Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21860, for Solomon Legare, South Carolina
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Service
S.C.
Legare, Solomon

Number S. 21860
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[left border of paper damaged making some words illegible]
1.6.952
South Carolina

Solomon Legare
[illegible] Charleston in the State of S. Car.
who was a [illegible, possibly pt] in the [space] commanded by Captain [s[ace] of the Regt command by H[illegible] in the So Car [illegible] for 20 mo: 12 days

Transcribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 68 Dollars [blank] Cents per ann [illegible] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Oct and [illegible] [illegible] Charleston So Car.

Arrears to the 4th of Septem 1833  		170
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 34  		  34
						                      $204
Date of death
From Agency Book
June 13, 1844

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk
Book E, Vol 6, Page 73
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The State of South Carolina
Charleston District ss
On this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Two,  personally appeared in open Court before me [illegible] the district Judge for S. Carolina, Solomon Legare, A resident of the City of Charleston now sitting in the District and State aforesaid, aged very nearly seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That according to the record in his father’s Family Bible, he was born in Charleston, South Carolina. on the 14th November 1754. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That in 1776 he was attached to the Charleston  Militia, that early in the year 1776 he united in forming a volunteer Battalion composed of six Companies viz. One Grenadier, one light Infantry one Company called “True Blues," one “German Fusiliers," one called "volunteers," and one the “Foresters," commanded by Major John Huger. That this deponent was attached as a private to the "True Blues" of said Battalion, which was uniformed and whenever their services were required attended without being draughted. That the said Battalion continued as a body until the surrender of Charleston. This Battalion defended the lines of Charleston in 1779 against Provost's attack, Provost retreated to the Islands. This deponent being one of Thirty of the "True Blues" was sent to Fort Johnson, on James Island, to cover some negroes, who were employed in removing shot from that Fort, while there they were attacked by a part of the British 7th Regiment, one of the “True
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“True Blues" was taken prisoner; their Commander Lieutenant Lee and five men were wounded. Information was afterwards from one of the residents of the Island that the enemy buried three of their men who were killed in the attack. Afterwards the same Battalion (with other troops, under the command of Gen. Moultree was stationed on James Island to draw the attention of the British who were in possession of John's Island, while another portion of our Army made an attack on them at Stono Ferry. The next service performed by this Battalion was at Savannah Georgia, in 1779 where they were placed in a line with the regular troops when the attack was made. There several men and officers of this Battalion were killed. The next service performed by them was defending the lines of Charleston against the attack made by Lord Cornwallis. Our garrison then surrendered to the British. This deponent remained a prisoner under the capitulation five months, when believing that the British had violated the articles of capitulation, he made his escape from the British Garrison, and joined Col. Harden, to the South of Jacksonborough, as a volunteer, doing duty under him until Col Hayne took command, under whom he served until he (Col H) was taken prisoner. This deponent then continued under command of Col. Harden. Harden's Regiment was then ordered to join Gen. Pickens at Augusta, Geo. where after various engagements, we took prisoners. Col. Brown and his Regiment. Col. Brown commanded “The Florida Rangers.”  After this deponent returned with Col Harden to the South of Charleston, Col Stafford of an upper regiment joined Col Harden here we acted against a British force of 500 Artillery & Infantry and 96 Cavalry. This deponent was detached with 60 others, to keep those troops in a State of alarm through the night. We were the next morning surprised by the British Cavalry of 96 men commanded by Major Fraser through the treachery of one of our own men, six or eight
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valuable young men of our party were killed, and this deponent was taken prisoner and sent to the British Garrison in Charleston and confined in the Provost. In consequence of extreme illness while there, through the intervention of some friends, he was sent on parole to John’s Island, where he remained a prisoner until released by the evacuation of Charleston. Various other duties were performed by this deponent; [underlined] in fact he was almost always in service from the year 1776 to the surrender of Charleston. This deponent was personally engaged in the several expeditions & engagements of the Battalion to which he was attached, as above detailed. [underlined] The Company Officers of the “True Blues” were among others at different periods. Capt. Jno Raven Mathews, Lieut Isaac Holmes, Capt Greenwood, Lieuts William & Stephen Lee, the Uncle and father of the Honble Thomas Lee Judge of this Court. This deponent was personally acquainted with following Continental Officers, Col. Chas Colisworth Pinckney of the 1st So Ca Regiment, at the Siege of Savannah, with Gen (then Col) Moultrie with Genl. Lincoln at the defence of Charleston and a number of others. Deponent was also personally known to Count Dillon, an Irish Officer in the French Service at the Siege of Savannah. [underlined]This deponent has no discharge nor documentary evidence of the foregoing details. [Underlined] This deponent however can refer to the following individuals now living in Charleston to sustain his statement viz Mr. John Cart, a member of the “True Blues” who was in action with this deponent, Col Jacob Sass then a Lieutenant in the German Fusiliers of the same Battalion who was at the siege of Savannah, Col, Sass is the only survivor of the Fusiliers a corps originally of 80 men, their Capt. Shepperd was killed at the siege of Savannah. The other survivors of the “True Blues” are William Joyner & Charles Stone now living at Beaufort in this State – and this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
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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.
Solomon Legare
We, Frederick Dalcho, a Clergyman, & Richard Yeadon, Jun, both residing in the City of Charleston & in the district & State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Solomon Legare, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age of nearly Seventy Eight years, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
F. Dalcho
Assistant Minister of St. Michael’s Church, Charleson
Richard Yeadon, Junior
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter; & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary war soldier & served as he states and this further certifies that it appears to them that F. Dalcho who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the City of Charleston, & that R. Yeadon Jr. who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same place, [illegible] credible person, that John Cart & Col. J. Sass who have sworn to & subscribed the annexed depositions, are also residents of the same place & credible persons and that their several statements are entitled to credit.
[illegible] Lee [illegible]
Judge for South Carolina D[illegible]
I, James Jervey, Clerk of the United States Court, So Carolina District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Legare for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said Court at Charleston. This Eighth day of October Anno Domini, One thousand Eight hundred & Ninety Two.
James Jervey
Solomon Legare being duly sworn depo. Dist [illegible] seth that from the time of this volunteer w 1776 to the services of Charleston he considered himself in actual service & was able to be called [illegible] daily as a volunteer attached to a company sworn to be [illegible] 29 April ’33.
Solomon Legare
[illegible] dist Judge
So Carolina
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Rev. War Section
Record Division

