Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 9500, Mathew Vandiver, N.C.
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(3-1776)
Service
 NC
Vandiver, Mathew 
Number S9500
B.L.W.T 26368-160-55
Contents
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12.722
North Carolina 
Mathew Vandiver 
[illegible]
In the state of No.C
As a Pri in the company commanded 
Captain Hale of the Reg. Commanded
In the No. Car
Pri 10 mos & 18 days
Inscribed on the role of North Carolina 
At the rate of 35 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, [illegible}
Certificate of Pension the 18th day of May [illegible] and sent her [illegible]
Statesville N.C.
Appears to the 4th of March ‘33-70.66
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sept.- 17.66.2
$88.32
Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by WM Miller
Clerk
Book 3
Vol 6 
Page 58
Order to pay June 17
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North Carolina
Iredell County
On this 22 day of February 1833 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, and opened and held as such this day for the County and State aforesaid, Matthew Vandiver  of said County
and State, aged eighty years since the 8th day of March last, who being first 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 7th June 1832 -  that he the said
Matthew Vandiver entered the service of the United States as a volunteer militia soldier for the period of five months in the winter and spring of the year 1776, in the company commanded by Capt William Knox of the then County of Rowan now County of Iredell, North Carolina that they marched from home
to the Town of Salisbury in said County of Rowan from thence across the Yadkin River under the command of Gen Rutherford whom they had joined
at Salisbury - the troops remained at the Yadkin River for some time, and
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then took up the line of March for Fayetteville
in North Carolina but did not arrive at that place till after the Scotch were defeated by Gen Caswell in the battle at Moore's Creek Bridge
This was the company in which he was under Capt Knox was then ordered to remain at
Fayetteville for the purpose of guarding the Scotch prisoners and continued in
this service till the expiration of their
term -  that he obtained a written discharge from his Captain but it has he lost or mislaid so that he has not been able to recover it -
The said Matthew Vandiver further
states that he again entered the public
service in the company commanded by
Hugh Hall for the term of three
months, in the County and State aforesaid
in the Spring of the year 1780; that
they marched from home to the Town of
Salisbury, from thence they marched
to join Gen. Rutherford on the Road to Charlotte
to they crossed the Catawba River and proceeded on to the place called Ramseur where the battle
was fought the morning of their arrival but the troops under Gen Rutherford did not come up in time to be
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engaged in the battle; after remaining
at Ramseur a few days he the said
Vandiver hired a substitute who performed
the residue of the service, he having been
engaged in it six weeks
The said Matthew Vandiver  further states that he again entered the public service for three months in the year he thinks, of 1780 in the winter of that  year as a drafted militia solder; in the company commanded
by Hugh Hall; that they marched from home on towards Hillsborough in North Carolina, in theCounty of Guilford - they joined other
troops under the command of Capt.
Paisley of that county; they proceeded on
toward Hillsborough where the British
army was stationed under the command of Lord Cornwallis,-  Before they reached Hillsborough the enemy cavalry under Tarleton had command of that place. The American Troops being composed of the militia, Lee's horse and the Catawba Indians
went in pursuit of Tarleton's horse;
They were engaged in this pursuit when they met a band of Tories at a place called the Race paths under the command of Colonel Biles[?]. These were attached
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by the forces under Genl. Lee and cut to
pieces Tarlton's corps - at the time of this affair were stationed at oneal's [?] about three miles from the Rose paths, and on hearing of Pile's defeat, they pushed off to join Cornwallis in Hillsborough- The Troops under Lee pursued as far as
they thought prudent and finding they
could not overtake the enemy, were
ordered to stop the pursued about 8
or 10 miles from Hillsborough-The
American Troops were stationed in the
neighborhood of the enemy for about
three weeks and then Captain Hall's
company were discharged, having been
engaged in this service about six weeks
from the time this had entered it. The
at the end of six weeks discharge from this service at the end of six weeks when he had been called out for three months, the said [illegible] believes was
owing to the fact that he had furnished
his own have-- He obtained a written
discharge which has been lost or mislaid
The said Matthew Vandiver further states that he again entered the
service of the United States as a drafted
militia soldier for the period of three
months under Capt James Stevenson
of the County of Iredell aforesaid, in the fall of the year 1781; that
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they marched to Salisbury, from thence
to Randolph County, where they joined
Col. Isaacs; after the junction with Col Isaacs they proceeded in different directions through the country and were engaged in pursuing the noted Tory leader Fannin or Fanning - but they were unable to take the Tory chief but did capture many
of the Tories, with twenty seven of whom
he and others of Capt Stevenson company, were ordered to guard to the town of Salisbury and to lodge them in jail. At the time when he the said Vandiver was ordered away to guard the tories as aforesaid he obtained a written
discharge from Capt Stevenson,
but not more than two months
of his term had probably then
expired - This discharge was also lost
or mislaid
And the said Matthew Vandivier further states that he again entered the service
for the period of two weeks under Hugh Hall acting as the Capt. or Lieutenant In this service and they engaged in the pursuit of a Leading Tory called Aldridge, and the party confederated with him-- Also a
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further term of ten days under the
command of Capt David Caldwell
when the British had taken Charleston
and it was reported they were about
to march through South Carolina
In this service they marched forty or
fifty miles, on towards South Carolina
and the report of the approach of the
[illegible] not being confirmed, Capt.
