Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8074, for John Peebles, South Carolina
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[file card]
S-1776
SERVICE S.C.
Peebles, John
NUMBER R.8074
Born in S.C.
CONTENTS
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37.481 John Peebles Ill Act 7 June 1832
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State of Illinois County of Macoupin } ss.
On this [crossed out: day] tenth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the County Commissioners Court within and for the County and State aforesaid (the same being a Court of Record so declared by the statute of this State and having a Seal and Clerk) John Peebles a resident of the County of Macoupin State of Illinois aged Eighty four 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 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 under Captain Nettles a militia officer and immediately joined General Marion that he is unable from age and loss of memory to fix the precise time of entering the Service but believes it to have been in the spring preceding the Battle of the Eutaw Springs that he was at that time a resident of Kershaw District and lived about twenty seven or eight miles from Camden that he entered the service as a volunteer that he was at the Battle of Eutaw Springs engaged as a Camp Guard and that he was afterwards in North Carolina in what was called the Truce land and was engaged in scouting parties against the Tories that: at the time he joined the army he was not fully grown and was chiefly engaged as a
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Guard or Scout He states that he was constantly in the service from the time he volunteered until the end of the war in South Carolina except at such times as he had leave to go home for short periods but was not discharged from service until the cease of the military operations in that quarter He does not recollect with certainty whether he [crossed out: ever] recieved a discharge in writing or not but believes that he did and thinks that he [crossed out: has] attached no important wit and either left ^ it in the State of South Carolina or lost it there He states that he was born in the State of South Carolina in the District of Kershaw but is not certain as to the District but about twenty seven or eight miles South East [crossed out: North West] from Camden on the last day of January (1763) in the year Seventeen Hundred and Sixty Three My age was recorded in a Bible owned by my Father but know of no other Record of my age He states in addition to this that he was in the service for two years and more and served as a Private and knows of no person by whose testimony he can prove his services nor has he any documentary evidence of his services 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 or Territory He further states that he is unable from his great age and feebleness to leave home to attend any Court to make this declaration 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of February 1847- } John his X mark Peebles  
Bird Peebles Judge of the County Comrs Court In presence of John M Palmer
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We Charles Holliday a Clergyman residing in the County of Macoupin State of Illinois and James Carroll residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Peebles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed [crossed out: to] in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier and that we fully concur in that opinion 
CH, [signature] Charles Holliday 
[signature] James Carroll 
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid before me }
Bird Peebles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Judge of Coms Court MC Ills And I the said Bird Peebles Judge of the County Commissiones Court as aforesaid as hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Intteroggatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further certify that Charles Holliday who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Macoupin County and that James Carroll is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And I further certify that in my opinion the said John Peebles is unable from physical infirmity to attend any place of holding the County in this or any other County in this State Given under my hand this 10th day of February AD 1847 Bird Peebles County Comm
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State of Illinois Macoupin County } ss.
I John A. Chesnut Clerk of the County Coms Court of said County (the same being a court of record and having a Seal) do hereby certify that Bird Peebles Esqr. whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is now and was on the 10th Inst. one of the County [   ] of said County and as such an acting Justice of said Court duly elected and qualified according to the laws of this State, and that as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts, I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe his 
[a large paper seal obscures part of the following words]
signature to be genuine 
Witness of all which I hereunto set 
name and affix the seal of said 
court at Carlinville this 15. day of Feb 
uary A D. 1847  
J. A. Chesnut clk
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John Peebles Heirs of Rev. Claim Act 1836 for Rev. Pension
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Per L. B. True Att'y & Agent
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
State of [handwritten] Illinois [end handwritten] County of [handwritten] Macoupin [end handwritten] } ss.
