Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,930, for Burton Pride, Georgia
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Ga.     Pride, Burton.     W.10,930
N.C.               Elizabeth   B.L.Wt. 43521-160-55
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Alabama 13.347

Burton Pride

of Benton Co. (County) in the State of Ala.  (Alabama) who was a Private in the Co. (Company) commanded by Captain Henley of the Regt. (Regiment) commanded by Commander Habersham in the Virginia line for 18 months.

Morgan County-
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 
60 Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on. the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of July 1833 and sent to Reuben Chapman, Somerville, Ala.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33.   $120.00
Semi-anl. (semi-annual) allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833   $30.   Total.  $150.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832,
Recorded by William R. Palmer CLERK
Book 6 Vol. 8, Page 49.
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Declaration of Burton Pride
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And that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity right to present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of this agency or any state  Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. (his mark X) Burton Pride  M M MacKenzie  (signed) Clk c.c.   We, Jeremiah Alexander & Johnathan L. Owens residing in the County of Morgan and State of Alabama hereby testify that we are well acquainted with Burton Pride who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be between seventy five and eighty years ,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. (his mark X ) Jeremiah Alexander, (his mark X) Johnathan L. Owens  MM MacKenzie  (signed) Clk c.c.  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after  putting the interrogations prescribed by the War.
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Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states ; And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah Alexander & Johnathan L. Owens who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in said County of Morgan and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. Ch Peters  (signed) Judge                                           [State of Alabama Morgan County]  I M. M. Mac Kenzie Clerk of the County Court of Morgan County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Burton Pride for a pension.  In testimony whereof  I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at office this 28th day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and of American Independence the fifty seventh year. M. M. MacKenzie (signed) Clk c.c.
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He states that he was born in Pennsylvania but removed into North Carolina Orange County when only five years old and he was born in the year 1758. He has no record of his age. He states that he was living in Caswell (?) County North Carolina when he entered the service and there has lived since the Revolutionary war . ...(illegible due to ink smear) East Tennessee at an early date but not now recollected and from East Tennessee he moved to Madison County State of Alabama and from there to Morgan  County State of Alabama where he now resides. He states that he is known to David Barden  a Clergyman and Matthew M McClellan who resides in in his neighborhood who can testify to his carracter (character) for necessity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution. His mark X ) Burton Pride   Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  M.M. MacKenzie (signed) Clk c.c.   We, David Barden a Clergyman and Matthew W. McClellan residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Burton Pride who has subscribed and sworn to the above amendm.(amendments) and the original declaration - that we believe him to be seventy four 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 . David Barden (signed)  MW McClellan (signed) Sworn to and subscribed this day and year  aforesaid  M. M. MacKenzie (signed) Clk C.C.  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further Certifies that it appears to him that David Barden who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the county of Morgan that Matthew W. McClellan who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Morgan and are respectable persons and that their statements are entitled to credit given under my hand the day aforesaid . Ch M Peters (signed) Judge
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[State of Alabama Morgan County} I, M.M. MacKenzie Clerk of the orphan's court  of Morgan County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and amended proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Burton Pride for a pension  In testimony whereof  I hereunto set my hand and seal of official office this 14th day of May  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and of American Independence the fifty seventh year Test M. M. Mac Kenzie (signed/sealed) Clk C.C.
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(left page) 5.788 Arkansas - LR ------------Elizabeth Pride widow of Burton Pride who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private . Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 dollars and 00 cents per annum to commence on the 3rd February , 1853. Certificate of Pension issued 29th day of May 1856. and sent to J.S. Edwards . Present . Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 197 Vol. A  (right page ) 1838 Augt 17 Let to pensioner 1839 July 212 Spd order to pay ( vertical  on page )  CY ( ?  initials) 254051
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day and year above, written before me David Foran presiding Judge of the County Court of said County of Sevier and do certify that the said Elizabeth Pride from bodily infirmities is unable to attend in Court. David Foran (signed) Presiding Judge of the County Court of Sevier County Arkansas   [ State of Arkansas County of Sevier] SS.  Be it remembered that on this 27th day of January 1835 personally came before me  David Foran presiding Judge of the County Court of and in County aforesaid John W. Millwee and Loucinda Barnett and made and subscribed to the following oath to wit: That Burton Pride mentioned in the foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Pride who is named his widow drew a pension  that they knew him in 1835  He lived in Morgan County Alabama during the time he drew a pension . sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. John W. Millwee (signed) Loucinda Barnett (signed) David Foran (signed) presiding Judge of the County Court of Sevier County Ark.
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[State of Arkansas County of Sevier]SS.  I Henry G. Rind Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex officio Clerk of the County of Sevier aforesaid do hereby certify that David Foran whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit of John W. Millwee and Loucinda Barnett taken before him as Judge of the County court is and was at the time the ...(illegible) was taken , Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified as such that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand as such Clerk and officio the Seal of my office at office in the town of  ...(illegible ) this 27th day of Jany (January ) A.D. 1855 H.G. Rind (signed /sealed)  Clerk   [State of Arkansas County of Sevier ]SS I David Foran presiding Judge of the County Court for the County of Sevier  aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry G. Rind whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex officio Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Sevier aforesaid That full faith and credit  are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such ...(illegible)
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In testimony whereof  have hereunto set my  hand as such Judge and ...(illegible) my private Seal there being no Seal of office this 29th day of January A.D. 1855. David Foran ( signed/sealed) Presiding Judge of Sevier Count Court Arkansas   [State of Arkansas County of Sevier ]  Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Pride do nominate constitute and appoint William K. Sebastian my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution to  ..(illegible) and receive any receipt for the pension mentioned in the foregoing declaration  E. Pride (signed)(seal) Witness my hand and seal this 16th Feby 1855 In presence of Charles Johnson (signed) J.W. Millwee (signed)  [State of Arkansas County of Sevier] Elizabeth Pride above named
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(left page) 254.051 Act Mar 3. 58 Aug 11.  16   Elizabeth Pride wid. Burton Pride Pri Ad : 160 ac Sept : 18/56 (?) Boynton (signed)  Re...(illegible) - war.  Pay ? Act Feb 3. '53 Ark Feby 53-5788 (?) (57 or 58) Boynton (signed)   John S. Edwards . Present.    K (right Page) Vol P - 145
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Elizabeth widow of Burton Pride Act 3 Mar 1855 Revolutionary case 254.051 filed by John S. Edwards Aug 9 1856
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[State of Arkansas County of Sevier ] SS. On this 24th day of July  A.D. 1856 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Elizabeth Pride aged 68 years a resident of the County of Sevier in the State of Arkansas who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Burton Pride deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War & for whose service she is now a Pensioner under the 2 motion (?) of act 3 Feby 1853 & for proof of his service ,  his death & her marriage to the said Burton Pride, she refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office upon which said pension was granted to her. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act 3 March 1855  & the amended act 14 May 1856, and she further declares that she is now a widow  & has not received or applied for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress. E Pride  We Henry C. Pride and Elizabeth C. Jackson residents of Sevier county in the State of Arkansas upon oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed  & acknowledged by Elizabeth Pride i our presence & that we know that she is the widow of Burton Pride.
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Where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at office in the Town of Paraclifta this 24th day of July A. D. 1856 H.G. Rind (signed/sealed) Clerk Seal {SEVIER CIRCUIT COURT]
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7373 BRIEF in the case of Burton Pride of Burton  Co. in the State of Alabama (Act 7th June, 1832.) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge ? Open Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ? ___ 3. How old is he ? between 75 and 80 years 4. State his service , as directed in the form annexed. Period. about 1775 - 1776 Duration of service. 1 year Months, __  Days _ (not stated) Rank. Private . Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. McIntosh , Col. Habersham, Capt Hendley (regular service - 1 Rgt Virga Genl Rutherford , Colr Locke (Volunteer Militia)  5. In what battles was he engaged? various skirmishes - no battle 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service ? not stated 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by the tradionary evidence of two witnesses - certified by the Court to be credible persons - 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. E. Stephens(signed) Examining Clerk.
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when five years of age he moved to Orange county , North Carolina . While a resident of Caswell County , North Carolina he enlisted September 1, 1776 and served twelve months as private in  Captain Hendley's Georgia Regiment. He enlisted October 1, 1778 and served six months as a private in Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment. After the Revolution he lived in East Tennessee; from there moved to Madison County ,Alabama and from there to Morgan County Alabama. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28,1832 , at which time he was a resident of Morgan, County Alabama. He died there May 25, 1835. The soldier married October 5, 1820 in Madison County ,Alabama, Elizabeth , widow of John Millwee. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Houston. On account of the Revolutionary War services of Burton Pride, his widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed January 27,1855, at which time she was sixty seven years of age and was living in Sevier County , Arkansas. Yours truly yours H.W. Morgan Acting Commissioner. This letter addressed Aug 1, 1930 ro Me Ansel Hold .                    
See cl. of John Elliot S. 32232 for beginning of letter
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5607 Eliaabeth Pride Wid : of Burton , Let: to Jno  S. Edwards Apl 11" 2855. ACHB (initials)
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43.521 Vet Army
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(upside down at top of page) Pension Office May 20, 1830 Sir Please state when Burton Pride of Ala   act 1832 was last paid at $60  a year. Very Respectfully  S. Cole , .. (illegible ? Triplett)  R. Atkinson, Tho Allister  Receipt (bottom of page) 3rd Auditor's office may 27,1830. Sir: Burton Pride, Alabama ,act 1832, at $60.00 per ann died 26 May 1835 & his pension has been paid in full to that date. Very Resp'y  Saml.  S. Rind (signed)  Cnty Auditor    J. Minot Esqr Commr. of Pensions
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(left page) 1930 Aug 1 . hist. to. viz General record for Miss Pauline Jones . See ..(illegible) John Elliot S3223276..?    (right page) Revolution  North Carolina WIDOW, &c. File No. 10.932 (?) Elizabeth Pride Wid of Barton Pride Privt Rev War Act: Febry 3rd 1853. Index: - Vol. M . Page 140  [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Add evidence Elizabeth widow of Burton Pride for Rev Pension 2 m act 3 Feby 1853      Triplett (signature) filed by John S. Edwards 20 May 1856
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Pride  Widow of Burton  County and State of Arkansas act 3 Feb 1853  Claim, ("original") Is it documentary , traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Her husband was pensioned under the Act of 1832 at $60 a year and died 1835. Marriage proved by an eye witness to the ceremony ,Cohabitation , general reputation of marriage, her identity as the Pensioner's widow  Widow hood proved by credible witnesses' Thomas Triplett (signed) Examining Clerk.        Name and residence of Agent John S. Edwards  Esq Present
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R. Chapman
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7373 ( circled)  BRIEF objection to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative , in red ink, will apply to the claim of Burton Pride which require further proof or explanation. I . Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ___. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ___. 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? ___ . V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, ad 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 to ? No. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? ___.VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ___. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ___. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? ___.  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 ? ___.
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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 relate to his revolutionary service? No Clergyman, but other
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it? None
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? No
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? No Witness produced - No witnesses produced No
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
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
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? -no- 1st 2nd & 3
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason in 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 it are 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 her, and in the following grades; For ___year
____months, and ________days. I served as a _____ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ______; and in such service I claim a pension.
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3
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
they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
merely state they served two years in the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the 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. 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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GEORGE H MOSES, SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, CHAIRMAN                            
EDGAR R. KIESS, REPRESENTATIVE FROM PENNSYLVANIA ,VICE CHAIRMAN                 HENRIK SHIPSTEAD , SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA                                             DUNCAN U. FLETCHER ,SENATOR FROM FLORIDA                                                   
EDWARD M. BEERS ,REPRESENTATIVE FROM PENNNSYLVANIA                                         WILLIAM F. STEVENSON , REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA                            ANSEL WOLD, CLERK                            
COMMITEE ROOM                   
CAPITOL, GROUND FLOOR, WEST CENTER PHONE: MAIN 3120 (illegible ) 29           
ADDRESS ONLY                                  CHAIRMAN , JOINT COMMITEE ON PRINTING CARE OF U.S. SENATE P.O.                WASHINGTON  D.C.                          
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES                     JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING WASHINGTON                        July 28, 1930. Dear Sir:    Would it be possible to secure the revolutionary pension records of Burton Pride and John  Elliot , both of Morgan County, Ala., for the use of my friend , Miss Pauline Jones , of Huntsville, Ala., and oblige. Very truly yours, Ansel Wold (signed)                                                        Chief Clerk                                              
Pension Office                                 
Washington, D.C.                                        (post mark )[OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK BUREAU OF PENSIONS JUL 29 1930] (post mark) [REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS BUREAU OF PENSIONS SECTION JUL  30 1930]
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Amended Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the 2nd Section  of the act of 3rd February 1853 [ State of Arkansas County of Sevier } SS. On this 26th day of April 1856 personally appeared Elizabeth Pride , aged 68 years a resident of Sevier County Arkansas before Gilson P. Jackson  a justice of peace who first 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 on the 3rd February 1853 granting pension to widows of persons who served  during the Revolutionary War. that she is the widow of Burton Pride who was a Revolutionary Soldier and for proof of his services she refers to his pension papers now on file in the pension office , she further declares that she was married to the said Burton Pride on the 5th day of October 1820 in Madison County (territory) , now state of Alabama by  Bell - justice of the peace that her name before marriage was Elizabeth Millwee being that the evidence of John W. Millwee and that her maiden name was Elizabeth Houston, that she has not married since the death of said Burton Pride and is now
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and is now his widow that there is no record evidence of the marriage of which she has knowledge of the Family Bible in which the same was set down got wet in the White River , in Arkansas where she was moving to this country and was so damaged that much of it was lost and last lost was the family record, she further states that said Burton Pride died in May  1835 in Morgan County Alabama. that she was not married to him prior to the 2nd January 1800, but at the time above stated E Pride (signed) Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. G. P. Jackson (signed)  J.P. [ State of Arkansas County of Sevier ] Be it remembered that on this 36th April 1836 before  Gilson P. Jackson a justice of the peace in and for the county  & state aforesaid personally came John W. Millwee and Loucinda Barnett two witnesses known to me to be of lawful age and entitled to credit and mark and subscribe to the following oath to wit: That they were present at the marriage of Burton  and Elizabeth
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Pride which took place inMadison County ( territory) now State of Alabama - that the marriage was performed by Bell  - magistrate that they knew them both till the time of the  death of said Burton Pride that they lived together as man and wife till the time of his death that he died in Morgan County Alabama that they were present at husband's burial That Elizabeth has not married since the death of said Burton Pride and that she is now his widow that he lived in Morgan County when he drew a pension - they were married in 1820. John  W. Millwee states that he was present with said Burton Pride are when he received his pension at the Branch Bank at Decatur Alabama but whether that was the agency at which the payment was made or that he  had so arranged as to get it there he does not know.  John W. Millwee (signed) Loucinda Barnett (signed) Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above written. G. P. Jackson ( signed) J.P.          [State of Arkansas County of Sevier] I Gilson P. Jackson acting and duly commissioned