Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,528, for Adam Team, North Carolina
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SERVICE N.C.
S.C.
Team, Adam
NUMBER  S.21.528
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CONTENTS
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Date of death not on A.B.


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South Carolina 12.664
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Adam Team
of Richland Dist[rict] in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bums - of the reg[imen]t commanded by Col[onel]. Wade Hampton in the S. Carolina line for Sixteen months -

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Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 53 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of May. 33. and Sent. Applicant Columbia - S.C -
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Arrears to the 4th of March. 33 -     106.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept[embe]r. 26.83
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133.49
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Hugh Newnan Clerk,
Book E -     Vol. 6 -      Page 81
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23745
Adam Team
Richland District
South Carolina


Admit as a private for
16 months $53.33








Applicant
Columbia
S. C.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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.

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A Statement, shewing [sic] the Service of Adam Team, Richland 
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[table with the following headers:
Period When the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service (Years., Months., Days.) | Rank of the claimant |
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service |
Proof by which the declaration is supported | ]
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Volunteer 1779 |  | 3 |  | private | Col. McDowell | 73 Mecklenburg N. C. | Tradition

-- |  | 3 or 4 |  |   |  Maj. James White |  |  

Enlisted (Continental) |  | 10 |  |  | Capt Burns [,] Col. Wade Hampton |  |  

other services referred to  |    Witness proves the faithful service of applicant for ten months.

Applicant declares "3 years service altogether."




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.

For 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 fo the 7th of June, 1832.

88
State, Territory or District of
Country of

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 first duty 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 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.

[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
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of

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 person 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 tot he 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, adn 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 that A. B. 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 proceeding of the said Court, in the matter of the application of 
for a pension.

                  In the 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 nine 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, and 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 declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-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 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 persona 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 Revolunter.

The Court will see that the 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 persona 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 the 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 his neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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Declaration of Adam Team, in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

State of South Carolina } S.S.
 . District }
On this 11" day of [crossed out: October] February 1833, personally appeared in open Court before me Henry Wm DeSaussure presiding Judge of the Court of Equity [crossed out: Pleas & general Sessions] now sitting in [blank] for [blank] district Adam Team a resident of Richland District, late of the district of Kershaw & state aforesaid aged seventy three 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 7" - 1832. That he entered the service of the State of South Carolina as a volunteer in the Militia the same year that the battle of Stono [Battle of Stono Ferry; June 20, 1779] was fought. He does not recollect the year, but by reference to the almanac he find [sic] that battle was fought in 1779, seventeen hundred and seventy nine in June. He was in the service some months before that battle. He volunteered & was put in the Company of Capt[ain]. Bart under Col[onel]. McDowell of Lincoln North Carolina. The applicant at that time lived in North Carolina, Mecklenburgh [sic: Mecklenburg] County; but was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1760, on the third day of October. He was commanded by General Butler while in McDowell's regiment - He marched from Charlotte in North Carolina which was their rendezvous down to Stono in South Carolina, where that battle ^took place - Head quarters at that time was at Pon Pon eight miles from Stono - His time he volunteered for ^was three months and after the battle he was discharged but has lost his discharge long ago - The discharge was given by Col[onel]. McDowell, and then he returned home to North Carolina - Clarke was the Adjutant of his regiment - He remembers very well that Col[onel]. Davie late General Davie marched with them from Charlotte and was at the battle of Stono -  He volunteered the second time to the militia directly after he got home, under Captain James Maxwell commanded by Major James White and went on a march towards Fayetteville then called cross creek - They killed some of the tories, but had no engagement - This body of troops were called the flying Camps - He served this time about three or four months - They volunteered for no particular time; and Col]onel]. W. Hampton came about this time up from South Carolina to enlist soldiers for Genl. [illegible] and the applicant enlisted [crossed out: for] under Capt[ain] Peter Burns in Col[onel]. Wade Hampton's regiment. He enlisted for ten months, on this State service - The Sasafras field near Charlotte was the rendezvous of these troops - From there they
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marched under Wade Hampton through York and Chester and on Sandy river waters of Broad River, near the Mobley settlement they took some tories, Gov[ernor] & Flinn and from there they went to Niah's ferry on Broad River and then they lay awhile & moved over the river to Sumner's in the Dutch Fork and staid [sic: stayed] there a few days - From there they went to Granby and killed the picket guard of the British. They. Crossed the Congaree and made their Head quarters before Fridays ferry - There they lay until the Forts of Granby, Orangeburgh [sic: Orangeburg] & Fort Motte near McCord's ferry were taken. From this place after these forts fell, he marched with his regiment down towards the Eutaw and was at the battle of the Eutaw in 1781 [Battle of Eutaw Springs,	September 8, 1781] but does not remember the date - General Green [General Nathaniel Greene] commanded at the battle of the Eutaw. They marched down towards Charleston and were stationed at the Four Hole Bridge on waters of Edisto on the road from Orangeburgh [sic: Orangeburg S.C.] to Charleston - From there he got a furlough to go home, until called out again in case peace was not made - He has lost that furlough long ago. This ended his service -  He was frequently out in scouting parties [crossed out: which] against the tories which he has not stated particularly. But he was three years altogether actively engaged in the service in some way or other - 

He has no record of [crossed out: my] his age. He has only an extract of the entry of his age from a bible his father had - He does not know where that bible is unless his brother who lives in Burke North Carolina has it. For the last thirty five year's [sic] he resided from North Carolina and resided on Granny's quarter creek in Kershaw about twelve miles above Camden, near where Gen[era]l. Gates was defeated [.] On the 14th day of last January he removed
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to Columbia where he now resides - He never was a substitute. Col[onel]. Roberts a regular Continental officer of the artillery was killed at the [crossed out: Eutaw] Stono [Battle of Stono Ferry, June 20, 1779] - whom he remembers very well, He saw him killed by a cannon ball, and ^he says [crossed out] can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - 

The applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
S/Henry W. DeSaussure }
Feb[ruar]y 1833 - 


I Benjamin Tradewell a clergyman residing in the District of Richland and We B. F. Taylor, Thomas Taylor [,] Jim & Jesse DeBruhl residing in the District of [crossed out: Kershaw] Richland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Adam Teem [sic: Team] who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be in his seventy third year - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides [crossed out] in this District to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
S/Benjamin Tradewell
S/B. F. Taylor

Sworn to In open Court
S/James L. Clark
C.C.R.D. february 12th 1833
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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 that Benjamin Treadwell who has signed the preceeding [sic: preceding] certificate is a clergyman resident in [crossed out] District as aforesaid and that B. F. Taylor - who has also signed the same is a resident of the said District and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - & that Joseph Black (a senator of South Carolina. & Jesse Debruhl are also persons of highest credibility.
S/Henry Wm. DeSaussure
7 March 1833


I [blank] [crossed out: Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Sessions for Kershaw] Commissioner for the Court of Chancery for Richland District and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Adam Teem [sic: Team] for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of March 1833. the certificates of Joseph [crossed out: A] Black and Jesse Debruhl being on pieces of paper distinct from this sheet.
S/James L. Clark
Commissioner in Equity for Richland District South Carolina
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January 15, 1934

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ADAM TRAM
S. 21528
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Mrs. D. B. Johnson

Garfield, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Samuel Sessions, of Georgetown, South Carolina, and Adam Team, of Camden, South Carolina, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United states based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any soldier named Samuel Sessions, under any spelling of the surname.  As a possible means of securing information in regard to his service in the Revolution, it is suggested that you address the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

You are furnished herein the record of Adam Team, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 21528, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  He signed as Adam Tim but was pensioned Adam Team.

He was born October 3, 1760, in Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not given in the claim.

While a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he volunteered in 1779 and served three months as private in Captain Barr's company, Colonel McDowell's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Stono, after which he was discharged.  He volunteered directly after reaching home and served three or four months as private in a body of North Carolina troops called the flying camp, under Captain James Maxwell and Major James While.  He volunteered about May 1, 1781, served as private in Captain Peter Burns' and
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William Alexander's companies, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment, and assisted in taking the forts at Orangeburgh, Motte and Granby, was in the battle of Butaw and was discharged after having served ten months on this tour.

About 1798, the soldier moved from North Carolina to South Carolina, where he resided on a creek about twelve miles above Camden in Kershaw County, South Carolina.  On January 14, 1833, he moved to Columbia, Richland District, South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1833, while living in Columbia, Richland District, South Carolina.

No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

In 1833, Adam Tim or Team stated that his brother was living in Burke, North Carolina, but did not give his name.

There are no further family data in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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South Carolina }
Richland Dist[rict] }
Personally appeared [crossed out: before] in open Court Jesse Debruhl Sheriff of the district & state aforesaid residing therein, & certifies that he has been acquainted with Adam Team the applicant for a Pension, for upwards of twenty years - viz: for about twelve years in Kershaw district where they resided in the same neighborhood, and in this district & neighborhood since he resided here, - That in Kershaw he bore the reputation of a good old soldier of the Revolution on the Patriot side, and has borne that reputation ever since; appearing as such in all processions & public gatherings; and believes him t be a man of undoubted veracity.

Sworn & subscribed the 7th day of March in the year 1833 in open Court, before Chancellor DeSaussure. 
S/Jesse Debuhl
S/James L Clark Commissioner
9th County Equity for Richland 
District & State of South Carolina
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South Carolina }
Richland District }
Personally appeared before me Jos Black and makes oath that Adam Team was a soldier in the service of the State of South Carolina in the Revolutionary War in the Year of our Lord 1781 & 82. that the said Adam Team entered the service about the first of May 1781 & was discharged after his term of service had expired of Ten Months - that the said Adam Team was enlisted in the said ten months Service by Capt[ain] Peter Burns & was afterwards transfered [sic: transferred] to Wm Alexander by whome [sic: whom] he was discharged after his term of service had Expired; that the said Adam Team was not a substitute but enlisted & went into the said ten months service voluntarily. 

