Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7288, for Alexander Patterson, South Carolina
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE
S.C. 
Ga.

Born in Ireland

CONTENTS
Patterson, Alexander NUMBER S.7288.

Carded

This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHERS Received from CAO.
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South Carolina 23.807
Alexander Patterson Sr.
of Abbeville in the State of So Ca
who was Pvt in the        commanded
by Captain of the           commanded
by Col. Williamson in the So Ca:
line for 21 mos 17 days

Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
at the rate of 71 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Apr'34
              and       Hon. Geo.
McDuffie H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March '34         215.64
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept "    35.94
                                                          $ 251.58
           Revolutionary Claim,
         Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by N Rice  Clerk.
Book E  Vol. 6  Page  77.

Letter to Pension Agency 14 April
1838.     to Hon F W Pickens July 2. 1838
Letter to 3rd and 8th March 1839
Paid at he Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March
1838.  Age  notified 22
March 1839
Dead
Letters to Hon F W Pickens 3rd and
17th Feb 1841.
Paid as above under the Act
of 6th April 1838 from 4th March
1838 to 8th June 1839. 
the 12th April 1842
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

Exparte
 Alexander Patterson
 Malcomb Patterson
 Josian Patterson &
 Jane Patterson  children
of Alexander Patterson Sr - decd.
And John Patterson
       Jane Patterson &
       Mary Patterson.
children of James Patterson decd.
who was a son of Alexander Patterson
Senior deceased.

Deposition of
 John Kennedy Esq
a resident of the district & State
aforesaid taken 
before David Lesly
Judge of the court 
of ordinary in 
open court, it
being a court of
Record, now
? at Abbeville
Courthouse the 29 day of January 1842

I the said John Kennedy having been duly sworn
according to Law do depose & say as follows:
I was well acquainted with Alexanser Patterson Senior
late of Abbeville District, now deceased, I knew him for
about twenty years - I lived near to his residence , and I
knew his children ("well" crossed out). The said Alexander Patterson
Senior died on the eighth day of  June 1839 at his
residence in the district aforesaid leaving no widow, but
the following children him surviving, to wit Alexander
Patterson,  Malcomb Patterson, Samuel Patterson, Josiah
Patterson & Jane Patterson and grand children John
Patterson, Jane Patterson & Mary Patterson children of
James Patterson, deceased who was a son of the
said Alexander Patterson Senior, the forgoing are all
the children of the said Alexander Patterson Senior.
of the above children, Josiah Patterson & Jane Patterson and
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and all the grand children John Patterson, Jame Patterson &
Mary Patterson now live in Abbeville District aforesaid
on long pane, the other children to wit Alexander Patterson
and Samuel Patterson live lately in the district and
State aforesaid but reside, the said Alexander Patterson 
in Meriwether County in the State of Georgia and the
said Samuel in Morgan County in the State of Alabama
and Malcomb Patterson now resides in Morgan
County the said state of Alabama. All the above
named children except Jane Patterson & Mary Patterson 
children of James Patterson deceased are now of legal
age.
Sworn to the open court the
day and year above mentioned
John Kennedy

David Lesly
Judge of Register of the 
Court of Ordinary
The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I, David Lesly, Judge 
and Register of the 
Court of Ordinary & there being no clerk for the
same, I for the district aforesaid do hereby certify
unto all whom it may concern that the foregoing
depositions were taken and sworn to in open court
the day & year therein mentioned before me the
presiding Judge and that the testimony addressed
was satisfactory to the court.
In testimony whereof I have herewith 
Set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the said Court this 29th
day of January 1842

David Lesly - Judge
of register of the Court of Ordinary
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20.897
Alexander Patterson 
Abbeville Dist.
S. Carolina

Ret

Admit as private
21 mo & 17 days

70.
  1.88
______
71.88

Hon Geo McDuffie
8 Octr.  H.R.
Wardlaw J Perrin
Abbeville
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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 regulations will shew 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 them: and 
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your

claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Alexander Patterson

Period when the service was recorded.Gave 1775
"I served throughout the war as a Srgt." he left this service in 1782

Rank of the Claimant
Srgt

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Lt Noble   Capt Anderson

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.
Col Williamson   Gen Parker   Col Williamson

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Ninety Six
Reedy River
Served time of duty in the State of Georgia
Piece(?) of Florida 
Savannah

Country through which he marched.
March to Fort Charlotte

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
31 years

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
a living witness


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 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 serviced 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 or privates, will in the first instance, make applications 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 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.  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     , who has 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 certified, 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at 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 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 he 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 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 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 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 or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier 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, 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:  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an 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 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.
[i] 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 in 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.

