Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16393, David Gresham, S.C.
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S.C.  Gresham, David    S.16393
         or
          Greasham

Bonninltar
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Georgia 23.287- 1884 July.
David Greshamm
Fandy in the State of Ga
Who was a Private - in the _ commanded
Captain - of the Regiment commanded
by Col Hopkins in the Is Ca
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Gorgia
it the rate of 20. Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of December 33. 
and Lrudu Hori I.J.
Foster. 

Arrears to the 4th of July 1833- 50
Semi-anl. allowance ending mar 34 10-
$60-
Revolutionary Claim,
Aop June 7, 1832.
Recorded by ath Rice

Book E Vol. 6 Page 91-
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David Gresham application 23453
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress,
passed 7th June 1832.
State of Georgia
Troup County. On the fourteenth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally applied in Opwn Court before the Inferior Court now sitting.  The same being a Court of Record, David Gresham, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy seven years, who first being duly sworn according to low, 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.   I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the State of South Carolina at York Court house in the Militia under Captain Samuel Lasey, {inserted} Major Baker his given name, not recalled, the date, month and say not recollected, but was in cool weather, and to the best of my recollection, the time I entered the service of the United States, was about four years before the battle fought at the Eutaw 
Springs in South Carolina.  From York Court house, we marched to the fish dam ford in Broad River, there we were engagement with the Tories.  From there we marched into North Carolina to a place called Cowpens, we were there ordered out from thence by General Morgan against the Tories to a place called Mobley's settlement in South Carolina under Capt Gray---his given name not recollected, from thence we march down to the High Hills of Santee in pursuit of the Tories all applicable to the order of General Morgan as before, from thence we marched back into North Carolina and joined General Morgan's army at which time we were discharged by General Morgan; which discharged _____.last   and when we returned home there was a call to go against the Tories when I volunteered under Captain Lasey, Major Baker, Colonel Hopkins and General Lasey and from that period I was in Capt Lasey's company --who
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for about a year, had several scouts, after the Tories, sometimes in South south Carolinea and North Carolina - untill some time before the battle faught (sic)at the Euteau (sic) Spring. We joined General Greens Army at Hindsborough South Carolina (inserted) at that place and time there was a call for every Eleventh Militia man.  When my self being one of the men called out to against the Tories.  When I was marched under Capt Samuel Lacey in scouts up and down Broad river, when we took a nomber of Tories and brought them into Camp, and returned them over to Gen Green and who was kept on a scouts untill the Battle was faught at Eutau Spring.  Then we were orderd to march and join General Green's Army at Charleston, which we did there we were discharged by General Green which discharge I have lost.  The full time I served the United States was from years on upward.  I never bore any commission in the service of the Untied States but served all the time as a soldier.
     I hereby relinquish 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.  Swornto, and subscribed, the day and year aforsaid in open court.

David D. Gresham (signature)
Oliver P. Fears. atty

We, Henry Perkins, a clergyman, residing in the county of Troup and Nicholas Johnson residing in the same county, hereby cirtify (sic) that we are well acquainted with David Gresham and Horatio S. Whitfield who subscribed and sworn to_____declaration: that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid in
Open Court.

Henry Perkins  N.D.M (signature)
Nicholas Johnson (signature)
Horatio S. Whitfield (signature)
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And we the said Court do hereby declare This opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 Henry Perkins who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Troup, and that Nicholas Johnson [inserted] & Herratio S. Whitfield who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County of Troup, and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit. 
S/ Joel D. Newsom J.I.C.
S/ James Culberson J.I.C.
S/ Daniel Evans J.I.C. 

Georgia
Troup County
Clerk office Inferior Court
I Oliver P Fears, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Troup County, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ongoing proceeding of the Said Court, in the Matters of application of David Gresham for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixing the Seal of Office this 14th day of January 1833~
Oliver P Fears  Clerk C.
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State of Georgia Troup County } S.S.

On this the Twenty fourth day of June in the year Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Nine, personally appeared in open court before the Hernosala Inferior Court, Mrs. Setnig.. David Greasham a resident of said state and county, age seventy eight years old, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declarations in order to obtain the Benefits of the provisions of an act of Congress passing June 7 1832,
 
Answer to the first Interrogatory ~ he was Born in the County of Halifax in the State of Virginia the 15th day of June 1755.
Answer to the 2 Interrogatory : ~ he has the record of his age only his memory ~ his service was by his Father recorded, but Said Record was after was Destroyed by the Tories ~
Answer to the 3 Int., ~ He served in the County of Fairfield in the State of South Carolina. When I was called into the Service of the United States, from thence to the County of Baldwin in the State of Georgia from thence to Jasper from thence to Pike County and from thence to the County of Troup. Where he now resides.
Answer to 4th Ints, ~ he entered the service of the United States under Capt. Smule [Samuel] Lacey, Col. Hopkins, Genl. Lacey, Volunteering for 12 Months, but were not sure the whole time, the first term of expedition was under the above named officers- from the County of Fairfield in South Carolina against the Tories. at a place called the Fish Dam Ford on Broad River, where we hurting an engagement with the Tories, from thence we marched to a place called Mobleys Meeting House, on Broad River which specified term of Service continuing and lasting for the term & space of three months, - the deponents was
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was then discharge by Genl [General] Lacey - which has been Lost or destroyed. This deponent does not now recollect, what year it was or which day or month it was.
The Second Tour this deponent Volunteered under the command of Col. Hopkins, Capt Lacey, & Genl Lacey and rendezvoused at Wynsborough [Winnsboro], in the County of Fairfield in the State of South Carolina, this deponent was sent out under Captain Lacey after the Tories on Heigh [High] Hills of the Santee, and after the Battle Eutaw Springs we then again Joined the Army, under the Command of the above named officers, and from thence we marched forth Charleston South Carolina, in present of the British and while at Charleston the deponent was discharged. which discharged was signed by Capt Lacey and Genl Lacey, this Second specified Term of the Service lasted for the term of Three Months, - The day month nor year not recollected by this deponent, 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a portion or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of the State.-
Sworn to Subscribe in Open Court-
S/ Oliver Porter Fears ClkC
S/ David Greasham (his mark)

Mr. Henry Perkins a clergyman residing in the County of Troup. and William W Carlisle residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Gresham. who was Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we Believe him to be Seventy Eight years of age. and that he is reputed and believed in his
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The neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in this opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed in open court. 
S/ Oliver Porter Fears
S/ Henry Perkins V.D.M.
S/ William W Carlisle

And we the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories 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 Henry Perkins who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, residing in the County of Troup, and that William W Carlisle who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County of Troup, and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit. 
S/ Edm.d [Edmond] L. Harris J.I.C.
S/ Joel D. Newsom J.I.C.
S/ Daniel Evans J.I.C. 

Georgia
Troup County
Clerk office Inferior Court
I Oliver Porter Fears, Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ongoing proceeding of the Court, in the Matters of application of David Gresham for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixing the Seal of Office this 24th day of June 1833~
Oliver Porter Fears Clk C.
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No 23453
David Gresham
Troup County
Georgia 

[Faintly] Re
Admit as a Private
6 mos. $20-

d. e m

Hon J F Foster 
H.R.

[All crossed-out]:
O P Fears Clk
La Grange
Troup Co
Georgia
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

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 an the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (this: } ). 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 David Gresham. Troup County Georgia
________________________________________________
Period when the service was rendered: 
Vol notated    |     Vol about 1
Duration of the Claimant's service:
Years:
Months: 3 (Vol notated)  |   3 (Vol about 1)
Days: Time not stated
Rank of the Claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.: 
Majr Baker
Capt Lasey [Lacey]
Col Hopkin [Hopkins]
Genrl Lasey [Lacey]
Genrl Morgan
Captn Gray
Majr Baker
Col Hopkins
Genrl Lasey
Genrl Greensarny
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.:
77 years York C. House S. Carolina 
Proof by which the declaration is supported.:
Traditional evidence

