Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31915, for Lewis Powell, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE N.C.
Powell, Lewis
NUMBER
S31915

This Envelope Included FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAC
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Georgia. 27.866
Lewis Powell of Dooly in the State of Geor [Georgia] who was a priv. in the ____com [commanded] by Captain Lear: of the Reg. comman [commanded] by Col. Robertson in the N. Ca. line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 99 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of July 34 and sent  Hon. Wm. Schley Augusta. Ga,
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 34 297.45
Semi-anl. allowance ending 45 /[illegible] 49.58 =
347.06

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 18  }
Recorded by N. rice
Book E Vol. 6 Page

at the Treasury under Act of he 6th April 1838 nd 4 March 1837. to 4 Sept. 37 Agt notified 5 Nov 1838

Died July 25 1839 (from.a.B)
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Lewis Powel's [Powell's] Declaration for a Pension
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State of Georgia }
County of Dooly }
On this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court before the Honourable [Honorable] Lott Warren Judge of the Superior Courts of the county and state aforesaid, now sitting and holding the March adjourned Term of said Superior Court 1833 Lewis Powel [Powell] a resident + citizen of the said state and county, aged Eighty two years eight months and two days, 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 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United states under the following named Officers and served as here in after stated, to wit, In the county of Robison in the State of North Carolina Some five or six months before the capture of Charleston So. Ca. the day and year not recollected, the deponent was drafted and mustered into service under captain Ralph Riggins, + proceeded to Amy's Bridge on Drowning Creek in Bladen County No. Ca. where the said company joined Several other companies raised in Bladen and the adjacent counties, and remained Stationed there, (except when in pursuit of Tories,) nine months - Major Thomas owens [Owens], Colonel Thomas Robison and General Brown commanded the militia stationed at the above place. The object of the above embodyment [embodiment] of the Militia was to counteract, and defeat the operations of the Tories, who had assembled together below there. at or near a swamp called Wakkamaw. The deponent constantly served under the above mentioned Draft, and was hen discharged. The deponent returned home, and shortly afterwards, the day that Lord Cornwallis was reported to be in South Carolina + before Gates' defeat, joined a Company of Cavalry commanded by Captain William Moore; James Adkins was first Lieutenant Philip Blount was Second Lieutenant + Charles Pate was Ensign of said Company of Cavalry - The deponent in this company of Cavalry served a tour of Six months in Robison county North Carolina on + near the dividing line between North and South Carolina - said company rendezvous at Lumberton, and was organized + served with a view to the defense of the Citizen, against the deperdations [depredations] of the Tories
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The deponent after having served Six months as aforesaid in the said Company of Cavalry was discharged - Shortly afterwards he thinks about a month and a half, he again volunteered in another Company of Cavalry found and organized for a Six month Tour Nathaniel Hathhorn was Captain, Francis Coffin was first Lieutenant + Joshua Grantham was 2nd Lieutenant (The Ensign's name not recollected). This company served Six months, the deponent serving + remaining with said company the whole of the time, and was then discharged - This service was for forward in the County of Robison against the Tories and for the protection + defense of the Whig Citizens, - and he thinks that said last mentioned Tour was performed about the time of, or not long before the Battle t Guilford Court House in No. Ca. but his memory as to the precise time doe not now serve him - Above two or three months after the deponent was discharged as last aforesaid he volunteered in a Company of Foot Militia Commanded by Captain John Riggins) A brother of the captain Ralph Riggins, before named_ and Richard Riggins another brother was first Lieutenant (The names of the other officers of said Company not recollected) - The deponent in said last mentioned Company was marched to the City of Wilmington No. Ca. for the purpose of aiding in the defense of that City - This was before Wilmington was taken by the Enemy - The said company remained three or four weeks and was marched back to Robison county where the Company was organized,+ the ballance [balance] of the Tour was employed in defending against