Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,411, Moses Ferguson, S.C.
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(3-1776)
Service                                                    Number
S.C.             Ferguson, Moses                   S17.411

Born in MD.                                                Carded.
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25.74
Missouri
Moses Ferguson
Lafayette Co. in the State of Missouri
was a [illegible] in the Company commanded
Captain Alexander of the [illegible] commande
Col Hampton in the [N Carolina] S. C.
for 
[illegible] Pr $33.33

scribed on the Roll of Missour
the rate of 33 Dollars/33 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] day of Jany
1834 H Young, Lafayette Co. Lexingt

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  83.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] '34 16.66
$99.98
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk,
Book C Vol. 8 Page 81
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State of Missouri}
Lafayette County} ss

On this 6th day of November eighteen
hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Hon.
John R. Ryland Judge of the Circuit court of Lafayette County
aforesaid Moses Ferguson a residing the the County of Lafayette
aforesaid aged seventy one 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 United States in
February in the year 1781 and served in the first regiment of
the South Carolina State troops under the following
named officer Lieutenant Andrew Alexander. Captain Wm
Alexander Major James Rutherford Col. Wade Hampton and
Gen Sumpter. And left the service onteh last of November
1781.  And that he served for the period of ten months.  He marched
from North Carolina Lincoln County into South Carolina
and was at the taking of Fort Granby by Col. Wade Hampton
and was at the taking of Fort Orangeburg by Col. Wade Hampton
and fought under Gen Green at the battle of the Eutaw
Springs. Gen. Sumpter having before that battle captured some
british near Monks corner and got a
box of gold from them, as he understood, and left the
troops. Gen Henderson commander in his place after
he left them.  these are all the engagements he now remembers
being in  He was employed by chief his time in
[illegible] the country after the tories and [stations]
was not stationed any length of time at any one
place  Col. Washington was in the battle of the Eutaw Springs
and was taken prisoner and conveyed by the [illegible] to
Charleston and in answer to the interrogation says
1st where and in what year were you born?
He was born in Baltimore State of Maryland in the
month of February in the year seventeen hundred and
sixty two.  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so
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where is it?  He has no record of his age now but recollects
of being his age set [illegible] by his father in the family
Bible which he believes was destroyed by the Tories where robed
my fathers house and killed my mother.
3 Where were you living when called into service where
have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you
now live.  He was living in Lincoln County North
Carolina when he entered the service and after the war
he lived in Lincoln county North Carolina until the year 1820
and then removed to Tennessee [illegible] County and lived
there [illegible] the year 1831 and removed from thence to
Lafayette County State of Missouri where he now
lives.  4th.  How were you called in to service were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a
substitute for whom?  He enlisted under Col. Wade 
Hampton [illegible] in the month of February 1781 who was enlisting
men for the servcie at that time 5th. State the
[illegible] of some regular officers who were with the
troops where you served.  Such continentatl and Militia
regiments as you can realled and the general circumstance
Gen Green were regular officers.  Col. Wm Poke Col. Wm.
Hill Col Middleton Col Henry Hampton were state troops
officers He doesn ot recollect the name of the Continental or
Millitia regiments He has given the occurences of
the circumstances, as he recollected them, above except that
Maj. Rutherford was killed at the Eutaw battle.  6th. did
you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by
whom was it given and what has become of it?  He 
receive a discharge from Col. Wm Poke and got it washed
up in his clothes soon after he got home. 7th State the
names of the persons to whom you are know in you present neighborhood.  He is known to John Alexander 
who can testify to his character.  He has been living so short
a period in his present neighborhood that he has not formed
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a sufficient acquaintance with any of his neighbors that
did not know him before to enable them to certify his character
[illegible] Maury Nicholas Houx [illegible] Ewing live in his neighborhood
He is not known to any Clery  [illegible]  [illegible] he
enable him to testify to his character.  He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present
and he dclares that his name is not on any pension roll
of  [illegible] in any state.  He states that he knows of no person
by whom he can prove his services personally November 6th 1833
Moses Ferguson his mark x
Attest
Young Ewing

