Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,683, Littleton Fuller, N.C.
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Service: N.C.
Fuller, Littleton
Number: S.31683
Born in N.C.
Stamp on bottom: This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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19-806
Alabama
Littleton Fuller
of Kaloosa in the State of Alabama
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Raudon of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Sitter in the S. Ca.
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 30 Dollars _ Center per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sep. 1833 and S(illegible) E. Cho(illegible) Tuscaloosa

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 00  | $75
Semi-anl. allowance ending (illegible) '36 | 15
(Total) | $90

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles, Clerk, 
Book E, Vol. 8. Page 45
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(Stamp on right side not completely visible)
? PAYMENT VOUCHER
ALABAMA FROM GAO

Payments to be made
at Mobile
by present to me
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Alabama

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E, Vol. 8 
Page 45 by Go. C. Stiles, Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832. Littleton Fuller of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and  _ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 17 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

(signed) Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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Littleton Fuller
Act of June 1832
$12.83 to 8 Aug '40

Tuscaloosa, Ala
1 ? 1841
Box 23
C 23
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The State of Alabama, Tuscaloosa County

Be it known that before me C. Louis Williams, a justice of the peach for said County personally appeared Ezekiel Fuller, Administrator of the Estate of Littleton Fuller, deceased who being sworn such that said Littleton Fuller was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that the following Certificate was in his (possession) at the time of  his death.

War Department Revolutionary Claim
I Certify that in Conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 June 1882 Littleton Fuller of the state of Alabama who was a primate in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to Thirty dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4 of March and 4th of September in every year Recorded at the War Office of the United States the 17 day of September One hundred and thirty three.
Lewis Cass, Secretary of War

(initials LS encircled on left)

Examined and countersigned
I L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
And that said Littleton Fuller died on the 8' day of August last
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 24' March 1841.
C. Louis Williams (seal)

E,, Fuller
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The State of Alabama Personally appeared before Tuscaloosa County we C. Louis Williams a Justice of the peace for said County Samuel Gunn who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Littleton Fuller a Revolutionary Soldier who resided in the County of Tuscaloosa and that
said Littleton Fuller departed this life on the
eighth day of August last 1840.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24 March 1841 Louis Williams (seal)

Samuel Gunn

The State of Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
I Moses M Gunn Clerk of the County Court for said County hereby Certify that C Louis Williams is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine. I further Certify that Ezekiel Fuller was duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of Littleton Fuller on the 23d March 1841 as appears on Record in my office.
Given under my hand and seal this 24 March 1841
Moses McGunn Clerk

(Stamp on bottom of page:)
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
GAD
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17.606
Littleton Fuller
Alabama
Adm 9. Months

E Shortrige, Esq.
Tuscaloosa Ala
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State of Alabama
Tuskaloosa County On this 11th day October 1832
personally appeared in open
Court before in[unreadable] Crenshaw Judge of the Circuit Court
of the County aforesaid now sitting Little
law Fuller- a resident of the said County and State in the third Judicial circut age of seventy two years of who has first duly sworn according to the law, doth with his oath make the following declaration in  or on to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress [unknown] June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officer
and served as United States [unknown] under Capt commandment Lowry and afterward Capt Little a part of the time under Major Dickson in the field
Place in the company commanded by Capt  Richard Ranson afterward Capt Benjamin Kitchen and finally under Capt James Blackwells were in Capt Kitchens company Edmund Johnson acted as Lieutenant and this affiant was [unknown] in Capt Blackwells company Henry Pertilla [unknown] Lieutenant  and Edmund Taylor was [unknown] that he entered the services as a volunteer [unknown] months tour. that he was then going sixteen years of [unknown]
That after the expiration of the first [unknown] service this affiant again volunteered in the city of Charleston and was taken a prisoner the surrender of that place, when having
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paroled he returned home, and immediately
after his exchange he again volunteered for three months and served out the term in the City of Wilmington in the State of North Carolina, where this affiant was
at the surrender of Corn Wallis, at Little York in
the State of Virginia - that this affiant was in the siege of Charleston where he engaged in all the fighting done there - and was after (illegible) engaged in a battle with the Tories at Raft Swamp near Cape Fear Basin - that this affiant, at the time he first volunteered resided in Granville County North Carolina where he was also the time of his volunteering the third time, the second time being in the City of Charleston. This affiant was born in Granville County, State of North Carolina, and volunteered as above stated -  after the close of the Revolutionary war this affiant removed to Edgefield (illegible) South Carolina
where he resided for (illegible) years from there to West Tennessee where he remained
eight years - and from there to his present residence in (illegible) Coosa? County, State of Alabama where he has remained almost fifteen years. That this affiant performed
nine months faithful service in the Revolutionary War that the particular date this affiant is unable to recollect, but refers to the surrender of (illegible) and his service at Wilmington contemporaneous with the defeat of Lord Cornwallis at Little York important events in history
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to settle upon dates.
This affiant states that he obtained regular
discharges for his several tours?, and his
commission as Ensign/ X yrs? was in his possession? until recently, but they have all became destroyed - and that he is able to
prove his revolutionary services by
no person in this part of the? Country?
that he knows of but makes (illegible) the truth 
of his his own statements and
a character for veracity which he can
care? he is entitled to.
He hereby relinquishes every claim which
to a pension or annuity, except the present
that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed to in open Court this day of October 1832, John W. Jenkins, Clk
Littleton Fuller

Samuel Meek a Clergyman residing in the
Town of Tuscaloosa, in the County of Tuscaloosa and Leven Powell
residing in the same County and
Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Littleton Fuller, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be seventy two years of age. That he is notified? 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 
 afor? as in open court. 
John W. Jenkins Clerk

Sm. Meeks
Leven Powell
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the said Court does hereby declare their opinion  after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the Interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, as he states. And the Court further certifies it appears to them the Samuel M Meeks who has signed the preceding certifies
he is clergyman & resident in the County of Tuscaloosa? and that Leven Powell who has
also signed the same is a resident of the same
County & is credible person, & that the statement/aficent? is entitled to credit. Anderson Crenshaw
Judge presiding

I John M Jenkins, clerk of the Court for Tuscaloosa County do hereby certify that this
foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the Court in the matter of the applicant
Littleton Fuller for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have to set my hand and seal of office the  15th of October 1832
John W. Jenkins Clerk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Littleton Fuller which require further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. *Has he mentioned 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? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No 2nd?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 __ months, and __ days, I served as a __ For __
months and __ days, I served as __: and for such service I claim a pension.
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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' (in italics) is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.

