Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,872, for Arthur Murphy, North Carolina
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(8 - 1776) 
    Service                                                Number
N.C.                       Murphy, Arthur        S. 31. 872. 
S.C. 

Contents
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Arkansas $26,464
Arthur Murphy
Of Washington in the state of Arkansas 
Who was a private in the - commanded
By Captain Hopkins of the Reg. commanded
By Col. Horse in the South Carolina 
Line for ten months.

Certificate and Pension issued the 6th day of [illegible]
1833 and sent to 
Walker, Fayetteville N.C.[illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of September 1833-83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 34- 16.69
$100.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm Palmer. Clerk
Book. Vol.8 Page
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26,464
27.326
Arthur Murphy
Arkansas Ten
Adm 10 months
$33.33
P-137
Thomas L. Walker
Fayetteville
Washington Co
A.T.

Tho P. [illegible]
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Territory of Arkansas
County of Lawrence 
S.S.
On this 21st day of May 1833 personally appeared before Thomas P. Eskridge, judge of the circuit court for the County aforesaid in January by Arthur Murphy a resident of the county aforesaid who being just duly sworn 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 7th 1832 that he entered the service in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 to the best of his recollection he does not recollect the number of the payment that was a volunteer in the company of Captain John Hopkins and served under the following names officers Capt. Hopkins, Major Horse, Co. Thomas Eaton was my Col. General Ash commanded he was born in N. Carolina Franklin County. He entered the service in Bute County in said state marched from thence through Kingston on [illegible] River Elizabeth town on cafe pair River to Monks Corner in South Carolina and on by the White House where there were public stores. He stayed there a few days and then went up the Savannah River to Augusta in Georgia. The British and Tories had possession, thereby they left the town burnt the bridge and went a short distance up the river then returned advanced gave battle and defeated us, we then crossed the river marched down the river to Elizabeth Town in South Carolina where he was stationed until he was discharged after a service of five months. I have omitted to mention above the General Williamson was stationed near Agusta when he approached it he joined Williamson there and acted together and marched together to Elizabeth Town. He received a discharge but does  not recollect who signed it which is now last, about two years after to the best of his recollection. He was drafted in the County of Franklin State of N. Carolina, served under Captain Joseph Parish, Major [Illegible] Col. Herbert Haynes and General Butler was mentioned
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Service in Lewisburg in the last mentioned was marched to Harrisburg on to Hillsborough on his way from thence he joined the army commanded by General Green and went into Guilford County, N. Carolina where then was fought a severe battle with the and then marched in [illegible] British of Cornwallice until his time expired and he was discharged by Col. Hayne after a service of three months, which discharge is also lost he went home to Franklin County and afterwards and near the close of the war he was enlisted under Captain Mathew Brickel and Major Hog who was the highest officer he was marched to the town of Halifax in N. Carolina where he remained to the best of his recollection from the time of the commencement of his last service two months, he was there taken sick got a furlow and went home and before he was able to join his company the war was closed. 
He was born in the year 1762 in the state of Virginia in a [illegible] county he has no record of his age but when young took a transcript from his father record of his age which he kept for many years. He entered the service as above and returned to Franklin County, N. Carolina when it closed. He lived in that county some several small excursions until he was forty or forty five. Moved from there to Logan County, Kentucky where he lived two years from thence and moved near the Red Banks in Henderson County in said state from there to Johnson County Illinois and from thence to Lawrence County making some short stay in the frontiers of [illegible]. I now reside in Lawrence County Arkansas Territory where I have for the last six years George W. Thompson Nathaniel McCarrel and James Keykendall and David Orr and acquainted with me and state to the court relative to my services.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court. 
D.W. Lowe Clerk 
Arthur Murphy X His mark 

We David Orr a clergymen residing in the County aforesaid and George W. Thompson Nathaniel McCarrel and James Keykendall residing in the County of Lawrence and Territory aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Authur Murphy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be as much as sixty two 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 concur in the opinion.
Sworn and subscribed that day and year aforesaid.
David Orr
George Thompson X his mark
J. M. Keykendall 
Nathaniel McCarrel

And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after parting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that David Orr, George W. Thompson, Nathaniet McCarrel and James Keykendall who have also signed the same one resident of the said County, and the creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
Tho. P. Eskridge
I David W. Lowe Clerk of the Court of Lawrence Circuit Court
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Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Authur Murphy for a pension. 
In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on this 21st day of May 1833
D. W. Lowe Clerk

Territory of Arkansas
County of Lawrence
I Thomas P. Eskridge, presiding judge in and for the County and Circuit aforesaid, do hereby certify, that David W. Lowe, whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same duly commissioned and qualified as clerk of said court, and that his certificate is in due form, and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit. 
Given under my hand and seal this 21st day of May, 1833.
Tho. P. Eskridge 

27326
Arthur Murphy 
Arkansas [illegible]
Adm. 10 Months
P. 137
Thomas L. Walker
Fayetteville
Washington 
A.J.
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July 27, 1939
Mrs. Ivan S. Cliff
1415 McGregor Street 
Houston, Texas

BA-J/ady
Arthur Murphy
S. 31872

Dear Madam:
Preference is made to your letter relative to Arthur Murphy, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
The record of the only Arthur Murphy, all spellings of the names searched, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.31872, based upon his military service in that war. 
Arthur Murphy was born in 1762, in Franklin County, North Carolina, or in Sussex County, Virginia, day, month, and the names of his parents are not shown. 
Arthur Murphy enlisted in 1778, in Bute County, North Carolina, and served five months as private under Captain John Hopkins and Colonel Thomas Eaton. ([illegible] shows as Col. J.E. and S. Carolina so I put S.C. on jacket) While a resident of Franklin County, North Carolina, he later enlisted, served three months as private under Captain Joseph Parish and Colonel Harbert Haynes and was in the battle of Guilford. He then enlisted and served two months as private under Captain Mathew Brickel. 
When forty or forty-five years of age he moved from Franklin County, North Carolina, to Logan County, Kentucky, two years later he moved to near the Red Banks, Henderson County, Kentucky, thence to Johnson County, Illinois, and thence to Lawrence County, Arkansas. He also resided for short periods on the frontiers of Missouri. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 21, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas, where he has lived six years.
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Arthur Murphy died April 6, 1835, place not stated.
There are no family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of person paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following data: “Arthur Murphy, Certificate No. 22464 or 22463, issued November 6, 1833, rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Arkansas Agency”.
Very truly yours
G.H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant
To the Administrator.
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Aug.
Arkansas
Terr. 
27. 326
327
328
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Fayetteville Washington County Arkansas Territory July 8th 1833. 
Sir,
Enclosed you will find these declarations for pensions, you will greatly oblige the applicants by informing me of of their fate of they are passed as good, please give information if not and are defective in a point that can be amended you will please direct in what the insufficiency consists. Please address your communications to David Walker, Fayetteville and as above. 
Respectfully
D. Walker 

P.S. I sent the claims fo Thomas Garvins and Jacob Beeder last winter to the Deligate, service at Washington city he says they were forwarded to the department I have not heard from, thence also the Calling of Mr. Shaw of Crawford County last spring, you will much oblige me by writing what their conditions is.
Yours [illegible]
To the Secretary of War 
D. Walker
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Fayetteville [illegible]
20 July 
The Secretary of War
Washington City 
(Revolutionary Soldiers papers enclosed)
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Mar 25 98
Jno A. Williams 
Arkansas, N.C.
1939 July 27 Hist to Mrs. Ivan S. Cliff

