Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,214, for Daniel Stevens, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE S.C
Stevens, Daniel 
NUMBER
S. 18.214
Born in S.C
Carded
CONTENTS
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23.729
[Missing text] Carolina
 [Missing text] Daniel Stevens
Charleston in the State of So Ca
who was a Ser: [Sergent] & Lt. [Lieutenant] of [illegible] in the   commanded 
by Captain - - - of the [illegible] commanded 
by Col Henderson in the So Ca:
line for 24 months
Dead
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Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
the rate of 376 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Mar: 34
and sent Hon:  Wm S. Grayson, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834     1129.98
Sem- anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  188.31
$1318.31
  Revolutionary Claim
⎨Act June 7, 1832. 
 
Recorded by Nath: Rice - Clerk,
Book C Vol. 4 Page 80-
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Hon. W. S. Grayson
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in partnership with John Champreys
under the firm of Stevens and Champreys. That he resided in Charleston after
the Revolution until about four years
ago when he removed to Beaufort,
where he has lived since with his
Granddaughter Mrs Grayson.
4.  How were you called into service? Were
you drafted, did you volunteer or were
you a substitute? and if a substitute, for
whom-
To the Fourth Interrogatory
the declarant says, that he was called into
service as a volunteer, first in the year
1776 and again^ in 1779, 1780 and 1781-
5. State the names 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
To the Fifth Interrogatory this Declarant
saith that he was intimately known to Col.
Charles Colesworth [Cotesworth] Pinkney and his
brother Major Thomas Pinkney, to Col.
Parker of the Virginia line and Col Hogan
of the North Carolina line besides the officers
as herein before mentioned. That he
served at least twelve months, and
was a prisoner on his tawr [tour] twelve
months more. He is sensible he has
omitted many things, and the decay
of memory incident to extreme old age
will not permit him to be more particular, but according to the best of his recollect
time he served two months in 1776 as
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a private in Captain Savage's company of Rangers; three months as a Lieutenant in Captain Heyward's company of Artillery in 1779, three months more ^as aducentenants  [adjutant] at the Siege of Charleston in 1780, and four months more as a Lieutenant in the latter part of 1781 and beginning of
1782 and was a Prisoner on his
Parol one year from May 1780 to May
1781 -
6. Did you ever receive a Commission and if so by whom was it signed and what has been of it.
To the sixth Interrogating this
Declarant says that he received a commission as second or Mid Lieutenant
and another commission as first
Lieutenant, that they were signed
by John Rutledge and are lost.
But in proof of his right to be considered a member of a corps so honorably distinguished in the history of the Revolution in South Carolina as the Charleston Battalion  
Artillery, he produces the original
Roll of Capt. Thomas Grimball's
Company of Artillery, a venerable
and authentic document, with
the proper signatures of two hundred
men, which paper will prove that
this Declarant was one of the founders
of the Battalion, his name being
thereto subscribed in his proper hand
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and to show that he was an officer
and the date of his commission of
first Lieutenant; he produces the
Book containing the names of the officers
out the date of the Commissions
 of the Corps in 1785 ^With the dates of thee commissioning and the duty
of the Battalion, all in the handwriting of Charles Warham then adjutant, signed by all the officers from which it will be seen that this
Declarants Commission as first Lieutenant was dated 10 December 1781.
7. State the names of persons to whom
you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your
character for veracity & their belief of
your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
In answer to the Seventh Interrogatory the declarant says that he is probably known to every person in Beaufort, and he refers in particular to Mr Grayson the present & Mr Barnwell the late member of Congress from
that Congressional District. That in
Charleston he can call on almost all the
persons in public life to testify to his
Character, and their belief in his service
during the Revolution, particularly
on Judge Johnson of the Supreme Court
of the United States, in Judge See of
the District Court, Mr Jervey the Clerk
of the United States Courts, Mr Poinsett
and Mr Middleton former members of
Congress and many others -
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And the said Declarant hereby relinquishes
every claim to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension
roll of any agency in any State-
Sworn and subscribed the day and
year above mentioned
Danl Stevens
And the said Declarant hereby relinquishes
every claim to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension
roll of any agency in any State-
Sworn and subscribed the day and
year above mentioned  
Danl Stevens [signature]
Theo Lee D.J. So. Carolina [signature]
 
