Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32355, for Robert Kell, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N.C. 
Kell Robert

NUMBER
S.32355
CONTENTS
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Reduced from $35.77.
[re?]ported to Agent; see letter
Date of death 
not on [illegible]
Georgia 23, 461
Robert Kell
Robun Co. in the State of Georgia
who was a
Private in the company commanded
Captain Falker of the [illegible] commanded
Col Moore in the N.C.
line for 8 months & 22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 29 Dollars 10 cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Reduced from $35.77
Certificate of Pension issued the 22. day of Feb.
1842 and sent to Hon. J.A.
Meriwether, House of Representation
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 12
Former payments to be deducted
305.55
  14.55
317.10

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 95
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No 23483
Robert Kell--
Rabun, Co
Georgia

Admit as pivate
10 month & 22 day
Sec. [illeg.] of Col. Foster, as to
the Official character [?] of
the Clerk is the papers
of Jas Kell [illeg.] not [illeg.]

33.33
 2.44
35.77

Jos Grisham
Falls -- P O
            S C

Reaburn [sic] Co
Georgia
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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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, showing the service of Robert Hill Rabun Co Georgia
Period when the service was rendered
Vol. May 1780 
[illegible]
[illegible] ditto 1781
Vol 1782
Duration of the claimant's service
Years      Months     Days
                 3            V
                 3x
           [illegible]     
                 2 
Rank of the claimant
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he saved.
Captain Forker
Col Moore
Capt Grisham
Capt Allen
Maj McColley
Col Williams
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
78 years
 North -
Carolina Orange
County

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence
The lsst tour he said [illegible] making 5 tours in all for three months
the last tour
I am respectfully
Your obedient servants
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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of
County of
On this ___ day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of ___  aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d),  with   and
served in the
(e) regiment of the Line, under the following named officers.
{Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.

I ___ of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 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 days 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 his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To an Officer Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates,
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. D. 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 _____
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, 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 is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal
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 in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.

[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John N Ashton
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State of Georgia  }
Rabun County     }
Before me A R Gaines Justice of the Inferior Court personally appeared Capt. James Kell late & for many years resident in the said County--  And made oath, that he lived in Orange County in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War-- That he was a part of one tour with Robert Kell in the service of the United States-- And the said Robert was from home in the Service several times--  This deponent did not live more than eight miles from his said cousin Robert Kell & knows a part of the facts in the application stated to be true and he believes all the facts therein stated to be true--
Sworn to this Eleventh }  James Kell
day of December 1833 }
Before me                     }
Allen R Gaines J.I.C       }

I do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Capt. James Kell above named & have known him for many years he is a Credible person & ought to believed.
Given under my hand the date
above written--  Allen R. Gaines J.I.C
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I Jacob Capeheart
Clerk of the Court for
Rabun County do certify that 
A. R. Gains a Justice of Inferior Court whose signature appears to the within affidavit and Certificate is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court for said County  That all due faith & credit is & ought to be given thereto, and that the signatures purporting to be his, within are genuine
  In testimony whereof I have
  hereunto set my hand & 
  private seal having no public
  seal of office.  the Eleventh
  day of December in the
  year of our Lord One Thousand
  eight hundred & thirty three.
   J. Capeheart   seal
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Robert Kell

In the original declaration
10 mo & 22 days was the
amt. [illeg.] claimed
and the amt  is now alld [allowed]
HD

