Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5522, for James Pettigrew, South Carolina
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S. C. Pettigrew, James W.5522
Jane

[Stamp Bottom Right] This Envelope Includes
FINAL [Illegible] VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
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Alabama. 13.349

James Pettigrew.
of Greene Co. in the State of Alabama who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Barkins of the Reg. commanded by Genl Pickens in the Carolina line for two years $80

Subscribed on the Roll of Alabama. the rate of 80. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of Match, 1834.

Certificate of Pension iSsued the 2'd. day of July. 1833. and sent to. Issac. C Snedicot. Erie. g.co. Alabama

Arears to the 4th of March. 1833. 100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 40.00.
$200.00.
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by No. R. Palmer. Clerk,
Book 3. Vol. 8. Page 49.

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Ma it sat May 15, 1837.
[illegible] to pay Agt. 83 [illegible] for ["24" underlined] March 1841.
Paid at this January under the Act of this 6rh April 1838. From 4th March 1839 to 4th March 1840. Agt notified 15 April 1841.

Dead. Paid at above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agt hodified 23 Sep 1841.

WC-W-WColeman July 17. -45
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
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1 Tus. 2263
Alabama

Jane Pettigrew
widow of James Pettigrew SC who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 8- Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on 4t day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued 2nd day of Dec. '48 and sent to Hon. S.W Inge
Hous of Reps.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 356 Vol. 3

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Reported
Letter to Tushaloosa [Tuscaloosa] Pension Agent Dec. 28 1848.

Date of death - [illegible]
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[ink stamp "free"]
[seal]
J. L. Edwards -
Pension Office -
Washington City

John N Womack,
& Soper Ann.
Hon Inge
House of Reps
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Greene Co. Ala. Aug 22nd 1848
J.L . Edwards
enclosed you will find the Depositions of William Harkness, and Agnes Neil showing that "Jane Pettigrew was living in the married state with James Pettigrew previous to the 1st day of January 1794"

These two deponents - Willaim Harkness and Agnes (page torn) are now advanced in years - surrounded by (page torn) respectable families (children and grandchildren) as any two citizens in the counties respectively in which they live. This having been the only fact remaining to be proved, I trust you will find the evidence full and satisfactory, and that we shall not be subjected to further delay.
Respectfully (?)
John W. Womack
Agent for Jane Pettigrew
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Title Page -
"The Confession of Faith - The Large and
"Shorter Catechisms - with the scripture proofs
at Large - of Public authority in the
Church of Scotland." -

"Printed at Edinburgh by Mark of Charles
"Kerr - His Majesty's Printers- MDCCXCIII."-

On a blank leaf in said Book opposite page 175 are the following entries-viz:-

"John Pettigrew was born May the 24th 1786.-

"Robert Pettigrew was born May the 24th 1788,-

"Sarra Pettigrew was born November 29th 1790,-

"Rossanna Pettigrew was born April the 3'd 1793,-

"Mary Harkness Pettigrew was born August 6th 1774,-

"Agness Pettigrew was born June the 15th - 1798.-

"James Harkness Pettigrew was born February 16th 1800

"Ebenezer Pettigrew was born the 14th January 1809."-

"William Pettigrew was born the 14th January 1809."-

The state of Alabama-Greene County-of the peace in and for said county
Before me James K. Evans a justice personally came William Pettigrew who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the William Pettigrew mentioned above as having been "born the 14th January 1809 that he is now
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The state of Alabama-Greene County-of the peace in and for said county
Before me James K. Evans a justice personally came William Pettigrew who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the William 

Pettigrew mentioned above as having been "born the 14th January 1809" that he is now in the thirty eighth year of his age-that he is the youngest child of James and Jane Pettigrew, that he lived from his birth under the same took with his father James Pettigrew until the death of his said father in April 1841 Check he still lives under the same roof with Jane Pettigrew his mother-that from his earliest recollection he has seen this Book mentioned and described above, and commonly called "Confession of Faith of the Church of Scotland"-in the possession of his said father and mother with the ages of his brothers and sisters and his own age registered as above Check the above is a true extract from the Registry of ages kept in said Book, by his said father and mother -

Sworn and subscribed
before me -
August 11th 1846.-
Jas R Evans. HJ

Mr. Pettigrew
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sisters and his own age registered as above Check the above is a true extract from the Register of ages kept in said Book, by his said father and mother.-

Sworn to and subscribed
Before me-
August 11th 1846.-
Jas R Evans HJ

Mr. Pettigrew

The State of Alabama
Greene County
Court of Greene County
I Attorney R Davis Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that James R Evans whose name appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for said County of Greene duly Anointed and qualified and that all his official acts as such are intitled to full faith and credit

[seal]

Given under my hand and seal of office at Eutaw this 11th day of August A20 1846.
[illegible] A R Davis Clerk
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The State of Alabama - Greene County -

Be it known that on this the 21st day of April 1848, William Harkness a citizen of  the county aforesaid, appeared personally before me Nathaniel F. Britchett a justice of the Peace for said county who being first duly sworn on his oath deposed as follows-
[illegible]!-
"I was raised in the District of Abbeville in the state of South Carolina-I continued citizen of that District until I reached my fifty seventh year, when I moved to the County of Greene in the state of Alabama-
I am now in my seventy eighth year.-My sister Jane Pettigrew (widow of James Pettigrew late of Greene County deceased, and at the time of his death a Revolutionary pensioner) is about four years older than myself, being now eighty one or two-She was married to the said James Pettigrew to the best of my recollection between 1782, and 1785-I was present at the marriage of my said sister Jane, to the said James, the marriage took place in the house of our father-{Robert Harkness) then living in the said district of Abbeville, not quite a mile from a church then known by the name of Hopewell Church-a presbyterian minister by the name of Robert Macklen, who was then the pastor of the said church solemnized the rites of marriage between the said Jane & James Pettigrew, and either John Tilly or Patrick Norris both of of whom were present ( and both long since deceased) acted ad waiters or attendants on James Pettigrew at said marriage-I was married to Anne Baskin in Abbeville District South Carolina on The 20th of September 1792, and my oldest child by The

said Anne (named Rosannah) was born Sept. 17th
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one or two-She [illegible due to paper fold] Pettigrew to the best of my recollection between 1782, and 1785-I was present at the marriage of my said sister Jane, to the said James, the marriage took place in the house of our father-{Robert Harkness) then living in the said district of Abbeville, not quite a mile from a church then known by the name of Hopewell Church-a presbyterian minister by the name of Robert Macklen, who was then the pastor of the said church solemnized the rites of marriage between the said Jane & James Pettigrew, and either John Tilly or Patrick Norris both of of whom were present ( and both long since deceased) acted ad waiters or attendants on James Pettigrew at said marriage-I was married to Anne Baskin in Abbeville District South Carolina on The 20th of September 1792, and my oldest child by The

said Anne (named Rosannah) was born Sept. 17th 1793-My aid sister Jane, I distinctly remember, and know with as much certainty as I can know any fact, had then been some years married, and had John, and Robert, and one or two, or perhaps three other children-and my said sister Jane was living in the married state with the said James Pettigrew previously to the first day of January 1794.-
From the time of the marriage of my said sister   Jane, to the said James Pettigrew, in Abbeville District South Carolina, I continued to live in the same neighborhood with them, I visited them frequently, and was on terms of the greatest intimacy with them, until they moved from that District, to Greene County in the state of Alabama, some time about the year 1827.-The said James Pettigrew, and the said Jane continued to live uninterruptedly in the married state from the time of their marriage as herein-before mentioned, up to the time of the death of the said James in the county of Greene, in the year (as well as I recollect) 1841.-
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State of Alabama, some time about the year 1827.-The said James Pettigrew, and the said Jane continued to live uninterruptedly in the married state from the time of their marriage as herein-before mentioned, up to the time of the death of the said James in the County of Greene, in the year (as well as I recollect) 1841.-
Wm Harkness

The State of Alabama-Greene County-
Before ne Nathaniel A. Birchett personally came William Harkness who being duly sworn deposed as above written, which was taken down by me in his own words, and his name hereto subscribed in his own proper hand.-
N.F. Birchett J.G.

