Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3826, Jacob Fulbright, N.C.
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SERVICE
N.C. 
Fulbright, Jacob 
NUMBER
R. 3826
Born in Penn
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State of North Carolina}
Haywood County}

Know all men by their presents That I Abraham Fulbright of the county of Haywood and state of North Carolina have understood and believe that my Father,   Jacob Fulbright who applied for a Pension under the Act of Congress 7th June 1832 ought to have received a pension and that he was entitled to the Land and for the purpose of prosecuting his claim to the same I do hereby constitute and appoint F.F.C. Triplett of Washington City my True and lawfull attorney for me & in my name to examine all the papers on file in the department of Washington filed by my father Jacob Fulbright and to all and to whatever I might Lawfully do in the process were I present 
Witness my hand and seal this 29th March 1853.
Abm Fulbright 
Test. B. Turner JP

State of North Carolina}
Haywood County}
Be it known that on this 29th March 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Haywood & state aforesaid Abraham Fulbright
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above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney  to be his Act and Deed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
B. Turner JP

State of North Carolina}
Haywood County}
I Joseph Keener Clerk of County Court of Haywood do hereby certify that B. Turner is and was at the time of signing the foregoing a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that the signature purporting to be his is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto put my seal of office and subscribed my name 
This 29th March 1853.
J. Keener Clk

[illegible seal attached left of signature]
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Mr Mangum
Jacob Fulbright
Declaration for a pension
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A.D. [illegible] in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832

State of North Carolina }
Haywood County}
Court of pleas and quarter Sessions open term 1838

On this day January 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices there Jacob Fulbright a resident of the County of Haywood and State of North Carolina aged 85 on the 22nd of December, 1832 as it appears from the record of the fathers family bible who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed on June the 7 1832.  I entered the service of the United States in the year 1776 but it might of been 1778 or 1779 but I have lost my recollection In the month of August and came home October making [illegible] a three month service.  I was drafted. I was under the command of Colo. Boleman 
Capt Conrod Lieutenant Abraham Anthony, Ensign Henry Coleman,
Lieutenant Colo. Charles McDowell and General Rutherford 
I was living in Lincoln County N Carolina and march against the Cherokee Indians thru what was called the French Bird Pigeon & Tuscarawas Tennessee River counties and on what is now call Buncombe, Haywood and Macomb N Carolina and or in what is yet the Cherokee nation on the waters of the Highwassy and Vallies rivers and we took the Vallies towns in no engagements of moment. we burnt & destroyed the towns and crops. 
I was discharged by Capt Conrad but it is lossed or distroyed
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I entered unto the services again in the year of 1780 or 1781 living in Lincoln County of NC under the command of the following officers Capt McDowell Lieutant Coln Brevard Capt Smith Lieut Coln Brevard got still packs and dyed and Daniel McKesick was put in his place and afterwards Coln Darnell was then made a general after I had on his [illegible] and entered the service the
Officers through the paper as I was a Blacksmith by trade it took me out of the army and put me to work in the blacksmith shop to shewing and sponing the shoes of the horses that was in the service and I remain there [illegible] years working lisely for all the summer that was passing about the work was all of pubback [illegible] and after I had a bond the and horses for several days at a time while the [illegible] the work done and I never got any thing for either work bonding I remained then working at the close of the war and I never got a discharge I have no documentary evidence and I know of no body by whom
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I can prove my services to without I can by Jacob [illegible] who lives in Haywood county N Carolina and I dont know whether he is acquainted with the precutor of my service I was born in the year 1747 in the month of December the 22 day in the state of Pennsylvania in the county of North hampton & moved from there to Lincoln County [illegible] in the year 1769 by and [illegible] then untill after the war was over and move from there to Haywood County N Carolina and here lived then ever

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not upon the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to in open Court    Jacob Fullbright
R. Love Clk
John DB. Love DC
Question first
1. where and in what you were you born
A. I was born in 1767 on the day 2d day of December in the County of North hampton and State of Pennsylvania
2. have you any record of your age and if so whose is it 
A. my age was recorded in my fathers family bible and I have presented it in other [illegible] 
3. where were you living when called into the services
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where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live A. In Lincoln County N Carolina.  I have lived there until I moved to Hawood County and where I now live ever since
4. How were you called into the services was you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
A. I was drafted the first tour the [illegible] [illegible] I was enlisted
5. State the names of some persons of the regular officers who were with the troops when you serve such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services 
the ammuntions officers and Captain Smith
6.  Did you ever receive discharge from service and from whom was it given and what has become of it
A I never was regularly discharge from service and by Capt leonard the first [illegible]
7. I am acquainted with Jacob Shoock Andrew Shoock residing in my neighborhood who can testify as to my Connector for veracity and their belief of my services as
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a Soldier of the Revolutionary war
Certificate
We Jacob Shoock am residing in the County of Haywood and Andrew Shoock residing in the same do honely Certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Fulbright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we have believe him to be 85 years of age   that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Andrew Shoock [his mark] X
Jacob Shoock
Sworn to in open Court
J. R. Love Clk
John B. Love JP

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stats [states] and that Court do further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Shoock and Andrew Shoock who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in Haywood County and is credible persons and that their statement is entitled credit 
Signed in open court
Wm Haynes Che Justices
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I Robert Love Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions do hereby certify that
of the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the application of Jacob Fulbright
for a pension in testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this 3 day of January 1833
Robt Love Clk
by Jno B Love
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Jacob Fulbright
N. Car [Carolina]
Rejected. Letter 
14 May 1834 to 
Hon. W.J. Mangum
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [lined out]
REJECTED [stamp]
3826
P. O.
Jacob Fullbright
SERVICE:
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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Jacob Fullbright [Fulbright]objections
5.7  14. 15.
Rejected by order 
com-
R-224
Hon W.P. Mangum
Senate
3826
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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
Jacob Fullbright 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 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled?  No

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 other 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?  yes
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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? 2 citizens

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?
----
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? in Court

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? yes

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

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

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; 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.
+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.
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+QUERE XVI. 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 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 symbol] 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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North Carolina
Haywood County
June Sessions 1833
The Following is an amendment to the Declaration of Jacob Fulbright made in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-
as to the 12 objection (to wit) The reason that there was not a Clergyman Certificate procured was there was not a Clergyman living immediately my neborhood [neighborhood] and being old and unable to procure one at the time I made my Declaration therein was not Clergyman in the town of Waynesville [North Carolina] acquainted with me and I was not able myself to procure any assistance my declaration was Drawn by a friend and advised that two citizens would do
Sworn to &  subscribed this 26 day of June 1833
Wm Stantill JP
Jacob Fulbright
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North Carolina
Haywood County
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace & Jacob Fulbright who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by person
of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively
as to the precise lenth [length] of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less then the pensioned mentioned below and in the following grade two years was engaged in working for the army & going out and in the army Eight weeks after the [illegible]  Sworn & 
subscribed this 26 day of June 1833
Wm Stanfield JP
Jacob Fulbright

North Carolina }
Haywood County }
I Robert Love clerk of the court of pleas quarter sessions do hereby certify that William Stanfield who administered the oath to Jacob Fulbright in the foregoing affidavits is and was a regulor [regular] Commissioned Justice of the peace for the said County and that due faith & credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts as such certifyed [certified] by me under my hand & seal of office at Waynsville [Waynesville]
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this 28 day of June 1833
R Dove CLK

[illegible seal attached]
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State of North Carolina}
Haywood County }
This is an amendment to the Declaration of Jacob Fulbright of said County and State

This Deponent further maketh oath as saith that the two years services spoken of in this declaration, as being enlisted from all information must be a mistake as I told the circumstances to the Gentleman who drew my Declaration & he thought that I had been enlisted and I therefore it was first down to having been called out for to after this was no time specified as how long I should stay out I have any recollection of but was to be employed in scouting & knew the country & keeping the tories down & to be called against the  British army if it became nessary [necessary] as often entering & serving from time in the Army I was put to work for the public as stated in my Declaration & served during that term of tours two years including what time I was in the [illegible] and what time in the Blacksmith shop & I believe that I was in the Shop is about two weeks of entering the army  I was  what I am informed and believe one of the State Troops of N Carolina and was not regularly called into the services for
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any definite period of time and when I was not in the army I was to of been allways [always] in rediness [readiness] this was the way the remainder of the Company but this deponent Since all the time citizen in the army moving from one Section to another & keeping [illegible] the the horses or else I was [illegible] acssess in the shop if having [illegible] the shews of the horses of all that of all that came This is all that I can [illegible] recollect to my Services. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 of April 1834
Wm McClure JP
Jacob Fulbright

