Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31799, for Peter Kolb, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
S. C
Kolb, Peter
NUMBER
S. 31799
CONTENTS
[page with blank lines]
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Harry Roson
Jan
12 262
Georgia
Peter Kolb
Jones in the State of Geo who was a pri. in the
commanded by Captain Council of the Regt commanded by Col. Hick in the S.C. line for 11 mo. 19 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 35. Dollars 44 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of April 1833 and South Charles
McCarthy Clk. Clinton Geo
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 70.58
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
1772
$88.60 
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
BookE  Vol. 6 Page 95
20 Oct 1836
He died Dec. 8 - 1835
A.B.
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7, 17, 1776
Peter Kolb
N.B. The applicant wishes the Indian documents returned after examined.
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N.B. The applicant wishes the Indian documents returned after examined.
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Georgia Jones County
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Juton
rogatories prescribed by the war department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Gideon Mason who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County ofJones & State aforesaid & that Jacob Watson who has also signed the same is a resident of the State
& County aforesaid is a credible person & that their statement are entitled to credit-
John R. Moore J. J.C.
Thomas P. Slade J.J.C.
Graves AD Weaver T.J.C.
Georgia
Jones County
J. Charles Macarthy Clerk of the
said Inferior Court acting as a
Court of Ordinary, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the Original procee
dings of the said Court, in the matter of the
application of Peter Kolb for a pension in testomony whereof I have hereunto set my
In this my
hand & Seal of Office this 6th (13th) day of August 1832
Charles Macarthy cer CO
Georgia Jones County
I do hereby certify that John A More
Travis Weaver & Thos B Slatte are
acting Judge of the Inferior Court of said Coun
of Jones & now sitting as a Court of Ordinary
that it is a court of record & that the signatures
annexed are genuine.
6th (13th)day of August 1832
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Georgia Jones County
On this the 6th day of August personally appeared before John R. Stone, Davis A. Weaver & Thomas Slade Judges of the
Inferior Court of said County, sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, which is a Court of record,
Peter Kolb of the County Jones & the State aforesaid aged Sixty nine years, and
Eight months, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act
of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he enered the service of the United States, Malitia department, in the year 1779, with Col
George Hicks commander of the regiment
Capt Council commander of the company to
which he belonged, entered the service the
first of May 1779, left the service the last,
of June 1782 his first engagement continued for three months under the above mentioned officers next engagement continued not exceeding the month under the command Col Kolb, Majr Benton & Capt Standard, his third engagement commenced first January 1780 marched to Charleston under Col George Hicks & Capt Thomas Elliby, & was discharged from the enclosed parole in the month of July 1781- making about Eighteen months - his 4th Engagement commenced at the expiration of the above parole in the mouth
of June under the command of Genl Marion
Col Peter Hory & Col Postell & Capt Elliby, and
was released at the expiration of Two months. his fifth Engagement commenced first June 1782
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with a detached party under the command of
Lieutenant McCall who was of the army
of & under the command of Genl Marion
and continued for the period of thirty one
days - In some of his engagement he was ordered out as a member of a company of Mattia he resided in the County of Craven of the the province of South Carolina in same of
his engagement was drafted dislodged the enemy at Monks corner was in the Charleston which continued 29 days - his Marches principally through the lower part of the province he has nodocumentary evidence except what accompanies this declaration he states he has a record of his age & shown it in court. He received no written discharge nor hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension 
 roll of the agency of any state-
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Travis A.D. Weaver J.J.C.
John R. Moore J.S. C
Thomas B. Slade J.J.C.
Georgia Jonss County
We Gideon Mason a clergyman residing in
said County of Jones & Jacob Watson
residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Kolb who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be 69 or 70 yrs of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have 
been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed this side 6th day of August 1832
Gideon Moore
Jacob Watson
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1776
Peter Kolb
Admit as pable for
11 month 19 days
from 1777
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Capt annl $35.44
(illegible) SC
for lot Nov. 23
Chas Macarthy
Clinton C.H
Geo:
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1776
BRIEF in the case of Peter Kolb
county of Jones in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court
2.   If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[blank]
3.   How old is he? 
68-8ms
4.   State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period|1st May in 1779|again|1st July 1781|again|again/1782
Duration of Service|3 months|not exceeding 1 month|about 18 months|2 months|31 days
Rank|private|private|private|private|private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served|Cap. Council Col Hicks|Cap Standard Col Kolb|Thos Elliby Col Hicks|Thos Elliby Col Hory|Lt McCall Gen Marion

