Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,508, James Wallace, Va Commissioned Lt. Of S.C. Navy In 1794 Or 1795
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                   
Va           
Commissioned Lt. of S.C. Navy in 1794 or 1795

Wallace, James         
Ann

NUMBER
W.22.508
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CONTENTS
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[left side]
South Carolina 16.088
___________________________
James Wallace
of Spartanburg in the State of South Car:
who was a pri. in the company commanded
by Captain Morgan of the ------ commanded
by ----- in the Virginia line for 2 years
________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the
rate of 80 Dollars  --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of June '33 and sent to applicant
Cross Anchor P. O. S. C.
______________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -      160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.    40
                     [total]                        $200

                               {Revolutionary Claim,}
                               {Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by 
Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol 6. Page 83

[right side]

Let to applicant
Apl 14, 1834
Let to applicant 
May 1, 1834

May 29, 1834 - dup: certif. issd:
and sent to himself at
Charleston So. Car. on
the same day
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Reported

1610
South Carolina
Ann Wallace
widow of James Wallace
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
__________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1848.
_______________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
30 day of August 1848 and sent to P. Cantwell
Charleston S. C.
____________________________________
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 343 Vol. 2
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     Spartanburg near Cross Anchor Post Office, South Carolina October 18th 1832.

     Declaration of James Wallace in order to obtain the 
Benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
I was born in Larne County of Antrim North 
of Ireland 1752 ^25 in May^.  I emigrated to Philadelphia in 1769 & early 
10th in February 1775 I entered a volunteer in Captain Morgan's 
^[illegible] guards^ company of Riflemen in Winchester Barcks (or Loudoun)
County Virginia near the Warm Springs, which was 
ordered for the defence of the Frontiers, against the 
Shawanees Indians & we marched by Fort Cumberland 
eastern side of the Alegainy Mountains 60 miles 
over, where Bradick was defeated at the big meadows, 
on the western side of the Laurel Hill, through 
Redstone to Pittsburgh, hence 40 miles down the 
Ohio River in Boats to a stockade Fort at Rariton 
Bottom, within 30 miles of the Shawanee Towns, said 
to be 600 fighting men.  There we remained until 
June, when our time which we engaged ^for (4 months) 
were expired we returned after loosing 7 of our men 
& Langley wounded & J Magara a prisoner to the 
Indians killed, striped & scalped by Indian Scouts within 
a short distance of the Fort.  About this time the Battle 
of Lexington fought on the 19th April which was agitating 
the minds of the people in Virginia greatly 
& Captain Morgan (afterwards of the Cowpens) & Captain 
Crysop & Captain Hugh Stephenson raised companies 
of Riflemen, I joined the later company ^a volunteer^ & as soon 
after marched for Boston where we arrived in 
^August 15th^ after the Battle of Bunkers Hill which was on the 
17th June ^or July^.  Capt. Morgan & Crysop (I believe) also were 
ordered for Quebeck with Montgomery & Arnold, 
& our company was stationed at Roxbury that 
had been burned by the British where we remained 
besiedging the British until the 4th of March 1776 
when we got prossetion of Dorchester Heights, which
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obliged the British to capitulate to evacuate Boston 
on the 17th which they did, & then our light troops 
were ordered for New York, & soon after our arrival there 
our company ^was stationed on Statten Island where  we remained 
about 6 months until September, during this ^time our Capt. 
died & Lieutenant Henshaw had the command 
& we were ordered to the west end of Long Island, after 
the arrival of the British fleet in the Bay of about 300 
sail, said to have on board 15,000 British & 15,000 Hessians.
On or about the 12th of September they landed at 
Flatbush & General Sullivan & General Sterling was 
ordered ^with their commands^ to oppose their landing, which they, we 
did with great Bravery, between the Hill & the Creek, 
but they, ^we were soon overpowered by numbers in front, 
flank & reare, with the Creek upon their ^own right so 
that they, ^we were all prisoners, said to be about 2500 as 
this creek was passable only by boats, being wide marshes 
on both sides; The main Army under General Washington 
was within the Lines of Brookline, at the time said 
to be about 17,000.  On the 14th our Army made a 