I William McClure Justice of the peace do hereby Certify that Jacob Fulbright
was & has Subscribed to the foregoing amendment to the Declaration is a man of good character and entitled to due faith and confidence in testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 5 day of April 1834
Wm McClure JP

State of North Carolina }
Haywood County ]
I John T Chambers
clerk of the courts of pleas and quarter Sessions do hereby certify that that
William McClure [illegible]
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has subscribed to foregoing amendment to a declaration made in order to obtain a pension and a certificate was at the time of administering  the oath was a regular commis'd  Justice of the peace for said County and that due faith and credit is an aught to be given to all his official acts as such in testimony
whereof I have here unto set my hand and
Seal of Office this 5 day Aprl 1834
J T Chambers Clerk
of Haywood County Court
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has subscribed to foregoing amendment to a declaration made in order to obtain a pension and a certificate was at the time of administering  the oath was a regular commis'd  Justice of the peace for said County and that due faith and credit is an aught to be given to all his official acts as such in testimony
whereof I have here unto set my hand and
Seal of Office this 5 day Aprl 1834
J T Chambers Clerk
of Haywood County Court
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State of North Carolina }
Haywood County } 
December Court
D 1832
Jacob Shoock after being duly sworn according to law doth make the
following statement I was with Jacob Fullbright when he was in the revolutionary war the [illegible] when he went after the Cherokee Indians and that he served his County forthfully and I do further sworn that he was in the services of the United States as in his declaration set forth as I am one of thoes [those] who has certified for him and that he was a in the Services as Stated.
Sworn & subscribed this 2nd day of January 
1833
Jacob Shook
Sworn to in open court
2nd of [illegible] 1833
R Love. Clk.
Jno B Love DC

State of North Carolina }
Haywood County }
I Robert Love a clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions do hereby  certify that the oath was administered to Jacob Shoock by John B. Love my deputy and that Jacob Shoock is a man entitled to credit as he is a man of
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of good character in the neighborhood in which he resides and that due faith and credit aught to be given to his oath certifyed [certified] by me this 28 day of June 1833 at
[illegible] office in Waynsville [? Waynesville]
R Love Clk


Jacob Fullbright
Deposition
for a pension
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F. F. C. Triplett Esqr.
Washington
D
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Asheville N.C.
20th March 1853,

Dear Sir

You will find Enclosed The power of attorney of A. Fulbright will you please Examine the papers on file and let me know if The case is worth prosecuting
Have you written me respecting my first communication
Please let me hear from you
I am [illegible]
Yours
Respectfully
J. B. Sawyer

F.F.C. Triplett Esq.
Washington City
DC
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NC
ret'd
13. May. 1836
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do certify that the name of Jacob Fullbright does not appear on the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, or any other document in this office affording evidence of service in said line.
Given under my hand this
9th day of May 1834.
W. Hill
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[circular stamp]

free

Hon W P Mangum
Washington City DC
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Ashville N Carolina April 18th 1834
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the amended declaration of Jacob Fulbright the dificulty [difficulty] in the declaration is explain by saying that then was a mistake for when the it was drawing it was believed that the state troops of the war called regulars but I have had that matter explained by the old applicant & the copy of the out of assembly by which the war called into services as a copy is now in the war department I hope that Fulbright [illegible] will send that attention that his [illegible] or for his witness he went home direct but circumstantial facts which are in my opinion equate to direct facts have the matter acts aforesd I direct the result to me at Franklin Macon County NC I mention the claims of Millsops & Montauth of Macon I cannot get any information of them at all & I wish you would inform me whither the in the or not or what has been of them I am you [illegible] Sir very Respectfully
Hon M P Mangum
Washington City
DC