Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8211, Leodwick Clapp, N. C.
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N.C.   Clapp, Leodwick    S8211
                                                Carded
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5147 
5147
North Carolina
Leodwick Clapp of Guilford in the State of N.Car.:
who was a pr. in the compy commanded by Captain whitesell of the Regt commanded by Col: Martin in the N. Car. line for 2 years from 1775

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars ___Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feby: 1833 and [Illegible] Shepperd, House of Reps.


Arrears to Sept, 1832                                 120-
Semi+anl. allowance ending 4th Mar: 33    40-
[Illegible] Jan. 20, 1834                               160-

See A B
                                       {Revolutionary Claim}
                                       {Act June 7, 1832.  }

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D  Vol. 8  Page 50
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State of North Carolina      Court of Pleas and
Guilford County                  Quarter Sepions 
                                                         (Sessions)
                                        November Session 1832

On this 19th day of November 1832 personally appeared in Open Court Leodwick Clapp aged 90 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make this following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed  June the 7th AD 1832
That he served under the following named officers in the service of the United States and in the manner hereon after stated (to wit)
that he was born in Berks County Penn-sylvania and moved when vey young to that part of North Carolina now called Guilford County in which he he lived ever since_ That at the commencement of the revolution in the Spring of 75 or 76 he was drafted and called out on the Cherokee Expedition under the Command of Capt Whitesell, [Illegible] Jacob Clapp (his brother) Col Paisley and Col Martin. That he was marched westward to the head water of the Cataba (Catawba) river near to a small stream moving into the river and encamped in a place called the Quaker Meadows. That he then joined troops under
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Genl Rutherford and marched to headquarters 12 miles east of the Blue Ridge. That he was marched over the ridge. The French [Illegible] and in short nearly all over the eastern part of what now is the state of Tennessee and destroyed all the Indians towns that could be found. That he was then marched back home nearly the same route seperating from Genl Rutherford near the Cataba (Catawba) River. That he received no written discharge. That it was cold weather when he returned and thinks he was gone four or five months. That from this time (675) until 1781 he was always ready at the call of his country and served a (at) any point many small tours under Capt Whitesell, Capt Forbis, Col Gillaspie and Col Paisley after the Tories and [Illegible] at the least one third of that period in service of this kind sometimes  occurs among the high hills of Randolph County, sometimes, down toward Fayetteville down among the Raft Swamps and often up on the Yadkin. That he reports much his inability to date these several tours and mention the length of time he was out at a [Illegible] starts
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that the Whigs in his section of the country were almost surrounded by Tories and had to be always on the defensive. That he recollects that towards the close of the war of starting a tour to the South to met the enemy on their march north. but that his brother [Illegible] Jacob Clapp had accidentally got his arm shot and that he was sent by his Capt to convey his brother home and attend to him. That he is known to Joseph McLean, Mattias Swing, Geo Sun? , & Wm Albright who can testify from their personal knowledge to his services. That he has no documentary evidence of his services. That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State subscribed and swore to open court.
                                                           his
A.E. Hanner fff                   Leodwick  "X"  Clapp  
                                                          mark
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North Carolina
Guilford County
                          Be it known that on this 23nd day of January AD 1833 personally appeared before me Robert Mayben an acting Justice in and for the county of county of Guilford Leodwick Clapp who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affadavit amendatory to his preceding declaration (to wit) that he spent on the Cherokee Expedition (in 75 as he believes) not less than four months and that he was called out on various & frequent tours after the Tories under Fanning, Brian Bell and many others which if added together would make more than two years now. He believes from the best of his present recollection that he spent more time from home than at home but that much of his service was performed in company with some of his Whig friends who would unite sometimes without being called out or under any particular commander  on sudden emergency but that he can safely say that in all he must have served [superscript - regard only] not [cross out] less than two years. That he served mostly a private volunteer if not always except the Cherokee [superscript - Expedition] where he thinks he was [Illegible] that Geo. [Illegible] Mattias Swing & Wm. Albright were with him in service and that they mostly (did) service together under Captain Whitesell but that this company sometimes did service under the command of the other officers_ that he greatly regrets his inability to give a correct and satisfactory history of of all his tours but declares that this [Illegible] have been difficult even at the close of the war_ that he confidently believes in the [Illegible] of his present application, and that if  he does not it will be from his inability to produce the required proof and not from the injustice of his claim that he resides in Guilford County_ that there lives no minister of the Gospel in his neighbourhood or in the bounds of his acquantance (acquaintance) who can
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know any thing about this services_ but that there lives as he is informed within a few miles of him Rev. Crawford but that he has not been long in the county and consequently knows nothing of his services or of him as he has become so old and [Illegible] that he is confined constantly to his house and that when he made his declaration he was hauled to court in a waggon (wagon). That from his very advanced age and infirm and frail constitution he cannot be a pension on the bounty of his country or the [Illegible] of [Illegible]
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid                                         his
R Mayben (Initials)      Leodwick  (Botch) Clapp
                                                       mark

I Robert Mayben an acting Justice as aforesaid certify that I am acquainted with Leodwick Clapp who has subscribed the preceding affidavit_ that he is a credible person and that his statement is worthy of the highest order_ That I have heard it said that he was a soldier of the revolution & that I never heard it contradicted
                                R Mayben (Initials)
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NOTE: In quotes are handwritten text, the rest is a form or typed

(partial first line shown) In reply to your request of
for a statement of the military history of "Leodwick Clapp"
a soldier of he REVOLUTIONAR WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (crossed out - or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau "S.F. 8211"

Dates of enlistment or                          Length of       Rank      Officers Under Whom 
appointment                                          service                         Service was Rendered   State
                                                                                                  Captain        Colonel
 Spring of ("75 or" crossed out) 76 "     "4 mos."         "Pvt."     "Whitesell"   "Paisley"     "N.C."
                                                                                                                        "Martin"

"Served on a great many                                                           "Whitesell"   "Gillaspie"
short tours, until 1781, amounting                                             "Forbis"        "Paisley"
to not less than 2 years "


"Only one in Files"

Battles engaged in "In expedition against Cherokee Indians""
Residence of soldier at enlistment  "Guilford Co., N.C."
Date of application for pension  "Nov. 19, 1832. His cl. was allowed"
Residence at date of application  "Guilford Co., N.C."
Age at date of application "Born in Berks Co. Pa. "
                                            "90 yrs.    He died Jan. 2 1834."

(in left margin) "brother Jacob"

(in right margin) "No ("family" crossed out) data rel. to wife or  children"
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Lodwick Clapp


Declaration for a Pension



Guilford County No.Caro.

Filed [Illegible}
31 Jun. 1833

from 1775 [Illegible]
2 years    $80.


Hon. A. H. Shepperd
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North Carolina
Guilford County
       known
Be it ^ that on the 23rd day of Janu ary 1833
personally appeared before me Robt Mayben an
acting Justice in and for the county of Guilford
Mathiews Swing who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make
the following affadavit  to wit that he 
did serve with Leodwick Clapp men-
tioned in the preceding declaration
during the Revolutionary war in the [illegible]
Company Commanded by Capt Whitesell and
[illegible] Clapp his brother, that he marched
with him on the Cherokee expedition_
That he was likewise with him in
various and frequent Tours regularly
called out by his officers Capt Whitesell
and Col Paisley against the Tories_ That
he served as a private volunteer and 
a faithful soldier and did long and 
faithful service
       Subscribed & sworn to the date aforesaid
                                               his
R Maybem  JP        Mathiews  X   Ludwig
                                               mark
I Robt Mayben an acting magistrate on 
aforesaid hereby certify that I am acquainted
with Mattias Swing who has signed the aforesaid
certificate in that he is a credible person and 
that his statement is entitled to court
                                    R Mayben JP
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State of North Carolina
Guilford County

          I Alfred E Hanner clerk of pleas and quarter 
sessions for the County Aforesaid
           Do hereby certify that Marshall McLean & Robert 
Mayben Esquire whose Signatures Appear the the foregoing
Affidavits is and were both Acting Justices of the peace in and
for said county legally commissioned & qualified as such and 
that due faith and credit ever has been given to all their
Acts as Such
               In Testimony whereof I have here unto set 
               my hand and affixed the seal of said court
               at office this 25th January 1833
                                             AE Hanner  fff
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North Carolina
Guilford County

Be it known that on this 23rd day of January
AD 1833 personally appeared before me
Marshall McLean an acting Justice
in and for the county of Guilford  Capt
Wm Albright and Geo Neese who being 
first sworn according to Law, doth
on their oath make the following
affidavit (to wit) that Leodwick Clapp
who has subscribed and sworn to the
foregoing declaration, was a true and
faithful soldier of the revolution 
and that we know it from the
fact of having done actual
service with him in the [illegible] com-
pany commanded by Capt Whitesell and [illegible] Clapp his Brother 
(four lines crossed out)
that the greater part of his service
was performed in various and 
short tours after the Tories, who lived 
down "among the Caraway Mount-
ain in Randolph County down
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down toward Cros. Creek  now Fayetteville
 and Wilmington_ and up on the 
Yadkin River_ that he was a true 
and faithful soldier of the Whig party
from the commencement to [illegible]
and of the Revolutionary War_ that he stood ready at the command of his officer Capt Whitesell and Col Paisley which was frequent_ that few American soldiers had more service
and suffered more hardships than the 
Whig soldiers of this section of North 
Carolina endured in making their
frequent and various expeditions to
operate against the Tories_
And Geo Neese one of the affiants 
further states that the aforesaid Leod
wick Clapp was with him in
the Cherokee expeditions and was
out on that tour several months
in 1775 he thinks (perhaps 1776)
  That he is a man of unquestionable
honesty and truth; and there lives no man who can say (superscript - with truth) that Leodwick 
Clapp did not serve long and faithfully during the Revolution.
   Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid                    his 
                            Geo       Neese
                                  mark

Marshall McLean J.P.                Whissler Albight
See Geo Neese markers for his credibility
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We Wm Albright Mattias Swing Geo Neese and Joseph McLean
hereby certify that we have known
Leodwick Clapp who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration
that it has been read in our hearing 
and (crossed out "know") believe from our moral
knowledge that everything he
states is true
                  Subscribed & sworn to in 
                  open court

A E Hanner fff                   Wilhelm Albright
                                                     his
                                          Mattias     Swing
                                                     mark
                                                
                                                      his
                                               Geo        Neese
                                                     mark
                                    
                                                Joseph McLean

We Benj Ross & Wm Adams
hereby certify that we reside in the 
county of Guilford, that we are well 
acquainted with Leodwick Clapp who
has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believed him 
to be 90 years of age; that is 
reported and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a
Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Suscribed and sworn to in open court
AE Hanner fff              B: Ross
                                 (Cut off - William) Adams
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And the court hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and [illegible]
the interrogatories inscribed by the war department
that the above named applicant  was a
Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
and the court further certifies that the 
individuals who have subscribed the
preceding certificates are residents
of Guilford, credible persons and that
their statement is entitled to credit.
                         
                       William Adams   J P
                           F Fentriss        J P
                           B Rass             J P 

State of North Carolina
     I Alfred E Hanner Clerk of the Court of Please & Quarter Sessions
for the county of Guilford
        Do herby certify that the foregoing contains the  Original 
Proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of
Leodwick Clapp for a pension
                  
            In Testimony whereof I have hereunto let my hand and
affixed the seal of the said Court at office this
28th day of December 1832
                                                 A E Hanner
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 




                                          January 18, 1934


Carrie B Francis
40 West St. Joe St. ,
Indianapolis, Ind.

Madam:
      I have to advise you that on October 22, 1914 you
were furnished the history of Leodwick Clapp of North
Carolina, and the only soldier by that name found on
the Revolutionary Way records of this Bureau, and ow-
ing to lack of a clerical force available for such a pru-
pose, a history is furnished only once to the same in-
quirer.

                             Respectfully,



                         Commissioner.
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                                                 40 W. St Joe St
                                                 Indianapolis, Ind
                                                  Dec 8, 1923


War Department
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.


Gentlemen,
                 Please send
me the Revolutionary
War record of Leodwick
Clapp who enlisted
from Guilford Co, N.C.

                     Very truly yours,
                      Carrie B Francis
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                                                        One 3 "cent" stamp and envelope   J. C.
Rev Sec
                                                             Dayton, O. Jan. 13- 1919
Pension Office
Was'n D.C.
                  I am seeking information concerning the Revolutionary services of 
some of my ancestors and he Registrar of our local D.A.R., to which I belong,
advised me to write to your office.
was a pension or grant ever made to either these men or their wives or des-
cendants? Can you tell me in what capacity they served during that war -
if you can not, where may I find it?
1. John Michael Fischer (Fisher) of near Kutztown, Berks Co. Pa.  He came to
this country in 1746 and settled at that place. His children were Henry
Fisher, Fredrick Fisher, Margaret Fisher, Michael Fisher,  Catharine Fisher,
and Adam Fisher. An Adam Fisher from this county appears with John Fisher on
 the muster roll of that county, but we are doubtful as to its being this one
for he was born in 1763. I also desire information concerning this Adam 
Fisher, his wife and date of death. Can you tell me anything about where it
may be obtained.
2. Hildenbrand- Michael, of Lancaster Co. Pa. name appearing on muster roll
( This line is stricken out)
of Lancaster Co. Did he see active service and was any grant made to him or his
heirs.
3. Conrad- Jacob, supposedly of Lancaster Co. Pa and later Berks Co.
4. Diefenbach- John Baltaser of Stanton, Augusta Co. Va.
5. John Christian Albrecht of Berks Co., Berne Twp. Pa.
6. John Albrecht, sof former, of Henry Co. N.C.
7. Clapp, Ludwig of Guilford Co. N.C.
                   CCan you give me any proof of revolutionary service of any of these
men? Is the any place where there is a complete record of the soldiers of 
that war where such information may be obtained if you can not give it to me-
                                                                Gratefully Yours,
                                                               Mrs. H.B. Diefenbach
                                                                 222 Conover St.
                                                                    Dayton,
                                                                            O.
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                                                     40 W St Joe St.
                                                   Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                    Oct 17,1914

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir;
           If there is filed in your
office any record of Ludwick Klapp
as a Revolutionary soldier will you
please send me such information.
He enlisted in N.C. and was in
the engagement at Guilford Court
House.
    Very Truly Yours,
    Carrie B Francis
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Record Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Briefed by   Gill
Claim No.
Ceritifcate No.
Claimant
Soldier  Ludwig Clapp
Service  N.C. Service
Additional Service   Rev War
No                    claim, State records          , 190
No claim, combination records    ,               190
Remarks:
No claim as above except 8211
Feb. 15, 1908

                                         Chief Division
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                               Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20, 1908

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
                 In order to fill
out my application to become
a "Daughter of the Revolution"
I am trying to obtain proof
of my ancestor's service in the 
Revolutionary War.
   My grandfather tells me
that my great-great Grand-
father was Ludwig Clapp (sometimes
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spelled Klapp) who lived near
Greens Mo, N.C. in Guilford Co.,
at a settlement called "Brick
Church". The name was taken
from the Lutheran Church
organized there of which he
was an official member.
  That he was in a Capt. Albright's
company and took part in
the famous battle of Guilford Court-
house.
   He drew a pension of $6.00
a month until the time 
of his death, which must 
have occurred sometime
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near 1830, probably a few years
later.  
   I wish to know if you can
furnish proof of these statements,
in whole or in part from the
records in your office, or if you
can tell me how to obtain such
proof.
          Yours Respectfully
           (Mrs. C. H.) Goldie Robinson Lloyd.
             172 Forrest Ave.,
             Atlanta, Ga.

(Stamps)

Pension Office
   A
U.S.
Feb 13 1908 

Record Division
Feb 13 1908
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Lloyd
Rev War
8211

INVALID

File No. 8211
Leodwick (crossed out "Clark") Clapp
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 1st, Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. 21, '08, Hist. to Mrs. C.H.

1914, Oct. 22. History to
Mrs. Carrie B. Francis. F. W.

1919 Jan'y 18 Hist to Mrs. H.B. Diefen
bach.

1924_ Jan_ 18_ Mrs. C.B. Francis advised
history not furnished since ts same
person   MMHF