Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20535, for William Lucas, Maryland
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Md. [Maryland]
Va. [Virginia]

Lucas, William
            Mary

NUMBER
W.20535

CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

3921
North Carolina
Mary Lucas
widow of William Lucas

who died on the 6th April 1839
of Cleveland C [County] in the State of N. Carolina
who was a private in the --- commanded 
by Captain ---- of the Regt. [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Munford in the N. Carolina
line for 8 months – Md. & Va

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 7th day of April 1839

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of--
August 1843 and sent to Jas Roberts, Swangstown N. Carolina-
Arrears to the 4th of March 1843 $105.10
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 13.33
$118.43

{Revolutionary Claim
{Act July 4, 183[paper torn]
{Section the 3d [3rd]
Recorded by W M Steuart, Clerk
Book C – Vol. 3 – Page 18

[right side of page sideways] Date of death wid [widow] on A 13
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side of page] let [letter] to James Roberts April 29

12.203
North Carolina
William Lucas
of Rutherford in the State of N. C.
who was a Pri [Private] in the Com [Company] commanded
by Captain -- of the Reg [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Munford in the MC [also known as the Continental Marines] [crossed out - line for] Troops – 8 mo [months]

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Car [North Carolina]
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of April
1833 and sent to Tho F Birchett Rutherford N. C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 - $53.32
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending Sep 4 ’33 13.33
$66.65

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by E D Bullock, Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 47
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8569 William Lucas

Admit for 8 months from 1776 private with MC Troops Capt [Captain] Campbell T. F. Birchett $26.66 Rutherford No Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF in the case of William Lucas, of the County of Rutherford in the State of No. Carolina
(Act 7th JUNE, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge: Open Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he: 78

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
Volunteered in 1776 for 6 months as a private under Capt. Campbell, Maryland; under Capt Campbell Flying Camp Maryland Troops}
Was drafted to go against Cornwallis (1781); better then 2 months; private; Col. Munford Capt Smith Virginia Troops

5.  In what battles was he engaged? Guilford

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fredericktown Maryland, Mecklenburg Coy [County] Va [Virginia]

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk.
11th Feby 1833
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THE NEW 
TESTAMENT 
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR 
JESUS CHRIST. 
Translated out of the 
ORIGINAL GREEK 
And with the former 
TRANSLATIONS 
Diligently Compared and Revifed [Revived], 
By His MAJESTY'S Special Command. 
Appointed to be had in Churches.
EDINBURGH:

Printed by the ASSIGNS of ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty’s Printer.
MDCCLXXXVIII
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A Reagerster [Register] of William Lucas’es [Lucas’] and Mary his wife Children ages 
John Lucas was Born April 25th in the year of our Lord 1781 
James Rimer Lucas was Born January 16-- 1784 
Nancy Lucas was Born 21 October in the year of our Lord Christ 1791
Mimi Lucas was Born March 14 1822
Caty Lucas was Born August 26 1825
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State of North Carolina} 
Cleavland County}
On this the 10th Day of December 1842. Personally appeared before James Roberts one of the sitting Justices of the peace in and for said County, Mary Lucas, a resident of North Carolina in the County of Cleavland: Aged Eighty two years, 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 the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836, granting pensions to certain widows; that she is the widow of William Lucas, who was a Private Soldier of the Militia in the Army of the Revolution, and was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, and was entered on the pension list of the North Carolina Agency = given at the War Office of the United States, the ninth Day of April 1833: Recorded in Book E. Vol 6, page 47: She further declares that she was married to the said William Lucas in the Summer of 1780 and that her husband the aforesaid William Lucas Died on the Sixth Day of April 1839. and that she was married to him previous to his going into the service, and that the Marriage took [^place] at the time a above stated. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before 
James Roberts {JP}       Mary [her x mark] Lucas
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State of North Carolina}
Cleavland County} 

I, James Roberts the Magistrate before whome [whom] the foregoing Declaration was made. Do Certify that the Applicant Mary Lucas Cannot attend the Court from age and bodily infirmity - This the 10th Day of December 1842
James Roberts {JP}