Sworn and subscribed the day and year 
aforesaid in open court
Young Ewing Clerk

State of Missouri}
Lafayette County}
I Willis H. Chapman residing in  [illegible]
County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with Moses Ferguson who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that I knew him when he lived
the State of  [illegible] that it was reputed and believed
when he lived in that state that he was a revolutionary
 [illegible]/and I always have have heard it so reported by those
that knew him that he was a soldier of the revolution and I
beleive him to be 71 years of age and I concur in that
opinion November 7th 1833
W. H. Chaman

Sworn to in open court by Willis H. Chapman
November 7th 1833
Young Ewing
Clerk
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State of Missouri}
Lafayette County}
I John Alexander of the county and state
aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted 
Moses Ferguson [and believe him] who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration and beleive him be seventy one years
of age that I [am] knew him when he lived in North Carolina
and that it was reputed and believed that he was a 
revolutionary soldier by those that knew him in that 
state and that I knew him in Tennessee and it was 
reputed and believed there thta he was a revolutionary
soldier and I concur in in the opinion the the above Alexander
not being known to the Court wsa not sworn
[the above paragraph has an X crossed through it]

[State of] State of Missouri}
Lafayette County}
I Frederick Fulkison residing
in the county and state aforesaid hereby certify that i
am well acquainted with Moses Ferguson who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be
severnty one years of age. that I knew him in Tennessee
since the year 1820 or 1821 and have heard him frequently
say that he had served in the revolutionary war and had
have heard him mention about being in some battles but do not
now recollect what battles these statement I heard him make while he
lived in Tennessee November 6th 1833.
Fredk Fulkerson
Sworm to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid in open court
Young Ewing Clerk
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Moses Ferguson

Old Case

Return
refers to [illegible]
[illegible] Act [illegible]

Adm 10 months
3333

Court, Lafayette County
Lexington Misso
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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 show 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 crace (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 Moses Ferguson
Lafayette Coty Missouri
Period when the service was rendered

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
               10

Rank of the claimant.

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Captain Alexander

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers
Col Wad Hampton

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.

Country through which he marched

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
71 years

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Old Case application made under the Act 1818
Case now on
file

I am, respectfully,
Your Obedient servent,
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 [illegible] 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 Privated 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, musicians or pirvates, will in the first instance, make application transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record o the County where such applicant resides. And every Court 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That the 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 names 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I  of the court of 
do hereby certify (h) that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof I ahve 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 the note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and [illegible] Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the  and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with   , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
year of age; that he is a reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 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 hwereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this   day off  &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 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, 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 whch 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 propsand 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 servedl such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a solider. {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 waa 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 your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answer 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 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, excpet the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requsted 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 requeted 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 accounrt 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 opinon of the neighborhood respecting such servcies, 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 reasons 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 sould fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for noy conforming to the role.
[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 office or soldeir 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 dfferent grades in which he served in langauage so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannon, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he sould 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 consquent 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 that the periods mentioned below, was in the following grades: - For--- year--- months, and --- days, I served as a ---.  For --- months and ---days, I served as a ---; and for such ervice I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases,  to determine with precision the period
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December 26, 1930
Honorable T.J. Halsey 
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section EEL

My dear Mr. Halsey:

Reference is made to your letter of December 20, 1930
requesting information in regard to Moses Ferguson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

You are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, S. 17411, it appears that Moses 
Ferguson was born in 1762, in Baltimore, Maryland. He
stated that the Tories robbed his father's house and killed
his mother, He did not state the date nor name his place of residence at the time the killing
occurs no gives the names of his parents.

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he 
enlisted in February, 1781, served as a private in Captain 
William Alexander's Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South
Carolina Regiment, was in the battles of Orangeburg, at the
taking of Fort Granby and the battle of Eutaw Springs and
was discharged about the last of November, 1781.

In 1820, he moved from Lincoln County, North Carolina,
to Rhea County, Tennessee, where he lived until 1831, then moved to Lafayette County, Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
January 28, 1822, while residing in Lafayette County, Missouri.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension
the name and address of person paid and possibly
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the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner.
Moses Ferguson (s.17411), you should apply to the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, citing all of the following data:

Moses Ferguson, Certificate No. 25792, issued January
5, 1834, commenced March 4, 1831, rate $33.33 per
annum, Act of June 7, 1832, Missouri Agency.

