Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,592, for William Moore, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N.C.

Moore, William

NUMBER S.17592

Born in Va
CONTENTS
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INDIANA
William Moore
of Orange Co. in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gholson of the Regt commanded by Col Letrull in the North Carolina line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and Sent to John McVey Paoli

Arrears to the 4th of March                      40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept           10.00

                                 $50

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 120
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Wm. Moore
21300.
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Orange County State of Indiana: Sct. 
     On this 13th day of November 1832 personally came and appeared in open Court before Thomas Vandeveer Judge of the probate Court for the County aforesaid now sitting William Moore a resident in the County of Orange in the State aforesaid aged 78 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 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 that is to say on the 25th of December in the year 1780 he entered the service of the United States as a militia man 
under the command of one Capt. Charles Gholson of the Militia in the County of Randolph in the State of North Carolina and attached to a Regiment under the command of one Col. John Litrell, that he entered the service of the United States under the said Capt. Charles Gholson as aforesaid in the said County of Randolph in the said State of North Carolina marched from thence from place to place as occasion required in the state aforesaid watching the movements of the Tories and British (the Tories being very troublesome) that he served the term of three months
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Orange County
State of Indiana
     And the said County do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
                 Thos. Vandeveer JP

State of Indiana
Orange County Sct
     I Jno McVey Clerk of the probate court for the county of orange do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Moore for a pension.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on this 14th day of November 1832.
              Jno. McVey Clk
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21300
Wm. Moore
Indiana

from 1780 private
6 month
$20.

Jno McVey CC
Orange Co. Indiana
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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 shew 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 shewing the Service of William Moore.  Orange Co. Indiana
Period which the service was rendered.
25 Dec. 1780
1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.  
...3...
...3...

Rank of the claimant.
Pri
"
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Gholson
"

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Co.  Lutrell
"

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
none
"

Country through which he marched.
N.C.
"

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
78
Randolph N.C.
"

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Documentary which he says on file in the w. office.

                    I am, respectfully,
                       Your obedient servant,
                           J.L. EDWARDS,
                           Commissioner of Pensions
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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 or 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 ex-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?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, 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 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 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 the 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.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[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 claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 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 ribbons, 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.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are 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.

                    W.L. Williams Ex Clk
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                    December 31, 1936
                    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                    BA-J/EEL
                    William Moore-S.17592
AWN

Mrs. N.B. Mavity
223 Summit Circle
French Lick, Indiana

Dear Madam:
     The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17592, based upon the military service in that war of William Moore.
     William Moore was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1754.  The names of his parents are not shown.
     Which residing in Randolph County, North Carolina, William Moore enlisted December 25, 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Charles Goldston's Company, Colonel John Luttrell's North Carolina Regiment:  he enlisted in the fall of 1781, before the capture of Cornwallis, served as a private in Captain Charles Goldston's North Carolina Company and was discharged March 16, 1782.  On both tours, he was engaged principally against the Tories.
     After the Revolution, he resided in Moore County, North Carolina, until 1808, when he moved to Indiana Territory.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed December 13, 1832, while a resident of Orange County, Indiana.
     He died April 15, 1833, place not shown.
     There is no data as to soldier's family.
        Very truly yours
        A,D, HILLER
        Executive Assistant
        to the Administrator.
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REJECTED
N. Ca.

7356
P.O.___
William Moore
Service: ___
Enlisted: ___, 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed: ___, 18
Alleges: ___
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P.O.. ___
Recognized.  Contract.
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ___, 18
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Wm. Moore
Indiana.  Revo.

Rejected.  See letter
May 24 1832 to H. Harvey

7356
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     War Department
Sir
     Under a regulation adopted in November last, no papers in relation to business with this office sent by an agent will be attended to, unless the agent be known here, or recommended by some one who is known to this Department.  Hence many papers, received since that period, have not been acted on, and recently, the agents have complained that proper attention is not paid to their business.  Some of these complaints have originated among those who were formerly in the habit of corresponding with this office.  They have not been ignorant of the regulation  (for it has generally been published in the newspapers) and presume, because they were once recognized here as agent, that they are sufficiently known to under any vouchers in their behalf unnecessary at this time to address you.
      A rule, the object of which is to prevent imposition on the government as well as individuals who have claims must, in order to produce the desired effect, be adhered to without making distinctions.  Some persons too who hold offices suppose that the stations they occupy constitute a sufficient assurance of their integrity, and hence claim to be exempt from the operation of the rule.  This is another error which should be corrected for although the characters
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17592
INVALID.
File No. 17592
William Moore
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 266
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1930-May 10-Hist to Luella Moore EEL
1936-Dec. 31- Hist to Mrs. A.B. Mavity EL
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State of Indiana
Lawrence County
Sct
April 5th 1832
     This day personally came Henry Marley before me Stephanas Hoggatt a Justice of the peace for said county and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith as follows that he knew of Mr. William Moore serving a tower (tour) in the land service of the United States in the revolutionary war under the command of Colonel Luttrell further the Deponent saith not.  Sworn to and subscribed this date first mentioned.
                   Henry X Marley
                     (X his mark)
S. Hoggatt JP

I do certifie that the above named henry marley is a man in good repute in whoom confidence may be deposed.
               S Hoggatt JP  (seal)