Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,247, for Henry Timmerman, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
S.C.

Timmerman, Henry

NUMBER
S. 18247

CONTENTS
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31.365
South Carolina 
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Henry Timmerman
of Edgefield in the State of So Ca
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Ryan of the Regt. commanded
by Col Hammond in the So. Ca.
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of So. Ca.
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of March
 1838 and sent Hon F.
W. Pickens Ho of Rep
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Arrears   to   the   4th of  March   1838   $560.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "   -      40.00
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                                                                     $600.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book C         Vol. 6         Page 81
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Henry Timmerman
amended Declaration
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The State of South Carolina
Edgefield Dist
The Amended Declaration of Henry Timmerman an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed in June 1832
Deponent being duly sworn saith that
by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot state he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below viz. He entered the service under Capt Hunter and states confidently that he served under him twelve months. he was next in the service under Capt John Ryan attached to the Regiment of Col Hammond and is equally confident that he served under Capt Ryan twelve months. these services were
rendered as a private. Deponent further states
that at the time he entered the service he
resided in Edgefield District and still resides
there and that during these terms of service he
was not employed in any civil pursuit
for the places where his services were rendered
Deponent would refer to the Original declaration, and would in addition thereto also
State. When he entered the service in Edgefield he went with the army to Florida. where he was stationed for some time and came thence to Savannah where he was in a battle from Savannah he
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went to Coosawhatchie bridge where he was also in a battle from thence to near Augusta & thence to Cambridge & thence to Stono, where they
had another severe battle. He was also at the Battle of Eutaw Deponent. answers on all as follows to the interrogatives of the War
Department - To the 1st he answers. He was born in Germany and State his age in the Orig. Declaration
to the 2d [?]. he has to the 3 do in Edgefield. To the 4th-- He was a
volunteer. To the 5th He refers
to the original and this amended Declaration. 6th He receive a discharge signed by Col Parvis he believe, but it is long ago lost
the 7th Samuel Nicholson, John Dorn, Martin Outz. B.M. Blocker
by
Sworn to before me
Henry & Timmerman his mark
April 5th 1834
mark
A B Addison
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The State of South Carolina
Edgefield Dist
Personally came before me Peter Timmerman and swears that he is the brother of Henry Timmerman his brother was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and he believes that the statement of his services made by the said Henry is correct
Peter Timmerman
his e mark
Sworn to before me
April 5th 1834
AB Addison
Qu
I B J Earle one of the judges of the court of common pleas in the state aforesaid certify that AB Addison Esq before whom the foregoing depositions in this amended declaration of Henry Timmerman were made is a justice of the Quorum for the district aforesaid and is duly qualified to administer an oath 
GJ Earle
presiding judge
Eagfued Spring Term
of court of common pleas & sessions
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South Carolina     ⎬
Edgefield District ⎬I H. Boulware Clerk of the court
of Common Pleas and General
Sessions of the District and State aforesaid do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
proceedings of the said Court in the amended
declaration and application of the said Henry
Timmerman for a pension

SEAL

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of Office at Edgefield Court House
this fifth day of April in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty four-
H. Boulware
C C H
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Henry Timmerman
20892
Ad@   2 ys   $80 per an
[?]6 Militia
Capt Ryan
Col Ryan
Hon. F W Pickens

SEAL
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The State of South Carolina
Edgefield Dist } On this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before me Richard Ganth one of the justices of the court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the said state now sitting in and for the district aforesaid  Henry Timmerman who is and has been a resident for many years of the district & state aforesaid aged seventy two years & seven months 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 the seventh 1832
The deponent states that he enlisted as a private in the Revolution war under the immediate command of captain Hunter & captain John Ryan when he first served joined General Green at Cambrige was at the battle of Eutaw was detached as one the horse guard during that battle returned home and served under the command of Purvis and that for a while and at the close of the war served with captain William Butler the latter service was against the tories and home services this deponent would observe generally that he was in the service between two and three years
The applicant has no documentary evidence on which to rely for the verification of his declaration herein above made & set forth but would refer to the subjoined certificate as a confirmation of his said declaration the deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Henry Timmerman
his X mark
sworn to before 
R Ganth
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The State of South Carolina
Edgefield District } I do hereby certify that I saw Henry Timmerman during the war at Pureysburgh with arms in the American Army deponent cannot say under whose command Henry Timmerman served captain John Ryan capt Tutt and Purvis were their at the same time in command This deponant was not at that time serving in the north Carolina line and was not intimately acquainted with the South Carolina militia Deponent has been acquainted with Henry Timmerman since boyhood
Willm Dawson
sworn to before
R Gant P Judge
We Elijah Biro a clergyman residing in the district of Edgefield and state aforesaid and William Dawson residing in said district and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Timmerman who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years and seven months of age as he declares 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 
Elijah Biro
Petter Timmerman
his e mark
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 the said Elijah Biro who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the District and state aforesaid and that William Dawson who has also signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the district & state aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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 I Jefferson Richardson, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas & General Sessions of Edgefield District do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said court in the matter of
the application of the said Henry Timmerman
for a pension

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this thirty first day of 
September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred & 
thirty two -
J. Richardson CCP
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H: Timmerman
Claim for Pension
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[Large State SEAL]
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State foresaid
ARRENTS
TO ALL TO WHOM  THESE [illegible] SHALL COME
Know ye that Riehs Gantte whose Sig-
nature appears to the annexed Instrument
of writing is and was at the time of the
execution thereof @ time and lawful
[illegible] clerk of the State of So Caro
and that J Richardson is a Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas-

Therefore, all due Faith, Credit, and authority
is and ought to be had and given to their proceedings and
certificates as such.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the Town 
of Columbia --- the
of       in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty two and
in the Fifty Seventh year of the Independence
of the United States of America.