[vertical left-margin handwritten note] 1st Section [end note]
Be it known that before me, the undersigned, a ^ [handwritten] Judge of the County Court [end handwritten] [crossed out: Justice of the Peace], duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared [handwritten] Jesse Peebles [end handwritten] and made oath in due form of law that he is the [handwritten] son [end handwritten] of the identical [handwritten] John Peebles [end handwritten] who ^ was entitled to draw [altered by hand from drew] a pension under Act of Congress of [handwritten] June 7th 1832 [end handwritten] and at the rate of $[handwritten] 9.6 [end handwritten] per annum, on account of the Revolutionary services of [handwritten] said John Peebles in the South Carolina Dragoons under Captains Barnett & Nettles, General Marion & Sumpter [end handwritten] That he makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining of said pension under [handwritten] Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 That the said John Peebles was married to Wilmoth Owen on the in the County of Kershaw State of South Carolina on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year 1785, that said John Peebles died on the 28th day of October in the year 1849, that his wife said Wilmoth Peebles died on the [blank] day of September in the year 1803, that of the children of said John & Wilmoth Peebles there only now survives the following viz: Jesse Peebles, Mary Atterbery, and Elizabeth Kessinger. Jesse Peebles [end handwritten]
Sworn to and subscribed on the [handwritten] 26- [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] March [end handwritten] 1856, before me, in open Court } 
[handwritten] S.S. Gilbert County [end handwritten], Judge of  [handwritten] Macoupin Co [end handwritten] 
State of Illinois County of Macoupin} ss. 
[vertical left-margin handwritten note] 2d Section [end note]
On this [handwritten] 5th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] April [end handwritten], 185 [handwritten] 6 [end handwritten], personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid, [handwritten] Lynn F. Kessinger [end handwritten] and [handwritten] Levin L. Harlin [end handwritten] and made oath in due form of law that they were personally acquainted with [handwritten] John Peebles [end handwritten], deceased Revolutionary ^ soldier [crossed out: pensioner], formerly of [handwritten] South Carolina [end handwritten] and late of [handwritten] Macoupin County Illinois [end handwritten] [crossed out: that he drew a Pension at the rate of [blank] dollars per annum]. That he was at the time of his death a resident of [handwritten] Macoupin County Illinois [end handwritten], that he died on the [handwritten] 28th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] October [end handwritten] 18 [handwritten] 49 [end handwritten], and that there ^ [handwritten] only [end handwritten] now survives the following named
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children of said John Peebles & Wilmoth Peebles his lawful wife viz: Jesse Peebles Mary Attebery & Elizabeth Kessinger - that said John Peebles was ever believed and regarded by the Community in general to have been a Revolutionary soldier of South Carolina under Marion and Sumpter - that he did marry said Wilmoth Owen in the County of Kershaw State of South Carolina in the year 1803 - that she died on the [illegible]th day of September in the year AD 1849 - Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. [signatures] Lynn Kesinger Levin L Harland Silas Logsam D. Medaine, Justice of the Peace.
State of Illinois County of Macoupin } ss. On this 5th day of April, 1856, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid, Levin L. Harlin a Minister of the Gospel, and made oath in due form of law, that he officiated at the funeral ceremonies and burial of John Peebles on the 29th day of October, 1849, at Chesterfield County of Macoupin, and State of Illinois.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. } [signature] Levin L Harlin  D. Medaine, Justice of the Peace 
State of Illinois County of Macoupin } ss. On this 5th day of April 1856, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County and State aforesaid F Y Kessinger, and made oath in due form of law that he did dig the grave on the 29 day of October, 1849, for John Peebles a Revolutionary pensioner
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. } [signature] F Y Kessinger [his Mark] 
D. Medaine, Justice of the Peace
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I also certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me That John Peebles a Revolutionary [crossed out: pensioner] Soldier died on the 28th day of October, 1849, as above stated I also certify that Lynn T Resinger Levin L Harlin and Silas Logsam and F Y Hessinger deponents to the foregoing affidavits are personally known to me as persons in whose statements entire confidence may be reposed. L Medaine Justice of the Peace. 
State of Illinois County of Macoupin } ss.