5.   In what battles was he engaged? 
Siege of Charleston
6.   Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Craven County S. Carolina
7.   Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary & documentary
8.   Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct

[?] Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
T. Waugh
Examining Clerk
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[?] 1776
Peter Kolb

amended application
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Declaration of Peter Kolb
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832
State of Georgia
County of Jones
On this seventh day of January in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared
in open court before the Court of Ordinary of said County & State
now sitting Peter Kolb a resident of said county of Jones in
said state aged seventy years on the 24th of November last, who
being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 
Congress passed June 7th 1832  That he entered the service 
of the United States under the following named officers and served
as herein stated, viz, he entered the service under the command
of Colonel George Hicks, and marched from about fifteen miles
below the long bluff on Peedee river South Carolina on
the first day of May seventeen hundred and seventy nine (1779) and
in the militia company under Captain Council to Charleston South
Carolina to oppose Lord Howe & was standing sentry at a magazine
in Charleston in that year when the battle was fought between
General Lincoln and Lord Howe at Stono and having a sick
brother George Kolb in the hospital applicant went home with him by 
permission to put the sick brother into a waggon that came from North
Carolina after [?] and by that means got him home to his fathers
residence where he marched from the last of July of that year being
a term of three months.  applicant next entered the service under 
the command of Col Kolb, Major Mouton & Captain Standard in the
month of September of the same year {[?] to march against the tories
on Lynches Creek in the upper part of South Carolina, collected the 
whigs at Captain Evans & while stationed there applicant was of the company
that guarded the tories at Evans & that was taken & guarded the
tories to jail at Long bluff near the river Peedee  adjacent to the
place now called Society Hill South Carolina; five of the torey men
hung at that place.  applicant served in this route one month and
applicant was afterwards in the same year drafted to serve a tour of three
months and marched on the first of January 1780 seventeen hundred and
eighty from his fathers residence to Charleston S.C. under command of
[cut-off] Elliby when the detachment in which applicant
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a term of three months. applicant next entered the service under
the command of Col Kolb, Major Mouton & Captain Standard in the
month of September of the same year {[?] to march against the tories
on Lynches Creek in the upper part of South Carolina, collected the
whigs at Captain Evans & while stationed there applicant was of the company
that guarded the tories at Evans & that was taken & guarded the
tories to jail at Long bluff near the river Peedee adjacent to the
place now called Society Hill South Carolina; five of the torey men
hung at that place. applicant served in this route one month and
applicant was afterwards in the same year drafted to serve a tour of three
months and marched on the first of January 1780 seventeen hundred and
eighty from his fathers residence to Charleston S.C. under command of
Colonel Hicks and Captain Elliby when the detachment in which applicant
marched & reached Charleston it was under command of General
McIntosh and in the same lives with the regulars under command of 
General Lincoln and in service when Charleston capitulated & the american
army surrendered, applicant in the month of May 1780 being a prisoner
of war was paroled 19th of May in that year as a document herewith
exhibited marked A well showed and returned home the last of the 
same month of May 1780 being a term of five months service, applicant 
was released from his parol at the expiraton of a twelve months
by exchange of prisoners and applicant again entered the service on the
first of June 1781 seventeen hundred and eighty one under command of 
the same Captain Elliby and joined the forces under General Marion
and Colonel Horry at the high Hills of Santee as mounted infantry &
applicant was marched below Santee to the Eutaw springs Monks corner &
four [?] driving the British & torey having dislodged the army at
Monks Corner the army retreated from there & took possession of Shubricks
house & applicant was in an engagement at that place under Marion
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and Summmpter & Colonel Pastell and Major B[?] [?] & [?]
[?] killed, unable to dislodge the enemy applicant marched[?] with Marion to 
the swamps of Santee & from there was discharged and went home
having served a tour of two months  applicant again entered the service
as mounted infantry in the militia under Lieutenant McCall in the [?]
detachment on Lynches Creek under command of Col Benton to induce 
