Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6845, Charles Finley, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Finley, Charles

NUMBER
S. 6845

Born in Md.
Carded

CONTENTS
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12.170
North Carolina
Charles Finley of Meck.g- in the State of NCar:
who was a pri: in the - commanded by Captain _ of the Regt commanded by Davie - in the NCar line for 6 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Carolina at the rate of 20- Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3- day of April 1833- and with Isaac Alexander. Charlotte NC
Arrears to 4th of March 1833  40-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept-.- 10-
$50-
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 6 page 40-
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Charles Finley
N Carolina

Admit for 6mo at
private $20-
Maj Davie N.C.
from 1780
10928
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Brief in the case of Charles Finley Co. of Mecklenburg in the State of 
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or Judge?  In court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period   In 1780 volunteers       Duration of service.   Years,     Months,   14  Days         Rank. As a     Private             Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.     Major Davie

Period  in 1780        Duration of service. Years,    3 Months,     Days            Rank. As a   private               Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.    Capt Foster

Period    1781 drafted      Duration of service. Years,  3  Months,     Days            Rank. As a  privat        Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.   .........

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle Hanging Rock
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Mecklenburg  N. Carolina
7. Is his statement supports by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  [illegible]
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence int he case above mentioned.
[signed] George Taylor  Examining clerk
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10,328.
Charles Finley







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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County   }   Court of Pleas and quarter sessions August Term 1832

On this 31st day of August 1832 personally appeared [crossed out- in] before the Justices of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Mecklenburg County and state aforesaid open and held for said county on the first Monday of August 1832 which court is now in session Charles Finley a resident of said county and state aged about seventy four years being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed the 7th June 1832 that he was born in the year 1758 in the State of Maryland Frederick County the record of his age having lost, has no other evidence except his memory he  removed from Maryland in the year 1763 into this county where he has lived ever since. The first of his entering into the army was under Maj William R. Davie, I joined him as a volunteer at Crawford ont he Waxaif creek scouted about the country for two weeks and then returned home soon after that , joined Gen Sumter near Landsford on the Catawba river, from thence to the Hanging rock where he fought the British and Tories I think this was in the year 17[illegible] in this trouble I was two weeks out, soon after this I was taken prisoner by the Tories and taken to Charlotte where the British army lay commanded by Cornwallis, I was released in a few days and returned home. The next service I joined Captain Foster as a volunteer for a three months tour in 1740 or what amounted to a three months tour scouted about the country between [illegible] and [illegible] [ illegible] and the lower end of this county the next service I was drafted for a three months tour to go to Wilmington this was in the year 1784, n all I have served seven months in the armies of the revolution was regularly discharged but have no documentary evidence of it.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annutiy except the present and he declares that his name is not upon the pension roll of any agency in the state
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid } Charles Finley
We Thomas Downs and Charles Alexander [crossed out - illegible] do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Finly who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to e seventy four 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  and [crossed out-Charles] Thomas Downs further certifies he knows the fact that he was in the Battle of Hargis Rock - and that he was in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war- and as to his character there can be no doubt. [signed] Thomas Downs   Charles Alexander
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid.

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 Thomas Downs and Charles Alexander who have signed the preceding the certificate are residents of said county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit [crossed out- sworn to and subscribed to the day and]

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for Mecklenburg and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Findlay for a pension . In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at
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office at Charlotte this 31st day of August 1832.  Isaac Alexander Clerk
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[illegible]MNF
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
Arm

April 16, 1925
M. S. Dewoody
519 West Fifth Ave.,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6845 it appears that Charles Finley was born in 1758 in Frederick County, Maryland.
In 1783 he moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina where he resided when he enlisted in 1780 and served two weeks under Major William R. Davie in the North Carolina Troops.
Soon after, he served another tour of two weeks and was at the battle of Hanging Rock, and shortly after that was taken prisoner by the Tories, taken to Charlotte and released in a few days.
He enlisted again in 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Foster's North Carolina Company.
He enlisted in 1781 and served three months in a tour to Wilmington, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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August 31, 1832 while living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name of Maryland found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Date of death not on AB
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F.W.
Rev. War Section

November 29, 1912.

Miss Nelle Hendrick,
Box 12, 
Jackson, Ga.

Madam:
      In response to our letter dated the 22" and received the 23" instant, you are herewith furnished the history of Charles Finley, Sur. File No. 6845. Rev. War. and advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fails to afford any information in regard to William Finley or Findley, described by you.
     You are further advised that in order to identify the claims of other Revolutionary War soldiers named Finley or Findley, their Christian names are essential, together with some of the following data: names of some officers under whom they served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given names of their widows.
Very respectfully,
 [illegible]
Commissioner
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[left side of page]
1912, Nov. 29. History to 
Miss Nelle Hendricks   FM

1925- April 16- Hist to M.S. Dewoody

[right side of page]
6845
Revy War  INVALID

File No.  6845
Charles Finley
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol 1st, Page 124

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Jackson, Ga.
Nov. 22, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
My dear sir,
Kindly give Me any information you can regarding William and Charles Findley or Finley - They were soldiers in the American Revolution. They lived in Mecklinburg County North Carolina - They afterwards came to Georgia. Anything
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regarding them or any other Findleys or Finleys who served in the Revolution would be gratefully accepted.
Very truly,
Miss Nelle Hendrick,
Box 12.
Jackson, Ga.
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519 W. 5th Ave.
Pine Bluff. Ark.
Frby 23-1925

Comissioner
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you Kindly send me a copy or extract of the Revolutionary service of Chas Finley? Fenley.? of Pr. geo. Co. Md. also of Ebsworth Bayne, of Pr. geo. Co. Md. whose will shows that he died abt 1793- will prove[illegible]
11-26-1793 -

Thanking you in advance.
Yours Truly,
Mary S. Dewoody.

[Stamp that reads:] PENSION
II. FEB 26 1925 S.
OFF CE
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In reply to your request of [line left blank], received [line left blank] for a statement of the military history of Charles Finley soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on files in this Bureau. S. 6845.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.
CAPTAIN. COLONEL.
1780. 2 wks. Pri. (Check mark symbol.) Major Wm. R. Davie. N.C.
(A sort of star mark) Soon after. 2 (ditto mark) Names of officers not stated.
1780. 3 mos. Foster (Check mark symbol)
1781 3 (ditto mark) names of officers not stated.

Battles engaged in, (a sort of star mark) Hanging Rock.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 31, 1832. His cl. was. al.
Residence at date of application, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.
Age at date of application, Born 1758, Frederick Co., Md.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
The above is the only Charles Finley (or Findley) of N.C. found in the Rev. War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
6 — 2856 Commissioner.