Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10320, Benjamin Alexander, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Alexander, Benjamin
NUMBER
S. 10320
Carded
CONTENTS

[stamp]
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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31565
Mobile Alabama
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Benjamin Alexander of Mobile Co in the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Donaldson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thompson in the S.C. line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile Ala. at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Decr. 1838 and sent Hon. F. S. Lyon Ho of Reps.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $600.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '39, 40.00
[total] $640.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 8 Page 91
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State of Alabama
Mobile County Ss
personally appeared before me Charles A Henry a justice of the peace in & for said County Benjamin Alexander a Revolutionary soldier & now upwards of 80 years old who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God states that he was born as he has always under stood in Richland County State of Virginia that his father removed his family from Va. when he was just old enough to remember it into the State of South Carolina and settle on a creek called Thompson Creek which run into the Big Pedee [Pee Dee] just below the Cheraw Hills That he resided there when the Revolutionary war broke out, that when he was about 15 years old he entered as a volunteer in a Company of Rangers commanded by Captain Donaldson, that Lieut Jones was one of the subalterns, that each man found his own horse & recd 22$ per month, that in this Company he served 18 month then reenlisted under his old Captain Donaldson for the term of three years as an Infantry soldier in the 3d Regiment of South Carolina Militia that Lieutenants Feld Pharah [Field Farrar] & Jones were his subaltern officers Col Thompson commanded the Regiment during this tour Capt Donaldson resigned & Lieut F Pharah [Field Farrar] became his Captain & continued such
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untill the close of the war & became discharged this Regiment was called a Regular Continental Regiment. When we first rendezvous we marched to Santee [River] near Nelsons ferry, from thence we went to Charleston from thence his company marched to Haltemaha under the command of a Genl Howe from Haltemaha they marched towards Augustine but it being in possession of the Enemy they could not get in, he marched back to Charleston from thence to Sunbury from then to Savannah at Savannah they had a severe engagement & in the platoon in which he stood 12 of the man wore shot dead & his Captain Field Pharah [Farrar] wounded in the knee from Savannah he then marched to Stono [Ferry] where they had another severe engagement & the American party was successfull, they then marched into Charleston and remained there during the siege & was among the prisoners when the city has taken & he was placed on board a prison ship called the King George where he remained fourteen months & four days and was finally exchanged & whent to old James[town]
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[James]town & was placed under the command of Genl Lafayette under whose command he remained untill the Capture of Lord Cornwallis after which event he was discharged at Little York & retained his discharge untill about the year 1827 or 28 when he gave it to a lawyer then residing in Claiborne Monroe County by the name of Abney or Abner to make an application for him at Washington, he recollects distinctly having his discharge & shewing it to Genl Lafayette on his visit to this city in 1825 he states that for six months before he was made a prisoner he received no pay & while he was in captivity he received one dollar one part of spiritory Liquor one shirt & one pair pantaloons and from that period he has never received one cent of pay he has been about 20 years in this state was poor & decrepit and asks the bounty of Govt.

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he further states that after he returned home he again turned out & joined Genl Marion to put down the tories who were still very troublesome & remain with Genl Marion eight or nine weeks
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of April 1838
Charles A Henry
Jus Peace
Benjamin Alexander his mark X

State of Alabama
Mobile County
William Taylor clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do certify that Charles A Henry whose name is subscribed above is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Mobile & State of Alabama duly commissioned and qualified and that his official acts are entitled to the fullest faith and credit
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at office the 27 April 1838
Wm Taylor Clk

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S. F. 10,320
Benjamin Alexander
S.C.

[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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This is to Certify that Benjn. Alexander a Private in my Company is intitled to his Discharge having served the time which he was Inlisted and is intitled to his Pay from the first of February 1780
Given under my hand the 26th July 1781
Field Farrar Capt
3rd Regt So Carolina Line
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Benjamin Alexander of the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Revolution is entitled to receive eighty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
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[first column]
No 2
Benjamin Alexander
From 4th September 1846 To 4 December 1846
3 months
$20

Mobile, Ala.
172,1848
Box 9
C9

[second column]
[stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

37 3 1/2
[total] 111
18.5
[total] 129.50
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State of Alabama
Mobile County
Be it Known that before me James Perrine United States agent for paying pensioners personally appeared William Alexander & Obediah Alexander and made oath in due form of Law that they are the sones and only children of Benjamin Alexander the identical person who was a pensioner and is now Dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, which is herewith surrenderd.
That the Deceased pensioner resided in Mobile in the State of Alabama for the space of 20 years before his death; and that previous thereto he resided in the State of S. Carolina
William Alexander his mark X
Obadiah Alexander
Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of February 1848, before me
Attes J Perrine pension agent
John T Webb J Fitz

