Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,786, James Anderson, N.C.
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SERVICE
N.C.

Anderson, James

NUMBER
S. 1,786

Born in Md.

carded

CONTENTS
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1340
Tennessee West,
James Anderson
Oxford Co. in the State of 
who was a private in the Company commanded Captain Maxwell of the Reg't. commanded Col. Campbell in the Militia guard from 1776 N.C.
Inscribed on the  Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feb.
1833 and sent Hon. J. G. K. Polk HR
Arrears to the 4th of Sept, 1832 45.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 15.00=
$60.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Henry H. [illegible] Clerk,
Book H Vol. 9 Page 143
N.C. Mil. Records Corrected Dec.5/ 03.
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4758
Bedford Tennessee
James Anderson's
Declaration
admit 2 mo. Infy.
7 months Gunman
9 mo.

Hon. W. Polk
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Declaration in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832

On this 16th day of August in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, Personally appeared in open court before the Worshipful John L. Niell, Samuel Phillips and John B. Armstrong, Esquires gentlemen justices of the peace, appointed to hold the court of pleas ad quarter sessions of the county of Bedfored and State of Tennessee; James Anderson sen'r. aged Sixty Seven years Eleven months and Twenty nine days; and a resident of Bedford County and State aforesaid; who after being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and Served as herein stated, to wit. That he entered the Service of the United States as a volunteer under Capt. David Looney in the Spring of 1776. To assist in guarding a fort on Halston river called Loony's Fort on the frontier of the white Settlement, there making an [illegible]. He states he served as one of the guards under Capt. Looney and other officers whose names he does not now recollect in conveying to the American troops previous to the Battle of the Long Island, between the Americans and Indians. He states he was not on the muster roll at that time, but by the permission of his father and the promise of Capt. Looney that as he understood
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and was well acquainted with the use of the rifle that if he would serve a tour of duty at this time it would exempt him when he should be placed on the muster roll; and he believes he served on this occasion about two months. He further states that afterwards he thinks in the year 1778, he volunteered again with one Captain Thomas Caldwell an was marched to a Fort at the mouth of Big Creek on Holston river, the name of the Fort he does not now recollect and was told by his Captain that the object in going to said Fort was to meet a supposed attack by some white Families, that stated they were from North Carolina and intended going down Holston river but was supposed to be friendly with the Cherokee Indians Enemies at that time to the Americans, and he thinks he served on this expedition about two months or upwards; - He further states that he volunteered in the year 1779 about the first of December and was attached to Capt . George Maxwell's company of mounted gunmen; commanded by Colonel Arthur Campbell and Colonel Joseph Martin, on an expedition against the Cherokee nation of Indians; And was marched into the Cherokee nation of Indians on what was called Tennessee river, to a little town called the beloved Town and at that place wa engaged in a skirmish with the Indians in which engagement or Skirmish only one American wounded and several horses.
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He further says that afterwards, he was in another skirmish at an Indian Town called Fillies, where the Americans killed five Indians, and lost Captain James Elliott who was shot through the head the Americans burnt up the Indian Towns when ever they came to them, deponent stated he was marched back home and was then dismissed, he thinks he served on this tour of duty about three months. He further sates that he enrolled himself in Capt. Moses Looney's Company of Militia and was drafted about the first of August 1780 - and was marched from where he then lived; in the Section of Country now designated and known as the county of Sullivan in the state of Tennessee where he resided during the three other tours of duty mentioned in this declaration - and was marched from there under the command of Col. Isaac Shelby and Col. Anthony Bledsoe in Captain Moses Looney's Company on horseback across the yellow mountain by way of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County and State of North Carolina and from thence to Camden in South Carolina; He states they reached that place a few days after the battle of Camden he recollected seeing the Sills of houses still on fire that were burnt at that battle as he was told and particularly the Sills of a mil that was burnt down near the Town, and was then
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marched on down through the Waxhaw Settlement and from that tot he high Hills of Santee where he states he saw Gen'l Greens army as he was told, and from that was marched on and joined Col. John Sevier's Regiment of mounted gunmen from what is now called Washington county East Tennessee. Nolachuckee [Nolichucky] river  and from that place was marched on to Gen'l. Marion's army within two or three miles of Santee river where he remained pretty much until he was marched back home he states while he remained with Gen'l. Marion's army a British Hospital was taken by our troops and he thinks about thirty or forty prisoners taken, he thinks he got home some time after Christmas, after serving a tower of duty as he believes of five months, making in all a term of Service of about twelve months. He further states that after he was dismissed he received an instrument of mailing stating his services, but who it was signed by he does not recollect, but that he sold his claim for his services there, to James Campbell and gave him the mailing to establish the claim as he now thinks - He hereby relinquishes his claim to any pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in the United States. That he has no documentary evidence whatever
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at this time, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who an testify as to his service - 

Interrogatories by the court.

Intrg. 1st Where and  in what year were you born? 
Ans. I was born in the state of Maryland but I do not recollect the name of the County on the 18th day of August 1764. -

Intrg. 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Anr. I have a record of my age taken from my Father's Bible; and I have it here with me and it reads thus, James Anderson Born August 18 day 1764. -

Intrg. 3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live. 
Anr. I lived in the Section of Country now called Sullivan County East Tennessee about twenty six miles from Abingdon in the State of Virginia, and that was my place of Residence during the war of the revolution and afterwards until the year 1808. in December when I removed to White Orange County Tennessee; and from that to Bedford County Tennessee in the Spring of 1812 where I have lived ever since and where I now live.

4th How were you called into service, were you  a volunteer, were you drafted, or were you a substitute., and if a Substitute, for whom
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Anr. I was a volunteer all the time of my Service. Except the last tower, and then I was drafted. 

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you or the troops when you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service - 
Anr. I recollect General Marion, and I also recollect there was some officers came to our campwhere we were encampt on Santee river and Enlisted two more from our troops, one by the name of Moses Webb and a Wm. Baty. I do not recollect the names or number of any Regiment of Militia or regulars except what I have given in the foregoing declaration - 

6th Did you ever receive a discharge, and if so where is it?
An'r. I received an instrument in writing which I was told, would enable me to get my pay at some time or other which paper I sold to James Campbell and what he done with it I do not know. -

7th State the names of persons, to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. -
An'r. The Rev. Geo. Newton Col. John Warner, John L Neil, Esquire
 [Signature] James Anderson [seal]
Sworn to in open court this 16th day of August 1832. [Signature] Jas. McKisick Clk
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An amendment to the declaration of James Anderson made at August Term 1832 of Bedford County Court in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said county James Anderson (who subscribed and was Sworn to the declaration above alluded to)  who after being duly sworn according to law, 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; that according tot he best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below, and in the following grades; (to wit), that he served as a private soldier and volunteer under Captain Looney not less than two months in the year 1776 and that he served not less than two months with Captain Thomas Caldwell as a voluntary private soldier, and that he served not less than three months in a company of mounted gunmen commanded by Captain George Maxwell against the Hostile Cherokee Indians as a private soldier and that on his last tower he Served as a drafted soldier not less than four months in a company of mounted gunmen commanded by Captain Moses Looney and a part of the time by Capt. Roger Tapp, making in the whole time of actual service of not less than ten months for which he claims a pension;  Sworn to and subscribed this 24th day of December 1832.
[Signatures]
William Sharp J.P.     James Anderson
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State of Tennessee}
Bedford County}
I James McKisick clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county; do hereby certify the William Sharp Esqr. before whom James Anderson was qualified to the foregoing amended declaration is now and was at the time of qualifying hi thus an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are given to all his official acts as such; In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bedford County Court at office this 25th of Decemb'r 1832.
[Signature] J. P. McKisick Clk
[seal]
[stamp - THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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We George Newton a clergyman residing in Bedford county in the State of Tennessee and John Warner of the same county and state; do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Anderson Snr. who has Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing declaration in  order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 that we believe hi to be sixty seven years, Eleven months and twenty nine days old. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur opinion -
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the 16th day of August 1832 -
[Signatures]
J. McKisick Clerk  Geo. Newton
John Warner

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States, and the court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Rev. George Newton's a clergyman in the Presbyterian church of good standing; and Colonel John Warner who has heretofore been high Sheriff of this county for many years, and who lately appointed and did that the census of this county for the year 1831 and who has also signed the proceeding certificate is a resident of Bedford County and State of Tennessee and is credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. -
[Signatures] J. L .Neill  Samuel Phillips
John B. Anthony
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I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for Bedford County & State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the Application of James Anderson for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Shelbyville this 16th August 1832.
[Signature] J. McKisick Clk
[seal]
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February 4, 1938.

