Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17019, for Peter Pinnell, South Carolina
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Pinnell, or Pinnel, or Pinell , Peter NUMBER S. 17019
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Certificate for bounty warrant  200 acres no record found of allowance of bounty land by U.S.   & M.S. allowed privates 100 acres only . This must be a State Grant.  Peter Pinell, S.F. 17019 S.C.
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( left page ) Identical to previous page  ( right page and vertical ) Issue the warrant for 200 acres bounty Hon Jno Scott  April 17th  1824  M. Winn  5 .. (illegible ) Due
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I do herby certify that  the bearers here of Peter Pinnell was a Continental soldier  & is  intitled a;; the pay  bounty  & allotments as such agreeable to the laws of Congress . Certified this 5th Jany. 1798  M Winn Ct. Lt. D.
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( left page ) Missouri 25, 795 Peter Pinnell of Washington  Co. in the State of Missouri  who was a pri in the Company  commanded by Captain Wood of the Regt commanded by Col. Hampton in the  S. Carolina line for  11 Mo Private $ 36.66  Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension  issued the 5th  day of Jany  1834  and sent to  Hon. W.H. Ashley  Hou of Reps . Arrears to the 4th of Sept  1833  $ 91.66 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar ' 34 $ 18.333 ( total  $ 109.93 ) { Revolutionary Claim  Act June 7, 1832 { Recorded by J S Sprague Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 86  ( right page ) see letter 12 Augt. 1836 to M. Triplett do 11 Sep.  1834  Order to pay  - Aug. 19, 1837  ( vertical note )  ( Date of death not on AB )
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[ State of Missouri
Washington County ] ss.

Peter Pinnell, on this 3rd day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Washington in the State of Missouri, who is a resident in
said County aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the 1 of may 1820.
That he the said Peter Pennell enlisted for and during the term of the War on the sixth day of November in the year 1782 in the State of South Carolina in the Company commanded by Captain James Sterse in the Regiment commanded by Col Wade Hampton in the line of the State of South Carolina in the Continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the said Corps until May 1784 when he was discharged from the service in the State of South Carolina, - that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the date last aforesaid, when he was discharged from the service in the said State of South Carolina. That his name has not been placed on the pension list
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the
18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift
sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed viz:
one mare and Colt $40
2. Horses. 70
3 Cows & Calves & 2 yearlings 25.
30 Hogs small and great 20
5. Sheep 7.25.
one old Wagon. 20
Amounting in all to the sum of the hundred and eighty two dollars and twenty five cents
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I am by occupation a farmer and by no means able to pursue it, in consequence pf a fluttering of the heart , and shortness of breath  besides bodily infirmity - my wife is about sixty two years of age, not able to support herself by reason of pains in her limbs and especially in one of her shoulders- I have but one child living  with me , whose name is Richard about nineteen years of age, he is also by occupation a farmer. Peter Pinnell ( signed ) Subscribed  & sworn to in open Court  November 3rd 1831. J.C. Brickey  ( signed ) Clerk  [ State of Missouri Washington  County ] ss. I John C. Brickey clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby  certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court  that the said Peter Pinnell did serve in the  Revolutionary  War as stated in the preceding  declaration against the common enemy  for the term of nine months under one engagement on the  Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath  and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court ,and I do further certify that  it is the opinion of the said Court , that the  total amount in value of the property  exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and  eight two dollars and twenty five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed the seal of said Court on this fifteenth day of November  1831. John  C. Brickley ( signed ) Clerk of the County Court
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Adm 11 months  $ 36.66 ( misc. numbers ) Hon. W. A, Ashley Ho of Reps
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[ State of Missouri County of Washington ] ss. On this  seventh day of May  1833 personally appeared before the undersigned  Judges of the County Court  of the  County aforesaid  Peter Pinnell a resident of  Washington  County & State of Missouri  who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the  provisions made by   act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted into the  army  in the month of  November 1781  with  Wyatt Wood  a  recruiting officer to serve under Wade Hampton , Colonel of the  South Carolina Troops who was attempting to raise a company  of  Cavalry in the regular army , but did not succeed and in consequence he Peter Pinnell  was turned  into  Colonel Wayman's Regiment of the State Troops pf South Carolina under Capt. James Terse  and Lieutenant  Minor M Winn  which last  gave him the certificate which he the said Pinnell sent to the  War department in the fall of  1830  and which is now on file in the war or pension office - that in the fall of 1782  after the  British had taken Charleston  he was  turned into  the foot service under Col. Purvis who commanded a regiment of foot- that he served in  Col. Purvis's regiment  until peace was proclaimed  in April  1783 - that some time after  peace was proclaimed he was selected  under Lieut. Ballard  as one of the four taken from each company  to guard the goods from Charleston to  Augusta that had been given by treaty to the Cherokee Indians on his return from  which expedition  he found that the troops had been discharged in his absence and his officers dispersed . That on reflection  he is convinced  that in his letter to the department in the fall of  `830  he  stated the time of his  entering the service having entered a year earlier that he at that time supposed - that he is between seventy three and four years of age, that he has no record of his age
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of an  agency in any  State Sworn and subscribed in open Court  May 7th  1833. Peter Pinnell ( signed ) J.C. Brickey ( signed ) clerk And the said Court do  hereby declare their opinion that the above named  applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Johb Brickey ( signed ) James M. White ( signed ) Andrew Goforth ( signed )  I, John C. Brickey clerk of the County  Court of Washington  County  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings  of the said Court in the matter of the application of  Peter Pinnell for a pension. J.C. Brickey  ( signed ) Clerk  We James Williams a clergyman residing  in the  County of Washington  and James Glenn  residing in the same County  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Pinnell  who has subscribed  and sworn to the foregoing declaration , that we believe him  to be seventy three 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.  Subscribed and sworn to  this 13th day of May 1833   James Williams ( signed ) Jms. Glenn  ( signed ) Mason  Frissell ( signed )  Justice of the peace [ State of Missouri Washington  County ] ss.  I John C. Brickey  clerk of the County Court  hereby certify that Mason Frissell  Esquire whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate is and was an acting Justice of the peace  at the time of making the same duly commissioned  &  quali-
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fied as such  with and for said County  and that due faith   & credit is paid  & given to his official acts and that said certificate is in die form of law, and I further certify that  James Williams is a clergyman of respectable  standing  and that James Glenn  who signature is annexed to the same is entitled to confidence and respect. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed  the seal of office at office in the  Town of Potosi this 13th day of May  1833. J.C. Brickey  ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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October 18, 1934
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Peter Pinnell-S.17019
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:


Reference is made to your request for the Revo-
lutionary War record of Peter Pinnell, who served
from South Carolina and died in Missouri.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17019, based
upon the military service of Peter Pinnell during 
the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier
are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of
his parents given.

Peter Pinnell, the name also appears Pinnel and
Pinell, enlisted in the state of South Carolina and
served as a private eleven months in Captain James
Sterse or Terse's company, under Colonels Wade Hamp- ton, Wayman and Ennis, in the South Carolina troops,
and was discharged at the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted May 7, 1833, then residing in Washington County,
Missouri, and stated that he was between seventy-three
and seventy-four years of age.

The soldier's wife in 1830 was aged sixty-two
years, her name not given, and his son, Richard, was
at that time aged nineteen years.

The application for headstone for Peter Pinnell
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was enclosed with your request, as was also, a copy
of the record of Peter Pinnell, which was furnished,
December 1, 1921, by the Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions; both of which are returned here-
with.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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21723 Peter Pinnell  Missouri Act 18  March 1818  Rejected 29 April  1831 enclose to claimant
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( left page ) 17019 INVALID File No. 17019 Peter Pinnell Pri Rev War Act : June 7th '32 Index: - Vol. 1 Page 297 [ Arrangement of 1870 ] ( right page ) 1921 Dec 1 . Hist. to  Harold H Scott  1923  Nov. 7 Hist to  Mrs. J. W.  Lane ans 1934 Oct 18 Hist to Menio Br. .. ( illegible )
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( post mark illegible ) FREE  J.L. Edwards Esq . Comm. of Pensions City of Washington   ( vertical notes ) ( Aug 19  Missouri  Mr. Ellicot  Pinnell )
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Pension Agency St. Louis Mo. Aug 9  1837 Sir, I enclose for examination the pension papers of Peter Pinnell , Revolutionary  Pensioner whose stipend appears unpaid since 4 March  1835 . and am Very respectfully your obt. servt. Wm. C. Anderson   ( signed )    J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions City of Washington
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J.H. Eaton   War Department  Office  J.L. Edwards  ( post mark ) [ CITY OF WASHINGTON  APR 29  ]  ] Mr. Peter Pinnell Potosi Missouri
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War Department Penson  Office April 29  1831 Sir, The document in  support of you  claim has been examined and will remain on  our files. Colonel Wade Hampton  under whom you state to have served did not command a Regiment in the Continental establishment as the  Act of March 18, 1818  under which you claim  provides for those only who served on the  Continental establishment  . Your claim cannot be allowed.  am respectfully your obt. servt.  J L Edwards ( signed )   Mr. Peter Pinnell Potosi Missouri
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
OCT 11 1834                               1933

Memorandum for
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1.  The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government
headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that
the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your 
office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such
corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name
and complete designation of the organizations.

