Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,519, for Abner Sheridan, North Carolina
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(F-17760
SERVICE
N.C
CONTENTS
Sheridan, Abner.
NUMBER
S 32,519
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Georgia
23.840
Abner Sheridan
of Franklin in the State of Ga
who was a Pr
in the ____ commanded
by Captain Taylor of the Regt commanded
by Col. Lytle 
in the NC
line for 12 months


Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Apl. 34
and sent [illegible]
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Stanford - Carnesville Ga
Arrears to the 4th of March 24
120
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 20
140
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬

Recorded by [illegible]- Clerk,

Book E Vol. 6 Page 159.
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit
of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
State of Georgia ⎬
County of Franklin ⎬
On this third day of September
in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty two
personally appeared before the Inferior Court
of said County now sitting for ordinary purposes
Abner Sheridan, a resident of Captain Cattels
district in the County & State aforesaid aged Seven
Two 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 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in
the following named officers & served as herein stated
He entered the service under Captain John Taylor in the
militia of North Carolina at Hillsborough and was
there placed as a guard to the Legislature, does not
recollect the date, but it was while Burke was
governor of the State, served three months duty and
was discharged by Capt. John McCauly, Capt Taylor
having been tried & broke for Cowardice.
He again entered by enlistment by Capt John Elliott in
the North Carolina State Troops for Nine months does
not recollect the date, but thinks it was in 1783)
at the muster ground in Orange County North Carolina
was marched to Hillsborough & was placed in the company of Capt. Jones, & was under command of Major
John Lewis was marched from Hillsboro to Lindley's
Mill on Cane Creek in Orange Co. Nor Car., and was
stationed some time & was marched to Brewers Mill
on Haw river, Chatham County & was there stationed
some time from thence was marched to Redfield Ford
on said river and from thence to the Seven Islands
on the same river & from thence to near the head of
Cape Fear river & from thence back to Lindley's
Mill aforesaid, and from thence to Hillsborough
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and was there discharged by Col Jones for the
nine months tour
served altogether Twelve months
1. was born in Maryland as he understood from his parents
does not recollect in what year
2. There was a record of his age in the hands of his
parents, but it was lost during the War
3
was living in Orange County North Carolina then
since the Revolutionary war lived in Greenville District South Carolina, & now lives in Franklin
County Georgia
4
was drafted the first three months & the last Nine
months was enlisted served for himself, as a
substitute
5
Col. William Lytle was at Hillsborough during his
first service, but does not recollect whether
in command or not
6. Received a written discharge from Capt John McCauly
for three months service and from Capt Jones for Nine
months service they are both lost

7. is acquainted with and known to Samuel Jackson Esquire
and David Garrison a preacher of the Gospel who
both reside in his neighborhood & can testify to his
character for veracity & their belief of his services
as a soldier of the revolution. He was also known
to Isaac Smith (who is now deceased; but whose deposition is
herewith enclosed & who knew him while in the service
and is known to Nehemiah Payne living in Hall County Georgia
who can prove his have been in the service &
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
within his knowledge or belief
Sworn to & subscribed
in open Court the day
year first above written
mark
Thos. King Clk
his
Abner X Sheridan
mark
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fo
In reply to your request of ___
received. ____
for a statement of the military history of Abner Sheridan a
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 32,519
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT
1793
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 Mon.
9 m.
RANK.
pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Taylor
Jones
COLONEL.
Major John Louis
STATE.
N.C.
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Orange Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Sept 3 1832 His claim al.
Residence at date of application, Franklin Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs He was born in Maryland
Remarks: There is no data relative to family
---
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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32519
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,519
Abner Sheridan
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 366
Arrangement of 1870.]
1917. Dec. 13. History to
Mrs. W. J. Speer. F.W.
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Abner Sheridan
10376
Admit as private
12 months $40
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State of N Carolina
Secretary of States Office
31st Jany 1834
Sir

I have not been able to find the name of Abner
Sheridan on any document in this Office affording evidence of service in the revolutionary war. I do not
believe that there were any nine months
men of the militia of this State, but there was
many nine months men raised in this State
(perhaps by draft,) and placed in the continental line of the State under continental officers
and see from the rolls that most of them are
said to have entered the service on the 20th
July 1778 and all in the 10th Regiment. Two
of the Officers mentioned by Mr. Sheridan in his
declaration were continental Officers, viz. Taylor
and Jones, the others are not named on the rolls
from my knowledge of the part of the Country
and places mentioned in the declaration of Mr.
Sheridan I am of opinion he rendered some service
James L. Edwards
Respectfully your Obt Servt
W. Hill
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Abner Sheridan
10.376
Jno.W. Stanford
Gainesville Ga
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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
Abner Sheridan which require further
proof or explanation.


I. 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? --10
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 amout of pension
he is entitled? yes
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
XII. 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?
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? yes
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? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed
by the War
Department answered satisfactorily?
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
 
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 --year

-- months, and --- days, I served as a --. For---months
and --- days, I served as a --- ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3
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 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 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 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.
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.

