Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39148, John Alverson, Va.
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SERVICE: Va.
Alverson, John
NUMBER: S. 39148
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Left side:
R
A.B.-
Died Feb 25- 1829
Crosswise:
Notification sent 5 Oct 1822 to John Garlington Laurens C.H. S.C.


Right side:
16,656
South Carolina.
John Alverson
of Hodges ford in the state of So. Carolina,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel D. Morgan of the Virginia
line, for the term of 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 24th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of April [year missing- 1822?]
and sent to John Drayton, Esq.;
Columbia, S.C.

Arrears to 4th of March 1820 178.89
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 48.00
[=] $226.89
Continued
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Side & bottom cut off:
1 yr
10 mo

[illegible] Roll of Pensions to 10 mar 1830 -- $179.89
Pymt paid him as an Invalid [?]}
[missing] from [illegible] 1878}
[missing] 1830} 119.[??]
[missing] mos. & Revy pension} $55[???]
[missing] and, 1820} 4[??]
[=] $10[??]
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John Alverson 
Virginia line- 
Revolutionary claim. 

24th April, 1818. 
transmitted by John Drayton, Esq;  judge of the district Court of the U. S. for the district of South Carolina, Colum'a. 

Suspended, until Virg'a. rolls, &c. are received. 

It is thought advisable to return this declaration to the judge, with an additional endorsement.
July, 18, 1818.
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Left side:
July 18, 1818.
The Virginia rolls to prove the service stated by the applicant, have not yet been received at the pension office. The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving the service, is required in lieu thereof; or an honorable discharge, signed by the proper officers of the regimt. and found to be genuine, stating the period of service, and the time when the claimant left it, would be deemed satisfactory evidence.- 
The proof of his being in indigent circumstances and needing the support of his country, is sufficient. 

Right side:
John Alverson lives in Laurens District, in the fork between Reedy River and Saluda, at Hodges ford on Rabons Creek 

Raised $10. for him by Subscription among the Lawyers & paid it to him this 8" March 1820 at Charles Ford 

I wrote Secy of War as to the Virginia Roll 
10th March 1820.
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District of South Carolina 
I John Alverson, do hereby swear & affirm, that during the American Revolutionary War, I belonged to the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, on the Continental Establishment, commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan and belonging to the Company in that Regiment commanded by Captain William Smith. That I was at the Battle of Brandywine, where I lost two fingers of my left hand being shot off; the sinew of my right arm was cut by a British Dragoon in the retreat: Besides which I received two bayonet stabs in my right thigh & Leg. I was afterward in the winter of 1778, discharged at the Valley Forge: the discharge I long had but moving about it has been worn out & destroyed. I afterwards went to my home the Virginia, I came to this State when I took a Waggon Masters place in the Army, and was taken prisoner by the British at the fall of Charleston in 1780. I now receive a pension from the United States of forty dollars pr anm or thereabouts, which in case of my claiming [?] a pension under the late Act of Congress of March 18: 1818 - entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in Revolutionary War" I do hereby
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relinquish; as well as any other pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States. And I swear that from my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my Country for support [sentence underlined]. And that it is not in my power to produce papers to support my claims but they are so for supported, as having entitled me to be put heretofore on the pension list of the United States.
John (X his mark) Alverson
Columbia April 24th 1818} 
Sworn to before me & signed by his}
Mark in my presence }
[Signed] John Drayton 
Dist Judge So. Carolina

District of South Carolina 
Columbia April 24th 1818 
To the Honble John C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War
 
I John Drayton 
District Judge of South Caro[lina]
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[Caro]lina do hereby certify the above Deposition of John Alverson, and that I believe the same to be true -The wounds mentioned therein I have examined this day: and from all circumstances I have no reason to doubt the propriety of this Claim under the Act mentioned in the said Deposition.
[Signed] John Drayton
Dis .Judge, So. Carolina
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S. Carolina Laurens Dis.

