Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4222, for Solomon Mitchell, Maryland
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Md.
Mitchell, Solomon
S4222
N.C.

Born in Md.
Carded
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26570
West Tennessee
Solomon Mitchell of Summera in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the ___?___ commanded by Captain Roberts of the regt. commanded by Col Eweld in the N. Carolina line for 6 months.

Md. and N.C. Line Records corrected

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee Apr 9 '04 at the rate of 20 Dollars ----cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of March 1834 and Nov 12  
Peyton _______?_________
Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending $ Sept 10.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832                                                          _____
                                                          $70.00
Recorded by Danl. Boyd, Clerk,
Book C   Vol. 7   Page 93

See letter 6
Oct 36 to Pen agt. 
do to Pensioner & ____ Nov. 19 , 1836
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20070

Sol. Mitchell
C___

(e)

D.M. Saunders
Gallatin T
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War Department, 
Pension Office, May 10, 1833


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 tablular 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 and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you 2ill find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). 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, shewing the Service of Solomon Mitchell, Sumner Co. T

Period when the service was rendered : 
Vol. 1777

Duration of the claimant's service: 3 years

Rank of the claimant : Pr

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Robertson

Names and Rank of the General Field officers: Col. Eweld

Battles in which the applicant was engaged: None

Country through which he marched: Md. Va. N.C.

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Dorchester, Md., 71

Evidence by which the declaration is supported:.  Grady

The time for which the applicant was in actual service can only be taken into the account, He was a minute man subject to be called out at any time, but his being so subject to do duty does not constitute a claim for the whole time. That description of troops would sometimes be out for 5, 10, and sometimes 30 days at a time and this only when the enemy were in the neighborhood.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions

The applicant is in an error in supposing that he was in actual service three years. From a knowledge of the history of those times and information in the possession of the department it is well known that he could not have been in actual service in the field for more than one year if for that length of time. His claim cannot be allowed. Nov. 11, '33
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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. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 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 this 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 his 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 States 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 county 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 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 seal 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 day 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 office, this day of &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it 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 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 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 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 of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis 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 mouths 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 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. The notes from [a] to [j] 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 be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

W.L. Williams [illegible] Ex Clerk
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
State of Tennessee }
Sumner County ⎬ on this the 12th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for said County now in session Soloman Mitchell a resident of said State of Tennessee in the County of Sumner aged [illegible: 71 or 76] years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order obtain the benefit of 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 [illegible] stated. He entered the service as a volunteer soldier in the County of Dorchester in the State of Maryland where he then lived [crossed out] in the year 1777 [crossed out: for the] and served for the term of three years in Capt. Joseph  Robertsons company of [illegible] men, under the command of Col Bartholomew Ewelds and Major John Smoote the [illegible] of the regiment. [illegible]now recollected. [illegible] in the service Lord Dunman & large British fleet and entered the Chesapeake Bay
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and march on up near the center of the state and then came to anchor upon the reception of orders for all the volunteer companies that were in readiness to march without delay to Cambridge Town the seat of Justice for Dorchester County and then to join the Delaware troops accordingly the company to which applicant was attached immediately marched to Cambridge and then mustered into the service of the country. He remained in that situation for some time when they were ordered to return home but to hold themselves in readiness to march at a minute's warning. this order was given at that time under the impression that the British fleet had left our shores - but after returning home they were immediately ordered out for the purpose of preventing the British fleet effecting a landing they accordingly marched out and when stationed on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay until the fleet of the enemy sailed by them up to the head of Elk River when they landed and marched to Philadelphia and remained then for some time. They then returned to
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their fleet and sailed down before the troops as before stationed - after remaining in this situation for some time, we were ordered to return home, but the company in which applicant was attached was ordered to remain in Reading to enter upon the performance of military duty at any moment the country being in a state of alarm at the expected return of the enemy, Sometime after the enemy was regarded as having left our coast - this petitioners father sold out his possessions in the state of Maryland and removed to the state of N. Carolina in the county of Guilford. After he had been residing in N. Carolina a bit for a short period news came west that the British fleet under Lord Dunmore had actually landed at Charleston in South Carolina and that Wallaces whole army was marching through South Carolina - upon the reception of this information this petitioner volunteered himself as a private soldier in the character of a minute man in a company commanded by Capt. Andrew Wilson of Guilford County in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-one and marched immediately to Guilford Court House from which place they marched and joined Gen. {illegible} army - the British army under the guidance of Lord Cornwallis took a southern
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direction and marched in the state of Virginia - applicant after remaining in {illegible} army for some time was ordered to return home and to remain in readiness at any moment.