And on the same day comes
into Court John Palmer of Charleston
about aged 87 years, and being duly sworn
says he was a private in the Charleston
Battalion of Artillery during the Revolution
& now receives a pension under the
act of 7 June 1832, that he is well
acquainted with Col Daniel Stevens
who has signed the foregoing declaration, and knew him during the revolution: that his great age and loss of memory he cannot speak
positively of his rank & services [illegible text crossed out]

Sworn & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid.
Job Palmer [signature]
Theo Lee Dist. Judge So. Carolina [signature]
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And on the same day comes into
Court Thomas Wright [illegible] Postmaster
of Charleston, aged sixty eight years,
who being duly sworn says that he
has known Col. Daniel Stevens who
has signed the above declaration all
his life, and recollects that [crossed out text] he was an officer in the
Charleston Battalion of Artillery
during the Revolution, and that this
has been his reputation from the time
of the Revolution down to the present ┃
period. And he recognizes the rules
of the Charleston Artillery signed by the
Office in 1785. and his own name
thereto subscribed as one of the Sergeants and knows the handwriting
of all the commissioned officers, & says
that the book is written by Charles
Warham then adjutant of the corps,
and that the same is an authentic
Document. And this Deponent says
that he was too young to have operational knowledge of the rank and services
of the said Daniel Stevens, but he has no doubt and firmly believes that he was an officer and served this Deponent
served as he states. That he ^this deponent was too young to bear arms in the Revolution, but the Charleston Artillery, a corps which continued in existence
in the reorganization of the militia as of
December last was the first he did duty in & it
was then just as notorious that Daniel Stevens
was one of the Revolutionary officers as that
Major Hayward was, on any other of the
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Patriots of that day -   Thos. W. Bacot [signature]
Sworn & subscribed the day &
above mentioned
Theo Lee DJ [signature]
And the same day time in
to Court the Reverend Samuel Gilman
a Clergyman residing in Charleston, and Dr Joseph Johnson of Charleston and say that
they are well acquainted with Col
Daniel Stevens who signed the foregoing
declaration, that they believe him to be 88 years of age, that he
is reputed and believed in this
City and in Beaufort where he
now resides to be a soldier of the
Revolution. That he is a very respectable man & they firmly believe
he was an officer and did
serve as he states
Sworn & subscribed the day & year
above named
[Signatures]
Saml Gilman
Jos. Johnson
Theo. Lee Dist. Judge
So. Carolina
Just
that lot
And the said ^court after investigating the matter, and after putting
the Interrogatories presented by the
War Department hereby declare
without any manner of doubt that the
said Daniel Stevens, was a soldier
of the Revolution and served as he states,
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that as well the said David Stevens
all the other persons who have
certified as above are well known
to the court; that Mr Gilman is a
clergyman, and that
he and Mr Bacot and Dr Johnson ^and Mr Palmer reside in Charleston and that
their statements are entitled to
implicit faith and credit
Theo Lee Dist Judge
So. Carolina
District Clerks office
So.Ca. Dist 5 March 1834
I James Jervey Clerk of the District
Court of the United States of America for the
South Carolina District do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the Matter of the application of Daniel Stevens for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the Seal of the said Court on the day above mentioned
James Jervey
Dist Court?
[Left side of page paper seal with ribbon]
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United States of America
South Carolina District
On this Fifth day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty four, and in
the fifty eighth year of the Sovereignty
and Independence of the United States of America, personally appeared in
open Court before the District Court of the
United States, for the District of South Carolina, Colonel Daniel Stevens, a resident of the town of Beaufort in the
said State, aged eighty eight years
who being 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
on the (7) seventh day of June in the
& year Eighteen hundred and thirty two
that is to say: That on the (10) tenth day
of June which was in the year (1776,
Seventeen hundred and seventy six)
he joined a volunteer corps of South Carolina
Militia, raised in Charleston called the Rangers, under Capt Thomas Savage Lieut. McQueen and Ensign Campbell, and was made
first Sergeant, and immediately
called into service to defend the City
against Sir Peter Parker. That he was
in service at this time at least two
months. That during the battle of
Fort Moultrie he was in a Battery
at the Foot of Church Street where
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the Rangers were stationed to meet the
Enemy in case they attempted landing
That soon after the tour of duty above
mentioned, he left ^ the Rangers and was elected third Lieutenant of Capt Heyward's
Company of Artillery one of the Companies
forming a volunteer corps
of Militia called the Charleston
Battalion of Artillery. That this
Declarant continued an officer of the
said Company during the whole
of the war, and was in the (101 tenth
day of December which was in the
year (1781) seventeen hundred and
eighty one, promoted to the rank
first Lieutenant in the same, that in
the year (1779) Seventeen hundred and
seventy nine the said Battalion was
called into service under General
Moultrie to resist Provost's invasion
That Major Thomas Grimball was field
officer of the said Battalion, and the
Captains were Thomas Hayward [Heyward] and Edward Rutledge (two of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence,
and Anthony Tomer. That they served before the lines in Charleston, while
the City was threatened by the Enemy,