Proof of Service may be [illegible] probably
with application to William Hill Esq.
Secretary J. State Raleigh  T. Carter
I
have written to William Hill Sec State
Nor. Car. & he cannot find the name. He
says he has no rolls of the Militia who served
in the Revolution in his office


Harford
Aug 21 The applicant says he belonged to the State troops, and not
the militia in his last tour that being admitted and not appearing
upon the rolls, proof will be required. He will state also when
he enlisted & when he was discharged-
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State of Georgia
Franklin County
On this 7th day of November 1833
Personally appeared before me
side of the peace for said
County, Abner Sheridan, who has heretofore sworn
to & subscribed the original & amended declaration
to which this is attached who being duly swore according to law deposeth and saith that owing to the
consequent loss of memory by reason of age, he
cannot swear positively to the precise time he entered
the service under Capt. Elliott in the Northern 
Carolina State troops but thinks it was in the [illegible] part of the year
1783 - and was discharged of Capt Jones in the
latter part of the same year he thinks in Novr
a short time after peace was made he has no
proof that he knows of, within his power to
procure, with the affidavit of Isaac Smith
which is attached to the original Declaration and
who he is informed is not now in life
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & date above written
before-
Robert Mitchell,
Abner X Sheridan
his mark

Georgia
Franklin County
I Thomas King Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County to
 hereby certify that Robert Mitchell before whom the above affidavit
was made was at the time a magistrate as there represented
and that the above signature purporting to his is genuine In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office
this 4th day of Decr 1833
Thos. King C.J.C.
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Abner Sheridan
10.376
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We David Garrison a Clergyman and Samuel
Jackson residing in the County & State first aforesaid hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Abner Sheridan who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that
we believe him to be Seventy two 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 to & subscribed in
open Court the day & year
above written Thos. King Clk
David Garrison
Sam Jackson


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 & served
as he states. And the Court further certifies that
it appears to them that David Garrison who
has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the County first aforesaid & that
Samuel Jackson who has also signed the same
is a resident in said County and that their
statement is entitled to credit
Thos. King Clk
William Turk  J.J.C.
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Thomas Farmer JJC
Robt Pulliam JJC
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I Thomas King Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings in the matter of the application of
Abner Sheridan for a Pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at
my hand & seal of office this 11th day
of September 1832
the
Thos. King C.C.O.
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Georgia
Franklin County 
personally came before me Isaac Smith who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith on oath
that he was acquainted Abner Sheridan while said Sheridan  was in the State Troup Regiment  in the state of North Carolina Chatham county
in the defense of the county for the term. 

Sworn and subscribed before me this the 30th day of September [illegible]

Isaac X Smith
his mark
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Ss
State of Georgia
County of Franklin
I Thomas King Clerk of the Inferior
Court for the County and State aforesaid Do hereby certify that Thomas
Samson before whom the affidavit on the opposite side was taken was
at the time therein stated an acting Justice of the Peace for this County
and legally authorized to administer an oath. Witness my hand
and the seal of said Court this 12th day of September 183?
Thos. King Clk
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State of Georgia
County of Franklin Ss.
On this sixth day of May 1833 personally appeared before the Inferior Court for said County now sitting for Ordinary purposes Abner Sheridan who has heretofore sworn to and subscribed the original declaration to what this is attached and who being duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following addition and a amendment to his said declaration.
That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as the the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and as the following grades.
For three months I served as a private under Capt. Taylor. For Nine months I served as a private under Capt. Jones served altogether twelve months as a  private and for such service I claim a pension.
That the magistrate who administered the oath to Isaac Smith the witness removed several years ago to Tennessee & it is not known where he now lives or whether he is in life. 
That he has written to the Secretary of State of North Carolina for proof & if obtained will forward with this paper. That he served with an embodied Corps [illegible] called into service by competent authority that he was either in the field or in garrison the whole time and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court the day & year first aforesaid.
Thos. King C.C.O.
Abner  S Sheridan
his mark
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I Thomas King Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the addition of the original
proceedings in the matter of the application of Abner Sheridan for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of May
1835
Thos. King C. C. O
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126 East 11th St.
Atlanta, Ga
Dec 8-1917
Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
to
Dear Sir, please send
me the record of service
of "Abner Sheridan of Franklin
Co. Ga. in 1833, and of Robert
Williams of Halifax Co. Va. both
revolutionary pensioners,
and oblige,
Yours Very Truly
(Mrs.) W. J. Speer
126 East 11th
Atlanta
Ga.
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[stamp]
PENSION
O
DEC
10
1917
U. S.
[illegible]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41


BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name Sheridan, James Grade Private "of Invalids" Line Pennsylvania
Warrant Numbers 10337 and 13780 ACREAGE
100 Issued
March 15, 1800
to James Sheridan notation:
"Certified April 25,
1806."
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.