Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4277, James Greer, S.C.
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( 3- 1776 ) SERVICE  S.C. Greer, James Sarah NUMBER R. 4277
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[ State of Tennessee County of Carroll ] United States  widows declaration  for a pension . Be it known that on the  25 day of September  A.D.  One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight  personally appeared before me Charles B. Swift a Justice of the peace in and for said County  duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes Sarah  Greer aged ninety two  years and a resident of said County   who first being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress  approved February the third 1853  granting pensions to certain widows of Revolutionary  officers and soldiers. That she  was  married to  James Greer on or about  October 1818  in Hickman  County  and State of Tennessee from old age she cannot remember the exact day  & that her said husband applied for a pension in his lifetime she thinks in the fall of 1832, but did not  receive anything , nor does she now know the cause butt depends on that declaration  now on file in the pension office for the particulars of his  James Greer's services in the  revolutionary war, that he died on or about  May 1833  in  Carroll County   and State of Tennessee and that  application for a pension was made in the same County and State that she has remained a widow  ever since that period  and is now a widow  and  declares  that she has no record evidence of her marriage neither private or public except her husband James Greer 's last will  now on record at Washington... ( illegible )  to prove  that she was married to said James Greer together with  the proof hereto annexed and for the particulars of her said husband's military services   etc. In his declaration now on file  in the Pension Office together withe records of his  South Carolina Muster rolls .  as she was informed by her said husband that he resided  in  South Carolina   at the time of the Revolutionary  War , she now thinks was York District S.C.    The reason she has not applied for a pension  before this time is  because she had not the information  to proceed  that she now
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appoints Robert H Hawthorne of Benton County  Tennessee as my agent in the premises that she has no written discharge on which to  evidence her said husband's services not  does she know on  anyone now living  who did know him in the Revolutionary War . That it is impossible  for her to   remember the officers names under whom he served but remembers to  have heard said husband say he served as an orderly sergeant , but how long she  has forgotten . Therefore  she  wishes for the examination of  her said husband's declaration  (  .. suspended   for the particulars. sworn to and subscribed the day and date first above written . C B Swift  ( signed ) JP  Sarah Greer ( her mark X )   [ State of Tennessee County of Carroll ] On  this the  21st day of  September 1858  personally appeared   Samuel Y.  Bingham and Anderson H. Smith   whom  I am personally acquainted  are residents of Carroll County  and State of Tennessee  who first being duly sworn according to law  say  on their oaths that they are personally acquainted  with   Sarah Greer above named and  subscriber to the foregoing declaration   - that she was duly sworn according to law and did subscribe her mark to the  same int their presence, that they   were acquainted with James Greer in his lifetime  that she lived  with him  as his wife that they never heard her marriage doubted, that he said   James Greer  died near the time she set forth  in her declaration  that she has not again married but is now the widow of  said James Greer , that she is now  remembers that her said husband was   reputed to have served  as  a Sergeant  & soldier in the  Revolutionary War.
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but  they did not know that of their own knowledge but that they know but from hearsay  said James Greer to be a man of that  good character for truth and veracity  and she is the is the woman .. ( illegible )  his wife. I certify that I am well acquainted with  said Sarah Greer and from old age she is not able to attend  Court . Sworn to and subscribed this 25th day of September 1858 . C B Swift ( signed ) Justice of the peace  S.Y. Bingham (signed )  A H Smith ( signed )  [ State of Tennessee County of Caroll ] I, Wilbron H Graves clerk  of the  County Court of said County do hereby certify that  Charles B Swift is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified  as such and that he was Justice of the peace  at the time of assigning the foregoing declaration  and certificate that the signatures purporting to be his  are genuine and that  further certify that the following part of a will appears of record in my  office duly proven agreeable to the laws of Tennessee ( viz )  In the name of God Amen  I  James Greet of Carroll  County  in the State of Tennessee being in   health of body  &  of sound mind  memory  & understanding thanks be to  God for the same to make my last will and testament in  manner following  viz. that all my debts  & funeral charges be justly paid my further will is that  my beloved  wife Sarah Greer shall have as comfortable a living on the
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plantation  I now  live on  as the same will  admit of  should she not think proper to live with my son James Greer then the said Greer shall pay for the maintenance wherever she may choose to reside whatever two disinterested  judicious men may think is right should she  prefer a house of her own . I will and bequeath to her  Sarah Greer fifty  acres of land joining  Whiteside Daugherty , Martial and  Crosset also one of my negroes  any one she may  select with  a necessary portion  of farming utensils  , household and kitchen furniture and as much   stock of all kinds that I possess as two or three honest disinterested may deem  necessary for her support during her natural life in  Widowhood all the property   and all personal  bequested to my wife  Sarah Greer with the  increase of the same at  her decease .  That the foregoing  is all that  relates to Sarah Greer all of which  appears of record in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed my seal of office at Huntingston  this  23rd day of October 1858 . W.H. Graves ( signed ) Clk
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{ State of Tennessee county of Carroll ] On this 30th day of April  A.D.. 1859 personally  appeared before me  T. P. Drummond a Justice of the peace in and for  said County  duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes, James Greer  aged sixty eight  years and a resident of Carroll County  and a highly credible witness who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath that he is acquainted with  Sarah Greer the applicant for a pension and  land warrant  through the agency of   Robert H Hawthorn of Benton County Tennessee . It is  true he did not see her married to  James Greer on whose account she claims a pension and land warrant. That  her said husband  James Greer deceased applied for a pension  through the agency  of  R.E. C Doherty  and that the objection was sent back to his father , that he  James Greer was no specific  enough in setting our the exact length of time he James Greer served in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, that when the communication came to hand  his father James Greer was  sick and   never recovered but died in 1833. That  affiant from the length of time elapsed he cannot state how long his father served in the revolutionary war., but  he knows that he heard his father say that he served part of his service in the revolution as an officer and part of his time on foot as a private, that he well remembers  to have heard his father say that while he was in the service he had  to swim his mare across  a river while in the service, that he  knows and  well remembers to have seen different  men and his father  meet and talk about their service in the revolutionary war, that he  verily believes that his father   James Greer  did service in  South  Carolina  in the  revolutionary war, and that he has given the foregoing facts why he believes he did  . That he affiant resides in the State of South Carolina  and was  well acquainted with  Sarah Greer the  applicant for a pension and land warrant and that she is the identical woman  who lived with  James Greer ,deceased as his wife that she is the identical woman mentioned in his father  James Greer's will at Huntington.
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on record. That she  is the identical woman who lived with his  father as his wife and who applied for a pension in his lifetime. That from  his father James Greer's conversation  he believes his entire service was performed in South Carolina and while he was a citizen of South Carolina  That he  ...( illegible )  any other James Greer  who was reported to have served in South Carolina  in the  Revolutionary  War. That he was acquainted  with  Sarah Greer in  South Carolina  long before his father  James Greer was married,  that he has  been informed  that his father James Greer  was married to  said Sarah Greer in the  State of  Tennessee and that his father James Greer  after his marriage  with him brought her to  South Carolina  and from  there  ( South Carolina ) moved to  Carroll County Tennessee and he affiant with him  James Greer deceased where said James Greer  ... ( illegible ) and that  ever since his father died , his step Mother Sarah Greer  has  lived in one  .. ( illegible ) of his  affiant's houses and is now residing  at his house and is a widow and  unmarried and from his best information  is a little  over ninety three years of age and is now alive  and is the identical woman   who applied for a pension  through the agency of Robert H. Hawthorn of Benton County Tennessee and that affiant is not interested in the prosecution of this claim. Sworn to and subscribed to the day and date above written before me T.P. Drummond ( signed ) J.P.  James Greer ( signed )  ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 17 1859 ] [ State of Tennessee County of Carroll ] On this 30th day of April  A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me  T.P. Drummond a Justice of the peace  in and for said County   duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes Samuel Y. Bigham a resident of Carroll County  and State of Tennessee and a highly credible witness  who first being duly sworn  according to law says on his oath that he is well acquainted with James Greer , the husband of Sarah Greer  in his lifetime that he was  his family  .. ( illegible )  and attended to him in  his  last .. ( illegible )
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that said James Greer was a man  of good character for truth and veracity  and of  sound mind., that said James Greer  died in 1833, and was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier in the revolutionary war and served in the  State of South Carolina , the he affiant well remembers to have  heard said James Greer speak of  one particular  differently   he had with a fellow soldier  viz, he James Greer 's duty was to see to the return of his men or company  and that another man had to do the  like duty  for his men or company  and that he  undertook to take his cap from him by force and it came very more a fight  and a great many hard words all of which he  believes to  be true for the reason that he knows the character of said James Greer to be good for truth and undoubted veracity  that  Sarah Greer is the identical woman  who lived with him  James Greer as his wife and that he never hear their marriage  doubted, that he affiant now is the  attending physician  of  Sarah Greer who is  applying for a pension  through the agency of R.H. Hawthorn.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written before me T.P. Drummond ( signed ) J.P. Samuel Y. Bigham ( signed  )  [ State of Tennessee County of Caroll] I, Wilbron  H. Graves clerk of the County  Court of Carroll County  do hereby certify that  Thomas P. Drummond is a Justice of the peace in and for said County  duly commissioned and qualified as was such at the date of the foregoing affidavits  that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my  name as clerk  of said Court at Huntington  with my seal annexed this 7th day of May at Huntington  .. 1859 . W. H. Graves ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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[ State of Tennessee Benton County ] Enclose I send you the Identity  of Mrs. Sarah Greer which I hope will be satisfactory  . In your answer to  me on the application for  bounty land that Mrs. Sarah Greer  hat James Greer applied for a pension and that declaration  was sent back in consequence of some  informality. You will see by the proof that shortly  afterwards Mr. James Greer  died and Mr. R.E. C Doherty  ceased to prosecute the claim . I have made diligent  enquiry  for Mr. R.E.C. Doherty   and I understand that he moved to  Arkansas and is dead long since so that I have complied with you r instruction s as far as I could  .  I have from the witness  Mr. Greer to  when the papers were sent is the son of his father . Which I  think will be satisfactory  and leave the Department without a doubt  as to the  Identity of James  Greer and his widow. Your obt. servt. Robert H Hawthorn ( signed )   G C Whiting  Esq Commissioner of Pension s  Washington  City, D.C.  Mr. Greer in formed me  that R.E. C.  Doherty  had his letters declaration   and it now cannot be found  and that Mr. Doherty  is dead though I hope  the proof will be satisfactory  to you   . Dr Bigham  proves that Mr. James Greer deceased did serve  ( i.e. ) from the language of Mr. Greer that he  distributed  beef to his mess or company  which was the duty of a sergeant. Your obt. servt.  R. H. Hawthorn ( signed )
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Camden Nov. 2nd 1858 Sir, I  send you the claim of Heirs of  Hardy Cain for land warrant  also the  claim of Mrs. Edwards for continuation of Pension and the claim for Bounty land for Mrs. Greer for land warrant and pension if the Declaration of her husband James Greer dec'd is satisfactory  for one year or more you will issue the certificate for the time the department is satisfied he served for she has no other source for further information  except through  the  Comptroller General of  South Carolina  at Columbia , but to send that trouble  and  expense therefore she waits for your instruction  or decision . I also sent the claim of  the  Heirs of Capt. John Morris for   continuation  pay . And  Should anything be wanting and the rolls not satisfactory  in your office  or  other informality  or want of proof of heirship  please inform me  the  deficiency  for I have no doubt that it can be furnished in  any way that you may  require it , therefore I await your instructions and decision . Your obt. servt. Robert H . Hawthorn ( signed ) N.B. I required the Duplicate certificate land warrant issued to Josiah R Blair and handed it over to the proper .. ( illegible ).  Robert H. Hawthorn ( signed )   G. C. Whiting Esq.  Commissioner of Pensions Washington  City D.C.
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No. 7126
Sarah Greer
WW: (Widow)
James
Tenn
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Ro. H. Hawthorn Nov. 12/59
Same Feby 19/59.
4277
Act 15}
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4277.

P.O.
Sarah Greer,
Service: Wid. of James

REJECTED

Enlisted:                  , 18
Discharged:            , 18
Application filed:   , 18

Alleges:  

Re-enlisted:


Attorney: 
P. O. _
_____Recognized.   _____Contract.
Cert.  of  Dis.        Searched for.   ,18
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Comptroller General's Office Columbia S.C.  January  21st  1859 Mr. R. H. Hawthorn , Dear Sir, The following  is a statement of "James Greer's services  " Book J p 253  shows  60 dys  in 1780  as private in Militia - 30 dys  ( 1780 )  as Sergeant of  horse - 44 dys as Sagt. of foot  ( 1782 )  and 57 dys  Lt. of horse- and certified by Capt. Hanna - An order in favor of Robt.  Hanna to which James Greer made his mark thus " @"  Laurens County in presence of Jas. Montgomery  Recpt. signed Robt. Hanna  Book R p 476 - shows  37 dys as Horseman under Capt. Geo. Neely .  Very respectfully   yrs etc.  Wm. R.  Huntt ( signed )  Fee fort copy of each $ 2.00
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Camden Tennessee February the 11th  1859 Sir, Enclosed I send you the certificate of the Comptroller General of S.C.  Columbia  . In support of the claim of Sarah Greer for a pension  and land warrant . I suppose said certificate  will be sufficient to establish  both claims  after you communicated to  me the result of your search  for record evidence in  his favor and this was found in your office . I  on receipt of your letter immediately wrote to the  Comptroller General  and  I sent  IOU to you  except  the envelope is mutilated. Your attention is request to Mrs. Sarah Greer's case for a pension  x land warrant .  Your obt. servt .  Robert H Hawthorn ( signed )  G C Whiting  Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.