Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8887, for Alexander Mc Fadden, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

Service
N.C.

McFadden, Alexander

Number
S.8887

Carded

Contents
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23.231
North Carolina
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Alexander M'Fadden of Rutherford in the State of N.C. who was a [indistinct] in the ---  comman[ded] by Captain --- of the Regt command by Col. Graham in the N.C. line for 2 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 190 Dollars --- Cents per annu[m] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Dec [indistinct] and Gen. T.F. Birchett
Rutherford N.C.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending [indistinct]

475 -
95
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$570 -

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act Jue 7, 1832.

Recorded by Nath Rice Cle[rk]
Book E Vol. 2 Page 65.
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Alex. McFadden
Admit.
Capt 3mo - 60
Lieut 6 .- 80
Pr[indistinct] 15 - 50
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$190

5.13
P.329
T.F. Birchett
Rutherford
No. Carolina
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BRIEF in the case of Alexander McFadden
County of Rutherford in the State of No. Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 72

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Volunteered
July In 1771  6 - S
1778 " 1779 " 1780 [illegible]
several tours of service  S
August 1780 -
same year -
March 1781 -
April 1781 -

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
6 [months]
3 [months]
not stated 2 [illegible]
not stated 6
3 [months]
3 [months]    S


Rank.
As a
Minute Man
 --
 --
Lieutenant
 --
 --

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. James McFadden
Col. Wm. Graham
not stated
Col. Andrew Hampton
Capt. Stephen Willis
Capt. Thomas Price
Capt. James Gray
ditto
Capt. Thos. Price
Capt. Elijah Clark

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Black Stocks [Blackstock's] on Tiger [Tyger] & was in service from
1776 to the end of 1781

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rutherford Cty. No. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
[illegible]

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
11. Feby 1833
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State of North Carolina 
Rutherford County ⎬ 

On this tenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court now setting Alexander McFadden a Resident of the United States in the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina aged Seventy Two 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 Act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832

That he entered the service of the United States at 16 years of age in July 1776 as one of the minute men under Captain James McFadden Served a months Tower principly against the Cherokee Indians in the month of November at Oconalufta [Oconaluftee] 

We had a fight with the Cherokee Indians where we killed [indistinct] and wounded Seventeen took 3 prisoners we was then under the command of Col William Graham we was all of Rutherford County N. Carolina

I was still continued and Ready at a moments warning  under the same Officers in the year 1778. November we followed a Troop of Tories to Rutherford on the  Saluda River S. Carolina where we overtook them we found ourselves with only 60 men and we found they had upwards of 400. we made the best of our way home during the year 1778-1779. 1780 we had several Towers [tours] over the mountains in persute [pursuit] of the Indians and some times for our own safety from the Tories who was much the strongest party in this County at that time in August 1780 under Capt Steven Willis and Commanded by Col Andrew Hampton we was marched of to the upper parts of South Carolina the Tories had for themselves on [indistinct] when we Stormed the Fort and took the whole party without the cost of a [indistinct]

