Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,779, for Adam Reep, North Carolina
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12019

North Carolina

Adam Reep
of Lincoln in the State of N. Car.
who was a Private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Forney of the Regt commanded
by Col. McDowell in the N. Car
line for 16 months 10 days

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 54 Dollars 43 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of March
1833 and  Sent to Vardry McBee Lincolnton NC

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                108.86
Semi-anl. Allowance ending Sept "               27.21
                                                                         136.07

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 6  Page 53
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Adam Reep
NC

[illegible]  Pri  5445
From 1778
Capt Forney
Col McDowell
N Carolina

[written sideways]
1 661

Adam Reep
N. Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County  }  Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

ON this 29 day of October personally appeared  in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Lincoln now sitting  Adam Reep a resident, of said county and state aged 77 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 act of congress passed June the 7th 1832.
That  entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He entered the service in the month of November in 1778 under General Rutherford- Col. Locke, Capt. Alexander part of the campaign and Capt McKinsey the residue - Lieutenant  McK[illegible] Ensign Magness, and left the service on the 10th of April 1779 resided in Trion county and State of North Carolina which county was afterwards changed to the name of Lincoln. Volunteered- marched through South Carolina to Savannah [illegible] to Persamburg[?] was stationed on the river . He never joined the Continental army but camped near them at [illegible].
He joined the service the second time in the month of September 1782 under Gen Charles McDowel, Col. Joseph McDowel, Captain Abraham Forney, Lt Robbin Weir, - he resided in the County of Lincoln formerly Trion County and STate of North Carolina. Left the service in October 1782. Volunteered
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Marched through the Western part of North Carolina across the Blue Ridge for the purpose of suppressing the Indians.  He has no documentary evidence  to show his services the first service he can prove by Michael Cline and Joshua Roberts who served in the same company with him. The second service he knows no person living that can testify [illegible] Captain Abraham Forney
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not  on the pension roll of the agency of any State-
1. When and in what year were you born.
Ans. I was born in the State of Pennsylvania  in York county in the year 1755
2d. Have you any record of your age and if so where it is
Ans. I have no record of my age. It was lost the time the British camped at my house in North Carolina
3d. Where were you living when called into service where during the Revolutionary War and where are you now living
Ans. In the State of North Carolina Lincoln County formerly Trion
4th How were you called into service- [illegible]
Ans I was drafted  but our Captain returned as a volunteer
5th State the names of some of the continental officers, and regiments with whom you served
Ans. I do not recollect any of the continental officers or regiments. We never joined them but were frequently in the neighborhood of them passed them frequently. He was under the command of Gen. Rutherford and
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3 AW: let ot him Oct 12 1842
2 Huske Pagt Oct 31. 1842
Date of death not on  AB

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6103
North Carolina

Susanna Reep
widow of Adam Reep, decs
NC
who was a pensioner under the act of 1832,
and who died on the 12 June 1837,
of Lincoln in the state of N.Carolina
who was a private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Forney of the Regt commanded
by Col McDowell in the N. Carolina
line for 16 months and 10 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 54 Dollars 44 cents per annum
to commence on the 12th day of June 1837.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of March 
1841, and sent to D. Reinhardt
Lincolnton, N. Carolina

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1811  $202.94
[crossed out- semi- annual allowance ending]

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by   D McCurdy, Clerk,
Book [?]4, Vol. 2. Page 189
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7363
N.C.  Susanna Reep
Widow of Adam

[crossed out- illegible]
[crossed out- act 1832]

