Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10489, for Moses Therrell, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S. C

Therrell, Moses
or Therrill,
Lucretia

NUMBER
R. 10489
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[underlined] R. A. WATERS, Print., D street, bet. 9th and 10th.

POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mary Bran daughter
of Lucretia Therell applicant for pension late
of Chesterfield District
hereby constitute and appoint Col M. Thompson
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of my mother
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I herby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at
Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate office which 
may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable her surviving children
Willy Brown Abigail Therell & Mary Bran
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I
might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and
Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Mary Bran her mark [X]

Witness my hand and seal this 15th day February A.D. 1853.

Signed and Sealed in the presence of}
K. T. Morgan
[scribble] Bran [mark (X)]

STATE OF South Carolina}
[crossed out: COUNTY OF] District of Chesterfield} SS:

On this Fifteenth day of February A. D. 1853.
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Mary Bran and acknowledged the foregoing Power, 
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand,}
the day and year aforesaid.}

R. T. Morgan [Magt written over top of J Peace]
Magst
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Claim of Pension
Act of 4th July 1836

STATE OF South Carolina}
Chesterfield District} SS.
[crossed out: COUNTY]

Be it known, That on this Fifteenth
day of February A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the 
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
Mary Bran a resident of South Carolina in said [County crossed out] District, and
made oath according to law that She is [crossed out: the] one of the children of Lucretia
Therile late of Chesterfield District - deceased who was an
applicant for a pension at the time of her death
[crossed out: who was a Revolutionary Pensioner] which has never been recovered

[crossed out: at the rate of [blank] Dollars per annum, that I has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased;] that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, 
and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in 
prosecuting said claim.
Mary Bran her mark [+]

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and}
year aforesaid, before me.}
K. T. Morgan Magst [crossed out: J. Peace]}

I K. T. Morgan [Justice crossed out] ^a magistrate of the Peace, in and for said [County crossed out] District, do hereby certify that Mary Bran who executed the foregoing paper, is a
respectable resident of this [County crossed out] ^District, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein forth.
K. T. Morgan Magistrate J. Peace.

I, J C Craig Clerk of the Court in the [County crossed out] District
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify K. T. Morgan before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a ^Magistrate [crossed out: Justice of the Peace] in and for said [County crossed out] district
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal, this Fifteenth day of
February A. D. 1853.

J C Craig Clerk.

[round seal stamped over a round paper]
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The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield District} SS.

On this fifteenth day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before Turner Bryan Esquire Judge of the
Court of Ordinary for the District aforesaid, Lucretia
Therrell a resident of the District of Chesterfield in the
State aforesaid, aged eighty five years on the tenth 
day of April last, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made 
by the act of Congress passed July 4th, 1836:  That she
is the widow of Moses Therrell who was a Private in
the War of the Revolution; that the said Moses Terrell
entered the service as an enlisted soldier in the
second Regiment and served three years which 
she believes was the time for which he was enlisted
but at what time he entered the service or under 
what officers he served, this deponent does not know 
except that he (the said Moses Therrell) was enlisted
by Calvin Spencer, afterwards Col. Spencer, but what
rank the said Spencer then bore she does not know.
This deponent believes that the said Moses Therrell
marched directly to Charleston after he enlisted 
and that he remained near Charleston the whole 
three years, she believes that the said Moses Therrell
was in an engagement whilst stationed on Beaufort 
Island near Charleston, South Carolina:  that the 
said Moses had two brothers, Abram & David Therrell
who were in the army at the same time and both of
whom died at or near Charleston; that the said Moses
Therrell, after the expiration of the three years service
aforesaid returned home in the month of July
but in what year this deponent does not know; that he
deponent and the said Moses Therrill were married
by Septha Venning a Baptist Preacher, in the District
of Chesterfield, South Carolina, in the month of 
October after the return of the said Moses Therrell
as above stated, but in what year she does not know.
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but believes it was about two years before the defeat of
Genl Gates near Camden, South Carolina; That shortly
after the marriage of the said Moses as above stated,
he was drafted for a term of two months, that he
marched to Charleston & was there the Christmas
after he was married; that he served the two months
but in what company or regiment, or under what
officer this deponent does not know- she does not
know that he was in any engagement during the
last mentioned time of service - at what time the
said Moses Therrell was drafted she does not know,
but he returned home in the month of February, 
That the said Moses Therrell then remained at home and
raised one crop, but early in the next spring he was
again drafted for five months, as this deponent
believes, that he left home before the crop was
planted and did not return untill this deponent had 
gathered the little crop of corn which 
she had raised, that he was at or near Charleston
the whole five months, but she does not know that the
said Moses Therrell was in any engagement during the
five months, nor does she know the company or
Regiment in which, nor the officers under whom he
served; that she is wholly illiterate and has no 
documentary proof either of her marriage, or of the
service of her husband; nor does she know of any of
the companions in arms of the said Moses Therrell
who are now alive.

She further declares that she was married to the said Moses
Therrell in the month of October as before stated but in
what year she does not know, except that it was about
two years before the defeat of Genl Gates as aforesaid,
that her husband, the aforesaid Moses Terrill, died on
the tenth day of July about the year 1787, and that
she has remained a widow ever since that period, as
will more fully appear in the proofs hereto annexed.
Lucretia Therrell her mark [X]

Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year
above written, before
Turner Bryan Judge
of the Court of Ordinary
for Chesterfield District
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Millinton Huggins personally came before me Turner Bryan
Esquire Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Chesterfield District
and being duly sworn saith, that he is the brother of Lucretia 
Therrell who has made the foregoing declaration; that at the 
time the said Lucretia was married to Moses Terrill, this
deponent was a boy; that at the time the said Lucretia
was married she lived with her grand father Edmond
Kite; that this deponent was not present at the marriage
but recollects to have been at his grandfathers when the
said Lucretia & Moses Terrell returned from being 
married, as it was then said; that the said Moses & Lucretia
ever after, (untill the death of the said Moses) lived together 
as husband & wife, & was always so regarded; this deponent
always believed & still believes that the said Moses & Lucretia 
were married as set forth in the declaration of the said 
Lucretia. This deponent further saith that he knows that the
said Moses Terrell served one tour in the war of
the Revolution before he was married, and two tours
after he was married, this deponent cannot say of his
own knowledge the length of time the said Moses served 
either turn, but has always understood & believed & still
believes that he served as stated in the foregoing declaration 
of the said Lucretia.  This deponent further saith 
that he does not recollect the year in which the said 
Moses Terrell died, but knows that he died shortly 
after the war of the Revolution, [illegible] that the said
Lucretia has remained a widow ever since.
Millinton Huggins his mark [X]

Sworn to before me this fifteenth}
day of May A.D. 1839.}
Turner Bryan Judge}
of the Court of Ordinary}

Rebecca S. Power personally came before me Turner Bryan Esquire, Judge
of the Court of Ordinary in & for Chesterfield District, who being
first duly sworn saith, that she has heard her husband Calvin
Spencer deceased who was an officer in the War of the Revolution, 
say that Moses Therrell the husband of Lucretia Therrell who 
has made the foregoing declaration was enlisted by him and
that he served in the war of the Revolution; that the said
Calvin Spencer after the war settled in the neighbourhood of
the said Moses Therrell and was always kind & attentive to
the said Therrell, who was a very poor man, saying he was a
good soldier in the War of the Revolution, He knows that the
said Moses & Lucretia lived together untill the death
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of the said Moses, as husband & wife & were so considered in
neighbourhood & this deponent believes they were a 
legally married couple; she further saith that the said
Lucretia has remained a widow ever since the death of
the said Moses; and she believes the said Lucretia 
worthy of credit.
R S Powel

Sworn to & subscribed the}
day & year above written
before Turner Bryan Judge ⎬
of the Court of Ordinary of CD}

[written sideways, on the far right: Lucretia Therrell]

Lewis Garvey a clergyman residing in the District
of Chesterfield, South Carolina, hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with Lucretia Therrell 
who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration,
that she has always been reputed to have been the
lawful wife of Moses Therrell, who is reputed
to have been a soldier of the Revolution; that
she has remained a widow ever since the
death of the said Moses & that she is worthy
of credit.  I also certify that I am well 
acquainted with Millinton Huggins & Mrs R S Power 
who have subscribed to & sworn to the foregoing 
affidavits & that they are both entitled
to credit.
Lewis Garvey

Sworn to & subscribed this
3d day of June, 1839, before
Turner Bryan Judge of the
Court of Ordinary of C. D.
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State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield District}  I, Turner Bryan Judge of the
Court of Ordinary in & for the District aforesaid, after
investigating the matter, do hereby certify that I
am fully of opinion that Moses Therrell was a
Soldier of the Revolution, and that Lucretia Therrell
who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration
was legally married to the said Moses Therrell as she
has set forth in her declaration.  I further certify
that Lewis Garvey who has subscribed & sworn to the
foregoing certificate is a respectable clergyman 
residing in the said District of Chesterfield & is entitled
to credit.  I also certify that the Court of Ordinary
is a Court of record & that I have no Seal of Office.

Given under my hand & seal (there being no seal
of Office) this 4th day of June in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

Turner Bryan [drawing of a round seal with scalloped edges:] Seal
Ordinary of Chesterfield District

I, J. C. Craig Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
& General Sessions in the District of Chesterfield, do
hereby certify that Turner Bryan Judge of the
Court of Ordinary in the said District and that the
above signature purporting to be his, is genuine.

Given under my hand & seal of Office
at Chesterfield Court House this 4th day
of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty nine,
& in the Sixty third year of the [illegible] 
& Independence of the United States of America.

J. C. Craig Clerk of the Court for
Chesterfield District

[on the left: round seal stamped over a diamond-shaped paper]
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ton.
August 12, 1908.

Mrs. P. H. Mell,
Clemson College, S. C.

Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 3" and received the 4" instant,
you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show
William Day, South Carolina troops, born August 1754, date of death not
stated.  Sur. File 16,755.

Benjamin Neighbors, South Carolina troops, born August 13, 1762,
date of death not stated.  Sur. File 19,000.

Moses Terrell, South Carolina troops, date of birth not stated, died
July 10, 1787. Rej. 10,489.
This last claim was not allowed as there was no proof of the duration
of soldier's service.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[two-column page]

[left side]
1908 Aug. 13 Mrs. P. H. Mell
Tombstone Data S.L.M.

[right side]
[crossed out:] Acts of July 14,1862, and March 3, 1878.

10.489
P.O. [blank] 
Lucretia Therrill
Service: [blank] 

Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged: [blank], 18
[stamped diagonally across the Enlisted and Discharged lines:] REJECTED

Application filed: [blank], 18
Alleges: [blank] 
Re-enlisted: [blank] 
Attorney: [blank] 
P. O. [blank] 

[blank] Recognized.  [blank] Cont
[blank] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [blank], 18
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Lucretia Therrill
South Carolina
Suspended

See let. J.W. Hanna
Sept 3d 1839
M. Thompson July 16. 1853
104. [number crossed out] 89
4 July 1836
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Moses Terrell
S.C. Troops
Rev. War.

born - not stated
died - July 10, 1787

Aug. 10, 1908
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3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by L. D. L. 
Claim No. [blank] 
Certificate No. [blank] 
Claimant [blank] 

Soldier Moses Terrell
Service S. C. 
Additional Service Rev. War

No [blank] claim, State records [blank], 190
No [blank] claim, combination records [blank], 190

REMARKS:
No claim, except
Rej. #10489

[blank] 
9-8 Chief Division
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Chesterfield C.H. S.C.
August 26th 1839

J.L. Edwards Esqr. Comr. of Pensions
Sir: some time him, I enclosed to you
the Declaration of Mrs. Rebecca S. Pow, & Mrs Lucreita
Therrell, widows of Revolutionary soldiers. I apprehend, 
either, that they have not reached you, or that
in the hurry of business they have been overlooked.

You will confer a favor on the old Ladies if
you will inform me within the declarations have
been received; & if received, within or not they are
sufficient to entitle them to Pensions.

Very respectfully your
obdt. Servt.
W. J. Hanna
JUne 10 recd
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South Carolina
Chesterfield District ⎬ Before me personally appeared
Elizabeth Crowley aged upwards of ninety years
who being first duly sworn according to law on
oath Says that she was well acquainted with
Lucretia Therell widow of Moses Therell late of
Chesterfield District deceased Since her first recollection 
and well recollects the occurrence of her marriage
to Moses Therell but was not present at the
Marriage which took place about three miles from
where She deponent, and the mariage took
place at the house of one John Norrice and
well recollects that it was some years before the
fall of Charleston South Carolina.  That some
time after her marriage the said Moses Therell
enlisted in the South Carolina Line but cannot
recollect under what officers and was
repeatedly at her house during the absence
of her said husband, and thinks he was marched
to guard the western frontier of South Carolina
died in Said Service and was well acquainted with
Said Lucretia Therell up to the time of
her death

Sworn to & Subscribed this 17th day of February
1853
Elizabeth Crowley her mark [X]

B C Cassady
Magistrate

I the said Magistrate do certify that I am
well aquainted with the said Elizabeth Crowley
who has sworn to and subscribed the above
affidavit and that she is a woman of remarkable
mind and memory and the age she recommands 
hereof to be and her statement entitled to full
Credit

B C Cassady Magistrate
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South Carolina
Chesterfield District ⎬ I J. C. Craig Clerk of the Court
for Chesterfield District do certify that B.C. Cassady
before whom the foregoing certificate was made was
at the date thereof an acting Magistrate in & for
said district duly appointed & qualified and
that his signature thereto is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of
Office this 28th March 1853

J. C. Craig Clk

[round seal]
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South Carolina
Chesterfield District ⎬ Be it known that on this
21st day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty
three before the undersigned a magistrate in and for
the District aforesaid personally appeared Mary Boan
a resident of said District and made oath according to
law that she is the Daughter of Lucretia Theril, that her
children were entitled to thucretia Therril whose
heirs are now applicants for pension; that she was
not aware until recently informed that after the
death of her mother said Le amount due her. 
That she is directly interested as a claimant in Said
pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with
Such additional evidence or arguments as my
agent may use in prosecuting Said claim
Mary Boan her mark [+]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me
K T Morgan Magst


I, Keran T. Morgan a magistrate in and for
the District aforesaid do hereby certify that Mary
Boan who executed the foregoing paper is a
respectable citizen of this District and is
I believe directly interested in said claim as
therein set forth
K. T. Morgan Mages
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[Decorative watermark on the right]

South Carolina}
Chesterfield District} I, J. C. Craig Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions
for Chesterfield District do hereby certify that K. T. Morgan 
before whom the foregoing papers were
executed, was at the date of the same, a magistrate
in and for said District duly authorized by law to
administer oaths; and the name thereunto Subscribed
is his Signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed my
Seal of Office this 23d day of
May AD 1853
J. C. Craig Clerk
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[image, comprising two ovals containing a tree, and a woman in classical Greek dress, surrounded by words including: OPIBUSQUE and SPES.  Foliage around the perimeter.] P. H. MELL, PH. D. President

CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
(STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE)
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

CLEMSON COLLEGE S. C.
Aug. 3d, 19o8

Commissioner of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please give me the services in the War of the Revolution
of the following soldiers. The information is desired for the purpose
of properly marking their graves.

Moses Terrell, who was a Virginian, but died in Pickens District S. C. 
Benjamin Neighbors, ^or Benj. Franklin Neighbors of Pickens District, S. C.

He is on the list of Revolutionary pensioners of Census of 1840.
William Day of Pickens District, S. C.  He is also one of Pensioners
in Census of 1840.

This information will be very gratefully welcomed.

Respectfully
Mrs. P. H. Mell
Chairman Committee for Marking Soldiers Graves.

[round date stamp:] A AUG 4 1908, U. S. PENSION OFFICE