Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,286, David Weir, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Weir, David
Jane

NUMBER 
R. 11.286

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CONTENTS
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Power of Atty. of heir
of Jane Weir
wid. of David
Rev. Pension
Act of July 4/36
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M. Thompson
Present.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims,
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I, *  Mathew Weir of
Chester District S.C. son of David
& Jane Wier late of Farfield [Fairfield] District
deceased do
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D.C., my true
and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the said Jane Wier
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby
authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file
in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file edditional evidence or arguments; 
and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more 
substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do
were I personally present.  Hereby notifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or Agent
shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 8th day of March A. D., 1853.

Matthew Weir   [seal]

Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
William Thomas
A. S. Wallace

STATE of South Carolina
District of Fairfield } ss.

On this 8th day of March A. D. 1858, 
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the District aforesaid, personally appeared
Mathew Weir and acknowledged the foregoing Power 
of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand,
the day and year aforesaid. }

William Thomas Magistrate

* In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power.  If 
he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and 
execute the power.  If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name,
(stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child or children, then there is no person entitled under the
existing rules rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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Claim of Pension for Revolutionary service
Act of 4th July 1836
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STATE OF South Carolina
COUNTY [crossed out] District of Fairfield

Be it Known, That on this 8th
day of March A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the 
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the District and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Mathew Wier a resident of Chester District S.C. and
made oath according to law that he is the identical son of Jane Wier 
and that he has 
power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be 
filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Matthew Weir

Sworn to and subscribed, the day
and year aforesaid, before
William Thomas, Magt.

I Wm. Thomas Magistrate in and for said District do hereby
certify that Mathew Wier who executed the foregoing paper, is a 
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.

William Thomas, Magt.


State of South Carolina
Fairfield District

J. R. Thompson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for Fairfield District and 
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm. Thomas before whom the foregoing
papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and 
affixed my official Seal, this eight day of 
April A.D., 1853

J. R. Thompson
Clerk.
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[a blank pre-printed form]
STATE OF [blank]
COUNTY OF [blank]

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me [blank]

that [blank] was a Revolutionary [blank] of the
United States at the rate of $ [blank] per annum, and that [blank] died on the 
[blank] day of [blank] eighteen hundred and [blank]
leaving surviving [blank]
and that [blank]
the only surviving child [blank] of the aforesaid.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this [blank] day of [blank]
one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [blank]


NOTE -- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be dead, then there
is no use of the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney.  But if he or she (as the case may
be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear.  If the widow execute the power
of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow.  If there
be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear;
and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children.  If, he, or she, (as the case may be)
was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but it a claimant merely,
state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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[front cover or page of a small book]

THE 
PSALMS
OF 
DAVID
In METRE.  V

Newly Translated and diligently Compared with 
the Original Text, and former Translations.

More [plain?], smooth, and agreeable to the Text,
than any heretofore.
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Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the 
Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be Sung in Congregations 
and Families.
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[CREST]
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BELFAST:
Printed by DANIEL BLOW, M,DCC,LXX.

[border around all the printing]
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S.C.
[most of the top half of the page is too faint to be legible but seems to be calculations]
Thomas [illegible]
2783
Thomas
Sean Weir
Josp
Samuel Weir
Thomas Weir
[illegible]
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Revolutionary 
Pension Claim
Jane Wier
decd widow
of David Wier
decd. of 
Tennessee
sent to 
M. Thompson
Died Apl. 5 1853
Papers cald for 
N. Cole
Apl 7/53 [?]
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PAGE 1.
POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I, * David Wier
son of Jane Wier deceased 
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D.C., my true
and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of my Mother's four heirs
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby
authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file
in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments;
and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more 
substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; ad to do all things that I might or could do
were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent
shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 26th day of March A.D., 1853.

David Wier        [seal]

Signed and Sealed in the presence of 
Samuel Workman


STATE OF Tennessee
COUNTY OF McMinn  ss.

On this 26th day of March A.D., 1853
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
David Wier and acknowledged the foregoing Power 
of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, 
the day and year aforesaid.
William R. Walker J. Peace.