The State of Alabama
Greene County
I James  R Davis Clark of County Court of Greene County aforesaid in hereby certify that Nathaniel G Birchett whose genuine Signature is subscribed to the above and aforesaid Certificate is now and was at the time of marking and signing the name. An acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Duly declared certificate and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due. To all his affirmed [illegible]

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Given under my hand and seal of office at. Eutaw. this the 21st day of August 19 1848.
Attest. H R Davis Clerk
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Tuscaloosa Oct. 20 1861
Residence of Patrick Redmond agent for paying pensions forty six 13/100 Dolls being for the [illegible] of pension due the widow of Jas. Pettigrew due? From the 4th September 1840 to the 2 April 1841 for which I  have signed dept at Reeds
E. C. Pettigrew

$41. 23
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Treasury Department
Head Auditors Office
P Hagrid 

Patrick Redmond Esqr.
Pension Agent
Tuscaloosa
Alabama

11
Ja. Pettigrew
Act 7 June 1832
W. 23 to [illegible crossed off text]^Apr 20 1841
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Treasury Department
Head Auditors Office
25. Aug: 1841.

Sir:
The Treasury of the United States will permit to Ebenezer C. Pettigrew, to your care, forty dollars. as attorney for the Widow of James Pettigrew, late [illegible] pensioner in the Tuscaloosa roll, per act 7 June, 1832, being his pension [illegible] 4 March to 4 Sept, 1840 for which when received, be pleased to forward his receipt to this office
The pension from 4 Sept 1840,
to 20 April, 1841, is payable at your Agency. You are hereby [illegible] to [illegible] the attorney the pension else, on filing this letter, with his recipient as a voucher for the payment.
From Sit:
Your Obt. Sert. [Your Obedient Servant]
[illegible]

Patrick Redmond Esq.
Pension Agent
Tuscaloosa
Ala
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Treasury Department
Head Auditors Office
25. Aug: 1841.

Sir:
The Treasury of the United States will permit to Ebenezer C. Pettigrew, to your care, forty dollars. as attorney for the Widow of James Pettigrew, late [illegible] pensioner in the Tuscaloosa roll, per act 7 June, 1832, being his pension [illegible] 4 March to 4 Sept, 1840 for which when received, be pleased to forward his receipt to this office
The pension from 4 Sept 1840,
to 20 April, 1841, is payable at your Agency. You are hereby [illegible] to [illegible] the attorney the pension else, on filing this letter, with his recipient as a voucher for the payment.
From Sit:
Your Obt. Sert. [Your Obedient Servant]
[illegible]

Patrick Redmond Esq.
Pension Agent
Tuscaloosa
Ala
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The State of Alabama
Greene County 
On this 10th day of Sept in the year of
our Lord 1845, personally appeared before
the Hon the judge of this County Court of Greene
County & State aforesaid James Pettigrew a resident
of the County and state above mentioned, aged
Seventy nine years and nine months who be - 
=ing first duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following dec
laration, in order to obtain the bene-
fit of the pension made by the act of 
Congress proposed  July 7th 1838, entitled "an
act granting half pay and pensions to cer-
tain widows: That she is the widow of
James Pettigrew, who was a volunteer in
the revolutionary war served upwards of four
years, entered the service at sixteen was in the
Battle of Stone under Gen Lincoln 1779, was en=
gaged also in the Battle of this Cowpens  Gen Mor
gan commander in cheif, but [illegible] in the
division of Gen. Pickens Siege of 96-[illegible]

Greene commander, was lying sick misses Eutaw
Spring when that engagement took place

she further declares that she was married to
the said James Pettigrew on the16th day of 
November 1785,  Then her husband  the aforesaid
James Pettigrew died on the 2th day of April
1841. that she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but the marriage
took place previous to the first of January
[illegible] hundred and ninety four viz at th
time above stated [illegible]declared
that James Pettigrew was a pensioner
at his death, and draw his pension
regularly up to that time, that his
-
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moved from the State of South Carolina and settled in Eutaw County Carolina, where he died a the time stated and where in further proof of service is [illegible]^ the widow is to be within the rolls of [illegible] department.
Jane Pettigrew [seal]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year written before me - Sydenham Moore
Judge of the City [illegible] of G. County -

The State of Alabama
Greene County. Sydenham Moore judge of the County Court of the county and state aforesaid so hereby certify that the above named Jane Pettigrew in any presence signed the foregoing declaration and made oath that in having I do further certify that by reason by reason of old age and bodily infirmity the said Jane Pettigrew [illegible] was unable to appear in open Court without great inconvenience.
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17504
James Pettigrew
for Application
Pension
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(Application of James Pettigrew)
The State of Alabama
County of Greene
ss. On this 22nd day of September 1832 personally before the judge of the circuit court of the County & State aforesaid James Pettigrew of the age of about 71 years a resident of the County of Greene & State of Alabama where being first duly sworn according to the lath doth on his oath mark the following [illegible] declaration in order to obtain the pension of the Act of Congress proposed 7th June 1832
That he entered the service as hereby stated he states that he has no record of his age & the only circumstance by which he recollects [illegible] is this, his father told him in his, neither from the engagement at Stono or Stono Ferry that he this applicant would be seventeen years old some time in the December following that engagement - This applicant [illegible] entered the service as a substitute for his father John Pettigrew in the Indian Line against the [illegible] under Captain William Barkins in 1776 in the summer sometime after this he was drafted & served a Line in George but the date or officers he cannot recollect as the Enemy the Seminole Indians could not be found he [illegible] that Joseph Calhoun as Lieutenant commanded the company he was in this was but a short from the first engagement he was In was the Battle of Stono or Stono Ferry on Ashley River under General Pickens & Lincoln & Captains Lee [illegible] Lieutenant Arthur Gray commanded his company this under the Second Line which he was Drafted at this engagement Col Roberts who commanded the Artillery was killed by having one of his thighs shot off by a cannon Ball the next battle he was in of any note was at the Cowpens under General Morgan. General Pickens Col Anderson Colonel McCall Major Halls Lieut Col Sile were in that engagement & most of them if not all ["belonged to" crossed off] were under the command of Gen
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  v
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(James Pettigrew application)
In which ["though" crossed off]^we killed a few Indians^ & one Tory [Torie] & Took two Deserters from a regiment of american regulars in which Major [illegible]^Bonnie  commanded. These. we forwarded a court martial & hung ["them" crossed off] one of these deserters  was by the name of Murphy & the other Luna-We had one man killed byt the name of [illegilbe] very he
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(James Pettigrew's Application)                                          4
I father of said John C. Calhoun for the space of three
years after the war John C. was then a small boy but
after he was grown & in congress he procured for this
applicant as the heir of William Pettigrew his deceased Broth
er his bounty land lying in Missouri. This William Pettigrew 
was a regular soldier & died in the service in the late
war with great contain - Applicant does not recollect
what ever became of his discharge if he ever had one
Colonel Patrick Norris knew this applicant during the war
& served with him part of the time & they lived close to
gether for some years after the war in Abbeville when
Norris moved the Pendleton District & settled near Mooney
will said Norris is now residing in ten miles of
this applicant & can testify as to his character for ver
city good behavior & his actual service he does not think
that he has any Neighbor who would not testify 
favorably of his character for veracity & give it as their
opinion from the general report in the Neighborhood
that he was in the service in the revolutionary war  he will
name James Dunlap & Hamilton Brown who have
Known applicant for thirty or forty years, the reverend
Edwin Pace & James Hillhouse he thinks would
Testify favorably not only of his reputation for veracity
But of their belief as to his service in the
Revolutionary war, & I hereby relinquish every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & de
clare that my name is not on the pension roll of
the agency of any state (or territory in the Union)