July 7 1838

Susannah Reep
No. 7363


D. Reinhardt,
Lincolnton
N.C.
Sept 16, 18[illegible]
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County :   ON this 5th day of September 1840 personally appeared in open court Susannah Reep A resident of Lincoln county in the state of North Carolina aged seventy four years who being 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 7th 1838. Entitled an Act [illegible] half pay and pensions to certain widows;   That she is the widow of  Adam Reep late of said county who was a solider in the Revolutionary war, as she has been informed and believes, that she has no papers or documentary evidence of her husbands services, but she believes her husband services were in the [illegible] [illegible] the war he was taken prisoner by the British army at, Charlotte, as she has been informed that for his services he was placed on the pension list Roll of the North Carolina agency and continued to receive a pension until the 12th day of June 1837 the day of his death. Which will appear from the arrears of pension paid after the death of her husband and also she respectfully refers to the declaration and evidence furnished of the services of her husband when he was placedo nteh pension list Roll in some of the offices in Washington City.  She farther declars she was married to her late husband in this county in the month of April 1791, the by the Revd Andreees Lozety a Presbyterian Clergyman of the [illegible] church in this county, that her then husbands
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lived in this county [illegible] [illegible] miles of LIncolnton until his death.
That she was not married to her late husband prior to the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1st January 1794 at the [illegible] above stated. Sworn to in open court on above date.  Susannah Reep (her mark)
      Elizabeth Yoder appeared in court  and being duly sworn in open court says she is aged sixty eight years that she is a sister of the deceased Adam Reep, She recollects that her brother Adam Reep was from home in service of the Revolutinary war and that she was informed and believes he was a prisoner int he Brittish army, she was not present to see her brother married, she has lived ever since the marriage in the same county near her brother to his death and knows the applicant Susanna Reep to have been the wife of her brother Adam Reep and that they had two children which are both living and that the applicant is the widow of her deceased brother Adam Reep who she knows [illegible] pension for his Revolutionary services. Sworn to in open court the day and date above stated. Elizabeth Yoder (her mark)

David YOder of said county aged sixty nine years, a resident of said county being duly sworn in open court. Says he is the brother  in law of the deceased, that he was not present at the marriage of Adam Reep to his wife Susannah. but knows they were married  in April 1791, as this deponent was married in May 1791
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to the sister of the deceased by the same clergyman the Revd Audree Loretz a german presbytrean clergyman who then resided in Lincoln County. That he Loretz being a german generally published marriages in his church that [illegible] in that case were not obtained, that he lived in the same county and within a few miles of the deceased from the two of his marriage to her death. He knew the widow before her marriage to the deceased and knows that they had two children which are both living. He knows the applicant Susannah Reep to be the widow of Adam Reep deceased and he also knows that Adam REep was a pensioner of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and date above stated.  David Yoder

I Henry Cansler Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for Lincoln County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of said court. In the matter of the application of Susannah Reep for a pention [pension], I further certify that David Yoder and Adolph Reep are respectable citizens of this county and that David Reinhardt before whom the deposition of Adolph Reep was sworn to and attested in a magistrates in the aforsaid county. The Signature purporting to be his is genuine,. In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 7th day of September AD 1840.  H. Cansler  Clk
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County   }        Adolph Reep aged eighty years a citizen of said county personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said county and made oath in due form of law that he is a brother to Adam Reep now deceased. Who was a Revolutionary soldier. That he was present at the marriage of Adam Reep to his wife Susannah whoes maiden name was Seagle that they were married at the house of John Seagle the father of Mrs Reep who then resided in said county. by the Revd Andrew Loretz who was a german presbyterian preacher, that this deponent was present at the marriage and seen his brother Adam married to his wife Susannah. That he has lived from the time of their marriage to the death of Adam Reep in the said county of Lincoln, and knows the applicant for a pension Susannah Reep to be the same woman that was married to his brother Adam. That they had two children who are both living. That from old age he cannot be certain of the time they were married but believes it was in April 1791.
Sworn to and subscribed this 5th day of September  1840 before me.  [ signed]  Adolph Reep (his mark)   D. Reinhardt  JP
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County   }
Personally appeared before me David Reinhardt a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Mrs. Susannah Reep and made oath in due form of law. That she is the widow of Adam Reep late of said county who was a pensioner of the United States, and she having made application to be placed on the pension list Roll as the widow of said Adam Reep, and being informed that more evidence is necessary to establish her claim, states on her oath that she had but two children, that their first born was Barbara Clay and was born on the 26th November 1792 That her son Phillip Reep was born on the 12th day of January 1795, Taht her husband made a Record of the ages of their children in a German family Bible, and in the german language which is not now in her possession, that a German School master when her daughter went to school gave her a certificate of her ages in the german language which her daughter has preserved as the Record of her age and which will accompany this deposition. Sworn to and subscribed this 24th day of January 1841.  D. Reinhardt JP   [signed] Suzannah Reep (her mark)
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County }    John Ramsour aged sixty nine years personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and being duly sworn according to law, says he was born a what was called Ramsour Mill. That he knew Adam Reep as early as [illegible] neighbour. That in the year 1793 he purchased a plantion [?plantation] where he now resides, which is within half a mile of the later residence of Adam Reep. That he knew Mrs Susanah Reep before she was married to Adam Reep, and knows that their son Phillip was born after he moved other the Plant[illegible] home where he now resides. That he knows that Barbara Clay and Phillip Reep were the reputed children of Adam Reep, and he knows the applicant Susanah Reep to be the widow of Adam Reep as he has been their nearest neighbour from the above time . Sworn to and subscribed this 24th January 1841 before me . D Reinhardt JP       [signed] John Ramsaur
     Michael Reinhardt a resident of said county was duly sworn according to law who says he is fifty years of age That he was raised near the residence of Adam Reep, and knew him and his wife Susanah from his earliest recollection that Barbara Clay and Phillip Reep are the reputed children of Adam Reep and his wife Susanah. That he was appointed executor of the last will and testament of Adam Reep and that Mrs. Barbara Clay and Phillip Reep are the
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the legalus of Adam Reep decesed. That in the Execution of said will, they only were the recognised heirs of the said deceased, and the widow now the applicant Mrs. Susanah Reep the widow so recognised by the Records of our court. Sworn to and subscribed this 24th January 1841 before me. D Reinhardt JP [signed] Michael Reinhardt

I Henry Cansler Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for Lincoln County hereby certify that David Reinhardt before whom the above affidavits were taken is a magistrate in and for said county that John Ramsour and Michael Reinhard are respectable citizens of this county. I further certify that Michael Reinhardt is the Executor of teh last will and testament of Adam Reep deceased in Testimony whereof I have here unto affixed my seal of  office and subscribed my name this 25th day of January in the year 1841. H. Cansler Clk   Clerk of the Court of Lincoln County
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[Written in German - appears to be a birth certificate for Barbara]
Job Werde Barbara Rieben Gebohren IM Jahr [illegible]= anno= 1702
Datum den 26ten November die [illegible]
[illegible line]

Ich bin gefaust und [illegible], mich, [illegible] das [illegible][illegible] Leben ein, mein [illegible] [illegible] [illegible][illegible] Lieben, und feinem [illegible] [illegible] fein, [illegible] ist mein [illegible][illegible] [illegible][illegible][illegible][illegible]feiner land.
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Adam Reep
W 4779
BA-J/MLB

Dr. L. A. Crowell, Jr.,
Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospital
410 South Aspen Street
LIncolnton, North Carolina


Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War Record of Adam Reep, of Lincoln County, North Carolina, also to know when the Federal Government began granting pensions to Revolutionary War Soldiers.

The first pension enacted by Congress, which provided pensions for service of soldiers in the American Revolution, was approved March 18, 1818.

The record of Adam Reep follows as found in the claims for pension under File No. W. 4779, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Adam Reep was born in 1755 in York County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of that part of Tryon County, which when divided, became Lincoln County, North Carolina, Adam Reep enlisted in November, 1778, served as private in Captains Alexander's and McKinsey's companies, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment, and was discharged April 10, 1779. While living in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted in September, 1782, served as sergeant in Captain Abraham Forney's company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina regiment, went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, and was discharged October 27, 1782. It was stated that he was taken prisoner at Charlotte, North Carolina, but no details were given in regard to that imprisonment.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 29, 1832, while residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He died in that county , June 12, 1837.
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Adam Reep married in April, 1791, Susanna or Susanah Seagle. They were  married in Lincoln County, North Carolina, at the home of her father, John Seagle. The date and place of her birth and name of her mother were not given.

Susanna Reep was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Adam, on her application executed September 5, 1840, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and a resident of Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Adam Reep and his wife, Susanna, had two children whose names were as follows:
Barbara Reep, born November 26, 1792, married _____ Clay.
Phillip Reep born January 12, 1795.

Both children named above were living in 1840; the places of their residences not shown.

