Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17309, Christopher Bundy, N. C.
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SERVICE N. C. [North Carolina]
Bundy, Christopher
NUMBER S.17309
carded
CONTENTS [left blank]
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17.309
INVALID. 
File No. 17,309
Christopher Bundy
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32 [1832]
Index : Vol. 1, Page 53

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Mch. 7 1902 W.B. Shaw Indiana office
1924 Aug. 13 Hist to C.H. Smith
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Indiana
Christopher Bundy-
of Wayne in the State of Indiana
who was a pri. [private] in the compy [company]
commanded by Captain [Enoch] David-
of the Regt. commanded by [Matthew] Locke
in the N.Car. [North Carolina] line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana 
at the rate of 20 Dollars --Cents per annum to 
commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of March
1833 and delived [delivered] Hon. J. McCarthy M.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40--
Semi-annl allowance ending 4 Sept.- 10
[$] 50
Died  Mar 6, 1835.
see Agency Book

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 179
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Christopher Bundy
$20 per an [annum]

Hon. J. McCarthy 
M.C. [illegible]
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State of Indiana
Wayne County Sct
On this first day of March A.D. 1833 personally appeared Before and Beale Butler and Ida M. Sherman esquires associate Judges of the Wayne Circuit Court. Christopher Bundy a Resident of Salisbury in the County of Wayne and State of Indiana aged 74 years who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he volunteered state troops of North Carolina in the army of the United States in the year 1779 with Captain Enoch Davis and served in the (Regiment not recollected) under the following named Officers General [Griffith] Rutherford, Col. Matthew Lock [Locke], Major Good and Captain Enoch Davis under whom I served as a volunteer.

I entered the service in the town of Salisbury in the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina from whence we marched to the High hills of Santee [South Carolina], where we halted a few days and were again ordered  to march to "Moncks Corner" near Charleston in the state of South Carolina,
where we halted for a few days, and from whence we marched to Purisburgh [Purrysburg, South Carolina] near Savannah River, where we staid [stayed] a few days to refresh ourselves and again marched to a ferry called "the two sisters" [South Carolina] on the Savannah River, where we halted.

And where I volunteered as one of the company of 100 men who were stationed to Guard the magazine under Captain William  
Gilnene [Wiliam Gilliland] where we continued stationed under Captain Gilnene 
[William Gilliland] for the Term of six months from the time I entered the service at the expiration of which time I was dismissed. and returned home with Captain Enoch Davis. 

and that he now has no witness now remaining within his knowledge by whom he can prove said service as I have Stated and that there is no clergyman within his neighborhood with whom he is acquainted that he can get to certify for his character as required &c [Etcetera]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State
Christopher Bundy
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
Sam Hannah Clk

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 Elisha Fisher Lot Bloomfield Patrick Hart and William M Doughty are residents of the County of Wayne and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

State of Indiana }
Wayne County }
I Saml. [Samuel] l Hannah Clerk of the Wayne
Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Christopher Bundy for a pension
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of our said
Court this 2nd day of March A.D. 1833
Saml Hannah Clk CC
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Q. 1st Where & in what year were you born.
A.  I was Born in Pascotank County [Pasquotank] in the state of North Carolina,(the year not Recollected) But I think in the year 1759.-

Q. 2. Have you any Record of your age And if so where is it
A. I have no record of my age-

Q. Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the "revolutionary war" and where do you now live?
A. I was living in Guilford County North Carolina when called into the service but I first entered the service in Rowan County [North Carolina]. After the close of the revolutionary war I lived in the County of Randolph North Carolina until in the year 1819. When I moved into this state and have been living the most of the time in this county. I now live in this (Wayne) County in the Town of Salisbury.

Q. How were you called into service?
Were you drafted, did you volunteer , or were you a substitute ? And if a substitute for whom? 
A. I volunteered rather than be drafted.

Q. State the names 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 service.
A. I remember General Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln], [John] Newton, 
[William] Jasper who was a sergant [sergeant], who I served. I served under Genl. Rutherford [Griffith Rutherford], Col. Lock [Matthew Locke] &c [etcetera] who are the only names as I remember. I do not remember the names of any of the Regiments either continental or Militia during my service at the Place called the "white house" near the two sisters [Two Sisters Ferry on the Savannah River] and had some little skirmishes with  some scouting parties, though no serious injury on either side. I was in no Battles, as I was not with the principal Army.

Q. did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if
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[question as to discharge paper]
So by whom was it given. And what has become of it
A. I Recd. [received ] a Discharge, I think from our Captain But I can not say what has become of it though its lost or mislaid by some means.

Q. 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 Service as a soldier of the Revolution.
A. I am known to Elijah Fisher, Lyle Bloomfield Patrick Harte, William M. Doughly, Robert Hill , 
who I think can testify as to my character for truth and veracity. and their Belief as to the truth of my service in the Revolution.
[signed] Christopher Bundy
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HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
614 SOUTH FOURTEENTH STREET
NEW CASTLE INDIANA

August 7 - 1924.

Mr. Washington Gardner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

[stamp] OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
AUG 11 1924

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish us what data your department may have regarding the service and family in the Revolutionary War of (1) Matthias Kepler, ['none' written] presumably enlisted in Frederick County, Maryland, whose
grave has been located in Wayne County, Indiana.
2. Nathaniel Leonard, presumably serving in New Jersey, ["cout +" written] whose grave
has been discovered in Henry County, Indiana.
["Sent" written]
3. Christopher Bundy, presumably serving from North Carolina, who sent is said to have been one of the 1832 pensioners and whose grave ["Sent" written] we think we have definitely located in Wayne County, Indiana ?
Have you record of service in the 1812 War of Levi Shackle? ['oc" & none" written] We have just located his grave with headstone marked
as a soldier in the War of 1812.
Your previous assistance in securing for us data of this nature has been greatly appreciated by this organization.
Thanking you in advance for all further help, I am
Yours sincerely,
Clarence H. Smith. [signature]
Curator.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
AW

Aug. 13, 1924

Clarence H. Smith,
614 S. 14 St.
New Castle, Ind.

Sir:

I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 17309, it appears that Christopher Bundy was born in Pasqoutank County, N.C. in 1759, and while residing in Guilford County, N.C. he enlisted in 1779, served as a private in Captain Enoch Davis' Company, Colonel Matthew Lock's N. C. Regiment, he was transferred to Captain William Gilriene's Guard at the magazine
at Two Sisters, Ga. and served six months.
He was allowed pension, on his application executed March 1, 1833, while living in Salisbury, Wayne County, Indiana and he died March 6, 1835, place not stated.
There is no data on file as to fmily.[family]
Respectfully,
Hays Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.