Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41596, Nathan Gwaltney, S.C.
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(8- 1776)

SERVICE                                      NUMBER
SC            Gwaltney,  Nathan      S41596
              or. Gaultney    



CONTENTS
Lived [illegible} Co h e 1818 Hero
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[ left page] Date of death not on AB [vertical note]  Notification sent  2 Jan  1821  to Robert H Barton Lincolnton  N Carolina  [ right page ] 

15,249   North Carolina
 Nathan Gwaltney 
of Lincoln County  in the  State of North Carolina who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hugee of the  South Carolina line , for the term of one year.  
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina  at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23rd of July 1818. 
Certificate of Pension issued  the 7th of October 1819 and sent to Peter Hoyle  Esq.  Alexandriana  North Carolina . 
Arrears to 4th of Sept  1819  $ 107.38 
Semi-anl all'ce ending  4 March 1820  $ 48 
total $ 155.38 ) { Revolutionary Claim , Act 18th March 1818. } Discontinued
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State of North Carolina Lincoln County  
Court of  Pleas & Quarter Sessions  
July  Session  1818  

On this 23rd day of July 1818  in open Court  personally appeared  Nathan Gwaltney  aged 65 years  resident in Lincoln County State of North Carolina  who being first duly sworn  in open Court according to law , doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the  provision make by the late act of Congress  entitled, an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land  & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That he the said Nathan Gwaltney  enlisted in what is now  Lincoln County  formerly called  Ligon County  in the  State of North Carolina in the company commanded by  Captain William Richardson of the 5 Regt., but  1st Rifle Regt. of  South Carolina  commanded by Col. Isaac Hugee, afterwards General ; that he  enlisted about last March or first of April 1776  and continued  to serve in the same  company ( but commanded a part of the time by  Capt. William Davis ) in the  service of the United States , until about  17th May  1777  when he was discharged from service in  Charleston  State of South Carolina, that he was in no general engagement or battle  but was in a skirmish which was  at the light house Island , and that he is  in reduced circumstances  & stands in need of the assistance of his country  for support  & that  he has no other evidence in his power of his said  services except what is annexed.  
Nathan Gwaltney  
Sworn to  & subscribed in open Court .  Witness V. McBee  CC
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This 24th day of July 1818 Abraham Forney  came into open Court   & made oath that he is well acquainted with Nathan Gwaltney  who has signed the foregoing statement, that he was present when said  Gwaltney enlisted in the service of the United States in the  Revolutionary War & saw him sworn  ; that he  lived a neighbor  to him  & that said Gwaltney  was absent from home  twelve or fourteen months  generally believed to be in service  & heard he was in service. 
Abr. Forney ( signed  ) 
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court . Witness V. McBee ( signed ) CC 

 I Peter Hoyle  chairman of the Court of Pleas  & Quarter Sessions for Lincoln County , that it appears to my satisfaction  that the said Nathan Gwaltney  did serve in the  Revolutionary  war , as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy  for the term of  twelve months  & was in the Continental establishment   & that  he is reduced  in circumstances  & stands in need of the assistance of his country  for support and I now transmit  the proceeding s & testimony taken  & had in Court  to the  Secretary  for the department of  War  pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. 
Peter Hoyle ( signed ) seal 

State of North Carolina Lincoln County 
I  Vardry McBee  clerk of the Court of Pleas  & Quarter  Sessions  in and & for the County aforesaid do certify that  Peter Hoyle  Esq  who has signed the foregoing  certificate is Chairman  & acting Justice of said Court that due faith  & credit  is due to his attestations as such , that he signed the same  in open Court  & by order of the Court . In testimony whereof I have set my hand  & seal of office at  Lincolnton  the 3rd day of August  A.D. 1818.  Vardry W. Mc Bee ( signed ) CC
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Nathan Gaultney's
App & Declaration
15 .249
iss'd Octo:1819

