Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,008, for Simon Terrell, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
Service N.C.
Terrell, Simon
NUMBER S. 32.008
CONTENTS [no information]
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Georgia 30.876
Simon Terrell
Franklin in the State of Georg
who was a Dragoon in the Company ["com" typed on form] 
by Captain Douglass of the Ret ["com" typed on form] 
by Col Thascton in the N Ca line for 7 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 29 Dollars 16 Cents 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of [word cut off] 1836 and sent Thomas King Carnsville Georgia
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836
Simians, allowance ending 4 Mar
$160.38
14.58
$174.96
[bracket] Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 
Recorded by DD Addison [illegible]
Book E. Vol. 6
Page 104
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of Georgia
Franklin County 
[squiggly line and "SS" is located to the right of "State of Georgia" and "Franklin County"]
On this sixth day of April 1836
Personally appeared before 
Alvan Dean one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County
and State aforesaid, |being a Court of Record| Simon Terrell a resident of 
Captain Murrays District in the
said County of Franklin and State of Georgia aged Eighty one 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 provisions made by the act of Congress pased [passed]
June 7th 1832 (who is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court to make this declaration|
That he entered the Service of the United States in the latter part of
the year 1777 in Chatham County in the 
State of Northcarolina
where he then resided, and Served in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Thascton,
(does not recollect the name of the
captain) and served as follows. From
Chatham County he was marched into the State of Virginia, to Roanoake River, where he was taken sick, and got a furlough, and returned home, was in Service this time one month (at least| he remained at home for some time, and again went several
times into the Service, but from old age & the consequent loss of memory he is now unable to state said service particularly-
He again entered the service of
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about the middle of September 1780 - in the said County of Chatham N.C. under 
Capt. Douglas, Major Cage & Colo Luttrell, and was in an engagement with the Brittish & Tories where his Brother was wounded & he was employed the balance of the time in nursing and taking care of his wounded Brother, when on the 25th Decr 1780 - he was discharged by the said Colo Luttrell, which said discharge he now has in his possession - served this time three months-
He again entered the Service Some time in the forepart of the year 1781 in the said County of Chatham N.C. as a Leutenant [Lieutenant] under Capt Roper, & 
Colo Dudley.
was in Several Skirmishes with the Brittish & Tories but is unable for the reason stated before to give the particulars, Served three months this time, and on his way home was taken prisoner by the Brittish & Tories,
and exchanged at the general exchange of ["soldiers" was marked out] prisoners in Charleston S.C. he thinks in 1782.
Served in all Seven months, three months of said time, as a Leutenant [Lieutenant], and all the time as a light horseman, and
found his own horse - has no evidence
in his power to procure except the discharge now sent & the Records of his
having obtained a bounty warrant from the state of N. Carolina.
He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the 
Pension Roll of any agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before me
["Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before me" has a dark line drawn through the words]
Interrogatory of 1. Was born in Orange County in the State of N.C. in the year 1755/ 27th March [dark line drawn through words under 27th March "as he is [illegible] & [illegible]]
and 2 - Has a record of his age, which is now in his possession
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3rd Was living in Chatham County N.C. has lived in Pendleton District S.C. but now lives & has done so for forty years past in Franklin County in the State of Georgia
4th Was always a volunteer never served as a substitute
5th Colo James Tascton who he served under was a Regular office as he believes,
he also knew, Capt Hadly, 
Colo Maban, & Genl Green, who has dined with deponent - has related the general circumstances of his Services as [illegible]
as he can now recollect - in this declarations
6th 
Is him as Soldier
Is him as officer
["Is him as Soldier Is him as officer" were bracketed]
[bracket in front of the rest of Declaration 6] has recd one discharge from Colo Luttrell which is now enclosed, does not remember to have recd any ["any" was underlined] other, if he did they are lost - - does not think that he ever recd any commissions - 
7th Is known to Timothy [?] Terrell, & Thomas Davis, who can certify as to my character & veracity & their belief of my
Services as a Soldier of the Revolution - There is no presher [preacher] of the Gospel residing in his neighbourhood -
Timothy Terrell
Sworn to & transcribed this day & year aforesaid before me
Alvan Dean J.I.C.

