Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7329, for James More, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776 )

SERVICE
S.C.

More, James
or
Moore

NUMBER
R 7329

CONTENTS
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No 37543
James Moore
S C
Act 7 June 1832
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State of South Carolina ⎬
York District
On this 16th day of July 1841
personally appeared before me, J. Kuykendall  of the Court of Common Pleas for the said District & at the office of the said Court James Moore, a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged Eighty five 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 on the 7th June 1832 granting pensions to Soldiers of the American Revolution
That this declarant was a private Soldier in the
South Carolina Militia during a portion of the Revolution
That his first tour of duty commenced in the early part of the year 1782. he was drafted into service for three months under Lieut. Jas Wallace Col. Bratton's Regiment. that they left
here (now York District) and was marched down to Orangeburg where they took up their quarters and remained till the Spring, and untill his three months draft expired which was in the month of April and he was discharged - his next and second hour was under Col. Bratton in the summer following, and in 1782, he served three months a scouting about through the country keeping down the disaffected which was the closing up of the difficulties of the war
This declarant further states that his name is not on any pension Roll of the United States, and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to any and all claims except the
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present and that the reason of his delaying his application till the present time is that at the time others were applying there was not much due him and he thought he would try to live without it and that a number of years having past since the passage of the law the amount now due has become a matter of some consideration
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written James More seal

before
Ja Kery Kendall
CCCpls

South Carolina 
York District } I Ja Kery Kendal Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for York District do hereby certify that James Moore who has sown to and subscribed to the foregoing declaration before me is a man of sound mind and good morral character and his statements are entitled to full faith & credit and I do further certify that James Moore has allways been regarded as a Revolutionary Soldier in this District given under my hand and seal of office at York Court House this 16th day of August 1847
Ja Kery Kendall
CCCPls
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a soldier of the REVEOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. James [crossed out Moore] More
R7329

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - 1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 6 mos
RANK - Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - James Wallace
COLONEL - Pratton
STATE - SC
Battles engaged in 
Residence of soldier at enlistment York District, SC
Date of application for pension July 16 1847  
Residence at date of application York District SC
Age at date of application, 85
Remarks No data as to his family
His claim was not allowed as he failed to forward proof of alleged service
Very Respectfully,
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W.F. Adickes
Sept 13.47
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121
Pension Office
Sept 13 1847
Sir
The informal declaration of James More whose claim is now for the first time presented under the act of 7 June 1832 has been examined and filed. 
Before any satisfactory adjustment of this claim can be made applicant should file a declaration made before a court of record (not the clerk or a judge of such a court [crossed out shew by the] conformally with the enclosed printed instructions; Shew by the certificate of the comptroller Genl of South Carolina the amount of pay he received for his service, identify himself with any service found to have been paid for to one of his very common name by the testimony of those who had a personal knowledge of his service and satisfactorly account for [crossed out the delayin] not presenting this [crossed out claim] application until this late day
This claim is not properly seepth nor is it sustained by a particle of evidence
HF Adickes Esq
Yorkville SC
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Yorkville So Ca Aug 20th 1847
Sir you will please examine the certificate
James Moore for Revolutionary services and report to
me at Yorkville Solon
Yours & [illegible]
H F. Adickes
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Rev War
JW FERGUSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WAYNESVILLE NC
Nov 26 1915
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear sir
Will you please send me the Revolutionary war record and copy of War pensions of the following persons? 
William Henry who married Isabella McCaron or McKeoron, James Smith who married Mary Henry, James Moore who married Rachel Black all of York District SC, Also of Nathaniel Deaver who I presume enlisted from Ann henot Co Va also he married Arrabella Gray of Burke Co NC Arrabella Gray Deaver later married John Harrington and probably applied for pension from Washington Co, Texas. Also the record of Lydia Gray the mother of Arrabella Gray who's father was killed in the Revol.
Thanking you I am
very respt
Mrs JW Fergusan

[stamped 
Army and Navy Division
FILES
NOV 30 1915
RECEIVED
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Revton
Pine Bluff Ark
Dec 21 1920
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washing
I want to thank you for the recent information sent me about John Moore Revolutionary soldier I am anxious to know if you can give me any information about another Revolutionary soldier Moore of York county SC His given name was either William or James His wife's maiden name was Margaret Nesbit called Peggy Nesbit They were the parent of the following children James, Elizabeth, Martha Alexander, Margaret and John Nesbit Moore After the death of her husband
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Mr Moore his widow Mrs Margaret Nesbit Moore married William S McCain also a Revolutionary soldier of Mucklenburg Co NC the children of the Revolutionary soldier Moore and wife Margaret or Peggy Nesbit married the following
Alexander Moore married Nancy McCombs near Sardis Mecklenburg Co NC
Elizabeth married Robert Nelson
Margaret married James Wright
John Nesbit Moore married Leannah McCombs
Martha married Hugh Johnson McCain
James
Thanking you for my data and possible the fact as to whether the given name of this Revolutionary soldier was James or William
Sincerely
Mrs Pinchback Taylor
414 West Fifth
Pine Bluff Ark
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No 37543
James Moore
SC
Let to H. F  Adickes
Sept 13. '47

7329

Act 7 June 1832
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1907. Apr. 24. Hist to Mrs A. G. Moore

1915. Dec. 7. Hist to Mrs. W. Ferguson
_______________________________
1921 Jan. 29. Hist. to Mrs. Pinchback
Taylor.
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Alex Moore was of York
District S.C.

James Moore &
William Erwin lived in York
District after the Revolution
but - were
both from N. C.

Reuben Withers  was
from Dinwiddie Co
Virginia

Kindly tell me what
troops Col.
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William Malcom
commanded.

Thanking you for
Your attention in this 
matter   I am
Yours very sincerely
(Mrs) Annie Lee Moore
Reg[illegible[ -  Kings
[illegible] - chpt - D.A.R.

Stamp:
PENSION
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APR
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OFFICE
U.S.