Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,477, for Christopher Stockman, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                              NUMBER
S.C.           Stockman, Christopher.   S.11.477

carded
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[page torn]th Carolina 27.0
Christopher Stockman 27805
[page torn]incliency in the State of So Ca.
[page torn] was a pr: ___in the   comm
[page torn] Captain____ of the Reg't comman
[page torn] Col Hammond in the So Ca.
[page torn] ine for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina at the rate of 20-Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Mar 3 and sent - Hon. JR [?] HR

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 3.         60__
Semi-anl. allowance ending 1 Sept 10__ 
                                                            $70__
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath Rice, Clerk.
Book C Vol. 6  Page 80 

a le (as to nambr) J.B.H. Mar 26 - 35 
let same Apl 23 1835
see cir tic - May 6 1835
To Alabama from 
Sept 1834. May 25. 38 
Let. to Mr Laval 10 July 1835
let 14 June 1838 Hon F. S. Lyon
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The State of South Carolina} 
Newberry District} To wit
On this sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two  personally appeared in open Court before Richard Gantt Esq one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of the said State and presiding Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the Pleas and Common Pleas now sitting for Newberry District Christopher Stockman, a resident of Newberry District in the State aforesaid, aged seventy-seven 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 was born in the state of Maryland on the 1st day of May in the year of our Lord
1755, he has a record of his age which he left at his last residence in Mobile, that he lived in the Dutch Fork at Tanners Hill, then in Newberry County part of "96 District", when he was called into service, that in the year 1778, he went into the service of the United States, as a volunteer, in what is commonly called the Florida expedition, under the command of Captain John A Summer,
[crossed out word] and General Williamson, that he marched [crossed out word] from the Dutch Fork and
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joined General Williamson near Augusta on the Savannah River, that they marched from this place to Sittilla River in East Florida, that from this they returned to the gaol of Burke County, at which place an engagement took place between General Williamson's command and the British, in which the latter were repulsed, leaving sixteen dead on the field and sixteen or seventeen wounded, that from this place they returned to Colonel Hammond's place on this side of Savannah River where the Americans hid for some time, that from this place he went under the command of Captain Milling and the Major John Ross against the Creek Indians, and had an engagement with them in which they were defeated, Major Ross fell in this affair. After this applicant's return to the main body under the command of General Williamson, they were marched to Summerlin's place about eight or ten miles from Stono, at this place they remained encamped for some time having frequent skirmishes with the enemy. That they joined General Lincoln and on the 20th of June 1779 fought the battle of Stono; in this action this applicant
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had seven bullet holes through his clothes, but none of them touched his skin, his Ensign was killed and he (this applicant) raised and brought off the standard of his company. Shortly after this action he was taken sick and brought home in a litter between two horses. That from the time he rendezvoused to march on the Florida expedition to the time he was taken sick after the battle of Stono, he was constantly in active service, and he believes for upwards of one year. 
After his return home and recovery from the sickness with which he was afflicted he was during the balance of the war, constantly employed as a scout under the command of Captain and after some time Major John Adam Summer that all his services were rendered as a volunteer, that he believes he was in active service during the Revolutionary War about four years. He never received any written discharge from the service.
He lived in Newberry for several years after the Revolution, that he then started to remove to Kentucky and was taken prisoner by the Shawnee Indians with whom he remained three
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years as a prisoner, that he escaped from them on the Mississippi River, and made his way to Mobile, where he generally lived (though occasionally living for short periods in New Orleans) until the 24th of last September when he removed to his Kinsman's John Folk's on Tanner's Hill in the Dutch Fork Newberry district where he now lives. 
He can prove his services by George Summer whose affidavit is herewith submitted.
That he refers also to John Folk who knows that he went into service as he has stated and who can speak as to his good character.
He has no documentary evidence of his services.
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
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Christopher hisXmark Stockman
J.S. Harrington, Clk

I Philip Conner a Clergyman residing in South Carolina[?] hereby certify that I am acquainted with Christopher Stockman who has subscribed & sworn to this Declaration & that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is of good character & he lives in the neighborhood where he states[?] & to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
Philip Conner
J.S.  Harrington, Clk N
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J.L. Edwards Esq'r.
Com. of Pensions
Washington city

S.C. to Mobile Ala.

Christopher Stockman
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Application for a Transfer.
County of Mobile,  State of Alabama SS.

On this twenty third day of April AD 1835 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Mobile personally appeared Christopher Stockman, who in his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Phil. Waters in the regiment command by Colonel in Gen'l Greens army in the service of the United States; that his name was placed in the pension roll of the State of South Carolina thro mistake; that he now resides in the State of Alabama, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be here payable in future. The following are his reasons for being on the South Carolina roll, when he was informed of the passage of the pension law, he repared to South Carolina, to prove his service, by some of his old comrads still in existance, after having done so he placed his papers in the hands of Gen Griffin, a member of Congress, from that state and thro that gentlemans exertions he obtained the small pittance now allowed him, he returned home to this place, where he has resided for upwards of Twenty years. As it is inconvenient to draw his pay from South Carolina, he now asks to be placed on the roll of this agency.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid } Christopher hisXmark Stockman 
Hugh H. Rolston J.P.
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State of Alabama 
Mobile County ss.} I Hugh H. Rolston a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify, that I have the evidence of U.S. Barnard, and that he verily believes that Christopher Stockman, who has taken the above oath is the identical person therein named, that his believe arises from general report that he the said Stockman, has served in the Revolution as a soldier and I do certify that the said U.S. Barnard is a person of veracity.
Hugh H. Rolston J.P. 

I Henry Lewis Clerk of the Court of Mobile County, certify that Hugh H. Rolston is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 22d day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty-five 
H. Lewis Clk
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Mobile 23 April 1835 
Sir
The enclosed document is sent forward for transfer of old Mr Stockmans pension. cannot he receive a bounty in land? he has never rec'd. any land or any commutation & the old man thinks himself entitled to Land if you can point out what steps he must take to obtain it, you will certainly confer a favour on a wirthy old soldier who is in great want of the same. As I  shall be in [illegible] in a day [illegible] please send an answer to Hon. Case Isaac H Erain, or Captain Sam H Ganor Post Master of the city either will attend to it for Mr Stockman in my absence. 
I remain your obt &tc.  
Jno B. Hogan 

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washinton City
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To what time was the pension of Christopher Stockman under act of 7 June 1832 paid at the Pension Agency of Charleston S.C.?
G.W. Crump
Mr. Randall
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Rev War 11477 
INVALID.

File No.  11,477
Christopher Stock 
Pri Rev War - 
Act: June 7th 32 
Index: - Vol. A, Page 360 

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Alabama 
Mobile County  SS. 
The statement of Christoper Stockman is as follows that he enlisted during the revolutionary war under Captain Philip Waters at Congaree in South Carolina & tranfered to Genl Greens army under Captain Somers or Summers and was in the battle of Guild ford Court House where he received a bayonet wound thro the calf of his right leg that he was placed under charge of the Docter at Guild ford Court House from whence he was carried to his father's house in S.C. that he enlisted for the war but in consequence of his Dreadfull wound he was unable to rejoin untill the capture of Cornwallis, that he served two years before he was wounded & in consequence of his being unable to rejoin he was unable to obtain his discharge at the close of the war and prays that his pension may be included to the usual pay of a private soldier that he was also for some time in the militia service as a spie under for Gen'l Williams who turned traitor & he then enlisted
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as stated above, that he has resided in this part of the State for upward of twenty years & a long time New Orleans 

State of Alabama} 
Mobile County}  Before me Henry Lewis Clerk of the County Court of said County appears Christopher Stockman who on oath says the above statement is true
Christopher hisXmark Stockman 

Subscribed & sworn to the Eleventh day of March 1835 Given under my hand & the seal of said Court 
H. Lewis Clk
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July 28

W DC.

George W. Crump Esq

Washington D.C.

Mail
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Comptroller General Office 
Columbia S.C. 22d July 1835 
George Wm. Crump Esq 
Sir,
Agreeable to your favour of the 15 Just. I have carefully examined the Documents of this Department and the name of Christopher Stockman is not to be found on file.
Respectfully, 
Your Obt Sert. 
John T. Seibold 
for  William Laval 
Compt. Gen'l
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Mob Ala.  June 13

C L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington

Hon. F S Lyon HR
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House of Reps 
13 June 1838 - 
Sir,
I received lately the enclosed letter from Gen'l. Toulmin of Mobile on the subject of Christopher Stockmans claim to be placed upon the Pension roll.
Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the case of M Stockman was ever submitted to you & if so what decision was made upon it - 
very respectfully yr obt servt
 FS Lyon

C L Edwards Esq.
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Mobile 10 April 1835 
Sir
Christopher Stockman the old Solder & form with some time since for a transfer from the S Carolina rolls to Alabama Reqs that I would write to you to allow him what he deems partly due to him the full pension of a private soldier the old man is very needy & poor & it does appear to me that he is entitled to more than is allowd him, in answer to this application please send it to the care of Capt J H Ganor Post Master of the city as I shall be absent when your decision is known & should the letter come to me it may be a long time for he can get it Capt Ganor will hand it over to him upon it received.
I have the honor to Remain
your ob Serv
Jno B Logan
the transfer paper has arrived & handed over to him

JL. Edwards Esq
Com of Pension
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we the subscribers of the City of Mobile do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Richard Stockman commonly known here as old Dock[?] Stockman; that we believe that he is a good old man, tho poor - mobile June 10th 1835 
Hugh H. Rolston,
H. Chamberlain
Jno. L. Everett 
I A. Stuart
[illegible]
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Pension Certificate?
John K. Sieffin. Lizza

Christopher Stockman Esq
Mobile
Alabama
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Mount Vernon
Dear Sir               August 15th 1834

I have succeeded in getting for you a very small acknowledgement for your services during the Revolutionary war, and have been at a loss to know what would be the best course for your benefit to adopt, and have finally on the reception of your favor concluded said on the certificate to you as you will then see what has been done, and can easily get some Merchant or friar to take it in to Charleston and [?] the money for you. I have great difficulty to get this small pittance on account of the manner in which your declaration was drawn up, should you think proper to make a further application, state very particularly the length of time you served in each tour of duty, your officers etc. and send it on to this writer and I will cheerfully make another effort
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to serve you without fee or reward, save the consolation of having the pleasure to serve one of the Worthies of the Revolution who so bravely fought for the Liberties that I now enjoy with sentiments of high consideration  dear Sir yours 
Respectfully 
John K. Sieffin
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John K. Sieffin m.c.

