
       SC in 1865 or 1866 with 4 children all 
       under 8 born (referring to Stephens the 
       following ) Const. Proof Army in fall 1862 & 
       heard died  in hospital in Charleston in Aug 
       1863^

James A.              "         December 2, 1827

Elizabeth J.A.        "         October 7, 1829
 
Winney                 "          April 13, 1832. married 
       --Marler.  ^She n. Spartanburgh Dist. SC in 
       18(??)^

Malinda                "           February 17, 1834, 
      married Charles Pearson  ^conn. in conf 
      army died Feb. 1864 was (illeg) from effects 
      of measles. - ref Malinda - in 1866 rv with 6 
      children all under 13 --2 in (illeg) 1864 ^

Nancy Ann           "            February 25, 1836 
      ,married ----King and died December 1865. 
      ^ (refers to Nancy - D. in Dec 1861 surv by 3 
      minor children ^

Rosey or Rosa       "           December 28, 1837, 
      married Jackson Stephens ^ conscripted in 
      Conf Army  in July 1863 of (illegible)  d. of 
      fever in Richmond VA in July 1864 (re 
      Rosey- n Spartanburgh Dist SC in 1866  
      then w. north 3 children. ^

Julia A.                    "            ======married -- 
      Smith ^not known in 1866 whether alive 
      but some yrs before was in St. Clair Co Ala.^

Anderson               "              ==========.
       ^d. in St. Clair Ala due Civil war. ^

Richard Castlebury is referred to as step-son ^ Nancy Castlebury^ May 11, 1857. ^ M to Miss in fall l 1844^

Very Respectfully,

G M. Saltzgaber  (his signature)

Commissioner.

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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Castleman, Christian
Grade Private
Line New York

Warrant Number 6966
Acreage 100
Issued August 11, 1790
to John Close, Assignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to he Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.