Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7815, William Ward, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE          N.C.

Ward, William

NUMBER         S. 7815.

carded

CONTENTS
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Order to pay 17 Novr 1837. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838, from 4 Sep 1837 to 4 March 1838.  Agt. notified 21. March 1839 

Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 16 Decr  1839.  the day of his death. Agt Notified 16 March 1841.  


23.506
South Carolina 
William Ward -  of Greenville in the State of So Ca:  who was a pri  in the commanded by Captain ___ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gibson in the So Ca line for 9 months __  

Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina. at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Apl 34 and Sent to B.F. Perry. Greenville, So Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834     90 --
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   15 -- 
$105.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice. Clerk,
Book. C   Vol. 6  Page 83 __ [crossed out '182']
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No.  15320

Wm Ward, Greenwell
District S  Carolina


Admit as private
9 mo.     $30 :.

5. 14
Apl.  18 .  33 --


16. Sept   Sp Leh
B. F. Perry  Greenwell
S.  Carolina
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BRIEF in the case of William Ward County of Greenwell in the State of South Carolina 
(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? 80 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period. Enlisted In 1799 The applicant does not state how long he served, he says he enlisted for 18 months
 
Duration of Service. Years, months, 1 year - 6 Months   --Days.
 
Rank. private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen. Gregory     Cap Jos Painter, Col Gideon Lamb 


5. In what battles was he engaged? None 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pascotanh County N Carolina 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd Key Watts     Examining Clerk.
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William Ward dec
Act 7 Jun 1832
Viz NC.  
Adm   23,506



S  C  Ames
Present
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State of South Carolina} 
Greenville District} 
Personally appeard Ervin Ward a resident of the District and State aforesaid and made oath in due form of Law that he is a son of William Ward who was a Revolutionary solder and Pensioner of the United States and died in Greenville District, S.C. on 15 day of December 1841 and that he does hereby constitute and appoint George C. Ames Esqr of Washington City his agent and attorney to examin the papers on which his farthers Pension was granted and if there be found any thing due to prosecute the Same before the Department having charge of the Same 

Witness his hand & Seal this 28th day of March 1857        Ervin  X   Ward   his mark 
attest J. D. Farmer 
Jas. P. Foster

Signed Sealed acknowledged and Sworn to before me the undersigned a magistrate in & for the District of Greenville this day of March 1857 B.J. Stewart   mag't
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William Ward
15320
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South Carolina ⎬
Greenville District } On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeard in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Plea and General Sessions now Sitting William Ward a resident of Greenville District South Carolina aged eighty 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 

That he entered the service of the UStates under the following named officers and servd as herein stated-- enlisted for eighteen months under Captain John Painter and Col Gideon Lamb in the year "seventy nine" or there abouts servd six months and then servd a substitute, was in no engagements-- lived in Pascotanh County North Carolina, did not meet or does not recollect any Continental regiments does not recollect the regiment to which he belonged-- has no proper evidence-- knows of no one who can testify to his service __ The second tour took a mans place, named Ward, servd three months, about the time Corn Wallis marched through North Carolina, marched into Virginia near Norfolk-- was under General Gregory, Coll Lamb, Captain Paty. 

I do herby relinquish my claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State __ was born in the year "Fifty two" has no record of his age-- lived in Pascatanh County North Carolina when he enlisted and also when he took Wards place, has ben on Fear River, Neuse River, PeeDee river North Carolina and in Greenville South Carolina where he
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now lives-- did receive a Discharge but has lost it-- George Russell, Col Hodges and other living in his present neighbourhood can testify to his character for veracity and good behaviour  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid William   X   Ward  his mark 

We Nathan Berry a clergyman residing in Greenville and W Blasingame also living in Greenville District that we are well acquainted with William Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age.  that he is reputed and believed where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Nathan Berry
William Blasingame 
L McDaniel
CCN

And the said Court do herby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter, and the putting the questions presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states- and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathan Berry who signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the District of Greenville and that W Blasingame is also a resident of Greenville and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit 
R Gautt 

I James McDaniel Clerk of the
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Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the application of William Ward for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the Ninth day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty two 
J McDaniel 
C. C. D.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section                 MMHF 

October 13, 1924

Honorable J. Banks Kurtz 
House of Representatives 

My dear Mr. Kurtz: 
In response to your letter of the 11th instant, I have the honor to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to furnish any information in regard to any Peter Ward, or to a William Ward who enlisted in South Carolina. 

You are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier named William Ward who lived in South Carolina , found on said records. 

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 7815 it appears that William Ward was born in 1752. While residing in Pasquotank County, North Carolina he enlisted in 1779 and served six months as private in Captain John Painter's Company, Colonel Gideon Lamb's North Carolina Regiment. 

He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as a
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private in Captain Paley's Company, Colonel Gideon Lamb's North Carolina Regiment. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832 while living in Greenville District, South Carolina. 

He died December 16, 1839 leaving children; a son Erbin or Ervin is the only name given, and the name of soldier's wife is not stated. 

Sincerely, 

Commissioner.
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7815
Rev War. INVALID.

File No.  7815
William Ward
Pri     Rev War

Act :  June 7th 32

Index :-- Vol. 1st ,  392

[Arrangement of 1870.]



1924 - October. 13 -- Hist. to Hon. J. Banks Kurtz.  MMHF
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15th

William Ward


B T Perry
Greenville
S C
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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 William Ward 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  

ice by two the claimants entering the regiment, compan- 

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? Yes 

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 

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 

VII. 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 

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? No 
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? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

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? 

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?   


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 recoltion 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.
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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 pensions 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 objection- able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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. 

+QUERE  XIV.    Proof of Service.
In the 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 officer, 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.
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J. BANKS KURTZ 
21ST DIST. PENNSYLVANIA

HOME ADDRESS:
ALTOONA, PA. 

Congress of the United States 
House of Representatives 
Washington, D. C. 

OCT. 11, 1924

Hon. Washington Gardner, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.  

Sir:

I am just in receipt of a request from one of my constituents for information concerning the pension record of one Peter or William Ward who served in the Revolutionary War, having enlisted from South Carolina, and I would be pleased if you would have this looked up and furnish me any information you can on the subject. 

Awaiting your usual prompt reply, I am,
Very truly yours,
J Banks Kurtz

[oblong date-received stamp located at upper right corner of page containing printing, as follows:]  OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER. U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS    OCT 13 1924
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office,
 February 27, 1838 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Ward, a Pensioner in the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and ---Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837. to the 4th March 1838. 

Repectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Planters & Mechanics Bank of So  Ca
Charleston  3 November 1837

J L Edwards. Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir
I forward herewith for your Authority to Pay, vouchers of Micajah Proctor, William Ward, and John Culp having 12 months Pension due.
I am very respectfully
Your Ob Serv:
A Spears
Pension Agent
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
January 7th 1841. 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Ward decd childn. of a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and --- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832. have been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838. to the 16th Dec. 1839, the day of his death. 
Respectfully yours 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. S 

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Free

J L Edwards  Esqr
Cmor Department
Washington
D. C ---


[name written upside down at bottom of page, as follows:]  William Ward
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S. C.      Dec 2d
Reto.

[oblong stamp in upper right of page with following printing inside the stamp, as follows:]. GREENVILLE S C 23 Nov


[writing written vertically from top to bottom in center of page, as follows:] 
Free.

J L Edwards
Cmor Department
Washington 
D. C __


[writing written vertically on the left side of page going from the bottom to top of page, as follows:]     William Ward
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Greenville
Mar 21-  1833

Dear Sir
Enclosed is the application of William Ward amended   I hope, in such a manner, as will enable the poor old man to get a pension as the means of keeping him from abject want.
B F Perry.
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South Carolina} 
Greenville District }  Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the District of Greenville William Ward, 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 periods of his service nor as to the precise lenght of his sevices, but to the best of his recollection he severd not less than the period, mentioned below and in the following grades -- For six months he served as a private under Capt John Painter in the year 1779 - For three months he served as a private under Captain Paley in the year 1781 - and for such service of nine months he claims a Pension __ 

The first tour he was drafted or "ballated in" and did not enlist as is improperly stated in his declaration, through some mistake or misapprehension of the person who drew the same __ The second tour he substituted himself  .as stated in his declaration__  He knows of no one whose testimony he can procure as to his services- 
Sworn to and subscribed this July 27-- 1833- Richd. Thruston Jr.}    William X Ward his mark 

South Carolina }
Greenville District }  I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District do hereby certify that
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Richard Thruston is an acting magistrate in and for the District of Greenville as above stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine- and that full faith and credit should be given to his acts as a magistrate__  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this July 27 - 1833 
James McDaniel C.C. P.
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South Carolina } 
Greenville Dist }   Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the district of Greenville William Ward who being duly sworn makes oath that in consequence of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state as particutorly as he otherwise might, all the circumstances of his revolutionary services. the nature of his services and the places at which they were performed-- But to the best of his recollection the following is a correct statement of the same so for as his memory serves him-- This deponent was living in Pascotanque County North Carolina when the troops to which he belonged, were called upon to march to the North- they assembed at Nixington, in Pascatanque County under the command of Captain Painter, and marched from thence to Winton on Chawon River-- The troops remained same time at Nixington for the purpose of getting those who had run away or who neglected to attend the rendezvous - From Winton the troops march towards Roanoke River-- This deponent left hare in the Spring of the year, in March he thinks and returned in September __ After having been with the troops under the command of Col Lambe Six months he hired a substitute, gave him $60- a horse and something else to serve out the remainder of the eighteen months __ He does not know what became of the troops or where they went- a great many of the company to which he belonged enlisted during the war before he left the company & by that means got a furlough to go have and remain there
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untill called upon __ This deponent instead of enlisting hired a man as the above stated to take his place 

The second tour he served three months under Captain Poley-- took a mans place as stated in his declaration  __ the troops were drafted for three months marched into Virginia on the North West river above Norfolk and was stationed there to guard the river-- Norfolk & Portsmouth were then in possession of the Brittish - The troops were under the command of General Gregory just before this deponents time of service expired the British drove the American troops from ther station, took possession of their fort, and burnt the houses and then retreated to their shipping-- At the expiration of his tour of service he was discharged by Col Gideon Lamb ___ 
Sworn to and subscribed this November 21-- 1833-       William   X   Ward  his mark
John Crittenden   JP. ex off

I  James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District do hereby certify that Jno Crittenden is an acting Justice of the peace ex officio in for the District of Greenville that the above signature is genuine and that full faith and credit should be given to his acts- In witness
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whereof I have herewith set my hand & seal of office __ this November 21 -- 1833
J McDaniel
C.C.P.
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2nd.  Amendment