Christopher Stockman
Mobile
Alabama
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Fernberry  C FC 
October 15th 1834 
Dear Sir
I am truly sorry that you are at so much trouble to obtain the small pittance that I had the pleasure to get through the Pension Office for you. I thought I had Suggested to you when I wrote you before how you should proceed to obtain the money on your certificate. It is impossible for me to draw the money for you without power of attorney from you, nor could any other person draw it without a power of Attorney regular made out and signed by you. You will therefore have to make a friend of some person either in Mobile that is going to Charleston or some person in Charleston and given them a power of Attorney to draw the money for you. Then he can do so by producing the Certificate. It will be impossible I fear to do any thing for you on the [?] of your land, but if I can do so with the material furnished I will with great [?] Yours Respectfully
 John K. Sieffin
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Christopher Stockman
Apple for Pension

In this case I write except of a Pension for six months, the applicant still living at liberty to make good further services, it in his power
John K. Sieffin

admitted as a Private 6 months,
$20.--

Hon. J.K. Sieffin
(con: Jn.)
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I certify that George A. Summer and John Folk are good old Dutchmen of credibility that their affidavits are entitled to full credit
John K. Sieffin
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State of South Carolina} 
Lexington District} to wit
Personally appeared before me George Summer and made oath that he was in the Florida expedition with Christopher Stockman and knows that he marched from the Dutch Fork to Sitilla River in East Florida, that he was also in the expedition against the Creek Indians and in the battle of Stono in which he received seven bullet holes through his clothes, and after the death of his Ensign, he raised and brought off the standard of the company: that he was after this action taken sick and returned home. After his recovery he was constantly and actively engaged during
the balance of the Revolutionary War as a scout under the command of this deponent's brother John Adam Summer.
Sworn to & subscribed this 15th day of November 1832.  George A Summer
Before
Pik. District S/C.
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The State of South Carolina 
Newberry District
Personally appeared in open Court John Folk who being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Christopher Stockman that he believes him to be 77 years of age, that during the Revolution he lived with this deponent's stepfather and when at home slept with this deponent
who was then a small boy, that he well remembers his leaving home for the Florida expedition and his return home sick after the battle of Stono, that he also recollects that during the balance of the Revolutionary war he was constantly and actively engaged as a scout under the command of John Adam Summer. This deponent has no doubt that the said Christopher served as he has stated. This deponent further says that the said Christopher is a man of good character.
John Folk
Sworn and subscribed in the Court the day and year aforesaid
[illegible] District South Carolina
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And the said court did in their of opinion after the investigation of the matter and after  this War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and that he served as he states And the court further certifies that George Summer a resident of Lexington District and John Folk of the Newbury District who having made the preceding affidavits are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.  That it appears that Phillip Connor who has signed one of the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in Newbury District & that his statement is to entitled to credit.
Richard Gantt 
P Judge

I [illegible] John Harrington clerk of the court in the this and for District to hereby certify that the going contains District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the application of Christopher Stockman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth[?] day of November A.D. 1832
J.S. Harrington Co. Clerk [illegible]
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March 25 1835
Pension Office

ans'd Mar. 25 1835

[upside down] To the Hon Lewis Cass
See afrsad
Washington City

Free
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Rec'd 25 Mar
Mobile 11th March 1835.
To Hr Lewis Cass Sec. of War
Sir
an old revolutionary soldier for many years a resident of this county by the name of Christopher Stockman now holds your certificate No 27805 recorded in pension office in Book E Vol C page 80 by Nath Rice Clerk dated 20th May 1834. for an annual pension of $20 has been placed on the South Carolina roll this a mistake which occured in the following manner. the old man hearing of the law of 1832 was induced by his progeny[?] wants to make an effort to obtain this bounty of this gov.'t & in order to do so went to South Carolina to prove his service & identity from the letters of Jno H Griffen a member from that state it appears the application was mar for him as a Citizen of South Carolina his place of that name This old man who was here for upwards of twenty years & is still[?] a resident of this county. The object of the forsent communication is to have him entered on this pay roll of this State to be pensioned. The enclosed letters of Jn Griffen[?]
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will establish the residence this agency in his behalf. Your early attention to this subject will confer a favour on the old man.
I have the honor to be Sir your Obt Servt
Jno. B. Hogan

P.S. please cause a statement to be sent to the Bank here of his account.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAN-51
12-9-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Decision of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Stockman, John GRADE Pivate LINE Massachusetts 

WARRANT NUMBDR 5051 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to___not shown___

*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.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAN-51
12-9-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Decision of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Stockman, John GRADE Pivate LINE Massachusetts 

WARRANT NUMBDR 5058 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to___not shown___

*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.