the Tories. The deponent in said last mentioned Company actually served nearly three months and was then discharged - Afterwards, not more than one or two months he thinks, the deponent again volunteered in a Company of Cavalry at first Commanded by Captain William Blount, afterwards by Captain William Starling and was mustered into service at  Lumberton aforesaid - This Company joined two other Companies of Cavalry, - Major John Riggins Colonel Elias Barris + General John Willis commanded and united the operations of said three Companies - They were stationed at + near the line between North and South Carolina in Robison County + for the purpose of protecting the persons + property of the Whig Citizens 0 The deponent served three months in said last mentioned company and was then discharged -
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Shortly afterwards about a month or two perhaps the deponent again volunteered in a Company of Cavalry commanded by Captain John Riggins, who commanded as a Major in the preceding tour, - Thomas Barris was first Lieutenant, Philip Blount (former Captain) was second Lieutenant, and Richard Riggins was Ensign - This company the principal part of the tour was engaged guarding the Beef Cattle, for the use of the Army against the Tories, - The Ballance [balance] of their time was employed in making excursions against the Tories - The deponent actually served in the said last mentioned tour Three months and was then discharged. About two or three months afterwards the said Company of Cavalry again went into service, the deponent being along, and actually served three months longer in defending against the Tories + guarding the Beef Cattle for the use of the Army. And the deponent was then discharged - The deponent states recording to the best of his remembrance that he served two or three additional ours of three months each in the said Company of Cavalry and for the purposes above specified. The county of Robison No. Ca. was much infested with Tories during the Revolutionary War, - and it was necessary for the defense and protection of the persons and property of the Whigs to keep up an efficient Military force - The deponent served other  tours not here in described - He was in Actual service during the Revolution more than  Thirty two months - nine months under a draft, + the ballance [balance] of the time as a volunteer - He was in but one slight engagement with the Tories - The deponent was Born in Bladen County and State of North Carolina on the first day of August Seventeen hundred and fifty according to the Record kept by his father - The deponent now has in his possession the same record, which is becoming some what [illegible] - His residence was in Robison County No. Ca. where he went into service, and he remained there untill [until] Seventeen or Eighteen years age when he moved to the state of Georgia and
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esettled in Lawrens [Laurens] County Georgia, where he remained untile [until] five years ago when he removed and settled in the said County of Dooly where he now resides in. The deponent did serve as hereinbefore stated, but he has no documentary evidence a this time of his service, and he could not without a trouble and expense he is unable to undergo prove his service by living witnesses - The deponent did not expect war to be benefitted by preserving his discharges + they have long since been destroyed or lost, he knows not where they are or what become of them - The deponent was not among the Regulators during the war + did not become acquainted with any of the Regular Officers personally, but from character only. The deponent is acquainted with David Graham Esq'r.  and with Thomas H. Key, Benjamin Swearingen + Solomon Spivey who with the said David Graham Esq'r. are neighbours [neighbors] to this deponent excepting Thomas H. Key Esq'r. and who can testify as to the deponents character for truth and veracity and their belief of his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on this of the agency of the State of Georgia.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the Day and year first aforesaid. 
Lott Warren [Signature] Judge S.C.S.C.
Lewis Powell [appears to be a capital P] his mark [Signature]
We David Graham [a Clergyman - crossed out]  residing in the said County of Dooly and Benjamin H Swearinger residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Lewis Powel who has
subscribed and sworn to the above & foregoing Declaration: that we believe him to be Eighty two years eight months & two days of age as he states; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
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and to have served as he has stated & that we concur in that opinion - David Graham [Signature]
Benjamin H. Swearinger [Signature]
Sworn to & subscribed the} 
Said 30th day of April 1833 }
Lott Warren Judge S.C.S.C. }