State of North Carolina}
Cleavland County} Personally appeared before James Roberts one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County, James R. Lucas, and after being Duly Sworn according to law: Sayth that the above attached recorde [record] is the original and genuine family recorde [record] of the Ages of William & Mary Lucas's Children and that he beleaves [believes] it to be in the hand writing of Thomas Pool Esqr. [Esquire] and that it has been in the possession of John Lucas since the Death of William Lucas 
Sworn to and subscribed this 10th Day of December 1842 before 
James Roberts {JP}         James R Lucas
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5738. 
Mary Lucas - N. C. Act 4 July ‘36 
Sec No 5737
The original papers having a family Register having been mislaid in this office she is allowed upon the proof of marriage they furnish –
Since found within
Admd 8 Mo pri [admitted 8 months private] 26.66 

James Roberts Esq Swangstown N.C.
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State of North Carolina} 
Cleavland County} personally appeared before James Roberts one of the acting Justices in & for said County, Wm McCall and saith on oath that the following is a true Copy of the ages of William & Mary Lucas Children, Viz John Lucas was born April 25 1781 - James Lucas was born January 16. 1784 and Nancy Lucas was born Oct. 21, 1791- 
Sworn to and Subscribed this 13 day of May 1843 before 
James, Roberts {JP}    William McCall 

State of North Carolina}
Cleaveland County} Ss

I Richard Champion Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Cleaveland County Certify that James Roberts is an acting magistrate for said County and the signature purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of Office and subscribe my name done June 1st 1843 
Richard Champion Clk [Clerk]
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State of North Carolina} 
Rutherford County} On this 10th day of November 1832 personaly [personally] appeared in open Court before the justices of the court of Rutherford County now sitting William Lucas a resident of the United States n the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina aged 78 years who being duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration on Oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 of June 1832 that he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated.

In the year 1776 I volunteered in the State of Maryland & County of Fredrick [Frederick] & I think the County is now called Montgomry [Montgomery] under the command of Capt. Campbell [Eneas Campbell, pension application R1627] & Lieut [Lieutenant] Jones we marched on to Frederick town where we met 3 companies commanded by Capt [Munachy?] Deacons [Leonard Deakins] & Speaker we then went in company on to Philadelphia with all the speed we could to get to head quarters which was at Philadelphia we stayed there about 8 days and made preperation [preparation] & became organized, we then came under the command of Lieut [Lieutenant] Col’n [Colonel] Halcome [Holcombe?], our firs Col’n [Colonel] I do not know his name as he was sick & was never with us Our Brigadier General was name Bell [Rezin Beall]. After laying at head quarters 8 days we marched for New York we got to New York on Wendesday [Wednesday] I think & on Monday following we had an engagement with the British forces commanded by Lord [William] Howe [Battle of Harlem Heights, 16 Sep 1776] we was attacked by the British & we stood our ground & the british [British] retreated to the lower part of the Island in the town & we remained in the upper part of the Island, in this position both armies lay for I think 2 or 3 weeks waching [watching] each other. The British then left the Island & went up East river & landed in Connecticut I think, or somewhere in New england [England] We were then Ordered to march on after them we went up the river & met the british [British] at a place called white plains where we had a skirmish [Battle of White Plains, 28 Sep 1776] & the enemy left us and went on the New York
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and took possession of the Island & we returned & crossed North River at Kings ferry I think it was called & went on to fort Miflin [Fort Mifflin on Mud Island] where we was soon routed by the British. We then went on to Philadelphia where I was dismissed by my Captain at the expiration of my time 6 month for which time I volunteered. I obtained a writen [written] discharge but I have loust [lost] it since. I then went home to Maryland where I lived 3 or 4 years & then mooved [moved] to Virginia in McLenburg Roan Oak River [Mecklenburg County on Roanoke River] & there I was soon called to serve my Cuntry [Country] again. I stood my draft & I drew the 7th no. [number] I had then to go against Conwallis [Cornwallis] we met at a place called Cabin point [on James River in Surry County VA] & there formed our company commaned [commanded] by Capt [Captain Robert] Smith & Lieut [Lieutenant John] Clay we then marched on to Taylors ferry on roan Oak [S of Boydton] & there we joined the regiment commaned [commanded] by Robt Mumphord [Robert Munford] & Majr [Major Henry] Walker who took sick & did not serve we marched from thence and under command of Coln Mumphord Colonel Munford] & joined General Green [Nathanael Greene] in the [Illegible] near Guilford we were there put under command of Brigadier General [Robert] Lawson, who appointed Maj. [Major] Gray in place of Waker who took sick. General Green [Greene] then took command of the army & we marched into Guilford we was there but a short time when we had a hard engagment [engagement] with the Cornwallis [Battle of Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] which terminated with the loss of many killed and wounded on both sides, but we had to retreat from the british [British] superior forces & we went to troublesome Iron works & there our Col’n Mumphord [Colonel Munford] took sick and went home & Coln Holcom [Colonel John Holcombe] took command in his place we then pursued Cornwallis & tryed [tried] to get [ahead] head of him when we got to deep river we could not cross we had to go down some distance where Cornwallis had camped at Ramseys Mills and we found that they had got two fare a head [too far ahead] of us to overtake them & we did not pursue them any farther our Capt. [Captain] was dismissed by Coln. Holcome [Colonel Holcombe] & we marched with our Capt. [Captain] Smith near home where we was [were] dismissed I did not get a writen [written] discharge we were all verbaly [verbally] discharged
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by our Captain. I served better than 2 Month the last tour I then returned home almost wore out by fatigue & hunger and my wife unable to do anything at that time being in a state of pregnancy. I had to set in & raise my Crop in that feeble State without any assistance or any time to rest from the fatigues of my last tour. during my 2 tours I suffered much from hunger cold & fatigue. the particulars would be two [too] much for me to relate provided I was able to describe them. I would here observe that I have given a brief skech [sketch] of evry thing [everything] as well as I am able to recol [recollect]. I may be mistaken in some dates or names as I am getting old & it has been so long since. I would father [further] observe I think the 1st tour we was [were] of the 1st Regement [Regiment] of the Maryland line & called the flying Camps [a mobile reserve force of militia troops by being able to quickly move troops to threatened areas]. 

I hereby relinquish evry [every] claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the pressent [present] and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State [words scratched out].

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above said 
William [his x mark] Lucas

Intragations [Interrogations] by the Court 
1. Where & what year was [were] you born? 
Answer in Montgomery County in Maryland, the year I was born I do not exctly [exactly] recollect but I think in 1754. I judge from circumstances as I have no reccord [record]

2nd Have you any record of your age if so where is it? 
Answer I have none 

3d [3rd] Where was [were] you living when called into service. Where have you lived since 
Ans in Fredrick County now called Montgomery in the State Maryland & since the revolution I have lived in Rutherford County North Carolina 

4th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute 
Ans, I first volunteered for 6 Month & then I was dafted [drafted] & seved [served] better than 2 Month [months]

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you served Such conmentenental [Continental] & Millitia [Militia] Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service 
Ans in adition [addition] to the oficers [officers] I served under there was General Putman [Israel Putnam] & General [Charles] Lee [words scratched out] were some of the head commanders & all under command of Washington. The general circumstances of my services is stated in my declaration.
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6th Did you receve [receive] a written discharge from the service, if so, By whom was it given and what has become of it 
Ans I have receved [received] a writion [written] discharge from Capt. Campbell whom I seved [served] 6 Month and have since loused [lost] it, & my 2 discharge from Capt. Smith was but a verbal discharge. 
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood [neighborhood] & who can Testify as to your character for veracity & good behaviour [behavior] and your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Ans. The Revend [Reverend] Joseph Willis a Minister of the gospel and Edward Cook.

I Joseph Willis a resident of Lincoln County & State of North Carolina & Edward Cook of Retherford County & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Lucas who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. That we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary War. That we concur in that opinion 
8569 Joseph Willis {Seal} 
Edward [his x mark] Cooper {Seal}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the use interrogations of the matter and after the Interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Willis is a clergyman resident in the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina & that Edward Cook who has also signed the same is a resident of Rutherford & State of North Carolina and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Thos F. Birchett Clerk of the county court of Rutherford County & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Lucas pension in testamony [Testimony] whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office this 10 September 1832 

T F Birchett, Clk

[written upside down] Wm Lucas’ Declaration Recorded
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

March 31, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

WILLIAM LUCAS 
W. 20535 
BA-J/MLB

When this hist. [history] was written its whole [^ previous] [Illegible too light] & blue jacket [Illegible too light] I found it July 26, 1939, in Reuben Ross R.9025

Mrs. L. D. Prewitt 
Forest City Iowa 

Dear Madam: 

The data which follow [follows] were obtained from pension claim, W. 20535, based upon service of William Lucas in the Revolutionary War. 

William Lucas was born in 1754 in that part of Frederick County which was later Montgomery County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given. 

While residing in Fredericktown, Frederick County, Maryland, William Lucas volunteered July 18, 1776, and served six months as private in Captain Campbell's company of the Maryland Flying Camp, was in an engagement near New York City, in the battle of White Plains and in a skirmish at Fort Mifflin, after which he returned to his home in Maryland, remained there three or four years, then moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to a place on Roanoke River, and while living there, enlisted to go against Cornwallis, served more than two months as private in Captain Smith's company, Colonels Robert Mumford's and Holcombe's Virginia regiments, and during that tour was in the battle of Guilford.

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and while residing there was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1832. He died April 6, 1839. 

William Lucas married in the summer of 1780, place not stated, Mary __. The date and place of her birth, maiden name and names of parents are not shown. 

Mary Lucas, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 10, 1842, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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The following names of children of William Lucas and his wife, Mary, are shown in the claim: 

John Lucas, born April 25, 1781
James Rimer “ “ [Lucas, born] January 16, 1784
Nancy “ “ [Lucas, born] October  21, 1791

The following family data, also, appear in the claim with no explanation of relationship to soldier's family:

Mimy Lucas, born March 14, 1822
Caty “ “ [Lucas, born] August 26, 1825 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

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Mary Lucas 5737
Declaration
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State of North Carolina}
Cleaveland County} SS

I Richard Champion Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for said County of Cleaveland certify that James Roberts is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County of Cleaveland before whom the foregoing declarations were made & that all his official acts as such are entitled to due faith & credit 

In Testimony whereof I have here unto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at office in Shelby this the 13th day of December A D 1842 

Richard Champion {Clk}
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Wm Lucas of N. Ca. [North Carolina] 7 June 32 $26.66 per ann. [annum] to what time last paid? --- [sentence scratched out] Paid to 4th March 1839 BLB

State [written through] the peace in and for said County, Mary Lucas a Resident of North Carolina in the County of Cleveland … Aged Eighty two years; 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 the Act of Congress of July 4th 1836: granting pensions to Certain Widows; that she is the widow of William Lucas who was a private in the army of the Revolution: and was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and was entered on the pension list of the North Carolina Agency and Recorded in the pension Office in Book E. Vol 6 page 47. by E.D. Bullock Clerk. She further Declares that she was married to the said William Lucas in the Summer of 1780: and that her husban [husband] the aforesaid William Lucas died on the Sixth Day of April 1839 and that she was married to him prior to his going into the service: and that the Marriage took place at the time above stated. She further Declares that sumtime [sometime] in December last she made a Declaration setting forth her claim for pension to this same effect; and it together with the Original family record accompanied with an affidavit Setting forth the genuineness of said family record was forwarded to the pension office; and that her agent has ben [been]
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State of North Carolina}
Cleaveland [Cleveland] County} This 13th Day of May 1843, personally appeared before James Roberts one of the Acting Justices of the peace in and for said County, Mary Lucas; a Resident of North Carolina in the County of Cleaveland [Cleveland] Aged Eighty two years; who being first duly sworn according to law: doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the herein and provision made by an act of Congress of July 4th 1836: granting pensions to certain widows; that she is the widow of William Lucas who was a private in the army of the Revolution and was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, and was entered on the pension list of the North Carolina Agency and Recorded in the pension Office in Book E. Vol 6 page 47 by E.D. Bullock Clerk. She further Declares that she was married to the said William Lucas in the Summer of 1780, and that her husband the aforesaid William Lucas died on the Sixth Day of April 1839 and that she was married to him prior to his going into the Service: and that the Marriage took place at the time above stated. She further Declares that sumtime [sometime] in December last she made a Declaration setting forth her claim for pension to this same effect [effect]: and it together with the Original family record accompanied with an affidavit Setting forth the genuineness of said family record was forwarded to the pension office; and that her Agent has ben [been]
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Recently informed that her former papers were received and registered, but by same error in filing they cannot be found. She therefore herein claims the benefit of this Renewal: She further declares that the following is a true Copy of the original family record the record: - the record of William Lucas & his wife Mary Children; Ages: John Lucas was born April the 25 Day in the year of our Lord 1781- James Lucas was bornd [born] January the 16 day in the year of our Lord 1784: Nancy Lucas was bornd [born] October the 21 Day in the year of our Lord 1791 - Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, before 
James Roberts {JP}
Mary [her x mark] Lucas 

State of North Carolina} 
Cleaveland County} I James Roberts the Magistrate before whom the foreging [foregoing] Declaration was made certify that the applicant Mary Lucas is not able to attend the Court from age and bodily infirmity, this 13 day of May 1843- 
James Roberts {JP}
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V  5738

Mary Lucas

N.C.

[words scratched out]

Act 4 July 1836
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[written sideways] 1931 – May 12 – Hist [History] to W.R. Pope – AW
1938 – March 1, Hist. [History] to Mrs. L. D. Prewitt – MLB End. By MMSTB July 26, 39

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20535
Mary Lucas
Widow of William Lucas
Priv. Rev. War

Act: July 4th, 1836
Index: - Vol. A, Page 447

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[Letterhead] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS AREA / OFFICE OF THE SIGNAL OFFICER / 1819 W. PERSHING ROAD / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

IN REPLY REFER TO:

May 5, 1931.

The Veterans Bureau,
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please send me all the information you may have on WILLIAM LUCAS, a Revolutionary War pensioner, probably living at the time in Anson County, N.C.

Very truly yours,
W R Pope
W. R. POPE,
Lt. Col. Signal Corps.

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE OFFICE

[stamped] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS / SECTION / MAY 7 1931

[stamped] PENSION / 8 / MAY / 7 / 1931 / OFFICE / U. S.
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[Letterhead] WINNEBAGO COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS / OFFICIAL COUNTY / FOREST CITY, IOWA / OFFICIAL CITY

February 25, 1938 

Revolutionary War Section
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

[stamped] RECEIVED / FEB 28 1938

Gentlemen:
Will you please advise me if there is any family or military history contained in the applications of either of the men listed below for pension or land grants based on Revolutionary war service, either by themselves or by widows.

WILLIAM LUCAS, a private of the continental line, a resident of Rutherford County, NORTH CAROLINA, at the time his pension started March 4, 1831 at the age of 80 and who was still living in the same county in 1837

ROBERT LUCAS, a captain of infantry under Siever at Kings Mountain in 1780, and who a short time latter [later] was killed at the age of 40 or 41 in Davidson county, N.C. or Tennessee with several of his brothers. They were engaged in fighting the Indians at the time of his death. He married in Virginia Sarah or Sally Dungins or Dunga. They had sons, George, William, Edward, and daughters; Rebecca who married Sappington; Sarah who married Hamilton, Asenath who married Stuart; Mary and Abigail.

Thanking you,
Yours,
L D Prewitt
L. D. Prewitt.
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State of North Carolina} 
Cleaveland County} Personally appeared before me TM Hardin one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County. James Roberts. who being Duly Sworn, Deposeth and sayeth on his oath. that in a case of pension claim of Mary Lucas widow of William Lucas, that he as agent of said and Mary Lucas, Did enclose and forward to the pension office, the origin family record of said William & Mary Lucas accompained [accompanied] with her Declaration, and an affidavit proving the original & genuineness of said record. Sumtime [Sometime] about the tenth or fifteenth of December last. This Deponant [Deponent] further Saith that he can confirm the affidavit William McCall made before him: on the thirteen of May last in relation to the said family record for he this Deponant [Deponent] was present when said McCall Drew off a Copy from the original for the benefit of the family. This Deponant [Deponent] further saith that he was informed by the Comm [Commissioner] of Pensions that it did appear that the above mentioned papers was received and registered. Sworn to and subscribed this 24th day of August 1843 
before James Roberts
TM Hardin JP
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State of North Carolina Cleaveland County 
I Richard Champion Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Cleaveland County, do hereby certify that T. M. Hardin whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that his signature is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 24th day of August AD 1843 
R. Champion Clk [Clerk]
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Free

Swangstown N. C.
15th Dec. -
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Comm. [Commissioner] of Pensions 
Washington City D.C.

