Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31683, for John Nix, South Carolina
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S.C.
Nix, John
S. 31683
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Letter DD. [illegible] 1837 [illegible]

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of [illegible[ April 1838, from 4 March to 14 Sept 1838. Agt notified 2 Oct 1839. 

Note of [illegible]

Georgia 30.305
John Nix
of Hall Co. in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the [blank] commanded by Captain Bond of the Regt commanded by Col. Richardson in the S. Carolina mil. line for 10 months and 8 days. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 34 dollars 22 cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Dec 1835 and sent to James Law Gainesville, Ga. 

Appears to the 4th of Sept '35     
Semi-ann allowance ending 4 March '36

157.00
17.11
$171.11

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E, Vol. 6 Page 98
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The State of South Carolina

By His Excellency, 
George McDuffie Esquire
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and in and over the State aforesaid. 

George McDuffie

To all whom these presents shall come,
 
Know ye, that William Suval is Comptroller General of the State of South Carolina, that John T. Seibels whom eigentime appears to the certificate on the annexed sheet of paper in the lawful Deputy of the said William Suval, that his certificate is in due form and by the proper officer.

Therefore, all due faith, credit and authority is and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and certificate 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 twenty ninth of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and in the sixtieth year of Independence of the United States of America. 

By the Governor, 
[signature] B.H. Saxon
Secretary of State.
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John Nix
Hall County
Georgia
32.000
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State of Georgia
Hall County

On this the 7th day of September eighteen hundred and thirty five personally appeared in [illegible] Court before John Bates, Joseph Dunagan, and Nehemiah Garrison. Justices of the Superior Court of said County sitting on a court of  ordinary. John Nix of [illegible] County and State aged eighty years. 

Who bring first duly seen according to [illegible] doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pact of [illegible] passed the 7th day of June eighteen hundred and thirty two. 

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 

I was first drafted for one month as a private militiaman (I think in the year 1776) but cannot recollect in that month under Capt John Bond and marched to Rayburns Creek at which place a Col Cunningham lay with some tories our Calvary attached and drove him from the ground, I was attached to a Regiment under the command of Col Richardson. This was called and known by the name of the Snowy Campaign and was performed in the [illegible]. I was disbanded at the expiration of my term of service and returned home. 

Some time the next Spring or Summer, I think in the latter part of June or first of July I was drafted again for one month as a private militiaman under Capt Richard Jinkins and attached to Col Joseph Brown Regiment and marched to Charleston South Carolina where I remained until my term of service expired when we were relieved by fresh troops and returned home. 

In a short time after getting home I entered
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under a Capt David Hopkins of Lieutenant Anderson Thomas for eighteen months as a private soldier and received a bounty of ten dollars. I was attached to a Regiment under the command of a Col William Thompson and was marched under the command of the Lieutenant to a place called Granby on the Congaree River, and from there to a station near the Eutace Springs, where we remained about eight months. I was then placed under the command of a Capt Richard Winn and Lieutenant William Caldwell and marched to Fort McIntosh on the Big St. Tilla River at which place we remained two months and some days, where we were attacked by the British forces under the command of Genl Pevo and were all taken as prisoners except those that were killed in the action. 

I was paroled and returned home, the above named Regiment was called the Rangers each man earmarked his own horse and rifle and was to be paid ten dollars per month for services and in the event we lost our horses or guns in the service we were to be paid for them by the government. My horse and gun were both taken from me when I was taken prisoner. 

After I had been at home between two or three  months I was again drafted for one month as a private militiaman under Capt Thomas Starks and attached to a Regiment under the command of Col Bratton and marched to a place called the four-hole bridge (about forty miles from Charleston) where I remained until my term of service ended where I was relieved by fresh troops and returned home. 

In the course of six or eight weeks I was again drafted under Capt Anderson Thomas for one month as a private militiaman and marched to Williamsons Station on the Senaca River to guard the frontiers against the Indians. Several of our men were killed and several wounded in this campaign. I returned home at the end
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of my term of service. 

In a short time I was again drafted for one month as a private militiaman under the above named Anderson Thomas and attached to Col. Taylors regiment and marched to a little village called Orangeburg and joined this army under Gen. Ramp where I remained until my term of service expired and then returned home. 

