Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,285, Archibald Dill, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Dill, Archibald

NUMBER
S. 3285

Born in Delaware
carded

CONTENTS
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19092
West Tennessee

Archibald Dill
[illegible] in the State of Tennessee who was a private the company commanded by Captain Oldham of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the N Carolina line for 16 months

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee at the rate of 53  Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July
1833 and Sent to Scott Tom Smiths Greensboro

Arrears to the 4th of March              106.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    26.66
[total]                                                $133.32

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 76

Letter 27 April 1837 Pen. agent
Same [info] on Same [date] R. Gibson
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State of Tennessee
Jackson County Ss
On this 14th day of May 1833 appeared in open Court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Jackson now sitting Archibald Dill a resident in said County & State of Tennessee, aged eighty four 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 June 7th 1832.
He entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated, in the year 1779 the month not recollected was drafted on a three month tour, in Caswell County North Carolina, his Captains name as well as he can recollect was Graves and rendezvoused at Hillsborough in North Carolina, from Hillsboro the army march in a direction towards Charleston in South Carolina, passing near Camden, after his tour expired he went home, discharged by Capt Graves, which discharge he never preserved, nor any other papers he got during the Revolutionary war.
The next tour he was drafted in the the year 1779 for three months, and was in the army commanded by Genl Butler, but cannot
recollect any of the under officer names, was engaged in generally marching through the country, sometimes as high up as Salsbury [sic Salisbury], acting as a guard to keep down the tories [sic], and to allay the four of the Citizens, of an expected insurrection among the negroes, this army had no regular march he served out the full term of three months.
In the month of June in the year 1780 he was again drafted on a three months tour, and was attached to Genl Sumpters army, and was in the battle of Sumpters defeat in August of that year, although he was only drafted for three months for this tour he was detained & continued in service for the full term of six  months was a good deal marching through the country in various directions, he recollects crossing the Catawba river
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after they were defeated, as he went home, was discharged after serving out the term of six months
Applicant served in his regular tours and of a drafted man, something upwards of one year. He was also in two other tours not as a drafted man or a regular volunteer, but merely at the request of Capt. Oldham who was then at home, we went one trip towards Charleston
through the Land hills & to Cyrus Swamp.- Another trip to Rocky River & Pedee [sic Pee Dee] river. The officers in these two regular trips were strangers to him & he does not now recollect any of their names. He does not recollect the date from the loss of memory, but in these two trips he served four months, and in all his service as a soldier of the Revolution, he was actually engaged sixteen months Labon Loftis, his neighbour [sic] knows something of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, who is the only living witness to his knowledge, who knows any thing about his service, & he has no documentary evidence to shew it, and
Jonas Griffith
and Arthur Dill
will testify to his character for veracity & that it is believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, which is all the testimony he can get
in all his tours, except when he went at
the request of Capt. Oldham as above stated from infirmity & loss of memory he cannot recollect the dates, but hopes he will not be deprived of his pension for this misfortune
Applicant was born in the State of Delaware, Kent County in the year 1748, the record of his age was in his fathers prayer Book which is somewhere in the State of South Carolina, but he does
not know where it is, from Caswell County North Carolina he moved to Long Island on Holston River Tennessee, which was then an Indian Country thence to south Carolina on
Lyman River & lived there about twenty two years, from thence he moved to Wilson County Tenn. where he lived three years thence he moved to Beaver Creek in Kentucky and afterwards moved to Jackson County Tennessee where he now lives. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or
annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency of any State
Archibald Dill
X
his mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid William Gailbreath Clerk
of Jackson County Court
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I Laban Loftis, residing in Jackson County Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Archibald Dill, the above applicant for a pension, who has subscribed &
sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be eighty four years old- I was his neighbor during the time he was a revolutionary soldier and took care of his family while he was absent from home in the
army, he is a man of unquestionable character for veracity in the neighborhood where he resides & is generally believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution & never heard it contradicted prior to his leaving same & return from the army he lived neighbor to him, in the revolutionary war
Labon Loftis
X
his mark

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
William Galbreath Clerk
of Jackson County Court

We Jonas Griffith a Clergyman residing in the County of Jackson Tennessee and Arthur Dill in the same County estate, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald Dill, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty four years old, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Jonas Griffith
Arthur Dill

Sworn to & subscribed in open court the
day & year aforesaid
William Gailbreath Clerk of Jackson County Court

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  applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court do further certify that it appears to them that
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Jonas Griffith who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County & state aforesaid & that Arthur Dill who has also signed the same is a resident in
the same County & State, & that he is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court do further
certify that Labon Loftis who has made the foregoing statement is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to Credit.
John McCarver
John Graham
Sandy K. Witcher

I William Gailbraith, Clerk of the Court of pleas
& quarter Sessions for Jackson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Archibald Dill for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 14th day of May 1833
William Gailbreath

15469
Archibald Dell
Pension Declaration
Jackson County
Tennessee
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No 15469
Archibald Dill
Jackson County
Tennessee
from 1779 private
51.61 [illegible]
$53.33/100

Tom Smith
Gainesboro Tennessee
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BRIEF in thecase of Archibald Dill County of Jackson in the State of Tennessee
(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? [blank]
3. How old is he? 84 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period, Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. Rank. Names of General and Field officers under whom he served.

drafted in 1779, 3 months, private, Gen C. Butler

drafted in 1779, 3 months, private, Capt. Graves

drafted in 1780, 6 mopnths, private, Genl Sumpter

in two other tours, time not stated, Capt. Oldham

5. In what battles was he engaged? at Sumpters defeat
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Caswell County N Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Clerk Seal not attached

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J W Clagett Examining Clerk.
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Rev War

AW

3285
INVALID.
File No. 3285
Archibald Dill
Pvt. N. C. line

Act: June 1732
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 96
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Archibald Dill
15469
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension laim, in red ink will apply to the laim of Archibald Dill which require further proof or explanation.
1. 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? [check mark]
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 [sic] 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? no
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as is [illegible text] and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [check mark]
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? witness
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? [blank]
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? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [check mark]
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? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Answered
and
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 ___month 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, 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 person 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown 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 late service by a 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 the affidavits the time of the claimants entering the  service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, ompany, 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 certification of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers s 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.
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 3d April 1837
J.L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir


I am desired by Mr. Robert Gibson the Attorney of Archibald Dill a Revolutionary Pensioner under act of the 7 June 1832 to forward his claim of Identity for your inspection and sanction of payment there is one years pension due M. Dill up to the 4 March 1836. Mr. Gibson the attorney resides in this place and wishes the claim sent back to this office 
I am Respectfully Sir
Yr Obt Sen
John M Bass P A
By S. Cantrell