I, Enoch Wall, Clerk of the Court of the County of Macoupin holden at Carlinville, in and for Said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that John Peebles was a Revolutionary ^soldier [crossed out: pensioner] of the United States [crossed out: at the rate of [blank] dollars per annum] was a resident of the County of Kershaw in the State of South Carolina, and died in the County of Macoupin and State of Illinois in the year 1849, and on the 28th day of October. That he left no widow and that the following named children only now Survives viz Jesse Peebles Mary Allen and Elizabeth Kessinger who still survive. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Carlinville this 5th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six Enoch Wall Clerk of Macoupin County Ills
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State of Illinois Macoupin County - ss 
I Enoch Wall clerk of the County court in and for the County of Macoupin aforesaid do certify that Samuel S. Gilbert Esqr is now and was on the 26th Day of March 1856 County Judge for the said County of Macoupin that his signature to the foregoing attestation is genuine I also certify that David McDaniel Esq is now on this 5th day of April 1856 an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Macoupin aforesaid that his signatures to the foregoing attestations and certificates are genuine that the said Gilbert was duly Elected commissioned and qualified as such County Judge and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such. That the said David McDaniel was duly Elected commissioned and qualified as such Justice of the peace and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such. In Testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and affix the said of said Court at my office in Carlinville this 5th day April A.D. 1856 Enoch Wall Clerk
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of [handwritten] [underlined] John Peebles [end handwritten][end underlined] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. [handwritten] [underlined] R. 8074 [end underlined] [illegible initials] [end handwritten] 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.|STATE.
[handwritten] Spring 1781|2 years or more to end of War|Private Scout & Guard||Nettles|[checkmark] Genl Marion|S. C. [end handwritten] 
Battles engaged in, [handwritten] Eutaw Springs where he engaged as "Camp Guard" [end handwritten]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] Kershaw Dist S.C. [end handwritten]
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] Feby. 10, 1847. [end handwritten]
Residence at date of application, [handwritten] Macoupin Co., Ill. [end handwritten]
Age at date of application, [handwritten] born Jany 31, 1763 in S.C. 27 or 28 miles southeast of Camden. [end handwritten]
Remarks: He married in Kershaw Dist., S.C. - 1875 Wilmoth Owen who d: Sept.-1803, he died Oct. 28, 1849. in Macoupin Co. Ill. surv. ch. in 1856 - Rev. Jesse Peebles, Mary Atterbery & Elizabeth Kessinger [blank space follows] never alld - clmt failed to furnish proof of serv. required by Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied. [end handwritten]
Respectfully, Commissioner.
G--2856
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State of Illinois Macoupin County } ss
On this 17th day January 1856 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid Eric Morris, Richard Smith, Wm Duckles Wm Chism Jacob Keller Alec Carico Rober Ibbertson Selina Ibbetson Elizabeth Harland John Roach Margaret Roach Mary A Cundle Mary Kent John H Holt Absolum Kent Olivia B. Holt, J S Gelder Thom. Leach John Morris &c old and respectable persons, and made oath in due form of law that they well knew John Peoples or, Peebles a very old gentleman who lived for a long time in this community that he was ever believed by the community here, especially by the aged people to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war in South Carolina - that he was believed to have served under Marion - and to have Served at the Battle of Eutaw Springs that he was said to have Served through that war - that he was believed and respected by the community in general to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that he is known to all her to have come from South Carolina formerly -  that though
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We testify these things yet we have no interest in this claim for his services whatever, but truly state what we have ever heared and believed
Eric Morris, aged 40 yars 
Richard Smith 63 
Josiah Whipple 
William Chism 57 years 
William Dachels 50 
Jacob Keller 57 
A Carico 39
Robert Ibbetson 48 
Selima Ibbetson 57 
Elizabeth Harland 44 
John Roach 66 [ink blot follows]
Margret Roach 68 
Mary Ann Cundall 48 
Mary Kent 73 
John H Holt 47 
Abslum Kent 72 
Olivia B Holt 56 
Thomas S. Gelder 46
Thos. Leach 60 
John Morris 63 
E Upham 50
K G. Brown 54 
John Keller 68 
Zilla Keller 63
Sworn to and subscribed before me in due form of law the day and year afore-said
G S Husky J [unknown letters scribbled out]
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John Peebles Rev. Cl
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P.A. by Jesse Peebles
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Susp'd p 422
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wish to see papers
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L. B. True Att'y for Washington D. C. 

[Vertical, right-hand] For further proof from S. Ca. records p 422
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[POWER OF ATTORNEY.] KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That [handwritten] I Jesse Peebles [end handwritten], of the County of [handwritten] Macoupin [end handwritten], and State of [handwritten] Illinois [end handwritten], for and in consideration of [blank] do hereby make, constitute, and appoint L BLANCHARD TRUE, of Washington City, D. C. [handwritten] my [end handwritten] true and lawful Attorney, for [handwritten] me [end handwritten] and in [handwritten] my [end handwritten] name, to examine all papers filed in any Department or Office of Government, upon which a [handwritten] Revolutionary [end handwritten] Pension was granted to [handwritten] John Peebles [end handwritten] on account of the [handwritten] Volunteer [end handwritten] services of [handwritten] said John Peebles [end handwritten] and to obtain, by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said [handwritten] John Peebles [end handwritten], by virtue of said services, as Volunteer [end handwritten] in the Company of Capt. [handwritten] Nettles [end handwritten] in the Regiment of [blank] and in the forces of [blank]
And for good and sufficient reasons do hereby REVOKE and CANCEL any and all other Powers of Attorney and authority which [handwritten] I [end handwritten] may at any former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes; and [handwritten] I [end handwritten] do hereby vest the same irrevocably in said Attorney herein appointed, said L. Blanchard True. 
In testimony whereof [handwritten] I [end handwritten] have hereunto set [handwritten] my [end handwritten] hand and seal this [handwritten] 9th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] May [end handwritten], in the year A. D. 185 [handwritten] 4 [end handwritten] 
[signature] Jesse Peebles 
[SEAL]
[SEAL]
In presence of
[handwritten] P B Solomon [end handwritten] 
[handwritten] Enoch Wall [end handwritten] 
STATE OF [handwritten] Illinois [end handwritten] COUNTY of [handwritten] Macoupin [end handwritten] } ss. On this [handwritten] ninth [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] May [end handwritten], in the year A.D. 185 [handwritten] 4 [end handwritten], personally appeared before me [handwritten] Enoch Wall Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid [end handwritten] - duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid [handwritten] Jesse Peebles [end handwritten] - subscriber to the above, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be [handwritten] his [end handwritten] free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned; and made oath, in due form of law, that [handwritten] he is [end handwritten] personally interested as [handwritten] heir of said John Peebles decd [end handwritten] - in said claim. And I further certify that [handwritten] Jesse Peebles is [end handwritten] personally known to me to be the identical individual represented. [handwritten] In Testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and affix the Seal of said Court this 9th day of May 1854
Enoch Wall clerk [end handwritten]
[crossed out: J.P. [SEAL]]
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[mailing envelope]
[postage mark] CARLINVILLE ILL OCT '2 [end postage mark] [ink stamp] FILE [end ink stamp] [handwritten over stamp] 5 [end handwritten] Hon J. L. Edwards Com.r. of Pensions Washington. Dist of Columbia [double underlined] Official Business [end double underlined]
[vertical, left side] Oct 12 47 Enquiry [illegible, obscured by postage mark] John Peebles Ill
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Carlinville, Ills. Oct 1st. 1847
Sir
On the 9th of February last I forwarded from this place to your office (through James A McClure Esqr of the Gen. Land Office) the application of John Peebles - of this County for a Pension for Services as a Soldier of the Revolution and have heard nothing from them since except that I have been advised by Mr McC. that they were presented at your office 
Be good enough to advise me of the result of the application & oblige 
Your obdt Servt 
John M Palmer 
Hon J L Edwards 
Com. of Pensions
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J. M. Palmer Apl 8. 47
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[penciled note: 132]
Pension Office 
April 8th, 1847 
Sir 
The declaration of John Peebles claiming a pension under the act of 7 June 1832 is herewith returned that the proceeding before the Single Commissioner may be submitted to, ^[and affirmed] the Court of which Bird Peebles is a member, during its session. Claimant has not set forth his service as required by the regulations nor has he produced any evidence whatever to sustain his Claim. He must specify Claim each term of service with the names of his company and field officers and establish [crossed out: that] it by the Certificate of the Comptroller Genl of South Carolina in whose keeping the military records of that state are placed 
J. M. Palmer Esq 
[crossed out: Carlinville]
[crossed out: Carmen] 
Carman Ill.
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Will the Comr of Pensions please inform me by letter of the grounds- or deficiencies which preclude the issue of the certificate in the case of John Peebles children- Very respectfully Hon Thos. L. Harris - H of R Jan 14/57
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Washington D.C Aug 28th 1856 To the Hon'ble Judge Minot- Com. of Pen. Sir-There was a John Peebles who served from [underlined: 1775] in the 1st [underlined: Con'tl] Reg't of S.Ca" & was probably the Uncle of our John Peebles who first entered a [underlined: mere boy] & in the [underlined: militia] in Spring of [underlined: 1781], as see papers enclosed & Declaration. The Continental John Peebles above named became a Corporal in 1778 & discharged in July 1778; who also appears again serving in the Militia & to have entered that service in 1781 & served during the years 1781 & 82 & as a [underlined: Lieut.] At the [underlined: same time] our man enters a mere boy & as a [underlined: Private] in the same service, Militia, at the same time 1781 & served during 1781 & 82 & thence onward in the
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militia, he declares, to the termination of the war. The discursive service of S.Ca. Militia seemed wholly controlled by that leading Spirit "Marrion" who was their war God; doubtless all deemed themselves under & were more or less led on & controlled by him during that service; indeed, his valor and shivalry is the leading theme of History & he is represented as the [underlined: embodement] of Shivalry of the whole South- Easily might privates conceive themselves solely under his controle as their General, and one man, Peebles, may for the most part of his service have been under him, as his Genl. His Corps was an [underlined: independent] Corps. The meger condition of the S.Ca. Records show evidently but some 10 mos-of his ^(Peebles) service, herewith enclosed, for which I would most respectfully pray your Honor grant the usual Certificate of Pension other points, also being complete in the
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Case The enclosed Certificates clearly show the Rev. Service of all the Peobles-I am Sirs Most Obediently L.B. True
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J. M. Palmer Oct 23. 49
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[penciled in: 191]
Pension Office Oct [crossed out: 19] 23 1847 Sir In answer to your letter of the 1st inst I have to inform you that a report was made in the case of John Peebles on the 8 of April last, and addressed to you a Carman Ill. by direction of Mr. McClure. I enclose herewith a copy of that communication. Peebles declaration was returned for approval by the Court during its session. It will be necessary therefore for you to write to Carman for them  J.M. Palmer Esq Carlinville Ill
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[Indecipherable, top of handwritten text cut off]
L. B. True Present
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Pension Office. May 6th, 1856. Sir: The application of the children of John Peebles, deceased, of Illinois, for arrears of pension under the act of June 7, 1832, has been filed with his original application. It is true that the So. Carolina rolls show that John Peoples served in the first, (not Marion's) regiment, but he was not the father of the present claimants, as the latter declared that he entered the service in the Spring of 1781, while Peoples entered service in 1776, when the claimants' father was too young to serve. As there is no evidence of the alleged service of John Peebles, the claim remain suspended. L. B. True Esq Present.
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Washington D.C April 18/56 
To/ The Hon- Judge Minot- Com. of Pen. 
Sirs: I enclose herewith in the Case of John Peebles of Illinois for Rev. Pension, Declaration of Jesse Peebles depositions of L.F. Ketinger, L.L. Hearlin & Silas Logsam. Also depositions of some 24 other persons aged & respectable-All of which evidence in the Case I respectfully submit to your consideration. 
I am Sirs: Most Obediently Yours- 
L.B. True 
Present
P.S-Proof of Service in this case was found upon "S.C."-Roll in P.Office by request of Mr Cole & search same L.B. True
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Pension Office Aug 30 1856 
1832 
Sir
If John Peebles of Illinois had such a knowledge of his service[crossed out: s] as [crossed out: to] enabled him to describe it when he claimed a pension, the service certified in the Certificate of the Comptroller of SCarolina [crossed out: cannot] ^could not by any possibility have been rendered by him, [crossed out: and I shall be obliged to regard his statement under oath in view of your He did not] I do not understand the relevancy of your ingenius surmises as to the relationship existing between the [underlined: Lieutenant] and [underlined: private] mentioned in the Comptroller's Certificate, [crossed out: and is must] One thing is certain, neither of them was the John Peebles of Illinois who claimed an entirely different service. 
L. B. True Esq Present
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Hon Thos. L. Harris Jany 14/57
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[Note: The left margin of the original document is unevenly cut, resulting in missing words. Handwritten corrections were added above the missing text, which have been included in this transcription.]