31872
Reg Invalid. 
File No. 31,879
Arthur Murphy
Sir. Rev War 
Act: June 7th [illegible]
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 290 
Arrangement of 1870
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E.J. Aston
C.T. Rawls
F. Stikeleather 
Established 1865
Aston, Rawls, and Co. Insurance 
181/2 S. Main St. Asheville N.C. 
March 10th, 1898
March 15, 1898 FILES
Hon:H. Clay Evans, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir:-
As your Department can not furnish me with copies of applications of pensions of Herndon Haralson, and Archibald Murphy, will you kindly furnish me with their military records, as per printed slip pasted hereon, out from the letter-dead of your department. 
Will you allow an outside person, a lady resident of Washington, D.C. make copies of said applications? These persons are ancestors of mind, and I am anxious to secure a history of their military services, which I think are only to be found in said applications. 
If you will advise me that copies may be made by an agent of mine, I will have the work done. 
Respectfully, 
John A. Williams 
216 Chestnut St, Asheville, N.C. 
Herndon Haralson, made application for Captains Pension, having served in North Carolina troops under Greene, in his Southern Campaign, He was living when application was made, in Tenn. Archibald Murphy applied from N.C.
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Houston, Texas 
1415 McGregor St. 
June 13, 1939

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D.C. 
Pension Dept. 
Arthur Murphy 
Revolutionary War Pensioner

Received Jun19, 1939 
Old Records Division A.G.O

Gentlemen: I have been referred by the Adjutant General’s office to your pension files for the information I desire as he states that his files are not complete and your office would have this information. 
Please send me as a definite and complete data as you have on the Revolutionary war record and also genealogical records you may have in this connection on the life, parents age, and children, if any , of Arthur Murphy. 
On page 78 of the book Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas by Josiah H. Shinn, published in 1908, copyrighted by M.C. Shinn, Washington, D.C. the following information is available:
“This roll of honor is a government record and is the highest form of evidence. It is the pension roll of revolutionary soldiers alive in Arkansas in the counties named in 1833 and 1834 and will serve as an index to all descendents who may desire to take membership in any of the patriotic orders. The publication of this must not be taken as an exhaustive presentation of all soldiers in Arkansas, in the Revolution. (Then follows a list of soldiers receiving pensions in various counties in Ark. Under Washington County, Ark. 
“Arthur Murphy, 72 years, member N.C. Continental Line” and other names. 
On page 113 of this same book he is mentioned as a pioneer of Lawrence County, Ark. There are several Arthur Murphys who are Revolutionary War heroes all of whom were in Pennsylvania regiments. The Arthur Murphy I want news of is the one your office paid a pension as a member of the N.C. Continental Line and who was living in Washington County Ark at the time of pension was mailed to him. It is possible that he was living with children and if you have any names or information on the town he lived in Washington County, Ark. I would appreciate it. I have written to N.C. Historical Society and the Adjutant’s office. I have also written to the Arkansas Historical Commission at Little Rock. They say they have not the staffs to bother with giving this information. I know if this man was paid a pension by the government there must be a record of his services, otherwise he could not have obtained the pension. He is an ancestor, that I know but I cannot get this information. 
Please send me any information of any kind that you have on this Arthur Murphy and to save you trouble will state that only the North Carolina Continental Line will do. I certainly shall appreciate your efforts, believe me. 
Sincerely, 
Mrs. Ivan S. Cliff
 
June 16, 1939
Received
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ORD-Jaw
1st. Ind.
War Department, A.G.o., June 20, 1939.-To the Veterans Administration, Washington D.C. 
The Writer has not been informed of this reference. 
2 Inclosures:
Communications dated
June 9, 1939, and May 30, 1939.

E.S.Adams 
Major General 
The adjutant General 
By: H.O. Holdridge
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Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
March 25, 1898.
Sir:- 
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Herndon Haraldson made an application for pension on September 10, 1832, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing in Haywood County, Tenn. and his pension was allowed for nine months’ actual service as a captain in the North Carolina troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time served under Col. Moore. He enlisted in Caswell Co., N.C.
One Arthur Murphy made an application for pension on May 21, 1833, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing in Lawrence County, Arkansas, and his pension was allowed for ten months’ actual service as a private in the S.C. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Hopkins and Col. Eaton. He was born in Franklin County, North Carolina. 
If you send some responsible party to this Bureau he will, upon the presentation of this letter, be allowed to examine and make such copies of the papers on file in the above claims as may be desired. 
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. John. A. Williams, 
216 Chestnut Street, 
Asheville, N.C.