Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1622, Archibald Campbell, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Campbell, Archibald

NUMBER
R1622

CONTENTS
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37479

Declaration of
Archibald Campbell

SC
Act 7 June 32
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of South Carolina Williamsburgh District S.S.
On this eighth day of April 1840 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Magistrate for the Williamsburgh District State of South Carolina is Archibald Campbell a resident of said District and State aged eighty four 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the War of the Revolution under General [Francis] Marion that he entered about six months after Lord Cornwallis crossed the Santee River at Lenens [Leneud's] Ferry, and continued in service to the end of the war and that for said service he now received a pension of sixty dollars for annuity from the State of South Carolina. That he was in a scrimmage or small battle on Cooper River under Captain John McCauley who was Captain under General Marion that they reconnoitered from Charleston across the Santee River, about Geo.Town and from that up the Pee Dee River through Williamsburgh District and all the adjoining country under the said John McCauley who afterward, or before the close of the war became Major, that John Dickson was First Lieutenant under McCauley and William S. Rollin was Second Lieutenant which McCauley was Captain that he the said Archibald Campbell was but fifteen years of age when he was first called out in this deponent thought himself too young to commence the service but that Archibald McDonald who was then either Major or Colonel said that he then said A. Campbell was plenty large to commence the service so he then entered the service and continued until the end of the war, whenever it would come to his time. He hereby 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
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any agency in any State except the State of South Carolina from which State he has received a pension of sixty dollars per annum for about five years
Sworn to and Subscribed on the year and day before herein written before me a Magistrate for Williamsburgh District and State of South Carolina and I further certify the the said Archibald is from bodily infirmity unable to attend court, and also that the questions inquired by the deponent  were propounded to him by me and answered as above and I do hereby express my opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Archibald Campbell
W.B. Graves
Magistrate WBDt

State of South Carolina Williamsburgh District 
We Charles Barnman & Wm Craps
Clergyman residing in the district and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. s/ Charles Barnman
Wm Craps
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W.K. Scott
CCps
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State of South Carolina Williamsburgh District
Spring Term Williamsbugh District Court 1846
The Declaration of Mr. Archibald Campbell for a pension under act of 7th June 1832 duly Certified by William B. Graves Magistrate for Williamsburgh District and State of South Carolina on this 8th day of April 1846 having been submitted to the Court it doth hereby approve the acts and proceedings of said Magistrate and directs the clerk to enter this approval on the papers
JS Richardson
State of South Carolina Williamsburgh District
I William R. Scott Clerk of the Court of Williamsburgh District and State aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a new copy of an order of Court, and that William B Graves is a Magistrate duly commissioned and justified according to law, and that the signature purporting to be is genuine
Testimony where of I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 22nd day of April anno domini
One thousand and eight hundred and forty six
W.R Scott
E.C.P
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37.419
Oct 31. 1846
Archibald Campbell
June 7 1832

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OCT
29
VA

Col J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
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Richd
29 Oct. 46

Col. J. L. Edwin
Washington

D Sir

Enclosed is the application
of Archibald Campbell of So. Ca. for a pension
under act 7 June 1832. He has recd $60 pr year
for several years, from  the State of S.Ca. but I suppose
that will not be deducted from the pension due by the
U.S. any more them if he had heretofore been pension
=ed by a private corporation, or given of  individuals
fore however knew what is the rule on the subject.
Yr Records will doubless shew his service. A copy
of the papers in Columbia will be got.

I am yr obt svt

Thomas Green
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Let to T. Green, Nov 11:40

1622
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7622
Archibald Campbell
REJECTED
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Campbell, Archibald
GRADE Private
LINE Virginia

WARRANT NUMBER 12021

ACERAGE 100

ISSUED February 9, 1796
to Robert Camp, assignee

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications fir warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.