Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8446, for John Prescott, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
[star stamp]
Prescott, John
NUMBER
R. 8446
CONTENTS
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REJECTED
8446
P.O.
John Prescott
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract.

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1933 - July 27 - Hist. to Mrs Thos. O. Heywood
Letter in case Benj. Prescot. R. 8445 - EES
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Capt. John Prescott for Pension
20,156
John Prescott,
Louisa.

Rejected - See letter 11 Dec. 1826.

8446

Hon. Mr. Gurley H. R
Recd. Dec. 9. 1826
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Before me Charles Tessier Judge of the Parish of E. Baton Rouge State of Louisiana - It being a court of record personally came and appeared John Prescott, who being sworn according to law saith that he served as a Captain during the whole of the war of the revolution first as a volunteer & the last three years in the 3rd the regiment of horse in the South Carolina line, commanded by Col. Philemon Waters, that he entered the service with the first troops raised in that state & was honorably discharged some time in October 1781 by Col. Waters, and that his discharge is lost and that he has never received any pension from the United States and does hereby relinquish every claim allowed him by the laws of the United States previous to the Act of the 18th of March 1818 entitled an act "To provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war." This affiant further saith that he has no property or estate of any description except wearing apparel - And I John Prescott do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminished it - as to being myself within the provisions of an "Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income - having no estate or property to include in a schedule. And I do further swear that I am by old age and bodily infirmity unable to obtain a living and am now dependent for support upon the charity of the public.
The foregoing declaration was subscribed & sworn to by Captain John Prescott before me this 11th day of July 1826 in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court
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at Baton Range State of Louisiana the day and year above mentioned.
John Prescott his mark X
Sworn to before me
Ch. Tessier
P.J.
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COPY
War Department
Pension Office
Dec. 11th 1826.

Hon. Mr. Gurley
House of Representatives

Sir:
The claim of John Prescott to a pension, whose declaration you deposited in this office, has been examined and rejected. He stated that he served in a regiment commanded by Colonel Waters, of the South Carolina line. No Colonel of that name belonged to that line of Continental troops; and the law of the 18th of March 1818, under which the claim is exhibited, provides for those only who served on the Continental establishment. The declaration will remain on our files, agreeably to the regulations of the Department. The affidavit also deposited by you in the case of John Bryan is herewith returned. In order to obtain a pension on account of revolutionary service, he must comply with the printed instructions herewith enclosed, before any decision can be had in his case.
J. L. E.
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July 27, 1933

BA-J/EEL
Benjamin Precot R.8445
John Prescott-R.8446

Mrs. Thomas O. Heywood
129 E. 15th Street
Hutchinson, Kansas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of any soldier with surname Prescott, of South Carolina.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
The record of only one soldier with that surname has been found who served in the South Carolina Troops and one has been found who applied for pension while residing in that state. Their records are given herein as found in the pension claims based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Prescot
R.8445
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8445, based upon the military service of Benjamin Prescot in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Benjamin Prescot are not shown in the papers in the pension claim. In 1820, he was referred to as Benjamin Prescot, Senior.
On March 17, 1820, while residing at Upper Salem, Sumter County, South Carolina, and aged sixty-eight years, Benjamin Prescot applied for pension on account of his service in the War of the Revolution and alleged that while residing in Dobb County, North Carolina, he enlisted in January, 1780, served in Captain Benjamin Colman's Company, Colonel
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Hogun's North Carolina Regiment; that he was at the siege of Wilmington and was discharged July 26, 1782; his discharge signed Benj. Colman "The Capt. of the Continental Line". He also alleged that he was in the battles of Moore's Creek and Trent Bridge, but gave no further particulars of this service.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to Benjamin Prescot's family.

John Prescott
R. 8446
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8446, based upon the military service of John Prescott in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Prescott are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
On July 11, 1826, John Prescott made application for pension in the Parish of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and alleged that he entered the service in the Revolutionary War "with the first troops raised" in the state of South Carolina; that he served as a captain in Colonel Philemon Waters' South Carolina Regiment of Horse and left the service in October, 1781.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data in regard to soldier's family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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