Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22038, Dixsey Ward, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S. C.
Ward, Dixsey
NUMBER
S22038.
CONTENTS
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16.256.
South Carolina
Dixsey Ward
of Fairfield in the State of South Car
who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain James of the Regt. commanded by Col. Singleton in the South Car
line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of South Car. at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of July '33 and sent Jn Buckhanan Winnsboro S. C. 
Arrears to the         4th of March '33 - 160
Semi'anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 40
$200
[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 83
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Dixsey Ward
13.242
[illegible- faded]
[illegible- faded]
5.11.12
P 343
18 apt 33
John Buchanan
Winnsboro SC.
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13.242.
BRIEF in the case of Dixsey Ward
District of Fairfield 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? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. In 17__
{illegible] Enlisted 1778 or 79
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.
not stated "Served until Charleston capitulated in May 1780, was then taken prisoner by the British and continued prisoner until the latter part of August in the same year" 
not stated 
Rank. As a
private
Names of: General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Gen.
Capt. J James Col. M. Singleton
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and
Capt. Uriah Goodwyn 3rh regiment S. C. Rangers Col. William Thompson Capt. Joseph Warley
Capt. Josiah Furman
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Fort [illegible] - Fort near [?Scotch] lake in Santee - Savannah - Siege of Charleston
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sumpter District S. C.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Five Witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not connected with the seal.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
"Deponent performed more than nine months service in Capt. Joseph Warley's company. And afterwards he is satisfied that in the different tours of Militia duty he served more in all then nine months [illegible].   He was out nearly all the remainder of the war."
Examining Clerk.
J. Waugh
Feb 25. 1833.
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(Supplemented/ Dixsey Ward [Illegible]
The State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield 
I Asa Bell a Clergyman residing in the District of Fairfield do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Dixsey Ward who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration before Chanceller De Saussure in open court, hearing date the twentieth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty two, the Declaration and proceedings had therein being the two sheets of paper for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That I have known said Dixsey Ward for fifteen or perhaps twenty years [illegible].
That from his appearance I believe him to be of the age he has stated in his declaration (to wit seventy two years since April 14th 1832/ and should [illegible] [illegible] him [illegible] but for his 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.
Asa Bell
Sworn to, and Subscribed before me this 10th June A.D. 1833.
J Elliott [illegible]
C.C.P.
State of South Carolina
Fairfield District
I Dixsey Ward a resident of Fairfield District, being the same person who subscribed and swore to a Declaration before Chanceller De Saussure in open court, bearing date the twentieth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty two (the declaration and proceedings  had therein being in two sheets of paper for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, Do hereby certify and declare on oath that since the said declaration was made by me I have found a certificate among my late Fathers papers which  had been in the possession
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of Deponents brother Micajah Ward now also deceased signed by Nathaniel Moore Captain and by Matthew Singleton Colonel and dated Feby. 7th 1779, and marked A which enables the Deponent to fix with more precision the time when Deponent entered the service in Col. Wm. Thompson's Regiment.  That Deponent was driving his Fathers wagon and team (Elias Wards) mentioned in the Certificate A when Deponent enlisted in Captain Uriah Goodwyns Company 3rd Regiment South Carolina [illegible] Col. Wm. Thompson as stated in the declaration.  The Deponent enlisted in said company on the 2nd or 3rd day after his Fathers wagon was pressed into the service/ which according to the certificate A was eighty days preceding the 7th Feby. 1779) and which fixed the time of Deponents enlistment to the 21st or 22nd day of November 1778, and Deponents memory so far as it serves him goes to fix the month of enlistment in November and deponent served in said Regiment as he has stated in his declaration from the 21st or 22nd day of November 1778 until the capture of Charleston the 12th May 1780.  Was a prisoner to the British afterward and until the 25th August 1780.  Being in all a period of one year, nine months and three or four days deponent served in Col. Thompsons Regiment as a private enlisted soldier, and as a prisoner to the British as stated in the Declaration.
The Deponent served as a private soldier in a tour of militia duty performed in the years 1775 & 1776 and previous to his enlisting in Thompsons Regiment.  Deponent served as a substitute for one [illegible] Lowder in Captain John James' Company.  Matthew Singleton was the Colonel commanding the Regiment.  Deponent was marched from his Fathers home (High hills Santee So. Ca.) late in the fall of the year and returned home in the spring of the following year.  Thinks he left home in November and returned in the March following was out on this tour of duty three months and more
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and performed militia duty as a private on this tour Colonel Fletcher who commanded a body of Tories between ninety six and Broad River was taken prisoner and this is the first tour of duty mentioned in the Deponents declaration and is known as the [illegible] [illegible] expedition
That Deponent served as private soldier another tour of duty in the year 1776 under the same Capt. John James, was marched to Charleston So. Ca.  Matthew Singleton was the Colonel commanding the Regiment.  Major Herry was along. Was serving as a soldier in Charleston in this tour when first Militia was attacked by Sir Peter Parker.  Was out in this tour two months and more.  This tour the Deponent forgot to mention when his declaration was made out and has no doubt that he had forgotten other tours as deponent was out on duty nearly all the war in corps embodied and called into service by [illegible] [illegible] during which service he was [illegible] the tour under Capt. Josiah Furman mentioned in the declaration the deponent was on duty two months as a private.  Col. Matthew Singleton was the Colonel on this tour.  Deponent is mistaken in placing this tour of duty after his [illegible] as a prisoner [illegible] the enemy after the capture of Charleston.  It was performed before that event and was directed against the Tories between Santee and Charleston
Dixsey Ward
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 10th June 1833
J. Elliott [illegible] C. C. P.
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Dixsey Ward
(Evidence Supplemented)
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The State of South Carolina
Fairfield District
I James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of Revd Asa Bell and Dixsey Ward were sworn to and subscribed before me as Justice of the [illegible] [illegible] that they are both residents of Fairfield District.  That Asa Bell is a Clergyman of the Baptist Church and inhabitant of this District and in good standing in the church, and that both Asa Bell and Dixsey Ward are credible witnesses.  That Dixsey Ward is the identical Dixsey Ward who made his declaration of the 20th day of July 1832, before Chancellor De Saussure in order to obtain a pension which declaration and the proceedings had thereon are contained in two sheets of paper.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of my office this 10th day of June AD 1833.
J. Elliott
C.C.P.
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Dixsey Ward
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Dixsey Ward 1st sheet
The State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield
On this twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Henry W. De Saussure Chancellor of the State of South Carolina, at the Court of Equity now in session for Fairfield District, Dixsey Ward, a resident of Fairfield District in the State aforesaid, aged seventy two 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.  Deponent was born in Virginia, Prince William County, the 14th April 1760. The age of deponent is entered on a little paper sheet in his fathers handwriting now in the Deponents possession.  Was living near Stateburg Sumpter District when called into service.  He entered the service in Captain John James company Col. Matthew Singleton commander [illegible] at the [illegible] [illegible] in ninety six. 
The deponent again went out under Capt. John James, Colonel Singleton commanded the regiment went as far as the 12 mile [illegible] near Granby where the deponent enlisted as a soldier under Captain Uriah Goodwyn under Col. Wm. Thompson 3rd Regiment So. Ca. Rangers.  Not long after enlisted, deponent was transferred to Captain Joseph Warleys company, this [illegible] as witness can recollect was late in the year 1778 or early in year 1779.  From this time the deponent served in said company until Charleston capitulated to the British in May 1780. The Depo
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-nent was then taken prisoner by the British and continued prisoner in the barracks in Charleston until the latter part of his [illegible] in the service year when the Deponent found an opportunity to get through the British centinels and made his escape.  After he returned home, he then engaged with the militia in performing several tours of militia duty.  One under Josiah Furman Capt. scouting about after the Tories.  Was out frequently and seldom at home.
Deponent performed more than nine months service in Captain Joseph Warleys Company and afterward he is satisfied that in the different tours of militia duty he served more in all that than nine months more.  He was out nearly all the remainder of the War.
Deponent was at the taking of the [illegible] fort under Col Thomas Tengler then Capt. Sumpter was there also.
At the taking of a fort that lay near Scott 
lake in Santee.  General Lee was there [illegible] him drag a tory out of the fort nearly dead after the engagement. 
At a Battle with the tories [illegible] [illegible]commanded the american [illegible] which was defeated.
Was present and engaged in the [illegible] of Savannah Genl. Lincoln Americans Commander Deponent then under Col. [illegible]
Was in the siege of Charleston in 1780 the deponent [illegible[ of none of his fellow soldiers now alive that can testify as to his service
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unless Captain John Smith, John Lee, and Gideon Griffin, the three first named living in Fairfield and Griffin in Richland District but no discharge as he made his escape [illegible] over to the British.  Deponent herby relinquishes every 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.
Dixsey Ward 
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Jno. Buchanan
Commr.in Equity F. D.
