Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,879, Edward Vann, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
CONTENTS
Vann, Edward
Elizabeth

NUMBER
R. 10,879
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No. 1440
Elizabeth Vann,
widow of Edward
S.C.
July 29, 1848
Edward Vann, dec.
June 7, 1832
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State of South Carolina )
Abbeville District )
On this the nineteenth
day of February AD 1836. Personally appeared before me
Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Abbeville District, Mrs Elizabeth Vann
aged Eighty four years of as appears by a Bible record now before
me. who being duly sworn declares that she is the widow of
Edward Vann who was a private under capt Ryan & also under
Capt Jones in the Regiment commanded by Col Hammond
^in the war of the Revolution^ that she cannot make any definite statement as to the length of
time which her husband served in the Revolution that she was
married to Edward Mann in the year 1790 subsequent to the date
of his service & therefore has no positive knowledge as to his service
& that she now can only rely upon the record of the Comptroller
Generals Office to show the length of his service a copy of which
she is informed has been forwarded to the Pension office by Wm.
C. Davis who has made application for Land Bounty under the act of
3rd of March 1833. That she knows of no living witness to whom she
could ^apply as evidence in her case. that ^her husband during his life
time drew a pension from the State of South Carolina. But that
she is informed that he was entitled to a pension from the United states. 
And that he never to her knowledge has applied to the
United States for his Pension, that she has no documentary evidence
of her husbands services as a Revolutionary soldier except that above
mentioned. She further states that she was married to the said Edward
Vann on the 15th day of December AD 1790 by Benjamin Harry a minister.
That her maiden name was Elizabeth Walls. And that her husband Edward
Vann died at his residence in Abbeville District on the 24th day of June
AD one thousand Eight hundred & fifty four. And that she is still
a widow. (The above dates correspond with the date of death of hushand 
& their marriage as appears from the record of the family
Bible which is now before me). She further states that she
makes this declaration for the purpose of
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of obtaining the Pension which accrued to her husband before
his death under the act of June 1832 or other acts if her
Pension would under any other act be more than that to which
she would be entitled under the act of 1832 & also to be placed upon the ^pension roll^.
That she hereby appoints W.C. Davis her attorney to procure her
Pension with power to substitute. That she has made application 
for Land Bounty under act of March 1835 which has
been suspended for want of proof of her husbands death &c.
She hopes that ^with the evidence herewith transmitted.
as she is quite needy that her Bounty Land & Pension claim
may be disposed of as soon as convenient.

Elizabeth ^her X mark^ Vann

The foregoing declaration was sworn to & subscribed
this the ninth day of February one thousand Eight hundred
& fifty six
William Hill, O.A.D
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Gen S McGowan Sworn
Says that he was personally well acquainted with
Edward Vann & Elizabeth Vann, that he has known
them for a number of years that he never heard
their marriage questioned, that Edward Vann
Died acording his recollection sometime in the year
1854. That ^the family Bible is now before him & the
following are the records of their marriage & death
which he believes to be correct.
Edward Vann & Elizabeth Walls was married
December 15th 1790
Edward Vann departed this life June 26th 1854
that Mr Edward Vann drew a pension
from the State of South Carolina, that he
was a member of the Legislature of South Carolina
that he ^got on the tax [illegible] for^ his pension for four years
prior to his death; that he knows the fact that
Mr Thomas C Perrin a member ^done the same^ for a number 
of years, That he recollects particularly the
date of his death as the year in which it occured
that he wrote an obituary of his death which was
published in the Abbeville Banner that this obituary 
was filed by him with the Petition of Elizabeth
Vann before the Legislature to recover the arrears
of her husbands pension. That he does not know that
It could be ^now obtained. That he knows nothing personally
of his services as a Revolutionary ^soldier. but that he was
reputed & acknowledged to have been a revolutionary soldie 
in the community in which he lived that he never
[illegible] the fact Questioned
S. McGowan
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Rev James Mare Tax Collector Sworn
says that he has known
Edward Vann & Elizabeth ^Vann for upwards of twenty years
that they lived as man & wife - that Edward Vann
is now deceased & that Elizabeth Vann his wife
is now a widow & has been since the death of her
husband. That he knows Edward Vann was reputed
to have been a Revolutionary Soldier - that he never heard
the fact questioned, That he has been Tax Collector
of Abbeville District since October AD
one thousand Eight hundred & fifty two, that for
the first two years of his term of office he paid
to Edward and sixty Dollars per annum by order
from the proper authorities which amount was
granted to him as a pension from the State of S.C.
for Revolutionary services. That ^he made the Last payment 
in the early part of 1854 that Edward Vann
died before the next annual payment fell due.
That he has examined the records of family which
is now before the Court & compared the record with
the copies as taken in the evidence of Harmon Stevenson
& Gen McGowan that they are correct copies from
the Bible. That from his own acquaintance with
the family he believes them to be correct, that he is
Quite certain that the date of his death is correct.
That he knows the fact that Edward Vann
died sometime in the year one thousand Eight
hundred & fifty four
Jas. Moore, T.C. AD
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State of South Carolina )
Abbeville District )
I William Hill Judge of the Court
of ordinary in the State & District aforesaid do hereby certify 
that satisfactory evidence has been Exhibited before the
said Court which evidence is hereto attached that Edward
Vann was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States, and
that he died on the twenty sixth day of June 1854. Hearing a
widow named Elizabeth Vann and that said widow
is still living and a resident of Abbeville District
in the State of South Carolina, that I am personally acquainted with Elizabeth Vann applicant for a Pension
and also with Gen S. McGowan who is a member of the
Legislature of S.C. from Abbeville District & Rev James Mare
who is a minister & Tax Collector of Abbeville District
& Harmon Stevenson a citizen of the District aforesaid
that I know them to be credible witnesses whose statement 
is entitled to full credit that the Declaration of Mrs
Vann & the affidavits of each of the above named witnesses
were sworn to & subscribed before me.
That the family Bible containing the records of marriage
and death of Edward Vann, that is now before me,  that
I have examined the copies as taken in the affidavits of
McGowan & Stevenson that that I find them to be exact
copies of the original, that ^the Bible purports to be published
Seventeen hundred & sixty four.
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed the seal of said
Court this the nineteenth day of Febuary
one thousand Eight hundred & fifty six
[physical seal & ribbon affixed]
William Hill
Judge of the Court of Ordy
for Abb. Dist. So. Ca.
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[crossed out]Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873,

REJECTED
10.879.
p.o. Elizabeth Vann
Service: wid. of Edward
Enlisted: 18
Discharged: 18
Application filed: 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
---Recognized.
---Contract.
---Cert. of Dis. Searched for --- 18
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No. 1440
Elizabeth Vann,
widow of Edward
---
S. C.
---
W. C. Davis, March 11/56
Let same No 17156
10879
July 28. 1848.
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Abbeville 1836
Enclosed find application
of Elizabeth Vann for arrears of Pension due her husband
& also to be placed upon the Pension Roll. You have the
Certificate of the Comptroller General as to the services
mailed sometime since. Filed I suppose with her
application for Land Bounty under act of 1833-
I thought it unnecessary to incur the expense of obtain
ing another to be forwarded with this appli.
I do not know the number of her Bounty Land Claim
as it has not been furnished me in your correspondence
I enclose the only letters which I have received concerning 
the matter which may serve as a reference
to the matter
Very Respt.
your obt Servt
M C. Davis
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Eliz Vann
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Pension Office
January 12, 1856
Sir,

The payment to a man named
Edward Vann for services rendered in the
war of the Revolution indicate a service of
sufficient length to have entitled him to a
pension under the act of 1832. If he had ever
lived the passage of the act, and consequently
would entitle his widow to a pension, if she
can prove that she is the widow of the man
who received said payment.
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
R. McRae
for Commissioner

W. C. Davis Esq


Abbeville C.H.
S. Car.
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Banner office
Abbeville C H Nov 7th 1836

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I have ^an application
for Pension for the widow of Edward Vann, 
Elizabeth Vann, also an an application for
Land Bounty under act of March 1833 Mailed
from this place on the 10th of April
1855. I have not the no. of claim.
In relation to the application for Pension I was
required to show that Edward Vann whose Indent
is among the papers was Identically the same
who received it I have made diligent search.
I do know that it can be done satisfactorily to
the Department. Her Husband Edward was recognized
^as a Revolutionary Soldier^ by the State of South Car, and ^he was^ allowed
a pension which appears by the papers on file in
your office. But the member ^of the legislature^ who obtained this
Bounty is dead & every thing concerning the
matter seems to be lost. There is now not a living
Revo. soldier in the District and the widow cannot now
produce the Required Testimony
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from my own enquiry into the matter I have the
strongest reasons for believing, that Elizabeth Vann
is entitled to a pension in right of her husband
from 1832, & in her own right since his death.
This opinion is founded the statement of the widow
who recollects that her husband did get
an Indent and about how much money he
realized from it. I learn also from other persons
whose veracity would be unimpeachable that they
have heard Edward Vann of Speak of the Indent
that he got from the state & the amount &c.
The point I wish to submit or rather ^ask more for
Information than otherwise is whether  proof
of declarations made by Edward Vann in his
life time to persons now living would be admissible 
to prove that the Indent of-
(I have forgotten the amount) was issued to the Edward
Vann whose widow now ask the benefit of
the act of 1832. These declarations were made
to men whose veracity I cannot doubt before the
act of 1832, at a time when he could have no
motive for making a false statement
Besides I knew him well and I never could attribute
a base motive to any act of his life. His widow
is now without the comforts of life, and it through
Molines of charity that I desire you to consider the
hardship of ^her case is as favorable 
right as you possibly can.

your Respet 
W.C. Davis
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Pension Office
November, 2d 1855.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 17" Alto: You are
informed that Mrs. Elizabeth Vann, should prove
her marriage by record evidence, if any such
exist. & her widowhood & identity by two credible
witnesses. It is advisable that evidence be filed
that her husband was a pensioner of S. Carolina
but not wholly necessary. The revolutionary
service of her husband must be established
by "record evidence. The claim for bounty land of
Mrs. Vann is suspended.

Yours Respectfully
B. Hood
for Commissioner

W.C. Davis, Esqr
Abbeville, S.C.
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Harmon Stevenson Sworn
Say that he has personally acquainted 
with Edward Vann & Elizabeth Vann who
has signed the attached declaration that he has
known them for forty years that he lived a neighbor 
to them that they lived together as man &
wife & were reputed to be such in the community 
in which they lived. That Edward Vann is
now deceased. Witness says that according to
his recolection he (Edward Vann) died sometime
in June or July in year one thousand Eight hundred
fifty four. That Mrs Elizabeth Vann is now
a widow that he has ^examined  the records of
the Bible of which the following is a copy
Edward Vann & Elizabeth Wells was married
December 15th 1790.
Edward Vann departed this life June 25th
1854.

That from his own reccollection of the date of
his death he is satisfied that is correct. That he
believes Mrs E Vann to be at least Eighty four
or five years of age. That he had always understood
that Edward Vann was a Revolutionary soldier
that he never heard the fact doubted, that he
knows the fact that Edward Vann drew a pension
from the State of S.C. for Revolutionary services.
that
Harmon Stevenson
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Additional Evidence
in the Bounty Land claim
of Elisabeth Vann.
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£

No. 74
Book U ) I find the 6 of July 1783 to Mr
Edward Vann for Twenty Pounds four shillings 
and three pence farthing Sterling
for duty done in the Militia as pr account
audited.
Principal £20-4-¾ 
Annual Interest £1-8 " 3-
State of So. Carolina
Dr [illegible] Edward Vann
for Duty per Col Anderson return  £141"10
Stg £20"4"3½

December 12th 1784.
Pay to John Owen or order the sum of
Twenty pounds Two Shillings and ten
pence Sterling. In an Indent to which
I am entitled to for Militia service done
the public of the State of South Carolina
as per account delivered into the Auditor
Generals Office.
The Commissioners of the
Edward Vann
The Commissioners of the )
Treasury - Charleston )

Received 6 July 1785, from the Commissioners
of the Treasury full satisfaction
for the within in an Indent No 74 to by
an order
John Owens
I do certify that the above are true copies of
the original in this office.
Thos P. Walker
Dep Comp Genl
(No Seal of Office)
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Vann, Henry   GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12636
ACREAGE  100
ISSUED  July 14 1792
to Robert Means, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.