Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,928, for Peter Snider, South Carolina
Page 1

SERVICE SC
Snider, Peter
or Snyder
NUMBER R.9928
Page 2

17358
Peter Snider
Tenn
J
suspended
8
Page 3

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
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. Those 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, showing the Service of Peter Snyder 
Period when the service was rendered. 1777
Duration of the claimant's service.
1 year 6 months
2 years
Rank of claimant. P
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served. Col not stated
Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered the service. 88
Proof by which the declaration is supported. no proof
Should prove his service as required by regulation.
Col: Huger commanded the 5th Regt of the S. Carolina Continental line, A certificate of the sec of State of 
S. Carolina Should therefore be produced shewing the applicant service. Jan 6. 1834
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 4

2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 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.
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.
On this
City of
day of
County of
of
A B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
aged (c)
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
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 servunder
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 rested 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.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 day 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
, who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
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.
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
Page 5

3
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
pected. 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?
-
there were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
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.
Soldie. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To ane, has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 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
inquiry 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
cure, 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.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The debrant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason the infirmity; in which ease the declarant wit a
conforming to the rule.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a suffin rest
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
cannot be had. Every man must within the late
that the Department tomemory

, stated he should amend his declaration by
me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the earth
therein mentioned
the best of him
days a month and
at the terminated, and the parentar rank he held the
to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his theme of the
as set on foot
case, be clearly shown under what officers he
that the name of the office and
ing
ent;
that he was either in the door and the train which the services were
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
in every case.
The Clerk man is here, and has no device or merit by which it can be benefit of the
papers.
head of one, were eminent in
In every instance where the certificate of the certificate
Mode of authenticating papers.
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated the states the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which conpass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certicate
thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which at
who are required to set forth in their
Proof of Service.
a case where the name of the applicant not found on the aid of the Department, he must have them more
the
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who
ness and the official character and signature of the
note applies to continental troops only.
The notes for a seat on the rear with
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
The answer to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the desertion
Page 6

State of Tennessee Henry County:
On the 5th day of September 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of Henry County and State of Tennessee Peter Snider Senior a resident of Henry County and
State aforesaid aged about eighty-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 he enlisted under Billy [William] Richardson Captain, James Conyers Lieutenant, Richardson stayed with us but a little time and then Conyers took his place as Captain, the year I enlisted I don't now recollect, it has been so long – I lived at the time
I entered on the Catawba River in North Carolina in Lincoln County, we went to Dorchester, in South Carolina from there we went to Charleston, to meet the British, when they attacked Fort Sullivan, and at Stracklin's Rope Works about three miles from Town when the Fort was attacked, after the British was beaten from Charleston, I was driving a wagon, when the drums
beat for volunteers to go and fight the Indians, who had broke out west of the mountains, General Isaac Huger whom I served under, asked why we did not turn out I asked if the Enlisted men had that chance and if it would discharge them when they had whipped off the Indians he said no,
that the Back woodsmen that belonged to the Regulars, had the liberty of volunteering & going,
but when the Indians was beat, and they were wanting at Charleston, that he would send out his proclamation. I volunteered and went against the Indians and stayed two years before we were called back to Charleston, though was not all the two years after the Indians, the time we were
absent after the Indians did not count, as service, performed upon our enlistments & when the word issued for me to come in I went back to Charleston & served out my time, during the time I was Enlisted I was often employed in going after deserters &c – there was
Page 7

two Davises had deserted, and were often sent for and could not be taken, I went after them & found them driving hogs out of a field. I found their guns before they discovered me & got hold of their guns and arrested them & took them to Camden jail and put them in. I was not in any general engagement but had a little fight at Cedar Spring with the British &
Tories, at the Battle of the Cowpens.  I was on a furlough and heard the firing
of the guns when the battle took place, though did not take part in it. I passed through Camden about two days before Gates defeat, upon a scouting party. I cannot tell what year I enlisted or what time the circumstances took place. I obtained a discharge in Charleston when my time of service expired those who signed it I have forgotten, the discharge I lost. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Question 1. Where and in what year were you born. I was born in Lincoln County State of North Carolina, the year I do not now recollect but I Shall be 89 years next December as I believe.
2. Have you any record of your age.
I have it in Douck though I can't read it. have been told that it was the record of it about 20 years since.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live. I was living in Lincoln County North Carolina when called into service, I removed I think to Georgia don't recollect the County, & think it had no name, thence moved to South Carolina, Abbeville County I think then back to North Carolina, then to South Carolina, then to Pendleton County, then to East Tennessee, Jefferson County, then to Kentucky, Warren County, then to
Tennessee, Henry County where I now live & have lived for about nine
Page 8

years, though have moved often, about in the Counties that is not mentioned here.
4. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? I took the bounty and enlisted.
5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such volunteer Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service.
The General's name Isaac Ugee [Huger] a Frenchman the Captain James Conyers, I do not recollect the other officers' names.
6. Did you ever Receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it. I received a discharge when my service expired at Charleston though don't recollect who signed it. I have lost 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 as to your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
I refer for character to Jesse C Gaines and Joshua Upchurch of my neighborhood. I know of no
one by whom I can prove my service.
Peter Snider, Senior, X his mark
Sworn to in open Court September 5th, 1832 S/ B. C. Brown, DC Clerk

