Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2515, Joseph Darnall, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.
Born in Va.

Darnall, Joseph

NUMBER
S.2515
carded

CONTENTS
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North Carolina 12.536
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Joseph Darnall
Stokes in the State of No. Car.
who was a pri. in the company commanded
by Captain Bostick of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Armstrong in the North Car.
Line for 6 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
... the rate of 20 Dollars ----Cents per annum,
... commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day pf May '33
... and sent Hon. A. H. ....herd. Germantown C. H. No. Ca.
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Arrears to the 4th of March '33 --        40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "    10
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                                                             $50
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          {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
...corded by William Miller Clerk, 
...k E.   Vol. 6.   Page 38
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8792
Pension Claim
Jospeh Darnal
aged 82 years,
Served in N.C.
Militia 9 months
under Capt. Bostich
& others
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Return answer to 
Salem Stokes Co. N.C.
R. Murchison att. for app.
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8792
Pension Claim
Jospeh Darnal
aged 82 years,
Served in N.C.
Militia 9 months
under Capt. Bostich
& others
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Return answer to
Salem Stokes Co. N.C.
R. Murchison att. for app.
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State of North Carolina}  Court of Pleas and quarter
          County of Stokes}  sessions Sept. Term 1832

On this the 13th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the justices of the court aforesaid, now sitting Joseph Darnall, a resident of Stokes County aforesaid and State of North Carolina aforesaid, aged about eighty-two 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 the 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz.: That he was born in the county of Faquier [sic: Fauquier] in the State of Virginia in the year (as near as he can ascertain) of our Lord 1750. That he has no record of his age. That he entered the service in Surry County in the State of North Carolina, in June in the year 1780, that he there lived in the said county of Surry, has lived there ever since the revolutionary war, and still lives in Stokes County which at that time formed a part of Surry County aforesaid. That he served in the North Carolina Militia being drafted as aforesaid, the company commanded by Capt. Absalum [sic: Absolom] Bostick, under Col. Armstrong, & was placed under Gen. Rutherford & marched to Cheraw Hills S.C. where we joined the army under Gen. Gates. That he the said Joseph Darnall, was not immediately in the Battle when Gates was defeated, being stationed with others at ---- Mills. That he was then taken prisoner and detained for some considerable time. That he at length escaped from the custody of the British and Tories, and (his first tour for which he was drafted being ended) he not long thereafter, but the time not known, entered the service under Gen. Davidson, and having remained in said service for some time, got a discharge from the said Gen. Davidson and came home. That the said discharge he has long since lost. That he has no records or papers whereby he can prove his services. That he is well known to Christopher
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Eaton, by whom he can prove one tour which he the said Joseph Darnall served in the N.C. militia. That he is also well known to Hugh Boyles snr. and Solomon Spainhaur Esq. persons of his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his service. 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 any agency or State. That he is quite destitute of property and very much in need of assistance from his country for which he toiled and fought in the prime of youth.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph [his X mark] Darnall
Jno. Hill. C.C.C.

Christopher Eaton maketh oath that he knows the statement made by Joseph Darnall in the foregoing Declaration, relative to his serving a tour in the North Carolina militia, to be true, for that he the said Christopher Eaton also served in the said tour, under the same officers. Sworn to and acknowledged in that is subscribed by his making his mark in open court the day and year aforesaid.
Christopher [his X mark] Eaton
Jno. Hill. C.C.C.
We Hugh Boyles snr. and Solomon Spainhaur being residents of Stokes County N.C. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Darnall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be about the age of sight two years, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and have never heard it doubted.
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signatures:]
S. Spainhaur
H. Boyles

Jno. Hill C.C.C.

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 stated. And the court futher certifies that is appears to them that Christopher Eaton, Hugh Boyles, and Solomon Spainhaur, (no clergyman conveniently to be had) who signed the preceding certificates are credible persons, residing in the counties of Stokes and Surry, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Wm. Cox JP
John Henry Penniman JP {seal}
W. C. Cole J.P.

I, John Hill Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Stokes in the state of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Darnall for a pension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this the 13th day of September 1832. 
Jno. Hill C.C.C.
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State of North Carolina }
              Stokes County }
Be it known that on the 15th day of March A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me Charles Banner a justice of Court of Please and quarter session in and for the said county of Stokes Joseph Darnall who has sworn to and subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made oath in due form of Law, that from great age and the consiquent[sic] loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the whole length of time he served the United States as a Revolutionary soldier - but that he served as a private soldier under the officers mentioned in the declaration aforesaid in the year 1780, for six months at the least, he thinks it was considerably more, but for the said six months he claims a pension for services as a private militia man. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid by making his mark
Joseph [his X mark] Darnall

C Banner JP}  I john Hill Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Stokes do hereby certify that Charles Banner is a Magistrate as above mentioned and that the signature purporting to be his above, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 15th day of March 1833.
Jno. Hill C.C.C.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.                                     ADY

February 9, 1929

Martha Lou Houston,
1441 Second Avenue,
Columbus, Georgia,

Madam:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2515, it appears that Joseph Darnall was born in 1750 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina he enlisted in June 1780 and served as a private in Captain Absalom Bostick's Company, Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina
Regiment, was taken prisoner near Camden and escaped after a considerable time, and not long after this he served under General Davidson, no details given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 13, 1832 while a resident of Stokes (formerly a part of Surry) County, North Carolina.

There are no data on file as to his family.

This is the history of the only Joseph Darnall or Darnell found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
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Said records fail to afford any information in regard to any Jacob Awtry or Autry.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev. War      2515
INVALID

File No. 2515.
Joseph Darnall
Privt Rev War
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Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. A. Page 89.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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{1923.Nov. 6 - Hist.- to Mrs. Willis J. Cates. MMHF.
{Letter incl. S.3312 of Jacob Bledsoe.
1924-Aug.21- Mrs. W. J. Cates advised no fam. data and the only soldiers of that name. MMHF
1927 Apr 19-Hist to Lillian M. Cain - MMHF
1929 Feb.9. Hist. to Martha Lou Houston. ADY
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Joseph Darnall
Joseph Darnall

Admit as a private
for 6 months $20.00

Amended
A W Shepherd



Hon. A. [?] Shepherd
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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
Joseph Darnall    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 as
signed 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 amount of pension he is entitled? No
noted on the back of the papers 9 months
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? Citizens
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?
has one witness to part of service
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, or they are persons of credibility? yes
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? yes
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? ansd [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."
attend to the form of the above affidavit
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 authenticated 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 end 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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Aug 1-1924
Commissioner of
Bureau of Pensions --
Washington D.C

My dear Sir

On record there you have 1 Joseph Darnall S 2515 --
who enlisted for Surry Co. N.C. Is there anything among his
record, that gives any family data. I want to find out
-- If he was a married man
-- who if any, were his children
His brothers names
-- Also want to know if any other Joseph Darnall on record there from North or South Carolina - ?
Will greatly appreciate the above information --
Very sincerely
Mrs. W. J. Cates
1637 York Ave -- Memphis, Tenn.
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[postcard address side:]
{Postmark:} Saint Matthews S.C. Feb. 14 6 P.M.
(This side of card for address)
Pension Bureau
Washington DC

Rev. Pensions
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St Matthews, S.C..
Feb. 14, 1927 -
Pension Bureau:
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly let me know if
John Thomas Curtis of Ga. drew a pension
for Revolutionary War Service?
Also, Godfrey Kersh. of Charleston S.C.
Randall McPherson of Pee Dee Sec. S.C.
and John or Joseph Darnall of Va?
and oblige
Lillian M Cain
St. Matthews, S.C.

neg. searched
by MCS
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MISS MARTHA LOU HOUSTON
144 SECOND AVENUE
COLUMBUS, GA.                        May 19, 1928.
{stamp: U.S. Pension Office F May 25 1928}
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I am trying to trace eligibility to D.A.R. membership for a woman
descended from Jacob Awtry (Autry) ^Rev. Sol.^ of N. C. His dau.
Mary Autry md Joseph Darnell son of (prob) Joseph Darnell a Rev.
soldier of N.C. The Awtreys and Darnells came to Ga. Will you
give me information on this line?
Yours truly,
Martha Lou Houston
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section                                 MMHF

                                                        April 9, 1827
Lillian M. Cain
St. Matthews, S. C.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S.2515 it appears that Joseph
Darnall was born in 1750 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina he enlisted
in June 1780 and served as a private Inn[sic] Captain Absalom
Bostick's Company, Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina Regiment,
was taken prisoner near Camden and escaped after a considerable
time, and not long after this he served under General Davidson,
no details given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
13, 1832 while a resident of Stokes (formerly a part of
Surry) County, North Carolina.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section                                  MMHF

                                                             August 21, 1924

Mrs. W. J. Cates
1637 York Ave.,
Memphis, Tenn.

Madam:

I have to advise you that the pension claim S.2515
of Joseph Darnall is the only claim for any soldier
named Joseph Darnall found on the Revolutionary War records
of this Bureau, in which papers there is no family
data whatever.

Respectfully,

[unsigned] 

Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section                           MMHF

                                                      November 6, 1923

Mrs. Willis J. Cates
Dyersburg, Tenn.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S.2515 it appears
that Joseph Darnall was born in 1750 in Fauquier County,
Virginia.

While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina
in June 1780 he enlisted and served as a private in
Captain Absalom Bostick's Company, Colonel Armstrong's
North Carolina Regiment, was taken prisoner near Camden
and escaped after a considerable time, and not
long after this he served under General Davidson, no
details given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 13, 1832 while a resident of Stokes formerly a part of Surry County), North Carolina. There is no family data on file.

Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissioner.

[handwritten note:]
Date of death not on A. B.
Miss Nilson said not use the
"six mos." that soldier gave.