Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,372, for Samuel Reed, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
	SERVICE							NUMBER
	N.C.			Reed, Samuel.				S.7.372
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CONTENTS
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to Hon. T.L. Clingman
Jany. [Jan.] 24d 49
H Thomas [illegible] Mar. [March] 1850

16.404
North Carolina
Samuel Reed of Burke– in the State of No. Ca. who was a Pri: [Pvt] in the [blank in MS] commanded by Captain  [crossed out] of the Regs commanded by Col: Lock [Locke]. in the no. ca. line for 14 months 
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Inscribed on the Roll of No. Carolina at the rate of 46. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of Augt: “ 33 and Senteh [Sented] Hon: S.P. Carson. Pleasant Gardens. NoCa. [N.C.]
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 	93.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sepr [Sept.]”	 23.33      
					             $116.65
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice– Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 53
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State of North Carolina}
Burke County}
On this 23rd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of Pleas & quarter sessions now sitting Samuel Reed Snr [Sr.] a resident of said county & state aged about 77 years his Father had a record of his age in the Family Bible he has no Transcript & only speaks from memory. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832	  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated ([illegible])  He first entered the service as a volunteer for five months under captn. [Capt.] Nichols of Rowan county NoCa [N.C.] our Regiment was commanded by Colo. [Col.] Frank Lock [Locke]   We were marched by Genl. [Gen.] Rutherford to Purrysburg on savannah River. There was a small party of our company sent over the River & fell in with Genl. [Gen.] Ash [Ashe] we were surprised by the British & a number of our men were killed & taken prisoners  This was at a place called Brier creek a large number tried to get back to the main Army which lay across the River. There were a good many drowned. I swam the River & got back safe. I was discharged at Black Swamp on the 10th of March 1779
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my discharge was given me by Colo. [Col.] Lock [Locke] which discharge has been lost or miss laid [mislaid] so that I cant find it I know not how 
I next volunteered under Colo [Col.] Hamright [Hambright] [crossed out] John Sloan was my Captain for three months 
We marched to Charleston SoCa [S.C.] and remained there till out time of service was ended. I was again discharged by Colo. [Col.] Lock [Locke] & returned home without being in any battle [crossed out] He cannot recollect the year, but siege was laid to Charleston on the next day after we were discharged and Genl. [Gen.] Lincoln was taken together with the city & all the men we left (so I heard) about 40 days afterwards. He remained 6 or 8 months at home & then volunteered for three months to go against the Tories which were under a Tory Colonel by the name of Bryant [Bryan]– I volunteered under Captn [Capt.] Gaines in this service & was marched down upon Pedee [Pee Dee] River in SoCa [S.C.] we done no good that trip we had no fighting nor took bo persons some time after my return home 
I was sent by Colo. [Col.] Joseph Williams to carry an Express from near the Shallow ford on the yadkin River to Captn [Capt.] Samuel Reed who lived on the south yadkin to come over & reinforce Colo [Col.] Williams against the Tories but before  Captn [Capt.] Reed could get into the battle we ended & the Tories were whipt [whipped] some few were killed & some taken prisoners
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I next volunteered for three months under Captn. [Capt.] Cole I marched with Captn. [Capt.] Cole to Cowans ford on the Cataba [Catawba] River and was under Genl. [Gen.] Davidson when he was killed at Cowans Ford an said River. After Genl. [Gen.] Davidson was killed Captn. [Capt.] Cole marched [crossed out]  his company do the River to One [illegible] that night we were very uneasy & request Captn. [Capt.] Cole to go round the British that were caught on the Salisbury [illegible] in the night, but he refused saying he had no orders & did not know what to do 12 of us then left him & made our way round the British before day, & made our way to Rowan County & I went to my old Colonel Frank Lock [Locke] & he put me under Captn. [Capt.] John Grimes. Colo. [Col.] Lock [Locke] marched us on after the British down to the [illegible] River, we [crossed out] had a skirmish with the British on the Reedy fork of Haw River. we went on then to the battle of Guilford. I was not in the battle because I was left to guard some prisoners a few mile from the battleground. I was discharged shortly after the battle of Guilford by Majr. [MAJ] Carmth. I then returned home and in a few months [illegible] out again under Captn. [Capt.] Dick Dowell &
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 Colo. [Col.] Melberdy [Malmédy] a French man, [crossed out] we marched to camden & from thence to the high [illegible] of santa from there we returned to [illegible] & then crossed the Wateree & Congaree River & marched to Eustaw spring, The night before the battle we were marched nearly all night and just at day break the battle commenced I fought through the whole battle one bullet parred through my hunting shirt but I was not touching myself. I was one of the men that guarded the Prisoners up to Rowan County. I was discharged at Bells Mill near salisbury this ended my services. All my discharges have been lost or destroyed in some way, I cant find them nor know not what become of them
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares That his name is not on the Roll of the agency of any state or of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Mr Reed will not on his oath state dates because he will not trust his memory but refers the court to the dates of the battles he was in.		his
           Samuel   X Reed
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Sworn to the Court
23rd Oct. 1832
Test J Edwin clk
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Mr John Fox & Jas M OeNeill [O'Neill] residing in the county of Burke and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Saml Reed Sen [Sr.] who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age set forth in his declaration (about 77) that he is reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  sworn to and subscribed by us this 23rd Oct 1832 in open court
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John X Fox
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		Attest J. Erwin clk		Jas. MC. ONeil [McO'Neil]

