Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,345, Benjamin West, N.C.
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(8 - 1776 )

Service
N.C.

Name
West, Benjamin (Sr.) 
Nancy

Number R. 11345
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THE  PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE. 

Translated, and diligently compared with the original text and former translations.  

More plain, smooth, and agreeable to the text, than any heretofore. 

Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families. 

Edinburgh: Printed by Mark and Charles Kerr, His Majesty's Printers, MDCCXCVI. 

[The letter f was placed in words instead of s; for example fmooth should say smooth.]
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James West was Born in the year of our Lord July the 13 day 1785. 

Mary West was Born March 24th day 1789. 

John West was Born October 16th day 1790.

William West was Born April17th day 1792.

Benjamin West was Born February 10th day 1794. 

Elizabeth West was Born August 20th day 1796. 

Rebeccah West was Born August 20th day 1798. 

Nancy West was Born March 11th 1801.
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Deal


Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept. to 25 Nov. 1842. Agt [Agent] Notified of Deal 1844. 

Georgia 23.380

Benjamin West Sr. of Half in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the command by Captain of the Reign command by Col Brian in the N.C. line for 7 months. 


Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 23 dollars 33 cents per annual to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jan: 21 and [unable to decipher] James Law
Gainesville Georgia. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1831              58.32
Semi-ant allowance ending 4 March 31 11.67 
                                                             p 69.99
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by N. Rice Clerk

Book E Vol. 6 Page 106
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10.873

Nancy West

GA

Act 7th July '38

[upside down] 
James Law 
Gainesville, GA
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 March 1843. Granting pension for one year to certain Widows who have arrears pensions under the act of July 7 1838.
State of Georgia
Hall County
S.S.

On this 25 day of March 1844 personally 
appeared before me David H McCleskey a Justice of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Nancy West a resident
of said County and State aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to 
law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on this 3rd day of March 1843.
Granting pensions to widows persons who served in the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Benjamin West who was a soldier
in the War of the Revolution in the North Carolina Militia and was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7 June 1832
at the rate of $23.33 cents per annum in Hall County Georgia. That she was married to the said Benjamin West on the 12th
day of June 1788 that he died on the 25th day of November 1842 leaving her as his widow and that she is still his widow
Nancy West X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. I further Certify that Mrs. Nancy West the declarant is personally known to me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25 day of March 1844,
David H McCleskey JIC
Hall County Georgia

State of Georgia Hall County S.S.
I, John N Munay Clerk of the Inferior
Court in and for the County and state Certify that David H McCleskey is an acting Justice of said Court duly commissioned and legally qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of Office and submitted my name. 
This 2nd day of April 1844
J N Munay Clk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 July 1838. Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. 
State of Georgia}
Hall County. } S.S. 

On this 25th day of March 1844 personally appeared before me the Subscriber Justice of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid the same being a Court of Record Mrs. Nancy West a resident of said County and State. Aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following Declaration in order to obtain the pensions made by the Act of Congress passed the 7 July 1838. Entitled
an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Benjamin West of the County and State aforesaid the identical person named in an original Certificate in her possession of which the following is a true copy. 
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States. As of June 1832. Benjamin West Sr. of the State of Georgia who was a private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable pensions   annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 17 day of January, One thousand eight
hundred and thirty four. 
 Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned ⎬
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
That said Benjamin West was a private and served in the War of the Revolution in the North Carolina Militia and for proof of his service she refers to the evidence on which he drew his pension and this deponent further states that the aforesaid Benjamin West died on the 25th day of November Eighteen hundred and forty two in Hall County Georgia And this deponent
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deponent
further states that she was married to the said Benjamin West on the 12th day of June Seventeen hundred and eighty eight by
Joseph Redding a Minister of the Gospel, in Abbeville District South Carolina where they resided for the space of 35 years or more
and arrived from there to Georgia Hall County where her husband died on the day aforesaid. That she has no Documentary evidence of their having been married as aforesaid. That the be of hereunto
annexed is the only Family Record they ever had and that the same is a true Record of their children's ages in the order of their births. Registered in this this deponents and the said Benjamin West prepared by James Loller and that the same was always referred to by them as their Family Record. That she knows of no person living who could testify to the fact of their having been married as aforesaid. That she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death. That she was not married prior to her husband's last service. But was married prior to the 1st day of January 1794. biz at the time afore stated. All of which will more fully appear by refference to proof hereunto annexed. 
Nancy West x her mark

Signed to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the Inferior Court of Hall County Georgia. And I further Certify that from Bodily infirmity Mrs. Nancy West is unable to attend Court
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25 March 1844
David H McCleskey JIC
Hall County Georgia

State of Georgia Hall County } S.S.  
Be it known that on the 25th day of March 1844 personally appeared before me David H McCleskey a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid Mrs. Sarah Hawkins a
resident of said County and State aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn  according to law doth on her oath make the following statement that she was acquainted -with Benjamin West who was a pensioner of the United States in Hall County Georgia and Nancy West the above declarant before they were married. That she was actually informed that they were legally married.
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on the - day July - 1788 That they were always respected as man and wife and lived peacefully together as such and reported
to have been legally married in this way beforehand when they have formerly resided and she this deponent concur in that opinion. That they have lived together as man and wife ever since the time as above stated. That the be of hereunto annexed. Taken from a celebration Bible & Hymn Book in her possession and hereunto annexed in my [unsure of word starts with a p]
Contains the name of their Children
beginning at Mary West their eldest child in the order of their births and from her this deponents acquaintance she believes
to be a true Record of their ages. And this deponents further states that the aforesaid Benjamin West died day of Nov 1842 in Hall County Georgia leaving Nancy West as his widow and that she is still his widow.
Seen to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me. I further certify that Mrs. Sarah Hawkins is a respectable witness this 25 March 1844
David H McCleskey JIC
Hall County Georgia

[To the side Sarah Hawkins signed and marked] 
[Written vertically is husband died Nov 25th '42]

State of Georgia Hall County } S.S. 

Be it known that on the ___ day of March 1844 personally appeared before me; James Hawkins aged ___ years being first duly sworn despondent and saith that he has been acquainted with the aforesaid Benjamin West and Nancy West from his first reflection the space of forty five years or more part that they have been living together peacefully as man and wife and were always respected such so far as he knows. That he is familiarly acquainted with their children and believes the  be of hereunto annexed contains a true record of their ages. And this deponent further states that the aforesaid Benjamin died on day of Nov 1842 leaving the aforesaid Nancy his widow.
James Hawkins

Seen to and subscribed before me on the day and date above written [&] I further certify that Mr. James Hawkins is a respectable person and credible witness [unknown]
I have hereunto set my hand this March 1844 David H McCleskey JIC
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State of Georgia
Hall County
I, David H. McCleskey a Justice of the
Inferior Court for the County aforesaid certify that there be of hereunto annexed, containing or purporting to contain the names and dates of the Births of the Children of Benjamin West who was aforementioned of the United States under the act of June 1832 and Nancy West the applicant for a pension, was cut out of a
consolidated Bible of Hymn Book in the possession of Mrs. Nancy West the declarant and hereunto annexed by me. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25 day of March 1844.
David H McCleskey JIC

State of Georgia
Hall County 
Inferior Court
April the 20 Day 1844
Called Special Court
The Declaration of of Mrs. Nancy West widow of Benjamin West for a pension under the act of 7 July 1838 duly certified by David H. McCleskey a Justice of the Inferior Court of Hall County on the 25 day of March 1844 having been submitted to the Court it doth appears his at once proceedings and
hereby unto the Clerk to endorse this approval  on the papers attest. 
 J N. Munay Clk
Jordan Ruse JIC
David H McCleskey JIC
Joseph Dunagan JIC
N Smith JIC

State of Georgia Hall County
I John N Munay Clerk of the Inferior 
Court of the County aforesaid. Certify that David H McCleskey is a Justice of said Court and that the foregoing purporting to be this
an genuine and that the foregoing are the original papers the above order of Court approving the acts and proceedings of the
Justice David H McCleskey was decided to be endorsed upon.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribe my name this
2nd day of April 1844
J N. Munay Clk
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State of Georgia
Hall County

On this the eighteenth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty two personally affirmed in apart court before John Nichols Samuel Finley & Thomas S Tate Judges of the Inferior Court and now sitting as an Inferior Court Benjamin West Sr. a resident of Hall County & State of Georgia aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain this Benefit of the Act of Congress paper the 7th of June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Deponent states that some time in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he substituted in the place of his father and served a two months tour of duty under Capt. McDowell and Lt. Vail the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. Brevard that he lived in Lincoln County North Carolina at the time he went into service and was marched to the head of the Catawba River against the Indians and at the expiration of said term of two months deponent enlisted for a six months tour under the above named Capt. McDowell and marched to Guilford Court House North Carolina and from there to the Kins Mountain and reached the battle ground about half an hour after the engagement was over.
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Deponent further states that the Regiment to which he belonged was attached to a Brigade commanded by Gen. Clark having served five months. Was discharged by Col. Brevard which discharge is lost or destroyed deponent says he was born in the State of Maryland Baltimore County.
That he has no record of his age that he has resided in South Carolina and Georgia ever since the Revolutionary War.
That he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except the affidavit annexed.
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.
Sworn to and submitted the day and year of aforesaid. 
Thomas S. Tate JIC Benjamin West Sr. (his mark)

We James Whitter a clergyman residing in Hall County State of Georgia and ____________ residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin West Sr. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age. that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in (scribbled out) opinion. 
Sworn to and submitted the day of year of aforesaid.
Thomas S. Tate JIC
James Whitter M 
Joseph Kilgore
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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 James Whitter who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Hall County & State of Georgia and that___________ who has also signed the same is a resident of said County & State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thomas S. Tate JIC
John Nichols JIC
Samuel Finley JIC

State of Georgia
Hall County
I George Hawke clerk of the Court of Ordinary in & for said County State & County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin West for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this eighteenth day of December 1832
Geo Hawke C.C.O

Benjamin West Sr.

Ja. Lair Gainesville
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Georgia
Hall County
Personally appeared before me John Simpson who being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Benjamin West Sr. the applicant in the foregoing declaration and that he the deponent saw said applicant at different times during the Revolutionary War and knows of his own knowledge that he served two tours of duty but cannot testify to the length of time said applicant was in the Service
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 18th day of December 1832
Thomas S Tate JIC
John Simpson
I hereby certify that John Simpson the above named deponent is a credible person.
Given under my hand this 18th day of December 1832
Thomas S. Tate JIC
I John B. Nichols, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Hall County hereby certify that Thomas S. Tate before when the above and within affidavits were made is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court and that the signature thereto annexed is his genuine signature
Given therein my hand this 18th day of December 1833
John B. Nichols Clk
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June 17, 1937
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 BA-J/EEL
Benjamin West-R.11345

Mr. H.H. West                    
214 South Hill Street        
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Benjamin West, a Revolutionary War soldier who lived in Hall County, Georgia, in 1840.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11345, based upon the military service in that war of Benjamin West. 

Benjamin West was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. The date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown. 

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Benjamin West enlisted sometime in 1777, exact date not given, and served as a substitute for his father, for two months as a private in Captain McDowell's Company, Colonel Brevard's North Carolina troops, marched to King's Mountain and "reached the battle ground about half an hour after the engagement wasover."

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 18, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and resided in Hall County, Georgia. 

He died November 25, 1842, in said Hall County. 

The solider married June 12, 1788, in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Nancy. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. Nancy stated that after their marriage, they resided in Abbeville District, South Carolina, for thirty-five years or more, then moved to Hall County, Georgia, where she was still living in 1844 and was aged eighty-four years.
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Children of Benjamin and Nancy West:

Mary West born March 24, 1789.
John West born October 16, 1790.
William West born April 17, 1792.
Benjamin West born February 10, 1794.
Elezebeth West born August 29, 1796.
Rebeccah West born August 20, 1798.
Nancy West born March 11, 1801.

The following data appears, also:
James West born July 13, 1785. The relationship of James West to the family was not stated.

The date of death of Nancy West, widow of Benjamin West is not given.

Very truly yours
A.D. Miller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Amendment to Benjamin West's declaration
Georgia
Hall County
Personally appeared before the Subscribes a Justice of the peace in and for said County Benjamin West Sr. & after being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that by reasons of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. Some time in the year 1777 I substituted as a private soldier in the place of my father who had been drafted this was a two months tour under Capt McDowell & Lieutenant Vail and was attached to Col Brevards Regiment and marched to the head of the Catawba River where I remained guarding the inhabitants who were in fort at that place until my service ended at the expiration of said service and at the fort I enlisted for six months under the above named Capt McDowell who had then received a commission as I understood to enlist men for the United States Service. I was to have received forty shillings per month as bounty money and every thing furnished except our shoes but I never received any part of the money the Col. acquired the payment when I was discharged but I never got it. I marched to Guilford Court house North Carolina & from there to Kings Mountain which place I reached in a short time after the battle. I served five months in this tour as a private militiaman in the United States Service and in Col. Brevards Regiment we were also with a Regiment under the command of Col. Clark and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 10th December 1833
Benjamin West Sr.
X
His Mark
E. M. Johnson JIC
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Georgia
Hall County
I John B. Nichols Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County hereby certify that Ephraim M. Johnson before where the written affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature
Given under my hand & seal of office this 10th December 1833
John B. Nichols Clk
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10. 873
Nancy West GA
[illegible] James saw [illegible] 13, 1844
11345
July 7, 1838
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4.5.1921
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Will you kindly send me the Rev. War record or service of Benjamin West who received pension, Hall Co. Ga. Listed in Harvey list of Ga. Rev. Sol. - Respectively
Mrs. Annie Rudisill
362 Broughton St
Bainbridge, Ga.

Stamp Mark: U. S. PENSION OFFICE
APR 6 1921
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Way Cross Ga
July 7, 1920

Stamp Mark: DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION symbol

MRS. J. L. WALKER
STATE HISTORIAN
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA

Dear Miss Wilson:
Pardon the privilege that I take in writing to you for a much-desired record and if you have no time to secure it for me, won't you please turn this letter over to the
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Bureau of Pensions for a reply.

Benjamin West's name appears on page 81 of Census of Pensions from Hall County Georgia. He was my great great grandfather, and I will deeply appreciate whatever you will do to secure information regarding him.

Very truly yours,
(Mrs. J. L.) Laura S. Walker
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Stamp Mark: U. S. PENSION OFFICE 
D
JUL 26 1920

Stamp Mark: DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION symbol

Handwritten Note: Rev Already Answered

MRS. J. L. WALKER
STATE HISTORIAN
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA

Way Cross Geo
July 23rd 1920

Interim Dept
Bureau of Pensions-

Will you please give me whatever information you may be able to obtain from the Revolutionary Pension Dept of Benjamin West, who in 1835 drew a
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pension. His name appears on the Senate document pension roll. 

I am anxious to know the name of his wife & c. [abbreviated for children]

I will very much appreciate your efforts in securing Benjamin West's Revolutionary War Record for me. 

Very Truly
Mrs. J. L. Walker
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1920 July 29 Hist. to Mrs. J. L. Walker. 
1921 Apr. 29 Hist. to Mrs. Annie Rudisill. 
1930- May 11 Hist. to Mrs. Ed Talbott. EEL
1937-June 17 Hist. to H.H. West EL

11.340
P.O. Nancy West
Service: ________________

Enlisted: ________________,18   .
Discharged:______________, 18  .
Application filed: ________________[REJECTED stamped on this line], 18  . 

Alleges: Printed list of 1832 shows cause of suspension
Re-enlisted: of widow's claim "barred by the Act of Apr. 30 1844"

Attorney: _______________________
P.O. ___________________________
__________Recognized. ____________Contract. 
_______Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___________,18  .
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James Law
Sept 13, '44
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2,8

Pension Office 
Sept 13 '44
[crossed a word out and signed]

The papers in the case of Nancy West widow of Benjamin West Sr. claiming a pension under the Act of July 7th '38 have been annexed and filed. The claim under the above Act is barred by the Act of April 30th  44 which provides that "no pension shall be hereafter granted to a widow for the same time her husband received one" Benjamin West Sr no pension until the day of his death Nov 25th '42 of the Act of July 7th '38 expired March 4th '41 should the claim be used under the Act of Mar 30 '43. The Certification of the Clerk of the County where the marriage took place should be procured as the best evidence of Benjamin West should be of claim had by the certificates of the [written over but unable to decipher what is written instead] . He says he served in 1777 as a substitute under Captain McDowell and Lt. Vail in Col. Brevard's Regt. 

James Law Esq. 
Gainesville, GA 
10873
Act July 7th '38
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27.700
Benjamin West Sr. 
 
[abbreviation of some sort]

7 mo $23.33

[signature of Benjamin West]

James Law

Gainesville

Ga 

[signature of James Law]
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Family Record
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Gideon, Printer

TREASURY DEPARTMENTS,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
April 22, 1844.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the widow of Benjamin West Sr. ded, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of September to the 25th November, 1862.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, 
Present.
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The Pension Bureau,
Washington,
D.C.

Please send me the Rev. record of Benjamin West of Halls County Ga. he was in the services. He was drawing a pension in 1840 while a resident of Halls Co. Ga. I want to get the copy of his application for this pension, so that I may see the record given. If there is a charge to me for it, what is the price? I am,

Very truly,
Mrs. Ed Talbott
Gilmore, Ark.,
March 31, 33.

Stamp Mark: RECEIVED
APR 3, 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. 3
PENSION
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Stamp Mark: RECEIVED MAY 22 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
READ DIV 14
VETS ADM

H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturer' Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.

May 18, 1937.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly furnish me abstract of military duty and family history of BENJAMIN WEST, Revolutionary soldier, who was living in Hall County, Georgia, as shown by the List of Revolutionary pensioners in the 1840 Index - 81 years old, and oblige.

History wanted for story of Hezekiah West, Revolutionary soldier, now in preparation.

Yours very truly, 
[signature of H.H. West]
H. H. West.
HHW/M

(Handwritten ELL pointing to the name BENJAMIN WEST.)
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May 11, 1933
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BA-J/EEL
Benjamin West - R. 11345

Mrs. Ed. Talbott
Gilmore
Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin West, a pensioner of Hall County, Georgia.

A very careful examination of the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11345, has been made in your behalf and the following data found relative to his residence, service, family, etc.

Benjamin West was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, date not given.

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted sometime in 1777, exact date not given, and served as a substitute for his father whose name is not shown, for two months as a private in Captain McDowell's Company, Colonel Brevard's North Carolina Regiment; he again enlisted, date not given, served five months as a private in Captain McDowell's North Carolina Company; marched to King's Mountain and "reached the battle ground about half an hour after the engagement was over".

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 18, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and resided in Hall County, Georgia.

He died November 25, 1842, in said Hall County.

The soldier married June 12, 1788, in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Nancy, her maiden name not shown. Nancy stated that after their marriage, they resided in Abbeville District, South Carolina, for thirty-five years or more; then moved to Hall County,
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Georgia, where she was still residing in 1844, and was aged eighty-four years. 

The following names are shown on the family record. It is stated that they are names of the children of Benjamin West and his wife, Nancy, beginning with Mary West, their eldest child. No statement is made in regard to James West whose name is listed first:
James West Born July 13, 1785.
Mary West born March 24, 1789.
John West born October 16, 1790
William West born April 17, 1792.
Benjamin West born February 10, 1794
Elezebeth West born August 20, 1796.
Rebeccah West born August 20, 1798.
Nancy West born March 11, 1801.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
R.11.345
Washington, D. C., _______________, 19__

In reply to your request of_______, received________ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin West Sr. a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[first column]
Date of Enlistment or Appointment.
1777
1780
[second column]
Length of Service.
2 mos.
5 mos.
[third column]
Rank.
Pvt.
[fourth/fifth columns]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain.
McDowell
McDowell
Colonel.
Brevard
Brevard
[sixth column]
STATE.
N.C.
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Lincoln County, N. C.
Date of application for pension, Dec 18, 1832. His rec. was al. [his record was altered]
Residence at date of application, Hall Co., Ga.
Age at date of application, 73 years born in Baltimore Co. Md. He died Nov. 25, 1842 in Hall County Ga.
Remarks: He married June 12, 1788 in Abbeville Dist. S. C. Nancy - She was a resident of Hall County Ga. in 1844 aged 84 years. Children were Mary b. Mch 24, 1789. John b. Oct 16, 1790. William b. Apr 17, 1792. Benjamin was b. Febry 10, 1794. Elizabeth b. Aug 20, 1796. Rebeccah b. Aug 20, 1798. Nancy b. Mch. 11, 1801
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
d-285G
1780 was date of battle of Kings Mountain