Shortly after Col Ferguson came to my house in Rutherford County with a number of his men took and destroyed every thing they could lay there hands on in the same year under Capt Thomas Price we Joined Col Sumters forces at [indistinct] Ferry on Broad River in South Carolina in View of the British ford a cross the River at the
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We went from that place to Black Stocks on Tiger the British Forces followed us to that place where we had a severe engagement. Col Sumter was wounded but we kept the Ground our loss was small from that place I return home to Rutherford County N Carolina. I was immediately appointed Lieutenant under Captain James Gray we was sent in persute [pursuit] of Cornwallis. we marched as far as South Adkin where we was halted and ordered Back and Ordered up to the lines where we was stationed for three months as a guard against the Indians in March 1781 I was still Lieutenant under Capt James Gray we was ordered on by Col Richard Singleton against the Cherokee Indians we had several engagements with small parties of the Indians we killed six and wounded several. We then Returned home I immediately became a Volunteer under Capt Thomas Price under the command of Col Elijah Clark for the Siege of Augusta Georgia we set out in April 1781 and remained there three months we was nearly every other day in some scrimmage sometimes in close contact in one of our engagements. Capt Price was killed we was reinforced by [indistinct] Lee from Virginia served his force with Genl Pickens of S. Carolina enabled us to storm the fort. I from that place returned home to Rutherford County N. Carolina. I Then Rec. the appointment of a Captain from Col Robert Porter and ordered to raise a Company for three months I then went in the different part of the County to take any of the Tory party to a stand that was appointed Col [indistinct] to have a trial this service was from the Order of Col James Miller in fact I was in actual service from 1776 to the end of the war. The tories & British took everything I had except my land. I am worn out spent the prime of my life in the defence of my Country and [indistinct] a small pittance to [indistinct] me on my decline he here [indistinct] every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any State or agency whatsoever.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Alexr McFadden
X
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Alexander McFadden's
Declaration
Revided [illegible]
8567


[upside down]

[illegible[ siege was over [illegible]
Captain by Coln. Robert Por
[illegible[ to take all the Tories we
[illegible] from 1770 to the end of [illegible]
He [illegible]
[illegible] Court
T. F. Birchett
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We Nathan Hampton & Danza Metcalfe
Both of the State of North Carolina and County of Retherford do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander McFadden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 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

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Hampton
Danza Metcalfe

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogations prescribed
by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan Hampton and Danza Metcalfe are both resident in the County and State aforesaid are credible persons and their statement is entitled to Credit.

I Theo. F Birchett Clerk of Court of Rutherford County do hereby say that the foregoing contains the Original proceding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander McFadden for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10th day of  September
A.D. 1832
T F Burkett Clk


Question by the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born
Answer from the best information I have I was born in the year 1760 in the State of Maryland

Question 2nd. have you any Record of your age
Answer I have not [indistinct] had our house and all [indistinct]

question 3rd where was you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now
Answer I was living in Rutherford County N Carolina when first called into service and have lived there to the present
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time and expect to die in the same place
question 4 How was you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or was you a substitute
Answer I was from the commencement of the Revolutionary War a Volunteer and served to the best of my recollection under the
following named Officers
my first tour was under Captain James McFaddin. 6 months
2nd tour the same officers - - -     2 [illegible]
we was under the command of Col. Wm. [illegible]
in August 1780 volunteer under Captain Steven Wallis - - -
under Coln. Andrew Hampton - - -
my next tour was under Captain Thomas Price
we joined Coln. Sumters at Shiers Ferry
my next tour was under Captain James Gray
March 1781 under Captain James Gray
Ordered by Coln. Richard Singleton a tour against the Indians
Immediately after my return I was a Volunteer under Captain Price for the Siege of Augusta we was placed under the command
of Genl. Pickens [words crossed out] and 
reinforced by General Lee after the siege was over I returned home
was then appointed Captain by Conl. Robert Porter and ordered out by Coln. [illegible] Miller to take all the Tories we could find [illegible] knew my effort of Service from 1776 to the end of the year 1781
Alexn. McFadden
Sworn to in open Court
10th Septr. 1832 
T. F. Birchett Clk

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Alexander McFadden's
Declaration
Rev ded [illegible]
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Rev War
8887
INVALID.

File No. 8887
Alexander McFadden
Capt. Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. 1st, Page 245
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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A McFadden
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Alexander McFadden which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

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

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?
Yes

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? No

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

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? Yes
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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? No

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?
Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
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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 ---; 
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 officer, 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.

In all cases where the applicant claims as an Officer, he must also produce his Commission or formal proof of his [indistinct] one and of his Service [indistinct]
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Revolutionary
Pension Claim
of
Jno. McFaddin
of
No. Car.
Filed May 31st
1852
Papers cald. for
M. Thompson
Atty.
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Know all men by these presents, That I, John McFadden of the county of Rutherford & State of North Carolina, a son and heir at law of Alexander McFadden late deceased of the said county, who was an officer and soldier in
the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $190. per ann. do hereby authorize and appoint Michael Thompson Esq. of Washington City, my [illegible] and lawful agent and attorney to persecute the claim of said Alexander McFadden for any amount of Pension, or increase that may be due on the account of
of the Revolutionary services of the said Alex. McFadden, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to examine all the papers on file in the departments at Washington City or
else when in relation thereto, to [illegible] any and all certificate of pension that may be issued and to do all things in relation to this matter that I might or could do were I
personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises
Witness my hand & seal this 19 May 1852
Signed sealed & delivered { R.L. Gilkey }
in [illegible] of, { S A Bettis }
S A Bettis 
John McFadden [illegible]

State of North Carolina }
County of Rutherford } Be it known that on this 19 day of May 1852, before me R.L. Gilkey clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid personally appeared John McFadden above named and acknowledged
the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act & deed, for the purposes there set forth - I also certify that the said John McFadden made oath in due form of Law that he is the son of the above named Alexander McFadden who died in the county of Rutherford in 1836 leaving no widow but several children 
of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied
In witness of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this 19 May 1852
R.L. Gilkey clk
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State of North Carolina } 
Rutherford County }      personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the county and Scate aforesaid Richard McCluer and after being, duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that
he was well acquainted with Alexander McFadden during the Revolutionary War that he knows he served on the lines as an Indian Spy that he guarded the forts or rather made the forts the place of Rendavouse  [rendezvous] under the Order of Coln. William
Graham the length of this service I cannot say I know he was appointed a Lieutenant and served in that capacity under Captain James Gray a Touer [tour] to the Indian Nation under Col. Richard Singleton I think he went a tour to the Siege of Agusta Georgia as Lieutenant under the command of Captain Thomas Price
Coln. Elijah Clark was the Commander of
this Tower [tour] to Georgia, Augusta I think was in 1780 or 81. know I served under
him in that tour we was out from our posts 3 months on this tour after our return he was appointed Captain by Coln. Robert Porter and served as such to the end of the War shortly after he was appointed Capt. Coln. James Miller had the command and the men was ordered out on several short expeditions
which was punctially [punctually] obeyed Alexander McFadden within my knowledge done much service as a private and as an Officer the length of his service I do not recollect I know he was active and much relied on and have no doubt but that his statement
is correct as to his services he is a man of respectable standing and from what I know his statement is entitled to full credit Sworn to and subscribed before me this
7th day of August 1833.
Martin Beam JP
Richard McCluer  seal [encircled in cloud shape]
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State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County, }
personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the peace for
the county and state aforesaid William Dalton and after being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Statement that during the latter part of the
Revolutionary War say 1780. he became acquainted with Alexander M Fadden that he believes he had the command of Russells [Russell's] fort & White Oak fort state that he was at those forts on duty when the aforesaid Alexander McFadden had the command as Captain I know he was a very active person
and officer in the Revolution as for commission I think very few persons had any they were generally voted in by the men and took the command and they or there orders was
obeyed I believe Alexander McFadden is a very 
correct person and would not make a statement of any thing but what was correct but the length of time and old age and the consequent loss of memory we cannot give the precise length of the service I know he served but how long I am not able to say but [illegible] remember I saw him often
in service from the year 1780 to the close of the War and in the capacity of an Officer 
& his is Lieutenant and Captain
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 12th day of August - 1833.
Robt. G. Twitty JP [encircled in cloud shape]
William his x mark Dalton
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State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County }
personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of peace for
the County and State aforesaid Alexander McFadden and after being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that length of time and
old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear to the precise length of his service but to the best of his recollection not
less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades and for which service I claim a pension
1776. Volunteer under Captain James McFadden for 6 months
1778 Volunteer under the same
for 3 do.
1779 Volunteer under the same
for 6 - do.
1780 Volunteer under Capt. Steven Willis - for 1 - do
1780 volunteer under Capt. Thomas Price
for - 2 - do
18. Months
I served not less than Eighteen months as private
1781 I was elected Lieutenant by the Company and Commissioned by Coln. Richard Singleton and served under Captain James Gray.   3 [illegible]
1781 I was changed to a Company and Captain Thomas Price for the Seige [Siege] of Augusta
3 do
I served as a Lieutenant six months        6. mos.
1781 latter part of the year I was appointed a Captain by Coln. Robert Porter and ordered to raise a Company and search out all the Tories and disaffected men in our County and take them to a place called little Brettain this service was three months -    3 -
I served as a Captain from what soarce [source] our commanding Officers
derived there [their] authority to make appointments I have no knowledge
but so it was I was appointed and served under the Orders given me
Sworn to and subscribed before this 11th day of November 1833
William Richardson J.P
Alexr. McFaden
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I Theo. F. Berchett Clerk of the Court of Pleas &c of Rutherford County certify that William Richardson is a magistrate as is
within stated and that his signature hereon is believed to genuine - and is entitled to credit.-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
official signature & affixed the seal of
my office the 16th day of Novr. 1833.
T.F. Berchett Clk
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State of North Carolina } 
Rutherford County } personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County Alexander McFadden
and after being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that by reason of old
age and consequent loss of memory that he cannot positively swear 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
1776 Volunteer under Captain James McFadden Coln. William Graham had the command this service was at least  } 6. months
1778. Volunteer under the same officers to [illegible] S. Carolina this was a service of not less than }- 3 months
1779 - we was much harrassed [harassed] by the Tories & Indians we was
kept under Arms during that whole year I did not persue [pursue] anything but the Camps I know was on guard
more than half of the year under Captain McFadden and Coln. William Graham say this service was }  6 months
1780 Then under Captain Steven Willis under the command of Coln. Andrew Hampton this was a tower [tour] to S. Carolina to take a fort on [? Trechetty] this was a tower [tour] of - -
1 month }
1780 Under Captain Thomas Price we joined General Sumter in S. Carolina at Shires 
[ Shirer's] ferry at Blackstock this was a service from our posts say - - } 2 month
private 18 months
1781 - I was appointed Lieutenant by Captain James Gray and ordered by Coln. Richard Singleton against the Cherokee Indians this was a tower [tour] of - - - }  3 months
1781. I was changed to the Company under Captain Thomas Price under the command of Coln. Elijah Clark for the Siege of Augusta Genl.
Pickens commanded Genl. Lee
Joined his forces to ours which enabled us to storm [illegible]
the fort this was a service of at least - - } 
3 months.
Lieutenant 6 months
1781. I was appointed a Captain by Coln. Robert Porter } 6 months
I served in this capacity until peace was made
we was much engaged in taking the disaffected to a stand at Little Brettain we was then under the command of Coln. James Miller this service
Easter untill [until] peace which was made than
 - -  } 3 months
This exhibits a fair view of my service during the Revolutionary War to the best of my
memory I served 18 months as a private six
months as a Lieutenant and three months as a Captain makes in the whole of my service Twenty seven months
5
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for which service I claim a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
fourth day of May 1833
M R Alexander JP [encircled in cloud shape]
Alexander his x mark McFadden  Seal [encircled in cloud shape]
I William J Jackson a Minister of the Gospele [Gospel] resident of the county of Rutherford and state of North Carolina do hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with Alexander McFadden who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that
I believe he was a soldier of the Revolution that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War Sworn to and subscribed
before me this fourth day of May - 1833
M B Alexander JP
William J. Jackson  Seal

and I Major R. Alexander one of the Justices of the peace for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Reverend William J Jackson
who is a minister of the Gospele [Gospel] who is reputed and respec
and respected in his calling also that I am well
acquainted with Alexander McFadden who has sworn to and subscribed to the above amendment to his petition for a pension who stands fair as a person of varacity [veracity]
and respectability that his Declaration is entitled to credit Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of May 1833.
M R Alexander JP
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State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County }
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Jonathan Hampton in this Eightieth year of age who being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he was well acquainted with Alexander McFadden during the Revolutionary War and to the present day that he was a true Whig and served his country as
such during the war of the Revolution that he believes he was at the Seige [Siege] of Augusta as a Lieutenant and after his return he was
called Captain and served in that capacity to the end of the War
but the length he served in actual service I have no knowledge
my belief from my acquaintance with Capt. 
Mc Fadden that he served as he states and that from the best of my knowledge and
belief he served as he states in his amended Declaration Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of August 1853
Robt. G Twitty JP
Jonathan Hampton
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State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County }
I Theo. F. Birchett clerk of the court of the Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for Rutherford County do certify that Robert G. Twitty before whom the affidavits of William Dalton and Jonathan Hampton, [illegible], and certified
to have been made, and Martin Beam Esq. before whom the affidavits herewith, of Alexander McFadin of James Gray, and Richard McCleur, are certified to have been made, are, each of them Justices of the Peace of said County, & that the signatures purporting to have been made by them are respectively believed to be genuine, & are entitled to credit & confidence, -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at Office the 31st day of August A.D. 1883.
T. F. Birchett clk
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to State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County }
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County and aforesaid Alexander McFadden and after being duly sworn according
law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in addition to two former ones. That if he ever rec'd. a written Commission he has [illegible] recollection what has become of them those was papers that very little attention was paid to the taken care of and all of those [illegible] except two Orders sent to me one from Coln. Robert Porter and [illegible]
there from Coln. James Miller I well recollect of another tower [tour] persute [persuit] of Cornwallis after the Battle of Kings Mountain I was taken from the lines when this was performed we crossed the Catawba the day
Genl. Davidson was killed at Cowens [Cowan's] Ford. We went on as far as the North Adken 
[ ? Yadkin ?] in persute [pursuit] of the British Army from that place we returned to our posts where it required all of our forces to guard
[illegible] of opinion that we was differently situated in this section of County
Our militia service was not uniform The men of families stayed at home only when a draft was made then the [illegible] to there place and they went to the [illegible] and these families to the forts the situation of the frontiers was so situated that we had Regular standing Army and our frontiers was entirely by guarded
by the militia Volunteer and there commanded by militia Officers we that was in this part of Country I think is perfectly Justifyable [justifiable] is saying they was in continual service during the Revolutionary War Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31
day of August 1833.
Martin Beam  JP
Alexr. McFaden  Seal
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State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County } personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid
Majr. James Gray aged Seventy five years who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth
that he was well acquainted with Alexander McFadden during the Revolutionary War and down to the present day That he well recollects
that he appointed him a Lieutenant and that he served in that capacity a Tower [tour] under my command to the Cherokee Nation
and that he filled the appointment with promptness and as a good [illegible-? soldier]
that after our return he was appointed Captain and acted in that capacity to the end of the War his length of service I am not able to say but Capt. McFadden is a respectable person and his statement is entitled to full credit Sworn to and
Subscribed before me this 31st day of August 1833.
Martin Beam JP
James Gray  seal
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State of North Carolina 
Rutherford County
I Theo. F. Birchett clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Rutherford do certify that Major R Alexander Esquire who has hereon attested the amended declaration of Alexander McFadden, & who has also attested the affidavit of the Reverend William J. Jackson and certified to the good character & veracity of them both, is an acting Justice of the Peace in & of said County:  and that his attestations and certificates made as such are entitled to full faith and credit.-
In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand
and affix my seal office at office the 6th
day of April A.D. 1833.-
Theo. F. Birchett Clk