Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12208, Solomon Arnold, N. C.
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SERVICE N.C. Arnold, Solomon Mary NUMBER W.12208
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
Order to pay 3 Oct 1837. Same 23 Oct 1838 Same 20 sept 1839. Paid at the Treasury, under act 6 April 1838, from 4 Sept. 1843 to 23 Oct. 1844. Agent notified 24 April, 1846
23.134 North Carolina Solomon Arnold of Moore in the State of N. Car who was a pr: in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regh commanded by Co Hill in the N. Car line for 6 months Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 dollars [blank] cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of Marc 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Nov 33 and Such Cronelius Dowd. Carthage PO. NC Arrears to the 4th Seph 1833 50- Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Mar 34 10- J 60 Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 44
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Declaration
 In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th 1832 On the 21st day of August AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Josiah Tyson, Jno Patterson & Donald W Donald  Esquire Solomon Arnold a resident in the State of North Carolina and in the County of Moore aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he entered into the Malitia [militia] of the State of North Carolina on the tenth day of September 1780 as a drafted Malition [militia] under the Command of General Allen Jones for three months the name or number of the Regiment in which he served he does not recollect, but that it was commanded Col or Maj. Hill, that he served in the Company commanded by Capt John White and Lieutenant Linear, that the Company to which he belonged rendavouzed [rendezvoused] at  Warrenton the County seat of Warren [ton the] County from whence they were marched to Lewisburg the County seat of Franklin County, where they joined the Company of Franklin Malitia, [militia] from thence they were marched to Wake Courthouse Now Raleigh, from thence to Hillsborough in orange County from thence to Salisbury in Rowan County, and from thence towards and near the line of the State of South Carolina where they joined Genl Green main Army where they remained until the 11th of December 1780 when he left the army, that he was at that time and had been for some time previous sick and was sent off with a number of others who were also sick without having received any discharge in writing. That the first night after the sick were sent off the rest of the Malitia [militia] who went out at the same time and with this applicant overtook and passed by them, that by the aid of the baggage waggons they were enabled to reach their homes. That he  reach their homes. That he entered the service and served as a private soldier. That when this applicant entered the
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service as aforesaid he resided in the State of North Carolina and in the County of Warren, That while they were attached to Genl Greens Army he recollects seeing General Green, Col Washington, Genl or Col Lee and a number of other continental officers whoes names he
can not now recollect. That some time after he had got home a certificate certifying his services as above stated was sent to him by Maj John Macon which certificate he has long since lost. That on the 20th day of April 1781
This Applicant again entered into the service in
the Malitia [militia] of the State of North Carolina as a drafted man and as a private soldier and for the term of three months in the Company  Company commanded by Captain Joel Rann, Lieutenants name he does not recollect the name or number of the Regiment to which he belonged he does not recollect but recollects it was commanded by Col Linton, he also recollects that Col Sitgraves and Col Hawkins (the latter of the Cavalry) were along. That they again Rendezvoued [rendezvoused] at Warrenton the County seat of Warren County, that they were then marched to roanoke River in Virginia that they crossed said River (he believes) at Black Ferry and took up the river to Burtons Ferry (as he believes) where they remained a few days and then crossed the river at said Burtons Ferry and marched to Williamsborough in Granville County in the State of North Carolina, and thence to Halifax, thence to Yarborough where they joined the malitia from the lower
Counties of North Carolina, that they were then marched to and fro in the lower part of North Carolina busily engaged in hunting & surpressing the great number of tories who at that time inhabited that section of country and were annoying, plundering doing much damage to the good citizens of that section of
country during this time they were at Kingstown, and in several of the Counties in that part of the State, that in this pursuit they spent the three months, that about the time the said three months expired they were marched toward Halifax where they expected to receive discharge from Col Long who resided at or near Halifax but before we got there
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we received information that a part of the british Army were there, we were then verbally discharged by the Captain to make our way home and to meet him again on a certain day in Halifax in order to receive our discharges. At the time appointed this applicant and number of others met at Halifax but the Captain did not meet us and we failed to get a written discharge but some time afterwards this applicant received from Maj. John Macon a certificate of his said service for this tower, as above mentioned for his first tower, which certificate he has lost. That he was verbally