grand retreat in the night to New York, being 
under cover of a thick fog, so that neither the British 
Army, nor a Frigate that was stationed in the East 
River discovered it before day light.  The Frigate 
alone could have easily cut off the retreat, had 
she discovered it.  The next day the British got possestion 
of New York, & our army kept retreating 
towards the White Plains.  Some of the prisoners 
of which I was one, that had neither hat nor coat, being robed by the Hessians 
were put into the old Sugarhouse, & some in 
the New Prison, I was one of them that was put 
in this prison, with Major Venzant & Captain Vandike 
of the Granadiers of Col. Lasher's Regiment.
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We remained there until some time in November 
when Captain Cumings of the (Frigate Confedercy 
that was taken from the Americans) as comodore of 
a Fleet of 72 sail of Retulars & others was ready 
to sail when the Prisoners which they called 
Rebels, not Prisoners, of war, being taken in 
arms against his Majesty in his colonies, 
should be tried in England, we were dispersed 
throughout the Fleet in 5', 7', 10' & 12' but I never 
could Learn the numbers of them.  About 30 
sail of them put into cove of Cork, the rest 
stood up the channel for England, all the 
Prisoners & pressed men that was on board 
of these 30 sail were put on board of the 
Guardship Capt. Chaimberlain & soon after 
she sailed for Plymouth in England.  On 
arrival we, were put all on board of the 
Dunkirk an old French [illegible] ship Capt. 
Milligan, Guardship.  We remained ^at or^ about 
3 months & in that time the news of Comodore
Jones capturing the British Frigate Serapis 
after a terrible engagement & soon after 
the news of the capture of General Bourgoine 
with his 10,000 picked troops to surrender at
discretion, after this news, the American Prisoners 
were treated with more civity.  Col. Laurence 
was now in the Tower of London a Prisoner 
& about 4 or 500 prisoners was then in Mill Prison.  
It was my good fortune to get a Letter from Ruben 
Hervey a merchant in Cork to Charles Fox merchant in 
Plymouth who treated me with great kindness.  
James Fox the brother a private Banker, I was permitted by 
the Lieutenant of the Guardship after shewing him the Letter 
to Mr. Fox, to go up to Plymouth every day upon
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my pledge of honor, to appear every evening on board 
the ship at Role call sundown, this continued about 
17 days, when ^no further attendance was required,^  when they gave me a Letter to George Crocker & 
Robert W. ^Forner Falmouth, Commissaries or Commissioners 
of Prisoners, with a smal sum of money, a man & 
2 Horses to carry me to Falmouth 50 miles cross the 
west of England.  The two Foxes on delivery of the 
Letter Treated me with great kindness & I staid with 
them 15 days.  They gave me my choice whether to 
go in a British Packet to New York, or a French 
Cartel to Ft. Malois in France, my choice was a Brig 
with about 80 or 90 French prisioners which we
arrived at Ft. Mallois in 3 days.  From thence 
I traveled in a La Dilligence (a light wagon) cross Britany 
30 leagues or 90 miles to Nantz & boarded at Madam 
McCarties with a number of Americans that had 
got away from England by various means, all 
waiting until the new American Ship Vengence 
of 20 guns, Capt. Thomas Colier would be ready 
for sea.  We sailed about the 25th of December, & arrived 
at Salem about the 1st of February 1778, here I may observe 
that from February 1775 to the 13th September 1776 is 19 months 
in the Army before I was taken prisoner 
& from said 13 Sept. as above to the said 1st Feby. as above 16 
months.  These 16 months I was a prisoner in New York, at sea, 
Ireland, England, France & on the voyage home. & 
to ^this I add (in 1791 I was appointed Inspector & boarding 
officer, of the customs to board all vessels from sea & 
receive a copy of Manifest of cargo for the custom 
house ^in Charleston^  & continued for ten years by George Abbot 
Hall, the first collector of the customs ever 
appointed by Congress to Charleston.  I had also 
a Lieutenant of the Navy's Commission from Chares 
Pinckney who was then Governor of this State
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in 1794 or 1795 & (I think) to the command of a gunboat 
3 of which was builded by this State carrying 
32 pounders. I ^was senior officer & ranked with a Capt. 
in the Army.  I received my pay & rations for 
3 years from the Legislator of this State & then the 
gunboats was sold.
I am now 81 years of age, & all my faculties both 
mental & bodily, have been upon a regular decline 
of life for some years, together with the extreme Indigence 
& living 200 miles from Charleston, where we lived 
42 years.  These infirmities & the loss of my papers 
& memorandums when a prisoner, puts it out of my 
power to be accurate, as to the dates, of this Declaration, 
but as to the Event, I will attest them 
with great confidence, being fresh in my memory.

