Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21550, David Verner, S.C.
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(8-1778)

Service
S.C.

Verner, David

Number
S 21550

Contents
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29.978
South Carolina
David Verner
in the state of S.C.
was a Sergeant in the ____commanded by Captain ______of the _______commanded by ______in the _______line for 15 month & 5 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 75 Dollars 83 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of June 1835 and sent to Willaim L. Keith Anderson Court House S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of ____
Semi-annual allowance ending___

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by James Boyd clerk
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 82

sent to pay 2nd August 1831
Paid at the Treasury from 4th March 1831
to 4th Sept. 1837 under act of April 6, 1838 agent notified June 4 38

Paid at the Treasury under act 6 April 1838, from 4 September 1837 
4 March 1838 Agent notified 19 April 1839
J.J. Combs June 1718

10 June 1852 died
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Power of Attorney 
from
Mary Ledbetter
to James A. Balck

Case of David Verner deceased
S.C. Act 1832 adjust

J.J. Combs
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Declaration of David Verner
The State of South Carolina
Anderson District

On the fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared David Verner in open court before the court of General Sessions and Common Pleas now sitting for Anderson district a resident of the said state and district aged seventy four 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 papered June 17, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. When in the seventeenth year of his age in the fall/September or October of 1777 under the command of Capt. Robert Anderson in Col Andrew Pickens Regiment as a private he did a tour of duty of seven months against the Cherokee Indians and in guarding the Frontier of South Carolina against the incursions.

In the fall of 1778 this deponent is pretty confidant from circumstances it must have been the first part of October he joined General Jack's Regiment of Minute Men intended to serve in the upper part of Georgia & South Carolina. He and his brothers united themselves to the command of the Militia brothers Capt. James Pettigrew for three years if they liked the service but were not to have marched off without this current and attached to Battalion a regiment commanded by Major Michael Dicken and with these troops, he served seven months an proved a written discharge which has been long since destroyed
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immediately volunteered in a mounted rifle company under Captain William Law in Col. Rickens regiment and started (May 1779) on the Florida expedition marched beyond St. Kings in the direction of a Fort Garrisoned under one Brown who executed and burnt it and retired to St. Augustine The troops recurring sickly they were marched back and divided this department having been on this two three months.

In the winter of 1779 in Capt. William Harris Company under Major Alexander Cole and Col. Andrew Pickens Regiment with three companies of Militia marched to Beach Island and engaged in scouring the country about east to S.C. he was on another tour of service for three months and having returned home in March he is well satisfied in his own mind this tour commenced in December.

In May 1780 under the same command he was marching to the relief of Charleston when on their way heard of it and returned having been out one month. The country being overcome and dissipated he and his brothers were on the way of fleeing the country but by the arrived of time Col. (Andrew Pickens) in where regiment they lived and the entreaties of this father corrected to engage in common with the neighbors to suspend hostilities and wait for better times.

In the Fall of the same year having received some injuries from the Tories with forty of his neighbors they embowered under the command of a Captain Primer for self protection they marched Northernly and having present accepting to this number they resumed about three hundred and under the command of a Col. Few were engaged in scouting parties and partisan engagements when they fell in with a detachment of the enemy from Ninety Six
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commanded by Col. Burgen were defeated and again discharged this department having been out this tour at least three months.
In May 1781 again in Captain's James the fall Rile Company I joined General Green was with him at the siege of |96| Ninety Six marched with him towards North Carolina and having been out three months, was taken sick and from with to 20 to see sent in that right torn when he returned had his company having served him. He served a turn of one month member for Picks against a Tory major (named not recollected) who was in buried in the neighborhood of Bull Swamp & who was reported by them and returned into the Indian Country.
They returned by Land and in a few days followed on into the Indian nature and was in service this two also at last one month which from the best calculation he make must have been onto as his recollect well they gathered peas to forage this land. In '82 he went with Col. Anderson over the acreage took refuge in Georgia and various tour in some against Indians & Tories return the term of served he set forth this duration or any particulars he reacted with them cannot recalled time. He resided during the war in the neighborhood of Andrew Picks and in a whig country and belonged to a whig breed and was himself actively engaged as often as opportunity offered.
He frequently served as a Seargent and once as a lieutenant when regiment but his appointment to these offices were never in writing. He claims only for services ranking as a private and was always a volunteer having specially attached himself to serve of the command mentioned a belonged to company which had volunteered or were Litte? off in division there had any discharged in writing but he and form Jacks Regiment which has been long said destroyed. He has as Part
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30.486 

knowledge of any surviving within who served with him during the war though he think the reputation of him having been a thoughtful soldier if the revolution or survival in his neighborhood founded purposefully on a character divided from those with whom he served but who are long since dead. For answer to 1st Question of Department says he was born in Virginia on the 20th of February 1760.

Answer to 2nd Question. He has a heard of this are taken from a family band kept by his father but over not known when the original is.

Answer to 3rd question resided '82 was living in Anderson District this sate when called in service where he had removed in his fourteenth year and where he continued to live until he removed in the Spring. Into which and son where he has lived for forty eight years.

Answer to 4th Question. Already stated.
Answer to 5th & 6th already said were as far as he is no was never placed out they Place in Roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court day & year aforesaid.
David Verner
Van A. Lawhorn
C.C.

We David Humphreys a Judge was residing in Andrew District and James Gilmer residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Verner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe herein to be the age he has stated that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
James A. Lawhorn C.C.
David Humphrey
James Gilman.

And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the interrogation 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 certifies that it appears to them that David Humphreys who has signed the preceding certificate isa clergyman resident in the district aforesaid and that James Gilman who signed the same isa resident in the same district are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
B.J. Earle Court Judge

I Van A. Lawhorn clerk of the court of Common Pleas for Anderson District do herby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Verner for a pension. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of March 1830.

Van A. Lawhorn 
C.C.
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The state of South Carolina
Pickens District

John Verner appeared personally in open court being the court of sessions & sworn such placed for Pickens district and being duly sworn declare that he is now seventy one years aged being a few years younger than his brother David Verner who has subscribed a declaration for a pension at Anderson Court House 4th March 1834 This deponent knows that his brother was actively engaged during the revolutionary war and having hear his declaration had declare his entire belief in the statement there made through he did not serve ongoing way of the Tories set forth with him.

He recollects he having gone off against the Cherokee Indians under Capt. Robert and he has known that he enlisted under his uncle Capt. James Pettigrew & served same time and shortly after discharged from Jacks minute men he joined Capt. A. Call and went off on the Florida Expedition after the fall of Charleston this deponent was frequently out himself and was seasonably in company with his brother recollects especially serving with him in the
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tourn when he was at the siege of 96 and they frequently when they had him out and after they return often talked their services now and this deponent is well opinioned in his own said that his brother must have been in actual service more than 2 years.
John Verner
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
B. J. Earle Presiding Judge

I B.J. Earle Presiding judge certify from a long personal acquaintance with John Verner Esq who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a man of grand character and whose statement is entitled to full credit and implicit belief.
March 10th 1834.
B.J. Earle

I William L. Keth Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas certify that the foregoing presents the affidavit of John Verner in Open Court and that the attestation of the presiding Judge is genuine. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this tenth of March 1834.
William L. Keith
Clerk of Court
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Special Power of Attorney-Carolinian Print
_______________________________________________

The State of South Carolina.

Know all Men by these Presents, that Hillary Ledbetter on of the children their of ____ above of David Verner deceased late of Anderson District a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, & who died on the Tenth day of June A.D. 1852 leaving no widow but the undersigned children, said David Verner having drawn his pension at the rate of seventy five dollars & eighty three cents per annum do make, constitute, and appoint James A. Black of Columbia South Carolina my
True and Lawful Attorney for us and in our names to prosecute before the pension office of the United States our claim to an increase aforesaid annual pension allowance of our said deceased father, to examine all papers on file in the case audit to which such valid legal testimony and arguments shall clearly show outright to said claim of increase due as such living children therein.
with power also, an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for the purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts for effecting the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney or his Substitute or Substitutes, shall do therein, by virtue thereof.