and upon his retreat marched to Ports
Royal and fought the battle of Beaufort,
in which this declarant had
the honor to bear apart; and upon
this tour of duty this Declarant was
in actual service at least three
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months. That in the year (1780 / seventeen hundred and eighty, this end Declarant
was called out with the artillery as soon
as the City was threatened by sin Henry
Clinton, and continued in actual
service till the city capitulated under General Lincoln. That during the Siege ^of Charleston
 he was stationed in an
advanced Battery called the Horn Work:
and from the time he was called into
until the fall of the City he was in
actual service at least three months
more that by the terms of the capitulation this Declarant became a Prisoner & was paroled and allowed to proceed to Philadelphia in a
flag of truce - That he continued
a prisoner on parol [parole] from the (12)
twelfth day of May (1780) seventeen
hundred & eighty, till [until] May (1781)
Seventeen hundred & eighty one, when
he gained his liberty by virtue of the
Cartel agreed on between Gen Green [Greene]
and Earl Cornwallis. That in the
year (1781) seventeen hundred and
eighty one he joined Col. Henderson
off the North Carolina line at the
High hills of Santee. That Col Henderson
marched under the order of Gen. Green [Greene]
to the Round O, and encamped in
that neighborhood to protect the
Country from the incursions of the
enemy in Charleston. That this
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Declarant continued in service under Col.
Henderson till [until] a short time before
meeting of the Jacksonborough
assembly which met in February (1782)
seventeen hundred and eight two. 
of which assembly this Declar was a member. And this Declarant says that during this
of duty he was in actual
service at least four months more
---
And the Court propounded to the 
Declarant the following Interrogatories
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1. Where and in what year were
you born  
To the full Interrogatory
the Declarant says he was born in
the Province of South Carolina on
the 15th day of March 1746 -
2. have you any record of your age
and if so where is it?
 To the second Interrogatory
he answers that he has no record
of his age.
3. Where were you living when
called into service, where have
you lived since the Revolution
and where do you now live?
To the third Interrogatory he
answers that when called into service
as above mentioned he was
living in his native City of Charleston, where before the Revolution he carried on business as a merchant
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April 15, 1940
BA-J/AWF [awc written in pencil]
Daniel Stevens
S. 18214
Mrs. K. N. Harrigill
Fayette
Mississippi
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Stephens, and Matthew Stephens, of either North or South Carolina.
The Revolutionary War records of this office
have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Matthew Stephens or Stevens.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 18214, based upon service of Daniel Stevens in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Daniel Stevens or Stephens found on file in the Revolutionary War pension
records of this office, who served from either
North or South Carolina.
Daniel Stevens (as his signature is shown in
the claim was born March 15, 1746, in Charleston, South Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Stevens volunteered June 10, 1776, served two months as 1st sergeant in Captain Thomas Savage's South Carolina company of rangers, and during the battle of Fort Moultrie, was stationed in a battery at the foot of Church Street. He was elected 3rd
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lieutenant, and served in 1779, three months in Captain Thomas Heyward's company, in the Charleston Battalion of Artillery, and was in the battle of Beaufort; he served in 1780, three months in same company and same battalion, was captured at the surrender of Charleston, carried to Philadelphia and was a prisoner on parole until in the month of May, 1781. He was commissioned, December 10, 1781, 1st lieutenant, and served four months in Captain
Thomas Heyward's company, Colonel Henderson's South Carolina
regiment.
After the Revolutionary War, Daniel Stevens was Colonel of the Charleston Battalion of Artillery, was Sheriff of Charleston, and Supervisor of the Revenue for South Carolina, during President Washington's
Administration.
Daniel Stevens lived in Charleston, until about
1830, then moved to Beaufort, South Carolina. He was allowed pension on his application executed March 5, 1834, then living in Beaufort, South Carolina, with his granddaughter, Mrs. Grayson.
The name of his wife is not given and there
are no data in this claim in regard to their marriage.
In 1834, one W. J. Grayson was member of Congress from the Beaufort, South Carolina District; it was not stated that he was a relative of the Mrs. Grayson referred to above.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
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should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
and furnish the following data:
Daniel Stevens
Certificate #23729
Issued March 31, 1834
Rate $376.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
South Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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These rolls belong be
the papers of Daniel
Stevens of S. C.
Sur. File 18214
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District Court of the United States of America
South Carolina District
In the matter of the application of Daniel
Stevens for a Pension March 5, 1834
upon the examination of Daniel Stevens this day in open Court the
within paper was produced by the said Daniel Stevens and by him
deposed to the same was also deposed to by Thomas W Bacot
and I have no doubt, it is an original document
Attest
[signatures]
James Jervey
Dist Clerk
Theo Lee D.J.
So. C. 
[Paper seal top left]
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Date of [illegible]
Officers Artillery 

1783
Feby 27  Thos. Heyard Junr.  Major Company
               Edwd. Rutledge      Major        
               Anthony Toomer    Captains
               Edward Weyman    Captains

1783
Feby. 27

1781
July 5      William H. Gibber    resigned
" 2           Chas. Warham         Capt. Lieut

1781
Sept. 1    Petr. Bounetheau     Capt. Lieut

1781
Dec. 10    Daniel Stevens        First Lieut

1784
Decr.   James Heyward      First Lieut
           Thos. Gordon          Resigned
           Benj. Segare           Second Lieut
           Chris Hart               Second Lieut
          John David Miller   Second Lieut


       John Davd. Miller
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Rules of the Charleston Battalion 
of Artillery agreed on the 
Sixth day of April 1785.
-----------------------------

Rule 1

The Uniform of the 
Corps shall be a blue coat with lapells
cape & cuffs of red cloth & red lining.  The cape to 
button on the top button of the lapells
which must be square at the top, the
cuffs & pocket.  Flaps to have four buttons
on each; the length of the coat must be even 
with top button of the knee of the breeches
the Waistcoat & Breeches of plain white cotton
or Linen in Summer & white cloth in 
Winter, with yellow regimental Buttons
white Stock with a black Strap or Ribbon

The Officers to wear Epaulets, viz the 
Major one on each shoulder, the Captains 
&  Captain Lieutenants one on the right shoulder


[written on the left side of the page]
John Minott
Joseph Righton 
Peter Tisevaset [?]

Daniel Stevens was commissioned officer of 
the same in the year 1799.
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2

Shoulder; first & second Lieutenants one
on the left Shoulder, with Sashes & Gorgets
The Serjeants to wear Straps on each
shoulder with prussian Binding

Rule 2

The first Wednesday in every 
month throughout the year, shall be Field
Days; and every absentee on Field Days
or any other Muster day that shall be 
ordered by the Commanding Officer, shall 
be subjected to the following Fines, viz,
the Major three pounds & Eight pence;
The Captains One pound seventeen shillings
and Four pence, the Captain Lieutenants
One pound Eight shillings;  First 
Lieutenants One pound Three shillings, & 
Four pence, Second Lieutenants Eighteen 
shillings and Eight pence, the Serjeants

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Eleven shillings and Eight 
pence, and privates Nine shillings
and Four pence.  And if any Person
whilst on Duty shall be guilty of 
Disobedience of Orders, he shall be 
dismissed the Battalion, or fined at the 
discretion of a Court Marshal in a 
sum not exceeding Eight Dollars - 

Rule 3.

A Court Marsha shall be held
within Ten days after each Field or Muster
Day, to consist of Officers as by Law
directed and one Serjeant from each 
Company, in Rotation shall attend
the Court, and every Defaulter, if summoned
to the Court Marshal, in refusing
or neglecting to attend or shall not send 
his excuse in writing, shall pay a Fine
Nine shillings & 4 for a Contempt
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Rule 4

The Men on a Field Day shall be 
numbered, and equally divided to the 
Field piece, and take their Stations as 
the Commanding Officer shall direct.
The Hours for parade shall be from the 
month of March to September at Four
o'Clock and from September to the 
month of March at three o'Clock in the 
afternoon. -- The line of March to 
begin fifteen minutes after the aforesaid
Hour and any Man Joining this
Battalion thereafter, shall pay a fine
of Two shilling & Four pence.

Rule 5

A Military Appearance is 
necessary; and any Man appearing without 

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without proper Regimental, shall pay
a Fine of One Dollar.

Rule 6

All Claboratory Business shall 
be performed in Rotation from each
Company; and every Man if summoned 
that shall neglect to attend at the Time 
and Place, shall pay a Fine of Fourteen
shillings

Rule 7

In Case of the Death of any member
of this Battalion, the whole shall be
summoned to attend his Funeral, and 
Defaulters if an Officer, shall be Fined
Nine shillings & Four pence, if a 
Private Four shillings & Eight pence and
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and every Serjeant that shall Neglect
to summon the Battalion when ordered
shall pay a Fine of Fourteen shillings.

Rule 8

That a Serjeant Major be appointed
who shall keep an orderly Book in 
which he shall enter all Orders issued
by the Commanding Officer, that may
be delivered to him by the Adjutant
or the Officers who supplies his place,
and any Serjeant receiving such
Orders shall make his report to 
the Serjeant Major, who shall report
the same to the adjutant --

Rule 9

Upon every Alarm being given
of Fire, Insurrection or otherwise
every Officer, Serjeant and Private
shall rendezvous at the State House
in his Regimental Coat & Cockage [?]
the privates to have their Muskets
with Bayonets and Twelve rounds of 
ammunition in order to assist
where it may be necessary

Rule 10

Every Citizen desiring to be 
admitted into the Battalion, shall
apply by Letter to the Captain of 
the Company to which he wishes to 
belong and shall not be voted for 
untill the next Field or Muster Day
after
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Rule 11

The Adjutant shall keep a Book
in which these Rules shall be Entered
and every Man that has been ballotted
for and admitted by a Majority of 
the Men then present, shall subscribe
to these Rules, and receive a Certificate 
from him certifying he hath enrolled
himself in the Charleston Battalion
of Artillery.  Now shall any Man
quit the same without giving Three
months previous Notice in writing
to his Captain, but shall be liable 
to all Fines inflicted by these
Rules untill the Sepiration of 
said Three months and then his Name
shall be returned to the 
Militia Officer of the Beat in 
which he resides. --

Rule 12

All Awkward Men shall 
attend practice on the last Saturday
in every Month at Four o Clock in 
the afternoon; under pain of being
called out of the Ranks on Field
Days.

Rule 13

This Battalion shall meet at 
some convenient place in Charleston 
annually on the Fourteenth day of
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of December, where every member
that attends shall pay his proportion
of the Expences of an Entertainment, 
and all Fines and Forfeitures Adjudged
by any Court Martial shall 
be recovered by the Serjeants, and 
paid into the Hands of the adjutant
& shall be laid out in 
purchasing a Compleat Apparatus
for the Laboratory, Drums, Colours,
and other Expences Accounts of 
which shall be laid before the Battallion 
at every annual meeting --

In Testimony of our 
readiness to comply with these Rules

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Rules and Regulations and 
any other Rules issued shall 
be hereafter agreed on by a 
Majority of the Corps; We do 
hereby sign on the day written
opposite to our respective
Names. -- 

resigned   Tho. Heyward J[illegible]
Edward Rutledge
Anthony Toomer
Edward Weyman
resigned   [illegible]  Gibbes
Charles Warham
J. Bounetheau
Daniell Stevens
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Names
-------------
Jas. Raymonds
Tho. Gordon      Resigned
Ben Lecare
Christ Hart
John D Miller
James Elsinore     dead

Names of the Serjts
1785
May 4

Joseph Robertson [? ink blob]
Joseph LaCare    2   discharged
Ebert Shidel        3
John Minott Junior 3    promoted
John Boomer       2    discharged
Danl. Poyas     1
Jn. Roberson     3   discharged
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[The top line or two are covered in ink blobls]

Abram Newton     2   dead
Jas. Dykinson        2   contl. offr
Chas. Isaac Grimball  2   country
Thomas W. Bacot   2   militia ofr.
Tho. Shells    3  [illegible]
John Lloyd    2   discharged
Constanine DuPre   2  country
Robert Gibson Jr.  2

John [illegible]  

dead
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recd and arrived
5 March 1834   from Honorable Judge Wm. Johnson
South Carolina


Col. Daniel Stevens
former of Montague
& Smith [illegible]
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5 March 1834

My dear Sir

On my return to Tenn. last [illegible]
I found yours of the 1st inst. on my Desk.
I regret that I was too young to know any
thing of your revolutionary services
from any thing but tradition. But to that 
I will bear the most positive and ample
Testimony.  I have often heard my
Father who served with you & I believe
under you at the same run speak of 
you & with you on the subject.  You 
have my permission to enclose this 
to the Secretary of War & I must 
remind you of a fact which you seem
to have under rated or forgotten which 
is the public Testimony given of your
services by your Election as Sherriff
the first after the War & when the 
prosecution & punishment of the Garrison [?]
I [illegible] to as important in place in the 
sale of the Country.

With very great regard
You friend & [illegible] I am your
William Johnson

Turn over
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I must add that your standing in the 
[illegible] Battalion of Artillery is of itself the best
of proof of the past you acted in the Revolution, for it was composed of the very bare
& [illegible] of our Whip - population & no one
could have maintained a standing [illegible]
without furnishing the most unequivocal 
proof of his zeal & fidelity.
The applicant was after the revolution Col. of the Battalion 
In addition to the above mentioned facts by Judge
Johnson it may be added as a circumstance
showing the respectability and credibility of the 
applicant, that he was appointed under 
the administration of Genl. Washugh when p[?]
of the United States superiors of the revenue 
So. Carolina & that applicant has been more than 
once [intendant?] of the city.

W J Grayson
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Hon W. S. Grayson
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[This document is extremely faint/faded.  Needs to be recopied after being darkened.]

April 22nd 1834 [?]

[illegible] Sir

I send the [illegible] above which if signed

[too hard to read]
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ought not all things considered to enjoy the advantage of 
this rule applied to the regular service as he was in [illegible]
not a pension or parole but a previous [illegible] within the power
of the enemy & actually in [illegible]

very respectfully
your obt 
W Grayson
[illegible]


James Edwards

I have things that [the remainder of the line is illegible]
the above statement by letter [?]
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Lewis Cass Esqr.
Secretary of War
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March 17th 1834

To the Secy of War

Sir

I am informed from the pension office that the
case of Daniel Stevens has been submitted to you in consequence
of an apparently alteration of some part of the old muster rolls
containing the dates of the officers commissioned.  As I am intimately
acquainted with the applicant I feel it due to him to say that
I distinctly remember long since to have seen the  documentary
exactly in the condition in which it now is, when he had no 
intention of making any application for a pension, an application
now made entirely at the suggestion of his friends.  If the retouching
has been done by himself it must have been from the principle
of the old cameronea [?] in old martality [?], an  unwillingness to see a 
record fade away upon which he placed so much value.  Of 
any other motive he is incapable.  Through a long life he has
sustained a character of unblemished integrity in offices of
considerable importance & such - that of Sheriff of Charleston
supervisor of the revenue under Washington administration for 
the State of So. Carolina & [illegible] of Charleston.  Indeed the
testimony of Judge Johnson of the Supreme Court & of [illegible]
has [illegible] of Charleston.  sufficiently [illegible] the fact of 
his being an officer.  These gentlemen are nearly old enough
to be contemporaries.  Mr. Petigrew who prepared the papers
states as the reasons for Job Palmer's affidavit  not being
more minute that the old man has lost his memory entirely
From the same defect in the applicant himself though
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he is a very extraordinary man for his age and his 
memory unusually good he has not done himself justice.
You will perceive by the letter of Judge Johnson that he
was elected Sheriff immediately after the War by the legislature
of So. Ca. in consequence of his military services during the
revolution.  His standing in the ancient Battalion of which he 
became Col. he also omitted.  But what is more extraordinary
he sayed nothing  I think of the fact of his having been 
put into the provost or public prison under the old exchange
by the British commandant in violation of the articles of capitulation
although I have frequently heard him speak of his suffering while
in prison & his name will be found in Ramsay history 2nd vol
[illegible] who were so imprisoned.  The papers have been
prepared imperfectly thereby in consequence of Mr. Petigrew
from whence they came being very much accepted by the Courts, now in session and has requested me
to answer any questions that may be things necessary
to explain anything [illigible] or [illegible]  I should be glad
to have an opportunity of doing so.

I remain with great
respect Your obt Servt [obedient servant]
W J. Grayson
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Letter


Admit as 
Sargeant Artillery 2 mo.    10
Lieut. of Arty       22 mo. 366.66
                                     $ 376.66
 
Keep all the papers together


Allowed
L. C.


Hon. W Grayson
S.C.
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War Department.
Pension Office
March 15 1834 [year?]

Sir

I have the honor to submit for your consideration the payout
of the case of Daniel Stevens of Charleston, S.C. who claims for 
services rendered during the War of the revolution - The following
are some of the leading points in his case as set forth in his declaration.
The applicant on the 10th day of June 1776 joined a
company of Militia in the City of Charleston called Rangers [?]
was in actual service as [illegible] sergeant for the term of two months.
He further alleges that he performed three months actual
service as their lieutenant in the year 1779 - 
That previous to the surrender of the City of Charleston he had
performed three months actual service and was then made a prisoner
and discharged upon his paid [?] under which he remained - [illegible] 
That on the 10 day of December 1781 he was promoted to a 
first Lieutenant in Capt. Haywards company of the Battalion
of Artillery.  That in the latter part of that year, he joined Col. 
Henderson of the [illegible] So. Carolina line and served in the capacity
of Lieutenant four months having been discharged in January
1782; he further states his promotion in Capt. Haywards
Company [illegible] have taken place during his absense [illegible] with Col. Henderson.
There is ample documentary evidence that the applicant was
a member of a company of artillery during the revolution as
what time however or in what capacity does not
necessarily appear.
Page 40

In support of the applicants claim for services as a Lieutenant
[illegible] and [illegible] assigned in Capt.
Haywards Company in 1785; also the names of the officers and 
the dates of their commissions; and from his record it appears
that Daniel Stevens was commissioned as he has stated in his 
declaration on the 15th day of December 1787 [year?]
The high character for honor and patriotism given of the 
applicant by many distinguished gentlemen leaves no ground
to suspect for a moment that he would participate in or 
knowingly be guilty of a dishonorable act.
The appearance however of an [illegible] and [illegible]
[entire next line is illegible]
person has [the rest of the line is illegible]
The only writing produced  proving to the services of the 
applicant is Job Palmer who says that he [illegible]
positively of his [illegible] services.
The following claim in the affidavit of Mr. Palmer
has been [illegible] which it would seem that the affiant [illegible]
but he has good reason to believe that he was an officer and
served as he has stated.
The name of the applicant and affiant both appear
upon the roll of the Battalion of Artillery. -

I have the honor [illegible]
Yr. Obt. cervant [your obedient servant]
J. L. Edwards



Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Page 41

P
18214
INVALID.
-------------------
File No. 18,214
Danield Stevens
Lieut Rev War
-------------------
Act:  June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 363

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on left side of the page]
1920 Mar. 30  Hist. to 
Mrs. D. A. Pitts
Cordele-Ga-EW
1940 Sept. 15 - Hist to 
Mr. K. N. Harrigill AW
Page 42

The roll of Capt Thomas Grimball's Co., referred
to in the declaration is not on file in 
this Bureau.  AW Feb. 25, 1910 - date of carding ?
But as the act of July 27,1892 required that 
rolls of Rev. Service should be transferred
to War Dept. and as the S.C. rolls & miscellaneous 
papers were sent Sept. 6. 1894 to 
War Dept. it presumably went there, the 
list of papers sent o that date was 
not itemized.
See Letter to Senator Tillman and attached
slip in this case Mar. 31,1916.
Page 43

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
-------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.     [blank date]

S. 18214

In reply to your request of [blank]; received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Daniel Stevens
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.
-------------------------------
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
June 10, 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
RANK.
1 Sgt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Savage
COLONEL.
[check mark]
STATE.
SC

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
RANK.
3" Lt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Heyward in the Charleston Battalion of Art.
COLONEL.
[blank]
STATE.
SC

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
RANK.
3" Lt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Heyward in the Charleston Battalion of Art.  captured at Surrender of Charleston and was prisoner on parole till May 1781.
COLONEL.
[blank]
STATE.
SC

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 10, 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
4 mos.
RANK.
1" Lt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Heyward in the Charleston Battalion of Art.  
COLONEL.
Henderson
STATE.
SC

Battles engaged in,  Beaufort
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charleston, S.C.
Date of application for pension,  Mar. 5, 1834  His cl al
Residence at date of application,  Beaufort, S.C.
Age at date of application,  born Mar. 15, 1746 Charleston, SC
Remarks:  In 1834 Sol. lived with a granddaughter Mrs. Grayson.
No other data on file as to family.


Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856 [form number]
Page 44

Cordele, Ga         Rev. Sec.
Mch 13 - 1920

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington - D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send 
me, at your earliest convenience, the record of service
of the revolutionary pensioners, Daniel Stevens S.18214, of Charleston S.C. in 1834 and 
Henry Livingstone, of Abbeville
Co. S.C. in 1833, and greatly 
oblige.

Yours Very Truly
Mrs. D. A. Pitts
Cordele, 
Ga.

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
D
MAR
15
1920
Page 45

Fayette Miss.
3/6/1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

Do you have record of Daniel Stephens
or Matthew Stephens of North or South
Carolina, as Revolutionary Soldiers.
Thanks for any information.

Yours very truly
Mrs. K. N. Harrigill


[date stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 8 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 4
VETS ADM
Page 46

March 31, 1916

[stamp]
Referred to the Chief
Revolution Sec
MAR 31 1916
BY THE 
COMMISSIONER


Please give Senator
Tillman such information
as you can in regard to 
this matter.

TFD

Mr. Kohn sent three photos
to Mr. Tillman one a 
photo of a copy of a rill of 
Capt. Thos. Grimball's Co. Art.
endorsed with sworn statement
of Thos. Lee Dist. Judge S.C. 
Mar 5, 1834, "in the matter 
of the application of Daniel
Stevens."  (see that claim roll mentioned there)
a copy of one, a list of S.C. men      over
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who had taken the oath
of allegiance to that State
the name A. Alexander
was on this list - 
and one certificate signed
J. Minot Comm. of Pensions
Dec. 4, 1855, stating "that the 
pages of this book numbered
from 1 to 100 contain true
copies of all the miscellaneous
rolls relating to Revolutionary service
in the State of S.C. now
in the Office of the Commissioner 
of Pensions".
Heis [his] purpose was to 
get a tracing of the 
signature of A. Alexander.
These photos were returned to Senator
Tillman.  Mar. 31, 1916

A Wilson
Rev. War Secretary
Page 48

Honorable B. R. Tilman
United State Senate.

My dear Senator:

In response to your personal inquiry of this
date, and the attached letter of Mr. August Kohn, of Columbia,
South Carolina, relative to three enclosed photographs of Revolutionary
War documents, I have the honor to advise you that
the Act of Congress, dated July 27, 1892, required the transfer
to the War Department, of all military rolls of the Revolutionary 
War which were in the possession of the Bureau of Pensions,
and in compliance with said Act, the rolls and miscellaneous
papers of the State of South Carolina were forwarded to that 
Department on September 6, 1894.  The Adjutant General, U.S.A.
is now the custodian of such papers.
The Revolutionary War records of the Bureau now consist
of claims for pension and bounty land, and as a careful
search of the records fails to show such a claim on file for 
any soldier of South Carolina named A--- Alexander, this 
Bureau is unable to aid Mr. Kohn in his effort to obtain the 
tracing of the signature of that soldier.

Very truly yours,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.