Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,279, for Peter Strozier, Georgia
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SERVICE Ga. 
Strozier, Peter 
Margaret 
NUMBER R.10,279
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Declaration 1.
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the Act of 4th July 1836, & of the 1st Section of the Act of 3 March, 1837; or either of said Acts
State of Georgia. SS 
On this first day of February
1842, personally appeared before the subscriber, Thomas E. Hardaway, a Justice of the Inferior County Court of Meriwether County, State of Georgia being a Court of Record Margaret Strozier a resident of said
County & State, aged one hundred & one years & five months who being first 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 4th 1836, & the act explanatory of said act, passed March 3, 1837,
or either of said Acts.
1st That the said Margaret Strozier was born on the 1st day of September 1740; that she was married to Peter Strozier in October 1758, who afterwards became a Revolutionary soldier & whose widow she now is. Her husband died 18th January 1807. Her husband died of common Bilious fever in Wilkes County, Georgia. At the time & during the Revolutionary War she had seven children, the two oldest were daughters & one of them then became grown. She was married in Rowan County, State of North Carolina near Salisbury, by Revd John Whatman a Protestant Minister by publishing the Bank of Matrimony three several times. She has no record of her age in her possession at this time. She kept for many years a family Record of her childrens ages in which was the time of her own birth, & from which she has thus been able to
recollect it. Her age was written down by her son John who is long since dead. The Bible in which was this Record
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was taken to the State of Alabama, near Tuscaloosa, many years ago by her daughter Mrs Parden, whether it is set in existence
she does not know. From North Carolina she removed with her husband said Peter Strozier, & settled in Wilkes County, State of Georgia on Kettle Creek about six miles above the town of
Washington. There they resided on the breaking out of the Revolutionary War & for several years afterward whilst its operation mostly affected the North
2nd. Her husband said Peter Strozier, was a private soldier & served as such for five years during the Revolutionary War. He was a volunteer. She has no documentary evidence
of her husbands service. He rendezvoused at Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia in the month of May 1779, she recollects the time of the year from the growing crop; he there joined the company in which Paddy Carr was Captain, & Genl Elijah Clark was then & there the commander of the Corps. He served in all of Genl Clark's subsequent expeditions & such other connecting operations as Clark's produced. The said Margaret Strozier remained on the Farm where her husband left her in
1779 for two years. About the end of that time she was broken up by the Tories & every thing of any consequence destroyed, she being known as the wife of a whig who was absent in the Army with Clark, fighting. She fled with her family of little children through South Carolina half begging & starving, suffering greatly from want & cold, exposure & ruggedness during
the months of January & February 1781, and joined her husband in North Carolina not long after the battle of Kings Mountain. Her husband served sometimes as Cavalry & sometimes as Infantry, but generally in the Cavalry, Captain Carr was intimate & often at her house before he went into the Army.
Said Peter Strozier "continued in the service of the United States until the third day of November 1783. Continued past that time up to May 1784, as before stated, five years.
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Said Peter & Margaret were not married "while her husband was in such service;" "it took place before the last period of his service." Before commencement of service, as before stated. He was discharged on his return home by Genl Clark without any written discharge within her knowledge. She recollects hearing him speak of a Col Dunn as perhaps at some time commanding his Regiment. At the time her husband joined & entered the service at Washington, Willes County Georgia considerable discussion, excitement & division existed amongst the people. She recollects some of her own relations joined the British, or consented to remain neutral, accepting the terms of a Proclamation made by the British Governor or commander at Savannah. Her husband said he wished no other protection but his Rifle; he so acted & joined Genl Clark as above stated, & was with him as a soldier in all his campaigns so far as she knows or believes. He served generally under Genl Clark, also sometime with Genls Shelby & Campbell & served under the latter at the battle of Kings Mountain not far from the line of North & South Carolina. Besides this last battle particularly her husband was also in the battle fought on Kettle Creek Wilkes County, Georgia. About the time he entered the service there was a noted British emissary operating amongst the people in that section of the country known by the name of Col. Manson, who deluded many. When Clark & the Whigs had no longer a home in Georgia, overrun by the British, Tories & Indians he accompanied him to the Mountain districts of South Carolina, every where reconnoitering, defending, protecting & encouraging the people. Whilst her husband was absent she seldom & only occasionally heard from him, such was her desolate situation, the broken intercourse of the country, & the disturbed state of the times. For four years of the time, out of five, the British were pretty well masters of the State. Of course, from personal & passing
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knowledge she could not then know, as she did not, much about his particular services; these however he often recounted to her afterwards; yet these from her great age & long lapse of time & memory she can not more specially narrate than she has done in the foregoing history of his service. She
only puts down here what she distinctly recollects.