discharged by his said Captain as aforesaid and left the service on the 25th day of July 1781. That when he entered into the service the last time above mentioned he still resided in the State of North Carolina and County of Warren. This applicant further states that there is no Minister of the gospel who resides near him and who is well acquainted with him. This
applicant further states that he knows of no person living who can prove his said service, and that he has no documentary evidence to prove the same. This applicant further states that it is possible he may not be exactly correct in the dates as to the time he enterd and left the service but he believes he is, That he well recollects that he served a few days each time after the three months, the time for which he entered the service expired. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Solomon Arnold
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We Jacob Gaster residing in the state of North Carolina and county of Moore and William Wadsworth residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Arnold who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Jacob Easter Wm Wadsworth And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatores 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 Jacob Gaster and William Wadsworth who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the State of North Carolina and County of Moore and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Josiah Tyson Chadwick John Patterson Daniel M Donald I Alexander C. Curry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Moore in the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter [illegible] application of Solomon Amold for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this 21 day of August A.D. 1833
Alexander C. Cung C.C.C.
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Admit as a private
Omo off
Crometey Dowd Esq
Carthage P.O
Moore C. NC
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State of North Carolina
Moore County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August the 21st day 1833 The Court propounded the following interrogatives to Solomon Arnold an applicant for a pension viz,
1st. Where and in what year were you born.
Answer in the State of Virgina [Virginia} - in the County of Lunenburg and in the year 1758
2+. 2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it A. I have no record of my age
2+. 3. Where were you living when called into the Service, Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and Where do you now live A. When I was called into the service I resided in the County of Warrin [Warren} and in the State of North Carolina Where I have resided untill the year 1816. I then moved to Moore
County in the State of North Carolina where I have resided ever since and where I now reside 2+. 4. How were you called into the service.  Were you drafted. Were you a substitute or did you Volunteer and if a Substitute for whom. A. I was drafted 2+. 5. State the name of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service A. I recollect seeing Genl Green. Col Washington Col Lee and a member of other Continental officers whose names I do not recollect. We were not long with Greens army and where he was we were incampt in Diferent places and did not mix together much. The latter part of the time I was sick, so I had not much oppurtunity of knowing the Continental officers. I do not know that I ever knew the name of any of the Regiments or their number, if I did I have forgot them. I was drafted as a private soldier for three month I entered the service [I entered into the service] on the 10th day of September 1780 in the Company Commanded by Capt John White and Luit Lenear. the Regiment was commanded by
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Col. or Major Hill. The Company met at Warrintown in Warrin [Warren] County, was marched from there to Lewisburg in Franklin County where [the] we met the Company of Franklin Militia from there they were marched to Wake Court House where Raleigh now is, from there to Hillsborough in Orange County from there to Salisbury, and from there to or near the line of the State of South Carolina. Where they joined Genl Greens army. Where he remained untill the 11th of December 1780 at this time I was sick and was sent Home with a number of other sick soldiers-- I was drafted a second time for three month as a private soldier, I again entered into the Militia service on the 20th day of April 1781 in the Company Commanded by Capt Joel Rann that he again met at Warrentown and Marched from there to Roanoke River in the State of Virginia from there we was marched to Williamsborough in Granvill [Granville] County in the State of North Carolina, from there we were marched to Hallifax in said State from there we were marched to Tarborough in said State. Where we joined the Militia from the Eastern Counties of North Carolina. We were then marched from place to place in that part of the state, hunting and suppressing the tories who wer numerous in that part of the State. we was then marched towards Hallifax in said State [state] but before we got there we was verbally discharge by the Captain on the 25th day of July 1781- 2+. 6. did you ever receive a discharge from the service in writing A. I did not. I received two Certificate send by Major John Macon certifying that I had served two three months to were- 2+. 7.  State the name of persons to where you are known in your Neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for Veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Jacob Gaster and William Wadsworth
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
[*Reported Date of death recd on AB*]              
204
North Carolina
Mary Arnold
widow of Soloman Arnold
N C
who was a Private
in the Revolution
husband died 23 Oct 1844
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [4th day of March],1844.
23 October
Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of June, 1844
and sent to
G.C.
1844
Mendenhall
James Town
Guilford Co
N.C.
Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol.
2
Page
152
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8249
Mary Arnold
N.C
Act 3 March '43
Married 1784
husband died 23 Oct '44
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State of North Carolina
Moore County
Court of Pleas & quarter
Sessions October Term 1845
On this 31st day
of October 1845
personally appeared in open Court Mary Arnold a Citizen of the County & State aforesaid aged Seventy Seven years who being first sworn in due form of Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed March 3rd day 1843, and June the 17th 1844. and all other acts of Congress & Resolutions under which
she may be entitled to claim oweing to the nature of her case and her right to claim by law as the widow of Solomon Arnold, she declares on Oath that she is the widow of Solomon Arnold Deceased of the County of Moore in North Carolina who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that she is of the full belief he served in the Army of the United States for six months or more but that she is not able to state the Captain or Captains under whom he served, or in what Battles he was during his service but refers to her husbands declaration on file in the Department of Alan at Washington City the said Mary Arnold further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Solomon Arnold in the County of Warren in North Carolina about the year 1783 or 1784. And that he the aforesaid Solomon Arnold & herself removed to the County of Moore about the year 1817. where they lived together being man & wife untill the 23rd day of October 1844. at which time he departed this life in Moore County in North Carolina and
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that she has remained a widow from that time to the present the This Declarant further states that her late husband Solomon was a Pensioner of the United States for years before and at the time of his death, and held at his death a pension Certificate which is still in the possession of this Declarant and is in the following words & figures to wit 
"War Department Revolutionary Claim 
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Solomon Arnold of the State of North Carolina who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Dollars and per annum during his natural life Commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 18th day of November One Thousand
eight hundred and Thirty Three
Lew Coss
Secretary of War
Mary Arnold X her mark
Examined and Countersigned 
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions 
Sworn to in open Court October 31 day A.D. 1845 
A. C. Curry Clk
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State of North Carolina
Moore County
I Alexander C. Curry Clk
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify [illegible]
that the foregoing Declaration and certificate was duly executed and Sworn to in open Court
by Mary Arnold for the purposes therein set forth
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office at office in Carthage and subscribed my name the first day of November A.D. 1845. 
A. C. Curry Clerk
of Moore County Court
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July 3, 1935 
Solomon Arnold-E. 12208 
BA-J/AWF 
Mrs. W. R. Prather
Columbia, Route 6, R. F. D.
Missouri 
Dear Madam: 
The Revolutionary War record of Solomon Arnold which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 12208, based upon his service in that war. Solomon Arnold was born in the year 1758 in Lunenburg County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given. His father was living during the Revolution. While residing in Warren County, North Carolina, Solomon Arnold enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows: From September 10, 1780 until December 11, 1780 in Captain John White's company, under Colonel or Major Hill; from April 20, 1781 until July 25, 1781 in Captain Joel Mann's company, Colonel Linton's regiment. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1833, at which time he was living in Moore County, North Carolina, having moved there from Warren County, in 1816 or 1817. The soldier, Solomon Arnold, married in Warren County, North Carolina, Mary Gurley. The marriage bond was dated January 29, 1784 and signed by one John Arnold, his relationship to the soldier not stated. Solomon Arnold died October 23, 1844 in Moore County, North Carolina. His widow, Mary Arnold, was
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allowed pension on her application executed, October 31, 1845, then aged seventy-seven years and living in Moore County, North Carolina.
There is no reference in the claim to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
Revy WIDOW, &c
File No. 12208
Mary Arnold Widow of Solomon Arnold Pri Rev War
Act: June 17th 44
Index:-Vol. A, Page 17
[*1932- Sept. 7 list to Mrs. Z. W. Copeland
1933- Ad. Mrs Z. W. Copeland that list sent her Sept 7. 1932 is that of only Solomon Arnold.