We Jesse C Gaines & Joshua Upchurch residing in the County of Henry and State of Tennessee
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Snider Senr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be a as old as as he represents himself to be about Eighty Eight
that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood
Page 9

where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
s/ J.C. Gaine Joshua Upchurch
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid in open Court
s/ BC Brown DClk

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 Jesse C Gaine and Joshua Upchurch are residents of the County of Henry and State of Tennessee and they are creditable persons and that their statements
are entitled to credit
s/ James Jones W
Julian Frazer JP
Mo D Love QP
State of Tennessee Henry County ⎬ County Court September Term 1832
I Thomas H Porter Clerk of the
County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Peter Snider for a pension In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 5th day of
September AD 1832
Thomas H Porter Clerk
by (BCe Brown DClk

Know all men by these presents that I Peter Sinder senr of the County of Henry and State of Tennessee have made ordained authorised nominated and appointed Thomas Ward of the State aforesaid and County of Slewars my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name and for my own proper use and benefit to ask demand and receive of the
Page 10

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Tennessee County of Henry: On the 25th day of November 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Henry County, now sitting, Peter Snider a resident of Morgan's neighborhood in the County of Henry, State of Tennessee aged about eighty-nine 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1777, by enlisting with Captain Richardson into the State Troops of South Carolina at Captain Forney's plantation in
Lincoln County North Carolina in the 5th Regiment the Corps was riflemen – The Captain of the recruiting party was named William Richardson, the Lieutenant James Conyers who was soon promoted to the captaincy in Richardson's place. The Colonel of the Regiment was named Isaac
Huger – the Major was named Benjamin Huger. He enlisted for 18 months & served out the time & received a discharge from General Huger – he went to his house in Charleston for the purpose & there obtained the discharge – From Lincoln County in North Carolina they marched to Dorchester in South Carolina from thence to Charleston to meet the British, at the time they
attacked Fort Sullivan, and was at Stricklers Rope Work about 3 miles from Charleston, when he first heard the cannonading at the Fort. At the same time & in the same company in which I enlisted, my brother William Snider, who has since assumed the name of William
Page 11

Taylor & who has made declaration this day in order to obtain a pension, also enlisted, also Isaiah Sallyers,
Martin Sallyers, William Conn, Joseph Conn, Arthur Grimes, John Grimes – all raised in the same neighborhood in Lincoln County that I was raised in
Questions by the Court –
1st Where & in what year were you born?
Answer – in Lincoln County North Carolina, I have understood in the year 1744
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer – I have none –
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer – In Lincoln County North Carolina – I removed to Georgia from thence to Abbeville district South Carolina, thence back to North Carolina, then to Pendleton District South Carolina, then to Jefferson County Tennessee – then to Warren County Kentucky – then to Henry County where I now live –
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a sub? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer – I enlisted in the State Troops of South Carolina.
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?
Answer – I cannot recollect any officers of higher grade except our Colonel, Isaac Huger, who
afterwards I think was promoted to be a general – & Major Benjamin Huger. After the British were beaten off from Charleston as already stated I was employed in driving a wagon for the use of the troops, when the Drummers beat up for volunteers
to go against the Indians who were committing depredations West of the mountains. General Isaac Huger called to the man to turn out – I inquired of him if the enlisted men had the opportunity of volunteering against the Indians & if they would then be discharge from their
enlistment after the Indians were quelled: His reply was that the Back woodsman among the regulars had the liberty of volunteering & going against the Indians, but after the Indians were beaten off I now were wanting at Charleston he would send out his proclamation to call them
down. I volunteered & went against the Indians & stayed about two years before we were called back to Charleston: I was not after the Indians during all that time – the time of our
Page 12

