Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41544, Solomon Fountain, N.C.
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Service
N.C.

Fountain, Solomon

Number
S. 41544

Contents
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6375
North Carolina

Solomon Fountain
Edgecomb Co. in the State of N. Carolina was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hogan of the N. Carolina line, for the term of nine months. 

[I]nscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Feby 1819
and sent to the Hon: Thos H. Hall, House of Rep; U. States.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3.7/21 4/30 26.86
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819 48.00
$74.86

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Edgecomb County
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Notification sent November 24, 1820 to
Nathan Matthewson, Tarborough [Tarboro] N.C.

S. Fountain. Sept. 16/58
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Notification sent November 24, 1820 to
Nathan Matthewson, Tarborough [Tarboro] N.C.

S. Fountain. Sept. 16/58
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Solomon Fountain an inhabitant of the County of Edgecomb, N.C. maketh oath that in the spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight he enlisted under Griss Coffield a Recruiting officer. He marched from Tarborough County & State aforesaid to Halifax (N.C.) at which place he was placed under the
command of Capt Ballad of 10th Regiment commanded by Col. Hogan of the Northern Department of the Continental army of the United States of America

He enlisted to serve nine months & served during the whole of the time, commencing from Rendezvousing at Petersburg (Va) - From Petersburg he marched directly to West Point under the command of the said Capt Ballard of said 10th Regiment commanded by Col. Hogan. He well recollects that Genl. Putnam commanded the station of West Point at that time He further maketh oath that he recieved
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his discharge at Philadelphia from Genl. Hogan, but unfortunately wore it out by frequently exhibiting it.

Previously however to obtaining his discharge he spent some time in Philadelphia in winter Quaters [quarters].

He further maketh oath that he is in so indigent circumstances as to need assistance from his Country, which he humbly prays

Solomon Fountain
his X mark

I, Frederick Jackson do certify & make oath that I know that Solomon Fountain did enlist as he states in his affidavit & served with me at West Point & Philadelphia for nine months

Frederick Jackson
his X mark
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State of North Carolina
Edgecombe County      ⎬

County Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions May Term
1818

I Edward Hall Clerk of the County Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that Solomon Fountain and Frederick Jackson, who gave the foregoing certificate appeared in open Court and made oath thereto.

 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of Office at Tarborough [Tarboro] the 25. day of May 1818

E. Hall CC

This is to certify that Edward Hall whose signature is hereunto annexed is the Clerk of the County Court aforesaid & the seal hereunto annexed is the seal of the County - Given under my hand to May 26, 1818

Wm Lewis Chairm'n

I Wm Lewis do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Solomon Fountain & his circumstances; his circumstances are very indigent & needs assistance from some source for support - Given on May 26, 1818

Wm Lewis Chairm'n
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We certify that we are acquainted with Solomon Fountain & know him to be in  very indigent circumstances-- He (if any) certainly has a claim upon his Country

Philips J.P.
Rev. Harrison J.P.
Benton
Owen Linch
Eaton Linch
G.C. Pitman
Levi Benton
Benj. Bradley
Rich'd S. Hart
James Bradley
John Weeks his X mark
Thos Bradley
Henry Adams
James H Fountain

Solomon Fountain
(Private)
Hogan's N. Carolina Reg't.
1778 - 9 months.
25th May 1818
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State of North Carolina
Edgecomb County

Superior Court of
Law and Equity,
September Term 1820

On the 15th day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Edgecombe (a Court of record 1st Because it is expressly made a Court of record by an act of the General assembly of the State of North Carolina passed
in the year 1777 Chapters 2nd amended by an act passed in the year 1806, Chapters 1st 2ndly Because it has been solemnly adjudged to be a Court of Record by the Tribunals of the several States of the United States - 3rdly It is a Court of Record, Because it proceeds according to the course of the Common Law with Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of its proceedings, 4thly. It is a Court of Record because it has the power of fine and imprisonment) Solomon Fountain, resident in Edgecombe County State aforesaid, aged about sixty-four 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 passed on the 18th March 1818
and the 1st May 1820. That he the said Solomon Fountain enlisted for the term of nine months just before the Battle of Brandywine
as the certificate of his intestment which he forwarded to the war office with his former declaration will more fully shew) in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Babad in the Regiment commanded by Col. Hogun in the line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental
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establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps during his time of Enlistment.

That he was in the Battles of the Brandywine and of Camden -- and that he has no other evidence now in his power except what he has here stated

Solomon Fountain
his X mark

And in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other 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 passed on the 14th day of March 1818 Intitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - Sworn to and declared on the 18th day of September 1820 before the Honorable John Joseph Daniel Esquire Judge of the Superior Court of Law and Equity in open Court - 

Solomon Fountain
his X mark
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Schedule of property belonging to the Deponant
1 Jug, 1 chest - That he has a wife and a son aged about nineteen years

Solomon Fountain
his X mark

I Nathan Mathewson Clerk of Edgecombe Superior Court of Law do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the 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 Two Dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this tenth day of September 1820

Mathewson Clk


The number of Solomon Fountain's Pension Certificate is  6375 -
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182.
Solomon Fountain,
6,375
2d. Feb. 1819.
Mar 19

Cont'd

Nathan Matthewson,
Tarborough [Tarboro], N.C.
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41544
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 41.544
Solomon Fountain
[indistinct]
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Act: 18 March 18
Index: --Vol. [indistinct], Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of N Carolina, Secretary's Office 12th June 1818.
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Solomon Fountain appears to have been mustered as a nine months Soldier on the 20th of July 1778 in the 10th Regiment of the N. Carolina Continental line in the Revolutionary War

Given under my hand at office
in Raleigh the date above
Wm Hill
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Wilson NC Sept 18 1838

Commission of
Pentions [Pensions] D.C.

Sir
If I am not mistaken an act was passed at the last session of Congress giving land and allowing the
soldier of the Revolutionary War to [indistinct] them for services [indistinct] for at the close of the war. In accord with the said act, I [indistinct] that Solomon Fountain a soldier is entitled to 350 Acres of land and $1900 and a pension. Be so kind as to inform me as to the facts in this case, and whether application has been made, and if so by whom. [indistinct]

S. Fountain

Address
Wilson
N.C.