Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39417, Peter David, S.C.
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Service S.C.
[star stamp in black ink] David, Peter
Number S.39417
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Date of death not in AB
Notification sent to Israel G Mathis
May 1822 Sumpterville, SC

10,698 R
South Carolina
Peter David
of Sumpter Dist: in the state of S. Carolina
who was a Private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Huger of the So: Carolina 
line, for the term of 2 yrs & 3 mos.
Inscribed in the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 12 of Feby: 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of May 1819
and sent to Thos. Waties, [illegible]
Statesbury, S. Carolina.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  17/28 4/31 5.88
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.00
$53.88

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Sumpter District.
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Peter David

Peter David, Pr:
Sumter dist. S.C.
Col^o. Isaac Huger's
regimt. S^o. Carol^a.
line - taken pris^r,
by the enemy - 
whole term of service
and confiement, 2
years, 3 months.

12 February, 1819

Thomas Waties, judge
Statesburg, 
South Carolina
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South Carolina
Sumter District 
appeared in the Court of Equity for the said District
Personally ^ [came before me 
one of the judges for the [illegible] [crossed out]
Of the court of [crossed out]
[Illegible] Peter David who being duly sworn saith that he Enlisted in the Revolutionary War of the United States of America as a Private Soldier
for the Term of Sixteen Months under Colonel Isaac Huger in the Continental Establishment in the Fifth Regiment of the South Carolina Line. That he continued to serve as a Private Soldier untill [until] the City of Charleston was Surrendered to the British Forces in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty at which time he this Deponant [deponent] became a Prisoner of War and remained a Prisoner for about Fifteen months that during the said imprisonment he this Deponant [deponent] was placed in Close Confinement for many months on Board of a British
Prison Ship.  That the whole time of the service and imprisonment was two years and three months. That this Deponant [deponent] is in Reduced Circumstances and Stands in need of the asistance [assistance] of his Country for
support.
Peter x his mark David
Sworn in open court                   
this 12th day of Feby                                  
1819.
John B. Miller
Court. Eq. JD
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South Carolina
Sumter District    Personally ^appeared before the [crossed out &illegible]
Court of Equity - for the said District
James Johnson who being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with the within mentioned Peter David during the Revolutionary War in the United States of America that he this Deponant was himself a Soldier at the same Service and became a Prisoner at the same time and in the same ^manner and to the same Power as the said Peter David did and this Deponant declares that the contents of the within mentioned Affidavit are true to his own Knowledge.                       his
Sworn to before me        James [large I with cross] Johnston
in open court this                              mark
12th February 1819
John B Miller
Court Eq SD.
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I do hereby certify that the declaration of the aforesaid Peter David & also the deposition of James Johnson were made in my presence in the Court of Equity aforesaid and that I believe the facts therein stated to be true.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Court of Equity to be affixed
this 12th day of February 1819.
Tho. Waties
one of the Judges of the Court of
Equity of the State aforesaid.
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Peter David 400
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The State of South Carolina
Sumter District
On this third of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one. Personally appeared in open Court (being a court of record of and for the District aforesaid, and in the state aforesaid, which have 
jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & proceed according to the course of the Common Law and keep a record of its proceedings &
have the power to fine and imprison) Peter  David aged sixty seven years resident in the District and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War as follows. Was Enlisted in the fifth Regiment - under General Huger and served nine months in said Regiment in Captain James Conyers Company after the seige of Savannah in Georgia, he was transfered to Captain Dunbars Company in the Second Regiment and then was taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston South Carolina and put on board of the prison ship called the Esk after being sometime on board said ship was transferred on board of the ship called the King George and from thence was sent to the
northward to be Exchanged at old James town in Virginia as aforesaid. Peter David sixty seven years of age his wife Mary D David is sixty years of age one daughter aged twenty five. In the year 1814 said David
had his home and the contents thereof burned & his old & inform situation renders him unable to work to support himself or family.
Moreover was wounded at the fall of Charleston which is of great detriment to his health
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and has received no pension for said wound and this Deponant further declares that he has been inscribed on the pension list of South Carolina agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the twelfth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred & nineteen ^The Pension Certificate No. 10.698 And I do solemnly swear that  was a resident Citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to Diminish it as to bring myself within the
provision of an Act of Congress Entitled"an act to provide of certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the Eighteenth day of day of March
1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities Contracts or debts ^due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here unto annexed viz.
One Fluke Plough...                                  $1.50
One small Hand Mill valued at...                5.00
One old saddle valued at...                        1.00
Three blankets, ditto...                              10.00
One half Dozen Knifes & forks                  1.50
five Plates & one Dish                               1.25
two pots and one small Duch oven           3.00
One Coarse Gun                                        5.00
One Coffee Pott                                         0.25
One half Doz Cups & saucers...                 0.75
One Jug & half Dozen bottles                   2.00
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One wash Tub                                           $1.50
Two cows and four small shoats                12.00
                                                                  ---------
                                                                    44.75
And this Deponant further swears that he was originally & is now a farmer & that his wife and Daughter ^the only family he has with him
are able to give him but little or no assistance.
Sworn in open court                     his
this third day of Oct 1821     Peter   [X]    David
I G Mathis                                     mark
UQ & CCPs

South Carolina
Sumter District   I Israel G. Mathis Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the District aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing Oath and Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court. I further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court
that the Total Amount in Value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty [crossed out] Forty four dollars and Seventy five cents.  In Testimony whereof I have herunto set hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this Twenty seventh day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty one.
I.G. Mathis
C.C.P.s
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39417
[R_y (initials)] INVALID [illegible (initials)]
File No. 39417
Peter David
[illegible (initials)]
Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol: 3, Page 122