S Hammond 
Secretary of State.

BY THE GOVERNOR
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Amended declaration of Henry Timmerman the deponant states that owing to old age & loss of memory that he is unable to state particularly the times of each tour of service rendered but states on his oath in addition to his application heretofore made that he volunteered under captain Hunter that he company of said Hunter was attached to the Brigade of Genl Williamson (but does not recollect the major or cols by whom he was commanded that the said company joined the brigade in this district that he was then marched under said officers to Florida that he then continued in active service under said officers until the brigade was marched back near Augusta in the state of Georgia and discharged that from the time of his volunteering for service untill he was discharged was six months that he was in actual and active services he resd no  written discharge
that sometime after his discharge that he again volunteered under capt John Ryan of this district was attached to the brigade of Genl Williamson that they were marched to the lower part of the state and that said company was marched to Savannah and that he was under said officer at the siege of Savannah that he was marched back by said officer and was kept under his command in this and adjoining district to keep the tories in check that in said tour to Savannah while in active service in this state he servd six months he recd no written discharge that he again volunteered under the said capt Ryan and was to a regiment commanded by Col John Purvis & and Lut as Mason that under said officers he was marched to the lower part of this state
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and was at the Battle of Stono that he marched back to this district under said officers and was discharged that he served during this tour in active service three months that he again volunteered under the said capt Ryan was attached to a regiment commanded by Col Hammond and marched under said officers to Cambridge and was then in active service during the siege of said place that he continued in service for six months under said officers that under said officers he was engaged at the battle of the Eutaw Springs that he afterward volunteered under capt William Butler that he was pnnicepaley engaged under said officer as due of a scouting company to keep the torries in check that under said officer he served four months in active service
Sworn to before me this sixth day of December 1834
H Boulware
ccp
Henry Timemrman
his x mark
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Additional evidence of Henry Timmerman an applicant for a pension from the United States
South Carolina
Edgefd District } Personally appeared Zacheriah Stedham and made oath as the law directs to the  following facts as to the services of Henry Timmerman during the Revolutionary War that at Liberty Hill near Augusta he saw him doing duty in a company commanded by Capt John Ryan the company attached to col Leroy Hammond Regiment Genl Williamsons Brigade that said command was marched from there to the lower part of the state that he saw the sd H Timmerman march off with said company he next saw him at the battle of Stono in this state that he saw him engaged in said battle and marched off under the command of Ryan Hammond that at the battle of the Eutaw Springs he again saw the said Timmerman in actual service under the command of Capt Hunter attached to Col Hammonds regiment the deponant further states that he some eight or ten years ago moved from the state of South Carolina to Carrol County in Georgia and that the applicants H Timmerman has had no opportunity to avail himself of his testimony that he does now and has for several years past recd a pension from the state
Zachariah Stoham
his n mark
sworn to before me 16th January 1838
Geo Pope ccp
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South Carolina    ⎬ Personally appeared
Edgefield District⎬  before me Henry Timmerm
= an and after being duly sworn sayeth
that he did not know that Zachariah
Stidham who has signed the within affidavit
was living, and did not apertain that he was
until Friday last on which day he reached
his House.
                                                          his 
                                                  Henry X Timmerman
                                                           mark
Sworn to before me
16th January 1838
Geo Pope
Clk
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Hon. J. L. Edwards E
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D C

Mar 7.
[illegible]

Hon F.W. Pickens
H.R.
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H. R.
6. March 1838

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir

Some time [illegible]
You enclosed in the within - and required
some additional evidence & I enclosed it
have & now return it with the evidence
required.   I know  Mr.Harris-- Mr Blocker
the Clerk & Judge -  and they are very
respectable persons.  I have no doubt of
the truth of all that is  stated.
I hope there will be no difficulty
now in the matter.
Your very respectfully
T.W. Pike
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Hon T. N. Rekins
H R
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South Carolina
Edgfd District } Personally appeared before Moses Harris who deposeth & sayeth that he has know Zacheriah Stadham who swore to the services of Henry Timmerman (as annexed) for the last forty or fifty years that he believes him to have been a soldier of the revolution and also believes him to be upwards of eighty years of age that during the period that he has known him he has never heard of his veracity impeached in any instance whatever but always reputed as a man of truth
Moses Harris
Moses Harris
his mark
sworn to before me
19th February 1838
Geo Pope
cdp
South Carolina
Edgfd District } Personally appeared Bob Blocker who deposeth that Zachariah Stoham who deposed to the service of Henry Timmerman told him that he was upwards of eighty years of age that he has known him for the last thirty years and has always knkown him as a man of truth
Bob Blocker
sworn to before me 
19 Feby 1838
Geo Pope
CCP
South Carolina
Edgefield District } I do hereby certify that I believe the above to be correct from conversaion and affidavit of Henry Stedham as regards to the age of said Stedham Geo Pope CCP
19th Feb 1838
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The State of South Carolina
I John Bolton O'Neall one 
of the Judges of the said state and a presi=
=ding Judge of the Court of General Sessions
and common pleas for Edgefield Dis=
=trict do hereby certify that George
Pope whose certificate precedes and
before whom this affidavits were
made is Clerk of the Court for Edge=
=field district, and that the signatures
purporting to be his are his proper
hand writing with which I am well
acquainted. 

Given under my
hand at Charleston this 21st of Febry
Anno Domini 1838
John Bolton O'Neall
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18247

INVALID.
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No. 18247

Henry Timmerman
Pri    Rev.  War   
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Act:   June 7"  32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 445
[Arrangement of 1870.]