Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7333, for Jeremiah Pope, North Carolina
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(3-1776
SERVICE                                  NUMBER

  N.C.          Pope, Jeremiah        S. 7333



                                                  Carded
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16.510
North Carolina
Jeremiah Pope
of Sampson in the State of No. Car:
who was a Pri. in the  ---- commanded
by Captain  ---- of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Ascomb on the No Ca:
line for 9 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Aug [illegible]
and sent to Patrick
Murphy Taylor Bridge No Ca

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833          60
Semi-anl. allowance ending-                 15
4 Sept
                                                          $75.-

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Natl. Rice - Clerk
Book E Vol. C Page 52
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State of North Carolina
Sampson County

On this the 22nd day of May A.D. 1833
personally appeared before me William I Stevens
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Jeremiah Pope a resident of Sampson County
in the State of North Carolina aged eighty four
years the 8th of January 1833, who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the bene
fit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
The he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served
as herein stated
1st In a company of Duplin minute men under
the command of Captain Richard Clinton, Patrick
Stewart Lieutenant Clifton Bowen Ensign, Jesse
Durden Sargeant in a regiment commanded by 
Col. Lillington his other officers he forgets in the fall
of the year 1775 and served three months as a private,
that when he entered this service he resided in Du-
plin now Sampson County N.C. near where Clinton
now is; that entering this service was called enlisting
as Captain Clinton gave a bounty to the soldiers;
that he was in the battle at Moores Creek bridge
in February 1776 that he rendezvoused at Du-
plen old Court House and marched to Wilming-
ton, thence into Brunswick County below Lockwoods
folly, thence back to Wilmington, thence down
on the sound below Wilmington opposite where
some British vessels lay in the River, thence back 
to Wilmington, thence to Moores Creek bridge, thence
home and remained a fortnight I was then or-
dered out and marched to Wilmington and remain-
ed till he served the three months out for which
he enlisted and was discharged; that he served
with no continental troops or regiments in this
service; that he has no documentary evidence
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having lost the discharge which Captain Clinton
gave me and knows of no person now alive by
whom he can prove this service unless William
Pridgeon is alive.
2ndly.  In a company of Duplin militia under
the command of Captain James Love, Charles
Cogdell Lieutenant, Warren Blunt Sargeant
in a regiment commanded by Col. Abram,
his General as Richard Caswell; his other officers
he forgets, in the Spring of the year 1778 and
served six months as a private, that he was
drafted; that he was in the battle near Cam-
den; Gate's defeat, the thinks in August;
where Baron de Kalb was killed, that he
rendezvoused at Duplin old Court House
and marched to Cross Creek near Fayetteville
Thence up the country to Hillsborough and
Salisbury and on further up to the mountain,
and to the Shallow ford on the Yadkin,
thence for South Carolina, to Cheraw Hill,
thence on for Camden where the enemy were
encamped, that he joined Gen. Gates army 
in South Carolina, after Gate's defeat
to Charlotte in Mecklenburg County N.C. there
to Duplin where his company again collected
and arched into South Carolina on PeDee
where he and his company took twenty of
the enemy prisoners, thence with the prisoners
to Duplin County and thence to Newburn
where the prisoners were put in jail, and 
where he was discharged by Captain
James Love; that he served with continental
troops under Gen. Gates; that eh regular officers
he knew were Gen. Gates, Joseph Rhodes and
Curtis Ivey, that he has no documentary evi-
dence and knows of no person by whom he 
can prove this service.
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Answers of Jeremiah Pope the aforesaid ap-
plicant to the questions propounded to to him
by William I Stevens the Justice of the Peace
aforesaid as prescribed by the War Department

"1st I was born in Halifax County N.C. on
       Roanoke, the 8th of January 1749.
"2nd. I have no record of my age.
"3rd. When called into service I was living in
        Duplin now Sampson County N.C. Since the     
        Revolutionary I have constantly lived
         in Duplin now Sampson County & I now live there.
"4th. I was first enlisted, then drafted.
"5th. Gen. Gates & Baron De Kalb were in
         South Carolina where I served. I recollect
         Gen. Gates army; the militia regiments I 
         remember were Col. Lillington's & Col. 
         Abram's. The general circumstances of
         my service are related above.
"6th. I received two discharges one from Clinton
         & one from Captain Love which I have lost.
"7.  John Boykin, Owen Riche, James Spell
         Hardy Spell, Solomon Boykin, William
         I Stevens, Esq. & others I could name.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatso-
ever to a pension or annuity except the pres-
ent & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed this the day & year above written
 Jeremiah    Pope
           his  X  mark

Wm I Stevens   J.P.

