Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32537, for Henry Story, South Carolina
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(8-1776)  SERVICE  S.C.  Story, Henry NUMBER S 32537
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Alabama 13.351  Henry Story  of Greene Co. in the State of Ala. who was a sergeant in the Co. commanded by Captain Patton of Reg't commanded by Col. Thomas in the S. Carolina line for two years = $ 120  Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.  Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of July 1833 and sent to  Isaac C. Snedicor CC Erie  Gil. Ala. Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $240.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th sept. 33  $ 60.00 ( total $300.00 ) { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 , 1832. }  Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Book G Vol. 8 , Page 51.
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( H. Story's Application ) [ The State of Alabama Greene County ] SS.  On this 20th day of September personally appeared in open Court before  Anderson Crenshaw  Judge of the Circuit Court of  Greene  aforesaid , now sitting , Henry Story , a resident citizen of the said county of Greene, aged seventy five years the 21st day of  June last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the seventh  A. D. 1832. That from the best information he can get he was born in the year 1757 & June the 21st in the State of South Carolina & in what is now termed Newberry District  , and that about the first of June or July 1776, a Fortification was erected at his Father's ( George Story ) in what is now termed Spartansburg  District in the said State of South Carolina , for the purpose of protecting & defending the whites from the massacres of the Indians, about the time said Fort was erected this deponent states that at about  the age of sixteen or seventeen he volunteered as a private soldier under the command of Capt. Robert Faris  & served under him as such about one year, part of the time at the Fort at his Father 's , George Story's sometimes on scouting parties & finally  was marched to Jemison's Fort  about thirty miles distant from Story's Fort, after remaining there some time he was  removed to the treaty at Seneca Old Town which was in what is now termed  Pendleton District as well as he remembers, when he was discharged. The next service he entered was in the spring of 1778 as a volunteer and
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the command of Capt. Matthew Patten, who belonged to Col. John Thomas's Regiment , for the purpose of defending the whites from the Indians as aforesaid, he joined the service at Story's Fort when he  first entered the service, from there he with the rest of the corps  were  marched through South Carolina to the Oconee river in the State of Georgia near to a place then  called Phillip's Old Fort in which neighborhood he remained until he was discharged , having served out the tour of two months & ten days for which he  entered , during this last service  I acted in the capacity of Sergeant. In the early part of the spring of 1779 he entered the service as a wagoner under the command of Col. Thomas Brandon and served in that capacity two months - In the summer of 1779 ( the same year ) he  volunteered as a private soldier , and immediately attached himself to Capt. Bassenger's Company in May in Travis's Battalion  and served about five weeks as orderly  Sergeant , when the whole corps to which he belonged were discharged in the latter part of November 1779 or first of December following  he volunteered as a private under the command of  Lieutenant Hugh Means, in the neighborhood of Story's Fort and marched to what was called the ten mile branch, where he was attached to Capt John Thompson's Company under the command of Colonel James Steene , where he was by Nicholas Curry ( who was then issuing Commissary ) appointed assistant quartermaster , and served in that capacity two months & ten days when Col Brandon's
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Regiment was discharged ? About the first of May 1780 he volunteered as a private soldier in Capt . Matthew Patten's Company under the command of  Col. Thomas Brandon  & served from that time until the conclusion of the war as Sergeant, he states that the  battles or engagements of any consequence that he was in during the time of his esrvice were the following , " the battle with the British & tories at Musgrove's Mill in South Carolina on a river called Inoree under Colonels Shelby and Clark ? at Ferguson's defeat at King's Mountain , under the command of Colonels Campbell, Williams and Brandon. Also at Black Stocks on Tiger river under the  command of Genl. Sumpter ( where the General received a wound in his shoulder ) and at Col. Tarleton's defeat at the Cowpens under the command of General Morgan. "( insert ) he never received a written discharge from the service as he recollects. This deponent further states that he was born in the State of South Carolina  where he lived & remained a citizen  of the same until the month of December 1817 - he started to the  State of Alabama ,  & arrived at a place then Canoe Creek a branch of the Coosa river in the said State of Alabama , on or about the 23rd of January 1818- where he remained & made two crops, and in October 1820 he moved from Canoe Creek to Greene County in the State of Alabama where he now lives & has lived ever since. ( insert ) he can prove actual service in said war by  Col. Joseph Hughes  &  by Saml Otterson - he has a record of his age in his family Testament transcribed from a record kept by his father  in his family Bible - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever  to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any  State in the Union. Sworn to  & subscribed in open Court  - the day & year aforesaid .   Henry Story  ( signed ) attest  James Yeates ( signed ) Clk
