Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32366, for John King, South Carolina
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3-1776
SERVICE    NUMBER
[handwritten] S.C.    King, John    S32366
CONTENTS
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Illinois  29.030

John King

of [illegible] Co in the State of Ill

who was a Pr in the Company commanded

by Captain Stewart of the Regt commanded

by Col Kembell in the So Carolina 

line for -----

7 Mo 3 days $ 23.88
_____________________

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
at the rate  of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______________________

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Feby
and Sent to
1832 Hon C. Slade Ho R
________________________

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833                    59.70
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34      11.94
                                                                             ______
                                                                               $71.64
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk,
Book C.   Vol. 8     Page 58

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Let to Hon G R Young Feb 13 / 50
Let on Hon G R Young Apr 11/50

Death date not on A B
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application 
of
John King 
for a pension 
1833

29.427
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State of Illinois 
Clinton County 
On this third day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the County Commissions Court now sitting John King a resident of the County of Clinton and State of Illinois aged sixty seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare and make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, I was drafted for three months in July 1781 and entered the service in the month of August following. The field officers were Col Frederick Kimball Major Thomas Thomson my Captain Dan Alward In this three months service I was in the capacity of a mounted Militia man and furnished my own horse and gun (Rifle) 
I was in the battle of the Eutaw Spring Gen Green commanding - The battle commenced about sunrise the British making the attack, the regulars were then marched up between us (the militiaman) and the [illegible] and me with [illegible], Col. Washingtons horse was ordered to charge the British retired to the Brick House The Americans were then ordered up
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the main Charleston road. The battle ended about 2 P.M.  The only persons wounded in my company were Arthur Giles, who was wounded in the shoulder, and [illegible] Hicklin who was wounded by splinter or slab broken from a pine tree by a cannon ball from the British 
The next day after the battle we were marched through one edge of the battle ground by Gen. Marion, (The British still remaining in possession of the Brick house) to about 15 miles below the Eutaw Springs and remained there encamped about 3 weeks - Whilst there was out on picket Mr Smith belonging to [illegible] Company of horse came up I hailed him, he informed me he, and five more had taken Twelve British Dragoons Whilst out a foraging - nothing further of importance occurred among this three months draft -
The next year (1782) I was again drafted and commanded by Lieut. Glaze, was marched to the 4 whole bridge and put under the command of Genl Henderson - At this place I remained Closing the Term for which I was drafted (say 3 months) 
The Spring after the second draft I was ordered to Col Kimballs house to guard some Tory prisoners
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Whilst there some of the Tory prisoners by a hole under the house and made their escape, after that the remaining Tory prisoners where marched up to Waxaws, and delivered up to another guard 
In this service I remained something like 5 or 6 weeks - 
The following interrogations being proposed by the Court Answers thereunto was made to wit 
1 Where and in what year were you born -
ansr. - I was born in ^ Warren Co. North Carolina in the year 1765 - 
2 Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it, 
And - I have now no record of my age, its lost 
3 Where were you living when called into the service 
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 
And - In Lancaster Co. ^South Car. - Llived in South Car. until 1810 - Since 1810 lived in the [illegible] &  of Illinois 
4 How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom
ans - I was drafted
5 State the name of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served
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such Continental and militia regiments as you can
recollect, and the general circumstances of your
service__

Ans    all I can recollect at this [illegible]
period I have allready stated before this
first question was propounded

6. Did ever receive a discharge from the
service, and if so, by whom was it signed,
and what has become of it

Ans     I did not receive a discharge

Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
John King  SEAL [signature and hand drawn seal]


We John S Benson a Clergyman residing in the
Town of Carlyle County of Clinton and State of Illinois and
John S Carrigan residing in the same place hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with John
King who has subscribed and sworn to the above de
claration; that we believe him to be at least
sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that
we concur in that opinion

Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
John H Benson.  SEAL
---
John S Carrigan. SEAL
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and this said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and
after puting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department, that the above appli
cant was a Revolutionary soldier and served
as he states - And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them that John H Benson
who has signed the preceding certificate is 
a Clergyman resident in the Town of Carlyle
and that John S Carrigan who has also signed
the same is a resident in the same place and
a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit

CV Halthan
[illegible]
Wm Hendall

I Robert Crockett Clerk of the County
Commissioners Court aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the origin
al proceedings in the matter of the application
of John King for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
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Set my hand and private seal (there being no official seal provided) this third day of June 1833
Robert Crockett
Clk 
RC
Seal
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with Rob Crockett whose signature appears to the above certificate and know him to be the Clerk as therein stated and his certificate and attestation are in due form according to the
Laws of the State of Illinois 
Washington        Chas Slade
Feb 1, 1834
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This is to certify that the within [scratched out]
original papers as paped under the hands of the County [illegible] Court of the County of Clinton State of Illinois and certified by Rob Crockett the Clerk of said court
Washington City     Chas Slade
Feb 7  18,, 1834
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29.427
John King 
Illinois 
(crossed out Return is]
Adm 7. Months and 
5 days. 

