Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9590, James Holliman, N.C.
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SERVICE N.C. 
[Black handwritten Star]                  
Holliman, James    
NUMBER
S9590                                                        
Carded
CONTENTS
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23.152
North Carolina
James Holliman of Anson in the State of N. Car. 
who was a pri. in the - commanded by Captain - of the Regn commanded by Col Bryan in the No Car. line for 6 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of n. Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Nov, 33 and Ruch Wm Dismukes Wadesboro, N. Car
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1843 - 50 -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 10 -
$60 -
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by N Rice Clerk Book C Vol. 6 1/2 Page 58
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State of North Carolina  { Declaration of James 
Anson County                {Holliman on this 2nd 
                                        {day of October 1833.
personally appeared before me James Gordon, One of the active Justices of the peace for the county of anson James Holliman a Soldier of the Revolution. he being very infirm and not able with convenience to travel to a Court of record and aged 83 years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress  passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein Stated--I turned out as a volunteer under Capt. Henery Finch to serve every Call of our officers to keep under the Torys and other out liers. in Johnson County & the adjacent county. Serve two Months. and was discharged by Capt Finch the month and year not recollected but thinks it was at the Beginning of the war- Not long after I was drafted to serve a three months tour a private in Capt Henery Finches Company again. march to kingston on muse River. then a cros [across]... River at Coxes ferry. then on towards Trent River. then on near Wilmingtown [Wilmington]. after halting Sometime we march through Duplan County to Drowning crick at the fair bluff then march to Elisabethtown on Cape Fair River-then back to Spithfield in Johnson County where we first marched from Serve three month. got discharged & went home. in about twelve month was drafted for another three months tour and mark under Capt. John Trent under Col. Needham Bryan & marched a cros [across] Tar River harbor Tarborough Town and through green County on near Edenton. expecting to meet Brittish [British] Torys. and after Staying there a few weeks-marched to roanoke River to halifax Town. an was Stationed there about two weeks. then on through North County in pursuit of Torys..an into wake County. Served three months and was discharged by Capt Trent. the year not recollected-Some four or five months after this I with a number of others was Called on by Col. John Smith Johnson County to gard [guard] a ...Brittish [British] prisoners about one hundred & thirty in number that was sent to Smithfield to be guarded till they could be exchanged I served as gard [guard] two months & was discharged-by order of Col. Smit. he remembers being with gen. greens army (crossed out) in his rout towards Wilmington but did not remain long with gen green. he also remembers of being mustered by Adjudent [Adjutant] Childers while with gen greens army-; the year not recollected
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Not long after I was discharged from guarding the Brittish [British] prisoners orders come for some eighteen months men to be raised. I for one turned out a volunteer and when orders come to march I sent my serven [servant] in my place & I was discharged.
I have no papers to prove what year but it was near the end of the war as well as recollected. Nether [Neither] have I any papers nor do I no [know] of any person now living by whom I could prove my services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above
Test. Gordon J.P.
James Holliman
Qt 1. Where and in what year were you born
A. in Johnson County N Carolina May 25th 1750
qt 2. have you any record of your age & if so where is it
A. yes in a family bible kept by my father of his childrens ages
qt 3. where were you living when called into service and where have you lived ever since the revolutionary war & where do you now live
A. I lived in Johnson County N Carolina when called into service and continued to live there untill [until] the year 1793. I move to Lancaster District South Carolina near the N Carolina line when I have lived ever since
qt 4. how were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute of whom
Ans. I volunteer and drafted. I served two three months tours a drafted Soldier and two two months tour a volunteer and Sent my servent [servant] in the eighteen months Tour
qt 5 State the names of some of the regular officer who were with the troops where you served. Such continental & Militia ridgements [regiments] as you can recollect and the general circustances [circumstances] of your service
Ans. Gen Green Col Needham Bryan adgident Childers. Capt Henry Finch. Capt John Trent.  and Col Smith then were Malitia [Militia] officers I lived in Johnson County at that time. accept Gen Green and he was a continental
qt. 6. did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.
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As. I do not remember ever receiving a written discharge from my officers, but mostly think  I did but what has become of it I do not know  at this time
qt 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify to your carrecter [character] for veracity & their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution - Jesse Lewellen & Joshua Walters
Jesse Lewellen Clergyman residing in the same County & State and John Walters residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Holliman the applicant who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we beleave [believe] him to be of the age therein stated. that he is reputed and beleaved [believed] in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have bin [been] a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Test Gordon JP
Jesse Lewellin
Joshua Walters
I James Gordon do hereby declare my 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
I do further certify that it appears to me that Jesse Lewellen who has sined [signed]  the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Anson and State of N Carolina and that Joshua Walters who has sined [signed] the same is a resident in the
County of Anson and State of N Carolina and is a credible person and that there statement is intitled to credit
Also it appears to me that James Holliman the above name applicant is so infirm that he could not with convenience attend a Court of record and the reason that he applys [applies] in this way it is most easy for him in his present situation and living near the State line
Gordon JP
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State of North Carolina
Anson County 
I William Dismukes Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Anson County, Certify that James Gordon is a Justice of the Peace as above stated, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of Office at Wadesboro, this 9th day of October 1832
W Dismukes Clerk of Anson County Court
28.028 James Holliman
Annulled
6 months $20 per ann.
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R. H. NORTHCUTT, Pres.   J. H. BARNES, Sup't.
RALPH W. NORTHCUTT, Vice Pres.
JAS. J. DANIELL, Sect'y & ...

Marietta Knitting Company
Manufacturers of High Grade Seamless
Radium
Half Hose
Marietta, GA.

Incorporated 1898
Present Capital $100,000.00
Production 10,000 Pairs a Day.

                                              December 3, 1912.

Commissioner of Pensions
                             Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
          Please send me your record of service for the following Revolutionary pensioners, and greatly oblige. Robert Melton who lived in Stewart County Georgia in 1840, aged about 82, and Jas. Holliman of Lancaster County, S. C. in 1833 aged 84.
          Thanking you in advance for this attention, I am,
                       Yours respectfully,

JJD/EC               (Handwritten) Jas. J. Daniell
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RECORD DIVISION.
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 9590 Washington, D.C. [blank],19[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of James Holliman 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
Beginning of War 2 mos. Pvt. Henry Finch [blank] N.C.
[check] 3 mos. [blank] Henry Finch [blank]
[check] 3 mos. [blank] John Trent Needham Bryan [blank]
[check] 2 mos. [blank] as a guard over prisoners at Smithfield, discharged by Col John Smith,
Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Johnson Co. N.C. 
Date of application for pension, Oct 2 1836 
Residence at date of application, Anson Co. N.C. 
Age at date of application, b. May 25, 1750 in Johnson Co. N.C. 
Remarks: in 179[illegible] he moved to Lancaster Dist. S.C.  He died May 7. 1836* No data as to family . 
* from A.R.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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1912 Dec 7 Hist to Jas J Daniell Marietta Ga.
Rev War
9590
[check] 
INVALID.
File No. 9590
James Holliman
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 178
{Arrangement of 1870.}