1933- Aug. 1 Mrs. Z. W. Copeland fur. hist [illegible] list- misplaced [illegible]
1935- July 3- list to Mrs W. R. Prather See her letter in Hezekiah Arnold S. 8034 [illegible]*]
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8249
Mary Arnold
NC
[Lot to G.C. Mendenhall 
Dec 12th ' 43]
March 5 1843
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Act 44 271
No 8249
Mary Arnold
Wowr of Solomon
NC
act 3 March 1843
[illegible] husband died
Oct 23 1844
Adm. 17 June 1844 
[illegible] per
$20.00 [illegible]
from 23 Oct. 1844
G.C. Mendenhall
James town
Guilford Co 
NC
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Sept
27th 1833
It may appear Misterous that Corns Dowds name is to Some of the papers as Clerk, and Alex. C. Curry to others. This Will be Explained when you are informed that on the 20th of August last said Dowd went out of office and said Curry came in. You will direct my papers to Cornelius Dowd Esq. State of North Carolina Moore County
Carthage Post Office
Solomon Arnold
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State of North Carolina 
Moore County
personally appeared before me William Shaw one of the Justices in and for the aforesaid County. Howell Lashley aged 70 years who bears duly Sworn according to law, doth on his "Oath declare that he has been intimately acquainted with Solomon Arnold 63 years now of the County and State aforesaid and formerly of Warren County in the the same State that he said Lashley resided with said Arnolds father and in the Settlement from the year 1775 until the year 1785. that he does know that Solomon Arnold did serve two- three month towers the Militia of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. that he well recollects that after Serving the first three months tower he returned home Just before Christmas in 1780. that he also well recollects Shortly after the battle in Guilford that said Arnold again entered the service for a three months tower and that he understood and believes that said Arnold was drafted each time that he also understood and believes that the said Arnold Served both of his three months towers out faithfully that he well recollects that the said Arnold was from home Sufficially [Sufficiently] long enough to have done so. 
Sworn to and Subscribed this 25th day of Augt 1833 interlined before Sworn to or assigned 
Howell Lashley X his mark
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State of North Carolina 
Moore County 
I William Shaw hereby certify that the preceding deposition was Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I further certify that the before named Howell Lashley is a creditable Witness Given under my hand 
William Shaw 
State of North Carolina 
Moore County
 I Alexander C. Curry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the before said County do hereby certify that William Shaw who signed the above certificate was at the time of signing the same an Acting Justice of here in and for the
aforesaid County of Moore regularly commissioned and duly qualified according to Law, and that his signature is in his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit is due all his acts in that capacity. 
Witness my hand and seal of Office at Office the 26 day of August A D 1833
Alexander C Curry C.C.C
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(Copy)
"State of North Carolina.
Know all men by these presents, that we a Solomon Arnold & John Arnold are held & firmly bound to Alexander Martin Esq Govenor & in the sum of five Hundred pounds Specie; to which payment well & truly to be made to the sd Alex Martin or to his successors in office, we bind ourselves, our heirs, Exr &c
jointly & severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed and dated this 29th day of January A.D. 1784 in (seventeen Hundred & Eighty four)
The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas there is a marriage shortly to be solemnized & had between the above bound Salomon arnold and Mary Gurley now, if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force & effect.
Signed & Sealed in presence of W.D. Johnson
Solomon Arnold X his mark seal
John Arnold X his mark seal
North Carolina.
I, Marcellus J. Montgomery, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Warren County in said State, do certify, that the foregoing is a true full & perfect copy of the marriage Bond of Solomon Arnold to Mary Gurley as found in my office now on file. The dates are in plain legible figures & words this, "29th day of January A.D. 1784."
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand affixed my seal of office at Warrenton in sd. State, this 11th day of February A.D. 1846.
M. J. Montgomery Clerk
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8249
Mar 14, 1845
Mary Arnold
March 3, 1843
N.C.
