Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 86, Isaac Alexander, Md Or Nc Or S.C.
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SERVICE
Md or 
Nl or
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Alexander, Isaac

NUMBER
R. 86
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Elburton
January 22nd

To the Honorable Wiley Empson
City of Washington
District of Columbia
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Ellerton 16th Jany. 1824

Dear Gen.l - I have nothing to say. enclosed in my claim +c
Respectfully Yours
B. Houston

P.S. my new Stable was set on fire - no material injury done - the Jail is burnt up +c +c +c
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Raleigh, February 10th, 1824

Sir,

I have carefully examined the muster roll of the North Carolina Continental Line during the Revolutionary War for the name of Isaac Alexander, and do not find it listed therein. Based on his declaration, I am of the opinion that the service for which he claims a pension—if performed at all—was likely not within the North Carolina line.

I find no record of a Captain Thomas Alexander in the Continental Line of this state. Additionally, William Polk was not a Colonel in the North Carolina Line during the war. He served as a Major of the 9th Regiment, and I have recently heard him state that he served in the South Carolina Line during both the early and later parts of the war, though he did not mention his rank in that line.

Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Gill

To:
L. Edwards, Esq.
Chief Clerk, Pension Office
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War Department, Pension Office
February 14th, 1824

T. Karney, Esq.
Auditor of Maryland
Annapolis, Md.

Sir:

Enclosed herewith is the declaration of Isaac Alexander. He states that he first served in the North Carolina Line, and was afterwards transferred to the Maryland Line. I think this claim extremely doubtful, as his name is not found on the Carolina rolls.

However, in order to satisfy the gentleman who presented the claim at this office, I have thought it proper to write to you regarding the matter. I respectfully request that you search your rolls for Alexander’s name. If you do not find it, I would appreciate your opinion in a reply letter.

An early attention to this request will greatly oblige,

Yours, etc.,
J. L. E.
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Auditors office
Annapolis 8th March 1824
Sir,
You state in your favour of the 20t ultimo that you wrote me some time ago - Respecting Several claims presented at your office from persons who served in the Maryland Line. I have no recollection of having received any communication from you to which I have not attended. You will please forward to me a List of the names of the applicants alluded to and I will immediately attend to their cases. Enclosed you will receive Certificates of the service of John Lynch and Jas Johnson, and this is the only Jas Johnson whoes name appears. The name of Isaac  Alexander does not appear on the Rolls remaining in my office.
I am respectfully your ob.t Servant
Thos. Karney Aud.r

J L Edwards, Esq.
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Care of Isaac Alexander of Georgia - revo.
Suspended Declaration let to Hon W. Thompson [11 March 1824: see letter of that date to W T. - Proof of service invented. - struck through]
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COPY

War Dept. Pension Office
March 11, 1824

Hon. Wiley Thompson
H.R.

Sir:

The declaration of Isaac Alexander as been just received from the Auditor of Maryland. As the claimants name does not appear either on the rolls of the North Carolina or Maryland line of continental troops, before his claim can be allowed, he must prove his service, either by the testimony of an officer under whom he served, or that of two other credible witnesses, certified to be such by the magistrate who may administer the oaths to them, and the official character must be certified by the County Clerk, under his seal of office. The declaration is herewith returned.

I am , etc. J.L.E
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1934 - June 8 - Hist. to major T Otis Baker, J. M. Corps War Dept. Letter in case of James Riley s 9061 - ERS
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___________Ex'r  INVALD.
No. 86
[Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1878 - struck through]
REJECTED
Isaac Alexander
P.O.____________
Service: __________________
Enlisted: _________, 18
Discharged: __________, 18
Application filed: _____________, 18
Alleges; ____________
Re-enlisted: ________________
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June 7, 1934
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BA-J/EEL
James Riley-S.9061
Isaac Alexander-R.86

T. Otis Baker,
Major Q. M. Corps
War Department
Washington, D.C>

Attention: QM 0095-A-M
Copeland, Mrs. Edna Arnold

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which your request the Revolutionary War records of Isaac Alexander, William Alexander, Peter Oliver, John Wansley, William Cunningham, William Hailey, James Riley and William White, Senior, who received land grants in Wilkes (now Elbert) County, Georgia, for service during the Revolutionary War.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon the service of William Alexander, Peter Oliver, William Cunningham or William White, who enlisted or who applied for pension or bounty land while residing in Wilkes or Elbert County, Georgia, of of William Hailey and Peter Wansley. The land which it is stated was received by those soldiers was possibly granted by the state of Georgia and not by the United States. The records of James Riley and Isaac Alexander have been found and their histories are furnished herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon the military service of those soldiers in that war.
James Riley
S.9061 AN7.

James Riley was born in 1758 or 1759 in Amherst County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.. While residing in Amherst County, Virginia, James Riley enlisted in 1777 or 1778 and served three months in the Virginia Troop, no officers stated: he enlisted in the same year and served three months in Colonel Francis Taylor's Virginia Regiment: while residing in
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Camden District, South Carolina, he enlisted in March, 1780, and served under Captains Miller and Burnett, Colonels Bratton and Sumter in the South Carolina Troops: he was in the battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock and Black Stocks and served until the close of the war. James Riley was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Elbert County, Georgia. In 1843, he was living in Mississippi to be near his child, whose name is not stated. There are no further family data.

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Isaac Alexander
R.86-M M H F.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Isaac Alexander, of Georgia, made an application for pension under the Act of March 18, 1818. The claim was submitted from Elberton, January 16, 1824. It is shown that Isaac Alexander stated that he served first in the North Carolina line and was later transferred to the Maryland line, and cited Captain Thomas Alexander and Colonel William Polk as his officer. The Act of March 18,1818, required that continuous service of nine months be rendered in the Continental Line. Isaac Alexander failed to furnish proof of his alleged service and his claim was not allowed. The papers in his claim for pension were returned to Honorable Wiley Thompson, House of Representatives, through whom the claim was presented. This office has no further information in regard to this soldier either personal or military, because of the return of his papers.
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Very truly yours

A. D.  HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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