Hon C. Slade 
House of Represent
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

5th Feby 1834

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is 
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A STATEMENT, showing the service of John King

Period when the     Duration of the         Rank of     Names and rank of the Field of-    Age at present,    Proof by which
service was             claimant's service       the         ficers under whom he served.        place of abode.    the declaration
rendered.                 Year Months Days   Claimant                                                                   entered  service   is supported
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1781                                       3                         priv             Col Kembrell                                       67 years                  Traditionary
                                                                                                 Capt Stewart                                     South
1782                                       3                           "                 Lieut Glaze                                        Carolina                                                                           
                                                 1             5            "                 Gen Henderson

I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant
James L Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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                                                      REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual
military service.  Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
On this             day of                                personally appeared (a) before  
          A B. a resident (b) of                              in the county of                        and State, Territory, or District of           aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with.        and served in the                (e) regiment of the line,                under the following named offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                           A. B.
        (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                                                     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                                                                       for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and seal of office (i) this 
                         day of                                          &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the name of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and the State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                             and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court)
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 A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Clerk of Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal
 of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the orginal discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath and will then procure, if possible , the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all material facts, which can be used in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person                                                                                                
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, it one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 

All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
(To a Soldier.)  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
(To an Officer. ) Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir acquaintance with him; that they believe he is of the age he represents,and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened very important, in the absence of any direct proof except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general or whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.  

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of ofice, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genine signature.

No payments can be made upon account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto,and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so , he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  

In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ for _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a Pension "It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant. served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed n any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.                                                  
                                                                     Proof of Service
(j) In case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must verify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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November 17, 1936.
BA-J/ ILL
John King
S. 32366

B. J. Walter
Wabash Post #423, American Legion
Mount Carmel, Illinois.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
Revolutionary War record of John King, who served from South Carolina, and died in Clinton County, Illinois.

The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 32366,
based upon service of John King in that war.

John King was born in the year 1765, in Warren County, North
Carolina;  the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Lancaster County, South Carolina, he en-
listed and served in the South Carolina troops at different times, shown as follow: from some time in July 1781, three months in Captain Daniel Stewart 's company, Colonel Frederick Kimball's regiment, during which ha was in the battle of Eutaw Springs in the year 1783, dates not 
given, three months under Lieutenant Glaze, stationed at four Hole bridge: 
and the spring following, five or six weeks guarding Tory prisoners at
Colonel Kimball's house.

The soldier resided in South Carplina until 1806, moved than
to Kentucly and resided until 1810, then moved. to Illinois.

John King was allowed pension on his application executed
June 3, 1833, at which time he resided, in Clinton County, Illinois. He
made no reference to wife of children.

In 1850, the soldier's widow was living, but her name, and
the date and place of their marriage were not stated
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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32366
Revy INVALID

File No 32.366
John King
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th  32

Index:- Vol: 2   Page 223

[Arrangement of 1870]

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1936 - Nov. 17 - Hist to B. J. Walter
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307
Pension Office 
April 1850

Sir,
I herewith return the letter of ???

in the case of the ^ deceased widow of John King, [crossed out decd] who was a pensioner under at June 1832 at $23.88/100 per annum, and have to state that no further evidence of service will be required. In making application for the pension due the widow up to the date of of her death, the period of the marriage should be proved as required by the regulations. [crossed out also] Evidence of the date of her death and of the names of the children now surviving should be produced in open Court and the court should certify its opinion in the whole matter under seal of office. 
Hon T.R. Young
M.R
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Pension Office
January 15 1850

Sir
I have the honor to return herewith
Mr Manlys letter and in reply to the enquiry
contained therein to state that at the time
the Claim of John King of Ill was allowed
it was not Known that the Records in the
comptroller office of at Columbia affixed 
evidence of service rendered
in the Revolutionary War  by the Troops of
South Carolina, and his pension was granted
upon his own statement unsubstantiated  by any
proof whatever, except as to his good character

In such [illegible] the service to
be established by [insert illegible]the [illegible]of that state

Hon T. R Young
House of Rep
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AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS
Oct 31st   36


B.J. WALTER.
DEST OF MILITARY RECORDS
AND GRAVES REGISTRATION

The Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

Please furnish pension record and
another information available of a one
John King who served from the
State of South Carolina during the
War of the Revolution.

This soldier died in 1837 in
Clinton County Illinois

very truly Yours
B. J. Walters

Dept.  Military Records and
Graves Registration
American Legion
Wabash Post #423.

Stamp
Arrow pointing to 3
NOV 2 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VET ADM
[Illegible]
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