Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5837, for Andrew Kelly, South Carolina
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( 3- 1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Kelly, Andrew NUMBER R. 5837 Born on the Atlantic Ocean in 1752 Parents in route from Germany to South Carolina
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[ The State of Alabama Dallas County ] On this thirteenth day of  July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and  thirty five personally appeared in open Court  before me the  Honorable George R. Evans Judge of the   County Court of the County of Dallas  and State of Alabama  said Court being a  Court of record and  expressly declared to  be by the statutes of the State of Alabama. Andrew Kelly  a resident of and in the County & State aforesaid aged eighty three 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 7  1832 . That he entered the service of the United States and served for the periods herein after named and for the times  & in the manner herein after set forth  that is to say. First. That  he the said Andrew Kelly  volunteered  his services  the time he cannot recollect, but he was 24 or 25  years of age  & was born in 1752 it was in Lexington District (  then Orangeburgh )  in the  State of South Carolina , his Captain was  Drayer - he continued to serve in said corps for at least three months , when he was discharged from the service in South Carolina  at Capt. Drayer's - that during
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this engagement he with others were detailed as life guard to  Capt. Drayer who had killed a tory Drayer since moved to Mississippi &  died there as he is informed  & believes. Secondly - That he again entered the service of his Country  as a drafted man under the command of Lieutenant  Ramey  his neighbor who  afterwards moved to Georgia, he cannot specify the time when he served under this engagement at least two months  and  was of the guard who guarded the tory women down to Bacon's bridge, eighteen miles from Charleston where they were met by the  British flag of truce  &  the women there  sent to Charleston he went no further  - is   Major in the corps was Morgan - at the expiration of this tour he was discharged from the service at place he entered to wit Orangeburgh District  South Carolina. Thirdly . He again  ( time not remembered )  entered the service of his Country in South Carolina under Capt. Gartman as Capt. in the Regiment  corps of  Col. Beard under the command of Genl. Pickens of South  Carolina  - he was drafted  this time & served at least
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two months when he was again honorably discharged during this engagement  he went as one of  700 troops  under the command of  aforesaid to Bacon's bridge it is eighteen miles from Charleston  went to protect  Genl. Green's army  lying seven miles off . Declarant went as  a  waggoner & from there  & during said engagement  went in a company of twenty five wagons to Stono for provisions for Green's army . He cannot state the  names of any regular officers . His service was entirely in the militia detached from any regular army . He never received any written discharges from an of his officers, and at the time does not know  of any one who can testify to his services. He was in many other little parties once assisted Col. Washington  a day &  night through the County  in addition to above went as one of a company to rebuild Congaree bridge, which had been burned by the British. When the British  landing at Savannah  his regiment was all called up at  a branch  in  Orangeburgh District ( now Lexington ) South Carolina  & took to the oath of Allegiance to the United States . This branch
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in consequence of it has always been called  Swearing branch (?) . He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that is name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Andrew Kelly ( signed ) Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year aforesaid Ed. R. Evans ( signed ) Judge D.C.  And therefore the said Court  propounded to the said Andrew Kelly  the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to which he made the following answers, to wit. 1. To the first interrogatory . That he was born on the Atlantic Ocean  on the passage of his parents   from Germany  to South Carolina  on the eleventh  September 1752. .2. To the second interrogatory . That he has at his land in the County of Dallas  Alabama a record of his age , made on a piece of paper by his  school master  when he
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went to school  in .. ( illegible ) 3. To the third interrogatory . That  the several times before mentioned when he entered the service he lived in Orangeburgh  ( now Lexington ) South Carolina , and that since the revolution he continued to reside in said District until about three years ago  when he removed to Dallas County Alabama. where he now resides. 4. To the fourth interrogatory . That during the first period or engagement as before stated he was a volunteer  & during the two last engagements one period he was drafted. 5. To the fifth interrogatory . That he was  not acquainted with any of the regular officers , and he was with no regiments or bodies of continental troops except  those mentioned in the foregoing declaration which contains all the general  circumstances of his services which he now recollects. 6. To the sixth interrogatory . That he never did receive any written discharge from the service. 7. To the seventh interrogatory . That he is known to  Samuel Kelly , James R. Kelly, ( they are his sons )  Martin Taylor, of the immediate neighborhood . The Rev. William S. Smith  who has lived in the neighborhood  & now lives near
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-er than any other clergyman . They can testify as to my character  for veracity  & their belief of my services  in the Revolution as a soldier.  Also Jacob Kinard here in Court has known me for many years  where I lived in South Carolina . He &  Jay Evans (?) can testify as to the belief in the neighborhood where I came from in Carolina.  I, William S. Smith a clergyman residing in the county of Dallas and State of Alabama hereby certify that  I am well acquainted with Andrew Kelly  who has subscribed  and sworn to the above declaration , that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion. William S. Smith ( signed )  Sworn to  & subscribed in open Court this 13th day of September 1835. Geo R. Adams ( signed )  Judge C.C.D.C.