In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this Twenty Second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of}
James M. Laskey (seal)
John Martin (seal)
George Ledbetter (seal)
Mary Ledbetter (seal)

Be it Known, That on the 22nd day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and in the eightieth year of the Independence of United States of America, before me, James M Laskey a magistrate duly commissioned and sorn, came Mary Ledbetter above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be act and deed.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at my office in Anderson District in the State of South Carolina, the day and year last mentioned.

James M. Laskey (seal)
Magistrate A.D.
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Power of Attorney
from 
Mary Ledbetter
to James A. Black

Case of David Rick Verner deceased
S.C. Act 1832 adjust

J.J. Coombs
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State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Elijah Webb Clerk of the court of common pleas for Anderson District in said state do hereby hereby certify that James M. Laskey Esquire before whom the within Power of attorney was acknowledged as appeared by his name in his own hand & ordering attesting the same was at the date thereof a magistrate for Anderson District duly appointed qualified according to law
given under my hand and seal of office this 24th day May 1856.
Elijah Webb
C.C. A.D.
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David Verner
South Carolina
30.480

Admit as such
15mo. & 5 days
$75.83

David Verner
Anderson District
Anderson
Pickens

William L. Keith Esq
Pickens C.H. S.C.
(above name/courthouse crossed out on document)

This applicant living in Anderson District
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: } ). You will when you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and you will by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

_______________________________________________

A Statement, showing the service of David Verner
_________________________________________________


Period when the service was rendered

1777
1778
1779
1781

Duration of Service
Years, Months, Days

1777 1 month 7 months
1778  2 months 7 months
1779 3 months/ 3months
1781 1 month, 3 months
3 months, 1 month, 1 month

Rank of the Claimant
(blank)

Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served

15/370/30/70
see 3 page

Proof by which the declaration is supported

370 12
12 months 5 days

2# requires further explanation
3# inadmissible

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
The law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," " State Troops." Militia", and "Volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a court of record of the county where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of } S.S.

On this ___day of ___ personally appeared 9a) before___ A.B. a resident (b) of ___in the county of___ and State, Territory or District of ___aged (c)___ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)___, with ___ and served in the ___(e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:
[Here act forth the names and rank of the field and company officers; the time he left the service; ( and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and state in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any in which he was engaged,  and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, & c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in and State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____of the Court of ________
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of _____for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 

If, on examination of proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____and C.D. residing (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 is appears to them that A.B. and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I _________Clerk of the Court of _______do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ______for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___day of ___&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. this is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of this claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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 services.
6{ To a soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] the age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace &c. A.B. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ___  year___ months, and ___days I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper form being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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February 19, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Miss Boyce Ledbetter
Walker Park
Monroe, Georgia

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21550, that David Verner was born February 20, 1760 in Virginia.

While residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina, he served in the South Carolina troops, as follows:

From the Fall of 1776, seven months as a private in Captain Robert Anderson's company, colonel Andrew Pickens' regiment; from the fall of 1777, seven months in Captain James Pettigrew's company of minutemen under Major Michael Dickson ( the said Captain James Pettigrew was soldier's mother's brother); early in 1776 three months in Captain McCall's company of mounted riflemen, Colonel Pickens' regiment, and started in May on the Florida expedition; from December, 1779, three months in Captain Williiam Harris' company, Colonel Andrew Pickens' regiment; from May, 1780, three months in Captain Prince's company, colonel Few's regiment; from May, 1781, three in Captain James McCall's company, and was in the siege of Ninety Six;; and he afterwards served several tours of one month each in Colonels Pickens' and Anderson's regiments until in 1782. Soldier stated that he served frequently as a sergeant and once as adjutant but did not specify in which tours said served was rendered.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1834, while a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina.

He died June 10, 1852, leaving no widow, but children

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survived him, only name given being Mary Ledbetter. The name of his wife is not mentioned.

Very truly yours

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner


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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District

David Verner of the state and district aforesaid appeared personally before me and make oath in due form to the following declaration by way of amendment to his original declaration made in open court 4th March 1834 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress papered 7th June 1832.

This deponent feels it due to himself to explain a error contained in the date of his first tour of duty a set down in his original declaration. He kept his journal and he was able to fix the year of his entering the service principally form a knowledge of the year of his birth and the age at which he was when he first timeout a first stated he entered the service going on his seventeenth year but it was in 1776 and not in 1777 and the inaccuracy advances the succeeding service one year to early as he knew it was rendered the next year after his first and his attention was principally directed to the character of the service and the pension with where he served and the relative dates that each tour bore to the men that proceeded of the error in the year first set down he became  very some satisfied in reflection therefor his declaration being forwarded to the department it was beyond his control to make the correction the three first tours of duty are correctly setforth except as regards the year that render Capt. R. Anderson having commenced in 1776 Capt. Pettigrew in 1777 and with Cat. McCall in 1778.

The Department having returned the deponents original declaration for "further explanations" of his engagement under Capt. Pettigrew he can only add that he had is brother being quite young and their uncle in
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Pettigrew engaged in recruiting men with the consent of their father they enlisted under said Pettigrew for three years being promised a bounty of 200 acres of land their father stipulating however that they shared be at thirty to substitute or be discharged of order whenever received for them to reach to any distant country. They were called minute men and were principally in service on the Fronteer's of South Carolina & Georgia until the expedition was undertaken against Florida orders being received for the detachment to march and thus deponents father being apprehensive form the character of the service & the servers of the year that we might not be able to undergo the fatigue of so long a march on foot claimed if Capt. Pettigrew a enlistment of his (illegible) who accordingly gave to this deponent a written discharge as before stated and he therefore immediately (May 1778) joined the mounted rifle company commanded by Capt. McCall as by this change he served this advantage of rejoining the service alluded to was to join General Robert Howe and is the same tour was shown to him for this first time had he been impaired of it being recorded in history a Remsays History of United States 2 vol. page 272. His tour of service with Pettigrew was for service heartly and with McCall for three months as Stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state though he has been in the receipt of a pension form the state of South Carolina for a number of years he was new furnished with some indents which he exchanged with the state from granted land and which of proved way to this some of his services.
Sworn to & subscribed October 27th 1834 before me
Joseph N. Whitner
Court Probate & 2 w. Ex. Office
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office

May 21, 1838

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, " David Verner a pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of seventy five dollars and eighty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Mach 1837 to the 4th September 1837.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office,

April 8th, 1839.

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," David Verner, Sen: a pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Seventy five Dollars and eighty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1827 to the 4th March, 1838.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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In the case of James Huez deceased susp. 1832, it is shown that in SC a sergeant received 12/6 per day on L 100 currency for 176 days Sept.
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Washington, May 31, 1856


Sir:

Enclosed I have the honor to present additional evidence of the service of David Verner, deceased with a view of obtaining a small increase of the pension granted him under act of 1832.

He was allowed a pension, I understand, at the rate of $79.83 per annum. The certificate of the comptroller now presented, shows a payment of L. 52.17.6, sterling, equal to $226.60 federal currency. The half of this same amounts to $113.30, which I suppose should be the amount of pension allowed, I have not examined the original papers on file but understand Verner served as a Sergeant.

Very respectfully
your obedient servant
J.L. Coombs

Hon. J. Minot
Court of Pensions

*The certificate of the Comptroller shows it.
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David Verner deceased
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Columbia S.C.
May 29th 1836

Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

You will please permit Mr. J.J. Coombs for me to examine the papers in the claim of David Verner of this state pensioner under act of 7th June 1832, & to file any proof & arguments going to show that there is a small increase due his children. The power of attorney to me which will be shown by Mr. Coombs fully authorizes me to exercise power of substitution.