Not Entitled
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State of North Carolina Lincoln County  Superior Court  of law October Term 1820
On this 26th day of October A.D. 1820  personally appeared in open court  being a Court of record  for the said County & State  Nathan Gwaltney aged sixty seven years resident in said County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina, who being first duly sworn  according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war  as follows.  that he enlisted under William Richardson  , Captain of the Riflemen in the 1st Regiment  of said Corps commanded by Colonel Isaac Hugee  in the  line of the  State of South Carolina  continental establishment  in the latter end of  March or first of April in the year of our Lord 1776 for the term of fourteen months , that he continued in  said Corps until the 17th of May A.D. 1777  when he was regularly discharged in Charleston  South Carolina . that he was in no battle  in said term  except in a small skirmish in the light house Island at Charleston  S.C.  that in the month of July 1818  he filed an affidavit  and petition in order to receive a pension under the act of Congress on the 18th of March 1818 which was forwarded to the war department and that he received a pension certificate from said department dated the 17th of October  A.D. 1819 No. 15.249  and deponent  further  swears that he was a resident  citizen of the  United States on the 18th of March 1818. and that he has not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property , or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish  it as to bring myself  within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled  "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States  during the revolutionary war " passed on the 18th of March 1818, and that  I have not  nor has any person for me
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any property or security , contracts or debts due me , nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Two head of Horses both valued at $ 80.00, 8 head of cattle $ 60.00, 8 head of hogs $ 16.00 , 4 or 5 head of sheep  $ 6.25 , 2 pewter dishes and 3 plates $2.00 , 1 large and two small pots  $ 3.50 , 1 pail  & 1 piggen .75 , 4 chairs  $ 2.00 132 acres of poor land $ 300.00 . Total $ 476.50  That I have not other trade that that of a farmer or tiller of the ground , and through  age  & infirmity  he is unable to  oversee that  doeth much affect, that he has in family no person besides himself , his wife aged 65  years, one daughter aged thirty years and one grand daughter aged nine years  etc.  Sworn to and subscribed in open Court  the 26th Oct. 1820 . 
Nathan Gwaltney 

 I Lawson Henderson Clerk of Lincoln  Superior Court  of law do hereby certify that the  foregoing oath  and schedule thereto annexed , are truly copied from the records of said Court ; and I do further certify that  is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of property  exhibited in said schedule is four hundred and seventy six dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office tis 27th day of October A.D.  1820  and in the 45th  year of the Independence of the U. States . Lawson Henderson  ( signed )
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August 12, 1935
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BA-J/ EEL
Nathan Gwaltney-S.41596

Mrs. Myrtle Gaultney Moseley
1923  N. Decatur Road.
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Nathan Gwaltney, who, In 1829, was placed on the pension roll in Lincoln County, state not given.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file.  In Revolutionary War pension claim, S.41596, based upon the military service in that war of Nathan Gwaltney.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Nathan Gwaltney are not shown.

Nathan Gwaltney volunteered in Tryon (later Lincoln) County, North Carolina, about April l, 1776, served as a private in Captain William Richardson a Rifle Company, which was commanded a part of the time by Captain William  Davis, in Colonel, Isaac Huger's South Carolina Regiment: was in a skirmish at "Lighthouse" Island, near
Charleston, South Carolina, and was discharged May 17, 1777.

He  was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and resided in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

 In 1820, he stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, aged sixty-five years; a daughter, aged thirty years; and a granddaughter, aged nine years: he gave no names and there are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Nathan Gwaltney (S.41596), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
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Nathan Gwaltney, Certificate No. 15249, Issued October 7, 1819,
rate $8 per month, commenced July 23, 1818, Act of March 18,1818, North Carolina Agency.


Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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4883
Cased Nathan Gwaltney
 Peter Hoyle
claimant,
Alexandriana N.Ca.
rced Sept 21. 1819.

Adm.
South  Carolina 
5 Regmt
Col Thomson
30 March 1776
17 May 1777

Note:
Came by 
Admitted

Register'd

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Alexandriana N.C.
September 9th 1819

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Hon J C Calhoun

Sec of War

Washington, City
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Febuary 21, 1934
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Nathan Gwaltney-S.41596

Mrs. W.L. Hunt
College Street
Trenton, Tennessee

Dear Madams

Reference is made to your letter of January 23, 1934 with which you enclosed one dollar to cover the cost of the Revolutionary War  record of Nathan Gwaltney, who served in the South Carolina Troops, also your letter of February 16 in which you refer again to the same record, and additional pension record of No. 145685, March 15, 1870.

In order to identify the last named record,it is essential that you furnish the full name of the soldier, the name of the war in which he served, and in your letter repeat the pension number which you have been given.

The record of only one Nathan Gwaltney of the Revolutionary War has been found on the records of this office.  That record is given below as found in pension claim, S.41596, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  No charge is made for this service.  One dollar, the amount of your remittance, will be refunded in due time.  It is regreted that your letters could not have been answered at an earlier date.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
Nathan Gwaltney are not shown in the papers in the pension claim 

He volunteered in Tryon (later Lincoln) County, North Carolina, about april l, 1776, served as a private in Captain William Richardson's Rifle Company, which was commanded a part of the time by Captain William  Davis, in Colonel, Isaac Huger's South Carolina Regiment: was in a skirmish at "Lighthouse" Island, near
Charleston, South Carolina, and was discharged May 17, 1777.

