Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8926, for James Patterson, North Carolina
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SERVICE.         NAME.                 NUMBER
N C.                Patterson, James.   S8926
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Va.
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Born in Pa.                                      Carded
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2 sided journal type document 
Left side
Letter 27 April 1837 Pen Agt
Date of death not on AB

Right side
23.528 North Carolina
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James Patterson (3)
Of Stokes in the State of N. Car who was a per & Not legible in the ——-commanded by Captain——-of the Regt——-commanded by Col Lock in the N. Car (drawn was a 5 pointed star filled in) line for 6 1/2 mo Ser: 20 days pn: 
N.C. And Va. Nov 9, 1904
Records Completed
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Inscribed on the roll of N.Car:
At the rate of 34 Dollars 72 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feb 34 and sent Hon A.H. Shepperd H. R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832  86.20
Semi-Nao allowance ending Mar 34. 17.36
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                                                               103.16
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by N. Rice ——-Clerk,
Book E Vol. [A/2]  Page 69
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State of North Carolina 
Stokes County [curly bracket] SS

On this 10th day of December 1833 personally appeared [crossed out] in open Court before the Justices of the peace of the County Court of pleas and quarter sessions now Sitting and held for the County of Stokes aforesaid James Patterson a resident of said County aged Seventy Seven Years, who being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passes the 7th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served as herein after Stated. (To wit) first that he entered the Service of the United States in the County of Rowan North Carolina as a Volunteer Militia private in the month of May in the year 1779 or 1780 under the command of a Captain George Nichols and a George Reid Lieutenant and Ensign John Reed, in Colo. Locke’s Regiment of Rowan County aforesaid; and Rendivoused at a place calld Caudle Creek bridge, in said County; and from there marched with the Company commanded by the said Captain under the Command of a Mager Sharpe to Charlotte in the County of Mecklinburg n Carolina; and after remaining there for some time was marched back to Salisbury a distance of about forty miles, and by orders of Brigadier General Rutherford were Stationed at Salisbury for a considerable length of time it being head quarters, awaiting for reinforcements; and from there his Captain & Company with others were detached and marched into what was calld & known by the name of Bryatts Tory Settlements in the forks of the Yasmin River, to Route the Tories that infested that part of the Country & prevent them from embodying and after remaining in those Settlements some time this applicants term of Service of three months expired for which he entered as a volunteer aforesaid, and he ^ having served as Second Sergeant the whole Tour [redacted] received a writen discharge from his Captain aforesaid & then returned home to his place of Residence in Henry County Virginia from where he was employed by a Thos. Cooper by a permit from Colo. Abm ^ Penn to convey Poder from said Coopers, powder Factory to Genl. Rutherford army in Rowan County where he entered the Service aforesaid. [line drawn]
The next Service, he was appointed [caret] Captain by Colo. Dix or Dicks & council of Safety in Hallafax County Virginia at a place calldDixes Ferry on [crossed out] Roanoke River. this was in the month of Feby. 1781 and there took the Command of about Sixty warriers of the Cataba tribe of Indians, who had fled from the British army to join the United States troops and pursuant to the orders from the Colo. Dix ^ he remained with his company of
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of Indian Warriers aforesaid; as a guard to prevent the enemy from passing over the RIver; and on receiving intelligence [crossed out] that the British had turnd. their course towards Guilford County N Carolina this applicants term was dismissed form Serving as Brevet Captain ^ ony [illegible] Colo. Dix after Serving fifteen days precisely, and returnd. home to Henry County Virginia -
The next Service he entered as a Substitute in Henry County aforesaid in the month of July 1781 for a certain John Jones under the Command of a captain Thomas Haile, David Barton as Lieutenant and Thomas Hill Ensign in Colo. Tuckers Regiment and General Lawsons Brigade of Virginia Militia and marched from said County of Henry to Prince Edward Court house Virginia at which place the Company received their arms for war, and from thence Marchd. to a place calld.  Mallbring hills on James River about ten miles below Richmond, at which place we joined head quarters under the Command of Genl. Lawson; then marched up to RIchmond, when & where Holt Richardson Colo. Commad. took the Command of the Regiment; from thence marched to New Castle in Hanover County. V.a. Then to a Merryweather Skeltons & to New Kent and across Pamunkey River at Ruffins Ferry and carried across Chickahomony [sic] River at a place calld Rockahock to Williamsburg, in James city County Va to the Haspittle and remained in said Hospittle about twenty four days and then Joined the army again, and in a Short time afterwards his Term of Service for which he entered as a Substitute aforesaid expired and he recd. from his officer ^ Ensign Walton by writen discharge In this Servcice he Served the whole three months as Second Sargent, except whist in the hospittle
he then immediately entered the Service as a private volenteer in October 1781 in Capt. Hills Company from Essex County Virginia near Hobbes hole and after remaining n Service Twenty days owing to his being weak & debilitated from sickness was dismissed at a place calld. Ground Squarel bridge on a branch of Permunkey River & made the best way in his power for home all of which Sercies amounts as followers (to wit) to M— days 15 days as Captain Brevet
6–00 Monts as 2nd Sargant in 2 Tours 20 days as a private for which he claims a Pension, But States that he has [caret] no witness in Stokes COunty or else when to his knowledge who can Testify as to his Services aforesaid as he new resides a considerable distance from the places where he resided at the times when he entered & performed the Service aforesaid. Nor he has no documentary evidence, as his discharge has been lost or distorted the Several questions agreeable to the Rules prescribed by the War department being put to him he answered as follows (to wit) first. That he was born in York County & State of Pennsylvania in the
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the year of Our Lord 1755 on the 20th day of August 
2nd he has no record only a Traditionary one that was kept in a family Bible which was left to his mother & his Brother both died

