Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,613, Rody Daffron, N.C.
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{3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Daffron, Rody
Daffern
Milly
NUMBER
R.2613
Born in Md.
CONTENTS
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25006
Kentucky
Rody Daffron
Wayne Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a pri. of Cav. in the com. commanded by Captain Roney of the reg't. commanded by Col. Fifer in the N. Carolina line for

Inscribed on the  Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 22 Dollars 50 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov. 1833 and Rodes Garth Monticello

Arrears to the 4th of Sept.   56.25
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March   11.25 =
$67.50

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 7
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State of Kentucky}
Wayne County} Set.
On this 28th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of Wayne County now sitting Rody Daffron a Resident of Wayne in the County of Wayne and State af'd. aged (to the best of his knowledge and belief having no record of the same, about seventy five years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oth make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I the said Rody Daffron volunteered at six mile creek, just below Charlotte in the State of North Carolina for three months under Captain Roney - his christian name not recollected and served under Col. Fifer & General Smallwood their christiain names not recollected. I marched to the Ehraw Hills thence to Salisbury Lay then and there abouts and no enemy appearing we were dischraged by our officer, He thinks in writing but have lost it. having served the three months Tour.
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That I the said Rody Daffron am very old illiterate and have failed much in my memory & cannot recollect the years I volunteered But principally the service & duty I performed. That in a short time After I returned home, I volunteered in a company of Light horse for another three months under Captain John Raynes, Wiliam Aldridge our Lieutenant. we were principally engaged in scouting the country after the tories up and down the ulatus of Deep River in the County of Randolph about which time peace was made and we all were ordered & marched home and were discharged buy our officers having completed our three months as aforesaid. I served six months for which I claim compensation I the said Rody Daffron was born in the State of Maryland my Father and mother moved to Virginia Bute county & when I was about 7 or 8 years old, my father moved to North Carolina. Randolph County where we lived 20 odd years, we then moved to South Carolina and lived 5 or 6 years and then moved to Wayne County in the State of Kentucky where I now live; having resided in this State about
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30 years that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person  whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in this county
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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Rody Daffron X his mark
[Signature]

We Carmon Washan residing in the county of Wayne and Ana Dicker residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rody Daffron who has subcribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbothood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day & year af'd. 
[Signatures]
Canon Washan
Abner Deker + his mark

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
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DUPLICATE

30 years that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in this county
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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Rody Daffron X his mark
[Signature]

We Carmon Washan residing in the county of Wayne and Ana Dicker residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rody Daffron who has subcribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbothood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day & year af'd.
[Signatures]
Canon Washan
Abner Deker + his mark

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
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soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Simpson who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a resident in the County of Wayne and that Abner Decker who has also signed the same is a Resident in the county of Wayne and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. No clergyman sufficiently acquainted to certify before the court can be procured.
[Signatures]
Alexn'd. Woods J.P.
Rojer Oatts J.P.
Moss Saller J.P.

Kentucky}
Wayne County} SS
I William Simpson Clerk of the County Court of Wayne County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Rhody Daffron for a pensin.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office 7th day of October 1832.
Wm. Simpson Clk
[Signature]
[Seal]
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6812
Rody Daffron
Ky
Sept. 15. 32
Rel
for - private
Cav & Inf'y
Pr. Cav 3 mos - $12.50
Pr. Inf. 3 mos -    10.00=
$22.50

4.10/no seal 11.12    11.25
Int. 1.5.6.7-                      5=
56.25


5 Dec. 1832 Ky
Rhode's Garth
Monticello
P. 130
Ken
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6812
15  Sept. 32

BRIEF in the case of Rody Daffron
of Wayne County of in the State of Ky
(Act 7th June 1832.)

1.Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 75

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

[Headings]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Volunteer? | 3 mos. | Pri. | Capt. Roney

ao | 3 mos. | Light Horse | Capt. Jno. Rayns/Raynes

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at 6 mile Creek, Charlotte, N. C. 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  The Court having no seal & the period of service not defined.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

H. H. Sylvester
Examining Clerk.
[Signature]
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I do hereby certify that I have known Rody  Daffron and Milly Daffron since the year one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty three and they was reputed to be husband and wife up to the death of Rody Daffern and that the said Milly Daffern yet remained the widow of the said Rody Daffner.

Question
When and where did you first know the said Rody Daffern and Milly Daffern, as husband and wife
Answer
Wayne County Kentucky and they was regarded as husband and wife and was not disputed or called in question

Question
What was the apparent ages of the children that were recognized by them as their children
Answer
Between fourty and fifty years was the oldest and was repurted to be their children and Milly Daffern yet remains the widow of the said Rody Daffern
this 4 day of April 1853
Wm. Simpson
[Signature]

State of Kentucky}
Wayne County} SS.
I certify that William Simpson who has this day subscribed and sworn to the following deposition before me  is a creditable witness given under my hand this 6 day of Apl 1855
W. M. Burton J. P. W. C. 
Police Judge of Monticello KY
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I do hereby certify that I have known Rody Daffron and Milly Daffron since the year one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty three and they was reputed to be husband and wife up to the death of said Rody Daffern and that the said Milly Daffern yet remained the widow of the said Rody Daffner.

Question
When and where did you first know Rody Daffern and Milly Daffern, as husband and wife
Answer
Wayne County Kentucky and they was regarded as husband and wife and it was not disputed or called in question

Question
What was the apparent ages of the children that were recognized by them as their children
Answer
Between fourty and fifty years of age was the oldest and was they was repurted to be their children 
this 6 day of April 1853
Abner Decker X his mark
[Signature]
att. J. N. Shepperd
[Signature]

State of Kentucky}
Wayne County} SS.
I certify that Abner Decker who has this day subscribed and sworn to the following deposition before me is a creditable witness given under my hand this 6 day of Apl 1855
W. M. Burton J. P. W. C.
Police Judge of Monticello KY
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State of Kentucky}
Wayne County} SS.
I William Simpson Clerk of the county court in the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify tht Wm. Burton before whom the foregoing depositins was executed was at the date of the same police Judge of Monticello, Ky. in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths and that name thereunto subscribed is his genuine signature. Interlined before signed by me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my office seal this the 6th day of April 1853
Wm. Simpson Clk
[Signature]
[Seal]
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aw
2613
P.O. Milly Daffern
Service: widow of Rody
Enlisted: REJECTED, 18  .
Discharged:___________,   18.
Application filed: __________, 18  .
Alleges:  __________________________
Re-enlisted:_____________________________
Attorney: ____________________________
P.O. ________________________________
___________Recognized,  ________________ Contract.
______Cert. of Dis.    Searched for ___________, 18  .
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Milly Daffron's applicatin for pension was missing from this file when pension case file was sent to search room today. Christine Stokes
Aug. 22, 195?
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2613
July 29. 1848
certif. all missing
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FREE
Pension Office
Washington City, 
D. C. 

[stamp - MARSHALL APR 19]

m mail
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FREE
L.. P. Waldo
Com'r. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[stamp - MARSHALL JULY 12]

m
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The State of South Carolina}
Spartanburgh District}
I. J. . Tolleson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for Spartanburgh District & State of South Carolina do hereby certify that there is no record kept of marriages in my office or in the state of South Carolina and therefore the marriage of Rody Doffin to Milly Gibbs is not recorded in the State of South Carolina.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my sesal of office at Spartanburgh Court House this 16 day of September A. D. 1832
J. B. Tolleson
C.C.P.& G. S. 
[Signature]
[Seal]
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Rody Daffron

1833
 1777
_______
56
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Rody Daffron which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of the war when he served? No

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations?Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  The Court have no seal -
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XI. has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, as he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Traditionary evidence

XIV. +If the applicant's has produced a withness or witnesses a to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified tht he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes excepting the want of a seal

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 5. 6. 7 nd ans'd. 
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*Quere V.  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, 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, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____year _____months, and _____days, I served as a ______ For ______months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; that the applicant served with an embodied corps 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 in any civil pursuit.
(+) QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
(++) QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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John L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

Oct. 
Ken. net
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Monticello Ky
7th Oct. 1833

The Declaration of Abraham Hent Rody Daffron
And amended of Charles Washam, with county seals are respectfully forwarded to
Rodes Garth

John. L. Edwards Esq,
Commissioner
of Pensions
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Marshall Ill.
April 19. 1853

Sir,

I some 12 months ago sent you the claim of Mrs. Daffron - I now send proof of Marriage & trust & believe it will be ampy satisfactory.
Please send me her certificate -
Respectfully
U. Manly
Atty. for Claimant
[Signature]
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Marshall Ill
August 25th 1852

Sir,

I enclose the claim of Milley Daffern of Ky.

It would save some trouble if you would acknowledge the receipt of claims new proof when sent
Respectfully
Uri. Manly
[Signature]

P.S. I will forward proof of marriage soon -
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Marshall Ill.
July 11"1853

Sir

I respectfully ask that the case of Milley Daffron of Ky. widow of Rody Daffron act 7 July 38 may be again examined - 
The husband was a pensioner - a negative certificate is on file as to the marriage together with a deposition which I think however fully proves the marrriage. This proof has been sent since the claim was examined. - 
Respectfully
U. Manly
[Signature]