Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13,852, for Abram Richardson, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
Service                      
SC

Richardson, Abram    
Winney

Number
W 13852

Contents
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1799
District of Columbia
Winney Richardson dec
Widow of Abram
Who died on the 14 July 1776
In the state of S.C.
who was ? of Cavy in the compy commanded
by captain ~ of the ~ commanded by
S.C. in the South Carolina 
line for 16 mo in our 
? private of Cavalry
Inscribe on the Roll of Washington ?
at the rate of 253 Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence on the ? day of 
March 1831 & ends 31th Octr 1843
Certificate of pension issued the 16th day of
Jany 1852 and sent to
Hon. A.P. Butler
arrears to the 4th of Senate U.S
Semi-annual allowance ending
Incofrom $146:67
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3?}
H. R Weighsman Clerk,
Book D. Vol 2 Page 443
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South Carolina 1.709
Winney Richardson
widow of Abram Richardson dec.
who died on the 14th July 1817
Edgefield in the state of N.Ca.
who was a ? in the company commanded 
by Captain Bacon of the Regt commanded by 
? Hammon ? in the So.Ca.
line for 10 mos Q.Master
14? Private

Inscribed on the roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 146 Dollars 67 Cents, per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Jany?
W. Pickins ? 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $880.02
Semi-annual allowance ending ~ ? 73.33
$953.35
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3rd}
Recorded by W? D? Addison Clerk,
Book A Vol 2nd Page 173
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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of 
illegible of the 4th July 1831
State of South Carolina
Edgefield District

On this twentieth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the court of aforesaid Pleas for Edgefield dis-trict in the state illegible, Winney Ricardson, a 
resident of the district and state aforesaid aged eighty four years, who being first duly illegible recording to illegible doth on an oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of illegible July 4th 1838. That she is the widow of Abram Richardson who was a private in in a military company of the State of South Carolina ? under the authority of the ? state during the war of the Revolution between Great Britain and the United States, of  which said company John Hammond was Captain. Nathaniel Bacon 1st Lieutenant and William Covington ? Lieutenant at the time illegible said Abram attached himself to the said company. That then said Abram Richardson enrolled himself in said company as a volunteer in the early part of February 1779 but it is improbable for this illegible to specify the precise day that the said illegible company of State Troops commanded by John Hammond as aforesaid, was attached to the Regiment of Sate troops commanded by Col Leroy Hammond of which illegible John Parsons was Lieut Col and Huge Middleton ? and that said regiment was attached to General Andrew Willamson's Brigade of Illegible the said brigade consisting of ? raind under the authority of the State aforesaid
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that he was in that service at least five months, from [crossed out] and that he remained illegible  before the wife of  illegible said Abram Richardson joined Col. Samuel Hammonds Regiment of State  illegible as a volunteer, which said Regiment now enlists illegible monthly, and now made by Col. Samuel Hammond an appointed...
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and when Richardson return Col. Hammond having been compelled to retreat in the mean time, and having left a company illegible under the command of Capt. William ?, Richardson joined said company and was with that company in the battle of Rodgers Old Field, was illegible immediately safter the ? of the ? Richarsdon attached himself to Col. S. Hammond's Regiment and continues in it while he was discharged from the service which took place at Bacon Bridge? near Dorchester? South Carolina at the end? of the Revolutionary War. The illegible and further illegible that she has the documentary illegible in support of this claim - therefore this declares that she was married to the said Abram Richards on the 5th day of April 1775, that her husband the aforesaid Abram Richardson died on the fourteenth day of July 1817, and that she has remained a widow over time that passed as illegible fully.
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State of South Carolina
Edgefield District
Personally appeared before me
George Pope, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas &  Gen
eral sessions for the District & State aforesaid, an [illegible] Justice of the Quorum for the District & State
aforesaid, Samuel Hammond, who being first
sworn in due form of law, deposeth as follows
that the services rendered by the said Abram Richardson
in the war of the Revolution, as stated in the 
fixed declaration in strictly and accurately true, that
he the said Samuel Hammond held the commission
of Colonel during a portion of the said
war, and that the said Abram Richardson did
under the said [illegible] in the said declaration
[illegible] falls be their his own personal knowledge,
the militia  company to which the said Abram
Richardson was attached, composing at our period
a part of the Regiment of the militia of the State of
South Carolina  of which he was in command
This deponent further states that the said Winney
Richardson is as the [illegible], the widow of the said Abram
Richardson, and that she was married to the said Abram
at best as early as the year 1779.
                                                                                     S  Hammond
Sworn to before me this
twentith October 1837

Geo Pope C.C.P.