absence was not counted as service performed on our enlistments, and when I received orders, I returned to
Charleston and served the balance of my eighteen months. During the period of my service I was often employed in pursuing deserters. I recollect two Davises who had deserted & had often  been sent for & could not be taken. I was sent after them, on the head of Lynches Creek in South Carolina & found them in a field – they had set down their guns & before they discovered me I got hold of the guns, & with the assistance of 6 or 8 men who were with me, arrested them & took them to Camden & put them in Jail. I was not in any principle engagement, but in a little skirmish at the Cedar Spring in South Carolina against the British & Tories. I was on furlough at
the time of the Battle of Cowpens & was not in it, though I was near enough to hear the firing – I
passed through Camden on a scouting party about 2 days before Gates defeat. I recollect that
Colonel or General Moultrie was killed at Charleston during the time of my service.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
Answer – Yes – from General Huger of Charleston – I cannot say what became of it –
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who
can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the
Revolution. Answer – I will name John Morgan, James Young. Now living whose evidence he could procure who could testify to his service, except his brother William Snider, alias Taylor, who makes a declaration of this date & to which he refers to corroborate his statement.
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.
 Peter Snider, X his mark
Sworn to in open Court 25th of November 1833
S/ James Jones, Clerk
Page 13

We James Haynes a clergyman, residing in the County of Henry State of Tennessee, and Jesse C Gainer
residing in the same County of State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Snider who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be
eighty eight years old; 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. s/ James Haynes
Jesse C Gainer
Sworn to and subscribed, in Open Court Decr 1833
s/ James Jones clk

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 James Haynes who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in Henry County, that Jesse C Gainer who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
s/ J Haskell Esq Judge of the 8th
Judicial Cert in Tennessee

I James Jones, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Henry County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Snider for
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth 11 day of December 1833
s/ James Jones Clk
Page 14

9928
Peter Snyder
 Peter Snider
REJECTED
Adt Aug 7, 1906
See letters in cl. of William Taylor
alias Snider R.F. 10439. to T. Coomb
Feb 21. 1835 & to
W. L. Williams Sept. 4. 1835
Page 15

Paris Ten July 29th 1853
Willis G. Wade Esqr
Sir
I Recd some time ago from the Post Master a letter from you offering your services to the Heirs of Perter Snider Decd as an attorney in aiding them to obtain the pension due them from the goverment. my farter was in the Revolutionary war he enlisted in South Carolina and surved siven
years he always said, my mother is dead I have a step mother living several Brothers & sisters living also. he aplyed to the goverment at
one time for a pension did not obtain it, we do not know the cause, he died about twelve years ago it will now be difficult for us to prove by any living witness that we know off that he did
sirve in the war any information you can sen us as to the cause we should persue you shall be paid out of the money collected
I should be please to hear from you again
Very Respectfully
Perter Snider
Peter Snider
for proof of service by witnesses
Page 16

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress of the 7th June 1832,
State of Tennessee County of Henry
On the fourth day of June 1833, in open court, before the justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid Peter Snider senr, a resident of Kendalls neighborhood in the County of Henry & State of Tennessee, aged about eighty 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777, with Captain Richardson, at Capt
Forneys plantation in Lincoln County North Carolina in the first Regiment of Riflemen, under the following
named officers. The captain of the recruiting party was named William Richardson, the Lieutenant James Conyers who was soon promoted to the Captain in Richardsons place, the receiving sergeants name was Thompson Hardgrave-- I do not recollect the name of the Colonel
of the Regiment I dont think I ever knew it General Hugee  or Huger, was the General of the Brigade or Division, enlisted for 18 months & served out the time & obtained a discharge from General Huger himself. I went to his house in Charleston for the purpose & got the paper myself-- I lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina at the time of my enlistment, was not engaged in any battles-- from Lincoln County
we marched to Dorchester in South Carolina, from thence
Page 17

to Charleston, to meet the British at the time they attacked fort Sullivan and was at Strickling Rope walk
about three miles from Charleston, when we first heard the cannonading at the fort. After the British were beaten off from Charleston. I was employed in driving wagon for the use of the troops, when the drums
were beat for volunteers to go against the Indians who were committing depredations west of the Mountains-- General Isaac Huger called to the men to turn out I inquired of him
if the listed now had the opportunity of Volunteering against the
Indians, & if they would then be discharged from their enlistment after
the indians were quelled - His reply was, that the Backwoodsmen
among the regulars had the liberty of volunteering & going against
the indians, but after the Indians were beaten & the men were wanting
at Charleston he would send out his proclamation & call them down
I volunteered and went against the Indians, and staid about two years
before we were called back to Charleston. I was not all the two years after the Indians the time of one absence was not counted as service performed on our enlistments, & when I recd orders. I returned to Charleston and served the balance of my 18 months. During the period of my service I was often employed in going after deserters I recollect two Davis's who had deserted, & had often been sent for and could not be taken. I went after them on the head of Lynch's Creek in South Carolina & found them in a field they had set down their guns & before they discovered me I got hold of the guns & with the assistance of the 6 or 8 men with me, arrested them and took them to Camden & put them in jail. I was not in any principal engagements, but was in a little skirmish at Cedar springs in South
with the British & Tories. I was on furlough at the time of the Battle of
Cowpen & was not in it, though I was near enough to hear the firing.  I passed through Camden on a scouting party, about two days
before Gates's defeat. I recollect that Col or Genl Moultrie was killed at Charleston during the time of my
service. at the same time & in the same company in Which I enlisted my brother William Snider, (who has since assumed the name of Wm Taylor, also enlisted  also Jarah Sallyers, Martin Sallyer William Conn-- Joseph Conn Arthur Grimes John Grimes all raised in the same neighborhood in Lincoln County, North Carolina, that I was raised in.
We rendezvoused at Capt Robt Alexanders on or near Catawba River 3 miles from [Illegible] Ford.
asity fore
Page 18