[* Jamesville NC Mar 10*]
[*The Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Paid 20 Paid G. C. M.*]
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Jamestown Guilford Co. N.C.
10th of Nov. 1845
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mary Arnold, the widow of Solomon Arnold Decd of
this State accompanied with what I understand to be the necessary certificates to intitle her to draw a widow's pension, and to be placed upon the pension list as such. I presence the proper course is, to forward the Declaration to you and that you will give it due attention, which I request you will do, and give me the necessary information as early as convenient, directed
to this Office
Very Respectfully yours &c
George C. Mendenhall
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[preprinted form with handwritten answers]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 18th 1846.
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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Soloman Arnold, decd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [and
Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1843, to the
23 Oct 1884.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K Parris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Pension Office
[illegible] Sept 16 1839
James L Edward Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
The following pensioners have been paid for 12 months [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Section the same =to wit=
Solomon Arnold $20
Philip Mason 43.33
Joel Nichols 20
Andrew Peddy 36.66
[illegible] payment is desired in the following cases
Moses Carr 20
Job Williams 40
[illegible] papers are enclosed
respectfully
[illegible][illegible]
J M Huske [illegible]
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G. C Mendenhall
Dec 12.43
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205
Pension Office
Dec. 12 1845
Sir 
The declaration of Mary Arnold, widow of Solomon Arnold, claiming the time
sets of the act of March 1883, is not sustained
according to the Rules. If she has no Family
Record of the date of her marriage, or such a record [does] not in existence, she should
produce a copy of the marriage bond or license
from the office of the clerk of Warren County
in which she alleges the ceremony was performed. No objection will be made to the admission of the service claimed.
Geo. W. Mendenhall, Esq
Jamestown,
Guilford Co
N Carolina
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
August 27, 1932
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
IN REPLY REFER TO
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
Elberton, " Birdwood "
Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting
the Revolutionary War record of Solomon Arnold and Joseph Clark. The data given by you are not sufficient to enable this office to identify the record of the Solomon Arnold and Joseph Clark in whom you are interested. You will please furnish as much as possible of the following data relative to each of the above
named soldiers approximate dates of birth and death and place of residence at enlistment and after service. Upon receipt of this information another search of the records will be made in your behalf and the histories furnished, if on file. Please return these letters with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sire
If you have any record of Solomon Arnold Rev. soldier I shall be so grateful to your for a copy of & would also like to include Joseph Clark.
Cordially Yrs Edna Arnold Copeland
Mrs Z. W. "Birdwood" Elberton Ga 
over
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Sorry I cannot furnish any data on date of birth of Rev. soldiers Joseph [can not identify] Clark was born in Orange Co Va and lived in S.C. Abbeville Co (I think.) May have moved to Ga after Rev. Solomon [only] Arnold [illegible] M [illegible]moved to Va, to N. Carolina to Ga (I think) probably Wilkes Co I do not know where they enlisted. Will appreciate any information you may furnish. 
Very Cordially Yours
Edna Arnold Copeland
Mrs. Z.W. Birdwood Elberton Ga
If you fail to find these you may be able to secure data on "William Goolsby" enlisted from Jamestown Va moved to Oglethorpe Co. Ga. after Rev. served under George Washington
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Mr H. D. Hiller
Assistant To Administrator
Veterans Bureau
Washington
D.C
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"Birdwood"
Elberton, Ga.
My dear Mr. Hiller
The record you mailed to me of Solomon Arnold Rev. soldier must have been lost. I'm sorry that I have to again worry you but I would deem it a great favor if you would be kind enough to furnish me with this record. I was ill in September consequently I suspect my mail was overlooked or misplaced. I regret to worry you again but I'm to anxious for this information
Very Cordially 
Mrs. Z.W. Edna Arnold Copeland
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post marked
ELBERTON GA. JUL 7 1030 PM 1933
Veterans Administration
Washington
D.C
stamped
RECEIVED 
JUL 10 1933
MAIL SUB DIV. 
READER 16
VETS ADM.
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Solomon Arnold Rev. Sol. V. In Va drew a pension would appreciate copy of his Rev. services and any data you may have. Also another Solomon Arnold Rev. Soldier died In Savannah, Ga Have you record of his services. I'll be bery grateful for this Information
Very Cordially Yrs 
Edna Arnold Copeland 
Mrs. Z.W. "Birdwood"
Elberton
Ga
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post marked
ELBERTON GA SEP 1 10 P.M. 1932
stamped
RECEIVED SEP 6 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUBDIVISION
Director of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Please send me Rev. Record of Solomon Arnold May have enlisted from N.C. See R172 Will appreciate any information you may be able to furnish
Very Cordially Yours
Edna Arnold Copeland
"Birdwood"
Elberton, Ga
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July 3, 1935
Hezekiah Arnold, S. 8034
Solomon Arnold, W. 12208
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. W. R. Prather
Route # 6, R.F.D.,
Columbia, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Hezekiah Arnold and Solomon Arnold both of whom were pensioned in North Carolina. Their records are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
[*Letter in Hezekiah Arnold 3.8034*]
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August 1, 1933
Solomon Arnold-W.12208
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
"Birdwood
Elbertan, [Elberton] Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Solomon Arnold, which was furnished you, September 7, 1932, and has been misplaced. The data given below were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 12208, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Solomon
Arnold. He was born in the year 1758 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, the names of his parents are not given. His father was living during the War of the Revolution. While residing in Warren County, North Carolina
Solomon Arnold enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows -- September 10, 1780 until December 11, 1780 in Captain John White's company, under Colonel or Major Hill; April 20, 1781 until July 25, 1781 in Captain Joel Rann's
company, Colonel Linton's regiment.
Solomon Arnold was allowed pension on his
application executed August 21, 1833, then living in Moore County, North Carolina, having moved there from Warren County, in 1816 or 1817. The soldier, Solomon Arnold, married in Warren County, North Carolina, Mary Gurley. The marriage bond was issued January 29, 1784 and signed by one,
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John Arnold, no relationship to the soldier, Solomon Arnold, stated. Solomon Arnold died October 23, 1844 in Moore County, North Carolina. His widow, Mary Arnold, was allowed pension on her application executed, October
31, 1845, then aged seventy-seven years and living in Moore County, North Carolina.
There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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July 14, 1938
BA-J/EEL
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
Birdwood"
Elberton, Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of two soldiers of the Revolution named Solomon Arnold, one born
in Virginia, who drew a pension and the other, who died in Savannah, Georgia.
The record of Solomon Arnold, W. 12208, which was furnished you on September 7, 1932, is that of the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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September 7, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Solomon Arnold
W. 12208
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland
Elberton, "Birdwood"
Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting
the Revolutionary War record of Solomon Arnold, Joseph Clark and William Goolsby.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this
office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of William Goolsby, searched under all spellings of the surname. The data furnished in regard to Joseph Clark are not sufficient to enable this office to identify the record
of the Joseph Clark (Clarke) in whom yourare interested. You are furnished the history of the only soldier named Solomon Arnold, that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 12208, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Solomon Arnold. He was born in 1758 in Lunenburg County, Virginia,
the names of his parents are not given. His father was living during the Revolution but his place of residence was not stated. Solomon Arnold, while residing in Warren County,
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North Carolina, enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows from September 10, 1780 until December 11, 1780 in Captain John White's company under Colonel or Major Hill; from
April 20, 1781 until July 25, 1781 in Captain Joel Rann's company in Colonel Linton's regiment. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1833, then living in Moore County, North Carolina, having moved there from Warren County
in 1816 or 1817, He died October 23, 1844 in Moore County, North Carolina Solomon Arnold married in Warren County, North Carolina Mary Gurley. The marriage bond was issued January 29, 1784 and signed by one, John Arnold, no relationship to the soldier shown. The widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed October 31, 1845, then aged seventy-seven years and living in Moore County, North Carolina. It is not stated that they had children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator