Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,284, Jacob Wise, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Wise, Jacob

NUMBER
S. 18,284

carded
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CONTENTS
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South Carolina
Edgefield District

On this first day of November 1832 personally
appeared before me Richard Garrett
one of the Judges of the Court of said State
and District Jacob Wise a resident of 
said State and District who after being duly
sworn as the law directs makes the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed the 7th June
1832 - 
that he was born in the State
of South Carolina ad is now seventy three
years of age.  that he entered the service of the 
United States in the Revolutionary war in a 
volunteer company commanded by Capt.
John Hammond, which said company was 
attached to a Regiment commanded 
by Col Leroy Hammond, which said Regiment
formed part of a Brigade commanded
by Brigadier General Andrew Williamson -
that in said company he went
in an expedition against the Cherokee
Indians -  that this deponent was not there
in any regular engagement against the 
Indians but that he was personally present
and endured active service in destroying
one of their principal towns and cutting
down their counsel [?] - 
that in some time afterward he proceeded
to the Floridas in a militia company 
commanded by Capt. Frank Singfield
attached to the above named Regiment and 
Brigade against the British forces - that 
he was absent in said expedition about three
months and that he was then marched back
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to Georgia and discharged -
that his next service was in the expedition 
&  tour  that he was then commanded by Capt.
John Hammond and was a private in his
company - that said company was attached 
to Col. Leroy Hammonds Regiment and 
was part of Genl. Williamsons Brigade -
This deponent has further to
state that he was at various times and under 
various Captains (among whom he would mention
Captains Ryan Capt. Carter Capt.
Bacon and others) in expeditions against 
the Tories and disaffected persons and that 
the whole period of his service in the Revolutionary army was ten years -

Jacob Wise

Sworn to in Court
before Richard Gantt P.J.

We [illegible] Samuel Hammond and 
Joshua Hammond residing in the district of 
Edgefield & state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well 
acquainted with Jacob Wise who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration  that we believe him to be 
seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed 
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been 
a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that 
opinion

S Hammond
Joshua Hammond

Sworn to and subscribed the day 
& year aforesaid

A B Addison
Q U

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
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that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and Served as he states.  And the Court
further certify that it appears to them that Samuel
Hammond & Joshua Hammond who has signed the 
proceeding certificate are 
credible persons 
and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Richard Gantt
P. Judge

I J. Richardson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Jacob Wise for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set
my hand and Seal of Office this first day of November
AD 1832 - 

J. Richardson Clerk
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Jacob Wise

Admd upon appt of 
Col J Hammond
2ys of $80 per ann


Hon. F. W. Pickens
HR
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31.319
South Carolina
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Jacob Wise
of Edgefield in the State of S. Ca
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hammond of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hammonds in the So. Ca.
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of So. Ca.
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Jany
1838 and sent Hon. F. W. 
Pickens Ho of Reps.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837          $520.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Ma 38      40.00
                                                             $560.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by [illegible] Addison Clerk,
Book C  Vol. 672  Page 83

[notes on the left side of the page]
Let to Hon. F W Pickens Apl 3. 184[?]
do to 3 Auditor 6 July 184[?]
Paid at the Treasury in
the Act of the 6 April 18[?]
from 4 March 183 to 4 Sept
1839. Agt notified 13 July 18[?]

Paid as above from 4 Sept
to 4 March 1840. Agt notified
5 May 1841.

Paid as above from 4 March
to 4 Sept 1840. Agt notified
23 Sep 1841.

Order to pay  April 29 1842
Order to pay 12 June 1843
Order to pay 3 April 1844
Same 12 April 1845.
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Wise, Jacob
S.C. S 18284
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May 26, 1916

Hon. Frank Clark,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Clark:

In response to your letter dated the 
twenty-fourth instant, I have the honor to advise you that 
from the papers in the claim S. File No. 18,284, Rev. War, 
it appears that Jacob Wise was allowed pension on his 
application
executed November 1, 1832, while seventy-three years 
of age, and a resident of Edgefield District, South Carolina,
his native state.

He stated that he volunteered in Captain John Hammond's company, Colonel Leroy Hammond's regiment, and was in 
an expedition against the Cherokee Indians.

Soon after; Captain Frank Singfield's company, Colonel
Leroy Hammond's regiment; in an expedition to Florida;
three months.

Captain John Hammond's company, Colonel Leroy Hammond's 
regiment; in an expedition to Stono.

He stated that he served at various other times,
under captains Ryan, Curtis, Bacon and others, and that he


[notes at the top of the page]
History again sent to Hon. Frank Clark, Jan 13, 1917
Jacob Wise
S. 18284
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served altogether two years.

There is no data relative to family.

The above is the only Jacob Wise, of South Carolina,
found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours,

G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.



Wise -2-
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P           18284
INVALID.
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No. 18,284
Jacob Wise
Pri Rev War
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Act:  June 7 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 419

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Apl - 6 - 1901
Frank Clark Jacksonville Fla
Mrs. Van Robinson, Eufaula Ala
Apl - 28 - 1902
Mrs. T. E. Kilby Anniston Ala
1912, Oct. 1.  History to 
Hon. B. P. Tillman
Letter with claim of 
William Lewis, R. F. 6336 FW
1916 May 26.  History to 
Hon. Frank Clark     FW
1923 Jan 31   hist. to Mrs. John T.
Robertson - EU
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Jacob Wise, S.C. roll - act 1832
at $80 pr annum.

Be pleased to say to what time 
he was paid
pd to 4 March 1838
JH
Pension Office
Apl 3. 1840
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,

July 8th, 1840.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  Jacob Wise,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at 
the rate of Eighty Dollars and [blank] Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has 
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838
to the 4th Sept. 1839.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,

Aug. 13. 1841.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  Jacob Wise
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Charleston S.C. Agency, at 
the rate of 80 Dollars and [blank] Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has 
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March
to the 4th Sept 1840.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Charleston   7 June 1843

Sir

I herewith forward for authority to pay,
the Vouchers of Jacob Wise a pensioner under Act 7th
June 1832.

I am Sir Respy
Your Ob servt

Jno. C. Cochran
Pension Agent



J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Pension Agency
Charleston    8 April 1845

Sir

I herewith forward for authority to pay the 
vouchers of Jacob Wise a pensioner under act
7 June 1832

Respectfully
Your observt [obedient servant]
Jno. [John] C. Cochran
Agent



J L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Charleston  30 March 1844

Sir

I herewith forward for authority to pay the 
vouchers of Jacob Wise a pensioner under Act 7 June 1832.

I am Sir Respectfully
Your observt [obedient servant]
Jno. [John] C. Cochran
Pension Agent



J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,

April 29th, 1841.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Jacob Wise
a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at 
the rate of Eighty Dollars and [blank] Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838
to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[on left side of page]
N 66 1/2 E
S 32  E 98 1/2
S 53  E
N 29  S 84

[on right side of page]
28.00 To 50 up to Mouth Branch
28.00 To Edge Mill pond
21.00 3.50  "     "     "
8.00  2.00  offset on Left To Branch
S 56 E at 92 Abigh [?]
25.50  7.50 Br 2.00
8.00  4.50 offset on [illegible]
To S56 E dow said W Branch
[entire line illegible]
12  80 To pri  31 34 [illegible]
[corner?] 1280
Thence N 35 [illegible]
68 50 To B. [illegible] 34DL
52 50 To Br. Head
39 20 To Small B Jack 3 [illegible]
15 50 To post ok 3 70
N 30 W 30
Thence from pine at 1250
37.00 To Franklin Branch
36.50 To pine [illegible]
12.50 To pine 34 W 34.0
S 8770
on the Carter Line 
Commencing at pine 3434 2800
9 60 to pine
S 65
15 60 To pine
N 50 [illegible]
26 10 To Lake [illegible]
20 00 To Franklins Branch
S 55 1/4 W
To passing S-W [illegible]
Boggy's Line [illegible]
[entire line illegible]
Beginning at pine 3X supposed to
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I do then Care I can only say that it is a very hard one, I am truly sorry that he did
not live to enjoy what his service & laity entitled him to   he served under my own by 
bravely & upon same our serving uncommonly [Perrilous?] - if he has Justice done him
his Pension will be granted - his family needs it very much when even customs
is had upon the Subject in [illegible] it to me, for the family;  

yours truly
S. Hammond Senr.
25 Decr. 1837

I am now much of a Cripple 
not able to walk from the 
Home
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Jacob Wise
application
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[logo/letterhead of State of South Carolina]
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Jas Hamilton Jnr.
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State aforesaid.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
Know Ye that Richd. Gantt
whose signature appears to the 
annexed instrument of writing is and 
was at the time of the Signature
thereof a true and lawful aforesaid
Judge of So. Ca. and that J.
Richardson is a Clerk of the Court 
of Common Pleas --

Therefore, all due Faith, Credit, and Authority
is and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and 
certificates as such.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and 
caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the Town
of Columbia the Tenth
of Decr in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two and 
in the 57th year of the Independence
of the United States of America.

BY THE GOVERNOR.


S. Hammond
Secretary of State.

[seal]

[on left margin - signature]
J. Hamilton Jr.
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Jacob Wise a claimant for a Pension under the Law of Congress passed 7 June 1832
Calls upon the undersigned for Supplementary Testimony in his behalf;
in this Case I have to declare that I have no personal knowledge of his services  Prior to January or February
1779 in one of those months I found hi doing duty as a Private in a Company of Militia of
Col. Leroy Hammonds Regiment A Williamsons Brigade at Headquarters nearly opposite
Augusta, he being in the Company of a new Relation & maping with the Capt. Lanactureman [?]
fixed him in my memory, that Company continued in service upwards of four months,
& performed several detachment tours of importance, after that my command being separated
from Col. Hammond I Know nothing further of Mr. Wise service untill
Charleston was Taken by the British in May 1780.  I then Collected a Small
number of Volunteers to Retreat northwardly to Join any Troops we might find
opposing the British invaders.  Jacob Wise was One of 73 who marched themselves with 
me.  His father furnished firing [?] and provisions while the Company were preparing to 
Retreat & Beef Dried [?] &c. for the Journey - at the moment intended to march several 
of the Company prepared to disperse, Secreted themselves in the neighborhood and 
wated for a more favorable opportunity to Get away - Jacob Wise was one of 
them, about half the Number Collected at so much Peril & Privation took
that Course the ballance continued with me & we made on very 
safely.  The swamps were searched & I and Wise & several others were taken 
by the British, Old Mr. Wise, H Bredon & several others were sent to Charleston
put on board Prison Ships & died there.  Jacob was Paroled after some
 confinement; upon my Return to the District and the Order to Genls.
Green & Pickens prior to the siege & Taken the fort at Augusta, I found
Jacob Wise doing Duty in the Company formerly commanded by John Hammond
Dd. now Capt. Nathaniel Bacon after that sometime with Capt.
Ryan & Carter as a [illegible] & lastly in the command of a Company of Militia which 
I believe had been formerly commanded by Benjamin Hatcher who had 
been killed in service previously.  how long he commanded that 
Company I cannot say with precision, he had several skirmishes with
the Tories & lost some brave & valuable men I have only his reports
of their affairs to sustain my Recollection & I find on examining them that
they are on small slips of paper, scarcely intelligible & all without dates 
The said Jacob Wise as he had not been commissioned as a Lieutenant
Tho he acted as such by Election only claims as a Soldier
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from all that I Recollect and from memorandums
still preserved I am fully Satisfied that he served
as he states served over two years exclusive
of the florida & Cherokee Expeditions of which 
I have no personal knowledge.


South Carolina
Edgefield District

Personally appeared before me M Grey
a Justice of the Quorum in and for 
the District aforesaid, Samuel Hammond,
who being duly Sworn Saith upon 
his oath, that the foregoing Statement is 
to the best of his knowledge strictly correct

S. Hammond

Sworn to before me 
this the 18th Nov. [or Mar.?]1837

M Grey
Qu

[written sideways on paper]
Jacob Wise
S. Hammonds 
Cert.
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Jan 11th 1923
Monroe, Ga.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir;

Please send me
the pension record of 
Jacob Wise a revolutionary 
pensioner of Edgefield Co.
S.C. in 1840 aged 82
and oblige.

Very truly
Mrs. Jno. [John] T. Robertson

[date stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 15 1923
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Eufaula Ala
March 26, 1901

[date stamp]
O.W. & N. DIVISION
MAR 29 1901

I am a descendant of Jacob
Wise of South Carolina
(Edgefield Co. I think)  he was
a Capt during the Revolution
His Sister Mrs. Cushman
aided this cause by carrying 
dispatches concealed in 
her hair - I wish to become 
a member of the DAR of 
Eufaula Ala.  Can you give 
me proof of service -

Respt-
Mrs Van Robinson
Eufaula Ala -
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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
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FRANK CLARK, FLA. CHAIRMAN.
JOHN L. BURNETT, ALA.    GEORGE E. HOOD, N.C.
JAMES C. CANTRILL, KY.   RICHARD W. AUSTIN, TENN.
WILLIAM A. ASHBROOK, OHIO.   JOHN W. LANGLEY, KY.
HATTON W. SUMNERS,TEX.   J.M.C. SMITH, MICH.
FRANK PARK, GA.   THOMAS B. DUNN, N.Y.
WILLAIM W. RUCKER, MO.   AARON S. KREIDER, PA.
HENRY A. BARNHART, IND.   WILLIAM C. MOONEY, OHIO.
MICHAEL F. PHELAN, MASS.   WHITMELL P. MARTIN, LA.
HENRY BRUCKNER, N.Y.   JOHN A. ELSTON, CAL.
EDWARD CLARK, CLERK.
VERNON C. IVES, ASSISTANT CLERK.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON.

May 24, 1916.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I desire to ask if you have any information
in your office concerning the military record of Jacob
Wise, a soldier of the Revolution, who I believe enlisted
from South Carolina.  Any other information you may have
concerning this soldier will be very greatly appreciated.

Yours very truly,

Frank Clark
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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
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FRANK CLARK, FLA. CHAIRMAN.
JOHN L. BURNETT, ALA. GEORGE E. HOOD, N.C.
JAMES C. CANTRILL, KY. RICHARD W. AUSTIN, TENN.
WILLIAM A. ASHBROOK, OHIO. JOHN W. LANGLEY, KY.
HATTON W. SUMNERS,TEX. J.M.C. SMITH, MICH.
FRANK PARK, GA. THOMAS B. DUNN, N.Y.
WILLAIM W. RUCKER, MO. AARON S. KREIDER, PA.
HENRY A. BARNHART, IND. WILLIAM C. MOONEY, OHIO.
MICHAEL F. PHELAN, MASS. WHITMELL P. MARTIN, LA.
HENRY BRUCKNER, N.Y. JOHN A. ELSTON, CAL.
EDWARD CLARK, CLERK.
VERNON C. IVES, ASSISTANT CLERK.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON.

January 12, 1917.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.....

My dear Sir:

Will you please inform me if Jacob Wise of the South
Carolina troops, revolutionary war, drew a pension from the 
Government?  I will appreciate it if you will also give me any further
information concerning him, you may have on file there.

Very sincerely,

Frank Clark 

[date stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
G 
JAN 13 1917
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Old War and Navy Division.       3-523.
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Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C.   March 10, 1902

Madam:

In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to 
furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he
or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such
a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical
or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a 
proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant
concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are 
requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.

Very respectfully,
 H. Clay Evans
Commissioner.

Mrs. T. E. Kilby
Anniston, 
Ala.

Full name of soldier, Jacob Wise
Where did he enter service?  Edgefield District South Carolina
Under what officers did he serve?  [blank]
Place of residence after service, Edgefield Court house
Approximate date of death, 1845
Given name of widow, Elizabeth Blalock Wise
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?  Jacob Wise is thought to have been pensioner
Additional information,  J. Wise is supposed to have enlisted at Edgefield 
and received a commission from Gen. Pickens of that 
state as Captain and served throughout the Revolutionary war.

Signature, Mrs. T. E. Kilby
Post office address, including street and 
number, town, county, and State}   Anniston Calhoun Co.
Alabama.
This information is desired for 
genealogical purposes and will be 
much appreciated. 

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