South Carolina)
Spartanburg Dist)
[the next 5 lines have been crossed out]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present, and declares 
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency 
of any State.           
James Wallace

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid.
                John Garlington Clk. L. Dist.
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Mr. Gabriel Phillips Clergyman residing in the District of Laurens 
and Wm Farrow residing in Spartanburg, hereby 
certify, that we are well acquainted with James 
Wallace who has subscribed and sworn to the above 
declaration that we believe him to be eighty one 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed 
in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been 
a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur 
in that opinion.
Gabriel Phillips
Wm Farrow

Sworn to and subscribed the
day & date aforesaid
John Garlington Clk. L. Dis.

And the said court do 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 
soldier and served as he states.  And the court 
further certifies that it appears to them, that 
Gabriel Phillips who has signed the preceding certificate 
is a clergyman  - resident in the District 
of Laurens - and that Wm. Farrow who has 
also signed the same is a resident in the District 
of Spartanburgh and is a credible person, and 
that this statement is entitled to credit.

                          Richard Garett
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I John Garlington clerk of the court of Laurens District do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the said court in the matter of the application of James 
Wallace for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal of 
office this eighteenth day of October 
1832.
John Garlington
Clk. L. Dist.

To the honorable, Lewis Cass, secretary at War U. States 
at Washington.

If you will have the goodness to Favour me with 
the Pention you will please to direct your Letters to 
James Wallace, Cross Anchor, Post Office Spartanbourgh
District, South Carolina.
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17773
James Wallace
Spartanburg D
S. C.


Admit as a private
2 years $80

1G. 
P 346

19 Apl. "33
Capt. James Wallace
Cross Anchor P.O.
S. Carolina
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BRIEF in the case of James Wallace of Spartanburg District in the State of South 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? 81
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[1st column]
Period         
Volunteer                                             
do In 1775   
[2nd column]
Duration of Service            
Years,  Months,  Days.
                  4
1                7 service
1                 4 prisoner
[3rd column]
Rank
As a Private
[4th column]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Morgan, Rifle company
Capt. Hugh Stephenson do.

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Dorchester Heights, Long Island
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Winchester Virginia
7.  Is his statement supported 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? Correct
I  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

                                 T. G. Bradford.
                                   Examining Clerk.
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James Wallace
wid of James (38)
[illegible]
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1789
died 1838
Allow as per $80
per ann. from 29
June. 1838. to 4
March 1841.

P. Cantwell Esq.
Charleston S C
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Mrs Wallace
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State of South Carolina)
District of Charleston)

Office Court Common 
Pleas Charleston

I Charles C. Strohecker Clerk of the Court of 
Common Pleas for Charleston District So. Carolina 
hereby certify that, P. Cantwell is a magistrate 
as set forth in the annexed papers, and 
that the signatures thereto purporting to be his 
are genuine.  I further certify, that, the 
witnesses in this case, namely Mr. Righton 
& Mr. Henry McInfuss & the claimant 
are respectable and that, their statements 
are entitled to faith and confidence.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed 
the seal of my office and subscribed my 
name this 3rd day of August 1838.
Charles C. Strohecker
Clerk of Court
Common Pleas Charleston Dist. 
So. Ca.

