Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21153, Nathaniel Dacus, Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.
Dacus, Nathaniel

NUMBER
S.21153

Carded
CONTENTS
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[left side of page] South Carolina 12.674

Nathaniel Dacus
of Greenville Dist. in the State of S. Carolina
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Broadnax of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cocke in the Virginia
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina
at the rate of 20 Dollars - [crossed out Cents] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May 33 and Sent to Elias D. Earle Greenville C. H. So – Ca – [South Carolina]

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 – 40-
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4th Sept. - 10
50—

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Rugh Newnan, Clerk
Book E-- Vol. 6-- Page 65

[right side of page] John P Nowell Sep 7 1855 (see papers filed inside)
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State of South Carolina}
Greeneville District} SS
On this nineteenth day of March AD 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judge now sitting Nathaniel Dacus a resident of the district and state aforesaid aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he was born near Williamsburg virginia [Virginia] in the year 1749 – from thence he moved to the County Lunenburg, Va. where he first entered the service as a malitiaman [Militia man] in the year (he believes) 1779. - That his first tour was one of three months duration, under Capt. Edward Broadnax, that he marched to Williamsburg which was then the Head quarters & from thence to Little York, where at the expiration of his time, he was by his captain discharged, which discharge has long since been lost. He was next drafted to serve a three month tour, which he did under Capt. Sylvanus Walker, was attached to the Second Regiment of Malitia [Militia] commanded by Col. Nathaniel Cook [sic: Nathaniel Cocke], in the Brigade of Gen’l. Stephens [General Edward Stevens]. That he together with his brigade joined Gen’l. [General Nathanael] Greene at Irvin’s ferry [Irvine’s Ferry] on Dan River, Halifax County in Virginia. - That he remained with Gen’l. [General] Greene until the battle with Lord Cornwallis, at Guilford No. Ca. [Guilford Court House, North Carolina] in which he was engaged – on the fifteenth day of March 1781. That after recruiting about
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two days Gen’l [General] Greene started in pursuit of Cornwallis. When Green’s army arrived at Ramsey Mill on Deep river No Carolina it was expected that a general engagement would ensue. A halt was ordered for the purpose of making the necessary preparation – but it was soon discovered to be merely a manouvre [maneuver] of Cornwallis in order to transport his baggage &c across the river in safety. At this place he was discharged by Col Nath’l. Cock [Nathanial Cocke]. - That shortly after his return home he was again called on & had made preparation to obey the call, but was prevented from so doing by the extreme illness of his family; in consequence of which he was compelled to offer a substitute, which he did by hiring one William Moore, who was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown [19 Oct 1781]. That he has no documentary evidence of his service, but that Richard Lock [S21351], & William Stokes are living witnesses of his being at the battle of Guilford. He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to every other pension except the present & declares that his name is not on any pension roll. Sworn to and subscribed this 19th day of March AD 1833 in open court 
Nathaniel [his X mark] Dacus
J Mc Daniel C. C.
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We Nathan Berry a clergyman residing in the district of Greenville and state of South Carolina and Jedediah Cook residing in the district of Greenville and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Dacus who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty three years of age, that that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been as a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
J McDaniel C. C. P.
Nathan Berry 
Jediah [his X mark] Cook

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the questions 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 Nathan Berry who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the district of Greenville and State aforesaid and that Jediah Cook who has also signed the same is a resident in the district of Greenville and State aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Josiah J. Evans 
Presiding Judge.
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I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas &c for Greenville District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Dacus for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office 19th March 1833. 
J McDaniel C. C. P. 

State of South Carolina} 
Greenville District} Personally appeared Richard Lock the deponent before me James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the district & in the State aforesaid and being duly sworn on his oath sayth [saith] the [that] he now is and was during the Revolution personally acquainted with Nathaniel Dacus, and that he has a distinct recollection of the Services of said Dacus; and of his being at the battle of Guilford as before stated. 
Sworn to & Subscribed 19 March 1833
Richard Lock
J McDaniel CCP

[written sideways at bottom of page] Nathl [Nathaniel] Dacus Petition for a Pension 24287
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242 by 
Nathaniel Dacus S. C.

Admit as a private 
for 6 mo [months] $20.00 

Elias D Earle Greenville, C H So Car. [Court House, South Carolina]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

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 and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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 Nathaniel Dacus - S. C.

[column headings: Period when the service rendered: Duration of the claimant’s service. Year. Month. Day.: Rank of the claimant.: Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.: Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
Militia 1779 entered – 3 [months] private Cp [Captain] Broadnax PS. born near Williamsburg Va. entered at Lunenburg “ [Virginia] in Greenville Dist. SC
drafted 3 [months] “ [private] Cp [Captain] Walker Col. Cocke 
Joined General Green [Illegible] with him until 15th March 1781 - one living witness prove his serving generally, Certificate of a Clergyman and a Citizen 

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. 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} ss.
County of}
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. 
[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. 
1               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 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 bis 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 he 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 trans nit 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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 in 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 in 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 signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to [illegible] 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.
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Jno P Nowell
Shelby
N. C.
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State of South Carolina} 
Greenville District} On this the 22 Day of Aug. 1851 Personally appeared Before me a magistrate within and for the District and State aforesaid William Ducus aged 57 years Son and heir at Law of Nathaniel 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 the 7 1832 from the Best information that his father Nathaniel Dacus Served in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war the riegment [Regiment] and officers not Remembered he sends this certificate which will show that his fathers name is on the pension Roll his farther Died the 25 Day of March 1835 his mother Elizabeth Dacus the widow of his father Died the 21 of January 1840 he makes this Declaration in order to obtain the pension which his mother was entitled up to the date of her death.
he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension. Wm T. Dacus annuity except the present and declare that his name is [not] on the rolls of any State. 
We. B. M. Moore and M B Moore Residing in the District of Greenville in the State of South Carolina Declare that we are well acquainted with William Dacus who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to Be 57 years of age that he is reputed
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and believed in the neighborhood, where He resides to Be the son of Nathaniel Dacus and we being personally acquainted with him concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid we further state his mother Died the date set forth in the declaration
B. M. Moore 
Martha B Moore 

I J. T. Bennett a Magistrate for and Within Greenville District in the State of South Carolina, after the investigation of the matter declare my opinion that I Believe the applicant to be the identical person he represents himself to be and I Hereby Certify that the persons who signed The preceding certificate is good credible Persons and that their statements is entitled to credit and I further state that there is no Clergyman in this neighborhood to certify for the applicant
J T Bennett M G D

Know all men by these presents that I William Dacus of the District of Greenville and State of South Carolina have constituted and appointed John P Nowel of Shelby N C my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the United States the pension due me
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under existing laws for convices [services] Rendered by my father in the revolutionary War in the United States and generally to do all Lawf [lawful] acts and things whatsoever touching premises and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and at his pleasure to revoke hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name lawfully do or cause to be done in premises in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the day of August 1855
Wm. T Dacus {Seal}
J. T. Bennett 
M. G. C.

State of South Carolina} 
Greenville District}
I D. Hoke Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Grenville District and State aforesaid do certify that John T Bennett Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made is a qualified magistrate for Greenville District and the signature purporting to be his is genuine/
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of Office at Greenville on the 22nd day of August 1855

D Hoke Clerk
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Births

Wm. T. Dacus was born Oct. 22nd 1798

Critty Dacus was born March the 22nd 1802

Eliza I. Dacus was born January 19th 1826

Emily C. Dacus was born September the 27th AD 1830

Sarah E. Dacus was born September 15th AD 1833
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Marriages

Wm T. Dacus and Critty Dacus his wife was Married August the 31st 1824

Mrs. Sarah Wade was born Feb’r. [February] the 18th 1759

Mrs. Sarah Wade Dec’d. [deceased] July the 18th 1842

David Wade Sen’r. [Senior] Dec’d [deceased] July 23rd 1808
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Deaths

Nath’l. [Nathaniel] Dacus Sen’r. [Senior] Dec’d [deceased] March the 25th 1835

Elizabeth Dacus his wife Dec’d. [deceased] January the 21st 1840 –

John W. Dacus Dec’d [deceased] September the 20th 1843

Mary C. Cox Dec’d [deceased] May the 30th 1853
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

December 22, 1937 

Nathaniel Dacus S. 21153 
BA-J/AWF   Own

Ida J. Dacus 
Carnegie Library 
Winthrop College 
Rock Hill, South Carolina 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of: Nathaniel Dacus of South Carolina; any other Dacus from South Carolina; any Dacus from Tennessee; any Dacus form Missouri. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 21153, based upon the service of Nathaniel Dacus in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only soldier with surname Dacus found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Nathaniel Dacus was born near Williamsburg, Virginia, in the year 1749. The names of his parents were not stated. 

While residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, Nathaniel Dacus enlisted in 1779, served three months as private in Captain Edward Broadnax's Virginia company. He served three months in Captain Sylvanus Walker's company, Colonel Nathaniel Cocke's Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1833, at which time he was a resident
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of Greenville District, South Carolina. 

The soldier, Nathaniel Dacus, died March 25, 1835, and his widow, Elizabeth, died January 21, 1840. There are no details as to their marriage, and no further data in regard to her. 

Their son, William T. Dacus, was living in 1855 in Greenville District, South Carolina, then aged fifty-seven years. 

The following data are shown [^ also] in the claim –
William T. Dacus born October 22, 1798
Critty Dacus " [born] March 22, 1802
Eliza I. Dacus " [born] January 19, 1826
Emily C. Dacus " [born] September 27, 1830
Sarah E. Dacus " [born] September 15, 1833
Mrs. Sarah E. Wade " [born] February 18, 1759

"William T. Dacus and Critty Dacus, his wife," were married August 31, 1824. 

David Wade, Senior died July 23, 1808
Mrs. Sarah Wade " [died] July 18, 1842
John W. Dacus " [died] September 20, 1843
Mary C. Cox " [died] May 30, 1853

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of David Wade, which may be of interest to you. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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Payments to be made 
at Charleston 
by the Presd. [President] W. L. Br. Bank 
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of S. Carolina 


Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 6- Page 65 by R. Newman Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 

Revolutionary Claim. 

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Nathaniel Dacus of the State of South Carolina who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive ---Twenty ---dollars ---- and cents per annum, during his natural lie, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 17th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty = three 

Lew Cass 
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. } 

J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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CARNEGIE LIBRARY
of 
Winthrop College 
ROCK HILL, S. C. 

[circular stamp with Numbers 1 -12 around the outside sideways] RECEIVED DEC 8 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV, VETS. ADM. READER #2

December 4, 1937 

Superintendent
U. S. Bureau of Pensions 
Department of the Interior 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: 

Please give me the Revoluntary [Revolutionary] war record of: 
(1) Nathaniel Dacus    Only
(2) Any other Dacus, from South Carolina 
? (3) Any Dacus from Tennessee 
? (4) Any Dacus from Missouri 

Thanking you, if I may be favored, I am 

Sincerely, 
Ida J. Dacus 
Librarian 

IJD:MS
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[written sideways left side of page] Restoration

[left side] 21153
INVALID

File No. 21,153
Nathaniel Dacus
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 100

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side of page sideways] 1929 – Jan. 14 – Hist. to Mrs. F. A. Walker – See letter in Richard Lock S.21351 AWF
1937 – Dec. 22 – Hist. to Ida J. Dacus – also furnished David Wade R.10986 AWF
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See Ry. [Revolutionary] Claim 10983 David Wade, application made by his daughter Critty Dacus 

family data in said claim 

AW

[stamped] JUL 27 1910
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Rev. & 1812 
Wars Section 
AWF/eel 

January 14, 1929

Mrs. F. A. Walker 
20 Pinkney Street 
Greenville, South Carolina

Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21153, it appears that Nathaniel Dacus was born in 1749 near Williamsburg, Virginia. 

While residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops as follows: 

In 1779, three months in Captain Edward Broadnax's Company and three months in Captain Sylvanus Walker's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Cocke's Regiment and was in the battle of Guilford. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1832, at which time he was living in Greenville District, South Carolina. He died March 25, 1835 and his widow, Elizabeth, died January 21, 1840. There are no details as to their marriage. 

In 1855, son William T. Dacus was fifty-seven years of age. 

The four was as entangled with David Wade R. 10986, I sent that list out also AWF
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

January 14, 1929

Mrs. F. A. Walker
20 Pinkney Street
Greenville, South Carolina

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21153, it appears that Nathaniel Dacus was born in 1749 near Williamsburg, Virginia.

While residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops as follows:

In 1779, three months in Captain Edward Broadnax's Company and three months in Captain Sylvanus Walker's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Cocke's Regiment and was in the battle of Guilford.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1832, at which time he was living in Greenville District, South Carolina. He died March 25, 1835 and his widow, Elizabeth, died January 21, 1840. There are no details as to their marriage.

In 1855, son William T. Dacus was fifty-seven years of age.

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The following is found on the family record:

William T. Dacus born October 22, 1798.
Critty Dacus " [born] March 22, 1802.
Eliza I. Dacus " [born] January 19, 1826.
Emily C. Dacus " [born] September 27, 1830.
Sarah E. Dacus " [born] “ [September] 15, 1833.
Mrs. Sarah E. Wade " [born] February 18, 1759.
                                   died July 18, 1842.

William T. Dacus and Critty Dacus, his wife, were married August 31, 1824. 

David Wade, Senior died July 23, 1808; John W. Dacus died September 20, 1843; Mary C. Cox died May 30, 1853.