Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7844, Edward Wardrope, N.C.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE 
N. C. 

NUMBER
S. 7844

Wardrope, Edward 

Carded
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] [Illegible] to pay July 8, [cut off]
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4th March 1844, to 14th April 1844. Agent notified 14 April 1845
J B Wood for Sep 12 1854

[right side] 27984 279
North Carolina
Edward Wardrope
[cut off] Co. in the State of North Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Chambers of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Collier in the Militia of [crossed out - line for] North Carolina 
27984

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Novr [November] 1837 and sent to Thos Higgs Burnsville N. C.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 March 1834 
140-
20
$160

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Henry H Sylvester, Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 ½ Page 79
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Revolution Pension Claim

Moses Wardrope

Power of Attorney
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Know all men by these presents That I Moses Wardrop [Wardrope] of the County of Madison State of North Carolina Son and heir at Law of Edward Wardrope deceased a pensioner of the United States under act 7 June 1832, do hereby constitute and appoint John Barber Woodfin of Burnsville Yancy Co. N. C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions the Pension Certificate for the increase of Pension that is and is due at my said fathers deceased, to examine all papers now on file in the Pension Office and file new ones if deemed expedient, and generally to do all lawful acts and things within this case in as full and perfect manner or I could do were I personally present and acting for myself hereby revoking all power of Attorney at any time heretofore executed by me or by any one having or claiming to have the controle [control] or claiming to have the control of said matter. 
Witness my hand and seal this 1st day of September AD 1854 
[signed] Moses Wardrope {Seal}
Witness W Broyles
Witness John [Illegible]
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State of North Carolina}
Yancy County} S.S.

On this 1st day of September AD 1854 personally appeared before me the undersigned and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Moses Wardrop and acknowledged the forgoing Power of Attorney to be his own act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned, and I certify that I have no intent in said claim nor am not concerned in the prosecution In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand . 
S Honeycut J. P.

State of North Carolina}
Yancy County} On this 1st day of September AD 1854 personally came before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Moses Wardrope who being first duly sworn according to law depose and says on his oath that he is one of the children and heirs of Edward Wardrope deceased and, that he believes that they are partly entitled to increase of Pension his father only during for one years service and he stated in his life time that he served a much longer time than that, that the said Edward Wardrop drew a pension of $40.00 per annum under act of Congress 7 June 1832 and that he as his heirs claims an
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increase from that to $80 per annum as he think his service [Illegible] will examined will justly entitle him to that Amount. 
Moses Wardrope {seal}
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year last above written 
S Honeycut J.P.

State of North Carolina}
Yancy County} I David Mccanla, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of said County do certify that S. Honeycut as above is a Magistrate duly commissioned & authorized according to law and the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have here unto affixed my seal of office at office at Burnsville and Subscribed my name this the 1st day of September AD 1854 
D Mccanla, Clerk
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Amendment & further explanation in the case of Edward Wardrope whose Declaration has been returned from War Dept &c 
First the reason why I the said Wardrope did not make earlier application for a pension was that I was afflicted with a rising on my foot for more than two years something like the white swelling there was various bones & pieces of bones come out of the foot & one of my toes come off my foot has got so now that I am able to walk on it I have also had a pain in one of my eyes which took me in the Spring of 1833 while I was confined with my foot & has finally after much suffering deprived me of its
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sight I rendered my other eye very weak I am still not able to travel without great pain & injury to myself. While in my helpless condition I applied to many of my neighbours to try & get my pension for me but they had no form nor did they know how to draw the Declaration & some told me that I would be obliged to go to the Court house to be examined in Court which I was unable to do, & so it remained untill [until] a Gentleman by the name of McDaniel informed me my business could be done without going to the Court house by certifying my inability &c. Said McDaniel undertook & don [done] my writing and Esq’r. [Esquire] May Jervis come to my own house to quallify [qualify] me to it.
2nd. It appears that “other proof than what is presented is required to be made I don’t know of any person now living that was with me in the service or
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that knows of my services. if any such should be living I know not where they are but would presume if any, then they are in Wake County this State which is upwards of two hundred miles from me & I am unable to go there & have nothing to give or hire any person to go there for me
I may have been mistaken in some of the dates being unlearned & haveing [having] nothing but my memory to depend on The battles I was in are truly stated & they show the time I served & correct such error should there be any Many years of my life is known to my neighbours where I now live & they can testify to my character & standing If there testimony should be such as to satisfy the Department that I am entitled to credit & faith in my Oath I shall hope to be rewarded as other soldiers have been if to the contrary I must submit.
3rd. It is true. I cannot read but my Declaration was carefully read over to
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me by Preacher McDaniel when he wrote it & also by Squire Jervis when he quallified [qualified] me to it. & the facts as there stated was writen [written] as I directed. I refer the Department to Samuel P Carson our former member of Congress & to his certificate as to the standing & respectability of Preach McDaniel Squire Jarvis also Preacher McMahan & David Carson who have certified as to my standing further this Deponent sayeth not. 
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 19th day of Sept’r. [September] 1834
M Jervis Jp
Edward [his X mark\ Wardroop [Wardrope]

The foregoing written by Samuel P Carson
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31.497 
Edward Wardrope
N. C.
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
State of N Carolina} 
Yancy County} on this 23rd day of June 1834. personally appeared before me May Jervis one of the acting Justices of the peace for the above named county – Edward Wardrope a resident of the county of Yancy in the State of N Carolina aged 76 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 United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated –
This applicant saith that he lived in Wake County N. C. at the time he entered the service which was in 1780 and served as a volunteer under the command of General [John] Butler Col. [John] Collier Major Sharp [sic: Joseph Sharpe] Captain [William] Chambers and Lieutenant Charles Edwards. marched through Orrange [Orange] Chatham and Cabarrus Counties in N. Carolina into South Carolina and was in the battle of Gates defeat [Battle of Camden where Gen. Horatio Gates was defeated, 16 Aug 1780]. 
The second Tour This applicant saith he was drafted in Wake County N. C. and served three months under General Butler, Col. Collier Major Umphries [Humphries] Captain Lewis Bletcher [Lewis Bledsoe] and Leutenant [Lieutenant] McDaniel. Marched through Chatham County in N. Carolina and was in the battle at Guilford which to the best of his recollection was in the year 1781 [Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] – The third Tour this applicant saith he was drafted three months resided at the time in Wake County [County] N Carolina in the year of 1781 to the best of his recollection Served under Benjamin Blake Captain, James Blake Lieut, and guarded the assembly the greater part of this Tour. after the rise of which we marched down toward Wilmington under Col. Moore to suppress the Tories but the battle was fought before our arrival. This applicant further saith that he was drafted and [and] served a fourth Tour three months resided in Wake County at that time under Capt. Blake and Liut Hillman [Lieutenant Hillsman]. marched through Orrange [Orange] and Rockingham others not recollected in the state of N. Carolina and was in the Battle at the Utaw Springs [Eutaw Springs SC, 8 Sep 1781] under the command of General Green [Nathanael Greene] Saw Col [William] Washington make three charges with his draggoons [dragoons] in the month of September the year not recollected
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The fifth Tour this applicant saith he was drafted and served Three months was living in Wake County N. Carolina at the time Served Captain [John] Trent – and Leutenant [Lieutenant] Locke Guarded the Governor of said State whose name was Burk [Thomas Burke] all or most of this Tour – making in all Eighteen months he served – he knew General Green Col. Washington and Col. [Henry] Lee.
This applicant further saith that he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person who can testify to his benefit - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
Edward [his X mark] Wardrope
M Jervis J. PP.

1st Where and in what year were you born? 
A. [Answer] in Wake County N. Carolina in the year of 1758 
2nd have you any record of your age and if so where is it 
A. I have none 
3rd where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary and where do you now live 
A. I lived in wake County N. Carolina when called into Service, and after the close of the war I moved to Cabarrus County N. C. Then to Caswell County in the same state. Thence I moved to the state of Kentucky thence to Tennessee Thence to Burke County N. C. thence to Buncombe or that part of Buncombe which is now called Yancy in the same state 
4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if so for whom 
A. The first Tour I volunteered the other four I was Drafted.
5 State the names of some of the regular 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
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A. Knew General Gates, Major Sharp, General Green, Colonel Washington &c. As to the circumstances of my service I will refer to my foregoing declaration. 
6 Did you receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it 
A. I received several discharges but not thinking to be proffited [profited] by them have lost them 
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
[Answer] I will refer to James B. McMahan and Daniel Carter 
M. Jervis J. P.
Edward [his X mark] Wardrope

We James B. McMahan a clergyman residing in the County of Yancy and state of N Carolina and Daniel Carter residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Wardrop who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be 76 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 sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid – 
James B. McMahan Clergy 
D. Carter 
May Jervis J. P.