our deluded countrymen called tories who was invited by Genl Marions proclamation 
to join his standard & receive partons & served in that  manner in
the year 1782 one month  applicant was wounded by a ball in 
his right thigh at the siege of Charleston before the surrender and
applicant when in service was occasionally with General Marion
General Green & Sumpter, Colonels Washington & Lee  applicant 
has a record of his age in his fathers hand writing now exhibited in Court 
Applicant never received any written discharges that he remembers has
now to show now has no documentary evidence except the two
papers analyzed marked A. & B [?] the last pasport signed 
by Col Benton marked B it genuinely can be recognized
by the [?] Col Benton now of the Senate of the United States
applicant did not enter the service for any specified terms of service 
except as stated at the other times he was called out as other persons
in the militia men without knowing how long the tours of service 
would be  applicant saith that by reason of old age & the consequent
loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length
of his [?] but according to the best of his recollection he
served not less than the periods mentioned above and for such
service he claims a pension  applicant never served in any
other capacity or grade than a private in the militia and applicant
knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension
roll of the agency of any state.  applicant heretofore made a declaration
to the same purpose of this marked No. 1776 which he now also
returns herewith with the hope that this amendment of his declaration
will be deemed sufficient and applicant has had propounded to them
in open Court the following interrogatories to which he writes his
answers to each [?] 1st when & in what year were you born answer I was born on the twenty fifth day of November 1762 seventeen
hundred and sixty two 2nd Have you any record of
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other capacity or grade than a private in the militia and applicant
knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension
roll of the agency of any state. applicant heretofore made a declaration
to the same purpose of this marked No. 1776 which he now also
returns herewith with the hope that this amendment of his declaration
will be deemed sufficient and applicant has had propounded to them
in open Court the following interrogatories to which he writes his
answers to each [?] 1st when & in what year were you born answer I was born on the twenty fifth day of November 1762 seventeen
hundred and sixty two 2nd Have you any record of
your age, and if so where is it?  I have a record of my age in
the hand writing of my father now in my posesion & before
the Court where I was examined. 3rd When were you living
when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary
war, and where do you now live? Answer I was living
when called into service at my fathers house in the Parish of Hale and
in the County of Craven in the then Province now State of South
Carolina afterwards removed as stated in [?] hereto annexed marked
B to Burke County in the State of Georgia after that removed to the
County of Jackson in said State and that last county removed 
to the County of Jones then[?] present residence where he has resided
for the last twenty three years past  4th How were you
called into service, were you drafted , did you volunteer, or were
you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? Answer
I was called into service by orders from the militia officers as
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above states and at one time drafted into the service as above 
stated   5th State the names of some of the regular officers who
were with the troops when you served; such Continental and militia
Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances
of you service  Answer I recollect being in service
and the names of some of the officers who were with the regular
troops, to wit, Lincoln, McIntosh, Woolford, Hogan,
Sumpter, Green, Lee & Col Washington and
my service was in the militia as before stated.
6th Did you receive a discharge from service and if so by
whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer I never received any written discharge that is
remembered by me.   7th 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 service as a soldier of the revolution
Answer  Col Henry G Lamar & Judge Augustus S Clayton both
now of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United
States as well as James Smith Esquire P. M[?] Clinton in this
County and Gideon Mason a clergyman
of the immediate vicinity will all certify as to my veracity and
their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution
Sworn to & subscribed before us the undersigned
Justices of the Court of Ordinary of said County
on the day & year first above written in
this declaration
Peter Kolb
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Peter Kolb
Sworn to & subscribed before us the undersigned
Justices of the Court of Ordinary of said County
on the day & year first above written in
this declaration
John R Moore
Travis A D Weaver
Peter Northon

