Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Illegible], for Robert Roberts, South Carolina
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S.C.  Roberts, Robert S.9468
Born in S.C
CONTENTS
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5422 South Carolina
Robert Roberts of Sumpter Dist in the State of S. Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [John] Armstrong of the Regt commanded by Gen [Francis] Marion in the Militia of South Carolina for 19 months from 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Smith Carolina at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Feby 1833 and sent Hon. Jas. Blair HR
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 95.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 31.00 dist 126.66 
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Henry H Slaughter Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 Page 96

Let Agt Augt 10 '35 Sumpter
  "   "   "   " 25
   "   "  " Sept. 12, 1835
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9468 Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 9468
Robert Roberts
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 321
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Aug  1780.
March 1782

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Robert Roberts
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(I see no difficulty in
this case that I can
not remove /
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Hon. J. Blair
H R
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BRIEF  1-10 objections  to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  Robert Roberts                                                                                          which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V.* Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes


XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  


XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 


XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No (I Can)


Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes


XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   yes


XVll. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  2  5.  6.  7
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                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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.
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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. 

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on 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 claimants 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 signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  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.
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Mr. Robt Roberts
Declaration &
of Revolutionary
Service in order to
obtain a pension.
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seems to have served
about 19 month
under Gen. Marion
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State of South Carolina Sumter District
On this 31st day of October personally appeared before me B. J. Earle one of the judges of the State aforesaid of Common Pleas the court now sitting Robert Roberts a
resident of said State and District who being duly sworn according to law in open court doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -- That he entered the service as a volunteer under Captain John Armstrong of South Carolina then called Camden District but now part in Sumter & Kershaw on Black
River now middle Salem he says he entered about 2 or 3 weeks before Gates defeat above Camden which was the last of July or first of August 1780, and afterwards joined General
[Francis] Marion in Snows Island on the Pedee [River] where Armstrong and Captain John Nelson's [Neilson]
Company were put in one company and Nelson had the command our Field Officers were Colonel Richard Richardson [Junior] and Major John Gambell [Gamble] and Edward Richardson Adjutant and the State being divided between Generals [Thomas] Sumter and Marion I
understood that General Marion's route was from Camden across the Country or State down to Charles Town which was the part of State the [that] he marched through the scouting and combating the British & Tories which was the General usual way of fighting the enemy and that
he continued in the service without any intermission until March or April 1782 until the British was pretty well housed in Charles Town he says he never was in any General battle but
was in several combats with Marion to keep the enemy from crossing Santee River and in other parts of our route through the State. He further saith that he was born in State & district aforesaid on the 19th of March 1762 and that he has resided there ever since and is still residing
within a few miles of the place where he was born -- and further saith that does hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on any pension Roll of the Agency of
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any State.
S/ Robt. Roberts
s/ BJ Earle presiding Judge of the court of common pleas sessions in open court at Sumter court house.

We, John Harrington, a clergyman, residing in State and District aforesaid & Robert Wilson residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robt Roberts who has sworn to and subscribed to the within declaration that we believe him to be within a few months of Seventy one years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion also that we are acquainted with Thomas Wilson and Samuel Huggins who have sworn to and subscribed to the above testimony in behalf of Robt Roberts and that we believe the same to be true.
s/ John Harrington, Rob Wilson
s/ BJ Earle presiding Judge in open court

We Samuel Huggins & Thomas Wilson of State and District above mentioned do certify on oath that we are well acquainted with the within named Robert Roberts and do know that he was a soldier of the revolution in General Marions Brigade and we
served with him. s/ Thos. Wilson,
Samuel Huggins
Sworn to before me the 30th Oct 1832

I know Thos Wilson to be a credible
witness-- and John Harrington is a
Presbyterian minister of high respectability, and Robt Wilson a worthy respectable citizen
s/ James Blair HR
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and the said Court do hereby certifi and 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 John Harrington
who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergiman resident in the neighborhood and Robert Wilson who has also signed the same is a resident in the same neighborhood and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
s/ B J Earle presiding Judge in open court

I Thos J Wilder Clerk of the Court of Sumter District do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Robt Roberts for a pension
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 day of October 1832-
s/ Th. Wilder CCps