Very truly yours

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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wall.MK
17411
INVALID
No. 17411
Moses Ferguson
Tri  Rev  Mar
Act:  June 7 "32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870]

Mch. 10.190b-Hist to G.P.D.
1906 June 21 - History to
Jos. L. Ferguson-c
1916 Jan 12: history to Mr.
J. B Niclin Jr. MRsl.
1923 May N Jos L. Ferguson
Told how to ap. for 
date of death Arr
1930-May 19-Hist.
D Fla. Burn-EEh
1930-Dec24-Hist. to Hon 
L.J. Halsey-EGS
1931-Jan.17 Hon L.J. Halsey ass.
how to obtain date of last 
PAYMENT ETC MNF
1931 Mch 5-Jonib
store data to menur=Fr
CGO aws
1932-Ad. Myrtle G Floyd
no family data- Gof
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 24th, 1841.
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," Moses Ferguson ______
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri - Agency, at 
the rate of Thirty three Dollars and 33 cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839.
to the 4th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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letter to Hon John Ma...[illegible due to smudge]
Agent 19th Dec 1838
at the Treasury under the
of the 6th April 1838 from
1839 to 4 Sep 1840. Agt
died 4th June 1841
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UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA [SEAL]
Post mark Kanses and Washington DC 
JRed'd Feb 25
FEB 25
THE SPACE ABOVE IS RESERVED FOR POSTMARK
POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY
Hon-Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
[Stamped] Feb 27 1906
Files
PENSION A 
FEB 26
1906
OFFICE
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Kansas City Mo. Feb. 22. 06
506 8-31.
Dear Sir_ My mothers
Grand Father, Moses
Ferguson: Johnson Co Mo"-
was on Pension Roll of 1840.
Would be so glad if you
could furnish me his date
of birth-Enlistment _ the
engagements he was in-,
time of death, and other
facts you may have.
Mother died before
I was ten years old 
and I know so little
of him, Thanking 
you in advance
for any kindness_
I am tc, Zouns.
C, P, Duvall
506, E. 31, K,C, Mo,
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all slips relevent
Mch 5 - 1931
wf
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QURTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

Feb 27 1931

MEMORANDUM TO: 

____ Bureau of Navigation,
       Navy Department, 
        Washington, D.C. 
      **********************
_____ Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
         Treasury Building,
          Washington, D.C.
       ***********************
____ The Surgeon General, 
        Washington, D.C.
       ***********************
In order that headstones properly in-
scribed may be furnished, it is requested 
that the "Service" of the decedents named on 
the enclosed applications be verified and returned as soon as practicable to this office,

The regulations provide that the name of
the State from which the decedents came
be inscribed on the headstones,  It is requested that this information be given 
and that any corrections be made in red ink 
on the form.

X   The Commissioner of Pensions,
      Washington, D.C.
      *********************
____ The General Accounting Office,
        Washington, D.C.
      *********************
In order that the headstones properly in-
scribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete the designation of the organizations.

29/86
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Rejected claim
No. 3505 of
Moses Ferguson
not on file
Sept. 25, 1877
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State Normal School
Lecture Course

Committee:
H. D. DEMAND, CHAIRMAN
LAURA J. YEATER
ROSE BAXTER
JOS. L FERGUSON,
R. L. SEAWELL
FREDERICK ABBOTT

Warrensburg, Mo.,
June 13, 1906

Com. of Pensions
Washington City, DC

Dear Sir
Our State secretary of the Mo. Society Sons of Revolution has requested me to write you for the military history of my great grandfather, Moses Ferguson Sr. who was drawing a pension in 1840 while a resident of Johnson County Missouri.  I shall be greatly indebted to you for this favor,

Yours truly
Jos. L. Ferguson
Warrensburg Mo.
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Norman Okla.
Jan 16, 1932

U.S. Pension Dep't.
Washington, D. C.

I am trying to establish the fact that Samuel Ferguson was the son of Moses Ferguson, Revolutionary soldier and that Moses Ferguson married Elizabeth Cox.

Moses Ferguson received a pension after he moved to Johnson Co. Missouri.  He died in 1845.

Any helpful information concerning this branch of the family will be greatly appreciated by,

Yours sincerely,

Myrtle G. Floyd
519 Chautauqua
Norman, Okla
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J L Edward Esq
Pension Agent
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Lexington Missouri
9th Mar 1833

Sir

You will herewith receive the necessary documents accompanying the application of Moses Ferguson for a pension.  He hopes that the circumstance of his having made two previous unsuccessful applications will ensure the earliest attention of the Department to the present

Very Respectfully
Yr obt servt
H. Young


J. J. Edwards Esq
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Moses Ferguson
Old Case


Stamped TRADITIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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State of Missouri
County of Lafayette } ss
On this 28th day of January in the year 1833 personally appeared before the  Hon. (illegible) of the County Court of Lafayette County while in session Moses Ferguson a resident of Lafayette County in the state of Missouri aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law upon his oath says that he applied to the war department for a pension under the provision of the act March 18 1818 which application was transmitted to the depart in the fall of 1831 with the accompanying proof; in answer to which he received a communication from J L Edwards dated Dec 2nd 1831.  In his application and the documents accompanying them he set forth and proved that he had served under Col. Wade Hampton, Maj James Rutherford and Capt. William Alexander of the State Troops of South Carolina.  He made proof of
actual service by Robert McCormick and Adam Miller all of which will (illegible) fully (illegible) the documents on file in the department as showed by your answer to me.  When he made his proof the same was taken before the Circuit Court of Rhea or the County Court thereof in the August 1831 in the State of Tennessee.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension whatever or an annuity except the benefit of the provision of the act of the 7th June 1832 under which he now hereby claims and declared that his name is not on
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the pension roll of any state or the agency of any state.
Moses   his X mark  Ferguson

Attest
AW Doniphan

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid   
Young Ewing, Clerk

I Young Ewing, Clerk of the Court of the County of Lafayette do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Moses Ferguson for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) this 28th day of January 1833

Young Ewing Clerk
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Moses Ferguson
application for a
pension under the 
Act of 7th June 1832
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State of Missouri
Lafayette Circuit Court }

And the said Court hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matters 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 said Court further certifies that it appears to him that Willis H Chapman who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Saline County and State of Missouri and that Frederick Fulkerson who has also signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the County of  Lafayette and State of Missouri and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

John F. Ryland
(illegible) Judge of Lafayette
Circuit Court Missouri

I Young Ewing Clerk of the Lafayette Circuit Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Ferguson for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Lexington in the State of Missouri this 7th day of November 1833

Young Ewing Clerk
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Congress of the United States 
Hose of Representatives 
Washington D.C.

December 20, 1930

COMMITTEES: 
INDIAN AFFAIRS
IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES

Thomas J. Halsey
6th DISTRICT Missouri

Washington Address:
Room 360-A
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

Home Address:
HOLDEN, MISSOURI

Hon. E. V. Morgan, 
Acting Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: 

     Please Give me all information available relating to the military record of Moses Ferguson, soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served under Captain William Alexander and Colonel Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, wand was discharged by Colonel William Polk. Information desired especially is his Company, Regiment, and date of death.

     This Veteran made application made application for pension January 28th, 1855, and his claim was allowed.
    
     Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of this information, I remain

Yours truly, T J. Halsey

TJH:eh
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4545 Pulaski Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

March 5, 1930.

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I am deeply interested in obtaining a statement relative to the military history of Moses Ferguson, a solider (sic) of the Revolutionary War and believe under the service file No. 17411, a copy of his application for pension can be obtained.

His residence at enlistment was Lincoln County, N. Carolina, his residence at date of application for pension was Lafayette County, Mo.  He was born about February 1762 in Baltimore, Md.

Any further information you may have in reference to Moses Ferguson would be very much appreciated as it will be used in connection with the Society of Sons of the Revolution.

Thanking you for this statement in advance, I remain

Franklin C. Burk 2nd
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Rev
Warrensburg Mo.  Feb 25, 1923

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington  D. C.

Dear Sir

I am enclosing a letter from Reg. Gen. showing some point that we do not have in order for my daughter to become D.A.R. 

We would appreciate if you could find for us when his pension stopped and if date of his death is given.  This and any other data there will be appreciated.

Thank you I am yours

Joseph L. Ferguson

P. S.  Enclosing also the answer sent me by a former Com of Pensions which I would appreciate being returned

Yours JLF

Note at bottom pointing to P.S. and stating returned.
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Rev Sec

516 Poplar St.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan. 5, 1916

Com of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir, 

Will you please send me copies of the pension-records of Larkin and Moses Ferguson, who served in the Revolutionary Army from Virginia?  They were mentioned in the Secretary of War's Pension Rolls for 1835, the former then living in Kentucky and latter in Missouri.

Believe me,
Very truly yours,
J. B. Nicklin Jr.
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February 9, 1932

BA-J/EEL

Myrtle G. Floyd
519 Chautauqua
Norman, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to securing information in regard to the wife and son of Moses Ferguson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by tis office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

In the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.17411, based upon the military service of Moses Ferguson in that war, it is not stated that soldier was ever married, and there are no names of any other members of the family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

May 19, 1930

M. F. C. Burk 2nd
4545 Pulaski Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17411, it appears that Moses Ferguson was born in 1762, in Baltimore, Maryland. "He stated that the Tories robbed his father's house and killed his mother, their residence at this time and the date of her death not shown, nor are his parents' names given."

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted in February, 1781, served as a private in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment, was in the battles of Orangeburg, at the taking of Fort Granby and the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged about the last of November, 1781.

In 1820, he moved from Lincoln County, North Carolina, to Rhea County, Tennessee, where he lived until 1831, then moved to Lafayette County, Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 28, 1833, while residing in Lafayette County, Missouri.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Note at bottom:  Date of death not on AB
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AW

Rev. War Section.
S. 17411.

May 15, 1933.

Jos. L. Ferguson,
Warrensburg, Mo.

Sir:

In response to your letter of Feb. 25, 1923,  I have to advise you, that for the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and date of the death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Moses Ferguson, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. St. N.W., Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data:  Moses Ferguson, Certificate 25,792, issued Jan 6, 1834, rate $33.33 per annum, commenced Mar 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1932.  Missouri Agency.

Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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March 5, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB

War Department
Office of Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17411, that Moses Ferguson was bornin 1762 in Baltimore, Maryland.

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted in February, 1781 served as a private in Captain William Alexander's company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment, was in the battles of Orangeburg, at the taking of Fort Granby, and battle of Eutaw Springs, and was discharged about the last of November, 1781.

In 1820 he moved from Lincoln County, North Carolina, to Rhea County Tennessee, where he lived until 1831, then moved to Lafayette County, Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 28, 1833 while residing in Lafayette County, Missouri.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

Note at bottom:   Tombstone Data
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January 17, 1931

Hon. Thomas J. Halsey                 Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Room 360-A                                 MMHf :MLB
House Office Building
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Mr. Halsey:

     Reference is made to your letter of January 6, 1931, which
has been transmitted to this bureau for reply.

     The date of death of Moses Ferguson, S. 17411, whose history
was furnished you on December 26, 1930, does not appear in the
papers on file in the pension claim.

     As suggested in the bureau letter of December 25, 1930, you
should apply to the Controller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, citing the data contained in the first
paragraph of your letter of January 8, herewith, addressed to the
Adjutant General.

     This bureau has no further data in regard to the military
service of Moses Ferguson.

                                       Very Truly yours

                                                           E.W. Morgan
                                                           Acting Commissioner

He had used all the
data furnished
but sent it to the Adj. General
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A.G. 201 Ferguson, Moses (1-8-31)ORD 1st Ind.   gws

War Department, A.G.O.., January 12, 1931- To the Commissioner of Pensions.

     Attention is invited to the letter of Honorable Thomas J Halsey, House
of Representatives, who has been informed of this reference by letter, a copy
of which is herewith in closed.


                                                                        Major General
                                                                        The Adjutant General

1 In closure:
Copy of letter to Mr. Halsey