Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,311, Owen Andrews, S. C.
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(3-1776)
Service
S.C.
Andrews, Owen
NUMBER
S. 16,311
carded.
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let to W. B. Ector, april 23, 1835.
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Georgia
16,677
Owen Andrews.
of Lawrenceville in the State of Ga
who was a pr:
in the --- commanded
by Captain
of the Regh commanded
by Col. Taylor in the Ga Car
line for 10 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Sept, 33
and clerk Wm Matthie,
Lawrenceville, Ga
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33
91.65
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar:34
18.33
$109.98
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by N. Rice
Clerk
Book E
Vol. b Page 85
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No. 7
Owen Andrews
Revolutionary
Soldier
Declaration
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State of Georgia
Gwinnett County ⎬
Inferior Court October [September crossed out] Term 1832
on this day 5th of October [September crossed out] 1832
personly appeard in open Court it being a Court of Record,
now sitting Owen Andrews a resident of the said County
of Gwinnett & State of Georgia aged sixty nine
years who
being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benifit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered
the service in Fairfield District South Carolina
where in he
then resided in the year 1779
that he volinteerd for three
months under Captain Jacob Frazier & Lieutenant Thomas Harbert in Major Loyel Battalion & Col Thos Taylors regiment
and under the command of Genl Green, & Lincoln & Col. Henderson & was in the
battle at Stono & a part of said service was stationed
at Orangeburg. And afterwards in 1780 was drafted for 1 month under Captain Lewis Pope & stationed on
Congaree River after that tower. Drafted again for 1 month
under Captain James Craig & stationed at orrangeburg
afterwards drafted for 2 months under Captain Frazier
& Lieutenant Benjamin May stationed on the high hills of Santee in 1781, & afterwards drafted again under
Captain Pope & was stationed at Orrangeburg for 1 month and
again served 1 other month under Capt Pope in
the fork of Edistol & in same
year or 1782 was drafted
for 1 month under Capt Pope & stationed at the four
Hole Bridge afterwards was under said Capt Pope
for 1 month at Rocky Mount & the hanging rock in
all the foregoing several servises was under the command of Colonels Taylor & Colo Gooden & Genl S Winn
and Genl Green & in South Carolina was discharged
from each & every one of those several Towers of duty
by his said officers, but never took a written discharge
was frequently on duty at other times against the Tories
when I was not drafted for a tower, from the time of the
Battle at Stona untill
Peas was made in all making
the lowest calculation as much as one year
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that since the Revolutionary war he has resided
first in South Carolina & from thence he mooved to the
State of Georgia & Franklin County & from therre to the County of Gwinnett in said State where he now resides-- and that he has no documentary
evidence whereby he can proove his said services and that he knows of no person now living whose
testamony he can prouse that will go to Establish
all of his several before mentioned services except
Mathew McRight whose affidavit is herewith submitted.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declairs that his
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
in open Court
Attest Wm. Maltbie Clk
Owen Andrews
Georgia
Gwinnett County
We James Hale a Clergyman residing
 in the said County of Gwinnett & State
aforesaid and John Smith residing in the same
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Owen Andrews who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that we believe him
to be sixty nine years of age that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
in open Court
(Attest) Wm. Maltbri Clk
James Hale
John Smith

Georgia 
Gwinnett County 
and the said Court do hereby
declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter and other
[unclear] the interrogatories prescribed by the
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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 the court that
James Hale
who has signed the preseding
Certificate is a Clergyman resedent in the County of Gwinnett & State of
Georgia and that John
Smith
who has also signed the same is a
resident in the State & County aforesaid and is a Credible person and that their statements is
entitled to Credit
John Brewster V.I.C.
Reuben McClung P.I.C.
Clifford Woodroof I.I.C.
I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court for
said County & State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application
of Owen Andrews for
a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & Seal of Office this 5th day of October 1832.

Wm. Maltbie C.I.C.
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No 16941
Owen Andrews
Georgia
[unclear]
14. Int 1.2.6.7
19 March
Wm Maltbie Esq.
Clerk Court, Gwinnett Co. Georgia
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BRIEF in the case of Owen Andrews
County of Gwinnett
in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank |  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
  |Years, Months, Days.| As a |Gen. Green.
Vol In 1779 |  3    |  -    | Capt Frazier, Col Taylor
Draft   1780|   1  |    "     |Capt Pope
 "            "   |   1  |    "    |Capt Craig
"          1781|   2 |   "   | Capt Fraizer
"              "  |    1 |    "   | Capt Pope
"              "  |    1 |    "   |Capt Pope
"              "  |    1 |    '   |Capt Pope

