Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4313, Nicholas Hale, N.C.
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N.C.

Hale, Nicholas

S 4313

Carded
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7411
West Tennessee
Nicholas Hale of Davidson in the state of W. Tenn who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Sevier of the Rgt commanded by Col. Robertson in the N Ca line for 6 mo
N.C. Line Records CK Mar 29 '04
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tenn at the rate of 20 Dollars ... Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of April 1833 and sent to J K Wharton Nashville Tenn
Arrears to the 4th of March 40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
50.00
Revolutionary Claim.
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol 9 Page 82
Settled to 3rd Auditor 1 Sept 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1839
Agt notified 11th Sept 1840
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18834
Nicholas Hale
Pension claim
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On this 27th day of October 1832 personally 
appeared in open court Nicholas Hale before
the Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting for the county of Davidson, and in the State of Tennessee, 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, & served as herein stated-- I was drafted in the year 1780, Sometime in June in July, in a company commanded by Capt. Sevier, belonging to a single regiment commanded by Colonel Robertson in Washington County North Carolina, under their command I marched across Yellow mountain to the Cherokee
ford of Broad river, from thence to Thicketty Creek where was a fort in the possession of the Tories which surrendered to us, and then hearing that some Tories were approaching
marched to meet them, & then I was sent back
with express to Colonel McDowell, & after the battle with the Tories, I returned I was dismissed having served three months--in the same County & state in October 1781, I was drafted again in a company commanded by Captain Carter, in a single regiment under the command of Colonel Shelby & we then marched to South Carolina, by the high hills of
Santee, where we joined General Marion, we 
encamped with Marion a while, & then under his command then marched to Thompsons House where we took upwards of a hundred british prisoners, & from thence we marched
back to Santee & then we were dismissed-- 
having served three months--
I have no documentary evidence--
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension
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or annuity except the present, & declare that
my name is not on the roll of the agency of any State.

Nicholas Hale

Sworn to and subscribed in open court
October 17 1832

Test. Henry Ewing Clerk of
Davidson County Court

I testify that I was in the Service & was acquainted with Nicholas Hale, & that he was in service in the revolutionary war and that
I believe his Statement to be true--

William Anderson

State of Tennessee
Davidson County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said Cty Oct 1832

We Robert Heaton residing in the County of Davidson and state of Tennessee and Isaac Watkins residing in the same certify that we are well acquainted with Nicholas Hale, who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration & that we believe him to be a man of integrity and veracity, & that we believe him to be near seventy years of age that he is believed & reputed to in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in the same opinion--

Robert Heaton
Isaac Watkins

Sworn to and Subscribed in open court
October 27th 1832

Test. Henry Ewing Clerk
of Davidson County Court

State of Tennessee
Davidson County

Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of said County October Term A.D. 1832
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting  the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a Soldier of the Revolution
and served as he states. And the court further certifies that they know that Robert Heaton who has signed a preceding certificate is a clergyman in the County and State aforesaid and Isaac Watkins who has also signed
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a Certificate is a resident of said county and that they are respectable persons and
that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit

Signed in open court October 27th 1832

Will Williams
I. Whatson
E F Connell

State of Tennessee
Davidson County   S.S.

I Henry Ewing clerk of the court of pleas and quarter Sessions for said county do hereby certify to whom it may concern that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application
of Nicholas Hale for a pension

[A Seal appeared to have been placed here with no verbageor imprinting]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said court to be also affixed at office in Nashville on this 27th day of October A.D. 1832

Henry Ewing
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18,831
West
Nicholas Hale, of Davidson County, Tennessee

from 1780 private
6 months
$20.
Sevier
Robertson
Va

J.K Wharton, Agent,
Nashville, Tennessee
Carthage [crossed out]
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BRIEF in the case of Nicholas Hale, County of Davidson, in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [no response]
3. How old is he? [no response]
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

| Period | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
| Drafted in 1780 | 3 months | Pr. |  Col. Robertson, Capt Sevier |
| Drafted 1781 | 3 months | Pr. | Col Shelby, Capt. Carter, joined Gen Marion |

5. In what battles was he engaged?  None.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [no response]
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?  Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

W. R. Turner, Examining Clerk.
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July 27, 1933
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John Hale-S. 1765
Nicholas Hale-S. 4313
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. J. B. Pleasants
1186 Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

