Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8000, for John Patterson, North Carolina
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Service     Patterson, John     Number
NC                              Ann     R. 8000
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certificate open 15 March
1822 and sent to D A Davis
Fayetteville NC
See letter to Hon. L Williams
July 29. 1831 respecting of & for
increase do to same May 23d
1832.
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Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th Sept 1837 to 31 Dec
1837. The day of his death. Agt
notified 19 April 1839.
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North Carolina
Act 30th April, 1816.
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John Patterson  30634
private
Battle of Camden
Revolutionary Army
---
Ratio of Disability - one half.
Date of [illegible] testimony not opened.
Date of Surgeon's Certificate Sept 8th1815.
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half pension allowd
John Patterson
Commencing the 18th
Sept 1815
---
22d March 1816
July 3d 1833, increased to 
$5.33/3 per month from 18th
Jany 1833 _ new certif
iss. & sent to him at Stone
Point Post Office, Iredell
County N C July 11th 
1833
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[Begin Hand drawn seal at the top-middle of the page]
A Record of the Births, Marriages
and Deaths in the Family of John
Patterson and Anne his wife, of
the County of Iredell, and
State of North Carolina.
---
Man Was Born 
to die.
[end seal]

John Patterson and Anne Thomson were join'd in
the Holy Bands of Matrimony on the 20'th day of 
March AD 1787 -
---
John Patterson Was Born on the 
30'th day of December AD 1758
---
Anne Thomson now Anne Patterson
Was born on the 30'th day of June
AD 1768
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Adoniram Patterson their first son
Was Born on the 13'th day of May
AD 1788
---
Adonijah Patterson their 2'nd Son
Was Born on the 28'th day of March
AD 1790
---
Eliasaph Patterson their 3'd Son
Was Born on the 19th day of March
AD 1792
---
Asenath Patterson their first
Daughter Was Born on the 21'st of 
April AD 1794
---
Jane Patterson their 2'nd Daughter
Was Born on the 31'st day of May
AD 1796
---
Eliza Patterson their 3'd Daughter
Was Born on the 12th day of Nov
AD 1798
---
Maulda Patterson their 4'th Daughter
Was Born on the 10th day of Feb'y
AD 1801
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Delilah Patterson their 5'th Daughter 
Was Born on the 3'd day of June
AD 1803
---
Mira Patterson their 6'th Daughter
Was Born on the 3'd day of April
AD 1805 And Ira their 4'th Son
Born at the same Birth
---
Thomas Thomson Patterson their 
5'th Son Was Born on the 27'th day of 
August AD 1807
---
Sarah Louisa Patterson their 7'th 
Daughter Was Born on the 5'th day
of May AD 1810
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State of North Carolina /
Iredell County /

On this the 29 day 
of August (1844) Eight
teen hundred and forty four personally appeared before
me Tho A Allison one of the acting Justice of
the peace in the County and state aforesaid
Ann Patterson a resident of the county & state 
aforesaid Aged 76 years. Who being first duly
sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth
on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the promise
made by the act of Congress passed July 7th1838 -
That She is the widow of John Patterson who
was a private in the American Army of the revol
-ution in the Capt Reeds Company. What she is unable
of her own knowledge to give an account of the 
service the said John performed as she was not
acquainted with him particularly until a short 
time previous to her marriage with him on the 
20th day of March 1787.  That she has often heard 
him speak of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina
when Gates was defeated and that he was wound
there receiving two sword cuts - one on the
right arm and the other on his head. that he was
also in the battle of Ramsours and in some other
engagements that she has heard him speak of
having served a Nine month & three month tour
that her memory does not now serve the to
more particulars. She further swears that she
was married to the said John Patterson on the 20'' of
March 1787 at the hour on George Brown in the 
County of Burk & State of North Carolina. That her
Husband John Patterson Died 31 day of Dec 1837 - that
she has lived a widow ever since that period as
well more fully appear from [illegible] herewith [illegible]
of furth make that she has no furth documentory
evidence to the subject matter of the marriage and 
the foregoing declaration but would refer to the
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declaration of the said John Patterson himself to obtain
the pension on an noted [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed the year before written
Test
Thos. A Allison ℗
Ann Patterson
N Carolina
P County
Novr 12th 1844.
Personally appeared before me Thomas
N. Allison one of the acting Justices of the
County and state aforesaid John Smith who after being
duly sworn according to law, who sayeth that he was
will acquainted with John Patterson the husband of
the present applicant Ann Patterson that he was present
at the Marriage at the house George Brown. does
not recollect the year but believes it was about the 1787
that said John Patterson has resided in this county on or
since until his death and that he was well acquainted with
him and that the present applicant Ann Potter
& him lived together as man and wife that the said Ann
is still living a widow in this county; and that the
present applicant is the widow of the said John Patterson
He furth state that he had known John Patterson previous
to the marriage and that he had been in the service of the
american army had been in the Battle of Camden & also
and had [illegible] wounds in said battle as he had any
understood that he the said Smith is now in his ninth year, since the 29th day of Octr last
sworn to and subscribed before me
Thos. A Allison JP
John Smith
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Original Claim.
UNITED STATES.
North Carolina USTRICT, SS.
[seal]
I Henry Potter
Judge of the
DISTRICT COURT of the United States of America for the
North Carolina District, BY AUTHORITY of an
act of Congress, passed the 25th day of April, 1812, entitleled, " An Act to revive and continue in force an Act to provide
for persons who were disabled by known wounds received
in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes,"
DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY AUTHORISE AND COMMISSION Samuel King
of the county of Iredell
and District of North Carolina
to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act for substantiating the claim of
John Patterson
[of the town of crossed through]
in the county of Iredell and district of N. Carolina aforesaid
to
to be placed on the Pension List of the United States by reason of known wounds received in said
war, or since, (as prescribed in the 4th section of ""an Act concerning invalid pentioners," passed the
25th of April, 1808,--while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of his duty
And when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates and proceedings
had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.
Given under my hand and seal at Raleigh
the third day of December in
the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen
H. Potter S. [illegible]
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Increase of Pension.
UNITED STATES.
DISTRICT, SS.
To Doctor
of --- and Doctor
of
in --- said District.
Pursuant to an Act of Congress of the United States,
passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled ""An Act to revive
and continue in force an act to provide for persons
who were disabled by known wounds received in the
Revolutionary War, and for other purposes"" --- You are
hereby appointed and authorised to examine
who is
inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and
is claimant for an increase of pension conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th of April, 1806,
revived as aforesaid; and you are to report in writing and on oath or affirmation your opinion of the
nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistance by manual
labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.
Given under my hand and seal at
this
day of
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
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State of North Carolina
County of Iredell S.S
Be it known that before me a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared Sarah L. Lyons a resident of the
County and State aforesaid, who being first
duly sworn according to law, states that the
is the Daughter and heir at law of Ann
Patterson of the County of Iredell and State of
No.Carollina, and of John Patterson of said County
and State who was a Revolutionary soldier
and that she is directly interested as a claimant
in the pension for which application was heretofore
made by said Ann Patterson widow of John Patterson, and constitutes and appoint H. H. Helper &
A. H. Markland her true and lawful attorneys,
with irrevocable power to examine into investigate, and establish the claim for said pension
and to all legal acts necessary thereto. In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 23rd day of August 1855.
Attest Robert White
Attest: A. E. Chambers
\Sarah L. Lyons
℗
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn
to before me, on this 23 day of August 1855.
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And I the said Magistrate, do certify, that I have
no interest in the result of the pension claim
mentioned in the foregoing power of Attorney &
am not interest or concerned in its prosecution
Robert White JP
State of North Carolina
County of Ireden ⎬
I, M. F. Freeland, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that Robert White Esquire
before whom the foregoing power of Attorney was
acknowledged and affidavit made, was at
the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, duly
Commissioned and qualified
by law to administer oaths, and that his signature above written is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office on this
23 day of August 1855
M F Freeland Clerk
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September 11. 1857
Thos Lumpkin Esq

Dear Sir I need your letter of the 13 August 1857
which inform me that you had received a few lines
from me and that you was willing to undertake
to try to draw a pension that was due my mother
for service rendered by my father in the Revolu
Revolutionary war


Sir you will find in enclosed the controlers receipt
you wrote to me weashing to get the dates of my father and mothers deaths and the date of their marriage.
My father and mother John and Ann Patterson
was married on the twentieth day of March
one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven
my father John Patterson died on the 31 day of December
december 1837 my mother Ann Patterson
departed this life October 2 1853
John Patterson was born in the province of Pennsylivany
and County of Lancaster Ann Patterson wife
to John Patterson was born in Pensylivany York
County there presence removed to North Carolina
and remained there tel there deaths
Ann Patterson died on the 2 day of October 1853
when this come to hand write to me what the
prospect may be
the names of the children of my
father and mother, Adoniram Patterson; Adonijah Patterson;
Eliaseph Patterson; Ira Patterson; Thomas J Patterson
the names of my sisters
Asenath Patterson Jane Patterson Elizabeth Patterson
Matilda Patterson Delila Patterson Mira Patterson
Sarah L Patterson ⎬ This is the names of my brothers & sister
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when this comes to hand write to me what the
prospect may be the September 11th 1857
yours respectfully

Thos. Lumpkin
Adoniram Patterson
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Rev. War Section.
January 10, 1922.
Mrs. Charles B. Wagner,
108 W. Depot Street,
Concord, N. C.
Madam: --

In response to your letter dated November
1, 1921, you are advised that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War claim R. File No. 8000, it appears that
John Patterson was born December 30, 1758, in
taw
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and at the time of the
Revolution was living in Rowan (later Iredell) County,
N. C.; that he enlisted from that County, date not
stated, and in 1780 served in Captain Samuel Reed's
Company, Colonel George Alexander's North Carolina Regiment
; that he was in the battle of Camden, where he
was wounded, twice in the head, and in the right arm
by sword cuts, and where he was also taken prisoner.
He was allowed pension on account of said wounds from
September 18, 1813. He died December 31, 1837 in Iredell
County, N. C.
He married March 20, 1787, in Alexander
County, N. C. Ann Thompson, born June 30, 1788, in York
County, Pennsylvania, died October 2, 1853. Their children were: Adoniram born May 13, 1788; Adonijah born
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#2 R. File No. 000.
March 28, 1790; Eliasaph born March 18, 1792; Asenath
born April 21, 1794; Jane born May 31, 1796; Eliza
born November 13, 1798; Matilda born February 10, 1801;
Delilah born June 3, 1803; Mira and Ira, twins, born
April 3, 1805; Thomas born August 27, 1807; Sarah Louisa
born May 5, 1810, married--- Lyons.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Q. for J. Patterson
2
INCREASE OF PENSION.
United States
North Carolina DISTRICT, SS.
To Doctor Abner Franklin
of ---and
Doctor Robert Carson, both of
Statesville in Iredell County
in said district.
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 24th of May, 1828, entitled
"An act to revive and continue in force 'An act
to provide for persons who are disabled by known
wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and
for other purposes; you are hereby appointed
and authorized to examine John Patterson
---
who is inscribed on
the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension,
conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation your opinion of
the nature of his disability, and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a
subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be
regulated and governed by said act.
Given under my hand and seal, at Fayetteville
this twenty eighth day of December
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
H. Potter, Dist. Judge U States
No Caro Dist
seal
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ORIGINAL CLAIM.
United States.
DISTRICT, SS.
I
Judge of
the District Court of the United States of America
for the
District, by
AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed the 24th
day of May, 1828, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an 'Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in
the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes,"
DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY AUTHORIZE AND COMMISSION
of the
county of
and district of
to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act for
substantiating the claim of
of the town of
in the county of
and district of
to be placed on the Pension List of the United States,
by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as prescribed in the fourth
section of "An act concerning invalid pensioners," passed the 25th of April, 1808,)
while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. And
when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and
proceedings had hereupon, together with his commission, to the Secretary for the
Department of War.
Given under my hand and seal, at
the
day of
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
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Re
INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT is hereby certified that John Patterson
formerly a private of captain Samuel Reed's
company, in the Col. G. Alexander Regiment of Infantry
who, it appears by the accompanying certificate, was
placed on the pension roll at the rate of four dollars per month, on account, as he states, of having received a* Sword cut which
penetrated the as [illegible] and injured them the muscles & [illegible] of the right eye
producing partial blindness in that eye also a sword cut on [illegible]
and another [illegible] the elbow of the right arm by which one of the [illegible] of a humerus was separated occasioning a severe injury [illegible]
while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the
the seventeenth
day of August
in the year 1780
at a place called the Green Swamp in the state [or territory crossed through]
of South Carolina
is not only still disabled in consequence
of the said injury, but, in my opinion, is entitled to $1.33
more than he already receives as a pensioner, being disabled to a degree
amounting to two thirds
of a total disability.

A. Franklin
Robt. H Carson Surgeons.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 18'
day of January 1833
J. Campbell JP
*Here particularly describe the disability, and state its origin and progress.
Here state the degree of disability, say, one-third, one-half three-fourths, or otherwise, as the case may be.
The above affidavit must be made before a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths, and his
official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The magistrate must certify that the Surgeons are reputable in their profession.
If the claimant is within thirty miles of an Army Surgeon, he must obtain his testimony.
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State of North Carolina
Iredell County ⎬
hereby certify that Abner Franklin and
Robert Carson the Surgeons whose names are
Subscribed to the within certificate are to
my knowledge Practicing Physicians residing
in Statesville in the County & State aforesaid
and an highly respectable in their profession
Given under my hand seal January
18th 1833
J. Campbell [seal]
State of North Carolina
Iredell County
I Absalom Simonton Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter sessions of said County do hereby
certify that James Campbell before whom the
the
foregoing Physicians were sworn an who
hath signed the certificate respecting their
credibility is an acting Justice of the peace in
and for said County and the signatures
thereto an genuine In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office
this 18th day of January 1833
A. Simonton CCK
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State of North Carolina
Alexander County
SS
On this the 20th day of November
A.D. 1852 before me James P McIntosh acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Patterson
aged Eighty four years a resident of Alexander
County who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Patterson deceased late of Iredell County and State of North Carolina
that her said husband John Patterson was in his
lifetime a Revolutionary Pensioner, and died in
the said County of Iredell on the 31st day of
December A.D. 1837.
that her said husband was
allowed a pension of $65 Sixty five dollars
per annum and that since her said husband
death she has never received any thing from
the United States under any act of Congress on
account of the services of her said husband in
the said Revolutionary War. She further declares
upon her oath aforesaid that she was married to
the said John Patterson on the 20th
day of March
A.D. 1787 in the County of Burke
and State of N. Carolina by one George Brown
a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her
said marriage was Ann Thompson
that the said John Patterson died in Iredell
County on the 31st day of December A.D. 1837
at the age of Eighty
years, leaving her the
said Ann Patterson who still remains a widow
and resident of Alexander County as aforesaid - that
had the following children by the said John Patterson
---
(to wit) Adoniram, Eliasaph, Aseneth, Jane
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Eliza Matilda, Delilah, Mira, Ira, Thompson
& Sarah who are still living-
And she makes this declaration
for the purpose of drawing the pension to which she
may be entitled under the act of Congress passed
Ann Patterson
Sworn to and subscribed
before me an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid this the 20th
day of November A.D. 1852
James P. McIntosh J.P.

State of North Carolina
Alexander County ss

I Alfred Carson Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions
for the County of Alexander and state aforesaid do hereby certify that James P. [McIntosh]
before whom the foregoing declaration was
made, was at the time, and is now and
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly
authorized by law to administer oaths and that the
name thereunto subscribed is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of
my office this the 7th day of December AD 1852
A. Carson Clk
State of North Carolina ⎬
Alexander County
⎨SS
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Alfred
Carson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions
for said County, in open Court (Convened for the purpose)
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upon the affidavit of Azel Sharpe and
A. C. McIntosh
that John Patterson was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $65.00
Sixty
five dollars per annum, and that he
died on the 31st day of December A.D. 1837 leaving
surviving him his wife Ann Patterson - And that the
said Ann Patterson is truly the Widow and [illegible]
of the said John
Patterson deceased
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office this the 7th
day of December A.D. 1852
A. Carson Clk
State of North Carolina
Alexander County ⎬ss
Know all men by these present
that I, Ann Patterson of the County of Alexander and
State aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint A. M. Boyle
my true and lawful Attorney and agent to prosecute the
claim of Ann Pattinson for any amount of Revolutionary
Pension, arrearage of pension, increase of pension or bounty
land that may be due And I hereby authorize my said
agent to examine all the papers & documents in relation to
said Claim on file in the Department at Washington City or
elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments and
to receive the certificate which may be issued for the same
which Certificate I wish made payable to
to appoint one or more subagents under him for the
purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I may
do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent or Attorney may do in the premises
And I hereby revoke and all other Power of Attorn[
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that I may have heretofore made in
above named Claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this the 9th day of
Decr A.D. 1852
Ann Patterson
Signed and seal in
presents of
Quintis C Patterson
elation to the
State of North Carolina
Alexander County
SS
℗
On this the 9th day
of
Dec. A.D. 1852 before me the subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Ann Patterson and
acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be
her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal the day and year above
Written
J.P. McIntosh J.P.
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( 3 - 224. )  Revy
No. 8.000
Ex'r.

OLD WAR WIDOW.
Ann Patterson of N C
widow of John Patterson
Pri Col Alexander N [illegible]

Died at REJECTED
other claim.
18     Clerk.
Application filed:
Attorney:
P. O.

1922 Jan. 10 hist. to Mrs. Chas. B. Wagner. Ev.
1935 Mac. 29 Photo mailed to Mrs. Charles B. Wagner [illegible]
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14846    Dec 15/52
Ann Patterson
Widow of John
N.C.
July 7th 1838.
A. M. Bogle,
Taylorsville,
Alexander Co
W.C.
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State of North Carolina,
Alexander County
COUNTY COURT CLERK' S OFFICE.
Special Administration on the Estate of Ann Patterson
Deed
having been this day granted
to Adoniram Patterson
he
is hereby authorized to take said Estate into his possession as Special
Administrator, according to Law
Given under my hand the 22nd day of Oct 1833
-
A. Carson Clk
---
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36 [illegible]
Sess.
Petition
of Adoniram Patterson
admr of Mrs Ann
Patterson praying
to be allowed the
pension due her
under the act of
July 7, 1838
1860. Jany 9. Referred to
the Com: on Pensions
Mr. Bragg.
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38
Bragg
Pension
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Washington DC
Oct 8th 1857
Sir,
I herewith enclose record evidence proving
the marriage in the case of Ann Patterson, [illegible] N.C. Act 7th
July 1838, also appointing Adoniram Patterson her administrator. I beg leave to call your attention to the
papers upon which her husbance John Patterson obtained his Invalid pension which
may give some data as to his particular
service.
If the evidence is not [illegible]
satisfactory, be pleased to inform me
what I can to do in the further prosecution of this case to success
Very Respy
Th. Lumpkin
Geo C Whiting
Comm.
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The [illegible]
of
James Marlow
and
Randolph Shoemaker
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North Carolina
Iredell County

Pursuant to a Commission granted to
me by Henry Potter Esquire one of the District Judges of
of the United Sates for the State of North Carolina
I have [illegible] this eighth day of Sept
1815 to take the deposition of James Marlow and  Randolph Shoemaker
respecting the wounds John Patterson received fighting in the service of the United States, during the
Revolutionary war in the year 1780 at the battle
near Camden known by the name of Gates defeat, in Genl. Griffeth Rutherford's Brigade of
the North Carolina Militia Col George Alexander Regiment - Capt Samuel Reed Compy.
James Marlow after being duly sworn states
that during the revolutionary war he served with
John Patterson in Genl Griffeth Rutherford
Brigade of the Militia of North Caroline Col George
Alexanders Regiment. Capt Samuel Reed Compy.
that in the battle fought near Camden on the 16th
of August 1780 known by the name of Gates de[feat]
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[de]feat him and the aforesaid John Patterson were both
made prisoner by the enemy, that on the wining
of the same day he saw the said Patterson with
three sever wound one on the elbow of the right
arm and two on the head, that he saw him
frequently during his captivity and considered
him dangerously ill of his wounds-- that he
knew him to be a blacksmith by trade previous to entering the service of the united that
he then lived in the County of Rowan North Carolina (now Iredell County) where he has since [illegible] resided, and continues to resided, and that he believe
he has principally supported himself & family by attending to [illegible]
farm
Sworn & subscribed before me 
Sam'l. King Commissioner
James Marlow
his
mark
Randolph Shoemaker after being duly sworn
state that shortly after the battle fought near
Camden in the year 1780 known by the name of Gates defeat
he saw John Patterson a prisoner to the British
severely wounded, that he saw him frequently
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during his captivity, and did not think he
could survive his wounds-- that he knew
him to be detained a prisoner by the enemy
until the month of October following at
Charlotte, that he knew him before he enter
the service & believed him to be a Black
Smith by trade
Randolph Shoemaker
his Mark
Sworn & subscribed
before me
Sami'l.King Commiss.
No. Carolina
Iredell County ⎬
John Patterson who has this day had
the depositions of James Marlow &
Randolph Shoemaker taken for the purpose of being
placed on the pension list of the United States make
as an invalid, maketh oath that he did not know
until the year 1809 that any provision was made
by law to allow a soldier wounded in the
Militia service of the United States a pension
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and that he is not placed on the pension list
of any State  John Patterson
Sworn & subscribed
before me Sept 8th 1815
Sam'l. King Commissioner
the depositions
of
James Marlow
and
Randolph Shoemaker
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To the Hon the Senate & Hos. of Reps.
the United States
in Congress assembled