I then remained at home six or eight months during which time I moved to [illegible] District in South Carolina until again drafted for one month as a private militiaman under Lieutenant Warren Lewis and was attached to Col. Taylors regiment and joined the army under the command of Gen. Green and marched to the Eutace Springs where Gen. Green attacked the British forces under the command of Gen. Wallis. I was in the whole of this engagement which was truly a service one the enemy first give way a short distance but finding they were not perceived. This forced and returned to the battle ground and drove us a short distance. But as we were not pursued a great distance, Gen. Green camped all night the battle ground with the intention of recovering the engagement in the morning but where morning came Wallis with his [illegible] were gone. I was discharged after this engagement and returned home. 

[illegible] I was home in Lunenberg County State of Virginia on the [illegible] River but do not know in what year nor month. 

I have no record of my age. 

I was living in Chester District State of South Carolina where first called into service, I lived in Chester and York Districts in South Carolina until about fifteen years ago when I moved to Jackson County State of Georgia where I remained seven years and there removed to where I live it being [illegible] County State of Georgia

I was drafted into every tour except the one in
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which I entered. 

5th Genrl. Marion was with the army at Charleston. Genrl. Sumpter was at the Eutair Springs. Genrl. Lee I also recollect to have seen at Charleston; that above named Genrl. officers in addition to those named in the body of my Declaration, are all that I now recollect.

6 I received but one discharge which was given by Col. Thompson for my services as an [illegible] soldier which discharged is lost or destroyed. 

7 Washington Flemming Esq. Abraham Howard William Wood Grancis Whelchel Esq. are person in my present neighborhood who can testify to my character for veracity and their person of serve as a soldier of the Revolution. 

I have no documentary evidence. 

I know of no person whose testimony I can procure by whom I can prove my service. 

I hereby relinquish every claim to whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension rool of the agency of any State from to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 

Joseph Dunagan
John Nix

We James Stephens a Clergyman residing in the County of Lumpkin of State of Georgia and W.W. Flemming residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Nix who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five or eighty years old, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of September 1835 

[signatures] James Stephens
Joseph Dunagan
W.W. Flemming
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And the said court do hereby declare their pension after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served on the States. And that court further certifies that it appears to them that James Stephens who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Lumpkin County and that W.W. Flemming who has also signed the same is a resident of Hall County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
[signatures] Joseph Dunagan
N Garrison
John Bates

I Ephraim M Johnson Clerk of the Court ordinary in and for Hall County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains original proceedings of the said court in the matters of the application of John Nix for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of September 1835. 
[signature] E.M. Johnson Clk

I Ephraim M Johnson Clerk of the Court of ordinary do hereby certify that Joseph Dunagan before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate were sworn to is an acting Justice of the Superior Court of Hall County and that the several
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signatures annexed are genuine signatures
Given under my hand and seal of office this 7th day of September 1835
[signature] E.M. Johnson Clk
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John Nix, account for Revolutionary services

[illegible] as a approval 
10 [70?] months and 8 days

[crossed out $25]
$34.22
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State of South Carolina apder.
T. John Nix

March the 5 1779 To 28 days duly at 10 per day $14.00
April the 20th 1781 To 200 days duly at 10 per day $100.00
$114.00

Certified by me Anderson Thomas Capt. 
Starting at $16.5.8 1/20

Appearance of John Nix and made cathe is that the above acct of one hundred and fourteen pounds former currency is just and true and that he has never received any part thereof from to before one his 16th day. 

[illegible] 1784
D. Hopkins
State of South Carolina

To John Nix
For military duty in Brandons Regt. since the fall of [illegible] to currency

$40.00
Tg. $5.14.3 1/4

Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia 29th Oct. 1835

I certify the above to be a true copy of the original account of John Nix, as settled and filed in this office, for military services performed by him in the Revolutionary War. 

[signatures] William Laval Compt. Gov. 
John T. Seibels
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April 10, 1940
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Miss Rosary V. Nix
2140 Carrollton Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana

John Nix
S. 31683
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Darling Nix, of South Carolina, who, you state, enlisted September 20, 1776, and served under Colonel William Thompson, in the South Carolina troops. 

