Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,994, for Philip Mason, North Carolina
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(3-1776) Service N.C. Mason Philip Number S8994 Contents carded
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North Carolina 23718
Philip Mason
Given in the state of N. Car: who was a pr in the - commanded by Captain - of the illegible commanded by Col. Cleveland in the N.C. line for illegible -
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 23 Dollars- 33- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of illegible and illegible
Arrears to the 4th of illegible 129.99
Semi-ant. allowance ending illegible 21.64
$151.66
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by illegible Clerk, Book & Vol 64 Page 65
Order to pay 3 Oct 1837 
Illegible 20 Sept 1839
See letter to John Hunt illegible 4 May 1836 - illegible to illegible June 14. 1836 -
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29.681
NC.
Philip Mason
Philip Mason
Illegible 13 mo -
Declaration -
[Illegible]
Hon. A. H. Shepperd
HR
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State of North Carolina Guilford County

Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions February Term 1834

On this 18th day of February 834 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid now sitting Philip Mason a resident of Guilford County and state of North Carolina aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration on order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed down the 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. - That he was enrolled in a company of militia in the county of Wilkes state of North Carolina which company was commanded by Captain Benjamin Herndon and the Regiment to which said company was attached was commanded by Col Benjamin Cleveland of Wilkes County North Carolina - That said company was mustered in March 1779 in Wilkes County North Carolina and informed by the Captain the said Benjamin Hearn that he was informed by his commanding officer to draft a large part of his company for immediate service against the Tories or loyalists but he hoped his men would manifest their devotion to their common country by volunteering their services to serve as minutemen and be always, ready for service - Almost the whole company & this declarant among the number immediately volunteered as minute men to serve at all times when called on by their commanding officers. And marched in a few days after under the said Capt Hearndon & (illegible) then Col. the Gallant
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Col Bergen Clearland of Wilkes County North Carolina Col Cheland in the latter part of March 1773 marched with two companies of Infantry command by Captain Henson & Capt Allen from Wilkes County North Carolina,
crossed the Blue Ridge at the lower gap into the State of Virginia in person of the tours, in this expedition many men were killed and a great number taken prisoners and
that part of the country and temporarily from
the depredation of the tours-- this declarant was in actual service in Camp at this time between two and three months as he illegible and is fully illegible that he served his country at this time at and  two months- That he turned home about the last of June 1778 as well as he recollects & around at home about six weeks when he was again ordered out as a private by the said Col Cleland and marched under Capt Carr & Col Clemand into Ashe County North Carolina & Carter County now in
the State of Tennessee, and the surrounding
country in pursuit of the ones & was engaged in dispersing and arresting large bodies of Tomes who had collided in the mountainous & unfrequented regions and from the descended on them illegible for the purposes of illegible and murder-- this declarant states that he was at his camp at the time last mentioned before he was discharged. That he belonged to the minute men a kind of troop granted and illegible by an act of the General Assembly of
North Carolina, and was bound to march when
illegible by the Col Commandant of the
County where he resided - That during the year 1779 & the first part of the year 1780 he was frequently called out for home of two for
and six week against the towns who had taken
refuge in the mountains on the borders of North and South Carolina illegible from age and the grant
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lapse of time he cannot now pretend to state with accuracy either the length of each term of service or the particular time at which it was performed but he is certain that he was in the field against the towns in the year 1779 & the first part of the year 1780 at least four months & he verily illegible much longer-- that about the first of June 1780 he was ordered to underange at Wilkesburo with several other companies of Militia in order to be in readiness to join the expected Northern Army as soon as they arrived - This declarant was place
in a company commanded by Capt Bowman
and the several companies so collected at Wilkesboro were placed under the command of Major illegible Lewis a continental officer - this declarant marched under Major Lewis & Col Cleveland from Wilkesboro and joined Genl. Gates Army in the upper part of North Carolina a short time before Gates defeat. This declarent marched north with the company near the Cheraw Hill and from thence in the direction of Fayetteville North Carolina whether they were ordered to go illegible they reached Fayetteville. They went on to return home
and this declarant got home about the middle of September 1780. after illegible at home only for four days this declarant was again ordered by Col Cleveland to take the field
against Major Furguson - This declarant immediately march under Capt illegible & Col Cleveland and joined Col Campbell,
Mchowell, and others who were associating themselves together for the purpose of attacking Major Fergerson. This declarant participated in all the hardships,
privations, suffering & attendant on that illegible association, was in the battle of Kings Mountain, and returned to Wilkes County with Col Cleveland and the troops from that County about the 20th of October 1780 - This declarant remained at home
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until about the 1st of December 1780 when he marched under Capt Moore & Col Cleveland &  found Genl Morgan in South Carolina, remained with Genl Morgans Army & was in the battle of the Cowpens & some weeks after the battle was discharged and got home about the middle of February 1781 - That he immediately found his old company of minute men and was almost constantly
in the field against the torries who seemed to
illegible in the mountains of North & South Carolina and regained the illegible vigilance of
the various companies of minute men to
keep them in subjection & to these companies
of minute men the sole protection of the mountain part of North Carolina was entrusted- And such was the constant illegible of duty that this declarant had to perfom throughout the year 1781 and the early
part of the year 1782 that illegible could follow no peacable employment - This declarant states that he faithfully served his country four months in the year 1779 ^ of the first of 1780 as before stated that from the 1st of June 1780 to the middle of September 1780 he served three months & a half as before stated -
that from the middle of September 1780 to the
20th of October in the same year he served one month as before stated - that from the 1st of December 1780 to the middle of February 1781 he served two months and a half as before stated That from the middle of February 1781 to the end of that year he served ten months, as he before stated - that was said service against the torries was continued until the spring of 1782 when the torries lost all hope of success by the royal troops entering South Carolina and it was not until the spring of 1782 this declarant was permitted to return home & follow pleasurable pursuits - This declarant believes he served
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his country more than three months against the torries in the year 1782 which service against the torries was the most dangerous & illegible service of any other - as they had collected in large numbers to the mountainous regions aforesaid from the states of North & South Carolina Virginia and Georgia 
constantly committing many kind of illegible on the inhabitants in the counties of Wilkes & Surry & Rowan and required the minute men
to whom the defence of the country was entrusted to he constantly on the illegible & almost continually in the field ----
This declarant verily believes he served his country faithfully two years & more for which he claims a pension ------------
That he does not know of any person now
living who can prove his service his officers
being all dead-- that he was born in the
County of Amelia State of Virginia on the 26
day of October 1752 at now has no record of
his age the same having been born in his brothers house many years prior in
the State of Virginia - that he has no written
discharge nor having had a discharge
in writing that he always served as a private
Soldier - that he lived in Wilkes County State of
North Carolina when he was called into service - In the year 1785 in Ammond from
Wilkes County to Orange County North Carolina where he resided until the year 1828 when he illegible to Gilford County --
that he is known to among many other respectable men in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity
and illegible of his services as a soldier of the
Revolution - he hereby relinquishes every claim
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whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and illegible that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid -
Illegible
Philip Morson
Mark
We David Thomas & George Chrisman residing
in Guilford County State of North Carolina here
by certify that we are well acquainted with
Philip Mason who has subscribed & Sworn to
the above declaration; that we believe him
to be eighty our years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he illegible to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thomas
Gov of illegible
And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatores presented by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Thomas & George Chrisman - who has signed the preceding certificate are resident citizens of Guilford County and are credible persons
and their statement is entitled to credit - It
further appears to the Court that there is no
Clergyman residing in the neighbourhood
of the said Philip Mason -
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Watson W. Woodham Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for Guilford County State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of
the application of Philip Mason for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name and seal of office this the
25th day of February A.D. 1834
Woodham C.C.C
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8994
Illegible INVALID.
File No. 8994
Philip Mason
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. Illegible, Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 13
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
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Pension Office Maysville
June 8 1896
J L Edwards Equire
Commissioner of Pensions
Illegible
From Letter of the 4 May directs
the transportation of the papers in the case of Philip Mason on Pension under the Act of 1832 . who was paid to the 4 March 1834 - illegible 
by his attorney for payment to the 4 March 1836. On the 27 April last, the pension has to
day applied for payment in person & illegible
with him the paper presented on that day
together with the original certificate are illegible makes for your illegible.
Regards,
Illegible
Illegible
Illegible
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May 21
Phil Mason
NC
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
Illegible May 1886
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Pension office
Illegible April 27 36
James L Edward Esquire
Commissioner of Pension
Illegible
The illegible pay is due
to Philip Mason a pensioner under act of 1832.
application was made to day for payment illegible the necessary order.
Illegible
Illegible
Illegible
Illegible
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Illegible
Illegible $43.33
A H Shepard
HR
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War Department
Pension Office
March Illegible
S
The duplicate declaration of Philip Mason illegible. The service is as illegible satisfactory specified. For this amount therefore a certificate may be illegible. The papers are herewith handed to you.
I have the illegible
J L Edwards
Illegible, That a certificate illegible as above
Illegible
A.H. Sheppard
HR office