BA-J/ILL ow
James Anderson
S. 1786

Mrs. James G. Johnson
1820 Dandridge  Pike
Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary war record of James Anderson, pensioner of Bedford County, Tennessee, in 1853. The data given herein regarding James Anderson are found  in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 1786 based upon his service in that war.
James Anderson was born August 18, 1734, in Maryland, the specific place of his birth, and names of his parents are not shown. While residing about twenty-six miles from Abingdon, Virginia, in that section which was later called Sullivan County, Tennessee, he enlisted an served as private in the following tours in the waring of 1776, with the permission of his father ,two months in Captain David Looney's company, guarding a fork on Holston River in 1778, about two months in Captain Thomas Caldwell's company  at a fort at the Big Creek on Holston River; from December 1, 1779, three months in Captain Martin, during which he was in the campaign against the Indians and assisted in burning Indian towns, and was in skirmishes with the Cherokee Indians, one at Tollies and from August 1, 1780, between four and five months under Captains Moses Looney and Roger Tapp,  Colonels Isaac Shelby, Antony Bledsoe and John Sevier, during which he marched through Camden just after the battle there, on to the Waxhaw settlement, & High Hills of Santee. The soldier moved in December 1808, to White County, Tennessee.
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and in the spring of 1812, to Bedford County, Tennessee. James Anderson was allowed pension on his application executed August 18,1832, at which time he resided in Bedford County, Tennessee He was then called James Anderson, Senior. There are no data whatever relative to the family of this soldier.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Oct. 5 - 1901
Mrs. Susie Gentry
Franklin Tenn.
1938 -Feb 6 - Hist. to Mrs. James G. Johnson - JLL

Rev. War  1786
INVALID.
File No. 1786
James Anderson
Pri. N.C. Mil.
Act. June 7. 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Records corrected Dec. 5/03
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1786 - INN
James Anderson
Aug 16 - 1832 -} 67
Bedford Co. Tenn.} 

Spt 76 - Sullivan Co. Tenn.
Cap. David Looney
Col. 
Prt. 2 m

78 Capt. Caldwell
Cont. prt. 2 m

Dec. 79 -
Capt. Geo. Maxwell
Col. Arthur Campbell
prt. - 3 mos.

Born in Maryland Aug. 18.1764

Skirmishes with Indians
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Morristown Tenn.
December 2, 1914

Commissioner of Pensions -
Washington D. C. 
Will you please give me whatever data you have on James Anderson, a Revolutionary Soldier, who drew a pension from Bedford Co. Tennessee? I will appreciate it so much.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. John E. Helms [Signature]
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1810 - Dandridge Pike
Knoxville Tenn.
Jan 24-1935

Pensions Bureau
Washington D. C. 

Have you the record of James Anderson who served during the Rev. war in the VA malitia and received a pension in 1833 while residing in Bedford Co. Tennessee? If so will you please send me a copy.
Respectfully,
Mrs. James G. Johnson.
[stamp - RECEIVED JAN 25 1935 MAIL SUB.-DIV.
READER 6
VETS. ADM.
11:30]
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DIVISION 3-525
WAR RECORDS SECTION

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

S. F.1786

In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of  James Anderson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Headings]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.

Spring 1776| 2 mos.| Pvt. | Capt. David Looney| [blank] | N.C.
Spring 1778 | 2 mos. Pvt. | Capt. Thomas Caldwell | [blank] | [blank]
Dec. 1 1779 | 3 mos. |Capt. George Maxwell | Col. Arthur Campbell Col. Joseph Martin | [blank]
Aug. 1 1780 | 4 or 5 mos. | [blank] | Capt. Moses Looney Capt. Roger Tapp | Col. Isaac Shelby Col. Anthony Bledsoe Col John Sevier | [blank]

Battles, engaged in, Skirmishes with Cherokee Indians
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sullivan Co. which was afterwards Tenn. 
Date of application for pension, Aug. 16, 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Bedford Co. Tenn. 
Age at date of application, born Aug. 18, 1764 in Maryland
Remarks: No data as to family

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Born in N.C.             Carded
CONTENTS [blank]
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19.256
East Tennessee
James Anderson
Jefferson Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Cobb of the reg't. commanded by Col. - in the N. Carolina line for 6 months from 1779

Inscribed on the Roll or East Tennessee at the rate of 2 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of August 1833 -and sent to Hon. Isaac Anderson. 1st comptroller.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $40.--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 10.--=
$50.--
Recorded by Wm. L. Allison Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 35

