Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41691, for Hugh Pugh Jerrald, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S C.
N C

*Jerrald, Hugh Pugh.

NUMBER
S. 41691.
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41691

Revy INVALID.

File No. 41. 691
Hugh Pugh Jerrald
Priv Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"

Index:--Vol. S, Page 256

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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19.424 R

North Carolina
Hugh Pugh Jerrald

Pitt County in the State of N. C
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Jarvis of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Huger in the S C
line, for the term of
From Nov. 1776 to end of War

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of January 1825

Certificate of Pension issued the 25, of April 1825
and Sent to Hon: T. H. Hall
Tarborough, N. C

Arrears to 4th of March 1825, $11.9
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1825 $ 48
8                                                    $59.9
3.9
11.9                                

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Acts March 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820, &}
March 1, 1823
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H. Reps Nov. 28th 1825

Sir

The inclosed applications for [rest is illegible]

Mrs. H. Hall
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State of North Carolina}
County of Pitt}

At the Superior Court for the Said County of Pitt, September Term 1824 thereof before the Honorable Joseph J Daniel one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law & Equity of the State of North Carolina aforesaid
On this 2nd day of September 1824 personally appeard, in open Court, being a Court of record expressly made so by the laws, of the State, proceeding according to the Course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and having the power of fine & imprisonment & Capital punishment; Hugh Pugh Jerrald, aged 74 or 75 years, and a resident in the aforesaid County of Pitt, who being first duly Sworn, according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the first of May 1820, that he the Said Hugh Pugh Jerrald enlisted, for the term of two years near the Commencement of hostilities in the War of the Revolution, in the State of North in the company commanded by Captain Simon Pright in the regiment commanded by Colo. Patten, being the Second Regiment in the line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental establishment, that he Continued to Serve in Said Corps until (he believes in 1778) when his term of Service expired, while in the State of South Carolina - when he enlisted in the Company Commanded by Captain Jarvis in the regiment commanded by Colonel Isaac Huger (or Hugar) being the fifth regiment in the line of the State of South Carolina in the Continental establishment, and that he Continued to Serve therein to the end of the War - excepting that he was taken prisoner at the taking of Charleston by the British - from whom he escaped, and as soon as he could joined Colonel Clark who commanded a part of the same Regiment on the frontier Service - that he was in the battles following - first near Norfolk, next at Savannah, where he was Severely wounded in the hip by an own Ball, and slightly in the leg by a bullet & at the Eutaw Springs where he was badly wounded in the arm and shoulder - and at the Battle of Charleston - where he was slightly wounded in the top of his head - and that he has no other evidence, now in his power, of his said Service, except the testimony of Osborn Clark & Daniel Tolar, which was taken before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Green & forwarded on to the War Department.
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And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not Since that time, by gifts, Sale, or in any manner, deposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby So to diminish as to being myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, my property or [illegible] Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule annexed, and by me Subscribed viz
one ax 10/ & one Grubbing Hoe 5/ one Shoal 15/ - $3 - 00.
a Debt of one Dolalr due from Shadk. Qunnerly - no insolvent.
The above Schedule was proved in open Court by the oath of the Petitioner & Stephen Parish
atts. Arch P Parker clk.

I am by occupation a farmer, or labourer, am unable to labour much both on account of age and being crippled - I have a wife about 50 years of age and in good health for her years, my daughter, aged 28, one Son aged about 25 & another Son aged about 23, who partly reside with me, but who are poor and labour for themselves, so that I and my wife depend on our full exertions for daily support - 
Sworn to & declared on the 2nd day of September 1824 before the Said Judge of the Superior Court to wit.
Hugh Pugh his X mark Jerrald
Atts
Arch P Parker C. of. C

I Archibald Parker clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the Said County of Pitt do hereby Certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the Said Court; and I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the Said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Three Dollars
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 24th day of January 1825
Archibald, Parker Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Pitt
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[this bounty land warrant record card is in the wrong file-it belongs to Ezekiel Jerrell, not Hugh Pugh Jerrald]


THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD *

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives


NAME  Jerrell, Ezekiel
GRADE Private
LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 7338
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Jan. 3, 1792
To George Knot, Adr.


*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the The National Archives.