Georgia
Franklin County
We Timothy Terrell and Thomas Davis residing
Franklin County in the neighbourhood of Simon Terrell do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Simon Terrell
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he now resides
to have been a Soldier of the Revolution.
and that we concur in that opinions
Timothy Terrell [underlined]
Tho Davis
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
Alvan Dean J.I.C
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Georgia
Franklin County ⎬
And the said Alvan Dean one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid
(being a Court of Record / do hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after [illegible] the interrogatories [illegible] led by the war department, that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And he further certifies that it appears that Timothy Terrell & Thomas Davis who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the neighbourhood of the said Simon Terrell, and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit, he also states that the said Simon Terrell of his own Knowledge is believed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that there is no Minister
of the Gospel residing near him - I also certify that Simon ["6th March 1836" is crossed out]
- Terrell is unable from bodily infirmity to
appear in Court to make his declaration
In testimony whereof I have set my hand
this 6th day of April 1836
Alvan Dean J.I.C.
I Thomas King Clerk of the Inferior Court of Franklin County, State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before the said
Alvin Dean one of the Justices of said Court in
the matter of the application of Simon Terrell for a pension who is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal of office
this 6th day of April 1836
Tho King C.I.C.
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June 28, 1939
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Tom J. Terral
Wallace Building
Little Rock, Arkansas
BA-J/MCS
Simon Terrell, S.32008
Dear Sir: The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.32008, based on the military service of 
Simon Terrell.
Simon Terrell was born March 27, 1755, in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Chatham County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1777 and served one month as dragoon in 
Colonel James Thackston's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted about the middle of September, 1780, and served as dragoon in Captain Douglas' company in Colonel Luttrell's
North Carolina regiment, was in an engagement with the British and Tories
in which his brother (name not given) was wounded, and he (Simon Terrell)
was discharged, December 25, 1780. He was commissioned lieutenant early in
1781 and served three months in Captain Roper's company in Colonel Dudley's
North Carolina regiment, was in several skirmishes and on his way home was
taken prisoner and was exchanged in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1836, while residing in Franklin County, Georgia, where he stated he had lived for the past forty years and prior to that time he had lived in 
Pendleton District, South Carolina.
One Timothy Terrell was living in Franklin County, Georgia, in 1836,
relationship not shown.
There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours
[no signature]
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Left side of document]
32008
Re*y  INVALID
File No. 32008
Simon Terrell
Dragoon Rev [illegible - *ae]

Act:  June 7th 32"
Index : - Vol. 2, Page 415

[ Arrangement of 1870 ]

[Right side of Page]
Mch - 1- 1900
Mrs. J. [I.?] S. King
Atlanta, Ga
1909, Feb. 4. Hist. to Mrs. Geo. E.
King. A. E. P.
1922, May 11  hist to Miss Eula Westbrook Esq
1924, March 20, Hist. to 
Mrs. L.O. Hooper Nics[?]
-------------------
1939, June 28, hist. to
Mr. Tom J. Terral, Dee
letters in Joel Terrell, nics.
2. 14664
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J L Edwards Esqr
Commis of Pensions
Washington City

[bottom of page, written upside down]
Simon Terrell
Ga
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Carnesville 8 April 1836
JL Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the Declaration [illegible] of Simon Terrell of this County for a pension, taken before Alvan Dean one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County, by reason of the old mans body affliction
He has been five years confined to his bed.
I hope the papers are made out in due
form. Denies making out his papers.
