Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3141, George Caldwell, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Caldwell George

NUMBER 
S3141

CONTENTS
Carded
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25494
East Tennessee
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George Caldwell
of Blount Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the comp commanded 
by Captain Campbell of the regt. commanded
by Cobb Campbell in the Virginia
line for 1 year

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Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of June
1884 and  M u B
Martin Maryville
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 20.00
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$120.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
E   Vol. 7  Page 39
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24694
George Caldwell
Blount County
Wm B. Martin attr
Marysville Tenn
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The State of Tennessee
Blount County} ss  Be known that on the ninth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand & eight hundred and
thirty-three, - personally appeared before William Toole Esqr.
one of the acting Justices of the peace and member of this
court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the county
of Blount and state of Tennessee George Caldwell
a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged
73 years part who being first duly sworn according
to law, doth, on his oath make the following amend =
ments to his amended and original Declaration made
on the 8th day of Feby 1833. and amended on the 2d day of 
July 1833 and said in the war office for pension claims
24694 in order to obtain the benefit of an act of
Congress passed June seventh A.D. 1833

This second amendment of the aforesaid George, showeth
that he is advised and believes from the brief made within his
case by the officers of the United States that his papers 
[?]- were correct, and that also no exceptions are taken to
his first service of 21 days, nor to his second tour of 3 months
nor to his third tour of 3 months - but to his fourth and last tour of 9 months, and so far as the same relates
thereto exceptions are taken, and objections exist which
must be removed before a fair and impartial, investigation
can be had. He is still under the impression which was
formed by mature deliberation therein from circumstances
although long gone by yet haunt the greenest spot on mew
[illegible] waste that his statement in the affidavit of his first
amendment is correct; that he was engaged in service
[illegible] a [illegible] private in Capt Campbell's company of
[illegible] 5 men to surprep Tories and prevent their invasion of
depredations in the. county for about nine
months - altho, he may nevertheless be mistaken which
if he or may be attributed to the full use of memory
and infirmity of person and not to any wilful intent
[illegible]
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He hereby prays the department to take into their most gracious consideration his case a [illegible] time & if in their opinion he is not entitled to a pension for more than twelve months in all for his whole time of service in the war of the Revolution to allow him that.
He is confident that as pensions have been and still are allowing the Revolutionary soldiers as he was one himself he is certainly, as the department has insinuated are titled to something and is willing if the department cannot allow him pay for all his service, to relinquish that as certifiable part and claim only for twelve months - and hereby makes the relinquishment of all but twelve months for which he claims pension - and prays the department to grant him the same according.

Sworn to and subscribed
this day and year
above written before
me W. Toole  x
Justice of the peac for
  Blount County

                                      George Caldwell
                                              X his mark
And the said justices hereby certifies that the
foregoing providing were had before him at his office in Maryville Blount County as given under my hand & seal
                              W. Toole   + seal
                        Justice of the peace
                for Blount County
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I Nat Ragan lately elected Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions for Blount County Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original matter of the department of the application of George Caldwell for a pension this day had before William Toole, Esquire, I also further certify that the said William Toole whose signature appears thereto is now acting Justice of he peace duly commissioned and sworn in and for Blount County to hold the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions in the same, and that his signature appeared to be in his own proper hand writing and full faith and credit are due his official as such
    Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Maryville Blount County Tennessee on this 9th day of Nov in the year of Our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty three
                           Nathaniel Ragan   Clerk
                               County Court of
                                 Blount County
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George Caldwell Blount County
       Tennessee


                            from 1778 private
                                   [illegible]  $40
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                        WAR DEPARTMENT
                                         Pension Office
                                                           183

Sir:
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.   On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Statement, showing the Service of George Caldwell Blount County Tennessee
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service Years Months Days
Rank of the Claimant
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Draft 1778 about 21 days private Cap Butler 72 years County of Bedford Virginia Traditionary evidence & Clergymans certificate, [illegible certified credible papers correct.

Vol. Aug 1780 3 months private Cap Campbell, Colonel Campbell

Vol. 1781 3 months private Cap Newell, Colonel Preston, Col Green

Served   Not Stated private Cap Campbell

nine months counted & actual service in one year, especially as near the termination of hostilities, is more than can be allowed. If one year is allowed for the whole of the actual service performed, it is as much as the applicant would be entitle to.
                                       Sep 12, 1833
The applicant states that he served
about 2 years