Death not on A. B.
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Application of James Anderson for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832.
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Sect. of Tennessee
I Joseph Hamilton Jr. Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of Jefferson County do certify that John Hodges esquire before whom the foregoing, declaration and the annexed answers, were sworn in an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Jefferson and was on the day and date thereof and State is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and Sworn and that full faith & credit is given and due to all his official acts as such and that his Signature thereto is his genuine Signature that his attestation to the Signature and Oath of the testifying Clergyman and Citizens is genuine and that his Signature to the Certificate given by himself is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have thereunto set my and and seal of office at office in Dandridge the 16th Day of August 1833
[Signature] Joseph Hamilton Clk

[seal]
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State of Tennessee} SS. July
County of Jefferson} 1833.

On this 6th day of July personally appeared before me John Hodges a Justice of the peace of Jefferson County, James Anderson, a resident of the county of Jefferson and State of Tennessee, aged Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That the Declarant James Anderson was born in North Carolina, on Tar River. The day and year of his birth he does not know, never having had a record of his age.  but judging from his age when he was drafted and the year as he believes he served in the Revolutionary war, he reckons his birth to have taken place in the year 1760. At four years of age, he moved with his father to Cape Fear river, North Carolina, just below the big falls, in the upper end of Cumberland County. This Declarant was living on Cape Fear river, when he was drafted at eighteen years of age. At the house of one Slade, Christian name not recollected, the Declarant was drafted by Captain Robin Cobb for a term of Six months. He was drafted in
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the fall of the year 1778, the day & month not recollected; The men that were drafted at this time, were ordered to rendezvous at Fayetteville, and report themselves to Major Mathews. In conformity with this order the Declarant went to Fayetteville and reported to Major Mathews, who assigned him to Captain Obediah Round Tree's company of infantry, of which Wm. White was the Lieutenant. The name of the other officers and Sergeants are not recollected. Captain Roundtree's company were immediately marched by him from Fayetteville for the Savannah River to join General Lincoln, who had a considerable force under him on that river. The declarant has forgotten the names of some of the water courses, which he crossed on the march. The following are such as he now recollects - first [illegible] creek, 2nd Pedee [Peedee] River - passed through Camden crossed the Santee - then the Congaree, passed through Orangeburgh, then crossed the Edisto, then marched to the White houses, one mile from the Savannah river At the White houses General Lincoln was encamped with about fifteen thousand men. Captain Roundtree's company and another company were stationed on the road heading from Augusta to Charlestown one half mile from the main body of the regular troops, of which there were
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some, and the names of those whom he heard spoken of occasionally he has forgotten. Every twenty four hours, five hundred men, were marched out on the main road heading from Charleston to Augusta. At the expiration of the time for which our company was drafted, in the first of June Captain Roudtree marched back his company and this Declarant was discharged by his Captain just above Fayetteville making a service of Six months from the time he was drafted until he was discharged. This Declarant has no documentary evidence in regard to his service, nor doe he know of an y person from whom he could procure the testimony as to his service. The declarant James Anderson hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. He never received any compensation for his services whatever; He has lost his discharge. When he was discharged by his captain he authorized the Captain to draw whatever was coming to him. The Declarant never received any thing from the Captain - and if his Father did, he is not aware of it.
Question 1. Where & in what year were you born? 
Answer. I do not know in what year I was born. I was bornin North Carolina on the Tar River, Granville County.
Question 2. Have you any record of your
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age and if so where is it? 
Answer - I have none.
Question 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
Answer. When Drafted I was living on Caped fear river - Since the Revolution I lived on Cape Fear river, N.C. until twenty one years ago, when I moved to Jefferson County, where I now live on the waters of Bent Creek.
Question 4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute. 
Answer. I was drafted.
Question 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, & the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I do not recollect the names of any of the regular officers except that of General Lincoln. The general circumstances of my service are detailed in my declaration to the best of my recollection. The tour, for which I was drafted, expired before any movement of the troops under General Lincoln from the White houses for the purpose of laying siege to Savannah - which afterwards -
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took place, and which was the object of the collection of troops in the Savannah. 
Question 6  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if where is it?
Answer. I received a discharge which I have lost, where I do not know.
Question 7. State the names of persons, to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer I would refer to the Rev'd. Andrew Coffman, Capt. John Riddle, W. John Shipley who can be examined touching my veracity and their belief of my Services as a soldier of the Revolution.
[Signature] James Anderson X his mark
Witness [Signatures]
John Shipley
John Riddle
Subscribed and Sworn to this 6th day of July 1833 Before me
[Signature] John Hodges Justice of the peace

