Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,934, William Grice, N.C.
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N. C.

Grice William

No. S. 6,934

Born in N.C.    carded
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North Carolina  16,770

William Grice
Co of Cumberland in the State of N.C.
who was a Private 
of the Regt. commanded
by Colonel Brown in the N.C.
line for 15 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 50 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept 1833
and Sent J L Hybant
Fayetteville N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  125.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1834  25.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by N. Rice Clerk
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 44
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State of North Carolina
Cumberland County

Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County and State aforesaid William Grice who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the length of his Services as a private soldier during the Revolutionary War, but according to the best of his recollection
he served as herein after stated that is to say in
the Spring of the year 1780 he entered the Services & served six months under Capt. William Ellis whose company was attached to Col. Brown's Regiment.  (struck through) that in the fall of the same year he served with a tour of three months in under Capt. Ellis. (stop strike) that a short time after his return home from this Service he again volunteered under Capt. Ellis & served a tour of three months this was in the Winter & Spring of 1780 & 1781. That about a month after his discharge from this service he again volunteered and served three months under Capt. Ellis who was attached to Col. Richardson's Regiment this was in the Spring & Summer of 1781 in the Summer & Fall of the same year he served another tour of three months under Capt. Ellis who was attached to Col. Richardson's Regiment during the foregoing services he was stationed at the Big Bridge New town at Elizabeth town & the Beaver Dam Bladen County-- & was employed against the British & Tories  That after the foregoing services were performed he was frequently called out by
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Capt Ellis & served tours of some times a month six weeks during the following year say the year 1784 [inserted] the precise number of the tours he does not recollect with sufficient precision to state them though he is confident that putting them togeather [together] this would make more than six months this with his service before set forth would make two years at least, which he is confident he served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War & for which he claims a Pension
William Grice x his mark
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 11th July 1833
G Deming J.P. [seal] 
I Daniel McDiarmid Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Cumberland hereby certify that Gurdon Deming whose name is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County and that the same is in the proper hand writing of the
said Gurdon Deming that his official acts
are entitled to full faith & credit
Given under my hand & seal of office
Fayetteville this 11th July 1833
Danl McDiarmid Clk
By A M Lean Jr
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State of North Carolina
Cumberland County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
December Term 1832

On this 6th day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Worshipful Justices of said Court was sitting William Grice a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Sixty eight years who
being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 viz. on the ninth of June 1780 he volunteered as a private soldier in Capt. William Ellis' Company in the County of Bladen State aforesaid that James Johnson was Lieutenant of said Company which joined Col. Thomas Brown's Regiment at Elizabeth town
Bladen County  Was marched thence to Big Bridge on the North East Branch of the Cape Fear River where we joined the troops under Genl. Libling was command the British troops being there stationed near the Town of Wilmington a few days after we arrived at the Big Bridge Col. Brown marched in the divition
of Wilmington when we had a skirmish with a detachment of the British troops in which we lost thirteen men we then returned to the Big Bridge from where we were marched through the Counties of Duplin, Sampson, Cumberland
& Bladen in search of the Tories who had been
committing deprivations in those Counties that he continued to serve in Captain Ellis' Company until the close of the War he having volunteered as a Minute
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for that part the company to which he was attached was most generally employed after that time in pursuit of the Tories during which service he was in several skirmishes with them at John Sutton's in Bladen County another at Gaddis Bridge on Big Creek in Cumberland County in the former we lost one man killed & 
another wounded in the latter three of our men were wounded these are as many particulars of his services as he recollects
though he is confident that he served at least two years.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

William   Grice
      his  X  mark

Sworn to and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
Test
     D. McDiarmil Clk

The following Answers were returned to the Interrogatories presented by the War Department
1st  I was born in the County of Sampson on the 10th of May 1764.
2nd.  I have no record of my age.
3rd.  I was living in Bladen County when I entered the Service
     Whence to in Cumberland County I have lived ever since & now live in Cumberland County
4th.  I have already answered this Question.
5th.  In addition to those named I know Genl. Kenan, Col. Dodd & Capt James Love, Officers in the Militia. Service.  also Col. Tho. Owen of Bladen
6th.  I have never received a discharge
7th.  I would refer to Col. Charles McAlister Reverend David Thomes of Cumberland Co. & Jno. Hair Esq. of Bladen County
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State of North Carolina
Cumberland County

Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid William Grice who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare 
that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services as a private soldier during the Revolutionary War but according to the best of his recollection he served as herein after stated that is to say in the year 1780 he served 6 months under Capt.
Ellis this service commenced about the first of
June or last of May & expired about the 1st of
December following.  That is a few days after the expiration of the services he again entered the Service under Capt. Ellis & served a tour of three months this Service commenced in December 1780 & expired in March 1781. after remaining home a short time not more than a month he again entered the Service under Capt. Ellis & served three months this service commenced in the month of April 1781 & expired in July 1781 about the 1st of August following he again entered the service
under Capt. Ellis & served three months, He
again entered the service under Capt. Ellis and
served three months this service commenced early in November 1781 in the following year 1782 he being frequently called out by Capt. Ellis on tours of some times a month & six weeks at a time, the precise number of these tours he does not recollect though he is
confident that putting the together they would
make at least six months these several services
put together would make two years which he
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is confident he served in the Revolutionary War & for which he claims a Pension

William Grice
       his X mark

Sworn to & subscribed before 
me this 17th August 1833

Benjamin Robinson  J. P.   [ Seal ]

I Daniel McDiarmid clerk of the Court of Pleas
& Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that Benjamin Robinson whose signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County that the same is in the proper hand writing of said Robinson & that his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit

Given under my hand & Seal of Office
this 17th day of August A.D. 1833

Daniel McDiarmid Clk
By Chas. Rhodes               [ Seal ]



Amended Declaration
of William Grice
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William Grice

N.C.

Rev

Private 15 mo, $50.00

J. L. Hybant

Fayetteville
N.C.
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Sir
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew 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
claims.

Period when service was rendered.
June
1780.
Duration of the Claimant's Service.
2 years
Months
Days
Rank of the Claimant
Pri.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Elly
Name and Rank of General and Field officers.
Col. Brown
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(blank)
Country through which he marched.
N.C.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
(blank)
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Witness

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. 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 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 this 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. {or 88.}.
On this (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a) before {blank) A. B. a resident (b) of (blank) in the county of (blank) and State, Territory or Distrct of (blank) aged (c) (blank) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank), with (blank) and (blank) and served in the (blank)(e) regiment of the (blank) 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing right] 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 (blank) 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(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 solier, and served as he states.
I (blank) of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the ssaid Court in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this (blank) day of (blank) &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 (blank) and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank), who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank) 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 day 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 A. B. (blank) who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the (blank) and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, (blank) Clerk of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and seal of office, this day of (blank) &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 declaraton (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 delaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore theses are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicant will appear before some Court in the County, in which they reside, and there subcribe 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 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 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 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 reasons of bodily informity; in which case the declarant will allow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant muse 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 war when he served.
[e] Every continential officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satinctory 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, 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 lenght 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 (italized) about three or four months (stop italics), is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  (underlined) 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 corp 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. (Stop underline)

[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.

(italized)  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 authenticatedd, 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.

(italized)  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.
 - - -finger pointing note - - 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 is wrote [j] applies to contiential troops only.
[k] his 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.

Written at bottom of page:

The applicant must specify his services as above required
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MCS

January 18, 1837
XXX
BA-J/MCS
Wm. Grice, S.6934

Mr. Herbert B. Kimsey
Cornelia
Georgia

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, William Grice and Demcy Odom.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States and based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.  A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of any soldier named Demcy Odom.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 6934, based upon the military service of William Grice, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
This soldier was born May 10, 1764, in Sampson County, North Carolina.  The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Bladen County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private in Captain William Ellis' company in Colonels Thomas Brown's and Richardson's North Carolina regiments as follows: from May or June, 1780, six months; from December, 1780, three months; from April, 1781, three months; from August, 1781, three months; from November, 1781, three months; six months in 1782.  He was in skirmishes at Wilmington, John Sutton's and Gaddis Bridge.
William Grice was allowed pension on his application executed December 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
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The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of William Grice.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Grice, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of tis soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller Genera, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.D., citing the following data: William Grice, Certificate 16775, issued September 15, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
the the Administrator
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State of North Carolina
Cumberland County  SS

John Parker personally appeared before the one of the Justices of the Peace assigned for said County & maketh oath that he is well acquainted with William Grice of Cumberland County that he knew said Grice during the Revolutionary War & served with said Grice in Capt. William Ellis' Company of Volunteers for six months and this was about one year before the close of the Revolutionary War.

John   Parker
  his X  mark

Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 20th day of November 1832

Joshua Jessop  J.P.  [ Seal ]

I the Justice of the Peace aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Parker who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit & that he is a man of fair character & a credible witness & that his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit   Given under my hand & seal this 20th November 1832.

