Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,289, for Micajah Mobley, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
service S.C.   
Mobley, Micajah
Number R. 7289
contents
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May 13. 1846 [stamp] May 7 ----nville S.C.
Micajah Mobley, June 7. 1832 1 Oz Excy 30
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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The State of South Carolina
Union District  In the Court of Ordinary

On this the 20th day of April in the year 1846 personally appeared  Thomas Mobley of the  said State District. aged fifty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits(as one of the heirs at Law of Micajah  Mobley deceased) of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.    That the said Thomas Mobley is the only son of Micajah Mobley a Revolutionary soldier That the said Micajah Mobley departed this life^in Fairfield District^ on the 28th day of October in the year 1840 at the age of 80 years as the deceased informed this deponent some short time before his death  deponent further states that the said Micajah Mobley left at his death the following children,   heirs surviving as his heirs at Law to wit This deponent residing in Union District South Carolina. Rebecca Mobley, wife of John Meador, who resided in the District of Fairfield in the said State, but since the death of the said Micajah Mobley the said Rebecca departed this life at the age of nearly sixty years leaving six children her heirs at Law her surviving, the said Six children live one in Union District one in Chester District & the other four in Fairfield District in the said State all of whom are over the age of 21 years.The said Micajah Mobley at his
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death left him surviving Dorcas Mobley about fifty two years of age, now the wife of William Mobley residing in Fairfield  District, another daughter Jemimia  Mobley aged about forty nine 
 years of age , now the wife of William Wright residing in Gwinett County in the State of Georgia. One other daughter Susannah Mobley aged about forty six years. now the wife of William Farrow residing in Fairfield District in the State of South Carolina  One other daughter Mary Mobley who died before her father and left two children named Mary Hill and William Hill who now survive & reside in Fairfield District in the state of South Carolina both under the age of 21 years  These are all the heirs at Law which the said Micajah Mobley left at  his death to wit One son, (this deponent) & Rebecca(who died since the decease of the Ancestor) & Dorcas, Jemimia & Susannah who are still alive, and Mary the wife of Asaph Hill, who died before the ancestor leaving her children who still survive as above stated, Mary Hill and William Hill.
This deponent states that he has often heard his father micajah Mobley speak of his Revolutionary services, that he has often seen upon his fathers leg a scar of a severe wound which he said he received from a musket ball in the Battle of Eutaw Springs and that he has always heard it said in the family they heard
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his father say so too that at the same Battle he received another severe wound in the left side  has heard his father say that he was twelve months in the Army of the Revolution at one time & that he served part of the time under the immediate command of Colonel Lyles who is now dead. This deponent further states that he has often his father say how he entered into the Army of the Revolution - That he was in his field at work, that a party of Tories came suddenly upon him & took him prisoner -& then hurried him off to the Brittish Army in the neighborhood of Charleston That while a prisoner he took the small Pox & even while sick he made his escape & on his way home he met with General Hampton who gave him a piece of writing in the nature of a pass, that he might be recognized & assisted by the Whig Scouts That he reached home in safety & that about three weeks afterwards, he was drafted and entered the army
Sworn to & Subscribed before me in open Court in the Court  of ordinary for Union District this the 20th day of April 1846  J.G. Pratt judge of the court of ordinary Union Dist. So.Ca.
          Thos. Mobley
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The State of South Carolina
Union District
Personally came before me John G Pratt Judge of the Court of ordinary for the said District Henry Litson, who on being duly sworn in open court deposes and says That he was well acquainted with Micajah Mobley & his family long before his death & that having heard the within declaration of Thomas Mobley read, he knows of his own knowledge that all he has said in regard to the death of the said Micajah Mobley & in regard to his surviving children is true
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court this the 20- April 1846
J.J. Pratt judge of the court of ordny.
State of South Carolina          Henry Litson
Union District
I John J Pratt Judge of the Court of ordinary for the District aforesaid Certify that it has been satisfactorily proved before me in open Court that Micajah Mobley deceased departed this life in Fairfield District on the 28 day of October 1840, and that his heirs at Law are as stated in the within affidavit of Thomas Mobley. 
Given under my hand & seal of office this 20th day of April 1840
J.J. Pratt judge of the Court of ordny. Union District
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Union Court of ordny S. Carolina
5th May 1846
Dear Sir
You have inclosed the Evidence upon which the Children of Micajah Mobley rely to establish their claim to their fathers Pension.    I believe this is all the proof they can make
You will see that the affidavit of Jacob Stone was taken in rather a clumsy way by the Magistrate Since it was taken his debility from old age has increased so rapidly that any attempt to reexamine him, with the view to place his testimony in a more business like form would be unsuccessful- It is this therefore as the best they can produce or none.
Your decision upon the Testimony inclosed can be made to me at your convenience-  the claim is made for Six months service only.
Very Respectfully
Your obt servant
D Wallace
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BA-J/EEL
Micajah Mobley-R. 7289
Mrs. P.M.B. Self
Marks Mississippi
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the military records of Biggers Mobley, Sammel Mobley( or Moberly), of South Carolina, the name of the father of William Hill, born 1771, wife Amorel, Robert William King, born September 24, 1832, in Virginia, William Buchanan, born about 1800 in North Carolina, also record of the father of John Smith who was born October 3, 1800 in Chester South Carolina.
Data furnished by this off in regard to soldiers of the various ware are obtained from claims for pension which have been made to the United States based upon military service.There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Biggers or Sammel Mobley or Moberly. As William Hill was born in 1771, he could have served in the War of 1812, but not the Revolutionary War. There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of the William Hill described by you.
No record could  be identified of any Robert King, William Buchanan or of the ancestors of John Smith, noted above.
One record has been found which may aid you in your research. It is that of Micajah Mobley. In this pension claim, R.7289, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, the name of one William Hill is shown. The record is given herein as found in said claim.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Micajah Mobley are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Micajah Mobley died in Fairfield District, South Carolina on October 28, 1840, aged 80 years.
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Micajah Mobley  left the following children: the name of his wife was not shown nor are there any particulars in regard to her:
Rebecca---------married John Meador. Resided in Fairfield District, South Carolina, and died at the age of about  60 years.Date of her death was not shown, but it was after her father's death and she was deceased in 1840. She left six children, their Christian names were not stated: in 1846, one lived in Union District, South Carolina; one in Chester District, South Carolina; and four in Fairfield District, South Carolina.
Thomas-----in 1846 residing in Union District, South Carolina, aged 54 years.
Dorcas----- in 1846, aged 52 years, the wife of William Mobley(no relationship shown) and residing in Fairfield District , South Carolina.
Jemima-----in 1846,  aged about 49 years, the wife William Wright and residing in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Susannah----- in 1846, aged about 46 years, the wife of William Farrow, and residing in Fairfield District, South Carolina.
Another daughter, Mary, married Asaph Hill and died before her father, date of her death and age not shown. Mary Hill had two children living in 1846, Mary Hill and William Hill, both of Fairfield District South Carolina.
On April 20, 1846, soldier's son, Thomas Mobley, made application in Union District, South Carolina, in behalf of himself and the other heirs of Micajah Mobley for the pension which might have been due his father on account of his services in the Revolutionary War and stated that his father, while working in his field, date and place not shown, was taken prisoner by a party of Tories and hurried off to the British Army in the neighborhood of Charleston, placed in captivity, where he took the smallpox and while still sick, made his escape; that about three weeks after he reached his home he enlisted in the American Army; that he served a part of the time under Colonel Lyles, also under Captain Frost and Colonel Lacey; that he was in the Battle of Eutaw Springs
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where he received two wounds, one in the leg and one in the left side, and that he served at least twelve months at one time.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws required was not furnished.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller 
Assistant to Administrator.
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37.307
Micajah Mobley, decd.
S.C.
Let. to [D. Wallace, July 11, '46.] [words in brackets crossed out]
7289
Act 7 June '32.
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1934 July 18, Hist to Mrs. P.M.B. Self. EEB
REJECTED [stamp]
7289
Micajah Mobley
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of rejection; "Not six months service established."
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(Received May 14 1934) Stamp
Marks, Miss
May,12,1934
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington , D.C.
In tracing ancestral lines to join the D.A.R. I'm trying to find Revolutionary Service Record of any of the following:
Biggers Mobley, Married Joanna Corbell
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his father.
Samuel Mobley married to Mary Wagner
The name was formerly Moberley, and they settled in Chester Co. S.C.
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William Hill, born in 1771, married to Amorel---(or Armorel) born 1774
(from old Shaw Graveyard on French Broad River near site of old Wood's Ferry) He was my great great Grandfather Can you find any record of his father?
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Robert William King, born Sept. 24, 1832 Smoky Ordinary, Brunswick Co. Va. was my grandfather- are there any records of a King from Va.
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William Buchanan, probably born around 1800 in N.C. my great grandfather-
Any record of the father or grandfather
John Smith born Oct. 3, 1800 Chester S.C. married to Harriet Mobley-
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If it is possible to get anything on any of these lines please let me hear from you.
Yours Truly, Mrs. P.M.B. Self, 
Marks Miss.
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Certificate of Comptroller General
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  Comptroller Genl's office
Columbia SC April 27. 1846
Book Y
Indent 137  Issued 27th October 1785 to Micajah Mobley for three pounds 8S:6d: for 48 days duty per account audited.
Prin L3:8:5D   Int L0. 4S.9D 
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Book Y137 Micajah Mobley For 10 day's duty done  at Orangeburg under Command of Maj John Pearson & 38 days duty done at Four Hole Bridge under Capt. Winn. Sterling L3:8:6D---
I certify the above to be  true copy from the records in this office     For Comptroller Genl
J: Aug: Black:
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D. Wallace
July11, '40
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Pension Office, 
   July 11, 40
Sir, 
The declaration and accounting[?] papers in the case of Micajah Mobley, dec fail to prove such service as will carry a pension-- the certificate of the Comptroller General of S.C. crediting a service of only 38 days; while the fact that the individual under whom this claim is afected lived as late as 1840, and failed to demand a pension, while hundreds around him were availing themselves of the benefits of the pension laws, strongly indicates that he did not think himself entitled. Under the circumstances, the obligation must be very clearly sustained before the claim can be  allowed.
D. Wallace, Esq
Union Dst S.C.
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37.307
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Micajah Mobley, dec.     Affidavit of Jacob Stone
S.C.                                   _______________
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Act 7 June, 1832

D. Wallace, Esq.
Union CH S.C.
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South carolina
Chester District
Personall[y] Appeared Jacob Stone of this District and State aforesaid aged about Ninety years [illegible] who being first duly[illegible] himself a Revolutioner Doth on his oath make the following Statement that he saw Micaja Mobley
in the serv of the Revolutionary war and that they  served together under General Winn and Col. Lang and Capt Frost and that they served over six months but is not certain how much over and then that he the said Micaja Mobley was sometimes most Ea[ illegible] in bringing in Provisions for the Army and [illegible]ll do [illegible] they served in the State afore said 
{illegible]sworn  to and[illegible] before me this the 24th April 1846 Jacob X Stone his mark
Anderson Mayo Magst'
State of South carolina Chester District
J Anderson Mayo one of the Magistrate appointed in the District affore said do certify that I have raken the affidavit above written and that I Believe it to be a true Statement of the services of Macaja Mobley
Given under my hand on this 24th April 1846 Anderson Mayo Magst
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South Carolina
I John Rosborough Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for Chester District certify that Anderson Mayo is a Magistrate as before stated and that the forgoing signature proporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this fifth day of  May in the year of our Lord 1846
Rosborough
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester District