Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 21,358, for John Maxwell, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Maxwell, John
NUMBER
S 21,358
Born in Ireland
CONTENTS
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See letter to P Agt. Aug 26. 1836
C C  Maxwell 14 June 52.

  South Carolina 30.247
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   John Maxwell
Anderson District in the State of S Carolina
was a Private in the -- commanded
by Captain -- of the Regt commanded
by Col. Perkins in the S.C. militia
line for 18 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of S, Carolina
at the rate of 60 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March , 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Oct.
1835 and sent to Jos N Whitner
                       Anderson C.H.   S.C.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept'35                   270.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '36   30.00   
                                                               ===== 
                                                               $300.00  
                                                              =====
    {Revolutionary Claim,
      Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,    Page 76
  Book E.    Vol. 6
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Application
   of
 John Maxwell
Pension June 7, 1832
   24272
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
1833
On this fifth day of March, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas in the State aforesaid and for Anderson District now in session 
John Maxwell a resident of
the said State of District, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on oath make the following declaration inorder to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
This Deponent was born in Ireland about the year 1761 being about 72 years of age - he came to America as he thinks when about three years of age he landed in Charleston South Carolina
He entered the service he thinks about the
year 1779 or 80 about three years before the close of the war- he volunteered in Capt Jones Company Gen. Williamson and went on one expedition to Savannah at which place he was when it
was besieged & in all the engagements during which expedition he served two months- he again volunteered in Robt. Maxwell's dragoons in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians -during which expedition he was in an engagement at 
the Town of Tsauta and several other slight Skirmishes - in service this to about seven months - after his return he again attached himself to Robt Maxwell-- and he served 
nearly the whole of the time from that till the close of the Revolution - being about two years 
or more - during which
time he was in a 
number of skirmishes with the
Tories - The times 
and places he was not recollect
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The Deponent believes that he served three
years and has neither received any 
compensation for his services nor has he any
written discharge - he has no documentary
evidence of the facts here stated - nor has he 
any other proof than what is here submitted
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to 
a Pension or annuity except the present, and 
declares that his name is not on the Pension 
Roll of the agency of any State - Sworn to & 
subscribed this [blank] day of March one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three -

John Maxwell

In open Court 
5th March 1833

Van A Lawhon 
C.C.


We William Magee and Christopher Orr
residing in the State & District aforesaid do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with John
Maxwell who has sworn & subscribed the preceding declaration
that we believe him to be of the age he has stated
that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood in 
which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and we concur in that opinion - Sworn to & subscribed
in open Court day & year aforesaid.

William Magee
Christopher Orr

In open court
4th March 1833

Van A Lawhon
C.C.
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I Josiah J Evans Judge of the said Court do 
hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of 
the matter, the substance of the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department having been 
examined as far it is said as is in the power of the 
applicant from his general appearance reputed 
character that he was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as stated  William Magee who has 
signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman & together with 
Christopher Orr both reside in the said District and 
are credible & respectable men and entitled 
to belief

Josiah J Evans
Presiding Judge
5 March 1833



I Van A Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions
& Common Pleas for Anderson District do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the 
application of John Maxwell for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have set
my hand & Seal of Office this 
fifth day of March 1833

Van A. Lawhon
C.C.

[seal]
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Mr James E Heath  May 20 18[52?]

Sir

i received your letter May 22
which informed me that you cald
not to anything witch out knowing
what pension he belong to  he belong to 
Fo the South carolina pension
he dyed in 1836  my mother lived
untill eighteen 1850 and she dyed
[To?] it seams as if she was entitled to 
his pension up to her death it was
not attened to pleas to write to 
me and let me no whether it will 
be worth my while to tri to git it or not
and if thare is any way to git it let me 
no how to procede to accomplish
and i will do as i read  i will give half
of the amount for attending to it for me 
what time he went to the ware i am 
not able to say  he lived in anderson 
District when he had made the application 
By Cristopher or [Orr] examine the record
of the South carolina pension

Respectfully 
C C Maxwell

James E Heath
Commissioner
Washington
Carrollton Miss
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24272

John Maxwell
  S.C.


   Rev

j.e.i.m
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
[blank date]

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 shew 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.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of John Maxwell S. C. 
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Period when the services were rendered.
1779 or 80 volunteered
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
2 [Months]
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  
Cpt Jones  Genl. Williamson
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72  born in Ireland  entered in S Carolina  now lives in Anderson District
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[blank]

Period when the services were rendered.
"  
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
about 7 [Months]
Rank of the claimant.
trooper
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  
Maxwells dragoons
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72  born in Ireland  entered in S Carolina  now lives in Anderson District
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[blank]

Period when the services were rendered.
[blank] 
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
again attached himself to .....and served the whole time to nearly the close of the war being about two years or more he believes he served 3 years in all
Rank of the claimant.
[blank]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  
Maxwells dragoons
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72  born in Ireland  entered in S Carolina  now lives in Anderson District
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[blank]

he has no evidence of his service - neither surviving witness nor document
Certificate of a Clergyman and Citizen and the opinion of 
the Court is all he has to give in support of his claim

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. 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 construed to extend, 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 and who 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, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits 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 this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] 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 applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District}
County of}  ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] S. B. a resident (b) of  [blank]
in the county of [blank]
and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with  [blank]
and served in the  [blank] (e) regiment of the  [blank] line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular 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. [image of a hand pointing finger to draw attention to the next sentence] 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  [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names 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 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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and 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 [blank] and is a credible  erson, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank]
Clerk of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank]
day of [blank] & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original 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 his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon 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 the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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, if 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.

Where and in what year were you born?

Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?

Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?

How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?

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.

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?

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 the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of the applicant, who can testify, from their 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 certify to the character and standing of the persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party, and the Courts are requested to be particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed on the subject. The applicant can appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, or other cause, make declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record in the county, and the Judge or Justice will attend at his residence, which the Court is hereby requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any affidavit is required to be made before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths, the signature of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of the Court, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

Application can be made on 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, the proper declaration and proof can be made by the widow, if any, or by the children, if any, who can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the service of the claimant, and the decedent, and the evidence and proof required respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[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 or periods of the war in which he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.
Every continental officer or soldier 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 cases 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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; and, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For months and days, I served as a For months and days, I served as a

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 pensions to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The words of the phrase about three or four months, too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served without any unnecessary absence by compliance with 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 in 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 affix 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 certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate 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 a 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 certify 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.

(i) The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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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Revolution

21358

INVALID.

File No. 21,358
John Maxwell
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol 2, Page 252
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1928 Oct 10 - Photos mailed to Mrs. K.C. Gottsebalh - see letter & receipt in Martine Armstrong. R.256  avg
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John Maxwell
South Carolina
___________________
 Suspended
____________________
Letter 15 Jan 1835
Jo. N. Whitmer -
  do same June 19, 35

Admit private 18 mo
   $60 per ann

Jo. N. Whitman
    Anderson C H
        S.C.
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To what time was John Maxwel, of S. Carolina, act 7 June 1832, last paid?

J. L. Edwards
Aug. 26, 1836


He does not appear to have been paid.
H
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Rev. & 1812

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.      1-681        PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 26900

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
October 5, 1928

Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSIONS  Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job  photostat copies of two pages from Revolutionary
War pension claim, John Maxell, S. 21358.
No. of copies  1 or each  Shaw form be kept standing?  [blank] days
For further information see M. M. H. Finch   Room No. 5033   Phone No.  541
Approved:
A. D. Wilkinson
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. H. Finch
Chief of Rev. & 1812
Wars Sec.

NOTE:  No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written 
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering  [blank]
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CHECK WORK DESIRED

Duplicate
Multigraph   single or double space?  [blank]  Facsimile signature?    [blank]
Mimeograph    one side of both sides?  [blank]  Facsimile signature?  [blank]
Folding   once or twice?  [blank]
Assembling    [blank]
Stapling   Once?  [blank]  Twice?  [blank]  Side?  [blank]  End?  [blank]
Electric typewriter   Fill i n addresses?  [blank]  Dated?  [blank]
Addressograph from lists  [blank]
Envelopes, size  [blank]
Cards, size  [blank]
Proof list  [blank]
Pay rolls  [blank]
Labels (submit sample)  [blank]
Corrections  [blank]
Fill in letters  [blank]
Tabulation sheets  [blank]
Photostat  X  Size  actual  Official Use?  [blank]  Repay?  yes  $ 30 cts
Blue Print  Size  [blank]  Official use?  [blank]  Repay?  [blank]  $ [blank]
Remarks   [blank]
(OVER)

[note sideways on the right margin]
see letter & receipt in
Martin Armstrong R. 256

[date stamp]
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED
OCT 9 1928
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.

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(Date)

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

[ ] Make new addressograph plate
[ ] Change present addressograph plate
[ ] Destroy present addressograph plate

On list ___________________________

As follows:
Now reads
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4 __________________________________________
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Should read
1 __________________________________________
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION

ADDRESSOGRAPH
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Planters & Mechs Bank of So Ca
Charleston.  18 Aug. 1836.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir,

I forward herewith vouchers of John Maxwell 
and John McDonald.  Upon the latter there is Two
years pay due which renders authority from you
necessary before payment is made.  I have no corresponding 
name with the former upon the Roll of this 
Agency and upon a reference to file of letters relating
to inscriptions upon the roll I can discover no due
to the claim.  Should you add him to the List, please
inform me if he can be paid upon the enclosed voucher
You will perceive that he now resides in the State of 
Georgia, but his papers are executed in this State.

I am respectfully
your obedt Servt

F Lameau
Pension Agt

P.S.  There is no number to the 
Cert of Maxwell
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The State of South Carolina
Pickens District

John Chapman makes oath in due form 
that he was intimately acquainted with John Maxwell
(now living in Anderson District and applying for a pension) during the War of the Revolution -
Said Maxwell and a man by the name of Prater
were the two persons to whose care he was confided
by Col. Pickens when he was wounded -
The Deponent knows that said Maxwell was a 
Dragoon and in service for eighteen months under
the command of Capt. Robert Maxwell
and that he was a faithful and active soldier
during the struggle - He has always considered him 
a man of good character and regards his statement 
as entitled to implicit belief - 
Sworn to & subscribed October 7th 1834 -

John Chapman  X  his mark

Before 
W L Keith C.C.

John Chapman who has subscribed the 
foregoing attestation is a man of good character
and his statements are entitled to full belief -
He has himself the reputation of having been 
a soldier of the Revolution and I understand has
made satisfactory proof thereof to the Department -
October 7th 1834.  In testimony whereof I have
subscribed my name and affixed the 
seal of the Court of Sessions & Common
Pleas for Pickens District day & year 
aforesaid

William L Keith
Clerk of the Court of 
Pickens District

[seal]
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South Carolina
Abbeville District

I James Wardlaw was about 
fourteen years of age in 1781  I recollect well that 
I frequently saw Capt Robert Maxwell's company
of Rangers at my father's about that year and that 
John Maxwell, brother of the Captain, was under arms
as a member of the said company.  I have known John 
Maxwell ever since and know that he (as indeed
all his brothers) has always been reputed to have been
a good whig who did service in the War of the Revolution 

Jas. Wardlaw

Sworn to 29 Sept. 1834
Before
Moses Taggart J.Q.



The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas for the 
District of Abbeville do hereby certify that Moses Taggart before 
whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who has signed the 
same is an acting Justice of the Quorum in and for said District;
that all due faith and credit are and ought to given to 
his official attestations and that the above signature purporting
to his is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of Office
at Abbeville Court House this twenty seventh
day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty four.

Jas. Wardlaw
Clk



South Carolina
Abbeville District

I do hereby certify that James Wardlaw
who made the above affadavit before me is a Citizen of high
respectability & truth & that his testimony is worthy of full faith 
and confidence.
Given under my hand this 15 October 1834.

Moses Taggart J. Q.
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South Carolina
Abbeville District

I James Hodges do truly certify
that I was well acquainted with 
John Maxwell your partitioner
during the Revolutionary War
that he was a privat in Captain
Robert Maxwell company.  That he was at the 
Siege of Ninety Six May 22d 1781 - that he
remained a soldier untill the close of the Revolution
has always been reputed to have been a good whig
also certify that Capt. Robt. Maxwell commanded a 
company of Rangers under General Green & 
under General Pickens

John Hodges

Sworn to before me 
the 29th of Sept. 1834

John Buchanan J. P.



South Carolina
Abbeville District

I John Buchanan Justice of the 
Peace before whom the above affidavit 
of Major John Hodges was made do hereby certify
that the said Major Jno Hodges is a respectable citizen 
of this District and is a witness of the highest credibility
Given under my hand this 
20th Oct. 1834.
John Buchanan J.P.


State of SouthCarolina
Abbevile District

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the District of Abbeville do hereby certify that John Buchanan before
whom the above affidavit was made and who has signed the same and the 
foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said District;
that all due faith & credit are and ought to be given to his official attestations
and that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office at Abbeville
Court House this twenty second day of October 1834

Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.

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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District

Personally appeared before me John 
Maxwell and being duly sworn makes the 
following declaration by way of amendment to 
that already submitted to the War Department
for the benefit of the Act of Congress June 7th 1832.
His tour in Capt Jones company was in the year
1779 and commenced in September and continued
two months including the Siege at Savannah -
His tour of service against the Cherokee Indians
under Capt. Robert Maxwell was [illegible]
just as the siege of Ninety Six was raised in 
June 1781 where he continued actual service
for seven months -
His tour mentioned as his second under Capt Maxwell 
was entered upon within one month
after his return which must have been 
February '82 and with him he continued
actively employed in various services, skirmishes
until the City of Charleston was evacuated
in December 1782 - at least nine months -
He has given in his first declaration an
answer to First Interrogatory of Department
To second Int.  He has no record of his age but has
a very distinct recollection of being told by his 
mother in what year he was born
Third - Living in Abbeville So Carolina during the War -
shortly after the close spent a few years in the 
west but has been living for the last 27 years 
in this District
Fourth - was always a volunteer
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Fifth - He was with Genl Green at Ninety-Six and was himself attached to Col Pickens Regiment
Sixth - Never had a written discharge
Seventh - Knows of no person living who was
personally acquainted with him during the War and whose affidavit he can
procure except those forwarded herewith
James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court at Abbeville and Major John Hodges. His family is well known in this District one of the sons of Capt Maxwell knows by reputation [illegible] of his service and who is now a member of the Legislature.
He is very well known to Col Robert
Anderson (Clerk of the House of Representatives & son of old Genl Anderson with whom he was in the war-- Genl Earle
Adjutant Genl of the State is acquainted with him. He is slightly known to the members in
Congress from this District Hon. W. R. Davis
and very many private citizens who would willingly testify to his character for veracity to whom he would cheerfully refer-- to wit Hezekiah Rice, Burrell Magee, Michael Magee, John Shirley, W. F. Clinkcales, a large family of Kay's, Col A. Rice ([illegible] of the Legislature) Col. J. W. Norris, A.N. McFall (present Sheriff of the District), Major Aaron Broyles (for forty years), Saml J. Hammond and the whole neighborhood around him.
[signed] John Maxwell
Sworn to & Subscribed October 1st 1834 Before me Joseph N. Whitner
Not Put. & J. W. Ex. Offr.
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I Van A Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions
& Common Pleas for Anderson District do certify
that Joseph N. Whitner is and was when the foregoing 
amended declaration was made an acting Notary
Public and the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and Seal of Office this Nineteenth
day of November 1834

Van A Lawhon
C. C. 

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