Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8468, for Jesse Price, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Price,
Jesse

NUMBER
R. 8468

CONTENTS
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34.051
Jesse Price
Tennessee
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to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion

John [illegible] Muse
Melek Brame
[illegible]

And the said Court do hereby
declare, their opinion, after the investiga
tion of the matter and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War
Department, that the above named ap
= plicant was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states. And the
Court further certifies, that appears to
them, that John T Muse and M 
Brame who have signed the preceding
certificate are clergymen resident
an the County of Bedford and
State of Tennessee and are cred
=ible persons, and that Isaiah King
resids in the same, and is entitled
to credit

S Anderson
Judge presiding

I John T. Neil Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Bedford
County, do hereby certify, that the fore
going contains the original
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proceedings of the said Court in the making
of the application of Jesse Price, for a
pension. 

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of
office at office this 27th day
of February in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty seven, and
of the Independence of United
States the sixty first

John T. Neil clerk

SEAL
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State of Tennessee
Bedford County.  s.s.
On this 5th day of December
A.D. 1836, personally appeared in open
Court, before the Hon Samuel Anderson
Judge of the circuit Court
Court of Bedford County, how sitting
Jesse Price a resident of this state in
County of Bedford and State of Tennessee
aged about seventy seven years, who
being first 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
in the revolutionary war under William
Fare, as a drafted militiaman, Union 
District South  Carolina, some time
in September or October, he believes from
circumstances, in the year 1781, but will
not be positive as to the year, for a tour
of two months he recollects no officers 
Col[illegible] and Capt [illegible] and [illegible] __  That during
this tour his services were on the   Con
= garee River, to keep the Tories from
committing depredations on the lives and
property of the Whigs that at this time and previously as
well as he can recollect, all the regular offic
=ers in the South had been under General Green after
[illegible] against Lord [illegible]-- that while
he was in the service during this tour Lord
Cornwallis was taken as well as he recollects
some where in Virginia [illegible]
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he end of said two months, relieved by other
militia whose duty it was to continue the 
same kind of protection to the citizens on
Congaree, against the Tories who as yet were
not subdued.

That after his return home he
was again drafted, during the latter part 
of the enduing winter for a second tour
of two months._ That at the time of said
second draft he still lived in Union
District South Carolina; that said
signed and was under the same
Col. as the first but that no other officers
are recollected, That this tour of duty was
consumed  in guarding Orangeburg jail
that contained prisoners  who had been
taken by the Americans, but does not
recollect at what place they were capture
That after this tour expired he was dis
banded, and that in the discharge of
both companies to which he belonged in the
two tours, never received written discharges
that as he before stated there were at this time
no regulars or continentals in that part of South
[illegible] having yet returned from the Capture
of Lord Cornwallis. That he now does
not know of any person by whom he
can prove said services. for documentary evidence

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
or Territory in the United States.

Question. By the Court, where and in what year
were you born?
Answer I now do not recollect, the record
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of the family being but if the ever had any
" 2
Have you any record of your age
and if so where is it?
answer 
I have none nor do I know of any
3
Where were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since the revolu
tionary war and where do you now live?
Answer
He lived in Union District South 
Carolina, at the time he entered the
service, shortly after the war he moved to
York District South Carolina, some
time after several years  he moved to [illegible]
creek which he believes is in Smith
County Ten,  afterwards to Wilson County
Ten, [illegible] afterwards in moved to
Williamson County Ten where he resided
for some three or four years, thence he
moved to this (Bedford) County where
he has ever since resided being perhaps
little upwards of twenty years 
4
How were you called into service; were
you drafted, did you volunteer, or were
you a substitute? And if a substitute
for whom

Answer.
 I was drafted in both instances
5th State the names of some of the Reg
=or officers who were with the troops where
you served; such Continental and mili
=tia regiments as you can recollect and the
general circumstances of your service

Answer. 
I now do not recollect, as above stated
that there were any regular troops or
officers with as or continental Regiment
.and was Militia so far as recollected
except the Regiment to which I belong
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and that was commanded by Col. Wm Fare, [illegible]
circumstances of my service so far as recollected
or detailed above.
6
Did you ever receive a discharge from the
service and if so by whom was it given
and what has become of it?

Answer. 
I never received any discharge, nor
do I know that any who belonged
to the same company with me ever did

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State the names of persons to whom 
you are known in your present neigh
borhood, and who can testify as to your 
character for veracity and their belief of your
services as a soldier of the Revolution

ans. 
I am known by, John T. Muse
and M. Brame Clergymen.
Thomas Coffie Esq. and Isaiah King

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
his
Jesse  O  Price
Mark


We John T. Muse. &  M. Brame clergyman 
and Isaiah King a citizen, all residing
in the County of Bedford and state of
of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well
the first [illegible]
acquainted with Jesse Price who has
subscribed and sworn to the above dec
laration; that we believe him to be about 
seventy seven; that he is reputed and belie
=ed, in the neighborhood where he resides
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8468

P.O.

John Robuck

Service:

REJECTED

Enlisted:                   , 18
Discharged:             , 18
Application filed:     , 18

Alleges:     
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O. _
_____Recognized.   _____Contract.
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Jesse Price
Tennessee
Rejected
See letter [illegible] Neil
clk 24 March 37
Served only four  month
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