Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,022, for William Spruill, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NC  SC
Spruill William
NUMBER R 10022

CONTENTS
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The application of Wm Spruill
Tyrrell Co 
NC
23136
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State of North Carolina Tyrrell County
On this day the 29th day of January 1833, personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the said County, now sitting, William Spruil [Spruill] a
resident of the said County aged seventy-one years who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress of the 7 June 1832: some time in the month of March 1780 he enlisted in the Army of the United States in Charleston, in a company commanded by Captain Hugh Johnson or Johnston, in the __Regiment, in the __ line, under the following named officers, Generals Hogan [James Hogun] & [Benjamin] Lincoln , Colonel Lowrie [John Lowry], Hugh Johnson Captain, __ Hall Lieutenant, John McCoy orderly Sergeant; He does not remember the Regiment, nor whether it was in the North Carolina line or South Carolina line of the Army. He saith that he
enlisted as above mentioned and served as he shall relate, having first enlisted and served in the militia, and that the following are, to the best of his recollection, the facts and circumstances of his service. --
That a draft of Militia was had in Tyrrell County, in which County he then resided, about the last of October or first of November 1779; that he belonged to the company from which the draft was to be made, and not choosing to stand his draft he volunteered to serve for three
months from the time the company should be formed
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or organized; that the Company was
formed in the earlier part of December 1779, at the Court House in the County, and that he duly
joined the same agreeably to orders received for that purpose; that of this Company Jeremiah Bateman (now dead) was Captain, James Long, (now living in Washington County) was Lieutenant and Isaac Partrick (now dead) was Ensign; that shortly after the organization of the company as aforesaid, the weather set in so cold they could not march till
sometime in February 1780; nonetheless, though the company could not march, it remained
organized and was mustered once or twice a week and held in readiness for marching at command, and the time of the enlistment went on, and continued to draw nearer and nearer to its end; that the Company (of which he himself was one) marched in February to Charleston via the
lower road by Wilmington and Georgetown and arrived in Charleston in March 1780 say from the 1st to the 15th of the month; that other companies had preceded them, and others followed and came afterwards; That on his arrival in Charleston, and while he remained attached to the
Militia, his Company commanded by the officers aforesaid and himself joined a Regiment commanded as he believes by a Colonel Mathews. He does not himself recollect the name of this Colonel; but James Long, his old Lieutenant of Washington County, above mentioned, has recently informed him, his name was Mathews, and he states that to have been his name upon this information; the time for which he volunteered in Tyrrell County, to serve as aforesaid,
expired some short time after his arrival in Charleston, when, instead of taking his discharge and returning home with others of his company, he volunteered a second time and joined the company commanded by Captain Hugh Johnson as aforesaid; That on joining
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this company he received assurances that his wages and bounty and other compensation should in all respects be equal to that of other soldiers then at that place in the service of the United States that of this compensation however he never received to the value of one cent in any thing whatever except the bounty at the time of enlisting which being in the paper money of that day did him little or no good and except one sort of clothes and his food and drink and his arms for fighting; that he continued to serve as a private soldier in that company until he was taken prisoner by the British at the capitulation of Charleston where he was parolled and permitted to come home by the British General Sir Henry Clinton and he arrived at home about the 20 June 1780, having served in the militia and regular army together a few days longer than six months counting from the organization of his company at Tyrrell court house til his return home as before stated 
He states that when he arrived at Charleston the enemy was already there that their fleet lay some little distance below fort moultrie; that they landed their troops and fortified munisions on the southern end of the town across the river and shortly after pland themselves behind the tne river and fortified themselves there; that from forts Johnson and wapoo (wapoo or some such name he thinks one of the forks was called) they fired cannon that upon the town and bomb they fired from a fortifi canon nearer the town and the town was thereby very considerably damaged that their attach was received and returned by the American forces with what fortitude force and effect that could that the siege lasted thirty six days  and nights when the town capitulated or was taken and he was taken prisoner and was parolled and came home as aforesaid
In the course of a week perhaps in
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two or three days only, after this capitulation or taking of the Town, the magazine which the British took from the American Army, blew up. The
explosion killed several horses and men perhaps many persons were killed by it. It blew up several houses, set fire to the Town, burned down a square of it, and amongst other houses, consumed the "great Jail."
The parol what he received from the British General, he kept for 10 or 15 or perhaps more years; he kept it till after the was married; and since then it is lost, he knows not how, and
has not seen it for many years: did not know or believes nor think it could possibly ever be of any value to him. -
He states that he was born in Tyrrell County North Carolina on the 28 October 1761; that he was living in that County when he enlisted in the Army as aforesaid, and has lived there during his life, when at home, not far from the place on which he was born; and as to the officers
who served at or about the time and place that he did, he states he cannot recollect the names of any of them; but Colonel Silby Harney [Selby Harney] was one, and of the regular Army as he believes; Colonel Lowrie [John Lowry] before mentioned another; a Captain Harney served, but does not recollect whether he was of the militia or regular Army; there was a fifer named Lowe from Bertie County NC; Josiah Powers was the drummer, & his brother John Powers was a fifer of the Company with which he marched to Charleston, and they afterwards became the fifer and
drummer of Captain Hugh Johnson's company above mentioned; he has already stated the names of the American Generals to be Hogun & Lincoln; and of the British Generals, besides Clinton, already mentioned, there was Lord Cornwallis. He states that being a private soldier he had not
much intercourse with Officers, and was kept so constantly engaged at his post and duty that he did not learn the names of but few of them, got acquainted with still fewer, and of them he cannot now remember all. As to the circumstances of his service; these he says he has already
detailed. He states, that the record of his birth
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is in his Bible at home; that he received no discharge but came away on parole as aforesaid; and he refers to the following persons in his
neighborhood, who had been long acquainted with him, and who will as he believes testify as to the fairness of his character for truth and conduct, and as to the common report and belief concerning him that he did serve as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, to wit, General
Daniel N. Bateman, a Senator in the last session of the Legislature of this State; Colonel Zebulon Tarkinton; Jesse Spruill; Francis Overton; Ebenezer Pettigrew; Captain James Long, his old Lieutenant in the Company that was organized at Tyrrell Court House in December 1779, and indeed to his neighborhood generally, though most of these latter are too young to be contemporary with his revolutionary services, or even with the times when it was frequently or much talked of.