State of Narth Carolina
Burke County}
		I James Reed preceding Justice of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations presented by the war department that the above named appliat [applicant] was a revolutionary solder [soldier]  and served as he stated 
And I do further certify that John Fox and Col James MK Oneil [McO'Neil] who have subscribed preceding certificate an residents on the County of Burke and that this an credible persons and that then statement is entitled to credit 
Given under my hand and seal this 23rd day of Octb [Oct.] 1832

Jas Reed Pre [Preceding] Justice (seal)
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I James Erwin Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Burke and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original preceding in the matter of the application of Samuel Red [Reed] for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office done at office in Morganton this 24th Oct. AD 1832 
Test J Erwin Clk 


Declaration x
Saml Reed

Declaration
Pension 
Saml Reed
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State of N Carolina} Whereas Thos Reed [illegible] before us JD Woodward [illegible] Few yancey County} [illegible] acting Justice of of the peace said County and made oath this app [applicant] Mr Samuel Reed a Revolution ary [Revolutionary] soldier enterd [entered] in the ca [continental army] serves under General Rutherford and Col Francis Locke and Capt [illegible] company at the that time the battle [illegible] & held possession of savannah in the sate [state] of Georgia and was in the battle of stono at which place we Repused [Replused] the british & they took to there shipping and in that campaign he served five months and was discharged at black swamp be General Rutherford he again enterd [entered] the ca [continental army] at Charleston be under [crossed out] Col Ham Right [Hamright] and Capt John Sloans Company Genl [Gen.] Lincoln Commander he being discharged with out being in any engagement and served 3 month He again [crossed out] volunteerd [volunteered] under Col Lock [Locke] and col Campbel [Campbell] and other officer not all nown [known] [crossed out] to Root the Tories and pursued them untill [until] they found the british and was in the serves at the time of the battle of the

hanging Rock and in that Tour he served 8 months & was discharged He again volunteerd [volunteered] Col Francis Locke and maj [MAJ] Rowan the capt name forgotten he served three months and was discharged with out being in any engagement He again volunteerd [volunteered] under Genl [Gen.] Davidson and was present when he was Killed he gaved Capt Grines [Grimes] company at the Shallow for [ford] of the yadkin and was in the battle of Guilford other skirmishes and served 3 months that tour and was Discharged He volunteerd [volunteered] unde [under] Capt Humpherys at Salsbery [Salisbury] to gard [guard] the prisoners and then garded [guarded] off unto the State of Virginia and was in no engagement in the tour and sevd [served] three months and was Discharged maj [MAJ] Phillips his brother [illegible] a that trip in him place from Salisbury to virginia

[Crossed out] S.C [crossed out] Genl [Gen.] Lincoln Commander he then being [crossed out]

[Illegible]
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Sworn to and and subscribed before us this the [crossed out] 25th of January 1847
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                                      Thomas X Reed
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Attest JW Peck (JP)  
J.D. Woodward (JP)                  
                                                 

State of N Carolina}

yancey County} I Isaac C. Wilson clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions of said county of yancey do hereby certify that J W Peck & J D Woodward Justices attesting the with in affidavit of Thomas Reed was acting Magistrates in and for said county at the time of their [illegible] the same & that their acts as such one entitled to full faith & credit & I believe their signatures to be genuine

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office at Burnsville the 26th day of Jany [Jan.] 1847

Test

J.C. Wilson clk
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Samuel Reed


45 1117 1317


Admit as private

14 mo. $46.66


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1 Febry [Feb.] 33


Hon SP Carson

Pleasant Garden

[crossed out]

N.C
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Reed of Burk [Burke] County in the State of N. Carolina

(Act 7th June, 1832.)


1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that applicant is disabled by body infirmity?

3. How old is he? 77 years

4. State his services, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.

[crossed out]


Duration of Service.

Years, Months, Days.


Rank.

As a


Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Gen.

States that he volunteered for 5 months (date not stated) under Capt Rowan, and Col Franck Lock [Locke]—discharged 10th March 1779

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Next volunteered under Col: Lock [Locke] for 3 months continued in Service until his line was out—no dates given in this term of Service

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6 or 8 months afterwards, Volunteered for 3 months—time of his engagement, or discharge there from, not stated—

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again volunteered for 3 mos [months]—no dates given—

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again as a Substitute—neither date or time of engagement stated


5. In what battles was he engaged? Eutaw Springs


6. Where did he reside when he entered service? not stated


7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary [traditionally] evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary [Traditionally] evidence alone


8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not attached according to the Regulations


I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

5x

3x

3 [illegible] Wm Gordon Examining Clerk,

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Rev. and 1812 [illegible]

Wars Section.

Our

June 25, 1928

Mrs. James W. [crossed out] Caperton

Richmond, Amberley

Ky.


Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.7372, it appears that Samuel Reed served as a private with the North Carolina Troops, as follows-

He marched from Rowan County, North Carolina in October 1778 and served six months in Captain James Nichol’s or Nicholas’ Company, Colonel Francis Locke’s Regiment, and was in the battle of Brier Creek; from December 1779, three months in Captain John Sloan’s Company, Colonel Hamright’s [Hambright] Regiment; in Captain’s Cole’s Company, and was in the battles of Haw River and Guilford, and served three months; from June or July 1781, three months in Captain’s Humphrey’s and Dick Dowell’s Companies, Colonels Locke’s and Malmedy’s


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Regiments, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. [crossed out]

He also served as Express rider under Colonel Joseph Williams, no dates of this service given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, aged seventy-seven years.

It is not stated whether soldier ever married.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT

Commissioner.
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Regiments, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. [crossed out]

He also served as Express rider under Colonel Joseph Williams, no dates of this service given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, aged seventy-seven years.

It is not stated whether soldier ever married.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT

Commissioner.
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3-049.

Ex.______MMHF__ Div. Rev. & 1812 Sec.

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Department of Interior,

BUREAU OF PENSIONS,


WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4, 1928.


The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.

Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.

XXXXXXXX, first name of widow.

Name of soldier, John Reed and Samuel Reed

XXX. address of XXXXXXX soldier at enlistment and after service.

XXXXXXX Think Rockingham Co.

State where enlisted North Carolina

Date of XXXXXXX birth About 1755 and 1757

Date of XXXXXXX death [blank in MS]

If unable to finish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.

Owing to lack of a clerical force available for the purpose only two histories to each person.

Return attached letter with reply.

E.W. MORGAN,

ACTING Commissioner.
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[DEPUTY

JUN 21 1928

COMMISSIONER]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

S.7.3551 Washington D.C., [blank in MS], 19 [blank in MS]

In reply to your request of [blank in MS], received [blank in MS] for a statement of the military history of Samuel Reed+ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information contained in his [crossed out] application for pension file in this Bureau. SF. 7272

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.

Oct. 1778

Dec 1779

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[blank in MS]

*June or July 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.

6 mos [months]

3 mos [months]

3 mos [months]

[check]

3 mos [months]

3 mos [months]

3 mos [months]

RANK.

Pvt

‘

‘

Express

Pvt

“

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN. [illegible] COLONEL. STATE.

James Nicholas Francis Locke N.C.

John Sloan Hamright [Hambright] “

Grimes [illegible] Locke & Campbell “

[illegible] 15-80

[blank in MS] Joseph Williams “

[illegible] [illegible] Francis Locke “

Gale & John Grimes o Francis Locke [check] o “

Humphrey & Dick Dowell Lock [Locke] & Malmedy “

Mah [March] 3-79+ Feb 1-81x Feb 05-81 o

Battles engaged in, Brier Creek; Cowans Ford; Haw River; Eutaw Spring X Sept 8-81

Residence of soldier at enlistment, marched from Rowan Co NC

Date of application for pension, Oct 23 1832 claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Burke Co NC

Age of date of application, 77

Remarks: It is not stated this that he was married

In 1832 referred to as Samuel Reed Senr: [Sr.]