I have taken the affadavit of Capt Philimon Hodges, & attached it to the original without Terrells Knowledge
The Secretary of State of N Carolina will send you a certificate of Mr Terrells having been allowed a bounty warrant for his Revolutionary Services, which sums that he must at some
time have enlisted for during the war as I
believe Congress have not allowed land for
any [crossed out] [illegible]. The old man has lost his memory so much that I declined putting down any services except those that he could well recollect he stated that at some time he did enlist for the term of during the war, and
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received the Bounty money, but he could give
no account of the time of enlistment or duration
of service. I therefore advised him to put
down only what has appears on his declaration
I sincerely hope his claim may be favourably
Considered, for I have no doubt that he has
served much more than he has claimed for - 
Very respectfully yours
Obt Servt
Tho King
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[Right hand side of page]
Bainbridge, Ga.
Feb. 10:24.
[Left hand side of page]
Commissioner of Pensions,
War Dept. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the information you
have relative to the war (Revolutionary) service of one Simon Terrell who recieved a pension in Franklin Co. Ga. for service in this war.
Also that of Samuel West, who recieved a Land Grant in this same county for service in Revolutionary war.
Yours truly,
Mrs. L. O. Hooper.
114 Shetwell.
Bainbridge, Ga.
[Postmark bottom of page] Pension US. Office 
E FEB 20 1924
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Cordele, Georgia
March 30, 1922
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Kindly send  - a copy of the application -
[o crossed out] for
pension services in Revolutionary War of
my of ancestor Simon Terrell - 
Date of application
May 6, 1836, from Franklin Co. Georgia
Would like to have all that your records give.
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Will appreciate - as early a reply - as possible - 
Respectfully,
Miss Eula Westbrook
505 14th Ave.
Cordele, Ga.
[postmark]
Pension Officice US
Apr 4 1922
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32008
Simon Terrell
________________
Apl 6 - 1836
Franklin Co. Ga. [illegible]
_________________
1777 Chatham Co N.C.
Capt - 
Col Thaxton
1 mo
________________
1780 Sep
Capt Douglass
Col Luttrell
3 mo
_________________
1781 Capt Roper
Col Dudley
8 mo
__________________
Several skirmishes
Born Orange Co N.C
Mch 27, 1757
____________________
moved to Pendleton Co
S.C. / [illegible Co Ga
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8-871
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Simon Terrell
Service N. C.
Additional Servie Rev. War
No._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ claim, State records _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ , 190_ _ _ _
No claim, combination records , 190_ _ _ _
REMARKS:
No claim, except
S#32008
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Atlanta GA Jan 14. 1909
Bureau of Pensions
Will you kindly let me know
of the services rendered
by James Simmons
of Montgomery Co
N.C. during the War of the Revolution
also of Simon Terrell of Orange &
[marginalia REV]
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Chatham Co N.C.
who afterward
lived in Franklin Co Ga,
[postmarked] Record Division Jan 20 1908
[illegible] to hear from you soon and thanking you in advance for any Courtesy exended to Simons
[postmarked] Pension Office A Jan 19 1908
I am respectively
Tho [?] Geo E. King
689 Edgeword Ave
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Mr. H. Clay Evans
Dear Sir, 
Please tell me what your records show of the services of Simon Terrell of S.C. or Va during the Revolutionary War
["Revolutionary War" was underlined], also, of William [K, illegible last name], as I want [illegible] for Historical purposes,
Respectively 
[illegible] J.S. King [?]
689 Edgeworth Ave Atlantic, Ga
Feb 14th 1900 [?]
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[Postmark] 
US Pension Office
Feb 17 1900
[Stamp] 
O.W. [illegible] H. DIVISION
FEB 20 1900
RECEIVED
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] 
for a statement of the military history of Simon Terrell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) ["or his widow's" was marked out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 32008.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. '1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 1 mo.
RANK. Dragoon
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. [checked]
COLONEL. James Thackston
STATE. N.C.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. Sept. 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos
RANK. Dragoon
CAPTAIN. Douglas
COLONEL. Luttrell
STATE. N.C.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos
RANK. Lieut
CAPTAIN. Roper
COLONEL. Dudley
STATE. " [N.C.]
on his way home was taken prisoner and exchanged in Charleston, S.C. in 1782. 
Battles engaged in, in an engagement in 1780,
[illegible] note stated, (sev. skir, Eu)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chatham Co NC.
Date of application for pension, April 6, 1836. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application [Captain Murrays District was crossed out] Franklin Co., Ga.
Age at date of application born Mar 27, 1755 Orange Co. N.C.
Remarks: No data as to family.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
March 20, 1924
Mrs. L. C. Hooper
114 Shotwell St.
Bainbridge, Ga.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.32008, it appears 
that Simon Terrell was
born March 27, 1755, in Orange County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Chatham County, North Carolina, he enlisted late in 1777, and served one month as Dragoon in Colonel James ["James" was inserted] Thackston's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted about the middle of September 1780, and served as Dragoon in Captain Douglas' Company, Colonel Luttrell's North Caroinlina Regiment, was in an engagement in which brother was wounded ["in which brother was wounded" was inserted] (name not stated) and was discharged 
December 25, 1780.
He was commissioned Lieutenant early in 1781 and served three months in Captain Roper's Company, Colonel Dudley's 
North Carolina
Regiment, was in several skirmishes and on his way home was taken prisoner and was exchanged in 
Charleston, South Carolina, in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1836, while residing in Franklin County, Georgia. 
There is no family data.
Respectfully,
[no signature]
Commissioner
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[right hand side of page ]
June 27, 1959
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [handwritting illegible]
BA - J/MMHF: MIB
[start of handwriting] Simon Terrells S 32008 [end of handwriting]
[left hand side of page] 
Mr. Tom J. Terral
Wallace Building
Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of all soldiers with your surname who resided in Georgia, Mississippi and Virginia. You designate Edward or Edward Young Terrell, Henry and Joal, and furnish a citation from the War Department setting forth military service of a Joel Terral in the Connecticut troops, in whom you would be interested, also, did he ever live in Mississippi.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the
limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such informa-tion it has been impossible, no matter how great the desire to do so, to make for one person or organisation a series of investigations and reports.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that November 24,1936, you were furnished the record of Richmond Terrell
(R. 10439) and on that date were informed that no claim for pension or bounty land is
on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any soldier with surname Terral, or other spelling, which claim was made from the State of Mississippi.
Another search of those records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Edward, Young or Edward Young Terrell, nor of a Henry Terrell.
Only one claim for pension has been found based upon service of a Joel Terrill in the Connecticut troops, and it is not shown in the
papers in that claim that he ever resided in the South.
In the effort to aid you somewhat in your research, the record of Simon Terrell (S. 32008), of Georgia, is furnished you herewith,
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and that of the only Joel Terrell (S. 14664), of any Southern State.
All spellings of the surname were used in the search of the records.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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33623
Simon Terrell Ga
Suspended, See let [letter]
Tho King Esq. 25th
April 1836
May 27. 1836
declaration transmitted
to Wm Hill Esqr July 22.36
Act 7 June 1832
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State of N [? Carolina, mark obscuring word]
Secretary of States Office
21st April 1836.
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I am requested by
Tho King Esqr of Georgia to send the enclosed
certificate to you
Very Respectfully
your obt servt
W Hill
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Carnesville Ga
Oct 16
JL Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City

[written on side of document] 
Nov 5
[illegible]
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Carnesville 25 October 1836
J L Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Sir
Your favor of the [illegible]
in relation to the case of Simon Terrell was
duly received and in reply I have to State
that I believe Mr Terrell will not be able
to prove by any further testimony that he served a part of his time as Liutenant
You will therefore please (If you cannot pay him as Liutenant) Send him a certificate
for the seven months service as a private horseman.
