Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,389, for Samuel Pounds, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

N.L. 

Pounds, Samuel 
Sarah

NUMBER
R. 8.389

CONTENTS
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State of North Carolina G 

Anson County ⎬ January Term 1851 

Then appeared Samuel Pounds aged fifty years, a son of Samuel Pounds and Sarah Pounds Deces and after being duly sworn in open Court, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 17th day of July 1838, or act 2nd of February 1848, in behalf of himself and his sister Elizabeth Pounds, the two surviving children of the aforesaid Samuel & Sarah Pounds Deceedviz , my Father was reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and had the sears on him attle as I have often heard him say he was born in Halifax County North Carolina , and when the war came on my father turned out a volunteer and joined the American Army under General Green was at the Battle at Guilford Court House and served six months as a private in North Carolina, was at the Battle at the Cowpens and Briar Creek. I think it was there the Americans were my Father defeated, and in retreating with many others got their horses over same water course on a large log, some fell in the water and like to have got drowned. He was there a Dragoon. In the battle at ninety six he said the soldiers underwent great hardships eating nothing for three or four days but parched corn. He has said much about the skirmishes with Indians and Tories in the State of Georged, particularly in the battle at the age of Augusta, I think it was there my Father got wounded in the shoulder, and that these sufferings were great, I believe it was at that sign, they did not sleep for three days and nights without their horses bridles over their arms. The Americans killed so many Indians it took the rays of a fence more than a mile long
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to burn them up. I have also heard him speak of a fort made of awhiles they could move about, and of the Americans trying to undermine the Town and blow up the British with powder. My Father was taken presence in same Battle in the State of Georgia and the British wanted him to promise them never to serve any more against them but he either ran away from them, or was exchanged, and contin in the Army in the State of Georgia and South Carolina, to near or quite the end of the war. He must have belonged to the light horse under Genl Green or Gen Lincoln in most of those battles I have heard him speak of other officers, but do not recollect their names, I believe he served one year and six months in the State of George and South Carolina in actual service called out by authority of the United States. I have heard him say he had rather fight on a horse than any other way and that when a battle was coming on he felt a little bad but after the fighting commenced he did not mind it afterwards I was the fourth child that my mother had according to the record kept by my Father of his childrens ages, but the Bible kept for that purpose has been either destroyed, lost or mislaid so that it cannot be found. I have kept my own age as it was recorded and was born the 15 day of October AD 1800 my Father died the 1st day of April 1830 and my mother the 21 day of September 1847 leaving two children myself and Elizabeth Pounds Sworn to and Subscribed Samuel Pounds 

I am personally acquainted with Mr Samuel Pounds and have been for many years I believe him to be a man of veracity and would believe any stated he might make sworn to and subscribed White
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Approved of accordingly M. Maske Chin




I hereby certify that I been Personally acquainted with Samuel Pounds & Sarah Perrit from my Earliest
recollection in 1787 they both resided in my neighborhood and were married about the year 1793. I heard of the marriage in a few days afterwards, and they lived together as man & wife untill death, the old man was reputed & believed to have been a good were both quite ┃ respectable old people sworn to & Subscribed the day
& date above Approved of accordingly

James Gordon
M. W. Maska Chin
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State of North Carolina
Anne County}

I Norfleet D. Boggan Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sepions for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that Miles W Marke
whose name appears attested as Chairman to
the certificate of Saml Pound J. White & James
Gordon was at the time of approving the same
the Chairman of our said Court duly commissioned
and Qualified and that due faith and credit should
be given to his official acts as such and that the
signatures purporting to be his are genuine
affixed my seal of office and
subscribed my name at Wadesboro
this 13
day of January in the year
1851
N D Boggan Clerk
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Sarch
C.C.
Pounds
Samuel Pounds
Revolutionary Pension
sup
91



R. Burgess Allison
Attorney present
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State North Carolina

         Anson County ⎬ Know all men by these presents that we Samuel Pounds & William White are held and firmly bound unto Richard Dobs Spright Esquire Governor and his Sucessors in office in the full sum of five
hundred pounds current money for the true payment whereof we do bind ourselves one heirs Executors and administrators jointly and severally sealed with our seals dated this 16th January 1795
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden Samuel Pounds hath prayed for a License to Marry Sarah Hovey now if there shall be no legal cause to obstruct said marriage then this obligation to be void or otherwise to remain in full force and Virtue Signed Sealed and 

delivered ⎬ Samuel his pounds in the presence of Wm Johnson Mar his Wm White


State of North Carolina}
Andan County

I Norfleet D Boggan Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Anson do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the Marriage License bond of Samuel Pound to Sarah Rosey as is now running on file in my office.
I further certify that I believe the Samuel Pounds is the
identical Samuel Pound whose children Elizabeth and
Samuel Pound claim a pension for the services of their
father and that he served as has been stated heretofore
by his said children and other witnesses
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of Office and subscribed my name
at Wadesborough this 3rd day of November in the
┃ year 1851.
N. D. Boggan Clerk
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No 14,319

Sarah Pounds dec
Widow of Samuel 
No Carolina

Rejected  Married 1795
Died 1847

Hon E Deberry May 8 1857
James E. Stewart Oct 15 1857

8389

July 7 1838
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14.319

Sarah Pounds
widow of Samuel 
N.C 
Act July 7. '38
Sent Hon E. Deberry
May 8/57. 

Act 7th July, 1838
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Samuel Pounds died 1830
Sarah Pounds died 21 Dec 1847 
Marr 1795

No Claim
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. 
                                              Rejected Stamp
8389
P.O. Sarah Pounds

Service: 

Enlisted: ,18
Discharged: ,18

Application filed: ,18

Alleges: 

Re-enlisted: 

Attorney: 
P.O. 

Recognized. Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ,18
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Wash D.C. Oct 4/33
Sir
 I submis additional evidence
in the case of Samuel Pounds, decd rely
act 7 July 38
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Very
as
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James Dewar
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not Esq
Commr of Pensions
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to
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C
Raleigh N.C
Sept 24th 1845
I William
follins
Compt Office
Comptroller of Public
Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina
do hereby certify that the name of

Samuel Pounds appears of record wethis

office as having have the following
specie certificates issued to her favor
1
for Military Service (Viz) One for Nine
Pounds six Shillings ($9.6) see Book A. No 11
page 29 and another in Book 3 page 20
for Six Pounces (6) given under my
hand and seal the day above written
collins Compt
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{State of North Carolina
{Comptrollers Office

I Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller of the Public Accounts
in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify
that it appears of record in my office
the payments made to sundry persons
for Military service in the Revolutionary war
as follows Viz
Samuel Pounds, in
Book 3rd Page 260,,-
Certificate granted
All Page 299,6,
6th Sept 1782
In testimony whereof I hereunto
Subscribe my name and affix
my seal of office this the
12th Febr. A.D. 1855
Geo. W. Brooks Compton
N.C.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY -- Revolutionary Pension Claims. 

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Samuel M. Pounds & Elizabeth Pounds, children of Samuel Pounds a Soldier of the war of the Revolution
herby constitute and appoint James E. Steward of Washington DC
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of 
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate we wish made payable to 
Samual M Pounds & Elizabeth Pounds
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were we personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in premises. 
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 12 day of September A. D., 1854

Samuel M. Pounds
Elizabeth Pounds

Signed and Sealed in the presence of 
WM Allen
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Claim of 
Act of

STATE OF
COUNTY

Be it known, That on this 12 day of September A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty four, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samual & Elizabeth Pounds a resident of in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the children of Samuel Pounds and Sarah Pounds deceased, and in directly [illegible] who was a Revolutionary Pensioner 

at the rate of Dollars per annum; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that is directly interested as claimant in said Pension, and make this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. of Samuel Pounds. 

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. 

J. Peace. 

I, WM Allen Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that 
who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
WM Allen J. Peace. 

I, Norfleet D Boggan Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Allen before whom the papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is signature. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1854. 

Norfleet D Boggan Clerk
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State of North Carolina ┃
Anson County and I do hereby certify that I was personally
acquainted Samuel Pounds and his wife Sarah from my
earliest recollection until their death. I think Mr Pounds deed
about the first of April 1830 and his wife about the 22d of September
1847. I was born and raised within about five miles off where ┃
they both lived and died. In the life time of Mr Samuel Pounds
I have heard him speak of his Revolutionary services, I heard
him speak of being at the siege of Augusta (I think) The date and
officers names I do not recollect, but heard him say that during the
siege, for three days and nights when he slept he and others slept
with their Horses bridles on their arms. He also said about that
time the Americans had a kind of fort or battery which they
could move at pleasure constructed of saw Cowhides which
they could move at pleasure, and that it protected them from
the balls of small arms that at them by the British. I also heard
Mr Pounds say that about this time the American tried to arrange
a
a plan by undermining to blow up the enemy. Mr Pounds that
a large number had collected there or near there to join the ritute
and Tories, and that the Americans stuck Pine & bedar bought
in their hats and caps and the Indians thinking the Tories
came out joyfully to meet and join them, and when they came
within a suitable distance, the Americans suddenly fired an
the Indians and killed a great number so many that it took
the rails of a fence more than a mile long to burn them up
I have heard Mr Pounds speak of being in other Battles and
think he said he was in the battle a Briar Creek
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I am inclined to the belief that he said he was in a fight at
Ninety six. I believe he was a dragoon and from his statements
believe he served at least twelve months in South Carolina
and Georgia and was called out by authority of the United State
I also think he previously served six months in North Carolina
in behalf of the United States as a private. There is no doubt that
Samuel Pounds and his wife Sarah were lawfully married, and
they lived together as man and wife to the day of his death
they were quite respectable old people and I should have no
hesitation in belowing any statement either of them made
of their oldest children were living one or two of them would
be at least fifty five years of age, they have two children
that survive them Samuel & Elizabeth
The above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief
the
sworn to and subscribed this 13 day of Jany 1851
Approved of Accordin Marla C
White
State of North Carolina
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Anson County ⎬ I Norfleet D Boggan Clerk of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sepions for the County of
Anson Certify that Miles W Maske is the Chairman
of our said Court duly commissioned and Qualified
and that due faith and credit should be gun to his office
cial act as such and that the signature purporting
to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affid
my seal and subscribed my name at Gradesboro
this 13th day of January in the year 1851 N D Boggan clerk
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deed

Left side of the page 

Additional proof in the
Revolutionary Pension Claim
of the Children of Samuel Pounds

Right side of the page 
14.319
Sarah Pound do
No.
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Act 7 July
1838
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Ben C.
Deberry