Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8888, for Elisha Pope, North Carolina
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N.C.

Pope, Elisha

S. 8888

Carded
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North Carolina 23.976

Elisha Pope
Co. of Wake in the State of N.Car.
who was a pri. in the       commanded
by Captain      of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Clinch in the Va.
line for 6 months

N.C. Line 
Apr. 19/65
Records corrected  F.S.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May 1834
and sent Hon D.L.
Barringer  H.R.

Arrears to the 4th Mar 1834           $60
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Sep  $ 10
                                                        $70

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E. Vol 61/? Page 69



Died Aug 18, 1838  (A.B.)
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26.941

Elisha Pope

Declaration
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State of North Carolina
Wake County                 August yr 1833

This day personally appeared Elisha Pope in
open Court & being first duly sworn made the
then following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress
passed 7 June 1932--that he was raised in
Nash County this State--that he enlists on 
three months tour in the horse in the year
1780 under Howel Ellen--that this was just
after Lord  Cornwallis traipsed through the County
& through the Roanoke at Halifax--that
he was in the County Light horse & duly
served on Scouts-- after Tories that they
caught several & carried them to Halifax
Joseph I Clendenin had the command of this
Light Horse--that he served three months--
that if he got a discharge it is now lost--
that he another tour of three months
in the horse, shortly after the first tour
under Capt. John Bond as a substitute
for his Brother Demsey Pope --that they
only performed County services against
the Tories & served the full three months
was in no regular engagements --Clinch 
as the Colonel --that this service was 
at the time he heard of the capture of
Cornwallis.
To the several interrogations as read 
to him from the war department --he
answers 1. that he was born in 1761 in 
what was then Edgecombe County
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2. that there was a record of his age, but
it has been distroyed.
3. That when he enlisted he lived in Nash
County--that after the war he removed
into Wake County where he has ever
since lived.
4. That he volunteered the first tour of three
months & went as a substitute the
last tour--that he recollects the names
of his Lieut. Wm Merrit--that he does
not recollect any other officers except
as above named.
5.&6. If he ever rec'd a discharge it is lost.
That he knows of no one by whom he can
prove his service except his Brother--
That he hereby extinguishes any claim
whatever to a pension or amounts
aught the present-- & declares that his
name is not on any pension or other
whatever.
                                Elisha Pope
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The Court do hereby declare their opinion that
the above named applicant Elisha Pope
was a revolutionary soldier & served as
he states.

I B.S. King Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions of Wake County do hereby veri
=fy that the foregoing contains the origi=
nal proceedings of said Court in the
matter of the application of Elisha Pope
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this
24th day of August 1833.
                                
                              B.S. King   C.C.
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Nash County
North Carolina

Whereas Dempsey Pope a citizen of Nash County
after being sworn, & vouching what he knew
Respecting one Elisha Pope who now lives in Wake
County North Carolina, depose & Saith as follows..
Some time a little before the close of said War
he the said Elisha Pope did Serve three months
For him self under Capt. Howel Ellen commanded by Col. Joseph I Clinch
and also a Second Touer of three months more
being hired by me, the said Dempsey Pope
which makes his whole Term of Service Six
Months under Captains Howel Ellen & John Bonds
in horse campaigns & that the said Elisha Pope
did sustain & unimpeched & unimpechable
character as a True & faithful Soldier of
the revolution and further deposeth and
Saith not.  Given under his hand &
Sworn to and Subscribed before me.

Dempsey    Pope
          his  X mark

Jesse H. Crake one of the acting  
Justices of the peace in and
fir said County this 12th day of        
August 1833

Jesse H. Crake  J.P.
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State of North Carolina     August 16th 1833
Nash County

I Arthur Whitfield Clerk of the
County Court of Nash do certify that Jesse
H Drake whose name appears to the foregoing
is & was at the time of the execution of the forego
ing & acting Justice of the Peace for the
County of Nash and that due faith aught
to be given to all his official acts.
        In testimony whereof I A Whitfield clerk
of Nash County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
have caused the Seal of the Same to be hereunto affixed
this day & said date above ______
 
Mist   Arthur Whitfield   C.C.C.
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May 4, 1933


Mrs. Joseph Hayes Acklen
Kensington Place and 24th Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

ELISHA POPE
S. 8888
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

        Reference is made to you letter of April 29, in which you
request the records of Elisha Pope, Henderson Estes and
_______Sparkman, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

       Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States,
based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

        A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for
pension or bounty land on file on account of the Revolutionary
War service of a Henderson Estes, or of any soldier with surname
Sparkman. The records do, however, show one Elisha Pope, the
only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records
of this office.  The data contained therein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8888, based upon his
service in the War of the Revolution.