the petition of Adoniram Patterson Administrator of
the late Mrs. Ann Patterson, widow of John Patterson
for himself and other children of the said Ann
Patterson, humbly
represents to you Hon. Body, that
his mother the said Ann Patterson, did apply for the
benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838
and exhibited full proof of her husbands service
as will be shown in her papers now filed in the
Pension Office, but was denied her pension during her life time, and your petitioner for the benefit of himself & the other surviving children now
prays your Honorable Body to grant them the
arrearages due their dec'd. mother, ie that they
may receive the amount due under the act
of 7th July 1838, for the full amount of his services pay $80 per ann from 4th March 1836, to terminate at the date of her death which event took
place in October 1853, and your petitioner
will in duty bound ever pray
Adoniram Patterson
December 1859
[illegible] JC
of Alexander County N.C.
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State of N Carolina
Cumberland County
Gor
Be it known that on this 17th day of
February 1832 before me D. Ochiltree
a Justice of the
peace for the aforesaid County, personally appeared John Patterson
who on his oath declares that he is the identical person of that
name who served as a private Soldier in the army of the United States
and the Revolutionary War, in the company command
by Captain James Reed in the regiment commanded by Colonel Geo.
Alexander. that in consequence of wounds which he received
in the Army he was placed on the pension List of the United States
Roll of the N Carolina Agency, and that he never received any
pension certificate from the War Office of the United States,
John Patterson

Sworn & Subscribed to before me
day year above mentioned
D. Ochiltree JP
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States
of the 30th of April 1816
John Patterson late a private

of the Revolutionary Army.
is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of [illegible] dollars per month, to commence
on the eighteenth day of September
one
thousand eight hundred and fifteen payable from the time to which he was last paid
by the agent.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of
March
one thousand eight
hundred and twenty two
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Certificates issued between the
4th March and the 4th September
are not payable until
the 4th September. Those
issued between the 4th September
and 4th March are not
payable before the [missing] March.
The stipend due to the within
named Pensioner will be paid
at Fayetteville N. C. by the President 
of the U. States Branch Bank
Registered in Book 3
Vol. 9th
page 195 by
Benjn L  Beall Clerk.
Page 37

WA DEPARTMENT
INVALID PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States
of the 30th of April 1816.
John Patterson late a private
of the Revolutionary Army.
is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of [illegible] dollars per month, to commence
on the eighteenth day of September
One
thousand eight hundred and fifteen Payable from the time to which he was last paid by
the agent
 Given at the  War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of
March
one thousand eight
hundred and twenty two
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Pension Office Bank U. States
Fayetteville 27 February 1822

Will you have the goodness to forward me [illegible]
as convenient, a certificate for the enclosed application of John
Patterson, and oblige
Your Obt Able Servt
D .A. Davis
(Clerk)
J.L. Edwards Esq
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
April 8th, 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," The widow of John Patterson, an Invalid
Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of Five Dollars and thirty three cents per month [annum, under the law of the crossed through] has
been paid at this Department, from the
4thof Sept. 1837.
to the 31st December 1837. the day of his death
 Respectfully, yours

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present
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Ho. of Reps.
June 17, 1846
Sir,
I am desired to enquire what
has become of the case of Mrs. Ann
Patterson, widow of John Patterson, for a
pension.-
I wish to know if the claim has
been rejected or suspended-- & the ground
of the action of given herein
Yours  SC
D. M. Barringer
---
Col. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
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Taylorsville N.C.
Decr 10th 1852
Dr.Sir
I forward to you the claims
of Mrs. Margaret Lackey and Ann
Patterson Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers
Mrs. Lackey's claim is for an increase of
Pension. I have been informed that
Thomas Lackey the claimants husband,
proved three years service he only
drew $43.33 per annum-
Mrs. Patterson's
husband drew a pension of $65.00
per annum and her application is
for the same she never having drawn
any thing since her husbands death
I have had the proofs all made
out before a Court of Pleas and quarter Session by the affidavit of Witnesses
who are well known to the Court
If there should be any defect in the
application or proof please let me know
it as soon as convenient and I will try to have
then supplied - I have made examination
for proof of the marriage of
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the claimants in the Clerks office
in the Counties where they were married
but have not been able to find any
Record of the marriage, as such Records
were hardly ever preserved at that date
Your obt. Ser't.
A. M. Bogle
P. S.
my address is Taylorsville
Alexander Co.
N.C
Page 43


Taylorsville N.C.
Jany 211853-
Dr Sir
Enclosed I forward you the pension claim of Mary Wright and Catherine
Danner dec'd. I hope the proof will be sufficient
I enclosed Pension claims of
of Ann Patterson and Margaret Lackey some
two months ago - Will you please inform me
at as early a period as convenient, of the Recpt of those
claims, and whether they are sufficiently made
out
Respect Your obt
Servt
A.M. Bogle
Page 44

