Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1230, Isaac Brock, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE NUMBER
NC Brock, Isaac R1230
SC

CONTENTS
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State of No Carolina
Bascombe County} On the 10th day of October personally appeared before me James Hamlin one of the acting justices for said county Isaac Brock Sen as a resident of the county of Bascombe and state of North Carolina aged eighty eight years of age who being 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 eighteen hundred and thirty two that he entered the service of the United States under Daniel McClerry captain and served as waggon master and press master in South Carolina at Orangeburgh and North Carolina three months towers and also serced a substitute in his room to go against the Indians a Three Months tower 
question 1st where did you live 
answer in North Carolina and South Carolina
Q 2 did you ever do service before what is a above stated A Yes but dont recollect what rank or officers
Q 3 did you ever arthorise any person to draw your wages or pention answer no
4 had you any more papers than you now have related to the fact answer yes but the are lost or mislaid
5 was you ever in any battle answer no 
sworn to before me 
Jas Hamlin JP Isaac Brock
his X mark
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the James Hamblin & William Paxton residing in the same neighbourhood of Isaac Brock Sr hereby certify that we are well acquainted with him who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 88 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed this day Herfor our Thos Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions at set Term on the 17th day of Oct 1832 Jas Hamblin 
Will Paxton
Test John Miller clk
B W Woodfair DC
And the said court do hereby certify after putting the questions required by the war department to the sd James Hamblin who has signed the declaration of Isaac Brock and where Isaac Brock make the declaration before being unablle to reach our court from bodily infirmity to be an acting justice of the peace for sd county and we believe them to be men of creditable standing and residents of this county
I John Miller clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the applicatoin of Isaac Brock Sr for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of October 1832
Jn Miller Clk
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Isaac Brock Senr
No Ca
Rejected
see let to Hon S P Carson
May 15 1833
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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 show 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, shewing the Service of Isaac Brock Senr

Period when the service was rendered /
Duration of the claimants service Years/months/days - 3 Months
Rank of the claimant waggon master & press master
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served /
Age at present and place of above when he entered the service 88 years No CA
Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who 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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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 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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[crossed out Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873]
REJECTED
1230
PO Isaac Brock
Service
sted 18
charged 18
lication filed 18
eges List of rejected (or suspended) claims printed in 1852 shows 
enlisted cause of rejection as follows "Did not serve six months" 
Attorney
PO 
Recognized Contract
Cert of Dis Searched for 18
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Isaac Brock
NC
Rejected see letter to the Hon SP Carson
May 15 1833 JG to same 10 Aug 1833 do do Hon 
James Graham Oct 18 1817
1230
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BROCK, ISAAC
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By orders recevd from Col Henry White to press Honbe Gins and soon for the men that [illegible] 
to the seashon JD Share by Inponon Isaac Brock to press these things where Ever he can find them in the company Aug 5th 1782
Daniel McClerry Capt
AD Saddin 
[stamped
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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BROCK ISAAC
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North Carolina
Rutherford County}
this is to certify that isaac Brock hath hired a substitute in his Room for three months that the Line and the time is not out till 
16 day of April certified by me
April the 4 day 1789 John Anderson
[stamped 
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
23
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18 Octr 1837
OC
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Depart of War
Pension Office
Oct 18 1857
Sir
In reply to your inquiry upon the subject of the claim of Isaac Brock of NC I have the honor to state that his claim was rejected 1 Augt 1833
A copy of my letter dated 10th of that month stating the reason for its regular addressed to the Hon SP Carson is herewith enclosed
I have the honr 
Hon Jas Graham
MC

En hd Reg
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JP Carson
Aug 10 1833
OC
Rec Vol 9
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War Dept
Pension Office
Aug 10 1833
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 1st inst I have to inform you that Isaac Brock is not entitled to a pension because the service in which he was engaged does not come under the provisions of the act of Congress of June 7 1832. He alleges that he was a Press Master No such office was ever recognized by law. He also declares that he procured a substitute; but the papers do not shew that he was so long as six months in the service either as a military officer or soldier
I have the honor to be with great regard
Your friend & obt ser

Hon SP Carson
Asheville
N Carolina
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Hon JP Carson
Pleasant Gardens
May 15 1833 No Ca
OC

Re vol 9
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Department of War
Sir
The case of Isaac Brock has been examined and has been rejected as not among either the provisions of the act of June 7 1832
Mr Brock says that he entered the service " of the United States under Cap Danl McClerry and served "as waggon master and press master th South Carolina "at Orangeburgh and North Carolina three month tours "and also hired a substitute in his room to go against "the indians a three months tour"
From which it abundantly appears that he did not perform six months actual military service and without such actual military service he cannot have any claim upon has govanrney made the act above readed
[illegible] the hna h

Hon Saml P Carson
Pleasant Gardens
NC