Respectfully, clk

Commissioner.
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Richmond, Kentucky,

Amberley May 29” 1928

Col. Winfield Scott, Commissioner.

Revolutionary War Dpt. [Dept.]

Bureau of Pensions,

Washington D.C.

My dear sir:-

Among the Kings Mountain men, Revolutionary War– were James Reed and seven sons– John. Joseph and Samuel were pensioned, according to Linage Book 9, D.A.R. Will you please send me the data as to these three men–where they were born, where they lived in North Carolina– children &c. – Very sincerely,

(Over) Mrs. James W. Caperton
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(DEPUTY

JUN 21 1928

COMMISSIONER)
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I am told that John Reed and Samuel Reed were pensioned for services in the Revolutionary War– in the North Carolina Line– I very much desire the information contained in their applications for Pensions–as to place and date of birth and the names of their names– the daughters of me of these. I am not–sure which–married Henry Copp– Her name was Deborrah [Deborah] Reed and they resided, perhaps in Lincoln Co. N.C.
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Covington, Ga.

W1 March 3, 1914

To

Commissioner of Pensions

Washington, D.C.


My dear Sir,

I appeal to you for all the information you may be able to give me of Nimrod Swan Rev. War. Quartermaster of 6th
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N.C Regt. Also of Capts. Samuel Reed, Rev. war of Rowan and Iredell counties N.C. If can find Wills Deeds transfer of property. Pensions, marriage license who they married–names of children–and if possible, who they married–I want to find out when Nimrod Swan originally lived. I am trying to find the ancestors of Thomas Swan who married Rosannah of Iredell co. about 1801-2

Thanking you in advance–Copying to hear from you real soon–

I am Very Respects

Mrs. Thomas C. Swan
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1914. Mch [March] 13: hist to Mrs. Thomas C. Swan. M.B.H

1928 June 26 Hist to Mrs Jas. [crossed out] Caperton [illegible]


Rev War 7372

INVALID.

File No. 7372

Samuel Reed

Priv [Pvt.] Rev. War

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Act: June 7th 1832

Index:—Vol. A [illegible], Page 312

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Reed 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 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? no

Each tour for which he claims should be Testimony alleged as to period Term & [illegible]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulation? 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

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VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if 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? no No them was no clergyman present when the Declaration was mad [made] out

Sam P Carson

XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? none 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? no No

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactory? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERRE 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 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 the 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.

+QUERRE 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 service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

+QUERRE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavits, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Hon JL Edward

Com of Pensions
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Washington City

March 9, 1830.

Hon J.L. Edwards

Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,

By a letter received from Wm Manchester Agent of Samuel Reed a pensioner residing in Chester co NoC [N.C.]. I am requested to ascertain what disposition has been made in the case of said Reeds application for an increase of his pension and if any further testimony be necessary he wishes through One to be informed of it.

Your obt sevt

Wm H. Thomas
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State of North Carolina{ July 23rd

Burke County} 1833

Samuel Reed states in further proof & explanation of his claim for a pension that he has procured the Testimony of George Ligman & Nicholas Chapman as to a five months Tour under Colo [Col.] Lock [Locke] & Genl [Gen.] Rutherford and the Proof of his Brother Thomas Reed as to truee [true] three months Tours

This is all the testimony I can obtain except my own statements

In other Tours stated in my Declaration I cannot be as explicit as to the date as the Department seems to requires–but I know I served as set forth in my declaration. In my declaration I stated that I was discharged from my first Tour on the 10th of March 1779 since talking with Mr Chapman & Mr Ligman they think we were discharged in the month of April of the same year

They may be right but it is some how on my mind that
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the 10th of March was the day–I cannot state any more than is in my original declaration with the Testimony herewith send submit my case

Sworn to & subscribed this 23rd July 1833 before Alexander McGalliard one of the acting Justices of the peace for said county

Alex McGalliard JP his

Samuel O Reed

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I certify this Alexander McGalliard is an acting Justice of the Peace for this Burke county & qualified Samuel Reed to the foregoing Affidavit in my presents and I further certify that I do believe from what I have heard that Mr Reed was a true soldier & served as he has stated in his declaration

I have known him personally for many years & believe that to be entitled to full faith on oath

Sam P Carson
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The reason why no clergyman certified is that there was not one at the court House on the day his original papers were made out