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Col. Joseph Hughes being duly sworn in open Court this 20th Sept 1832 deposeth & saith that he has known  & became acquainted with  Henry Story  whose name appears to the above statement at the ten mile branch 10 miles from Charleston where said Story  acted as quartermaster & has known him ever since  he states that he was in the engagement with said Story in the engagement at Musgrove's Mill at King's Mountain & at the Cowpens & he believes fully & firmly that said Story was in the service at the other engagements the name he knows that he was constantly in the service from the  pace of Charleston  until the conclusion of the war he has no doubt but that he is the  .. ( illegible ) he represents himself to be  and he believes him incapable of telling a lie & fully worthy of belief.  Jos. Hughes ( signed ) Sworn to & subscribed in open Court  the day and year aforesaid.  Attest James Yeates C.C.I.C. Major Samuel Otterson being also duly sworn in open Court saith that he has been intimately acquainted with  Henry Story whose name is subscribed to the above  application for  a pension ever since said Story was a small boy  & that he knows that he was in the revolutionary  war & a good whig in the service of the United States for several years at least or more  years that he was with him in the engagement at Black Stocks he was with him in his father's  Fort at ten mile Branch  and at many other places he states that he has no doubt that his age is correctly stated & from his long acquaintance with him he is fully convinced that his reputation for veracity  is as good as that of  any other man he in fact never heard it doubted. Saml. Otterson( signed )  Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.  Attest James Yeates ( signed ) clerk                                                       [ State of Alabama Greene County ] We Robert W. B. Kennedy , a Clergyman residing in the County
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aforesaid & in the vicinity of Capt. Henry Story , and Isaac C. Snedecor residing also in the aforesaid County  & town of Erie hereby certify , that we are well acquainted with  Capt. Henry Story  who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age ; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides  to have been a soldier of the revolution  & that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn to & subscribed in open Couirt the day and year aforesaid. R Wm B Kennedy ( signed )  I. C. Snedecor ( signed ) attest James Yeates ( signed ) Clk     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department  that the above mentioned applicant , was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to then that R.W.B. Kennedy who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident of the County of Greene and that  I.C. Snedecor who has also signed  the same is a resident of the County of Greene and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, and the Court further certifies that it further appears to them that  Samuel Otterson  & Joseph Hughes who have signed the proceeding depositions , are residents , said Hughes of Pickens County & said Otterson of Greene County  and are credible persons, and that their deposition are entitled to credit.  Anderson Crenshaw ( signed ) Judge  presiding    I James Yeates, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Greene aforesaid , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
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of Henry Story for a pension . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of  my said Office this 20th day of September in the year 1832.  James Yeates ( signed / sealed ) clerk    [ The State of Alabama Greene County ] To wit, Personally appeared before me  the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Henry Story who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory  he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but accordingly  to the best of his recollection he served not less that the periods mentioned below in the following grades for three months I served as a private soldier - For two months I served as a wagoner, For two months and ten days I served as assistant quartermaster , and I served three years and sixteen days as orderly Sergeant and for which service I claim a pension .  Sworn to & subscribed  before me this 27th day of May A.D. 1833.  Henry Story ( signed )  H. L. Kennon ( signed ) J.P. Peter Neall ( signed )
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17568  Henry Story For 3 applications Pension
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The State of Alabama, Greene County .  I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court , of the County of Greene aforesaid , do hereby certify that Howel L. Kennon whos signature appears in attestation of the appended affidavit of Henry Story ( who applied for a pension ) now is and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the Peace , in and for said County, duly elected, qualified , and commissioned  ; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law,  his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand , and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the fifth day of June 1833 and of  American Independence , the 57th year.  ATTEST  I.C. Snedecor  ( signed /sealed ) CLERK                                              The State of Alabama ,Greene County .  I,THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court , of said County , do, hereby certify that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate , now is , and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County , and that his certificate is made in due form of law.  Given under my hand seal this 5th day of June 1833.  T. F. Moody ( signed / sealed ) Judge of said Court                                                       The State of Alabama, Greene County.         I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of said County , do hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above certificate, now is , and at the time of his signing the same, was Judge of the County Court , duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due to all his acts as such, and that this said certificate is in due form of law & his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be affixed, the fifth day of June 1833 and of American Independence the 57th year.  ATTEST  I.C. Snedecor  ( signed / sealed ) CLERK
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October 25, 1933
Henry Story, S. 32537
BA-J/NCS

Mr. L. L. Hamilton 
Suite 606
100 North LaSalle Street
Chicago
Illinois

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of soldiers with surnames, Elder and Storey, who lifed near Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States and are based upon service in the Revolution.

A search of records has been made and no such claim found based upon service of a soldier with surname Elder who enlisted in South Carolina or who applied for pension while living in that state.

The record of Henry Story who lived in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, has been found, which is that of the only Storey or Story who served from South Carolina or applied for pension while residing in that state. The data given below are found in pension claim, S.32537, based upon the military service of Henry Story.

(The above was dictated by (?) Finch and record made by him)

He was born June 21, 1757, in Newberry District, South Carolina, and was the sone of George Story.

About June or July, 1776, a fortification for protection against the Indians was built on his father's place, was called Story's Fort and was in what was afterwards called Spartanburg District, South Carolina; in that year he enlisted there and
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served one year as private in Captain Robert Faris' South Carolina Company. In the spring of 1778 he enlisted and served two months and ten days as sergeant in Captain Matthew Patton's Company in Colonel John Thomas' South Carolina Regiment. In the spring of 1779 he served two months as wagoner under Colonel Thomas Brandon. In the summer of 1779 he served about five weeks as orderly sergeant in Captain Blossengem's South Carolina Company. He enlisted in November of December, 1779, as private in Captain John Thompson's Company in South Carolina regiment under Lieutenant Colonel James Steene or Stein, was appointed assistant quartermaster by Nicholas Curry who was then issuing commissary and he served in that capacity for two months and ten days. He enlisted about the first of May, 1780, and served until the end of the war as sergeant in Captain Matthew Patton's Company in Colonel Thomas Brandon's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Musgroves Mill, Kings Mountain, Blackstocks and Cowpens.

He lived in South Carolina until December, 1817, when he started to Alabama and arrived at a place on Canoe Creek, a branch of Coosa River, Alabama, about January 23, 1818, where he remained and made two crops and in October, 1820, he moved to Greene County, Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832, at which time he was living in Greene County, Alabama.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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In reply to your request of __, received __ for a statement of the military history of Henry Story a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. File 32537  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  * 1776, spring 1778 , spring 1779, summer 79, Nov. or Dec. 79, May 80. LENGTH OF SREVICE . 1776 1 year ( check mark ) , 2 mos 10 d, 2 mos, 5 wks, 3 mos, 2 mos 10d to end of war. RANK. Sergt, wagoner, orderly sergt, pri, lieut. QM. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  Robert Faris, Matthew Patton, Blossenger. John Thompson COLONEL.  John Thomas, Thomas Brandon, James Steene, Nicholas Curry . STATE  S.C.   Battles engaged in , Musgrove's Mill, King's Mtn- Black Stocks & Fort Pickens. Residence of soldier at enlistment , * ( check mark ) . Date of application for pension , Sept. 20 1832 Alabama. Residence at date of application . Greene Co. Ala. Age at date of application ,  { son of George Story } born June 27, 1757 in Newberry Dist S.C. Remarks * : He was stationed at the fortification erected on his Father's place ( Story's Fort ) in  what was termed afterwards Spartansburg  Dist. S.C.
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13351  Sep. 4th 1909.  Pension Commissioner Washington, D. C.  Dear Sir, Please send me the record of service of my ancestor Serg't John Thompson of South Carolina in the Revolutionary War, also state whether he drew (  a pension or not ) ( underscored ) . Also give me please the record of service of Henry Story who was a Revolutionary Pensioner  , aged 77 in 1831  in Greene Co., Ala.  An early reply will be greatly appreciated by Mrs. John R. Pitner, Summerville , Ga.  Chattooga Co.
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2 post marks [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE A SEP 7 1909 ]  [ RECORD DIVISION SEP 9 1909 ]
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( left page ) 32537  Recy INVALID. File No. 32,537  Henry Story  Serf Rev War  Act : June 7, 32" Index : - vol. 2 , Page 397  [ Arrangement of 1870.]( right page ) 1909 Sep 17 . Hist. to Mrs. John R. Pitner  1933 Oct. 12 . hist to Mrs. W. H. Storey No. Car.  1933 Oct 285 hist. tp Mrs. L. L. Hamilton M.C.S.
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October 12, 1933
Henry Story
S. 32537
BA-J/MCS

Mr. W. H. Storey
1016 8th Avenue
Tuscaloosa
Alabama

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Henry Story, a soldier of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from a\papers on file in the pension claim, S. 32537, based upon the military service of Henry Story.

He was born June 21, 1757, in Newberry District, South Carolina, and was the son of George Story.

About June or July, 1776, a fortification for protection against the Indians was built on his father's place, was called Story's Fort and was in what was afterwards called Spartanburg District, South Carolina; in that year he enlisted there and served one year as private in Captain Robert Faris' South Carolina Company. In the spring of 1778 he enlisted and served two months and ten days as sergeant in Captain Matthew Patton's Company in Colonel John Thomas' South Carolina Regiment. In the spring of 1779 he served two months as wagoner under Colonel Thomas Brandon. In the summer of 1779 he served about five weeks as orderly sergeant in Captain Blossengem's South Carolina company. He enlisted in November or December, 1779, as private in Captain John Thompson's company in a South Carolina regiment under Lieutenant Colonel James Stene or Stein, was appointed assistant quartermaster by Nicholas Curry who was then issuing commissary and he served in that capacity for two months and ten days. He enlisted about the first of May, 1780, and served until the end of the war as sergenat in Captain Matthew Patton's Company in Colonel Thomas Brandon's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Musgroves Mill, Kings Mountain, Blackstocks and Cowpens.
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He lived in South Carolina until December,1817, when he started to Alabama and arrived at a place on Canoe Creek, a branch of Coosa River, Alabama, about January 23, 1818, where he remained and made two crops and in October, 1820, he moved to Greene County, Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832, at which time he was living in Greene County, Alabama.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of this soldier, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Henry Story, Certificate 13351, issued July 2, 1833, rate $120 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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( post mark ) [ RECEIVED SEP 30 1933  MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS - ADM HEADER # 65 ]  1016 8 Avenue Tuscaloosa, Ala.   Dear Sir I wish find he location of the cemetery and whether or not his grave has been marked of Henry Storey ( Story ) soldier of American Revolution - Resident of Greene County Ala. ( side note)( date of d . not here addressed ) (? inits  ) Moved from Spartansburg S.C.  Sergeant  S.C. Militia  Enrolled pension  July 2, 1833 under act of Congress of June 7 1832 - Payment to date from March 4 1833 - Annual  allowance $ 120 - Sums received to date from March 4 1831 $ 360. Revolutionary Pensioner Roll in Col. XIV ( 14)  Senate Documents 514 23 Congress 1st Session  1833- 1834. Please give me any record available Very Truly W.H. Storey ( signed )
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L. L. HAMILTON                                      
ATTORNEY AT LAW                                        SUITE 606-100 N. LA SALLE ST.                           CHICAGO TELEPHONE FRANKLIN 0555                                
                                                    Sept. 7, 19933   Bureau of Pensions Washington , D. C.  Gentlemen , Have you a record of any person enlisted in the American Army during the Revolution by the name of ( Storey ) ( underscored ) and on ( Elder ) ( underscored ) who lived in or near Spartansburg , S.C. If so, I would appreciate what information you have about them. Yours very truly L. L. Hamilton ( signed )   (post mark ) [ RECEIVED SEP 9 1933  MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. HEADER # 64 ]
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13.351  Henry Story  Adm. 2 years as a Sergeant  I.C. Snedecor Erie Greene Alabama
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Story 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 declarations in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
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 amout of pension he is entitled?  No
VI. Has he given the names of officers 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 Act of June7, 1832?  Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X. Is the Cler'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 age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes
XII. If the clergy man's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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?  yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oat, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  The court has
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that , by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For _________year_______months, and___days, I served as a ____________ For _____months and ______days, I served as a __; 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 to indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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, 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 apiece 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