Caldwell and his company returned home - from there his last period
of service he does not now remember
that he obtained any discharges
And the said Matthew Vandivier further says that he has resided in the County of Iredell (formerly Rowan ever since
he was about twenty years of age
that he thinks he can prove
the facts set forth in this declaration
by sundry persons of his acquaintance.
that the depositions of these persons
when obtained will be hereto annexed
be here by 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 year
and day aforesaid
Mathew Vandiver
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William Woodside certifies that he is acquainted with Mathew Vandiver, and served in the Revolutionary War with him a tour of duty on deep river after Col. Fannon & the tories. Vandiver was at that time under Capt. [illegible] 
Sworn & subscribed 
Feb 22 1832
WM Woodside
I William Stevenson and Henry Steele pending in the county of Iredell State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mathew Vandiver who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 80 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 this opinion.
-Henry Steele
William Stevenson further says that he served one tour date of three months or thereabouts with the said Mathew Vandiver in a Company commanded by Capt. Hugh Hall and he thinks it was in the center or spring of 1781 and has reason to believe that he was at the times on the service of his country but was not partially in Camp with him except the one tour 
William Stevenson
Mark
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And the said court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named affiant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appear to them that William Stevenson and William Woodside and who has signed the preceding certificate resides in the County of Iredell and is credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Absalom Simonton Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarters session of Iredell County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mathew Vandiver [illegible]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office 22 day of February 1833.
A Simonton Clerk
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124,076 
Act March 2/53
May 8/53
Mathew Vandiver
Capt. W.M. Knox 
Gen. Rutherford
Revolutionary War
N.C. June 32-12722
William May.22. 1856
[illegible]
J.M. Rose
Fayetteville n.c.
J M Rose 1756
[illegible] 2/61
In regard to membership [illegible] NC
Vol. 6. 
Page 71.
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124.076
No. 1
Bounty land claim
Act March 36, 1855
Mathew Vandiver
Revolutionary War
Filed by 
John M. Rose, 
Fayetteville, N.C.
Printed at the ARGNS job office, Fayetteville, N.C.
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State of North Carolina 
County of Iredell
On this the 9th day of Apl 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mathew Vandiver, aged [illegible] years, a resident of Iredell Co. in the State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical [illegible]who was a private in the company commanded by Captain William Knox in the—- regiment of—----commanded by Gen.Rutherford in the war of the Revolution that he—---at—-----[illegible] about the —----, 18,for the term of three months, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at—------[illegible] or about—----.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under Act approved March 3, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress,now made any other application therefore.
H.R. Hall J.P.
His 
M Mathew Vandiver 
Mark
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We, E.A. Hall and J. M. Hall, residents of Iredell Co., North Carolina, declares that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mathew Vandiver in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and circumstances of the applicant, that he is the identical persons he represents himself to be.
[illegible signature]
The foregoing Declarations and Affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and years above= written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the persons he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim, and am not engaged in this prosecution. 
[illegible] H. R. Hall

State of North Carolina
County of Iredell
I, Milas F. Finland Clerk of the County of Pleas and Quarters 
Sessions of said county do certify that H.R. Hall ESQ. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate was at the time a justice of the peace in and for our said County, and that all his acts are entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand and private seal, this 27th day of April, 1855
M F Freeland, clerk
Seal
My seal of office being destroyed by his recent fire I use my private seal according to an act of assembly passed 1853 for this relief of Iredell
M.F. Freeland
Clk.
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May 20, 1931
War Department 
Office of the Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch 
Washington, D.C.
Rev. & 1812 
Wars section
MMHF: MLB
Dear sir;
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9500, that Mathew Vandiver was born March 8, 1752, place not stated. 