Return answer to
Col. Joseph Grisham
Falls Post Office
Pickens District
J. C.
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State of Georgia  }
Rabun County     }  SS.
On this Thirteenth day of December in the Year 1833.  Personally appeared before us the Judges of the Inferior Court of the County of Rabun, Robert Kell a resident of the said County and State aged Seventy nine years of age, 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 June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States in May 1780 as a volunteer in Orange County in the State of North Carolina under Capt. Falker of Col. Moores Regiment was marched to Salem from there to Deep River then back to Hillsboro where he was stationed until the  end of the Tour this tour was not less than three months, was in no battle during that time--  In the fall of the same year he again volunteered under Capt. Grisham of the Horse, under Major Robt. Crombie--under Col Tinning of Orange County-- as marched to Eno River down to Neuse River from there to Hillsboro, from there to Haw River from there to a little below the Redfield Ford where we had a skirmish with the Tories & killed three--then we marched down below Ramsays Mil from there to Hillsboro where he was discharged.  This tour was for three months & he did at least serve three months-- In the year 1781 He Volunteered Capt. Allen, Maj. McColla in Orange County & went down Capefear [sic] River to the mouth of Little River near X Creek, from there back to deep River a little above Bells Mil on deep River had a Battle with the Tories where the [sic] killed 23 of the Enemy--and Capt. Allen was shot through the shoulder--then he was marched to Hillsboro and discharged there after having served Three months (except Eight days.)
   In the same year about August as well as he now recollects he volunteered under Capt. McMullen of Col. Williams Regt. stated to S. Carolina, got to the quaker meadows on the Catawba River there they met the troops from over the mountain.  C. Campbell & General Stephens & joined them & went to Kings Mountain & was with them in that Battle.  Col. Williams was killed there.  Col. Campbell then commanded this compy [sic] he was in and ordered them back to Guard the Prisoners, to the Moravian Town-- from there he was marched Hillsboro-- in this Tour he served out Fully Three Months, in al he served Twelve months except 8 days
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hired a man to do a tour of three months duty he was drafted & could not leave home.
   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present.  And he declares he is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State--
   And also he further makes the following answers to the Interrogatories required by the War Department to be put to all applicants.

1st  He was born in Pennsylvania Nottingham County near to Charlestown in the year 1756 as he has heard.
2d He has as Copy of this age taken from his Father's Famiy Bible which he has at home in Rabun County.
He was living in Orange County North Carolina when he first entered the service.  He lived there til the close of the War  he then moved into Surry-- he lived there 16 years, then moved to Burke County lived there twenty years.  He then moved to Mill Creek in Pendleton  District S.C. where he lived a few years and then moved to several places in Pendleton where he lived upwards of twenty years near thirty.  He then moved to Rabun County Georgia where he has lived nearly three Years & now living--
4th  He always turned out Volunteer and was all the times a private
5th  He was a little with Genl. Gates & Genl. DeKalb of the Continental Army00 was with Campbell and others at Kings Mountain he recollect but four others, Cleveland--tc--
6  He got regular discharges, but not expecting any benefit from them, no care was taken & they have been lost a long time.  And at this time he can say by whom they were signed, Col. Moore, Col. Tinning, Col. McColla & Capt. McMullen after Col. Williams was killed--
7th  The most noted men of the County who has been long acquainted with him are Col. Sam. Beck, William Kelly Esq. member of the Legislature, Edward Coffee Esq. also member of Assembly and Henry T Mozley Senator of the County-- Wm Hansby Esq & Col. Norton & Jno Grisham Esq.
Robert Kell
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court the day & year first mentioned before us
William Gillespie  JJC
Allen R Gaines   J.J.C
Robert Brown   J.I.C.  Rabun County G.
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We John S Henley a Clergyman residing in Rabun County Georgia and Wm J Gaines residing in the same county, Hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Kell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
the day and year first above written
John L. Henley [illeg.]
Wm J Gaines

Wiliam Gillespie JCC }  Judges of
Allen R. Gaines JJC    }  the Inf.
Robert Brown JJC      }  Court
                                     Rabun
                                     County G.
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 Robert Kell was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
   And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John S Henley who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Rabun and that Wm P. Gaines who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Rabun and is a credible person &  that their statement is entitled to credit.

Wiliam Gillespie JJC }  Judges of the
Allen R Gaines JJC    }  Inferior Court
Robert Brown JC      }    Rabun Cunty
                                          Georgia.
I Jacob Capeheart Clerk of the Court of Rabun County Georgia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Robert Kell for a Pension
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no seal of office for Inferior Court of the said County.

Jacob Capeheart   Seal
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August 11, 1936
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BA-JEEL
Robert Kell-S.32355