Georgia
Jones County
We Gideon Mason, a clergyman residing in the 
county & state aforesaid and James Smith of the same place postmaster in[?]
Clinton do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Kolb who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
seventy years of age on the twenty fifth of November last; 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
Gideon Mason
James Smith
Sworn to & subscribed 7th Jany 1833
John R Moore
Travis A D Weaver
Peter Northon

And the said Inferior Court of Jones County now in session as a
court of ordinary being a court of record by the laws of said state
Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogatories presented  by the War Department
that the above named applicant Peter Kolb was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them that Gideon Mason who has
signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in
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in the county of Jones & State aforesaid, and that James Smith
who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county & state
and both credible persons and that their statement above is entitled
to full credit
Given under our hands 
This 7th January 1833
John R Moore J I C
Travis A D Weaver J I C
Peter Northon J I C

Georgia
Jones County
I Charles Macarthy Clerk of the Court of
ordinary of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings on this and the one annexed
sheet hereto attached of the said court in the matter of the
application of Peter Kolb for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand as clerk of said court
and affixed hereto the appropriate
public seal of my office
This 7th day of January AD 1833
Charles Macarthy C C O
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November 9, 1938

BA-J/AWF
Peter Kolb
S. 31799

Mr. E. F. Lusk
The Journal
Rapid City, South Dakota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Peter
Kolb, a resident of Jones County, Georgia, in
1827.

The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in claim for pension, S.31799,
based on the service of Peter Kolb in the War of
the Revolution.

Peter Kolb was born November 25, 1762, place
not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.

While residing with his father, in Saint David's
Parish, Craven County, South Carolina, Peter Kolb
enlisted May 1, 1779, served three months as private
in Captain Council's company, Colonel George Hicks'
South Carolina regiment; his brother, George Kolb,
was then sick in hospital, and he went home with
him to their father's house. Peter Kolb served in
the fall of 1779, one month in Captain Standard's
company, Colonel Kolb's regiment, in an expedition
against the Tories. He enlisted January 1, 1780,
served in Captain Thomas Elliby's company, Colonel
George Hicks' regiment, was in the battle of Monk's
Corner, and at the siege of Charleston, where he
was wounded in the right thigh, taken prisoner, and
paroled May 19, 1780, and was exchanged in about
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twelve months. He served in the summer of 1781, two
months in Captain Elliby's company, under Colonels
Horry and Postell. He served in the summer of 1782,
thirty-one days under Lieutenant McCall in Colonel
Samuel Benton's regiment, and was in an engagement
at Shubricks House.

The soldier, Peter Kolb, moved about November 5,
1783 to Burke County, Georgia, then to Jackson
County, Georgia, and thence to Jones County,
Georgia.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 6, 1832, at which time he was living in
Jones County, Georgia, having lived there about
twenty-three years. He died December 8, 1835.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
reference to wife or children of Peter Kolb, nor
is it shown that the Colonel Kolb, under whom he
served was a relative.

In order to obtain the name of the
person who received the last payment of this pension,
you should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.
and furnish the following data
Peter Kolb
Certificate #12262
Issued April 13, 1833
Rate $35.44 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Georgia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Left side]
31799
Revy INVALID

File No. 31799
Peter Kolb
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 226

Arrangement of 1870

[Right side, hand written notes]
[Most are also marked, perhaps initialed, with
something that looks like au, any, ay.]

1909 Oct 18 Hist to Mrs Oscar Gamble 

1928 Feb 9 Hist to Hon William J Harris
for Mres J M Rogers - other part of 
letter in John Edge R 3232

1928 Feb 21 Sen Wm J Harris
adv date of death

1928 Aug 13 Hist to 
Mrs Pearle D Newton

1929 Jan 22 Tombstone
data to cemeterial Branch
all letters returned 

1929 Aug 26 Photos mailed
to R. L. Magruder, Jr. &
Fin Div ntfd A.D.Y.

1938 Nov 9 list to E F Luck
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Atlanta, Ga. Oct 5th 1909

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send
me the record of service in 
the Revolutionary War of
Joshua Mercer a pensioner
of Green Co, Ga in 1818 - and of
Peter Kolb a pensioner of
Jones Co, Ga aged 71 - in 1833.
and greatly oblige
Yours very truly
Mrs Oscar Gamble
The St Charles
45 Williams St
Atlanta, Ga

