Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8954, for John Phillips, Virginia
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776] 

SERVICE
Va
Phillips, John
or Philips

NUMBER 
S.8954

Carded
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side of page] Letter to Pension Agt. [Agent] 9 May 1838 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to the 4 Sept. 1837 Agent notified 24 Sept. 1838

[right side of page] 23.550
N. Carolina
John Philips *
of Granville in the State of N. C.
who was a pr [private] in the     commanded
by Captain      of the Regt [Regiment] commanded by Col. Burrell in the Va [Virginia]
line for 6 months * John Phillips 
Records corrected Nov. 22/04 [November 22, 1904]

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby [February] 34 [1834]
and sent to Hon. Mw S Hawkins – H. R. [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 - 50
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar ’34  10
$60 -

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath Rice, Clerk
Book E Vol. [Illegible] Page 69 –
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Free

To the Honoure [Honorable]
Willy P Mangrum 
Washington City D. C.


Tallyho} 
14 January} 

[written sideways] Hon. W Hawkins HR [House of Representatives]
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State of N C Granville
County January [?11th] 1834 
[Illegible several words] I take this opportunity of conversing with you by way of letter on a subject which I hope you will not fail to attend to. 
from [From] the accompanying papers you will truly see the subject this declaration as said by John Phillips as you will discover has been before the commisions [commissioners] of pension, and according to Mr. Edwards letter and the note accompanying the same [Illegible] short of time for which pensions are entitled of every few days.
I want you to read the declaration in which [you] will sea [see] he speaks of three different towers [tours] two of which was six weeks each & the other three months & some days & according to the letter of Mr. Edward only such 7 days of 6 months & the tower [tour] of three months & some days was as many as seven he did serve 6 months.
I have seen Mr. Phillips & conversed with him on the subject he says that he cannot amend his declaration so as to lengthen the time, that all he could say were he there the time spent was as little as he did serve & that he has Every right to believe that he served longer. Mr. Phillips is a man that wold [would] not say any thing that was not true if he must though it shall be to his advantage thousans [thousands] of pounds. he [He] is in low circumstances as regards [to] property he has 100 acres of land he is not able to work nor has not for many years, he has a wife living and decrepit & all that has keep them off of the publick [public] for years past,
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he has three daughters that makes his [Illegible] & supports him. I can in truth say of them is a man in North Caroline that needs a pension it is he. You will please Examine the papers of [Illegible] think that there is any amending that ought to be made so as to strengthen his claim let me know if the time is all that is lacking it cannot be amended only as I tell you.
I know that you are a man of influence & can read in to things that many men pass one unnoted and if you can do any thing in this case you will oblige the poor & kneedy [needy], when you right [write] to me [Illegible] your Letter to Tally hoe [Ho]. To office as the office at my store in [Illegible]. I am very sorry that it is [Illegible] & the neighbours appears to be likewise for there is not any office near & we shall have to labour under inconvency [inconvenience] in getting of Letters & shall be deprived entirely of Newspapes [newspapers] if we can have a Right from Tally hoe [Ho] to Dutchville the distance is only 8 miles if the office can be moved it shold [should] cost the government nothing at all The mail can be carried for the Prophits [profits] ariseing [arising] there from 
I Remain your [Illegible] respects 
E Hester 

P. S. you will discover that the dictation of Mr. Phillips was now before me he has not bin [been] able to Rid [ride] on horse back nor in a [Illegible] for many years
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[left side of page written sideways] The time when [paper folded over] But since the war I moved to Granville North Carolina where I now live. When entered in the service I was drafted & numbered & stood at a moments warning. I remember Gen. Green of the [paper folded over] also remember