3rd that he was living in Henry County in the Capacity of an apprentice learning the Carpenters trade with Thomas Cooper then went to Orange County N Carolina where his Parents lived he Marryed & lived in said County many years & then removed to Stokes County in  which COunty he now lives -

4th he first entered the Service as a volunteer in the County of ROwan N. Carolina at a time when he conveyed Powder from Henry County Virginia as a Substitute for a John Jones. And last in Virginia near Hobb’s hole

5th he has already named the Militia field & Company officers He states that while in the three months he Served he saw & knew Genl. M. De Lafayette [?] & his aid Mulenburg in Virginia who Commanded the army &c -

6th he recd. writen [sic] discharges for the two three month Tours which is lost —

7th That he is acquainted with Genl. Joseph Winston Colo Wm Poindexter & Charles Banner Esq who can Testafy as to his character for varacity & belief of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution & that there is no Clergiman  that he can procure a Certificate of without considerable expense & trouble at present —

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension of annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State, Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first above mentioned in open Court 
[signed] James Patterson X

[signed] Jno. Hill [underlined]



We Joseph W. Winston William Poindexter & Charles Banner hereby certify that we are well acquainted with with James Patterson who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be a man of character for veracity & truth & that he is seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood & county where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesday

[signed] Wm. Poindexter J.P.
[signed] Jno. Hill [underlined]
[signed] C Banner
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And the Court 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 Captain Brevet & a Soldier, and Served as he States, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph W. Winston William Poindexter & Charles Banner who has signed the preceding certificate is residents in the County of Stokes aforesaid & is credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit 

[signed] Wm Cox JP
[signed] Sal. Peterson JP
[signed] Benja Ziglar J.P
[underlined]

State of North Carolina 
Stokes County [squiggly brackets]

I John Hill Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Stokes aforesaid certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of application of James Patterson for a Pension

In Testamony [sic] whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and Subscribed my name this 10th day of December A.D. 1833 29372 
[signed] Jno. Hill

[signed] James Patterson

Admt 
Sergeant 6 ½ mo 32.50
Private 20 m 2.22
[sum] $34.72

Hon. A. H. Shepard 

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Found in the Vt. [?] of Thomas  [?]
[amsted?] for mail [deponent or dependent] at
[Newton, Maxton or Trenton] N. Carolina
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Mrs. E. Guy Robertson
417 - 10th Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia

James Patterson
S. 8926
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to you letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Patterson who was pensioned from stokes County, North Carolina.
The record of James Patterson follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8925, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War .
James Patterson was born August 20, 1755, in York County, Pennsylvania; the soldier stated that his parents live in Orange County, North Carolina, but did not give their names.
While residing in Henry County, Virginia, he volunteered in in May, 1779 or 1780, and served three months as second sergeant in Captain George Nichols’ company, Colonel Locke’s North Carolina regiment. In February, 1781, he was appointed captain in Colonel Dix’s or Dicks’ Virginia regiment, served fifteen days, after which he was discharged and returned to his home in Henry County, Virginia. He enlisted in July, 1781, and served three months as second sergeant in Captain Thomas Haile’s company, Colonels Tucker’s and Hold Richardson’s Virginia regiment; during this service he was taken ill end [sic] confined to the hospital for twenty-four days. He volunteered in October, 1781, and served twenty days as private in Captain Hill’s Virginia company.
James Patterson was allowed pension on his application executed December 10, 1833, while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina. 
The soldier stated that prior to his residence in Stokes County, North Carolina, he lived in Orange County, same state, for many
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years and that he married there, but did not give the date of his marriage nor the name of his wife.
No reference was made in the claim to children.
In 1833 the soldier referred to his mother and brother who were both [the “h” was added in pencil] dead, but did not state their names.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of soldier’s death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
James Patterson
Certificate 23528
Issued February 28, 1834
Rate $34.72 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1922 Mch. 10 Hist. for Mrs. W. W. Graves
Letter in S.F. 1806 Presley Dallins
1922 Oct 28. Hist to Mrs. A. B. High aw
1934 Jan 30 - Hist to Mrs. Stanley Sturm MLB
1935. May 11. Hist to Mr. E. Guy Robertson MLB.

