Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,359, for Darby Reagan, Georgia
Page 1

Ga.    Reagan, Darby    S. 7359
                                        carded
Page 2

(left page) South Carolina 26623 Darby Reagan of Monroe Co. in the Sate of Tennessee who was a private with the in the comy (company ) commanded by Capt. Camp of the reg't commanded by Col. Clark in the Georgia line for 9 months I entered on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March ,1831. Certificate of Pension for the 9th day of March 1834 and 36 age  .. ( illegible ) see House of Rep. Arrears to the 4th of March  90.00 ...(illegible) allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00 (items totaled)  $105.00[ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 ,1832] Recorded by  Danl Boyd Clerk,  Book E Vol. (?) 9 Page 59. (right page) Le Mar to B. F. Perry & 3d Auds 12 June 1846 ltr to Pen Agent . 29. Sep. 1843. To South Carolina , from h manl 1842.17. Nov. 1843 Notification to B.F. Perry Greenville Co. South Carolina. Le Mar to B.F. Perry & 3d Auds 14 Feb 1846 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838  & from 4 Sep 1839. to 4 March 1842 Age modified 10 April 1844        let: B. F. Perry  & order to 3d Auditor to pay , May 14,1844.- Paid as above from 4 Sep 1842 to 4 March 1848 age modified 4 Dec 1844  Joseph Powell May 11, 1857-
Page 3

State of [illegible]
Monroe County
On this 20 day of March 1834 personally appeared  in open court before the Justices of the Court of [illegible] Quarter  [illegible] how sitting Darby Reagan a resident of said County Of Monroe, aged 77 years 10 months who being first duly sworn according to law doth his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress dated June 7th 1832. 
He as born in Columbia County Georgia, in the year 1756 as he is informed and believes, he has no record of his age. He was living in said Columbia County when he went into service where he lived four or five years after the Revolutionary War. He moved into Newberry Dist of Ga where he lived till about 20 years ago when he moved into Spartanburg So Ca and lived all those years ago when he moved into said County of Monroe where he now resides. 
In the spring of the year 1780 he volunteered for 6 months in the company of William Comp to march down south [illegible] against the British. They [illegible] in Columbia County Georgia, under Major Spurlock and Col John Clark and marched down to [illegible] creek and encamped there weeks, then marched to Ebenezer where the [illegible] army was stationed under Genl. Wayne. While stationed at Ebenezer [illegible] was discharged having been in service here as he [illegible] for at least five months.  His discharge was written by [illegible] in [illegible] [illegible] Houston and signed by Genl. Wayne, which is lost or so instead that he cannot find it. In this campaign nothing of importance occurred. While he was in encampment at Ebenezer the British left [illegible] 5 [illegible]
Not long after the above named tour, in he thinks the same year he volunteered to go down to the Siege of Augusta for no specific period. He marched from the same County as before under Capt John Wilson, [illegible] Granberry Lee and Col Ben Few. They marched down to Augusta and assisted in driving out the British Forces in which he received a wound in the head from a sword and in a leg from a bayonet. Soon afterward he returned home having been in service for at least seven weeks.  He received no discharge & after being at home ten days he volunteered again under Capt Saml. Beckner and
Page 4

Major Freeman under Genl. Pickens for no specific time and marched into the Cherokee nation, to Hightower on the long swamp, then to Chislatie. Caught [illegible] tories hung one hundred [illegible].  Shot one hundred [illegible] [illegible] and took the rest prisoner. In the campaign he was engaged for at least six months. He {illegible] three terms of service he was a private [illegible] & was also engaged in various scouting parties ranging exclusively against the tories and on horse back each time.  The first service he [illegible] of this kind was about a year or more before he [illegible] his first campaign on foot.  He served under Capt. Samul. Beckner at least five months; but the [illegible] was [illegible] [illegible] several years and very arduous. He also served in 1781, he thinks under Patrick Carr Capt of [illegible]. ,He served under Capt. Carr at least six months. He also served others but how long he cannot exactly remember; he is confident however not less than 4 months [illegible] [illegible] officers, he [illegible] the [illegible]. In fact he was in service in scouting parties under militia officers for shorter or longer periods.  During almost the whole Rev. War; at least during the whole of the war in the south.  In one of said scouting parties he lost a good horse, having him shot from under him.  He cannot remember the last [illegible] service better than it is detailed above; but he is confident that all the times of service which he served on horse back would amount to at least fifteen months.  8 months a private of Infantry & 15 months a private of Cavalry.  He is known to the following persons in his [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] who can testify to his character for [illegible] and other [illegible] in his [illegible] a Revolutionary [illegible].John McGhee, [illegible] Thomas Callaway, A. H. Henly, John Henton. He has no documentary income and knows of no person who verify to his service. He hereby [illegible] every claim [illegible] to a pension or [illegible] except the present and [illegible] that his [illegible] [illegible] on the pension [illegible] of this agency of any state.  There is no clergy [illegible] his application; neighborhood; and he is enabled to because not one of his neighbors to testify [illegible] is a separate part of the County and they [illegible] all [illegible] and came to court [illegible] [illegible] period of the [illegible] to {illegible] this Declaration; but positioned [illegible] he should go home.
Page 5

and search more thoroughly for his discharge . He finds that upon  his return that his neighbors have, as unexpected to him , taken all ,,,(illegible) left town and cant  ... (illegible) before he can proceed any other than the one who testifies for him ( his mark II) Darby Reagan     Sworn and subscribe the day and year aforesaid  Wm S. Calloway  (signed) Clerk                   I John Denton- residing in said County of   Monroe do hereby ... (illegible) that I am well acquainted with Darby Reagan  who has subscribed and sworn to the  foregoing declaration ; that I believe him to be 77 years of age that he is respected and ... (illegible) in the neighborhood where he resides to, have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion.  (his mark X) John Denton   Sworn and subscribe d the day & year aforesaid  Wm S. Calloway (signed)  Clerk And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories subscribed by the War department, that he above named applicant was a  revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Denton  who has signed the ... (illegible ) certificate is a resident of said County of Monroe, and a credible person, and his statements are entitled to credit. The court is also satisfied that the statements made are to the inconvenience and unproved (?) of letting another to certify for him is ... (illegible) of opinions & should be ...  (illegible ) in any case. William James (signed) Wy Ray Tucker (?) (signed) Hiram Lurch (signed) (? illegible)      John Beaty a neighbor of the above applicant  who has come to town since the above declaration was made he makes oath that he fully concurs in the certificate made above by John Denton - John Beaty (signed)  Sworn  & subscribed the day and year aforesaid . Wm S. Calloway (signed)  Clerk, and the said Court hereby declares their opinion that John Beat , who has sworn to the last certificate above is resident in said Monroe County  & entitled to full credit William James ( signed) Wy Ray Tucker ( signed) Hiram Lurch
Page 6

(top of page) I W. S. Calloway Clerk of the Court of Pleas and  Quarter in and for Monroe County  I so hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original  proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Darby Reagan for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and having none official this 20th March 1834   Wm S. Calloway (signed) Clerk (hand drawn seal to left of signature) The subscriber  a member of Cong ...(illegible) up from ... (illegible) That  W. S. Calloway was at the date and time the clerk of said Monroe County  Court, and that he duly ...(illegible ) his name as appended to the above & I ... (illegible) to be in his handwriting as I verily believe. Luke Lea (signed) 31 Mar.1834 (middle of page and vertical )  Darby Reagan 30.243 pension office Hon L. Lea (bottom of page ) I accept of nine months for the present having him the right to make further proof if he chooses - April 5th 1834 . Luke Lea ( signed)
Page 7

Darby & Simpson 
Reagan affidants

B. F. Perry
Greenville
S.C
Page 8

The state of South Carolina [illegible]
Greenville District

On this the twenty fifth of May 1843 before me the subscriber a magistrate for the said District of Greenville South Carolina personally appeared Darby Reagan who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Wm. Camp in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Clark— in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Tennessee from where he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of South Carolina Greenville District where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be payable in future at Charleston South Carolina. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Tennessee to Greenville South Carolina [illegible] all of his children had left Tennessee and most of them were living in Greenville District South Carolina and he [illegible] wished to live with or near them. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.

his
Darby Reagan
mark

Silas R. Whitten M. G. D.

South Carolina
Greenville District
Personally came Simpson Reagan before me the subscribing Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid and made oath in due [illegible] of Law that Darby Reagan who has taken the above oath is the identical person named in the Pension Certificate now in his possession numbered 26623 and bearing date
Page 9

at the War office the ninth day or April 1834 signed by [illegible] Secretary of War.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 25th day of May 1843. 
Simpson Reagan
Silas R. Whitten M. G. D.

State of South Carolina
Greenville District
Know all men by these present that I Silas R. Whitten a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid before who the above named Simpson Reagan was this day qualified to the above affidavit Do hereby certify that the said Simpson Reagan is a credible and respectable witness and that his affidavit as above set forth is entitled to full credit and belief. 

Given under my hand and seal the 25th day of May 1843. 

Silas R. Whitten M. G. D. Seal

I William Blasingame clerk of the court of Greenville District do hereby certify that Silas R. Whitten is a magistrate as above stated and the forgoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. [illegible] testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name. This 28th day of May 1843.
W. Blasingame
Clerk of the Court of Greenville District
Page 10

30.263 Darby Reagan Tennessee Monroe Co (underscored)  & from 1780 Je 9 - #30
Page 11

WAR DEPARTMENT Pension Office. Sir: The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June , 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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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 too this Department , send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.  A Statement , showing the Service of Darby Reagan Period when service was rendered . 1780. Duration of the claimant's service.  Years. __ Months.  5, 1, 1 Days . 19,12 Rank of the claimant. P Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Cap Camp ,Col. Clark, Cap Wilson , Col. __ (illegible) ,Maj, (? Mason) Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.  77, Ga. Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary. No allowance can be made excepting for  ...(illegible) of duty as shall be set forth as  reques  ...(illegible)  by the ___ nine months (? aide) is allowd.   I am respectfully,  Your obedient servant,  JAMES L. EDWARDS Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 12

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 serviced 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.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  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 applications 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 } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)      years who being 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;) 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.
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 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 certified, 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.
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 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
Page 13

3
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at 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 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.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  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 he 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 enquiry 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.

[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 the 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 than 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 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.
[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  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.
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [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.
Page 14

June 22, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLE
Mrs. F. R. Carlton
3621 North Fitzhugh Avenue
Dallas, Texas
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7359, that Darby Reagan
was born in 1756, in Columbia County, Georgia.
While a resident of that county, he enlisted and served
as private with the Georgia troops, as follows: from the
spring of 1780, five months in Captain William Camp's company
under Colonel John Clark; from sometime in 1780, soon after
his discharge from the above tour, he served seven weeks in
Captain John Wilson's company under Colonel Ben Few, and
received a sword wound in the head and a bayonet wound in the
leg at the siege of Augusta [crossed out] (in 1788); and after remaining at
home for ten days, he enlisted and served six weeks under
Captain Samuel Buckner, Major Freeman and General Pickens,
and marched to the Cherokee Nation. He also served at various
times during the Revolution, amounting to at least fifteen
months, as a mounted ranger under Captains Samuel Buckner and
Patrick Carr, and was engaged in scouting parties against the
Tories.
He lived in Columbia County, Georgia, for four or five
years after the close of the Revolution, and then moved to
Newberry District, South Carolina, and about 1814 moved to
Spartanburg, South Carolina, and about 1831 moved to Monroe
County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 20, 1834, at which time he was living in Monroe County,
Tennessee, aged seventy-seven years and ten months.
Page 15

In May, 1843, he lived in Greenville District, South Carolina, and stated that he had lately moved there to live with or near his children.  The names of his wife and children were not given, nor was the date of his marriage shown.

One Simpson Reagan testified to the identi[t]y of the soldier but did not state any relationship to him.

The soldier died in 1851 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Darby Reagan that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said records fail to afford any information in regard to John Rowland and John Colburn as described (searched under all spellings of the name); or to any soldiers named John, Adam, and Peter Zehner, Peter Cashner and John Reagan (all spellings of surnames searched).

Very truly yours

R. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
Page 16

Col. G.C. Kniffin Ohio desk APR 2-1912 adressed to above ( marked out)  Major Chas. A, Ragan Med Corps U. S. A. Walter Reed U. S. A. Genl Hosp. Georgia Ave.,
Page 17

LEFT SIDE OF PAGE:

Written cross ways:  Reagan

7359
INVALID

File No. 7359
Darby Reagan
Mrs. (unintelligible) presumably Reagan

Act: June 14th '34
Index: - Vol.  (unintelligible), Page 309

{Arrangement of 1870}

RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE:

1912 Apl. 3  Hist. to Major Chas. A. Regan Med. Corpe

1931 June 22 - hist to Mrs. F.R. Carlton
     --N.E.S.
Page 18

The lines to which Harris Ryan has paid. was on the same sheet &  this was separated from it. F.S. E.(initials)
Page 19

Agents Office Knoxville Ten 
October 12th 1840 
Sir  Darby Reagan a pensioner of this Agency under act 7th June /32. at Thirty dollars per ann (annum). was last paid at this Agency on the 4 Sept 1839, but from an entry on my Books he has been paid at T. Department to 4 March 1842.
Page 20

Dallas Texas April 28-‘3 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washing. D.C.
Have you any records bearing on the Revolutionary War service of the following:
I. John Rowland settled in Rowland who first Wheeling W. Va. Later removing to Cadiz Ohio, where, I believe he died. 
II. John Adam and Peter Zehner (also erroneously spelled Janer, Jaynor, Jeiner ) who settled in Tomaqua,, Schuylkill Co Penn. Tradition says one of them was given grant of land for service in the Revolution.
III. Peter Cashner, settled first in Dauphin Co. Penn then latter went to Schuylkill Co.
Page 21

2

4 John Colburn also spelled Coulborn, Coburn, Coleburn and Colburne, who settled in Green Co. Tenn. after the revolution.
His son Richard was a soldier of the war 1812, and died on the march home at the close of the war.

5 John and Darby Reagan (Regan, Ragan, Riggin ).They settled in Green Co Tenn. after the revolution.

I wish the above data for patriotic purposes.

Mrs. F. R. Carlton 
3621 N. Fitzhugh Ave.
Dallas, Texas
Page 22

Rev. War.   April 3. 1932.

Major Charles A. Ragan, Medical Corps,
Walter Reed U.S.A. General Hospital.
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
In compliance with the personal request of Col. G. C. Kniffin, on the 2“ instant, you are advised that Darby Reagan Sur. File No. 7,359. Rev. war, was allowed pension on his application executed March 20, 1834, while seventy-seven years old and a resident of Monroe county, Tennessee.

He stated that he was born in 1756, in Columbia county, Georgia, where he resided when he volunteered in the spring of 1780, as private in Captain William Camp’s company, under Colonel John Clark
Page 23

Sur. File No. 7,359. (2)

In May, 1843, he resided in Greenville District, South Carolina. whence “he had lately removed to live with or near his children,” and Simpson Reagan testified to his identity, although he did not state any relationship.

No further family data.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.
Page 24

Greenville Court House
South Carolina
April 13, 1859


I have the original certificate of pension issued to Darby Reagan a Revolutionary Soldier on the 9th of April 1834 for thirty dollars per annum, the [illegible] was in 1834 a citizen of Tennessee  and he was paid by Robt King, agent for paying pensions in the above named state. D. Reagan sub-sequently removed to Spartanburg district S. C. and there died in 1851 as I am informed.
His children claim ann'l wages on that increase of pension was due the Father, that he did not receive full compensation for his Military Services, and request information on his case.
Most respectfully, Your Obt [obedient] Sevt [servant] Joseph Powell (signed)     Hon  Comr. Pensions
Page 25

TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE 
June 19, 1843

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States”, and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Darby R[e?]agan, a pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of - thirty - Dollars and — cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept. 1839, to the 4th March 1840.
Respectfully  yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. Present
Page 26

TREASURY DEPARTMENT ,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE.
July 2nd, 1844

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed  by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may  receive their pensions from the pension agents Darby Regan, a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and — cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1842, to the 4th of March 1843.
Respectfully yours, Albion K. Parris (signed)  Comptroller.
Page 27

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE.
Feb'y 17th, 1844.

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Darby Regan a pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten: Agency, at the rate of thirty dollars and —— cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept, 1872, Respectfully yours, Albion K Parris (signed) Comptroller.   To The COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. Present.
Page 28

(vertical on page) Aug 25 1843 Military
(postmark)[GREENVILLE S.C. AUG 8]
J.L. Edwards Evans                     FREE
War Department 
Washington City
D.C.
Page 29

Granville M. S. Carolina
August 17

Dear Sir, Some time since I sent you the papers of Darby Regan, in order to draw the amount of Pension due him, and have his name transferred from the Tennessee Roll to that of South Carolina. You sent me through the Treasurer of the [illegible] a draft on Charleston for all and after one years Pension - [illegible] it was [illegible] in Charleston and that Darby Regans name should be transferred to the South Carolina Roll. I sent a power of atty [attorney] to Charleston and they refused to pay it, and informed me that the transfer had not been made. Enclosed I send you the power of attorney and hope that it will be paid in Washington as the length of time the pension has been due will now another [illegible] its payment there - You will please have the transfer made as requested in the papers.

[Signed] B. F. Perry
J. L. Edwards Esq Com Pensions etc. (underscored)