[Notes are written in the margins]
These paragraphs by Mrs. F

Forward all these officers [illegible]

Could not find any Lighthouse Island as quoted
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 In 1820, he stated that his family then residing with him 
consisted of his wife, aged sixty-five years; a daughter, aged thirty years; and a granddaughter, aged nine years: he gave no names and there are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death ol the Revolutionary War pensioner, Nathan Gwaltney(S.41596), you should address The Comptroller General, General. Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Nathan Gwaltney, Certificate  No 15249, issued October 7, 1819, rate 
$8.00 per month, commenced July 23, 1818, Act of March 18,1818, North Carolina Ageny.

Very Truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Standard Form  No.1048
Form approved by Comptroller General U.S.
September 20,1927

MEMORANDUM
PUBLIC VOUCHER 
FOR REFUNDS

Serial No.
D. O. Voucher No. 238
Symbol No. 891,800

U.S.. Veterans' Administration
(Department or Establishment, Bureau or Office)

Location: ..Washington, D. C.
Appropriation or Fund:..Special Deposit Aasount

To Address
Mrs. W. L. Hunt,
College Street, 
Trenton, Tennesee.
 
[Box}
PAID BY
J. L. SUMMERS
DISRURSING CLERK
DIVISION OF
DISBUSEMENT
TREASURY DEPT
(FOR USE OF PAYING OFFICE)


Deposit received from the above-named depositor on ...January 27, 1934
for copy of pension paper in the case of Nathan Gwaltney, S-41 596 596, Rev. War.

has been applied as herein stated and the balance indicated is returned herewith:
Amount of deposit... $1.00
Applied as explained in "Remarks" below.
Amount  authorized to be refunded $100
Remarks: The above referred amount ahould be returned to the remitter due
to the fact no charge was made for service.
official Receipt No. 54639
[Stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 16 1934
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Official Receipt No. 54639

LEM:ms

                            (Memorandum-
Date   19.....         Do not sign)    Chief, Control Accounts Subdivision 
                                                          Title

Refund by                                                                        {on Treasurer of the U. S.
Check No. 1099223., dated 3/6/34 for $1. 00.    {in favor of payee named above.
                               (Signature
Cash, $.   on.       of payee)                        FILE IN JACKET
                                                               (Memorandum- Do not sign)
Other method, $..
                                                               (Describe)

U S. Government [illegible] Office    10-1817
[Note]
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3-14-34
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Received
AUG 3 1935
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SUB-DIV
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1923 N. Decatur  Atlanta , Georgia July 31, 1935  Pension Administration Washington  D.C. Dear Sir : Please send me pension record and what civil data you may have of Nathan Gwaltney  ( Gaultney ) . He was placed on pension roll 1819 in Lincoln Co and pensioned in  1833. Please send this information as soon as possible . I certainly will appreciate it. Sincerely , Mrs. Myrtle Gaultney  Mosely ( signed )  1923 N. Decatur Road Atlanta Ga. ( post mark ) [ RECEIVED AUG 2 1935   MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER  # 23 ]
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HUNT BROS. FURNITURE CO. FURNITURE AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS W.L. HUNT , MANAGER  AMBULANCE SERVICE LADY ASSISTANT  TRENTON, TENNESSEE  9 Post mark ) RECEIVED FEB 19 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER  # 15 ] Feb -16-1934 Bureau of Pensions : Jan. 27- I sent  $ 1.00 for a copy of a pension papers of Nathan Gwaltney  receipt number 54639 as yet have not received  so . I'm asking  why ? Nathan Gwaltney was  Revolutionary 1776  5th South Carolina reg.  Sincerely Mrs. W. L. Hunt  ( signed ) College St. Trenton , Tenn.  P.S. I would like to have copy of pension papers 145685  also . Mar. 15- 1870 .
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1 of 2
Jan 31 1934
Employees
ACCOUNTS SUBDIVISON

2 of 2
Received
JAN 22 1834
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54639 Rev & 1812 Wars  (post mark )  [ RECEIVED  JAN  27 2934 ] Trenton , Tenn. Jan 23 - 1934  Commissioner of Pensions . I am seeking information about Nathan Gwaltney who served in the Revolutionary War in the 5th Regiment  South Carolina . He enlisted  March 30, 1776 . The period of service or termination of service I do not know . If you can give me any information  I shall appreciate it very much. I am  enclosing one dollar for a copy of pension paper in case you find anything about Nathan Gwaltney  if $ 1.00 is not enough please notify me and the balance shall follow soon.  Trusting  to hear from you real soon .  I am Sincerely Mrs. W. L. Hunt ( signed ) College St Trenton , Tenn . ( notes ) ( no enclosure when opened  in Mail Sub- Div .. Division cash 1.00 )
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41590
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 41.596
Nathan Gwaltney
Pri.  Rev. War

Act: 18th March 28
Index: -Vol 3, Page 209

[Arrangement of 1870]

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1904 - Feb 21 - Hist to Mrs. W L. Hunt 
notified this day  $1 to her refunded

1935- Aug 13 - Hist to M. G. Moseley