Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2087, Samuel Dean, S.C.
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SERVICE S.C.
Dean, Samuel
or Deen.
NUMBER R2807
CONTENTS
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Application for pension &c. under pension laws of the United States.
South Carolina Edgefield District
Declaration of Job Jones To L. E. Weath Commissioner of Pensions, Job Jones, being sworn to declare the truth, according to his belief, and the best of his information. Upon the information he has received says That Samuel Deen [Dean] was a Revolutionary soldier, and served for a long period during the war of American Independence. That he served for more than two years in the said war, under various officers viz. Capt. William Butler, Capt. Michael Watson, Capt. Joseph Towles, - Col. Anderson (Robert Anderson deponent believes) General Andrew Pickens, and others. That he heard Samuel Deen, in his lifetime speak of having engaged under the command of Capt. Butler in a conflict with the famous Tory Leader, William Cunningham, in which conflict, the sword and pocketbook of Cunningham fell into the hands of Capt. Butler. That Samuel Deen often spoke to him of an expedition or campaign he made in Georgia during the war, and of various other skirmishes and hazardous adventures in which he bore a part. That Samuel Deen has frequently informed him, that he entered the service, as soon as he was of sufficient age, in the very midst of the war, and always belonged to some corps, for at least half the period of the contest, and until the conclusion of hostilities with Great Britain.  That by the [illegible] of Col. Anderson alone, Samuel Deen received for duty performed, as a private soldier during the war, Thirty six pounds Sterling, eleven shillings and five pence, which, at the usual rates of pay allowed during the revolution for privates, would have comprehended the pay, without interest, at least or about two years service That from the records in the Comptroller Generals office of
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of South Carolina, at Columbia, Samuel Deen by an order or indent issued the 12th July 1785, was
allowed the said sum of £36.11.5, besides £2.11.2 interest, by an account duly audited, for militia duty, as a private during the said war of the Revolution. That during the year A.D. 1828, Samuel Deen made a Declaration to the Legislature of South Carolina, a 6 months service as a soldier in a Troop of Light Horse Commanded by Capt Joseph Towles during the revolutionary war for a pension, which declaration was signed by thirty three persons and supported by the affidavit of Clark Spragins, a man entitled to faith and credit, by the certificate of the Hon. A.P. Butler the said Clark swearing that the said Samuel Deen enlisted in the said Light Horse Troop for the period of nine months or less, and continued a faithful and active soldier during the whole revolutionary war.
the declaration of Samuel Deen was also, in a measure, supported by the certificate of Col. [Samuel] Hammond
who commanded a regt of State Troops in South Carolina, during the war. That according to the testimony of Richard Dunkin, a contemporary of  Samuel Deen, herewith presented, the said Samuel served, at least, for the period of two years, or over, in the War of Independence. That Samuel Deen received a pension from the State of South
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Carolina of sixty Dollars per annum granted for his revolutionary
services, by the Legislature of the said State on the Twentieth day of December A.D. 1828, which pension
he continued to enjoy until the 8th day of September A.D. 1840, when he died, aged seventy seven years or
thereabouts. His wife Milky Deen, who survived him, also, received from the same State of South Carolina, from the time of his death, a pension
of Thirty Dollars, which was continued to her annually until she died on or about the 27th day of
March A.D. 1850.
Job Jones, says further upon information, that Milky Deen (whose maiden name was Milky Dunkin) and
Samuel Deen were married soon after the Revolution and lived together as man and wife until the latter died,
and that the said Milky Deen never married after the death of her husband, and died, the 27 March 1850, as aforesaid. That neither Samuel Deen nor his wife ever received any pension or any other remuneration from the government
of the United States for the military services of the said Samuel as a private soldier under the command of the officers named in this Declaration,
or under the command of any other officers;  and never received any pension, at all from the United States Government.
That the said Samuel and Milky Deen had nine or ten children by their marriage, three sons Samuel, Charles and William and seven daughters, Abbey Deen, the wife of the said Job Jones the relator, Anna, Elizabeth, Mary, Bakenthal
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Talitha, and Sibba Deen. Sibba died under age and unmarried before the death of Samuel Deen, Anna is still living in this State, and all the rest of the heirs of the said Samuel Deen have removed to the west and South, and have not been heard from, by the relator for several years.
Job Jones, says that if the said Samuel Deen received any written discharge from the service, it has been lost or mislaid
This application is made for a pension under the pension laws of the United States for the benefit
of Revolutionary soldiers, and their widows and orphans.
Job Jones X his mark 
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 18th day of May A.D. 1853, at
my office at Edgefield CH South Carolina
s/ Joseph Abney Not Public

State of South Carolina Edgefield District
I Thomas G. Bacon Clerk of the District Court, in and for the District and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Joseph Abney, whose genuine signature appears afore is and was at the time of signing the same, a Notary Public, in and for the District and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and
sworn, and entitled and authorized to administer oaths. that all his official acts, as we are entitled to full faith
and credit, and that the aforesaid District Court is a Court of record, having general jurisdiction
Given under my hand and seal of office at Edgefield County
this the 18th day of May A.D. 1853
s/ Thos G. Bacon C.C. P.

