Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,303, William Howle, Ga. S.C.
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(8--1776)
Service
GA.
S.C.

Howle, William

Number
S. 21303
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x South Carolina 16123

William Howle Sn.
Edgefield in the State of South Car
who was a pri: in the company commanded
Captain Harry of the------------commanded
---------------- in the Georgia
ne for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of South Car:
at the rate of 80 Dollars -------Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July '33 and sent Hor[?]d. R. Griffi[?]
Milton  S.C.

[?]rrears to the 4th of March '33 - 160
[?]emi-anu. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 40
$200

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm. Miller  Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 6.  Page 69


The National Archives of the United States

Date of death not on AB
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Wm Howle
South Cara

Admit in private
2 yrs $80

5.11.12 14
[illegible] 1.2.4.5.11.7
Set.  Hon John R Griffin
HR
July 13 1833

P. 243
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Brief in the case of Wm. Howle [illegible] of Edgefield

Article of           in the State of South Carolina 
                              (Act 7th of June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court. 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily Infirmity?

3. How old is he? 78

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: in 1776, 1777, 1781, 1782 
Duration of Service: Months, 3, 6, 7, 6, 15 or 16

Rank As A: Private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. Capt Harry, Major ...
...
Capt Jim K...., Capt. Bure
mt. Capt Key, Earl
Pickens

"Was actually engaged in Military Service  2 years and 9 months,"

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6 Where did he reside when he entered the service? Georgia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living and Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned  [illegible signature] Examining Clerk.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of South Carolina Edgefield District on this the day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Richard and presiding Judge of the Court of Common pleas for said district now setting in open Court William Howle sent a Residing of the said district and State aforesaid aged man 78 years who being duly sworn according to law on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the above and set that he entered the service of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six as a private in company of Georgia Militia Commanded by Capt Blasingam Harvey which said company was attached to a Battalion commanded by Majr Daniel and McMurphey to attend to the [illegible] and serve three Months and then or to the State of South Carolina in the year 1777 and there entered into service for six months as a Volunteer under capt sinkfield to Fort sincer from thence to the two sisters on Savannah River and there served in the militia two months and there marched to Liberty Hill under Capt Burnet for six months in the sun under Capt Henry Key for the term of fifteen or sixteen months in general Pickens regiment in the year 1781 and 82. The time during which he was actually engaged in military service were added together they would amount to two years and nine months. This hath no documentary evidence on which to rely for the verification of his declaration herein above made and set forth this document hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity at this present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
William Howle
[illegible] judge
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State of South Carolina
Edgefield District

 I do hereby certify that all the [cutoff] facts as within declared and set forth are strictly true having personally served in the same state and District under the same officers of the same officers with the applicant William Howle Sen as there in set forth as to the florida Expedition he the said Jameson Know nothing about that he was personally acquainted with Capt. Harvey that is name? in the said Howle declaration to be a true friend to his Country and that he be the said William Howle Sen was in the service as within Stated Sworn to the 30th day of October 1832. 
[signatures]
Wyatt Homes Jps
William Jameson

State of South Carolina
Edgefield District

We Daniel Rogers and Moses Harris  residing in the district and state aforesaid  do hereby certify that am well acquainted with William Howle sen who have subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that believe him to be about seventy eight years of age; that he is Respected and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that concur in that opinion
[signatures]
Daniel Rogers
Moses Harris

And the said court do hereby declare there [sic] 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 certifies  that it appears to them that Daniel Rogers and Moses Harris who has signed the preceeding certificate
are residents in the district and state aforesaid
and are credible persons and that these statements are entitled to credit
[signature]
Richard Garret P. Judge
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In reply to your request of......, received.........,
for a statement of the military history of William Howle a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this bureau. 


1776 for 3 months a private with Captain Blasingain Harvey Colonel Maj. Daniel McMurphy in GA. 

1777 for 3 months as a private with captain Singuefield Colonel Maj. Daniel McMurphy in S.C.

1777 for 6 months as a private with captain "in militia" Colonel Maj. Daniel McMurphy in S.C.

1777 for 6 months as a private with captain Burnett Colonel Maj. Daniel McMurphy in S.C.

1781 for 16 months as a private with Captain Henry Thos. Key Colonel Gen. Pickens in S. C.

Battles engaged in, Fort Galphine
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Oct. 30 1832 His Claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Edgefield Dist. S. C. 
Age at date of application, born aug 7, 1755 in Charlotte Co. Va. 
Remarks: There is no data on file as to family.
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Revolution 21 303 Invalid 
FIle No. 21,303 
William Howle
Act" June 7th 32
Index: Vol: 2, Page 1190
Arrangement of 1870

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22 Nov. 14 History to Mary Marjorie Tyler Aug 9 29 May 13 Photos to Wm. S. Howell, Fri. and Adv. $3.70 refund ...
Tin, Div, ntfd. A.D.Y.
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South Carolina 
Edgefield District

Personally came before me William Morris
made oth [oath] that he was well acquainted William Howle during the old Revelution [sic] war and that he was a true [whig?]during that war and that he did serve six months in the 
service of his country under the command of Capt.  [illegible] Sinkfield Militia officer Sworn to before me this 6th September  1832.
[signatures]
S. Tomkins JP  
x his mark William Morris
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Howle________which requires further proof of explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reasons assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the lenght 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 comformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given the opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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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? NO

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? NO

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. t If the applicants 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, verified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No as to W. Morris
 Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? NO as to S. Tomkey

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. tt Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 4 5 6 7 

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. R. 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 no less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, For______ year ______months, and ____days, I served as a ______ For ______ year ______months, and ____days, I served as a ______ ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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[The following paragraph has been marked with brackets drawn around it and the word "Omit" written above it]

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 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 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.

[drawing of a hand with finger pointing] 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.

[Stamp which is only partially appears, reading as follows]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE
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Ammended [sic] declaration of William Howle
The deponent states in answer to the interrogatories of this war department; That he was born in Charlotte County Virginia the 7 day of August 1755 agreeable to the original record now in his possession. The deponent further states that he was  drafted for the  first tour of duty as stated in his declarations after that Volunteered, he was as the seige [sic]of Golphins Fort the troops during its seige was under the command of Captain Randol a Regular officer - The deponent never received a written discharge He would  refer the department to the affidavit of Wm Dawson Daniel Rogers and Moses Harris as to his services, and also the affidavits of E. B. Belcher Esq. former 
Thff. of the District of Edgefield - and Col Benjamin Frazier 
Sworn to before me this 13April 1833
[signatures]
Js Richardson Clk 
Wm Howle 

South Carolina 
Edgefield District 
Mr E B Belcher and Benjamin Frazier residing in the district and state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Howle who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 and subscribed the day and year above written. 
[signatures]
E B Belcher Benj Frazier 
J Richardson Clk

I Jefferson Richardson Clerk of the Court of the District of Edgefield do certify that Wyatt Homes is an acting magistrate for the district and that Steven Tomkins was
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also an acting magistrate as the time that  he qu [questioned? it is cut off] William Morris to the [crossed out] purported affidavit 

I Josiah J Evans Presiding Judge of this Court of common please [sic] for Edgefield  District at Spring Town 1833. Certify that I have examined William Howle on the amended declaration as sworn to by him - and believe the same to be true. 

Josiah J Evans 13 April 1832

I a clergyman residing in the District and State aforesaid hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Howle who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration, that I believe him to be seventy eight 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 I concur in that opinion 
Robert Burt Minister of Gospel-Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 13th day of April 1833 Wyett Homes J.p 

I Jefferson Richardson Clerk of the Common please for Edgefield District to hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceeding of the amended declaration and proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of William Howle. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office. This 13 day day [sic] of April in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
[signature] J. Richardson    Clerk
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J. J. Richardson Clerk of the Court of Edgefield [...]
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the 
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Howle sent for a pension in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Edgefield Court house this thirty first day of October 1832.
J. Richardson
C.C.P.[?]

The Declaration of William Howle
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(possible addendum upper left appears to say "pursue" 
Department of Commerce. Washington, D.C.
Will you send me please, the Revolutionary pension record of William Howell. He was pensioned in 1833, I believe, and they lived in Edgefield Co. South Carolina. I would appreciate any family data that his pension record contains. Very Truly Yours, Mary Marjorie Tyler 11 W. 10th st. NewYork, NY.

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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE         1-681   PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this lot should refer to Requisition No. 31971
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the Interior
Washington
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137. May 2, 1929.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering_______Pension_____ deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB. )
Title and description of job __photostatic copies of 7 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of William Howle, Georgia Troops, S.21303.
No. copies __1 of each__  Shall form be kept standing? _____ ______ days
For further information see ___Mrs. M. M. H. Finch (Room No.) 5033 (Phone No. (541)

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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Paris, April 12, 1929.

The Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Check # ID (?) [illegible] 3246 - $5.00
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK
APR 27 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Dear Sirs:
    Some time ago the American Historical Society of New York obtained from your office a copy of the pension record of William Howell, a soldier of the American Revolution, who was born in Charlotte County, Virginia, in 1755. Unfortunately, the copy of this record has been lost. I should appreciate your sending me another record as I desire to use it in making application for membership in a certain historical society.
    I should also like to know if there is a pension record for William Fontaine, who was born about 1745 and lived in the Cheraw district of South Carolina and served in the Revolution. I should like a search made for this information and a certified copy of his pension record forwarded to me.
    I am not sure what your charges will be, but my check in the sum of $5.00 is herewith attached. If there is a balance due, I shall be very pleased to send it to you.

Yours very truly,
[Signature]
Wm. S. Howell, Jr.,
First Secretary of Embassy

Pension Office
A
APR 27 1929
US

Enclosure.
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Rev. &1812  Wars Section
May 13, 1929

William S Howell, Jr.,
First Secretary,
Embassy of the United States of America,
Paris, France.

Sir:
    In response to your letter of April 12, 1929, I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Fontaine of South Carolina.
    Certified photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of William Howle, S.21303, (this soldier's name does not appear as Howell) have been mailed to you on this day.
    The number of pages is seven, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, and twenty-five cents additional for certification, making the total cost $1.30. The difference between your remittance and the cost, $3.70, will be refunded to you in due time.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN.
Acting Commissioner.