We, John Boykin and Owen Riche resi-
ding in the County of Sampson hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah
Pope who has subscribed & sworn to the prece-
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ding declaration; that we believe him to be
eighty four years of age; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

Test  Wm I Stevens   J.P.       John Boykin
                                             Owen Riche

I, William I. Stevens, the Justice of the Peace afore-
said hereby declare if my opinion after the inves-
tigation of the matter and after putting the interrog-
atories prescribed by the War Department, that
the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and true whig and served as he states
I do further certify that it is made  appear to
me that John Boykin & Owen Riche who
have signed the preceding certificate are
residents in the County of Sampson & credible
persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit
and further that there is no clergyman
residing in the immediate vicinity of said
applicant, and that said applicant cannot
from bodily infirmity attend Court. Given
under my hand the day & date above.

Wm. I Stevens   J.P.

I, Thomas I Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas
& Quarter Sessions for Sampson County hereby cer-
tify that William I Stevens, before whom the pre-
ceding declaration and certificates were sworn to
& subscribed, and whose signature is thereto
respectively written and who signed the preceding
          certificate is an acting Justice of the
          Peace in & for said County & that the fore-
          going signatures thereto purporting to be
         his are genuine. In testimony whereof
          I have thereunto set my hand & seal of
          office May 23rd 1833
                    Thomas I Faison  Clk.
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No. 25567

Jeremiah Pope   Sampson County
North Carolina


Admit as Private

9 mo.  $30.00



Patrick Murphy  Taylors Bridge
Sampson County  N.Carolina
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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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jeremiah Pope Sampson County North Carolina

Period when the service was rendered.
Served fall 1775
Served spg. 1778

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
   -          3           -
   -          6           -

Rank of the claimant.
private
     "

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
{Cap Clinton; Colonel
{Lillington
{Cap Love, Col Asconi
{Gl. Caswell
Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered the service.
84 years
Duplin
County
N. Carolina

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence, papers correct

Battle of Camden

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
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 instance, 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. 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 On this ____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before ____ A. B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ aged (c) ____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with and served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers: [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 town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] - He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____ Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 
(g) that the above 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 seal of office 
(i) this ____ 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 ____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ 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 days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. 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. 
I, ____ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of ____ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____ day of ____ & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the 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. 
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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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be 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. 
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period 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 claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and 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 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 ____ 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 persons who apply for pensions 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 in 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. 
[k] The notes from [a] and [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 [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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7333

Revolutionary

                  INVALID

File No. 7333

             Jeremiah Pope

             Priv Rev. War

Act:  June 7th 1832

Index: Vol. 13, Page 299

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Hon. James L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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                         Clinton  May 23rd 1833

Sir

     Enclosed are the declarations of John
Peterson & Jeremiah Pope under the
Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 for pensions.
    Peterson's declaration has a discharge
& also the affidavit of Lt. Riche to sustain 
it. Pope's case has no proof but that 
of common reputation. No witness alive
that he knows of. He knew one Pridgeon
who if alive could prove his service under
Captain Richard Clinton but it has been
several years since he saw him. Pridgeon
lives or did live a distance of about forty
miles from this applicant, and made a
declaration of his services at August Term
1832 of Bladen County Court & stated in it
his service under the same officers that
Mr. Pope has. to which I beg leave to refer
you.  I don't know whether Pridgeon is
alive or not, if he is & you deem it required
I will try to get his affidavit at August Court
Mr Pope has the reputation of having been
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a true whig

          Very Respectfully
           Your Obedient Servant
              Patrick Murphy






Hon. J L Edwards
Com. Pensions



Hon. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City