South Carolina
Edgefield District
I Richard Gantt one of the Justices of the Court
of General Sessions and Common Pleas of the State of
South Carolina, do hereby certify [illegible]
and Samuel Hammond above mentioned are persons of unique credibility, and that George Pope above named in the 
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, for Edgefield District in South Carolina
Witness my hand this twentieth day of October 1837 I also certify that the said George Pope is ex-officio one of the Justices of the Quorum  in the State aforesaid
Richard Gantt


South Carolina
Edgefield District 

I George Pope Clerk of the Court of Session
Common Pleas for the District & State aforesaid
and ex-officio Justice of the Quorum in the state and 
foresaid, do hereby certify that Richard Gantt  above mentioned
is one of the Justices  of the Court of General Session and common
Pleas for the  the State aforesaid & that the afore mentioned SEAL
Hammond is a gentleman of [illegible]  SEAL
with my hand & SEAL the act of the said SEAL
Geo Pope
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State of South Carolina 
Edgefield District
Personally appeared
before me Robert
Anderson a magistrate for said District
John H. Richardson of said District
who being duly sworn on oath says that
Winney Richardson late of this district
departed this life the 31st day of October
eighteen hundred forty three and that he the
said John H. Richardson (this deponent)
is the only & sole heir at law, (surviving) of
the said Winney Richardson decd

Sworn to & subscribed
before me at Hamburg
S C the 24th Decr 1851
Robert Anderson
Magistrate

              his
John H   X  Richardson
              mark


South Carolina
[illegible] District
I, John Hill Judge of the
Court of Ordinary in the state
and for the District aforesaid,
do hereby certify that Robert Anderson Esq
before whom the above affidavit was made
and whese signature appears thereto, is and was
at the time of the signing thereof, a Magistrate
Justice of the Peace in and for the District
aforesaid duly commission and sworn
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13852
Winney Richardson
Widow of
Abram Richardson
[illegible]. Rev. War
Act:July 4th 1836
Index: - Vol. M, Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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All Cavalry
Service
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South Carolina
Edgefield District
I John Hill Judge
for the Court of Ordinary
In the District and
State aforesaid do hereby certify, that
full and [illegible] proof, has been made
before me, that Winney Richardson late
of this State and District, departed this
life on the 31st day of October A.D. 1843;
and that John Hammond Richardson,
also of this State and distinct is
her only surviving child.

Given under my hand and seal of
Office, this the ninth day of January
A.D. 1852.
John Hill [illegible]. SEAL
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LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.             }
Printed for R. S. Roberts, Edgefield C. H.}

South Carolina,      }
Edgefield District.  }
By John Hill                                  Ordinary of
Edgefield District.
To Thomas G. Key

Whereas, Winney Richardson                                      late of
Edgefield District deceased, lately died intestate, having
whilst    she     lived, at the time of    her    death, divers goods, rights and credits within the
         District      aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of
granting the administration of all and singular the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased,
and also auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of the said administration, and a final
dismission of the same, to me is manifestly known to belong. I desiring that the goods, rights,
credits of the said deceased, may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of,
hereby grant unto the said     Thomas G. Key

full power, by the tenor of these presents, to administer
the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, which to        her            in    her    life-time, and,
at the time of    her.    death, did belong; and to ask, levy, recover and receive the same, and
to pay the debts in which the deceased stood obliged, so far forth as   her     goods, rights and
credits will extend according to their rate and order of law, being first sworn on the Holy
Evangelists of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the 
same into the Ordinary's office in      Edgefield District
in order to be recorded, on or before the twenty second
day of January (1850) now next ensuing; and to render a just and true account,
calculation and reckoning of the said administration, when thereunto required: And I ordain,
depute and constitute you the said.    Thomas G. Key
administrator of all and singular the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty second
day of December Anno Domini 1851 and the Seventy Sixth
year of American Independence.        SEAL John Hill [illegible]
Ordinarys Office,
Recorded, Book
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[writing hard to read - transcribed as much as possible]


South Carolina
Edgefield District

This is to certify that Thomas G Key is the [illegible] of Winney Richardson decd & has Given [illegible] 
satisfactory security as such and that the
[illegible] two copies  of his letters Granted to him on the said
[illegible] on the day and unto within mentioned. SEAL
[illegible] hand and  seal of office this the 26th. SEAL
A.D. 1839 .    John Hill [illegible]
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State of South Carolina
Edgefield District

Know all men by these
presents that I, Thomas
G. Kay of the State and
District aforesaid, the legally appointed administrator
in all and singular the goods and
chattels rights and credits, that were of Winney
Richardson deceased, at the time of her death,
have constituted and appointed and by these presents
do constitute and appoint George H. Jones of
the City of Washington my true and lawful
Attorney irrevocably, for me and in my name
place and stead to ask and receive of and from
the United States any sum of money that may
be due the said Winney Richardson for a Pension
or otherwise and in my name to give receipts
and other sufficient discharges for the amount
found due as aforesaid, and to do any and
every other act or acts, that I my self might or could
do were I personally met at the doing thereof
hereby confirming whatsoever my said Attorney
shall do in or about the premises by inter thereof

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this the twenty sixth day of December
A.D. 1851.                                                      Thomas G. Key

Signed sealed & delivered in presence of

R. T. Mims
E. J. Mims
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State of South Carolina.      To wit:
Edgefield District

On this the 26 day of
December A.D. 1851, personally
appeared Thomas G. Key before me and acknowledged
the annexed [illegible] of attorney to be his act and
deed, on the purposes therein contained.
W W Adams                     SEAL
Magst   E. D. 


State of South Carolina.      To wit:
Edgefield District

I hereby certify that
W. W. Adams Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit
and acknowledgement was made, and who has
thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time
of so doing a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace
in and for  the District aforesaid, duly commi
and sworn.

SEAL

In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
were of the Court this the 26
day of December A.D. 1851.
Tho G. Bacon
Clk E. D.
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State of South Carolina
Edgefield District
.
I, John Hill Judge
of the Court of Ordinary
in the State and for
the District aforesaid do hereby certify that
Thomas G. Bacon Esq., whose name appear to
the annexed certificate, is and was at the time
of signing it hereto Clerk of the Court in & for the District
and State aforesaid, and that due faith and credit
SEAL to his office acts as such

SEAL

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my
office, this 26 day of December A.D. 18[illegible]
John Hill [illegible]
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Winney Richardson
Wid of Abram
Mar 1779
Died 1817
14 mo pr                                   $  46 66
Pr & Q Master 10 mo               100
                                                    ________
                               per ann      $ 146.66
Comp 4 Mar 1831

Hon F.W. Pickens
H R


Hon J. L. Edwards 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington D C 

[left side]
Hon F. W. Pickens
H.R.

[right side]
3082  
Jan 12
[illegible]
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Hon J. L. Edwards 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington D. C 




Winney Richardson
Wid of Abram
Mar 1779
Died 1817
14 mo pr                                   $  46 66
Pr & Q Master 10 mo               100
                                                    ________
                               per ann      $ 146.66
Comp 4 Mar 1831

Hon F.W. Pickens
H R



[right side]
Hon F. W. Pickens
H.R.

[left side]
3082  
Jan 12
[illegible]
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H. R.
11. Jany 1838

Hon J. L. Edwards

Sir

I [illegible] you the
within application for a pension. Be
so kind as to consider it as soon as
you can and let me know your
decision.  I know one of the parties
concerned and the [illegible] to the
[illegible] they are all respectable people
yours  Tr
F.W. Pickens
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Feb 27
Win [illegible] Richardson
S.C. Wd


Hon.  F.W. Pickens
H R


[horizontal]

Hon J.L.  Edwards Commissioner 
Pension office 
Washington
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H.R.
26 Feby 1838

Hom J.L. edwards

Sir

I enclose you the within and 
beg that you will [illegible] again, and
give me the information desired. As will
as I recollect Mrs Richardson pension
granted was on [illegible] of her husbands
Services [illegible]  & nothing else. I take it for
Granted the whole amount goes to her
alone of course, unless she should die
and then the State to of Distribution 
would control. if any was due, which
she had not used. But if there be any
thing peculiar in the case do in=
form me
Yours respectfully
F. W. Pickens
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Brief in the case of Winney Richardson decd wid of Abram
County and State of South Carolina
act 4 July 1836
=========================================
Claim, (original, or for increase.)

Proof exhibited, 

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

This case was originally allowed for 10 months, [illegible]
and 14 Mo per $146. 17. The certificate of Col Ham
-mond, who commanded the Regt shows 16 mo. the
other 8 Mo. is shown from a certificate from the comp
-troller of S.C. to have been Cavalry [illegible] of Inf
service

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?


Name and residence of Agent
Hon A. P. Butler                                             Kirby
U.S. Senate                                                  Examining Clerk.
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Increase

Winney Richardson dec.
Wid of Abram
 D.C
Act 4 July 1836
M
Alwd 16 mo [illegible]   $213.33 [illegible]
              8 m pri Cavl             40.00
                                               _______
                                               $253.33
per Anm: from 4 Mch '31
to 31 Oct 1843 when she
died. Former paymts at the
rate of $146.67 per anm:  to
be deducted.
Payable to
Thomas G. Key Adm
for the benefit of
John H. Richardson
only surviving child

Cert to
Hon A. P Butler U.S. Senate
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Lt. Col Saml
Hammond
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia S.C.
Dec 9th 1851.

No 2
Book M

Issued the 1st October 1784 to Lieutenant Col. Samuel
Hammond for [illegible]and thirty five pounds
Sterling for balance of pay and Bounty due him
as Commandant of a Regiment of State
Troops Together with Interest thereon from
the first April 1782 to date of Indent [illegible]
to Resolution of General Assembly of the 11th March
last &c
Principal £235:0:0
Interest          16:9:0
______
I do hereby certify that the
above is a true Copy as
taken from the Records of this
Office and further that the Records
of this Office abundantly prove
that the "State Troops"who were
paid up to the first April 1782,
were Cavalry.
For Comptroller Genl
James A Black
Dep:
(No Seal of Office)
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Senate Chamber
Jan 15th 1852

Sir - 

I have [illegible] proof of
death, and other evidence
[illegible]with the application of
Mrs Winey Richardson for an
[illegible] of pension. The
[illegible] Mr Thos G Key personally known to me, and is a
respectable and trustworthy
Gentleman. Allow me to
Ammend [illegible] application
and the merits of the claim
to your early attention

your respectfully

A. P. Butler


To Jas E Heath
[illegible] pentions
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Free
A. P. Butler

To James E Heath Esq
Com Pensions
Washington