Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,190, Shadrack Farmer, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Farmer, Shadrack.

NUMBER
S. 21.190

Born in Va
CONTENTS

carded
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South Carolina   16119
Shadrach Farmer
of Greenville in the State of South Car:
who was a pri: in the company commanded
by Captain Crawford of the Regt commanded
by Col. Fain in the South Car.
line for 10 months  

Inscribed on the Roll of South 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 8 day of July '33 
and sent B. F. Perry
Greenville C.H.  S.C

Arrears to the 4th of March '33    66.66
Semi-anl.. allowance ending 4 Sept.   16.66 
                                               $83.32
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.  ┃
Recorded by Wm Miller  Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 6  Page 67
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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 Sept 1835 to 23d July
1836, the day of his death. agt
Notified 1. Oct 1839.
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No 15312.
Shadrack Farmer   Greenville
District S. Carolina

Admit as a private
10 mo $33.33 

14 Apl 1833 
P. 344

B. F. Perry  Greenville
District South Carolina
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Brief in the case of Shadrach Farmer
District of Greenville in the State of South Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  77 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Entered the army September after the battle at
Eutaw Springs.   Drafted In 1781. 

Duration of Service.
10 Months 

Rank.
As a private 

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Cap Jas Crawford,  Col. Fain.

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Union District South Carolina 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
living witness & traditionary 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Richds Hyatt  Examining Clerk.
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15312
Shadrach Farmer
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South Carolina
Greenville Dist
On this the tenth day of October
1832 personally appeared in open Court before
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
and General sessions now sitting Shadrach
Farmer a resident of Greenville District 
State of South Carolina aged seventy seven
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 act of congress passed
June 7th 1832  
That he entered the service of the
U states under the following named officers
and were as (illegible.) He entered the
service the first time in September just 
after the battle of Eutaw Springs under
Captain James Crawford and Colonel Fain  
he served three tours of three months each
and one tour of a month.  he left the
service about the close of the war   
Lived in Union District South Carolina
when he entered the service.  was
drafted every time.   was in no battles.  
He marched through the state of South Carolina.   was at orangeburg, at (illegible) 
Ferry (now Columbia.)  served his
first tour at Ancrum Ferry under Col
Fain and Captain Crawford.  sserved the
second tour at Bacons Bridge under Col
Brannon and Lieutenant Blossengame   
Served the third tour at Orangeburgh 
under Crawford and Fair   served one
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month at Brannons block house under
adjutent Montgomery and Lieutenant Worden   
he served altogether ten months.   was
never with any Continental regiment.  did
not know any of the regular officers.  He
has no documentary evidence. He can procure 
the testimony of John Farmer as to one
tour of three months at Ancrum Ferry
(now called Columbian S. Car   was born
in Virginia Halifax County in the year
fifty five.  has no record of his age but
has always heard his father say that he 
was born the day Braddock was defeated   
Has been since the revolutionary war in 
South Carolina and now living in Greeville   
never recvd a discharge.   Jesse Rector  
Mr King and Mr Green his neighbors
can testify to his good character for
truth and their belief in his service
as a soldier of the revolution.  He
hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any state   
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year above stated
Shadrach Farmer  his X mark
J N McDaniel   C.C.P

We Thomas Hutchings a
clergyman resident of Greenville District and 
Levin Luddok also a resident of Greenville
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hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Shadrack Farmer who has subribed and sworn
to the above declaration   that we believe him
be seventy seven yeas of age,  that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier
the revolution and that we concur in the
opinion  
Thos Hutchings
Lewis Ludduth
Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and year above stated
Jno Daniel    C.C.P

We the said Court do hereby
declare their opinion after the investigation
of the matter and after putting the interogatories
prescribed by the war department  
that the above named applicant was
a revolutionary soldier and served as a
private  and that it appears to the Court
that Thomas Hutchings who has signed the
above certificate is a clergyman resident 
in Greenville  and that Lewis Luddith whose
name is disposed to it is a resident
of Greenville and a credible person and
that he (illegible) is entitled to credit  
Richard Gantt

I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court
(illegible) and general sessions do hereby certify that
(illgible) contain the original proceedings of
(illegible) application of Shadack Farmer 
(illegible) whereof I have hereunto set my 
(illegible) seal of office,  Oct 10, 1832  
J McDaniel
C.C. P.
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TREASURE DEPARTMENTS,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 23d, 1839 
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 childn of Shadrack Farmer,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the South 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. 1835.
to the 23d July 1836, the day of his death. 
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Mrs. Essie F. Henderson
Calhoun Street
Anderson, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
January 10, 1928
XXXXXXX
2
BA-J/EEL
Sharrack Farmer-S.21190
all
Referene is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Shadrach Farmer, of Greenville Dis
trict, South Carolina, who received a pension.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21190, based upon the military
service in that war of Shadrack Farmer.
Shadrack Farmer was born in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1755,
on the day that Braddock was defeated. The names of his parents
are not shown.
While residing in Union District, South Carolina, Shadrack
Farmer enlisted in September, after the battle of Eutaw Springs,
and served four tours, three of three months each and one of one
month under Lieutenant Blossongame ( 7 ) and Woodson, Captain James
Crawford, Adjutant Montgomery and Colonels James Fair and Brannon
in the South Carolina troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October
10, 1832, while residing in Greenville District, South Carolina.
He signed by mark, Shadrack Farmer, was borne on the pension roll
as Shadrach Farmer.
He died July 23, 1833, place not shown and was survived by
children, their names and the name of his wife not stated.
In 1833, one John Farmer, residing in Greenville District,
South Carolina, made affidavit that he served one tour with had
rack Farmer in the Revolutionary War, but gave no relationship.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and
the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary
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War pensioner, Shadrach Farmer (S.21190), you should add
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Shadrach Farmer
Certificate No. 16119
Issued July 8, 1833
Rate, $33.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
South Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Revolution
21190
INVALID.
File No. 21,190
Shadrach Farmer
Pri   Rev War

Act: June 7  '32
Index:  Vol. 2,  Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1915 Apr 23.  History to Mrs.
J.E. Abernathy

1915 May 1. Mrs. T.E. Abernathy
that name of wife is not shown
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Shadrach Farmer
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply 
to the claim of
Shadrach Farmer  which reqire 
further proof or explanation. 

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension
he is entitled?  Yes 

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?  yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witness

XIV. If the applicant's name
is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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 recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Foryear
months, anddays
, I served as a-
Formonths
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 fine of months is too in
definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state 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 objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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.
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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authicing 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Shadrach Farmer
(illegible)
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South Carolin
Greenville District
Personally came
John Farmer before me the subscribing
Justice and being duly sworn makes
oath that he knows of Shadrach Farmer
serving one three months tour at Ancrum
Ferry in South Carolina (now Columbian) 
under Captain James Crawford and Colonel
William Fair during the year that
Cornwallis was taken at York
Town  that this deponent served with
him in the same company and that
he has good reason to believe that
the said Shadrack Farmer rendered
other services during the revolutionary
war and that he knows him to
have been a true and faithful
friend to his country  
Sworn to and
subscribed October 11th 1832  
J McDaniel  C.C.P
John Farmer  his X mark

The above affidavit was sworn 
to and subscribed in my presence
before the proper authority Oct 11 1832
J McDaniel

I James McDaniel the magistrate
before whom John Farmer made
the above affidavit do hereby certify that
he is worthy and creditable witness. Given
under my hand and seal of office.   April 6
1833
J McDaniel
C.C. P.
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one 2 ct. stamped    stamped: env retd
envelope enclosed

T. E. ABERNATHY, M. D.
Chattanooga, Tenn
231 Vine St

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

Will you kindly tell me
if there is a Shadrach, or
Benjamin Farmer on
your list of Revolutionary
pensioners, I am trying
to establish the revolutionary
record of either men named. 
From either Alabama or
South Carolina. Thanking
you in advance, I am
Very Respectfully
(Mrs. J. E) Mary Selman Abernathy
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231 Vine Street
Chattanooga Tenn
April 26, 1915

Commissioner G.M. Saltzgaber
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir
I thank you cordially for
for record of Shadrack Farmer of
South Carolina. Is his wifes
name mentioned if so will
you inform me what it is
pleas. Also is there a Benjamin
Farmer on record? Thanking
you very much I am
-
Respectfully,
(Mrs) T.E. Abernathy
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ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Anderson S.C.
Jan. 2, 1938

Mr. A. D Hiller
Executive assistant
to the Administrator

Dear sir:
I will thank you to give me
information regarding the Rev.
war record of Shadrach Farmer
who was pensioned July 8, 1833 from
Greenville Dist. S.C.
Mr. Hiller, I'm very anxious to know
the name of his wife and sons,
if listed in application for pension.
I am a decendant of Shadrach Farmer
and will appreciate so much all
the information you can give
me on the record of this Rev.
soldier.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Essie F. Henderson
Calhoun St.
Anderson
S.C.
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M.B.
Rev. War Section.
Mrs. T. B. Abernathy,
231 Vine Street,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Madam:
May 1, 1915.
In response to your letter dated the 26"" ultimo, you
are advised that the papers in Revolutionary War claim of
No. 21190 Shadrack Farmer fail to show the name of his wife,
in order to identify a claim for Benjamin Farmer, if addition
to the full name of the soldier, some of the following
data is essential: names of some officers under whom he servplaces
of residence at enlistment and after service, appr
proximate dates of birth and death, given name of widow,
Very respectfully,
Metzger
Commissioner.
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REVOL.UTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ______________, 19

In reply to your request of ____, received ___ 
for a statement of the military history of Shadrack Farmer
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 21,190

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Sept. 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 Mos
3 Mos
3 Mos
1 mo 
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
James Crawford
Lieut Blossingame
Crawford
Lieut Woodson
COLONEL.
William Fair
Brannan
Fair
STATE.
S. C. 

Battles engaged in, ________ 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Union District, S.C. 
Date of application for pension,
Oct. 10, 1832. His claim was allowed 
Residence at date of application,
Greenville Dist S. C. 
Age at date of application, 
born "the day Braddock was defeated" / July 9 1755 in Halifax Va  

Remarks:
He died July 23, 1836, leaving children, names not stated.  

Respectfully,
Commissioner. 
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