In 1840, Adolph Reep, a brother of the soldier, Adam Reep, was aged eighty years and a resident of Lincoln County, North Carolina. In the same year, Elizabeth Yoder, sister of Adam Reep, was aged sixty-eight years and testified in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and David Yoder, soldier's brother -in-law, was aged sixty-nine years and residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He stated that he married soldier's sister in May, 1791.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension. the name and address of teh person paid and possibly the date of death of Adam Reep's widow , Susanna, you would write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Susanna Reep, widow of Adam, cetificate #6103, issued March 16, 1841, rate, $54.44 per annum, commenced June 12, 1837, Act of July  7, 1838, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Adam Reep N.C. June 7. 1832    $54.43
When Paid     d 1837    
    HH[illegible]
Mar [illegible] 12

Died 12 June 1837  arrears paid  S. H. M

M Harry
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N.C. Act 1838- 7363
Susanna Reep- of Adam
Let to D. Reinhardt Oct 19 1849, same 14, 1840 Nov:
Hon L. Williams 4 Feby 1841
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[postal stamp]
Pension Office
US
Jan 17 1900

O.W. & H. Division
Jan 18 1900
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[letter head] Piedmont Club  LIncolnton NC

AWN/ E [illegible]

Jan 12th 1900

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.

Sir:
I desire to get a copy of the application for pension of Adam Reep, (or Rieb), an old revolutionary soldier of this, Lincoln county, North Carolina.
I think the pension was granted about 1830. Can you give me any information about this, and advise what course to pursue?
Very Resp/ct
W.A. Fair
Lincolnton, N.C.
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[postal stamp]
Pension Office
US
FEb 18 1916
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W. [illegible] Revo,

New Salisbury, Ind
Feb 14 1916

Commissioner of Pensions

I am seeing information relative to the Revolutionary record of some of my ancestors with view to joining the D.A.R.

May I ask you for any information the records of your office may contain concerning one Adam Reep of Lincoln  Co, North Carolina
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Yours very truly
Mrs May Adams Rose
New Salisbury Ind
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Pension Office
Fayetteville October 27 `842

J.L.Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.

I refer from a letter of 13th [illegible] from the 3rd October of the  Treasury Dept. to  [illegible]. I [illegible] containing an of a lettter  [illegible] from your department in the case of Susannah Reep a pensioner under the act  of July 9th 1838- that all pensioners under this act, are entitled to [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] pay without rference to the time at which the pension commences.
I hope you will have the [illegible] to [illegible] instruct me   [illegible]in this mattter.  
[illegible] very respectfully
Jno [illegible]
[illegible]
Agt
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Adam Reep  June 12. 37
Susannah    M.  1791


Proof of marriage not
satisfactory
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53.33
1.11
______
54.44


41  3  4
37. 6. 12
______
3.8.22

163.33
27.22
9.07
3.02
.30
______
202.94


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7363
Susanna Reep
Wid of Adam
N.C.
July 7 1835

Married 1791
died June 12 1837
Allow $54.44 per ann
from 12 June 1837

D. Reinhardt Esq
Lincolnton
N.C.
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      Both of the above name children were living in 1840, the places of their residence not shown.

      In 1840, Adolph Reep, a brother of the soldier, Adam Reep, was aged eighty years and a resident of Lincoln County, North Carolina; in same year Elizabeth Yoder, a sister of the soldier, was aged sixty-eight years and made affidavit in Lincoln County, North Carolina; and soldier's brother-in-law, David Yoder, was aged sixty-nine years in 1840, and resided in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension the name and address of person paid and possibly the dat e of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Susanna Reep, widow of Adam Reep (W.1779), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division , this city, and cite the following data:

Susanna Reep, widow of Adam Reep
Certificate No. 6103
Issued March 16, 1841
Rate, $54.44 per annum
Commenced June 12, 1837
Act of July 7, 1838
North Carolina Agency

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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August 19, 1933

Adam Reep- W. 1779
 BA-J/EEL

Mrs. George A. Brown
Lincolnton
North Carolina

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you designated two Revolutionary War soldiers whose records you desire, namely, Robert Barkley and Adam Reep, both of Lincoln County, North Carolina; you state that you are compiling a list of Revolutionary War soldiers, of Lincoln County, North Carolina, for the Daughters of the American Revolution in order to make a complete roster and desire to know how many records this office can furnish.

