Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,437, James Clinton, S.C.
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SC.                Clinton, James                  S2437



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22110
Kentucky

James Clinton of Caldwell Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a pr (illegible) in the com commanded by Captain Satimore of the rgt commanded by Col Neal in the Virginia line for 3 months private

13 (illegible) Lieutenant

Sl Line Records of Jany 21 ‘04

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 183 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4’th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Oct 1833 and 
Haynes Princeton

Arrears to the 4th of Sept                         458 32
                                                                        91 66
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                                                                  $549.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending March.      

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June7, 1832.      

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk,
Book 6      Vol. 7    Page 6

let to Hon L Boyd feb 3  ‘47
“ Hon. A Burnett.  Feb 6/60

Date of Death not on AG
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[ State of Kentucky
Caldwell County ] SS.

On this 20th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before William Landon, Jno. M. Marshall, M. Lyon, Jarod Cartwright, Stephen Grove Esquires, Justices of the County Court of said County and State, now sitting James Clinton, resident of said County, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sum according to law, doth in 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. In the year 1786 (the month I do not remember) I was drafted as a private in the District of York, South Carolina, for a tour of three months against the Tories under one Mc Girt and  Indians on the frontiers of  Georgia. I served in this expedition under Captain Lattimore and in the regiment of Colonel Thomas Neal. On arriving on the frontiers in search of said Mc Girt and his party, we found the whole country overrun with Tories and scouting parties of the British, from several of their posts in that state: and Mc Girt’s party had joined these British detachments, so that we were too weak to effect any thing against them. The Colonel thought it most prudent to return without risking an engagement, as he could not have had any success against an enemy so much stronger than himself. Accordingly we returned, and were discharged, having served the two months for which we were drafted. Afterwards, and just about the time of the fall of Charleston, the British and Tories became very bold, and had established posts throughout the country. Under this aspect of things the whigs began to think of organizing themselves into volunteer companies, and entering the field against these invaders of the Country. In the month of June as my memory now serves me - it might have been earlier of that year (1780) I again entered the service in the militia of the State as a volunteer private and from the same district, under Lt. Davis, Captain Joseph Howe, and Colonel Andrew Neal ( son of my first Colonel mentioned above). As soon as our troops assembled we went first in search of one Captain Hook a Brittish officer, whom we found at the plantation of Col. Brattan, and instantly commenced the attack, in which Hook was killed with others and his party dispersed. From this place we marched to a  Brittish fortification called Rocky Mount, to which we laid seige, which was situated as I think in the lower end of Chester County, and on the waters of the Catawba. While at Clem’s branch, waters of the Catawba, Sumpter was made General of the troops, and took the command as such. From Clem’s branch we descended first to the Warsaw meeting house, where Col. Buford’s
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( pg 2 ) wounded then lay and crossed the Catawba,  about sundown at Landsford and from thence we marched in the night time to Rocky Mount. During our march, after crossing the river, orders were given that no man speak above his breath as it was our object to surprise the place, and we arrived before the place sometime before day, and commenced the attack about day break. This post was commanded by a Col. Turnbull as well as I remember. The attack was on Sunday morning. Sumpter divided his men into two or three divisions and ordered the assault to be made from different directions. The division under Col. Neal had to advance through an old field, and were consequently much exposed to the enemy’s fire, and in the first assault Col. Neal was killed, not five feet from where I stood. I saw him fall & heard, and do now remember his last words: “I have received a mortal wound - mercy on my soul.” and instantly died. The attack was continued during the whole day, during which we made two assaults, but were repulsed in both. After the first assault , Sumpter sent in a flag and demanded a surrender which was refused, and immediately the second assault was made. I have but little doubt that the garrison would have surrendered at one time, if they had not repeated re- enforcements. After making every possible exertion, and finding it impossible to take the place, late in the evening, Sumpter drew off his men, and fell back to Fishing Creek and there encamped. Late in the evening of the day on which the attack was made as a last resort, we attempted to set fire to the works but a rain fell and prevented its success. Our loss at Rocky Mount was not great in numbers, but the loss of Neal was severely felt. After the death of Neal, Col. Brattan took command of my regiment and Col. Andrew Love a Lt. Colonel as well as I now remember. Col. Love died about ten years ago in Livingston County Kentucky, not far distant from me. We lay at Fishing Creek about a week, and then marched against the Hanging Rock, where the British lay encamped on the East side of the Catawba. On the next Sunday after the attack on Rocky Mount, we attacked the enemy at Hanging Rock under Bryant as well as I now recollect - at any rate, the Tories were under him. The attack began early in the morning, and continued nearly the whole day, but not always regular, as there was much skirmishing with detached parties through the day. We claimed a victory here because we killed many more than we lost; yet the enemy kept the ground. Our loss was about 30, and if our information was correct the enemy’s loss in killed and wounded was near 200 and some of them officers. I remember distinctly, that a British detachment was ordered  out to relieve Col. Bryant, at the head of the Tories, who was hard pressed by us; and that this detachment was all killed except one sergeant major, and perhaps, one or two more. I do not remember the precise time these two battles were fought, but I am
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( pg 3 ) certain that it was in the summer time , for the weather was warm during the engagement at the Hanging rock, my Captain  Howe was  thought to have behaved  cowardly , and was consequently  removed, and  Lt. Davis was made Captain in his stead, and  I was made Lieutenant in the place of Davis. This was in the month of August 1780 . Before this time , after going into this last service, and I think  while we were at  Clem's Branch, about  the last of June or first of  July  1780  . I  was made Sergeant in Capt. Howe's company  , and continued so until  I was made Quartermaster in August  afterwards, at a place called Hagler's branch , where we  encamped for a while after the battle of the hanging rock as aforesaid . The soldiers  refused to sere any longer  under Capt. Howe, as he had acted cowardly and while at Hagler's branch  they nominated or elected said Lt. Davis to fill his place and myself to  fill the place of Davis, all which was approved and confirmed by the superior officers, and  Howe immediately left the service and returned home. He had been a militia Captain  in time of peace, but when the time came to try his courage, he was found  wanting  and was ever afterwards held in low estimation. We remained at Hagler's branch  about a month , during which we has some skirmishes with small parties , but nothing considerable. From this place we re - crossed the Catawba ,  and proceeded to Broad river  in  a Southern direction , and encamped a the Fish dam ford, where, on the second night  afterwards we were surprised by  a detachment of British , and gained some advantage over us, and  removed off the ground. In this affair , Col. Taylor lost five out of his Regt. , but on the next morning we returned to the ground and found 15 of the enemy  wounded  & on the ground, with a surgeon  attending them. These we left  under the care of the surgeon  except two  who preferred the American service, and one of them was afterwards a good soldier in our army. He was a tailor by trade. Our  General in  this encounter came very near being taken prisoner, but escaped. In a day or two afterwards we crossed the river  and remained a few days a few miles from the river , from which  place Captain  Hanna and myself as Lt. with about 50 men were detached to  Shyer's ferry  about 10 miles distant, against a party of tories near that place. We could not  find them, but concluded to fire on a party of British  across the river at the ferry . This was fruitless  for  for I've killed but one that I know of. On the  next day  about  10 o'clock we  rejoined the army at Blackstock on  Tyger river whether it had moved on the preceding day. On the next day , a party of British  appeared and drove in our pickets, and then formed  in an old field about  a quarter mile distant  from us , and remained in order of battle more than an hour , I suppose with the expectation  that we would form also in the field, but in this they were mistaken. General Sumpter rode along our lines, and asked if  any would volunteer to bring on the attack, by making our attack and retreating , such as to draw
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 ( pg 4 ) the enemy to a different point . A Captain ( whose name I have forgotten ) myself and about 30 men volunteered to this service and marched directly in front of the enemy's line within gun shot  and fired upon them , and immediately retreated back to the main army. This succeeded as was expected, for the enemy marched up to the attack. Sumpter was  posted on a timbered ridge, and thought this ground advantageous. As soon as the enemy approached a heavy fire commenced, and continued but a few minutes, when the British retreated back to the old field. A good many were killed on the ground, and amongst the the rest a Major whose name I do not know, but on his boots was the name of "Major Levis " - it was also said his name was Major Livingston. Who was the superior officer commanding the British  I know not; unless it was Colonel Tarlton which is my  recollection and  who commanded horse. After the retreat back  to the old field, the enemy were considered  annoyed by a detachment  sent  around by Sumpter in their rear . We stood under arms expecting  another attack and that the enemy would be re- enforced. About half an hour  by seven in the evening a detachment of dragoons  ( from Tarlton's horse as I believe ) arrived and advanced along the rear in front of  our lines, when a deadly  fire was poured upon them, and 20 were killed on the spot. They immediately  retreated, also the infantry ( for some were infantry )  from the field . Sumpter immediately formed his troops in proper order and pursued them. we marched two days along the road they came , and where one got behind in the old field we fell into an  ambush, and  received a fire from them right and left. But I do not remember a single man of us was touched except Sumpter himself who was wounded in the shoulder, which happened  near night fall. Upon this we retreated over Tiger river  and encamped the same night at Wafford's Iron Works. The enemy did not pursue. In the whole of this conflict , we lost none that I remember - there must have been 30 or 40 lost on the enemy's side or more. It was now sometime in the fall of the year, but the precise time I cannot recollect.  We remained at Wafford's works several days and then returned to York  County , sometime between  the 20th and 25th of November of that year ( 1780 ) . On our return the men were allowed to disperse for a while to  get clothing and necessities as they were much in want of these things. We  remained dispersed as above until  about the 15th January following  ( 1781 )  when orders came for us to  assemble immediately  to go against some British forts on the Congaree as they were  committing dreadful harm in that quarter. My regiment  rendezvoused at York  Court House  and then proceeded immediately to  Friday's  fort on the  Congaree and lay sometime near it , but having no artillery  we made no attempt on it for  the present. Gen. Sumpter after consultation , detached a company
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( pg 5 ) under Capt. Hanna  and myself down the Congaree to  a fort at Thompson's ( sometimes called Buckhead )  for the purpose of  aiding some Continental troops in taking that station. We were  a company of Riflemen and it was necessary  to have such for the protection of  those engaged in digging instruments  , etc. for the purpose of under mining  .  I do not now continually remember  who had command of these Continental troops , but I know one  Capt.  Singleton  commanded an artillery company. We arrived here I think  in April, and after much  hard service during  day and night , we succeeded in digging instruments, and erecting  a battery  in about  150 yards of the fort, during the night and placed  piece of artillery in it  the same night. Early the next morning  the battery opened on the fort, and in a short time , the flag of surrender was brung out, and the fort surrendered themselves prisoners of War. After  remaining here two or three weeks after taking the fort , my company returned back to Friday's fort  ( or Fort Granby )  sometime in May  1781 , and found it captured by Col. Lee  with the aid  of  Singleton's militia as I believe, and on our arrival  , the most of the militia under Sumpter had dispersed, and I then  returned home but three days  before I again entered the  service. But before stating  any further service , I will mention a  circumstance omitted in its proper place . Just after I was made a Lt.  at Hagler's branch , Sumpter ordered me to return to my neighborhood and  get volunteers if I could or  press men if I must, to join him. In the execution of these orders , I procured 8 or 10 only , and returned in all haste to join Sumpter again which I did  on the Catawba , sometime  about the first of September as well as remembered. During my  absence  in this recruiting  expedition , Sumpter  had been surprised at the Catawba ford  by Tarlton, and suffered considerable loss ; and it was with  considerable difficulty  he again  could  collect a sufficient number to commence his operations. To proceed : after Sumter left  Fort Granby  and I think in May or June, he took a post at Orangeburg and remained there  sometime. Remaining at home  only three days as before  stated  I proceeded to join  him again  with my old company , which  was done as we could in small parties for fear of the Tories. We joined him and not far from Orangeburg sometime in July 1781  ( about the 1st of the  month )  In a short time  after joining him, he detached  about  200 men  ( myself being one, and  Lt. of a select company  in this detachment ) against  the Quarter house about five miles from Charleston where was a guard stationed to protect him , etc.  We marched in great haste, and secrecy  and came upon  them by surprise. Several were killed and taken prisoners and several horses were taken . After
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( pg 6 ) accomplishing  the object in the manner related and immediately returned,  , travelling a parol of the night . On our way back, we heard of a boat lying  in  Cooper river , not far from Biggin Church , and we turned to attack it, which we did and took all on board prisoners , consisting of a Sergeant's guard. On the same evening we rejoined Sumpter on his march towards Biggins Church , on the opposite side of Cooper river , almost two miles from the Church  we were met by a party of British , which we charged so furiously  that they instantly fled back to the Church leaving several dead and several prisoners. The same night they set fire to the Church , and retreated  towards Charleston. Col. Lee  having joined us the same evening , on the next morning we  began a pursuit , and continued until evening when we overtook them. A charge was ordered and Lee charged though their  whole ranks, and brought off about  40 prisoners. The rest crossed over a branch of Cooper river on a bridge, and took possession of some negro cabins, from which they killed several of our men. They drawed the bridge  that they had crossed on, and we therefore could not  follow them. This transaction was in the month of September 1781 , in the early part of that month. We returned the way we had went up  to Nielson's ferry , from which place myself and company returned  home, but remained  but a short time, before my services were required against  the tories. About this time, I was commissioned a Captain , and had the command of a company  as such during all the balance of my service, but this service was principally against tories and in short expeditions and it is impossible for me to mention the time so precisely  as to come within the requisitions of the War Department, nor can I fix the precise time when  I was commissioned as Captain in the  pursuit from Biggin Church  towards Charleston  as before stated , but I may have still been only a Lieutenant . The balance of my service , after my discharge , about the first of September 1781  as aforesaid . I will not attempt to enumerate it may pass unrewarded, tho' I done much , but cannot remember so distinctly as required and I will not venture to ( guess ) ( underscored ) at it . I do not think I was  commissioned a Lieutenant - many officers in those
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( pg 7 ) superior officers - this was done in my case , as well as many others. My commission was signed by Governor Rutledge, and is as dated sometime in  1781 , but which  I have lost several years ago. The British now in the possession of Charleston  at the time, and I fear that is as no record made of it. I have sent to  the Secretary of  South Carolina for  a copy of it , it is remains of record there, and if  I obtain it it shall be transmitted to the Department,  though I claim nothing as a Captain. it will corroborate my statements. It may be proper to mention  that the troops with which I served during all the time I was with  Sumpter  were mounted men  as was also my own company . Since the return of my former declaration  I have reflected much on my service and the circumstances attending it, and many incidents  have  recurred to me  which I  could no mention at the time that declaration was made out , and I hope  I have  been able to fix the time of my service so precisely as to serve the purpose - I cannot  be more precise as to the time. On the subject of proof of my service as an officer I fear there is more required of me that I can perform, for verily I know of no one now living  by whom I cam prove it, unless one Samuel  Gordon be now living. He is the last survivor of my company  that I know of , and whether he is now living is quite uncertain. I was informed not a great while since by a Circuit preacher that he was dead. He moved out and settled in Logan County Kentucky  a good many years ago and  resided there until is death . He was a soldier under me as Lt.  and if he be living  I will procure his evidence. I can prove the most of all my service as a private by  two old comrades, Wm Clark and Arthur Travis living in Livingston County. Clark served in the same regiment with me up to the time of the battle of Rocky Mount. He was in Capt.  Miller's company  and I in Howe's . I once sent on their evidence and the  Department has made no suggestion  that it was insufficient  to establish my claim as a private, after the battle of Rocky mount  Clark and myself served no more together , that I recollect of, and as I was  not a Lieutenant  until afterwards ( at Hagler's branch ) he therefore does not personally know  of my acting as such. But  if tradionary  evidence will be received - if general understanding  of the  country be allowed, I have no doubt  I can produce such evidence in abundance -and that too, about the time of  the service, and just after the war. If after the production of all the evidence in my power it should be deemed to weak to establish my claim as a Lieutenant , I do request  the Department to grant me a pension as a private. I will freely  give up my higher  claims if  I fail to establish them, though at this time I  feel a little pride. Yet  my age and the situation in  which I am placed
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( pg 8 ) serves to humble my pride and therefore   I ask only what I am able to  prove. I declare that I have no documentary evidence in my possession which would prove my service, as I never received any written discharge that I remember of . I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension  roll of the agency of any State or Territory. In tis declaration I might have omitted many  incidents as my memory  is rusty and have none present  to converse with on the subject . The following interrogatories as prescribed by the War Department  were propounded  to the said James Clinton, by the said Court  , to which he made the subjoined answers : 1. Where and in what year were you born ? Answer. I was born in the County of Chester, New London Township , State of Pennsylvania on 11th day of August 1761  and lived there till about  eight years old, when my father moved to York District South Carolina. 2. have you any record of your age, and if so where is it ? Answer. I have a transcript of my age, drawn off in a Bible at home from the Register of my father. 3. Where were you living when you entered the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary  War, and where do you now live ? Answer. When  I entered the service  I lived in York District  South Carolina , and continued to live there until about 30 years ago, when I moved to this County where I have lived ever since. 4. 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 drafted in the first tour of two months to the frontiers of Georgia, but was a volunteer in all the balance of my service.  5. State the names of the regular officers , who were with the troops when you served, such continental and militia regiments , as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. Answer. There were no regular officers with the troops where I served except at the taking of Thompson's fort  ( or Buckhead )  and in the  pursuit of the British from Biggin Church  towards Charleston , and the names of them so far as I knew  them were Capt . Singleton, Col. Bratton's  , Watson's , Brannon's and my own  ( Neal's ) . I have seen Gen. Green , Gen. Morgan, & Col. Washington , but they were  at no time with the troops where I served. 6. Did you ever receive a commission , and if so , by whom was it given and what has become of it ? Answer . I was not commissioned as Lieutenant , but as Capt. I was, signed by Governor Rutledge, but this is long since lost. 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present
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( pg 9 ) neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity  and their belief of you r service as a soldier and officer of the Revolution. Answer. Hon. C. Lyon , Wm Asher ( a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia ) , Alexr. Maxwell, Rev. John Barnett, James Neely , James Guess  and many others indeed all of them. Jas Clinton ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed  the day and year aforesaid .  We John Barnett  a clergyman residing in the County of Caldwell and  State of Kentucky  and Chitterdon Lyon  & Alexander Maxwell  residing in the same County  and  State , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Clinton  who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy  one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier and officer of the  Revolution , and that we concur in that opinion. John Barnett ( signed ) Chittn .Lyons ( signed ) Alexander Maxwell ( signed )  And the said Court  do hereby declare their opinion after the investigaton of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department  that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary  soldier and officer, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Barnett who has signed the preceding  certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Caldwell  and 
State aforesaid , and that Chitterdon Lyons  and   Alexander Maxwell who have also signed the same are residents of the same County  and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to  credit. W M Lander  ( signed ) Jno W. Marshall ( signed ) M Lyon ( signed ) J. A. Cartwright ( signed ) Stephen Grove ( signed )   I Nathan S. Dallam . clerk of the Count Court for the County of Caldwell
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and State aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court, in the matter of the application of James Clinton for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 20th day of [illegible] 1833 and  41st year of the Commonwealth
N S Dallam ( signed / sealed )  clk 