I John Lee a resident of Fairfield District hereby certify on oath that I have been acquainted with Dixsey Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, since the year 1779. That I believe him to be seventy two years of age. That deponent is seventy three years of age and first became acquainted with said Dixsey Ward in the early part of year 1779 in Capt. Joseph Warleys Company 3rd regiment of So. Ca. Rangers Col. Wm Thompson
Said Ward served in said regiment until the beginning of the siege of Charleston in 1780 when deponent was detailed and sent in the country to [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] wounded in the beginning of the siege. That said Ward served more than nine months in said Captain Warleys company to deponents own knowledge.
Said Ward was in the siege Savannah.  Deponent recollects him well, being in the same company, and having been drilled together often in the [illegible] squad. 
his
John X Lee
mark
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 20th July 1832
Jno. Buchanan
Commr. in Equity
F. Dist.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
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 Dixsey Ward a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for a pension on file in this Bureau. 
S. F. 22038
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.| LENGTH OF SERVICE.| RANK.| OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN./COLONEL.| STATE.
Nov 1775 Mch 1776| Pvt John James| Mathew Singleton| S. C.
1776| 2 mos| John James| Mathew Singleton
2 mos| Josiah Furman| Mathew Singleton 
Nov. 21 or 22 1778| Uriah Goodwin & Joseph Warley| William Thompson
was taken prisoner when Charleston fell and held until he made his escape Aug 25 1780
Battles engaged in, Savannah, Ft Granby, Saluda
Residence of soldier at enlistment, near Stateburg, Sumter Dist S. C.
Date of application for pension, July 20, 1832.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield Dist. S. C.
Age at date of application, born in Prince William Co Va Apr 14 1760 son of Elias who resided at High Hills, Santee S. C. 
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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Dixsey Ward
S.F. 22038
S6 
[written vertically] Ward [illegible]
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South Carolina
I certify that Elias Wards wagon & team, was prest for the publick servs & after serving eighty days was discharged by me Nathl Moore Captain
[illegible] one wagon cloath & 2 [illegible] mising
Feby 7 779
Certified by me Mathew Singleton Colonal
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Revolution
22038
INVALID.
File No. 22038
Dixsey Ward
Pri Rev War
Act: june 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870]
1915 June 24: history to Mrs. Mary A. Davies Letter in S.T. 16308. William Aldredge
M.13.H.
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Dixsey Ward
Sheet 2nd
The State of South Carolina
Fairfield District
Before me appeared Captain John Smith and being duly sworn makes oath that he is seventy years of age since the [illegible]th day of August last, that he first became acquainted with Dixsey Ward who is about to apply to the United States for a pension under the act of congress passed the 7th day of June 1832.  That he first became acquainted with Dixsey Ward he believes in the early part of the year thinks in March 1779, then a private soldier in Captain Joseph Warleys Company of the 3rd Regiment South Carolinas Continental Line, commanded by Colonel Wm. Thompson. That said Dixsey Ward continued to belong to said Company and to serve as a soldier until after the surrender of Charleston to the British the 17th May 1780.
That deponent is now receiving a pension from the United States for services served recorded in the same Company to which Ward belonged.
John Smith 
Sworn to & subscribed [illegible] before me James Elliott.
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield District this 18th July 1832
J. Elliott
C.C.P.
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Fairfield District
I certify that the within was taken before me as Clerk of the Court for the District aforesaid & that John Smith is a credible witness 
given under my hand & the seal of the said court the day & year above written 
J. Elliott
C.C.P,
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1.3.242
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the applicant Dixsey Ward was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Captain John Smith and John Lee who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of Fairfield District, are credible persons and that their statements are entitled of credit. 
And the Court further certifies that Captain John Smith whose certificate annexed was taken before [illegible] James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for Fairfield District was examined on oath in open Court, confirming his certificate and to the satisfaction of the Court
Henry W. De Saussure
Chancellor
State of South Carolina
I John Buchanan Commissioner of the Court of Equity for Fairfield District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains in two sheets the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Dixsey Ward for a pension, and that Benjamin [illegible] before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been taken is believed to be an acting Justice [illegible] [illegible] for Richland District [illegible] having often seen officiant purporting to [illegible] taken before him in that character.
Given under my hand and seal of office in testimony hereof this 20th day of July 
[illegible] 1832.
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13.242.
Dixsey Ward
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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 Dixsey Ward which require further proof or explanation.
I. 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 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? No
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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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?
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a _____ For ____ months 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 about three or four months is too indefinite, 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 objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place of 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 magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating 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. 
{image of a hand with pointing index finger} 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.