The data which follow in regard to John Nix were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 31683, based upon his service in the Revolution. It is the record of the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office who served from South Carolina. No claim was found for a John Darling Nix. 

John Darling Nix was born on the Meherrin River in Lunenberg County, Virginia. The date of his birth and names of his parents were not given. 

While residing in Chester District, South Carolina, John Nix enlisted and served as private with South Carolina troops, as follows: one month in Captain John Bond's company, Colonel Richardson's regiment, was in an engagement of Rayborn Creek and in the Snow Campaign; from the latter part of the following June or July, one month in Captain Richard Jinkin's company, Colonel Joseph Brown's regiment; a short time after this service, he enlisted for eighteen months in Captain Davis Hopkin's company, Colonel William Thompson's regiment of rangers, after serving eight months was placed under the command of Captain Richard Winn, marched to Fort McIntosh on the Big Saltilla River where they were attacked by the British and he was taken prisoner, was paroled and returned home; two or three months later, he again enlisted and served one month in Captain Thomas Stark's company, Colonel Bratton's regiment; six or eight weeks after the expiration of this service, he enlisted and served one month in Captain Anderson Thomas' company; and again
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enlisted in a short time and served one month in Captain Anderson Thomas' company, Colonel Taylor's regiment; during the next six or eight months, he moved to Camden District, South Carolina, and there enlisted, served one month under Lieutenant Warren Lewis in Colonel Taylor's regiment, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. No specific dates of these services were given. 

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived in Chester and York Districts, South Carolina, until about 1820, when he moved to Jackson County, Georgia, where he remained seven years, thence to Hall County, Georgia. 

John Nix was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1835, at which time he was aged eighty years and a resident of Hall County, Georgia. 

The name of soldier's wife is not shown and no names of children were given. Reference was made to a son-in-law, but his name, also, is not shown and there are no further family data. 

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, John Nix, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: John Nix, certificate #30305, issued December 22,1833, rate $34.22 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Georgia Agency. 

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Georgia 
Hall County

Personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county James Law who being duly sworn saith that he transcribed and copied the Declarant of John Nix now of file in the Pension Office of the United States. From the original declaration made out and sworn to in Lumpkin County State of Georgia; and that said declaration now of file aforesaid in a true and perfect copy of the original and that they is not the least variation except the names of the Judges of the Court, the time of swearing to it and the place where it was sworn to. Having compared them line by line, and this diplomat further swears that after the declaration now of file was made out and sworn to the supposed the others would be of no further use and that he used it for wrapping paper in the store. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of December 1835. 

[signatures] Saml Tate
James Law
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State of Georgia Hall County

I James Law Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, hereby certify that Samuel Tate before whom the [illegible] affidavit was made in an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 

Given under my hand and seal of office at Gainesville this 4th day of December 1835. 

[signature] James Law, Clk.
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31683
[illegible] INVALID

File No. 31.883
John Nix
In Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 298

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1929-Oct 18 Hist. to Miss Ethel Bailey
1940, Apr 10 Hist. to Rosary V. Nix
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Rosary V. Nix
2140 Carrollton Avenue
New Orleans

New Orleans
March 14th

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I am seeking information on a paternal great-great-great grandfather of mine who, according to family records, fought "side-by-side" with Gen. Francis Marion in the War of the Revolution. This ancestor, John Darling Nix is said in the family records to have been a colonel. 

I received a letter from the adjutant record's office in the War
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Department saying that the only record they have is of a John Nix, "names not stated," who served in the Revolutionary War in the said South Carolina regiment commanded by Colonel William Thompson. He is shown to have enlisted Sept. 20, 1776, and the date of his resignation from the service is lacking as is any further record. The War Department suggested that possibly I might be able to obtain some further information from the United States pension records in your custody. 

I will greatly appreciate any information that you may be able to give me. 

Sincerely, 
[signature] (Miss) Rosary V. Nix
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W. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
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Gainesville 5th December 1835
J. L. Edwards

Dear Sir, 

I herewith send my affidavit relative to the declaration made out in Lumpkin County and am truly sorry that I did not preserve it but I supposed it would be of no further use as the test is a true and perfect copy. 