Soon after this a body of Tories collected at Mrs. {illegible} and Col. Lee received information that they had embodied to assist the enemy = they immediately marched under Col. Lee and overtook the Tories and in a Battle  nearly [illegible] and took the whole of them - after this a part of the Tories that were taken prisoners were placed under Capt. Whitsill who called on Capt. A. Wilson to [illegible] his company and guard them, which was done and they taken to John Kinman's Blacksmith shop at which place men readied up that a company from the army of soldiers understanding when as news intended to release the service from our possession - The guard immediately marched the Tories by night about ninety miles so as to put them out of the power of the enemy - sometime after this news came that the British Army was stationed at Mr. Flacks near the residence of this petitioners father. This petitioner and James Flack obtained
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a permit to go down and see what was the consequence and in their arrival they learned that a brother of each of them had been taken prisoner and the brother of this petitioner never returned - by this time the British had marched over to Rudy Fork to John Duffies and taken possession of Capt. Whitsell's mills and had placed a strong guard them to protect the waggons which was loaded with grain and which was left to be ground into meal for their army - said Flack and his petitioner then determined to waylay the road and take possession of every waggon that passed going to the British army and actually did take in the [illegible] ford a waggon and team with a load of corn - the horses they carried in the woods and tied them for safe keeping - the corn they took and distributed amongst their friends - a short time after this the battle of Guilford was fought and at which place this petitioner would have been but for the entreaties of his mother - this petitioner was born and has been stated in the county of Dorchester in the state of Maryland in the year 1761 - he has a record of his age in which way he found in the office of records in the Town of Cambridge in the said county of Dorchester in the state of Maryland at which place he was living when he entered
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the service and his father remained to the state of North Carolina in the county of Guilford where he lived during the Revolutionary war from which place he removed to the county of Sumner in the state of Tennessee where he has been living about 28 years. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Soloman Mitchell

Sworn to in open court Nov 13th 1832
A.H. Douglass - Clerk

I Abraham Martin aged fifty-eight years in October 1832 a clergyman residing in the county of Sumner and state aforesaid hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Solomon Mitchell who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration - that he believes him to be 71 years of age - that he has been acquainted with him for about 22 years - that he is a man of character and truth and that he would give full faith and credit to any statement that he would make on oath - Abm. Martin 

Sworn to in open court Nov 12th 1832
A.H. Douglass - Clerk

We David Bradly aged 49 years and Reuben Gearey aged 50 years citizens of the County of Sumner and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Soloman Mitchell who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration - that we believe him to be 71
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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.

David Bradley
Reuben Gearey

Sworn to in open court Nov 12th 1832
A.H. Douglass - Clerk

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 Abraham Martin who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Sumner and that David Bradly and Reuben Gearey  who has also signed the same are residents in the said county of Sumner and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Thos Anderson - JP
John L Swany - JP
Wm Edwards - JP
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I Alfred H Douglass - Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for the county of Sumner hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Mitchell for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of November 1832 - and the 57th year of American Independence.

A.H. Douglass - clerk

To the care of David M Saunders
[illegible] Tenn

Solomon Mitchell
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Solomon Mitchell

FREE

Secretary of War
Washington City
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FREE

STAMP - Aug 18

To the Secretary of War
Washington City

Aug 27
Note
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State of Tennessee 
[illegible Sumner?] County}
The amended Declaration of Solomon Mitchell in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. He states in this amended Declaration that he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under Capt Joseph Robertson [crossed out] as a volunteer and served without any intermission for the term of three years, during the whole of which time he was in actual service under a regular diciplined [disciplined] adjutant, by the name of John Fletcher who was the adjutant of the regiment. the regiment was under the command of Col Eulds. And Major John Smoote.
He can not be more specific in his statement than he is now. He does not wish to be understood as saying that he served [begin underline]about three years [end underline] but that he actually was in service for the Term  of three years. [illegible]he was in service for a longer time than the three years, but he has stated 3 in order that all difficulty as to the time might be complety [completely] obviated. He has already answered the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department but out of abundant caution he will answer then again.
1 Where and in what year were you born Answer. He was born in the County of Dorchester in the State of Maryland in the year 1761.
2nd Have you any record of your age, if so, where is it.
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Answer - He has a record of his age which may be found in the office of records in the county of Dorchester in the state of Maryland
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live - Answer - he was living in the county of Dorchester in the state of Maryland when he entered the service during the revolutionary war. His father removed to the state of N. Carolina in the county of Guilford from which place after the war he removed to the county of Sumner in the state of Tennessee where he has been living 28 years and in where he now resides.
4. He entered the service as a volunteer
5. He recollects the names of Capt. Robertson, Col. Ewelds, & Major John Smoote and Major Moses Lecompte who was 2nd major in the regiment.
6. He received a discharge in which was given by Capt. Robinson and signed by Col Ewelds but which has been lost or mislaid. He has no documentary evidence in his possession nor is there any persona living with the knowledge of applicant - by whom he can [illegible] actual service - applicant is getting old and infirm and he [illegible] that if he is entitled to nay thing that it will be no longer withheld from him 

Solomon Mitchell

Sworn to & subscribed in open court August 16th 1833

A.H. Douglas - Clerk 
By W.J McFarland
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County

I Alfred H Douglass hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said county of Sumner now in session in the matter of the amended application of Solomon Mitchell for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 16th day of August AD 1833 and 58th year of American Independence.

A.H. Douglass - Clerk
of Sumner County Court
By W.Y. McFarland - D.C.
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Rev and 1812
Wars Section

March 31, 1924

Mrs. R.H. Stickley
1435 Madison Ave.
Memphis, Tenn.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.4222 it appears that Solomon Mitchell was born in 1769 in Dorchester County, Maryland.

While a resident is said Dorchester County, Maryland, he enlisted in 1777 and served at various times as a Minute Man in Captain Joseph Robertson's Company Colonel Bartholomew Ewald's' Maryland Regiment.

In 1781 a resident then of Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served at various times as a Minute Man in Captain Andrew Wilson's North Carolina Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee.

It is not stated whether soldier ever married.

Respectfully

Commissioner.
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20070
Solomon MItchell
Tennessee

for 1777
6 months
$20

Bailie Peyton

2 Names Scratched out
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Mitchell, Solomon
Md. S4222

Amended petition of Mr. Solomon Mitchell for a pension - applicant states that he was a minute man in the revolutionary war and that from that circumstance of his being at all times subject to be called into actual service he did not hesitate in saying that he was in actual service for three years. It is not in the power of applicant at this day and him of his life to state the precise number of days or weeks that he was in service and any one [illegible] to say that the whole of his actual service while engaged in the revolutionary war could not be less than twelve months - applicant believes that he was in actual service for a longer period of time but with [illegible] twelve months as the length of time that he was in actual service and for which he now claims a pensions

Solomon Mitchell

Sworn to in open court Feb 14th 1834

A.H. Douglass - Clerk
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for which he now claims a pension.

Solomon Mitchell

Sworn to in open court Feb 14th 1834

A.H. Douglass - Clerk

State of Tennessee
Sumner County

I Alfred H. Douglass clerk of the county court of said county hereby certify the above contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the amended application of Solomon Mitchell for a pension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my seal of office at office Gallatin the 14th day of February AD 1834

A.H. Douglass - Clerk
By W L McFarland - D.C.

SEAL

D.M. Sauders
Gallatin Tenn
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Left Side Page

4222
Rev War
INVALID

File No 4222
Solomon Mitchell
Private N.C. Line

Act: June 7, '32
Index Vol A page 257

[Arrangement of 1870]

Maryland and North Carolina Line
Records corrected Apr 9, '04

Right Side Page

1924, Mar 31 - His to Mrs. R.H. Stickley
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Mrs. Robert H. Stickley
1435 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee

February 28th, 1924

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me the military records of the following Revolutionary soldiers together with such family data as is contained in any declarations thereto pertianing.

Solomon Mitchell, Pensioner of Hawkins Co, Tenn
Solomon Mitchell, Pensioner of Sumner Co. Tenn

About a year ago I wrote for one of these but the answer from your department has apparently lost in the mails.

Thanking you for your kindness, I beg to remain,

Very truly yours

Mrs. R.H. Stickley

US PENSION OFFICE SEAL
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Nashville 7th November 1836 
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Dear Sir 
I applied today to the Pension Agent of this place for the Pension due me and was told that I cou’d not be paid until I would first send my papers on to you for your inspection, I have not recd any pay since the 4th Sept. 1834 and the reason of my not applying, is that I have been in very bad health not able to come down myself and unfortunately lived in a neighborhood where there are few that understand making them out in proper form, please to inspect my papers and if they are in proper form direct me to be paid address me to McCreary's Post Office Robertson County Tennessee and greatly oblige Sir 
Yr Obt. Servant
Solomon Mitchell
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War Department 
Pension Office 
March 3d 1834 
Sir
The papers in support of the claim of Solomon Mitchell have again been examined and they are herewith returned This first and second expeditions were performed at the time the British fleet was ascending the Chesapeak Bay for the purpose of landing their army at Elkton with an intention of marching to Philadelphia These two expeditions could have occupied but short time as he returned hom[e] soon after the return of the fleet from landing their army. His next service was in North Carolina in the Spring of 1781. This service was performed in several expeditions against the tories and all of which took place previous to the battle of Guilford which was fought on the 15th March 1781. These services must therefo[re] have been short of three months. From a careful examination of Mr. Mitchells papers it is believed that he did not perform more than six months of service against the enemy and for this length of time only can a pension be allowed 
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J L Edward
Hon B Payton
House of Representatives