Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8436, Edmond Etchison, N.C.
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SERVICE 
N.C.

Etchison, Edmond

NUMBER
S.8436

Born in MD.
CONTENTS
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7019
North Carolina
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Edmand Etchison
of Rowan Co in the State of North Carolina
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Johnston of the Regt; commanded
by Col Locke in the NC militia 
line for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of February
1833 and Sent to
Saml. Sulliman Esq. Salsbury NC
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Arrears to 4th of March 1833. $53.32
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 13.33
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$66.65
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L.  William Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 38.
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State of North Carolina
Rowan County⎬
On this twelfth day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court
before the Judge of the Superior Court of Law for Rowan County now sitting the same in my Court of Record. Edmond Etchison aged about seventy five years, who sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1832. That he was born in Charles County Maryland, and when a youth good to Favonier County Virginia that he has no record of his age. Shortly before the war he removed to Rowan County North Carolina where has resided over nine and was at the time he came to Rowan about twenty five years old.

That he entered the service of the United States among the first mititia
that were called out as a volunteer for five months at the place owned by Laut Taylor in Rowan County in company commanded by Captain John Johnston afterwards Major. The company was designed to go to Charleston, at Salisbury Col Locke and General Rutherford took command of the malitia collected there; and they marched into South Carolina and when they get near Charleston Capt Johnson left them, and James Craig was the captain and James Chapman lieutenant when near Charleston. the company was turned toward Georgia and marched to Kingsbury and were stations there four or five months, to prevent the enemy to crossing the River at that place when the time for which he voluntard had expired at was discharge and came home that he has lost his discharge, which was given to him at  Salisbury N.C. at the same place in Rowan County.

A short after hecame home was drafted at the same place in Rowan County  for three months in the company of Captain Gabriel Enochs and Marched toward Wilmington NC.  General Rutherford being commander, and at a place called the Brick House they had a fight. at the end of the time they were discharged and in coming home they had a fight in which he was wounded in the Shoulder, and was brought home by Captain Loppe and Enochs _ beside this he was in several skirmish with the Tories at other times he refers to his neighbours Caswell Martin and Nathan Chaffin as being able to testify as to his character and reputation.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or anuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State within his knowledge. he further states that he
had discharge from the officers but has lost all of them, and that there is no person living by whom he can prove his services.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court   Edmond his X mark Atchison
the day and year aforesaid
Hy Giles Clk
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In the absence of a regular Clergyman We Caswell Harbin and Nathan Chaffin residents of Rowan County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmond Etchison who has signed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be about seventy five years old; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion_
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court    C. Harbin
the day and year aforesaid    Nathan Chaffin
Hy Giles Clk

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion, after investigation of the
Matter, and after puling the interogatories 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 him, that Caswell Harbin
and Nathan Chaffin who have signed the above certificate are resident in Rowan County; are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit
Oct 13th 1832    James Martin JSJSCHP

I, Henry Giles Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for Rowan County do hereby
certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of said Court in the
matter of the application of Edmond Etchison for a pension; and that
James Martin is the Judge of the said Court for this term
In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office
the 23d day of October 1832
Henry Giles C.S.C.
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15.865
Edmond Etchison
Rowan Co.
N.C.
from ______ private 
8 months
$26.66/100


Samuel Silliman
Salisbury
N.C.
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Brief in the case of Edmond Etchison
of Rowan County in the state of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  75 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period  |  Duration of Service  |   Rank  | Names of General and Field Officers
                                                                              under whom he served.
                  Years      Months    Days  As a         Gen.   Rutherford
Volunteered    "           5             "    Private      Col. Locke
   in 17
                       "           3             "                      Capts. Johnston & Craig

5.  In what battles was he engaged?   None
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Rowan County N.C.
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by 
     traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary 
     evidence.
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and is so, in what respect?
In due form
*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Ch W Forrest
{Ex}amining  Clerk
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Rev. and 1812
War Section
   handwritten am
           26
June  2X, 1926     {#5 struck through)

Olcott W. Sage
Farmers State Bank
Speed, Kans

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8436 , it appears that Edmond Etchison was born in Charles County, Maryland, date not stated, when a youth he moved to Fauquier County, Virginia.

While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he served five months as a private in Captains John Johnston's and James Craig's Company under Colonel Locke; and a short time after this service, he served three months in Captain Gabriel Enoch's Company, and was in an engagement at the Brick House; all service was in the North Carolina Troops, no dates of service given.  He was in several skirmishes with the Tories, no details stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, aged seventy-five years.

There is no data, at all, on file as to his family.

The above noted Edmond Etchison is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary Was records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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FARMERS STATE BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $20,800.000
SPEED KANSAS
April 10, 1926

D. G. HANSEN, PRESIDENT
E. L. WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT
H. A. BETHKE, VICE PRESIDENT
OLCOTT W. SAGE, CASHIER

U.S.Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear sir;
I would like to get some information regarding one Edmund Etchison, pensioner 22,64 Private. From Colonial and State Militia of North Carolina, Volume 28.
Page 106- Pension Roll,Vol.3 North Carolina.
Edmund Etchison --militia;private; on roll Feb 22, 1833;Commencement of pension March 4, 1831 age 77 years, Rowan County, North Carolina.
I would like to have the date of the above pensioner's marriage, name of wife, date of marriage and especially if he had a son by the name of Jesse Etchison.
Trusting that you may at least be able to five me a part of this information of inform me where I might be able to get it I beg to remain.
Yours very truly,
Olcott W. Sage
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{Top left corner in handwriting}     Rev War

8436
INVALID
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File No.  8436
Edmond Etchison
Priv  Rev  War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1 of, Page 116

(Arrangement of 1870)
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1926 -June 26-Hist to Olcott W. Sage  aug
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Edmond Etchison
Declaration
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edmond Etchison which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes
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 amount of pension he is entitled?  yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And is so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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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?  Two respectable citizens  No Clergyman
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
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?
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 and age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.  ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not answered?  yes
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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 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.
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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 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 by 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 and 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 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 certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the 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 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.