Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2013, for Ezekiel Reynolds, North Carolina
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3-1776
SERVICE
N.C.

Reynolds, Ezekiel

NUMBER
S.2013.

carded.
CONTENTS
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7522
West Tennessee
Ezekiel Reynolds
of Bedford in the State of W Tenn
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Dryer of the Rgt commanded
by Col Wright in the NC
line for 16 months

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April
1833 and Sent to I McKisick Shelbyville

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $ 106 66
Semi-anl. allowance ending [? Sept]   26.66
$133.32

{Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 94
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4896.
Ezl Reynolds
Declaration
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
On this 17th day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 personally Appeared in open Court before the [illegible] Samuel Phillips, John B. Armstrong and John L. Neill Esquires gentlemen Justice of the peace,
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Appointed to hold the court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee now sitting; Ezekiel Reynolds a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy two year five months and 14 days; who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he entered the Service of the united States and Served and herein Stated To wit
That he entered the Service of the united States, as a drafted Soldier in the county of Surry and State of North Carolina, Some time in the spring of the year 1776 he thinks in April, and was attached to Captain Samuel Dyers Company and his Lieut name was Wm Adkins, and was marched from
Surry Court house, to the Town of Salisbury in Roan [Rowan] N. Carolina. And from that to Camden in South Carolina, where he states he remained for same time during which time, he was frequently on searching parties in Search of Tories, until his term of three months Service expired, Where he was discharged
in writing, Signed by Samuel Dyer his Captain
and he then returned home. He states that Shortly
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after he returned home, the tories were imbediesing in various places through the County where he lived Deponant States that he then volunteered for two months under Captain . . . .Francis who commanded a company of Mounted Men he thinks it was in Septem. in the year 1776. and was marched, after joining him to a place near the Shallow ford and the Yadkin river, and on the next morning had an ingagment [engagement] 
with a band of Tories under the command of one Hezekiah Wright, where he states the Americans only about Seventy six in number (privates) besides the officer, defeated about three hundred and fifty tories who it was thought were on thier [their] way to King's mountain to join Furgusan, he states they got their information from a mulatto man by the name of John Morgan who they [tucked?] up and whiped - until he informed Captain Frances where the tories were, and where they would cross the Yadkin river
he States he was marched from that to Kings
Mountain and was in the Engagment at that place, he recollect Colonel Cleveland, Colonel William Shepheard and Maj. Joseph Winston, and Maj. Sutter, and he says he was under Capt. James Shepheard on that day, and from that place he was marched the 3rd day after the battle as one of the guard with the British prisoners to Moravian Town, in what is now called Stokes county in North Carolina, and that there the prisoners were received by another guard, and marched as he was told into Virginia - he Says he was marched back then up the country and was engaged in recon [?monitoring] through the counties of Surry, Wilks [Wilkes], and Roan [Rowan]
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until his term of service expired, and was then discharg at the Town of Richmond the County Seat of Surry County. - He further states that afterwards he volunteered in a company of Mounted men commanded
by Capt. James Freeman, the Lieuts. name was Wm Adkins and that the aforesaid company was imployed for some time in annoying the brittish; first, the night after they crossed the Yadkin river on their march to Hillsborough fired on their picket guard and after that at or near Haw river we fired on them again, he says the company he was in followed on til the Brittish entered Hillsborough, and at
that place on the night previous to the brittish leaving Hillsborough the American Volunteer and the Militia kept a pritty [pretty] constant firing of Rifles and musket at the Brittish the whole night, he says their company was ordered then to march against a supposed band of Tories in Chatham County
N. Carolina, but could not find them; they were then marched from one place to another until after the battle of Guilford when they marched into Orange county where they took two prisoners from a cave 5 or 6 miles below Hillsborough, one by the name Soloman
Stakeham a deserter from the Maryland line
of Regulars as he understood the other was the name of William Crabtree a tory and delivered them over to Genl Green near Salisberry [Salisbury]; and then
returned have and was dismissed after serving
about two months; And after that he thinks some
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time after the Battle of Guilford in 1781, he was
called on as one of the nine months men, and was attached to Capt. Thompson Glenns Company, and was marched to Salisbury and remained there for same time, until after the Surrender of Cornwallace.-
and was marched from Salisbury to a little Town called Pinetree in the State of South Carolina, and remained there for some time but how long he does not recollect, and was then marched back to Salisbury N. Carolina, and after remaining there for some time was
marched to Richmond Surry County N. Carolina and received a discharge for nine months Service
The Cal Commandant was Robert Lanier and the Majors name was Joel Lewis-- making in all a term of Service of one year and Eight months. He hereby relinquishes all and every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll, of any Agency in the United States; that he has no documentary evidence at this time, and that he knows of no person whos testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service-
Interroggatories by the Court
Intry 1st. Where and in what year were you born?
Ans.  I was born in Hartford County in the State of North Carolina on the [illegible] Herren river on the 3rd day of March
in the year of our lord 1760.
Intry 2nd. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it.
Ans I have a record of my age at my dwelling house in this county.-
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Intrg 3rd.  where were you living when called into Service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where
do you now live.-
Ans. I lived in the county of Surry and State of north Carolina when I was called into the Service of the united States; and remained until the close of the Revolution, in the same County, and remained there after
the war; until the year 1795 when I removed to
Washington County Virginia, and in1809 I removed to Wilson County in the State of 
Tennessee and from that I removed to the County of Bedford in 1811 &
where I have lived ever since and where I now live
Intg 4th How were you called into Service, were you drafted, were you a volunteer, or were you a Substitute and if Substitute for whom.-
Ans. I was drafted the first and last tower [tour[ of duty and the three other towers [tours]I was a volunteer
Intrg 5th State the names of Some of the officers of the Regular Army who were with you; or the troops where you served; Such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service
Ans. I recollect  Col John Armstrong, General Pickens, Col Robert Lanier, Col Cleveland & Col Joseph Williams and Col. William Shepheard of the Militia. I also recollect Col. Washington and Col Lee.-
I saw a great many Regiments of Regulars and
militia but their names or numbers if I ever
heard them I have forgotten; I also saw a [illegible] Butler who it was said was a regular officer-
And I believe I have given as near as I can the
general circustances [circumstances] of my Service in the foregoing declared
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7th State the names of some persons, to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can certify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution. -
Inty did you [?ever] received discharge and if so where is it.
Ans I did receive 4 discharges but what has become of them cannot tell.
Ans The R M Breame a clergyman residing in this county about seven or eight miles from me; Colonel K. L. Anderson, James Shaw, Richd Lang, and Abraham Mayfield.-
Sworn to in open Court this 17th day August 1832.
J. McKisick Clk 
Ezekiel his x mark Reynolds
We Melchizedek Breame a clergyman residing in Bedford county and State of Tennessee; and Kenneth L. Anderson of the same county and State, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Reynolds, who has Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of an act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That we believe him to be Seventy two years, five months and fourteen days old; That he 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 in open Court
the 17th August 1832.
Melchizedek Brame
J. S. McKisick clk
K. L .Anderson
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And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter; and after putting the interroggatories prescribed by the war department; that the
above applicant who has Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing declaration, was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he States; And the court further certifies that it appears to them, Melchesedick Breame is a clergyman of good Standing in the Babtist [Baptist] church in Bedford County; And it also appears to the Court here that Kennith L. Anderson who has also signed the foregoing certificate has heretofore been High
Sheriff of Bedford county, and is now a resident of the same, and also that he is a credible person and that his Statement is entitled to credit.-
J.L. Neill
Samuel Phillips
John B. Armstrong
I  [illegible Kisick Clerk of the Court of pleas
and Quarter Sessions for the County of Bedford in the State of Tennesee do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Ezekiel Reynolds for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, at office in Shelbyville
this 17th of August 1832
J. S. McKisick
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4896
Ezekiel Reynolds
Bedford
Tennessee
from 1776 private
16 months
#53.33/100.
5.16. [crossed out]

allow for 16 months
only [illegible] 17 [?] in 27 [illegible]

Dyer Wright 
N.C.

Submitted Nov 8 - 1832
to
I McKisick
Shelbyville
Ten
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4896
BRIEF in the case of Ezekiel Reynolds
of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 72 years & 5 mth. & 14 days

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.  |  Duration of Service.  |  Rank.  |  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Drafted.

Some time in the Spring
of the year In 1776 April
He thinks-
Thinks in 1776 Sept.
volunteered for -
again volunteered -
after the Battle of 1781
Guilford - he was called as
one of the 9 mtn. men

- 3 -
- 2 -
Served about 2 -
- 9 -

Capt Samuel Dyers
Lieut Wm. Adkins
Capt Francis; Mounted men
Col Hezekiah Wright.
Capt James Shepheard
Capt James Freeman mounted men
Capt Thompson Glenn
Col Robert Lanier
Major Joel Lewis

5. In what battles was he engaged? In engagement at Kings Mountain -

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Surry Co. North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
[illegible initials]

January 23, 1935.

Hon. Joe J. Manlove,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Manlove:

     In response to your letter of the twentieth instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3013, it appears that Ezekiel Reynolds was born in Hertford County, N.C. March 3, 1760.
     While living in Surry County, N.C. he enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops as follows:
     From April 1776, for three months in Captain Samuel Dyer's Company.
     From September 1780, for two months in Captain Francis' Company and was in a skirmish with Tories on the Yadkin River and in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
     1781, for three months in Captain James Freeman's Company and was in a battle at Hillsborough, and for nine months in Captain Thompson Glenn's Company.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, while living in Bedford, County, Tenn.
     There is not data on file as to his family.
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1925 Jan 23. Hist. to Hon. J.J.
Manlove. aw.

Rev War.
2013
INVALID.
File No. 2013
Ezekiel Reynolds
Prvt. N. C. line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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E. Reynolds
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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
Ezekiel Reynolds which require further
proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

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

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

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes in
part, but is in [illegible] as to the year the Battle of Kings Mountain took place.

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no

VI. Has he given the names of the 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 June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes & has a device.
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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

XIII. If the clergyman'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? yes

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?

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 a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no

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 the 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.
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 be [he] belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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JOE J. MANLOVE
FIFTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT MISSOURI
COMMITTEES:
ROADS
LABOR
PENSIONS
ENROLLED BILLS
MINES AND MINING
REFORM IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C.

HOME ADDRESS
JOPLIN, MISSOURI
"THE LAND OF A MILLION SMILES"

January 20, 1925.
[stamp] OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
JAN 22, 1925

Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Commissioner Gardner:
W1080
     I shall appreciate it if you will advise me the record of Samuel Reynolds and Ezekiel Reynolds, whose address was Tennessee, and who allege some pensionable service, I don't know in what war or branch of the service.

Thanking you, I am,
Sincerely your friend,
Joe J. Manlove

Think they want to secure this information for D.A.R. purposes.
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An amendment to the declaration of Ezekiel Reynolds made at August term 1832 of Bedford County Court in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, an acting Justice of the peace for Bedford County in the State of Tennessee, Ezekiel Reynolds who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service in the war of the Revolution, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods below and in the following grades (to wit) that he served on his first tours of duty mentioned in the declaration above alluded to, as a private soldier drafted not less than three
months; and the Second Tour of duty mentioned in sd [said] declaration, he served as a private Soldier and mounted Gunman; not less than two months, and that on his
third tour of duty he served as a mounted Gunman and private Soldier as stated in the declaration above alluded to, not less than three months; and the fourth tour mentioned in said declaration, he served as a
drafted Soldier for a term not less than nine months making in all a term of actual service of not less than Seventeen months in the war of the Revolution for which he claims a pension.
deponant further States that from the great length of time since the War, old age and the consequent
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loss of memory he cannot swear to the precise periods of the war when he served; and finds by refference to History that he was in an error as to the time the battle of
Kings Mountain took place; but he declares most positively he was a volunteer in the service of the United States, at that time and was in the battle of Kings Mountain, against the Brittish and Tories under the command of Furgusan Subscribed and
Sworn to before me this 6th day of February 1833.
George Davidson JP
Ezekiel his x mark Reynolds

I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas and  quarter Sessions for Bedford County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that George Davison Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Ezekiel Reynolds was sworn to is now and was at the time the same was sworn to before him an
acting Justice of the peace for sd [said] County duly commission & qualified as such, and that his signature is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of
office, at office in Shelbyville
14th of February AD 1833
Jas McKisick clk