Pension Office Jany 14 1837 Sir In reply to your note of this morning. I ^have [cut off: ave]  the honor to state that the claim of John Peebles ^was [cut off: as] rejected by this office for the reason that ^his [cut off: is] service in the revolutionary war was not ^satis- [cut off: atisfactorily] established. It appears from the South Carolina rolls that John Peebles served in the first regiment, but he was evidently not the father of the parties who are now prosecuting this claim, as the latter declared that he entered the service in the spring of 1781, while the "John Peoples" who performed the service in the first regiment, entered it in 1776 when the claimants father was to young to serve in the army - I am &etc S. Cole for Commr 
Hon. T. L. Harris H of R
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Office of Comptroller General 
Columbia So Ca August 21st 1854 
"No 121 Lib X } 
Issued the 17th August 1785 to John Peeples for Twenty Three Pounds ten Shillings
{ for 94 Days. Militia Duty as a Lieutenant in 1782 [82 is crossed out, and 81 written above it] & 1782 per Account and No. 66. 
Principal £23.-10-0
Annual Interest £1.12.10 "
" No 66. X 121 the 17 Augt 85.
John Peeples for 94 days duty in Militia as Lieutenant in 81 and 1782. @ 5 pr day Amount £23.10. /"
" The State of South Carolina to John Peeples Jr 
1781 June 1st To 60 days service as first Lieut in Genl Marions Brigade } at 5/£15."."^Sterling.   
1782 Janu 1st To 34 days as 1st Lt under ditto at 5/ 8.10."
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94. Errors excepted £23.10
$23.10. "John Peeples" 
State of Carolina Cheraw District } Personally came Lieutnt John Peeples before me &
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duely made Oath that the above Accompt against the state of So Carolina is just & true as it stands stated & that he never received any pay for the same or any part thereof "John Peeples" 
Sworn before me 13th Sept 1784 "Saml Benton J.P." 
"March 16th 1787. Gentelmen Plese to send me an Indent to the amount of my Publick Acounts in your Hands by Mr Andrew Hunter and yowle oblige your obd sert "John Peeples" 
To the Commissionrs of the Treasury } Certified by me "C. D. Dewett J.P." 
"£23.10./ Lieut John Peeples 94 days as Lieu. in 1781 and 1782 @ 5/. 
"Received full satisfaction for the within in an Indent No. 121. X per Order. "Andrew Hunter." 
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true Copy as taken from the Records of this Office, and I do further certify that in a Pay Roll of Capt B---tt's  [part of surname illegible due to torn page] Troops in Lt Colo. Henry
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Comptroller Generals Office.
Columbia So Ca January 10th 1885. 
Dear Sir.
In answer to your letter relating to the service of "John Peebles" I can inform you that since your communication, the Office has come in possession of a certified Copy (of which the original is in the Pension office Washington) of that portion of the Continental service of South Carolina contained in Book marked "So Ca Rolls" in which Book I find the name of "John Peoples" having enlisted 4th Nov 1775. into Decbr 1776 in the 1st So Ca Regiment, and as I suppose as private. As Corperal [illegible] 19th April 1778 and discharged 14th July 1778. It being that there are no other by that name on the Rolls, your Agent will easely be able to obtain a pension for you, if he call at the Pension office where the originals are found. If you however want a Copy of the copy from this office I shall send it to you if you inform me thereof 
Respectfully
P.S. Jacobs
Dep Comm Gn
Mr Jesse Peebles Chesterfield Macoupin Co. Ill.
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Jno Peeples' Certificate
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Hampton Regt of Light Dragoons commanded by Brigadier Genl Sumter dated 16th March 1782, acknowledged before H Pencost Judge Advocate, it appears that "John Peoples served as private for Ten (10) Months and that he had received a grown negroe in pay and bounty for his services. 
For Comptroller General
P.S. Jacobs 
Deputy
(No seal of Office)
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia July 21st. 1856
I hereby certify that I have examined the original Indent "No 121 Lib-„X" of which the annexed appears to be a copy; and find that the duty of "John Peeples" as Lieutenant was performed in 1781 [1781 is underscored] or 1782, and not "1782 [1782 is underscored] or 1782" as stated by said copy of Indent, which is certified by "P.S. Jacobs" as Deputy Comptroller General.
