Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,892, for Joseph Morrow, South Carolina
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S.C.
Morrow, Joseph
S. 21892
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16, 238
South Carolina
Joseph Morrow
of Chester in the state of South Car
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Walker of the regiment commanded 
by Col. Simmons of the South Car
line for 11 months and 21 days

Inscribed on the roll of South Car. at the rate of 39 dollars and 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of July '33 and sent applicant Chesterville, S C
Arrears to the 4th of March '33   $78.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept '33  $19.50
$97.50
Revolutionary claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm Miller, Clerk
Book E, Vol 6,, Page 74
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23766
Joseph Morrow
Chester District
South Carolina

Rev
Admit as [illegible]
11 mo and 21  $39.00
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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.  These 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Morrow Chester District

Period when the service was rendered / Duration of the claimant's service.
Years / Months / Days / Rank of the claimant / Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served / Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service / Proof by which the declaration is supported

Volunteer 2 months private - Capt P Walker - 72 
6 months private Sol Simmons, Gen Lincoln - Chester S Carolina - tradition
Drafted 3 or 4 weeks Wm Jones
Volunteer 3 or 4 m - Capt John McClure
Col Lacy & Col Winn

9.21
2
11.21

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JL EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832. 

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, 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 and who 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, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits 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 this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following delaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

DECLARATION 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of 
County of 
} ss. 
On this [blank] 
day of [blank] 
personally appeared (a) before [blank] 
A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the country of [blank] and State, Territory, or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sword, 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 State in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or country 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. [pointing finger icon indicating to the right] 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 [blank] 
Sword to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 

And the said Court to hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 

I [blank] of the court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] &c, [blank] 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sword to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sword 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 [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of 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 his personal knowledge of the service of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith , as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witnesses 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 the material facts, which can be useful 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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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled.  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."
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.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served:  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of South Carolina Chester District} Ss
On this 19th day of December 1832 Personally appeared in open court before me Peter Wylie judge of the court of ordinary of said district now sitting Joseph Morrow a resident of state & district aforesaid aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated Volunteered under Capt Philip Walker Lieut Alexander Campbell marched to 96 and took prisoners from there to Charleston cannot tell how ling in service at this time there drafted for three months under Cap Philip Walker Lieut Alexander Campbell marched to Black Swamp and joined Genl Lincolns Army Col Simmons [crossed out to black swamp] and from there to past Inlifina Bridge where they skirmished with the British and from thence to Charleston the time drafted for three months but remarried from the first of march till September Say six months Drafted again for three months under Wm Jones Capt Hugh MClure Lieut marched to go to Charleston met the army on its retreat from Charleston after it was captured by the British served this time three or four weeks. The country become so over-run with the British and Tories So that all the whigs were obliged to be in the army for their own safty and the safty of their countro he then volunteered in capt John MClures company John Steet Lieut Joined Sumters army under Col Lacy & Col Wm continued with Sumters army in this state and North Carolina was at the defeat and with Rout of Capt Hush at Williamsons where Husk was killed and many others continued with Sumter till the Battle of Hanging Rock where he had is arm smattered by a bull by reason of which he had near lost his arm and still remains a trifle this wound but an end to his services being peace made by the time his arm healed which was about two years this last tour lasted or he continued in the army from mary till august three or four months he further saith that he was at the skirmish at Mobleys Meeting house & the battle at Rocky Mounty these last places he says he forgot to put them in there places and to but I was born as I have been told in the Kingdom of Ireland county of Antrim in the year 1760
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Ans 2 I have no record of my age    2
Ans 3 I was living in the state of South Carolina there Craven County now Chester District when called into service and has lived in the same place ever since & live there now.
Ans 4  I was sometimes volunteered & sometimes drafted
Ans 5 I was with Genl Lincoln Genl Sumter Col Simmons, Col Lacy Col Winn Col Bratton Col Neal, the circumstances are set forth in the former parts of the declaration
Ans 6 I never received a discharge but enprnped
Ans 7 I am well acquainted with Col George Gill John M Creary (a sate member of Congress) Capt John Douglass John Roplorugh Clerk of the court John McKee James Mc Caw James Harlison Capt Revd Samul M Guery Revd John B Davis 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the state pension he has received from the state of South Carolina on account of his wound
Sworn to & signed date above in open court } Joseph his x mark Morrow
Peter Wylie JCC CK
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State of South Carolina Chester District} Personally appeared in open court before me Peter Wylie judge of the court of ordinary said district David Morrow & Francis Wylie who upon being duly sworn made oath and saith that they were well and are well acquainted with Joseph Morrow who has made the written declaration and believes him to be seventy two years of age further saith they knew him in a great deal of service in the Revolution and that his declaration the fully believe to be just & true
sworn to & signed in open court this 19th day of Decr 1832
Peter Wylie JCOCSC David Morrow
Frances his F mark Wylie
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant Joseph Morrow was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Peter Wylie JGOGSC
I Peter Wylie clerk of the court of ordinary of Chester District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Morrow for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of December 1832
Peter Wylie CCOCSC
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State of South Carolina Chester District} Personally appeared before me Peter Wylie Judge of the court of ordinary for said district Joseph Morrow 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 

he served not less in the first tour under Capt Philip Walker & took prisoners from 96 to Charleston then two months next tour under capt P Walker where joined Lincoln army not less than six months next tour under capt William Jones when marched to 96 Charleston
where met the retreating army after fall of Charleston not less than three weeks next or fourth tour under capt John M Clure where he joined genl Sumpters army and with Col Lasy & Col Winn not less than three months before wound and further saith that when he was wounded he retreated with the army to North Carolina and by the time he quit the hospital it was at least eighteen months & for said services believes a pension refers to history see circumstances history United States page 159 & c
sworn to & signed this 6th day of June 1833
Joseph his S mark Morrow
Peter Wylie JCOCSC 
PS I discover that I have spelled Genl Sumpter wrong & called him Sumter Peter Wylie
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J Morrow
Direct the will
Chester District
South Carolina Chesterville PO
State of South Carolina 
Chester District} I Peter Wylie Judge & clerk of the court of ordinary for Chester district do hereby certify that the above affidavit was made before me in open court & further that I am personally acquainted with the deponent Joseph Morrow & has been from my sufancy & that he is well known as a soldier of the revolution & of good moral character & also David Morrow & Francis Wylie who were qualified in his behalf is of same charater 
Given under my hand & 
this 6th day of June 1833
Peter Wylie J&CCOB SC