Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9774, William Campbell, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Born in N. C)
NUMBER
W.9774
Campbell, William
Elizabeth B.
COMMENTS
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Letter Pen Agt 10 July 1837
[right side]


25101
Indiana
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William Campbell
Warrick Co in the State of Indiana
was a private in the com commanded
Captain Peter of the Regt commanded
Col Neal in the S Carolina
line for 9 months
Died 21st April 1837.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov
1833 and [illegible] R
Boon Present
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Arrears to the 4 Sept.                               75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March    15.00
                                                                  _________
                                                                          $90.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  Danl Boyd  Clerk,
Book E. Vol.  7  Page 107
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of
the 7th of June 1832

State of Indiana
Warrick County S.s.
On this 26th day of Oct in the year 1833 personally appeared before
The Honourable John Hart one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court
of the said County William Campbell a resident of Boon Township in the
County of Warrick and State of Indiana aged Seventy four years who from [illegible]
infirmity is unable to appear in open court and the said William Campbell 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 entered the service of the United States under the fol=
lowing named officers and served as is herein after stated

That in the year 1775 this claimant then living in the County
of York in the State of South Carolina this Declarant entered the Malitia
service as a volunteer under Captain Peter Clinton for the tour of his
was under Col. Neal as commandant Marched out to Rudy River
and there had a skirmish with the Tories during the same year was ┃
out as a volunteer against the Indians under Captain Clinton Col
Polk commanded received no discharge as this applicant is inform
that he can obtain no remuneration for his services during this year he
is not particular in setting them forth. That in the year 1779
whilst living in the same county in the same state this applicant joined
the Army under General Williamson at the White Hall with provisions for the
Army and in a few days after was sent under a sargent by the name of Daniel
McGinn with fire waggons to procure arms and ammunition from Charleston
South Carolina and soon after his return was discharged after a service
of not less than six weeks that this applicant thinks rather more during this time
was in the Commissary department under one John Forgee Waggon Master
was not assigned to any Regiment that in the same year whilst living
at same place he entered the Malitia service under Captain [illegible]
as a volunteer Colonel Bratton had the command of the Regiment
bound at fishing creek, Marched towards Charlstown crossed the
Congaree  River then Bu [illegible] bridge on the Cooper River where we joined
General Williamson we were then marched near Stono was in the en=
gagement at stono ferry   Recollects that Col Roberts of the Artillery was
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[illegible] killed was marched to Charleston where he was dismissed after a
three months tour during which period he was in the military service of the United States as a private, whilst living in the same County in the year 1780 in the
latter part of the April or first of May Volunteered under Captain How
Col. Andrew Neil had the command of our company
Col Sumpter commanded was marched on to the waters of the Congree and on to
[illegible] was in the engagement at Rocky Mount where Col. Neil
was killed was afterwards in the engagement at Hanging Rock against Regu=
lars & tories was discharged after serving three months as a private during which
time he was in the military service of the United States in the fall of 1780 again en=
tered as a volunteer under Captain How   col James Hawthorn colonel for three
months was marched into the neighborhood of Broad River was upon the water
of the Enoree River some time about the first of November had an engagement
with Major Wemis commanding the British we were commanded by Col.
Sumpter near Broard River a short time afterwards we were attacked by
Col. Tarlton at Black Strooks near the Tiger River was dismissed
after having been in service three months during which time he was not in any
employment of a civil nature but was in the military service of the United States


this Declarant says that he has no written evidence of his discharge or written or other
documentary evidence of his services nor is he apprised of any person in being by whom
he can prove his services. - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the 
agency of any State          Wm Campbell

Sworn to and subscribed to before me

associate Judge as aforesaid the day and
year aforesaid
John Hart A J NC

We William Webb Clergyman, residing in the said County of
Warrick and Isham West and Edward Baker residing in the 
same county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Campbell who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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

Sworn to and subscribed before me associate
Judge as aforesaid the day & year aforesaid

 Isham West
Edward Baker
Wm Webb

John Hart  A.J.
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Whereupon the said John Hart aforesaid Judge as aforesaid propounded the fol=
lowing interrogatories to the said Declarant William Campbell who being duly sworn
according to law made under oath the several Answers to the interrogatories as is
hereinafter set forth

Where and in what year were you born?
Answer
I was born in the year 1759 Mar
the Town of Charlotte in North Carolina

Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
Answer
I have none

Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the
Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 

I lived during the war in York County 
in the State of South Carolina  I moved after the war to Union County same state
in 1796 moved to Madison County Kentucky from thence to [illegible] County and
was there untill 1813 when I removed to this place where I now live in Warrick
County Indiana

How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you
a substitute; and if a substitute for whom? 
I voluntered every time I was out

state the the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the Troops, where you served
such continental and Malitia Regiments as you can recollect and the General or cer=
cumstances of your services?

There was no regular officers or continental regiments with the Troops where I
served, in 1779 he was out twice the first time in the commissary Department
the second time was under Cap How Col. Bratton Recollects General Lincoln who com=
manded in 1780 he served two tours both times under command of Sump=
ter the circumstances of my service I cannot state more particularly owing to my
loss of memory I was out as stated each time as a private I served during
three years in the Militia of South Carolina but owing to my
loss of memory I am not able to state any thing only as to the four several
I have mentioned in 1779 and in 1780
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Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given

I never received a discharge from the service

State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who
can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the
Revolution?
Answer 
I have been for a long time acquainted with the Reverand
Isum West Edward Baker and William Webb who can testify as to their opinion 
Wm Campbell

Sworn to and subscribed before me associate Judge
as aforesaid the day & year aforesaid
John Hart A J.

State of Indiana Warrick County [illegible]
And the said John Hart one of the associate
Judges of the Circuit Court of the said County does hereby declare his opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department that the above named applicant William Campbell was
a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Associate Judge
further certifies that it appears to him that William Webb
who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Warrick County
aforesaid and that Isham West & Edward Baker Sr
who have also signed the same are resident in the same County and are Cre=
dible persons, and their statement is entitled to full credit, and the said Asso=
ciate Judge does also further certify that the said applicant from bodily in=
firmity cannot attend the Circuit Court of said County that said applicant
is confined to his bed and will not probably live long. 

In testimony whereof
the said Associate Judge has here unto set his hand the day & year aforesaid
John Hart AJ.

State of Indiana
Warrick County

I John A. Graham Clerk of the Warrick County Circuit Court do hereby certify
that the Honourable John Hart who signed the above opinion is one of the associate
Judges of said Circuit Court which said Circuit Court is a Court of Record and that 
the above signature of the said John Hart is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30th day of Oc=
tober A.D. 1833    John A. Graham Clk
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1787
William Campbell
Warrick Co.
Indiana

from 1780 private
9 months
d.c. #30
Nor R. Boon
Present
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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 of William Campbell, Warrick Co
Indiana
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Period when the
service was
rendered
_______
Not stated
        1775
   "      "

   "      "

   "      "

   "      "

   "      "

served until please

Duration of the
claimant's service.
___________
Years.
   "

   "

   "

   "

Not


Not Stated



Not stated

Month.
_______


3


3


3

Days
_____



   "



Rank of
the
claimant.
_____
Private

Wagoner

     "


     "


     "

      "


Names and Rank                    Names and Rank 
of the Company                   of the General
officers under                   and Field officers.
whom he served. 
__________________________________________
Cap Peter                                   Col. Neal
Clinton
Cap Clenton                               Col. Polk

Cap Har                                        Col Bratton

Not state                                      Col. Bratton
&
Roberts

Cap How                                      Col. Sumpter

Not state


Battles in which
the applicant was
engaged.
__________-
None 

"

"

Stono

Hanging
rock - 
Fishing 
Dam
Black
stocks


Country through
which he marched
_______________
S Caro


Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period*
___________
73 years
York Co
S Carolina



Evidence by
which the declaration
is supported
_____________
.Traditionary




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 constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the Department, all persons 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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 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 name 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 the 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 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. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used 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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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, it 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 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 nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 inquiry whether the belief is general or 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 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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(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 invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be 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 depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____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 service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 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 verify 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.
The note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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.
Joseph Rowen E &c  clk
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7486
Indiana
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Elizabeth B. Campbell
widow of
William Campbell
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 21st. April 1837
of Warrick Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private-- in the compy
S.C.
commanded by Captain Peter
Regt  commanded by Col. Neale
the So. Carolina - line for 9 months-
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Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 30 - Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st.
August 1843 and sent to bC. C. Gra=
ham, Boonville Warrick Co Inda
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Whole amount due  $150.00

[Act July 7, 1838.] 
Recorded by [illegible] Stewart Clerk.

Book A Vol. 2 Page 220

[top right side]
Ref 1st Augt
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No 868?
Pension papers of
Elizabeth B Campbell
Declaration
Indiana
Act 7 July 38
[illegible]
9 mo pri
30 $


C. C. Graham
Boonville
Warrick Co
Inda
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State of Indiana
Warrick County Ss.
On this twenty ninth (29th) day of Novem
ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two,
personally appeared before me Zachariah Skelton Sr Judge of the Probate
Court in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth B. Campbell
resident of the State of Indiana in the County of Warrick aged Seventy
Six years on the 20th day of October AD. 1842, who being first duly
sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress, passed July
7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:

That she is the widow of William Campbell who was a private in
the Army of the Revolution and served in the manner set forth in the
original Declaration (or application) of the said William Campbell made
by the said William Campbell to obtain the benefit of the Act of 7 June,
1832, on file in the war Office of the United States to which she refers for
particulars as to the service of the said William Campbell
The said William Campbell was a pensioner under said act, viz. June
7th 1832, at the rate of                    dollars and                              Cents
pr year on the Indiana  Pension Roll.     She further declares that
she was married to the said William Campbell on the fourteenth day of March
in the year 
One thousand seven hundred and eighty five, and that her husband the
aforesaid William Campbell died on the Twenty first day of
April One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, in Warrick County Indiana
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the mar
=riage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and
ninety four, viz; at the time above stated
                       her
Elizabeth B.  X Campbell
                       mark

Witness
C C Graham

Sworn and subscribed on the day and
year above written, before

Zachariah Skelton [illegible]
Judge of Probate Court for Warrick County, Indiana
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State of Indiana
Warrick County
Zachariah Skelton Judge of the Probate Court in
and for the County of Warrick, in the State of Indiana do certify
that Elizabeth B. Campbell on this day in my presence Sub=
scribe and was by me duly sworn to the foregoing Declaration
I do further certify that said Elizabeth B. Campbell is
unable from bodily infirmity to attend Probate Court at its
place of sitting, viz, at Boonville, in said County, and that
She is a creditable witness 

Given under my hand this 29th day
of November A.D. 1842

Zachariah Shelton [illegible]
Judge Probate Court, Warrick Cty. Ind.



State of Indiana
Warrick County. Ss

I, J W B Moore clerk of the

Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify

that Zachariah Skelton is Judge of the Probate County in

and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified,

and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his

are genuine
SEAL
In testimony of which I have hereunto

set my hand and affixed the [illegible] seal of
said Court at Boonville on this 29 day

of November, AD. 1842.
Joel W B Moore
Clerk
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James Campbell [illegible]
was Born Dec 1st    1786

Jennet Campbell was born
Jan 27  - 1788

Thomas Campbell was
Born Jany 14  - 1790

Rachel Campbell was born
Feby 16 - - 1792

Lettice Campbell was born
Feby 11th - 1796

Synthia Campbell was
Born Feby 13 1798

Polly Ann Campbell was
Born Feby 13. 1801.

Elizabeth Campbell was
Born May 20 - /83

Samuel Campbell was
Born May 4   /86
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No.9774

Elizabeth B. Campbell
Wid of
William Campbell
Pvt S. C. line
---
Act: July 7" 1738
Index: -- Vol. A Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 8680
Elizh B Campbell

Suspended

let to C. C. Graham Mon 30 43

Act 7th July  '38
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B
Pension papers of
Elizabeth B Campbell
Affidavit of
[illegible] Bogan
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State of Indiana
Warrick Court. Ss
Be it known that before
the Zachariah Shelton Judge of the Probate Court in
and for said County and State, towit (Warrick County, State of
Indiana,) this day personally appeared Levi Bogan who
being by me duly sworn upon his said oath saith that he is aged
Sixty four years according to the family record. That he is
the brother of Elizabeth B. Campbell who is the widow of
William Campbell who (William Campbell) departed this life in said Warrick
County, Indiana on the Twenty first day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty Seven. That he remembers of the marriage of
the said William Campbell and Elizabeth B Campbell in
the State of South Carolina, in Union County, this affiant being
then aged about seven (seventy)years, and that he believes that the marriage
took place on the fourteenth day of March in the year one
thousand Seven hundred and eighty five - That ever since
that period that he has resided near to the said William
Campbell and Elizabeth B. Campbell and that he has known
all the children of the said William & Elizabeth B. whose
names are recorded and birth upon the leaf of the Bible marked
"A" towit James, Jennet, Thomas, Rachael, Lettice Cynthia,
Polly Ann, Elizabeth & Samuel and that he believes that they
were born at the times therein stated. And he further says on
his Oath that he is confident that the marriage took place previ
ous to the year first of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four

He further says on his oath aforesaid that Elizabeth B. Cam
pbell is the widow of the said William Campbell and is now
his widow having never intermarried since his death, and that 
the said William Campbell was a pensioner of the United States,
on the Indiana Pension roll. & faith saith not.
Levi Bogan

Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 29th day of November, 1842
Zachariah Skelton Judge
Judge Probate Court, Warrick Cty. Indiana
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State of Indiana ⎬
Warrick County ⎬Ss
I Zachariah Shelton Sr Judge
of the Probate Court in and for Warrick County, in the State 
of Indiana, aforesaid, do certify that on this 29th day of Novem
ber AD 1842, the within named Levi Bogan was by me
Sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition
(or affidavit )  I further certify that I have been long and intimately
acquainted with the said Levi Bogan, That he is a man of
unexceptionable character and unquestionable veracity, and that
his statements are entitled to full faith and credit

Given under my hand this 29th day of
November A.D. 1842
Zachariah Skelton Judge
Judge of the Probate Court


State of Indiana⎬
Warrick County⎬ SS
of
-
Probate Court
Seal
Warrick County

I, J. W. B. Moore Clerk of the
Probate Court in and for the County of Warrick in the State 
ofIndiana (aforesaid) do hereby certify that Zachariah
Skelton Sr is Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County
of Warrick, in the State of Indiana (aforesaid), duly Commis-
sioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.

SEAL

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and and the adopted
Seal of said Court on this the 29th Novr
in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred & forty two
Joel W. B. Moore
Clerk
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July 8  1843.
Indiana
Elizabeth Campbell


Boonville Ind
Pension  [illegible]

[illegible]


[horizontal]
Free

J. L. Edward
Com Pensions
Washington City
District Columbia

Mail
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Warrick County Indiana
Boonville June 21 1843

Sir:

Contrary to my expectations I have [illegible]an answer
to my letter to South Carolina, written to [illegible] a copy of the
Record of marriage of William Campbell & Elizabeth B.
Bogan (now Campbell)

I havewith you will receive it-
I write you that I have written but had and no answer
did not expect to - and rested her claim entirely upon the
testimony already on file in you office  - 

From the Clerks certificate there is no record kept
of Marriages in South Carolina

If any thing man is required please inform
me and I will cheerfully comply if possible.

You may think I am over and about this matter, but
did you know this aged widow and her dependant helpless
situation you would deem it a virtue
Very Respectfully
Your obt servant
C. C. Graham

Sent:
J L Edwards
Com Pensions
Washington City
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[illegible]
George Proffit

Hon. J. I. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
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Petersburgh Ind.
May 15th 1843

Sir,
At the request of Mr. C.
C. Graham of Boonville Ind who
is attending to some pension business
at that place I hereby certify that
J. W. B. Moore is Clerk of the
Probate Court of Warrick County
Indiana
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
George H Proffit


Hon. J. L. Edward
Com of Patents (Pensions)
Washington City
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23

[mostly illegible stamp]
MAY
29
S.C.

Mr C.C. Graham
Boonsville
Warrick County
Indiana
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The State of South Carolina
Union District ss

Be it known
that before me
William J Keenan Clerk of the Court
of General Sessions & Common Pleas in
and for the District and State aforesaid
Personally appeared Christopher Branden
Sent and made oath in due form of Law
that he was well acquainted with William
Campbell who as deponent understood had been a soldier in the Army of the United 
States in the Revolutionary War and that
he was present and saw the said William
Campbell married to Elizabeth Bogan by
William Kennedy who was acting as a
Magistrate at that time that it was 
but a few years after the Revolutionary War
and that they lived together as man
and wife as long as their continued to reside
in this Country 

Sworn to and subscribed
Before me this 27th day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight
Hundred and forty three 

SEAL

In Testimony 
whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my
                      his
Christopher  X  Branden Sen
                      mark



Wm J Keenan
Christopher Young

Clerk of the Court
of G.S. & C Pls
for Union District
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I William J Keenan Clerk of the
Court of Union District do hereby certify
that Marriages are not recorded in this
State that there is no office Kept for
that purpose, I further certify that
Christopher Branden whose name appears
on the foregoing affidavit is a respectable
citizen of this District that he was
that he now draws a pension
Revolutionary soldier that he now draws a pension and that
his assertions or oath is given the
highest credit within the limits
of his acquaintance 

SEAL

In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and
Subscribed my name this
27th day of February in the
Year 1843

Wm J  KeenanClerk  of the Court
of [illegible]
of Union Dist
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Union Court House May 27th

Sir

In answer to Yrs of the 3d I can
say that there is no office kept
in this State for the Recording of
Marriages and willing to aid
the aged widow of whom you speak
I have procured the affidavit of
Mr Christopher Branden which you
will find annexed and if by that
which is the only evidence I can
procure here she can obtain
the pension   I shall feel myself
more than recompensed for the
little trouble I have taken in the
matter Hoping that you will
succeed in drawing the pension

I Remain
Yrs respectfully
Wm J  Keenan
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8680.
Jan 17 43

Indiana
July 7 1838
Eliz B Campbell
Wm '32


[Horizontal]

Boonville, Ind
June 5

[illegible]
Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Warrick County, Indiana
Boonville, Jany 4. 1843

Sir:

Through your kindness I recd Copies & forms relative
to the widow of deceased Revolutionary soldiers-

Herewith you will receive the papers of Elizabeth
B.Campbell.  I hope they are made out correctly and
in a manner satisfactory
you will discover that she was
Married in the year 1785  The best and only evidence
I could obtain is the deposition of Levi Bogan. You must
be aware that not one time in a hundred could the original
certificate of Marriage be obtained. - And should this he
demanded in every case, then indeed will few widows be
benefitted by the law  In such case Congress instead of exhibiting
its great liberality to the widows of our revolutionary war
have only demanded of them an impossibility

You will discover that the word ([illegible])has been added
to the name of the first after they were first written. But
the (illegible]) was added before the signing by the Judge. 
The reason of this was that I was not aware at the time I made
out the papers that he (the judge) so signed his name

You will also [illegible] that the seal of our
Probate Court is a scroll.  - By the laws of our state the
Clerk of the Circuit Court is Ex officio Clerk of the probate
Court, but as clerk of the Probate  does not use the seal
of the Circuit Court. - should a doubt exist in yr
Mind about J W B Moore being the Clerk I would refer you
to H G Proffit who is personally acquainted with
him - I have no doubt, not the shadow of a doubt 
that Mrs Elizabeth B Campbell is justly entitled to the
provisions of the act-

As to the credit due to my assertions I refer you to the
Honl Thomas H Blake, Comr of Jail Land Officer,
Honl O H Smith of the senate. Honl G W Proffit, Andrew
Kenney Henry S Lane & Rich W Thompson of the [illegible]
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should any thing more be required or any alterations or
additions be necessary you will please inform me.

The only anxiety, I feel in the matter is that Elizabeth B
Campbell is a very aged, helpless and poor lady and lives
upon the charity of her neighbors, and could she obtain this
pension from the Government, for the establishing of which her
husband periled his all, and the blessings of which we enjoy
it would enable the old lady to live her few remaining years in
Independence

With Sentiments of Respect
C. C. Graham

Sent
J L Edwards
Washington City
D.C.
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June 13 1843

[illegible]

Eliz B.Campbell


[horizontal]
Boonville Ind
May 29

Free

Hon. J L Edwards.
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Warrick County Indiana
Boonville May 28, 1843
Sir
I recd yours acknowledging the receipt of the Declaration &c of Mrs Elizabeth B Campbell, widow of William Campbell decd, late Revolutionary pensioner of the United States.  You require in addition to what you have already received a certificate of a member of Congress that Joel W B Moore is clerk of the Warrick county probate court. Herewith you will receive the certificate of the Honl George H Proffit  You further require a certified copy of the original marriage record. With respect to this last request, I can assure you that all reasonable means have been used to obtain it without success. Long before I sent the first papers to you I wrote to South Carolina for a certified copy, fully aware of the importance of each certificate. I waited a double sufficient time for an answer, but received none. I then sent the papers to you trusting & believing that when all reasonable exertions have been used, and filed, that this requirement of the Deponant would be waved, provided all other requirements were complied with But upon the receipt of yours I again wrote not only to the clerk, but also to the post master, notifying him of the direction & contents of the letters, and requesting him if the letter was not directed to the proper officer of such records to hand it to the proper person (person being paid)  I have waited more than a reasonable time & have received no answer nor do I believe I ever will
You must be aware that there may be officers who will not attend to business that requires a search among rusty records when requested by an obscure individual at so great a distance. Mrs. Campbell the widow of a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States is a poor and an aged woman, dependant upon her friends for support. She cannot go to South Carolina and to hire a person to go would consume the whole pension From a personal acquaintance with Mrs Elizabeth B Campbell the twenty seven years, I entertain not the shadow of a doubt of the truth of every statement set forth in her Declaration (or application) on file in your office. 
I can if you require it get all of the old settlers of this county who have lived near her for twenty five or thirty years to certify the same.
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To the extent of the reliance to be placed upon my statement
I refer you to Hon. Thomas  H. Blake Commissioner of Genl
Land Office - who has known me for a number of years
I add in conclusion that if any thing more is required you
will please notify me, and all shall be done that can
be done. 

Very respectfully
Your obt servt
C C Graham


Honl J L Edwards
Com Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 35

July 10
[illegible]
Wm Campbell

Stamp [mostly illegible]
Evansville
[illegible]

FREE

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 36


Pension Office
Evansville La 30 June 1837

J L Edwards Esqr

Sir
I enclose for your inspection
the Pension Papers of the deceased William
Campbell, namely his Pension Certificate;
the proceedings of the Probate Court of Warrick
County, proving that he died on the 21st day
of April 1837; and the documents constituting
C.C. Graham the Attorney of his Widow
Elizabeth Campbell. Be pleased to say
whether they are sufficient to warrant me
in paying the sum due taking receipt for
the amount.

I remain respectfully
John Douglass

Acting Agent
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[illegible]

Pension papers of

Elizabeth B. Campbell

Affidavit of

William Webb
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State of Indiana Warrick County} SS
Be it known that before me Zachariah Skelton Sen Justice of the Probate Court in and for Warrick County, State of Indiana, aforesaid, this day personally appeared William Webb, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith that he will be fifty years old in August 1843 That he narried Jennet Campbell the daughter of William Campbell and Elizabeth B Campbell on the second day of March one thousand eight hundred and nine and that his said wife Jennet departed this life on the ninth of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five (1835) And that he verily believes that his wife Jennet, according to her own and her parents record was born on the twenty seventh day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight that the annexed leaf from the family Bible marked "A" he verily believes to be the true record of the births of the children of William Campbell and Elizabeth B Campbell that it is the only record of the said family that he ever saw That the said William Campbell was a pensioner of the United States on the Indiana pension roll, and that the said William Campbell departed this life in Warrick County Indiana on the twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven And that Elizabeth B Campbell aforesaid is now the widow of the said William Campbell having never [crossed out married] intermarried with any one since the death of her said husband And further saith not
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of November AD 1842} William Webb
Zachariah Skelton senr Judge Probate Court, Warrick county Indiana
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State of Indiana Warrick County} Ss
I Zachariah Skelton Senr Judge of the Probate Court in and for the county and state aforesaid do certify that on this 29th day of November AD 1842, the within named William Webb was by me sworn to and in my presence subscribed the foregoing affidavit (or Deposition) I further certify that from a long and intimate personal acquaintance with him that he is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in the best standing in said church, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit
Given under my hand this 29th day of November AD 1842
Zachariah Skelton Senior
Judge of the probate court

State of Indiana
Warrick County} SS
I JWB Moore clerk of the probate court in and for the county of Warrick in the state of Indiana aforesaid do hereby certify that Zachariah Skelton is Judge of the Probate Court in and for the county of Warrick in the state of Indiana, aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and herewith affixed the adopted Seal of said court on this the 29th day of November in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty two
Joel WB Moore
clerk
Probate Court Seal
Warrick County