Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7485, for Bud Mullins, North Carolina
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(3--1776)  SERVICE N6 MULLINS, BUD  NUMBER R.7485 CONTENTS
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from Said Service and returned home and remained at home Something (to the best of my reccollection [recollection]) less than a month and was called out into the field of Service under the Same Captain the same Major & Same Colonel to me Captain Gregory, Major Maburn or Mayburn, & Colonel Butler and did Continue in said Service for the time of three months under the Command of said above named officers and did Serve for the time of three months under the Command of said above named officers and did serve the Term of three months in said County of Chatham and was in one battle with one regiment the torys [Tories] in which battle no person was killed on Either Side but some few was wounded on both Sides (i.e. some of the Republicans & some of the torys [Tories]) this battle was fought near to the same place when the first named battle was fought, near Haw River, and further that he was never attached to the main Army but was permitted to remain in his native County to guard against the Depravations of the torys [Tories] and that he did actually serve the Term of Six months in the two Tours above State, that he never did receive any written discharge not that he know of no person in life that he can prove his Service as above Stated by, that the reason he has not made application for a pension before this time that he expected & believed he would have to prove his Services by Some of the Company that was with him in said service and that he knows of no person living that he could make this proof by and that he was informed by person that said they were acquainted with the Law passed by Congress that I the said Bud Mullins would
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have to prove my Service by Some one of the Company that I was in, and I knew of none living and , and further that he refers to the following named persons immediately in his neighbourhood [neighborhood] who has been acquainted with him for a great many years to wit George W. Harper Robert  Harper wily Davis Michael Austin all of Paulding County & State of Georgia & Wiley J Kiser of Cobb County & State of Georgia. 
To the firsts Interogatory [Interrogatory]  he answers that according to tradition he was born in the year 1758 or 1759 to the 2nd Intrg he answers that he never did have any record of his age
Intr 3 he answers that he was living when called into Service in Chatham County in the state of North Carolina, and moved from Chatham County North Carolina to Jackson County in the State of Georgia and from Jackson County Ga to Campbell County Georgia & from Campbell County Ga to Cobb County  Georgia & was by all of the legislature of Georgia Cast out of Cobb County into this County to wit Paulding County
Intr 4 he answers that he was draughfted [drafted] or pressed
Intr 5 he answers that he was acquainted with the names of other officers besides those he served under but those knows he has forgotten in Consequence of the length of time it has been
Intr he refers to Geroge W. Harper Robert Harper Wily Davis & Michael Austin of Paulding County & Wily J R Kiser of Cobb County Georgia,
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, 
Bud Mullins X his mark [Signture]
Sworn to and Subscribed before} 
me the day and year aforesaid}
George T Parker Ordinary

We George W Harper an acting Justice of the peace in and for Paulding County and Wily Davis a Citizen of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify as follows, to wit, I George W. Harper, do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Bud Mullins for the full Term of forty five years to wit the Said Bud Mullins who Subscribed and was sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be of the full age of ninety five years and that he has been reputed  to be a Revolutionary Soldier and that he the said, Bud Mullins is a man of undoubted Veracity and is so considered in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he now resides and I believe from what I have always heard that he the Said Bud Mullins was a revolutionary  Soldier Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid  [Signature] G. W. Harper J.P.
George T Parker Ordinary [Signature]
I Wily Davis of the County of Paulding and State of Georgia do hereby certify that I have been personally  acquainted with Bud Mullins of said County and State for the full term of twenty years and from what I have generally understood have no doubt that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, [] Rw refer to 5th page []
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State of Georgia}
County of Paulding } SS.
On this the fifth day of June in the year A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, Personally appeared in open court before the Court of ordinary now Sitting Bud Mullins a Resident the County of Paulding and State of Georgia aged to the best of his knowledge & information ninety five 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated That he Entered the Service of the United States under Captain Thomas Gregory and in the Battalion Commanded by Major Robert Mayburn, and in the Rigment [Regiment] Commanded by Colonel Butler. That he was prest [pressed] or drafted at in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina Sometime during the Revolutionary War the day of the month nor the month nor year recollected, and did Serve the full term of three months under the Command of the above named officers in the County of Chatham & State of North Carolina and was in, one battle during the above named Service with the torys [Tories] in Said County of Chatham & State of north Carolina, near Haw River in Said Chatham County, North Carolina, and was there dismissed
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and I further Certify that he is a man of a good character and of fair standing. I am unable to say anything of his age, but he was a very old looking man the first time I ever say him.
Test [Signatures]
S. L. Strickland C.S.C.
Wily Davis X his mark

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid and I Geroge T. Parker Judge of the Court of Ordinary in and for the County of Paulding an State aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the Interogatories [Interrogatories] prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States, and the Court further Certifies that there is no Clergyman residing near the said applicant in said County f Paulding an State aforesaid but that George W Harper Esqr. & Wily Davis who made the above and foregoing affidavits are men of respectability and are both Citizens of this (Paulding) County Ga.)
and that their Statement is entitled to credit 
I George T. Parker Judge Ordinary and Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Paulding County Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing Contains the Original procedings [proceedings] of the Court in the matter of the application [covered by seal] Mullins for a pension and I further Certify that my Court is a Court of Record Given under my hand and Seal of office at Dallas Paulding County Georgia this 
Janu 7, A.D. 1854 [Signature] George T Parker Judge Ordinary & Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
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7485
Bud Mullins
REJECTED
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38749
Bud Mullins Georgia
J L Strickland May 9 1854
 same June 24 1854

7H85

June 7 1832
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No 38.749
Bud Mullins
Geo.
J. L. Stricklland May 9/54
To same June 24/54

June 1832
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No
Bud Mullins
Declaration for Pension as Revolutionary Soldier
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No 38.749
Bud Mullins
Georgia
June 7, 1832


J. L. Stricklland
Dallas Co
Geo.
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State of Georgia }
County of Paulding } SS
On this the 29th day of April A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty four personnally [personally] appeared before me George, W. Harper, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths with and for the County and State aforesaid  Bud Mullins aged about ninety five years , a resident of Paulding County, in the State of Georgia who being duly Sworn according to Law declares that he is the identical Bud Mullins who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Gregory. (Major Nabors) in the     Regiment of North Carolina Militia Commanded by Colonel Butler, in the Revolutionary war, that his, does not recollect, in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina on or about the, not known, day of A.D. for the Term of Six months and continued in actual service in said war for the Term of Six months, and was honorably discharged at (all discussed and went home) on about the , not know, day of A.D. , not know, as will appear by reference to the muster rolls of Said Company, he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which he may be entitled unto for said Service
Bud Mullins X his mark [Signature]

Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year above written and I
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State of Georgia } I Solomon L Strickland Clerk of 
County of Paulding } the Superior Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that George W. Harper Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavit was made was at the date of the Same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Paulding & State of Georgia duly commissioned and sworn and that the Signature thereto Subscribed is his & genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of office this the 29th day of April, A.D. 1854
Solomon L. Strickland Clk [Signature]
Superior Court Paulding Co. Clerk

No.
Bud Mullins Declaration for Pension as Revolutionary Soldier
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State of Georgia } I Wiley J Kiser Do hereby County of Cobb } certify that I have been personally & intimately acquainted with Bud Mullins of the county of Paulding for the Term of Twenty five years Last post and feel no hesitancy in Recommending him to be A man of undoubted veracity and have always understood that he was A Revolutionary Soldier and that I am in no wise interested this May 29th 1834
[Signature] Wiley. J. Kiser
Sworn to me & subscribed before me this 27th day of May 1834 & I hereby certify that W. J. Kiser is a man of undoubted veracity, 
[Signature] J M Barnwell J.P.

State of Georgia } I Birdsong Tolleson Ex-officio
Cobb County } Clerk of the Court of Ordinary and for said State & County - do hereby certify that J. M. Barwell Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, & who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn, & that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit, & that his signature is genuine - & that the aforesaid Court of Ordinary is a Court of record having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand & seal of Office at Marietta May 30th 1854
[Signature] Birdsong Tolleson Ex-off. C.C.O.C.C.
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April 29th 1854
Dallas Paulding County Ga.
L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions &c.
Dear Sir Enclosed you will find a Declaration made by Bud Mullins for a Pension as a Revolutionary  Soldier, he has been living in this Community for a great many years and his Standing as an honorable man is undoubted, but like most of the Old men he cannot recollect all particulars as to the times of going into service & dates &c  &c You will please attend to this application as soon as practible [practicable] and if he is allowed a Pension so that he may make an attorney to receive if the Declaration is deficient in any respect I am the only one to blame as this is the first attempt I have made to process a procure a Pension
Yours as Ever
Solomon L Strickland [Signature]
Dallas Paulding County
Georgia
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State of Georgia } I William W. Carroll a 
County of Paulding }Clergyman of the County of Cobb and State of Georgia do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Bud Mullins of the County of Paulding in Said State, for the full Term of fifteen years and believe him to be a man of undoubted Veracity and I further Certify that I believe him to be of the full age of Ninety five years and I concur in the opinion that he was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War
{Signature] W.W. Carrell, am M G
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 10th  day of June 1854 and I hereby Certify that Williams Carroll of said County of Cobb & State aforesaid, is a Clergyman and a worthy Citizen
{Signature] Wilson F. Blackstock J.P.
State of Georgia } I Solomon L Strickland Clerk 
Paulding County } of the Superior Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Wilson F Blackstock whose Genuine Signature appears to the above and foregoing Certificate & affidavit was at the date of the same & is yet a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly sworn & Commissioned his acts as such are therefore entitled to full faith & credit
Given under my hand and office seal at Dallas Paulding County Georgia this 15th Day of June A.D. 1851 & A L 5854
Solomon L.. Strickland Clerk
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Dallas Paulding County Ga Sept. 18th 1854
L. P. Waldo Comm of Pensions &c.
Dear Sir
according to your direction I wrote to the Comptroller General of the State of North Carolina for a Certificate Certifying that Col. Butler Mabry & Gregory were officers of North Carolina in the Revolutionary War, (This Certificate was for the benefit of Bud Mullins who claims himself to be a Revolutionary Soldier) and to have served  under Col. Butler Maj. Mabry & Captain Gregory if I mistake nothing I also enclosed to the Comptroller Genl. your note desiring such Certificate, I have long since written a second letter to him requesting such Certificate and have not as yet received the Certificate or any answer to my letters from him. You will have to do the best you can with the application of Bud Mullins unless you feel disposed to drop a line to the Comptroller General of N.C. yourself if more Certificates Certifying to the honor and honest of Bud Mullins can easily be procured and that too from an person or persons that have been acquainted with him for any length of time. I am Sir with much Respect your humble Servant
[Signature]J L Strickland
Dallas Paulding Co.
Georgia
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Dallas Paulding County Ga June 18th 1854
L P Waldo Comm
I herewith send to you enclosed the second & as near formal application of Bud Mullins for a Pension as  Soldier of the Revolutionary War.
I have sent to the Comptroller General of North Carolina for a Certificate when Received if received I will forward it to you.
I am sir with much respect your very humble servant
[Signature] J. L Strickland
Dallas Paulding Co.
Ga.