I have the Honor to be
very repectfully your
Obt Servt
Tho King
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Carnesville Ga }
May 12            }
May 30 [written upwards on left side of page]
JL Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City

25 [line marked through number]
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Carnesville 10th May 1836
J L Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 26th April is duly received. I made out Mr Terrells Declaration for him, and if there is no allusion made to his having obtained from the State of N.C. a Bounty warrant, it was my fault for Mr Terrell
relied principally upon ["upon" was inserted within the sentence] that fact for proof of service. He said that he obtained the bounty warrant upon the Certificate of the officers under whom he served. There can be no doubt but Simon Terrell (the applicant, is the man who obtained the Warrant alluded to in the Certificate of W Hill, Mr Terrell has located said warrant in the Western District of Tennessee, and is now in possession of it, this fact can be proven if necessary. Mr Terrell (as I stated before) was unable from bodily affliction to State all his Services, indeed he Stated to me that he had enlisted for during the war but could not ["not" was inserted into the sentence] rember much about it. I advised him not to put down any but such as he could give a general history of I believe he will be unable to offer any further proof at this time, owing in part to his great less of memory, he cannot now recollect the names and residence of some persons who he was once familiar with I have no doubt of his being entitled to a pension, & would be glad you could consider his Testimony sufficient. I have the Honor to be very respectively
Your obt svt
Tho King
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Let [letter] to applicant
15 August 1836
Simon Terrell
[N.C. was crossed out]
Georgia
To
Claimant
Franklin C. H
[illegible, blackened]
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State aforesaid do certify, that it appears
from a book in this office that a warrant
for six hundred and forty acres of land
was issued in December 1797 for the services
of Simon Terrell as a private Soldier in the
revolutionary war, and of the line of this States
that said Warrant was issued on the certificate of a field officer and for the quanity of acres allowed a Soldier for the war.
Given under my hand
this 21st day of April.
W. Hill
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Georgia
Franklin County [squiggly line]
Personally appeared before me Job Hammond
a Justice of Peace in and for said bounty, 
Capt Philimon Hodges, (who is now on the pension Role of the united States,Georgia Agency, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Simon Terrell
(who then resided in Chatham County, N Carolina & who he is informed is now applying
for a pension, about, or Just after the close of the Revolutionary War And the said Terrell was reputed and believed at that time to have been a good Whig & a Soldier of the Revolution, but this deponent states that he never saw the said Simon in the service of the united States.
but fully believed at the time, & does yet that he was a soldier of the Revolution.
[illegible]
Sworn to & subscribed this 8th day of April
1836 before me
Job Hammond  [squiggly lines]
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Georgia
Franklin County 
[squiggly line]
Clerk Office 
Infr Court
I Thomas King Clerk of Said Court do hereby
certify that Job Hammond whose name appears to the aforegoing affidavit is a magistrate as there represented & that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine - In testimony whereof, 
[squiggly line]
I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 8th day of April 1836
Tho King CIC
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Camesville Ga 
June 30
[illegible]
July 8 [written on left side of document going up page]
[illegible, written on left side of document going up page]
JL Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
Simon Terrell [written upside down on bottom of page]
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Carnesville 28th June 1836
J L Edwards Esqr.
Comr of Pensions
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 31 of May
last, upon the subject of the claim of Simon Terrell for a Pension, I have to inform you that 
[blacked out] Terrell has been able to procure the testimony of James Morris Esqr which is here inclosed. 
You will see from Mr. Morrises testimony that Mr Terrell is the same person that has obtained the bounty land warrant alluded in the certificate of Mr Hill Secretary of State of N.C.
As Mr. Terrell did not claim in his declaration
to have enlisted for during the war, it was not
deemed necessary to offer any proof of that fact, the certificate from N.C. was only offerred as [illegible] evidence of his having been a Soldier of of the Revolution, indeed
if Mr Terrell could have recollected the particulars of said enlistment, & the
Services performed under it, he certainly wood
have claimed said Service in his Declaration or ["or" was crossed out] if ["he could now prove" was crossed out]
Mr Terrell from lots [?] of men.
any affictions [ilegible, ? ST], cannot recollect a portion of his services, so distinctly as is justly required by the war Department and propers therefore to Claim for Such Services only ["Services only" was underlined] as he can will recollect, and afterwards produce testimony of his having performed more service than he has
claimed to have performed, this fact surely should not operate to the prejudice of the
investigation of his claim, but strengthen it very much,
over
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I think I informed you before that Mr
Terrell said that he had enlisted, and
performed more services
than he had claimed in his declaration, 
but from
his loss of memory and affliction, was unable to give such a history of them, as was required by the forms of the war Department, his health and memory are [word blacked out] in the same situation as when he made
his Declaration. he is therefore unable to 
refer to
any person (now in life) that could prove his
enlistment, he cited several person, but upon
enquiry it was ascertained that they were not now in life.
It is not a strange circumstance
to me that Mr Terrell could ["not" was blackened out]  recollect some of his Militia tours, and not be able recollect much of the one when he enlisted. Indeed I
have made out but very few Declarations where the applicant was able to
give a concise history of every tour they have performed they have generally thrown off parts of their Services for want of a distinct recollection - 
I hope Mr Terrells case will receive a favorable consideration.
I have the honor to be
very respectfully your
Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
Tho King [underlined]
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Raleigh 25th July 1836.
Sir
Your letter of the 22nd inclosed
with the accompanying documents were 
received this morning. The State of North Carolina did not grant land for military
services to any but officers and Soldiers
of the regular continental line, and of
them to such only as served two years
or upwards, or to such as were in the service
in October 1782 and continued to the
close of the war.
I am
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
W. [illegible]
Geo. W. Crump Esqr.
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Georgia             }
Franklin County }
Personally appeared before Alvan Dean
one of the Justices of the Inferior Court
of Said County, James Morris who being
duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he
is well acquainted with Simon Terrell of said
County, who is now applying for a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 7th
June 1832 - That the Said Simon Terrell did receive a bounty land warrant
in his own name from the proper office in the
State of North Carolina, and has had the same
laid out in the Western district of the State of
Tennessee, that he deponant got a part of the said tract of Land from the said Simon Terrell, and is now in the possession of the same, that this deponent has never heard either in Tennessee or Georgia any adverse Claim for Said Land, that he deponent did see in
the possession of the said Simon Terrell a certificate & letter from the ["the" was inserted in the sentence, a couple of words wre blacked out] Secretary of State of N. Carolina which appeared to have been written some years past. together with other evidences of title of paid land ["of paid land" was inserted in the sentence] being bona fide. in the Said Simon Terrell.
This deponent has been acquainted with the said Simon Terrell for [illegible] years past, and has always understood that he had been a Soldier of the revolution, and that he deponent fully concur in that opinion-
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 28th day of June 1836
James Morris
Alvan Dean I.J.C.
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Georgia
Franklin County ⎬ 
I do hereby certify that James Morris
Esqr. who has sworn to the foregoing
affadavit, is a Gentleman of high respectibility, and that his statements are fully to credit-
Given under my hand this 28th
day of June 1836
Alvan Dean J P
Georgia
Franklin County ⎬ 
Clerks office Inferior Court
I Thomas King Clerk of said
Court do hereby certify that Alvan Dean before
whom the foregoing affadavit was made, is one of the Justice of the Inferior Court of said County as this representative, and that full faith and credit┃
right [?] to be had and given to his att [part of word covered by stamp] as such 
Given under my hand and
Seal of office this 28 day of
June 1836 
Tho King C.I.C.
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Simon Terrell
Geo
Suspended see let [? letter]
Tho King Oct 6. 1836
Admit 7 mo
Lighthorseman NC
Militia 29.16
25
416 [underlined, numbers added together]
2916
Act 7 June [illegible, ? 1832]
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[lower right hand side of page]
Luttrell
Discharge
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This is to certify that Simon Terrell 
[illegible] three months in my Comp [company] of light horse
Luttrell [?]
25th Dec [?] 1780