Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16419, Isaac Horton, N.C.
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N.C.  Horton, Isaac       S. 16419

carded
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Georgia     16.818

Isaac Horton
of Gwinnett in the State of GA
who was a pv in the          command
by Captain             of the Regh commander
by Col. McDowell in the N. Ca.
line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on he 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct 33
And sent Wm Maltbie
[illegible] Ga

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 100-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34 20
$120-

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 92
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Georgia
Gwinnett County

Inferior Court - March Term 1833

On this the 4th day of March 1833
Personally approved in open Court, it being
a Court of record now sitting [crossed out]. Isaac Horton a resident of the said county of Gwinnett and State of Georgia aforesaid aged seventy years who being sworn according to law- doth on his oath make this following declaration in order
to avail himself of the benefits of the Act of Congress
Passed 7th June 1832.

That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as follows to wit.
that he entered the Service under the command of Captain George Pierce, attached to the Regiment of Col. Pacely and the direction of Genl. Davidson
in Surry County in the State of North Carolina
as a private militia volunteer soldier. That he served
down below Charlotte in N. Carolina under the afore said officers from thence returned through Charlotte. in N. Carolina under the adore said officers from there returned through charlotte pursued by the British to Salisbury when
the British army was for a while stationed.
That when the British left Salisbury this deployment
with and at command of his officers afore said
pursued them to the Catawba River when they crossed at Nations Ford that from thence they were marched to Sugar Creek as he thinks in Rowan County where they were stationed until he was discharged that he received a written discharge which has been since stolen from him. that said leave of service continued three months.

that a very short time after returning home he again volunteered under the command of Capt John Morgan Major McDowell attached to General Morgans division and marched to South Carolina and went on duty at the Battle of the Cowpens
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That after said battle he was employed to guard prisoners to the barracks in Virginia - after which he was again discharged which discharge in writing was lost as aforesaid that [crossed out] soon after he returning home he was drafted and under Capt Morgan aforesaid attached to Col Pacely's Regiment & Genl Davidson's division-- Marchd to so [illegible] ford on the Catawba when the British attempted to cross said river that a Battle ensued in which Genl Davidson was killed. He does not recollect the name of the place when this tour expired [illegible]- crossed out -was again discharged, and returned home- That he again volunteered soon after his arrival at home under Capt. James Gaines, Col. Smith & Genl Rutherford and under their command marched to or near Wilmington - crossed out - he was in no engagement during this term of service -which continued as usual then months when he was again discharged regularly in writing that during the said last term of service acted as a Sergeant That soon after he again volunteered under Captain Gaines- Majr Winston & Col Armstrong and Marched to Join Genl Green at Guilford Court House- that he [illegible] was dispatched from the main Army with some horses the day before the Battle of Guilford - as he returned he met with Captain Kell who was marching to attack Fannin Long Captain at Lindley's Mills, in or near the line of Guilford County -that he together with his associates were persuaded to Join Capt Till and were with him in a battle fought with the said Fannin - that they defeated Fannin -  after which he again Joined Genl Green - and was with him at the battle of Eutaw Springs-- soon after which he was again discharged in writing, which discharge be lost as well as all other that he received as above stated to wit they were stolen from him
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after that at the close of the war or when he was last discharged be settled in Surry County aforesaid when he lived two years -from thence he moved to Spartanburgh in South Carolina when he also remained two years -thence to Pendleton in the State last aforesaid -married and remained their thirty years or upwards - from whence he removed into Hall County in the State of Georgia & lived there seven years- from then he removed to his present residence in the State of Georgia & County of Gwinnett aforesaid -The affidavits of Daniel Southerlin appended will establish the truth of what he states in relation to two of the above tours or terms of service-- the other[illegible] he has (crossed out)no evidence to establish except his own oath. He hereby relinquishes all claims to any pension or annuity except the present -and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State - Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day &  year aforesaid 
(attest) Wm.Maltbie Clk