The deponent further says on oath that he (the deponent) was in the same service with the said Adam Team and knows that the said Adam Team did his duty faithfully for ten months.

Sworn before me 23rd day October 1832
S/Jos A Black J. P.
S/Joseph Black
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[letterhead] [photo shows the official seal of the state of South Carolina]
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY 
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State aforesaid.
[/letterhead]

Rob. M. Hayne

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME  
Know Ye that Joseph A. Clack whose signature appears to the foregoing instrument of writing is a Justice of the Peace in the State aforesaid.

[seal]
Therefore, all due Faith, Credit, and Authority is and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and certificates as such.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the Town of Columbia the Seventh of March - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Three and in the Fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

BY THE GOVEERNOR.
J Hammond.
Secretary of State.
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308 Main Street, Starkville, Miss.
April 4, 1933.

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RECEIVED APR 6 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. READER #22]

A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Thanks very much for your letter of Mar. 15th which I am returning to you along with my first letter as you requested.

The Revolutionary Ancester [sic: ancestor] in whom I am most interested is Adam Team. He was born In Pennsylvania, Sept. 1, 1759, Married Katherine Plyler Oct 10, 1794 and died June 12, 1844. I do not know whether he was married before he married Katherine Plyler or not but she is my Rec. Grandmother. The Census of North Carolina shows Adam Teem [sic: Team] as head of family living in Mecklenburg County. During the Rev. War. he lived near Camden Kershaw County, South Carolina and died there. He fought in the battle of Camden under Gen. Gates. He came to Salisbury N.C. from Pa. about 1779. We think he had a brother Jacob Team and that his father was probably Adam Team.

Any information that you can give me as to his War record, pension, payment for service will be appreciated. We also think he was a leader of wagon train in Gen. Greens army and that he was with Gen Davie later and at the battle of Stono Ferry

Yours truly
Mrs. S. W. Scales
Mrs. S.W. Scales

[handwritten: Enclose]
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[letterhead] [official seal of Veterans Administration] VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON [/letterhead]

March 15, 1933

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IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/MMHF: MLB

Mrs. S. W. Scales
308 Main Street
Starkville, Mississippi

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of several soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Because of the very great demand for data pertaining to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and the lack of a clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports for one person or organization.

Kindly designate the ancestor in whom you are most interested, named in your letter a search of the records will then be made in your behalf and the record furnished, if on file. As a means of identifying the record, the following information will be appreciated: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow, also full name of soldier.

The return of these letters will expedite the matter.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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308 Main St Starkville Miss
Feb. 14 1933.

Pension Office
Washington. D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Kindly tell me whether pensions were granted to the following and if so what would be the cost of getting a copy of same:
Revolutionary: - 
Adam Team    South Carolina or North Carolina
Edward Lockard    "        
Wm.         "            "
John         "            "
or any other    "     "
Edward Halsell       "
or any other "         "
James Hodges ,     Tennessee (or Ala.)

Yours truly
Mrs. S. W. Scales.
(SCALES.)
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1933, May 19 - Hist[ory]. to Mrs. S. W. Scales - MLB.



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Revolution 
21528
INVALID.
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File No. 21528
Adam Team
Pri[vate]. Rev[olutionary] War

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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2,       Page 415

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[Arrangement of 1870.]
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May 19, 1933

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ADAM TEAM
S. 21528
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. S. W. Scales
308 Main Street
Starkville, Mississippi

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Adam Team.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 21528, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Adam Tim (as he signed) but pensioned as Adam Team.

He was born October 3, 1760, in Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he volunteered in 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain Barr's company, Colonel McDowell's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Stono, after which he was discharged. He volunteered directly after reaching home and served three or four months as a private in a body of North Carolina troops called the flying camp, under Captain James Maxwell and Major James White. He volunteered about May 1, 1781, served as a private in Captains Peter Burns' and William Alexander's companies, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment, and assisted in taking the forts at Orangeburgh, Motte, and Granby, was in the battle of Eutaw and was discharged after having served ten months on this tour.

About 1798, the soldier moved from North Carolina to South Carolina where he resided on a creek about twelve miles above Camden in Kershaw County, South Carolina. On January 14, 1833, he moved to Columbia, Richland District South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1835, while living in Columbia, Richland District, South Carolina.
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No reference was made in the claim to wife or children. 

In 1833, Adam Tim or Team stated that his brother was living in Burke, North Carolina, but did not give his name.

There are no further family data in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Garfield, Ga.
Jan. 4th, 1833.

Director of Pensions,
Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen; - 

Will you please give me the Military Record of Samuel Sessions, Georgetown, S. C. and Adam Team, Camden, S. C. both of whom fought in the Revolutionary war.

I am an applicant for membership in the Daughter's [sic] of the American Revolution, and it is necessary that I have this information before I can go any further.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am.
Yours Very Truly,
(Mrs) D.B. Johnson
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[round postal stamp: arrow pointing to 11:45
RECEIVED JAN 6 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. READER #66]