 [ State of Kentucky, Caldwell County ]  Set.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County & State James Clinton ( who is known to me to be the person named in
the foregoing declaration for a pension) who being duly Sworn , deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he can not positively as to the 
Precise length of his service, as mention by him in his declaration; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and 
in the following grades: For at least three months I served as a private. For at least one month I served as a Sergeant; For thirteen months (at least) I served as Lieutenant of a company; and for such service I claim  a pension.  Jas Clinton ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed the 27th day of September 1833 before me James C. Willer ( signed ) J Pce



[ State of Kentucky, Caldwell County ] Set
I Nathan S Dallam Clerk of the County Court
of the County aforesaid do certify, that James C Willer Esquire whose name appears to the above certificate of James Clinton
is now and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the
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peace in and for said County. only Commissioned and qualified according to the law and that due faith and Credit is due to  & aught to be given to all his official acts.  And I further certify that his said signature is his genuine signature.

In Testimony whereof  I hereunto by my hand and affix the seal of said Court at my office the 27th day of September 1833

N. S. Dallam ( signed / sealed ) Clk
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James Clinton
Kentucky

(e)

from 1780 private
& Lt 16 months
Pr 3 months $ 10
Lt 1 year 1 m.   173.33
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                         $183.33

9166
        5
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458.31


T Haynes
Princeton
Ke
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

Sir:

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

Period when the     Duration of the         Rank of     Names and rank of the Field of-    Age at present,    Proof by which
service was             claimant's service       the         ficers under whom he served.        place of abode.    the declaration
rendered.                 Year Months Days   Claimant                                                                     when he entered   is supported
                                                                                                                                                                 the service
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   1780                                   3                            Pr           Capt Latimore                                                                           
                                       1        1                            Lt.           Col Neal                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                    




[Handwritten notes]
The applicant's statement does not
show the precise length of time that he was
in actual service as a lieutenant and 
as a private, This declaration should be 
amended in that respect per notice

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J L Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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                                                      REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual
military service.  Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
On this             day of                                personally appeared (a) before  
          A B. a resident (b) of                              in the county of                        and State, Territory, or District of           aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with.        and served in the                (e) regiment of the line,                under the following named offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                           A. B.
        (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above 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 name 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 the 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 believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Clerk of Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used 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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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person                                                                                                
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, it one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 

All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
(To a Soldier.)  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
(To an Officer. ) Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir acquaintance with him; that they believe he is of the age he represents,and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened very important, in the absence of any direct proof except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general or whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.  

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so , he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  

In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____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 directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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
(j) In case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must verify 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 note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March 27, 1939.

BA-J/ILL
James Clinton
S. 2437

Mrs. H. T. Lowry
3638 Pershing Aveme
San Diego, California.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of James Clinton, who applied for
Pension in 1832, while a resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky.

 Data which follow are shown in the papers on file
in pension claim, S. 2437, based upon service of James Clinton In
the Revolutionary War.

James Clinton was born
August 22, 1761, In New London Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, and moved, when eight years old, with
his father to York District South Carolina.  The names of his parents 
are not shown.

While a resident of York District, South Carolina James
Clinton enlisted in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain 
Lattimore's company, Colonel Thomas Neel's South Carolina regiment and went on an expedition against the Tories and Creek Indians on the frontiers of Georgia; he enlisted  June 1 1780, and served one mo as sergeant in Captain Joseph Howe's company, Colonel Andrew Neel's South Carolina regiment; July 1, 1780, he was appointed lieutenant and served in Captain Davis' company, Colonel Bratton's South Carolina regiments; in September 1781, he was commissioned captain: he was in the battles of Mobley's Meeting House, Stallions on Fishing Creek, Hill's Iron Works, Rocky Mount,
Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, Fish Dam Ford, Black Stocks on
Tiger River,  Monck's Corner, Thompson's Fort, Quarter House and also engagements at Bratton's Plantation and Biggen's Church.
He served one month as a sergeant, and thirteen months as lieutenant: as captain, he served principally on short tours under General Sumter entire length of that service not shown.

James Clinton was allowed pension on his application executed
May 20, 1833, at which time he resided in Caldwell County,
Kentucky: he had moved there from York County, South Carolina, about 1803.
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There are no data whatever pertaining to the family of this James Clinton.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

James Clinton
Certificate #22110
Issued October 11, 1833
Rate $183.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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June 17, 1936
XXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
James Clinton-S. 2437

Mr. W. F. Hathaway
Graves Registration Division
Office of the Adjutant General Des Moines. Iowa

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to James Clinton, pension claim No.2437, and Levi Hathaway, who served in the Vermont Militia, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War and Israel Cannon who served under General, Jackson at the battle of New Orleans In the War of 1812 and also in the Black Hawk War.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon
the military service in the Revolutionary War of a Levi Hathaway, 
who rendered the service cited by you.  Such claims are the source
of the data furnished by the Veterans Administration.  The record
of James Clinton to given below and the record of Israel Cannon is furnished herewith.

James Clinton
S. 2437

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
In Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2437, based upon the Military service of James Clinton in that war.

James Clinton was born August 11, 1761, in New London Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, and when eight years old moved with his father York District, South Carolina. X The names of his parent are not shown.
While residing In said York District, James Clinton enlisted in 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Lattimore's Company,  Colonel Thomas Neel's South Carolina Regiment and went on an expedition against the Tories and Creek Indians on the frontiers of Georgia: he enlistedd in June, 1780, served as sergeant in Captain 
Joseph Howe's Company, Colonel Andrew Neel's (son of his former colonel)
[Illegible note in right margin]
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South Carolina Regiment: July 1, 1780, was appointed lieutenant and served in Captain Davis' Company, Colonel Bratton's South Carolina Regiment (Colonel Andrew Neel having been killed in battle):
 in September, 1781, he was commissioned captain: he was in the battles of Mobley's Meeting House, Stallions on Fishing Creek, Hill's 
Iron Works,  Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, Fish Dam Ford
Black Stocks on Tiger River, Monck's Corner, Thompson's Fort 
Quarter House and also in engagements at Bratton's Plantation and Biggen's Church.  He served one month as a sergeant and thirteen
months as lieutenant: as captain, he served principally on short tours under General Sumter: entire length of this service as captain not shown.

James Clinton was allowed pension on his application executed
may 20, 1833, while residing in Caldwell County, Kentucky to which place he had moved from York: County, South Carolina, about 1803.

There are no data as to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the 
name and address of person pald and possibly the date of death of 
the Revolutionary War soldier, James Clinton(S.2437), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Offices, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

James Clinton, Certificate No. 22110, issued October 11, 1833,
rate $183.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832. Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

[Handwritten note in right margin]
Worked out these battles with Mc Cready's S.C. books
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June 5, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF: :MLB

Mr. Henry C. Tindall, 2nd
The Nassau
162 Luckie Street, N. W.,
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2437, that James Clinton
was born, August 11, 1761, in Lew (New)London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; when eight years old, he moved with 
his father (name not given) to York District, South Carolina.

While residing in York District, South Carolina, 
he enlisted in 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Lattimore's company, Colonel Thomas Neel's South
Carolina regiment, in an expedition against the Creek Indians
the Georgia frontiers. He enlisted in June, 1780 served 
as sergeant in Captain Joseph Howe's company, Colonel Andrew Neel's South Carolina regiment; was commissioned, July 1 1780, lieutenant, and served in Captain Davis' company, Colonel
Bratton's South Carolina regiment, and was in the battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Fish Dam Ford, Black Stocks, where
Major Levis or Livingston (British) was killed by him in a 
advance engagement, Thompson's Fort, Hills Iron Works, and in the skirmishes at Biggen Church, Mobley'a Meeting House, Tiger River, Monks Corner, and many others in South Carolina; 
length of service fourteen months.  He was commissioned in
September, 1761, captain, and served principally in short tours under General Sumter; lengths of service not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
May 20, 1833, while a resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky,
to which place he had moved thirty years before, from York District, South Carolina.
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It is not stated that soldier was ever married and there
are no further family data on file.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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January 8, 1929
Mrs. Eugene Morgan
Wyaconda
Missouri

Madams: 

I advise you that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of the Revolutionary War soldier, James Clinton, S. 2437, the name and address of person
paid, and possibly the date of the soldier's death, you should apply to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
* James Clinton, Certificate No. 22110, issued October 11, 1833, rate $183.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 
1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency:.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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November 16,1928
Mrs. Eugene Morgan
Wyaconda
Missouri

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2437, it appears that James Clinton. was born, August 1l, 1761, in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; when eight years old, he moved with his father (name not given) to York District, South Carolina .

While residing in York District, South Carolina, he enlisted, in 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Lattimore's Company, Colonel Thomas Neel's South Carolina Regiment, in an expedition against the Creek Indians on the Georgia Frontiers

He enlisted in June, 1780, served as sergeant in Captain Joseph Howe's Company, Colonel Andrew Neel's  South Carolina Regiment; was commissioned, July 1, 1780, Lieutenant and served in Captain Davis' Company, Colonel Bratton's South Carolina Regiment; and was in the battles of Rocky
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Mount, Hanging Rock, Fish Dan Ford, Black Stocks, where
Major Levis or Livingston (British) was killed by him in an advance engagement, Thompson's Fort, Hills Iron
Works, and in the skirmishes at Biggen Church, Mobley's
Meeting House, Tiger River, Monks Corner, and many other
in South Carolina. Length of service 14 months.

He was commissioned in September, 1781, Captain, and
served principally in short tours under General Sumter, lengths of service not atated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
May 20, 1833, while a resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky, to which place he had moved thirty years before from York District, South Carolina.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married and
there are be further family data on file.

Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make irmediate reply to
each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution.
Letters are being answered an rapidly as possible in order 
of receipt.

Respectfully.
WINFIELD
SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[2 pages]

[Page 1]
Rev. War Section.
March 21, 1917.

[Page 2]
Elva C Barrows,
Post Office Box 573, 
Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the seventh instant,
you are advised that the papers on file in claim Survivor's File No. 2,437 Rev. War, show that James Clinton was allowed pension on his application executed May 20, 1833, at which he resided in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

 He stated that he was born August 11,.1761 in New London Township, Chester County Pennsylvania, and when eight years old removed with his father, whose name is not stated, to York District South Carolina, and served in the mounted troops of South Carolina
as follows.

Drafted in 1780, as a Private, under Captain Lattimere and Colonel Thomas Neel, in an expedition against the
Creek Indians and the Tories under one McGirth: three
months.

Volunteered in June 1780, under Captains Joseph Howe and Davis,  Colonels  Watson, Andrew Neel
and Bratton; pursued Captain Hook (Britian) and killed him at Colonel Bratton's Plantation; was in the battle of Rocky Mount where Colonel Andrew Neel was killed within five feet of him; in the battles
of Hanging Rock,Fish Dam Ford, and Blackstocks
where General Sumter was wounded; he was in various skirmishes; and served one month as a Private, one month  as Sergeant, and thirteen months as a Lieutenant vice Lieutenant Davis promoted Captain.

Shortly afterwards he was commissioned Captain and served principally in short terms against the Tories.

There is no family data on file.

Very respectfully,

G M Saltzgaber [signature]

Commissioner.
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October 21, 1915.

Hon, Lawrence Y. Sherman,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter dated the
twentieth instant, requesting information for Mr.. A.
R. Drennan of Springfield, Illinois, I have the honor 
to advise you that the papers filed in the claim of James Clinton, Sur. File No. 2,437, Rev. War, (or whose 
service Mr Drennan states he has a record) fail to show any data relative to his family, therefore this Bureau is unable to furnish the desired information.

For the date of the soldier's death, last payment
of his pension and to whom paid, application should 
be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department,
U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
* James Clinton, Certificate No. 22,110. issued October 11, 1833. for $183.33 per annum from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Kentucky Agency.*

 Very truly yours,

G M Saltzgaber [signature]

Commissioner.
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Bratton's Plantation; was in the battle of Rocky Mount. where colonel Andrew Neel was killed within five feet of him: in the battles of Hanging Rock, Fish Dam Ford, and Blackstocke where General Sumter was wounded; he was in various skirmishes and served one month as a Private, one month as sergeant, and thirteen months as a Lieutenant vice Lieutenant Davis promoted Captain.

Shortly afterwards he was commissioned Captain and served principally in short terms against the Tories.

There is no family data on file.

Very truly yours.
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.



Clinton. - 2 -
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July 31, 1914.

Hon. James M. Graham.
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Graham:
In response to your letter dated the
twenty-seventh instant.  I have the honor to advise you that the papers on file in claim Sur. Tile No. 2.437. Rev. War. show that James Clinton was allowed pension on his applicatition executed May 20, 1833. at which time he resided in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

He stated that he was born August 11, 1761. in New Lon-
don township. Chester County. Pennsylvania, and when eight years old, removed with his father, whose name ia not stated. to York District, South Carolina, and served in the mounted troops of South Carolina as follows.

Drafted in 1780, as a Private under Captain Lattimore 
and Colonel Thomas Neel in an expedition againet the Creek Indians and the Tories under one McGirth; three months.

Volunteered in June 1780, under Captains Joseph Howe.
and Davis. Colonels Watson, Andrew Neel and Bratton, pur-sued Captain Hook (British) and killed him at Colonel
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3628 Peraburg in San Diego , Cal. Reb 10, 1939 ( post mark )[ RECEIVED FEB 15 1939 VET ADM. READER # 15 ]  Pension Bureau  Washington D.C.  Will you please send me any information you have relative to the following person. James Clinton ( 1761 - 1846 ) said to have served in the  mounted troops of So. Carolina. Applied for a pension from Caldwell Co. Kentucky in 132. Revolutionary soldier,  Sincerely  Ethel Clinton Lowry  ( Mrs. H.T. ) ( signed )
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State of Iowa
Office of the Adjutant General
Des Moines

April 19, 1936.

DIVISION OF GRAVES REGISTRATION

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-

Please send me a copy of the information contained in Revolutionary War Pension Claim S. 2437 for James Clinton, who we understand served during the
War of the Revolution,

Since we realize your office may receive a number of like inquiries
and you may be limited in clerical forces for replying to such inquiries, it is 
not expected that immediate reply will be made.

Yours truly,
W. F. Hathaway [signature]
 W. F. Hathaway, Director
Grave Registration Division.

Stamp
3
arrow
RECEIVED
APR 21 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM
READER No 16
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" The Nassau " 162 Luckie Street , N.W. Atlanta , Georgia  29 April , 1931.  The Commissioner of Pensions Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Sir : Kindly forward me a copy of the pension application of James Clinton  who was born in  1761 in Chester County , Pa.  served in the  War of the Revolution" as private and lieutenant " in York District, South Carolina. In  1833 ,he applied for a pension in Caldwell County Ky. He married Ann Armstrong . Also copy of any family data on file with pension papers. Yours truly , Henry  C. Tindall II ( signed )  ( post mark ) [ US PENSION OFFICE D MAY 4 1931 ]
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Morgan Independent Oil Company  PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Wyaconda, Missouri  GASOLINE, KEROSENE, ROAD OIL , AXLE GREASES , MOTOR GREASES  Stations at  WYACONDA, DOWNING, LANCASTER, KNOX CITY    12/30/28  Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE  JAN 5 1929 ]  Gentlemen : In a letter to me  under the date of November 16, '28  you state that Capt. James Clinton was granted a pension while a resident of Caldwell County Kentucky too which  place he had moved thirty years before from York District , South Carolina. Was there any specified address or location  give with this date. I am able
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to get a connected story  of his life up to this point . But have no date of his death or resident address in Caldwell County , Kentucky . The information sent me was from  Rev & 1812  War Section.. ( illegible )  . I wish to thank you for the generous information  sent me in your recent letter  and also anything you may be able to give me on the above.  Very truly  yours , Mrs. Eugene Morgan ( signed )  ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE  JAN 5 1929 ]
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Morgan Independent Oil Company
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
INDEPENDENT OIL
Wyaconda, Missouri

GASOLINE
KEROSINE
ROAD OIL
AXLE GREASES
MOTOR GREASES

Stations at
WYACONDA
DOWNING
LANCASTER
KNOX CITY

9/11/28
Department of Pensions
Washington, DC
Gentlemen: I would the pension record of Captain James Clinton of SC He was born in Chester County, Pa. Inlisted from York District, South C 1780-1781 and served under Gen Sumter.
[stamped 
PENSION
NOV
U 13 S
1928
OFFICE]
I wrote sometime ago concerning this but have never received a reply. I am very anxious to obtain this as it is necessary to have it before completing DAR papers. Thanking you kindly
Sincerely,
Mrs Eugene Morgan
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PHONE 1001
P.O. BOX 573

[Handwritten note :]
Rev sent
{illegiblw initials]

ELVA G. BARROWS
INVESTMENTS 
TULSA, OKLA.

March 7, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am desirous of otaining the Revolutionary War
record of my Great-grand-father, James Clinton, who was born 
Aug. 11, 1761,  probably in either North or South Carolina .

The Family tradition is that he served thro the greater
part of the War and at the end of the War he an
officer,  probably a  Captain. He probably enlisted from one
of the Carolinas.  In his o1d days he lived in either 
Crittenden or Union County, Kentucky.

Some time ago I wrote the War Department, and the reply
suggested that I write you.

I will appreciate any information you are able to obtain
for me.

Thanking you in anticipation of the favor, I am,
Very truly,

Elva C Barrows. [signature]

[Stamp]
U S.
PENSION
MAR
9
1917
OFFICE
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SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
James M Graham, Ill., Chairman
Oscar Callaway, Tex .   Frank W Hondell, Wyo.
Joseph A Goulden, N.Y.  Charles H Burke, S. Dak.
Dudley H Hughes, Ga.
Tom Stout, Mont.
John F Mc Carron, Ill., Clerk

House of Representatives,
Committee on
Expenditures in the Intertior Department,
Washington, D. C.

July 27, 1914

Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -

Will you please furnish me with the military
record of James Clinton, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  He was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832; at the time it was granted his residence was given as Caldwell County, Ky., and the date of issuance of his certificate was October 11, 1833, Age 72 years, Virginia Line.

Kindly let me hear from you about this at
your earliest convenience.

Very truly yours,

James M Graham [signature]
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22110 .32

Geneseo Ill Sept. 27, '02

U. S. Commission of
Pensions;

Dear Sir

Will you kindly look
up the War record of my
great-grandfather, one
Captain James Clinton
of South Carolina  who
fought-thru the Revolution 
in Genl Sumpters Comps?

Cap Clinton moved from
S.C. to Western Ky at a very
early date and died in

Caldwell Co.-that- state
Address - Miss Lydia  Colby
Geneseo
Ill
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[Left Page]
2437
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 2437
James Clinton
Lieut. S.C. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A , Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870]

S. C. Lines Records O.K.
Jany 21 '04

[Right Page]

Nov. 17 - 1902
Miss Lydia Colby
Geneseo Ill
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1914 July 31. Hist to Hon
James M Graham 
1915 Oct 21. Sen L. Y. Sherman
ref to the Aud for the Int. 
1917 Mar 21. Hist to Elva C Barrows
____________
1928, Nov. 16, Hist to
Mrs. Eugene Morgan
_____________
1929 - Jan 8, Mrs. Eugene
Morgan advised how
to find date of sol's
death
______________

He 1931 - June 5 - Hist to Henry
C. Tindall 2"
_______________
1936 - June 17 - Hist to
W.F. Hathaway
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1939 - Mar.27 - Hist. to Mrs. H T Lowry - EEL - copied  ILL.
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State of Kentucky Livingston County to wit
This day William Clark a resident of said county and Arthur Travis also a resident of the same county, came personally before me a justice of the peace in aforesaid county and the said Clark made oath that he was well acquainted with James Clinton, (who now lives in the county of Caldwell in this state) in the Revolutionary War & that he knew him in the service as a soldier and served in the same regiment (under Col Neal) with the said Clinton, and was with him in the same regiment at the battle of Rocky Mount and that the said Clinton did perform much service in the Revolution [crossed out but that he did not serve afterwards in the same regiment with] and he knows said Clinton was almost constantly in service during the War the said Travis also made oath that he was well acquainted with said James Clinton in the revolution and that the said Clinton was in Col Neals Regt at Rocky Mount and that the said Clinton was a soldier good and true and performed much service for his country and that the said Clinton was then and is now a man of good character, and standing and high respectability
Wm Clark
Athr Travis
I David W Patterson a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid do certify that the said Clark and Travis who have subscribed the atns affidavit and oath did personally appear before me on this day & make oath to the same is therin stated and I do certify that the said Clark and Travis are well known to me and are credible persons and of good character and respectability Given under my hand the 3rd day of December 1832 DW Patterson JPSC
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State of Kentucky Livingston County to Wit
I Jesse Patterson clerk proctor of the county court for the county aforesaid in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Davis W Patterson Esquire whose name appears to the foregoing certificate (of the oath of Wm Clark and Arthur Travis) is now and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and quallified according to law; and that his signature thereto is his genuine signature and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts In Testimony whereof I herunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this 3d day of December 1832
Jesse Patterson ClC
pro term
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Sir I regret exceedingly that the case of Clinton puts you to so much trouble but it cannot be avoided on account of his frail memory and great fear of Saying to what is not true, he cannot be more precise that what is already contained in his declaration Under the instruction sent me, he has made out an affidavit which will supply the defeat In making out the affidavit he has no doubt will short of the full time of service, but he will not venture to say more to increase his pension It was hoped the evidence of Col Saml Gordon would aid in fixing the terms of service These old gentlemen have not seen each other for many years if they were to meet no doubt they could for the time almost precisely I this day recd a letter from Col Gordon who is still living in Todd; formerly lagan The affidavit annexed will however as is sincerely hoped, save any further trouble You will discover that Mr Clinton claims nothing as a capt because he cannot state the precise length of his service as such 
Very respy yr obt servant
TH Haynes
Princeton Ky 
28 Sep 1833
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State of Kentucky, Todd County Set
Be it remembered that on this 6th day of July 1833 personally appeared before me Joseph Gordon one of the justices of the county court in and for said county and state, Samuel Gordon a resident of said county & state aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he was born on the Susquehannah river near the line of Maryland & Pennsylvania and that from the best information he has he is now in his seventy first year that he moved from the Susquehannah to North Carolina when quite young and lived there 3 or 4 years and then moved to York County, South Carolina, where in a short time afterwards he became acquainted with one James Clinton who now lives in the county of Caldwell, state of Kentucky that the said Clinton and himself were boys together about the same age that he lived about two years at the house of the father of said Clinton in said York County before entering into the Revolutionary War that he then knew the whole family of the said Clinton and they were respectable and in good standing that he has known the said Clinton from that day to the present and he has maintained a most respectable character during the whole time that he particularly knew the said Clinton during the Revolution, and knows of his own knowledge that Clinton was a true whig, a good soldier & done much service; that they both entered the service together and continued together the most of the time as mess mates until the month of August 1781 That in the early part of 1780 (in January and February) they went on expedition to the frontiers of Georgia under captain Lattimore and Colonel Thomas Neal. This expedition was for three months, and was principally directed the Creek [Cherokee crossed out] Indians, and McGirf and his party were on the frontiers and occupied our attention that they both served three months in the campaign, the said Clinton as a private and the said Gordon as orderly sergeant.
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that afterwards in the month of March 17480 the said Clinton & Gordon again entered the service together as volunteers the said Clinton as a private and the said Gordon as sergeant aforesaid from the same county under Captain Joseph Howe and Colonel Watson in a Regiment of horse all volunteers that during this service we defeated a party of Tories at Mobley's meeting house near Winnsboro and aparty at One Stallions's on fishing creek that after the fall of Charleston in May 1780, Colonel Hook of the Brittish army came up into the interior and defeated us at Hills Iron works After this defeat Col Watson dispaired and told his men to seek better service & attach themselves to the American army that upon this the said Clinton the said Gordon and 25 others made Andrew Neal (son of said Thoms) this colonel and said Howe Captain and proceeded to join themselves to some other troops On their way they met Col Sumpter & Winn and put themselves under the command of Sumpter who as proceeding on the same errand Sumpter stationed himself first Rarisons where he greatly his force and then moved to the old Nation ford where he recruited his force to 450 including 75 Catawba Indians In a short time afterwards Sumpter attached the Brittish post at Rocky Mount and was repulsed that in this attack Col Neal was killed that it was fought about the last of June 1780 as well as he remembers; that in a few days we fought the Brittish and Tories at Hanging rock that in both these battles the said Clinton was engaged and done good service for he & myself were still messmates belonging to the same company That just after the battle of the Hanging rock and according to the recollection of said Gordon about the first of July 1780, the said Clinton was made a Lieutenant of the company to which he belonged in the pace of Lt Davis who was made captain the place of Howe That the said Gordon distinctly remembers this circumstance as he himself was and had been orderly sergeant in the same company and was well acquainted with the causes which led to the change of officers namely, the cowardice of Capt Howe That the said Clinton continued to act and perform the office of lieutenant of the company from that time to the month of August 1781 the timeof the attack and pursuit
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of the Brittish at the Quarter house and Monks Corner, which the said Gordon thinks was in August 1781 That the said Gordon continued under the said Clinton as Lieutenant aforesaid until the officers at Monks Corner aforesaid in August 1781 That after the Hanging rock, Sumpter marched through the Warsaws Crossed the Catawba above Camden and near the mouth of Fishing Creek was defeated by Tarlton That he retreated to Biggon's bottom and after recruiting & moved to Eights bluff on Congaree and thence to Bratton's old fields on plantation where we defeated and killed the same col Hook spoken of before. From this place we marched to the Fish dam ford on Broad river where the Brittish surprised us though they gained no advantage of us The same evening afterwards we crossed the river and travelled all night the next day met Col Clark at the head of 500 Georgia troops who joined Sumpter and we went in search of Tarlton who had moved across the Saluda and joined Cornwallis. Sumpter turned his course and marched to Black stock on Tiger river where Col Tarlton pursued and where an engagement was fought in which we gained great advantage killing from 50 to 100 witht he loss of none except a slight wound received by Sumpter himself in an ambuscade late in the evening In this battle a major Lewis was killed by the said Clinton as was generally known and allowed by all The action was brought on by a select company advancing in front and firing upon the enemy drawn up in line. From this place we turned and encamped at Buffington's iron works Sumpter was rendered unable to command from his wound and the troops were ordered to disperse and forage recruit their horses get clothing & until further orders In the month of January following (1781) we were ordered to assemble which was done Sumpter being now recovered He had orders to join Green as soon as he could. We marched to Orangeburg (about 200 miles) and joined Green about 10 miles from that place. Green doubled about attacking the enemy at this place & after consultation declined it He detached Col Hampton Col Lee & Marion to the quarter house & Monks Corner sometime in July or August 1781 for the purpose of surprising those
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places. In the execution of these orders, the Brittish were driven across Cooper river and then the pursuit was stoped as the enemy broke down the bridge after them After returning to the Headquarters Colonel Bratton with a regiment of volunteers was detached up into the interior to stop the depredations of the numerous tories in that quarter; and that the said Gordon being one selected for this service was not again in the servie with the said Clinton, and cannot therefore speak further about it. Sometime in the month of August 1781 he was selected on this service how long the said Clinton remained with Green afterwards the said Gordon does not know What the said Gordon has stated above he knows from his own knowledge for all the time he was the friend and intimate of the said Clinton and knows that in 1779 he did perform a tour of three monts as a private and in March 1780 that he returned the service as a private and continued constantly in the service until he was made Lieutenant in July 1780 and that he acted as such constantly, faithfully until the month of August 1781. Whether the said Clinton was commissioned he does not know, but he knows that commissions were not very common in those days amongst the militia and those that were given were generally sent out in blank & filled up by the officers that he the said Gordon has resident in Logan and this county about thirty seven years last past Samuel Gordon
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Gordon JTCC
And I the said justice do further certify that the said Samul Gordon is known to me personally & has been for many years that he is a person of high standing and character and integrity and that his statement above is entitled to full faith and credit Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid Joseph Gordon JP
State of Kentucky, Todd County Sct
I Willis L Reeves, clerk of the county court in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that
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Joseph Gordon Esqr whose name appears to the foregoing certificate and evidence of Samuel Gordon touching the Revolutionary services of James Clinton is now and was at the time of signing and certifying the said evidence one of the justices of the county court aforesaid duly commissioned and quallified according to law; and that full faith and credit are due to, and ought to be given to all his acts as such; and I further certify that the signature of the said justice to the said evidence and certificates are his genuine signatures done with open hand In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at my office the 6th day of July 1833 & 42d year of the Comth
Willis L Reeves
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM 51 12-5-41  bounty land warrant record card Division of Veterans Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Clinton, Joseph GRADE Private LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 6976 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept 15, 1790
to John S Hobart et al assignees

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.