Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4615, Thomas Harlow, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Harlow, Thomas

NUMBER
R. 4615

CONTENTS
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State of Tennessee
Washington County } Circuit Court September Term 1832
On this 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Samuel Powell Judge &c holding the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid at the Court House in Jonesboro Thomas Harlow a resident citizen of Washington County and state of Tennessee aged seventy three 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That when he was called into the service he was living in Camden District in the state of South Carolina and was drafted under Captain John Cook and marched under him as a non commissioned sergeant to Charleston where he remained three months and thinks the company in which he served after they arrived at Charleston was under Col Pinckney's command After the expiration of three months, he [crossed out was] received a written discharge from Captain Cook which has long since been lost. He does not remember the year in which he entered into the service At the age of about seventeen years and after his discharge he volunteered at Columbia under Captain Malachi Weston and from thence provided to pass points between the Pacalet and Inneree Rivers where they joined the regiments of Colonels Martin & Pogue and went in pursuit of the Tories under the command of Colonels Fletcher and Cunningham. He was present when about two hundred of the Tories under Cunningham were taken prisoner and was present when Flethcer was brought in as a prisoner He was among those who took the prisoners to Columbia and was there verbally discharged by Captain Weston The periods of his
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service on this occasion was about thirteen months 
That after his discharge he returned home and at the age of about eighteen years enlisted in the army of the United States with Captain Brown and served in the third regiment of the Continental line under Colonel William Thompson That he enlisted in Camden District for three years That [crossed out after from Col Thompsons he marched] he joined his company at Nelson's Ferry where he knew Captains Brown, Smith, Joseph Worby Felix Worby Captain Goodwin Major Wise and other officers whom he cannot now remember That he remained at Nelson's Ferry two or three months and then marched under Col Thompson to Charleston where he knew Col Pinekny & General Moultrie That he remained in the barracks at Charleston about a month and went under Col Pinckney who had taken the command of Col Thompsons regiment to Lewisburg on the Savannah River About thirteen thousand soldiers marched to that place at this time under the command of General Howe. He remained with the army at Pervisburg about three weeks and then discended the Savannah in boats to the town of Savannah at which place they remained one night 
[crossed out 
and then twenty to a fort called Fort Barrenton Fort Howe and sometimes Fort McIntosh on the old tamahary river At this fort they stad about three weeks and then marched to Fort Tovia on the St Marys River where they remained about six weeks this fort was abandoned by the Tories & English before their arrival during the time they remained at Fort Tomion a few gathes or ships came there from Charleston and being sick at the time affiant was conveyed in one of them from that place to Charleston]
and then started on their way to Fort Barrenton At Midway Meeting House in express was received [crossed out informing] from Savannah stating that the English were about to take that town and a reinforcement of
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Eighteen hundred men was sent back under General Howe and Colonel Hugee who joined the troops at Savannah He was among those who retreated from Cornwallis Howe & Lord Rawdon who had about four thousand soldier under their command and took the town of Savannah After this affair at Savannah he joined the army at Midway Meeting House and went with it to a Fort on the Altamahaw River  called Fort Parrenton and sometimes Fort Howe and Fort McIntosh. At this place they remained about three weeks and from thence marched to Fort Tovion on the St Mary's River which was abandoned by the British and Tories before their arrival At Fort Tovion he remained a few weeks and being sick was conveyed by water back to Charleston from whence galbes or ships had been sent to carry the sick men He laid in the hospital at Charleston two weeks and obtained a furlough for forty days from Lieutenant Robison of his company Col Thompson in the mean time had resigned and a regiment was composed [crossed out of the] partly of his and partly of Col Hugee's regiments to be under the command of Col Hugee Affiant being unwilling to service his remaining five months under Col Hugee got Col Wade Hampton to procure the consent of Col Hugee that affiant should enlist under him for ten months This he did but being again sick hired David Wallace to serve as a substitute under Col Hampton and received a discharge from him which he has lost
During the time he served under Col Thompson he was present at the taking of Moths Fort in South Carolina and saw Colonels Lee, Washington & Hampton there
Affiant was born in the neighborhood of Edenton North Carolina on the 14th January 1759 as appears from a record now in his possession copied from his father's bible. He went to South Carolina at eight years of age and left it the year before Cornwallis surrendered & moved into North Carolina where he lived about twenty years and
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then came to Tennessee where he has lived ever since He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state to his knowledge He has no documentary evidence to establish the correctness of his statements and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service The whole period of his service as above described was between three and four years but his age is such that he cannot remember names and dates with that accuracy he would desire
Thomas Harlow
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year afor said sworn in open court at 
Sept per 1832 Test
Jos V Anderson Clk
We Thomas Brabson and Joshua Royston there being no clergyman resident in the neighborhood of Thomas Harlow hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Harlow 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 
Thos Brabson
Joshua Royston 
11th September 1832 in open court
Jos V Anderson clk
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 Thomas Brabson and Joshua Royston are residents of the county of Washington and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit 
A S Porrez Judge of the circuit court of the state of Tennessee
State of Tennessee
State of Tennessee
I James V Anderson clerk of the first sendnal circuit court do hereby ceritfy that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Harlow for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of Sept 1832
Jas V Anderson Clk
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7879
Thomas Harlow
Tennessee
Deserted
admit [illegible]
S.C. Roll
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7879
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Harlow of County of Washington in the state of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 73
4.  State his service, as direct in the form annexed.

Period 
Drafted in 17 
vol
enlisted 
Duration of Service 
3 Months
about 13 months
not stated precisely
he states the whole period of his services to be between 3 & 4 years
Rank 
sergeant
private
"
Names of General and Field officers under whom he served
Capt S Cook Col Pinkney
Capt M Weston Cols Martin & Poigney Cols Fletcher & Cunningham
Capt Brown 3d regmt Continental line Col W Thompson
5.  In what battles was he engaged? none
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Camden District SC 
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The declaration is not attached to the clerk's seal as required
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F Waugh
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No. 7879
Thomas Harlow
Tennessee


Rejected - see let:
of the 6 March 1833
to T. A. R. Nelson
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REJECTED

4615.

P.O.
Thomas Harlow

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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Rejected
see letter 6 March " 33
to T. A. R. Nelson
Jonesboro:
Tenn


4615
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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                                  Thomas Harlow                                          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?  No
                                                           
   
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 of pension he is entitled?  Yes
                     

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes


IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes


X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  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? two citisens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes

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? Yes 


XIV.+ If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified that he, she ot they are persons of credibility? --

Has the the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? ----


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? No

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

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________mpnths   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.  

†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 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 oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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7879
Sep 24. --- ? 

[Postal Stamp}
JONESBOROUGH
SEPT
17
TE

50
James L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington City
.
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Jonesboro Tenn 14th Sept 1832

James L. Edwards Esq

Sir

Enclosed we send you the af-
fidavit of Thomas  Harlow containing his applica-
tion for a pension.

Any communication you may
have to make on the subject, you will please 
address to us at Elizabethton Tenn, at as early
a period as may be convenient.

Very Respectfully
James P. Taylor
and
Thos A. R. Nelson