We Andrew Coffman, John Riddle, John Shipley residing in the county of Jefferson hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Anderson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and to the annexed answer that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age, that he is reputed
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and believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides to be a man of veracity, and to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we  concur in that opinion
[Signatures] Andrew Coffman Clergyman
John Shipley  John Riddle

Subscribed and sworn to this 6th July 1833.
Jno Hodges [Signature] [seal]
Justice of the peace

And the Said Justice of the Peace hereby declares his opinion, after the investigation of the mater, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War  Department, that the above named James Anderson was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and I further certify that it appears to me that Mr. Andrew Coffman Jr. who has signed the preceding  certificate is a minister of the Gospel resident in the county of Jefferson   and that his statement is entitled to credit, and that Captain John Riddle and W. John Shipley who have also signed the same are residents of Jefferson County, and  credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that the applicant James Anderson is infirm from old age, and that he is unable to attend court, and that his hearing is entirely defective. [Signature] Jno. Hodges [seal] Justice of the peace
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Rev. and 1812
War, Section
MMH/HMM
ow

July 11, 1929.

Mrs. George H. Smith
Care, Dr. W. B. Anderson
Medical Arts Hospital, 
Brownwood, Texas.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension claim, S. 2915, it appears that James Anderson was born in
1760 on Tar river, in Granville County, North Carolina. At the age of four years he moved with his father, (whose name is not shown} to Cape Fear River, North Carolina, just below
Big Falls, in the upper end of Cumberland County; and while residing there he enlisted in the fall of 1778 and served six months as a
private in Captain Obediah Roundtree's Company under Major Lewis'  North Carolina Troops. He was allowed pension on his application executed July 6, 1833, while residing on Bent Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee, to which place he had moved from Cape Fear River, North Carolina twenty-one years before. It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Oct. 5-1901
Mins. Susie Gentry
Franklin Tenn.
 
1912 July 23 Hist to Mrs. John C. Helms V.L. M.
1929 July 11. Hist to Mrs. George E. Smith, M.E.E.

Rev War 2915
INVALID.
File No. 2915
James Anderson Pvt. N. C. Militia

Act: June 7/32

Index:-Vol. A, Page 9

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Chucky Bend Ten.    free
July 24, 1833 -

Honourable Joseph Anderson
Comptroller U.S. Treasury
Washington City
District of Columbia
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Woodlawn
July 17 1833.

Beloved & Hon'd. Father
I'll thank you to present the enclosed pension applications of James Anderson and Timothy Holoway of this county - to W. Coward - your attention to them will be gratefully received by me. If the decisions are favorable - you are authorized to receive the certificates - 
Your affectionate Son
[Signature] Pierce B. Anderson

Hon. Jos. Anderson

N. B. my reason for enclosing them to you is, that I think that they will be attended to sooner - if you handle them and request an immediate examination. P. B. A.
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Box 46
Comanche, Texas
July 2nd, 1929.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs: -
Will you please give me a detailed statement of the pension record of James Anderson from Jefferson County Tennessee applied 1831, granted 1833 service North Carolina State Militia? I wish to know when and where he was born, from what county in North Carolina he enlisted, the names of his wife and children. I'm anxious to know if he was born in Scotland and if he was the father of Thomas Anderson. I will be very thankful for any information. Our Post Master has just died and , too, there is a Geo. E. Smith on Route #4 so I am asking you to direct your answer to this letter to my brother Dr. W. B. Anderson, Brownwood Texas c/o Medical Arts Hospital.
Very truly yours. Mrs. Geo. E. Smith
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Morristown Ten. 
July 19. 1912 -

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C. 
Will you please give me the Revolutionary record of James Anderson who was with the North Carolina Militia and drew a pension in Jefferson Co. Tennessee beginning in August, 1833. I will so much appreciate any
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information you will give me.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. John E. Helms.
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RECORD DIVISION 3-525
WAR RECORDS SECTION
S.F. 2915

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

In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of  James Anderson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Headings]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.

Fall of 1778 | 6 mos. | Pvt. | Capt. Obediah Roundtree | N.C.

Battles, engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, on Cape Fear River Cumberland Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, July 6 1833. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application 6m Bent Creek, Jefferson Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, born on Tar River, Granville Co. N.C. in 1760
Remarks:

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

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