*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power.  If 
he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stated the fact that she is his widow,) and
execute the power.  If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name,
(stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child or children, then there is no person entitled under the
existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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PAGE 2.
Claim of [blank]
Act of [blank]
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STATE OF Tennessee
COUNTY OF McMinn

Be it Known, That on this 26th 
day of March A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty 3, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
David Wier a resident of McMinn County Tennessee, and 
made oath according to law that he is the identical David Wier who executed the foregoing
power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be 
filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

David Wier

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and 
year aforesaid, before 
[blank]   J. Peace.

I William R. Walker, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby
certify that David Wier who executed the foregoing papers, is a 
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claims as therein set forth.

William R. Walker J. Peace.

I, Thomas Vaughan Clerk of the County Court in the County and 
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William R. Walker before whom the foregoing
papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed by name and 
affixed my official Seal, this 28th day of
March A.D., 1853.

T. Vaughan Clerk
Clerk.




that [blank] was a Revolutionary [blank] of the
United States at the rate of $ [blank] per annum, and that [blank] died on the 
[blank] day of [blank] eighteen hundred and [blank]
leaving surviving [blank]
and that [blank]
the only surviving child [blank] of the aforesaid.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this [blank] day of [blank]
one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [blank]


NOTE -- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be dead, then there
is no use of the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney.  But if he or she (as the case may
be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear.  If the widow execute the power
of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow.  If there
be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear;
and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children.  If, he, or she, (as the case may be)
was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but it a claimant merely,
state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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PAGE 3.

STATE OF Tennessee
COUNTY OF McMinn 

Before me Thomas Vaughan Clerk of the 
County Court for the County and State aforesaid

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me That David Weir
who Executed the foregoing Power of Attorney is the Son
of Jane Weir (widow of David Weir) who has filed
a claim in the Pension Office at Washington City D.C.
as the widow of David Weir Deceased Claiming
that [blank] was a Revolutionary Pension of the 
United States on amount of service rendered by her Husband
and that she died on the 
seventeenth day of January eighteen hundred and 53
leaving surviving Thomas Weir, John M. C. Weir, David Weir
and Mathew Weir her only surviving children
and that the said Thomas, John M.C., David and Mathew
Weir are
the only surviving children of the aforesaid Jane Weir

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this 28th day of March
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

T. Vaughan Clerk
 [seal]

NOTE -- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there
is no use of the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney.  But if he or she (as the case may
be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear.  If the widow execute the power
of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow.  If there
be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear;
and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children.  If, he, or she, (as the case may be)
was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely,
state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield ss.

On this Sixteenth day of 
March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the
undersigned a Magistrate in and for the District
and State aforesaid, Mrs. Jane Weir a resident 
of the District of Fairfield and State of South
Carolina aged Ninety Eight years who being first
duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make
the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed
July 4, 1836; That she is the widow of David Weir who
was a private in the army of the United States
on the Continental Establishment in the State of South
Carolina; that at an early period of the Revolutionary
War her husband the aforesaid David Weir enlisted
or was drafted in the Continental or Regular service;
that he served in the Company commanded by
Captain Williams in Col. Andrew Pickens'
Regiment and continued in said service until he
was taken with an attack of sickness when he 
returned to his residence in Laurens District in 
the State of South Carolina & as soon as he recovered
from said sickness he rejoined the same company
in said Regiment & so continued in the same; that 
he was at the Snow Camps & at Savannah and
was also in many excursions against the Indians & 
tories in the North Western or frontier
portion of said State of South Carolina; that
he was at the battle of Ninety Six Fort under
the command of Col. Pickens; that he was regularly
discharged which Discharge has in the 
opinion of this deponent, been long since lost, and 

