Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4433, for William Jackson, North Carolina
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CONTENTS
VICE
Jackson, William
NUMBER
S. 4433
Carded
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13841
West Tennessee
William Jackson of Franklin in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Sharp in the regiment commanded by Col Lytle in the  N. Carolina
line for 1 year 1 month 13 days Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee the rate of 43 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June
1833 and Sent to Edmund Russell Winchester
-
Arrears to the 4th of March                   $ 87.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept           21.83                          
                                                               $109.15
=
Recorded by David Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 ⎨Page 83
 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Danl Boyd


Letter to F.H. Loughmith 3 August and 
18 Feby 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March
1840. Agt. Notified 26 March
1841.
Paid as above from 4 March
to 4 Sep 1840. Agt Notified 9th
July 1841.
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William Jackson
Declaration for a 
Pension
21,071
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Jesse Ginn. states that he was acquainted with
William Jackson in Fairfield district South Carolina shortly after the revolution and that it was then the general belief & opinion of the neigherhood that he was a soldier of the revolution + I concor
in that opinion
                                 Jesse Ginn
Sworn to in open Court Novr the 26th 1832
                            E Russell, Clerk
                           W B Wagner DC
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states,
and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Smith who has signed and sworn to the above certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said William Jackson, and that Richmond P. Harris Esquire who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same neighborhood, and the statement of Jesse Ginn, a resident of said County
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thereto attached, and creditable persons, and that
their statements are entitled to credit.
           Edmond Russell, Clerk of the Court of plea   and Quarter Sessions of Franklin County Tennessee do hereby certify that this contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Jackson
for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office on the 3 day of December 1832
                                        E Russell ,Clerk
                                        W B Wagner D.C.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Court of the 7th June 1832
1
State of Tennessee Franklin County
On the 26 day of November 1832 personally appeared in the court of pleas and quarter  of Franklin County, William Jackson a resident citizen of seventy years is duly according to law all on by oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension passed
by the act of August 1832
He states that he entered the service of the United States in the month of ______ in the year 17__ as a volunteer  for the term of eighteen months and served  in the fourth regiment commanded by Archibald Lytle in the company commanded by Capt. Sharp,  Lieutenant Jesse Stead, that he volunteered in the town of Salisbury North Carolina he then marched direct
to Charleston and was stationed on James Island
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and has remained until in the month of December
1783, when he was discharged after peace was made on the Island by Col Archibald Lytle
that he may not been what became of his
discharge but suppose it has been destroyed
time and accident.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
                             William Jackson
                            his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day year aforesaid
                               E Rupell,Clerk
                               W Wagner DC
1. where and in what year were you born
Inas born in the City of London near tower hill
in the year 1762
2. Have you any record of your age if so, where is
I have none
3. Where were you living when called into the service when leave you lived since the revolutionary war
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Answer
I was living in Will County Georgia when I
entered the service then moved to South Carolina after the close of the war, lived there about thirty years from thence removed to Franklin County Tennessee where I have been
hand since.
4were you drafted, or did you volunteer
when you called into service, 
Ans
I entered the service as a volunteer.
5
State the names of some of the regular troops
who were with when you served; such
and the general circumstance of recollect,

A.
I can recollet Genl Green & Col Lyle,  i
do not recollect the name of the continental regiments, except my own and the
general circumstances of my service and as
above stated
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Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
by whom was it given, what has become of
it
I received a discharge from Col Lytle, but
suppose that it has been destroyed by line or
accident.
State the names of the persons to whom you and
in your present neighbor had, and can testify
 to your character for veracity and belief in your
your service as a soldier of the number.
Defer to the Revd Joseph Smith  of Richmond
                                  William Jackson
Sworn to subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
                                       W. Russell, Clerk

C. Hanig, Lyse Ginn, of Richmond, P. Harris 
I hereby certify that we were well acquainted with
William Jackson who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believed him to be seventy years of age; that he is repented & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solder of the
Revolution and that we concur in that.
Sworn to & Subscribed in
in Court day Joseph Smith
year aforesaid
G. Richmond , P Harris
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Jesse Ginn. states that he was acquainted with
William Jackson in Fairfield district South Carolina shortly after the revolution that it was then the general belief & opinion of the neighborhood that he was a soldier of the revolution &I concur in that opinion .
                                            Jesse Ginn
Sworn to in open Court Nov the 26th 1832
                                        E Russell, Clerk
                                       W B Wagner Do


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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Joseph Smith who has signed and sworn to the above certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said William Jackson, and that Richmond P. Harris Esquire who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same neighborhood; and the statement of Jesse Ginn, a resident of said County
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thereto attached and credible person, their statement and entitled to credit

I, Edmond Rüppell, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Franklin County, Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of
said Court in the matter of an application
of William Jackson for a pension 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto attached at my hand and seal of Office in this 
 the 5th day of December 1832
E Russell, Clerk
 W.B. Wagner D.C
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21071
W. Jackson
Franklin County

W. Hill

from August 1782 to 3 Sep 1833.
                                                 $43.66

Lytle
E. Rupell C.C
Franklin Co TN
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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.
When the
service was
rendered.
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Statement, shewing the Service of William Jackson, Franklin County  T.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
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Rank
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of
claimant.
Names and Rank ┃
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.

Names and Rank ┃
of the General
┃ and Field officers. ┃
Capt Sharp, Col Lytle
Battles in which
the applicant was
engaged.
none
Country through
which he marched.
N. and S. C

Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period.
Evidence by  which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or
County of
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
aged (c)
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
with
and
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 enered 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.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C.D. residing in (the same)
who has
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 day 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.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
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.
{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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Town Oficer 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 he 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.
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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 served, in language so
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. 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
reconcile, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---yearhill
, and
days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as aand
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, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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 pubseal
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.
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 of office
The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W L Will
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March 19, 1935
XXX
BA-J/REL
William Jackson

Mr. Hubert W. Lacey
1754 Rosemont Boulevard
Dayton, Ohio
Dear Sir:

egon-S.4433
William Jackson was born in 1782, in the city of London, near Tower Hill. The names of his parents are not shown. While residing in Wilkes County, Georgia, he volunteered, date
not given, served as a private in Captain Sharp's Company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina Regiment, which he joined at Salisbury , North Carolina, at once marched to Charleston, where he was stationed on James Island and was discharged in December, 1783.
The length of his service was not given but he stated that he enlisted for eighteen months.
After the Revolution, he resided in Fairfield District, South Carolina  for about thirty years, then moved to Franklin County, Tennessee, of which county and state he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1832.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
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, William Jackson (S.4433), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Jackson, Certificate 13840, issued June 26, 1833, rate
$43.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1935 Mar fixt ┃
Lee
File
4433
INVALID.
4453
1
William Jackson
Pr. N. C. line
Act: June 1932
Index: -- Vol.
, Page 199
Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that William Jackson a private in Capt Bailey's Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted on the 1st of August 1782 for 18 months, and that nothing more is said of him on said rolls
Given under my hand this
9th day of May 1833
W. Hill
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
Jane
22d 1841.
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," William Jackson a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the to the 4th to Sept. 1840-
Respectfully Yours,

E. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 1st 1841,

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, " William
Jackson a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 18, has been paid at this Department, fro  the ___ of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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March 19, 1935

Mr. Hubert W. Lacey
1754 Rosemont Boulward
Dayton, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Brown (two), John Harisbrough
(Hansbrough), William Baldwin, Moses Lacey and William Jackson, all pensioners.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information , it has not been possible to comply with each request which requires such an amount of time and research. The records of William Jackson (S.4433) and Thomas Brown (S.35790) are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.