And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the
said Lewis Powel [Powell] was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he has stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to this Court that the said Lewis Powell cannot have a Clergyman to certify for him, before this Court without manifest inconvenience, there being no Clergyman from his neighbourhood [neighborhood] present, and that the Honorable David Graham who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Senator in the General Assembly of this State from the said County Dooly, and that Benjamin H. Swearinger who has also signed the same
is a resident and Citizen of the said County
of Dooly, and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to full credit. April 30th 1833-
Lott Warren Judge
Superior Court of the Southern Circuit
Georgia
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Georgia } I Thomas H. Key Clerk of the superior Dooly County} Court in and for the said county of Dooly do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Superior Court in the matter of the application of the said Leis Powell for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Superior Court this thirtieth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Thomas H. Key Clerk S.C.S.C.

Georgia } The undersigned do hereby certify 
Dooly County } that they are acquainted with the said Lewis Powell and that his character for veracity is unimpeached and without reproach, and we sincerely and truly believe that the said Lewis Powell was a soldier of the Revolution and that he served as he has stated in the foregoing Declaration - This 30th day of April 1833 - [Signatures] David Ward.  Thos. H. Key
John Purvis   C. Purvis   R C Zipperer  
Solmon C. Spivey  James Powell   Henry Wright
I Lott Warren Judge of the said Superior Court do hereby Certify that the persons who have subscribed the above Certificate are Creditable persons, and that their said Certificate is entitled to credit - April 22. 1833
Lott Warren Judge S.C.S.C.
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STATE OF Georgia }
County of Dooly    }ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that before me
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Isaiah Powell
child of Lewis Powell deceased, and made oath in due form of law that he is child of Lewis Powell deceased the identical person who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Ninety nine dollars Sixteen
cents per annum, and is now dead, to whom
a certificate of pension was issued, which is [herewith returned - crossed out] mislaid and lost. [That she had not intermarried but continued the widow of - crossed out]
That the said deceased pensioner resided in the County of Dooly in the State of Georgia
for the space of fourteen years before his death, and that previous thereto, he resided in Lawrens [Laurens] County Georgia that he died* on the Twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord 1839 that no widow now exists, and only the following named children
viz: Isaiah Powell & Harriet Stewart, and that said Lewis Powell at his death left another, child surviving him (Dicey Mins) since dead.
Sworn to and subscribed on this 26 day of
July in the year of our Lord 1859, before me

Shemuel N. Lasseter Justice of the Peace.
Isaiah Powell + his mark

Know all men by these presents, That I, Isaiah Powell Child of Lewis Powell deceased Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Ninety nine dollars Sixteen cents per annum, do hereby constitute and appoint D D Addison of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to demand and receive from the Treasury of the United States, paying pensions at Washington, D. C., the usual warrant or certificate of this said pension from the   day of  18   ,  to the 25" day of July 1839.

Witness hand and seal this
day of  185  . } [Signature] Isaiah Powell X his mark

*Give the exact date of death.
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STATE OF Georgia }
County of Dooly    }ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 26th day of July 1859, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared said Isaiah Powell, child of Lewis Powell above name, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein set forth and described.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
[Signature] Shemuel N. Lasseter, Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF Georgia }
County of Dooly    }ss.
I, Robt. B. Davis Clerk of The Inferior Court in and for the county of Dooly State of Georgia do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Lewis Powell deceased, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of ninety nine dollars Sixteen cents per annum, and was a resident of the county of Dooly in State of Georgia on the 25 day of July in the year 1839, that he has no widow now surviving and only the following names children, viz: Isaiah Powell and Harriet Stewart, that said Lewis Powell at his death left another child surviving him Dicey Mims (since dead that there is no administrator or executor of said Lewis Powell deceased. I also certify that Shemuel N. Lasseter is a magistrate duly appointed and commissioned to act as such, and that his signature above written is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Vienna this 26th day of July 1859
Robt. B. Davies Clerk of Court D.C.

[attached at the bottom of the page]
Georgia
Act 7 June 1832
99.16 per annum. paid to June 4 1839 (see [illegible] to Mar 4, 1839 paid 39 A 1839
Pay [illegible] of this 3 [illegible]. 2/3 [illegible]
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STATE OF Georgia }
County of Dooly }ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that before me
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Harriet Stewart
child of Lewis Powell deceased, and made oath in due form of law that she is child of Lewis Powell deceased the identical person who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Ninety nine dollars Sixteen
cents per annum, and is now dead, to whom
a certificate of pension was issued, which is [herewith returned - crossed out] mislaid and lost. [That she had not intermarried but continued the widow of - crossed out]
That the said deceased pensioner resided in the County of Dooly in the State of Georgia
for the space of fourteen years before his death, and that previous thereto, he resided in Lawrens [Laurens] County Georgia that he died* on the Twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord 1839 that no widow now exists, and only the following named children
viz: Isaiah Powell & Harriet Stewart, and that said Lewis Powell at his death left another, child surviving him (Dicey Mins) since dead.
Sworn to and subscribed on this  day of
in the year of our Lord 185, before me
I also certify to the truth of the above Shemuel N. Lasster Justice of the Peace.
Harriet Stewart + her mark

Know all men by these presents, That I, Harriet Stewart child of Lewis Powell deceased Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Ninety nine dollars Sixteen cents per annum, do hereby constitute and appoint D. D. Addison of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to demand and receive from the Treasury of the United States, paying pensions at Washington, D. C., the usual warrant or certificate of this said pension from the day of 18 , to the 25" day of July 1839.
 [Signature] Harriet Stewart  X her mark

Witness hand and seal this  }
day of 185 . }
Attest: Shemuel N. Lassseter JP}

*Give the exact date of death.
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STATE OF Georgia }
County of Dooly }ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 6th day of August 1859, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared said Harriet Stewart, child of Lewis Powell above name, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein set forth and described.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
[Signature] Shemuel N. Lasseter, Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF Georgia }
County of Dooly }ss.
I, Robt. B. Davis Clerk of The Inferior Court in and for the county of Dooly State of Georgia do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Lewis Powell deceased, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of ninety nine  0.16 dollars  cents per annum, and was a resident of the county of Dooly in State of Georgia on the 25 day of July in the year 1839, that he has no widow now surviving and only the following names children, viz: Isaiah Powell and Harriet Stewart, that said Lewis Powell at his death left another child surviving him (Dicey Mims) since dead that there is no administrator or executor of said Lewis Powell deceased. I also certify that Shemuel N. Lasseter is a magistrate duly appointed and commissioned to act as such, and that his signature above written is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Vienna this 6th day of August 1859
Robt. B. Davies Clerk of Court D.C.
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No. 25604
Lewis Powell Dooly County Georgia

Admit as private
1 moth Inf. for 3.33
23. Cav'y 95.83 =
$99.16

Hon. W. Schley HR
[Jas. M Kelly, Perry Houston County Georgia - crossed out]
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE
183
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 regulation will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:} ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with the; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Lewis Powell Dooly County Georgia.

[HEADINGS]
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Years.| Months. Days.| Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Draft 3 tours 3 mos.| 9 mos | private | Cap. Riggins, {Major Owens, Col. Roberson + Genl. Brown } | 82 years Robison County N. Carolina | Traditionary evidence - papers correctly attached

Served | 6 mos. | Cavalry | Cap. Moore | [Blank] | [Blank]

Vol. | 6 mos | Cavalry | Cap Hathorn | [Blank] | [Blank]

Vol. | about 2 mos | private | Cap. Riggins | [Blank] | [Blank]

Vol.  | 3 mos | Cavalry | {Cap Blount, Cap Starling Major Riggins, Col Barnes Genl. Willis} |[Blank] | [Blank]

Vol. | 3 mos. | Cavalry | Cap Riggins | [Blank] | [Blank]

Served | 3 mos | Cavalry | Cap Riggins |  [Blank] | [Blank]

Served - 
 I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

100 -
4.16 =
95.84
3.33 =
99.17


4.16.
21 =
4.16
£82 =
87.36
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory, or District of }
County of  } ss.
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 officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and 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. [hand pointing right] 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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  I     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with    , 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,    Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this   day of    & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known in the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services 6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? {To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Office 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 the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed vey important in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the low the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should not do so, he must answers of conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of he Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case  where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: " Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but , according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  - For -----year -----months, and -----days, I served as a -----, 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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served with a embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[hand pointed right] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 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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Apr 23. 1931
Addressed to
Mrs. Jas. B. Bellamy
Nashua, Ia.
See Rev. pen. clm. Lewis Powell , Ur. 4055)

