Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22002, for John Sullivan, South Carolina
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SERVICE
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S.C.

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Sullivan, John

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NUMBER
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S. 22002

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CONTENTS

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189.66
47.41
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$237.07

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South Carolina.  16,732
John Sullivan
of Fanfield in the State of SoCa [South Carolina]
who was a Pr. f.c. [Private first class] in the ---- [line] commanded by Captain ---- [line] of the Regt commanded
by Col. Simmons in the SoCa [South Carolina]
line for 21 mo. 9 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 94 Dollars 83 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Spt. 32.
and [illegible name]
Winnsboro C.H. So Ca
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34

237.07
47.41
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$284.48

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by W.Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 80.
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[handwritten]
20.853
John Sullivan
Faifield D4
S Carolina


[illegible]
[illegible]
14 mo 9 days    71.50
7  " Pui              23.33
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                       $94.83
E: not authent d.

Tal Elliott
Winnsboro C.H.
SoCa
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office.
183

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of John Sullivan

[details of service in tabular form, 9 columns]

[Column 1]
Period when service was rendered.
2' June 1776
Time of service not stated
March 1779
10 May 1780
[illegible] until June 1781
[illegible] July 1787
[in parenthesis; illegible]
10 O'ber 1782

[Column 2]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.

2 [Months]
1 [Year] 2 [Months]
9 [Days]
5 [Months]
______________
1 [Year] 9 [Months] 9 [Days]

[Column 3]
Rank of the claimant.
Private [illegible]

Sargt


Private

[Column 4]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cpt. McCale

Cpt. Bognet

Cpt. Pindary


[Column 5]
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Simmons

Col. Simmons

Gnl. Marion


[Column 6]
Battle in which the applicant was engaged.



A Sarmand


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Country through which he marched.
Mcarell Point

Niwat de Orangeburg


[Column 8]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
72 years


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Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
By living witness & documents

The certificate is as appointed on Sept in 1778 & for until 1780 a [illegible] from [illegible] until the middle of Dec 1782

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

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The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
Age.
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to those of officers and part
with
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or of any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, thisday

of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6.
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for
not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served,
he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:---For ---- year ----- months, and ----- days, I served as a ---------. For ---- months and ---- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 person who apply for pension merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. , without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in
their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[gif of finger pointing right] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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The State of South Carolina 
District of Fairfield 
On this third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
two personally appeared in open Court, before William D. Martin - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the State of South Carolina at the Court now sitting at Fairfield Court House John Sullivan a resident of Winnsborough in the District of Fairfield in the State aforesaid aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832

Deponent was born in the City of Cork, Kingdom of Ireland, on the 31st day of March 1760. His age was recorded in his Fathers family Bible in Ireland and Deponent has seen the entry before he emigrated to this County in 1774, and from his recollections has entered his age in his own family Bible now in deponents possession

Deponent was living in Charleston South Carolina in the year 1776 second day of June at which
time and place he joined a Volunteer Company in Charleston of Grenadiers, then commanded
by Captain John McCall, Deponent with this Company under Captain McCall command was
in the month of June 1776 ordered in duly to Haddrells point, with the Regiment under command of Colonel Morris [illegible] 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteers. Alex Moultice Major, Captains Thomas Lee, William Doughty,
[illegible]  commanding the true blues, Strobell commanding German Fusiliers, Jno. Dudley Light
Infantry remained in duty at Hardwells Point
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nearly two months after Lewis Reddon, Cornwallis and others 
 commanding British army on Long Island
left that portion, but  Simmon's regiment with  other troops were  ordered to Charleston and then dismissed
until further orders, Major General Charles Lee
commanded all the troops at this time General
Armstrong and Howe were the brigadiers this tour performed  during the time  Sir Peter Parker attacked Fort Moultrie
Deponent was attached to the same
Company and performed guard duty whenever the company's time came, was the first arrivals etc., at Charleston and was never called out again until the year 1779 . In March  of that year ( 2nd ) the Regiment  ( Col. Simmon's ) was marched to  Orangeburg So. Ca.  and deponent with the regiment lay at Orangeburg until May  1779 , was thence ordered  on to Black Swamps to  re enforce Genl. Moultrie in the second days march  heard of  Moultrie being on the retreat and received orders and marched to Charleston arrived there the 9th day of May  in the  evening and Genl. Moultrie arrived there the tenth. On the 11th  of May  1779 Prevost made his appearance before the lines, was in duty in the defense of Charleston until Prevost retreated on the  17th  ( May 1779 )  remained on duty  until Genl. Lincoln arrived  Monday June 20th 1779, then detached under Genl. Moultrie and sent to   Jenues (?) Island during the Battle Stono  June  20th 1779 . This detachment failed  from some mismanagement  in providing the necessary  means of transportation to be in the battle. Returned to Charleston , kept on duty until last of August  and then marched to Savannah , Geo. Arrived in the beginning of the last week in September  1779 , continued as  part of the besieging army.
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until the morning of the 9th Oct.  Deponent and  company  to which he belonged then under command of Captain Peter  Boquitt  formed a part of the .. ( illegible ) under  command of Col. John Laurens of Petersburg  . Major Col.  Laurens in front and Major Henry brought up the rear. Deponent received a wound in his right leg in the calf from a musket ball , when making the second attack on the lines of the British at the .. ( illegible ) of Savannah  as called. Ordered to Charleston  and arrived about  14th was called .. ( illegible )  services able early in January  to do duty and remained on duty until the siege of Charleston ended in the capture of that place in the year 1780 May the 12th. Deponent was appointed Sergeant  during the year 1778 and acted as Sergeant in every tour , and every service  performed until the fall of Charleston  may 12th  1780 was taken prisoner  at the fall of Charleston  and continued so until the exchange of  prisoners took place June 1781. 3rd. Deponent after his exchange joined Captain .. ( illegible ) Pinckney's company  Brigadier General Marion's Brigade. Deponent joined this company about the first  week in July 1781  as private in the  Militia , was called out in service in July 1781 . Deponent then  had settled in St. Thomas Parish eighteen miles from Charleston , rendezvoused at West Qualis  in St. Thomas  Parish, that place then being the headquarters of General Marion. Genl. Marion was there , Col. Peter Horry ,  commanded 1st Regt. So Ca.  Cont. Cavalry , Col. McDaniel Lanier  & Vanderhurst  belonged to  same brigade. Deponent continued on duty until Dec. 3rd 1781  when he was appointed   Saddler to Col. Horry and  to Col. Mahanus  regiments and deponent was  continued on duty as saddler from that time until the British evacuated Charleston in Dec. 1782. In a few days after the evacuation  of Charleston the deponent with the  troops
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generally were discharged by order from Gen. Marion to his officers to that effect

The deponent never received a written discharge. None were given to the militia that deponent knows of. We were discharged by verbal order from their company Officer.

Deponent was present in a skirmish at Smiths Bridge St. . Thomas Parish on the 3d Jany 1782, Genl Marion was then at Jacksonsborough as Deponent thinks attending a meeting of the Legislature. The Head Quarters were at [illegible] but a detachment of about 100 men from head quarters were met at Smith bridge by a party of between two and three hundred British commanded by Major Frazier. Col Service & McDaniel commanded Marion's men. Nine men of Marion killed and several wounded one Capt Campbell of the British called mad Campbell was killed. Marion's men had to leave the field to the enemy

Major Henry Moore near Winnsborough & and Capt. Hugh Milling living nine miles from I
Winnsborough, now unable to travel & very infirm are the only persons now living that deponent knows of who can testify as to his services

Deponent holds his parole from the British signed by Maj Stewart Commissary of Prisoners dated May 1780. also Genl Marion exemption from in military duty when appointed Saddler and other papers showing that he acted as a Saddler for the cavalry in Gen'l Marion's brigade, Col Henry & Capt Mayhall's regiment

The deponent from June 1777 til May 1780 served as Sergeant in [illegible] regiment and continued service the whole time as stated above. He also served from Decr 3,1781 till after the middle Decr 1782 as Saddler as above stated. His papers will assist in showing this fact

He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to
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Jno Sullivan Sheet 2

a pension or annuity except the present and declare that he is not in the pension roll of any
agency of any State excepting that of South Carolina, received by deponent in March last
for the year preceding ending March 1 1832.
John Sullivan

sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
J Elliot CCP

I, Henry Moore, late Captain Lieutenant in Captain Wm Mitchell Company Artillery Col. Roberts 4th Regiment So. Ca. Continentals and now on the pension rolls of U.S. hereby Certify that I have  known John Sullivan who has made the above declaration ever since since a short time after the revolutionary war, and may have known him we believe during the war and thinks it probable that he did. His [illegible] his declaration rec'd and is fully satisfied that he must have been in the service and has no doubt of the fact. That the details are correct  as to duty, character, and circumstances and that he believes no me not in the service could have given such a detailed and accurate statement. It is deponents belief that Captain Boyett and company were in the siege of
Savannah and also in that of Charleston said Sullivan is a saddler by trade, and has always sustained the reputation of having been a soldier of the revolution, and is esteemed a man of veracity and truth, and has no doubt of the correctness and truth of his declaration. Was personally acquainted with Captain Boyett.
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Henry Moore [signature}

Sworn to & Subscribed before me in open Court the day and year aforesaid
J, Elliott CCP

I John Tinkle a resident of Fairfield District in the State aforesaid hereby certify that I have known and been well acquainted with John Sullivan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration since the year 1776, I became acquainted there in Charleston So.Ca. Saw him
then in uniform and serving in Capt. Peter Hogsett's Company of Grenadiers when Sir Peter Parker  attacked Fort Moultrie Was in Charleston in service when Charleston was besieged, cannot state the length of his service, has always been reputed as such is the belief of his neighborhood that he
was a soldier of the revolution, and deponent has full confidence in the veracity and correctness of said Sullivan's declaration, that he is a man of good character and standing in veracity
John Tinkle [signature]

Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid in open Court
J Elliot CCP
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories resented by the War Department, that the above named applicant John Sullivan was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Major Henry Moore and Mr John D. Tinkler, are residents of Fairfield District, and are credible persons, and that their statements are intitled to credit.
November 3rd 1832
W D Martin
Presiding Judge

South Carolina
I, James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Fairfield District in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
court in the matter of the application of John Sullivan for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of November
A.D. 1832.

J Elliott CCP
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Jno Sullivan
20853
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Served in the rights claims & Interest of William Scott to 100 acres of land more or less on the waters of Little River. Joining land Wm McMorris Decd, Thos Harrison, John Carlile, [illegible]  Joshua Player & Col Wm Kincaid the home [illegible] also on the rights claims & Interest to a [illegible] of land on Water of Little River joining lands of Capt S. [illegible] Robt Boyd, Col. Wm Brown & the Estate of James Ma[illegible] Deceased & where the Deponent Wm Scott lately  resided
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Parole    N. B. The Department will
need to return the Documentary witness 
only contrary to the rules.

Sullivan, John
S.C. S 22002
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Sullivan, John
S C 
S 22.002



Sullivan, John
S C 
S 22.002
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I Do hereby acknowledge myself to be a prisoner of War, upon my parole, to his Excellency Sir
HENRY CLINTON, and that I am thereby engaged until I shall be exchanged, or otherwise released therefrom to remain in the town of Charleston unless when permitted to go out by the 
Commandant

and that I shall not in the mean Time do, or cause any Thing to be done, prejudicial to the success of His Majesty's Arms, or have Intercourse or hold Correspondence with his Enemies; and that upon a Summons from his Excellency, or other Person having Authority thereto, that I will surrender myself to him or them at such time and place as I shall hereafter be required, 
witness my hand this 21 day of May John L. Sullivan [signature]

I do hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of the pardon this day signed
Maj Stuart
Comm

Geo Hamilton
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These do certify that John Sullivan is exempted from Military duty during the time his employ
working for the Public By order of General Marion

Thos Mitchell
Aide de Camp
3 December 1781

Capt. Hopson Pinckney
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Revolution
22002
 INVALID
File No. 22002
John Sullivan
Sergt   Rev  War
Act: June 7   32
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mr Sullivan is hereby empowered to press tanned Leather for the use of my Regiment & to give me an acc't of the same-- also to dress [illegible] & horses to convey the same to his house

Also to press oil & Thread if he can

Given under my hand Dec 12, 1781

Peter Horry Lt Col Commd 4th Regiment So. Car. Con. Calvary


PS he'll Endeavour to set about making me caps & to do no other work whatever will the same are done-
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Jno. Sullivan
Supplementary evidence
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Jno. Sullivan Sheet 1
Supplementary evidence

State of South Carolina District of Fairfield
Before me James Abott clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield District personally appeared John Sullivan and being duly sworn makes oath that he is the identical John Sullivan who made his declaration in open court before William D. Martin Esqr one of the Judges of Common Pleas & Genl Sessions of the State of South Carolina, on the third day of November A.D. 1832 in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, which declaration and the proceedings had thereon are contained in two sheets.

1st  In the first tour of duty mentioned in Deponents declaration he served as a volunteer private from the beginning of June 1776 to the beginning of August 1776. In this tour he performed two months service the particulars of which tour are mentioned more with a view to satisfy the Court and the department. that the deponent was soldier of the revolution than with immediate reference to the extent of deponents claim to a pension, seeing deponent served in the second tour or term of service more than two years as a sergeant. That the third term of service in General Marions Brigade was also mentioned for the same purpose with this additional object that he might have the benefit of an increased pension should the pay of saddler be greater than that of Sergeant.

2nd  In the second term of service mentioned deponent was in service from the first of March 1779 as sergeant as stated in the declaration until the twelfth day of May 1780, one year two months and twelve days. From the 12th May 1780 to 21st May 1780 deponent was a prisoner in close confinement. From the 21st May 1780 to the 12th June 1781 a prisoner on parole; deponent being
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a prison to the enemy thirteen months in all. That Deponent consider himself in the service and entitled to a pension accordingly as well during all the time he was a prisoner as during the fourteen months and twelve days service rendered immediately preceding the surrender of Charleston, in all encompassing a period of two years three months and twelve days, and that he claims a pension for the service of that length of time as a sergeant (Volunteer militia)
3d
In the third tour or term of service mentioned Deponent served as a private from the some time in the first week in July 1781 as stated in the declaration until the 30 December 1781 five months.
either was appointed Saddler as stated in the declaration and served as such until Decr 1782
being saddler to Col. Horys and Col.  Mahams regiments twelve months

Deponent in every service mentioned served with an embodied corps called into service by the constituted authorities of South Carolina; that he served in the field and also in garrison as he has stated, to wit in garrison at the siege of Charleston, and in the field in every tour since; and that during the time the service was performing he was not employed in any civil pursuit; and that during the time he was prisoner he was not suffered by the enemy to follow any civil pursuit because deponent refused to take protection (as they called it) from the British. That deponent was at different time put in the Provost can be persisted in refusing to exchange his parole (herewith
transmitted) for a British Protection.

that Deponent submit his case to the Department under this expectation that should the pay of
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Saddler be greater than that of Sergeant  the department will allow him for twelve months service as a saddler or 12/24 of full pension as saddler, and for the balance of the requisite time
pay as a Sergeant  to wit 12/24 of full pension as sergeant.

That should the pay of saddler not be greater than that of Sargent he be allowed a full pension as Sergeant having served more than two years in that capacity according to deponents understanding of the subject. And should neither construction prevail that he claims the full benefit of the law as applicable to his case.
Jno Sullivan [signature]

Sworn to & Subscribed before me August 16th 1838
J Elliot 

State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield
I James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield District Do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of John Sullivan was taken before me a Justice of the
Quorum Ex Officio, that he is a credible witness, and that since he subscribed his declaration on the 3rd Novr 1832 (in two sheets) he has had an attack of palsy materially affecting his hand writing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of this Office this 16th August, 1833.

J. Elliott C. C. P.