I Job Jones do make the above declaration and application for a
Pension for the service of Samuel Deen this 22 January AD 1854 before
HT Wright Judge of the court of ordinary serving as court of record
for Edgefield District, South Carolina.
Job Jones X his mark
witness Joseph Abney

South Carolina Edgefield District
I Henry T. Wright Judge of the court of ordinary serving as court of record for District and State aforesaid do certify that Job Jones came before me, and on oath made the above
declaration and application for a pension. Witness my hand and Seal
Henry T. Wight
Ordinary
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Power of Attorney from Job Jones to Thomas P Morgan
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Power of Attorney
Revolutionary Pension Claims
Know all men by these Presents,
that I Job Jones, representatives of the Heirs of Samuel Dean deceased, of the district of Edgefield State of South Carolina, hereby appoint to and constitute Thomas P. Morgan of the
City of Washington, my true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute the claim of Samuel Dean and Milkey Dean and the Heirs of the said Samuel and Milky Dean for any amount of Revolutionary Pension; that may have been due, the said parties, and I hereby authorize my agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said
Claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the certificate
which may be issued for said claim,
which certificate I wish made payable to me. to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises
Witness my hand and seal this tenth
day of November A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty two
Job Jones X his mark
Signed and Sealed in presence of
W. P. Butler
S.S. Tompkins
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State of South Carolina
District of Edgefield
On this tenth day of November eighteen hundred and fifty two before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said district aforesaid, personally appeared
Job Jones, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned
In testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand the day and year aforesaid
s/ Daniel Holland Magistrate for E.D.

South Carolina Edgefield Dist
I, Tho G Bacon, Clerk of the
 Court of Common Pleas and
General Sessions for the District
aforesaid, do certify that Daniel Holland before whom the preceding affidavit was made, as appears by his name, in his own hand writing, attesting the same was at the date thereof a magistrate for the 
District aforesaid, who had been duly
appointed & qualified, and had signed
the Roll kept according to law in my
office. Given under my hand & seal
of Office at Edgefield C.H. this
10" day of Nov A.D. 1852
s/ Tho G Bacon CCP
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Copy of Samuel Dean's Petition to the Legislature of SC & Accompg papers
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(Copy)
to the Honorable the Senate &House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina
The humble petition of Samuel Dean
respectfully sheweth that he served during the Revolutionary war as a soldier in a Troop of light horse commanded by Capt Joseph
Towles for six months that he is now
aged & infirm and unable of making
a competent support by his own industry & labor under these circumstances he makes an appeal to the liberality of the State to make some provision to protect him from the privations with which his infirmities now threaten him.

South Carolina Edgefield District ⎬ Before me personally appeared the above named Samuel Dean
a revolutionary soldier who made oath that as the law directs saith that the above declaration is just and true. 
s/ Samuel Deen
Sworn to before me the 20th day of October s/ James Ogilvie
We the the undersigned respectfully
beg leave to join the petitioners in the foregoing application. (Signed by 33 persons & then follows a schedule
of Saml Deen's property deemed unnecessary to Copy)

South Carolina  Edgefield District
Personally appeared before me Clark
Spragins who after being duly sworn
saith on his oath that Samuel Deen enlisted in the old Revolutionary war
under the command of Capt Joseph
Towles as a minute man under the
command of Genl [Andrew] Pickens
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for nine months or less and always
was a faithful soldier during that
time & continued a faithful soldier
during that war and active man
during that time. s/  Clark Spragins
Sworn to before me September 19th 1828 s/ Bennett Perry J.P.

I have been shown a petition subscribed by Samuel Deen who states that he served in a company of Mounted riflemen in the
Revolutionary war who were enlisted to serve six months & commanded by Capt Joseph Towles & attached to my Regiment of State troops. Now it is impossible for me to recollect perfectly at this distant date the names of individuals who composed that company. I do recollect however that there were three persons of that name who were occasionally under my command all of them patriotic & unchangeably devoted to the cause of their country. I remember the
name of but one of them Thomas Dean he received a very severe wound in the skirmish with the enemy. I remember his name from the circumstance that I had
occasion as well on his account as others in his situation to visit the Temporary Hospital where they were placed-- one of the other brothers was killed in action whose name I dont now recollect the other I am fully certain was the person subscribed to the petition.
I have now with me Gen [Andrew] Pickens to Capts Towles & [Michael] Watson which will show terms upon
which the companies were enlisted. I know also that Col Brooks whose name I see subs-
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cribed to the petition of Samuel Dean served as volunteers in Toles [Capt. Joseph Towles] Company some perilous expedition &c must of course have known said Dean personally & from their living in the same neighborhood ever since I think due credence ought to be given to his certificate & although I cannot certify
positively that he was of Toles Company from all the circumstances within my recollection, I verily believe that he states nothing on his said petition but which is founded in truth. General [Andrew] Pickenses letter signed by his own proper hand may be seen if requested.
S/ S. [Colonel Samuel] Hammond
I do certify that I am acquainted with Clark Spragins and that he is a man of truth and respectability and that his affidavit is entitled to faith & credit
s/ A. P. Butler
To Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Dean praying a pension respectfully report that they have considered the same and recommend that the prayer of the petitioner be granted
s/ John McComb Chairman
In the House of Representatives Dec 19th 1828 Resolved that the House do agree to the Report ordered that it be sent to the Senate for Concurrence By order of the House (signed) R. Anderson C.H.R.
Senate Dec 20th 1828 Resolved that
Senate Concur
s/ Job Johnston C.S
office of Clerk of the House
Columbia So. Ca. December
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17th 1852. I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies as taken from the Records of this ooffice for clerk of House
Benjamin Hart
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REJECTED
2807
Samuel Dean
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Comptroller Genl's Office Columbia, SC November 16th 1852
No. 300
Lib.[Book] U Issued 12th July  1785 to
Mr. Samuel Dean for thirty six pounds 11.5 Stg for Militia Duty  as Private 
per Account  audited No 50
Principal £36.11.5
Annual In Trust £2.11.2

No 50 N 300 Lib U July 12th 1785 Mr Saml Dean his account of Duty in the Militia as Private  since the reduction of Charlestown Amounting to
Currency £256
Stg. £36.11.5

State So Carolina Dr to Samuel Dean for Duty pr Col Andersons return £256
Stg. £36.11.5
Gentlemen please deliver to Mr John Gorman our Indents & Interest due us for serving done the State and returned by Colonel Robert Anderson and you'l oblige Gentlemen your humble servt s (signed) George Dean Samuel Dean X his mark
To the Treasurer of the State