The applicant also says, that he did twice in the month of November last past call upon Captain James Long, who was the Lieutenant of the Company with which the applicant marched to Charleston as aforesaid, that he found him in tolerable health except as to the bleeding piles;
that he persuaded him to come to court and give evidence as to what he might know and believe of the applicant's services in the revolutionary war; and that he received for answer, that he, (the
said James Long) was now about 82 years of age; that his disease had prevented him for several years from riding even in a Gig or sulky; that he was addicted to bleeding profusely; and that although he wished to obtain a pension for his own services he could not go to the Court House of
his own County for the purpose, and was compelled to refuse the applicant's re-
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quest The applicant states that James Long resides from the court house in Washington County where he lives about 14 miles and about 20 miles distant from the court house of Tyrrell County Not being able to get him to come to court and give his evidence the applicant states that he has taken his affidavit and submits it together with this his own declaration
William Spruil 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 nor on that of the United States
William Spruil being duly sworn as aforesaid on his oath says that all the facts herein stated as of his knowledge are true; and that those otherwise stated he believes to be true W Spruill
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
Jos Halsy 
We Jesse Spruil a residing in Tyrrel county one mile distant from William Spruil and Genl Daniel Bateman residing in Tyrrel county one & half miles distant from William Spruil do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with him who has subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be about 71 seventy one years of age or thereabouts; 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 to and subscribed the day of January 1833
Jas Halsy 
*There is no clergyman residing in the county of Tyrrel state of NC
Jesse Spruill
Danl Bateman
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The opinion of the court
The said court do hereby declare their opinion upon the hearing of the foregoing declaration of the affidavits of James Long and Jesse Spruil and after putting to the applicant the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant William Spruill was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states The court further certifies that it does appear to them that Jesse Spruiell who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Tyrrel county and Daniel Bateman who has also signed the same certtificate is a resident in Tyrrel county and is  a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Joseph Malry clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county of Tyrrell do hereby certify that the foregoing with the affidavits annexed of James Long & Jesse Spruil contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Spruil for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the said court
*There is no clergyman residing in (this) Tyrrell county
Jos Holsey clk
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State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County } SS
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the said county now sitting
On this day the 29th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open court Jesse Spruil a resident of the said county who being duly sworn according to law on his oath says
That he was born in the said county on the 9 July 1763 and has the record of his age in his prayer book at home; that he resides now and always when at home has resided in the neighborhood where he was born
That he knows of William Spruil joining a militia company at Tyrrel court house in the year 1780 and of his marching with that company as soon as the freeze broke up in the winter of 1779 & 1780 at his being mustered with that company at the court house some weeks I don't know how long before he marched and that the company was delayed in marching by the very cold weather He knows that it was said at the time when that company left that it had marched for Charleston SC and that William Spruil went with it Dont know that he did because he (the witness) did not see him go and was not with the company nor at Charleston when nor after the company arrived He was so said and he believed at the time and has been so said
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and believed ever since; he has never heard it disputed. He states that William Spruill returned home sometime in the summer of 1780; does not remember the month, believes it was in June, the corn at the time was, some of it, knee-high and some not so high. He learned from William Spruill at or some
short time after his return that Charleston had been taken by the British; indeed he had heard a
report of it before, but had it confirmed by him. William Spruill also told him at that time of his
being taken prisoner and paroled by the enemy. The witness saith that he saw William Spruill dressed, & some short time after he returned in clothes indicating that he had been a soldier, and like those usually given to, or worn by soldiers at that time; that these clothes were different from
those worn by men not soldiers: That he believes the said William Spruill is 71 years old last October or November; that he was born in the same neighborhood with him the witness; that he has lived near the witness throughout his life, never further apart than 5 or 6 miles; that he has known him ever since he was a small boy; that he and William Spruill are first cousins being brothers' children, that William Spruill has always been and is now respected for his veracity and conduct.
The said Jesse Spruill being duly sworn as aforesaid, on his
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oath says that the facts stated herein as of his own knowledge are true; and those otherwise stated he believes to be true Jesse Spruill
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
Fest
Jos Halsey
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State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County
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State of North Carolina
Washington County} ss
Personally appeared before me Charles Tharps one of the justices of the peace in and for said county Captain James Long at his own house in the said county who being duly sworn on his oath says that he was born in Tyrrell now Washington county in the said state on the 8 day of October 1755 and that he is now in the 77 year of his age or thereabouts  That for a long time he has been so much indisposed and disabled as not to be able to ride on a horse or gig without endangering his health and perhaps his life and that he cannot attend the court of his county distant about 14 miles, nor the court of Tyrrell the adjoining county distant about 20 miles
That he has known William Spruil of Tyrrell county ever since he was a small boy that he remembers that he himself was the lieutenant of a company of militia which was embodied at Tyrrell court house in December 1779 of which Jeremiah Bateman was the captain and that the said William Spruil was a private in that company that the company was prevented from marching by the very cold weather in the winter of 1779 & 1780; that it marched as soon as the weather permitted for Charleston South Carolina via Wilming
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bon and Georgetown and arrived in Charleston in March 1780 that the said William Spruil marched with the company kept with it and arrived with it that the term of service that company was and at the expiration of three months that himself with others quit the army at the expiration of the time of service but that William Spruil did not he again enlisted in Charleston and that he the witness left him there
The witness further says that he knows of no other revolutionary service performed by the said William Spruil in the army or militia of those days that he believes he served at least six months that it has always been reputed in the neighborhood that he was a revolutionary soldier that the said Wm Spruill is of good general character for truth and conduct
sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of November 1832
C Tharps JP
Read in open court
and seen
Jos Long Capt at the time 

Jos Halsey clk
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23136
Wm Spruill
Tyrrell co 
NC
Rev
Reject see let
N Agent let
May 17 1833

Ths Turner
Plymouth NC
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
183
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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Spruil Tyrril co North Carolina
Period when the service was rendered. Volunteer 1779 & 1780
Duration of the claimant's service.
3 Months, 3 Months
"A few days six months in all" the applicant declares for
Rank of the claimant  Private
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served 
Capt Bateman
Capt Johnson
Names and rank of the General and Field off. Col Matthews
Battles in which the applicant was engaged _
Country through which he marched
Wilmington Georgetown Charleston
Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period 

Evidence by which the declaration is supported. tradition
witness declares he was living near to applicant and believes he performed the service as stated
Capt Long proves the applicant was in service as stated 

I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
JL 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 serviced 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 applications 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 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) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,                             A. B.
[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     of the Court of     do hereby 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 certified, 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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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be 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 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 to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he 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.
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 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 the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled.  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 recollection, 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."
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 that 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 objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a 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 claimant's 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 witness and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office.
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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No 23136
Wm Spruill
No Ca
10022
Rejected see let
to Thos Turner May 17 1833 let to HME
Pettigrew Apl 23 1836
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REJECTED
10022
William Spruill
 Aot
Aug 10 1906  18