I am yours respectful, 
[signature] James Law
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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
September 19th, 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Nix, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of thirty four dollars and twenty two cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th September 1838. 

Respectfully yours, 
[signature] 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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Pension Agency Planters Bank
[illegible] 29 March 1837

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir, 

I enclose the pension voucher of John Nix, whose application is for eighteen months pension, for your approval and authority to pay. 

Respectfully, 
[illegible]
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section 
EEL

October 18, 1929

Miss Ethel Bailey
199 Barber Street 
Athens, Georgia

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31683, it appears that John Nix was born on the Meherrin River in Lunenburg County, Virginia, date not stated. 
While residing in Chester District, South Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the South Carolina Troops as follows:
One month in Captain Bond's Company in Colonel Richardson's Regiments, was in an engagement on Railburns Creek and in the Snow Campaign [See S. Car book Vol I pgs 94-97]; from the latter part of the following June or July, one month in Captain Richard Jinkins' Company, in Colone Joseph Brown's Regiment; a short time after this service, he enlisted for eighteen months in Captain David Hopkins' Company in Colonel William Thompson's Regiment of Rangers, after serving eight months was placed under the command of Captain Richard Winn, marched to Fort McIntosh [Fort McIntosh see [illegible] Vol II p52] on the Big Saltilla River where they were
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attacked by the British and he was taken prisoner, was paroled and returned home; some two or three months later, he again enlisted and served one month in Captain Thomas Stark's Company in Colonel Bratton's Regiment; six or eight weeks after the expiration of this service, he enlisted and served one month in Captain Anderson Thomas' Company; and again enlisted in a short time and served one month in Captain Anderson Thomas' Company in Colonel Taylor's Regiment; during the next six or eight months, he moved to Camden District, South Carolina, and there enlisted, served one month under Lieutenant Warren Lewis in Colonel Taylor's Regiment and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. No specific dates of these services are given. 
After the Revolution, he lived in Chester and York Districts, South Carolina, until about 1820, when he moved to Jackson County, Georgia, resided there seven years, then moved to Hall County, Georgia. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1835, at which time he was eighty years of age and resided in Hall County, Georgia. 
A son-in-law is mentioned but his name and the name of his wife is not given and there are no further family data. 

Very truly yours, 
Earl D. Church
Commissioner.
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199 Barber St. 
Athens, Ga. 

Aug. 13, 1929

Pension Dept
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir; 

Will you please give me the following information. 
The Revolutionary War record of John Nix, enlisting in South Carolina and moving into Georgia after the War. 

Sincerely, 
[signature] (Miss) Ethel Bailey
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Gainesville 7th November 1835
J.L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir, 

I herewith send the declaration of John Nix. You will discover from this number on the back (32.000) that the application was made some considerable time back. He at that time lived in the adjoining County Lumpkin, which is a new County formed out of a part of this County and part of the Cherokee Nation. The Clerk of the County had no seals of office at the time of his application and his papers were returned with instructions to procure the certificate of a number of [illegible]. 

I appealed to Judge Clayton (he being the nearest), for a certificate but he could not give such a one as the War Legend never having seen the Clerk write Mr. John Nix has now moved into this County and has his declaration made out here. I have also procured for hi m a certificate from the Comptroller Genrl. of South Carolina for a part of his services and said it Mr. John Nix informs me that he made an application some years ago under someone of the former acts for a pension and at that time he procured and sent two certificates one given by the Capt. Richard Winn who commanded the Company at the time he was taken prisoner the other from a man by the name of Daniel Duff who certified that he was with same regiment with Nix at the time he was taken. These certificates were given to Genrl. Thompson who was then a member of companys from this State. Who says he is not certain whether they were left at the Pension Office or brought back but they cannot find them. If they discover them
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perhaps they can be found. I hope his case will be attended to with as little delay as possible as he is very old and infirm and entirely dependent on his son in law for a support who is kindly very poor. I should be glad if the Department would grant a certificate at once for what they may think he is entitled to as I think he cannot enjoy it long. 

Very respectfully, 
[signature] James Law