Joshua Jessop  [ J.P. seal ]
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State of North Carolina
Cumberland County

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
March Term 1833

On this 4th day of March A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Worshipful Justices of said Court William Grice a resident of said County aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath in addition to a Declaration heretofore made at December Term 1832 of said Court make the further Declaration as to the time he served in the Army during the Revolutionary War that is he entered the
Service in the ninth of June 1780 as stated in his previous Declaration and continued in the service as a Minute Man up to the close of the War that during this time he was at home but a very short time only going there to get himself some clothing. he is certain that from the time he entered the service up to the close of the War he was not at home putting all together
more than one month. He having entered the service as a Volunteer during the War.  And he further declares that as to the proof of his Service in addition to affidavit of John Parker which he has heretofore obtained he is not aware of the testimony of any other person that he can procure as to his Service unless it be James Cain & Archibald McDaniel who sometimes since resided in the County of Bladen both of whom however if now alive are so old & inform that he cannot rely on their testimony with certainty.  That he claims a
Pension for Two years Service

William Grice
     his  X  mark

Sworn to & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid

Test

D McDiarmid  Clk
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I Daniel McClannis Clerk of the Court of Pleas &
Sessions of Cumberland County do hereby Certify the foregoing contains all the original Proceedings of said Court in the matter of application of William Grice for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Fayetteville this 5th day of March AD 1833
DMcDiamia Clk
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace to & for the County of Cumberland State of North Carolina William Grice of said County who being duly sworn deposeth and said that by reason of old age and the consequent lofs 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 Two years as a private soldier and for such sworn I claim a pension
Sworn to & subscribed before me
day of May 1833
William his X mark Grice
John Averck J. P. ℗

I Daniel Dearned Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County hereby certify that John Averett Esqr whose name is affixed to the forgoing affidavit of William Grice is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the name of the said Averett in his proper hand writing of and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit Given under my hand and seal of 
Office at Fayetteville this 18 day of May A.D. 1833
Danl McDiarmid Clk 
By AMcLean Jr. D.C.
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We David Thomas a Clergyman of Cumberland County and John Hair of Bladen County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Grier who has sworn to and subscribed the above Declaration and we believe him to be sixty eight years of age & that he is reputed
& believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the  Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
David Thoms
John Heirs
Sworn to Subscribed the day
& year aforesaid
Test
DMCDiarmia Clk

The applicant then offered the affidavit of John
Parker taken before Joshua Jessop Esq one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County togeath in with the said Justices certificate of said Parker being a credible Witness.  which affidavit & certificate an appended to this declaration proceeding.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting this Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary
soldier and served as he states And the said Court further certifies that appears to them that David Thomas who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Cumberland and that John Hair Esqr who has signed the same is a resident of Sampson County is a credible person & that
their statement is entitled to credit
Josiah Evans J.P {seal}
DMcCormick J.P. {seal}
William Ray J P. {seal}
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I Daniel McDiarmid Clerk of the Court of pleas
quarter Sessions of Cumberland County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Grice for a pension
And I do further certify that Joshua Jessop whose
name appears to the annexed affidavit of John Parker is an acting Justice of the peace of said County that the same is in the proper handwriting of the Joshua Jessop & that his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office of Fayettevile this eighth day of December AD 1832
D McDiarmid Clk
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Fayetteville Augt 17th 1833

Sir
I again forward the amended Declaration
of William Grice for a pension the apparent
discrepancy in his last statement to the result
of my own oversight in drawing it up from
the memorandum furnished me by him & not
his in the statement. the last service of this months tour should have commenced in the fall
or month of Nov. 1781 entered of 1780. I hope his present explaination will be satisfactory as
I am convinced from the statement of all
his neighbours that he was a good man and
true & during the war of the Revolution.
Yours Respectfully
Thos. L. Hybant
To: IL Edward Eqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Department of War
Pension Office
August 7 1833
Sir
I have carefully examined the amended declaration of William Grice and have not found it satisfactory. In his original declaration
he alleges to have entered the service in June 1780, and served 2 years. In specifying his service as required in his amended declaration he claims to have performed five distinict tours of duty-- amounting to fifteen months and terminating in the Spring of 1781. And during
which period he also admits that he was twice at home, and at one time said one months- making in all something like 17 months from June 1780 to the spring of 1781. It is self evident from the face of his statement, that he cannot be correct, and is therefore returned for further explanation.
I am respectfully
Your Obecut
J.L. Edwards
J.S. Hybant Esqr
Fayetteville
No Co.
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July 18, 1939
Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall
712 N. W. 19th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
BA-J/MCS  our
Wm. Grice, S. 6934
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to William Grice, a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the North Carolina militia and was pensioned while living in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.6934, based on the military service of William Grice.
This soldier was born May 10, 1764, in Sampson County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.
While living in Bladen County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private in Captain William Ellis' company in Colonels Thomas
Brown's and Richardson's North Carolina regiments as follows from May or June, 1780, six months; from December, 1780, three months; from April, 1781, three months; from August, 1781, three months; from November, 1781, three months; six months in 1782. He was in skirmishes at Wilmington, John Sutton's and Gaddis Bridge.
William Grice was allowed pension on his application executed December 6, 1832, at which time he was in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of William Grice.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Grice, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid
and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
William Grice, Certificate 16775, issued September 25, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 10, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
William Grice, S.6934
Mrs. H.P. Daggett
West Point
Mississippi
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to two Revolutionary War soldiers named William Grice,
The data contained herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.6934, based upon the military service of William
Grice, the only soldier of that name searched under all spellings, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
This soldier was born May 10, 1764, in Sampson County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Bladen County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private in Captain William Ellis' company in Colonels Thomas
Brown's and Richardson's North Carolina regiments as follows: from May or June, 1780, six months; from December, 1780, three months; from April, 1781, three months from August, 1781, three months; from November, 1781, three months; six months in 1782. He was in skirmishes at Wilmington, John Sutton's and Gaddis Bridge,
William Grice was allowed pension on his application executed December 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
The papers in the claim contain no data relative to the family of William Grice.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Grice, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is
suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: William Grice, Certificate 16775, issued September 25, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June
7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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In reply to your request of __________________,
received ______________for a statement of the military history of William Grice a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (Marked out - or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 6934
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGtH OF SERVICE | RANK 
May or June 1780   6 months
Dec 1780                 3  "
Apl. 1771                 3  "
Aug. 1781                3  "
Nov. 1781                3  "
         1782                6  "
| RANK
Private |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. |
William Ellis
COLONEL. | Thomas Brown
and Richardson
| STATE.
N.C.

Engaged in, skirmishes at Wilmington, John Sutton & Gaddis Bridge.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bladen Co. N. C.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 6 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Cumberland Co. N. C.
Age at date of application, born May 10 1764 in Sampson Co. N.C.
Remarks: No family lots. [illegible] for last payment.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
G -- 2856
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712 NW 19th
Oklahoma City Oklahoma
 far right - Rev. & 1812

Dear Sir,
Will you please read pension record of William Grice N. Carolina Militia and give names of wife
and children mentioned.  Shall appreciate the earliest reply possible -
Address   Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall
7124 W 19th
Oklahoma City-
Oklahoma-
Commencement of Pension 4-1831
age at that time 70 years
Resided Cumberland Co North Carolina
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Cornelia, Georgia.
January 15, 1937.
  Far right Stamp 
Received 
JAN 18 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ACM
READER # 37

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Re: Revolutionary War Soldiers:
William Grice.
Demcy Odom.

Gentlemen:

Will you please inform me whether William Grice ever applied for or received a pension for
services in the Revolutionary way and if so, what his record shows. He was born about  1765. He claimed to have enlisted in 1780 from Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Also, will you please inform me whether
Demoy Odom ever applied for a pension for service in the revolutionary war, and if so, what his record shows. He claimed to have enlisted from Sampson County, North Carolina. He was born in Ireland but settled in Sampson County, N.C. prior to the american revolution. He died about 1840.

Any information you can furnish me will be
appreciated as both were ancestors of mine and I am engaged in writing a family history.
Yours very truly,
HEBERT B Kerry
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West Point, Mississippi.
August 20, 1936

Pension Bureau
Washington
D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me the Revolutionary War pension of William Gries of North Carolina, as stated in Roster of North Carolina, page 576. Any family data would be greatly appreciated as I am a direct decendant .
Also send a pension of William Grice of Cumberland County, N.C., who was a Revolutionary soldier.

Sincerely,
Mrs. H. P. Daggett
Mrs. H. P. Daggett

Stamp:
RECEIVED
AUG 22 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
[ILLEGIBLE]
READER # 36
Arrow pointing to: 11:15
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To Pension Office
Please see if you can find any record of
William H. Grice (or Grist) of N.C.  Tradition says
he was in army.  You might look in S.C. for him also as he was there also-
Thank you
Mrs. Charles M. Baggs
Blakely, Ga
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1913 Dec.11 History to
Mrs. Charles M. Baggs

1936 Sept 10 hist. to Mr. H.P. Daggett   

1937 Jan 28 hist to Mr. Herb B. Kinzey 

1939 July 18 hist. to Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall


6934
INVALID.
File No. 6934
William Grice
Priv. Rev. War
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