Sworn to & subscribed                      James Pettigrew
the day & date afores
said in open court
Attest James Yeates Clk
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5                                                                          5
(Application James Pettigrew cont)
Col Patrick Norris being duly sworn according to
law in open court deposeth & saith that James Pettig
-rew who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declar
ation for a pension was a soldier in the service
of the United States in the revolutionary war that
they were raised in the same neighborhood
within a mile & a half of each other & lived that near
when at home during the whole war & for many
years after he knows he rendered all the services
named in his statement as well as it was proper
for him to know without being with him all
the time  he knows of his departure to stono his
return for his lieutinant died soon after their return
& said Pettigrew (then called Wig Pettigrew) returned
sick with the camp fever. This afficant recollects
said Pettigrew in the Battle at the Compens &
he recollects him in the expedition against the
Indians & in some other minor services, he well
knows that he the said Pettigrew was a good faithful
whig he believes him to be about seventy
one years of age-
                                                       Patrick Norris
Sworn to & subscribed the day
& date aforesaid in open court
Attest
James Yeates, Clerk


We Edmund Pace a clergyman residing in Greene
County & James Yeates residing in the same County
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
James Pettigrew who has subscribed & sworn to the
above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy
one years of age that he is reputed & believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a sold-
ier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion

Sworn to & subscribed                  Edmd Pace
the day & date aforesaid              James Yeates.
in open court - 
Attest 
James Yeates, Clk.
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And the said court do hereby declare that 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 Edmund 
Pace who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman, resident of the County of
Greene, and that James Yeates, who has also
signed the same, is a resident of the County
of Greene, and is a credible person, and that the
statement is entitled to credit. And the Court
further certifies, that Patrick Norris, who has
signed and sworn to the preceding deposition
is also a citizen resident of Greene County
and a credible person and that his deposition
is entitled to credit.
Anderson [illegible]shaw
Judge presiding


I, James Yeates Clerk of the circuit Court of
the County of Green aforesaid, do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said court in the matter of
the application of James Pettigrew for a
Pension

In testimony whereof, I have here
= unto set my hand and seal of
my said office this 22nd day
of September in the year 1832.
James Yeates Clerk
SEAL

The State of Alabama Greene County
Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a justice of the peace in and for
said County James Pettegrew, who being duly sworn

SEAL
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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 period mentioned before - For four years and one moth I served as a private Soldier and for such service I claim a pension
hereunto subscribed before me The 24th day of May AD 1833.
N S [illegible]
J.P [seal]
James Pettigrew
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August 31, 1939

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BA_J/AWF
James Pettigrew
W.5522

Mrs. J. D. McGaw
Route 3
Abbeville, South Carolina

Dear Madam:
The data contained here were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.5522, based upon the military service in that war of James Pettigrew.

James Pettigrew, the son of John Pettigrew, was born in November 1761, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and moved when a child, with his parents to North Carolina, and from there to Abbeville District, South Carolina. The name of his mother is not shown.

James Pettigrew enlisted in the summer or fall of 1776, while residing in Abbeville District, and served at various times as private in the South Carolina troops, under Captains William Baskins, Joseph  Calhoun, James Caldwell, Colonel Anderson, General Pickens and General Lincoln. He was in the battles of Stono, Cowpens, Hawfields, siege of Ninety-Six, expeditions to Bull Swamp and Scull Shoal, service in all amounting to four years and one month.

He moved in 1816, or 1817 to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

He died April 2, 1841, in Greene County, Alabama.

He married November 3m 1785, in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Jane, the daughter of Robert Harkness of Abbeville District, South. Carolina. They were married at the home of her father, by a Presbyterian minister, Robert Macklin. The name of her mother is not given. Said Jane, was born November 14, 1766, and
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stated that her father moved from Rowan County, North Carolina, soon after the Revolution, to Abbeville District, South Carolina.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1845, then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

The children of James Pettigrew and his wife, Jane:

John [Space] born October 14, 1786.
Robert [Space] " May 24, 1788.
Sarra [Space] " November 29, 1790.
Rosanna [Space] " April 3, 1793.
Mary Harkness [Space] " August 6, 1794.
Agness [Space] " June 15, 1798.
James Harkness [Space] " February 16, 1800.
Ebenezer [Space] " June 19, 1806.
William [Space] " January 14, 1809.

The soldier, James Pettigrew, stated that his father, with many of his connections, was in the service, and that his father was taken prisoner by the Tories and carried to Charleston, where he was kept on board a prison ship, until after the Revolution.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of widow, you should address the comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, "Jane Pettigrew, widow of James Pettigrew, Certificate No.223, issued December 2, 1848, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, continued under the Act of February 2, 1848, Alabama Agency".

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Hist to Mrs. Wm Kiefer
nnati Ohio
1911 Dec 6 Hist to
Lillian M. Stall also family [illegible]
Lillian S. F 31477
Mark Waitaker
1931 -Aug. 25 - Hist to Mrs. Minnie 
Massie
1931 - October 26 - Hist to Sen. Ellison
D. Smitte for Mrs. M.C. Sanders

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Revy 
WIDOW, &c.
________
File No. 5522

June Pettigrew
Widow
James Pettigrew
Prit    Rev.  War
__________
Act: Feb 23       1848
Index: - Vol. H,    Page 120

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Oct 7/93 Imt.

Cinci
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Tusca 8436
Alabama

Jane Pettigrew
widow of James Pettigrew
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 2 April 1841

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -
and sent to Hon. J. W. Inge
War of Reps

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 9
Vol. 2. Page 231.

Report all
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12,233
Jane Pettigrew
wife of James
Alabama
Letto. Ally Colman hn. 3. 45
to Jane April 14, '46

Ad 7th July 1838
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John Pettigrew was born October the 14th 1786 
Robert Pettigrew was born May the 24th 1788 
Sarrra Pettigrew was born September the 29th 1790 
Rossannah Pettigrew was born April the 3rd 1793 
Mary Harkness Pettigrew born [illegible] the 6th. 1794
[illegible] Pettigrew was born [illegible] 1798
James Patrick Pettigrew was born February 16th. 1800
[illegible] Pettigrew was born [illegible]
of [illegible] William Pettigrew
[illegible] 11th February 1809
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12.233.
Jane Pettigrew
Ma.
Let. to g.w. womach, Sept. 7, 1846. umd Ded. 28. 46. same - Meach 9, 1847.
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a r '43. 953
12.223

Jane Pettigree

Alabama

3 March 1843
17 June 1844

M
d. 2nd April 184? illegible
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[Illegible stamp]


10

Hon W. Coleman.
Eutaw.
Alabama.
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South Carolina
Abbeville District
I do certify, that I have searched the records of the Court of Ordinary (in which Court, in the files of the County Court system a few Marriage Licenses were granted for said Court) And can find no Bond, on Marriage license for Mrs Jane Pettigrew; and that there in office, created by Law in this State for Marriage registry.
Given under my hand & Seal of Office, This 13th day of January 1846.
David Lesly
O.P.S.C
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 26th, 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," The  widow of James Pettigrew, dead, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars ["and Cents" crossed off] per annum, under the law of the 4th Jane 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1870.
Respectfully yours,
[illegible]. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Office Washington City.

Jan 36 1846
Aelac 6 ca
Jan Pettigrew 

["PAID" ink stamp]
["X" ink stamp]
["E U T A H JAN 16 Ala" ink stamp]
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Eutaw Jan 15th 1846

J L Edwards Esqr
Enclosed you will find the Testimony of David Lucy Clerk of the Court of Ab. Daniel S.C. stating there is no record of the marriage of Mrs. Jane Pettigrew.
She was promised in that declaration and if not more than it is provable the marriage was not recorded at all. There is no record of the marriage within the knowledge of Mrs Pettigrew, and we have no means of proving to date except by parole testimony, which we hope has already been satisfactory done.

yours very respect
H. Colman
J L Edwards Com. of Pens.
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Eutaw - Ala. February 3rd 1847.

Sir:-
Your letter of the "28th December 1846," has been received - According to you request, I send you "the leaf containing the record" of the births of the children of James & Jane Pettigrew. - an authenticated copy of which was sent you some time since. -
You mentioned that "the evidence of William Harkness of the marriage of Jane Pettigrew is not admissible." Pray, what rule of evidence excludes it? -
You have already learned from the certificate of the Clerk of Abbeville District South Carolina, (where the marriage took place) that there is no record in his office of marriages which took place during this era. -
You had been advised that there was "no family Registry of the marriage kept by the family of the Pettigrew's," but that there was "a Registry kept of the births of the children of James and Jane Pettigrew," a copy of which duly authenticated had been furnished to you the audience of William Harkness places the happening of the marriage positively between two specific periods, and it is enough for our purpose that it occurred previous to the first
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of January 1794 - and now the leaf from the family Register corroborates the testimony of William Harkness - Either would have been sufficient to have established the fact of the happening of the marriage previously to the 1st January 1794, but taken together, they are corroborative, one of the other - and being uncontradicted, place the matter beyond further question. -
I am not surprised that pensioners, and others who have claims to settle with the government complaint of the delays of justice which take place -
This furnishes me with proof enough - This correspondence commenced a year ago - and all we had to do in the beginning was to whom that Jane Pettigrew was living with James Pettigrew as his wife, previously to the 1st January 1794. -
If we are required to do any thing more, and if further delay should attend us - we will place the papers in the case before the Secretary of War, or if need be before the President himself. -
Respectfully jc,
John W. Womack -
Agent for Jane Pettigrew.

To 
J. L. Edwards -
of the Pension Office.
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Pension Agency
Mobile 1st May 1837
Sir
I enclosed for your [illegible] the pension vouchers of Littleton Fuller Obadiah Moor and James Pettigrew-pensioners per act. 7 June 1832
Very Respectfully your obt St [obedient servant]
Geo F Gaines
[illegible]

To J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City. DC.
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[left side of the page]
Pettigrew

[right side of the page]
James Pettigrew
Alabama
13.349

Adm 2 years
$80

J. C Snedicor
Erie
Green Co
Alabama
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the  negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  
  James Pettigrew                                                                which require

further proof or explanation.

I. 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 assigned for his not doing so? -

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes 

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? Yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

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?  yes

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? The Court has 

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? yes

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 so answered?  

                                                          ________________________________
                                                                     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_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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6

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown 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 to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oath 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 authentication 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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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Washington City

122223 24/45
Sept.
To Jane Pettigrew
Jul 7. 1838.

["E U T I M SEPT 17 Ala" ink stamp]
['PAID" ink stamp]
["10" ink stamp]
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Eutaw Sept 16th 1845

J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

 Sir, 
I send you enclosed 
the declaration of Jane Pettigrew
with the proof annexed of her marriage. 
No record of her marriage was
ever made in this state, and nor
was in her possession. It was thought
the testimony of a living witness, who was
present at the marriage would be then
for most satisfactory and direct
As regards the service it is hoped the proof
will be satisfactory,
If the widow is entitled to
pension under the act of
1838 or any other act, then
her case is before you, and
you will very much oblige the
undersigned by informing him of the
result. Very Respect.  Wiley Cole 


J. L.  Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Eutaw Ala. Apl 30147
Jm. N. Nomack.
Office of Pension
Claim  of Mrs. Pettigrew
w99. Leeway 10747
Pension Office
 Referred to Court. of 
Pension for a.
Report -
W. C. M.

Any to Hm J.W.
My [illegible] who
called on the subject
February 9. 1847.
MB28p22b
Page 49

Nov 10th 1845 Eutaw Co
J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear sir 

About two
months ago I sent you, in form according
to the requirements as received from the
pension office the Declarations of Jane
Pettigrew, accompanied by the signature of
the Judge of the County Court; in order
to obtain the benefit (if she were entitle
under the act of 1838) of a pension
Having received no answer to this Declaration,
& have thought perhaps it was mis[illegible] and
would take it as a favour for you to inform
me of the fact. Or if the paper[illegible]came
into the hands of the department, whether she is entitled to a pension or not

Yours very Respectfully
W. Coleman


J.L . Edwards CommisS  of Pens.
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Eutaw - Greene Coo. Al-a April 30th 1847.

Hon. W. L. Marcy - Sec at war H.
James Pettigrew Late of Greene County Alabama, formerly resident in Abbeville District South Carolina, applied for and received a pension as a Revolution Soldier under the act of Congress of the 4th of June 1832-until his death in this County in 1841.
The records of the office of the Comptroller General of South Carolina furnish evidence that he served und "Captain James Brown, Col. Donald's Regt. Marion's Brigade"-By the act of June 7th 1832, the widow of James Pettigrew, who survives him was entitled to a certain amount per annum- More than a year ago she provided evidence to the pension office that she was the wife of James Pettigrew deceased-
The pension office required that she shared prove that she and James Pettigrew (her late husband) were living together in the married state previously to the first of January 1794- She immediately sent on the affidavit of William Harkness (her brother) a citizen of Greene Co. Al-a, of immpeachable integrity, which affidavit was duly authenticated, ["shein" crossed off] in which William Harkness states that he was present at the marriage, and that the marriage took place between 1782 and 1784-and that he lived in the immediate neighborhood of James and Jane Pettigrew in Abbeville District S.C.
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and that the said James and Jane were living together in the married state previous to the 1st of January 1774.-
This testimony was itself significant-but in addition to this, Mrs. Pettigrew sent on a leaf from the family Register, showing the ages of nine children from 1786 to 1809.-This evidence was intended to be corroborative-but it was not necessary, and if it should be rejected, there is enough without it.-J. L. Edwards had replied to us that this evidence is not sufficient, and Mrs. Pettigrew is still kept out of her pension.-
From this decision of J. L. Edwards, Mrs. Pettigrew hereby appears to you-and requests that you will have the papers in her case taken from the files and said before you.-
Mr. Edwards had already been notified that an appeal would be taken to you, and if necessary to the President and to Congress.-
With Great Respect JC.
John W. Womack-
Agent for Jane Pettigrew
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Eutaw - Greene County Al-a, Dec. 9th '46.

J. L. Edwards: - 
Some time since, it seemed that all that was necessary to be done to entile Jane Pettigrew, widow of James Pettigrew deceased, to her pension, was to prove "that the applicant and her late husband were living together in the married state previous to the year 1794, and that there were then living together" -
We sent on to the Department an authenticated copy, of the family register, containing the account of the births of the nine children of James and Jane Pettigrew, but it seems that the original would be required. -
It now turns out, that it will not be necessary to resort to the register at all, as we have evidence of a higher grade. - William Harkness, altho' he can not state the precise time, makes [illegible]^oath, and is positively certain, that the marriage took place between 1782 and 1785, and that "they were living together in the married state previous to the first of January 1794.." - This it seems is all that is required. -
You have in your possession proof of the time
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When James Pettigrew ["declared" crossed off]-died, and you have every other proof and voucher which can be required if the Department still has an Agency at Tuscaloosa it will be most convenient to receive at that place seem due-as we are but thirty five miles from that place.-
Be pleased to let us hear from you at the earliest convenient time, as the widow stands in great need.-

J.L. Edwards
Pension office
Washington City.

Very Respectfully H.
John W. Womack-
agent for Jane Pettigrew.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
TREASURY SEPARTMENT,
Second Controller's Office
March 31st, 1841.

Sir:
Under the act of April, 1838, entitle "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," James Pettigrew, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa Agency, at the rate of Eighty - Dollars and [left blank] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839. to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Heian H. Paris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Eutaw - Greene Co. Al-a. Dec. 16. 1848.

Hon. H. L. Marcy: -
The two certificates for Mrs. Jane here, last week, were presented to J H. Dearing (agent for paying pensions for this part of Alabama) at Tuscaloosa - and his reply in that he "has no blank forms"fc - with which to transact the business, and that he " has no funds on hand." -
It can not be possible that we are to be subject to further delay - ["in this matter" crossed out] - and we bring this matter to your notice, that justice may be done at once. -

Respectfully fc.
John W. Womack -
Agent for Jane Pettigrew
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Desire of receiving ["of procuring" crossed out] a pension for the widow of a revolutionary pensioner, and having been informed [illegible] agent at Tuscaloosa for pensions, that it was necessary to apply to new office at Washington, for pension forms, not having the pleasure of assistance with the Land of new departments, I joined a few lines in the office hoping they will meet with a passing notice
Mrs. Pettigrew was married previous to year 1755 and has no intermarried since. Mr. Pettigrew has been dead for nearly four years and drew his pension rightly before that time. They have lived in the County of Greene near Eutaw since 1823, raised a large family of children. If new department will send me new forms by which she is to make out his claim, it will please say what further steps, if any, is necessary to complete her title.
Very respectfully
W. Coleman
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISSCAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that Howel L. Kenon whose signature appears to the appended affidavit of James Pettigrew in attestation thereof now in and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and commissioned, ; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of laws his signature thereto Germaine 
[seal]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the fifth day of June 1833 and of American Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST, 
I.C. Snedecor CLERK.
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, Thomas F. Moody, Presiding Judge of the County Court, of said County, do, hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of th County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
Given under my hand sela this 5th day of June 1833
J. J. Moody [seal]
Judge of said Court
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISSAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above certificate, now is, and at the time of signing the same, was Judge of the County Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and audit are due toall his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law his signature thereunto is genuine
[seal]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the fifth day of June 1833 and of American Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST HC Snedecor CLERK.
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J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
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The State of Alabama -
Greene County
Be it known, that on this the ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six, before me James R. Evans - a justice of the Peace in and for said county and state, duly authorized by the laws of said state to administer oaths, personally came and appeared, William Harkness a citizen of said County, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a brother of Jane Pettigrew widow of the late James Pettigrew deceased, that he was present at the marriage of the James Pettigrew to his said sister Jane - that said marriage ceremony took place at the residence of Robert Harkness father of this affidavit and of the said Jane, sometime between the years 1782 and 1785, (the precise date between the years specified not now recollected) - that said marriage ceremony took place as aforesaid, at the residence of Robert Harkness in ^the District of Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina, about three fourths of a mile from a church in said District known by the name of "Hopewell Meeting House." - Affidavit further swears that he well knew the said Jane Pettigrew and James Pettigrew, previous to the first of January 1794, that they were then living together in the married state, and had been so living together since their marriage as aforesaid, which took place in his pesence, between the years 1782 and 1785 as aforesaid, and that they continued to live together in the married state down to the time of the death of the said James Pettigrew. -

Sworn to & subscribed
before me, December 9th
1846. -
Jas. R. Evans. J.P.

Wm. Harkness
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married state down to the name of the wife of the said James Pettigrew. -
Sworn to & subscribed
before me, December 9th 1846.
Jas. R. Evans J.P.
Wm. Harkness

The state of Alabama
Greene County. - 
I, [illegible] R. Davis Clerk of the County Court of Greene County aforesaid do hereby certify that James R. Evans Esq. [illegible] genuine signature is affixed to the above affidavit, now is and was at the time of giving and signing the [illegible], and acting practice of the peace in and for the affirmed County of Greene, duly elected commended and qualified that full faith and credit, and due and should be given to all his official acts ad such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto [illegible] my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Eutaw, this the nineth day of December, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty six
Attest
A. R. David Clerk
[seal]
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Comptroller's
Office
South Carolina
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Comptroller Genl's Office.
Columbia SC. May 28th 1846
_________
Book S
Indent 194
Issued the 10th June 1785 to Mr. James
Pettigrew for three Pounds Sterling for Duty done in the malitia (militia) as per account
audited [illegible]
__________
Book S
Account 194
James Pettigrew
His account of Malitia
Duty as private since the Reduction of
Charleston pr Col Anderson's Return,Accounting to Sterling £ 3:0:08
__________
Book S
Indent 198
Issued the 10th June 1785 to Mr. James Pettigrew
privt for Fifty Nine Pounds 115D, Sterling
for duty done in the malitia as pr
account audited [illegible]
__________
Book S
Account 198
James Pettigrew
His account of Malitia Duty before and since the Reduction of Charles 
=ton pr Col Anderson's Return, accounting to,
Sterling £ 59:1:5 D.
__________
Book Y
Indent 920
Issued the 26th June 1786 to Mr. James Pettigrew
for Five Pounds [illegible] Sterling for malitia Duty
pr account audited [illegible]
__________
Book Y
Account 920
James Pettigrew (in the account James Pettigrew)
For 76 days' dury as private in Caps.
James Brown's company Col McDonald's Reg
=iment Gen Marrion's Brigade for the 1st
April to 15th July 1781, Accounting to Sterling
£ 5:8:6 3/4 D
__________

I certify the above to be a true copy from th Records in
this office
For Comptroller Genl
J Aug Black.

(no Seal of office)
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Jane Pettigrew's-
Deposition-

Application of Jane
Pettigrew - Widow
of James Pettigrew dead.
for her Pension.
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The State of Alabama - Greene County. -

Before me Simeon J. Chapman, a justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally came, Jane Pettigrew, who after being duly sworn, deposed as follows - [illegible]: -
"I am the daughter of Robert Harkness deceased late of Abbeville District. South Carolina. -
Soon after the American District closed, my father moved with his family from Rowan County South Carolina, to Abbeville District - South Carolina. - 
I was married to James Pettigrew deceased - late a Revolutionary Pensioner - in Abbeville District South Carolina in the year 1785. - our first child - John Pettigrew, was born Oct. 14th 1786 - Robert (the second child) was born May 34th 1788 - Sarah born Nov. 29th 1790 - and Rossannah (our 4th child) was born April 3rd 1793 - and the said James Pettigrew and myself were living together in the married state previous to the 1st day of January 1794 - and previously to that time we had had the four children named above. - I continued to live with the said James Pettigrew
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James Pettigrew deceased was married to me, in the house of my father - Robert Harkness - "Hopewell Church in Abbeville District - South Car.

Robert Macklen a Presbyterian minister and pastor of "Hopewell Church," solemnized the rites, and ["John" crossed out]^Patrick Morris, and wither John Tilly or John Varnum, now deceased, were the waiters, on the occasion of our marriage. - Isabella Lindsay was one of the female attendants on said occasion, who long since deceased. -
Some time in March 1841, my husband James Pettigrew deceased - traveled from his residence Greene County, up to the town of Tuscaloosa, (as I understood ) to draw his pension - the fatigue of that travel brought on his east sickness of which he died as before he said, on the 2nd day of April 1841." -
Attest:
John W Womack
S. J. Chapman J.P.
Jane Pettigrew

The State of Alabama Greene County
Before me Simeon J. Chapman a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. Personally came Jane Pettigrew, who being first duly sworn made The above Deposition, which was written down in her own Language and her name written by me and her mark affirmed Thereto by her own hand. [illegible] of me and the attesting witness. Given under my hand and seal of office in Eutaw this the 5th day of October in 1828
S. J. Chapman [seal "LP]
J. P. gr.co.
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Jane Pettigrew

The State of Alabama Greene County
Before me Simeon J. Chapman a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. Personally came Jane Pettigrew, who being first duly sworn made The above Deposition, which was written down in her own Language and her name written by me and her mark affirmed Thereto by her own hand. [illegible] of me and the attesting witness. Given under my hand and seal of office in Eutaw this the 5th day of October in 1828
S. J. Chapman [seal "LP]
J. P. gr.co.

The State of Alabama
Greene County.
I James R Evans. Clerks of the County Court of Greene County  and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Simeon G Chapman is a Justice of the Peace. in and for the said county duly certified and qualified, And that his certification was dated on the 20th day of March 1847, and ["that his" crossed out]^will expiries on the 8th day of march 1850 and that his signature above written is genuine. ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affirmed any seal of office. And subscribed any name this 6th day of October AD 1848.
James R Evans.
Clerk of the County Court
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20
J.L. Edwards~
Pension Office-
Washington City-
D.C.

Aug 19, 1896
Adac 6, can
James Pettigrew

[seal "ECTAW JC 12 Ala."]
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Eutaw - Greene County -
August 11th 1846. -

J. L. Edwards: -
Enclosed we send you an extract from the family Register of James Pettigrew, duly certified, in obedience to your instructions - (in your letter to W. Coleman of April 14th 1846.)
We send you also a transcript duly certified from the office of the Comptroller General in South Carolina -
James Pettigrew who had made due proof had been receiving his pension down to the time of his death in April 1841. -
We can not conceive what more we can do - The widow Jane Pettigrew who is now seeking a pension aider the Act of Congress is old & needy, and if she does not set it soon, will not need it. Be pleased to inform us who is the agent for paying pensions in this state, and forward such papers as will be paid upon presentment. -
Very Truly dc. 
john W. Womack
Agent for Jane Pettigrew.
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J. L. Edwards -
Pension Office -
Washington City.

[illegible]. dc
[illegible cross off text]
19 Oct
[illegible crossed off text]

["FREE" ink stamp]
["E U T A W OCT 7 Ala" ink stamp]
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Eutaw - Oct. 6th 1848.

J. L. Edwards:-
In addition to the Depositions of William Harkness, and Mrs. Neil, which we sent you some time since, we ask leave to file with them - The Deposition of Janes Pettigrew - the widow of the late pensioner - James Pettigrew. -
Tho' it is the deposition of the Pensioner herself, yet when placed with the ither depositions, it will be found to have weight. -
We ask now if the evidence is sufficient, that "Jane Pettigrew, and James Pettigrew were living together in the married state previous to the 1st day of January 1794?"-
If the Department should want any evidence of the respectability and veracity of these three witnesses, it will be readily furnished. -
I am acting without fee or reward in this ease, and would be glad to find the and of it. -
Very truly JC.
John W. Womack  -
Agent for Jane Pettigrew.
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State of Ala
Greene Cty
I William Harkness doth on oath depose and say that I was present and saw Jane Pettigrew, the person who made the a Law, declaration, lawfully and legally married, to James Pettigrew, the Abbeville District South Carolina, that they lived together as husband and wife up to the time of his death, (both being good and orderly members of New Baptist Church) ; and that she has not [illegible] ["such" crossed out] married with any other person.
[illegible] 13th Sept 1843. -
Sworn to and subscribed
before on 13th day and
year above written
North. F. Birchcot J.P [seal]
Wm. Harkness

This is to certify that I have known Mr. Wm. Harkness for the six or eight years and that which he says soon be relied on, for he is a man of undoubted veracity. and good standing in this community. 
N. F. Birchett
A justice of the Peace
of the County and
State above named

The State of Alabama
Greene County
 I, Attorney R Davis Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that [illegible] Moore, whose genuine signatures are affixed to [illeigible] ["of" crossed off] the foregoing declaration of Jane Pettigrew and the Certificate thereof annexed now is and was at the time of signing the
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Same, Judge of the County Court of Greene County
aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified,
and that all his acts as such Judge are
entitled to full faith and credit and I do
further certify that Nathaniel F Birchett
whose genuine signature is affixed to the
last preceding certificate, and also to the
affidavit of William Harkness. now is
and was at the time of giving and signing
the same, and persons thereto, an acting
Justice of the peace in and for said County of
Greene, duly elected commissioned and
qualified, and that all his official acts
as such justice are entitled to full faith
and credit. And I further certify that the 
Court of Greene County aforesaid is a
Court of Record,

In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my Seal of Office
at the Court house of Greene
County in Eutaw this 15th
day of September AD 1845
Attest
A. R. Davis Clerk

The State of Alabama} I. Alloway R Davis Clerk
Greene County            }  of the County Court of said County
hereby certify, that I was personally acquainted with
James Pettigrew (herein described) in his lifetime, that I prepared
his pension papers for him several times, that I saw him
during his last illness, and that he died some time in the
month of March or April in the year 1841.   As
Witness my Hand and Official Seal
at Eutaw this 16 day of Sept 1845
A. R. Davis Clerk

12.223
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The state of  Miss.  Before me R. B. Bridges an acting Justice of
 [illegible] County    the Peace in and for said County personally
comes before me  Mrs Agnes Nell who first being duly sworn
deposeth as follows
"I Agnes Neil was raised in Rowan County of the
State of North Carolina where I continued to live
until I reached my twenty second year from
which place I moved with Archibald Neil my
husband to whom I was married in the
month of October of the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty two, I am the daughter of
Robert Harkness deceased, late of Abbeville District
South Carolina, and the sister of Jane Pettigrew.
widow of James Pettigrew who died in Greene County
Alabama in the year 1841. After leaving Rowan
County North Carolina I moved to Abbeville
District and remarried two years and then
moved to Pendleton District of the same state I
was then living at the distance five miles from
my sister Jane Pettigrew. I remained in Pendle
Patrick thirty three years. I then moved to
Greene County Alabama. I am now in my
eighty sixth year. My sister Jane Pettigrew dis
about three years and six months younger
than myself being about eighty two years
old my sister Jane Pettigrew was married to
James Pettigren the year 1785 and no
the month of November or December of the same
year I was present at the marriage of my sister
Jane Harkness to the said James Pettigrew. 
It took place at the house of my father the
living in Abbeville District about a mile
from a Presbyterian church known by the
name of "Hopewell Church" & A Presbyterian
minister named Robert Macklin solemnized
the rites of marriage between my sister Jane
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and the said James Pettier one of the waite g
of James Pettigrew was named Patrick norris; the
others I do not recollect. Patrick Norris is now
dead. I was the mother of one child, before the mar
riage of my sister Jane to James Pettigrew. I remem
ber with as much certainly as I can remember
any fact, that my sister Jane was
living in the marriage state with the said
James Pettigrew previous to the first day of
January of the year 1794. I know nothing
else except that my sister Jane Harkness
lived happily with the said James Pettigrew during
his life. I do not recollect any thing
that could have caused the shortest separation

          her
Agnes X Neil
         Mark

Witness
J. W. Brooke
E W Morgan


The State of Mississippi - Noxubee County--
Before me R. B. Bridgers a Justice of the Peace
in and for the county aforesaid personally came
Agnes Neil who first being by me duly sworn
deposed as above written which was taken down
in her own words by me and her mark made
thereto in the presence of the witnesses whose
names are above subscribed
August 19th 1848.-

R. B. Bridgers
Justice of the Peace
The State of Mississippi
Noxubee County

I Charles G. Bowen
Clerk of the Probate Court of said
County & State do hereby certify
that R. B. Bridgers whose genuine
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The State of Mississippi
Noxubee County
I Charles G. Bowen Clerk of the Probate Court of Said County & State do hereby certify that R. B. Bridges whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date an acting Justice of the Peace for said county of Noxubee duly elected qualified & commissioned & That all of his acts in the premises are & ought to be entitled to full faith & credit in judication & thereout.
Given under my hand and official seal at Macon Miss, this the 19. day of August AD 1848
C.E. Bowen Clk
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(COPY)
WAR DEPARTMEN [Space] CHB
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON

A. G. [Illegible]
Baskins, William
(10-17-31) ORD [Space] October 20, 1931.

Honorable Ellison D. Smith,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator Smith:

I have your letter of October 17, 1931, with which you inclosed one from Mr. M. C. Sandera, 340 N. Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina, who requests to be furnished the military record of a number of persons who served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

The records on file in my office show that one William Baskins, served as a private in Torrey's Company, Colonel Noses Hazen's Regiment Continental Troops. He enlisted December 11, 1776, and on January 12, 1777, was reported, "Dead".

The records also show that one William Baskins, served as a sergeant in Captain James A. Balck's Company, 3rd (Roulston's) West Tennessee Militia Infantry. His service began November 13, 1814 and ended May 13, 1815.

No record has been found of the service in the Revolutionary War or in the War of 1812 of any men under any one of the following names: Pierre Gilbert, Ebenezer Pettegrew, Madame Issabeau Gilbert, or Hugh Haskin.

A number of men under the following names or shown to have served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 but from the information given it has been impossible to identify the record of any one of them as the record of the man in question: James Thompson, James Pettegrew, Samuel Reid or Reed, William Reid or Reed and George Reid of Reed.

The collection of Revolutionary War records on file in the War Department is incomplete and I have referred your letter to the Director of Pensions Veterans Asministration, who possibly may be able to furnish the records of some of the men in question.

Very respectfully

Major General,
The Adjutant General.
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A. G. 201
Baskins, William
(10-17-31) ORD [Space] 1st Ind. [Space] AH:ao

War Department, A. G. )., October 20, 1931. - To the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

1. Senator Smith has been informed of this reference in a letter a copy of which is inclosed herewith.

2 Inclosures
Letters.

C. H. Bridges [Stamp]

Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By

[Circle Stamp]
RECEIVED
OCT 22 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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Record [illegible]ision.

December 6, 1911.

Mrs. Lillian M. Hall,
John Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md.

Madam:
In addition to the military history of James Pettigrew, ["Qid" crossed out]^hid. File No. 5,522, you are herewith furnished the following data as to his children:

John Pettigrew born October 14, 1786.
Robert Pettigrew [ditto mark] May 24, 1788.
Sarra Pettigrew [ditto mark] November 29, 1790.
Rosanna Pettigrew [left blank] April 3, 1793.
Mary Harkness Pettigrew [ditto mark] August 6, 1794.
Agnes Pettigrew [ditto mark] June 15, 1798.
James Harkness Pettigrew [ditto mark]  February 16, 1800.
Ebenezer Pettigrew [ditto mark] June 19, 1806.
William Pettigrew [ditto mark] January 14, 1809.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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August 31, 1939,
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BA-J/IDEF/ady

Mrs. J. D. McGaw
Route 3
Abbeville, South Carolina

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Pettigrew, or of any ither soldier with that surname, Anderson Craft, John Craft, John McGaw, Samal Anderson and David Anderson.
Without an description whatever is whstover in regard to the soldiers in whom you are interested, a search of the Revolutionary War pension record of this office has been made on the basis that you are interested in those of your state.
There are no claims for pension or bounty Land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a John Craft, a Samuel Anderson or a John McGaw of any southern state, nor of any George Pettigrew or Anderson Craft. Surnames were searched under various spellings, Croft, McCaw, Pettigru, Pettigcrew, etc.
The records have been found of one David Anderson of South Carolina and of a James Pettigrew of that state. Those two records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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WASHINGTON [Space] October 26, 1931

BA-J/AWF

Honorable Ellison D. Smith
United States Senate.

My dear Senator Smith:


Reference is made to your letter, transmitted to this office by the War Department, enclosing one from Mrs. M. C. Sanders, 340 N. Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina, in which she requestts the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 records of a number of soldiers.

The records on file in this office fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the service in the War of the Revolution or War of 1812 for soldiers under the following names- Hugh Baskins, William Baskins, Pierre Gibert, Isabeau Gibert, Ebenezer Pettigrew (Pettigru or Petigru).

The names, James Thompson, George Reid, Samuel Reid and William Reid and similar spellings of those surnames, are [Illegible] many times on the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 records of this office.

If Mrs. Sanders will furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to each of the above named soldiers, a search of the records will be made for her- approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of James Pettigrew of South Carolina.

The data following are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, W. 5522, based upon the
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military service of James Pettigrew in the War of the Revolution.

James Pettigrew, the son of John Pettigrew, was born in November 1761 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and moved, when a child, with his parents to North Carolina, and from there to Abbeville District, South Carolina.

He enlisted in the summer or fall of 1776, while residing in Abbeville District, and served at various times as private in the South Carolina troops, under Captains William Baskins, Joseph Calhoun, James Caldwell, Colonel Anderson, General Pickens and General Lincoln. He was in the battles of Stono, Cowpens, Hawfields, Siege of Ninety-Six, expeditions to Bull Swamp and Soull Shoal, service in all amounting to four years and one month.

He moved in 1816 or 1817 to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

He died April 2, 1841 in Greene County, Alabama.

He married November 3, 1785 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Jane, the daughter of Robert Harknes of Abbeville District, South Carolina. They were married at the home of her father, by a Presbyterian minister, Robert Macklin.

The saad, June was born November 14, 1766, and stated that her father moved from Rowan County, North Carolina, soon after the Revolution, to Abbeville District, South Carolina.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1845, then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

The children of James Pettigrew and his wife, Jane-

John [Space] born October 14, 1786
Robert [Space] " May 24, 1788

2-
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Children continued-
Sarra born November 29, 1790
Rosanna [ditto mark] April 3, 1793
Mary Harkness [ditto mark] August 6, 1794
Agness [ditto mark] June 15, 1798
James Harkness [ditto mark] February 16, 1800
Ebenezer [ditto mark] June 19, 1806
William [ditto mark] January 14, 1809.
The soldier, James Pettigrew, stated that his father, with many of his connections, was in the service, and that his father was taken prisoner by the Tories and carried to Charleston, where he was kept on board a prison ship, until after the Revolution.
You will find enclosed Mrs. M. C. Sanders' letter.
Very
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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August 25, 1931

BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Minnie P. Massie
519 W. Fifth Avenue
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.5522, that James Pettigrew, the son of John Pettigrew, was born in November 1761 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and moved, when a child, with his parents to North Carolina, and from there to Abbeville District, South Carolina.

While residing in Abbeville District, James Pettigrew enlisted in the summer or fall of 1776 and served at various times as private in the South Carolina Troops, under Captains William Baskins, Joseph Calhoun, James Caldwell, General Pickens, General Lincoln and Colonel Anderson. He was in the battles of Stono, Cowpens, Hawfields, Siege of Ninety-Six, axpeditions to Bull Swamp and Scull Shoal, service in all amounting to four years and one month.

In [Illegible] or [Illegible], he moved to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832m then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

He died April 2, 1841 in Greene County, Alabama.

The sodlier married, November 3, 1785 in Abbaville District, South Carolina, Jane, the daughter of Robert Harkness of Abbeville District, South Carolina. She was born November 14, 1766, and stated that her father moved from [Illegible] Carolina, soon after the Revolu-
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tion to Abbeville District.

She was allowed pension on her application
executed September 10, 1845, then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

The children of James Pettigrew and his wife Jane-.

John  born October 14, 1786
Robert [ditto mark] May 24, 1788
Sarra [ditto mark] November 29, 1790
Rosanna [ditto mark] April 3, 1793
Mary Harkness [ditto mark] August 6, 1794
Agness [ditto mark] June 15, 1798
James Harkness [ditto mark] February 16, 1800
Ebenezer [ditto mark] June 19, 1806
William [ditto mark] January 14, 1809.

The soldier stated that his father, with many of his connections, was in the service, and that his father was taken prisoner by the Tories and carried to Charleston, where he was kept on board a prison ship, until after the Revolution.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are
obtained from claims made to the United States for pension
and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such 
a claim on file on account of the services of Charles,
Ebenezer, Israel and John Pettigrew.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Cincinnati O
August 7th / 93

Dear Sir

Please send me
for use as a membership
of the society of the American
Revolution the record of
James Pettegrew who
served as officer in
that war -  in a Penn
sylvania company -
and also of his wife
who was pensioned
for his service -over __
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Yours respec
Julia Rifer
my address
Mrs Wm Rifer
34 Moorman Avu
Cincinnati & East walnut Hills-
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RW.

A. G. 201
Baskins, William
(10-17-310) ORD 1st Ind. AH: ao
War Department, A. G. O., October 20, 1931. - 

To the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

1. Senator Smith has been informed of this reference in a letter a copy of which is inclosed herewith.

2 Inclosures
Letters.

C H Bridges
Major General,
The Adjunct General.
By BR

["Received OCT 22 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION" ink stamp]
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Abbeville, S.C;
March 17, 1939.
Veterans Administration Dept;
Washington, D.C;
Friends;-
I am [illegible] to get Revolutionary war records of the following persons; and am willing you for information. Will you kindly get this for me, or forward letter to the right place for the answer. This information will be a great-help in joining the D.A.R.'s.
Please look up the records for me: of George Pettigrew; or any of the Pettigrew's! Anderson Craft or John Craft-, John McCaw or Samuel. and David Anderson, being soldiers in the Revolutionary war.
Information from this department will be prayed and appreciated.
Hope to hear from you at an early date
Very respectfully,
(Mr) J.D. McCaw
Ruth B
Abbeville, S.C.
[seal "RECEIVED MAR 13 1939 [illegible]"]
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[preceding text found in top left margin]
Charles. MC Nary, OREG., CHAIRMAN
GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR. ELLISON D. SMITH, S.C.
ARTHUR CAPPER, KANS. JOSEPH E. RANSDELL, L.A.
PETER NORBECK, S.DAK. JOHN B. KENDRICK, WYO.
LYNN J. FRAZIER, N. DAK. J. THOMAS HEFLIN, ALA.
ARTHUR R. GOULD, ME. THADDEUS H. CARAWAY, ARK.
JOHN THOMAS, IDAHO BURTON K. WHEELER, MONT.
HENRY D. HATSFIELD, W. VA. ELMER THOMAS, OKLA.
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL.
FEDERIC C. WALCOTT, CONN.
HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, MINN.
HELEN K. KIEFER, CLERK

AH

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 27, 1931.

Major General Charles H. Bridges,
The Adjustment General,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear General Bridges:
The enclosed letter from my constituent, Mrs. M. C. Sanders, 340 N. Main Street, Greenville, S. C., is self-explanatory
Please furnish her the disered information and advise me.

Yours very truly, 10 - E D Birch
8 Received A. G. O. OCT 19 1931
1 gm

EDS:G

[ink stamp "RECEIVED OCT 19 1931
Old [illegible] Division A. G. O."]
[ink stamp "RECEIVED OCT 22 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILS SUB DIVISION"]
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Rev

519 W. 5th, Ave,
Pine Blpff, Ark.
August 4 ,1931

Commissioner of Bureau of Pensions ; Washington,
D.C.

Dear Sir ;
Will you kindly tell me if Charles Pettigrew, and Israel (Elenya ;) Pettigrew, of S.C., drew a pension for their services as soldiers in the Revolution, if so is there any family data with their depositions?
Please give me the same information concerning John Pettigrew and his son James Pettigrew, who both lived in Abbeville, Dist..
from Virginia. James Pettigrew fought in the battle of Cowpens,
under General Morgen, Ninety Six, and other skirmishes.
Any information would be greatly appreciated, and is desired for the purpose of finishing a history of the Pettigrew family of which I am a member.
Thankyou in advance, I am
Yours Truly,

Minnie P. Massie
Mrs. Minnie Pettigrew Massie.

[ink stamp " RECIEVED AUG 12 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUBDIVISION"]
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Division.             

                                                                   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                                                             BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                                                                    Washington, D. C.,  Sept      1893

Madam

In reply to your request of for a statement of the military history of
James Pettigrew, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will 
please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension 
on file in this Bureau.

________________________________________________________________________________________________
DATES OF                   LENGTH OF    RANK.       OFFICERS UNDER WHOM                                              STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR        SERVICE.                          SERVICE WAS RENDERED.     
APPOINTMENT.                                                      CAPTAIN.                             COLONEL
________________________________________________________________________________________________
In  1776  }                            not              Pri            William Baskins &  }                 Andrew Pickens & }             
to  1779  }                          stated                               Joseph Calhoun }                           Anderson     }              SC  
In   1780 }                            not 
&    1781 }                         stated          Pri.            Arthur Gray, Lt Adams,     }   A Pickens, Anderson, &}  
                                                                              Jas Caldwell & Jo Calhoun}    Mc Donald                    }         S
He claimed a Service of 4 years & one month - 

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Battles engaged in,  Stono 1780; Cowpens, Haw-field & Siege of gb, all in 1781

Residence of soldier at enlistment,... Abbeville County S. C
Date of application for pension,... September 1832
Residence at date of application,...Greene County Ala.
Age at date of application,... Born Nov. 1761 in Prince George Co. Va & Died Apr. 2.  1841 

Remarks 
 Married in S.C. Nov 3. 1785 to Jane Harkness - Moved to Rowan Co. N.C Then to
Abbeville Co.. S.C. & in 1816-7 to Tuscalousa, Ala.   then in 1819 to Greene Co Ala


Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.


Hon William Kiefer
34 Moorman Ave -  East Walnut Hills
Cincinnati    Ohio


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[very difficult to transcribe... very light, some handwriting extremely small lettering etc]

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.  James Pettigrew W. 5522
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Fall or Summer  1776

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]

RANK.
Prt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM 
SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
William Baskins
Joseph Calhoun
James Caldwell
COLONEL.
Pickens
and Lincoln
Col. Anderson
STATE.
S. C.

His father John Pettigrew was taken by Tories & carried to Charleston
where he was kept on board a prison ship until after the REV

Battles engaged in, Stono 1779  Cowpens Jan 1781   Fairfield, Ninety -Six June 1781 [illegible] 
Bull Swamp  ex after [illegible] Shoal

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  [illegible]  Abbeville Dist SC
[illegible] 
Date of application for pension, Sept 22 1832 His cl. al.

Residence at date of application,  [illegible]  Alabama

Age at date of application, 76 in Edward Co

Remarks:
Soldier married in Abbeville District S.C. Nov 3, 1785 - Jane
daughter of Robert Harkness she was born Nov 14 1766 and
was allowed pension on an application  executed Sept. 10. 1845
as state a resident of Greene Co Ala
 
very respectfully,
Commissioner,

His [illegible}
with many of his con - soldiers called "Big " Pettigrew
Comptrollers report not used as I cannot identify it with soldiers Service