Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,289, Nathaniel Dickison, N.C.
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N. C.   Dickison, Nathaniel      S.3289


carded
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[along half fold] Date of death not on OB [?]

OB- 26878 26877
Nathaniel Dickson
of Henry Co
in the State of Tenn
who was a P[?} in the Company commanded
by Captain Cloud of the - Re[?] commanded by Col Tipton in the -- of Carolton N.C.
line for --- 5c & $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tenn
at the rate of 20Dollars [illegible] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of June 1834 and sent to
A. Cook
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 3 00, at
Semi-anl. allowance ending [?]
-
100
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.     ⎬
Recorded by
 P. T. Spragan
Book C 2 Vol. 7 Page 88
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State of Tennessee
Perry County ss
Court of pleas and quarter sessions Jan ____1833
On this 24th day of Jan. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the  County Court for Perry County now sitting Nathaniel Dickison a resident of ____ ____ in the county of Perry and state of Tennessee aged 76 years on the 6th day of October past 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 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. This declarant entered the service of the U. S. as a substitute in the ____ and stead of one Fredrick Holt in the year 1780 under Capt. Jos Claud in the states County North Carolina his Col. name was Tipton who commanded the 3rd regiment of Militia and he thinks the ____Col. Morgan & there they trained him not very far from the cow pens this declarant states that he was ___this town about two months & then was discharged by Col. Tipton and went
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home He remained home about six weeks and then turned out Volunteers in the same State and County under the same Captain that he had before served under and this declarant was elected lieutenant of said company he was commanded by the same officers he was marched and joined Colonel Morgan in about eight miles of the Cowpens about the 15th of January 1781 we lay then till the 16th and marched to the Cowpens and on the 17th we fought what is called the Battle of the Cowpens where declarant was wounded in his left groin by a musket ball He being so badly wound that to this day he is a cripple from the same He was out this War three months and owing to his severe wound he was sent home and never after entered the service he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person that he can procure the same by that he can get them  He served seven months in all He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said 
Nathaniel  Dickison X (his mark)
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We John Hamilton and Alx Farlaneson residing in the said County of Perry do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Dickison who has subscribed and sworn to the above that we believe him to be 76 years of age & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Questions by the Court

1st Where & in what year were you  born
Ans I was born in the year 1756 in Bedford County Virginia
2 have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Ans I have in the Bible left me by my Father at home
3 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Ans I lived in ____County when called into the service from there I moved to Davidson then ___ then to Perry where I now reside
4th how were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
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5th 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 service
Ans the first tour I was a substitute in the place of Frederick Holt the next and all I was a volunteer
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
And I was discharged by Col. Tipton the last tour I was wounded & sent home without a discharge
7th 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
Ans John Hamilton and Alx Farlinson and I am personally acquainted with Col. Cove Johnson a member of Congress from Tennessee

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting them in ____prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court
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further certifies that it appears to them that Alx Farlanson and John Hamilton are residents of the same neighborhood and are creditable persons and that their statements is entitled to credit
J L Hanston JP
John Sheppord  JP
Thom ___  JP

I Jesse Lewellen Clerk of the County Court of the County of Perry do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Nat Dickison for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private there being no seal of office this 24th Jan. 1833
Jesse Lewellen Clerk
By J N Caldwell DC


(There is a seal with Private Seal written on it)
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further certified
I certify that at the date of the within certificate Jesse Lewellen was Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for the County of Perry State of Tennessee and that J. N Caldwell was his lawful Deputy that the signatures are in the writing of said Caldwell there was no Seal of Office at the date of said certificate
April 15th 1834 W C Dunlap
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28.435

Nathaniel Dickison

Declaration

forwarded by Mr. Fitzgerald

of Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Perry County}ss
A Declaration supplementary to a declaration made by Nathaniel Dickison on the 24th day of January 1833 before the County Court of Perry County in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

This declarant would further state that he served the first tour that he has described in his declaration to which this is a supplement three months instead of two as he has stated in that declaration as a private as he is convinced by reflection and that he served on the last tour he has described three months the ______ that says he served seven months was made at the bar of the Court in a hurry and ____ for six as this declarant never served but six months and the interlivatain was made through a mistake seven instead of six some how in ____ this mistake was made as above this declarant served the last tour as he states as a lieutenant but has no way to prove that he served as such at this great lapse of time & therefore is willing of his Country requires greater proof from an officer than a private to relinquish the pay of a Lieut. & take privates pay This declarant thought that the traditionary witness signed the certificate he knows they were sworn to it but through some mistake they ___ to sign their names and he further states that they are willing to sign a certificate now as they say to Declarant. Declarant states that the errors in the Certificate
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of the Court he suposes [sic] were made by him Declarant not having a parson or Clergyman as they are call commonly in his neighborhood and the man who wrote it is new in [illegible] the Certificate left out the words who assigned the foregoing certificate seal of which is submitted

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 day of May 1834
Nathaniel (his mark) Dickison
James Matthews Justice of the peace[ seal]


State of Tennessee
Perry County 

We Alexander Farlingson and John Hamilton do hereby Certify that we were called into Court and Sworn to a Certificate that purports to be made by us attach to the declaration to which this is a supplement but not signed by us and that the reason that we did not sign said Certificate was owing to some casualty and not that we did not intend to sign but that we are willing to sign the same now

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 day of May 1834
Interviewed before assigned
James Matthews Justice of the peace[ seal]
Alex Farlingson
John Hamilton
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State of Tennessee
Perry County
I Jesse Taylor Clerk of the County Court for said County do certify that James Matthews is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County he being duly elected  commissioned and qualified and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts and that the above signatures  purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office on the 6th day of June 1834
Jesse Taylor Clerk of Perry County Court

Interlined before signed
Jesse Taylor Clerk
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28.435
Nathaniel Dickison
Perry County 
Tennessee

1780 Jan 5
$20

Hon. W. C. Dunlap
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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE

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 exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the 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.

