Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2521, Jesse Dickson, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
NC Dickson, Jesse S 2521
SC
carded
CONTENTS
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7671
West Tennessee
Jesse Dickson
of Stewart Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Speed of the regt commanded by Col Wade in the N Carolina line for 9 mo & 8 days from 1776

SC and NC Line Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee Jany 7 
at the rate of 30 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May 1833 and sent to John H Clements Dover
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $67.76
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep 33 15.44
77.20

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832}
ecorded by Wm Allison clerk
ook E Vol 7 Page 76

ser letter Hon C Johnson 2 May 1834
original certificate
ret & consenter 15 Oct 36
and sent to William Dover Ten see letter 15 Oct 34 & p gts
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Honble Servis Cass
Secretary at War
U States
Washington City

13931
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State of Tennessee
Stewart County } ss
On this 26th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Circuit court now sitting Jesse Dickson a resident of the county and state before mentioned aged seventy eight on the third day of May last who first being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in the war of the revolution under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That he served six months in South Carolina under Genl Francis Marion as a volunteer in a company commanded by Captain Standard or Stanafd he believes in the year 1776 or 1777 was in two battles with the Tories one at a place called Makee's on big Pedee River in the state of South Carolina the other at a place called the brown marsh where he was taken prisoner from thence taken to Wilmington North Carolina from which place he escaped.
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was again a volunteer in the light horse company commanded by Capt John Speed of North Carolina the regiment commanded by Col Holden Wade of Anson County North Carolina was in pursuit of Tories had a skirmish on drowning creek at a place called Bettys Bridge was in service on that route eight weeks 
Was again in volunteer service under Capt Daniel Sneed of Anson County North Carolina Regt commanded by Col Speed of Anson County North Carolina was in the service on that route six weeks in Pursuit of Tories that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person in his reach whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his servi
that he had discharges from Genl Marion and from col Wade that he has lost mislaid or neglected them not expecting those discharges would ever be of essential service to him He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on
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the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jesse X Dickson
his mark
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
John H Clements clerk
We John Lea Cas residing in the county of Stewart and state of Tennessee and John Warden residing in Hefust County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Dickson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years old 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 day and year aforesaid John Lea
John Warden
Sworn to by me Warden & Lee September 25th 1832 in open court Jno Clements clk
And the said court does hereby declare his 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 that Mathew Morgan preceding
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John Lea resident in the county of Stewart and that John Warden who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county & state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
J C Mitchell
Presiding Judge
I John H Clements clerk of the circuit court for the county of Stewart do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Dickson for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26th day of September 1832
John H Clements clerk
Where and in what year were you born, ans I was borned in the state of Virginia in the year 1754 and I moved to the state of Tennessee about thirty years ago where I have resided every since
Have you any record of your age, if so where is it I have no record of my age that I now know of
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where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live I was living on Pedee River in the state of North Carolina and lived in the state of South Carolina & then in the state of Tennessee where I have reside about thirty years
How were you called into service were you drafted; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
I was a volunteer in all the servise rendered as before stated
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if so by whom was it given and what has become of it General Marion give a discharge for six months service Col Wade give me a discharge for about 8 week I do not recollect who give me the other discharges He does not know what has become of them thinking I should get nothing I took no care of them
The above questions were all answered upon oath in open court 
J C Mitchell
Presiding Judge
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13931
Jesse Dickson
Stewart county
Tennessee
from 1776 private
9 months & 8 days
$30.88/100

John H Clements clk
Dover Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
183
Sir
The evidence in support 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 tabular 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jesse Dickson, Stewart county Tennessee

Period when the service was rendered Volunteer 1776 or 1777
volunteer
do
Duration of the claimants service Years/months/days
6 Months
1 Month 26 days
1 month 12 days
9 months 8 days
Rank of the claimant 
private
cavalry
private
Names and rank of the company officers under whom he served 
Capt Standard
Capt Speed
Capt Speed
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
Gen Marion
Col Wade
Col Speed
Battles in which the applicant was engaged
PeeDee
Betty's bridge
Country through which he marched
Brown Marsh
Wilmington
Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period.
78
PeeDee
North Carolina
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Tradition

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L EDWARDS
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 serviced 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 this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will in the first instance, make applications 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 duly sworn, according to law, doth on his 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 States 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 county 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.  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 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 certified, 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 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 corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  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 declarations 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 the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record 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 can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from 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 he 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 herein 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, the 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.

[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 the 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 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 witness and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office.
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] 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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F E Bradford
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[postmarked
CLARKSVILLE
OCT]
Free
J L Edwards Esqr
Com of Pensions
Washington City
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Clarksville
2nd October
Dear Sir
The enclosed certificate has been sent me the parties think by mistake it is written Jesse Dickens instead of Jesse Dickson who was an applicant from Stewart County there is no applicant named Jessse Dickens in Steward be pleased to correct it & enlose it to William Williams Esqr Dover Ten I shall probably have before a reply would reach me
Your friend
C Johnson
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2521
Rev War
INVALID
File No 2521
Jesse Dickson
Prvt Rev War
Act June 7 1832
Index Vol A Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Payments to be made at Nashville by the Pres U S Branch Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of W Tennessee

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol 7 Page 76 by Wm L Allison
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Jesse Dickens of the Agency of West Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
[cancelled written through the above]
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and eighty eight cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 
March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned}
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions