Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1644, James Campbell, S.C. Indian Wars.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Campbell, James
Sally

NUMBER
R1644

Indian Wars
CONTENTS
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6683

Sally V Campbell
of James
Kentucky

on roll

Hon R. M. Johnson
Vice Pres US
26th
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows
State of Kentucky
County of Muhlenberg}
Be it known that on this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid Sally Campbell a resident of the state of Kentucky in the County of Muhlenberg aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of James Campbell who was a first sergeant an the South Carolina line during the war of the revolution and was in the services at least five years She is of the impression that he was both in the regular & militia service. She has often heard him speak of being in the services with Colonel [James] Williams, [Isaac] Shelby & Adair and she is of the impression that he was under their command & of his being in the battle of Ramsours Mill, Kings Mountain, at the surrender of Cornwallis & was in several other battles against the Tories In consequence of her great age & her loss of memory she is unable at this great length of time to state the particular time of his service
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entering & leaving the service & the time of his serving in the regular & militia services & what has become of his discharges She well recollects of hearring him speak of his discharge being left at his fathers & she has no recollection of ever seeing them and does not know what has become of them but she does believe that he served his country as above stated and was honorably discharged from what she has often heard stated by him & others & she referrs to the record for evidence of his services and prays that the best evidence that can be produced may be received & a pension granted to her a poor widow of the revolution whose husband served his country faithfully & was honourably discharged She further declares that she was married to the said James Campbell in Lincoln County North Carolina on the nineteenth day of March seventeen hundred and eighty nine & her husband the aforesaid James Campbell died in August Eighteen hundred & twenty five the day of the month not recollected That she was not married to him prior to his leaving of the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated and she presents her true & genuine family record in the hand writing of her husband the said James Campbell which shows that she was married as stated in her declaration & she has remained a widow ever since his death & altho she was not married during the war of the Revolution, she was married during his services in the Indian
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THE NEW
TESTAMEN
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHIR
Newly translated out of the 
ORIGINAL GREEK 
AND WITH THE FORMER
TRANSLATIO
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED
Jenny Campbell
FC

NEW YORK
Printed and fold by HUGH GAINE, at his Book Store
Printing Office at the Bible in Hanover-Square
M, DCC, XC

Wars and was with him herself in an engagement with the Indians near the Crab Orchard in the State of Kentucky in the year seventeen hundred and
In which engagement my husband the said James Campbell had the lock of his gun & his Thumb shot off with a ball from the Indians, and at the same time her brother William McCord was shot through the arm & one of her aunts was killed & another taken prisoner & remained as such for three years All of the above she knows of her own personal knowledge and she does most humply pray that a pension may be granted her under the act of the 7th July 1838 & that the department recommended to Congress that a special act be passed for her benefit granting her a pension under the law of Congress July the 4th 1836 All of which she does most respectfully submit
Given under my hand this day of 1840
We the undersigned neighbours of Sally Campbell state that we have examined the declaration made by her & believe it contains the truth from our long personal acquaintance with her & her husband the said James Campbell we know that he was reputed & generally believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution in which opinion we do fully concur 
We know that he was a man of great respectability & truth & that Edward Barron have often heard him speak of his services as set forth by his widow both in the war of the revolution and Indian wars we know that he departed this
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life in the summer of Eighteen hundred and twenty five & she has remained a widow ever since his death & is a woman of truth piety and respectability & the foregoing leaf was taken from her Bible in our presence & we believe it to be her true & genuine family record of her marriage and by reason of her bodity infirmity her mind & memory are verry much impaired 

RD McLean
Jacob Anthony 
Edward Anthony
Edward Dureys
EW Brown
Edward Brown
Wm Roark
Hugh W Martin

State of Kentucky
County of Muhlenberg 
Be it known that on this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid Sally Campbell an aged & respectable lady of the state of Kentucky & county of Muhlenberg who cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the court & is well known to me to be a woman of truth & piety & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration before me & presented her Bible containing the foregoing leaf which was taken from it in my presence which I believe to be her true & genuine family record which shows that she was married at the time stated by her in her declaration also personally appeared before me
All of whom are well known to me to be persons of respectability & truth & subscribed & made oath to the truth
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows
State of Kentucky 
County of Muhlenberg
Be it known that on this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid Sally Campbell a resident of the state of Kentucky in the county of Muhlenberg aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of James Campbell who was a first sergeant on the South Carrolina line durring the war of the revolution and was in the service at least five years She is of the impression that he was both in the revular & militia service She has often heard him speak of being in the service with Colonel Williams Shelby Adair and she is of the impression that he was under their command as of his being in the battles of Ramsours Mill, Kings Mountain at the surrender of Cornwallis & was in several other battles against the Tories per consequence of her great age & her loss of memory she is inable at this grreat length of time ot state the particular time of his
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of the foregoing affidavit I do further certify that from my long personal acquaintance with said James Campbell that I do most fully concur in the belief of the truth of the foregoing declaration & affidavit 
Given under my hand this 1th day of February 1840
John Campbell JP

State of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County sett
I do certify that the words p[illegilbe] of between 
the [illegible] - 5 [illegible] on the third page and the words a [illegible] between the 7 & 8 lines on  the same page and also the words or [illegible] that [illegible] between the 1st & second lines on the fourth page were inserted before said declaration and certificate was [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] day of 

State of Kentucky
Meuhlenberg County Set
I Charles F Wing clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid certify that John Campbell Esqr whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is & was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified & that due faith & credit are due all his official acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Greenville this 1st day of February 1840
CF Wing
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6683
Sally Campbell
of James
Kentucky

Hn R Mr Johnson
trce Pr US
26th
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Revolutionary.

Act 7. July 1838.

Sally Campbell,
Widow of James.

Kentucky.
Suspended.

Power of Attorney to
examine papers

C. C. Tucker,
Atty
Present.

7. June 1854.
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Know all men by these presents that I William Robertson (one of the heirs of James Campbell decd my wife being a Campbell and still living) do hereby invokeably constitute and appoint Chas C Tucker of Washington City DC my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claims of the heirs of James Campbell decd an a Sally Campbell decd his widow for any amount of Revolutionary pensions or increase of pensions that may be due under the prevessins of the several acts of congress passed from them for the benefit of soldiers their widows or heirs or under any resolutions of Congress passed as aforesaid an a I hereby autherize any said attorney to ex amine all papers and documents in relation thereto or to said claims on file in the department at Washington City or elsewhere to file additional evidence or arguments and receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim and to appoint one or more subscribers under him for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present Herby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney may lawfully do in the premises
witness my hand and seal this 31st day of May 1854 Wm Robinson
In presence of 
LN Nno
BE Putman 
State of Kentucky Mechlenberg County SS
On this 3d day of May 1854 before me a justice of the peace for the county and state above mentioned personally appeared William Robertson an d acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney
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to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned Loromo J Pike for MC
State of Kentucky
Mechlenberg county } SS
On this 31 day of May 1854 before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared William Robertson a resident of said county and made oath according to law that he is the identical person William Robertson who excuted the foregoing power of attorney and that he is directly interested in behalf of his wife in said claim and makes this affidavit to be filed with such odntnal evidence or argument as my said attorney may use in prasenting said claim
Wm Robenson
sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Loromo J P

State of Kentucky
Mechlengberg County } 
I William HC Wing clerk of the Mechlenberg county court hereby
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certify that LR Reno Esqr before whom the foregoing afidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 31st day of May 1854
Wm H C Wing clk
By Rufus B Linthicum DC
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7644
REJECTED
Sally Campbell
widow of James Sgt SC
Ed.d Williams
From the tenor of letter of 27th May it seems that Congress had the papers before it
Papers not from Congress files 
May 1883
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Sally Campbell
of James
Kentucky
suspended
let 5 March 1840
Hon RM Johnson
Let to Hn John Carr
May 27, 1840
1644
Act 7 July 1838
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6683
Mar 2 1840
Ken.
July 7. 1838.
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Feb 29th 1840

D E Col
Pleas examine the enclosed papers of Mrs Campbell for a pension please return Mr Suggetts letter with your answer R L A Johnson 

Col JL Edwards