I am 
Very respectfully your obedient observant
James A. Balck
for Mrs. Mary Ledbetter
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia So. Ca:
May 28th 1836

"No. 101] Issued the 6th June 1783 to Mr. David Verner for fifty two"
Lib S Pounds 17s:6Stg for militia duty as Sergeant before & since the revolution of Charleston per account audited No. 42
principal L 52:17:6. Annual interest L 3: 14:0.
No. 42 101 S. Mr. David Verner his account of duty in the Militia as Sergeant done before audit in the revolution of Charleston amounting to currency L 270:2:6/ stg L 52:17:6

State So. Carolina Dr. to David Vener Sergeant for Duty to Col. Anderson's return
L. 370:2:6
Sterling L. 52:17:6
Received full satisfaction for the account in Indent no 101 S."
(signed) David Verner
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy taken from the records of this office.
For comptroller Genral
W.W. R. Huntt
Deputy
{No Seal of Office}
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Account & Certificate of David Verner's Revolutionary services So. Ca.

fee $8.00 paid by General Whitman
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State of South Carolina
Dr. to Dvid Vern Sergeant
for Duty for Col. Andersons regiment L. 370:2:6
Sterling L. 52:17:6
for which original of is the following in department viz.
Mr. David Verner his account of duty in the militia as Sergeant done before and since the revolution of Charleston amount to currency L. 270:2:6 Sterling L52:17:6
Esq. W.R.I. in Attorney
Received full satisfaction for this account in indent N. 101-L 
David Verner

Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia 7 May 1835}
I do hereby certify the above to be a true copy of the original account of David Verner for Militia duty performed in the Revolutionary War as settled and filed in this office.
Given under my hand at Columbia
William Laval Comptroller General
per
John T. Sibels

Revol. Duty of per day
cav 20/Sergt
equal to 15month L 5 day to Sergt..
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(Printed photo of state seal at top of document)


The State of South Carolina

By his Excellency,
George Mc Duffie Esq.
Jack Duffie
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State aforesaid
To all to Whom these presents shall come.
Know Ye that William Seval in Comptroller Genral of the State of South Carolina, that John Siebals whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the attached sheet of paper is now and was the same of signing the same the lawful deputy of the said William Saval that his said certificate is in due form and by the proper officer.
Therefore, all due faith, credit and authority is and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and certificates as such.
IN Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused affixed the seal of the state, in the Town of Columbia the seventh of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred thirty five and n the fifty nineth year of Independence of the United States of America.
B.H. Saxon
Secretary of State


by the Governor
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Amended Declaration of David Verner
Page 32

I Van A. Lawhorn clerk of the court of Session and common pleas for Anderson District certify that Joseph N. Whitmer before whom the foregoing declaration was made is now and was at the time certified an acting Notary Public in the said district and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of November 1834.
Van A. Lawhorn
C.C.
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52.17.6
20
N.6 105.72
150/12 690/8
200
690

270.26
in
7402/2
150'88.830/592
750
1383
1350
330
200
30/3/8
150/15/5
592-
365-1yr
30/127
4
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Washington, July 1, 1856.

Sir:

If, as stated in the enclosed letter, "there was on file when the case of David Verner of S.C. was admitted, a certificate from the office of the comptroller of S.C. showing precisely the same state of facts as the one presented by him on the 31st of May last, there was certainly a mistake made in the computation of the service.

The certificate which I presented, shows a payment of L52.17.6 sterling for militia duty as Sergeant before and since the redirection of Charleston.

In South Carolina sterling currency there are 4s. 8co to the dollar-on 5bd to his dollar. L 52. 17.6, reduced to pence, amounts to 12.690 pence. Denied this seems by 5b, and you have $226.60; being the pay of a Sergeant of Infantry for 22 2/3 months, or the pay of a Sergeant of Cavalry for 15 months and 3 or 4 days.
I presume Verner's service was mostly in the Cavalry, but as the pay rank covers less than two years whether computed
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computed as infantry or cavalry, it is perfectly immaterial which it is considered. The pension should be and half of the amount of the payment viz. $100.30.

I respectfully request a reexamination of the case, feeling certain that an error in the computations of the pension will become successful.