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I, Martin Taylor residing in the County of Dallas  and  State of Alabama  hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Andrew Kelly  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , that I have known him for the  last twenty years or more  and that he was always reputed  and it was  by me always  been believed in the  war  continued where he resides that he was  & had been a soldier of the Revolution , and in that  opinion I concur.  Martin Taylor ( his mark X) Sworn to  & subscribed the day and year aforesaid . Geo R Evans ( signed )  Judge C.C.D.C.  I , Jacob Kynerd residing in the County of Perry and State of Alabama  hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Andrew Kelly who has subscribed and  sworn to the above declaration  for the space of twelve years in Carolina where he  had declared he resided, that I believe him to be eighty three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in  Lexington District  South Carolina and where he resided to  have been a soldier of the revolution
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and I concur in that opinion. Jacob Kynerd ( signed )  Sworn  and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid Geo. R. Evans ( signed ) Judge C.C.D.C. And the said 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 certifies that it appears  that William S. Smith  who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Dallas and State of Alabama, and that Martin Taylor  and Jacob  Kynerd who have signed the preceding certificate  are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. I, James D. Gray clerk of the  County Court  for the County of Dallas and State of Alabama  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Kelly for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
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33205 Andrew Kelly Alabama 5837  S.C. service
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and seal of office this 18th day of July 1835. James D. Gray ( signed / sealed ) clk  I have examined the signatures of the Judge of the County Court of Dallas and also of the clerk who has certified the above papers, they are genuine and full faith and credit  may  be given to them. William R. King ( signed )
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L. J. Gartrell NC Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C. ( margin notes  faded ) ( Andrew Kelly .. illegible 1832 )
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REJECTED 5837 Andrew Kelly
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No 33205 Rejected see letter  30 July '35 to Major Pickens & Clerk Cahaba  did not serve six months in a military capacity . Hon L.J. Gartrell Mch 3/58 Act 24 June 1832
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House of Reps Feby 24, 1858 Sir, Can you give me any information on the claim of Andrew Kelly  mentioned in the enclosed letter from W.L. Lyons  Esq.  with your answer . Please return Mr. Lyon's letter. Very respectfully  Lucius J. Gartrell ( signed ) Hon Geo. C. Whiting
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Cahaba Ala. 7 July  Free To the  Secretary of War City of Washington Pension application of Andrew Kelly ( vertical notes )  July 28 Ala
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Cahaba Ala 17 June 1835 We enclosed the application of Andrew Kelly of this County  for a pension , certified by Gen. W.R. King  of  the Senate  as by direction heretofore received   by us from the Pension office. It will be seen that  the expression in declaration of  the  pension of the County we had accidentally  omitted  the word "Court"  everything else seems complete & allow us to say  that from  reading that declaration proof  & certificates, you must be satisfied that this  record is not  unilateral. We are respectfully ,etc.  Pickens & Clark  Attys at Law To the Pension agent Washington