John Alverson's
schedule
No. 16,656.
Sep 20.
Con
J.L.E.
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South Carolina} 
Laurens District}  To wit. On this nineteenth day of April 1832, Personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record to wit, the circuit Court holden for the said District, John Alverson aged Sixty three years, resident in said District, who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: to wit, in the Eleventh regiment Commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan in Capt William Smiths company of the Virginia line, that on the twenty fourth day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen in the circuit Court holden for the District of Laurens he made his declaration in conformity to the law of the United States of the 18th March 1818, and received from the Secretary of War, a certificate that he was inscribed on the pension list roll of South Carolina agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month to commence on the 24th day of April 1848 which certificate is dated the 7th of April 1820: on which certificate he has received the sum of fifty nine Dollars. And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War" passed on the 18th March 1818, and that I nor nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contract or his due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereon endorsed and by me subscribed, that I am by occupation a farmer or labourer, but in consequence of the wounds I received at the battle of Brandywine by a stroke of the broad sword across the shoulder my right arm is greatly disabled, two of my fingers on the left hand were shot off, and I was Bayonetted in the right thigh and leg, and from the infirminities [sic] of old age I cannot do much work, that I have a wife named Frances aged Fifty three of years, one son named Zachariah aged eighteen years, and a Daughter named Frances age fourteen years residing with me, Sworn to in Open Court the 19th April 1822. 
John (X his. mark) Alverson
John Garlington, Clerk 

A Schedule of the property of John Alverson 
1 one sow & 6 pigs estimated as worth $9. one blind mare $20. 4 Tubbs & Slays & Harnesses & [illegible] $6, 2 pots $6, one pot rack $2, do $1.25 --- $44.25
flatt Irons $2,  2 pails $1,  2 washing tubbs $3.50, 3 Chairs $1.50, knives and forks $2, 
Crockery ware $1.50, pewter 6 plates 75¢, 2 dishes $1.50, basons $1.50 --- 14.25
1 plow & gear $2,  2 weeding Hoes $1, 1 ax $1.50, about 4 barrells corn $12, nearly 30[?] bacon $3.75 --- 20.25 
[=] $78.75
John (X his mark) Alverson
From the information given to me I am of opinion the value affixed to the property contained in the above Schedule is correct.  
[Signed] C.J. Colcock
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State of South Carolina 
I John Garlington clerk of the court of Laurens District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto indorsed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seventy eight Dollars Seventy five cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on the Twenty fourth day of June 1822.
[SEAL]
[Signed] John Garlington Clerk of Laurens Dist. Court
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July 14, 1939. 
Mrs. Edward N. Passmore 
Box 33 
Dothan, Alabama. 
BA-J/ILL
John Alverson
S.39148

Dear Madam: 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.39148, based upon service of John Alversonin the Revolutionary War, and upon disability incurred in that war.
John Alverson resided in Virginia at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War; the county in which he resided was not stated.
John Alverson enlisted, exact date not shown, served as a private in Captain William Smith's company, Colonel Daniel Morgan's 11th Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine during which he received a bayonet wound in his right thigh, a cut in his right arm, and had two fingers on his left hand shot off; he was discharged in the winter of 1778 at Valley Forge. Later, he went to South Carolina, served as a wagon master in the Army and was taken prisoner in 1780, when Charleston was taken by the British. 
On account of disability resulting from wounds as stated above, he was allowed pension from March 4, 1794 under the Act of June 7, 1785. His name was placed on the Virginia Agency.
John Alverson applied April 24, 1818 for pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War under the Act of March 18, 1818, at which time he relinquished his disability pension. His claim was allowed. His application for pension was executed in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1820, the soldier lived at Hodge's Ford on Raiburns Creek, in the fork between the Reedy and Saluda Rivers, Laurens District, South Carolina.
In 1822, the soldier gave his own age as sixty-three years and that of his wife, Frances, as fifty-three years; he did not state
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her maiden name, nor the date and place of their marriage. In 1882, two children were living at home, namely, Zachariah, aged eighteen years, and Frances, aged fourteen years. There are no further data regarding the family of this soldier.
John Alverson died February 25, 1829.
In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was paid, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following: 
John Alverson, 
Certificate #16656 
Issued April 7, 1859
Commenced April 24, 1818 
Rate $8 per month 
Act of March 18, 1818 
South Carolina Agency. 

Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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39148
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 39,148
John Alverson
Pri Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1907 Apl. 16. Hist to E.G. Cumming - c
1939- July 14. Hist to Mrs. Edward N. Passmore I.L.L.
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Alverson, John 
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pensions returned by the District Court for the District of Virginia, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 105. 

Rank: Private. 
Capt. Smith's company, 11th Virginia regiment. 
Disability: Wounded in the left hand, at the battle of Brandywine; had two of his fingers shot off; likewise wounded in the right thigh by a musket ball 
Where disabled: Brandywine. 
Monthly allowance: $3.33 ⅓ 
Arrears due: $200.00 
Remarks: This man does not appear on the musters of this regiment. 
Evidence transmitted by the District Court perfect.
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So. Carolina Charleston April 1st 1820. 

Sir
In consequence of a letter of correspondence lately received from you stating, That "Since the papers in the case of John Alverson were returned to you, in July 1818, the Virginia Rolls have been received [underlined]: and on examination I am satisfied, that the Claimant served as he stated in his petition. If you will return the documents now in your hands, I will direct his name to be put on the pension list, and a certificate to be forwarded to him." 
In consequence of the above, I have now the Honor of returning to You the said John Alverson's affirmation & Oath, with my Certificate thereon, as [illegible - accounted?] on the 24th April 1818: and will be obliged to You to have his Claim for pension passed: as he is meretorious [sic] & in need. And you can forward the Certificate for it, either to him at Laurens Court House (he living in Laurens District by the fork between Reedy River and Saluda, at Hodge's ford on Raborns Creek) or to me.
Should you be able to forward it immediately, & should send it to my Care, please direct to me at Columbia; as I shall be there on the 20th April to hold a Circuit Court there, it being my turn; and it is probable Alverson or some Agent will be enquiring of me then about it; As I told him I
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should be at Columbia on the 20th April, to preside in the Federal Circuit Court.
I am very respectfully
Sir
Yr. Obt. Servt.
[Signed] John Drayton

The Hon'ble}
John C. Calhoun}
Secretary of War}
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E.G. Cumming
Deposit
New York
Box 212
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Deposit, Broome Co. New York 
March 21, 1907 

Com. of Pensions - Dear Sir - I wish to ascertain the record of John Alverson, a Revolutionary Pensioner 
I am informed that he died about the year 1830 in Laurens Co, South Carolina. This is all the "clue" I can give. 
I wish to know place of birth. What state he lived in when he entered the service, 
Reg't, service, state, discharge. 
Any other Alverson in the Pension list.   
Is there any record of names of parents or brothers, name of wife 
I was directed by an officer in the Civil War to write you. 
Thanking you in advance for an answer - yours truly 
[Signed] E. G. Cumming
Box 212

[Receipt mark] O.W.& N. DIV. FILES APR 2 1907
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Box 33, Dothan, Alabama 
May 22, 1939. 

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.  

Dear Sir: 
Elijah Albertson ["OK" "in file" noted] or Alverson served in the War of 1812 as in private in Captain John K. Griffin's Company, Third Regiment (Alston's) South Carolina Militia. His service commenced November 6, 1814 and March 16, 1815. 
Later he moved to St. Clair County, Alabama, where he died in 1874, near Coal City, Alabama. 
Did he draw a pension for services as soldier? 
This information is to be used for membership in patriotic organization. 

John Alverson's name appears with rank of private on list of invalid pensioners between September 4, 1794 and September 5, 1802, under act of June 7, 1785. 
John Alverson enlisted from Virginia. He was wounded at Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania; captured by the British at the fall of Charleston. 
Will you please send the information you have on John Alverson as a Revolutionary Soldier ?
His last residence was the Laurens District, South Carolina. 
Yours Truly, 
Mrs. Edward N. Passmore 
Box 33, Dothan, Alabama 

1812 - Elijah
(SO - 25135
BCM
5152-120-35)
RECEIVED MAY 24 1939
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of John Alverson 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. 39.148 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE
1777 | to Winter 78 | blank | Capt. Wm. Smith/Col. Daniel Morgan | 11 Va.
1780 | blank | Wagon Master, Capt[ured]. by British at fall of Charleston 

In Battle of Brandy[wine]- soldier sustained loss of 2 fingers of left hand, cut of right arm & 2 bayonet stabs of right thigh and leg; and the records show that he was allowed pension for said wounds from Mar. 4, 1794 under Act of June 7, 1785. Died Feby 25,1829. 

Battles engaged in, Brandy[wine] Sept 77 Siege Charleston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Virginia 
Date of application for pension, Apr. 24, 1818. His claim was allowed. 
Residence in 1820, Hodge's ford, Raborn's Creek, Laurens Dist., S.C. 
Age 1822 - 63 years.
Remarks: 1822 - wife Frances ae 53 ch. Zachariah 18 & Frances 14.
Very respectfully,
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The records show that he was allowed pen for said wounds from Mar. 4, 1794 under the Act of June 7, 1785.
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July 14, 1939. 
Mrs. Edward Passmore
Box 33
Dothan, Alabama.

BA-J/ILL ow
John Alverson
S. 39148

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Alverson who served from Virginia and was wounded in the battle of Brandywine, also, the War of 1812 record of Elijah Alverson, who served from South Carolina and died in 1874, in Alabama.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data, and the limited clerical force available for furnishing that information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers in those wars. The record of John Alverson, the Revolutionary War soldier, is furnished you herewith, pension claim S. 39148.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 

Elijah Alverson in flat file - War of 1812.