        Elisha Pope was born in 1761 in what was then Edgecombe
county, (state not named); the names of his parents are not shown.
He was reared in Nash County, North Carolina.

        While residing in said Nash County, North Carolina, he
volunteered sometime in 1781 and served a tour of three months as
private in a troop of horse in Captain Howell Ellen's company,
Colonel Joseph I. Clinch's North Carolina regiment. Shortly
after the expiration of this tour he served another tour of three
months as a private in a troop of horse as a substitute for his
brother, Dempsey Pope, in Captain John Bonds' company, Colonel
Joseph I. Clinch's North Carolina regiment.

        After the Revolutionary War the soldier moved into Wake 
County, North Carolina.
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        Elisha Pope was allowed pension on his application executed
August 24 1833, while a resident of Wake County, North Carolina.

        He died August 18, 1838.

        No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

        In 1838, soldier's brother, Dempsey Pope was living in
Wake County, North Carolina.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Mrs. Joseph Hayes Acklen
Vice President-Gen.
Hon State Regent
Kensington Place and 24th Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

To the Bureau of Pensions

Gentlemen

Will you kindly furnish me with
a copy of the pension of Elisha
Pope-- private  North Carolina
and any data on him that
you may have.
I want to thank you for your
very prompt response to my inquiries.

Very truly yours,

Jeannette Tillotson Aklen

Have you any record of Henderson Estes, VA., or
____Sparkman, Ky.? 



Received May 1 1933
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8888

Revolutionary

Invalid

File No. 8888

Elisha Pope

Priv. Rev. War

Act:  June 7th 1832

Index: Vol. 1st, page 299



1933, May 4, 
post to Mrs. Jos. Hayes Aklen

MLB
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State of No.Carolina
Wake County

          This 11th day of November A.D. 1833
personally appeared before me Benjamin Rogers
one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and
for the County & State aforesaid: Elisha Pope
in said County & State aforesaid being first duly
Sworn maketh the following Declaration on Oath in a way
of amendatory to the accompanying declaration &
Certificate iin order to obtain the Benefit of the Pension
of the Acts of Congress passed 7 of June 1833--
that he was Raised in Nash County this State --that
he was called out as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War
in the Service of the United and that he Served in 
a regular Embodied Corps of the Horse Company three months
in the year o 1781 under under Howell Ellin Captain
that this was Just after Lord Cornwallis passed through
the County & crossed the Roanoak at Halifax--that he
was in the County light horse and Served another
Tower of three months in a Regular imbodied Corps
in the Sirvice of the United States.   Joseph I Clinch
Colonel then had at that time the command of the light
Horse to which body he served in the Second Tower
of three months--that if he go a discharge it was lost.
but served in the first Tower three months & Second
Tower three months making the whole Service for
the time he Served Six months.  Sworn to & 
Subscribed before me the
day & date above written.

                                        Elisha Pope

Benj Rogers  J.P.
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State of Nort Carolina
Wake County

               I Benj Rogers one of the
acting Justices for the County & State aforesaid
do Certify that I have for Several years bin
well acquainted with Elisha Pope who
hath sworn & subscribed to the within amendatory
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Benefit
of the Pension Act of Congress passed 7th June
A.D. 1832--that he stands fair & Respectable
and that due faith and credit Should be
given to his Oath--given under my hand
this 11th day of November A.D. 1833

                               Benj Rogers   J.P.



State of North Carolina
Wake County

          I Benjamin S King, clerk of the Court
          of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County
           of Wake aforesaid. Certify that Benjamin
Rogers whose name appears above is a Magistrate
of said County and that the Signature purporting
to be his is genuine.

          In testimony whereof I have
          forth set my hand & Seal of
          office at Raleigh this 19th Nov 1833

                               B.S. King    C.C.