[Inserted note] He states his full service to be four years indefinite

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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.  
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 }  SS.
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 this 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 State 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 term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or country 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 an 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 of 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 self 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 Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the _______________and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________________, who has subscribed 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 the ___________ 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 his 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 throw 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 investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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
officer 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 enormity; 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. The 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
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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 ex-
Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
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 haws become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, an d 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 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 a
mount 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 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."
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 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.
[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 affix 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 manne4r 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.
[Pointing finger symbol] The notes from [a} to [Illegible] 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 written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section

MCS:MLB [illegible]

May 27, 2930

Hon. Robert Ramspeck
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Ramspeck:

Reference is made to your letter of May 22, relative to information desired by Mrs. Ella Harris Wimbish, 1052 Washita Avenue, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia.

In reply, you are advised that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16393, it appears that Davis Gresham was born June 15, 1755 in Halifax County, Virginia.

While a resident of Fairfield County, South Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served three months as a private in Captains Samuel Lacey's and Gray's Companies in Colonel David Hopkins' South Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Fish Dam Ford.

In 1781 he served three months in Captain Samuel Lacey's Company of Colonel David Hopkins's Regiment.

After the Revolution he lived in Baldwin, Jasper, Pike and Troup Counties, Georgia. There are no data relative to his family.

The above noted is a history of the only soldier by the name of David Gresham that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and said records fail to show any information in regard to any Davis Gresham.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
David Gresham  S. F. 16393

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Rank | Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered | Captain | Colonel | State

1780 | 3 mos. | Pvt. | Samuel Lacey 
Gray | David Hopkins | S. C.

1781 | 3 mos. |   |  Samuel Lacey | Hopkins

Battles engaged in, Fish Dam Ford*
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield Co. S.C.
Date of application for pension, January 14, 1833, His [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Troup Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, b. in Halifax Co. Va. June 15, 1755
Remarks: [checkmark]

* This battle was fought Nov. 9, 1780
Very respectfully,

Commissioner

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16393
INVALID

File No. 16393
David Gresham
or
Greasham
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 443
{Arrangement of 1870.}
1912 Mch. 29 Hist to
Mrs. Harry Moore V.L.M.
1930 May 27 hist to
Hon. Robt. Ramspeck
for Mrs. Ella Harris
Wimbish [illegible]
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[Heading]
Robert Ramspeck
5th Dist. Georgia
421 House Office Bldg.
Home Address:
Decatur, Georgia

Thomas L. Camp 
Secretary
Committees:
Claims
Labor
Civil Service

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

May 22, 1930

Mr. E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Morgan: --

I am handing you herewith a letter received from Mrs. Ella Harris Wimbish, 1052 Washita Avenue, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia, which has reference to two Revolutionary Soldiers, Davis Gresham and David Gresham.

It will be greatly appreciated if you will refer this to the proper division of your Bureau, and have me advised of any record there may be.

Thanking you, and with my continued good wishes, I am

Sincerely yours,
Robert Ramspeck [signature]
M. C.

R--c

[Stamp] Deputy Commissioner May 23 1930
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32 East Ave
Atlanta, Ga
Mch 23 - 1912

Commissioner of Pensions - 
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you please
let me have the Revolutionary
record of the Pensioners
David Gresham of
Troup Co. Ga in 1833 and
Jordan Holcomb of Pickens
Co. S. C. in 1840, and
greatly oblige.
Yours Very Truly, 
Mrs. Harry Moore,
32 East Ave.
Atlanta, Ga

[Stamp] U.S. Pension Office Mar 25 1912
Page 19

S.E.
1052 Washita Ave
Atlanta Ga
Mch 28th 1930
Will you please give me what record
you have of the service of the two
Revolutionary Solders, named below,
Davis Gresham & David Gresham
I will greatly appreciate an early
reply.
Resp
Mrs E. L. Wimbish

[Stamp] U.S. Pension Office Mars 31 1930