John Hale-S. 1765

He was born in the year 1753 or 1754 in Bedford County, Virginia, the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Bedford County, John Hale enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia troops, as follows-
In 1776, six months in Captain Harry Bluford's company, marched to the Cherokee Nation and to Long Island on Holston River; in the fall of the next year, three months in Captain Charlles Watkins' company; two tours of three months each in Captain Charles Morgan's company, first tour under Colonel Crockett and second tour under Colonel Campbell; three tours of three months each and one tour of two months, under Captains Baird, Ewen Logwood, Leftwich and Smith, there are no specific dates of service given he stated that his last tour was about the time of the battle of Guilford Court House.
After the Revolution he moved to Wythe County, Virginia, there a few months, to Greene County Tennessee, to Washington County, Tennessee, to Blount County, Tennessee, and finally to Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
The soldier, John Hale, was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1833, then a resident of Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
There are no date in this claim relative to
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family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possible the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Hale, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
John Hale
Certificate No. 13574
Issued May 24, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
East Tennessee Agency.
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Nicholas Hale- S. 4313
The date and place of birth of Nicholas Hale are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Nicholas Hale enlisted in Washington County, North Carolina, sometime in June or July, 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Sevier's company, Colonel Robertson's North Carolina regiment, marched to the Cherokee Ford of Broad River, took a fort on Thicketty Creek, and went with an express to Colonel McDowell. He enlisted sometime in October, 1781 and served three months in Captain Carter's company, Colonel Shelby's regiment and took about one hundred British prisoners at "Thompsons House".
The soldier, Nicholas Hale, was allowed pension on his application executed October 27, 1832 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He died November 8, 1842.
There are no family data in this claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Lewis Cass Esq
Secretary of War
Washington City
District of Columbia
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Nashville Novr 16th 1832

Dear Sir

Having been employed by several 
Revolutionary soldiers to attend to their claims, I have to beg the favor of your to write to me
in relation to them, whether they are sufficient
in form and substance, or wherein any of 
them are deficient and what amendments
are necessary---The names of those individuals
whose claims are enclosed have long been
Known in Nashville, and they are generally
believed to be worthy and estimable citizens--
Some of them are very poor, and almost
in want of the necessaries of life.  It is
therefore with the greatest desire for
their success, that, I lay the enclosed claims
before you, & I shall wait in anxious suspense
to learn the result.
Any information you may think proper
to give on this subject will be thankfully
received by

Your Obt. Servt.

J.R. Wharton

Lewis Cass Esq.
Secretary of War
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Nicholas Hale  which require further proof or explanation.
[none of these questions are answered]
 I. DOES THE DECLARATION SHOW SHERE THE APPLICANT RESIDES?
II. DID THE DECLARENT MAKE THE DECLARATION IN THE COUNTRY WHERE HE RESIDES?
III.  IF THE APPLICANT DID NOT MAKE THE DECLARATION IN THE COUNTRY WHERE HE RESIDES, IS THERE ANY RESON ASSIGNED FOR HIS NOT DOING SO?
IV.   HAS THE DECLARANT MENTIONED THE PERIOD OR PERIODS OF THE WAR WHEN HE SERVED?
V.    *HAS HE MENTIONED WIYH 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?
VI.    HAS HE GIVEN THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS UNDER WHOM HE SERVED, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE REGULATIONS?
VII.    HAS HE MADE A RELINQUISHMENT OF EVERY CLAIM TO ANY OTHER  PENSION THAN THE ONE UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7,1832?
VIII.    HAS THE COURT GIVEN THEIR OPINION?
IX.   HAS THE CLERK GIVEN HIS CERTIFICATE?
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?
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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?
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
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?
ing it?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 123
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  and
days, I served as a -------; and for such service I claim a pension.
months
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly 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 head or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the 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 officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 30, 1840.

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," Nicholas Hale, ----
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville Ten Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at his Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
                         Respectfully yours,
                          Albion J E. Parris
                               Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                                          Present.
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July 22, 1937

Nicholas Hale
S. 4313
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. S. L. West 
Memphis 
Missouri

Dear Madam:

The data relative to Nicholas furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 4313, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

Nicholas Hale enlisted in Washington County, North Carolina, sometime in June or July, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Servier's company, Colonel Robertson's North Carolina regiment, marched to the Cherokee Ford of Broad River, assisted in taking a fort on Thicketty Creek, and went with an express to Colonel McDowell. He enlisted sometime in October, 1781, served three months in Captain Carter's company, Colonel Shelby's regiment and assisted in capture about one hundred British [unreadable] soldiers [handwritten] "Thompsons House.