State South Carolina Edgefield County
 I do hereby certify that Mr George Dean & Mr Samuel Dean did this day come before me and sign
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the above order in favour of John Gorman certified the 23d March 1786.(Signed ) Wm Anderson J.P.
To the Treasurer of the State
Rec'd 12th July 1785 full satisfaction for the within in an Indent N 300 U pr order. John Gorman X his mark
Test. Tho Nichols
I do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true copy as taken from the Records of this Office.
For Comptroller Genl
James A Black
Dep.
No Seal of Office
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No 38.735
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Washington 7th March 1854
Commission of Pensions
Sir I send inclosed the declaration and accompanying papers
of Job Jones, Claiming an amount of
Pension for two years service of Samuel Dean a soldier of the Revolutionary War, said Dean and his wife having died without claiming the same from the General Government.
Your Obt Sert
Thos. P Morgan
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Committee Room
December 5th 1854
Hon L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pension
Sir
You will oblige me, by taking up at 
your earliest convenience the case of the heirs of Samuel Dean of Edgefield District. 
The claim is for pension owed said Dean, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution
The papers were filed by my
Clerk, Thomas P. Morgan of this City
Your obt. Servant
A. P. Butler
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Committee Room Senate
8th March 1854
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In the application made
by the heirs of Samuel Dean for the amount of pension to which said Dean was entitled to receive, but for which he never applied, will be
found a copy of a memorial to the
Legislature of the State of South Carolina, in which, Dean states that he served six months as a mounted Soldier, but does not speak of any other service. the laws of the State
did not require, that the length of service, and different periods of service Should be stated, but simply that the applicant for pension did serve his country, and was a
man of good reputation.
I make this explanation, in order to remove any doubt that may arise in the consideration
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of this claim, from what might appear to be an inconsistency.
Saml Dean always sustained the
character in the community in which he lived, of having been a good and faithful Soldier of the Revolution, and his service as such was never questioned.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
A. P. Butler
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Certificate of AP Butler
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South Carolina Edgefield District 
I Andrew P. Butler do certify that I was raised in the neighborhood, in which
Samuel Dean (and the Samuel Deen, whose heirs are making this application for a pension) resided
until his death. In the same neighborhood were several Soldiers, and some officers of the Revolution,
who were pensioned by the government. It was the tradition among them, and also among the
whole people of that section where I lived and now live, that the said Samuel Deen was a true, active, and efficient Soldier of the Revolution, and
served for a considerable period, though I cannot State precisely how long. His fa ily, and he among the rest, were rather remarkable
for their zeal and courage in the war. my father who commanded a company in this District frequently spoke of Samuel Dean as serving with him, and under his eye,
so that I have no doubt that he did
really perform good service this country.
So fully was I impressed with the deserts of Samuel Dean, that I [illegible] to a  successful issue his application for a pension, from
South Carolina for his Revolutionary services. In conclusion I can say again  that there is no question on my mind, that Samuel Dean was a
good and faithful soldier in the war of independence and performed a Willing and  essential service to the cause . s/  AP Butler
Witness
Joseph Abney Not Pub
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South Carolina Edgefield District 
I, Thomas G. Bacon, Clerk of the
District Court, in and for the District and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Joseph Abney, whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing affidavit, attesting the same is and was at its date and at the time of signing the same A Notary Public, in and for the District and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and according to
the laws of this State, entitled and authorized to administer oaths, that all his official acts, as such, are
entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid District Court, is a Court of Record, having general
Junsdiction. Given under my hand seal of office at Edgefield Courthouse, this the 27th day of August 1853
s/ Tho G Bacon CCP
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Claim for Pension Job Jones represent. of the Heirs of Samuel & Milkey Dean
TP Morgan Jan 16/54
TP Morgan 13th Apl 1854
right to make declaration no evidence (Towles)
Thomas P Morgan
Washington Attorney
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Affidavit of Richard Dunkin
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The State of South Carolina
Edgefield District
personally appears before me
Richard Dunkin and deposes
and says, that by his family record
(written by his Father) he is ninety years of age in January last
That he was well acquainted with Samuel Deen before and after
the Revolutionary war that said Samuel Deen did serve in
said war under the command of Captain [Joseph] Towles - Captain Perry, Captain William Butler and Captain Michael Watson for the
term of between two and three years - he does not remember the
precise time, but knows positively that said Deen served in said war
 that he drew a pension from this State of sixty dollars per annum until the eighth of September A.D. 1840 when he died aged 77 years. that he was married soon after the Revolutionary war to Miss Milky Dunkin who survived him, and drew a pension of thirty dollars per annum from the State aforesaid during her life time, after the death of her
Husband that she died on the 27th of March A.D. 1839 That she never married after the death of Samuel Deen. s/ Richard Dunkin
sworn to this 18th of February 1853-
Before me Daniel Holland magistrate
for Edgefield District

South Carolina Edgefield District  
I Thomas G. Bacon, Clerk of the
District Court, in and for the District and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify, that Daniel Holland, whose genuine signature appears above
is and was at the time of signing the same, magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and having signed the Roll Kept according to law
in my office, entitled and authorized to administer oaths that all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid District Court is a Court of record having General jurisdiction. Given under my hand and seal of office
at Edgefield Courthouse, this the 31 day of August A.D. 1853.
s/ Tho. G. Bacon C.C. P.
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Senate Chamber 20th March 1854

This is to certify that I am well acquainted with Job Jones of
Edgefield District South Carolina, he
is, and has been for a number of
years a near neighbour of mine
the said Jones married a daughter 
of the late Samuel Dean of the
district aforesaid, and his wife is the
only child now living in the district,
that I have my knowledge of
A. P. Butler
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Samuel Dean SC
charge to Mr Evans March 15/54
returned to files

To AP Butler

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Cole
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Samuel Dean SC
charge to Mr Evans March 15/54
returned to files

To AP Butler

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Cole
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Samuel Dean 
B
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington, City
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Samuel Dean
B
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, City
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Samuel Dean

Free
A. P. Butler  

Hon S. P. Waldo 
Commissioner Pensions 
Washington, D. C.
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Samuel Dean

Free
A. P. Butler

Hon S. P. Waldo
Commissioner Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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