[right side of page] John Phillips 22698
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State of North Carolina} 
Granville County} 
On this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty three [1833] personally appeared before me E. Hester one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Granville State aforesaid John Phillips a resident of said County of Granville State of N Car [North Carolina] aged as he states seventy-five or six 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 7 – 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: viz. 
At the time when called into the service his residence was in Mckling Burgh [Mecklenburg] County Virginia that he was drafted numbered & stood at a moments warning & served three different towers [tours] two of which was six weeks each and [the] other was three months & some days to the best of his recollection the first tower [tour] his officer that he remembers are as follows, Viz. Capt [Captain] Lee, Colo [Colonel] Burrell met at mecklingburgh [Mecklenburg] court house Va [Virginia] the month nor the date of the year he dont [does not] remember from thence we marched to Petersburg where we was [were] discharged but as to the discharge not knowing that it would ever be to me any service I did not take care of it. – The second tower [tour] that I served we met at MCkling burgh [Mecklenburg] court house Va [Virginia] and was commanded by the following officers Viz. 
Captain Blanton [S330] & I don't remember at this time the names of the other officers
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we marched thence to Randol's orney [Randal's ordinary?] where we remained until discharged. The third tower [tour] this affiant states that he was called out on that, met at MCkligburgh, Va. [Mecklenburg, Virginia], that we rendezvoused at a place called the [indecipherable word] the oald [old?] Magazen [magazine?] in MCkligburgh [Mecklenburg] County Va [Virginia] and was commanded by the following officers Capt [Captain] William Lucouss [William Lucas?], Col [Colonel] Robert Mumphries [? Robert Humphries W.1613] & Mager [Major] Hubbard that I remember thence we marched, across the River Roanoke at Skipath ferry thence in different directions in the State of Va [Virginia] & North Carolina until we met our Enemy at Gilford court house [Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781] where we had a battle but was forced to retreat. We then met at a place called the oald [Old] Iron works & in a few days we pursued our Enemy to deep River but finding that they went so far ahead we did not pursue them any further & from this place this I was discharged, & this applicant doth further state that if he ever recd [received] a written discharge from the armery [Army] not knowing that it would be to him any service that he did not take care of it and the said applicant doth further state that he has not any knowledge of the different periods of the war in which he served, & can only refer to the battle at gilford court house [Guilford Court House] which was his last tower [tour] of three months & the other two was before that time but how long at this time he can't remember & the said applicant doth further state that he has no documentary Evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
John [his x mark] Phillips
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Personly [Personally] appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace John Phillips who being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the [Illegible] length of his service but according to the best of his recolection [recollection] he served not less than the periods mentioned before & In the following service for 6 weeks I served as soldier at 
to [two] diferant [different] towers [tours], & for three months I served as soldier at one tower [tour] making in all 6 months & for such --- service I Clame [claim] a pension --- 
and the said applicant doth further State on oath. that owing to bodily affliction he cannot appear in court to make his declaration –
And the said applicant doth further state that he knows of now [no] living witness that can testify to his service & that them is now Clergiman [Clergyman] in his Vicinity that can testify as the act requires sworn to the day & year afore said 

E Hester JP 

We. Samuel Gooch & Wiley Rogers Esqr [Esquires] Residing in said County & State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Phillips who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we [Believe] 75 or 76 years of age That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we Concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 

Saml [Samuel] Gooch 
W. Rogers Esqr [Esquires]
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State of No C. [North Carolina}
Granville County} February 4th & day 1833 Personally appear before me E. Hester Robt Lanair residents of said County of Granville & maketh oath in due form of law that that he [is] well acquaint [acquainted] with John Phillips who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that he has known him ever since the revolutionary war & that he has every reason to believe that he was a soldier & served as he states Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
E Hester J P 
Robt [his x mark] Lanair 

Answers to the questions prescribed by the war Department 
First} I was born in Nodaway County Va [Virginia] as to the date of the year I don't remember but when a boy moved to mecklingburgh Va [Mecklenburg, Virginia] where I lived at the time when called into the service - But since the war I moved to Greenville North Carolina where I now live. When called in the service I was drafted & numbered & stood at a moments warning. – 

[Illegible] Ques [Question] I remember Gen. Green [General Nathanael Greene] one of the regular officers I also remember of seeing one General Stephenson [? Edward Stevens].

And I the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion after the in Vestigation [investigation] of the mater [matter] & after puting [putting] the Interrogation prescribed by the war department that the name applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states & do further certify there Samuel Gooch & Wiles Rogers who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of said county of Granville are creditable persons & that there statements is intill [entitled] to all credit Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

E Hester J P 

State of North Carolina} 
Granville County}
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But since the war I moved to Granville North Carolina where I now live. When called in the service I was drafted & numbered & stood at a moments warning. 

[Illegible] Ques [Question]} I remember Gen. Green [General Nathanael Greene] one of the regular officers I also remember of seeing one General Stephenson [? Edward Stevens].

And I the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion after the in Vestigation [investigation] of the mater [matter] & after puting [putting] the Interrogation prescribed by the war department that the name applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states & do further certify there Samuel Gooch & Wiles Rogers who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of said county of Granville are creditable persons & that there statements is intill [entitled] to all credit Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
E. Hester JP

State of North Carolina} 
Granville County}


I Stephen K Sneed Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Session for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elijah Hester Esq whose name is signed to the annexed affidavit bearing date the 8th February 1833 and before whom the same appears to have been made as well as the annexed Certificate, is a Justice of the Peace for said County & State, and that the signation "E Hester" thereunto is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this the 8th day of February AD. 1833 
Steph Sneed Clk [Clerk]
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22698
John Philips 
N C. 


Rejected 
let [letter] S.K.  Sneed 
Clk [Clerk] Court Granville 
Co N C May 13 1833
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

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 these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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 John Philips N. Carolina

[column headings: Period when the service rendered: Duration of the claimant’s service. Year Month Day: Rank of the claimant's: Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Battles in which the applicant was engaged: Country through which he marched: Place of abode when he entered the service, and age a the present period: Evidence by which the declaration is supported.]  

Drafted 3 times One 1 month 12 days / private / Cp [Captain] Lee / Col. Burrell / 75 born in Nodaway Coy Va [County, Virginia] / entered the service Mecklenburg Coy [County] Virginia / [marched] Petersburg [Illegible] crossed the Roanoke then N. C. to Guilford

One other tour 1 month 12 days / Cp [Captain] Blanton / Col forgotten

One 3 [months] – some days [Captain] Lucoues [Lucas] / [Colonel Robert] Mumphried / Battle at Guilford / now lives in Granville Coy N. C. [County, North Carolina]

524

Certificate of

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 this Department, all persons, claiming 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 his oath make the following declaration, in 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 served 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 an 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. 
[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 revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               of the Court of              do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 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 the 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              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be               years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day 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 Revolutionary 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 the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 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, this     day of     &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services 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 bis 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 Soldier.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 he 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 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 trans nit 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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 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 in 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 in 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 signatures 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 to [illegible] 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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Own 

Rev. War Section. 

September 27, 1923. 

Mrs. J. W. Payne, 
Monticello, Ga. 

Madam; 

I have to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 8954, it appears that John Phillips or Philips, while residing in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, enlisted and served as a private in the War of the Revolution, six weeks in Captain Lee's company, Colonel Burrell's regiment of Virginia troops. He served another tour of six weeks in Captain Blanton's company and in 1781 served three months under Captain William Lucoues [Lucas] and Colonel Robert Mumphried, and was in the battle of Guilford. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1833, while a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, aged seventy five or seventy six years. 

In 1834, soldier's wife and three daughters were
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referred to, no names stated. There is no further family data on file. 

From the papers in the pension claim, R. 20510 it appears that Thomas Gray served as a private in Captain Tull's company, Colonel Moultrie's South Carolina regiment, War of the Revolution, and was captured at the siege of Charleston and paroled as prisoner of war, 

He applied for pension July 24, 1828, while living in Wilkinson County, Georgia, but his claim was not allowed, as the Act of Congress of May 15, 1828, under which he applied, required that service should be as an officer and rendered until the close of the Revolution. 

There is no data on file as to his family, 

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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[left side of page] 1915, Jan. 4 History to O. M. Hooker F.w
1923 Sept. 27 Hist [History] to Mrs. J. W. Payne See letter in Thomas Gray R.20510 Aws

[right side of page] 8954
Rev War INVALID

File No. 8954
John Philips *
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 295

[Arrangement of 1870.]
* John Phillips Records corrected Nov. 22/04 SS
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Pension Office 
Fayetteville May 3d [3rd] 1838

James L. Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

Please sanction the payment made to James Carter Act of 1832 voucher herewith enclosed.

The Attorney in the case of [? Comely Annuity], and John Phillips prove him also making claims, that as the papers are presented to the Agent for pensions to the expiration of the eight months, they should not be affected by the act of the 6th April - If he is [Illegible] you will please authorize the payment to be made, and return them to me here-.

I shall send for and in a few days the Statement required by the Comptrollers of the Treasury, [Illegible] all persons of all Class, who have eight months pay due them: in the mean time I beg to inquire, if these enclosed [Illegible several words], and to State from the Rolls of this office; or shall I [Illegible] to pay them as [Illegible several words]
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to the amount reported to be due there at the Treasury of the UStates [United States] -- I have no doubt there will many long, in which the amount they due will be abundant, provided subsequent payments and directed to be made here- 
I am very respectfully 
Your Obt Svt [obedient Servant]

Jhn Huske
Agent
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
September 17th, 1838

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,” John Philips
a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and    Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th September 1837.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner Of Pensions,
Present.
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Department of War 
Pension Office
May 13, 1833 

Sir,
The declaration of John Suite has been examined and rejected, upon the ground that post riders are not embraced in the act of June 7th 1832. 

His other tour of duty having only been five months, falls short of the period for which pensions are granted by the above recited Acts. 

The claim of John Phillips has also been rejected having served as appears by his declaration two tours of duty of six weeks each, and a tour of three months making in all five months and twenty four days. 

The claim of Robert Lander for similar reasons been also rejected his amount of service, after striking out that claimed as waggon [Wagon] Master, which is not called military service and consequently disallowed falling short of six months.

I am Respectfully
Your Obt. [Obedient] Servant 
J L Edwards

Stephen K. Sneed Esq.
Clk [Clerk] Co Greenville Co. N. C.
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Admit as private 
6 mo [months] $20



Hon [Honorable]
M Hawkins
H R [House of Representatives]
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[circular stamp upside down PENSION D DEC 30 1914 OFFICE]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[written sideways] Rev Sec [Revolutionary Section]

Aurora, N. C., Dec. 28, 1914.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. 
Washington, 

Gentlemen: -

Please send me a statement of the military history of John Phillips of Granville Co., N.C. who was on the pension list in 1840 aged 85 years. 

Yours truly, 
O. M. Hooker
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

In reply to your request of         , received          for a statement of the military history of John Phillips a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

S.8954
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. / LENGTH OF SERVICE. / RANK. / OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. / STATE.]
1.  6 wks [weeks] Pri Captain Lee Colonel Burrell Va
2.  6 “ [weeks] Captain Blanton
3.  3 mos [months] Captain Wm. Lucouss Colonel Robt Mumphried

Battles engaged in, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburg Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 8, 1833. His cl. was al. [claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Granville Co. N. C.
Age at date of application, 75 or 76 years
Remarks: His wife and three daughters were referred to in 1834, no names stated.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner

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