Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3157, George Clark, N.C.
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3-1776

SERVICE 
N.C. 

Clark, George

NUMBER
S.3157
carded

CONTENTS
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(left panel)
suspd. See letters April 13 1835 to P. Agt and W.L. Williams. Do. to W.L. Williams 4 August 1835

25.615
West Tennessee
George Clark
Dickson Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bill of the regt. commanded by Col. ___ in the N.C. Mili line for 10 mo from 1776.

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of February 1834 and Sent to Hon. C. Johnson H. Rep.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833             $83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mch 1834    16.66 
                                     $100.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. S. Allison clerk,
Book E   Vol. 9   Page 75
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State of Tennessee 
Dickson County: SS 
     On this 4th day of January in the year of our Lord 1834 personally appeared before the 
Justices of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions begun and held at the court house in Charlotte on the first Monday in January 1784; George Clark a resident in the County of Dickson aforesaid 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he was born in York County in the State of Pennsylvania 
on the 22nd day of June in the year of our Lord 1849, that he is now eighty-four years old as 
appears by the family register of his father which is not in possession of this declarant, but he has often seen it & well recollects the date of his birth on said register.  He entered the service of the United States during the revolutionary war as a volunteer in Guilford County State of North Carolina, in a company commanded by a Captain Bill there was no Colonel or other superior officer in command we were taken on a tour of service against the Tories, we took a great many and carried them to Guilford Courthouse and put them in Jail, in this tour I served three months.  I volunteered a second time in said year 1776 as well as he now recollects in the County of Guilford State of North Carolina in a company commanded by Captain Collier which was attached to a Regiment commanded I think by Colonel Pasily the Army was commanded by General Rutherford & marched against the Cherokee
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Indians on the Tennessee River.  We burned twenty-eight towns, had some skirmishes but no battle.  In this tour he served three months as a private soldier.  That he volunteered the third time in Guilford County North Carolina in the year 177_ (he does not remember the date) in a company commanded by another Captain Bell, marched into South Carolina in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Paisley with the intention of going to Charlestown, but were stopped at Camden and remained at Camden until this term of service expired.  In this Tour he served as a private soldier 
three months & returned home.  He again volunteered in Guilford County North Carolina as a private soldier in a company commanded by the same Captain Collier (he cannot recollect the date but it was during the revolutionary war) I company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Paisley and the whole were under the command of General Martin.  We marched towards Wilmington North Carolina but before we reached that place, we received word that a 
battle had been fought with the Tories near a bridge (the name of which I forget & the Tories 
defeated in this tour he served as a private soldier for five weeks.  That he served at intervals as a minute man, many unimportant tours sometimes of a week sometimes shorter periods and sometimes longer wants, but he makes no account of these services as he cannot remember their duration, he was ready as a minute man at the close of the war.  He does not remember to have
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received any discharge from his officers, if he did he has long since lost them.  He knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services except a part of them which is established by the deposition of Colonel James Dougan & John Dougan whose deposition is are here with transmitted.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Test:  Field Farrar, Clerk   
                   George X Clark
                     (X his mark)
 
Then the court propounded the following interrogatories 
1st Where and in what year were you born? 
Ans.  I was born in York County State of Pennsylvania on the 22nd day of June 1749. 
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Ans.  I have no record of my age but remember distinctly to have frequently seen it in my father's Bible Register. 
3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the 
Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 
Ans.  I was living in Guilford County North Carolina when I entered the service each time, 
several years after the war I removed from  Randolph County which was taken
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from Guilford County.  He then removed to Grainger County East Tennessee from East Tennessee he moved to Dickson County Tennessee where he now resides and has 
resided for thirty-three years. 
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a 
substitute, and if in substitute, for whom? 
Ans.  I volunteered each time. 
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. 
Ans.  I never served where any regular officers were in command the militia regiments that I 
remember as mentioned in the body of my declaration to wit Paisley & Colonel Martin who is not I think mentioned. 
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Ans.  I never received any discharge that I remember. 
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution.
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Ans. Minor Bibb, Austin Richardson, William Turner & Field Farrar & others to numerous to 
mention. 
        George X Clark
           (X his mark)

Sworn to & subscribed in open court this day & year aforesaid.
Test:  Field Farrar Clerk of 
Dickson County Court

We Benj. Hardwick a clergyman residing in the Count of Dickson & John Brewer residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Clark who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty four years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
                       Benjamin Hardwick
                       John Brewer
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Test - Field Farrar Clerk of 
Dickson 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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Benjamin Hardwick who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Dickson and that John Brewer who has signed the same is a resident in said County of Dickson & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
                    Motton Dickson
                    D H Williams   Presiding Justices
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State of Tennessee
Dickson County
     I Field Farrar clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of George Clark for a pension.
              In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of January 1834.
                Field Farrar, Clerk
                of Dickson County Court
                State of Tennessee
(seal)
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Rev War Section
                      December 6, 1916.