his
Isaac Horton mark   Wm. Georgia Gwinnett County 
We Silas King a Clergyman residing in the State and County aforesaid and John  Ivie resident in the same hereby  certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Horton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age- that he is [illegible] and he lived in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion -Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this day & year aforesaid  Attest W. Maltbie Clk 
Silas King
    his
 John  Ivy 
   Mark
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Georgia Gwinnett County Inferior Court March Seven 1833- And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states- And the Court further certifies that it appears to said Court. that Silas King who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in the State County aforesaid and that John Ivie who has also signed the same is a resident in the said State and County and is a credible person & that their statements are entitled to credit.  Given under my hand & seal of Office this 4th March 1833 
24666 Revolutionary Claim - Isaac Norton at her of John H. Gresham  A G  Van Elknight PJC Simeon Stricklin J.J.C. 

William Maltbie Georgia Gwinnett County ⎬ Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Horton [illegible.  In testimony whereof I have hence set my hand & seal of office this 5th day of March 1833
Wm. Maltbie CJC
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24666
Isaac Horton
Georgia
[illegible]
admit as a private
12 mo 8 [illegible]
Wm Maltbie
Clk Court Gwinnett
[illegible] Lawrenceville Geo.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of Jun 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 brad, (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. 

A Statement showing the Service of Isaac Horton
[illegible]
[illegible] Years, Months, Days, Rank of the [illegible] Names and rank of [illegible], Age as [illegible] the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Vol . 3  Pri Capt. Pierce Col. Pacely 70 years State of North Carolina [illegible] Evidence
Vol. time not stated Priv Genl Morgan Capt Morgan [illegible] Mc Dowell  
[illegible] [illegible]Pri Capt. Morgan Col Pacely Genl Davidson
Vol 3 [illegible] Capt Gaines, Col Smith Genl Rutherford Capt Gaines Col Armstrong  Genl Green
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, mucicians 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.
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 duly 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 he 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) [illegible] on that of the Agency in the State of 

[illegible]
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
of the Court of
do certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
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 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
and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the 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, 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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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 proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In 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 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 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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 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.
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Service
N.C.

Horton, Isaac

Number
S. 16419

carded
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remained "thirty years or upward" then moved to Hall County, Georgia, where he resided seven years, thenee to Gwinnett County, Georgia,

Isaac Norton was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1833, at which time he resided in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

The soldier did not state the name of his wife, nor make any references to children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 
Isaac Horton
Certificate # 16818
I signed October 5, 1833  A,B
Issued 100 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1833
Georgia Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hillier
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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16.419
Invalid
File No. 16419
Isaac Horton
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7, 32
Index: Vol. A, Page 181

Handwritten Text:
1912 June 15  History to Mrs John Lee Davidson from Card catalogue
1924 May 26 Hist to Fred R. Horton [ ]
1936 Oct. 19 Hist to Mrs.J. L. Beeson [ ]
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Georgia  Gwinnett County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in & for said State and County Isaac Horton 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 or as to the precise periods of the war in which he served but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following made and as near as he recollect during the following periods of the war. For months I served as a volunteer militia soldier in the year 1760 That for three months I serve as a militia Volunteer in the year 1781 For 3 months I served as a drafted militiaman in the year 1781. For three months I served as a Sergeant of militia in 1781 or 82. for 3 months I served as a private militia volunteer soldier in the year 1782, and for such service I claim pension. And for further amendment to his decla ration and in answer to the objections made by the War department to said declaration to the deponent answers and says that he was over in the State of Penn sylvania & in the County of the lives that he has a record of his age given him by his father That Noah Strong Esqr. Jesse Crompton John White and many others of his neighbors together with the Clergyman & citizen who have certified for him as testify as to his veracity and as to their belief of his revolutionary services and he further states that since making his original declaration he has found it inconvenient on account of his age and infirmity and the distance to his witnesses to produce any positive to timony as to his services except his own oath. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of September 1832 his Isaac Horton Isaac Gilbert JP mark
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Gwinnett County, Georgia
I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County hereby certify that Isaac Gilbert whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit of Isaac Horton as a subscribing witness is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and was at the time time of subscribing the same and that full faith and credit ought to be had and give to his attestation as such.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 16th day of September 1833
Wm Maltbie C.J.C.
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Stamp 
U.S. Pension Office 
June 11, 1912
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[ ] Ga
June 8, 1912
Hon. J.L. Davenport, Com.
Department of Interior
Wahiington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
In Series 3, Senate Document, (514) 1st Session 23rd Congress 1834-1835, Georgia Pension Roll, pages
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40 & 53, I find Isaac Horton, Lt. N.C. Mil entered 9/5/833 age 71, Gwinnett Co, Ga.
Also, William Lesley, Lt, N.C. Militia entered 3/8/833, age 69, died 1832, Oglethorpe Co., Ga. 
All information given when application was made
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for pensions will be highly appreciated.
Thanking you for the courtesy of an early reply. I am
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. John Lee Davidson, 209 Gordon St., Quitman, Ga.
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Trinity Portland Cement Co.
Manufacturers of High Grade Portland Cement
Dallas, Texas