December 15, 1991

Hon. Zebulon Weaver,
House of Representatives.
[handwritten initials that look like AW are at the top right of the page]

In re: Solomon Legare, Thomas Legare and William Swinton, War of Revolution.

You are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension, or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of William Swinton and Thomas Legare.

From the papers in the pension claim, Survivor File 81850 [the number 6 has been inserted above the number 5], it appears that Solomon Legare was born November 14, 1754, in Charleston, South Carolina and in 1775 was attached to the Charleston Militia. In 1776, he volunteered as a private, in the company called the Charleston True Blues, in Major John Huger’s Battalion: he was engaged in defending the city against Provost’s attack in 1779, was in a skirmish at Fort Johnson on James Island,
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was at the siege and battle of Savannah and was captured at the surrender of Charleston, but escaped after five months imprisonment and joined the forces and served under Colonels Hayne, Harden and Lee. He was in an engagement at Augusta, after which during a skirmish with British Cavalry he was captured, confined in Charleston, until sent on parole to John’s Island where he remained until the cit of Charleston was evacuated.

He was allowed pension on his application, executed October 8, 1832, while living in Charleston.

There is no data on file as to his family.

He died June 13, 1844.

Very respectfully,
 Washington Gardner
Commissioner
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The Landon Abstract Company
Denver, Arapahoe and Adams
Abstracts
1716 Champa Street
Denver, Colorado

M. H. Oakes
Secretary, Manager

August 2nd, 1926

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

I am very anxious to establish the documentary evidence of the Revolutionary War services of certain ancestors of mine, being descendants of Solomon Legare, the Huguenot of South Carolina. I believe he had three sons; namely, Solomon, Daniel and Thomas, and eight grandsons, being Solomon, Thomas, Daniel, Isaac, Joseph, Nathan, Benjamin and Samuel, all having engaged in the Revolutionary War. Could you tell me anything of their services, rank, and reference to documents proving the same?

Thanking you in advance, I remain
Very truly yours,
M. H. Oakes

MHO/MAV
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Zebulon Weaver
10th Dist. North Carolina

House of Representatives
Washington

December 12, 1921
[oval stamp] Office of the Commissioner Dec 13, 1921 U. S. Bureau of Pensions [oval stamp]
Hon. Washington Gardner
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I would be pleased to have the records of your office examined with a view to ascertaining if any record can be found as to the service, in the Revolutionary War, of the following men:
William Swinton, Coleton [sic] County, S. C.
Thomas Legare of South Carolina
Solomon Legare of South Carolina

Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly,
Zebulon Weaver
SW/s
[octagonal stamp] Congressional Section Dec 13, 1921 U.S. Bureau of Pensions [octagonal stamp]
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Revolution
21860
INVALID.
File No. 21,860
Solomon Legare
Pri Rev War
Act June 7th 32
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 23
Arrangement of 1870.
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1921 Dec, 16, Hist to Hon Z.
Weaver. au
1926 Sept. 23-Hist to M.N.
Oakes. aw
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Solomon Legare
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The State of South Carolina
Charleston District – p

