Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,886, for Jesse Miles, South Carolina
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Born in N.C. Miles, Jesse NUMBER 21,886
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16.947 South Carolina Jesse Miles of Marlboro in the State of S. Car. who was a pri in the __ commanded by Captain ___ of the Reg't commanded by  Col . Axam in the So. Car. line for 15 months. Inscribed onthe Roll of So. Carolina at the rate of 50 Dollars __ Cents per annum , to commence onthe 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Oct 33  and sent to C.W. Dudley  Marlboro Arrears tot he 4th of Sept. 1833 $ 125 Semi-anl. allowance ending  4 Mar '34 $ 25 ( total  $ 150 ) { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 } Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk Book E. Vol. 6 Page 74
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23771 Jesse Miles Marlborough District South Carolina Admd as a private 15 mo $ 50 Amended  Rep W. Edwards Admitted GWE C. W. Dudley Marlborough  C. H. S.C.  ( margin vertical note ) ( & afflicted with the palsy  as the applicant is )
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183



Sir.

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
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A Statement, showing the service of Jesse Miles, Marlborough
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Period when the service was rendered.
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Drafted
1780
X

Subscribled

Volunteer

Volunteer

Duration of the claimant's service.
_____________________________
Years.
3

Months.

Days.

 
Rank of the claimant.
____________________
 private

cavalry

do

private 

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
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Col. Benj Axom

Capt James Love
Gen Harrington

Capt. Pipkin
Maj Moulton

Maj Hicks
Col  James Kinnion

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
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71
Duplin
County
S. C.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
_______________________________
tradition

Witness proves applicant
was in the battle at
Rockfish Creek


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

X  From 1780 to the battle
at Rock fish creek, could not
be three years.


You should make some allowances for
the memory of a man seventy one years old
& afflicted with the palsy as the applicant is
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                                                      REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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.                                           A. B.
        (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                                                     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 name 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 the 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 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 days 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. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all material facts, which can be used 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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South Carolina
Marlborough District
In the Court of Common Pleas
Before his Honor Judge
On the first Monday in October AD 1833 appeared before me Jesse miles, who made the following affidavit as an amendment to his declaration for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. viz that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods
mentioned below, under the officers & at the times & places there stated
1. In the year 1780 a short time before Gates defeat at Camden, he served three months as a private in a Militia company, commanded by Capt. James Love Col. Benj Axon during this term deponent was at Camden & also stationed at Cheraw So Ca
2. In the year 1780 he volunteered under the same Capt. for three months & was
employed during this term of his engagement at Cheraw Hill S.C. Genl. Harrington being the commanding officer
3. In the year 1781. He served three months as a volunteer in the militia service  Capt. James Love & was employed during this term of his engagement at & about
4. Wilmington N. Ca. He then volunteered under Capt .Jesse Ward and served as a
private in the militia three months. During this term he was in the Battle at Rockfish Creek N. C. Major B Hicks & Col. Kinnion appeared to be commanding Officers
5. At the time Gen Rutherford drove Craig from Wilmington N. Ca. deponent served
three months in a horse company commanded by Capt. Asa Pipkin, at Lockard's Folly Inlet No Ca.- Major John Moulton commanding
Making an aggregate of fifteen months actual service as a private in the  Revolutionary War And the said Jesse Miles on oath further says that for the periods already mentioned he served with an embodied corps called into service as he
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believes by competent authority , that he was either in the field or in garrison & during the whole the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. Sworn to & subscribed  the day & year aforesaid . Jesse Miles ( his mark ) We Nichol __ a clergyman  & James C. Thomas, the former being a clergyman  & both residing in the  District of Marlborough  do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Miles who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood  where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, *  that we concur in that opinion. Sworn  & subscribed the day & year aforesaid .
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I, James C. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of  Marlborough  & State of So. Ca. do hereby certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings  & amendments in the matter of the application of Jesse Miles for a Pension - executed in open Court  before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24th day of Sept.  A.D. 1833 . I do also certify that Rev. Bristow is a  Justice of the Quorum for the  district & State  aforesaid & that his official acts are entitled to credit. Also that the affidavits of E.L. Henegan  & C W Dudley below written are a part of the proceedings. James C. Thomas ( signed / sealed ) CCCPs A.R. Brown Depty CCCP ( signed ) [ Marlborough District So. Ca. ]  E.L. Henegan  appeared before me & made oath that the within named applicant  Jesse Miles died on the 31st day of August A.D. 1832. Sworn to & subscribed this 24th day of Sept. 1833 . R, Bristow ( signed ) UQ  C W Dudley of the same State and District above mentioned appeared before me & swore that on or about the 15 Jan. last he called upon the within named applicant Jesse Miles to amend his declaration in  pursuance of instructions from the War Department. That the unsigned amendment on the first page contains the matters to which the said  Miles expressed a willingness to depose to complete the amendment required. That those facts were not sworn to on that day because he was advised by the said Dudley to defer it until the Session of the Court of Common Pleas  that he might have a clergyman's certificate to accompany  his Declaration  ( amended )  in as much as such certificate was wanting to the original  that said Dudley informed said Miles that , although the absence of said certificate from the original  was not mad a ground of objections by the Department , but possibly it may have been overlooked & would be objected to the amendment . Therefore, to  provide against all mishaps he the said Miles should swear to his amendment in open Court  on the 1st Monday in Oct.  & the clergyman should make his certificate there also. That the said Miles acted accordingly  to the advice & intended signing his name at the time above mentioned but has been prevented from doing so by his death & that  the periods , length of his service etc.  was taken down from the mouth of the  same Miles by the same Dudley. Sworn before me 24th day of Sept. 1833. R. Bristow ( signed ) UQ  C W Dudley ( signed ) ( margin notes - vertical ) Marlborough Dist. So. Ca. I do hereby certify that E.L. Henegan & C W Dudley are credible witnesses. Sept 24th 1833 R. Bristow ( signed ) UQ.  I also certify that I am acquainted with Benj. Miles a witness on orginal declaration  & that he also is a credible witness . Sept. 24th 1833 R. Bristow ( signed ) UQ
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Declaration of Jesse Miles 23,776
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. [ State of South Carolina Marlborough  District ] Court of Common Pleas  Fall term 1832. On this the 1st day of Oct. A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Jesse Miles a resident of the State & District aforesaid aged seventy one 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  of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 . That he entered the  service of the United states under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He entered the service in the year 1780 about three months before Gate's defeat ( as well as he can recollect ) . He was drafted by Capt. James Love & was  living in Duplin County  NO . Ca. at the time. The Reg't  was commanded by 1 Col. Benjamin Axom  who was under the orders of Genl. Rich'd Caswell. He served all together upwards of three years. He was at the battles  fought by Gates near Camden  So. Ca. ; he was not in the line, but was stationed with some others to guard the baggage wagons. After Gate's defeat, he went on to Duplin County  No. Ca.  where he remined three months. Genl. Harrington being the commanding officer  he then went back to Duplin County  No. Ca. and  from thence to Wilmington in the same State where he stayed about three months. At this place, the Capt. of his company, ( James Love ) was killed by some of the British soldiers who came upon him in a house where he was intoxicated. He then returned to Duplin County  & volunteered in a light horse company raised by Asa Pipkin , Major John Moulton  commanding & marched down to Lockard's Ferry  an inlet in the Wacamaw River in  Brunswick County No. Ca.  where he lay three weeks . Genl's. Rutherford & Lennington  having marched into Wilmington  sent us orders  to go on there , where we went . He was
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stationed just above the town  about two weeks, when his company was disbanded & he returned to Duplin County again . He stayed there  but a few weeks  when he volunteered in the foot service under Capt. Jesse  Ward & marched  down to Rockfish Creek three miles from Washington, Hanover County  NO. Ca.  where other companies were stationed. Major Benjamin Hicks & Col. James Kinnion  were the commanding officers. At that place the  Americans were attacked by the British under the command of  Major Craig who had been left in Wilmington by Cornwallis . The Americans were defeated & he went back to Duplin County  where his company was disbanded . He rec'd his discharge from Genl. Kinnion & has lost it.  His age was recorded in a family Bible  which was burned together with the house in which it was  kept. He was born in  Dobbs County No. Ca.  & has  lived since the Revolution  twelve years in Moon County No. Ca.  & thirty years in Marion & Marlborough  in the latter of which he now lives. The infirmities of age have weakened his recollections of transactions  so long past & the account what he can give  of them at this day must necessarily be imperfect. He recollects however of seeing Baron  De Kalb , Capt. Joseph Rhodes, Capt. Hall , Lieut. Curtis Ivey & Capt. Joshua Hadley. He has no documentary evidence of his services, but that  Benjamin Miles is living at this time , who, having served part of the time with him can testify to his services. 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 . Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid . Jesse Miles ( his mark ) B J Earle ( signed ) Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas  & Sessions in open Court  at Marlborough C H in the  State & Dis. aforesaid. Benjamin Miles swears that he was at the battle fought by the Americans  & British at Rockfish Creek, Hanover County No. Ca. , that Jesse Miles fought there as he has stated & that he believes his Declaration of his services to be substantially correct. Sworn to Oct. 1st 1832 . Benj. Miles ( his mark X ) B J Earle ( signed ) Presiding Judge as aforesaid in open Court.
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We Robert B Campbell and James C. Thomas residing in the District of Marlborough & State of South Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Miles  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to  have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to  7 subscribed the day & year aforesaid . Robert B Campbell ( signed ) James C Thomas ( signed ) B J Earle ( signed ) Presiding Judge in open Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department , that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he  states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Robt. B Campbell  & James C Thomas who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit . B J Earle ( signed ) Presiding Judge in open Court. I, James C Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of Marlborough  & State of South Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Miles for a Pension. In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand  & seal of office this 1st day of Oct. 1832. James C. Thomas ( signed / sealed ) test . A. R. Brown ( signed ) Depty  CCCP  This deponent amends his declaration by stating that he is known to Col.'s Robt. B & John Campbell, Col. Benj. Rogers, Dr. Hennigan, George Hodges & many other gentlemen of respectability who can testify as to his  character for veracity  & their belief of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier.
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Restoration 21886 INVALID File No. 21,886 Jesse Miles Pri Rev War Act : June 7th 39 " Index: - Vol. 2, Page 275 [ Arrangement of 1870.]