Given Under my hand 
Wm. R. Huntt
Dep Comp Genl
"    "    "
No Seal of Office
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State of Illinois Macoupin County-
I Enoch Wall clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Macoupin aforesaid do certify that George S. Huskey Esqr is now and was on the 17th day of January 1856 an acting Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly Elected commissioned and qualified that his signature to the foregoing attestation is genuine and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such Justice of the Peace 
In Testimony whereof I hereto Sign my name and affix the Seal of the County Court of the County of Macoupin aforesaid at my office in Carlinville this 24th day of January 1856 
Enoch Wall clerk
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[handwritten note] Papers ex by. Mr. Olbert Chief of Record Div.
 
[handwritten note in different ink] May 28, 1895. 1914 Mch. 13. Hist. to Mrs. Frank Lampton ¢. 

[Form with printed form fields:]
________ [handwritten] 8074
P.O. ________[handwritten] John Peebles
Service:________
[ink stamp, top center, diagonal] REJECTED 
Enlisted:________, 18
Discharged: ________, 18
Application field: ________, 18
[struck through] Alleges: [handwritten] Printed list of 1852 gives as cause of suspension:
[struck through] Re-enlisted: [handwritten] "For proof from the S. Carolina records."
Attorney: ________
P.O. ________
________
________ Recognized.
________ Contract
________ Cert. of Dis.
________ Searched for ________, 18
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Bureau of Pensions.

[ink stamp] 
O.W. & N. DIV. 
MAY 27 1895 
CHIEF'S DESK

Gen'l Dana-Chief OW & N Div-[handwritten address]

[handwritten number, upward diagonal] 8074 

I would like to see the application of John Peebles, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war-I am informed that no pension was granted in this case but desire to see the papers as above stated-Very Truly-BB Olbert Record Div [handwritten note]

May 27/95 [handwritten date]
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March 4-14 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir- 
In order to prove eligibility to the Daughters of the American Revolution I would like any information you can give concerning John Peebles a soldier of the Revolution who having lost an eye in the war made affidavit for pension. This affidavit is in the possession of Judge Peebles of Carlinville Ill. John Peebles entered service at the beginning of the war under Captain Nettles a militia officer and immediately joined Gen. Marion. He was in the battle of Cowpen and Eutaw Springs and
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was honorably discharged in S.C. He was born in 1763 and died 1849. I will be grateful for any information you may have. Sincerely 
Mrs Frank Lampton 
418 W. 8th. St 
Fort Scott, Kan
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Feby 10 1847- John Peebles, of Macoupin Morrison Co Illinois, entered the service under Captain Nettles of the Militia and immediately joined Genl Marion. Thinks he entered the spring preceeding the battle at Eutaw Springs [This battle was fought in Sep 1781] he was then a resident of Kershaw District, was at the battle of Eutaw Springs engaged as a Camp Guard. He was afterwards in NCarolina scouting against the Lines. He was not fully grown & was (therefore) engaged in scouting & on guard. Was constantly in service to the end of the war, except for that period of time on leave of absence. Was in service 2 years and more. 
John Peebles died 28 October 1849--leaving no Widow but the following children Jesse Peebles 1. Mary Atterberry 2 & Elizabeth Kesinger 3-- 
In 1856 a number of witnesses swear that he had the reputation of having served in the war of the Revolution. 
July 21 1856--Comptroller of So Ca shows a man of his name served as a Lieutenant and one of his name served 10 months under Sumpter as a private.
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Carlinville Illinois Feb 17- 1847 
James A. McClure Esq 
Dear Sir 
I must confess that on this score of correspondence neither of us have contributed much to preserve our former kind relations but hope that they still continue unimpaired. 
I have very little news to communicate which will not surprise you much when you remember that the State of Macoupin is quite remarkable for its steady and measured pace diverging neither to the right hand or life but "pursuing the even tenor of its way." 
The most interesting topic is as to "who shall be the successor of Judge Douglass" Cavally of Greene, Richardson of Schuyler, and many others are spoken of, but we despair of filling his place although he may elect some larger man. 
I send you the papers in an application of an old friend of yours for a pension, and hope that consideration will induce you to pardon the trouble it may put you to, and let me beg of you your kind offices and also beg you to call to you and in especial manner Judge Douglass to whom I could have addressed the papers in the first instance but I know he is so pressed with business that they might escape his attention. 
The old man making the application is the father of the Rev Jessee Peebles of Chesterfield. 
Your Family are all well. Please present my papers to the department and invite their prompt action 
Yours Sincerely 
JM Palmer