On this eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Two, personally appeared, in open Court, before me Thomas Lee district judge for South Carolina a resident of the City of Charleston, in the district & State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration. That he is well acquainted with Mr. Solomon Legare, a fellow soldier of the Revolution & the applicant for a pension sworn to the annexed deposition. That this deponent in 1777 became a private in a uniform Corps called the “True Blues” attached to a volunteer Battalion commanded by Major John Huger, & found the said Solomon Legare already a private in the said Corps- that this deponent & the said Solomon Legare were, among others, personally engaged as members of the said company & Battalion in the defence [sic] of the lines of Charleston against Provost’s attack in 1779, in distracting the attention of the British on John’s Island while another portion of the American forces made an attack on them at Stono Ferry, in repelling an attack made by the British on Fort Johnson, James’ Island, on which occasion one of the detachment of the “True Blues” was taken & the Commander Lieut. Lee & five mend wounded – in the siege of & attack on Savannah in 1779, & in the defence [sic] of Charleston against the attack of Sir Henry Clinton & Lord Cornwallis and this deponent further swears that he either knows or believes to be true all the other facts detailed in the deposition of the said Solomon Legare.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

[illegible] Lee Dist. Judge So. Carolina
John Cart
I James Jervey District Clerk of the United States for South Carolina District do hereby certify that the foregoing depositions are a part of the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Solomon Legare for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my and & seal of the said Court at ___ this day & year aforesaid.
Charleston this [illegible, but probably 8th] day of October 1832.
James Jervey
Dist Clerk
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The State of South Carolina
Charleston District 

On this eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & Thirty Two, personally appeared in open Court before me the “Lee district Judge for So. Carolina district now sitting, Jacob Sass, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, That he is well acquainted with Mr. Solomon Legare, a Soldier of the Revolution & the applicant for a pension, sworn to the [illegible] deposition that in 1775 the said Solomon Legare was attached to the Militia of Charleston & in 1776 became a private in the Company called the “Ture Blues,” attached to a uniformed volunteer Battalion, commanded by Major John Huger, which Battalion rendered its services, without being draughted, whenever they were required, that this deponent was a Lieutenant of another corps attached to the said Battalion, called “the German Fusiliers,” which was originally composed of 80 men, but of which deponent is now, the only Survivor – that the said Battalion continued as a body until the surrender of Charleston, that said Battalion was engaged, among other services, in the defence of the lines of Charleston against Provost’s attach in 1779, took its station with other troops under the command of Gen Moultrie on James’ Island, to attract the attention of the British, who were in possession of John’s Island, while another portion of the American force made an attack on them at Stoni Ferry, assisted in the siege of Savannah, being placed in line with the regular troops, who the attack was made, on which occasion several officers & men attached to the Battalion were killed, and among others Capt. Sheppard of the “German Fusiliers” and defended the lines of Charleston against the attack made by Sir Henry Clinton & Lord Cornwallis, which resulted in the capitulation of the City  - of that deponent & the said Solomon Legare were, among others, personally organized in the services & on the occasions above detailed. And this deponent further swears that he either knows or believes to be true all the other facts set forth by the said Solomon Legare in his said deposition.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Sworn to [illegible] Lee Dist Judge
S. Carolina [illegible/smeared]
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Solomon Legare
Application for a Pension
See supplemental affidavit & [illigeble] within

Admit as Private
20mo & 12 days
$68
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Affidavit agreeable to form under explanatory notes
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Personally appeared before me Thomas Lee federal district Judge for South Carolina Solomon Legare aged 79 years at his Chambers he being unable from present Infirmity to attend Court and being duly sworn deposeth that he was in actual service during the revolutionary War as a private in a uniform Corps in the field or in Camp tourt at the “Siege of Charleston & Savannah, on the Islands adjacent to Charleston, under Col Harden, Col Hayne and Major Harden to the Southward of Charleston, under General Pickens & Col Lee at & near Augusta in Georgia for at least 12 months [double underline] twelve months [double underline] and for such Service he claims a
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Pension and that during all that period he was not employed in any Civil pursuit
Sworn to before me this 2 Sept 1833
Solomon Legare #
Tho. Lee
dist  Judge
So Carolina

Supplemental affidavit of Solomon Legare
who being duly sworn further deposed that
at the Battle of Fort Moultrie he was in actual service at least Six Weeks-that when Provost
came against the lines of Charleston he was in
actual service at least one month.  That he
was in actual service at the attack on Savannah
under Genl Lincoln under Cap Greenwood at least three months. That at the Siege of Charleston he was in actual service least three months. That two months after the Surrender Charleston he escaped and joined the American (?) under Col Harden and remained in service under Col Hayne & Harden for at least twelve months when he fell into
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the hands of the Enemy and rendered a prisoner
till the end of the war some part of the time on the Provost
Sworn to before us thy 28
Sept. 1833-
Solomon Legare #
Tho. Lee Dist Judge So Carolina

I certify that I have known the above named man
Solomon Legare from my earliest years. He is as respectable of man as the State can produce, & I do not believe that there lives a man who did his duty more zealously & faithfully during the Revolution
Will.m Johnson
Asoc. Just. (?) U.S.

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