I May Jervis one of the acting Justices of the peace for the County of Yancy do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [after] putting the interrogatories described by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated 
And I further certify that it appears to me that James B. McMahan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Yancy and State of N. Carolina
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And that Daniel Carter who also signed the same is a resident in the same County and state and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit 
I May Jervis Justice of the peace for the County of Yancy do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Edward Wardrop for pension and do further think that said Wardrope is incapable of attending court through age and affliction in Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year first written 

I Amos L Ray Clerk of the County Court of Yancy do certify that May Jervis is an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Yancy and that due faith and credit - ought of right to be given to his official acts given under my hand and Private seal of office not having a public seal this 28th day of June 1834 
A. L. Ray Clk [Clerk] {seal}
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
December 22d, 1845

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the childn [children] of Edward Wardope, dec'd [deceased] a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina - Agency, at the rate of forty -- Dollars and -- [crossed out - Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832  -- has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1844, to the 14th April 1844.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Edward Wardrope 
N C

Admit as private 12 mo $40 

claim 15 mo but [Illegible] but 5 tours of 3 mo each one of which, to wit, guarding the Govr [Governor] Burk of N C and admitted H H L

Thos Briggs Esquire 
Burnsville, Yancy Co, N. C.
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P. S. The name of the old man has sometimes been speld [spelled] Waldrope instead of Wardrope - See the Books for that Name – 
Sam P Carson
To J L Edwards
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Burnsville Yancy Co N. C 
1st Sept 1854 

Sir,
I send enclosed the power of Attorney &c of Moses Wardrope son &c of Edward Wardrope who drew a pension of $40 per annum and which they State is only about one half the amount to which he was fully entitled as he served above two years, you will therefore examine the papers now on file and inform what amount of service he actually claimed himself in his original declaration and if he has claimed more service than one year of course there are good services for being that his heirs are entitled to an increase, But if on the other hand he has only claimed 12 months service we cannot go farther back thru his own statements. You will therefore report to me as soon as convenient being fully rely there not or by pension allowed for one year service 
I am Very Respectfully 
your Obt Sert [obedient servant]
Jno B Woodfin

Hon L. P. Waldo 
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions 
Washington D. C
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J. L. Edwards Esq 
D Sir 
I knew Edward Wardrobe before I was grown up & he bore the character of an honest man & also that of having been a revolutionary soldier he moved from Burke some years since to his present residence then Buncombe now Yancy County & of course I could not know his course of conduct only from the information of others, so far as I am advised & believe here is no doubt of his honest standing he has been for many years a member of the Baptist Church without change or censure & has been licenced [licensed] by the church (altho [although] an unlettered man) to speak in public as an exhorter. this will give you an idea of his standing. He is
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a man of strong nature sense but in part no doubt by age & afflictions his poverty is the result of misfortune not want of industry. The character of the Gentlemen who he desires me to certify in behalf of viz Preachers McDaniel M Jervis Esqr &c who done the writing & qualified Wardrope to the same & the Revd [Reverand] James McMahan & Daniel Carter who certify to his respectability if I can say in a word that they are all citizens of first noy standing & intitled [entitled] to full faith & credit. 
The reason why there was no official seal to the proceedings is that the New County of Yancy was only erected last winter by our Legislature & the new clerk had not time to get a seal.
May Jarvis the subscribing Justice to the Declaration was & is an acting
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Justice of the Peace for Yancy County & A.L. Ray was the acting Clerk at the time his certificate was given & I state as my decided opinion that the old man is intitled to a pension I do so from the fact that many years ago & while he was a citizen of Burke he was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution as well as from the study unostentation’s & honest department of the old man. All of which is as certified by your obt servt [obedient servant] & friend
Septr [September] 16th 1834 
Sam P Carson 

PS I don [did] the last writing for the old man & as they have to send for a Justice of the peace to come to his house his amendment will be dated some few days later. (at the time qualified) SPC
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P S my hand writing is a sufficient certificate to you as you have frequently been troubled in similar cases, with the signature of 
Sam P Carson

[written sideways] This to accompany the declaration of Edward Wardrope
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Agent
War Dept.


This letter to accompany the papers of E Wardrope
JJC
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[circular stamp] BURNSVILLE 4 SEPT N. C.

[stamped] FREE

Hon L. P. Waldo 
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions 
Washington City D.C.

[written sideways] Edward Wardrope N. C. act 1832
Cole
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

7844

Rev War INVALID

File No. 7844 Own

Edward Wardrope

Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832

Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 393

[Arrangement of 1870.]