Hon. Joseph G. Cannon,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Cannon;
     In response to your request of the fifth instant, for information for Mr. William P. Clark of Paonia, (his letter returned to Mr. Cannon) Colorado, I have the honor to furnish you the following data from the papers on file in this Bureau.
     Sur. File No. 3157, Rev. War, George Clark was allowed pension on his application executed January 6, 1834 at which time he was a resident of Dickson County, Tennessee.
     He stated that he was born June 22, 1749 in York County Pennsylvania, but was a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina where he volunteered and served in the North Carolina troops as follows:
     In 1776, under Captain Bell, against the Tories, three months;  under Captain Collier and Colonel Paisley against the Cherokee Indians, three months.
     In 1777, he served under another Captain Bell and Colonel Paisley, three months;  and later, under Captain Collier and the same Colonel, for four or five weeks.
     It is also alleged that he served under Captain James Dougan, no dates given.
     Several years after the war, he resided in Randolph County, North Carolina, which had been taken from Guilford County.  There is no family data on file in the claim.
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     In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of George Clark a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.    S.3157

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Vol. mil.
1776
1777
(check)
(check)

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.
4 or 5 weeks
(check)

RANK.
Private
"
"
"

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Bell 
Collier (against Tories and Cherokee)
"another" Capt. Bell
Collier
also served under Capt. James Dougan

COLONEL.
Paisley
"
"
(check)

STATE.
N.C.

Battles engaged in, (check)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford Co., N.C.
Date of application for pension, Jany. 6, 1834.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Dickson Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, born June 22, 1749, York Co., Penn.
Remarks:  several years after the war he resided in Randolph Co., N.C. which was taken off of Guilford Co.
                  Respectfully,
                        Commissioner.
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1916 Dec. 6.  Hist. to J.G. Cannon HR, letter returned. 

(right panel)
Rev War
File No. 3157
George Clark
Pvt. N.C. Mila.

Act:  June 7 of 32

Index:-Vol. A, Page 68.

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Tennessee Franklin County: We James Dougan & Robert Dougan certify as hereinafter stated being first duly sworn before me John Dougherty an acting Justice of the peace for said County James Dougan first being examined saith that George Clark was a volunteer in Captain Bell's company the first volunteer Service in North Carolina in the commencement of the revolutionary War and performed Tours of duty during the War when called upon until peace was made.  I served with said Clark at Camden in a tour of three months under the same Captain Bell also three months against the Cherokee Indians under Captain Collier and many other services 
that I cannot account for not having a distinct recollection of them.  Being informed a few years ago that a story was put in circulation that said Clark was a Tory and was with Colonel Fannin  a Tory I hereby on oath certify that said report his faults as circulated that said George Clark was not with Colonel Fannin at the killing of Colonel Bedford & Captain John Bryant being that night & morning in my company and my Brother Robert Dougan & others and 
that said Clark was a true friend to the Country during the whole struggle for our independence.  
Sworn to & signed before me date hereinafter written. 
                               James Dougan

Robert Dougan being next examined own oath saith that the night that Colonel Bedford & 
Captain John Bryant above alluded to was killed by Colonel Fannin the said George Clark was most part of the night on duty with him watching the Tories and he and said Clark frequently met during the night and exchanged salutes and gave the information to each other of what passed and that he Clark remained in company next morning and traveled with me about four miles on my way home. 
Sworn to & before me this 8th of October 1833. 
                        Robert Dougan 

State of Tennessee
Franklin County
     I John Dougherty above named being an acting Justice of the Peace certify the above named James and Robert Dougan to be of (illegible) & good character and as high credit for veracity & honesty as any men of my acquaintance and they have been my neighbours for many years the first depicted an old Revolutionary officer and the last a clergyman of good standing .  
Given under my hand & seal data above.
                John Dougherty J Peace
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State of Tennessee
     I Edmond Russell clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for Franklin county do hereby certify that John Dougherty whose name is signed to the within affidavit is now and was at the time in signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said county duly qualified as such.
      In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office this 8th day of October 1833.
    E. Russell, Clk
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29.484
George Clark
Tennessee
f. 177- p. 10 mo

$33.33/100

Hon. C. Johnson
H.R.
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Paris Ten.
Mar 25

Apl. 7

Free

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Paris Tenn. 24th March 33

Dear Sir,
     An old gentleman has just stepped into my office who was an active minute man in the war - particularly engaged in pursuing the Tories.  His service was not such as is recognized by the Acts of Congress, but while in conversation with him, he stated that, an old man named George Clark of Dixon County Tenn has obtained a pension & is perhaps drawing it up to this day - whom he knew to have been a "rank Tory" in the war in N.C. for he has pursued him with others often.  That this fact is known where he lived in N.C.  & some of his neighbors here have but little doubt of the fact from the statement of this old gentleman, and deem it my duty to inform you of it, as all such scoundrels should be ferreted out and exposed.
     My best respects to family & self.
       Respectfully
             W.J. Williams

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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Will you inform me (torn and illegible)
C. Johnson
834

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

George Clark ?
Pension papers Tennessee