Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8219, Jeremiah Clontz, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Clontz, Jeremiah

NUMBER
S. 8219.

Carded

Born in N.C.-

CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March  1817 to 4 Sept. 1837 Agt. notified 13 June 1888

23.601
North Carolina
Jeremiah Clontz of Mecklenburg in the State of N. Car. who was a pri in the ______commanded by Captain _________ of the Reg't commanded by Col. Little in the N. Car. line for 9 months -

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March and sent Hon. H. M. Conner H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834  90.00
Sem-anl allowance ending 4 Sept.   15.- =
$105.-
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. {?} Page 49 -
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State of North Carolina} Court of pleas & 
Mecklenburg County.} quarter sessions
November Less 1832

On this the 26th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & Thirty two personally appeared before said court now sitting, Jeremiah Clontz, a resident of the County & State aforesaid. in the 71st year of his age who being first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated. That he was born in the County of Mecklenburg was living in the same county & state ever since the reovolutionary war. Your petitioner states that he entered the service as a volunteer under Captain Jack who lived in the same county with your Petitioner That they marched to Moores Creek on Dan River there was some time in May 1779 that after remaining at Moores Creek some little time just long enough to acquire some little knowledge of the manuel exercise he returned home then when he remained a short time after which he went to South Carolina where he joined the continental Troops at Purensburg [Purrysburg] on Savannah  River, The army was then under the command of Gen'l. Lincoln Little was Col. Dixon was Major Goodwin Captain, Hilton Lieutenant he remained there two months and upwards from Purensburg [Purrysburg] we were marched to the Bluff which is about twenty miles up the river from there we went on the Georgia side of the river when we left we left Gen'l Sumpter at that place to find the army to keep the enemy from crossing the river and getting to Charleston, Gen'l Sumpter then ordered Gen'l Lincoln to recross the river over to the South Carolina side again where we were marched. Your Petitioner states that he was not in the battle of Stono. because he was not well enough to march. But that he was still attached to the army and was within hearing distance when the battle was fought. That he remained under the command of Gen'l Lincoln until his time expired. That he served in all about nine months after he joined the army under Gen'l Lincoln. Your petitioner further states that he was a Croporal the whole of the nine months, he states that he was not discharged owing to sickness. He has no documentary evidence of his services but your petitioner is confident of the fact that he served in the Continental Army nine months. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension or annuity other than this. That his name is not on any petition roll of the Agency of any state other than that as to an application made one Georgia Caither from the County of Ansen [Anson] in the state of North Carolina merely to prove the servcies of the said Caither.
Jeremiah Clontz X his mark
[Signature]
Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of November 1832.
Witness
P. Thompson
[Signature]
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State of North Carolina, we do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Clontz the applicant named in the within petition who has subscribed his name thereto, that we believe him to be in the Seventy Seventh year of his age, that he is reputed and belived in the neighbourhood (where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and a Stanch Whig. And that we concur in this opinion Sworn to and Subscribed this 27" day of November A. D. 1832.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the before named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Col.  David Karr & Erwin Alexander who signed the preceeding certificate are residents of the County of Mecklenburg and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[Signatures]
D. Karr
E. Alexander

State of North Carolina } I, Isaac Alexander Mecklenburg County} Clerk of the Court of please & quarter sessions for the County of Mecklenburg do hereby certify that the foregoing containes the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Clontz for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have  hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Charlotte this 27th day of November A. D. 1832 and in the 57th year of American Independence.
Isaac Alexander Clerk
[Signature]

[note - omit]
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Application & additional evidence in Case 
Jeremiah Clontz dec'd
for increase - 
N.C.

letter to 
Wm. F. Davidson
7th May 1853.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA}
COUNTY OF UNION -}
BE IT KNOWN, That on this ninth day of November A. D., 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John A. Clontz a resident of Union County, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the son of Jeremiah Clontz who made application for a Pension and was allowed at the rate of $30 per annum, that he has been informed that said Pension ought to be increased that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments, as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Sworn to and Subscribed, the day} [Signature]
and year aforesaid, before me,} John A Clontz
M. Austin J. P.
[Signature]

I, Marcus Austin a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, do hereby certify, that John A. Clontz who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is I believe, directly interestd in said claim as therein set forth.
M. Austin J.P.
[Signature]

I, James M. Stewart Clerk of the County Court for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify, that M. Austin before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was at the date of the same, and is now, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and the name thereunto subscribed is signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this 9th day of Nov. A. D. 1852
M. Stewart Clk
[Signature]
[Seal]
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA}
COUNTY OF UNION -}
KNOW ALL MAN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I John A. Clontz of the County of Union and State of  North Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint Wm. F. Davidson my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Jeremiah Clontz for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize  my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may by issued for said claim, which Certificte I wish made payable to Myself 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 ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises; and revoking any and all other Powers of Attorney that I may have heretofore made in relation to this Claim.
Witness our hands and seal this ninth day of November A. D. 1852
John A. Clontz
[Signature]
Signed and sealed in the presence of 
[Signatures]
J. W. Seham
M. Austin J. P.
Henry Long J. P.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA}
COUNTY OF UNION-}
ON THIS ninth day of Nov. A. D. 1852 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Union aforesaid, personally appeared John A. Clontz and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
M. Austin J. P.
[Signature]
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[note - omit}

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA}
COUNTY OF UNION } SS.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me J. M. Stewart Clerk of the County Court for Union County N. Carolina by the affidavits of Henry Long - & J. W. Sehorn that Jeremiah Clontz was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United states at the rate of $30 per annum and that he died on the 30th day of November eighteen hundred and forty leaving survivng heirs the following children - Henry Clontz, Jeremiah Clontz - Sarah Clontz - Jacob Clontz - John A. Clontz - Catharine Clontz - and that the said Henry - Jeremiah - Sarah - Jacob John A. - and Catharine Clontz are the only surviving children of the aforesaid Jeremiah Clontz dec'd

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 19th day of Nov. one thousand eight hundred nd fifty 2
J. M. Stewart, C. C. Cl.
[Signature]
[Seal]
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Appliication & additional evidence in case Jeremiah Clontz dec'd for increase - 
N.C.

Letter to Wm. F. Davidson
7th May 1853.
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Jeremiah Clont
North Car.
Rev.


Hon. H. W. Conner H R
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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.
Statement, shewing the Service of Jeremiah Clontz Mecklenburg Co. N. C. 

[Headings]

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Names and rank of the Field officer under who he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

May 1779 Vol. | about 9 mos. | Corpl. | Gen'l Lincoln, Col. Little | 76 years Mecklinburg Co. N.C.| [blank]


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 served 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 places 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 persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [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 seal 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 named 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. [hand pointing right] 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     & 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    , 
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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 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 produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these 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
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alleged service, as they are known in the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated 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 his 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 Office 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 the 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 produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--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 persons 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 be 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 services, 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 the low the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should not do so, he must answers of conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be 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 he Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of 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 about three or four months 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 with a 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. 

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other 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 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.
[hand pointed right] 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.}
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August 11; 1936

Jeremiah Clontz-S.8219
BA-J/AWF

Mr. W. H. Alexander
W.S. Weather Bureau
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.8219, based upon the service of Jeremiah Contz in the Revolutionary War.
Jeremiah Clontz was born in the year 1756 in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; the names of his parents were not given. While a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted sometime in May, 1778 and served at various times as a corporal with the North Carolina troops, under Captains Jack, Goodwin, Majors Henry Dixon, William Polk, Lieutenant-Colonel William Lee Davidson, and Colonel Archibald Lytle and Malmedy; at the time of the battle of Stone, he was not well
enough to march, but was in hearing distance of that battle, length of service nine months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, November 26, 1833, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in which county he had always lived.
He died November 30, 1840, leaving the following children: Henry Clonts, Jeremiah Clonts, Sarah Clontz, Jacob Clontz, Catharine Clontz, and John A., who in 1852 was a resident of Union County, North Carolina,
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and then signed his name, John A. Clout. The name of the wife of the soldier, Jeremiah
Clontz, is not given, there are no data as to their
marriage, and no further data relative to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 10, 1936
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George Clontz, W. 4924
 Jeremiah Clouts,  S. 8219
BA-J/MLB  ow

Mr. W. H. Alexander
Sec. W. S. Weather Bureau
2658 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Clontz, of Burke County, North Carolina who served as sergeant, was pensioned in 1833 and had one son under sixteen years of age; also of Jeremiah Clountz who served as private, received pension in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and had three sons under sixteen years of age. You state the two soldiers were brothers.

Records have been found for only one George and Jeremiah Clontz, under any spelling, which are furnished herewith. It is not shown that a
warrant for bounty land was ever issued on account of the service of either soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[note - see his letter in Rev. claim George Clontz W.4924]
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICAT.
PHONE BRANCH 476

1-581

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to  Requisition No. ________________

Requisition for Duplicatin, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G. 139.
Please furnish work specified below.

December 5, 1929.

Bureau ordering Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job photistic copies of 2 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Jeremiah Clontz, N.C. Troops, S. 8219.

No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? _________ __________ days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch 
Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541

Approved:
A. D. Wilkinson
Chief Clerk of Bureau.

Mrgaret M. H. Finch
Chief of Division.

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December 5, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions,        Cash - 30 cents
Washington,
D. C. 

Dear Sir:

Please furnish phototatic copies of two pages from Revolutionaory War pension claim of Jeremiah Clontz, North Carolina Troops, S. 8219, uncertified.

Very truly yours,

Mrs. George Hillyer Jr.
North 2157
3311 Connecticut Avenue

Received payment
30¢
December 5, 1929.

Ada DeYoung
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

[note - Advise her by phone when photos are ready & she will call for them]

[stamp - FINANCE DIVISION [ILLEGIBLE] OFFICERS DESK DEC. 6 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
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Pages selected by Mrs. George Hillyer:
Soldier's dec'd. Nov. 26, 1832, one page clear errors - son John A's affid Nov. -9-1852 - 1 p
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awf

Rev. and 1818
Wars Section.

May 8, 1927

K. J. Hampton, Lt. Col. Q. M. C.
War Department
Office of the Quartermaster Genl.
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the second instant
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, it appears that Jeremiah Clontz (his son John A., signed in 1832 Clonts) was born in 1756 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. While residing in said Mecklenburg County, he enlisted in May 1778 and served at different times as corporal in the North Carolina Troops, under Captain Jack, Goodwin, Major Henry Dixon, William Polk, Lieutenant-Colonel William Lee Davidson, Colonel Archibald Lytle, and Malmady, amounting in all to nine months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1832, while a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He died November 30, 1840.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
[note - Tombstone Data]
[marginal note - I could not use May 79 as his service ended about Aug 5 '79]
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Rev

WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 
WASHINGTON

IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C
Clontz, Jeremiah

May 2, 1927.

The Commissioner of Pensions,,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent named below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Bureau: 

Corpl. Jeremiah Clonta (or Clonts),
Capt. Jack's Company. Battle of Briar
Creek in Georgia on March 3, 1779.
Continental Troops at Purensburg on
the Savannah River. Army under the
command of General Lincoln, Colonel
Little, Major Dixon, Capt. Goodwin and
Lieut. Whitten Discharged at Beacons
Bridge Aug. 5, 1779. Applied for a
pension in 1833, granted a pension
of $30.00 per annum beginning 1837.
Died Nov. 30, 1840.

Very truly yours,

H. J. Hampton
[Signature]
Lt. Col., Q.M.C.
Assistant.

[stamp - U.S. PENSON OFFICE R MAY 3 1927]
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ROBERT N. PAGE
7TH DIST, NORTH CAROLINA
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C

.April 27th, 1914.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
City.

My dear Sir:

I am enclosing you herein a letter from Mr. C. N. Simpson of Monroe, North Carolina, asking information relative to Jeremiah Clontz, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War; also James Ross, a soldier and pensioner of the same War. If you will supply me with this information I shall greatly appreciate it.
Yours very truly,
R.W. Page

(Enc.)
RNP/BB
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1914 Apl. 29. History to Hon. Robert N. Page ¢
1927-May 5 - Hist. to K.J. Hampon
Lt. Col. Q..C. aw
1929 -Dec. 21 - Photos to Wm. Geo. Hillyer, Co. & increase
Hist. - MHF
1936 Aug 11 - hist to Mr. W. H. Alexander see his letter in George Clontz W. 4924 awf

8219
Rev. War
INVALID.
_________
File No. 8219
Jeremiah Clontz
Priv. Rev. War
____________
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1st, Pge 69

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dec. 5, 1852

Application 
Additional evidence in affid.
of Jeremiah Clontz dec'd
 for increase

case to Pensioner
Charlotte N. C. 
of that 
Wm. F. Davidson 7th May 1853

J. L. 
Comm. of Pensions 
Washington City
D.C.

[stamp]
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State of North Carolina
Anson County
November 21st 1853

This day George Carker come before me edward Winfield one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County & made oath in due form that he knew Jeremiah Clontz was in the United States army enlisted under capt. Lock  in Charlotte Mecklingberg County and marched to Moores'creek on Dan River and then got under the continental officers Capt. Gooden and Col. Little and then got a furlouw to go home till a further call and then was called to Moonks corner in South Carolina and there served his time in that state and Georgia and got his discharge at Bacons bridge on the fourth of July as  near as he can recollect sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written.

[Signatures]
[George Carker-illegible but assumed from affidavit]
Edw. Winfield J. P.
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State of North Carolina}
Anson County} I William Dismukes Clerk of Anson County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, certify that Edwards  Winfield is and was an acting Justice of the peace for said County at the date thereof duly commissioned and qualified and that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office, this 23rd day of November A. D. 1833 - and 58th year of American Independence.
Wm. Dismukes Clk
[Signature]
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Brief

Declaration of Jeremiah Clontz dated 26th Nov. 1832, served 9 months as a Corporal made in open court 77th yr age.
__________________________________________________
David Kerr & E. Alex'r. certify that Jeremiah is of the age he states & is reputed in the neigborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier & concurance of Court. Certificate of Clerk Court of Mecklenburg.
__________________________________________________
Jeremiah Clontz, Open Court 28th Nov. 1833 says as well as he can remember being old & of great infirmity that the first tour he made was for 9 months - some of that time on furlough served all that time of 9 months - refer to Certificate of Gen'l. Jas. Graham & Geo. Carker, proves he got a discharge because he was sick.
__________________________________________________
J. Graham, [illegible] J. P. 25th Nov. 1833. Lincoln Co., N. C. Knew well of services of Jeremiah in U.S. Service in 17778 & 1779 Sd. Jeremiah entered continental servie early in May 1778, marched
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from Mecklenburg towards North commanded by Lt. Col. W. L. Davidson. Maj. Wm. Polk & Maj. Henry Dixon went by easy marches (stopping for recruits) & towards last June encamped near Virginia line at Moore's creek. time of enlistment was for 9 months after arriving at Bladensburg in Md. & the men became uneasy that their time was not going on. Furloughs were proposed to 2 weeks. J. Clontz took a furlough to farm again in the fall. & was ordered in fall to join at Charlotte on 5th Nov. following - went to Purisburg Savannah River - finally placed under Capt. Gooden. Reg't Lt. Infantry - in service till taken with fever. In hospital when troops were discharged 5th Aug. 1779. Dep't. acted as Serg't. of Co. in which Claunce served part of time & Q. M. Sergt. of Reg't. balance of time  distinct recollection of his services till he was carried to Hospital as near as he recollects in month July 1779.
__________________________________________________
George Carker Nov. 21st 1833 J. P. knew J. Claunce was in U. S. Army enlisted under Cap. Jack marched to Moores creek & then got under Continental officers, Capt. Gooden & Col. Little, got furlough to go home, til frther call & was then called to monk's corner in S. Ca. & served his time in that State & George: got his discharge at Bacon's Bridge on 4th July
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Wm. F. Davidson
May 7/53.
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79

Pension Office.
7th May 1853.

Sir.

The application of the heirs of Jeremiah Clontz dec'd of North Carolina has been received and duly filed.
A careful examination of the original application of Jeremiah Clontz has been made. By it we find that he served as a private in the revolutionary war for nine months and that he received a pension under the act June 7th 1832 at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum No ground can be discovered, on which it would be proper to grant an increase.

William F. Davidson, Esq.
Charlotte N.C.
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Admit as private-
9 mo. $30

Jas. L. Edwards, Esq. 
Com. Pensions
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House Reps. 16th Feb'y 1834

Mr. Edwards,

I have rec'd this morning and herewith inclose, the declaration and papers of Jeremiah Clontz, George Kiker and Wiliam Dyson for the action of the dept.

Respectfully

Henry W. Connor
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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

June 5 - 1838.


Sir

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Jeremiah Cloutz a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and ---Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th September 1837
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller


To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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State of North Carolina}
Lincoln County - } The day of the date hereof General Joseph Graham personally appeared before me Elisha Saunders a Justice of the peace in said County and made oath in due form of law that he well knew the servics of Jeremiah Claunce in the United State service in the years 1778 & 1779 that the said Jeremiah Claunce of Mecklenburg County entered the Continental service early in the month of May 1778 and marched from said county towards the north under command of Lieut. Col. William Lee  Davidson Major Willim Polk & Major  Henry Dixon went by easy marches detaining for the recruites from the other counties to join some time towards the last of June encamped near the Virginia line at a place called Moore's Creek as the terms of enlistment was for nine months after arriving at the place of Ramsours which was stated to be at Bladenburg in the State of Maryland the men became weary that their time was not going on A meeting took place but was suspended some time after which Furloughs were proposed to the Troops and Jeremiah Claunce took a Furlow to join again in the Fall when called on & retuned home at least three months after the time he first joined. And in the Fall was ordered with others to join in Charlotte on the 5th day of November following under Command of Col. Archibald Lytle marched from there till near Charleston drew arms & camp equipage & marched from thence to Purisburg on Savany River was under Command of General Lincoln & finally placed under Captain Gooden in a Regiment of Light Infantry commanded by Col. Malmedy and Mjor John Nelson continued in service until taken with the Fever and was in the Hospital when the other troops were discharged at Bacon's bridge on Ashley River on the 5th day of August 1779 Ths deponent having acted as sergeant of the Company in which Jeremiah Claunce served part of the time and Quarter Master Sergeant of the Regiment the balance of the time has a distinct recollection of his services as above stated unti he was taken to the Hospital as near as can be recollected in the month of July 1779 Sworn to & subscribed before me this 25 day of November 1833
J. Graham
Elisha Saunders J. P.
[Signatures]
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I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Gen'l. Gaham for several years past and know him to be a man of good credit.
Elisah Saunders J. P.
[Signature]

State of North Carolina}
Lincoln County} I Miles W. Abernathy Clerk of Lincoln County Court do hereby certify that Elisha Saunders before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & certificate was made is now & was at the time therein named an acting Justice of the peace for said county & that his official acts as such is entitled to all due faith & credit.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office at office this 26th day of November A. D. 1833
Miles W. Abernathy
C. L. C. C. 
[Signature]
[Seal]
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State of North Carolina} Court of Pleas & 
Mecklenburg County.} quarter Sessions 1833.

Personally appeared before the worshipful the Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid at the Term aforesaid, Jeremiah Clontz on the 28th day of November A. D. 1833. and who being duly sworn according to law made this his amendtory declaration for a pension having previously made a declaration filed the 26th day of November 1832, before the worshipful the Justices of of this Court, and which is to be appended to this his amendatory declaration who says that as well as he can remember being old and of great infirmity, that the first tour was for nine months, that during some of that time he was on furlough for some time, that he is confident that he served as a volunteer during the whole time, and that he is confident that he served nine months in all and as to proof of his services he refers to the certificates appended to (wit) Those of General Joseph Graham and of George Carker, and claims a pension for nine months services during the Revolutionary war agreeably to the act of Congress and that in consequence of his sickness he was not discharged at Bacon's Bridge and that being left without an officer he never reported himself and never received his discharge but went home after he got well.
Jeremiah Clontz X his mark
[Signature]
Sworn to & Subscribed in open court this 28th day of November A. D. 1833.
B. Oats C. C. C. 
[Signature]
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State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County -} I Braley Oates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foreging contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the ameded declaration of Jeremiah Clontz for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office in Charlotte this 27th day of November A.D. 1833 in the 58th year of the United States of America.
B. Oates Clerk
[Siganture]
[Seal]