[Stamped]
U.S. Pension Office
A
Oct 8 1909
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THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF
The town of Lake Parish
The Police Jury,
Cameron Parish
Public School Board
Cameron Parish

THE NEWS
Lake Arthur, La 10/8 1927

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly let me have any
data contained in pension application
of Peter Kolb, revolutionary soldier of Georgia
Very Truly
Mrs. Pearle D Newton

[Stamped]
U.S. Pension Office
F
Oct 12 1927

[Also marked with]Bot 347
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United States Senate,

Washington, Feb 2 1928

Maj. Gen Lutz Wahl,
War Department,
Washinton, D. C.

Sir:
I have the honor to
submit the following communication
for your consideration, 
and to ask that the
request made therein be complied
with if possible.

When the matter is
disposed of, will you kindly
have the letter returned to
my office, and oblige.

Yours truly,
Wm J Harris
eg-579    U.S.S.

28 Received A.G.O. Feb 3 1928
1140/3rd[?]

[Stamped]
Received
Feb 3 1928
Old Re[?] Div.
A.G.O.
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A. G. 201 Edge, John
(ORD )
1st Ind.
PD-oaw

War Department, A. G. O., February 7, 1928, to The Commmissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Transmitted in view of the request made in the letter of Mrs. Rogers,
that an effort be made to obtain the records desired, from the Pension Office.

Senator Harris has been advised of this transmittal in a letter, a
copy of which is inclosed.

Lutz Wahl
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
by H[?]

2 Inclosures.

[Stamped]
U.S. Pension Office
F
Feb 8 1928
Page 25

A.G. 201
Edge, John
(2-2-28) ORD

February 7, 1928

Honorable Willliam J. Harris
United States Senate

My dear Senator Harris:

I have your letter of February 2, 1928, with which you inclosed
one addressed to you by Mrs. Maud Edge Rogers of Barnesville, Georgia, who
desires the military record in the Revolutionary War of her ancestors
Nehemiah, John and Peter Edge, and Peter, Abel and Benjamin Kolb.

The records of my office show that one John Edge served as a
private in Captain Thomas Blackwell's Company, 10th Virginia Regiment,
commanded by Colonel Edward Stevens. He is reported as having been 
enlisted February 10, 1777, for three years; to have been transferred to
the Commander-in-Chief's guard, continental Troops, commanded by Captain Caleb Gibbs, in June, 1777, and as having been discharged from service February 10, 1780.

No record has been found of enlistment or service during the
Revolutionary War of Nehemiah or Peter Edge, or of Peter, Abel or 
Benjamin Kolb.

Numerous men named John Miller, are shown to have served in
the Revolutionary War, from South Carolina, but from the information
furnished, it has not been found possible to identify the record of any
one of them as the probable record of the man referred to in the letter of Mrs. Rogers.

In view of the request of Mrs. Rogers, that the Pension Bureau
be called upon for the record of the men named in her letter, your 
letter with its inclosures has this day been forwarded to the Commissioner
of Pensions, this city, from whom you will doubtless receive a reply in
due course.
Very respectfully,
Lutz Wahl
Major General.
The Adjutant General
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FRANCIS E. WARREN, WYO. CHAIRMAN
REED SMOOT, UTAH
WESLEY L. JONES, WASH.
CHARLES CURTIS, KANS.
FREDERICK HALE, ME.
LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS, COLO.
HENRY W. KEYES, N. H.
HIRAM BINGHAM, CONN.
LEE S. OVERMAN, N. C.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, GA.
CARTER GLASS, VA.
ANDRIEUS A. JONES, N. MEX.
KENNETH MCKELLAN, TENN.
EDWIN S. BROUSSARD, LA.
THOMAS F. BAYARD, DEL.
JOHN S. KENDRICK, WYO.
KENNEDY F REA, CLERK

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
February 18, 1928.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
You recently were kind enough to send me some
information relative to Peter Kolb, who I think served
during the Revolutionary War. I would thank you to advise
me the last date on which he drew pension.
With kind regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Wm J. Harris

[Stamped]
U.S. Pension Office
Feb 20 1928
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Oct 3

Revolutionary War Section
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Sirs:
Peter Kolb Revolutionary soldier was living in Jones County
Georgia in 1827, participating in the Land Lottery as such.