5. In what battles was he engaged? at Stona
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? South Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 1 living witness-
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
the Witness Sertificate not property attached

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[handwritten note] was frequently on duty at
other times, and thinks the
whole term of service would
amount to 12 months

JW Clagett Examining Clerk.
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Georgia
Gwinnett Court
Before me the undersigned
a Justice
of the peace of said County
personally appeared
Owen Andrews and being
duly Sworn Saith that
each serving time
of his revolutionary services was entered
in
fairfield District South Carolina
that
his third tour
was
performed
in the
year 1780
and that
his last
tour was in
1782-
and
that
each term of service was performed in
the
State of
South Carolina as stated in his
Declaration of which this is an amendment
and that each term
stated was served
and
for the time stated in 
said Declaration
that
from the
first
term he was discharged
by his Col.
Thomas Taylor from his second
by Capt Pope from
his 3 Tour
by
Capt Craig
from his fourth Tour
by Capt Farzier & from
his 5-6-7 & 8 Tours by his said Capt Pope
wholly and always without writing
That his whole
Service
United
was twelve months
towit eleven months
as stated
one month & more
served in
Various Scouting
parties &
Companies as the
Close & after the close of the
War That he was in each term
drafted &
volunteered as stated in his declaration
& served as a private
soldier & Militiaman
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That he was born in Fairfield District &
State of South Carolina in
the year 1763
that he has no record of his age but
recollects that he was sixteen years old & was
in his seventeenth year when in the 
Battle of Stona.

James Hale a Clergyman &
John Smith who have
already testified
Thomas
Hollingsworth, James
Garner & John Williamson to all of whom he
is
well known
& many others his neighbors,
can testify to his character for veracity & to their
belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
[unclear] further states by way of amendment
that Victor Ely Samuel LittleJohn Joseph Gibson
John Broom & Adam
Hamatak are of his
[unclear] in the first service & most of them
were of his [unclear]  in each subsequent service
as they & deponent belonged to the Same
Class. That all the times
stated he was
engaged in the United States
service 
& followed
No civil persuid [unclear]
for such service he
Claims a pension
Sworn to & Subscribed
before me this 13 July 1833
Wm W Downs G,P

Owen Andrews
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16,311
INVALID.
File No. 16,311
Owen Andrews
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. N
Page 430
Arrangement of 1870.
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State of Georgia ⎬ Personly appeared Mathew McRight before
Gwinnett County⎬me and after being duly sworn deposeth and
Sayeth on oath that Owen Andrews was a revolutioner
Soldier in the war between America & Great Briton under 
the command of Colonel Thomas Taylor and I the sd
Mc Right was a soldier in the P service with him in
behalf of america Sworn to & subscribed to before me
this 8th October 1832
                                                    Mathew M. Right

Wm Rakestrace J P

Georgia                   ⎬
Gwinnett County ⎬
I William Rakeshaw
a Justice of the Peace
in and  said County hereby certify
that Mathew McRight who swore to & 
subscribed the foregoing affidavit ( & who has
since departed this life) was a man of
credibility- & entitled to full credit on his oath and
that he [illegible] & subscribed the above affidavit before me

Given under my hand & seal this 12th day
of July 1833
Wm Rakestraw J.P. SEAL  L.S.


Georgia                     ⎬
Gwinnette County ⎬ I William Maltbie Clerk
of the Inferior Court for
said County hereby certify that William
Rakestraw whose name appears to the above
& foregoing affidavit of Mathew McRight
as a subscribing witness and whose name 
also appears to the above & foregoing certificate
of credibility in behalf of said Mathew McRight
is now & was at the time of subscribing said
affidavit & certificate an acting Justice
of the Peace for said County & that full faith
and credit ought to be had & given to his
in due form.
Given under my hand &
seal of office this 16th day of July 1833
Wm. Maltbie C.J.C.

SEAL
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Georgia                   }
Gwinnett County  }
I William Maltbie Clerk
of the Inferior Court of 
 said County hereby certify that William W
Downs whose name appears to the foregoing
affidavit as a subscribing witness is and was
at the time of subscribing the same an acting
Justice of the Peace in & for said County and
that full faith and credit ought to be had
and given to his attestation as such.
Given under my hand & seal this
16th day of July 1833

Wm Maltbie C.J.C.

SEAL
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Owen Andrews
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                  Own Andrews                                                which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No
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V.* Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?  No
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VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?    Yes
            

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes


IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes


X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 1 Witness
to [illegible] of his service

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ___ NO

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?       The court has not

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2  6. 7.
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                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. 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_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 pension merely state 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 embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.

‡QUERE XVI.  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 paper  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 oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.