QUERE XIV. 'Proof of Service.' (in italics)
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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. 'Mode of authenticating papers.' (in italics)
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 paper 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.

(drawing of finger pointing to the right) In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

(Handwritten on bottom of page:)

It is necessary that the applicant prove he
was an Ensign or produce his commission.
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State of Alabama 
Tuscaloosa county seat?

This day personally appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said
County, Littleton Fuller who being duly sworn
deposeth & saith, that by reason of old
age & the consequent loss of memory he
cannot swear precisely & positively to the
times he entered the services, he refers to the
periods & transactions which history must
now afford, & to upon to them, he would
but depend upon them rather than his
own memory- His original declaration
states when he served in various battles &
he now respectfully refers to it-- He
again states that he served according to
the best of his recollection three months
in the grade of a private militia man,
and afterwards for three months as an
Ensign in the Militia and afterwards for three
months as a private in the
Militia and that each service was under the officers named in his original declaration,
and for such service he claims
a pension. His commission as Ensign he
has lost & if he be not found on the
Rolls of the Department he cannot
procure proof of the facts, conveniently
& his claim will of course be that of a
private soldier of his grade. That he has a Record of his age in a family by Register, & that from it he is seventy two
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years of age on the 10th day of July 1833.
In testimony whereof as Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid this 18th day of June 1833.  I have set my hand & seal, that the above was by the said Littleton Fuller in my presence subscribed and sworn to
Littleton Fuller
S G Frierson
Justice of the Peace

State of Alabama
Tuscaloosa County ?
I John A. Hodges Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Samuel G Frierson whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is now an
acting Justice of the peace duly qualified &
commissioned, and that the signature
annexed is his genuine signature. Witness my hand my hand & seal of office this 18th day of June 1833
John A. Hodge
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November 20, 1939

Mrs. Laura P. Kendall,
712 N. W. 19th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

BA-J/AWF
Littleton Fuller
S. 31683

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Littleton Fuller, pensioned while living in 1833
in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and of Joseph
Saunders, pensioned in 1833, while living in
Lawrence County, Alabama.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request, which requires so much time and research.

You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Littleton Fuller, as shown in papers on file in claim for pension, S. 31683, based upon his service in that war.

Littleton Fuller was born July 10, 1761, in
Granville County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Granville County, North Carolina, Littleton Fuller volunteered when about sixteen years of age; he served three tours of three months each, one tour was an ensign, the other two tours as private, no dates of service given. He served three months in Captain Richard Ransom's company, under Colonel Lowry, three months in Captain
Benjamin Kitchen's company, under Colonel Lythe, and
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three months in Captain James Blackwell's company. During his service he was in the siege of Charleston, where taken prisoner, and later exchanged, and was in the battle of Raft Swamp with the Tories.

Littleton Fuller moved after the Revolution
to Edgefield District, South Carolina, lived about eleven years, moved to West Tennessee, thence to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, then living in said Tuscaloosa County, where he had lived
about fifteen years.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Littleton Fuller
Certificate #19806
Issued September 17, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Tuscaloose June 19th 1833
Sir
In your objections to Littleton Fuller
application I have discovered, no Red ink
mark except what you have in your instructions given me the means of sufficiently rectifying. The old Gentleman could now make a greater certainty of dates but he would but do it by a reference to history-- this you of course now, as well as he could know it. And I do not feel willing myself to suborn any one to a recollection, which has not a legal date for reminiscences - I hope
it is sufficient, that his fighting was he
neither before or after the Revolution or
on the wrong side.

In regard to his being an Ensign unless on the Rolls it can be found, he has no means of making the proof & therefore as a private only can be claim.
Yours &c
E Shortridge
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Stamped Jun 20

Free

Mail

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Oklahoma City Chapter

Oct 28-1939

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Please send me at the earliest possible date the following Pension records - 

Littleton Fuller
Private in South Carolina Militia
Enrolled for a Pension Feb. 14-1833
at the age of 74 was a resident of
Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama
-
Joseph Saunders
Residence at the age of 77 Lawrence Co
Alabama
Lieut. in Navy, Virginia
Enrolled for pension Feb 14-1833

Address
Mrs. Laura Pierce Kendall
712 W 19th
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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(Handwritten on top)
1939 Nov. 20 hist. to Mrs. Laura P. Kendall
(?)

INVALID.
File No 31,683
Littleton Fuller
Pri. Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 146
Arrangement of 1870



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Littleton Fuller
Act 7 June 32
$12.83 to 8 August '40

(Stamped)
FINAL PAYMENT REGISTER
Received from GAO
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Tuscaloosa
Mar. 24. 1841

Received of Patrick Redmond agent for paying
pensions twelve 83/100 Dols (dollars) being
for 5 months and 4 days pension due to
Littleton Fuller dec.(deceased?) from the 4th March 1840 to the 8th August 1840 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
E. Fuller
$12.83