Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9572, for George Silver, Maryland
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Continental MD
Silver, George  Number R. 9572
        Nancy
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12802
North Carolina
George Silver
of Burke in the State of North Car:
who was a pri: in the company commanded
by Captain Norris of the Regt. commanded,
by Col. Weltner in the Maryland
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of North Car:
at the rate of 80 Dollars --Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May '33
and sent Hon: S.C. Carson, 
Pleasant Garden N. Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 40
$200

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6- Page 55
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Mr Silvers is quite an old man
I believe unable to travel to court
Feby 13th 1833 Samul Carson

[vertically on left side of page follows]

Hon. S.P. Carson
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Declaration of George Silver in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of North Carolina
County of Burke
On the twenty third day of January 1833 personally appeared before me David D. Baker one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Burke aforesaid, George Silver a Resident of Loe? River in the county of Burke and State of North Carolina aged about Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of this provisions made by Act of Congress passed June the 7th, 1832.  The first tour he served was with the Maryland troops at Annapolis in the state for a term of six months under captain William Norris - and after his term of service was out he returned home to the neighborhood of Fredricktown in Maryland and not long after he returned he enlisted in Fredricktown under Captain Ralph Hillory in what was called the flying Camp for a term of Eighteen months. The dates when he enlisted he cannot state but recollects verry (very) well that he was in the Battle of Germantown in 1777 while under this enlistment and that in that battle a bullet grained the skin of his neck and when this term of service was up he received his discharge in Fredricktown in Maryland. And that shortly after he was discharged he enlisted again in Fredricktown in Maryland under Captain Boyer for three years in the German rigment (regiment). Soon after he enlisted he was marched to Northumberland and from there to Wyoming this he believes to have been about the year of 1779 this he says was against the Indians and others which they dispersed. Afterwards he was marched to Westpoint and while he was there he was sent out with a detachment & had a skrimish with some brittish Draggsons, and says he was present and under arms when Major Andre the brittish spy was executed 1780.  Afterwards he was marched to Philadelphia and from there to Baltimore
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and we lay sometime at a fort on the Statistone point not
far from Baltimore. When we marched from this place we went
to Annapolis and after harvest we were marched to Yorktown
where we beseiged the brittish under Lord Cornwallis in 1781
after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the Brittish army
at Yorktown, he was ordered to the South and was attached
to the Army under General Green and while in South Carolina
he was sent out with a party against a party of Mounted
negroes near Charlestown which the brittish had sent out
of this party they killed and made prisoners of the whole
party And he further states that he continued in South Carolina
till about the close of the war and that he was
marched back to Annapolis and then to Fredricktown
in Maryland where he received his pay
this and all his other papers are last or destroyed, he
further states that after his term of enlistment expired
he was induced to stay with the Army until he was
discharged in Maryland he says he believes he served
under his enlistments and other ways upwards of five
years and says his memory is bad and that he has forgot  the names of many of his officers, but says
in his first tour to Annapolis his Captain's name was
William Norris the rest of their names he has forgotten
except a Sergant Shoemaker - and in the Eighteen months
enlistment in the flying Camp his captain was Ralph
Hillory he says General Smallwood and Colonel Will
Luckett was with them and many others that he has
forgot but says General Washington was chief commander
at the Battle at Germantown and says Captain Huff
was wounded in the engagement and Liet Michael
Brush was killed- and in his three years enlistment under Captain Boyer - Wettner was the name of his Colonel in the German regiment. He recollects the names of the
following officers Captains Crawford- Rice, And Winchester and Major Oxburg, but Washington and Green was mostly the
Generals he was under-- he says there was one John Gordon a
quartermaster Sergant, and says he knew an Liet Bettis and says he knew a Sergant Low - that deserted to the enemy, he thinks 
these are names enough to mention, and he further says
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that he is not on any pension roll in this state nor no other state, or United States and that this is the first time that he ever made application to be put on the pension roll of the United States or any other state - Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid -- George Silver
his mark X
I the aforesaid David D. Baker one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Burke aforesaid do hereby certify and declare that in my opinion that the above name applicant George Silver was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and also that the above named applicant from age and infirmities is not able to attend at the Courthouse in person to make application without great bodily pain he lives at least forty miles from the courthouse.
D.D. Baker ??

State of North Carolina
Burke County
I James Enim Clerk of the Court of Peace and quarter sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that David D. Baker before whom the alin? declaration of George Silver for an application for a pension was made and who has attested the same is and was at the time of doing the same on acting Justice of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law
In listening whereof than hereunto set my hand and seal of officer done at Morganton this 1st day of February AD 1833
J Emry ??
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State of Maryland Frederick County Set
I hereby certify that it appears from the Records in my office, that a Marriage License was issued on the 12th day of April Seventeen hundred & Eighty two to George Silver
and Ann Griffin

In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand
and affix the seal of Frederick County
Court this 30th day of July 1857.
Wm B. Tyler Clk
Fredrk County Court

S Godwin Esq
Dr Sir, above you have the certificate as
requested in your letter dated 29 Inst, the cost is 50 cents which you can remit in post office
Stamps
Respy Wm. B Tyler clk
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State of N Carolina
County of Yancey} ss
On this 7th day of July A.D. one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty one, personally ^appeared^ before
the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions (a Court
of Record) for Said county and state, Jacob Silver
a resident of this county, aged sixty six years
who being 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 of July 1838,
entitled an "Act granting half pay and Pensions
to certain widows" &c " and allso [also] the benefit of the
Joint Resolution approved 3d March 1837: That he
is the child and heir of Nancy and George
Silver, both of whom resided in this county to their
death. That George Silver afore mentioned was a
Soldier of the Revolutionary War, and was pensioned under
the act of Congress approved the 7th June 1832 at the
rate of Eighty. dollars per annum, and was
paid at Fayetteville Rawlins Agency; That Nancy
Silver the widow of George and the mother of the
present claimant never made any application for
 a pension while she lived. Deponant [Deponent] further says that
George Silver & Nancy Griffith (his father & mother)
was married in Frederick Co. in State of Maryland
on the 10th day of July A. D. one thousand [crossed out] hundred
and Eighty three  George Deponant [Deponent] further says that George
Silver aforementioned died on the Eleventh day of July
one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, and that
Nancy Silver the widow of George Silver died on
the 30th day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine, as will more fully appear by
the accompaning [accompanying] testimony herewith prosecuted.
Deponent further states on his oath that he is
the only living heir, that George and Nancy Silver
left: that his mouther [mother] Nancy, was not married
to the said George Silver prior to his leaving the
Service, but that the marriage took place prior to the 1st 
day of Jany Seventeen hundred & ninety four [illegible] the
time above mentioned, and that she was a widow at her
death. Jacob X ^his mark^ Silver
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the
day and year last above written and -
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Jno Hensely Chairman of said court do hereby certify that George Silver died on the 11th day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty-nine and that Nancy Silver his widow died the 20th day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine; and I further certify that Jacob Silver the reputed son and heir of George and Nancy Silver is of good character and his testimony is entitled to full credit and faith and further that he is the only heir.

Jno Hensley - Chairman of C. Court

State of North Carolina
County of Yancy

I E H Honeycutt, clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county and state above mentioned do hereby certify that Jno Hensley before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed and whose name appears to the same is and was at the time of signing the same the chairman of our said county court was duly commissioned and sworn according to law and I believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony of which I have set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Burnsville on this 8th day of July 1857.

E.H. Honeycutt - C. Clerk

SEAL
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George Silver

Admit as Private
for 2 yrs $80.00
Certif to {illegible]

S.P. Carson
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BRIEF in the case of George Silver
of Burke Co in the state of North Carolina
(Act 7th June 1932)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a Judge? A Justice of the Peace
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - Blank
3. How old is he? About Eighty-two years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period - Duration - Rank - Officers Names
No year - 6 months - no rank - Capt. Norris
No year - 18 months - no rank - Capt. R. Hillory
1700 - 3 years - no rank - Capt. Bayer; Col Williams
Says he served a period of five [illegible]

5. In what battles was he engaged? Germantown, surrender at Yorktown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Frederick Co. MD
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? - Blank
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - BLANK
 I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

D Kentz - Examining Clerk
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No. 14427

Nancy Silver Dec'd
widow of George
N.C.
Act 7th July 1838
Rejected

To S. Godwin Oct 28/57

9572
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State of N. Carolina
County of Yancy

On this the 1st day of July AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one personally appeared before me the under signed an acting Justice of the Peace within the county and state aforementioned, John Griffith, a resident of said county and state aged eighty-six years who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that he was living in the county of Frederick in the state of Maryland where George Silver and Nancy Griffith were married, that as well as he can now recollect they were married by license which was issued in Frederick Co as said Nancy Griffith she resided there. Deponent furthers says that he cannot give the precise date when the marriage actually took place as his memory has greatly faded him but to the best of his recollection it took place in the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, that he can recollect the year in which it occurred very near from two [illegible] first that summer he was eighteen years of age and secondly he thinks the war closed in that year from which he is very confident that it actually took place in seventeen hundred and eighty-three, the month in which it occurred he cannot recollect.

John Griffith - His X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year last above written and
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I hereby certify that John Griffith Sr is a man of good character, and his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony of which I have set my hand and seal.

J B Buchanan - JP - SEAL

State or N. Carolina
County of Youncy

I E.H. Honeycutt clerk of the court of Please and Quarter sessions for said county and state do hereby certify that John B Buchanan Esq whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county and state, duly commissioned & sworn according to law. I believe the signature is genuine.

In testimony of which I have set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Burnsville on this 8th day of July 1857

E.H. Honeycutt - Clerk
By Jno B Woodfin D.C.
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Land Office
Annapolis, March 15th 1833
I certify that it appears by a pay roll remaining in the Office that George Silver, a private received of John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland line $74.00 arrears of pay from the 1st August 1780 to the 1st of January 1782 also $80.00 from the 1st January 1782 to the 1st January 1783 - also blank from the 1st of January 1783 to the 15th of November 1783

Gratuity blank Total Received $154.00

George G Brewer
Register Land Office, W.S. Md
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I have no doubt about the reference in the above certificate being to the same parties attended to in your letter - Griffin is often called & spelt Griffith even at the day in the family.

W B Tyler
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Land Office
Annapolis, March 15th 1833

I certify that it appears by the Muster Rolls remaining in the office that George Silver, enlisted as a private in the German Regiment on the 30th day of March 1778 and was present on the 1st day of August 1780.

George G Brewer
Register Land Office, W.S. Md
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negatie, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Silver which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? - YES

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? YES

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? - BLANK

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period of the war when he served? BLANK

V. Has he mentioned 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? YES

BI. Has he given the names of the officer under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? YES

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the At of June 7, 1832? YES

VIII. Has the court given their opinion? YES

IX. Has the clerk given his certificate? YES

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? YES
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his ae and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? BLANK

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? BLANK

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? NO

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? - BLANK
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? BLANK
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? BLANK

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 personal knowledge of the applicant's service? BLANK

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? - YES

XVII. Are the seen interrogatories prescribed by the War department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? BLANK

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, etc. 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 blank year blank months, and blank days, I served as a blank for blank months and blank days I served as a blank" and for such service I claim a pension.
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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, etc. 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 and that he was eight in the field 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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No 14427
Nancy Silver dec'd
Wid of George
N.C.
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected
Let Oct 28/57

S Godwin
Present
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Washington
July 28th 1857

Sir

I herewith enclose evidence on the case of Nancy Silver dec'd widow of George who was a pensioner.

S Godwin
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REJECTED
9572
Nancy Silver
wid of George