Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,203, Richard Darby, Ga.
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Ga Darby, Richard S. 32,203
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Georgia  23442
Richard Darby
of Fayette - in the State of Ga
who was a pvt in the _ commanded
by Captain Dye of the Reg commanded
by Col Farnum in the Ga Mil
for 19 mo. 6 days

inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 64 Dollars  _ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Jan 34
and Justice Finley G. Stewart
Fayetteville Ga

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833  160-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 30  32-
192 -
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 55

128
  32
160
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State of Georgia Fayette County
On this fourth day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty
three, personally appeared in Open Court before Samuel
Swanson, William Pace & Finlay G Stewart Justices of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid now sitting, Richard Darby, a resident of the County of Fayette and State of Georgia aged seventy eight years
past 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In Columbia County, State of Georgia in the spring of the year 1779 he volunteered as a private in Captain
Cartledges Company of which Drewry Manning was a Lieutenant under the command of Major Candler and was marched thence by way of Augusta to Ogeechee River where he was stationed a short time thence to Folsom's Old Fort where he was also stationed for a short time, thence
to the Altamaha River, & thence up that river as high as the seven Island on the Oakmulge [Ochmulgee] River, when he was discharged by Capt Cartledge, having been in the
service three months, and was engaged in no civil
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pursuit whatever during that time and said Company was called into service under authority of the State of Georgia
In the fall of the same year 1779, in the County of Columbia, State of Georgia in the same Company
Capt Cartledge's under the command of Major Candler which company was as before called into service under
authority of the State of Georgia to march against the
Indians & tories, he volunteered as a private, and was marched
thence to the Oakmulge [Ochmulgee] near the seven Islands on that river when after scouring the country in search of the Indians he was discharged by Capt Cartledge at
the expiration of two months and was engaged in no Civil pursuit during that time.
In the same County, Columbia, State of Georgia in the same Company Capt Cartledge under the command
of Colonel Benjamin Few in the year 1780 he volunteered as a private
which company was called into service under authority of the State of Georgia and was marched to Shoulderbone [Creek] & was there stationed about six weeks or one month & a half thence he was marched in Capt Cartledge
company under the command of Major Candler to the Burnt fort on the Altamaha, and was stationed at
the Goose ponds near Beard's bluff on the Altamaha river for two months and a half, and was discharged
by Capt Cartledge near the white bluff on the Oconee River, at the expiration of four months from the
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time he entered the service in Columbia County, and during that time was engaged in no civil pursuit.
In August of the year 1780, in Columbia County, Georgia, in Capt Cartledge's Company, which company was called into service under authority of the state of Georgia, and was called Minute Men, he again volunteered as a private and under the command of Col Benjn Few and Genl Glascock, was marched to a place on the Oakmulgee [Ochmulgee] River near Booth's Island which was made Head Quarters as a general place of Rendesvous from which place in frequent excursions reconnoitering the Country & protecting the frontiers and at different places on the Oconee, Ochmulgee & Altamaha rivers, he was kept in almost constant & very hazardous service against the Indians, but Capt Cartledge could never bring the Indians to a regular battle, his business being mainly to guard the frontier and at the expiration of six months was discharged on the Oconee River by Capt Cartledge, & during that time he was engaged in no civil pursuit.
On his return home in Burke County Georgia in the spring of 1781 he volunteered in Capt Dye's Company, which was also a company of minute men, called into service under authority of the state of Georgia, and was marched to the frontier on the Ogeechee River where after guarding it at the expiration of three months he was discharged, by Capt Dye, having been engaged
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in no civil pursuit during that time.
Again in the fall of the year 1781 in Capt Dye's company in the county of Burke Georgia, to which place he had changed his residence he volunteered as a private and was marched to the frontier to guard them against the Indians whose predatory excursions were excessively annoying to the whites, & which company was called into service under authority of the state of Georgia where he served  three months and was discharged by Capt Dye, and during that time was engaged in no civil pursuit whatever.
That he now has no documentary evidence having lost all his discharges - that he now knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services - that since the Revolution he has resided in that part of Burke County afterwards cut off into Richmond County state of Georgia - that afterwards he removed to the thru Territory of Mississippi where he resided six years & eleven months - he then returned to Columbia County Georgia where he resided until 1825. he then removed to Fayette County Georgia, where he now resides - that he was born in Marlboro district state of South Carolina, he thinks from his recollection of his mother's statement, in the month of April 1755 - that he has no record of his age - the Reverend Edward S. Duke and James C C Brown can testify to his character for veracity. the belief of the neighborhood where he resides, and their own belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim
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whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Richard [his X mark] Darby
To the 1st interrogary he answers
In Marlboro' district South Carolina, he thinks in the year 1755.
To the 2d he ans - He has no record of his age.
To the 3d he ans.  In Columbia County & Burke County Georgia
- In Burke, Richmond (cutoff) Columbia and Fayette Counties, Georgia, and in Mississippi Territory, and now in Fayette County Georgia - 
To the 4th he ans. As a volunteer. -
To the 5th he ans.  That he must refer to the body of his declaration which contains at large the answers to this interrogatory
To the 6 he ans. By Capt Cartledge & Capt Dye. & that he has lost or had destroyed all his discharges - 
To the 7th he ans. The Revd Edward S. Duke & Jas C.C. Brown
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Mr Edward S Duke a clergyman residing in the County of Fayette, and state of Georgia, and James C.C. Brown residing in the same County & State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Darby who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy eight years of age, that he is represented and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Edward S. Duke, Clerg
James CC Brown