Very respectfully
your obedient servant
J.L. Coombs

Hon J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
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David Vernor
Act 1832, S.C.
admitted

833 1/3
15
4165
833
5
135.00
139
413639
68.19

8 1/3
3
25
6/833
138

50
25
75


J.L. Coombs
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Pension Office
June 17, 1856

Sir:

There was on file where the case of David Verner of S.C. was admitted a certificate from the office 
of the Comptroller of S.C. showing precisely the same state of facts as the one you now present and upon which you ask an increase of pension.
The amount of pay as shown by said certificate arrears a served of 15months & 15 days. service, for which he was allowed. No increase is due.

Viz. Respectfully yours
Minot
Commissioner

J.L. Coombs
Present}

L 52.17.6
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Audit to pay 2nd August 1837
Paid at the Treasury from 4th of March 1837 to 4 Sept. 1837 under Act of 6 April 1838 Agent notified 4th June 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1828 from 4 Sept. 1837 to 4 March 1838 Agent notified 19 April 1839

Amount of 75 dollars 83 cents per annum commencing on 4th day of march 1831
Certificate of Pension issued 23day of June
and sent to Columbia S.C.
issued $315.52
37.91
$341.23
Pension Claim
August 9, 1832
Boyd Clerk 
Vol.6 Page 82
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21150
Revolution
INVALID
File No. 21550
David Verner
Sergeant Revolution War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 2, Pages 432
{arrangement-1870}

1928 Feb. Hist to Mrs. W. H. Budd DWS
1931 Feb. 19 Hist. to Miss Boyce Ledbetter EMY
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Augusta & Atlanta TR. 1 July 4 1927 P.O.

This side of card is for address
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
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Gentlemen-

Will you please give me all information you can about John Verner (SP) John Verner Jr. and David Verner all fought in the revolutionary war and drew pensions. They lived in Pendleton & Pickens Counties in South Carolina.
With be very grateful to you for any and all assistance in making up record.
Yours 
Mrs. W.H. Budd
Oxford Georgia
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Georgia Vocation & Trade School
Formerly
Fifth District A. & M. School
J. Henry Walker, Principal
Monroe, Georgia

January 26, 1931.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Sir:

Can you supply me with the Revolutionary war record of David Verner, son of John Verner, Sr., and Mary Pettigrue Verner (both born in Ireland)? The said David Verner was born February 20, 1760 and died June 10, 1852. According to the record found in a family Bible I find the following:
"The said David Verner was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, entering as a private, served as a guard, minute man and sergeant".
This is all the information I have, but I should like to have this verified for membership in the Daughters of American Revolution.

If there are any charges, I shall be glad to remit upon statement from you.

Thanking you for your kindness in this matter, I am

Yours truly,
Boyce Ledbetter
(Miss) Boyce Ledbetter.

(Stamped: Pension Office Jan 31, 1931 U.S.)
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Rsv. and 1812
Wars Section.
Aws

February 10, 1928.

Mrs. W.H. Budd
Oxford
Ga.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 21550, it appears that David Verner was born February 20, 1760, in Virginia.

While residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina he served in the South Carolina Troops, as follows-

From the fall of 1776, seven months as private in Captain Robert Anderson's Company, Colonel Andrew Pickens' Regiment; from the fall of 1777, seven months in Captain James Pettigrew's Company of minute-men under Major Michael Dickson (the said Captain James Pettigrew was soldier's mother's brother); early in 1778 three months in Captain McCall's Company of mounted Rifle-men, Colonel Pickens' Regiment, and started in May on the Florida Expedition; from December 1779, three months in Captain William Harris'
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Company, Colonel Andrew Pickens' Regiment; from May 1780, one month in same company and regiment; in the fall of 1780, three months in Captain Prince's Company, colonel Few's Regiment; from May 1781, three months in Captain James McCall's Company, and was in the Siege of Ninety-Six; and he afterwards served several tours of one month each in Colonels Pickens' and Anderson's Regiments until 1782. Soldier stated that he served frequently as a Sergeant and once as Adjutant but did not specify in which tours said service was rendered.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1834, while a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina. He died June 10, 1852, leaving no widow, but children survived him, only name given being, Mary Ledbetter. (Name of wife not mentioned written in handwriting on typed letter)

Owning to lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner