Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,579, John Ward, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     N. C.       S. C.

Ward, John

NUMBER    S. 32.579

CONTENTS
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25.781
Alabama
John Ward
of Bibb. Co in the State of Alabama
who was a Priv in the  Company commanded by Captain Outlaw of the Regt. commanded by Col. Kinnon -- in the N Carolina Militia

9 Mo Pr.   $ 30.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 30 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued thew 30 day of Jany and Sent to  1834 Hon S. W. Mardis, Ho of Reps

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 --     75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 - 15.00
                                                                  $90.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. P. Sprague. Clerk,
Book C    Vol.  81   Page  53


[writing vertically from top to bottom of page on right side of page as follows:] John Clark & Co  Aug 27. 1856 ---  This letter only referred this firm to the 3" Auditor. (rmsft V)
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The State of Alabama} 
Bibb County} On this 3 day of June 1833. personally appeared in open court before Thomas Crawford Judge of the County count of Bibb County and State aforesaid John Ward a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged about seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provission made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832:  States that in his sixteenth year he was drafted in the County of Duplin & State of North Carolina that he entered the service under the command of Capt Alexander Outlaw that said company was under the command of Col Kinnon & Major Dickson: applicant states his company March from just below Fayetteville (then brass - age R). down on the South side of Cape Fair River about thirty miles to what was called Moore's creek that the Regiment to which applicant then belonged joined Col. Caswell's Redgement of Mounted men:  that the two Redgements then at Moore's Creek had an engagement with the Torries in which battle they proved successful & defeated the Torries with the loss of one man only. that a considerable number of the Torries were killed & wounded; that the Torry commander Major McCDonald was Killed in the engagement; that the army to which applicant then belonged then marched into Duplin County & from thence to Willmington where the army remained stationed for some time, from what place applicant states.  he marched to a little Town called Brunswick where he remained for some time and then marched back to Willmington where applicant was discharged without receiving any written discharge a two months tour that applicant then lived in Duplin County & State of North Carolina applicant states he then Moved from North Carolina. to South Carolina to Edgefield District: applicant states that he then entered the service as a Volunteer under the command of
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of Captain Burney & was attached to Col. Hammonds Redgement. which Redgement was afterwards under the command of General Lincoln:  applicant states he served under Captain Burny a three months tour; applicant states that during his tour under Cape Burny he was in the battle at Savanah in which the British proved victorious of the number killed & wounded on each side applicant can not state applicant states he was also in the battle at Stone --Ow in which battle the american forces proved victorious -- the number of killed & wounded of each applicant states he does not recollect. applicant states that the american army at the battle of Savannah & also at Stone ow was commanded as well as applicant now recollects by General Lincoln applicant states he was often engaged in skouting through country in order to suppress the Torries under other & different officers then those already named. at one time under a Cape Taylor, at another time under Capt Tobler & at another under Capt Murry the particular length of time Murry.  also under Capt Law in another [four illegible words - too light] the particular length of time of each tour he can not recollect in consequence of old age & laps of Memory but believes he served in all for four years; applicant states that at one time he marched from South Carolina to Georgia and that on the Savanah River his company had a skirmish with the Torries in the night in which skirmish he lost the sight of one of his eyes in which skirmish the Torries proved successfull and the whigs were compeled to
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retreat with the loss of one man killed & two wounded. applicant states he then Marched up Savanah River. and was engaged in Several skirmishes. and was generally commanded by Col. Hammon applicant would also state that at one time he served a tour of three months as a volunteer in the forse under the command of Captain John Lamar and was during said Tour generally engaged in skouting through the country in order to suppress the British & Torries but during said Tour was in no particular engagement:  applicant states he never at any time [crossed out 'during'] he written discharge for any term of service applicant would further state that he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his service & that he knows of no living witness by which he can prove his services in this country.  applicant states he purely relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present:  and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State or Territory &c 
John  X  Ward
his mark

sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid Williams Caddell Clerk . 

Mr. Bagwell L. Defrieze a clergyman residing in the County of Bibb & State of Alabama & William B Norris & Hugh Henry residing in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Ward who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration.  and that we believe him to be about seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a solder of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
 B L Defriese
William B Norris
Hugh Henry
Sworn to & subscribed on day & year aforesaid Attest. Williams Caddell clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war-department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and service as he states: and the court further cerafies that it appears to them that the said Bagwell L Defrees who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Bibb & State of Alabama; and that Wm B Norris & Hugh Henry who has also signed the same are resident in the County & State aforesaid and are credible persons. and that their statements are entitled credit &c 
Tho. Crawford Judge Bibb County Court. 

I Williams Caddell Clerk of the County County of Bibb County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Ward for a pension  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal there being no seal of office this 3rd day of June 1833 
Williams Caddell clk.
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John Ward
application


S. W. Mardis
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Answers of John Ward ----

1.  I was borned on deep River in the State of Northcarolina on the 25 day of March 1756. 

2.  I have the record of my age within in a pocket-book which I transcribed from my fathers bible.

3.  I was living in Duplin County in the State of North-Carolina when called into service where I continued to live for several years. from thence I moved to South-Carolina where I continued until after peace was made & for many years after until I moved to Bibb County Alabama about thirteen years since where I still live ---

4.   I. was first drafted & afterwards I volunteered- 

5.   I first served under Capt Alexander Outlaw. Col Kennon & Col. Caswell  Capt Taylor. Capt Tobler.  Capt Murry & Capt Lamar & several others whose names I [crossed out 'now cannot now recollect'] have mentioned in my declaration as also the particular circumstances of my service &c as far as I can recollect &c- 

6.   I never recd. any written discharge.  

7.   In answer to the seventh interrogatory I would call on David S. Lipscomb & James Wilson
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The State of Alabama} 
Bibb County}  We David S Lipscomb & James Wilson being called on to state our opinion and belief of the character of John Ward do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the general character of John Ward for truth & veracity.  and that we believe him entitled to the fulest credit &c 
David S. Lipscomb 
James. Wilson 

sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Williams Caddell ___Clerk 

I [crossed out 'do hereby'] certify that Williams Caddell is now & was at the time & making the above certificate Clerk of the County Court of Bibb County and that I am personally acquainted with the hand writing of the said Williams Caddell & Know the above to be his Signiture 

I also do hereby certify that Thomas Crawford is Judge of the County Court of Bibb County & that his Signiture is genuine & that said Court is a Court of record of unlimited Jurisdiction in Civil Suits __ 
Sam W. Mardis

Washington City  
Jan. 30th.  1833.
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Phila  Pa  August 20th/56[uncertain of year as number was partially blotched out by a drop of ink] 
Commissioner Pensions 
Washington 
D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
The heirs of John Ward a Revolutinary soldier who was placed upon the pension rolls Jany 4th 1834 with an allow ance of $30 per year from March 4th 1831, said Ward died in 1837 without ever receiving any of said pension his children reside in alabama  we wish some instructions from you in the course we have to procede to obtain the money due said Ward for his heirs, We also wish to know if we make application for the money if it is necessary to have a power of atty from all of the heirs or whether a a part cannot draw for the rest, also if we identify the children of said Ward as the heirs of the person to whom the pension was allowed if it will be necessary to prove the services &c of said Ward over again The Papers of Wards was given by him to
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A. C. Harrison to go to Mobile & Collect his pension Harrison said he could not get the money & he lost the papers,.  We would also like to know if Jonathan Clower placed on the rolls July 16 1834 at $40 per year and John Wallace, placed on the rolls June 17 /34 at $80 per annum, both pensions dating from March 4th 31 (and all the three allowed pension for services in the N. Carolina Militia) have ever received their pensions, the heirs of these parties say they have not, they were all residents of Bibb Co Ala when placed on the pension rolls
You will please Address 
John Clark &cr
Box 580 Bloods Despatch 
Philadelphia 
Pa
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November 6, 1936. 

XXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/ady   am
John Ward 
S. 32579 

Herbert J. Ward 
609 Title Guarantee Building 
Birmingham, Alabama 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Ward, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.32579, based upon his military service in that war. 

John Ward was born March 25, 1756 on Deep River in North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina, John Ward enlisted about the beginning of the Revolutionary War, served two months in Captain Alexander Outlaw's Company, Colonels Kennon's and Caswell's North Carolina Regiments and was in the battle on Moore's Creek. He moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, and elisted, served three months in Captain Burney's Company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Stono and Savannah. He also served at various times on short tours, length of service not definitely stated, under Captains Taylor, Tobler, Murray and Colonel Hammond. He was in several skirmishes. While in a skirmish in Georgia on the Savannah River with the Tories, he lost the sight of one eye. He enlisted, date not stated, and served three months in Captain John Lamar's Company of Horse. 

About 1820 he moved from South Carolina, to Bibb County, Alabama. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 3, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Bibb County, Alabama. 

He died in 1837, exact date, and place not stated.
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In 1856 his children were living in Alabama, their names and ages not given, and there are no further family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Date of death not on A.B.
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32579
Revy  INVALID.

File No.  32,579
John Ward
Pri. Rev War

Act :  June 7th  32

Index :-- Vol.  2,   Page  438

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1936  Nov. 6.  Hist to Herbert J. Ward.  A.D.Y.
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TELEPHONE 3-2901 

HERBERT J. WARD 
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 
609-10 TITLE GUARANTEE BUILDING BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 
October 23, 1936 

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: 

I am very desirous of obtaining all information possible relative to a Revolutionary soldier, John Ward, who was a private in the North Carolina Militia and who was enrolled from Bibb County, Alabama, on January 4, 1834, under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and who, according to a record in our local library, is shown on Revolutionary Pension Roll in Part Three, Volume X 3 I, Senate Document 514, 23rd Congress, First Session 1833 - 1834. 

Will you please advise the cost of all information contained in his application and in the Pension Office concerning him. I desire this information in connection with a family tree.  

Very truly yours,  
Herbert J. Ward 
Herbert J. Ward 
W/L

[Date and time received stamp in bottom center of letter with the some illegible printing but the following legible items:]  REC'D  OCT 26 1936 MAIL DOE-DIV.   4
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John Clark & Co
Box 580 Blood Despatch
Philadelphia
Pa
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218.  617.

John Ward
Alabama

Return

I for Mr. Ward am willing to compound his services at (9 months) nine months
S W. Mardis
9 mo.
$30 per am


Hon S. W Mardis
Ho of Rep
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
28 Decr 1833. 
Sir :
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of Period when the service was rendered.  Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field ofofficers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  Proof by which the declaration is supported. 

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

The claimant alleges 4 years Service this requires proof as pointed out in Note f. - the requirements as pointed and in Note I. __ have not been complied with.
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2 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 not 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 from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at 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. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 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 of years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the 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 (d) 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 more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers of the Town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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 hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 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 such 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 declaration; 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 a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 1 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 or commission ; 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 produce 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
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3 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv- {To a Soldier, and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what To an Oficer has become of it? 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. 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. 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. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. ter 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 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 the loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his tioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and ------ recollection, he served not 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. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 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 pubthe 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 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. 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 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 witand the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Pen Off  Aug. 2.5  18.56

Sir
Please state when John Ward of Ala  Act 1832 Was Certify. at $30 a year
Respectfully
S. Cole
Act Comr.

R J Atkinson Esq
3 Auditor

Triplett


3d. Auditor's Office
August 26. 1836.

Sir :
John Ward.  Mobile, Ala.  Roll, Oct 1832, at $30.-- per Ann., has never received any of his pension as far as our books show
Very Respy
Rob J Atkinson
Auditor

J. Minot Esqr. }
Commr. of Pensions. }