He was allowed Pension on his application executed October 27, 1832 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He died November 8, 1842.

The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the solder.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
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of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following date"

Nicholas Hale
Certificate # 7411
Issued April 9, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commended March 4,1831
Act of June 7,  1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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                                              July 21, 1937
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                                              BA-J/EEL

Mrs. S.L. West
Memphia
Missouri

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nicholas Hale, Meshach Haile or Hale and John Slavin.
     Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War date and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war.
     The record of Nicholas Hale, S.4313, is furnished you here-with.

                             Very truly yours


                              A. D. HILLER
                              Executive Assistant
                              to the Administrator.
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October 23, 1936

Nicholas Hale-S.4313
BA-J/AWF

Ruth Hall
5406 Vanderbilt
Dallas, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Jonas Hale of Bertie County, North Carolina, later lived in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and Nicholas Hale of North Carolina, later lived in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office
are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Jonas Hale or Hail.

The data relative to Nicholas Hale furnished
herein were obtained from pension claim, S.4313, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

Nicholas Hale enlisted in Washington County,
North Carolina, sometime in June or July, 1730 and served three months as private in Captain Sevier's company, Colonel Robertson's North Carolina regiment, marched to the Cherokee Ford of Broad River, assisted in taking a fort on Thicketty Creek, and went with an express to Colonel McDowell. He enlisted sometime in
October, 1781, served three months in Captain Carter's company, Colonel Shelby's regiment and assisted in capturing about one hundred British prisoners at
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"Thompsons House".

The soldier, Nicholas Hale, was allowed pension on his application executed October 27, 1832 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He died November 8, 1842.

The papers in this claim contain no family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following:

Nicholas Hale
Certificate # 7411
Issued April 9, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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                                     Memphis, Mo.
                                     June 23,1937.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:
     Have you on file any record of service of Meshach Haile (or Hale) who resided in Greene Co, Tennessee after the Revolutionary War.  I have been informed that he served in the Revolutionary War.  Thanking you for your cooperation,
                                     Respectfully,
                                     Mrs. S. L. West.

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RECEIVED JUN 26 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV [ILLEGIBLE] # 37 [Time indicated by arrow: 12:15]
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                                   Memphis, Mo.
                                   June 14,1937.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:
     Could you inform me if you have any records of service of John Slavin, a Revolutionary soldier who resided in Garrard County, Kentucky in 1840, and was 83 yrs. of age at that time.

                                    Respectfully,
                                             Mrs. S.L. West

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RECEIVED JUN 16 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV [ILLEGIBLE] # 37 [Time indicated by arrow: 3:30]
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                                      Memphis. Mo.
                                      June 4, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:
     Could you inform me if you have any record of service in the Revolutionary War of Nicholas Hale.  He served from that territory which is now Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.  Thanking you for your cooperation,
                                      Respectfully,
                                            Mrs. S.L. West.

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RECEIVED JUN 7 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER # 7 [Time indicated by arrow: 3:30]
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                                   5406 Vanderbilt.
                                   Dallas, Texas.
                                   Sept. 26, 1936.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

     Will you please send me the Revolutionary War pension record of the following:
          Jonas Hail (Hale) who resided in Bertie Co. N.C. in 1790.  He was possibly in Brunswick C. Va. previous to living in N.C.  At a later date he possibly lived in Rutherford Co. Tenn.  All family data you can give will be greatly appreciated.
          Nicholas Hale, a private in N.C. Militia-was pensioned April 9, 1833.  Was living in Davidson Co. Tenn. in 1840.  If parentage and wife's name given please state.  Also children's names.
          Thanking you in advance.

                                            Yours truly,
                                                    Ruth Hall

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RECEIVED SEP 28 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS.ADM. READER # 29 [Time indicated by arrow: 12:30]
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4313.
INVALID
Rev War
---
File No. 4313
Nicholas Hale
Pvt. Va. line
---
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]
N.C. Line. Records corrected Mar 29 '04
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1933 - July 27 - best to Mrs. J. S. Pleasants - see
letters in John Hale S. 1765 Aug.
1936 - Oct 23 - best to Ruth Hall Aug.
1937 - July 22 - " " Mrs. S. L. West Aug.