Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21108, Abraham Campbell, S.C.
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S.C. Campbell, Abraham S. 21108
Carded
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South Carolina 12.666
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Abraham Campbell
of Anderson District in the State of S. Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Burgarny of the Reg.t __ commanded by Col. Dooly in the S. Carolina line for 12 months- 6 wits. [signature] Jrfry - 6 mots. Cary-
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Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 45 Dollars _________ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of May 33 and Lent -Varr. S.
Lawhon. Clk. Dist. Anderson - S. Carolina
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Arrears to the 4th of March 33               90. 00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept.-   22.00
                                                                112.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Rush. Newman____ Clerk,
Book  E___  Vol.  6___    Page 64

[written on the next blanked page]:
Let. 8  Apr.l 35 Pew Ag.l
  "   8    "      "   Van A. Lawhon
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Application 
of 
Archibald Campbell
or
Abraham Campbell
Pension June 7- 1832

24279
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
On this fifth day of March [inserted 1833] personally appeared in open court & before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & Sessions in the said [inserted]State and for the District aforesaid now in session, Abraham Campbell residing in the State & District aforesaid, and being duly sworn according to Law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7- 1833
This deponent was born in Culpepper County Virginia in the year 1762 aged 70 years 
he moved to Newberry District South Carolina in 1776 and to Anderson District in 1801 -  he volunteered in 1780 under Col. Clark and was stationed on Cubboard Creek two miles below Augusta Georgia. And was at the Siege of Augusta under [inserted]Capt Burgarny Col. Clark & Col. Dooly other officers not recollected. he served more than 6 months in that term - He again volunteered under Cap. Toles, Col. Hammond, in the Hammond's Dragoons- and that he served six months during which time he marched to Salisbury North Carolina, and then returned and was stationed on Saluda River near the ninety six fort- but he was not at the siege of that fort--
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The Deponent believes that he served twelve months and has never received any compensation for his services- he can offer no other proof than what is herewith submitted- he hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity- except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in the State, Sworn to & Subscribed this 9th day of March one thousand eight hundred & thirty three-
In open Court
5th March 1833
S/ Van A. Lawhon C.C.
Abraham his X mark Campbell 

We Matthew Gambell and Clergyman and Kenon Brazile- 
-residing in the State & District aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Campbell who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be the age he has stated
That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a solider of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion - Sworn to & Subscribed this day & year aforesaid;
In open Court
5th - March 1833
S/ Van S Lawhon
C.C.

S/ Matthew Gambell
S/ Kenon Breazeale
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I Josiah J Evans Judge of the said Court do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, the substance of the interrogatories having been answered as well it is said as is in the power of the applicant, from his several appearance reputed characted, that he was a revolutionary soldier- and served as he stated
S/ Mathew Gambell   who signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman who together with S/ Kenon Breazell   both reside in the said District, are credible and respectable men and entitled to implicit belief-
S/ Josiah J Evans
Boundry Judge
5 March 1833

I Van A Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas, for Anderson District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original -proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Campbell for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have set my & seal of office this 5th day of March 1833
S/ Van A. Lawhon
C.C.
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24279
Abraham Campbell
or as the meles, has it
Archebald

Admit as a private
of Inf.y 6mo  20  [infantry]
 " Cav.y 6mo. 25 [calvary]
                      45=
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
183

Sir:
The evidence 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 tubular 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 show 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.

[Begin Bolded Print] A Statement, [end Bolded Print] showing the Service of [signed] Abraham Campbell S.C.

1780 volunt. | 6 or more | Col Clark and Col Dooly Cap Bargarny | 71. born in Culpepper Va Vontered [voluntered] the Service Anderson Dst. [District] S. C. and now Lives there

1780 volunt. | 6 dragoons | Cp Toles or Foles Col Hammond | has no other proof than here offered Certificate of a Clergyman and a Citizen -

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
[Begin bolded print] J. L. EDWARDS, [end bolded print]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, 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.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State, Territory, or District of }
County of }  SS.
On this ________ day of _____________ personally appeared (a) before ___________________________
A. B. a resident (b) of ___________ in the county of ____________ and State, Territory or District of ____________ aged (c) ___________ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United State in the year (d)______, with _________ and served in the ___________ (e) regiment of the _____________ line, under the following named officers:_________________________________
[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 country and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing ->] 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 of aforesaid._________________________________ A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ___________________________ of the Court of _____________________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court  in the matter of the application 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 _______________and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above  declaration; that we believe him to be ________________ 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 days 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.
I, _____________ Clerk of the Court of __________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ______________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of his 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. 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 declaration 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 Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except 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 recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge form the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
    { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 the 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 hereto 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, and 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. 
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[a]  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.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  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 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 recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __For______ year ________ months, and _______days, I served as a ___________________. For ______ months and ________ days, I served as a _____________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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.
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]  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 public seal 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.
[j]  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. 
[hand pointing ->]The notes from [a] to [illegible] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k]  this traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

January 18, 1926

Joseph Shafer
State Historical Society of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisc.

Sir:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21108, it appears that Abraham Campbell was born in 1762 in Culpeper County, Virginia.

While residing in Newberry District, South Caroline, he enlisted in 1780 and served six months as private in Captain Burgamy's Company, Colonel Clarke's South Carolina Regiment, and was in the Siege of Augusta, Georgia.

He also served six months in Captain Toles' Company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina Regiment, dates of service not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 5, 1833, while a resident of Anderson
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District, South Carolina.
There is no data on file as to his family.

The Revolutionary War pensioner, as found on the printed list of 1835, South Carolina Line, Lieutenant and Captain, placed on the pension roll, January 9, 1834, commenced March 4, 1831, aged seventy-seven years, is Hicks Chappell, and not Hicks Campbell as stated by you.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, fail to afford any information in regard to any Kicks Campbell.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Revolution 21 108
INVALID.

File No. 21, 108
Abraham Campbell
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32'
Index:____ Vol. 2 ,   Page 61

[Arrangement of 1870]

[Written on the other side of the page]:
1925- Jan. 19- Hist to Joseph Schafer also a.d. not Hicks [illegible inserted initials] Campbell- but Hicks Chappell
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THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
JOSEPH SCHAFER  SUPERINTENDENT (TRUSTEE OF THE STATE)
MADISON

January 12, 1926.

Commissioner of Pensions,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:

This Society is very anxious to learn certain facts concerning the Campbell family of South Carolina. I notice in the Revolutionary Pension Roll under Pensions inscribed in accordance with the Act of July 7, 1832, the name of Abraham Campbell of the District of Anderson, South Carolina who at that time was receiving an allowance of $40.00 per year which commenced March 4, 1831. He is described as a soldier of the South Carolina line and was placed on the roll May 16, 1833, aged seventy-two years. There is also a Hicks Campbell described as lietenant and captain who was granted an allowance of four hundred dollars and had already received twelve hundred. He was of the South Carolina Continental line, was placed on the roll January 9, 1834. His pension commenced Marc 4, 1831, his age was seventy-seven years.

If you can furnish me an outline of the facts about the members of the family of each of these above mentioned Campbells I will be greatly obliged.

Very sincerely yours,
Joseph Shafer
Superintendent