Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9354, Richard Horsley, N.C. Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.VA.
Horsley, Richard
Horseley
NUMBER
S.9354
CONTENTS
[BLANK]
carded
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12.157
South Carolina
Richard Horseley
of York District in the State of S. Car. who was a pri in the ----commanded by Captain----- of the  ----- commanded by Col. Lock in the [star] Carolina line for 10 months - 
[star]
Va and N.C.
Records completed Dec. 19/04.
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of April 1833 and Sent to Pensioner York. C.H. S. Car.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 66.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept  16.66 =
$83.32

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

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 69-

Order to pay 12 Dec. 1831.
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17.697
Richard Horseley

admit as private - 10 mo. from 1781 - $33.33
Col. Lock repay

Richard Horsley
York District
S.C.
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BRIEF in the case of Richard Horseley County of York District n the State of South Carolina (Act 7th June 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 78 years

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

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

In 1780 | 5 Mos. | Private | Capt. Waddleton, Col. Glenn, Stevens  Brigade Virginia MIlitia

1780 | 1 mos. | Private | Col. Locke

1781 | 4 mos. | Private | Capt. Bates - Gen'l. Stevens, Va.
Total 10 mos.

5. In what battles was she engaged? Camden

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Halifax County - Virginia

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are properly authenticated

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signature]
Wm. Gordon Examining Clerk.
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Richard Horsely
application
Pension

Richard Horseley
17697
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Richard Horsely
application
Pension

Richard Horseley
17697
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We James Glenn & John Clark resident in the portion of the district near the said Richard Horseley do hereby certify that the said Richard HOrseley we are well acquainted with: that we believe him to be sevenety four years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhod to be a Whip soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion & place full & entire confidence in the annexed statement of his services.
Sworn to & subscribed this 16th October 1832.
[Signatures]
A. McWhorter Qu.
James Glenn
John Clark

And the said court does hereby declare it as the opinion of the court after investigtaion of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and served as he states: And the Court further certifies that it appears that James  Glenn whose name appears to the foregoing certificate and John Clark also his neighbor and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -
Given under my hand this 16th October 1832
[Signature] W. D. Martin
Presiding Judge

I Andrew McWhorter Clerk of hte 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 Richard Horsley for a pension. In Testimony whereof
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credit.
Given under my hand this 16th October 1832
[Signature] W. D. Martin
Presiding Judge

I Andew McWhorter Clerk of the Court of Common please do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Richard Horsley for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of October in the year of our Lord one Thosand eight Hundred and thirty two and in the fifty Seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
[Signature] 
A. McWhorter
C.C.C./Qu
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Examination in open court of Richard Horseley.

1 Where & in what year were you born? 
Answer: I was born in the State of Maryland Queen Anne Coiunty Maryland and in the year 1754

2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Answer my age was put down in a book which my brother took off to Georgia.

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary and where do you live now?
Ans. when called into servcie I was living in Halifax Virginia, From there after the Revolution I moved to South Carolina York District where I 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?
Answer. I was originally drafted served for the most part under that at various times. I once acted as a volunteer, for a month, service and never as a substitute.

5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service -
Answer - I served under the command of Gen, Gates, Gen. Stevens, Gen. Washington and one tour acted in conjunction with the 1st Reg't of Virginia Troops

Int'y. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge if so by whom signed and what has become of it?
Answer. I received three discharges signed by Capt. Bates, Waddleton & Starnes. I have lost them - 

7 State the names of persons, in your neighbourhoodto whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services 
Answer - I can refer to all my neighbors for y character in any way but shall name Rev'd. John Rooker, James Glenn and John Clarke

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
[Signatures] A. McWhorter C. C. C./Qu  
Richard Horsley X his mark
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The State of South Carolina}
York District} SS.

On this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thiry two personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Com D Martin a judge of the Court of Sessions & Co pleas for said State now holding tht same at York Court House. Richard Horseley a residen of the State & district aforesaid who being duly sworn made oath to the  following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 That he was born in Queen Anne County Maryland and that he is now in his seventy eighth year. That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia soldier from the State of Virginia where he had removed from Maryland in & about the year 1780 in Gen. Stevens Brigade under the Command of Col. Glenn Capt. Waddleton's company of miitia. that they rendezvoused at Hillsborough North Carolina which was headquarters where they were met by Gen. Gates & Gen. Stevens that they marched from thence to South Carolina near Cmden where an engagement took place in which  Gen. Gates was defeated in which engagement the applicant was - From thence he went with a detachment to Hogans Creek No. Carolina & from thence to Guilford Court House where they were taken under the command of Co. Morris & then he served out his tour & was discharged after a service of five months.
That in the same year of 1780 he volunteered for  twenty days servcie but served one month which by stipulation was to go for three months which was where Gen. Green was retreating before Lord Cornwallis they know
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was performed under Col. Locke & was rendered near Charlotte No. Carolina for one month & was discharged.

In the Spring or June of 1781 he was again called out into service by virtue of the same original draft and marched to Newsome Springs Virginia & from thence to York Town then beseiged by the American forces, he was placed again under Gen. Stevens Command, Col. Rogers  Reg't. & Capt. Bates company of militia where he remianed until the capture of Lord Cornwallis after a service of four months.
That during all this service he was a resident of the State of Virginia Halifax County where he had removed from Maryland. Some years after peace he thinks in 1792 he removed to York District South Carolina where he has lived ever since. That he has now no discharges that they are lost or mislaid and that he has none nor can procure any written evidence of service and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his services. That all his original friends & acquaintances who could testify thereto if living are so scattered throughout the Union that he would be unable to procure their evidence. He hereby reliquishes every claim whatever to any pensin or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court.
[Signatures] Richard Horsley X his mark
A. McWhorter C. C. C. /Qu
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Richard Horsley S. C. 7 June $33.33 
To what time last paid
Pen Office 
12 Dec. 1837
pd to the 4th March 1835 LH
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Rev War  9354
INVALID
File No. 9354
Richard Horseley
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:-Vol. 1, Pge 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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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 Richard Horseley which require further proof or explanation. 

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

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

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

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of the war when he served? 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? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? 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? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None

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

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?
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? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? they are all answered
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*Quere V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____year _____months, and _____days, I served as a ______ For ______months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

(+) QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

(++) QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.