[physical seal & ribbon affixed]
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State of South Carolina } On this 1st day of August 1838 
District of Charleston } personally appeared before the undersigned 
Mr Henry McInfuss Clerk & Sexton of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston So. Ca. aged 68 years who being duly sworn 
deposeth, that, he knew the late James Wallace deceased for 
upwards of 40 years, that he was a Revolutionary pensioner 
and died on 27th June 1838. That, he knows his widow 
for a like number of years, and that, he believes she is 
and has been regarded as a respectable married 
lady of excellent character, and that, her statements 
are entitled to the fullest credit
Sworn to and subscribed before me } Henry McInfuss [illegible]
the day and year above written and }
I do certify the credibility of the affiant }
P Cantwell Not Pub & QU for Charleston }
Dist So Carolina }
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State of South Carolina } On this 31st day of July 
District of Charleston } 1838, personally appeared 
before the undersigned Mrs Ann Wallace, a native 
of N. Carolina a resident of Charleston 48 years, and 
aged 67 years, who being duly sworn according to 
law, doth on her oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the 
act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled an act granting 
half pay and pensions to certain widows. That, she is the 
widow of James Wallace deceased, who was a private 
volunteer soldier of three years service as Deponents 
believes during the war of the Revolution, and who 
was a pensioner of the U States on account of same, 
as will appear by reference to his pension certificate 
this is in the records following, to wit, 
War Department 
Revolutionary Claim 
(Duplicate)
I Certify, that, in conformity with the Law of the United 
States of the 7th June 1832, James Wallace, of the State of 
South Carolina is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum 
during his natural life, commencing on the 
4th. March 1831 and payable semiannually on 
the 4th March and 4th September in every year 
Given at the War Office of the United States this 
29th day of May 1834.
[word "Seal" encircled] Examined and Countersigned  Lewis Cass
Secretary of State
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions

[Following note written vertically across the above text]
This Certificate issued in lieu 
of one dated on the 28 June 1833 which 
had been lost or destroyed, but when it
is presented at the agency, the agent will 
forward to this Department.

She further declares that she was married 
to the said James Wallace on the 21st June 1789 
that her husband the aforesaid James Wallace died 
on the 27th day of June 1838, that, she was not 
married to him prior to his leaving the service, 
but the marriage took place previous to the 1st 
January one thousand seven hundred and
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ninety four viz at the time above stated, and 
that, she is now a widow in poor circumstances
Sworn to and subscribed before me }
the day and year above written } Ann Wallace 
and I also certify the credibility }
of the affiant. }
Theo Lee Distr. Judge }
of U States for So. Carolina }
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State of South Carolina }
District of Charleston }

On this 2nd day of August 
1838 personally appeared 
before the undersigned, Mrs Elizabeth Righton aged 
69 years, and a resident of the City of Charleston,
who being duly sworn according to law deposeth, 
that she is well acquainted with Mrs. Ann Wallace, 
widow of James Wallace deceased, late of Charleston & 
a revolutionary pensioner, that she knew said Ann 
in North Carolina, before, and after her marriage
with said James Wallace, that, said Ann is of respectable 
[illegible] & family, and that she always 
sustained an irreproachable character, as a respectable 
married lady, that, she believes said Ann's 
marriage took place as set forth in her affidavit 
in the year 1789, that, she believes said Ann's 
statements are entitled to full credit, that, she was 
a widow on the 4th July 1838, that her husband, 
the aforesaid James Wallace, died on the 27th June 
1838, and that said Anne is now a widow and
has not since intermarried.
Elizabeth Righton
Sworn to and subscribed before me  } 
the day and year above written }
and I also certify the credibility of the affiant }
P. Cantwell Not Pub & J.W. for }
Charleston Dist. S. Carolina }
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Ann Wallace 
wid of James (38)
SoCa
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1789
died 1838
Allow the pen $80 
per ann, from 27 
June 1838, to 4 
March 1841.

P Cantwell, Esq
Charleston 
SoCa.
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State of South Carolina } 
District of Charleston } 
We the undersigned 
certify that, from what 
we have heard, and known of the character 
of Mrs Ann Wallace, the widow of James 
Wallace a Revolutionary soldier, we 
have no doubt of the truth of her statements 
in relation her claim for a pension, and 
do therefore recommend her case to the 
favorable consideration of the Department 
Done at Charleston this [blank] day of July 1838
John M Righton M.D.
Bue Cockfield
Thos Martin
John Michel QU
Notary Public
Peter M. Eppey & Q.U.

I have for many years past known Mrs Wallace, now 
the widow of James Wallace a revolutionary soldier & take 
pleasure in certifying that her character for veracity is unimpeachable 
& the statements made by her entitled to implicit 
credit.  The fact of her being the widow of James Wallace, & the 
the sheer facts above set forth are undoubtedly true.  Mrs. Wallace 
has been about 27 years a member of the church in 
the city of Charleston of which I am one of the ministers.
July 30, 1838. W. Capers

We concur in the above certificate
Nicholas Palley P.E.
Bond English 
Stationed Minister 
Saml. J Wagner
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
_____________
File No. 22508
Ann Wallace
Wid. of
James Wallace
Priv. Rev. War.
_________
Act: Feb 2d 1848
Index: - Vol. M, Page 312
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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[left side]
South Carolina - 3286
Ann Wallace
widow of James Wallace
who was a private
in the Virginia line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars
--Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
5 - day of December '43
and sent to P. Cantwell
Charleston So. Ca.

(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1- Page 211-

[right side]
Letter to Pen Agt. 7. March 1845,
S A Wallace Mar 30 46
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[left side]
South Carolina 92
Ann Wallace widow of James Wallace
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 
and who died on the 27th, June 1838 
of Charleston in the State of S. Carolina 
who was a Private in the company 
commanded by Captain Morgan of the
reg. commanded by  in 
the Va. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina 
at the rate of 80 Dollars - 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836 & ending 26th June 1838.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of
October 1842 and sent to P. Cantwell 
Esq. Charleston, S.C. 

Arrears to the 27th of June 1838 184:21
See the other side
(Act July 7, 1838)
Recorded by D. Brown. Clerk, 
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 196

[right side]
A new certificate was
issued [illegible] can under the 
opinion of the Attorney General of
the 2d. Sep 18[illegible] which was given
in consequence of the Resolution of
Congress of the [illegible] August 1842
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[left side]
Let to P Cantwell
Augst 26, 1841
let to P. Cantwell
5 Sep 1842

[right side]
South Carolina '92

Ann Wallace
widow of James Wallace dec'd.
who died on the 27th June 1838
of Charleston in the State of So. Ca.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Morgan of the Regt. commanded
by --- in the Virginia line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina 
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 27th June 1838

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Augt. 
1838 and sent P 
Cantwell Charleston So. Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838                     $160.00
Semi-annual allowance ending  4 Sept.                40.00
                                              [total]          $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 7, 1838,}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 20. Page 196
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State of South Carolina } 16,088
Charleston District }

On this Twelfth day of May 1833, before 
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the 
said District of Charleston, personally appeared 
James Wallace, who, on his oath, declares that 
he is the same person who formerly belonged to 
the company commanded by Captains Morgan 
and Stevenson in the regiment commanded 
by Colonel Lashier in the service of the United 
States; that his name was placed on the pension 
roll of the State of South Carolina that he received 
a certificate, of that fact under the 
signature and seal of the Secretary of War; 
which certificate, on or about the Fifteenth 
day of January 1834 at his residence in Charleston 
he left upon a table, in a room where 
children were playing; and one of them threw 
it in the fire whereby it was destroyed.
 James Wallace

Sworn and subscribed to 
before me
the day and year above 
mentioned.
Henry Trescot
QU&NP
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State of South Carolina)
Charleston District)

Personally appeared 
Arthur G. Rose, who maketh oath that 
Mr. James Wallace is well known to him 
and that he is the same person described 
in the forgoing affadavit.
Arthur G. Rose
 
Sworn and subscribed to 
before me 
this 12th day of May 1834
H Trescot
QU & JP

I certify that the deponent is a person of 
veracity.
Henry Trescot
QU & JP

I William S. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Charleston 
District, certify that Henry Trescot is a Magistrate 
as above and that the foregoing signatures 
purporting to be his, are genuine.  In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto affixed 
my seal of office, and subscribed 
my name this 12th day of May 
in the year 1834-
[seal affixed]
W. S. Smith
Clerk of the Court of Charleston District
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James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Charleston 23d April 1834

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Department of War - Pension Office

Sir,
I have just rec'd your favour & 
haste to send you the certificate 
enclosed you required & of the loss of my 
certificate of Pension that you had the 
goodness to send me, by which I rec'd all the 
money due to me, on the 4th of September 
1833 - but unfortunately lost your certificate 
for the last half year from the 4th Sept. 
1833, to the 4th of March 1834.  I must 
beg the favour of you to forward the 
certificate as soon as you conveniently 
can for Ann Wallace & myself are now 
very old & in extreme distress.

I am sir very respectfuly
Your obt & [illegible] Svt

James Wallace
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

application for a new Cert:
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Charleston 13th May 1834

To:  J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr. of Pentions

Sir, I have the inclosed names of gentlemen 
that will be agreeable, & satisfy you the propriety 
of my application, to you for the renewal 
of my certificate, which, you had the goodness 
to promise to me in your note of the 
14 April, with a pressing necessity forces from 
me the request of your favour to forward it 
to me as soon ^as you conveniently can.

I am sir very respectfully your most 
obt. [illegible] sert.
James Wallace
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Department of War
Pension Office
Washington
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Charleston So Car 26 Aug, 1842

Sir
Mrs. Ann Wallce a revolutionary pensioner under 
1,Sec:q the Act of 7, July 1838.  Widow of James Wallace 
decd. who was a private in the revolution and died on 
the 27, June 1838.  Obtained a certificate for a pension 
at the rate of Eighty dollars per an=No.92 &, commencing 
on said 27, June 1838 which said pension ceased on the 
4 day of March 1841; she having received the benefit of 
same for only 2 years and 9 months.
She now respectfully applies to the department 
to inquire whether Congress have passed any act or 
resolution for the relief of persons so situated with 
a view of extending to them the pension for full 5 years - 
and also to request that.  The department will furnish 
her with such instructions for her guidance as will 
enable her to obtain that aid to which she may be 
entitled.
I remain Sir,
with great respect
Your m. obt. & Humble
Servant
P. Cantwell

James L Edwards Esq}
Commissioner of Pensions}
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James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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Charleston So. Ca
13, October 1842

Sir
I respectfully submit the enclosed 
affidavit in the case of Mrs. Ann Wallace widow of 
James Wallace dec'd. in order that she may obtain the
ballance of the five years pension.
I remain sir
with great respect
Your m. obedient & Humble
Servant
P. Cantwell

To
James L. Edwards Esquire}
Commissioner of Pensions}
Washington}
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The file respecting
pension not applied
for for twelve
months & one not
apply to process
under act June 7
1844 one & 
unpaid 4 March
1845
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Pension Agency
Charleston 4 March 1845

Sir
I herewith forward for authority to pay the 
vouchers of Ann Wallace, Sarah Godfrey, and 
C C Smith pensioners under Act 17 June 1844 - 
there being 12 months due, be pleased to state 
whether the rule applies in these cases, or whether 
I am authorized to pay without referring them to your 
office for authority.
I am Sir Respectfully
Your Observt
Jno C Cochran
Pension Agent

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Sarah Godfrey  3290
CC Smith  3289
Ann Wallace  3286
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Admitted

P. Cantwell
Charleston
S.C.
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The State of South Carolina)
City of Charleston)

On this 1 day of August 1848, 
personally appeared before me 
the undersigned a Notary Public for Charleston Dist., 
Mrs. Ann Wallace a resident of Charleston So Ca aged 76 years.

Who being first duly sworn according to law, Doth on her 
oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the 
benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed 
on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of 
persons who served during the revolutionary war.  That 
she is the widow of James Wallace who was a private 
in the revolution and died on the 27th June 1838.

That she received a pension under the Act of 17" June 
1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars 
per annum, she further declares that she is still 
a widow.
Ann Wallace

Sworn to and subscribed)
on the day and year above Written)
before.  I also certify that the declarant)
is personally known to me)
P. Cantwell
Not Pub & M for
Charleston Dist. So Ca

[physical seal affixed]
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
___________
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Charleston So Ca
9 Aug, 1843

Sir:
The annexed document is laid 
before you in support of the claim of Mrs. Ann 
Wallace in order to obtain the years pension provided 
by the Act of 3d March 1843.
I Remain sir;
very respectfully
your obt Servant
P. Cantwell

James L. Edwards Esquire )
Commissioner of pensions )
Pension office )
Washington City. )
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James Wallace
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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
James Wallace---which require
further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 

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? 

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 amout of pension 
he is entitled? 

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?  

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 

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?
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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? 


XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 
it?  


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? 


XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness 
or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, 
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the 
regulations direct? 

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?   NO


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

                           

                                                          
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 each 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.  Some persons who apply for pensions 
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the 
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. 
It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration 
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the 
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either 
in the field or  in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed 
in any civil pursuit.

#  †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 he 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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass 
under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly 
attached to the certificate. 
☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of 
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

# The authentication wanting  - See above
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State of South Carolina
District of Charleston
On this 12" day of October 1842. Personally appeared before me Ann Wallace aged 72 years a resident of Charleston So Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to be entitled to the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 1842. in order to extend to certain widows the benefit of the act of 7 July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" that she is the widow of James Wallace decd of South Carolina who was a private volunteer soldier of three years service as Dept believes
and who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the act of 7 June 1832, at Eighty dollars per annum on account of said service, as by reference to his pension certificate No 16088,  dated 29 May 1834. Signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, & which was issued in place of one dated 28 June 1833-- will appear

Deponent further declares she was married to the sd James Wallace decd on the 21 June 1789, and that he died on the 27" June 1838 Deponent saith that about the month of August 1838, she made a declaration of the foregoing facts and obtained a pension certificate No 92 of which the following is a true Copy

War Department.-
Five years pension.-
I certify that in conformity with the first section of the act of July 7. 1838 Ann Wallace widow of James Wallace decd who was a private in the revolution and died on the 27th day of June 1838. is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum commencing on the 27 June 1838, and in
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in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death. Given at the war office of the United States this 28 day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
S. Cooper acting Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

Deponent further declares that her husband the said James Wallace died on the said 27 June 1838, that her pension commenced on the said 27 June 1838, and ended on the 4th of March 1841 and that therefore she has not received five years pension. She further declares she was not married to said James Wallace previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the 1 January 1794, viz at the time above stated, and that she has not since married but Continues the widow of said James Wallace above mentioned
[signed] Ann Wallace
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. I also certify the Credibility of the affiant
P Cantwell
Not Pub & Mg for Charleston Dist So Ca
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South Carolina District
City of Charleston
May 20 1833
Mr. Wallace having called on me to add 
my testimony to that which accompanied 
his application for a pension
 under the Act of Congress of the seventh 
^of June^  1832. Furth pleasure  certify that 
I have known Mr. Wallace for a 
period of at least thirty five years 
and that he has always been considered 
a worthy man. Of his revolutionary 
services I know nothing.
His statement however from his 
character is I think entitled to full 
credit. He is quite old & inifirm & 
poor.
Judge Gautt before whom the 
proceedings have been had & by 
whom the investigation appears 
to have been made in open 
court is one of the associate 
Judges of the State. 

Tho. Lee Dist.
Judge for South Carolina
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District Clerk Office 
So. Ca. Dist. 20th May 1833
I do hereby certify that the Honorable
Thomas Lee whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing instrument of writing is District
Judge of the United States America for the District of
South Carolina.

In Testimony whereof I have
affixed the Seal of the said Court the day & year
above mentioned
James Jervey
Dist. Clerk
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Charleston 17th May 1833
To the honble. Lewis Cass secretary at War.

Answer to your Quere in the brief No. 14 it appears to be the princible one the other cases, are answered in my declaration as required. If you will have the goodness to let one of your clerks examin the roll or record of captain Morgans Company of riflemen of Berks or Loudon counties, in Virginia, in the year 1775, February, March, April & May, against the Shawanees Indians to protect the Frontiers, engaged for 4 months which was duly performed he will find the name of James Wallace, as a voluntary private soldier, serving the time & regularly discharged to this I have pledged my solemn oath in my declaration certified in court which see. & if he will search further he will find the name of James Wallace, on the roll, or record, of Capt. Hugh Stephensons Company of riflemen from Virginia same counties, of Berks, or Loudan, & the adjoining counties, in the month of July & August, marching to Boston, on the 15 of August 1775 where we were stationed at Roxbury within Cannon Shot of Boston, & remained there until the
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4th of March 1776, six months, blockading the British in Boson which they evacuated on the 17th & our Troops were ordered to New York, where we arrived & our company was stationed on Statten Island where we remained until the British arrived in September & we were ordered to the west end of Long Island where we were taken by the British, prisoners with Generals Sullivan, & General Sterling, with their commands, on the 1th in a sharp action, on their landing, near Brookline, I will now briefly state I was a prisoner 16 months before released. - see Declaration.

To Quere 14 that seems to be the principle one objected, to, that is, my name is not upon a record on the Books of the Department, I can attest that there is nothing more true, that that I belonged to the too companies, & was with them the whole time as stated above, & in my Declaration, & that I am now 82 years of age with its infirmities, & extreme indigence & in much need of some relief, & that it is now 57 years & 6 or 700 miles to those counties in Virginia where these companies were raised, which puts it entirely out of my power to get the witnesses rquired in this Quere of the brief.
James Wallace

Sworn to before me this 21 May 1833
Tho Lee D. J. S. Carolina
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[Envelope with note]

Oct 17, 1842

Ann Wallace 
S.C. M 38
for arrears 
Issue a certificate payable 
from 4th March 1836 to 
27th June 1838 inclusive.

[Address]

James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
War Department 
Washington  D.C.
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Ann Wallace 
80$

[illegible initials written vertically left margin]

P. Cantwell 
Charleston 
So Ca.
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State of South Carolina District of Charleston
On this fifth day of August AD. 1843 personally appeared before me Ann Wallace widow aged 72 years a resident of Charleston South Carolina who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that he is the widow of James Wallace deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and died on the 27th day of June 1838. That she received a pension at the rate of eighty dollars ($80) per annum for five years under the Act of July 7th 1838, and she further declares she is still a widow.
Ann Wallace

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above mentioned. I also certify that the declarant is personally known to me.
Before G. W. Cooper Magistrate
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State of South Carolina Office Court Com. Pleas Charleston District

I Daniel Horlbeck Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston District do hereby certify that Geo. W. Cooper Esq. who has attested the annexed affidavit of Mrs. Ann Wallace is a Magistrate for Charleston District duly authorized to administer oaths. I further certify to the genuineness of the signature of the said Geo. W. Cooper Esq. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Charleston this eighth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Danl. Horlbeck
C. C. P. & G. T.