[written sideways] 5737 
Dec 4 1842 
NC 
July 4 1836 
Mary Lucas 
32
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Swangstown No. Carolina 
14th December 1842 

Dear Sir, 

I herewith enclose the papers of Mary Lucas, widow of William Lucas Deceast [deceased]. Claim for pension under the Act of Congress of 4th July 1836 --- 

There is an other [another] claim heretofore forwarded that of Nancy Miller widow of David Miller Deceast [deceased], - forwarded by David Renhardt, Esqr [Esquire] who has removed Resently [recently] to the west. Mis [Mrs.] Miller wishing her case attended to, has [bold?] on me Requesting me to attend to the same. Stating that her husband was a pensioner and that the proof of Marriage had been made and that her husban [husband] Died before the passage of the Act under which she claimed. I was at a loss to know the Cause why her claim could not be allowed please inform me sumpthing [something] on the subject Address Swangstown N. Carolina.
I am very Respectfully 
yours 
James Roberts 

Mr. J. L. Edwards 
Comm [Commissioner] of Pensions 
Washington City D. C.
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No 5737 
Mary Lucas 
N Carolina 

Suspended 
See Letter to James Roberts Esqr [Esquire] 
Swangstown N. C. Jan 7 18th 1843 

(cannot find.) 

Act July 4 the 1836
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Land Office Annapolis 
21st August, 1843

I hereby Certify, That by the returns of a company commanded by Captain Eneas Campbell, of Maryland Militia, engaged in the Flying Camp, raised in Frederick County, and remaining in this office, the name of William Lucas, appears upon said return, to have been enrolled as a private, in said Company, on the 18th day of July, 1776. 
George G. Brewer
Regt Land Off [Illegible initials]
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Free

Swangstown N. C.
March 18th 

Mr. J. L. Edwards 
Comm. [Commissioner] of Pensions 
Washington City D.C.

[written sideways] Mar 28 1843
NC 
Mary Lucas
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Swangstown N. C.
March 15th 1843 

Dear Sir,
having sum [some] three months Since forwarded [forwarding] the papers of Mary Lucas claim for pension and having Received as yet no answer on the subject and the old lady being desirous to know or heare [hear] from her Claim and thinking perhaps the matter might have ben [been] forgotten, I have addressed these lines in way of remembrance; address. Swangstown N.C. –

I am Very Respectfully 
Yours 
James Roberts 

Mr J. L. Edwards Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions 
Washington City D. C.
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James Roberts
April 29, 1843
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609

Pen off [Pension Office
Apl 29 43 

Sir
I have delayed an answer to your enquiry respecting the case of Mary Lucas with the hope of recovering her papers. It appears that they will recd [received] & registered but by some error in filing, they can not [cannot] be found - They should be renewed & reference made to the above fact so as to ensure immediate attention.

James Robert Esqr [Esquire]
Swangstown Rutherford Co N. C. 

W5737
Act 4 July 1836
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G. G. Brewer August 10 1843
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Pen. Off [Pension Office]
Aug 10 43

Sir,

I have the honor to request that you will examine your records & inform me whether they afford any evidence of the service of William Lucas in the Flying Camp in 1776 

G. G. Brewer Esqr [Esquire]
Comr [Commissioner] Land Office 
Annapolis Md [Maryland]
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J. Roberts
August 10 1843
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Pen. Off [Pension Office]
Aug 10 43 

Sir,

In the case of Mary Lucas the original family register should be forwarded to this office in proof of the alleged date of the marriage – a copy of a private paper is not admissible evidence. 

The proof of the service of her husband afforded by the rolls of Maryland, has been solicited by a letter to the Exe officer of that State having charge of the revoy [Revolutionary] records- 

James Roberts Esq [Esquire]
Swangstown N.C.
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[stamped] ANNAPOLIS / MD / AUG 24

[written sideways] Aug 28 43

G W Crump, Esqr [Esquire]
Pension Office
Washington City, D. C.

Mail;
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Land Office Annapolis:
28th August, 1843 

Sir, 

Your letter of the 19th Inst was received. Enclosed I send you a certificate from the return or roll of Captn [Captain] Campbells company of the Flying Camp, showing that William Lucks, was a private in his company, the records afford no further evidence of his service. 