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Nathaniel Dickison

Period when the service was rendered  1780
Duration  about two months 
Rank Private
Names and rank of Field Officers under whom he served
Cap. Cloud
Col. Tipton
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
76  N. C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary
Witnesses have not signed the certificate nor is the Certificate of the Court in forms

Period when service was rendered 1781 
Duration  about 3 months
Rank Private
Field officers same officers as above

The declaration has been ____ in which it is stated that the applicant was in service seven months. The declaration should be amended or required by the regulations of the Capt.

Unless the applicant can show to the .satisfaction of the Department that he was commissioned as a lieutenant and served as such, he can only be allowed as a private.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 the Department, all person claim-
ing 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    }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 first duly sworn, according to law, doth on this oath make the
following declaration, on 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 serv
ed 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 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 revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                     of the Court of 
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceeding 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 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
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolutions, 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 Revo-
lutionary 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 this Court of                                      do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application od
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 commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of a least on credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser-
vices 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.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 Solder.    {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 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
inquiry 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.

[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 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 entitled. 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, 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 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 not public seal of office, the certification 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.
     The notes from (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 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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June 20, 1939
                                            BA-J/AWF
                                            Nathaniel Dickison
Mrs. Ralph W. Van Valin       S.  3289
Newberg                              David Hair
Oregon                                 S.  6978
Dear Madam:
The data concerning Nathaniel Dickison were
obtained from papers on file in claim for pension,
S.3289, based upon his service in the War of the
Revolution.  This is the record of the only
Nathaniel Dickison, under any spelling of the name,
found in the Revolutionary War pension records of 
this office, who served with the North Carolina
troops.
Nathaniel Dickison (as the name is shown in 
the claim) was born October 6, 1756, in Bedford
County, Virginia.  The names of his parents are
not given.
Whild residing in Stokes County, North Caro-
lina, Nathaniel Dickison served in 1780, three
months as private in Captain Joseph Cloud's
company, Colonel Tipton's North Carolina Regiment.
He volunteered, about six weeks after his return
home, and was elected 1st lieutenant in Captain
Joseph Cloud's company, was in the battle of Cow-
pens, January 17, 1781, where wounded in the left
groin by a musket ball, length of this service three
months; his wound was so severe he was sent home, and
was not able to return to the service.
Nathaniel Dickison was allowed pension on his 
application executed January 24, 1833, at which time
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He was living in “Lick Creek,” Perry County, Tennessee.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of said pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Nathaniel Dickison
Certificate 26677 or 26678
Issued January 23, 1834
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

⸻

David Hair — S. 6978

The data which follow in regard to David Hair were obtained from papers on file in Claim for pension, S. 6978, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only David Hair found in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.

David Hair (as the name is shown in the claim) was born in Pennsylvania, date not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, David Hair volunteered sometime in October,
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1779, served five months as private in Captain William Cowan’s company, Colonel Locke’s North Carolina Regiment. He served in 1780 about six months in Captain Armstrong’s and Caldwell’s companies, in pursuit of Tories. He enlisted early in 1781, served three months in Captain William Hill’s or Bell’s company, Colonel Locke’s regiment, and was discharged about ten days before the battle of Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781. He served three months in Captain Morrison’s company, Colonel Locke’s regiment. He was in several scouting parties, under Captain Armstrong.

The soldier, David Hair, was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, at which time he was seventy years old, and living in Iredell County, North Carolina.

In 1832, one Robert Hair was a resident of Iredell County, North Carolina, and stated that he was well acquainted with David Hair during the Revolutionary War; it was not stated that they were related.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

David Hair
Certificate S. 6978
Issued July 29, 1833
Rate $60.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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(June 20, 1939 letter)

June 20, 1939

Mrs. Ralph W. Van Valin
Newberg
Oregon

Re: Nathaniel Dickison
S. 26677
David Hair
S. 6978

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following men:

Nathaniel Dickison, Lieutenant with the North Carolina troops; David Hair, served with the North Carolina troops, later lived in Tennessee; Alexander Moore, born 1756, died in 1813, served with South Carolina troops, and died in South Carolina.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show any claims on account of the Revolutionary War service of an Alexander Moore who served with the South Carolina troops. The surnames were searched under similar spellings.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of Nathaniel Dickison and David Hair.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[Handwritten note:]
See her letter re: Alexander Moore
Nathaniel Dickison S. 26677
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(April 28, 1939 letter)

Mrs. Ralph Van Valin
Newberg, Oregon
April 28, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly furnish me with any records you may have regarding revolutionary war service for the following men:
	1.	David Hare, who served in North Carolina and afterward moved to Tennessee, where he was a large land owner. Was this a land grant for war service?
	2.	Lieut. Nathaniel Dickison, who served in North Carolina troops in the Continental Line under Col. John Williams; in the 8th or 9th regiment, and also had the 5th regiment. Was he on payroll or was he in service as volunteer in the Virginia troops?

Any information regarding dates of enlistments, length of service, places of residence, names of wife and children, and if they received pension for such service will be greatly appreciated.
	3.	Information is also wanted on Alexander Moore (born 1756 – died 1813), who commanded a company of partisan rangers in the south of the Carolinas; was born and died in York County, South Carolina. He was born about 1756 and died in 1813. Information is wanted for D.A.R. application papers.

Yours truly,

Minnie Van Valin
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3289            1939  June 20  last to Mrs.
                     Ralph W. Van Valin Esq
INVALID
Rev War
File No.   3289
Nathaniel Dickison
Pri. N.C. line

Act:  June  7th / 32
Index: - Vol.  A  , Page  96
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