Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3068, Benjamin Brevard, N. C.
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Service
N.C.

Brevard, Benjamin
[crossed out- Brovard]

Number
S3068

Contents

Carded
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25132

West Tennessee 
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Benjamin Brovard [sic]
of Humphreys Co in the State of Tennessee 
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Huggins of the regt commanded
by Col Lock in the N Carolina
line for 6 months.

Benjamin Brevard, Records Corrected
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Feb 19 '04
Inscribed on the Roll of  W. Tennessee
at the rate of 26 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov
1833 and Hon C Johnson H.R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept          50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 10.00
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                                                     $60.00
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }

Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
Book E  Vol 7 Page 20
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State of Tennessee }
Humphreys Cty }    
On the 16th [crossed out: 24] day of Sept 1833 personally appeared before me the Justice of the Circuit [crossed out: county] court for the cty aforesaid in open court Benjamin Brevard  a resident of Humphry Tennessee  in the Cty of Humphreys and state aforesaid aged [crossed out: 69] seventy one years (71) who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration  in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of congress passed June 7, 1832 [.] that he entered in to the army of the United States in the year 1777 as as [sic] a volunteer Under Captain James Huggins in the service of the malitia [sic] of North Carolina as minute men- a  species of service then known in said state of North Carolina then Rowan Cty that the said company of volunteers rendezvous near Charlotte at Polk Mill it being about the time the British were expected to approach that place from Camden South Carolina and which time of service continued in all two months the second term of service commenced in the year 1781 in a similar disposition of service as militia men company met on the Catawba river at what is called Sherald's ford Capt James Huston
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was appointed by Maj Hugh Brevard and Col Francis Lock commandant of regiment from thence we marched towards Ramsours battle ground crossing mountain creek reached the battle ground next morning in which battle I was in is being ^Lincoln county and from thence to Anson cty. N Carolina. Capt Houston being wounded at the above battle ground I was under the command in the company of Capt Joseph Sharp the Colonel not particularly recollected the regiment was commanded by Gen Williams Lee Davidson and in a few days we had a skirmish with the tories at Colston near the mouth of rocky river here Gen Davidson was wound [wounded] This term of service in all embraced and [illegible] the third term of service entered into by a voluntary agreement that was adopted by several malitia [sic] companies each furnishing five men there was a call for a company to guard some field pieces where there was a public store kept at William Kneel's from thence we marched from those field pieces to the Yadkin river & were placed under the command of Capt John Mcfaggen as well as can be recollected & who I believe was a Lieut in the regular service of the United States [.] We proceeded on to the Cheraw hill on the Peedee {Pee Dee] river where we were discharged [.] This call was [underline] for three months [/underline] service but I think it continued at least
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[underline] 2 1/2 months [/underline] in addition to this term of service I was called on to guard some slaves that was taken from the tories under an order this was issued to Capt James Houston of Rowan Cty to Gen Ash's army lying on the east side of the Yadkin river which in all embraced [underline] three months  [/underline] full [.] The next term of service commenced at Balies [Bailey's] ford shortly before Gen Davidson was killed at [crossed out: balies ford] Cowans ford when the British crossed & subsequently [crossed out] the little scrimmage that took place From Rowan cty from thence I proceeded on to the whigs to Salisbury and was in service in all at least one month [noted above: In all his service; he served six months or more] The sd named Benj Brevard was born in Rowan Cty North Carolina where he resided untill [sic] March last from thence he removed to Humphreys cty Tenn where he now resides He hereby relinquishes every claim except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension Roll [crossed out: in the state of] the agency of this state & that if he has ever received a discharge he has long since lost having removed from N. Carolina to the above named cty & state afor'd Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afores'd - he was born in the year 1761 as he is informed & believes by his parents & having seen the family Bible in which his age is recorded but which has been lost He has no Record of his age in the county of Rowan in North Carolina & continued to
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in the same place which afterward became Iredell county until he removed to Humphreys County in the State of Tennessee in the year 1832 where he now resides - he has lost his discharges - he knows of no witness living by whom his services can be proven. for his character & for his veracity he refers this court to James Colwell and J P McRea his neighbours who know his character & standing He refers to the body of his declaration for an answer to the several Interrogatories.

Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 16 Sept 1833
S/B Hudson Clerk  
S/Benjn Brevard


State of Tennessee }
Humphreys county  }  S.S. Circuit Court Sept Term 1833
This day appeared in open court James Calwell of the County of Stewart and State aforesaid, doth hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Benjamin Brevard who has sworn to the above declaration, that he knew him in the state of North Carolina for thirty or forty years and that he maintains the reputation & standing of a Gentleman and a man of integrity and further that he believes that he was a soldier of the revolution and that he served as he has stated in his declaration, And James P McRea a Citizen of Humphreys County and a neighbor to the said Brevard, doth certify that he is well acquainted with Benjamin Brevard, and has been for many years while in North Carolina and now in Humphreys County, and that we both believe him to be of the age stated, that he is & was reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution by the neighbours among whom he lives. And that We Concur in that opinion.    
S/Jas Caldwell
S/James P McRea

Sworn to in open court 16th Sept 1833
T B Hudson Clerk              
By DP Hudson D Clerk


I John W Cook presiding Judge of the fifth Judicial Circuit, in the County of Humphreys do hereby Certify my opinion to be, after an investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatory as presented by the war department. that the above named applicant was a souldier [soldier] of the revolution and that he served as he has stated, and I further Certify that James Calwell and James P McRea who have signed the preceding Certificates one of the county of Stewart and the other of Humphreys, are Creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to do faith and credit.
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and the court further certify that there is no publick seal of office of this court. [signed] J W Cooke Judge of the 9th Judicial circuit for the state of Tennessee 

I Thomas B Hudson Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county of Humphreys do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Brevard for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and private seal, having no pubick [public] seal of office, at the court house in the town of Reynoldsburg this 16th day of September 1833.   [signed] Thomas B Hudson Clerk 
By his deputy Dawsy P Husdon

The preceding certificate is signed by Dawsey P Hudson the Clerk of the county court of Humphreys and the Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court the same being in his proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted. There is no public seal belonging to said office.  E Johnson
ov 28th 1833
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September 14, 1933

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Benjamin Brevard, S. 3068
BA-J/MCS  Our

Mrs William L. Moore
Box 166
Erie
Pennsylvania 

Dear Madam

     Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers named John McWhorter and Benjamin Brevard.

     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 3068, based upon the military service of Benjamin Brevard.

     He was born in 1761 in Rowan County , North Carolina.

     While a resident of that county he enlisted in 1779 and served at various intervals, amounting to six months or more, as private with the North Carolina troops under Captains Jame Huggins, James Houston, Joseph Sharp and John McFaggen, Colonel Francis Locke and Brigadier General William Lee Davidson; he was in the battle of Ramsours Mills and in a skirmish with the Tories at Colsston near the mouth of the Rocky River.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed September 16, 1833, at which time he was living in Humphreys County, Tennessee, having moved there from Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1832 or 1833.

     It was not stated that this soldier was married.

     Reference was made to Major Hugh Brevard who served in the Revolution but it was not stated that he was related to Benjamin Brevard and this office has no record of a claim for pension made on account of the Revolutionary War service of Major Hugh Brevard. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

[hand written note added at bottom of letter]  Solider death no in A.B.
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13.213

Benjamin Brevard
Humphreys Co.
Tennessee

N C
from 17 = private
Certified by 
C. J.
6 months
$20
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

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 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Benjamin Brevard

[table format]
Period when the service was rendered

Duration of the claimant's service.  Years Months Days

Rank of the Claimant.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[hand written across the middle of the table] "served in all six months or more".

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 of } ss. [this brace links this line and the following]
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 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. [here is an image of a hand pointing to the right] 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 named applicant 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 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
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 believe him to be 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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 the Court of do hereby certify 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, this day of &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
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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. 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.
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 received 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 to 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 such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represent, 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 other 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 very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and 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 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 office, 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 genuine signature.

No payments 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, 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 the opinion 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 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 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 as 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 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."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant service, 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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics], is 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 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. 
(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.
[stamp: 👉] 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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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,
March 19 1833

SIR:
I return herewith the papers in support of the claims of the persons whose names are hereto annexed.

These papers are in several respects defective. Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.

Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.

The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of clams under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.

The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards

[handwritten note:
Wm G Hudson by }  Benj'n Brevard
Reynoldsburg }   John Serratt
Tennessee }   ]
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[left side of page]
W Johnson
Certificate required


[right side of page]
Sep 61781   =  3 months

                         3 months

Left in Feby [illegible] at Christmas JS
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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 Benjamin Brevard, Humphrey's [sic] co Ten. 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? [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

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 amount of pension he is entitled? No - [crossed out]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom 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? No [crossed out]
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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? [crossed out: Two respectable citizens certify - no clergyman named]  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, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]

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? [blank]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No [crossed out]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?  2. 7.

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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 the 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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

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 be 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 certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

👉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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Rev Ser
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To The Bureau of Pensions:
In case John Campbell of Rowan Co - who served in the Southern Army during the Revolution - applied for a pension please give me his record - wife's name &c - I also wish the record of Phillip Null of Penn & N.C. who spent the last of his life in
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Point Pleasant, Va. and that of Benjamin Brevard - a Maryland family - which settled in N.C.

Thanking you in advance
I am very truly
Mrs. E. B. Lattimore,
Shelby, N.C.

[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE.
U.S. FEB 16 1923]
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[handwritten note: Fox
Mrs Finch]

Box 166,
Erie, Pa.
Sep. 4, 1933.

War Dept.
Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C.
Will you give me all the information, you have on your files, of John Mc-Whorter, of N.C. who applied for Pension may 6, 1833, Casey Co. Ky. 85 yrs. old.

Benjamin Brevard, filed his Pension papers from Tenn. Nov. 29, 1833. 

Thanking you in advance for this information
I am Resp.
Mrs. Wm L. Moore

[round stamp: arrow pointing to 3:30
RECEIVED SEP 6 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. READER #64]

[round stamp: arrow pointing to 4:00
RECEIVED SEP 7 1933
PENSION INDEX SECTION]
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[illegible for cut off]t 6 - History to Joseph Brevard to Mrs. James Kellian.
1910 May 14 Hist. to Mrs. H. Morgan. Hill V.L.M.
1923-Apr. 30- Hist. to Mrs. E.B. Lattimore AWF
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1933. Sept. 14 hist. to Mrs. Wm. L. Moore. M.C.S.


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3068
Rev War √ INVALID.
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File No. 3068
* Benjamin Brovard [sic]
Pvt. N.C. line
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Act: June 7"/32
Index: - Vol. A,    Page 43

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[note: * Benjamin Brevard, Records corrected Feb 19 '04 a]



1906 Mc
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O. W. and N. Division.          3-525.

M.B.H. __DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Sur F.3068____    BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Rev War_   Washington, D. C., _March 6. 1906.
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Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Brevard, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
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[table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE |]

1779 | served at various times 6 mos | minuteman | James Huggins [,] James Huston [Houston] [,] Joseph Sharp [,] John Mcfaggen | - Francis Locke - - | N C.



Battles engaged in, June 20, 1780 Ramsours Mills. [Ramsour's Mill]

Residence of solider at enlistment, Rowan Co., N. C.

Date of application for pension, Sept. 16. 1833: his claim was admitted.

Residence at date of application, Humphreys Co. Tenn.

Age at date of application, born in 1761 in Rowan Co N. C.

Remarks: [crossed out: Ramsours Mills.] 
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim was filed for the Revolutionary service of Ephraim Brevard, John Brevard, Hugh Brevard, Adam Brevard [,] Alexander Brevard or Joseph Brevard or of any Benjamin Brevard other than the above

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mrs James Kellian
Greenville, S.C.
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