Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7944, Samuel Wilson, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Wilson, Samuel

NUMBER
S.7944


carded
Born in Penn.
CONTENTS
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3985
North Carolina
Samuel Wilson
Iredell in the State of N. Car:
... was a Private in the Compy commanded
... Captain White of the Rept commanded
by Col: McDowell in the N.C. --
... for 8 months from 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 26 ___ Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of June 33 
and [?]:  H.W.
Conner, House of Reps.
Attests to 4th of Sept. 1832                       39.99
Semi=anl, allowance ending 4th Mar:33   13.33
                                                                 $53.32
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathan Rice -- Clerk
Book D  Vol. 8  Page HJ --
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Certificate returned to Pension office II Jan:
'33 and on that day sent to Absalom Simonton,
Clerk, Iredell County Court, Statesville, N. Carolina
Died Feb-19-1833 (Frone A.B.)
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Samuel Wilson
North Carolina
No 953h.
from 1778 Private
8 months
$26.66/100
11.12
H.W. Conner
House of Reps --
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Brief in the case of Samuel Wilson
of Iredell County in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  71 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period:  Full   In 1778 Palestine
Duration of Service:  1 month
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Gen. North Dept Section

Period:  1779
Duration of Service:  4 months
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Col. McDonnell, Capt. White

Period:  1779
Duration of Service:  1 month
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Capt. Holmes

Period:  1780
Duration of Service:  1 month, 21 days
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Colombia Regmt.

Says his service exceeded 8 months

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Stone
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Burke County, North Carolina
7.  Is his statement support by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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27 9536
Samuel Wilson
applications for a Pension
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State of North Carolina, Court of pleas and quarter sessions, Iredell County, '3, August sessions, 1832.
On the 23rd day of August 1832 appeared before this preceding of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Iredell County and State of  North Carolina Samuel Wilson resided in Iredell County State of North Carolina aged seventy one years old  being duly sword according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of this Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the fall of the year 1778 he entered the service as a volunteer, as a private soldier under Capt. Jo. McDowell and marched in pursuit of the Indians to the head of the Catawba River and at the end of one month was discharged.
That in the year 1779 he again volunteered and served as the [?] commander by Capt White under Col. Charly McDowell in the Regiment commanded by Ag Gen. Butter that he promised to the Army of Charlotte and was marched to and was at the line of the battle at that time we knew there needing change and after four months service he was discharged and returned home.
That afterwards he performed a total of one month in pursuit of the Tories in service for Burke County under Capt. Holssey and Col. C. McDowell.
That in 1780 he was engaged in the service in pursuit of Lord Cornwallis under Capt. Holmes  and Col. Sevell's front door -- after the time he cropped the Calmearban tree as some of the [?] of the Battle of Guilford Court House performing a tour of service locks.
That he performed several other tours of service for a short time which he cannot now specify.
That he honestly and condescentially states that his service for his country was for eight months.  That he has no documentary evidence of his service having long since lost his discharge.
That he knows of no persons whose ...
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[evidence?] he can [procure?] that can testify to his services.
That he was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the year 1761, that his age is recorded in a Bible now in his possession that at the time he entered the service he lived in Burke County North Carolina and that he now lives in Iredell County North Carolina, that he always volunteered that he has [illegible] above the general officers under whom he served. He refers to Milton Campbell and James Campbell in proof of the general opinions in the neighborhood respecting his services.
Sworn & Subscribed this day and year above written } Sam Wilson
That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that he now is not on the pension rolls or agency of any state. A. Simonton Clerk Saml. Wilson
We Milton Campbell and James Campbell of the County of Iredell and state aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 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 and thus we concur in that opinion.
Milton Campbell
J. Campbell
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day and year above written
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I James Campbell [illegible] of the Court of pleas and quarter session of Iredell County do hereby certify that in the opinions of said Court after the investigation of this matter and the [illegible] of Samuel Wilson to the interrogatories prescribed by the War department the said applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as is herein stated by him and I further certify that in the opinion of said Court Milton Campbell and James Campbell are credible persons and their statements  [illegible] to credit.
J Campbell

I Absalom Simonton Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter session of Iredell County Nort Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing [illegible] the [illegible] proceeding before said Court respecting the application of Samuel Wilson for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto lie my hand and affixed the deal of my office at [illegible] the 25 day of August 1832
A Simonton CCK
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[left column]
1906 Dec 1 - History to Secretary Jesse
Wilson M.B.N
Dec. 4, 1906. Copy of declaration
 to Asst Secty Jesse E.
Wilson, C.M.B

[right column]
Rev War
7944
INVALID.
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File No. 7944
Samuel Wilson
Pri Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. AB, Page 410
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Wilson which require
further proof or explanation.

1. 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 amount 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?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 
it?
No

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?
Yes

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?

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?

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

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

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 the 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 be 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 authenticated 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 end 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.