     As stated in office letter of July 7, 1932, the clerical force available for furnishing Revolutionary War data is limited and the demand is great, so it is not possible to comply with each request which requires so great an amount of time and research, as they are received daily.

     If you desire to prepare a list of the full names of the soldiers in whom you are interested and add all the data obtainable as a means of identifying the records which might be on file, and will call at this office, a search of the records will be made for a reasonable number of pension claims which you may examine and collect data therefrom. This is the usual procedure in matters of extensive research.

     The record of Robert Barklay which was furnished you on April 28, 1930, is that of the only soldier by that name, of North Carolina, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The record of Adam Reep is given below as found in the papers on file in pension claim,  W. 4779 based upon his military service.

      
     Adam Reep was born in 1755, in York County, Pennsylvania.

     While residing in Lincoln (formerly Tryon) County, North Carolina, he enlisted in November, 1778, served as a private in Captains Alexander
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and McKinsey's Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged April 10, 1779: he again enlisted in September, 1782, served as sergeant in Captain Abraham Forney's Company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina Regiment, went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians and was discharged October 27, 1782. [added hand written note] See Capt Forney's statement in claim. It was stated that he was taken prisoner at Charlotte, North Carolina: there are no details in regard to said imprisonment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 29, 1832, while residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

He died June 12, 1837, in said Lincoln County.

The soldier married in April, 1791, Susanna or Susanah Seagle.  They were married at the hoem of her father, John Seagle, in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Soldier's widow, Susanna, was allowed pension on her application executed September 5, 1840, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and resided in Lincoln County, North Carolina. [note in margin]- Date of her death not on AB

Adam and Susanna Reep had two children as follows:

Barbara           Born November 26, 1792, married ------Clay.
Phillip                "      January 12, 1795.

Both of the above named children were living in 1840, the places of their residence not stated.

In 1840, soldier's brother, Adolph Reep, was aged eighty years and resided in Lincoln County, North Carolina: in same year, soldier's sister, Elizabeth Yoder, was aged sixty-eight years and made affidavit in Lincoln County, North Carolina: and solider's brother-in-law, David Yoder, was aged sixty-nine years in 1840, and resided in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Hickory, N.C.
 September 18, 1937

The Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
     I am very anzious [anxious] to obtain a record of the following Rev.War Soldiers from N.C. Do you furnish copies of their service. also a record of land granted to them? Is is possible to obtain a list of Rev. Soldiers who received land grants (bounty lands)?  Also where can I get the pension lists.
Devereux Gilliam (early settler of mouth of French Broad river, near Asheville, N.C.
Salathial Martin ( Kings Mt. Solider)
Jese Martin Private (Hadley's Co.
Jesse Martin
John Gilliam (received land grant about 1783)
Abraham Martin (was in service about 1781-1782)
John Gilliam , Pt. was pensioned (IFN. desired)
Adam Reep (was pensioned)
Thomas Hoover, Tryon County (now Lincoln County) was pensioned,
Michael Rudisele   "         "            "                     "            "           "
William Martin (land grant 1784- served under Mc Williams? was pensioned
John Spinks, Randolph County
Isaac Martin, Burke County (Rev. Soldier)
William Martin "         "         "         "

Also war service of the following;
Rev. Paul Henkel, New Market, Va. (Rev. War)

Andrew Clay, Caldwell County, (War between States) one record state that Clay was killed in battle of Fredeticksburg [Fredricksburg], other reports say he was wounded and missing after battle, others say that he was al alive and with army in Tenn. as late as April 1863.

Lawson Henry Link, Caldweld [Caldwell] County, War between states, was gun smith in Asheville, N.C. for part of time then was sent to Columbia , S.C. for duration of war.

Jacob Link, Caldwell or Lincoln, or Tryon County, was in war of 1812 (service desired)

Thanking you, I am 
Pearl M. Tomlinson

Mrs. Pearl M Tomlinson
Sec. Catawba County Historical Association, 
Hickory, N.C.

1702 12th Avenue
Hickory, N.C.
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Mr. Hiller,
I am asking for information regarding two Revolutionary soldiers of Lincoln county N.C. whose names must appear in your pension pages- Robert Barkley and Adam Reep. I am compiling a list of Lincoln county soldiers for D.A.R. and may I as how many I may secure from your service? YOu said only two records could be sent at one request. It is for future generations that I  am doing this. giving my time and
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Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospital, INC
410 South Aspen Street
Lincolnton, North Carolina
January 17, 1940


The Director of the 
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

On what date did the federal government begin giving pensions to veterans of the Revolutionary War 

Do you have a list of Revolutionary War veterans from Lincoln County (N.C.) who received pensions from the federal government?

Do you have a record that Adam Reep, of Lincoln County, ever received such a  pension? Some of the early residents of this county left manuscripts in which they describe the activities of Adam Reep as a patriot scout, particularly just before the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, which was fought on the edge of the present town of Lincolnton.

Yours very truly,

LA Crowell Jr.

L.A.Crowell, Jr., M.D.
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J.L.Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

NC.
Nov 7 1840

Susannna Reep
[illegible]
NC  [illegible]
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Dear Sir                                              Lincolnton NC 30 Oct 1840
      I have received your letter in reply to the claim of Mrs Susanna Reep, in which you say record evidence of the court or church roll be [illegible] of the marriage, in this case and that of Mrs Cline both of which were proven by witnesses who were present and seen the marriage , it is the only evidence that can be obtained.
     At the time thee marriages took place this was a frontier county, and the marriages were generally published by a preacher, who has long since been dead, If he made any record of the marriage that Record cannot now be found, in both these cases they were germans and if any record was made it was in the German language, and at this time I know no person who can read or translate the german record ,  if there is one so that according to your construction of record evidence being required in the cases of Mrs Reep and Mrs Cline, they cannot obtain the [illegible] made for them for the [illegible] of record evidence.
     at the time of the marriage this county may have been in Tryon County and to get a license the parties must have gone fifty miles to the Clerk of the Court at Statesbury, that caused the marriages then to be published, the germans of that day were not very well informed what were the laws of the country, they obtained this kind of information through preachers, at that time I think it very probably there was but one preacher in the county.
      The marriage in both these cases was proven by respectable witnesses who seen the
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partner married, they lived together as man and wife until the death of the husband, That the husbands were Revolutionary soldiers you have the evidence.
I have taken the liberty to State these cases to you, both these widows are poor, their husbands have been respectable to my knowledge (although poor) and if no pension can be given to the widows unless they can produce record evidence of the marriage they will be deprived of their pensions. 
Respectfully,
D Reinhardt
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln county   }     Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Michael Cline swears that he knows of the service of Adam Reep in the March of November 1778 that he started from Charlotte in N Carolina under the command of Gnl Rutherford- Col Locke and Capt Alexander- that he marched to 10 mile creek near Charleston N. Carolina. That an [illegible] came that the Brittish [British][crossed out- was about to] had taken Savannah, that they then marched to the Savannah River, that he was serving under the [illegible] named officers in keeping Brittish [British] from crossing the river, That Capt Alexander left the command and Capt McKinsey was appointed other the command. That he saw him and served with him during the whole campaign and that they were discharged in April 1779.  Michael Cline

Joshua Roberts swears that he knows of the services of Adam Reep- that he belonged to the same company, that htye started from Charlotte N Carolina in November 1778 under the command of Genl Rutherford- Col. Locke, and Capt Alexander- that they marched to the ten mile branch near Charleston there they heard that Savannah was taken by the Brittish [British] that they were [illegible] to march to Savannah when they were stationed on the river to keep the Brittish [British] from crossing that the command of the company was changed to Capt. McKinsey and Lt. McKinsey
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that they were discharged in April 1779. That he served in the same company with him and he knew his services.  [signed] Joshua Roberts (his mark)

Abraham Henry swears that he knows of Adam Reep enterig the service[illegible] to march under hin in Setember 1782 that he marched as sergant under  [illegible] across the mountains against the Cherokee [crossed out- he does not recollect when he left [illegible]] he left the service the 27th October following. [signed] Abraham Henry (his mark)