Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 8035, Mathew Armstrong, N.C.
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SERVICE N.C.
Armstrong, Mathew 
NUMBER S.8036,
CONTENTS [left blank] 
carded
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23.977
North Carolina
Mathew Armstrong
of Lincoln in the state of N C
who was a Pri in the [blank] Commanded by 
Captain _____of the Regt commanded by Col 
[William] Hill in the No Ca [North Carolina] line 
for 10 months

Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina at the rate 
of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence 
on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of May 34
and Sent Hon H W. Connor HR 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar "34 [1834] 99.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 16.67
$116.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 67 Page 44

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Letter to 3 Audr [Auditor] 25 Sept 1838.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 
1838 from the 4 Sept 1834 to 4 Sept 1837, 
Agent notified 22 Oct. 1838

He died June 21- 1838
A.B.
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hereby certify that the foregoing contains 
the original proceedings of the Said Court 
on the matter of the application of Matthew 
[Mathew] Armstrong for a pension
In testimony where of I have here unto Set 
my hand and affixed my Seal of office this 
29th day of April 1834
[illegible] W. Abernathy
Clerk of the Court of
Lincoln County [North Carolina]

30.736
Mathew Armstrong

Admitted by Conr [Connor]
10 months private
$33.33
Hon: H. W. [Henry William] Connor
H.R. [House of Representatives]
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County 
Court of pleas & quarters April Session 1834

On the 29th day of April 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Lincoln County now sitting Matthew [Mathew] Armstrong a Resident of Lincoln County and State of North Carolina, aged Seventy one years who being duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath  make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

that he Enlisted for ten months in the Army of the United States with Captain William McKensey in April 1781 at Nicholas Leeper's 
in Lincoln County.  that he was mustered into Service at the time and was marched to turkey Creek in now Chester District South Carolina, where his company Joined the Regiment then commanded by by Colonel William Hill that the Regiment was marched to Belville [Belleville Plantation, South Carolina] on the Congaree [River] and from  thence to Browns old field,

at this place his Regiment was placed under the command of Colonel William Polk and they were Joined By the Regiment commanded by Colonels Middleton [Charles Myddelton or Myddleton] and Wade Hampton all under the command of Genl Sumpter [Thomas Sumter].

from this place the army under General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] were marched to the Eutaw Springs and were in the Battles [Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina 1781] after this Battle of Eutaw Springs they were marched back to Browns old field,

and from there to orange burg [Orangeburg, South Carolina] where he remained until a short time before his time of Enlistment Expired, he was sent with a detachment to Santee [region of South Carolina] where he remained until his time Expired which was February 1782

that he was offered a discharge by his Captain  but he had been promised a negro If he would Enlist and was told If he took a discharge he would not get a negro. he returned to his Residense [Residence] inn Lincoln County North Carolina
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[this first paragraph marked to "omit" in the left margin]
[illegible word] hereby Relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension list Roll of any agency  Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above stated
[signature] Mathew Armstrong

Questions propounded by the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born
ans. I was Born in the year 1762 in Lincoln County then called Meclenberg [Mecklenburg, North Carolina] 

2nd have you any record of your age and if so where is it
answer I have at my residence in an old Bible

3d when and where were you Living when you were called into Service, where have you lived Since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
answer I lived in this County when called into Service and ever since

4th how were you Called into Service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
answer I Enlisted as I have Stated in my Declaration

5th State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops where you served Such Continental and militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general Circumstances of your Service
answer I recollect General Green [General Nathanael Greene] at the Battle of Eutaw Springs [South Carolina, 1781], Colonel [John Eager] Howard  and Colonel [Henry] Lee who led the charge of Cavalry near the close of the Battle of Eutaw Springs [South Carolina 1781] 
and the troops he acted with followed and were marched off the Battle ground
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[continued from Question 5 prior page] 
he was one of the Rear guard near the Battle ground the day after the Battle [Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina 1781]. One of Colonel [William] Washington was officer of the guard

6th Did you receive a discharge from the Service
If so by whom was it given and what became of it
answer I received no discharge as Stated

7th State the names of persons to whom you are acquainted and to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and their belief of your Services as a soldier of the Revolution
[answer] Matthew Leeper a citizen of Said County aged 79- years Lived a neighbor to Matthew [Mathew] Armstrong at the time he Enlisted for ten months with Captain McKinzey [William McKensey]. Well recollects his leaving home as he has Stated and Remembers when he returned from the army and believes from the time he was absent that he Served ten months 
as he has stated that he has known the Said [Mathew] Armstrong ever since who resides in his neighborhood at the time 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court 29th April 1834 
[signed] Math. Leeper

Samuel Caldwell aged 75 years was a neighbor of Matthew [Mathew] Armstrong in the time of the Revolution ever Since and believes he Served  as he has Stated has often heard him speak of his service and recollects the time he was from home in service.
Saml Caldwell
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County 
April Sessions 1834
the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after puting the Interrogations prescribed by the War department that the appeared above named was a Revolutionary soldier and Served as he states and the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Matthew [Mathew] Leeper is a respectable Citizen of Said County and a man of truth and Repectability and that his statement is Entitled to Credit and Also of Samuel Caldwell
John Harry JP [Justice of the Peace] 
Z. Macy JP 
J Holland JP

Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarters Sessions for Lincoln County -do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings  of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Matthew Armstrong for a pension.
In testimony where of those here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 29th day of April 1834
[illegible] W. Abernathy
Clerk of the Court for Lincoln County [South Carolina]

30.736
Mathew Armstrong
Admitted by Conr [Henry William Connor]
10 months private 
$33.33
Hon. H.W. Connor
H.R. [House of Representatives]
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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
October 9th. 1838.

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," The widow of Matthew [sic: Mathew] Armstrong deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 - has been paid at this Department, from the 4th. of Sept. 1834 to the 4th. of September 1837 ~

Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.       AWF   Om

June 22, 1928.

Mrs. J. C. McBrayer,
223 Forest Road,
Raleigh, North Carolina.

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.8035, it appears the Mathew Armstrong was born in 1762 in Lincoln County, North Carolina (then called Mecklenburg County).

While residing in said county, he enlisted in April 1781 and served ten months in Captain William McKensey's Company, Colonels William Hill's and William Polk's North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1834, while a resident of Lincoln County, North Carolina.

He died June 21, 1838, leaving a widow, her name is not stated, and there are no further data as to family.

The above noted Mathew (Matthew) Armstrong is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Owing to the very large number of inquiries similar
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to yours and a lack of clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to inquiries pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution, and only two histories are furnished each inquirer.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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1929 Dec. 15 Hist to Mrs A.F. Goodman aug
1928 June  22 [Hist to] Mrs. J. C. McBrager 
See letter in Recd George Carrington S. 8185 aug

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8035
RevWar
INVALID.
File No. 8035
Matthew [Mathew] Armstrong
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -Vol. 1st, Page 11 

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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12-15-27

[letterhead] CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA

W.C. HOUSTON, PRESIDENT
A.F. GOODMAN. SEC. AND TREAS.

OFFICE IN 
CITIZENS BANK BUILDING  [/letterhead]

July 26th 1927.

Mr. Winfield Scott Com.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir; -
Please refer to your old records and advise me if there is any record of one Matthew Armstrong of Lincoln County, N.C. such as record of his engagements in battle and the names of said battles and if he drew a pension.

Will be glad to remit you for this information if you will advise the amount. Thanking you for any consideration you may give me, I am,

Yours very truly,
Mrs. A. F. Goodman
Mrs. A.F. Goodman

24 N. Spring.
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[letterhead] CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA

W.C. HOUSTON, PRESIDENT
A.F. GOODMAN. SEC. AND TREAS.

OFFICE IN
CITIZENS BANK BUILDING [/letterhead]

June 17th 1927.

Mr. Winfield Scott Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir; -
Please refer to your old records and write me if there is any record of one Matthew Armstrong of Lincoln County North Carolina. I find in N.C. State records by Clerk Vol. 22 page 55 the following; Matthew Armstrong listed under N.C. Revolutionary Pensioners under the Acts of 1818 and 1832 as reported by the Secretary of State to Congress in 1835.

Would be glad to learn if he was engaged in any battle and the name of said battle. Any other information that you may have and will be kind enough to give me will b very much appreciated.

Thanking you for any early reply and for past favors shown, I am,

Yours very truly,
Mrs. A. F. Goodman


Mrs. A.F. Goodman
24 N. Spring St.
Concord, N.C.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.                AWF

December 15, 1927

Mrs. A. F. Goodman
24 N. Spring St
Concord, N. C.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8035, it appears that Mathew Armstrong was born in 1762 in Lincoln County, North Carolina (then called Mecklenburg County).

While residing in said county, he enlisted in April 1781 and served ten months in Captain William McKensey's Company, Colonels William Hill's and William Polk's North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1834, while a resident of Lincoln County, North Carolina.

He died June 21, 1838, leaving a widow, her name is not stated, and there are no further data

[hand written in bottom margin: Date of death from Agency Book]
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as to family.

The above noted Mathew (Matthew) Armstrong is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.