Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,664, John Broom, S.C.
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Service S.C.    Broom, John Number S. 21,664
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16,706.
South Carolina.-
John Broom.-
of Fairfield in the State of So. Ca.
who was a pr. in the_____ commanded
 by Captain ________ of the Regt commanded
by Col; Taylor in the So. Ca.
line for 8 mo 10 day

Inscribed on the Roll of So. Carolina
at the rate of 27. Dollars 77. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18.-day of Sept: 11. and ? Jas. Elliott.
Winnsboro. So. Ca.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833.          69.42
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 3   13.88
                                                            $80.30
Recorded by M. Rice _ Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 63

ower to pay:  see letter to P. Reg. 21 June 1836_
Arden to hay 17. Nov 1837.
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John Broom Sheet 1st
State of South Carolina
Fairfield District

On this second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before William D. Martin our of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions now siting at Fairfield Court House in the District and State a ? aid John Broom a resident of the District to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832
Deponent was born in the State of North Carolina Wake County & when about five years old was moved to the District afore? aid when has resided ever since.  Deponent's age is recorded in a book which he believes to have been done by his father, according to which he was born on the 16th March 1763. Deponent served as a private solder in the militia during the Revolutionary war and never did receive any written or regular discharge.

Deponent went out as a volunteer in a company commanded by Jacob Frazer in Col. Thomas Taylor Regiment in the year 1781 & in May or June of that year. The Company started with a few individuals & they went on a recruiting move until they arrived at Haig’s Plantation on the Congaree River below where Columbia now is.
After remaining encamped more
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for some time they were marched into Orangeburg for the purpose of attacking the British under Rawdon.
Gen. Sumpter Commanded the militia.  The British would not give battle & they then marched on down the Country to Biggan Church within 32 or 33 miles of Charleston.
The British were encamped there & Deponent acted as a guard & guarded prisoners 12 or 13 which were taken by Col. Hampton.  The British burned the Church & retreated to Charleston.  Deponent’s regiment was then marched to Murray’s Ferry in Santee where about fifty more prisoners were brought in & Deponent assisted to guard them.  They were marched to Sumpters plantation in Sumpter District.  The Regiment then dispersed.  The whole of this tour Deponent thinks was about three Months.

2nd
The next service was in the same years at Orangeburg which Deponent performed as a drafted militia man.  This was in Col. Tho. Taylor’s Regiment & Deponent was commanded by Lt. Brown. This service was about three months.

3rd
In the following year Deponent was again drafted & performed duty as a soldier three months at the Four Holes in Orangeburg, under a Captain Pope in Col. Taylor’s regiment.

The Deponent performed duty in all at least nine months.  Since short tour performed times of service not particularly recollected.
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Deponent 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 to before me as subscribed the day and year aforesaid.


His
John Boom

In ?  Court
J. Elliott ?  Esq.

South Carolina 
Fairfield District }

Beforeme appeared Jeremiah Taylor and being duly sworn makes oath that he was aquainted with John Broom who makes the foregoing declaration, during the time he performed the services of a soldier as he has stated & has lived about three miles from him ever since.

Deponent knows personally that the said John Broom did serve as a soldier at the times & places & for the terms which he has stated in his said declaration.  This Deponent knows he was considered a good soldier & he is a man of respectable character.

His
Jeremiah Taylor
M?

Sworn to and subscribed
Before me this 9th Nov 1832
In his court
J. Elliott ? Esq.
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I Meredith Taylor a resident of Fairfield District do hereby testify that I am well acquainted with John Broom, who has [illegible] and sworn to the alone declaration, that we believe him to have been a soldier of the Revolution, deponant saw him in giving a returning in every  tour he had mentioned.  Relieved him at the  [illegible] and at brandeburg, [illegible] presently that he served  in the time and at the [illegible]  Lived [illegible] not more than ten miles distant  [illegible] since the war and the repudative of his [illegible] is that he was a [illegible] of the revolutionary war.


Sworn to & Subscribed to before me
this 2th Nov. 1832  in [illegible] court
J. Elliot esq [illegible]

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatives presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant when sworn was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the  [illegible] then certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah Taylor and Meredith Taylor who have signed the preceding certificate are resident of Fairfield [illegible], and are credible further, and that their statements are correct.
November 2nd 1832
W D. Martin
Presiding Judge
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John Broom 1.
Evidence ?

State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield

Before me James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Please and General Sessions for Fairfield District personally appeared John Broom who made his declaration in open Court, the Honorable Wm. D.Martin Judge of Common Please & General Sessions per the State conf?  On the second day of November 1832 in X to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress June 4th 1832 which declaration and the proceeding had therein are contained in two sheets. 

1st
That is the first tour mentioned in the declaration Deponent served from the latter part of May, as deponent believes, in the year 1781 until a few days before the  Eutaw Battle the 8th or 9th Sept. 1781, fully three months as a private.  Thomas Taylor was the Colonel commanding and was present.   In the first tour, Deponent volunteered  Two or three hundred of the militia collected in Richland District at Hurley Dumill and was there joined by Col. Taylor, joined shortly afterwards.  Genl. Merion was along at Diggan Church affair.

2nd
In the second tour deponent recollected that he applied to Lieut. Brown  at Orangeburg  after he had been at Orangeburg ten weeks  for leave to return home, on account of a hurt or wound he had received in the first tour in are x of x deponen tis in which, and was referred to Lt. Brown how they
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Deponent served afterwards he does not at this time recollect, but these ten weeks and the time necessary taken in going and returning would endure three months [underscored] which he served in this tour as a private drafted? soldier, and probably said longer.  
Captain John Hollis was along this time.  Genl? Sumpter was along most of the time and whilst there had the command.  Colonel Luey was there and regiment.  Capt James Craig was there.  [crossed out.] Forces in considerable numbers were counted up and brought to camp.

In the third time deponent served three months [underscored] as a private [underscored] drafted? soldier [underscored].  Col Richard Winn was there and deponent company was   attached to his command.  This time returned in 1782.

That in every tour mentioned deponent served in a company duly organized, and regularly enbodied?, and called into service by the authority of  South Carolina.  That he served on the field and not in gun[illegible]; and [for the time strike through] during the time the he [illegible] was performing he was not employed in any civil pursuit, but was entirely engaged with his military duties.  That deponent served not up then the period mentioned above, and [strike through that] claims a pension for nine months service as a private, being nine, twenty fourths of a full pension as he has been informed.

Sworn to & Subscribed before}
me this 12th August 1833}
J. Elliot [illegible Ret E**]

John Broom [in between first and last name]- his X mark
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State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield


I James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield District do surely certify that the foregoing definition of  ? sworn was taken and decided before me as a Justice of the Governor Ex Officio. And that John Broom is a credible witness.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this office this 12th day of August AD 1833.

J. Elliott
cc
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21,850
John Broome
Fairfield Dist
So Caro

American 
Private
 8 10/30 mo 17.77

E:
James Elliott
Winnsboro
So. Caro.
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Statement showing the Service of John Broome

May  to June 1781 about 3 months. 
 Rank of claimant: Private.
Names & Rank of the Company Officers under whom he served:  Capt. Frazer
Names & rank of the General & field officers:
Col Taylor, Genl Hampton
Country through which he marched:
March to the Congaree & to Orangeburg.|
Place of abode where he entered service & present age:
70 years / Fairfield District, S Car.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
By living Witnesses.

About 2 months, 10 days.
Private under Col. Taylor , Orangeburg.

About 3 months Private under Col. Taylor, Four Hole.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but no those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c., Teamsters, Boatmen &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded form the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places as night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Person employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the Department, all person claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of} ss..
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 9d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under mor than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank, and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engage, and the country through which he marched. [pointing figure symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do herby declare their opinion (g) that the above names applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the state Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz.:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them the A.B. and that C.D., who was signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commissions,; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produced such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier
{To an Officer.
{Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 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 that 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."
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 that 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 in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of take or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service. 

 [j] 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 claimant's 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.
[pointing hand symbol] The notes form [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is not [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Jno. Broom

John Broom

20850
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Revolution
21,664
INVALID
File No. 21,664
John Broom
Pri. Rev. War
Act:  June 7th 32
Vol. 2,
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John Broom Sheet 2nd

State of South Carolina

I James Elliott clerk of the Court Common Please and General ? for Fairfield District in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contained in two sheets the ? procuring of the said ? in the matter of the application of I here sworn for a person.

In testimony whereof I have unto out my hand and seal of this Office this the second day of November AD 1832.

J Elliott
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Planters of Mech's Bank of S Ca
Charleston 14th June 1836

J. L. Edwards. Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I forward here with for authority from you for payment.  Voucher of John Broom, a Pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832.  There being two years pay due upon the same.

I am respectfully
Your Obed Servt

F Lanneau
Pension Agent
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Planters & Mechanics Bank of So Ca.
Charleston. 10 November 1837

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington

Sir,

I forward herewith for your authority to pay, Voucher of John Broom upon which 18 Mos. pension is due.

I am very respectfully
Your Oh Sir
A Spears

Jeffersson? Agurd