[on left margin written sideways]
7549
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that he afterwards served in the Militia or Volunteer
service of South Carolina different tours of duty
in Col. Edward Lacey's Regiment under Lieutenant
John Bell one of which was for the space of two months
& another for that one month and a half or nearly so
part of the time as horseman & part as footman; that
her said husband was out in the service of his country
during most of the war and at it's close he returned
to his family & home in Laurens District and that he 
afterwards moved to Chester District in this State and 
died there in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred 
and ninety six; that she afterward removed to the
District of Fairfield in said State where she now 
resides & has resided ever since her first removal 
to said District; that it is impossible for her to 
recollect all the dates of his different periods of
service.  She further declares that she was 
married to the said David Weir in the year of
Our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy five and 
before he entered the service as above stated, and 
that her husband died on the tenth day of
March seventeen hundred and ninety six
and that she has remained a widow ever since
that period as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereunto annexed; and that she has
a family Record in the handwriting of David
Weir showing the dates of the births on her
children the eldest of whom was born in the 
year seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven and that
the book herewith accompanying this Declaration
is the identical record just alluded to -

Jane Weir X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above 
written before me

James Johnston
Magistrate
Fairfield Dist.
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State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield

Personally  appeared before me 
George H. Miller, a Magistrate in and for the District 
and State aforesaid Jane Elliott and Joseph 
Robinson persons residing in said District who 
being duly sworn according to law depose and say that they are well acquainted with Jane Weir the deponent above and that she is a person 
to whose statements upon oath is due full 
faith and credit -  

Jane Elliot X her mark
Joseph A [or H] Robinson

Sworn to before me this Twelfth day of March AD 1849.

George H. Miller
Magistrate 
Fairfield Dist.

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify 
that I am well acquainted with Jane Elliott 
and Joseph Robinson who have testified 
as above and also with Mrs, Jane Weir the 
deponent above and that she is whom testifying 
on oath a person intitled (sic) to full 
credit & belief and that she is in consequence 
of old age and bodily infirmity 
unable to attend court at the Court House of 
said District in order to make her said 
Declaration -  Given under my hand this 
Twelfth 12 day of March AD 1849.

Geo. H. Miller - Magistrate [seal?]
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November 1, 1935

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/ady
David Weir
R.11286

Mr. L. Garrett Myers
80 North Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to William 
Weir and David Weir, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are 
obtained from claims made to the United States for pension 
and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in 
that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a 
claim on file on account for the services of William Weir 
as described by you, all spellings of the names searched.

The data contained herein are obtained from the 
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.11286, based upon the military service of David Weir in 
that war.

The date and place of birth and the names of the 
parents of David Weir are not shown.

David Weir married in 1775, day, month, and place not 
shown, Jane, her maiden name not given.

He died March 10, 1796 in Chester District, South 
Carolina.

His widow, Jane Weir, applied for pension March 16, 
1849 at which time she was aged ninety-eight years and a resident of Fairfield District, South Carolina.  It is 
stated that David Weir while a resident of Laurens District, 
South Carolina, enlisted, date not stated, served six or 
eight months as private a part of the time in Captain Williams' Company, Colonel Andrew Pickens' South Carolina Regiment, was 
in the battle of Ninety-Six, that he served as captain of a
company guarding the frontiers against the savages, and that 
he served at various times, in Lieutenant John Bell's Company, Colonel Edward Lacey's South Carolina Regiment, about three and one half months in all.
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Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish
proof of service of six months and of her marriage as 
required by the pension law.

She died January 17, 1853 in Fairfield District,
South Carolina.  The following children survived her;
Thomas, John M.C., Mathew and David Weir.  In 1853 said
Mathew was a resident of Chester District, South Carolina,
and said David was living in McMinn County, Tennessee.

Soldier and Jane's son, Samuel, was born in December
1777.

In 1853 one James P. Weir was residing in McMinn
County, Tennessee, his age or relationship to the family
not shown.  

This is the record of the only David Weir that is 
found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Pension Office,
August 9, 1849.

Sir

The papers in the case of Jane Weir,
widow of David Weir, have been examined
and filed under the Act of 4 July 1836.
Neither the service of Claimant's 
husband, nor the date of their marriage have been
satisfactorily established.  The Rolls of the South
Carolina Line in this office do not include the
letter W. we therefore, have no evidence of the 
service of applicant's husband.  The Records in 
the Office of the Comptroller Genl. of that state should 
furnish the proof of Weir's service.
The only evidence
of the marriage is the paper purporting to be 
a family Record, the entries upon which are
very indistinct, and do not bear the evidence of 
having been made at a period sufficiently early
to make that paper, unsupported by any other
testimony, conclusive proof as to the date of the 
marriage of these parties.  
We cannot allow this Claim
upon the papers now before the Department.

Very Respectfully
Your Ob Svt. [obedient servant]
J. L. Edwards



James A. Black, Esq.
Columbia, 
S.C.
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House of Reps
May 28th 1850

J L Edwards Esqr

enclosed you
will find a portion of the 
papers for a pension for
Mrs. Wear  I understand
that a portion of 
the papers are in the office
as the application has 
here to fore been made
I enclose your formal [?]
answer in this subject
giving the objection

Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
J. M. Anderson
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491
Pension Office
Sep 23 1853

Gentlemen

The case of Jane Weir of S.C. -
act July 4 1836 - cannot be allowed on
the affidavit of James Swinford.  If 
does not appear that Swinford was in 
the service himself, and even if he was
his testimony is very unsatisfactory.
He says Jane's husband served six or eight
months.  How does he know this?  He has
not given me the means of judging of the
truth of his statements by relating any
circumstances showing the probability
that he really knows of his service.
The record in the case shows 140 
days service.  The settlement for 
which was made in 1784, upon 
the account presented by Weir himself.
Is it not probable that he 
included in his account every days service
rendered by him?  The date of
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the marriage has not been established
in accordance with the regulations of 
the office.

Messr. Thompson & Wood
Present


[written sideways on left margin]
Thompson & Wood
Sept. 23/53
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Pension Office
April 9th 1858.

Sir,

In answer to the Enclosed letter of J. C.
Weir, Esqr. I have the honor to state that the
claim of Jane Weir as the widow of David for
a pension under the Act of 4" July 1836, has
been suspended for want of Evidence of Six
Months service & proof of her marriage
& the precise date thereof.
I Enclose a copy
of a letter for this Office under date of 
Sept. 23d 1853 which will more fully
indicate the objections to the allowance 
of the claim.



Hon. J. A. Smith
Ho. Reps
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Hon. J. M. Anderson
1 June 1850
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3
Pension Office
June 1st 1850

Sir

I have the  honor to inform you
that the additional evidence in the case of
Jane Weir, wdw of David Weir, does not 
furnish the proof required by my [belief?] to James
A Black, of 9 August 1849, neither as upon
the service of Mrs. Weir's husband nor the date 
of their marriage.
No additional evidence of the 
date of the marriage has been [illegible] and
the Certificate of the Comptroller Genl. shows 
a service of less than 6 months.
In order to entitle Mrs Weir
to the benefits of the act of 4 July 1838 she must
show to the satisfaction of this Department
that her husband rendered not less than 6 mo
service and that she was married to him
prior to the expiration of the last service
upon oath of these points further proof
is required.


Hon. J. M. Anderson
House of Reps
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Helena, Arkansas.
April 6 1912.

Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

I want to establish the
Revolutionary record of William
and David Weir and of Jno. [John]
Miller, all of Fishing Creek,
South Carolina.  Can you furnish
me with their Regiments & etc.

Thanking you -
I am

Respectfully
Mrs. Max Layne
Helena, Ark.

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
L
APR 8 1912
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Dd. Weir
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Book X 266, & L470

X266. 64 days priv. Cheraw Dist. before Saml Benton
JP.  David X Ware -
L470. Lt Jno Bell Col Ed Lacey's Regt. 100
days, 40 of it as horse &c.
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Washington D.C.
August 8. 1853.

To the 
Comr. of Pensions

Sir: -

Enclosed is the affidavit
of James Swimson, certifying that 
he "knows David Weir was in the 
Rev. War six or eight months &
as a Captain"; also the evidence
of Weirs neighbors to his character
as a soldier.