Washington D.C.
Sept 19th 1857
Hon G. C. Whiting
Comm'r of Pension

Sir I herewith enclose
a letter of Adoniram Patterson one of the
children of Ann Patterson dec'd.
widow of John Patterson
Act 7th Jul 1837, N.C. with a certificate of the
Comp of N.C. Showing sundry payment to John Patterson for
service
rendered in the War of the Revolution
which I hope may be regarded
as satisfactory to the case
allowed
Very Respy
Th. Lumpkin
Page 45

State of N. Carolina
Iredell County ⎬
Sept 8th 1815
This day Joseph Guy Came before me &
being duly sworn sayeth that he was acquainted with John Patterson previously to his being wounded
in the revolutionary war. That he knew him
to be a Blacksmith, that he has continued to
reside and does at this time reside in the same
neighborhood. That this deponent knew him to
have been very severely wounded during the war
and as he believes and always did understand it
to have been done at Gates defeat where
he was also made a prisoner
In addition to two very severe wounds on
the head, which were troublesome and very
afflictive for many years, he appears
to have received one very severe cut with
a broad sword on the elbow of the right
arm, his arm at the time apparently thrown
for the purpose of defending the head the
sword entered longitudinally near the external part of the [illegible], and its edge being
somewhat externally directed as respects the arm
struck off or detached the external condyle of
the as humerus and sunk considerably into the
head of the Radius. from which a stiffness of 
that point, (being nearly a right angle) has suc
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[suc]eeded and disabled the applicant in the opinion
of this deponent fully one half from obtaining his subsistence by farming to which he has
resorted principally since he was disabled, but
considerably more say three fourth or even
more from pursuing his trade as a Blacksmith
or procuring his subsistence by it.
Sworn to & subscribed
before me Sept 8th 1815

Joseph Guy M. D.
Sam'l. King
Commiss
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State of North Carolina
Alexander County ⎬
SS

"A Record of the births, Marriages and
death
in the Family of John Patterson
and Ann Patterson his wife

John Patterson and Ann Thompson
were joined in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony on the 20th day of March
A.D. 1787
John Patterson was born on the 30th day
of December A.D. 1758
Ann Thompson, now Ann Patterson
was born on the 30th day of June A.D. 1768
Adoniram Patterson their first son
was born on the 13th day of May A.D. 1788 -

Adonijah Patterson, their second son
was born on the 28th day of March A.D. 1790,
I Hazel Sharpe
an acting Justice of
peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of a family Record
found in the possession of Ann Patterson
and that I believe it to be a correct and genuine record. I also certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Adoniram Patterson
the oldest child of the aforesaid John and
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Ann Patterson, and that I believe him to be
of an age corresponding with the Record above
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my name
this the 7th
day of December A.D. 1852
Azel Sharpe J.P.

State of North Carolina
⎬Alexander County SS

I, Alfred Carson Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for
the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that Azel Sharpe Esqr [before the crossed through] by whom the
foregoing Record was copied, and who
make the foregoing certificate was at the
time and still is acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State aforesaid and
that the name thereunto subscribed is his
genuine signature-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office
this the 18th day of December
A.D. 1852
A. Carson Clk
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State of N Caroline
[illegible] County 
I Thos. A. Allison one of the acting Justice of the peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that Ann Patterson the applicant in the foregoing
declaration by reason of bodily infirmity is unable
to appear in a court of record in the county in which she
resides, and further certify that the present applicant &
affiant John Smith whose deposition is hereunto
stated are persons of undoubted veracity and
credibility
this 19th
Nov. 1844
Thos. A Allison JP
State of North Carolina ⎬ 
Iredell County
I J. F. Alexander Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions
for the County aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing declaration affidavits and
Certificates when duly presented in open Court
at its session on the 20 day of November
1844 which were examined and approved by
said Court. I further certify that John
Miller whose affidavit is hereunto annexed
appeared personally in open Court on the above
day and was duly qualified to the facts set
forth in his said affidavit. I likewise
certify that Thomas A. Allison is a magistrate
as above and that the signature purporting
to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office at office in
Statesville this 20th Jany 1845
J. F. Alexander Clerk
of Iredell County Court
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N Carolina ⎬ I John Miller do solemnly swear
Iredell County ⎬ that I have been acquainted with Ann
Pattern for about forty seven years. that
I was acquainted with her Husband John Patterson from
the 1796 or 98. that I have from that time lived within
5 or 6 miles of them that the said John & Ann Patterson lived together as man and wife from, that time until
his John Pattersons death in the fall of 1837; that the said
Ann is and has been since the death of saw John
a widow, and that the present applicant for a pension
as the widow of the said John Patterson and that the
sais Patterson was a pensioner of the United States
sworn to and subscribed in open court
for term 1844
John Miller
Sworn to in open Court
20 Nov 1844
J. F. Alexander Clk
Recd Feb 6. 1845
Page 51

Certificate
Page 52

North Carolina
Iredell County
I do hereby certify that
James Marlow and and Randolph
Shoemaker, lay men, have been examined
before me on oath respecting the wounds
John Patterson received during the revolutionary War and [illegible] have been considered
men of probity and integrity: and also
that Doctor Joseph Guy the physician
who examined the above named
applicant has practiced [illegible] for
many years past in the County of
Iredell, and is considered highly respectable in his profession
Sept 8th 1815
Sam'l. King
Commiss
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
1
I, William J. Clarke Comptroller of public accounts
in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that
it appears of record in said Office among the
payments made by said State to sundry persons for
Military services in the Revolutionary war as
follows, to wit

John Patterson,
Book No. 3 Page 27 £9 s.2 Species June 26th 1782
             " 4 "        2   £1. s18. Specie " 12. 1782
             "5 "      39   £13. s19 Specie " 12 1782
               "6 "    18    £321. s2. 24. Species Aug.
1783
     L       " 2 "     17  £9. s0 Specie
 " A.M.    15 "     27   £9. s0. Specie
" C Entry        5347  £18. s0. Specie
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of said Office this November 1st 1854.
Wm J. Clarke, Compt'r.
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106 SW. Depot St
Concord, N.J.
Nov 1st 1921
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C

Dear Sir
Please send one
Revolutionary War record and
family record, if possible
of John Patterson also Alexander
Patterson  of North Carolina &
Pennsylvania
and oblige
yours truly
(Mrs. Chas. B)
Jamie Alex. Patterson Wagner

[stamp]
PENSION
D
U. S.
Dec 19 1921
OFFICE
Page 55

Iredell
3 - 049.
Examd. Rev Wars S Div. Record
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19 1921
The attached letter is respectfully returned
with the informattion that the data furnished is
not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent
answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below
as the information in your possession will permit,
and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow
[No of claim, crossed through]
Name of soldier Alexander Patterson, Sr
B. 1757 in Penn. d. July 2, 1829 and
72 years buried in private burying ground [illegible] Cabarrus
P. O. address of claimant, at enlistment
Rowan and [illegible] Co. N. C. .
and after service [illegible]
[Company crossed through] John A. Patterson B. in Penn. died in Catawba or Rowan Co. N.C.
[Regiment crossed through]
state the enlisted Both [illegible] in Mecklenburg Co. N.C.
was (Cabarrus Co) or Rowan
If unable to furnish company and regiment
give names of commanding officers.
Approximate dates of birth & death
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner
Commissioner
6-2469
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Both men lived in
Rowan and
Cabarrus Co.
( at that time Mecklenburg) and
are now buried
a private burying
ground in Cabarrua
not for
for Rowan Co. line.
Both grades are marked
Do not know their
wives Names but
Alex. Patterson had 
a son Alexander
Patterson, whose will
is in the Court house
He married Jemenia
Martin Poplar Gent.
Cabarrus
Co. N.C.
Page 57


[torn scrap of paper]

Ann
of John
N.C.
letter to 
Hon. D. M. Ban---
" D. M. Barring
A. M. Bogle 16
Page 58

a
1.648
Ann Patterson
wid. of John N.C..
Suspended
Let to Hon S. M. Barringer
Feb'y. 12th 1845
same June 23. 1846
T. Lumpkin Sept. 19. 1857
Same Oct 14, 1857
Act 7th July '38
Page 59

Rev. and 1812
BA - J/AWF
No. 263
March 22, 1935
Ex. 970
XXXXXX war & navy
Rev. War pension claim
John Patterson, R. 8000 actual 1 page

xxx 25 cents 1 page
Kindly leave margin of 11/2
inches at top of page and
return in folder with corresponding
name and number.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Sec.
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1 page family data

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March 22, 1935
Veterans Administration
Please furnish me photostatic copy of one page from
Revolutionary War pension claim, John Patterson, R. 8000.
Mrs. Chas. B. Wagoner
106 West Depot St.
Concord
No. Carolina
Received payment
25 cents
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
Antonia W. Ford

Photo mailed
March 25-1934 awy