Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6897, Solomon Good, N.C.
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Service 
NC
Good, Solomon 
Number
S 6897
Carded
Contents 
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6897
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 6897
Solomon Good
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index:-Vol 1st, Page 145
[ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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16.15.4
North Carolina 
Solomon Good
of Burke in the State of North Car:
who was a pri in the company commanded 
by Captain Alston of the Regt commanded by Col: Nicholas in the North Car:
lone for 9 months

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of July '33 and sent I. Erwin
Morgantown N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 15

$75

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Miller   Clerk,
Book E, Vol C, Page 41

1887 Aug 17 G B Good - history
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Pension
Dec
Solomon Good [illegible]

Admit as a private
9 mo. $30.00
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State of North Carolina 
Burke County 

And the Court declare this opener after investigation of the matter and putting the investigation presented by the war department
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Declaration Pension
Solomon Good

[side margin] Test J Erwin [illegible]

Henry H Woods
mark
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State of No Ca }
Burke County }
Court of Pleas & Qr. Sessions
October Term 1832.
On this 24th day of Oct personally appeared
in open Court before the Justices of sd. [said] Court now sitting Solomon Good [illegible] a resident of sd. [said] County and State aged 72 years knows himself to be that old for a record made by his Father which he has often seen, who being duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act passed by Congress on the 7th
day of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the U.S.
under the following officers and served as
hence set forth (viz) That at the time
he entered the Service he lived in Halifax
county No. Ca. when he enlisted for
the term of Six months under Capt.
William Alston commanded by Col.
Nicholas Long that I entered the service 
some time in the month of March
1776. the day of the month I am unable
to say. that on my first entrance in the
Army I immediately marched from Halifax
Lower under command of Capt. Alston [illegible] below Neuse River in Onslow County for the purpose of joining Genl. Caswell that before we reached Genl. Caswell and the army under his command, we were informed that
Genl. Caswell had just had an engagement with the Scotch and the old Regulators as they were then called and succeeded in overcoming them. That himself and company returned to Halifax Lower
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where he remained the bal. of the Six months for which time he had enlisted in guarding the
prisoners the (Scotch and Old Regulators) where they were committed after being taken.
That at another time I was ordered into Service in the county of Orange State N.C where
I then resided some time in the year 1781.
That I was engaged in regular service for the time of three months in guarding the Town of Hillsboro in sd. [said] county from the attacks of the Tories and guarding the Jail in order to
prevent the escape of the prisoners which
were constantly committed. That I was
there under command of Capt Jameson
and Col. Taylor of Orange - after this service I was repeatedly called into service which was principally confined to the counties of Orange and Halifax a few weeks at a
time. My services are entitled to something like 11 months part of which time I was a substitute for a man by the name of Smith. I was regularly in the service 9 months [illegible] rather more.
I hereby relinquish my claim
to a pension or annuity
except the present and and [sic]
do hereby declare that my
name is not on the Pension
Roll of any state or the agency
of any State.
Sworn to
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and subscribed this day and year first written.
Test Sworn to in open Court 24th Oct 1832
J Erwin Clerk
Sol Good [Solomon Good]

We Mark Brittain and Lenord Estes
residing in the county of Burke and
State of North Carolina do
hereby certify that we are and
have been for many years
passed well acquainted with
Solomon Good Sen who has
subscribed and sworn to the
foregoing declaration that we
believe him to be of the age set
forth in his declaration (72 years)
That he is reputed and belived [believed] in
the neighborhood where he lives to
have been a soldier of the
Revolutionary War and that
we concur in the same opinion
Given under our hand
& Seal 23 Oct 1832
[illegible] J Erwin Clerk
M Brittain
Len Estes
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State of No. Ca. }
Burke County } I Henry Woods of the
county and State aforesaid do herby
certify that I am acquainted Solomon
Good Sen now of the county aforesaid
that I knew him during the Revolutionary War, that some time in the year 1781 he knew him to be engaged in military services for the support
of the United States in Hillsboro Orange
County where he then resided. That
he was under command of Capt James 
on where he remained for the
term of three months guarding and
protecting the place against the
invasions of the British and Tories
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court this [illegible] day of Oct 1832
Test J Erwin Clerk
Henry his mark Woods