Rev War
8926
INVALID.
FileNo. 8926 
James Patterson
Serg Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1st, Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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[lighly written perpendicular] Rev Servc

121 Wainman [?] St -
Greensboro, N.C.

Sept. 28- 1922.

Pension Department
Revolutionary Records,
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:-
I desire to join the D.A.R. As a descendent of James Patterson of Orange [bold underline] or Guilford CO. N.C. (Guilford being taken frmr Orange and Rowan in 1770) -
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Please send me any records you may have of him, and if there is any fee for this please notify me and I will gladly forward same -
Your truly -
[signed] Margaret Patterson High
(Mrs. A. B. High)
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RECIEVED [arrow icon]
JAN 22 1934
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. AGN. HEADER 65

Greensboro, N.C.
Jan. 20, 1934 —

Dept of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, N.C. [sic]

Gentlemen —
In going over the Revolutionary War records of James [number 6 above name] Patterson [added above in parentheses] [caret] (my [underlined] ancestor) of Henry Co. Va and Stokes Co - N. C — I find that he was granted a pension in 1833 — Will you let me know when this pension was discontinued or if your records show that date of said James Patterson’s death or any other available information about him. Do your records give the name of his wife? Or of his children? Thanking you for the above information, I am 
Very truly,
[signed] Mrs. Stanley Sturm
501 N. Greene St
Greensboro, N.C.
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Veteran’s Administration Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: —
Will you please furnish me with all information you have about James Patterson [underlined] Revolutionary soldier form N.C. — probably drew his last pension in Stokes Co. N. Carolina.
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Yours truly,
Mrs. E Guy Robertson
417 - 10th Ave
Huntington, W. Va.


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RECEIVED
MAR 21 1935
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January 30, 1934

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JAMES PATTERSON
S. 8926
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Stanley Sturm
501 North Greene Street
Greensboro, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Patterson, of Henry County, VIrginia, and Stokes County, North Carolina, who received a pension.

The record of James Patterson follows, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8926, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

James Patterson was born August 20, 1755, in York County, Pennsylvania; the soldier stated that his parents lived in Orange County, North Carolina, but did not give their names.

While residing in Henry County, Virginia, he volunteered in May, 1779 or 1780, and served three months as 2” sergeant in Captain George Nichols’ company, Colonel Locke’s North Carolina regiment. In February, 1781, he was appointed captain in Colonel Dix’s or Dicks’ Virginia regiment, served fifteen days, after which he was discharged and returned to his home in Henry County, Virginia. He enlisted in July, 1781, and swerved three months as 2” sergeant in Captain Thomas Haile’s company, Colonels Tucker’s and Holt Richardson’s Virginia regiment; during this service he was taken ill and confined to the hospital for twenty-four days. He volunteered in October, 1781, and served twenty days as private in Captain Hill’s Virginia company.

James Patterson was allowed pension on his application executed December 10, 1833, while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina.

The soldier stated that prior to his resident in Stokes County, North Carolina, he lived in Orange County, same state, for many
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years and that he married there, but did not give the date of his marriage nor the name of his wife.

No reference was made in the claim to children.

In 1833 the soldier referred to his mother and brother who were both dead, but did not state their names.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the dat of soldier’s death, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data: James Patterson, Certificate 23528, issued February 18, 1834, rate $34.72 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours


A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
S.F. 8926

In reply to your request of _____
Received ____
for a statement of the military history of James Patterson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Amos

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. |  RANK. |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.

May 1779 or 1780 | 3 mos. | 2” Sgt | Captain George Nichols |  Colonel Locke | N.C.

Feby 1781 | 15 days | Capt. | Captain [blank]  | Colonel Dix or Dicks | Va.

July 1781 | 3 mos | 2” Sgt  | Captain Thomas Haile | Col Tucker, Col Holt Richardson | Va.

Oct 1781 | 20 days | Pvt. | Captain Hill | Colonel  [blank]  |  Va.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Henry County, Va
Date of application for pension, Dec. 10, 1838. His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Stokes County, N. C.
Age at date of application born Aug 20 1755 in York County, Penn.

Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
(except that his parents’ names not stated. Lived in  
Orange County, N.C. and that he resided there many years after the Rev.) 
Added for letter of Oct 28 22

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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