Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30599, for Charles Moore, North Carolina
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Declaration of Charles Moore

State of Kentucky, Adair County: to wit 
On this 9th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Adair now sitting Charles Moore a resident of Adair County aged seventy-two 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 United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he volunteered in the year 1776 under Captain Paxton and was at the battle of Guilford [March 15, 1781] under the command of Col McDowell 3 months as a volunteer after which battle he was called down to Petersburg Virginia under Captain Gray [James Gray] drafted the tour was about 3 months. After which he went out under Capt. Trimble [William Trimble] under Col. Surveyor [sic, John Sevier] & fell in with Gen.l Marion [General Francis Marion] and was at the taking of 90 odd prisoners at Moncks Corner in North Carolina [sic South Carolina] four months tour. I had three discharges first from Capt. Paxton, the 2nd from Capt. Trimble the 3rd from Capt. Gray, the above named discharges are lost and it is completely out of my power to find them. He recollects the name of
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Gen Stevens or Stevenson he has no documentary evidence by which he is enabled to prove his Service. He knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. He declares that his whole service was about nine or ten months. -\
He 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 or (if any) only on that of the agency of the state of Kentucky. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
Charles [his X mark] Moore

We Samuel Wilson a clergyman, residing in the county of Adair and J G Walker residing in (the (same.) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Charles Moore who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforsaid [aforesaid]
Samuel Wilson 
JG Walker
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Columbia Ky May 10th 1833 

Sir I enclosed you hear [here] the pention [pension] papers of Charles Moore Levi Cownover James Smith &c they are impatient and very old needy and have bin [been] a long time on hand but could not be ready no sooner they are all men of the first rate caractors [characters] but I need not say any thing on the score of Caractors [characters] as [Illegible] Nathan Gaither told me he called and gave information as to the goodness of there coractors [characters] before he left Congress I see @  circular letters on last evening from the Secetary [Secretary] of the Treasure in relation to the Caracters [characters] of agents &c if the department are not acquainted with my self by caractor [character] the Hen [Honorable] William T Barry and Nathan Gaither who is my doore Neighbours [possibly next door neighbors] is & has bin [been] for 15 years they can give information