Miss Kathleen M. Hempel
E1 Kader
Iowa

Dear Madam:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not there is a claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a soldier of Pennsylvania with surname Kell who had a daughter Luticia, who was born in 1789 and went west (Iowa?) with her family when she was very old.  You state that Robert, Allen, Fransis (?), Adam Daniel, Jeremiah, Philip, Samuel (illeg.), John and Zenley Kell all served in the Revolutionary War.
   There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any soldiers with names as above, except one, Robert Kell, nor of any soldier with that surname who it is shown had a daughter, Luticia.  Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
   The record of Robert Kell is furnished herein as it may aid you in your research.  The data are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S32355, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
   Robert Kell was born in 1756 [date unclear], in Pennsylvania, "in Nottingham County, near Charlestown."  The names of his parents are not shown.
   While residing in Orange County, North Carolina, Robert Kell volunteered and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops, as follows: from May, 1780, three months under Captain McMullen and Colonels Williams and Campbell and was at the battle of King's Mountains from same fall; three months under Captain Grisham and Colonel Tinning and was in a skirmish with the Tories at Redfield Fort; in the fall of 1781, two months and twenty-two days under Captain Allen and Major McColla and was in a battle with the Tories near Bell's Mills on Deep River.
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   After the Revolution, Robert Kell lived in Surry and Burke Counties, North Carolina; pendleton District, South Carolina and Rabun County, Georgia.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed December 11, 1833, while residing Rabun County, Georgia, where he had lived for nearly three years.
   In 1833, James Kell, a resident of Rabun County, Georgia, stated that he was a cousin of the soldier, Robert Kell.  He was referred to as Captain James Kell.
   In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid an possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Robert Kell (S.32355), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
   Robert Kell
   Certificate No. 23461
   Issued February 22, 1842
   Rate $29.10 per annum
   Commenced March 4, 1831
   Act of June 7, 1832
   Georgia Agency.

[illeg.] truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Admnistrator.
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feb 22 1842
W

J A Meriwether
[illeg. initials]

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
D.C

Hon J A Meriwether
[illeg. initials]
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Washington 21 July 1842

Sir

   I received your letter informing me that yu could not give me the name of a pensioner about whom I wrote you sometime since--  If you will have the goodness to refer to my former letter, you will find one enclosed to you, containing the name.  May I ask your early attention to this matter.

[Your] ObdSvt
J A Merriwether
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feb 12 1842

To J A Merriwether
[ileg.]

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 

Hon J A Merriwether

Am. feb 14, 1842
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Washington
12 Feby 1842

Sir:
   I addressed you a few days on the subject of a Pensioner whose name had been dropt from the list--  I forwarded your letter to him, & inquired for the original certificate which you desire should be returned before opening a new one-- I received an answer stating that it was lost, & I inclosed [sic] it to you, asking to be informed of the course now to be pursued.  Not having heard from you, I address you to learn your determination

 Respectfully 
[your] obd Svt
To the
Commissioner of Pension, Jas A Merriwether
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Merriwether

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Dec 11. 1814
[illeg.]

Hon. J. A. Merriwether
[illeg.]
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Washington 9 Dec 1841

Sir
   I inclose [sic] a letter of inquiry addressed to me.  Will you do me the favor to furnish me the information at as early a period as will meet your convenience--  Please inform me at what time the pension of Richard Packard of New York ceased & give me a certificate that this name is on the pension roll, or has been there.

[illeg.] obd Svt
Jas Merriwether
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Issue a new certificate
for 8 mo 22 days.
& send it
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May 16, 1935

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BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Lulu Boarman Webster
4124 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Madam:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and Robert Kell, who served in the North Carolina Troops, War of the Revolution and applied for pension while residing in Rabun County, Georgia.
   Their histories are furnished you herewith, the data for which were obtained from the respective claims for pension.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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May 16, 1936
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BA-J/EEL
Robert Kell-S.32355

Mrs. Lulu Boarman Webster
4124 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Madam:
   The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.32355, based upon the military service in that war of Robert Kell.
   Robert Kell was born in 1756, in Pennsylvania, in Nottingham County, "near Charlestown".  The names of his parents are not shown.
   While residing in Orange County, North Carolina, Robert Kell volunteered and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows: from May, 1780, three months under Captain Falker and Colonel Moore; from August 1780, three months under Captain McMullen and Colonels Williams and Campbell and was at the battle of King's  Mountains from same fall, three months under Captain Grisham and Colonel Tinning and was in a skirmish with the Tories at [illeg.] Fort in the fall of 1781, two months and twenty-two days under Captain Allen and Major MoColla and was in a battle with the Tories near Bell's Mills on Deep River.
   After the Revolution, soldier lived in Surry and Burke Counties, North Carolina; Pendleton District, South Carolina, and Rabun County, Georgia.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed December 11, 1833, while residing in said Rabus County, where he had lived for nearly three years.
   In 1833, James Kell, a resident of Rabun County, Georgia, stated that he was a cousin of the soldier.  He was referred to as Captain James Kell.
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   In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Robert Kell (S.3355), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
   "Robert Kell, Certificate No. 23461, issued February 22, 1842, rate $29.10, per annum, commenced March 4 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Georgia Agency."

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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AW
Rev. War Section.

April 28, 1914.

Mr. James A. Kell,
Phiadelphia, Pa.

Sir:
   in response to your letter of the 24th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, File No. 32,355, it appears that Robert Kell was born in Nottingham County, Pennsylvania, near Charlestown, in 1756, and while living in Orange County, North Carolina, served as Private from May 1780, 3 months under Captain Falker and Colonel Moore.  From August 1780, 3 months under Captain McMullan and Colonels Williams and Campbell and was at the battle of Kings Mountain.  From the fall of 1780 3 months under Colonel Grisham and Colonel Tinning and was in a skirmish with Tories.  In 1781, 2 months and 22 days under Captain Allen and Major McColla and was in a battle with Tories near Bells Mills on Deep River.
   After the Revolution, soldier lived in Surry and Burke Counties, North Carolina, Pendleton District, South Carolina, and when he applied for pension on December 11, 1833, he resided in Rabun County, Georgia.  His claim was allowed.  His cousin James Kell testified for him.  There is no other date on file as to his family.
   For thee date of his death you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing as follows:
   "Robert Kell.  Certificate No. 23,461, issued 
   February 22, 1842, under Act of June 7, 1832,
   rate $29.10 to commence March 4, 1831.  At
   the Georgia Agency."
   


[handwritten in left margin]  See other part of this letter in 
James Kell.  N. C. S32357
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Rev.

[stamp]  RECEIVED
JUL 25 1936
[illeg.]

E1 Kader, Iowa.
July 23, 1936.

Veterans Administration,
Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
We have followed every clew available in trying to trace the name of Luticia Kell, whom we think was a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, as she was born in 1790.  I suppose that in the east, esspecially on the Atlantic sea board, graves of the daughters of Revolutionary soldiers are a common thing.  But here in the middle west it is a different matter.  This summer marks the centennial of the first settlement in this county.  So you see that is why we are so interested, of course this woman came west, with her family when she was a very old lady.
Please excuse me for not getting "down to business" at once.  But I thot [sic] a itte explanation might make the matter more interesting to you, if you have the work of looking it up.
The trouble is that we do not know the name of Luticia Kell's father, that is his christian name, if we did, tracing this name would be an easy matter.  We have a list of the Kell's who did service in Revolutionary Army.  They are as follows: Robert Kell, of Philadelphia Co; Allen Kel, of the same place; Francis Kell, one of the rangers, (no locality given) Adam Kel, Chester, co; Daniel Kell, no county given; Jermiah Kell, no locality given; Francis Kell, Northampton Co; Philip Kell, Northampton Co; Samuel Kell, Chester Co; John Kell, York Co; Samuel Kell, York Co; and Zenley Kell, of Bedford Co.  Are an of these on your pension list, and does it name any of the children, especially had any of these men a daughter named Luticia?  Please send all available records of the families of these men.  We would be truly grateful for an early reply.
Our chapter of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is very eager to place a marker on this grave, if we could definitely prove that Luticia Kell, was the daughter of a Revoutionary [sic] Soldier.  If we could get this we would mark the grave in October.
Sincerely hoping that you can hep us in this matter,
I am,
Very sincerely yours,
(Miss) Kathleen M. Hempel,
Historian E. Kader  Chapter, D. A. R.
Enclosed is a stamped envelope for your reply. July 28
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32355
Revy INALID.
File No. 32,355
Robert Kel
Pvt Rev. War
Ac: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1914 Apr. 28 Hist. to Mr.
James A. Kell of Phila.
Pa. by request of Miss
Aspril of C. Clerks' room)
[illeg. initials]

1935-Apr.16-Hist to Mrs.
Lulu B. Webster-Letter
in case of Jas. Kell- [illeg.] 32357
[illeg. initials]
1936-Aug 11- Histo to W C House- EL
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Dec 11, 1841 to Jas. A. Merriwether H:R

71.54
17.88
89.42

Georgia  23.401
Robert Kell
of Robins in the State of Geo:
who was a [illeg.] in the     commanded
by Captain ____ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Moon in the No. Ca
line for 10 mo.  22 days.
Allow 8 mos  22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 35 Dollars 77 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Jan: 34
and [illeg.] Col: Jos. [illeg.]
Falls. [illeg.] So. Ca
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833             89.42
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34   17.89
                                                           $107.31
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832       }
Recorded by N Rice  Clerk.
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