State of Alabama
Mobile County
I Augustus Brooks Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mobile County Said State holden at Mobile in and for the County of Mobile, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Benjamin Alexander was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum; was a resident of the County of Mobile in the State of Alabama and died in the City of Mobile State of Ala. in the year of 1846 on the 5th day of December that he left no widow, and only two sons, whose names are William Alexander & Alexander.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at the City of Mobile, in the year of our Lord 1848 12th March
Attest A. Brooks
Clk
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Mobile March 12th 1848
Recd of J Perrine agent for paying pensioners Twenty Dollars being for Three months pension due Benjamin Alexander Decd. from the 4th of September 1846 to the 5th of December 1846 for which we have signed duplicate receipts
William Alexander his mark X
Attest John T Webb
J Fitz

[stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

[sideways print]
No 2
Benjamin Alexander
From 4th September 1846 To 4 December 1846
3 months
$20

Mobile, Ala.
172,1848
Box 9
C9

37 3 1/2
[total] 111
18.5
[total] 129.50

[stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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[stamp]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Payments to be made at Mobile Ala. by Geo. S. Gaines Esq. agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Mobile Alabama
Paid to 4th March 1839
Paid to 4 Sept 1839
Paid to 4 March 1840
4 Sep 1840
4 March 1841
4 Sept 1841

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E2 Vol. 8th page 91 by D.D. Addison Clerk
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Rev War
10320
INVALID.
File No. 10,320
Benjamin Alexander
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 6
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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34,541
Benjamin Alexander
Alabama
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suspended
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see let 10 July 1838 Hon. F. S. Lyon Demopolis
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1828 papers to be filed with ad. O W Inv File # 10,320
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Benjamin Alexander Pvt
So. Carolina

Alabama
Act Inv. File No 10,320
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Benj Alexander

admitted
Pr 2 yrs $80.

Hon F. S. Lyon
Demopolis
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Mobile County
State of Ala. SS
personally appeared before me Charles A Henry a justice of the peace in & for said County Benjamin Alexander a Revolutionary soldier being [illegible] who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangalist of Almighty God states That he once spoke to Jos Delbert Esqr of Monroe County to aid him in obtaining a pension but as nothing was done for him at the time, he did not know how to proceed as he is an old man & no Scholar & paid no further attention to the subject untill last spring when he heard of others applying & concluded to again speak to some one who was capable of helping him & went to see Col Jno B Hogan who he had understood had a assisted several old soldiers without fee or reward & accordingly did so and had his papers [illegible] out for the first time and forwarded to Washington City at the time he spoke to Mr Delbert he was a candidate & it was several years ago. [illegible remining line]
Benj. Alexander his mark X
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 October 1838.
Charles A Henry
Justice of the Peace
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State of Alabama
Mobile County
I William Taylor Clerk of the County Court of the County of Mobile & State aforesaid certify that Charles A Henry whose name is subscribed within is an acting justice of the peace in & for Mobile County & that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith & cridit
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at office the 31st Oct 1838
Wm Taylor
Clerk
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Alexander
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I, James H. Draughan, Clerk of the Court of the County of Monroe, in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify, that Henr. Abney before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this the 18th day of November, in the year 1828.
James H. Draughan clk

Claiborne, 15 Nov. 1828
Sir,
On this and the enclosed sheet you will find the claim of Benjamin Alexander, a Revolutionary soldier, to a pension from the government under the last act of Congress on that subject. There being no other person from this part of the country at Washington, he has taken the liberty to constitute you his agent for the purpose of presenting his claim and receiving the amount of his pension, if his case comes within the provisions of the act, will you be good enough to make the necessary affidavit of your disinterestedness, and present the foregoing evidence of his revolutionary services at the Treasury Department & should the evidence prove insufficient, and you think there is a probability that his claim can be established, have the goodness to drop me a line on the subject, and of all events inform me of the fate of it, whether the pension is allowed or not, under the last or any previous act of Congress. By complying you will confer a distinguished favour on a meritorious soldier of the Revolution, and oblige your respectful servant,
Hen. Abney

Hon. G. W. Owen
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Know all men by these presents, I Benjamin Alexander of the County of Monroe, in the State of Alabama, do hereby constitute and appoint George W. Owen, my true and lawful attorney, with power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States, the amount of pay now due to me, under the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution, approved 15th May 1828 as a private in the third Regiment of the line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal this the 10th day of November in the year 1828.
Benj. Alexander his mark X {seal}
sealed in presence of
Thomas Thomason
Wm Fleming

Before me, Hen. Abney, a Justice of the peace in the County of Monroe in the State of Alabama, personally appeared this day, Benjamin Alexander, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed.
Witness my hand, this 10th day of November in the year 1828.
H.M. Abney J.P. {seal}
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[stamp] CLAIBORNE. A. L NOV 18

Free

Hon. George W. Owen
Washington City
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1309
Revolutionary Claims.
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Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 Jany 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Benjamin Alexander, under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
R. Rush

The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
R. Ruth

War Depart.
Bounty Land Office
It does not appear by the records of this office that Benjamin Alexander of the South Carolina line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor
7 Jany 1829
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1309
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th May 1828, I Benjamin Alexander in the County of Monroe, in the State of Alabama, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the third Regiment of the South Carolina Line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a private in Captain Field Farrar's company, in the 3rd Regiment of of the South Carolina line. And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of March 1828, on the pension List of the United States.
Benjamin Alexander his mark X

The State of Alabama
Monroe County
Personally appeared before me Hen. Abney, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Benjamin Alexander, who being duly sworn, declares and says that he enlisted for the term of eighteen months, in a company of Rangers attached to the 3rd Regiment of the South Carolina Line commanded by Col. Thompson; that about the expiration of said term of Eighteen months he enlisted under Col. Thompson in the 3rd Regt. of South Carolina Line, in a company commanded by Capt. Field Farrar, and remained in said company till after the Surrender of Cornwallis, after which time he was discharged; and that he does not recollect receiving the certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars mentioned in the act of Congress.
Benj Alexander his mark X
Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 10th day of Nov 1828
H. M. Abney J.P {seal}
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Before me, Henry M. Abney a Justice of the peace in the County of Monroe in the State of Alabama, personally appeared this day Thomas Bayles and Thomas Thomason of the said County, who did severally make oath, that Benjamin Alexander by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is personally refuted and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this the 10th day of November in the year 1828.
H. M. Abney J.P. {seal}

I, James H. Draughan, Clerk of the Court of the County of Monroe, in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that Henry M. Abney, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this the 15th day of November in the year 1828.
James H. Draughan Clk
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[stamp] DEMOPOLIS Ala. NOV 8
[stamp] FREE

M at Ala. Nov 21

J L Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
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Demopolis Alabama
7th November 1838.
Sir,
Col J B Hagner of Mobile has forwarded to me the enclosed explanation of Benjamin Alexander of the causes which delayed his application for a pension. You will see from the letter of Col Hagner that the applicant is in much need of whatever and may be coming to him.
Very respectfully
yr ob servt.
F S Lyon

J L Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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refd to Mr Edwards certificate as to the official character of Judge Lipscomb not required. See Mr. Hogan's letter.
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Personally appeared before me Charles A Henry Sr. a justice of the peace in & for Mobile County Isaac Lefaver a Citizen of Mobile County who being duly sworn states that he is well acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Alexander who is now present, that he knew him before he went into Captain Donaldsons company & knew him when he went off and when he returned after his discharge from the army and knew him to be the same person and believes him to be a man of good moral character & every way entitled to full credit on his oath.
Isaac Lefaver
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 26th day of April 1838
Charles A Henry
Jus Peace

I do hereby certify that some twelve or fifteen years ago when presiding as Judge of the Circuit Court for Monroe County, that satisfactory evidence was produced shewing that the above named Benjamin Alexander had been good soldier in the war of the Revolution under either Genl Marion or Sumter, I do not now recollect which, but his discharge from service was fully proven and the man now before me is the same person & has always being considered as a Revolutionary soldier.
Mohb 25th April 1838
Abner S Lipscomb
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The State of Alabama
Mobile County
I William Taylor Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid certify that Charles A Henry whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit as Justice of the peace was at the execution of the instrument an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Mobile & State of Alabama and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at office the 27 April 1838
Wm Taylor
Clerk

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refd to Mr Edwards certificate as to the official character of Judge Lipscomb not required. See Mr. Hogan's letter.
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1309
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
6 Dec 1828.

Benjamin Alexander of in the County of Monroe in the State of Alabama has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Farrar's company, in the third regiment of the S Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary,
F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
10th December 1828
It further appears that Benjamin Alexander is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
The name of Benjamin Alexander cannot be found among those of the South Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued.
Peter Hagner Aud
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Mobile 21 Oct 1838
My dear sir
your letter to your Bs. enclosing one from Mr Edwards on the subject of old Mr Alexander's claim for a pension was handed me yesterday & today I had an opportunity of having the old man's affidavit taken before Justice Henry of this city and in enclose it to you, the poor old creature is confined in Jail in this city for some violence recently committed while in a state of intoxication & will have to remain there untill the court which meets in a foreday he tells me he asked Mr Dillet to do some time for him it was on an Election day & Dillet was a Candidate & hesy & promised to do all that was necessary, he relied on Dillet & I presume never went near Dillit after want & I presume supposed as it was not obtained he could not get it. he next spoke to me & from what I heard from him became satisfied he is fully entitled to a pension & accordingly applied to the Dept. at the time that old Mr Lefaver made his application, as have been absent all summer I presume he has recd his pension, as I feel confident
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he richly earned it, by his hard service during the Revolutionary War. I hope you will past his claim as the old man is really in a suffering condition, he will be let out of just upon as the [illegible] [illegible]
With great respect
Your obt sert.
Jno. B Hogan

The Hon F S Lyon
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Mobile 20 April 1838
Sir
Pls leave to enclose you the papers of Mr Alexander an old Revolutionary Soldier in this case I presume them without difficulty. attached to his statement is a Certificate of Chief Justice Lipscomb as to whose character & standing I refer you to Mr Lyon our Repr. please direct answer to my care
your obt serv
Jno. B Hogan

Mr Edwards