Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32377, for William Lister, Maryland
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Lister William S32377
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[Left page of an opened journal-like text, handwritten] Mobile- 16.409
South Carolina [crossed out]
William Lister of Marlboro in the State of S Ca who was a [illegible] in the [blank] commanded by Captain Douglass of the Reg[illegible] commanded by Dickerson on the Maryland line for 6 months. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of August 33 and [illegible] W. Dudley Marlboro CH 8 [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of March 33           40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept in 10/$50.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 6 Page 73
[Right page of an opened journal-like text]
order to pay July 18. 1837
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th [illegible] 1838 from 4th March to 4 Sept 1840
Agt Notified 2nd Oct 1841
Letter to Pensioner 30th March 1844
[illegible] to Pension Agt 30 April 1844
Transferred to Mobile Alabama from 4 September 1841
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Declaration of William Lister to obtain a pension under the the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
South Carolina }
Marlborough District }
I was born in Kent County in the State of Maryland, at about twelve years of age my father moved into Carlisle County of the same State At the age of Sixteen years I became a Substitute for [marked in left margin with a curved line and marked A.] my father in the militia und[er] Capt Elmira Andre (know not how to spell the name) Wm Weatherly, Ensign, Wm Richardson being the Col., was stationed at ^Cambridge in Dorset County to protect the town & the adjacent country from the plundering of the British. A British vessel under the command of one Dunmore, lay at that time in the Chesapeake bay. I staid [stayed] there three months without having any engagement I think that Genl. Sullivan was the commanding officer; There were some of the United States troops stationed there, but my memory has been so much impaired by age & disease that I cannot recollect the names of any of the officers. I obtained my discharge from Capt Andre & returned to Carlisle County. the discharge, I have lost. [end of curved line in left margin]About six months afterwards I enlisted in the U.S. Service under Capt Joseph Douglass & went down to Lewistown on the Delaware Bay as a guard against the British I think there were three other companies besides our own. We were at Lewistown when the British fleet passed up to Philidelphia. We left Lewistown
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to join Genl. Gates to march on to the South. At the head of Elk River we met with him. One Capt James Andre took the command of our company vice Douglass who obtained his diarge [discharge] and returned home. Col Harry Dickerson had charge of our detachment as it was marching on to join Gates. We passed through Virgina and in Richmond County No. Ca at a place, then called Duckery's old meeting house we were joined by the militia from Virginia & No. Ca. I think that Genl.  Rutherford Commanded the No Ca Militia The British under Cornwallis were then stationed at Cheraw So. Ca. We followed after them when they left Cheraw but nothing worthy of remark took place until we reached the battle ground near Camden So. Ca. The British commenced firing on our line at about daybreak in the morning. I was stationed at the right. our line was completely broken & I recd a wound from the horse of a Dragoon. The Dragoon was striking at me, but I escaped his blow, owing to a blunder of his horse which threw him upon me & disabled me so that I could not leave the field. I surrendered myself several times, but as they were pursing [pursuing] the American Army I succeeded in Crawling off & finally escaped. We were ordered to meet at Charlotte No Ca. I did so. I there obtained a discharge from Capt Andre, having served during this enlistment Twenty one months I went on from Charlott to Guilford Ct House
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[In left margin a curved line marked B]
& Substituted myself for One Muckle Hutton in the Militia. Abram Philips, Capt. John Cook, 1st Lieut. Our principal object was to keep down the Tories; for this purpose went up & down the yudkin, Little River & about the head of Drowning Creek until the three months had expired. I returned to Guilford Court house, obtained my discharge & then went off to Carlin County in Maryland. [End of curved line B]
[Beginning of curved line marked C]
After this I did no other Service except as an Assistant to a Recruiting Officer (to one Capt John Dunlap) I remained with him One month which was the conclusion of my services as a Soldier. [End of curved line C] I have no record of my age, can neither read or write and as to my age can speak only speak from what I have been told by my family. From their account I was born on the tenth of Apr 1760, & shall be Seventy three years old on the tenth day of Apr next. Since the revolutionary war I have lived in Guilford County No. Ca three years & [illegible] months. I have lived the balance of my time in Marlborough District to the present, where I now live. I have lost all the discharges I ever recd & know of no person now alive by whom I can prove my Services nor have I any documentary evidence of the same. I do not receive any pension from this or any other State of Government & hereby relinquish all claim I may have to any other pension but the present.
Wm. Lister his [handwritten] X mark
Sworn to in open
Court 12th March 1833 
James C Thomas C. C. [illegible]
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We, Charles Manship, a clergyman residing in the District of Marlborough & State aforesaid, & James. C. Thomas do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with William Lister who has signed the within Declaration for many years, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have a Soldier of the revolution, that his declaration is entitled to all credit, & that we believe he Served as he has therein Stated
Charles Manship
James C. Thomas 
Sworn to in Open Court James C Thomas C C pls

And the Court hereby declares its opinion that Charles Manship & James C. Thomas are respectable gentlemen residing in the District & State aforesaid & concurs in the opinion expressed by them as to the degree of credit to be attached to the Declaration of the applicant William Lister,  and further that Chs Manship is a Clergyman Given under my hand this 12th March 1833 Wm D. Martin Presiding Judge 

South Carolina }
 Marlborough District }
 I James C. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings for the matter of the application of William Lister for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
Seal
Given under my hand & seal of office this 13th March 1833
James C Thomas
C. C. pls
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24247 
William Lister
S. C.

Rev

G G Brewer 
Annapolis 
Admit as private 
bms $20 

Let for Ab Brown 21 May 33
 
C.W. Dudley 
Marlboro C.H. 
S. C
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 6, 1833

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 a 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.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will f8ind 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of William Lister, S.C.

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.
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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 by 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, mucieians 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
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 enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of hs 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.  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 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 Viginia, will make and subscribe a declaration smilar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyan, residing in the _______________ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, thata we are well acquainted with ________________, who has surscribed 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 thge __________________ 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 thgrow 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 investigat8ion of his claim, and in the comparison
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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 receive 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 of 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 represents, 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 of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by 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. [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case 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 or periods 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 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 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 bis 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 mouths 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 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 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 a 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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. The notes from [a] to [j] 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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32377
Revy
INVALID

File No 32377
William Lister
Pri Rev War

Act June 7th '32
Index Vol, D, Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1922 Aug 17 - Fifty cents worth of stamps (25 2 cts) returned to Thos. B Lester who is also advised of cost of copy of declaration
1923 Mar 26 - Copies mailed to Thos B Lester - AW
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Aug 4th, 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," William Lister a pensioner on the roll of the So. Carolina Agency at the rate of twenty dollars per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this department from the 4th of March to the 4th of September 1840.

Respectfully yours

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Charleston 4 May 1844 

Sir
In answer to your letter of the 30 Ulto I have to state, that William Lister a pensioner under act 7 June 1832 was last paid at this Agency to 4 September 1841 

I am very respectfully 
Your Obt Sevt
[illegible Jacob?] Cochran 
[illegible]

J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
D C
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Application for a Transfer

Couty of Barber State of Alabama

On this the 13th day of April 1844 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Barber personally appeared William Lister who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Philips in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lock in the service of the United States; that his name was place on the pension roll of the state of South Carolina whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (District or Territory) of Alabama where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are the reasons for removing from South Carolina to Alabama.

William Lister
His X Mark

Sworn and subscribed to bore me the day and year aforesaid.

D McKinzie - JP

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office. The county clerk, secretary of state, or some other officer must certify under his seal of office that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity, and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

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 be sent with the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers - In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the paper is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
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State of Alabama ⎬ 
Barber County }
Personally appeard before me David McKenzie an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County William Kelly who being duly sworn deposes & say that he ^has known William Lister whose name is afixd to the forgoing aplication & that he is the same [crossed out: man] William Lister that drew a pention in the state of South Carolina and has now in his posession a sertificate from the pention office I know that this William Lister is the same that had and drew a pention in South Carolina & that he is the same described in the afedavid.
William Kelly his [handwritten] X mark
Sworn to & subscribed }
before me }
D McKenzie J. P. }
April 13th 1844 

[faint: To]
I doo hereby certify the above named William Kelly is a citizen of this County & that I had known him some years and that he is a man of truth and Verasity April 13th 1844 D McKenzie JP
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The State of Alabama }
Barbour County }
I John Ledbetter Clerk of the County Court for said County do Certify that Daniel McKenzie whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit is and was at the time of Signing the same one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County, duly qualified that due faith & credit should and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal of Office this the 15th day of April 1844 
J Ledbetter Clerk
Seal
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Left Side Page

March 29, 1844
Louisville, Ala March 12/44

Wm Lister
Wishes his pension paid in Ala

Liqq [illegible] Mch 25/44
Macon Office

Mr. Evans

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Louisville, Ala from
March 14

Secretary of War
Washington City
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Alabama Barbor County 
Louisville March 13th 1844 
To the Secretary of war 
Sir I have removd [removed] from South Calolina [South Carolina] to Alabama & wish to hav the payment of ^my pention transferd to Ala & You will confer a favor on an old & poor Revlutionry solder if you will order the transfer. 
Anything that is nessary for me to doo pleas forward instructions to Louisvill Barbor Couty Ala My sertificate is dated 7th Augt 1833 at the war office. Recorded in the pention office in Book E Vol. 6 page 73. By Not Rice 
My pention was granted under the act of Congress 7th June 1832 Your attention to the above will much oblige You
Obt
William Liston

To the Secretary of war 
Washington City
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South Carolina 
Marlborough District 
State of South Carolina 

On the first monday in July AD 1833, appeared before me, James E. David, one of the Justices of the Peace of the State & District aforesaid, William Lister of the State & District aforesaid, who made the following affidavit as an amendment to his declaration for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That by reason of old age & 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 under the officers & at the times & places there stated 

1st In the year 1776 he served three months as a [note in margin: 3] Substitute for his father in a Militia Company Commanded by Capt Andre at Cambridge as marked A. on original Declaration (In Maryland)  

2nd Immediately after Gate's defeat at Camden he [note in margin: In No Ca]substituted himself for Muckle Hattow & served three months in the militia as marked "B” on declaration 

3d In 1782. One month as marked "C". He knows [note in margin: Maryland] of no witness now alive who can prove his services as a "Regular Soldier”; he therefore withdraws his application in that character & applies only for services rendered in the militia. And the said William Lister further swore that for the periods above mentioned he served with an embodied Corps, called into Service as he believes by Competent authority; that he was either in the field or in Garrison & for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuits. 
William Lister his [handwritten] X mark

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. I also certify that the words "In No Ca” “Maryland" On the margin were written before deponents affidavit & signature were made. Also the word Maryland in Brackets. 
James E. David J. P.
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Carolina }
Marlborough District } 
I, James C. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings & the Amendments in the matter of the application of William Lister for a Pension. Also that James E David who has subscribed the Amendment of Deponent as a magistrate is a magistrate, legally appointed  & that all faith & credit should be given to his certificate in that character.
Given under my hand & seal of office this the 1st monday in July AD 1833 
James C. Thomas 
c c cpls
[illegible] A.R. Brown 
Deputy c c cpls
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M233
Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
Jun 29 1922

Chief of Rev War Section

Sir:

I have this day received from Thos B Lister, stamps $50/100 requesting copy as per letter herewith.

Stamps returned & Finance Div Notif.
Aug 17 '22
AW

Very respectfully,
O.J. Randall
Chief of Division
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Aug 17, 1922

Thomas B. Lester
Raeford Auto Supply Co.
Raeford, N.C.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 28th June 1922, requesting a photostat copy of the declaration of the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Lister, survivor File S.3237, you are advised that the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of Aug 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if the same is desired. The number of pages to be copied is four, and therefore the fifty cents in stamps sent by you in your above noted letter is not sufficient for payment.

You should furnish the proper amount by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the interior, when your request will be again taken up for consideration.

Very respectfully,

Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

When he writes again sent 4 pages of soldier's declaration dated Mar 12, 1833
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RETURN RECEIPT

Received from the Postmaster the Registered or Insured Article, the original number of which appears on the face of this card.
T B Lister - Signature
S M Lister - Signature

Wm Lister X.32377
Date of Delivery, Aug 21, 1922
Form 3811
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Not to be mailed. Will call Wednesday for same.
TWB

Thos B Lester
204 F St NW
Apt #2

FINANCE DIVISION - Bureau of Pensions Stamp - Sep 15, 1916

Claim of
William Lister S. File 32377 Rev War
Photostat copy of 4 pages @ 15 cents = 60 cents
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Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division

Sept 15, 1916
Chief of Rev War Section
Sir:

I have this day received from Thos. B Lester Cash of 60 cents requesting copies of Rev war papers as per slip herewith.

sept 20, 1816 Finance Division as to disposition of money - RWB/Lan

Very Respectfully

W H Campbell
Chief of Division
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Received of Thos. B. Lester 204 F St NW Apt No 2 Washington DC
60 cents for copies of papers in case of William Lister S File No 32377 Rev War

RWB/Law

Sept 15, 1916

FINANCE DIVISION BUREAU OF PENSIONS STAMP - Sep 15 1916
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Thos. B. Lester
204 F St NW
Apt #1

Hold
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LETTERHEAD
Raeford Auto Supply Company
F E Walker Proprietors
Automobile Accessories and Supplies
Raeford NC

25 - 2 cent stamps enclosed

June 28, 1922

Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sirs - 

I would like to have your make a photograph copy of the Revolutionary record of Wm Lester or Lister in the body of the paper it refers to Rev Chas. Manship perhaps you can locate it better in that way. I had a copy made about six years am enclosing fifty cents in stamps to cover cost of same.

Respectfully

Thos B Lester

US PENSION OFFICE STAMP - Jun 29, 1922

Finance Division Bureau of Pensions Stamp - June 29, 1922
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Revolutionary War Section Stamp - Jun 23, 1923

June 23, 1923

Thomas B Lester
Raeford, N.C.

Paid cash, seventy-five cents for photostat copies of five pages (uncertified) from the Revolutionary War Pension claim of William Lister Survivor File 32377

rec'd payment
A E Wilson
Chief Rev War Section

Finance Division Bureau of Pension Stamp - Jun 23, 1923

US Pension Office Stamp - Jun 23, 1923
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(MF 42)
Date: June 26, '23

Name Wm Lister No S32377
War Rev
Photographic copies wanted of 2
pieces consisting of 6 pages
Remarks:

Exr. A E Wilson - Rev War Section - Chief of Division
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M 233
Bureau of Pensions
finance Division
June 23, 1923

Chief of Rev War Section
Sir:

I have this day received from Thomas B Lester cash for 75/100 requesting copies as per letter herewith.

Respectfully, 
O J Randall
Chief of Finance Div

Copies mailed & Law Div notified
June 27, 1923
AW