Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,626, for John Patterson, Georgia
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SERVICE                                         NUMBER

Ga.        Patterson, John.           8.17.626
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CONTENTS
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Ohio.       19.728.
John Patterson
of. [illegible] in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the [. ] commanded
     of [. ]. cavalry
by Captain Cowan of the Regmt commanded
by Col Reed on the South Carolina 
line for 15 [ ] & 15 days N.C. + Ga
11.15 cavalry -- 47.92
4. 00.  infantry. 13.33
                           61"25

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio.
ahh the rate of 61. Dollars 25 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of August 1833 and sent to John
Mood.   Hamilton. B.C. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833.    122.50
Some-ant allowance ending 4 Sept 33.   30.63
                                                         $153.13
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by [.    ] R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8.  Page 20
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Adm. 1 year  3 Months
& 15 days.  11 Months
& 15 days  [. ] of as Calvary.


47.92
13.33
61.25

37.50                         25.----
  8.33                         12.50
  2.08                           8.33
47.92                            1.39
13.33                          47.22
61.25

Jn. Woods
Hamilton, Butler County
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BRIEF in the case of John Patterson
County of Preble in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Open Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 69
4.  State his service, as direction in the form annexed.

Period| Duration of Service|. Rank| Names of General and Field Officers under who he served

Sub.   In 1778| 3 Months|Private| Gen. Williamson, Col Reed, Capt Cowan

1780| about 1 Month| Private| Col. Pickens, Capt Cowan

" | about 25 days| Private| Col Clark, Capt Dunn

1781| 42 days| Private| Col Irwin, Capt Grimes
"| 10 months| Lighthorseman| Capt Moore, Col Middleton
5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Skirmishes with the British
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ninety Six Dist L. 6.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  One witness & tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect? Not authenticated
 I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  
Chs. W. Forrest, Examining Clerk
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The State of Ohio Preble County
Court of Common Pleas
September [. ] 1832

On this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord on e thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the honorable the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Preble in the state of Ohio John Patterson aged sixty nine years, a resident of the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two.
That in the month of August seventeen hundred and seventy eight he entered the service the United States as a substitute for his father Samuel Patterson in Ninety six district South Carolina in Captain Cowans company of militia of Colonel Reed's regiment and General Williamson's Brigade.  The forces rendevoused at Beaverdam Creek in Georgia, de[?] served on this tour three months during which time he was engaged in defending the country against the agressions of the Cherokees at the end of three months he received a written discharg signed
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by Lieutenant Davis who at that time had command of the company in place of Captain Cowan during this tour deponent assisted to destroy the corn o fate Indians and to burn seven Indian towns -- in April seventeen hundred and eighty deponent was drafted to go to Charleston under Captain Cowan who then belonged to Colonel Picken's regiment when this draft had proceeded about eighty miles on the way to Charleston they were met by an express informing them the city had surrendered Colonel Pickens then marched his men to Camden, he was out on this tour about one month.  In September of the same year deponent went to Soap Creek in Georgia and volunteered to serve in Captain Davis's company of Colonel Clark's regiment.   He was with Colonel Clark when he took possession of the town of Augusta but was soon driven away by the British.   He continued in the service on this tour until after the Battle of Kings Mountain which was on the seventh of October -- after this battle the company under Captain  Dunn dispersed being all volunteered for no definite time deponent with three others went to Mecklenburg County in North Carolina and remained with his friends until January seventeen hundred and eighty-one -- when Lord Cornwallis commenced his march to Virginia deponent volunteered to serve for six weeks in a light horse company under the command of Captain Grimes of Colonel Irwin's regiment he was engaged in
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guarding the ford on the Catawba river about one week he was then marched to Guilford Courthouse near Guilford his company joined the forces under General Green.  During this time he was engaged in several skirmishes with the British but was in no general engagement. At the end of the six weeks for which he had volunteered he received a written discharge from Captain Grimes in March seventeen hundred and eighty one.  In the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty one he was enlisted in the state troops of South Carolina for ten months in Captain Francis Moore's company of light horse.  Colonel Middleton's regiment and General Sumstey's Brigade for March seventeen hundred and eighty two.  When deponent time expired he was discharged by Captain Moor at Orangeburg on Edisto to prove this ten months service he has procured the  deposition of William Caldwell who served during the same ten months with deponent.  Deponent knows of no witnesses  living by whom he can prove the rest of his services but he has been long known to Rev. Alexander Porter John Foster David Macdill and others who reside in his neighborhood and by who he can as he believes prove that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity and that he has always been respected and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution.   The written discharges which deponent received from his officers have been lost.   He has a written record of his age by which
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it appears that he was born in Leland in January seventeen hundred and sixty three.  After the war deponent lived in South Carolina until the year eighteen hundred and seven when he came to Preble county in the state of Ohio where he has since resided and still resides.  he hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
John Patterson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.        
J. C. Hawkins Clerk

We Alexander Porter clergyman John Foster and David Macdill residents of the county of Preble in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Patterson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age. The said  Alexander Porter and John Foster have known him about forty years and said David MacDill has known him for twenty four years.  We further certify that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity and that he is respected and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we [illegible insert] have full confidence in the truth of the above declaration.
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de No. 17 .626
 INVALID.
Rev War
 le No> 17626 
John Patterson (Pattersone)
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 "82
ex: -- Vol. 1, Page 426
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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The State of Ohio
Butler County
Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid came personally  William Caldwell a resident of said County who being duly sworn deposith and saith that he was acquainted with John Patterson who now resides in the County of Preble during the war of the revolution. This deponent served a tour of ten months during the war of the Revolution  with said John Patterson - in the Regiment of Col. Middleton in the state troops of South Carolina in the year 1781 and 1782 under the command of General Sumter (sp)- said John Patterson belonged to the company commanded by Captain Francis Moore and deponent belonged to the company of Captain Smith - deponent has been acquainted with
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said Patterson since his residence in the state of Ohio which has been about twenty five years deponent had not seen said Patterson from the time that he was discharged at Orange County in South Carolina until he met him in the state of Ohio - and further he says not.
Wm Caldwell

Sworn & hereby scribed
before me this 
24th day of August
 A.D. 1832
Willliam Hunter JP

I certify that the said William Caldwell who has sworn to and scribed in the above affidavit before me is a reputable citizen of the County of Butler Ohio and that his testimony is entitled to full credit
William Hunter
JP
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Declaration amen
ded 15 ( %) monthly
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Patterson further proof or explanation. which require 
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? Yes
 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 of pension he is entitled? NO 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 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
VII. 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?   Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?   No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?   Yes
XVI .Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if  not, which of them is not so answered?     2. Not answered

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In acase 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 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  _____ 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 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 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 is highly objection
able. 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In the 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 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

3 months in Captain Cowan Co. 1778
1month in Captain Cowany Co 1780
1 1/2 month in the light house 6 weeks
10 months  moved to light house 
l5 months
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John Patterson
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Sworn to and subscibed
the day and year aforesaid
J.C. Hawkins Clerk
Alex. Porter  V.D.M.
John Foster
David McDill

and the said Courts 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 Alexander Porter who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the aforementioned County of Preble and that John Foster & David McDill who also signed the same are residents in the County of Preble and are Credible persons. And that William Caldwell who has signed the affidavit made before William Hunter Esq. is a resident of Butler County Ohio and that they are a credible person, and that their Statements are entitled to Credit.
By the Court  J.C.Hawkins Clerk
I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Patterson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of September 1832
J. C. Hawkins Clerk
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The State of Ohio Preble County
Court of Common Pleas of 
the term of March of 1833
Personally appeared in open court John Patterson who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration and said John Patterson being duly sworn the month said saith that he served during the war of the revolution fifteen months and two weeks the  first time he served under Captain Cowan's company three months. The second time he served one month under Captain Cowan. The third time he served six weeks in the company of Captain Dunn in the forces commanded by Col Clark. The last time I served ten months in the light horse as stated in the foregoing declaration. The whole time which I served was fifteen months and two weeks as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution & for such service I claim a Pension.
Sworn & Subscribed
in open court this
20th March 1833
John Patterson
I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Preble
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do hereby certify that the foregoing containsthe original and amended proceedings of said Court in the Matter of the application of John Patterson for a pension and that said court were satisfied that said John Patterson had served in the War of the Revolution as he states in his said declaration and the court were further satisfied that said William Caldwell whose affidavit before Wm Hawkins is hereto attached is a creditable citizen of good character and entitled to credit.
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of March A.D. 1833
J.C.Hawkins Clark

(embossed seal in left bottom corner) 
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