April 21, 1924,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I will thank you to please give me if possible the Revolutionary record of Mr. Isaac Horton who was drawing a pension from the United States Government in Gwinnett County Georgia in the year 1840. Mr. Horton died at the age of 104 years in Gwinnett County Georgia so he evidently lived some time past the 1840.
I would like to know the date of his birth and death as well as his Revolutionary record, as to name of the organi[s]ation in which he served, etc. I am under the impression that he served from the State of New York, however I am not sure of this point.
I will certainly appreciate your favor in supplying this information for me.
Yours very truly,
Fred R. Horton
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Sept. 28, 1936
The Pension Department
Washington, 
D.C.
My dear sirs:
In 1840, in Gwinnett Co. Georgia, Isaac Horton was drawing a pension for Revolutionary service. He lived to be 104 years old.
Will you kindly give to us his pension record, as his wife asked for a pension, as a widow of a Revolutionary soldier. I will [ ] you.
Respectfully
Mrs. J. L. Beeson
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The Pension Department
Washington
 D.C. 
My dear sirs:
Isaac Horton
Revolutionary soldier, was a pensioner. He drew his last pension in 1858. Will you please tell me in what county he then lived and [ ].
Respectfully,
Mrs. J. L. Beeson
Head, Nancy Hart Chapter, D.A.R.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

May 26, 1924

Fred R. Horton
C/O Trinity Portland Cement Co.,
Dallas, Texas

Sir:

I have to inform you from the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension Claim S. 16419 it appears that Isaac Horton was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1763.

He enlisted in in Surry County, North Carolina in 1780 and served at various times as follows, three months as a private in Captain George Pierce's Company, Colonel Pacely's North Carolina Regiment; three months as private in Captain John Morgan's company, under Major McDowell, North Carolina Troops and was at the battle of Cowpens; three months as private in Captain John Morgan's Company, Colonel Paisley's (Pacely's) North Carolina Regiment and was at the battle of Cowan's Ford; three months as sergeant in Captain James Gaines' Company, Colonel Smith's North Carolina Regiment, and three months as private in Captain Gaines' Company, Colonel Armstrong's
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North Carolina Regiment, was in a battle near Lindley's Mill and Eutaw Springs, soon after which he was discharged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1833 while a resident of Gwinnett County, Georgia.
About four years after he was discharged he moved to Pendleton, South Carolina and married, the name of his wife not stated. There is no further family data on file.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date of death, you should apply to the Pension Section Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data Isaac Horton, Certificate No. 16818, issued October 3(or 5), 1833, rate $ 40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Georgia Agency.
Respectfully 
Commissioner
Printed text as follows
Soldier concluded his service in 1782
and in that 3 mos. service was at Eutaw Springs
[ ] was in 1781, so I did not use the dates as he gave them, for each service in 1833, 
The date on amended Ceclaration showed [ ] 4, 1833 as he says it is this.
Amended Decl. and Orig, in in Mah, 1833