Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6487, Isaac Alexander, N. C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE N.C.

Alexander, Isaac

NUMBER S. 6487
CONTENTS
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John Y Bryant  Octo 22/53

Same April 11 1856.
Same April 15 1856
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16.265
North Carolina
Isaac Alexander
Mecklinburg in the State of North Car:
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Shelby of the Reg. commanded by Col. Polk on the North Car: line for 16 months & 12 days

Prescribed on the Roll of North Car:
at the rate of 71 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, 
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued on the 22nd day of July '33
and sent to I. Alexander Charlotte N.Co.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 142. 66
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept – 35. 66 

$ 78.32
 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 33
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Isaac Alexander
...diration

21214
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
November Term 1832

On this 28th day of November 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Justices of the Court of pleas and
quarter Sessions held in for the County of Mecklenburg on
the 4th Monday of Nov-- Aforesaid which Count now
sitting Isaac Alexander a resident of said County and
State aged Seventy six years the 7th of June last 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 the 7th of June 1832 that he was born in the year
1756 in the County of Mecklenburg & State aforesaid and
that he has a record of his age at home in his possession
and that he has always lived in the neighbourhood where he
was born.  That he first entered the Service of the United States in
Militia of North Carolina in the year 1775 in Captain Thomas
Shelbys Company Colonel Thomas Polks Regiment of militia
that he served six weeks tour in what is called the Snow
campaign in South Carolina against the Tories that the next
Tour he Served as a volunteer in Captain Charles Polks 
company, Colonel Adam Alexanders Regiment in General
Rutherfords Brigade of Militia in the year 1776 a Tour of five
months, He again volunteered his Service in the year 1780
Ten months in the State troops of South Carolina under
Captain Thomas Shelby in Colonel William Polks regiment
under General Sumpter & that during the time of service
on this Tour he acted as Orderly Sergeant in Said company
and that he was in the engagement at Biggin Church in
Moncks Corner and at Shubrick's and that he was regularly
discharged after having served ten months from this Service at the High Hills of the
Santee River (or Sumpter ville) That he performed various
other duties in keeping down the Tories and was out on
frequent parties for short periods while the British lay in
charlotte and at the time they passed through this Country
on their Rout to Virginia-- He hereby relinquishes every
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Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present and that his name is not on the pension roll of
any agency in any state that he has no documentary evidence
of his Services as stated in the preceding declaration he refers
to the certificates hereafter set forth as to his character for truth
in his neighbourhood and as to his Services as aforesaid.
Sworn to in open Court

Isaac Alexander

WE Robert H Morrison a clergyman residing in
the County of Mecklenburg & William Hutchinson
residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Isaac Alexander who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration that we believe
him to be Seventy years of age that he is reputed and
believed in the neighborhood in which he lives to
have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we
concur in that opinion.
Sworn to in open Court

Robert H Morrison
William Hutchinson

And the said Court 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 certify
that it appears to them that Robert Morrison
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman
residing in the County of
Mecklenburg and that William Hutchinson who
has also signed the same is a resident of the said
County and is a credible person and that their
statement is entitled to credit.



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I Clerk of the Court of Mecklinburg County do hereby 
certify that the foregoing ... the original 
preceding of the said court in the matter of the 
app... of Isaac Alexander - for a pension 
in .... any thereof & here unto & ... my hand &
So a c of office this 28th day of November AD 1832

Isaac Alexander Clerk of 
Mecklinburg County Court
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Isaac Alexander
N. C.

No. 21214.

Admount approved - 
6 mo / 12 days 21.33
10 mo/               50.00
                        71.33


... I. Alexander
Charlotte N. C.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office 
Apl. 20th 1833

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 a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exists, which must not be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins 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.

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Isaac Alexaner

Period when the service was rendered.
1775
1776 vol.
1780 "

Duration of the claimant's service.
6 weeks
5 "
10 "

Rank of the claimant.
Private
"
Orderly Sergeant

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Tho Shelby
Capt Char Polk
Chapt Tho Shelby

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Thos Polk
Col. A. Alexander
General R. Rutherford
Col. Wm Polk 
Gen. Sumpter

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.

Country through which he marched.

Place of Abode when he entered the service and age at the present period.
76 years

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
[illegible]


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 and 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, musicians 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 County of On this ____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before ____ A. B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ aged (c) ____ 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 June 7th, 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 of 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 is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____ Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[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 states. [____ 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 ____ 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 resides, 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 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 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 ____ 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 proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating 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. 
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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 in 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 now live? 
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 circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from 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 to 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 the 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 applicant 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 deceased, 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. 
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[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 county 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 officer 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 different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 ____ 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, and 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 in 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 required 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. 
[k] The notes from [a] and [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 [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant 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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State of South Carolina
Mecklenburg County

Court of pleas and quarter
Sessions May Term  1833

On this 30th day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in
open Court before the Justices of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions held in for the County aforesaid
on the 4th day of May A.D. 1833 which court is
now sitting Isaac Alexander a resident of said
County and State who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on his oath make the following
amended declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress
passed the 7th of June 1832 that stated in his
original declaration hereunto appended he was 
born in the County of Mecklenburg
aforesaid and always resided in said County
and was a resident of said County at the
commencement of the revolution during the
revolution and since the revolution and was
so at the time he was called in to the service
of the United States as stated in his original declaration
that he never was drafted nor service as a substitute
as said was but always was a volunteer
declarant further states that having drawn the
original declaration himself he omitted to state
that he had evidence of his services but he
now begs leave in this his amended declaration
to state that he can prove his services by abundant 
testimony now living best at this time
is only able to obtain the evidence of Captain
William Hutchinson who was with him in 
all his campaigns stated of aforesaid in his
original declaration & he could prove the same by
Col. William Polk of Raleigh-- by Captain William
Alexander of this County but who is so feeble and
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old that he thought it would be extremely hard to
call the old man from home more especially
as he could prove the fact by another who lives within
a short distance of the Court House as to the
proof of his services he refers to the certificate of
William Hutchinson herein set forth-- that he was
regularly discharged in every campaign stated in his
original declaration he was verbally discharged by his
Captain Shelby and Polk-- by Shelby when he returned
from the Snow Campaign and by his Captain
Charles Polk by order of Col. Adam Alexander when
he returned from the Cherokee expedition and who
also verbally discharged by Genl. Sumpter at the
High Hills of Santee from and after the expiration
of the ten months service

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and date above written

Isaac Alexander

I William Hutchinson do hereby certify that I was
a private in Captain Jacks company in the
expedition against the Cherokees referred to and mentioned
in Isaac Alexanders declaration hereunto amended
in which I acted as as a Spy-- or advanced guard or
pioneers-- and that in that expedition the said
Alexander as stated in his amended and original
declaration served is the man as he then
declares-- I also was with the troops in the Sow campaign
and know that he served there as he stated-- I was
a captain in the ten months service under Col
William Polk and in Sumpters Brigade in which
Thomas Shelby was also a captain under Polk and
I know that Isaac Alexander aforesaid action
as he states and was an orderly serjeant in the
Company of Shelby and that he performed the service
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required of him, this I know from always been well acquainted with him and having served in the same expedition with him
Sworn to in open Court.
the day and year aforesaid
 
X William Hutchison

We Stephen Fox & William Alexander
the undersigned residents of the County of
Mecklenburg aforesaid do hereby certify that William Hutchinson is reputed and believed to have been a revolutionary soldier and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to
be a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit, and we further state that there is no person in our county who bears a finer character
for integrity and truth that Isaac Alexander
the declarant
S.Y.W. Fox
William Alexander

Sworn to and subscribed
to in open Court the
day and date aforesaid

and the said Court 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 the said William
Hutchinson as also the said Stephen Fox
and William Alexander who have signed
the preceding certificates and credible persons
and worthy of belief in any statement they would make.
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State of North Carolina
I Isaac Alexander the clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions holden for the County of Mecklenburg in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the Court in the amendment of the declaration of Isaac Alexander for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office 30th day of May A.Dom. 1833.
Isaac Alexander Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court
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STATE OF North Carolina
COUNTY OF Mecklenburg-

BE IT KNOWN, That on this 27th day of September A. D. 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County
and State aforesaid, personally appeared Charles T. Alexander Almira M Rankin a resident of Mecklenburg County, and made oath in due form of law, that they are the Children of Isaac Alexander who made application for a pension, and was allowed at the rate of $71,33 per annum, that they has been informed that said Pension ought to be
increased that they is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments, as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Chas. T. Alexander
Almira M Rankin

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me,
J. A. Cannon J.P.

I, J. A. Cannon a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, do hereby certify, that Charles Alexander & Almira Ranken who executed the foregoing paper, are respectable residents of this County, and are I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J A Cannon J.P.

I Braly Oates Clerk of the County Court for the
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Joseph A. Cannon before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was at the date of the same, and is now, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and the name thereunto subscribed is signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this twenty ninth day of
September A.D. 1852
B. Oates Clerk of
Mecklenburg Co Court
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STATE OF N Carolina
COUNTY OF Mecklenburg
I Almin Rankin
KNOW ALL MAN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we Charles Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint Wm Davidson my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Isaac Alexander for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or
increase of Pension, that may be due; and he hereby authorize our said Agent to examine all
the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Charles Alexander & Alma Rankin
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that might or could do were for personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises; and revoking any and all other Power of Attorney that
I may have heretofore made in relation to this claim.
Witness
hand and tis 27th
day of September A.D. 1852
Signed and sealed in the presence of
M.D.L. McLeod
P.J. Lowrie
Chas. T. Alexander
Almira M Rankin

STATE OF North Carolina
COUNTY of Mecklenburg

ON THIS 27th day of September A. D. 1852 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Charles Alexander &
Rankin and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act and deed
for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
J. A. Cannon
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STATE OF North Carolina
COUNTY OF Mecklenburg ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence, has been exhibited before me Bruly OATES
Clerk of the County Court for said County by the affidavit of James W Osborne, Supt Branch mint at Charlotte that Isaac Alexander was a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
at the rate of $ per annum and that he died on the second day of September
Eighteen hundred and thirty three
leaving surviving him the following named children viz.=
Charles Alexander and Alma
Rankin
and that the
said Charles W Alexander and
Almer Rankin are he only surviving children of the aforesaid Isaac Alexander -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office this 29th day of
September and two thousand eight hundred and fifty two

B Oates Clerk of
Mecklenburg Co Court
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
M.C.S. Aw

Miss Anne Boggs
Oxford
Miss.
Madam:
May 21, 1924
W.A
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6487, it appears that Isaac Alexander was born 
in 1756 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted
in 1775 and served six weeks as private in Captain Thomas
Shelby's Company, Colonel Thomas Polk's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1776 and served five months in Captain Charles
Polk's Company, Colonel Adam Alexander's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1780 and served ten months as Orderly Sergeant
in Captain Thomas Shelby's Company, Colonel William Polk's North Carolina
Regiment, was in a battle at Monk's Corner and at Shubricks,
He went out on many short tours, details of service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November
28, 1832, while residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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John Y Bryant Oct 22/53
Same Apl 11 1856
Same Apl15 1836
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16.265
North Carolina
Isaac Alexander
Mecklinbg [Mecklenburg] in the State of North Car
who was a pri: & serg. in the company commanded
by Captain Shelby
by Col Polk
commanded
in the North Car
line for 16 months & 12 days
scribed on the Roll of North Con
the rate of 71 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
State of Pension issued the 22d day of July 3
and sent Wm I Alexander 
under Charlotte N.C. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 -142 66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 35 66
$178.32
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832 ⎬
Recorded by
Wm Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 33
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Isaac Alexander
declaration
21214
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1924 May 21 Hist to
Miss Anne Boggs M.C.S.
(See letter in claim of 
Joseph Parsons W. 4047)
Rev War
[check mark]
6484
INVALID.
File No. 6,487
Isaac Alexander
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
 Index: --Vol. A, Page 6  
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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N. Carolina Act 7 June 1832
Isaac Alexander Pri & Sergt
J. Y. Bryant
By C.C.  Mr Cole
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Isaac Alexander
N C
d 3n
Ex Ag
J. Y. Bryant
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Washington City
May 9th 1833
Sir
Enclosed herewith is a power of Atty from the
of Isaac Alexander to Wm F. Davidson Esqr of
Charlotte N.C. together with their Declaration, for
increase of the pension heretofore allowed said Isaac,
I desire as the Agt. of Mr Davidson an opportunity
to examine the evidence on file in this case.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt [obedient servant]
John Y Bryant
-
Hon
L. Waldo
 Commr of Pensions
Present.
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Washington City 
October 7th 1853
Please inform me
what progress has been made
in the case of Isaac Alexander
of North Carolina for a Revolutionary Pension, filed May 9th, 1853.
Very respectfully
Your Obdt Servt [obedient servant]
John Y. Bryant
per William H. Dietz
To Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
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Washington City
March 13th 1856.
Sir
I enclose to you herewith a Certificate of
of the Comptroller Genl of South Carolina, as to
the payment of $105. 10. on a/c of Revo. Service,
which I now file in support of the application
of Isaac Alexanders heirs for increase of pension
theretofore allowed said Alexander of Mechlenburg Co N. Carolina, under Act 7th June 1832.
Be pleased to give this your early attention.
Very Respectfully
Hon: 
J. Minot
Commr of Pensions.
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No 585
M.
Issued the first October 1784 to Mr. Isaac, Alexander late Sergeant &c, in Polk's Regiment, Sumter's Brigade  State Troops for One hundred and five pounds fifteen
shillings, Sterling amount pay, and bounty due him for services in that Troop, with Interest thereon from the first April 1782 to date hereof, agreeable to resolution of General Assembly, of Eleventh of March last.
Principal L 117, 10. 0
Interest
L 108.3:4
Comptroller General's Office
Columbia March 5th 1856

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from Indent Book M. No 585.
Given Under my hand
W. M. R. Hunt
Deputy Clk
No Seal of Office
117, 10 Sterling
94 [illegible 5 for 10 mos service
23.10
20
47012
5640      100/.50 (10 mos services Sept
56 
40/56