Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9517, John Wallace, S.C.
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(3-1776)
S.C.
Wallace, John
NUMBER
S9517
carded
CONTENTS
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32982
North Carolina
John Wallace decd
of---in the State of N.C.
who was a pri of Cavy in the Compy commanded
by Captain---of the Regt commanded
by Col. in the *Revolution
for 6 months
*S.C. Line
Records completed Febr. 20, 1925

Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 25 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Endg 27 May 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of
Febry 1852 and sent to
G.C.Ames
Arrears to the 4th of Present
Semi-annl. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E Vol. 62 Page 80
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State of North Carolina )
Buncombe County )

Court of Pleas & quarter
Sessions October Term A.D. 1851.
I Robert B. Vance Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and quarter Sessions began and held for the
County of Buncombe and State of North Carolina
do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence
as shown at said Court, That John
Wallace a reputed Soldier of the Revolutionary War
died on the 27 day of May 1848.
Leaving no widow but the following named
Children, To Wit, Mary O. Brookshire
Catherine Gray Nancy Wallace Casa
Miller Sally Stuart Sophia Wallace
and Thomas Wallace who are the only
surviving children of the aforesaid
John Wallace now known to be
living.
[physical seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the
seal of said Court at
office in Asheville the
30th day of September 1851
R. B. Vance Clk
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 - 
State of North Carolina )
 Maywood County )
on this 8 day of June 
1844 personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the peace for said County and State  John Wallace a resident
of said County and State above written aged eight[eighty]
 two years who being 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 7th June 1832. That he enlisted under Captain
Williams given name not recollected in the Service of the United States in the State of South Carolina in Lawrence County - he served the time for
which he enlisted which was three years and was discharged - the Lieutenant under whom he served was Harry Brattle his Colonel under whom he served was Col. Pope and Colonel Barber - he entered the Service second time as a light horseman and Served nine months more under Captain Umphrey Barnet and
Hugh Hetherly was his Lieutenant the given name of his Col Pope & Col Barber Captain Umphrey he does not recollect - he was in the battle of the Eutaw Springs in the State of South Carolina - he was also in the battle of the Cowpens in the same State 
and County of Lawrence - he was also in the battle at Kings Mountain at the defeat of Ferguson when he was killed in the same County and State that he lived in Lawrence County in the State of South Carolina - that he served in the 2nd South Carolina regiment he served with Jeremiah Green John Haggard Hugh Hetherly Snead Davis John Hays George Oxford Harry Pratty James Davis Michael Martin Moses Martin John
Dunn William McGlathlin who were privates
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and with whom he served the regular officers of the Army was James Giles James Cruse is all that recollects under whom he served he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person in this part of the Country who knows any thing of his service in the Army 
He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of the Agency of the Agency of any State or Territory in the United States
John ^his mark^ Wallace

Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day and year above
written I further certify that full faith and credit
is given to the statements of the said John Wallace who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing
declaration
Wm Moore J.P.
We John Haynes a Clergiman[Clergyman] residing in
the County of Maywood in the State of North Carolina and Ephraim Osburn residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wallace who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration for a pension that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Wm Moore J.P. )
John Haynes Clergiman[Clergyman]
Ephraim Osburn

The following interogatories[interrogatories] were asked by me and the 
following answers given
First question: Were and in what year were you born
Answer: Ans. I was born in what was called the How 
fields of Virginia in the year Seventeen hundred and
Sixty two the fifth day of March.
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Question 2nd Have you any record of your age & if so
where is it
Answer I have none my Father had the record of my
age and I do not know where it is
Question 3rd Where were you living when called into service
Answer. I was living in Lawrence County in the State of
South Carolina
Question 4th Where have you lived since the revolution
Answer I came to North Carolina after peace was
made and has lived here ever since in
Buncombe County and Maywood for about
Six years
Question 5th How were you called into service
Answer I enlisted for three years and was a volunteer
for nine months
Question 6th State the names of some of the regular
officers who were with the troops when
you served such Continental and militia 
regiment as you can recollect and
the general circumstances of your service
Answer James Giles & James Cruse the 2nd Regined
he recollects no general circumstances only
the different Stations where we were
stationed at which was first at the Eutaw
Springs and at the Hanging Rock 3rd and at
the Cowpens. 4th at Ramsours N.C.
Question 7th Did you ever have a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
I had a two and one of them was given by
Captain Wilburn the 2nd by Capt Umphrey
Barnet and they have been lost or destroyed by some means
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Question 8th State the names of persons to whom you
are known in your immediate neighbourhood
and who can testify as to your character 
for veracity and their belief of your service
as a Soldier in the revolution
Ans--

I Wm Moore an acting Justice of the peace
in and for the County of Haywood and State of North Carolina
do declare after the interogatories[interrogatories]  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
that he further believes that the applicant for the
pension aforesaid from old age and bodily infirmiity 
is unable to attend Court and the Justice further
certifies that it appears to him that John Haynes
who has signed the proceeding certificate is clergiman[clergyman]
residing in the County of Haywood and State of North Carolina
and that Ephriam Osburn who has
Signed the same is a resident in the County of Haywood
and State of North Carolina is a creditable person
and that their statements are entitled to credit
Wm Moore J.P.
State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )
I Walter Brown Clerk
of the County Court for the County of Haywood
and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William
Moore is and was an acting Justice of the peace
at the time of signing the foregoing certificate &
declaration of John Wallace for a pension and duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that the
Signature purporting to be his is genuine and that
John Haynes- is a clergiman[clergyman] in the County
of Haywood in said State In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office 
at office in Waynesville this 8th
day of July 1844
 Wm Brown clk
of Haywood County
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November 10, 1927
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Wallace, S. 9517
BA-J/McS

Honorable William L. Nelson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Nelson:
Reference is made to your request of November 3, 1937, in
behalf of Mrs. J. Frank Thompson of Columbia, Missouri, Mrs. Thompson
desires the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, John Wallace,
who served as private in the cavalry and lived in North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S.9517, based upon the military service of John Wallace.

He was born March 5, 1762, in what was called the Haw Fields of
Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

While living on Raiburns Creek in Laurens County, South Carolina,
John Wallace enlisted March 10, 1778, and served until about the 12th
or 15th of March, 1781, on twelve tours of three months each, as private
with the South Carolina troops under Captain Wilbourn and Colonel Barbour
and was in a skirmish with the Tories at the Cherokee ford of Broad
River and was in the battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens. Shortly afterward
he enlisted and served nine months in Captain Humphrey Barnett's
company of South Carolina dragoons and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.

For a few years after the close of the Revolution he lived in South Carolina. 
From there he moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina, and
about 1838 he moved to Haywood County, North Carolina.

John Wallace was allowed pension on his application executed June
8, 1844, at which time he was living in Haywood County, North Carolina.
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John Wallace died May 27, 1848, and was survived by the following
children only: Mary O. Brockshire, Catherine Gray, Nancy
Wallace, Casa or Cora Miller, Sally Stuart, Sophia Wallace and
Thomas Wallace.

John Wallace's wife, her name not given, did not survive him.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to
soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[left side of page]
1937 Nov. 10 Hist to Hon.
Wm L. Nelson for Mrs. J.
Frank Thompson U.C.S.

[right side of page]
9517
INVALID.
RevWar
File No. 9517
John Wallace
Priv. Rev. War 
---
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. I Page 393 
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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37168
John Wallace
N.C.
Let. to Nathan Leake
Jany 23 1846
[illegible] 27th Apl 1846
Do  8 June "[1846]
Elisha King Nov 2 46
Let G.C. Ames Jan 28/52
Act 7th June 1832
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State of North Carolina )
Haywood County ) S.S.
On this 2nd day of October one thousand Eight Hundred and
forty six personally appeared before me J. M. Patton an
acting Magistrate in & for the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid John Wallace a Resident of the State & County aforesaid
aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his Oath make the following declaration
Supplemental to a Declaration by him made before the Court
of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County aforesaid on
the 23rd day of September one thousand Eight Hundred and
forty five (or thereabouts). In order to obtain the benefits of
the provisions of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
He states that in relating his services to Mr Elisha King
who drew up his Decleration as before alluded to at the time
of Drawing it up he stated to him that he volunteered under
one Captain Wilbourn & served under him three years to which
Mr King, Replied that he was mistaken that he must
have enlisted if he served that long, he however still contended 
that he volunteered, Mr King still contended that if
he served three years he enlisted, Mr King then stated that
enlisting was a voluntary act & that he was therefore mistaken 
as it was in that the same as volunteering. And
he (declarent) supposing that the length of time he remained
in the service might so change it as to cause it to be understood 
as enlisted service. Consented that it might be enlisted
service as now understood, but that he then understood
it to be Volunteering & that he did serve three years, so it
was then agreed that it might be entered down enlisted and
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he (Declarant) not knowing that it was necessary to give
the different times of his volunteering, as he remained in the
service all the time under the same officers, he therefore did
not mention it as so many different tours of service, he now
for the first time learns that every tour of his service should 
be described, he therefore proceeds to do so as follows.
He entered the service of the United States as a volunteer (as
he then & yet understands it) on the Tenth day of March seventeen Hundred and seventy eight for a tour of three
months under one Captain Wilbourn in Lawrance District
South Carolina in Colonel Barbours Regiment under General
Sumpter, his Lieutenant was named Henry Pratt and his
ensign was James Cruise and the 1st orderly Sergent was named
Aaron Guess & the second orderly Sergent was named Hugh
Heatherly & he served out that tour during which they had a
little scrimage with the Tories at the Cherokee Ford on Broad
River, Immediatly at the close of that Tour again volunteered
under the same officers in the same Regiment for another tour
of three months during which time they had no engagment as
he now recollects, at the end of that Tour he again entered
or volunteered for another tour of the same length and so
on successively entering or volunteering, at the end of every
three months tour for another one of the same length without
ever leaving the service until he had served three years
under the same officers except that Aaron Guess the 1st
Orderly Sergant was killed at the Battle of the Compens and
One John Haggason was appointed in his place during his
service he was in the Battle at Kings Mountain & at the
CowPens. and something over two months after the Battle at
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Cowpens or about the 12th or 15th of March Seventeen Hundred and
Eighty One he Recd. a Written Discharge from Captain Wilbourn
for each different Tour of service he had rendered the same
being Twelve tours of three months each. In a very short time
after which he enlisted as a Light Horseman or Draggoon under Captain Humphrey Barnett, Captain Barnett was then
on a tour of service for ten months and had served one month
and could not receive me as he said for but nine months
I therefore enlisted for the remaining nine months of the Tour.
Morgan was the General who then commanded his Regiment
he served out his said tour of nine months during which
time he was in the Battle at the Eutaw Springs, he also in
the time of this service received a Parroll[Parole]  to go home to his
friends to get a supply of Clothing and as he returned to
the Army he was pursued by a party of Tories who run
him some distance perceiving that they could not overtake
him they fired on him & killed his mare, he then arose & took
to his heels through a thick blood & coming to a Creek he hid
himself under its banks in the Brambles & was thereby enabled
to save his life & get back to his company though he lost
his mare Saddle & Bridle and a hunting shirt which was
tied fast to his saddle, after the nine months was out
he receved a written discharge from Capt Barnette, these are
the Particulars of his service so far as he can recollect them
except ^those as stated in his former Declaration to which he refers the Department, for the remaining facts pertaining to his service.
John ^his X mark^ Wallace
Sworn to & Subscribed before )
me this day & date above )
J M Patten J.P.
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State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )
I  J M. Patton a Magistrate as above
do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration 
was sworn to and subscribed before me the day of the date
therein Stated by John Wallace the declarant therein mentioned further certify that the said Declaration was read aloud to the said John
Wallace before sworn to and subscribed by him & was by him unders
stood before sworn to & subscribed. I further certify that that the
said John Wallace is a man of truth & Veracity and one whose
statements are entitled to credit. I further certify that the said
John Wallace is in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity
unable to appear before the Court to make this Declaration
the eracement[erasement] on the first page & the Interlinement on the third page
all made before signed
J.M. Patton J.P.

State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )
 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
 Fall Session A.D. 1846

I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 
in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that
J.M. Patton is and was at the time of signing the foregoing
Declaration & Certificate an acting Magistrate in and for the
County aforesaid and that the signatures thereunto annexed
purporting to be his are genuine and are entitled to full
faith and credit as such. I also certify that the foregoing
Declaration was this day laid before the Court and was examined 
and approved by the Court. I further certify that it was
shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that the said
John Wallace is unable to appear before the Court to make this
his Declaration, and that the Court orders the Clerk to Certify the same
to the War Department all of which is hereby certified.
[physical seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office
in the town of Waynesville this 2nd day of October
A.D. 1846.
W. Brown Clerk
of Haywood County Court
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So Ca Feb 14/45
Book U-
Ind 401)Issued the 6 July 1785 to Mr. Jno Wallace for forty six pounds
eighteen shillings and six pence three forthings sterling for
Militia duty pr acct audited. Princl ￡46:18:6¾ Int. ￡3:5:8
Book V
Ind 111). Issued the 22d Jany 1785 to Mr Jno Willis Wallace for four pounds
seventeen shillings and one penny half penny sterling for Sixty
Eight days Militia duty in 1782 for acct. audited P ￡4:17"1½  Int. ￡0:6:9
Ditto V.
"[Ind] 474) Issued the 17 Augt 1785 to Mr John Wallace for Forty four
pounds, two shillings and ten pence sterlg, Militia duty
as a private pr acct  from Commissr P ￡44:2:10¼  Int ￡3:1:9
Book X
Ind 674)  Issued the 21 Septr 1785 to Mr John Wallace for duty, also for
a mare & hunting Shirt lost in the militia to the amt of Twenty
four pounds twelve shillings and ten pence one farthing [illegible]?
The mare & shirt not certified was rejected And was paid for Eleven
pounds, twelve shillings and ten pence sterlg.
Princl ￡11:12:10 Int  ￡0:16:3
Book X
Ind 696) Issued the 22d Septr 1785 to Mr John Wallace for one
Hundred and forty four pounds ten shillings, for duty
as Capt pr acct from the Commission No 67-
Acct 67-
Prl ￡144:10  Int ￡10:9:3
John Wallace
His acct of duty as Capt amtg  to currency
Wagon Service charged ￡1011-10-124} ￡1135-10 ￡0162-4:¾ 
Stlg
Wagon Service not certified and rejected - ￡124 pass for ￡144:10

I certify the above to be a true copy from the records in this office
For Comptroller Genl
Duval
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37.168
John Wallace
N.C.
Act 7 June '39
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State of North Carolina )
Henderson County )
 This day personally appeared before the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now siting[sitting] Javan Trammel a Citizen
of Henderson County and after being duly sworn doth uppon[upon] his
Oath declare that he is personally acquainted with John Wallace of
Haywood County, formally of Buncombe County (a part of which latter
County is now Henderson County) that he formed an acquaintance
with the said John Wallace who settled in the immediate neighbourhood
where he resided in the year Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen or twenty
and that he the said John Wallace has been personally known to him
evesince[ever since], as he has just moved across the line into an ajacent County
to the said County of Henderson. He further states that the said John
Wallace during all his acquaintance with him, (of about twenty five
years) has ben[been] Regarded & Reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that he is a man whose statements are entitled to Credit.
Javan Tramel
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
this 2nd day of October A.D. 1845.
James Blythe Clerk of
Henderson County Court
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State of North Carolina )
Henderson County )
 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
 September Session A.D. 1845.
The Court orders that the Clerk certify to the War Department
that they the said Court on Personally and intimately acquainted 
with John Clayton Esqr. & Javan Trammel Esqr
who have sworn to and subscribed the annexed affidavits
that they are magistrates and members of this Court, that they
are Intelligent Respectable & worthy Citizens and that their
statements are entitled to Credit all of which facts are hereby 
certified. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my Office this 3rd day
of October A.D. 1845.

James Blythe M, CCC
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State of North Carolina )
Henderson County )
 On this third day of October one thousand 
Eight Hundred and forty five personally appeared in
Open Court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
(now sitting) John Clayton Esqr. and after being duly sworn 
according to Law, doth uppon his oath make the following statement. 
That he is personally acquainted with John Wallace
a resident of Haywood County. formally of Buncombe County
a portion of which is now Henderson County that he the said
John Wallace settled in his (affiants) neighbourhood about
Twenty or twenty five years ago that he was then Regarded
in the neighbourhood where he lived as a soldier of the Revolution
and that he concurs in that Opinion.
John Clayton

Sworn to and subscribed before the
Court this day & date above -

James Blythe Clerk of
Henderson County Court
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20
63
Dec. 2, 1848
Jno. Wallace
Janry 1832
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Present
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Washington Decr 1st 1845.
Sir
Enclosed I present the claim of John
Wallace of N.C. for service performed in
S. C. during the revolutionary War. he asserts
for considerable more than 2 years service
9 months of which was dragoon Service. he
says under Genl Morgan, the Comptroller
Genl Certificate will fully establish 2 years
service as private. He also shows that a
person of the same name served as a Capt
which is conclusive that there were two privy
of that name at the present claimants
says he never performed service but as private
& dragoon. I trust that on examination
the claim will be found satisfactory for
at least 2 years as pri. if the dragoons
vice is not shown by the certificate, it is all
however respectfully submitted for your
examination & hope for a speedy decision
as the old Gentleman is very old & needy
With great respect
I am Your obt servt
Nathan Leake
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Feb. 2, 1846
[illegible] seen
John Wallace

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Present
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Washington Jany 29th 1846
Sir
I enclose you further proof in the case of
John Wallace of North Carolina, whose case
you reported to me some few days since,
And if possible to put any thing further
in compliance with the requisitive of
your last letter will endeavour to produce
it by the time the case comes up
again for examination but in the mean
time file this with the hope that it may
be considered in corroboration of Wallace's Statement, 
& if nothing further from the imperfect
records of South Carolina be found, will be
satisfactory at all events to justify an allowance
for a part of his services-
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Nathan Leake
*Viz the affidavits of Ichabod Gray & )
Absalom Hooper )

Hon J.L. Edwards )
Comr. of Pensions )
Present )
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[stamps]
COLUMBIA S.C.
MAR 4
5

[handwritten envelope]
Elish King, Esqr
Hendersonville
N. Carola.

mail
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So Ca Febry 28/46
Sir
Yours of the 13" Febry has been paid and would have
been responded to earlier, but indisposition together with
the desire to reply as correctly, and satisfactory as possible
had occasioned the delay-
Capt Wilbourn, Capt Barnett, Col Barbour
& Genl Morgan were all officers in Service
The Term Militia, does not invalidate or lessen
the claim of Mr John Wallace. All such have heretofore
been recognized by the Department at Washington-
Militia Duty and Military service are
synonymous terms. The Militia of South Carolina
were in the service of the Congress during the
Revolutionary War, and were paid by them afterwards
I know of no law authorizing enlistments
except in the Continental line or service-
There were Bounty Land appropriated to the
service of Soldiers of the State, and to all such as applied
Warrants were granted.
It is a very difficult matter to ascertain at this
protracted period, what warrants were issued; or
what remains ungranted.
The Commissioners whose particular
province it was to issue warrants, are all Deceased
the records lost or at least are not to be found.
Very Respectfully
For Comptroller Genl
Duval
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March 20, 1846
Adalter case
John Wallace
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions 
Present
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Washington Mch 19-1846
Sir
I enclose herewith the letter of the Comp
Genl of South Carolina in reply to an enquiry
propounded with reference to the services of Mr.
John Wallace of N.C. whose case you reported ^to me^
some months since, I have subsequently sent
you some additional ^evidence in the same case
which I presume will shortly be examined
from the great length of time it has been
on file. & consequently I request that this letter
may be filed with those previously sent in order ┃
that all may be examined together & the case
reported to me at your earliest convenience.
Iam Very Respectfully
Your obt sevt
Nathan Leake

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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Mail
Oct 24 1846
Suppl [illegible] case
John Wallace

Hendersonville In
Octr 16th 1846

J. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia
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Hendersonville 17th Oct 1846
Dr. Sir
Inclosed you have a supplemental Declaration
in the case of John Wallace which will explain the mistake
in his former Declaration, the old man is in his dote age
& is extreemely Hard of Hearing, for that reason I did not
converse with him so particularly about his services as I
see since I ought to have done at the time of writing and
his first Declaration. The mistake hapened Just as he states
in his supplemental, I hope however this explanation 
given in the supponental will be satisfactory, I am ready 
any time to make an affidavit of the fact, set out in his
Supplemental, with regard to what accured between him &
me at the time of writing out his first Declaration, should
the Department not be satisfied with his statement.-
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Elisha King
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Washington City
D.C.
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John Wallace decd
N.C.
Act 7 June 1832
6 Mo pri of horse. $25.
per An: to 27 May 1848
when he died.
Payable to
Mary O Brookshire
Catharine Gray
Nancy Wallace
Cora Miller
Sally Stuart
Sophia Wallace
& Thomas Wallace
only children
G.C. Ames
Present
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3.1.2
4.0.5
5.2.2
6.0.3
7.0.5
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Brief in the case of John Wallace, decd
County and State of North Carolina
act 7 June 1832
Claim, (original, or ---.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service; Record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
G.C. Ames
Present
Kirby
Examining Clerk.
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174
Pension Office
January 28th 1852
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 25 Octr last, enclosing 
evidence of death and heirship in the case of John
Wallace decd., who applied for a pension from N.C.
under Act of 1832, I have to state that you
were mistaken in supposing that the evidence which 
you filed was all that was necessary. The service
has never been established and until that is done
no allowance can be made. The only indent of
those furnished which appears to have any reference
to him is for only ￡11.12.10 which would not 
indicate as much as six months service on horseback.
The power of Attorney mentioned by you does not
appear to be on file.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. Wilson
for Comm of Pensions
G.C Ames Esq
Present

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Washington October 25 1851
James E Heath Esq
Sir
Enclosed you will please find
the Certificate of the Court of Buncombe Co
North Carolina, showing the date of the death
and names of the surviving children of John
Wallace, who was an applicant for a pension
under the act of 7 June 1832
As I understand this is all that
is required to complete this case I hope no
delay in issuing the certificate will occur.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Geo. C. Ames
P.S. I filed a power of attorney in this case
on the 1st of Septem last,
G.C. A
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State of North Carolina )
Henderson County )
On this 22nd day of December A.D. 1845.
Personally appeared before me Benjamin King a Magistrate and one of the
Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the
County of Henderson Ichabod Gray a Resident Citizen of said
County and after being sworn according to Law doth on his oath
make the following Statements. 
That he formed a Personal & Intimate acquaintance with John
Wallace who is now a resident Citizen of Haywood County No. Carolina
and who is an applicant for a Pension in the year Eighteen Hundred
and nine (1809). That he has ben Personally & Intimately acquainted with
the said John Wallace eversince that date he has often during
all his acquaintance with the said John Wallace heared him speak
of his services in the War of the Revolution, he has often soon after
his first acquaintance with him the said Wallace heared him speak
of having been in the Battle at Kings Mountain & at the Cowpens he
has also heared him speak of loosing a mare & his hunting shirt
the said War, this I also heard him speak of some time not
long after my first acquaintance with him. He further states that
said Wallace eversince his first acquaintance with him has
ben Reputed and Regarded as a soldier of the Revolution in the
neighbourhood in which he has Resided he further states that the
said Wallace is a man of Truth and Veracity & one whose statements 
are entitled to Credit.
 Ichabod Gray
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this day & date above
Benja. King J.P. (seal)
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State of North Carolina )
Henderson County )

I Benja. King Magistrate as above
do hereby certify that Ishabod Gray who has this day sworn to
& subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me is personally known to me & has been for many years past. that he is an inteligent
& respectable citizen and one whose statements is entitled to
faith & credit, this 22nd day of December A.D. 1845.
Benja King J.P. (Seal)

State of North Carolina )
Henderson County )
County Court Clerks Office
I James Blythe Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify
that Benjamin King, whose name appears to the foregoing
affidavit & certificate is an acting Magistrate in & for said
County and that the signatures thereunto annexed purporting
to be his are genuine and are entitled to full faith & credit
as such. I further certify that Ichabod Gray the affiant
who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit is personally &
Intimately known to me that he is an intelligent & Respectable
citizen, and one whose statements are entitled to full faith
& Credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court.
at my Office in the Town of Hendersonville
this 23rd day of December A.D. 1845.
James Blythe CCC
Clerk of Henderson County Court
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State of North Carolina )
Haywood County ) S.S.
On this 23 day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred
and forty five personally appeared in open Court before the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now siting John Wallace a Resident
of Haywood County North Carolina aged Eighty four 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 provisions
of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. He enlisted in the service
of the United States he thinks on the Tenth day of March seventeen
Hundred and Seventy Eight in Lawrance District South Carolina
under Captain Wilbourn the Captains first name he does not recollect
though he recollects his Lieutenant was named Henry Pratley his
General was Sumpter & his Colonel was Barbour. he enlisted for the
Term of three years and was in the Battle at Kings Mountain and
the Battle at Cowpens besides several little Scurmages[skirmishes]. his term of
three years was out soon after the Battle at Cowpens at which time
he Received a regular written Discharge from Captain Wilbourn
he then immediately enlisted as a Light Horseman for the Term
of nine months under Captain Humphrey Barnette his General
then was Morgan the Lieutenant he thinks was George Cruise, he
served that time out & Received a written Discharge. Cornwallis
having ben surrendered about that time he stayed about in the
army without any enlistment until peace was declared and then
went home to his fathers House. He some few months afterwards 
left his fathers House and not considering his discharges
worth any thing at all, he left them there and has never seen them
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since. He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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.
 John ^his X mark^ Wallace
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
attest W. Brown
of Haywood County Court

Question 1st Where and in what year was you born
Ans 1st I was born in the hawfield in Virginia as I have been
told by my parents, on the 5th of March in the year 1761
Question 2nd Have you any Record of your age
Ansr 2nd I have not.
Question 3rd Where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
and where do you now live
Ansr 3rd I lived on Raburns Creek in Laurance District
South Carolina I lived in Laurance a few years
after the War and then moved to Buncombe County
North Carolina line then about forty years then moved
into this County where I now live
Question 4th How was you called into service
Answer 1th I enlisted
I served with the Troops commanded by Genl Sumpter
Genl Morgan & Genl Green
Question 5th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service
if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
Ans I Recd two Discharges as before stated & left them at
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my fathers House & has never since heared of them as I
have below stated I am acquainted with Green Moor
William Moor & James Moor. ^Col. Joseph Cathey, Col. Niven Edmonston and many others who live in my Immediate Neighbourhood
who can Testify as to my character for veracity and their belief 
of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
John ^his X mark^ Wallace
Sworn and subscribed the date above
certified  W. Brown M
of Haywood County Court

We Thomas Harkins  a Clergiman Residing in the County
buncombe & State of North Carolina and Green of Moor
Residing in Haywood County N Carolina, hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with John Wallace who has subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing Declaration. that we believe him to be
about eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed
in the Neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier
of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Thomas Harkins
Green Moore

State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )
This day personally appeared before the Court.
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now siting ^John Wallace^ and doth on his oath
declare that the Reason why he has never applied for his pension
before this time is that he did not know how to go about
making such application some twelve or Eighteen months
ago then came along two men by the name of Ford and
Howard & agreed to undertake for him and filed what they
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called a Declaration which was filed before a single
Magistrate & they went off and he has not heard of them
since he is now informed that his pension cannot be
obtained on that Declaration and is advised to file
the present one.
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court this 23rd Day of September
1845.
 The name of John Wallace Interlined before signed
W. Brown atty
of Heywood County Court
John ^his X mark^ Wallace

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation 
of the matter and after puting 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 Thomas Harkins who
has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman Resident
in the State and County therein stated that Green Moor
who has also signed the same is a resident in the same
State & County of Haywood and is a credible person
and that their statements are entitled to Credit.
J R Love Chairman C.C
State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )
I W Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before
the Court in the case of the application of John Wallace who
has subscribed & sworn to the forgoing Declaration for
a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 23d
Day of Sept 1845.
W. Brown CCP
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State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )
This day personally appeared before me
Andrew D Cathey an acting Magistrate
in and for the County aforesaid. Absolem
Hooper a citizen of said County and a pensioner of the United States
at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and after
being duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he was
well acquainted with John Wallas[Wallace] (who is a citizen of
this County and who is now an applicant for a pension)
while in the service of the United States as a private Soldier
in the army of the Revolution that he served under Captain
Wilburn in the State of South Carolina for what length of
time I am not prepared to say he did not serve in the same
Company with me; But that he did serve in the same Regiment
and was generally in camp with him the said John Wallas[Wallace]
and further deponent sayeth not.
Absolem ^his X mark^ Hooper
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
this 1st day of Dec A.D. 1845 
A Cathey A.M.
Andrew D Cathey a magistrate in and for said County of
Haywood N. Carolina do hereby certify that Absolem Hooper
who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit
is personally known to me and that he is as he states a pensioner
of the United States and a Respectable and Intelligent old
gentleman and one whose statements are entitled to credit in
witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 1st day of Dec A.D. 1845
A Cathey A.M. (Seal)
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State of North Carolina )
Haywood County )

County Court Clerks Office
I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that
A.D. Cathey whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit
& Certificate is and was at the time of Signing the same
an acting Magistrate in and for said County and
that the signatures thereunto annexed purporting to be his
are genuine and are entitled to full faith & credit as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this 16th day of December A.D. 1845.
W. Brown Clerk
of Haywood County Court
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COPY              Stott

William L. Nelson
Missouri

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
Washington, D.C.
November 3, 1937

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Administrative Assistant
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hiller:
Enclosed is letter from Mrs. J.
Frank Thompson, of Columbia, Missouri, who makes inquiry
concerning the war records of John Wallace and
and Samuel Gustine. I will appreciate it if we may
have a report on this matter. When the enclosure has
served your purpose, please return it for our files.
Thanking you, I am

Sincerely yours,
/s/ Wm. W. Stevett
Secretary to Mr. Nelson

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RECEIVED NOV 4 1937  MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM 1
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COPY    Stott
Columbia, Mo.
11 Kuhlman Court
Nov. 1, 1937
Hon. Wm. L. Nelson
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Nelson -

Will you please send me the Revolutionary
Pension of John Wallace, Private, dec'd, private of Calvary
of North Carolina, N. C. Revolutionary Pensioners under Act
of 1818 and 1832. Also a Civil War record of pension of
[handwritten margin note] no rec 11/5/37
Samuel Gustine of Boone Co. Mo. He lived also for a time
in Calloway Co. Mo. I do not know whether he was a Union
[handwritten margin note] cannot ident 11/6/37
of Southern soldier but he was a soldier and I rather think
Union.
I will appreciate very much your kindness
in helping me and do hope I am not too much trouble.
I am most sincerely
/s/(Mrs. J. Frank) Stella A. Thompson

[hand written note]Original of this letter and enclosure routed
in case of Samuel Gustine to Mrs. Case - Index - R352
11/8/37
MR

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