Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 79022-160-55, for William Sutton, South Carolina
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SERVICE S. C.
Sutton, William
Mary
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 79022-160-55
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Hugh & Nichols Oct 26/57
" " Dec 17/57
Vol S2 Page 150

282668 act March 3/55, Oct 17/57
Mary Sutton widow 
William Sutton pri
Capt 79.022 issued March 23/58
Col SC Mil
Revolution
Ad: 160 AG Mch 22/55
Boynton
Hon Jas S Orr
speaker Ho Rep
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282,668

No.

Claim Mary Sutton
Act of March 3rd -- 1855.

Filed by
Tho. L Hughes & A. I Nichols Esq
of Clarksville Georgia
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DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF South Carolina
County of Pickens
On this 24th day of September 1857, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths,
Mary Sutton aged 88 years, a resident of Pendleton in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Sutton
deceased, who was a Private and Officer in the company commanded by Captain name not recollected, in the Regiment of not known
commanded by Col._ in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and served in the State of South Carolina
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at _ on  or about the _ day of in time of said war, for the term of_ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was married to the said William Sutton in the County of Barnwell State of South Carolina on or about the 10th day of December 1822 by John Chitty a magistrate
and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Taylor, that her said husband died at Barnwell on the 18th day of November 1833, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled
under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor
made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
Thos J Hughes and AJ Nichols of Clarksville Ga are hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim
and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
s/ Mary Sutton
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We, Martha J. Miller and Rebecca J. Jones residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
by the above Mary Sutton in our presence; and that we believe,
from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said William Sutton and his wife (now the widow ) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said William Sutton on the 18th day of November
died at Barnwell on the 10th day of November 1833, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.
s/ Martha J Miller
Rebecca Jones X her mark
MAGISTRATE' S CERTIFICATE
The foregoing declaration, and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. s/ L. H. Verner J.P
COUNTY CLERK' S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF South Carolina
District of Pickens
Office Court of Court of Common 
Pleas & General Sessions I hereby certify that LH. Vern Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration
and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking
the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and
for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and
qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this First day of October
1857 s/ JE Hagood Clerk.
C. C. P. G.
If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after the word widow;
and in such case such other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew
them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, will be admissible.
copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that
A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the
certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to so
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79,022

100 Acres
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Washington March 22nd, 58

Sir,
I enclose you herewith supplemental evidence in the claim of Mary Sutton, widow of William Sutton a revolutionary soldier for bounty land to wit:
The affidavit of R L. Miller.  A letter from W. R. Huntt a clerk in the office of the Comptroller Genl, of South Carolina. Also a letter addressed to me by Thomas J. Hughes the Agent.
You will please file the supplemental evidence with the original claim
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and examine the same at
your earliest convenence
& report the same to me-
Very respectfully
James L Orr
Geo. C. Whiting Eq
Com Pensions
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Clarksville Georgia
November 25th 1857
Sir We herewith send evidence of identity in the case of Mary Sutton Claiming Land Bounty which
we hope will satisfy the department that her claim is meritorious and fairly laid before Government and as the old lady is very poor and needy we
respectfully solicit an early action on the affidavit now sent
Respectfully yours &c
Tho J Hughes & A. J. Nichols
Geo C Whiting Comr
Washington City D C
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State of South Carolina
Pickens District.
Personally came Robert L. Miller
and after being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith on oath, that he became acquainted with William Sutton shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War in
Barnwell District, State of South Carolina and learned from him that the service he performed in said war
was in and about and near to Camden South Carolina, and further says that he did not know the said William Sutton during the war, cannot testify
directly to his services, but knows that he was notoriously reputed and regarded as a soldier of the Revolution and knows that he is the same man that married the Mary Sutton who is now applying for Land
Bounty, from Pickens District, South Carolina as his widow and fully believes she is justly entitled
s/ R L Miller
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of Febry 1858. And I certify that the above named Robert L. Miller may be relied on for
truth and honesty.
Danl P. Robins
Not Put. P.Q
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State of South Carolina
Pickens District
Office Court of Common pleas & General Sessions
I J E Hagood Clerk of the said Court do hereby Certify that Danl P Robins who has signed the within attestation is and was a Notary Public at the time of so signing in and for the said District and State duly qualified by
law to take acknowledgements that his attestation is in due form of Law and that his signature thereto is
Genuine
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court at Clerks Office Pickens Court
House this the 6th Day of March
A D 1856  s/ J E Hagood
C.C.P. G.S.
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Clarksville, Georgia
March 12th 1858
Dear Sir
I am prosecuting a claim to Land Bounty for Mrs Mary Sutton of Pickens Dist. So Ca. She is a relation
of the Millers of Pendleton, and I think if I could get your personal influence you could have the claim allowed, it has been refused upon the ground, that the District in which William her husband served had not been furnished and I think from the
affidavit of R.L. Miller and the letter from the Comptroller Genl of old, that the Department will be satisfied that the service was performed in Camden District. There has been proof already
furnished that William Sutton served in Genl [William] Henderson's Brigade and the letter of the Comptroller Genl and the affidavit of R.L. Miller now
sent are intended for proof of identity.
your early attention to this matter will be duly appreciated, the old lady ought to have the Bounty and I hope will get it. If allowed send it to me at Clarksville Georgia, and oblige
your old friend &C
s/ Tho J Hughes
Hon J.L. Orr
Washington City DC
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Clarksville Georgia
October 12th 1857
Sir
We herewith send the papers of Mary Sutton for Land Bounty; but we first undertook for her to get a pension and upon writing to Columbia we find
from the amount of Service performed by William Sutton her husband that she is probably not entitled to a pension and have declined sending her declaration for
that part of her claim at present
She is very poor and old and as the claim to Land Bounty seems to be quite meritorious we hope that the Department will favor her claim
by an early and liberal action and decision and said as her Land Warrant at an early date
Respectfully &c
Thos. Hughes & A. Nichols
Geo C Whiting Comr
Washington City D.C
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Mary Sutton
Tho J Hughes & AJ Nichols of
Clarksville, Georgia
282.668
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Know all men by these presents. That I Mary Sutton of Pickens District in the State of South Carolina, do hereby
constitute and appoint Thos J Hughes and Andrew J. Nichols
of Clarksville Georgia, my true and lawful Attorneys for me and in my name to prosecute my claim to Pension and Land Bounty in right of the services of my husband
William Sutton deceased, for the Revolutionary war and to receive when allowed the Pension certificate
and Land Warrant with the power of substitution or revocation if necessary, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of September 1857
s/ Mary Sutton 
L. H. Verner J.P.
WH. Miller

State of South Carolina  Pickens District Office Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions
I hereby certify that L.H. Verner
before whom the foregoing power of Attorney was made is and was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County this
and State duly commissioned and qualified and
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State of South Carolina 
Pickens District  Personally came Robert L. Miller aged Eighty five years who after being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith on oath that he was well acquainted with William Sutton in Barnwell District in the State of South Carolina, after the close of the Revolutionary war and has often heard him mention his hardship and exploits in service in said war and say that he performed service in Genl [William] Henderson's Brigade both in the capacity of Private and officer, and has often
heard him speak of one Col [Henry] Hunter as being an intimate friend of his during the time of said service
affiant further says that the said William Sutton was always received and respected as a revolutionary
Soldier and upon public celebrations, such as that of the fourth of July he was brought forward and regarded
as a veteran of the achievement of American Independence and one who was known to have performed
service in the war of the revolution in the State of South Carolina. Affiant also further states that the said William Sutton was married to Mary Taylor in Barnwell District in the State of South Carolina on the 10th day of December 1822 by one John Chitty
a magistrate, and died on the 10th day of November 1833. and was the only man of that name that he ever knew who was old enough to have served
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in the war of revolution, and that she the said Mary now resides in Pickens District State of South Carolina
and is applying for Land Bounty as his Widow and that he affiant saw them married 
s/ Robert L  Miller
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 day of November 1857, and I certify that the above named affiant may be relied on for truth and honesty, and that I am not interested in the result of this claim
s/ A B Bowden
Magst

State of South Carolina, Pickens District I, J.E. Hagood Clerk of
the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas in and for said District do hereby certify that A. B. Bowden
is a magistrate in and for said District duly commissioned and qualified and that his name as a magistrate above, before whom the foregoing
affidavit was made, is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 20th day of November 1857.
s/ JE Hagood
C.C.P.& G.S.
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Claim of Mary Sutton  to
Land Bounty No 282.668
Filed by TJ Hughes & AJ Nichols of
Clarksville, Ga
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Comptroller General's Office,
Columbia, S. C. March 6th 1858
Mr Tho. J. Hughes
Dear Sir
I find no evidence of the locality of Gen. [William] Henderson's Brigade, I find where Robt Henderson served
in Gent Henderson Brigade, from the heading of a slip of paper filed with Robt H_'s acct he appears to have been from Camden District
If it will aid you, you can either take a copy of Robt. Henderson's Acct, or I can certify that Robt. served in Genl Henderson Brige & that there is an appraisment of a Rifle Gun, signed
by Robt and Joshua Patrick, and headed So Carolina Camden District, which makes it appear that Genl
Henderson's Brigade may have been from Camden District, I think a copy of the acct would be preferable. Fee in either case $2.25
Very Respectfully
yrs &c
s/ W. R. Huntt
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W R Huntt
Comp Genl. Office
If a certificate of the within would be preferable and the letter will not answer, I will send the certificate when I hear from you
Tho J Hughes
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Wm Sutton's Indent & Acct
282.668
Paid
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No 1134  Lib Y
Issued 6th May '86 to Wm Sutton L9.1.5 Stg duty as a private, a Sergt
Major & Adjudt in Genl. Hendersons Brigade pr act audited.
Interest 13/4

No 116
1134 Y No 116 6th May '86
William Sutton
for 8 days duty as a private a 10/ per day, 12 days as Sergt Major @15/ pr day, and 18 days do as adjutant @ 60/ pr day from 26th April to 3d June 1782 in Genl Henderson's Brigade
Charged Currency L164:10:_
Deduct Less 97.10._
Leaves L67 - or Stg L9: 11:5

The State of South Carolina
To William Sutton Dr
L4 To 8 days pay as a private at 10/
7.10 To twelve days pay as Serjeant Major @ 12/a
65.11To Eighteen days pay as Adjutant @ L3  in General Henderson's Brigade from the 26th April to the 3d June 1782 L164.10
I do certify that the above account is just. H. Hunter Lt Col

William Sutton appeared before me and being duly sworn made oath
that the above is a just and true pay Bill, and that the above sum of one hundred and sixty four pounds ten shillings old Currency equal to twenty three pounds ten Shillings Sterling is justly due him, and that
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he has never received any part thereof. William Sutton
Sworn Octr 1st 1785 Before me
J Alexander JP
8 days as Private @ 10/. L4
12 " Segt Major @ 15/. L9
18 " Adjt @ 6/ . L54 = L67
Stg - 9:11:5
received from the Commissioners of the Treasury full satisfaction for the
within an Indent No 1134 Book Y. for nine pounds 11/5/  Stg
L 9. 11. 5 William Sutton

Comptroller General's Office Columbia SC Oct 3d 1857
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a
copy from the original Records of this office.-
Given under my hand 
No Seal of Office
WR Huntt
Dep Comp Genl