3rd And the said Margaret Strozier further declares that she was a widow on the 4th July 1836 & still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Whatever was the authority & nature of Genl Clarks service was alike the character of the service of her husband as Georgia Militia, United States service; and a general constant mixed service, as to grade & name merely under the exigencies of Revolutionary times. And the said Margaret Strozier further declares that there is no resident Clergyman within any convenient distance whose testimony as to her Revolutionary claim she might procure who is acquainted with her reputation as such she having only removed to this section of the State about two years since. And the said Margaret Strozier further declares that she
presented her claim for this Pension as soon as he [she] was informed of her right & advised to do so; that she did this once before about two years ago & that she has only recently ascertained the loss of the papers, their miscarriage, or neglect in being attended to.
Margaret Strozier X her mark
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written before me
Thomas E Hardaway J. I. C
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And I, the said Thomas E Hardaway, Justice of the Inferior  county Court of Meriwether County, State of Georgia aforesaid, do hereby certify that the said Margert Strozier who has made the forgoing Declaration "is unable to appear & attend the court from bodily infirmity & that the said affiant Margaret Strozier is of the most credible character." witness  my hand & Seal officially the day & year above written. Thos E Hardaway 
State of Georgia
Meriwether County YS -  We, James Render & John Jones residing in the County of State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Margaret Strozier who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe her to be one hundred & one years & five months of age; that she is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where she resides to be the widow of a soldier of the Revolution, &  that we concur in that opinion. Certified & sworn to the day & year above written.  James Render John Jones
And the said Thomas E. Hardaway, Justice of the Inferior County Court, aforesaid, does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant is the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier & that he served as she states. And the said Thomas E Hardaway, Justice as aforesaid, further certified, that James Render and
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John Jones who have signed the preceding Certificate are [illegible] of the county of Meriwether State of Georgia, that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit, & that the same has been duly sworn to before me.
Thos E Hardaway 
I, John Robinson Clerk of the Inferior or County Court of Meriwether County, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the application of Margaret Strozier for a Pension. 
And I do further certify & state officially that the said Thomas E. Hardaway is a legal acting Judge of Justice of our said Inferior or County Court, & that his signature is genuine. 
 Witness my hand & seal officially this 1 day of February 1842. 
John Robinson Clk.
[*Hon: T. F. Foster Hr*]
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. R. 10.279
Washington, D. C. ,___, 19___
In reply to your request of___ , received___
for a statement of the military history of Peter Strozier 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.
1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Served at various times [illegible] 1784
RANK.  Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN | COLONEL
Patrick Carr [checked under colonel]
STATE. Ga
The claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of service [illegible] by the Act July 4 1836 under which she applied.
Battles engaged in, Kettle Creek Kings Mountain
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kettle Creek Wilkes Co Ga
Date of application for pension, Feby 1 1842
Residence at date of application, Meriwether Co Ga
Age at date of application, She was [illegible] Sept 1 1740
Remarks: The mar.  Oct 1758 in Rowan Co. NC. Margaret or Peggy She had seven children at the time of the Rev. The two oldest were daughters, Elizabeth John & William are the only names stated. [illegible] is referred to as Mrs Darden. Soldier died Jany 19. 1805 [inserted] Jany 18 1807 Wilkes Co. Ga. His wife Margaret died in the fall of 1842 
Respectfully, Commissioner.
[illegible] to go into questions of family are rejection nothing except technicality
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
[stamped REJECTED]
10.280
P.O. Margaret Strozier
Service:
Enlisted: James Rejd No 10.279 which see,___ 18.
Discharged:___,18
Application filed:___,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted: Ga Meriwether Co 1840 |01 year 5/12 born Sept 1, 1740 mar 1758 in Rowan Co NC husband died in Wilkes Co Ga Jany 18 1807
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contrac
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___, 18
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
1915 Nov. 17 Hist to Mrs. N. T. Loggins. Letter in R.1067 Dennis Tramell
10.279
P.O. Margaret Strozier
Service:
Enlisted: ___, 18 [stamped REJECTED]
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed: ___, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized
Cont
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___, 18
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No 15.183
Margaret Strozier decd. 
widow of Peter. 