2.  In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

[number of handwritten notations on page... have not been transcribed]
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Request for  Rev War record of Peter Pinnell  S.C.  & died in Missouri . History  furnished  & application  for  headstone returned  also a copy of old form  sent  by V.L.M.  Pension Bureau  . Both returned in letter  Oct  18 - ' 34  War od  Rev to 1812  ( post stamp ) RECEIVED OCT 13 1924 MAIL SUB-DIV. READER G VETS ADM.]
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[illegible]
HAROLD H. SCOTT
ATTORNEY
1234-35 BANK OF COMMERCE AND TRUST BUILDING
TELEPHONE MAIN 2048

MEMPHIS, TENN.
November fifteenth,
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War Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: --

Mrs. H. H. Scott of this city is
collecting data to qualify her for entrance into
the D. A. R.  She has traced her lineage to
a Revolutionary soldier, Peter Pinnell, who
fought as a Private with Nathaniel Green at
Eutaw Springs, and Guilford's Court House. He
was a resident of South Carolina, and in all
probability enlisted from that state.

If you can furnish me with any
additional information of Peter Pinnell it will be greatly
appreciated.

Yours very truly,
Harold H. Scott

HHS: RHC
SPS
[stamp]
PENSION
D
NOV
17
1921
OFFICE.
U.S.
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( post mark )  [U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 26 1923 ] Kansas City Kansas September 24, 1923 Bureau of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington , D.C. Am seeking the official war record of my ancestor  Peter Pinnell who  enlisted as a Revolutionary  soldier in  South Carolina in 1781 . His Captain was James Stone and his
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Colonel Wade Hampton . He applied for a pension  ( which was granted ) in  1830 , giving his age as 71 years. I desire this information to use in my  application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Thanking you for an early reply. I am yours very truly  Mary Pinnell Lane ( signed ) ( Mrs. J.W. Lane )  2019 North Fifth Street Kansas City Kansas
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION  3-525 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington , D.C. In reply to your request of  __ received __ for a statement of the military  history of Peter Pinell or Pinnell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR  , you will find below the desired information  as contained in his  ( or his widow's ) application for pension file in this  Bureau  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1781. LENGTH OF SREVICE . 11 mos. RANK. Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN.  James Sterse or Terse. COLONEL. Wade Hampton  , Wayman , Ennes. STATE. S.C. Battles  engaged in , none stated. Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in  South Carolina. Residence at date of application for pension . Washington  County Mo. Age at date of application  71.  Remarks : In  1830 his wife was 62 years of age and son Richard was 19  years old. Mane of wife not stated.  Ans. Dec 1 81   Years of service incorred he speaks of fall of  1782  after  Br. took Charleston  which is  an error. Br. took  Ch. May 1780 so omit his dates and use 11 mos in which pension was allowed
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Free H. Eaton  City ... ( missing text ) of War  Washington  City Columbia  ( upside down on page )  21723 Pension Office Jany 21 1831
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Potosi Mo. De 1832  FREE  Honble.  Em H. Eaton Scty . of War Washington  City  Columbia
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Potosi Missouri To the honorable  Wm. H.  Eaton Secretary of War Respected Sir, I take the liberty of transmitting to you the foregoing declaration  etc. and most earnestly   & respectfully  crave your early attention to it. I trust there will be no difficulty in the way of my obtaining the  Pension provided for in the  Acts of Congress - Please address to me  at Potosi  Washington  County Mo. I have the honor to be most respectfully  your  excellency's most obt. servt.  Peter Pennell  i.e. Peter Pinell ( signed )  28 Dec  1830
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( upside down )  Pitosi Mo. May 18 Free Department of  War  Washington  City  D.C. ( vertical notes ) ( old case ) ( Missouri )
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Potosi Mo. May 16th 1833  Sir, Enclosed I send you  further evidence  in the matter of the application of Peter Pinnell for a pension He has before this sent his discharge which I see is on file in the Pension office and perhaps some further evidence of his services. Pleas to direct any  communication for P. Pinnell to me or my care as he lives a great distant from any P office.  Yours respectfully  Mason Frissell ( signed )