While a resident of Rowan County ( which was later Iredell County), North Carolina, where he had lived since he was about twenty years of age, he enlisted in the winter of 1776 and served five months as a private in Captain William Knox’s North Carolina company. He enlisted in the Spring of 1780 and served six weeks in Captain Hugh Hall’s North Carolina company, and in the winter of 1780 he enlisted and served six weeks in said company. He enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served two months in Captain James Stevenson’s North Carolina Company. After this, he served two weeks under Captain Hugh Hall, and later, ten days under Captain David Caldwell.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 22, 1833, while a resident of Iredell County, North Carolina. On April 9, 1855 he was still living in said county.
Very truly yours
E.W. Morgan 
Acting Commissioner
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23122
Matthew Vandiver 
Iredell County
North Carolina 
Admit as a Private
For 10 mon and [illegible] 18 days 
3533
Theophilus Hall
Statesville,
N.C.
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War Department
Pension Office, 
183
Sir; 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7th, 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. These 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement showing the service of Matthew Vandivier, Iredell County, North Carolina
Period when the service was remembered : Volunteer 1776, 1780 drafted as 1781
Years
Months :5, 1,1 ,2 
Rank of the Claimant: Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Knox., Capt. Hall, Capt. Stevenson, Capt. Hall, Capt. Caldwell
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers:Col. Pursley 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:[illegible] defeat
Country through which he marched: Salisbury, Yadkin, Fayetteville, Charlotte, Catawba, [illegible], Hillsboro
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.:80, Rowan Co. N.C.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: WM Woodside proves the two months tour. The witness proves the character of the applicant and part of his service as set forth.
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 
Applicants and Witnesses Statements, not attested if sworn to.
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2
Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State Troops,” 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 or cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
Indian Spies
As [illegible] 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 } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before 
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory, or District 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 set 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 the State in which he resided when he [illegible] 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 any State,or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 the 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 ( in the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with—, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; 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 day 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 it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the —---and that C.D. who has 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 said Court, in the  matter of the application of —---for a pension
In testimony whereof, I 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 a 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 his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.
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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
Where and in what year were you born?
Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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.
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?
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 he 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 the 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 the 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in the 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 or 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.
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under who 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 application cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“ personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;-For—Year—---months, and—---days, I served as a —--For —-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 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 dispute .
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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 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 from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the 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. 
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
 The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[illegible]
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124076
Mr.J M Rose
Fayetteville 
NC.
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Bethany Indell
April 28th 1855
Dear Sir,
I send you enclosed Mathew Vandivers certificate made out as full as I can do it. I dont know that he is entitled to any bounty land, but I send the paper to you for what its worth. He became a pensioner I presume from the papers I find in 1833, and there are papers in the office of the Sec. of War, or the Pension office which will throw all the light upon it necessary act in this matter for a relative of the old man who requested me to unto to Mr. Fuller formerly & now to yourself.
Rev. Mr. Rockwell is one of my most intimate and highly esteemed friends.
Yours respectfully,
H.R. Hall
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Washington D.C. 
Aug 17th 1852
Sir
Enclosed I send you a power of attorney from Mathew Vandiver a Revolutionary Pensioner on the North Carolina Roll under act 7 June 1832 please have the papers [illegible] them
Very Respectfully
John T. Bryant 
Hon. J E Heath 
Comm of Pensions
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124076
Fayetteville May 6 NC 
Hon LP Waldo
Commissioner of pensions
Washington D.C.
Free
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26368
[illegible]
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Ren [illegible]
S.7. 9500
Correct file
Jacket (surname) 
To whom—
Vandiver.
Vandivier- incorrect.
-[illegible]
Jan 19/05
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Mathew Vandiver 
NC [illegible]
Aug 1852
Capt Bryant
Washington D.C.
[illegible]  Cole
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[illegible]
9500
Invalid.
File no. 9500
Mathew Vandiver 
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 1, Page 388
[ arrangement of 1870.]
Mathew Vandiver 
Records/ Corrected 
Jany 21 1905.
1924- May 22-[illegible]
Vandiver- [illegible]
1931-May 20-[illegible]
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No 124.076
Act 3rd [illegible]
Mathew Vandiver
Rev War
26368
160
[illegible] M. Rose
Fayetteville 
N.C.
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[illegible] No 124.076
Act 3rd [illegible]
Fayetteville NC
May 13, 1856
Mathew Vandivers claim is suspended have his Rev. Services is not of record [illegible] cannot allow the claim. J. M. Rose
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Fayetteville NC May 1855
Hon L Waldo 
[illegible] 
Declaration as follows 
Molly Cabreth
Mary Jackson
Lemuel Marrael 
Charlotte A. Brown 
Mathew Vandiver
[illegible] Morn
J. M. Rose
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Hon Lewis Capt. 