               I am, respectfully,
                       Your obedient servant,

                           J. L. EDWARDS.
                                Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF jUNE 7, 1832
    The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered an who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
    Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
     1. The Regular Troops.
      2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
      3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
       4. Indian Spies.
    As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
                     DECLARATION
    In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
            State, Territory or District of   }  ss.
               County of                            }
    On this        day of          personally appeared (a) before        A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of           and State, Territory or District of           aged (c)          years, who being 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 June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          , with      and served in the            (e) regiment of the          line, under the following named officers:
   [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term on enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name in not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of                  
    Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he state.
    I                                              of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of          for a pension.
    In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                              &c.  
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
  Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be           years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he reside, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
          Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
   [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
   And the said Court do herby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                       and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                        Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                 for a pension. 
                       In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of        &c.
   Every applicant will produce the best prooof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
   If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
    The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service to the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
    1. Where and in what year were you born?
    2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
    3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
    4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
    5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstance of your services.
    6. { To a Soldier.   {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
        {To an Officer.  {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
    7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
    The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
    The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood ot have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
    Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the application cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
    Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
    No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the decease, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will  follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the count where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental office or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitle. 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 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."
   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, an all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 objectionable. 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
          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 papers 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.
                    Proof of Service.
  [j] 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 require to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
   The notes form [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarnt must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[Amendment of Declaration 2/8/1833, page 1]

The State of Tennessee ss
Blount County 

On this 2nd day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before William Tool one of the acting Justices of the peace and a member of the Court of pleas and quarters Sessions of Blount County George Caldwell a resident of the said county and State aged 73 since the 15th day of February last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following amendatory declaration (in amendment of one made on the 8th day of February 1833 in the Circuit Court of Blount County and returned from the War Department for amendment No. 24694) in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

This, the amendment of the declaration of George Caldwell made on the 8th Feby [February] 1833 and No 24694- the office of pension claims- shows that he was born on the 15th day of Feby 1766 in Prince Edward County Va.. From whence he removed to the County of Bedford State of Virginia where he was residing when called into service 

First a draft for 18 months but was discharged in 3 weeks this was in the month of June 1778. Then on the day of August 1780 in Montgomery County State aforesaid [Virginia] volunteered for three months, and served the time faithfully under Captain Isaac Campbell in the regiment of Col [William] Campbell served  xc. [etcetera]. as stated in his original Declaration - See xc. [etc.] Recd [received] a militia discharge from Capt [Isaac] Campbell

Third Tour. He volunteered under the command of Capt James Newell in the regiment of Col William Preston and was mustered into service by them in the month of Spring of 1781 fro three months & served faithfully and fully the time but recd [received] no written discharge see orig [original]: Declaration as to the nature of the service xc. [etc.]
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[Amended Declaration of 2/8/1833, page 2]

Fourth Tour- He volunteered under the command of Capt. [Isaac] Campbell in August 1781 for no definite length of time, but as one of a Scouting Company to suppress the tories which infested the county in which he lived; there was no officer of higher Grade than Captain; as Capt [Isaac] Campbell's Company was stationed in Montgomery County by Col [William] Campbell where we remained in service lying frequently at Night with our Guns under our heads - until the next summer of fall.

He thinks it was in the fall. He however cannot swear positively to the length of the time in which he was constantly and incessantly engaged. but will make the following affidavit as prescribed by the war department that George Caldwell before me William Toole on of the Justices of the peace for Blount County who being duly sworn deposeth, that by reason of old age & the Consequent [consequence] loss of money he cannot swear positively as to the length of the fourth and last term of his service but according to the best of his recollection not less than the peri0d mentioned below & in the following grades: For nine months I served as a private under Captain [Isaac] Campbell for such  service I claim pension.

Now it can readily be seen that he served in June 1778 21 days, that in the year 1780 From August to Nov. he served 3 months - that in 1781 in the beginning of that year he served 3 months that in August of the same year, to wit, and served 9 months making in all fifteen months and 21 days he served in the Revolutionary war as a private in the militia - for which he claims a pension as to the nature of the foregoing service & the name of the officer under whom he served he refers the department to his original Declaration -
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[Amended Declaration page 3]

As to the period or periods of the war when he served all he can say is that he has mentioned the year and the month in the year when he served, as [illegible] as he can recollect but as to the phrase "period or periods of the war when he served" he cannot understand it, if it does not mean the year when he served in the war.

As to some of the persons in his neighborhood who can testify to his character as a man of Veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution he can state George Ewing Esqr [Esquire] William McRamsy James Gillispy a member to the Legislature in  this state, James Ewing Edmond Mitchell Esqr. Robert Hook & Rev. William Fagg, who is at this time in South Carolina - Col  Wm Wallace, Campbell Gillfry he removed from Montgomery County Va. to the State of Tennessee when he has resided for about 69 years
George Caldwell [his mark] X
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me 
W.R. Foote
Justice of the peace fro sd [said] Cty

We Michael Smith James Caldwell & W. B.
Martin Jr. residing in the county and state Tennessee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Caldwell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that believes him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Michael Smith
Jas Caldwell
W.B. Martin Jr
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above written  before me.
w. toole
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And tho said Justice of the peace does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served at the States. And the said Court further certifies that it appears to it thats who have also signed the same, are credible persons residing in Blount County and men of respectability. and their statements are entitled to credit & that from bodily infirmity the said George Caldwell is unable to appear before me at the regular sitting of my said Court.
                                    W. Toole

   Justice of the peace and member of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions of Blount County, East Tennessee

  I Jacob F Foute Clerk of Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Blount County, Tenn. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original matter of the amendment of the application of George Caldwell for a pension this day had before William Toole  esquire. I also further certify that the said William Toole whose signature appears thereto is an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and sworn in from Blount County to hold the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions in the same & that full faith & credit are due his official acts as such & that his signature is in his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at office in Maryville this 28 day of July A.D. 1833.
      Jas F Foute                Clerk
          By his Dept [illegible]
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                    August 9,1933
                    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                    George Caldwell-S.3141
                    William Caldwell-W.345
                    BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Auburn B. Moore
1710 West 43rd Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Madam;

       Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Caldwell, pensioner of Blount County, Tennessee, and William Caldwell, pensioner of Jefferson County, Tennessee.

        The date furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in the claims for pension, based upon their services in the War of the Revolution.

George Caldwell-S.3141
   George Caldwell was born February 15, 1760 in Prince Edward County, Virginia; the names of his parents not given.
    While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, George Caldwell served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows - from June, 1778, about twenty-one days in Captain Buller's company; from sometime in August, 1780, three months in Captain Isaac Campbell's company, Colonel Campbell's regiment, marched to the Moravian Towns in North Caroline, and on scouting parties to suppress the Tories; early in 1781, three months in Captain James Newell's company, Colonel William Preston's regiment, was in a battle at Reedy Fork; from sometime in August 1781, at various times until the close of the war, in Captain Campbell's company, out against the Tories, about nine months.
    George Caldwell was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1833, then a resident
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of Blount County, Tennessee, where he had lived about forty-seven years.
    It is not stated that George Caldwell was ever married. James Caldwell was a resident of Bount County, Tennessee in 1833, no relationship to the soldier, George Caldwell, shown.

_____________________________________________
William Caldwell-W.345
    William Caldwell was born in the state of Pennsylvania, date not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown.
    While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, William Caldwell served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows- he enlisted in Petersburg, Virginia, in the latter part of 1780 or early in 1781 and served three months in Captain McRennolds' company, under Major Richard Loman, in pursuit of Tories; from April 1, 1781, six months in Captain Clemmons' company, under Major Ward, and was in the siege of Ninety-Six.
   William Caldwell was allowed pension on his application executed December 11, 1833, then seventy years of age and living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    The soldier, William Caldwell, married September 1, 1791 in Greene County, Tennessee, Eleanor Moor or Eleanor Moore. The marriage bond was date August 30,1791 and was signed by David Moor, no relationship to Eleanor Moor shown.
    William Caldwell died November 24, 1840. His widow, Eleanor (Elleanor), was allowed pension on her application executed June 5, 1843, then aged seventy-eight years and living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    In 1833 David Caldwell was a resident of Jefferson County, Tennessee; Alexander Caldwell aged sixty-five years in 1833 and living in Jefferson County, stated that he knew the soldier, William Caldwell, in Bedford County, during the Revolution; William Caldwell was Justice of the Peace in 1843 in Jefferson County. No relationship to the family were shown another is
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stated. One David Moore was present at the marriage of William Caldwell and Eleanor (Elleanor) Moor or Moore, no relationship to the widow shown, nor is it stated that he was the same one, who signed the marriage bond.
 
                         Very truly yours,


                         A. D. HILLER
                         Assistant to Administrator
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[left hand page] 
1921 Dec 16 Hist. to Julia A. Sherrtt
1933 Aug 9 hist, to Mrs. Auburn B. Moore

{right hand page]
3141
INVALID. Rev War
File No. 3141
George Caldwell
Priv. Va. line
Act: June 7th 32 [1832]
 Index: Vol. A. Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Original Declaration 2/8/1833, page 1]

The State of Tennessee
Blount County Ss
Circuit Court February Term
thereof A.D. 1833

On this 8th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and  thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Saml Powel Judge of the second Judicial Circuit in and for the state of Tennessee now holding the circuit for the County of Blount, in said Circuit now sitting George Caldwell a resident of the County of Blount and State of Tennessee aforesaid, aged 72 years and 11 months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the Seventh A.D. 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as wherein after stated-
That he was born in Prince Edward County, state of Virginia on the 15th day of February 1760 and was drafted in the compy [company] of Bedford, state aforesaid [Va.] on the [blank] day of [blank] 1778, and was mustered into Service and discharged in two or 3 months by Capt. Buller [Claiborne] the above term of which I was drafted was for 18 months but was discharged in a short time without serving the campaign-

Then on the [blank] day of August 1780 applicant volunteered on Cripple Creek Montgomery County Va. and was mustered into service for three months under the command of Capt. Isaac Campbell regiment of Col [William] Campbell and march to the Maravean Towns [Moravian Town, NC] in the state of North Carolina and remained there for a short time until we were ordered out on Scouting parties to suppress the tories - and after we had been rainging [ranging] there for some time when we had permission to go home - where we remained as a scouting  party at home
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[Original Declaration 2/8/1833. page 2]

until the three months for which the applicant had volunteered expired; when we received written discharges from our Captain [Isaac] Campbell

Then on the [blank] day of 1781 I volunteered and was mustered into service under the command of Capt. James Newell regiment of Col. William Prescott and were marched over to North Carolina and kept Scouting through the county after a company of British until we overtaken them in about 16 miles of Haw River, when they kept on to some place unknown to applicant and were reinforced, and came back upon us in camps and run us about 30 miles when we halted on the Reedy Fork of Haw River and put ourselves in Battle array when we were defeated. [Battle of Wetzel's Mill, North Carolina March 1781]

We then retreated in confusion and came the same night to the army of Genl. Green [General Nathanael Greene] where I was ordered with some others to guard some of Our wounded to the Moravian Towns [NC] and done so

Applicant from that place went home This term of Service was also for three months and expired for this term I recd [received] no written discharge  - Then immediately after applicant returned home he was engaged in Scouting through the country to Surpress [Suppress] the Tories in the state of Virginia under the command of Capt. [Isaac] Campbell and continued to do until near the end of the war 

Applicant was in active service from the time he was first called upon to the last for about two years. Applicant lost his discharges and also the record of his age. Applicant has resided in this County, to wit, the county of Blount and State of Tennessee
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[Original Declaration 2/8/1833 page 3]

for about forty Seven years. He has no documentary evidence whereby he can in any manner authenticate the Same- no is there any living witness that can certify to the same within the knowledge of the applicant-

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll in the United States.
George Caldwell [his mark] X
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Danl. D. Foute Clk

We William Faff a clergyman an [and] resident in the county of Blount State of Tennessee and John Houston and William Behastive residing in the same, do certify that we are well acquainted with George Caldwell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we
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concur in that opinion 
sworn to in open court
the day & year above
written
                John Houston
                M. B. Martin
          Danl D Foute Clk

And the said court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary solder, and served as he states, and the said court further certifies that it appears to it that William Fagg, who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said County and States aforesaid and John Houston & William B Martin who has also signed the same are residents in the County and State aforesaid and are enable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
                            S. Powell   Judge of the
                               [illegible] County of
                                the State of Tennessee
I Daniel Davis Fonte Clerk of the Circuit Court and for the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains   

Geo Caldwell
24694
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                              1710 West 43rd Street
                              Chattanooga, Tenn.
                              July 29, 1933.

Veterans Administration
Wastington, D. C.
 
Dear Sirs:
      Will you kindly send me the pension statements for Revolutionary service of George Caldwell (act of 1832) of Blount county, Tennessee; and William Caldwell, Senr., of Jefferson county, Tenn., (Census of 1840).
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
              Very truly yours,
                  Penelope A. Moore
                    Mrs. Auburn B. Moore
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                          820 Oak Street
                             Chattanooga, Tenn.
                                 Nov. 30th, 1921

M. S. Commissioner Pensions,
                Washington, D. C.,

Dear Sir:
    My ancestor, Geo. Caldwell - a Revolutionary soldier - I think drew a pension.
   Will you kindly give me his record - names of his children, & any other information concerning him 

Postmarked Dec 8, 1921
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that your office may have concerning him.
This will oblige me greatly.

                           Yours Respectfully
                            (Mrs.) Julia A. Sherrett
                             c/o Mrs. M. E. Temple,
                                   820 Oak Street,
                                     Chattanooga,
                                           Tennessee

Postmarked Dec 3 1921
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Revolutionary War Records Section.   3-525
      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                     BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 3141        Washington, D. C. ---------, 19--
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    In replay to your request of ____________, received __________ for a statement of the military history of George Caldwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in the Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
Length of Service.
Rank.
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
Captain.           Colonel.
State.
June 1778 2 or 3 weeks Pvt. Buller      Va.
Aug. 1780 3 mos.        Isaac Campbell    Campbell
Spring 1781 3 mos.     James Newell  William Preston
Aug 1781 9 mos.         Campbell
Battles engage in, Rudy Ford of Han River.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford Va.
Date of application for pension, Feby 8, 1833. [illegible]
Age at date of application, Feby 15, 1760, in Prince Edward Co, Va.
    Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.

               Respectfully,

6-2856                                     Commissioner.