Yours Respectfully
Thompson A Wood
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[handwritten]

McMinn County Tenn
July 1st 1853

Messers,  Thompson & Woods
Your letter baring date the
3rd of June, is now before me.
Mr. James Swinford, did always say that he
lived in the neighbourhood of my Father
in South Carolina and that he was well
acquainted with him, and that he Swinford
did know, that David War, my Father
was a captain of a company raised to guard
the Frontier country, against the Indians,
these facts Mr. Swinford at all times through
his life, asserted to be true, I will here
give you the certificate of as respectable
by Citizens as there are in McMinn County
We the undersigned having been acquainted with James Swinford for many years, have
no hesitancy in saying that he has always
supported a good character, that he is an
acceptable member of the Baptist Church
and has been for many years, yes for about
Sixty years prior to his death this certificate
was given the 23rd of March 1846
the signer names are the following,
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[handwritten]
[column 1]
John Rogers
J. M. Wallin
John L. McCarty
F. Fuller
Benj. Ahl
James Bucken Jun.
Wm. Rucker
Mordica Rucker
Wm. Simons
Sterling Camp
Thos Camp
Wm Newton
Saml Kelley
John Rice
John Wolff
Daniel Parkson

[Column 2] 
Manuel Parkason
John Matlock
Mathew R. Gibson
Wm McKamy
Wm. McClatchey
Wm. G. McCaully
Wm Ford
Jones Franklin
Hiram Day
Wm. Franklin
A. P. McClatchey
Jas P. Weir
J. McCarty
David L. Boyd
Andrew Boyd

it would seem that the names above
Subscribed, as to the honesty and integrity
of James Swinford is a sufficient
if sufficiency is a nough,
[signed] James M McNabb

The said James Swinford stated to me that he was about fifteen or sixteen years of age at the time of
War
[signed] David Weir
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[handwritten]

State of Tennessee
McMinn County     ⎬

I Thomas Vaughan Clerk of the
County Court for the County and
State aforesaid do certify that the
foregoing is a true copy of a certificate of the character
of James Swinford late of McMinn County and
that the names thereunto subscribed are as respectable citizens as are in our County

Given under my hand at Office in Athens
this 20th day of July 1853
[signed] T. Vaughan Clerk

address David Weir Charleston Bradly
County Ten
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[handwritten]

No 7549
Jane Weir
Wd of David
HC
Act 7th July 1836
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[handwritten]
Columbia So. Ca. Apl 25th 1849.

To the Commissioner
of Pensions,
Washington City
D.C.

Sir
Please find herewith the
Declaration of Mrs Jane Weir widow of David Weir for a pension under act 4th July 1836 - The testimony of Wightman Baggley, Margaret Boyles & Elizabeth Gordon the credibity of all of whom & of the Declarant being also vouched by proper Official certificates will go
far to complete the proof - Then your Continental
Rolls for So. Ca. will show his service under Genl Andrew Pickens. By order of Gen C.C. Pinckney a portion of the Contl. lines were ordered to North Western Carolina to fight on the frontiers & Weir probably was in that body. The family
Record is also enclosed & you will find the
births of the children recorded on a sheet between "Revelations & Psalms of David in Meter". They are barely legible - Samuel Weir was born in Dec. 1777
the first child This is a meritorious claim
or else I would not present it. Let me hear
from you soon & oblige
Yours tr
[signed] James A. Black
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[handwritten]

State of Tennessee   
Mcminn County     ⎬ This day personally
appeared before me James Bonner and
acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County James Swinford and
made oath in due form of law that
he was personally acquainted with
David Weir the husband of Jane Weir
that he served as a malitied in the
Revolutionary war some six or eight
months and some time after this the
savages broke out on the frontiers
then there was company to be raised
and the said David Weir was Captain
of a company raised to guard the
frontiers some two or three years
and the said James Swinford
also states that the said David
Weir was married to Jane Weir
before he entered into the service
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day of September 1850
his
James X Swinford
mark

[signed] James Bonner
Justice of the peace
-
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[handwritten]

State of Tennessee 
McMinn County     ⎬ 

I Thomas Vaughan Clerk of the County
Court for the County and State aforesaid
do certify that James Bonner Esqr whose
name appears to the within affidavit is and was at
the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly authorized by law to
administer oaths and take acknowledgements and
that the name thereunto subscribed
is his signature
Given under my hand and seal of
Office at Office in Athens this
20th day of July 1853
[signed] T. Vaughan Clerk
[8-sided piece of paper with small ribbon to the left]
Page 35

[handwritten]

South Carolina
Fairfield Dist.
personly appeared before
me Wrightman Baggley
and makes oath that he was personly
aquainted with David Weir and has
often heard him speak of being in
the Revolutonary ware but has no
knowledge of it him self but Firmly
believes that he was in the ware
from what he heard himself and
others speeking about the matter and
my aquaintance became shortly after the
ware and Contined untill his death
and he always stood as one of the
old 76th
                 his
Wrightman X Baggly
               Mark

Sworn to before me
2nd February 1849
[signed] James Johnston
Magistrate

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify
that Wrightman Baggley the deponent above
is a person to whose statements upon oath
is due full faith & credit. Given under
my hand this seventh day of March 1849
[signed] James Johnston
Magistrate
Page 36

[handwritten]

South Carolina
Fairfield District ⎬ Margaret Boyles makes oath that
she was personally acquainted with David Weir, dec'd, 
and is well satisfied of the fact that he was a private
soldier in the United States army during the
Revolutionary war. She is fully persuaded
that he served as a soldier in the army of
the United States, both from his own
assertions, and from the credibly information
of others who were acquainted with him in
that capacity. He uniformly had the reputation
of having been a soldier of the Revolution.
Deponent further makes oath that she is
well acquainted with Jane Weir the widow
of said David Weir, decd and knows that she
was the lawful wife of said David Weir
             Her
Margaret X Boyles
            Mark

Sworn to before me
5th February 1847
[signed] Geo H Hunter
Notary Public
mark

And I the said Notary Public do hereby
certify that Margaret Boyles the deponent
above is a person to whose statements upon
oath is due full faith & credit Given
under my hand this 17th day of
March A.D. 1849.
[signed] Geo. R. Hunter Notary Public
Page 37

[handwritten]

South Carolina
Fairfield Dist    ⎬
Elizabeth Gorden makes
oath before me that she was
personally acquainted with
David Weir deceased and is well satisfied of the fact
that he was a private soldier in the United States
army during the Revolutionary war she is fully
persuaded that he served as a soldier in the army
of the United States both from his own assertions
and from the creditable information of others who
were acquainted with him in that capacity. He
uniformly had the reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution deponent further saith that she knows it to be an undisputed fact that the sd David Weir was a soldier in the Revolution
she further makes oath that she is well acquainted with Jane Weir, Widow of the and David Weir deceased and knoiws that she was the lawful wife of the sd David Wer deceased and that she is still living and has remained a widow ever since the decease of the sd David Weir
her
Elizabeth X Gordon
mark

Sworn to before me
this Feb 12th 1849
[signed] George H Miller

And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify
that the deponent above Elizabeth Gordon
is a person to whose statements upon oath
full faith & credit is & ought to be given.

[signed] Geo H C Miller Magistrate
Page 38

[handwritten]
The State of South Carolina
Fairfield District

I  A. W. Yongue Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas and General Sessions do
Herby Certify, That George H Miller and
James Johnson are Magistrates in and
for the District of Fairfield duly commi-
sioned and sworn. I also Certify
and George A Hunter is a Notary Public
duly commissioned and sworn, and
that the signatures of Geo H Miller, James
Johnston and Geo A Hunter signed to
this foregoing affidavits are genuine
Given under my hand
and seal of office and
[illegible] this 19th March
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine
[signed] A. W. Yongue
C.C.P.

[8-sided piece of paper with ribbon underneath attached, but not legible]
Page 39

[handwritten]

David Weir
11286
Page 40

[handwritten]
Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia S.C. August 17th 1849.
No. 470
Book L

this the 2d November 1784 to Mr David Weir
for Ten pounds sterling for 100 days militia duty
as pr account audited.

No 470 Book L
Principal [pound sign] 10:0- No 2. Annual interest [pound sign] 0. 14 --
Mr David Weir his accot of 100 days Militia Duty
Amott to L 10 Stg
State of South Carolina D. to David Wier
under Lieut John Bell in Col. Edward Lacey's
Regiment in the foot service at 10 per day for
60 days a 10 foot        
 L  S  D
30.00.00
40 days in the horse service
40.00.00-
Total sum
70.00.00
[pound sign]10
I do hereby certify the fo going to be a
true copy taken from the Original Records
in this Office
For Comptroller Genl
[signed] W. F. Arthur
Page 41

[handwritten]
No. 7549
Jane Weir - wid. of
David - S C
[the next 5 lines have lines drawn over the text and are mostly illegible]
Act 4 July 1836.
Page 42

[left page]
[handwritten]

1912 Apr. 12
Hist to Mrs. Mary
Layne V. L. M.

1935 Nov. 7. Hist. to
L. Garret Myers
A. D. Y. 

[right page printed completed in handwriting]
[stamp over page " Rejected"]
 11.286
P. O. [blank]
Jane Weir

Service: David
Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged: [blank]
Application filed: [blank]
Alleges: 1852 Printed List
of Rejected & Suspended 

Re-enlisted: Pensions gives
Reasons for suspension
"Proof of service and of
marriage required."

Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank]
Page 43

The State of South Carolina
Fairfield District

I O. R. Thompson Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield
district, in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify
that James Aiken Esqr before whom the
preceding affidavit was made as appears
by his name in his own hand writing
attesting the same, was at the date thereof
Magistrate for this district aforesaid who had
been duly appointed and qualified and 
had signed the roll kept according to law
in my office  That according to the laws of 
this State, a Magistrate is authorized to administer
an oath and to take the probates
of deeds and the roll of Magistrates is kept
by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and 
General Sessions
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and 
seal of office at Winnsboro the 
18" day of April Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred
and fifty & in the 74" year of 
American Independence

O. R. Thompson
C.C.Pl.G.S.
[seal]
Page 44

South Carolina
Fairfield District

Personally came Mrs. Jane
Weir before me the Subscribing
Magistrate and make oath as 
the Law directs that She is 
the widow of David Weir who served in 
the Revolutionary War and that the Deponent
and her Husband the said David
Weir were married by [blank] Lindly Esqr.
about the commencement of the Revolutionary
War and that Her Husband 
the said David Weir Served his Country
during that campaign as a whig

Jane Weir X her mark

Sworn to Before me 
the 15th day of April 1850
Jas. Aiken [seal]
Magistrate for 
F.D.


South Carolina
Fairfield Dist.

I James Aiken Esqr. one of the 
Magistrates assigned to keep the Peace
for the said District, do hereby certify
that the Statements and declarations 
of the above named Jane Weir are
entitled to full weight and credit
when and wherever made

15 April 1850
Jas. Aiken  [seal]
Magistrate for
F.D.
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[left upper corner torn]  -tation as contained is his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
David Weir   R. 11286
----------------------------------
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.  
[check mark] 3 1/2 mos. at different times
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Williams
COLONEL.
Andrew Pickins
STATE.
S.C.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.  
[check mark] 3 1/2 mos. at different times
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Lieut. John Bell
COLONEL.
Edward Lacey
STATE.
S.C.
-----------------------------------------------
Battles engaged in, Ninety Six
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Laurens Dist. S. C.
Date of application for pension,  Mch. 16, 1849
Residence at date of application,  Fairfield Dist. S.C.
Age at date of application,  98 yrs.
Remarks:  Soldier married in 1775 Jane -- and died in 
Chester Dist. S.C. Mch 10, 1796.  She died Jany. 17, 1853
Children were Samuel the eldest b. Dec. 1777, Mathew, Thomas, 
John M.C. and David.

Rej. on the grounds of insufficient proof of service and marriage  AW

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

1565b3m10-08
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THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
JOSEPH F. SMITH MEMORIAL BUILDING
50 NORTH MAIN STREET
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

October 22, 1935

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:  

Will you please send to us a copy of the Service
and Pension record of William Weir and of David
Weir, both of South Carolina, who served in the 
Revolutionary War of America.

William Weir was born about 1752 and died in 
1800 in Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  David
Weir was born about 1730 in Ireland.  He died in South
Carolina.

We thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Research Department

L. Garrett Myers, Supt.

GB Y

[date stamp]
RECEIVED 
OCT 26 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
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