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and I declare
that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Peter Snider X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to subscribed in
open Court June 4th 1833
s/ SC Brown Clk
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states
s/ Saml Hawkins Chairman Pro. Tem.

I Thomas K Porter Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions of Henry County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Peter Snider senr for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of June 1833
Tho K Porter clk
by SC Brown DClk

State of Tennessee Henry County 
 I Samuel Hankins Chairman and presiding magistrate  of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county do certify that Thomas K Porter whose signature by Benjamin Brown his legally authorized deputy appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same the acting Clerk of said court duly qualified as such, that all due faith and credit is and ought
to be given to his official acts as such & that his attestation is in due
form of law. Given under my hand at office the 5th day of June AD 1855.
Sam Hankins ℗
Page 19

Columbia S.C. Decr 5th 1833
Sir-- Your letter of September 5th has been forwarded me by Mr McDuffie, I do not know to what service Captain Richardson of the Revolutionary army, was attached but Col. Isaac Huger & Major Benj: Huger were both of the Continental army to the end of the war. the two men (Sniders) being to accurate in their recollection of these officers leave no doubt on my mind of the Justice of their claims & I hope they may be substantiated
Respectfully
Your obt svt
Alfred Huger
Page 20

Red Oak Camp So Ca 15. Oct. 1833
Sir Yours of 5th Ult has been slow
in reaching me in consequence of the Post office in my neighbourhood being closed for the last few weeks-
I feel very confident that Col & Major Huger of whom you speak, were both attached to the state Troops of So Ca. One if not both of them, was killed in some assault upon Charleston by the British.
If you want official information on the
subject you had better apply to our
Secy of State at Columbia
Respectfully &c
James Blair
T. Coory Esq.
Page 21

State of Tennesee Henry County
This day personally appeared before me Samuel Kendall an acting Justice of the peace for said County, Peter Snider Senior, a resident of said County, and made oath, that he was in
regular service in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration
now on file in the war Department as well as the declaration made
together with his affidavit; that he served as herein stated, and he positively swears that his Brother William Snyder or Taylor (being the dutch for Taylor) was at the same time in the war of Revolution, and served as he has declared in his declaration on file in the War Office, and these are now forwarded in
relation to his regular service; that he can give no better account of his service, or the names of his officers
but that his Brother served as he states fourteen months. he positively
swears. The reason why this affidavit was not  filed with the papers he [Illegible] that his Agent did not deem the oath necessary - he swears he has made search & can find no man living who was with him in service. Sworn to and subscribed before me the 10th day of August 1835
Peter Snyder Sr. X his mark
Samuel Kendall JP.
Page 22

The undersigned Terence Cooney Certifies that he has been long acquainted with Peter Snider Senr who has subscribed the within affidavit, and he believes him to be a
man of unimpeachable veracity. And from various Conversations had with him on the subject and history of the Revolutionary war, had no doubt of his having served as stated in his
declaration. He has the utmost confidence in him as a man of truth
Signed this 10th day of August 1835
T. Cooney
Page 23

State of Tennessee Henry County
I Thomas K. Porter, Clerk of Henry County aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Kendall who has witnessed the within affidavit, was at the time of signing it an acting
just of the peace for said County & that the signature of Terence
Cooney who has certified to the character of the within affiant, and this time and genuine signatures, and that he is entitled to full faith and credit
Given under my hand and seal of office this 10th day of August 1835
s/ Thomas K. Porter, Clerk
Page 24

March 8th 1853.
Sir
I therewith return two suspended
applications for Rev Pension that I withdrew from the Pension office for examination
Very Respectfully
JG Harris