Lewis Powell,  S. 31915
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31915, that Lewis Powell was born August 1, 1750 in Bladen County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Robeson County, North Carolina, he
enlisted in 1779 and served nine months as a private in Captain Ralph Riggins' company, Colonel Thomas Robeson's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted in 1780 and served six
months as a private in Captain William Moore's North Carolina company, then enlisted again in 1780 and served three months in Captain John Riggins' North Carolina company. He
enlisted in 1781 and served six months as a private in Captain Nathaniel Hathhorn's North Carolina company. About one or two months after, he enlisted and served three months
as private in Captains William Blount and William Starling's company, Colonel Elias Barnes' North Carolina regiment. Shortly after, he enlisted and served two tours of three
months each in Captain John Riggins' North Carolina company. During his service he was in one engagement with the Tories.
About 1816 he moved to Laurens County, Georgia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1833, while a resident of Dooly County, Georgia.
He died July 25, 1839.
There are no data on file as to his family.
The above noted are the histories of the only soldiers named Lewis Powell that are found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

This is copy of
abstract by M. H. F.

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only 2
Nashua, Ia. 
March. 1931
U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington. D.C.
Gentlemen: Will you please send me the war records of Lewis Powell of Dooly County, Georgia. Georgia Roster of Rev. soldiers lists him as pensioner in 1835, also listed as a private in the Georgia line - Also send record of Lewis Powell, North Carolina who is listed as a private.
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of an early reply: I am 
Very truly yours
Mrs. James B. Bellamy
over
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You might find this record in the 1840 Census. Please send all the data you have in connection with this Lewis Powell -
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409 Sixth Ave
Eastman Ga
July 18-1926
Dear Sir:
Will you please see if John Carrel [not as - P.O. note] who fought in the 10th regiment, Raiford's Co. of N.C. - drew a pension he or his widow? Also  Wm. Kendrick [not as - P.O. note]or his widow of Chatham, Co. N.C. - or Lewis Powell [S31915 - P.O. note] or his widow of Dooly Co. Ga - I thank you for this - Yours truly Mrs. J.A. Harrell

[seal U.S. PENSION OFFICE L JUL 20 1926]
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Oct. 26 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Lewis Powell a Pensioner on the Roll of the Savannah Ga. Agency, at the rate of Ninety nine Dollars and sixteen Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 of March 1837 to the 4 September 1837. 
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Lewis Powell
ow In §31915


Hon. S. P. Carson
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Lewis Powell which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  - 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or  periods of the war when he served? No
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ?Yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, as he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? -

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? -
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? -

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? -

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*Quere [Query] V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____year _____months, and _____days, I served as a ______ For ______months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 grade of other pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served with a embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
+ QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
++ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Lewis Powell
Papers sent to Pension Office 10th July 1831.

Hon. Wm. Schley
Washington City
Dist. Col.

J M Kelly 
Jerry
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Perry Houston County Georgia
May2. 1834 -
Hon. Wm Schley
Dear Sit - 
I beg leave to trouble you, with the Declaration of Mr. Lewis Powell of Dooly County a Revolutionary Soldier; which has been awarded and the services proven in part - I desire you to hand it to J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, as early as practicable; and in behalf of Mr. Powell. I hope you will use some exertions in this case the act of Congress, as administered by the Dep. of war, has been fully complied with - certainly there can be no objection to the admission of his claim; - (no captious objection I mean) - Will you write me immediately on the receipt of this, + inform Mr. Powell through me what are his prospects of success? - Mr. Powell resides in Dooly County about 30 miles form this place.. I have just seen the President's Protest - It furnishes more food for the Nullies, but such, so far as I am able to judge, will keep them poor indeed.
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Little or no political excitement exists about here at this time; - the nullifiers in this vicinity darest not very much of their hatred + ill will against "Old Hickory" - The common people care not a pin for the Bank, - and less for the "Deposits" - I have been award several times when I ascribed too much rain + the consequent washing away of our bridges, to a removal of the Deposits, at being mad with the enquiry "what are these Deposits?" - You must see some sensitive times at Washington, if all accounts be true, - and in the senate more particularly, where the dexterity of Clay Calhoun Webster is brought to bear against the President in most questions - When the President protest was introduced, it caused a panic no doubt, and the Gentlemen leaders of the opposition winced - To most it was the great question, + as it appeared to them irrefutable, they thought it best to kick it out of doors. What a position of inconsistent matter, jumbled up together for the object of destroying the popularity of Jackson
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and with him the force of the Government? If this incongruous body should not poison to death the Government, then we may say of a truth that "The Republic is safe", - but such a mixture, it seems to me, will at least render the Great Body Politic sickly for a season, if it should not cause it to vomit forth a Revolution sufficient to swallow up the agitators - 
I hope you will excuse the haste in which I have written you, and also for troubling you with Jeremiah Dupree's claim for a pension which you will receive (If no accident prevent) in another package:
Respectfully your very obt. - Servnt.
James M. Kelly
P.S. in no caution to Mr. Powell's claim I would further remark, that it would have been amended and such back earlier, but it was sent to Johnson Wellborn instead of to myself or Mr. Powell by Mr. J.L. Edwards + did not come to hand as early on that account - J.M.K.
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May 20, 1935.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/ady ow
Lewis Powell
S,31915

Mrs. J. B. Bellamy
Nashua
Iowa

Dear Madam:


Reference is made to your letter relative to
William Sutherlin and Lewis Powell, soldiers of
the Revolutionary War and Decatur Powell, a
soldier of the War of 1812. Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon military service of soldiers in those wars. A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of William Sutherlin as described by you, in the Revolutionary War, or Decatur Powell, in the War of 1812. This office has no further information in regard to any soldier with the name Lewis Powell than that furnished you April 23, 1931 in regard to Lewis Powell,
W.4055, and Lewis Powell, S. 31915, Revolutionary War soldiers.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  MMS+F

September 9, 1928
Mrs. J. A. Harrell.
409 Sixth Ave. E.
Eastman, GA.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31915 it appears that Lewis Powell was born August 1, 1750 in Bladen County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Robeson County, North Carolina he enlisted in 1779 and served nine months as a private in Captain Ralph Riggins' Company, Colonel Thomas Robeson's
North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain William Moore's North Carolina Company, then enlisted again in 1780 and served three months in Captain John Riggins' North Carolina Company, He enlisted in 1781 and served six months as a private in Captain Nathaniel Hathhorn's North Carolina Company. About one or two months after, he enlisted and served three months as private in Captains William Blount and William
Starling's Company, Colonel Elias Barnes' North Carolina
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Regiment.
Shortly after, he enlisted and served two tours of three months each in Captain John Riggins' North Carolina Company. He was in one engagement with the Tories. About 1816 he moved to Laurens County, Georgia. He was
allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1833 while a resident of Dooly County, Georgia. He died July 25, 1839. There are no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
DEPARTMENNT OF THE INTERIOR,
S31915  BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. ________, 19__________

In reply to your request of __________, received for a statement of the military history of Lewis Powell 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.

[Headings]
DATES OF ENLSISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANKK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. ||CAPTAIN. || COLONEL. | STATE.
1. 1779| 9 MOS. | Pvt. | Capt. Ralph Riggins | Col. Thos. Robeson. | N.C.
2. 1780 | 6 mos | [BLANK] | Wm. Moore of Cav. | Col. Thos. Robeson | [BLANK]
3. 1780 | 3 mos. | [BLANK] | Capt. John Riggins | Col. Thos. Robeson | [BLANK]
1780 | 3 mos. | [BLANK] | Capt. Wm Blount + Wm. Starling | Col. Elvis Barnes | [BLANK ] 
1780 | 6 mos. | [BLANK ] | Capt. John Riggins | [BLANK} | [BLANK] |
4. 1781 | 6 mos. | [BLANK ] |  Nathaniel Hathhorn | Col. Thos. Robeson | [BLANK] 
Battles engaged in, One slight engagement with Tories
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Robeson Co.NC
Date of application for pension, Apl. 3-, 1833. His cl al
Residence at date of application, Dooly Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, b. Aug 1, 1750 Bladen Co. N.C.
Remarks: There is no date on file as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

office note. dates arranged according to events described in each tour
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Rev Sec 
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Mch. 22, 1920.
Bureau of Pensions Dept of Interior
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs
Will you please give me any information you
may find in your records concerning: Lewis Powell, a Revolutionary war soldier, who was
from Georgia, probably Hancock County -in
what was then St. Gengis, Halifax. I find from records available he was a soldier

U.S. PENSION 0FFICE
MAR 25 1920
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of the line and was granted a "Headright", or bounty of land in Georgia for services rendered. Any fir for [further] nation your department may have as to his service, death, or burial place will be appreciated. He is my dead ancestor.
Yours very truly
(Miss) Elsie Ragan,
316 Merritt St.,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
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31915
Revy INVALID.

File No. 31,915 Lewis Powell Pri. Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: = Vol. , Page 326

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1920 Apl. 12 Hist. to Miss Elsie Ragan 315 Merritt St. Hawkinsville, ga. En

1931. Apr. 23 Hist. to Mrs. Jas. B. Bellamy see Rev. pen. claim Lewis Powell W. 4055 N.C.

1935 May 20. Mrs. J. B. Bellamy further adv. See letter in Lewis Powell, Rev. war clm. W. 4055.
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Washington, D.C.
Aug. 17. 1839
D. D. Addison
Reid Aug 23/39

2/3/4Mh 39
25 -July 39

$99.16
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State of Georgia}
Dooly County }
I Thomas H. Key Clerk of the Inferior Court in for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Chesley Purvis Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of George Willis was made and sworn to by the said George Willis was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace for said County as he is there represented that his said Certificate is in due form and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of said Inferior Court, and subscribed my name this 22nd day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty four
Thomas H. Key C.S.C. Seal
D.C.

State of Georgia} I Holton Kemph one of the
Dooly County } Justices of the Inferior Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Thomas H. Key whose attestation appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof & now is the Clerk of the Inferior Court in and the said county of Dooly as he is 
represented in said Certificate - that full faith and credit ought to be had & given to
his attestation as such and that said certificate
in due form and that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal having no seal of said Court this 23rd day of April 1834-
Folton, Kemph Seal
J. J. C.
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Georgia }
Dooly County }
Personally came Before Me Chesley Purvis a justice of the peace for said County George Willis
who being duly sworn deposeth and saith on oath that he knew Lewis Powell in the
State of Northeantina [North Carolina] in the County of Bladen and forth States that he knew Lewis Powell to be a soldier in the Revolution war the said George Willis further states
that he saw Lewis Powell several times when in actual
service in defence [defense] of his Country but dose [does] not know how Long he did serve sworn in and
and subscribed Before Me this the 13th of January 1834 George Willis [looks like a little e] his mark

Chesley Purvis J.P.
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State of Georgia }
Houston County }
Before me James Holderness a Justice 
of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Lewis Powel [Powell] a resident
and Citizen of the County of Dooly and state aforesaid, who being sworn in due form of law deposeth and saith by way of amendment of his Declaration for a Pension, made and sworn to before the Honorable Lott Warren Judge of
the Superior Courts of the Southern Circuit in said state on the thirtieth day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty three and to which said Declaration this amendment is attached that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned in said Declaration - His reflection upon the subject confirms the belief in his own mind that he did serve the different tours mentioned in said Declaration wherein he has named the
different officers whom he served under; but
with regard to the additional tours mentioned in which the officers are not named, he will not state positively, but still feels sensible, that he did serve more than has been stated - The periods of the War in which this deponent served are not distinctly within his recollection
& he may have made mistakes in reference to them-- He thinks it quite possible that he may have made some mistakes in his said Declaration, in regard to the periods the war in which he served - This deponent was
first mustered into service under & by virtue of 
a draft, which he thinks was previous to the
Capture of Charleston as stated in said Declaration and continued nine months in service without any intermission - This deponent might at the end of any term of three months, have quitted the service,
this was distinctly understood between the officers & men, as well as the deponent now recollects, and many of the Soldiers did go home & their places were supplied by others. This Deponent was
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then young and in the vigor of life & manhood
and chose to and did remain & serve the nine months as stated in said Declaration; and he has always considered the said nine months service as having been performed by him under a draft as stated in said Declaration. And this deponent states that the annexed affidavit of George Willis who resides in the Territory of Florida as he informed Deponent and with whom this deponent was acquainted in the State of North Carolina in the Revolutionary war, and who knew this deponent at
the time he was engaged in the said nine months service, relates to the said nine months service performed by this deponent in Bladen County North Carolina as stated in said Declaration as the said George Wills enlisted shortly after said service was performed by this deponent as aforesaid & did not see this deponent afterwards untill [until] the war had closed and peace was made -
The meeting with the said George Willis by this deponent in said County Dooly at the time said affidavit was made was accidental, the said Willis being then on a journey -  This deponent states according to the best of his recollection, that he served not less than nine months in Bladen County as aforesaid under Captain Riggins, Major Owens, Col. Robeson & Genl. Brown; that he served not less than six
months in the Company of Cavalry commanded by Captain Moore; that he served not less than six months in the company of Cavalry commanded by Captain Hathhorn; that he served not less than two or three months in the company of Captain Riggins; that he served not less than three months in the company of Cavalry commanded by Captain Blount & then Captain Starling; and that he served two other tours of not less than three months each in the company of Cavalry
commanded by Captain Riggins, and
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3
all as a private soldier and as stated in said
Declaration in this deponent remembers that from the time he first went into the service, he was almost constantly engaged in the army; and it was his only security for his life -  The County of Robeson was much infested with Tories, and to avoid being murdered by them, this deponent found it necessary to continue in the service of the United States against them and against the enemy - besides this deponent was desirous of assisting in the acquisition of liberty for his Country  - This deponent knows of no Testimony other than what he has here addressed of his service, and at the time of making said Declaration he did not know that said George Willis was living, or where he lived. - This deponent is now aged infirm & poor, and is not able to travel to North Carolina or to hunt up his fellow Soldiers to prove all his services, but his conscience approves of what he has herein stated as true.
Sworn to & subscribed } Lewis Powell X his 
before me this 21st day } mark
of April 1834 }
James Holderness J. P. }


State of Georgia }  I Joshua Pattishall Clerk of Houston County } the Inferior Court of the County of Houston & State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Holderness Esquire before whom the above and foregoing affidavit of Lewis Powell was made and sworn to by the said Lewis Powell was at the date thereof and & still is a Justice of the Peace as he is there represented, that his said Certificate is in due form, and that the forgoing signature purporting to be his is
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genuine. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and private seal having no seal of
court, and subscribed my name this twenty
first day of April Eighteen hundred and
thirty four.
Joshua Pattishall. C.C [seal]

State of Georgia } I Edwin Mounger one
Houston County } of the Justices of the
Inferior Court in & for said County do hereby
Certify that Joshua Pattishall whose attestation
appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof and now is the Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the said County of Houston as he is represented in said Certificate - that full faith and credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such, and that said Certificate is in due form, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private
seal having no seal of said Court this 21st
day of April 1834
Edwin Mounger. I.C. [seal]
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Lewis Powell
25604
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United States of America.
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
By his Excellency Wilson Lumpkin Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
KNOW YE, That Thomas H. Key whose attestation appears to the annexed declaration of Lewis Powell is and was at the date of the same Clerk of the Superior Court of /dooly County in said state - also that Lott Warren whose attestation appears to the annexed declaration is and was at the date of the same Judge of the Superior court of the southern district in which is included the county of Dooly that said attestations are in due form and by the proper officers

THEREFORE, all the faith ,credit and authority are, and ought to be had and given to their attestations as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and cause the Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State-House, in Milledgeville, this Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three and of the Independence of the United States of America, the fifty Seventh  
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Everand Hamilton
Secretary of State.

Received 25 cents
William J W Wellborn Secy. E. D.

Left margin Wilson Lumpkin
Right margin Rec;d two half dollars
Jno. Williams Jr.
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Mar. 346 [illegible]
of
Lewis Powell
(2 of 3 children of)
Georgia (June 7. 1832)
$25.86

Retr'd Aug. 30.1859
Ret'd Sept. 1st, 1859

Regr. No 6561 dated 13 + Sent to Treasury 4th Sept. 1859
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STATEMENT.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
The United States,
To Isaiah Powell + Harriet Stewart two of the three children of Lewis Powell, dec'd late a pensioner of the Georgia Agency, per Act of Congress of June 7, 1832,  Dr.
For 2/3 of his pension from Mar: 4 1839 to July 25, 1839, at $99.16 per annum $25.86

Stated Aug: 30. 1859, by Ed: T. M. Clerk.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Examined September 1st, 1859 by J. Sessford Clerk.