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 to them that Edward S. Duke who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Fayette, state of Georgia
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And that James C.C. Brown who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and state, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Samuel Swanson  J.I.C
William Pace JIC
Finlay G. Stewart J.JIC.

I William McBride clerk of the Inferior Court of Fayette County, Georgia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the of the said court in the matter of the application of Richard Darby for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of November Eighteen hundred and Thirty Three - 
William McBride
Clk Infr Court
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No 23442
Richard Darby - 
Fayette Co
Georgia - 

Ref - 
Admit as a private 
19 mo 26 days $64.
i.l.m.

Finlay G Stuart
Fayette Co
Georgia
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, thus: }. You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service Richard Darby Fayette Co Georgia
[column headings] Period when the service rendered. Duration of the claimant's service years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Vol spring 1779 - 3 - Private. Captn Cartledge's Company  Captn Dye.  Major Candler Col Few  Genl Gassok [Glascock].   Augusta Fulson's old Fort Aquchee river.   78 year Columbia County - Georgia Austia [Augusta]   Traditional evidence 
vol Fall 1780  2 - 
      ditto -  1 
       - -    1.
Vol Augt 1780 - 6
                1781   2  24
               ditto-    3
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[the following is a preprinted form letter of instructions for filing a Pension claim]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who serviced on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular placed at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all person, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seat and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of _
County of _  } ss.
On this_ day of _ personally appeared (a) before _ A.B. a resident (b) of _ in the county of _ and State, Territory or District of _ aged (c)_ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the united States in the year (d)_ , with_ and served in the _ (e) regiment of the _ line, under the following name officers:_
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the  service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of_
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, _  A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _ of the Court of _ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _ day of [blank] &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _ 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] [end intentional bracket]d Court 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 to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,_  Clerk of the Court of _do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application  of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _ day of _ &c.
Every applicant will product the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of those can be obtained, the party will so state under oath,  and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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[the following is a preprinted form letter of instructions for filing a Pension claim]
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts state, I will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of the case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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 services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. 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.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further product in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable person -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these person is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such service, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariable by mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom her served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot he had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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.
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 [italics] about three or four months, [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
[handwritten braces surround the areas of [h] and [i]]

Mode of authenticating papers. [handwritten braces surround this paragraph]
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 papers 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

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[Finger pointing Stamp] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, the proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[handwritten braces surround the area of items [l] and [m] in this paragraph]
s/John N Ashton
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State of Georgia
- Randolph County
On this the tenth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the Inferior Court of said county. Salsy Darby a resident of said county aged about 101 [illegible] years who being duly sworn according to Court doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7th- 1848 entitled An act granting half [illegible] pensions to certain Widows that she is the widow of Richard Darby who she thinks was a private soldier in the Revolution & she states to the best of her knowledge & belief, that he was at the time of entering into service a resident of the state South Carolina & claiming his home to be somewhere on the Peedee River in that state & was engaged in the siege of Augusta as she has often learned of him. She does not know when he entered the service or left the same or if active more than one engagement & that she has no documentary evidence whatever to support her claims. She further declares that that her deceased Husband Richard Darby was a pensioner & submitted his application from his pension she thinks in the year eighteen hundred & thirty three at that time a citizen of Fayette County in said state of Georgia & received his pension regularly through the post office at Fayetteville for two years  when he removed to the first afore-
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said county of Randolph & state of Georgia where he received it through the post office at Cuthburt from the year 1835 or 1836 till the first of April 1843 when he died & the pension so far as this declarant knows was discontinued. She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Darby on the eighth day of March 1784. The aforesaid Richard Darby died on the first day of April 1843. That she was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 Viz at the time stated above.
Salsy X [her mark] Darby

Sworn to & subscribed in the day & year above written before us in open court.
W.S. Taylor J.I.C.
Barzellai Graves J.I.C.
Zadock Sawyer J.I.C.
Georgia Randolph County
I do hereby certify that Henry L Taylor Barzillar Graves & Zadock Sawyer are Justices of the Inferior Court & were at the time of subscribing the foregoing declaration officially as witnesses for testimony whereof I have sworn to set my [illegible] & affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of the Inferior Court foresaid county. This December 11th 1848.
Wm H Barton Clk IC
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Cuthbert Ga June 5th 1849.
Sir.
At the last session of Congress, there was an act passed granting to Mrs. Salsy Darby, a pension upon the services of her Husband for the years of the Revolution. The Law authorized the usual pensions to be allowed her from the first of September 1847. & her name to be placed upon the pensions list from that time forward.
The Hon Alfred Inverson represented the claim for her & was mainly instrumental in having the claim passed through the two houses & informed me that he had requested the rightous transmission of this Boon from the Government through me to Mrs Darby. Application has been made to me frequently by the family & I have been induced by that warrant to make this inquiry at the proper Department as to the situation of the pension which further steps are required to obtain it for
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her & her family. 

Respectfully Yours &c
L.A. Grimke
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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November 29, 1937
Richard Darby
S. 32203
BA-J/AWF

Mr. H.H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Richard Darby of Randolph County, Georgia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 32203, based upon the service of Richard Darby in the Revolutionary War.
Richard Darby was born in the month of April, 1755 in Marlborough District, South Carolina. The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Columbia County, Georgia, Richard Darby volunteered in the spring of 1779, served three months as private in Captain Cartledge's company under Major Candler in the Georgia troops. He volunteered in the fall of 1779, served two months under same officers. He served in 1780, four months in Captain Cartledge's company, Colonel Benjamin Few's Georgia regiment. He [illegible] of August, 1780, served six months in same company and regiment. He moved to Burke County, Georgia, and in the spring of 1781 served three months in Captain Dye's company, Colonel Benjamin Few's regiment, and served in the fall of 1781, three months in Captain Dye's company. During his service he was engaged in frequent scouting parties against the Indians and Tories, and was at the Siege of Augusta.

After the Revolution, he lived in that part of
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Burke County, which later became Richmond County, Georgia, then moved to the Territory of Mississippi, where he lived six years and eleven months, returned to Columbia County, Georgia, where he lived until the year 1825, when he moved to Fayette County, Georgia.
Richard Darby was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, then a resident of Fayette County, Georgia. He died April 1, 1843 in Randolph County, Georgia.
Richard Darby married March 8, 1784, Salsy; her maiden name was not stated, nor date and place of her birth shown. She was living in Randolph County, Georgia, in 1848, then aged about one hundred and one years. In 1849 she and her family were referred to, but no names were given.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[handwritten note underneath]
no reason why this widow was not pensioned & I do not understand why this is not filed under R-- with her name on outside Jacket
AWS
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32203
Revy  INVALID.

File No. 32,203
Richard Darby
Pvt Rev War

Act. June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 103

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[handwritten on next page]
1932 [illegible] M29 - hist to HH West Aug 1923. May 9- Hist to C.A.M. Weber [initialled]
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Feby 12/49

Capt Triplett
Richard
Salsy Darby
Ga   32

Office House of Reps. RCS
JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Memorial & Evidence
with case of 
Salsy Darby
for Revy Pension

December 27, 1848 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

Jan 17.1849 Bill 723
W. Iverson



Mr. Iverson
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To the Hon. Senate & House of Reps of the U.S.
The petition of Salsy Darby respectfully showeth that she is the widow of Richd Darby a Revolutionary soldier that she intermarried with said  Darby prior to the year 1794 as will appear by the deposition of Jesse Mathews herewith submitted that from the long time which has elapsed and the removal or death of all persons who she supposes to have been cognizant of her said marriage, she is unable to procure the evidence of more than one witness that the Rules of the Pension office require two witnesses to entitle the applicant to a pension under the  existing law that she has made her application at said Pension Office & her petition rejected upon the ground that she has produced only one witness of her marriage prior to 1794 she asks congr to grant her a pension
Salsy Darby
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Application  & Testimony
of
Salsy Darby
for 
Revolutionary Pension
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Georgia Randolph County
Personally appeared before the undersigned as Justice of the Peace for said county Jesse Mathews who being duly sworn deposes and says that he has known Salsy Darby for more than sixty years & that about the year 1784 she was married to Richard Darby & that she resided with her husband at the house of this deponents Father in the then County of Wilkes in said state in the year succeeding the marriage they then removed from the said county of Wilkes into the County of Columbia & this deponent knew nothing more of the said Salsy Darby & her husband until he met her in the county of Randolph after the death of her husband. This deponent knows nothing of the services of Richard Darby in the war of the Revolution other than what he heard from Richard Darby & others. The deponent often heard his Father & others speak of the services of Richard Darby in the War of the Revolution & learned that he was a pensioner on the Government in the latter part of his life.
Jesse Mathews
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 11th of October 1848.
S T Andrews JP
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Georgia Randolph County
We hereby certify that Jesse Mathews who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a creditable witness and entitled to belief as to the facts therein set forth December 11th 1848.
Thos S Greaves
Louis A. Gomke
Georgia Randolph County
I do hereby certify that Samuel T Andrews who subscribed the foregoing affidavit officially as a witness was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said county
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the Inferior Court of said county, this December 11th 1848.
William H Barton Clk JC
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Salsy Darby
of
Georgia
Report
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Mr. Cocke from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions made the following report.
The committee on Revolutionary Pensions to whom were refered the petition and papers of Salsy Darby having had the same under consideration beg leave to submit the following report.
That the petitioner is an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress approved July 7th 1838. She is the widow of Richard Darby who drew a pension as a private under the act of 1832, up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 1st of April 1843.  The Petitioner is now 101 or 102 years of age.  There is but one fact to as your committee conceive, necessary to be inquired into in this case, and that is, was the applicant married to Richard Darby prior to 1800? There is but one witness to this point, he states that he has known the parties for sixty years, that they were married in the year 1784, and resided the succeeding year at the house of his father, the veracity and respectability of this witness is endorsed by a member of this house, who has known him for twenty years.  It has now been sixty five years since the marriage, hence the great difficulty in obtaining fuller proof upon this point. Under all the circumstances your committee deem the testimony sufficient and herewith report a bill for her relief.
Cocke
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Office House of Reps U. S.
September 24 1849
Sir
Your letter of the 21st instant has been recieved. [received]
It appears from the records of this office that the papers in the case of Salsy Darby widow of Richard Darby were sent to your office on the 10th of February last.
I am very respectfully 
Your Obd Servnt
Tho. J. Campbell
Clerk Ho Repr. U. S.
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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L. A. Grimke Esq
26th Sept 1849
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672
Pension Office
Sept 26th 1849
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 5 June last I have to state that an act directing the secretary of War to place the name of Salsy Darby widow of Richard Darby decd upon the Roll of Revolutionary pensions and to pay her the same rate of pension per Annum which the said Richard in his
lifetime received commencing upon the fourth day of Septemr 1847, was approved Februy 1s 1849.
In order to carry into effect this act, I advised a letter to the Clerk of the House of Representatives requesting him to transmit to this office all the papers in his possession, relating to Mrs Darbys case
We have just received his answer, in which he states that these papers were enclosed to us on the 10th Feby last. After a very careful examination of our Mail registers we cannot discover that any such papers have been received in this Department
It is advisable that the claimant should make a declaration setting forth the facts in the case, and so soon it shall have been received here, we will issue a pension certificate [illegible] the law
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Pension office 
June 4-1856

Sir-
Richard Darby served nineteen
months under Col. Farnum Ga. militia
and received a pension of $64 per 
annum, under above Act commencing 
March 4-1831-

Hon. Alfred Iverson 
U.S. Senate 

Part of a letter from 
Old Correspondence Book 
AWI
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[stamped]
US Pension Office 
G Mar 31 1923

Springfield Mass 
16 Rupert St.
Much 28, '23.
Commissioner of  Pensions 
Washington D.C. 

Some time ago I wrote 
to you asking for the 
record of service & family 
data on the papers of 
Richard Darby a Revolutionary pensioner of Fayette
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County Ga in 1838
In writing this before
I think I omitted 
Georgia, and the letter
being from Mass
was probably misleading
I am very sorry indeed if I was so 
negligent-
I am having D.A.R.
dates looked up is why
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I need this data

Sincerely yours
Mrs C.A.M. Weher
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[printed letterhead]
Los Angeles, California 
214 South Hill Street 
Phone. Vandike 1818

San Francisco, California 
2539 33rd Avenue 
Phone. Overland 8465

HH WEST COMPANY
Manufacturers Representative
established 1907
Codes: 
Bentleys
A.B.C., 6th Ed.
Western Union
[stamp]
Received 
Nov 17 1937
Mail Sub. Div. 
Vets. Adm.
Reader/30

Los Angeles, California.
November 13, 1937.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen:
In the List of Revolutionary Pensioners, 1840 Index, appears soldier:
Richard Darby
in Randolph County, Georgia. Will you kindly give me his military record, and abstract of any family history that may be found in his pension application. Information desired for History of Hezekiah West a Revolutionary soldier, to whom Darby was related. 
Thanking you, I am, 

Yours very truly, 
[Signature]
H.H. West.

HHW/M
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Revolutionary War Records Section 
[illegible]
S. 32203 

3-525
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C., May 9, 1923

In reply to your request of _________, for the history of Richard Darby, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Spring 1779
Fall 1779
1780
Aug. 1780
Spring 1781
Fall 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos. 
2 mos.
4 mos.
6 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos. 

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Cartledge
"
"
"
Dye
"
COLONEL. 
Major Candle 
"
Col. Benj, Few
"

STATE. 
Ga.

Battles engaged in, Siege of Augusta 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Columbia Co. Ga., 5th & 6 in Burke Co. Ga.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 4, 1833, His ch, Al. 
Residence at date of application, Fayette Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, Born in April 1755 in Marlborough Dist. S, C.
Remarks: Soldier died Apr. 1, 1843 in Randolph Co. Ga. He married Mch. 8 1784 Salsy....of Wilkes Co. Ga. In 1848 she was living in Randolph Co. Ga. aged 101 or 102 yrs. In 1849 she and her family are referred to, no names stated.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.