Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,934, for Reuben Roberts, South Carolina
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Service
SC

Roberts, Reuben

NUMBER
S. 31,934

Born in VA
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Georgia 12. 790
Reuben Roberts

Gray, Jones County in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Thomas Ray of the regenment commanded by Col. Joseph Kershaw in the South Carolina Line for 12 Months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 40 dollars and zero cents per annum payments will commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1833 and sent Chas. Hutch
Ingo Clinton C.H  GA 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833- $80
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept - $20 
                                                             $100
Revolutionary War Claim, 
Act July 7th 1832

Recored by (Blank) Meller Clerk
Book E. VOl. 6 Page 102
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Reuben Robert
application
for a Pension
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Declaration made by Reuben Roberts, in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of Georgia
County of James

On this nineteenth day of October in the year of Christ eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the
undersigned, his honor Lucius D.C. Lamar Judge of a Superior Court
of the [Oen] Circuit in said State now presiding & holding the super
Court (it being a Court of record) of said County & State & now in session ┃
Reuben Roberts a resident of said County of Jones in said State
aged eighty or eighty one years, who being duly sworn, according to law
doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by 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. He entered as a substitute of Ambros Boatright
who was drafted at Rocky mount in Lancaster County, South Carolina in a
militia company commanded by Captain George Summerlin, first
Lieutenant James Miller applicant was marched as a common soldier to
the snowey Camps on ready reven, upper parts on the mountains in the
State of South Carolina to suppress the tories & was in service at so
when the Major Fletcher of the tories was arrested & sent off with twenty or
more obtice tones, the date not recollected, served a tour of three months
was discharged applicant was afterwards drafted for a three months
town & entered the service of the United States as a soldier under Captain George
Rop & marched with his company to Campbelton South Caroline
man Auguster Georgia, under command of General Williamson,
applicant was marched by Colonel Kershaw, Capt. Ross to the three runs
Allow Auguster about thirty miles below Augusta & crossed the river and
into Burke County in the State of Georgia & was in the engagement with ┃
the tories of Briar creek about four miles from Burks Courthouse in Georgia
killed two majors named Hal Sharp & Spurgen and twenty seven others
of the one parter retreated to Auguster it experation of the town and
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applicant was marched by Colonel Hershaw
below Auguster about thirty miles below Augusta & crossed the river
over into Burke County in the State of Georgia & was in the engagement with
the tories on Briar Creek about four miles from Burks Court house in Georgia
Killed two majors named Hal Sharp & Spurgen and twenty seven others
of the tory party retreated to Augusta it expiration of the town and
was their discharged, date not remembered. applicant was again drafted and
entered the service in the militia at Camden under Capt Ross, Elet
Colonel & marched to Parensburgh Camp man Charleston South Carolina
against the British & tories & then marched to Stone & then to the three
bridges, was taken sick & then was carried back home & before he marched
house the tour expired the date not remembered. applicant next went ┃
to Charleston South Carolina under Lieutenant McCorklin to guard
Town, the British being expected & served a month & was discharged
date not recollected, applicant next substituted in place of Patrick San
in the regular service under Captain Taylor at the Entaid spring
under General Sumpter & served a tour of duty of five months and
the time applicant was marched to Charleston South Carolina under
Captain Taylor [to convey states to the Greates] with the Cherokee
Indians at Dewitt Carner when he remained til his time was out &
was regularly discharged by a written discharge applicant afterwards
went with Bob Barnett a pitals for General Morgan & Colonel Washington
in Kershaw District South Carolina & conducted Col Washington through the
woods to Reedeleys fort.  when Reedely with his [tones of eere]
was caused by
Washington to General Margard at the
head of Beaver Creek in Kershaw District South Carolina, this was
done in a few days. time not recollected. the state was invested with
British & tories. applicant was in a scouting party afterwards and
wounded by the tories at our Dearings near little flat rock rake in
the same state district and has had the use of the third finger
on his left hand since, memory dont serve as to dates, said applicant
Reuben Roberts hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
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or unnuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and has
documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony
on procure who can testify to his service
presiding Judge of said Court then propounded to said applicant Reuben
Roberts the following interrogatories & he made on
the answers to the same as here stated, to wit.
Question 1: 
Where and in what year were you born?
answer I was born man Portroyal Town in the
State of Virginia in the year 1752, seventeen hundred and fifty two as well as he can find out.
2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
answer, I never kept any record of my age and
know of no record of it.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
answer.  I lived in [illegible] in S.
Carolina when went into the service & continued to reside there at the war ended. from thence I moved to the County of Jones
where I now reside. to the other question he answers, I dont know any other of the regular officers who were with the troops
whom I served. I served as a drafted more substitute for a regular
as a spy & in the characters above stated in my declaration
I always took discharges at the end of my service, but never preserved
them & do not know where they now are, and I state that Robert
Beasley Esquire an acting Justice of the peace in said County
and Thomas S. Humphrey Esquire deputy Sheriff of said County
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stated in my declaration always took discharges at the end of my service, but never preserved them & do not know where they now are, and I state that Robert Beasley Esquire an acting Justice of the peace in said County and Thomas J. Humphris Esquire deputy Sherriff of said County
testify as to my veracity & their belief of the truth of the declaration
made, there is no clergyman in the vicinity of my place of abode

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
This 19th October A.D. 1832.
Lucius Lamar
|

Reuben Roberts

State of Georgia
Louis County
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Jones Superior Court October Term 1832
Mr Robert Beasley as Justice of the peace and Thomas
S. Humphris deputy Sheriff of said County do hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with the above named applicant Reuben
Roberts who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration,
that we believe him to be eighty years of age & upwards, that he is
reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been
a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed to in open Court before me this 19th Oct 1832
Lucius H Lamar
|
Robert Beasley, J.P.
T.S. Humphry D.S.
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State of Georgia S. Jr Superior Court Oct Term 1832
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the
aforegoing named applicant Reuben Roberts
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Peasley who has signed the preceeding
certificate is an acting Justice of the peace and
Thomas J. Humphries a deputy Sheriff of said County both residing in said County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit this 19th October A.D. 1832
Lucius D C Lamar
Charles Hutchins Clerk of said Superior Court now
[prow] in said County of Jones do hereby certify the foregoing [illegible] the [illegible] proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application
Reuben Roberts for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have
in hereto set my hand as clerk of
said Court and affixed hereto the
appropriate public seal of my
Office this 19th October 1832
Charles Hutching Clk
Superior Court Jones County
[seal affixed]
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Reuben Roberts
Admit as a private
for 12 mo- $40-
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necefsary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement, shewing the Service of Reuben Roberts

Period when the services was rendered| Durantion of the claimant's service| Rank of the claimant| Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.| Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.| Battles in which the applicant was engaged.| Country through which he marched.| Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.| Evidence by which the declaration is supported.


Time of service estimated - |3 (months)| Private| Miller | - | | 
3 (months)| (Private)| Capt Ross| [illegible]| Charleston to [illegible]| - |
1 (month)| [illegible]| [illegible] Sumpter| | Charleston|
5 (months) | [illegible]




I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, County of, or District of } ss.
On this  ____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before ______________________________________
A.B. a resident (b) of _______________________________________
in the county of ________
and State, Territory or District of ______ aged (c) _______ 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____with ________ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _______ line, under the following names officers: 
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of _______
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ________________________________ of the Court of ______________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ________________________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _______ day of ______ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _______  and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____________________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the 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 named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. _______ who has signed the preceding certifcate is a clergyman, resident in the _______ 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _______
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _______ Clerk of the Court of ______
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal _______ of office this _____ day of _____ & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principle means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of the case. 
     The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension of account of service to the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the state troops of Virginia. 
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionay War, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  To a Soldier.  Did you ever receive a discharge for the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6.  To an Officer.  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of the applicant, who can testify, form their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion,  If one of these persons is a clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certihttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngficates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed verify important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmary, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory or of the proper Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
----------------------------------------------------
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make is declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise, a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should ament his declarations my 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 serves as a --------.  For -------- months and--------days, I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown under what offers 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 the garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certification every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no devise or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, providing the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certification muse 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.
[j] In a case where the mane of the applicant is not found of the records of the Department, he must prove his 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 signate of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
{hand pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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January 16, 1940

Miss Anne Maddox, 
Rochelle Georgia.

BA-J/CC
Reuben Roberts
S.31934

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S. 31934, based upon service of Reuben Roberts in the Revolutionary War.

Reuben Roberts was born in 1752, near Port Royal, Virginia.
The names of his parents are not shown.

While reaiding in Kershaw District, South Carolina, he enlisted, served three months in Captain George Summerlin's South Carolina company; enlisted, served three months under Captain George Ross and Colonel Kershaw, in the South Carolina troops and was in the battle of Brier Creek; enlisted served under Captain Ross and Colonel Ely Kershaw, in South Carolina troops, length of service not stated; served one month under Lieutenant McCorklin
and five months under Captain Taylor and General Sumter, in South Carolina troops. He also served as a guide at one time for General
Morgan and Colonel Washington and afterwards noted as a scout when he was wounded by the Tories at Dearing's on Little Flat Rock Creek and never had the use of three fingers of his left hand afterward.
No dates of service given.

The solider was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, at which time he was living in Jones County,
Georgia.

No family data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
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of Reuben Roberts, you should address the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Reuben Roberts
Certificate #12790
Issued May 24, 1833
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Georgia Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Macon Ga.
Dec. 17-1922
Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC.
Dear Sir.
Will you please send me a copy of the paper sent to Mrs. Gus Pursley - Haddock, Ga. - concerning the War Record of Reuben Roberts and any information relative to his family you may have. Also will you please see if you have any War Record of the “Wilders” in Revolutionary
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was and if not tell me
how to get the desired
information.  Will appreciate
This as soon as it is 
convenient to send it.

Most Sincerely
Mrs. Hall Rahm
825 Orange St
Macon Ga.

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
O
DEC
19 
1922
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Haddock, Ga., Oct. 13. 1921. 
Pension D Oct 16 1921 Office
US

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

Will you let me know what your records show concerning the Revolutionary service of Reuben Roberts, who was a pensioner in Jones County, Georgia, in 1840?

Respectfully,

Mrs. Gus Pursley
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31934
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 31,934
Reuben Roberts
Pri Rev War
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Act:  June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 346

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on right side of page]
1921 Mch. 18  Hist. to Hon C. R. Crisp
1921 Nov. 4  Hist. to Mrs. Gus Parsley
1923 Jan. 9  Hist to Mrs. Hall Rahm, also 
advised that full name of sol. & further data is 
essential - Eu.
1940 Jan. 2  Hist to Mrs. Henry Mashburn  Ca
1940 Jan. 16  Hist to 
Miss Anne Maddox  CC
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3-871
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
RECORD DIVISION 
-------------------------
Briefed by V. L. M.
Orig. [blank]
Cert. [blank]
Claimant [blank
Soldier Reuben Roberts
Service  Rev.
of Lancaster Co. S.C.
b. 1758 or 1759
No [blank] claim, Service record [blank date]
[blank], Clerk.
No claim, Alph'b record [blank date]
[blank], Clerk.
REMARKS.  No cl. as above


[notes on top edge of page]
1921 Mch. 25 - Ruby E. Proctor
605 Orange St.  Dawson Ga.
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January 16, 1940.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Miss Anne Maddox
Rochelle, Georgia.
BA-J/CC
Reuben Roberts
S. 31934
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Reuben Robets, who was pensioned in Jones County, Georgia, and to know if Eve Boggs, Margarett Bernett, and Sarah Moore, received pensions based upon service of their husbands in the Revolutionary War.
In order to identify the records of your ancestors, please furnish the given names of the soldiers, and as much as possible of the following data in regard to each: approximate dates of birth and death, and place of residence at enlistment and after service.
The Revolutionary War pension record of Reuben Roberts as found in pension claim, S. 31934, is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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January 2, 1940.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mrs. Henry Mashburn,
Rochelle, Georgia.
BA-J/CC
Reuben Roberts
S. 31934
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Statham and Reuben Roberts both of whom drew pensions in Georgia as late as 1840.
There is no claim for pension on file which was made to the United States based upon service of Nathaniel Statham in the Revolutionary War. The pension which he was receiving in 1840, as shown by the Census of Pensioners of that year may have been paid by the state from which he served and not by the United States.
The record of Reuben Roberts is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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January 2, 1940

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/CC
Reuben Roberts
S. 31934

Mrs. Henry Mashburn,
Rochelle, Georgia.

Dear Madam:  

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file 
in pension claim, S. 31934, based upon service of Reuben Roberts
in the Revolutionary War.

Reuben Roberts was born in 1752, near Port Royal, Virginia.
The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Kershaw District, South Carolina, he 
enlisted served three months in Captain George Summerlin's 
South Carolina company; enlisted served three months under captain 
George Ross and Colonel Kershaw, in the South Carolina troops
and was in the battle at Brier Creek; enlisted served under Captain 
Ross and Colonel Ely Kershaw, in South Carolina troops, length of 
service not stated; served one month under Lieutenant McCorklin
and five months under Captain Taylor and General Sumter, in South 
Carolina troops.  He also served as a guide at one time for General 
Morgan and Colonel Washington and afterwards acted as a scout when 
he was wounded by the Tories at Dearing's on Little Flat Rock Creek
and never had the use of three fingers of his left hand afterward.
No date of service given.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
October 19, 1832 at which time he was living in Jones County, 
Georgia.

No family data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension the 
name and address of person paid and possible the date of death
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of Reuben Roberts, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Reuben Roberts
Certificate #12790
Issued May 24, 1833
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Georgia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

May 22, 1929

Cemeterial Branch
Office of the Adjutant General
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, S. 31934, it appears that Reuben Roberts
was born in 1752, near Port Royal, Virginia.
While residing in Kershaw District, South Carolina,
he served with the South Carolina Troops as follows:
Three months in Captain George Summerlin's Company;
three months under Captain George Ross and Colonel Kershaw,
and was in the battle of Brier Creek; a tour under
Captain Ross and Colonel Ely Kershaw, length of service
not stated; one month under Lieutenant McCorklin and five
months under Captain Taylor and General Sumter.  
He also served as a guide at one time for General
Morgan and Colonel Washington and afterwards acted as a 
scout when he was wounded by the Tories at Dearing's on
Little Flat Rock Creek and never had the use of three 
fingers of his left hand afterward, no dates of service
given.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, at which time he was living in Jones County, Georgia.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
[illegible]
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March 18, 1921.

Hon. Charles R. Crisp,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Crisp:

In response to your letter of the 14" instant
and the enclosed letter of Miss Ruby Elizabeth Proctor, of 605
Orange Street, Dawson Georgia, I have the honor to advise you 
that it appears form the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. File No. 31,934, that Reuben Roberts was born 
in 1752 near Port Royal, Virginia, and while residing in 
Kershaw District, S.C. served as follows:
For three months in Captain George Summerlin's 
Company.  For three months under Captain George Ross and 
Colonel Kershaw and was at the battle of Brier Creek.
A tour under Captain Ross and Colonel Eli Kershaw, length of 
which is not stated.  One month under Lieutenant McCorklin, 
and five months under Captain Taylor and General Sumter.
He also served as a guide at one time for 
General Morgan and Colonel Washington and afterwards acted 
as a Scout when he was wounded by Tories at Dearings on Little 
Flat Rock Creek and never has had the use of the third finger
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of his left hand since. no dates of service given
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 19, 1832, while residing in Jones County, Georgia.
There is no data on file as to his family and the dates of his services are not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Wilkinson
Chief Clerk.
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Rochelle, Ga.
Dec. 10, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

In the effort to compile the history 
of our country I am seeking to magnify
the war service of that ancestors of 
the pioneers who settled this new land. 
Among them was Nathaniel Statham
and Reuben Roberts both of whom drew
pensions in Georgia as late as 1840,
I am told.  Could you supply me with 
whatever facts are available concerning 
their service, family etc.?  It will be 
greatly appreciated.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Henry Mashburn
Historian  Wilcox County  Georgia.

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
DEC 13 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 2[?]
VETS ADM
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Jan 1, 1939
Rochelle, Ga.

Veteran's Administration.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,

Please send me any information 
your pension files may show relative
to the family and Revolutionary 
War record of my ancestor Reuben 
Roberts who is listed in Knight's 
Roster of the Revolution as having 
received a pension as late as 
1840 in Jones County Georgia.
And will you tell me whether 
my ancestor's wives who received 
bounty grants in Jackson Co. Georgia
as widow of Revolutionary soldiers
ever drew pensions.  If so I would 
appreciate any information you 
may have concerning them;

Eve Boggs
Margarett Barnett
Sarah Moore

Thank you.

Sincerely yours
Miss Anne Maddox
Rochelle, Georgia

[note in left margin]
Ask for 
soldiers names?
Do not 
search

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
JAN 4 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 30
VETS ADM
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605 Orange St.
Dawson, Ga.
Mch. 30, 1921.

Pension Commissioner
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

My letter of Feb. 18 asking 
for record of Reuben Roberts,
Revolutionary Soldier of South 
Carolina who died in Jones 
County, Georgia, has just

[note written between the lines of the letter]
she asked for one of Lancaster Co S.C. b. 1758 or 1759 see
attached slip

[date stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
APR 
1
1921
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been returned from your office with 
a letter saying that the Records fail
to afford any information about him.
If you will look in Revolutionary
War Pension Claim S. File #31,934
you will find the information I 
want.  

[note written at bottom or letter]
res Kershaw Dist SC
This one was born in 1752
at Port Royal Va - so of course is 
not the one asked for in her former
inquiry.
These requests for information 
concerning Revolutionary soldiers are
not idly made, but are necessary
in establishing lives for D.A.R.
membership and in the information 
given not by this department - such [?]
are applicants chance to membership
I know that this information
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about my Revolutionary Ancestor
is there for after waiting some 
time I heard from your Dept
I asked my Congressman to get 
it for me.
I shall appreciate your 
letting me hear this information 
at your earliest
convenience.

Very truly yours,
(Miss) Ruby Elizabeth Proctor
 
[note on letter]
she has already recd it

[date stamp]
RECORDS
APR 4 1921
DIVISION
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[STAMP]
RECORDS DIVISON MAR 18 1921
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CHARLES R. CRISP
30 DISTRICT GEORGIA
JOHN M. GREER
SECRETARY
House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Washington, D. C.
March 14, 1921.
Hon. F. D. Byington,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am enclosing herein a letter from a constituent, who desires some information concerning an ancestor.
It seems that she wishes to have a copy of the Revolutionary record of Reuben Roberts, and also wishes the name in full of his wife, and also the names of those whom his children married.
I will appreciate your kindness if you will furnish me with this information, or such of it as your records disclose, that I may forward it to this constituent.
Very sincerely yours,
C. R. Crisp
M. C. 3d Dist. Ga.
CRC: GS.
[stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U. S. MAR 15 1921