In "Georgias Roster of the Revolution" he appears as 
drawing pension in the list compiled 1835, still living in Jones
county. This pension record is given as appearing on page 47,
Revolutionary Pensioners.

I would appreciate a copy of this record giving details
of Revolutionary service, family data etc.

Peter Kolb is believed to be the Revolutionary ancestor of
my wife, and these data are needed to prove eligibility to Daughters of American Revolution.

Thanking you for an early reply, I am
Very truly yours,
E. F. Lusk
the Journal
Rapid City S.D.

[Stamped]
Received
Oct 3 1938
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August 19, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Please furnish photostatic copies of six (6) pages (2 at 25 cents each
and 4 at 15 cents each) from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Peter
Kolb, S. 31799. Not to be certified.
Signed
R. L. Magruder Jr
H3, Dimon Court
Columbus, Georgia

Received payment
August 19, 1929
One dollar and ten cents ( $1.10 )
M.E. Emrick
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Cash - $1.10
[Stamped]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPER'S DESK
AUG 20 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

January 22, 1929

Office of the Quartermaster General
Cemeterial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S.31799, it appears that Peter Kolb
was born November 25, 1762.

While residing at St. David's Parish, Craven County,
South Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with
the South Carolina Troops, as follows:

From May 1, 1779, three months in Captain Council's
Company, Colonel George Hicks' Regiment; from in September, 
1779, one months in Captain Standard's Company, Colonel
Kolb's Regiment; from January 1, 1780 in Captain
Thomas Elliby's Company, Colonel George Hicks' Regiment,
he was in the battle of Monk's Corner, and at the siege
of Charleston was wounded in the right thigh, taken prisioner 
and paroled May 19, 1780; from June 1, 1781, two
months in Captain Thomas Elliby's Company, under Colonels
Horry and Postell, and from June 1, 1782, one month under
Lieutenant McCall in Colonel Samuel Benton's Regiment, and
was in an engagement at Shubricks House.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 6, 1832, while a resident of Jones County, Georgia.
He died December 8, 1835.

[Handwritten note]
Tombstone data - all papers returned
rest of letter in 1812 pen. claim
Fleming Duncan S.C. 1901
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August 13, 1928

Mrs. Pearle D. Newton
Box 347
Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 31799, it appears that Peter Kolb
was born November 25, 1762, place not stated.

While residing at St. David's Parish, Craven County,
South Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with
the South Carolina Troops, as follows:

From May 1, 1779, three months in Captain Council's
Company, Colonel George Hicks' Regiment; from in September, 1779, one month in Captain Standard's Company,
Colonel Kolb's Regiment; from January 1, 1780 in Captain
Thomas Elliby's Company, Colonel George Hicks' Regiment,
he was in the battle of Monk's Corner, and at the siege
of Charleston was wounded in the right thigh, taken
prisoner and paroled May 19, 1780; from June 1, 1781, two
months in Captain Thomas Elliby's Company, under Colonels
Horry and Postell; and from June 1, 1782, one month under
Lieutenant McCall in Colonel Samuel Benton's Regiment,
and was in an engagement at Shubricks House.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 6, 1832, while a resident of Jones County, Georgia.
He died December 8, 1835.

There are no data as to wife and children.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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February 21, 1928

Honorable William J. Harris
United States Senate

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter of the eighteenth
instant, I have the honor to advise you that it
appears from the records of this Bureau that Peter
Kolb, Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 31799, died
December 8, 1835.

Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

[Faint handwritten comment]
Army[?] Book
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February 9, 1928

Honorable William J Harris
United States Senate

My dear Senator:

In response to your request of the second instant,
addressed to Major General Luts Wahl, War Department,
Washington, D. C., and by him transmitted to this Bureau,
and enclosing letter from Mrs. J. M. Rogers, 812 Thomaston 
Street, Barnesville, Georgia, I have the honor to
advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the
history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim
for pension or bounty land has been made on account of
his services, and a careful search of the records fails
to show such a claim on file on account of the services
of any soldiers named Nehemiah Edge, Peter Edge, Abel Kolb,
and Benjamin Kolb.

The name John Miller appears many times on the Revolutionary
War records of this Bureau, and in order to
identify any particular soldier by that name, some of the
following data pertaining to him is essential - 
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at
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enlistment and after service, and first name of widow.

You are herewith furnished the histories of the
only soldier named Peter Kolb and John Edge found on
the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. 31799, it appears that Peter Kolb was born
November 25, 1762, place not stated.

While residing at St. David's Parish, Craven
County, South Carolina, he enlisted and served as a
private with the South Carolina Troops, as follows

From May 1, 1779, three months in Captain Council's 
Company, Colonel George Hicks' Regiment; from in
September 1779, one month in Captain Standard's Company,
Colonel Kolb's Regiment; from January 1, 1780 in Captain
Thomas Elliby's Company, Colonel George Hicks' Regiment,
he was in the battle of Monk's Corner, and at the siege
of Charleston was wounded in the right thigh, taken prisoner
and paroled May 19, 1780; from June 1, 1781, two
months in Captain Thomas Elliby's Company, under Colonels
Horry and Postell; and from June 1, 1782, one
month under Lieutenant McCall in Colonel Samuel Benton's
Regiment, and was in an engagement at Shubricks House.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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August 6, 1832, while a resident of Jones County,
Georgia. He died Dec. 8, 1835.

There are no data as to wife and children.

[Handwritten note]
The rest of 
this letter in
John Edge 
R3232
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on file in this Bureau.
S. 31799
[Column 1, 5 entries]
Dates of enlistment or appointment
May 1 79
Sept 79
Jan 1 80
June 1 81
June 1 82
[Column 2]
Length of Service
3 mos
1 mos
5 mos
2 mos
+1 mos
[Column 3]
Rank
Pvt.
[Column 4]
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain
Council
Standard
Thos Elliby
Thos Elliby
Lt McCall
[Column 5]
Officers under whom service was rendered
Colonel
Geo Hicks
Kolb
Geo Hicks
Horry & Postell
Saml Benton
[Column 6]
State
SC

at siege of Charleston he was wounded in right thigh &
taken pris & paroled May 19, 1780

Battles engaged in, Monks Corner, Shubricks House +
Residence of soldier at enlistment, St Davids Parish, Craven Co. S.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug, 6, 1832 Cl. al -
Residence at date of application, Jones Co. Ga
Age at date of application, Nov 25, 1762
Remarks: No family data
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State of So Carolina
Chenaw District
The Bearer[?] hereof Mr. Peter Kolb
of my Regimt being abt to move
himself & effects to the State of
Georgia, Requests this my pasport for that purpose
wherein I do certify him to be a young man of
unblemished reputation & during the late war
has uniformly conducted & acquited himself
as a good soldier & friend to America under my
command   Therefore I hope he will be passed
& Repassed & civally treated by all persons
in the peace of the United States.
Great Pee[?] Dee[?]
November 5th, 1783
James Benton [?]
& Lt Colo [?] of [?]
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Copy
I do hereby acknowle[?] [?]yself to be a Prisoner
of War, upon my Par[?], to his Excellency Sir
Henry Clinton, and that I am thereby engaged 
until I shall be exchanged, or otherwise released
therefrom, to remain 
at my Plantation in the Parish
of St David in the County of Craven in 
the Province of South Carolina

and that I shall not in the mean Time do, or cause
any Thing to be done, prejudicial to the Success of
His Majesty's Arms, or have Intercourse or hold
Correspondence with his Enemies; and that upon a
Summons from his Excellency, or other Person having
Authority thereto, that I will surrender myself to
him or them at such Time and Place as I shall 
hereafter be required
Witness my hand this 19th
day of May 1780
Witness's
[?]
Wm[?] Hamilton}I hereby certify that the above
is a [?] copy of the Parole this day
Sep[?]
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