Alabama.
Hon. J. F. Dowdell 24 June 1854
10219
Act 7th July 1838.
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Peter Strozier d. Jany 18. 1807.
Margaret in during the war.
5 year in service Geo.
Captan [Captain] [illegible] Clark
79
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No 5526 Feb 16 '42
Geo.
July 4. 1836
Margt. Strozier
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House of Rep. Feby 16. 1841
Sir
I enclose you this application of Margaret Strozier for a pension to which your early attention is requested
Yours respectfully
T. F. Foster
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Pension Office
24th June 1854.
Sir,
The affidavits in the case of Margaret Strozier decd widow of Peter of Alabama, have been
received and filed under Act 7th July 1838.
A Declaration should be made by one of the children in Open Court before a Court of Record. It should state at length Peter's service, the date of his marriage with Margaret, the dates of their death and the name and number of their surviving children. Record proof of each of these events will be required. Where [they are] [crossed out] it is not attainable it must so be certified and then paral proof will be considered. I enclose form under Act 4th July 1836 and 7th July 1838. I return you the letter
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of Messrs Richard & Falkner.
Hon. J. F. Dowdell
House of Reps
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(No 1)
The State of Alabama
Chambers County
Personally came before Hugh Wallace a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Elizabeth Rye who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth on Oath that she was acquainted with Peter Strozier in his life time about five miles from the Town of Washington in Willis County in the state of Georgia during the Revolutionary War that during said War she saw said Peter Strozier marching in the army of General Clarks, that she knows he was a Soldier in said Revolutionary War but does
not know precisely how long he served but her understanding as derived from him about the time and from the understanding in the neighborhood was that he served as a private soldier during the War. She was also acquainted with his wife Margaret (or Peggy as she was usually called) and with some of their children. She was not present at their marriage but knows that they lived together as man and wife and as such raised a family of children and was always understood in the neighborhood to
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be husband and wife, that their oldest child was a daughter by the name of Elizabeth, That the said Peter and Margaret Strozier and their family were in terms of matrimony and friendship with affiants Fathers family from the
fact of their all living in the same neighborhood and all being Whigs She also reccollects [recollects] that said Margaret
Strozier had a rising of some sort on one of her thumbs from which she lost some of the Bones which disabled her thumb afterwords, [afterwards]. She also recollects on one occassion [occasion] during the War that Affiants mother was called on to furnish a Breakfast for the troops under Genl. Clark and that said Margaret Strozier came voluntarily to her mothers and  aided her in preparing for them.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 5th July 1853
Hugh Wallace J.P.
Elizabeth Rye X her mark
(No 2)
The State of Alabama 
Chambers County
Personally appeared Before me James Erwin an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Chambers, Reuben Jones, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith on oath, that he was well acquainted with Margaret Strozier & that he new [knew] her to be the wife of Peter Strozier from her own statements, and from
the fury Register in which their marriage was recorded & that the said Margaret Strozier died in the fall of 1842 & that Peter Strozier
died previous to his recollection
Reuben Jones
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27th of April 1854
James H. Erwin J.P
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(No. 3)
The State of Alabama 
Chambers County
Personally appeared before me James H. Erwin an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Chambers William Strozier who being duly sworn deposeth and saith on oath that Peter Strozier his Father died Jany 19th 1805.
Wm Strozier
Sworn to & subscribed this 27th day of April 1854 James H. Erwin J.P.
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The State of Alabama
Chambers County
I, Samuel Pearson, Judge of Probate, for the County and State aforesaid;  and by the laws of said State, Ex Officio Clerk of the Court of Probate and Keeper of the Records of said County, hereby Certify that Hugh Wallace, whose name appears to the forgoing Affidavit of Elizabeth Rye, marked No 1, was
on the 5th of July 1853, an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County; and that James
H. Erwin whose name appears to the attached
affidavit of Reuben Jones and William Strozer [Strozier], marked Numbers 2 & 3; was on the 27th day of April 1854, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County each duly commissioned and qualified according to law. That their commissions are each dated the 16 of March 1853, and will expire on the 16th of March 1856; that full faith and credit are due to all their official acts as such Justices; and that their signatures, each, as written thereto
are genuine.
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office, at La Fayette, Alabama,
This 7th day of June, A.D. 1854.
1
Saml Pearson
Judge of Probate.