Sam P Carson


To J.L. Edwards Esqr
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State of North Carolina { July 23rd 1833

Burke County}

This day personally appeared before James Avery one of the acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county George Ligman & after being duly sworn in due form of Law deposeth & sayeth that he was acquainted with Samuel Reed sr name an applicant for a pension during the Revolutionary War & served one five months tour with him under Colo [Col.] Frank Lock [Locke] & Genl [Gen.] Rutherford. Reed was in Captain Nicholas company & deponent in captn [Capt.] Lee Taylors. Deponent cannot State from loss of memory the year but believes they commenced their service in October 1778 & ended there tour in March following. It was during this tour of service that Genl [Gen.] Ash was defeated at Brier creek in the state of Georgia. Deponent never served with Reed in any other tour but has heard & believes that [illegible] Reed served various other tour of duty & further believes
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that said Reed was a faithful soldier & true whig & is entitled to a pension

sworn to & subscribed date above written—before me his

Geroge X Ligman

mark

James Avery JP.


Also personally appeared before me James Avery the subscribing Justice of the Peace Thomas Reed Snr [Sr.] and after being duly sworn in due form of law deposeth & sayeth that he served a three months tour with his Brother Samuel Reed now an applicant for a Pension. my Brother & myself volunteered under captn [Capt.] John Sloan & was commanded by Colo [Col.] Hamright [Hambright] & Lt Colo [Col.] Andrew Hampton. we volunteered in Rowan NoCa [N.C.] & were marched to Charleston SoCa [S.C.] where we served out our tour under Genl [Gen.] Lincoln we were marched from Rowan in the month of December 1779 & was discharged at the end of our tour in the month of
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February 1780—we served the full tour out & were discharged by Colo [Col.] Hamright [Hambright]—The day of the month on which deponent & his brother enter the service he cannot recolect [recollect] bur he recollects the months he entered & was discharged & established to fix the date of the year by the time Charleston was taken

They were discharged in February & Charleston was taken in May following in the year 1780. Deponent further swears that he served one other three months tour with his Brother Saml Reed [Sam.] Reed. They both volunteered in Rowan NoCa [N.C.] under captn [Capt.] Dick Dowell & Colo [Col.] Melburly [Marbury] we were marched from Rowan (as deponent believes) in the month of June or July 1781 & were marched to camden SoCa [S.C.] where we joined Genl [Gen.] Green [Greene].—some time after this we were marched over santee River & had the battle at the Eutaw Springs

my Brother & myself were both in [crossed out] the battle, this was in September 1781 we guarded Prisoners to Bells [illegible]
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in Rowan county where we wear [were] discharged by Colo [Col.] Lock [Locke]. Colo [Col.] Melburly [Marbury] had left us & we were placed under Lock [Locke]

Deponent further states that he knows his Brother volunteered for various other tours (he thinks 4 three months tour & one 5 months tour which was his first)

Deponent was not with his Brother in any of the services except the two tours already stated, but know his Brother volunteered & was already as above stated. Sworn to & subscribed this 23rd day of July 1833 before me

his

Tho. O Reed

mark

James Avery JP.


I certify that James Avery is an acting Justice of the Peace for this (Burke) County & qualified George Ligman & Thomas Reed to the foregoing affidavits in my presents—July 23rd 1833

To } Sam P Carson

J L Edwards Esqr}
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State of North Carolina {Court of Pleas &

Burke County} quarter Sessions July.

Sessions. 1833.—

Nicholas Chapman swears that he served in the company of Captain James Nicholas, Lieut James Chapman in the Malitias [Militias] Regiment of col Francis Locke in Rutherford army in the year 1778 & 1779, that he entered the service in the month of october, that they marched to the 10 mile house in South Carolina (Marched from Rowan County N Carolina) & there to Purisburgh [Purrysburg] on to the Savannah River & there on to the two sisters where they were [crossed out] served in & for the space of Six months. & honorably discharged on or about the date of april or first of may 1779, being kept one month over this regular time in the service of the United States against the common enemy & that all that time that [crossed out] Samuel Reed

was all that time a soldier (Private) in the said company, and at said time said Reed was honorably discharged.

Nicholas Chapman

Sworn to in open Court

23rd July 1833.

J Erwin Clk
Page 37


I certify that James Erwin is clerk of Burke county court & that it is his official signature to the affidavit of Nicholas Chapman and that Chapman was qualified in open court July 23rd

Sam P Carson

To J L Edwards Esq