Secretary of [illegible]
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Statesville Febry 22nd 1833
Jackson County NC
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the declaration of Mathew Vandiver for a pension. I was written by me Wiliams in August last but was not executed till today owing to sickness was not able to procure [illegible]
Mr. Campbell and myself inclosed you about forty declarations in the mouth of August last from which we have had no return with the exception of one by the name of Samuel Wilson and to us by Mr. Williams. The applicants has been very impatient and wish to hear from you as soon as they have underwent an examination.
Respectfully yours,
Theophilus Halls
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
May 22, 1924
Almuth C. Vandiver
37 Wall St., 
New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 9500 it appears that Mathew Vandiver was born March 8, 1752, the place not stated.
While a resident of Rowan County (which was later Iredell County), North Carolina, where he had lived since he was about twenty years of age, he enlisted in the winter of 1776 and served five months as a private in Captain William Knox’ North Carolina company. 
He enlisted in the Spring of 1780 and served six weeks in Captain Hugh Hall’s North Carolina Company, and in the winter of 1780 he enlisted and served six weeks in said company.
He enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served two months in Captain James Stevenson’s North Carolina Company. After this he served two weeks under Captain
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Hugh Hall, and later ten days under Captain David Caldwell.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 22, 1833 while a resident of Iredell County, North Carolina. On April 9, 1855 he was still living in said county. There is no data on file as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data: “Mathew Vandiver, certificate 12722, issued May 18, 1833, rate $35.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency”.
Respectfully,
 Commissioner.
(This declaration was written in Aug 1832 am [illegible] aged 80 this previous March. The [illegible] declaration was changed when [illegible] Feb. 1833 [illegible] body of decision was not changed. So he was 80 in 1832-
Date of death [illegible])
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War Department 
Office of the Quartermaster General 
Washington
In reply refer to QM 095 
A-M
Adams, Mrs. T.L.
May 12, 1931. 
Subject: Military Service.
To: Veterans’ administration, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
It is requested that this office be furnished such information as may be found in your files relative to the military service of the following named Revolutionary Soldiers:
Captain Hugh Hall
Pvt. Alexander Hall
Pvt. Abraham Hill
Pvt. Matthew Vandiver
Nicholas Gaither
For the Quartermaster General: 
R E Shannon
R.E. Shannon 
Captain. Q. M. corps,
Assistant.
Incl. 
Letter April 9, 1931
US Pension Office 
May 14 
1931
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AM 095 A-M
Adams, Mrs. T.L.
May 12, 1931
Subject: Military Service.
To: Veterans’ Administration,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
It is requested that this office be furnished such information as may be found in your files relative to the military service of the following named Revolutionary Soldiers: 
Captain Hugh Hall
Pvt. Alexander Hal
Pvt. Abraham Hill
Pvt. Matthew Vandiver
Nicholas Gaither 

For the QuarterMaster General:
R.E. Shannon,
Captain, Q.M. Corps, 
Assistant. 

Incl.
Letter April 9, 1931
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Battle, Vandiver, Levy & Van Tine 
37 Wall Street
New York 
George Gordon Battle 
Almuth C. Vandiver 
Isaac H. Levy 
Addison A. Van Tine
Ludlow S. Fowler
Telephone 
Hanover 6936
Cable Address
“Counsellor”
2-S
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April 16, 1924
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me a copy of the pension application of Matthew Vandiver of the Company of Captain Hall and William Knox, enlisted from Rowan County, N.C. and who died in Iredell County, N.C. I wish particularly to know his birth place and the person to whom his pension was paid after his death. He was living in 1855.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Respectfully yours, 
Almuth C. Vandiver
U.S. Pension Office 
Apr 18 
1924
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Know all men by these presents that I Mathew Vandiver of Iredell County State of North 
Carolina do hereby irrevocably [illegible] and appoint John T Bryan of the city of Washington District of Colombia, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name place & stead, to claim, recover & receive for me any [illegible] sums of money due & unpaid to me, on account of any rages or increase of pension which may be due to me existing pension laws, to fill such evidence as may be [illegible] make such arguments as may be requisite to & collect such sums as maybe found to be as aforesaid & to receipt for the same, as my said money. Hereby ratifying & confirming all that [illegible] said [illegible] may legally do or cause to be done in the premises. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of July 1852
Elam Gaither
W.C.Summers
Mathew Vandiver
(his mark)
State of North Carolina
Iredell County
Be it known that on the 13th of July 1852, before the subscriber as Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Mathew Vandiver above named acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above named.
Hugh R. Hall [illegible]
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State of North Carolina
County of Iredell
J.F. [illegible] Clerk of the County Court of [illegible] state aforesaid do hereby certify that H R Hall is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the day of and will on the day of above written is genuine be and that his signature given under my hand and not of said county this 9th day of August 1852
J.F. Alxander Clerk