I am very respectfully 

Your obt svt [Obedient Servant]
G. G. Brewer 

G. W. Crump Esqr [Esquire]
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G. G. Brewer
August 19, 1843
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Pen Off [Pension Office]
Aug ‘43 

Sir, 

In compliance with yours of 12 inst [institute] I have the honor to inform you that William Lucas resided in Fredericktown Md. [Maryland] in 1776 when he alleges he enlisted in the Flying camp under Capt [Captain] Campbell & Col [Colonel] Halcome [Holcomb] for 6 mo. [months].

G. G. Brewer 
Annapolis Md [Maryland]
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[stamped] FREE

[stamped] ANNAPOLIS / AUG 12

J. L. Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.

Mail;

[written sideways] Aug 15 1843 [Illegible Name]
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Land Office Annapolis, 12th Augt [August] 1843.

Sir,

Your letter of the 10th Inst, was received, in which you request to be informed "whether the record in this office afford any evidence of the service of William Lucas in the Flying Camp in 1776. In reply, I have to state, that I cannot furnish the information required, without being first informed of the names of the officers under whom it is alleged he served. Will you be pleased [to] examine his declaration, and let me know the names of his officers or the County he resided in at the time of entering the service.- 

I am very respectfully, 
Your obt Svt [obedient servant]
G. G. Brewer,

J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Lucas which require further proof or explanation.

1.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No

V.  *Has he mentioned 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? No

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X.  Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII.  If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  +If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For          year             months, and               days, I served as a                For          months and              days, I served as a             ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectional.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line in which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Swangstown N.C. August 24th

Free 

Mr. J. L. Edwards 
Comm [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

[written sideways] Aug 31 / 43 Addlte [Additional] case of Mary Lucas
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Swangstown N. Carolina
August 24. 1843 

Dear Sir,

I herewith enclose an affidavit that I have made on Oath, sitting forth the facts in the case of Mary Lucas - the family record having ben [been] forwarded heretofore and received the Referance [reverence] should be had to the same, or the Copy should be admissible, as the error is in the Department it cannot be otherwise on the part of the Claimant. The old lady is much in kneed [need], and Insisted me to ask your Early attention to this matter- 

I am Respectfully 
yours---
James Roberts 

Mr J. L. Edwards 
Commr [Commissioner] Washington City D.C.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

March 31, 1938 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/MLB
Own

Mrs. L. D. Prewitt 
Forest City Iowa 

Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas and William Sharpe, of the Fauquier and Stafford County region who, you state, obtained bounty land: William #6423, and Thomas #6433 (William being the heir), also, William Lucas who served as private in the continental line and resided in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at the time he was pensioned and was still living there in 1837, and Robert Lucas who, you state, was captain of infantry under Sevier at Kings Mountain, married in Virginia, Sarah or Sally Dungins or Dunga, and was killed in Davidson County, North Carolina or in Tennessee while engaged in fighting the Indians. 

There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of Thomas or William Sharpe, under any spelling. as described by you, or of any Robert Lucas. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The land which you state was received by Thomas and William Sharpe may have been granted by the state from which those soldiers served. 

The record of William Lucas is furnished you herewith. – 
W. 20525 
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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May 12, 1931 

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
AWF:MLB

W. R. Pope 
Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps 
1819 West Pershing Road 
Chicago, Illinois 

Dear Sir: 

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20535, that William Lucas was born in 1754, in Montgomery County, Maryland. 

While residing in Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in 1776 and served six months as a private in Captain Campbell's company of the flying camp, Colonel Falconer's Maryland regiment, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains and in an engagement at Fort Mifflin. He then returned to his home in Maryland, and lived three or four years, then moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and served two months in Captain Smith's company, Colonel Robert Mumford's Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Rutherford County, North Carolina. 

He died April 6, 1839. 

The soldier married in the summer of 1780, Mary, whose maiden name is not stated, and it is not shown where they were married. 

She was allowed pension on her application executed December 10, 1842, at which time she was living in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and was aged eighty-two years.
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The following is a list of the children as found in the claim:

John born April 25, 1781
James Rimer “ [born] January 16, 1784
Nancy “ [born] October 21, 1791.

The following names also appear on the family record:
Minny Lucas born March 14, 1822
Caty " [born] August 26, 1825.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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