If the applicant served in the Continental Regiment, he must
prove his service, if in the militia, he must specify his service
as required above.
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Declaration
State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

On this twenty third day of 
October A.D. 1832 personally
appeared in open court. It
being a court of record which keeps a record of its proceedings ?  declared to be a court of
Record by the Legislature of the said State
before Richard Gautt one of the Judges of the court
of Sessions and Common Pleas of the said State
now sitting Alexander Patterson Snr. resident of
the District & State aforesaid, aged eighty one 
years who being first duly sworn according to 
Law, doth on his oath, make the following 
declaration , in order to obtain the benefit of the 
act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers and
served as herein noted: To wit: Lieutenant James 
Noble, he entered as a volunteer & served throughout the war as a Sergeant
in the month of June 1775, that they marched to
Fort Charlotte in the District & State aforesaid & there
joined the State troops the name of the command-
ing officer is not now recollected by this applicant.
Near the end of the same year he was in an
engagement at Ninety Six under the command of
Col. Williamson & Capt. John Anderson against the
Tories, Soon after he was in another engagement under
the same officers at Reedy River against the same
Tories. He served several tours of dutyin the State of
Georgia, was in two engagements under the command
of General Pickens against the Tories, one at a place
called Fort Carr & the other at Kettle Creek. He
served a time under the command of Genl Pickens and Col Clark of Georgia in pursuit of the
Indians. They burned one Indian Town in
the Cherokee Nation and killed several Indians.
He served a tour of duty called the Florida 
expeditions, under the command of
Col Williamson. He was at the seige of Savannah
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under the command of the said Col Williamson,
Genl Lincon was commander in chief. He was
at Tarleton Defeat at the Cowpens, under the command
of Gnls Morgan & Pickens. He was in an engagement
under the command of Gnl Pickens & Col Lee near the Hawfields in North Carolina against the Tories:
He was in an engagement under the same officer
at Reedy Fork Haw River against the British command
ed by Lord Cornwallis: He was at the siege of Ninety
Six under the command of Gnl Green (Greene) the precise
periods of the above mentioned engagements He can't recollect (without reference to history) He left the (service)
service at the close of the war in the year (18)
1782 where then was nothing more for the 
soldier to do. He served with the continental
Regiments commanded by Gnl Green, Morgan,
Lincoln, & Lee respectively. He hereby 
every claim whatever to a pensions or account
except the present and declares that his name 
is therefore   the pensions       of the agency 
of any State or States. He resided in the State & Dist of said
wherein he entered the services
Sworn to & subscribed  the day & year aforesaid
In open court

Jas. Wardlaw          Alexander Patterson Snr
Clk                              Mark


Mr          and         both
Residing in Abbeville District & State of South Carolina
hereby certify that we are and well acquainted with Alex
ander Patterson Snr who was subscribed & sworn to
his above declarations, that we        him to be
eighty one years of age, that he is               ed & believed
in the neighborhood which he resides to have been
a soldier of the revolution and that                  is
that opinion 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
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October 24, 1939
BA-J/MCS
Alexander Patterson
S.7288
Mrs. Louise Deaton
321 S. Douglas Avenue
Springfield, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reverence is made to your request for information relative to a Revolutionary War soldier, Alexander Patterson, who was born in Ireland, came to South Carolina and later moved to Pennsylvania.

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.7288, based on the military service of the only Alexander Patterson who was born in Ireland and came to South Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Alexander Patterson was born in 1751 in County Down, Ireland.  The names of his parents are not shown.

While living in Abbeville District, South Carolina, he enlisted in June, 1775, and served at various times until the close of the Revolution in 1782, amounting to one year, nine months and three weeks in all, as sergeant with the South Carolina troops under Lieutenant James Noble, Captains John Anderson and McGaw, and Colonels Williamson and Pickens, and under Colonel Clarke of Georgia.  He was in an engagement with the Tories at Ninety-Six, in the battles of Reedy River, Fort Carr, Kettle Creek, in the siege of Savannah, in the battles of Cowpens, Hawfields, Reedy Fork of Haw River, and in the siege of Ninety-Six.  

Alexander Patterson was allowed pension on his pplication executed October 23, 1832, while living in Abbeville District, South Carolina, having continued to live there since the Revolution.  In 1832, he was referred to as Alexander Patterson, Senior.
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Alexander Patterson died June 8, 1839, leaving children but their names and the name of soldier's wife are not shown.

Alexander Patterson stated that he had a brother (name not given) wounded in the Revolutionary War.

In 1832, one John Loard stated in Abbeville District, South Carolina, that he had lived near Alexander Patterson since 1767.

If you desire to obtain the date of the last payment of pension of Alexander Patterson and the names of the persons who received the payment, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:

Alexander Patterson, Senior, Certificate 23807, issued April 8, 1834, rate $71.88 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, South Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Amended 
Declaration of
Alex. Patterson
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The amended declaration of Alex
ander Patterson of Abbeville District
So Ca
This declarant the said Alexander
Patterson being duly sworn according
to Law, says that he served as a militia
man altho' he was a considerable part of his time with the continental army
That he entered the service as a volunteer
not for any definite period but to serve as
occasion might require. He was ordered to
,he understood, (by Maj Williamson afterwards Col Williamson) to Fort Charlotte as a reinforce
ment to guard the fort from an expected
attack from the Tories. He was out he thinks about two weeks. He then was dismissed and
 and returned home; in the month of Nov of
the same year 1775. He was again ordered out
by the same officer to march to Ninety Six
where he was in an engagement with the Tories.
He was out on this tour about three weeks
& returned home, the next tour  (?)
      about twenty days after the last tour
He was on this tour not less than three
weeks      he was in an engagement with
the Tories. He performed several tours of duty
in the State of Georgia. one tour under
the command of Gnl Pickens in this tour 
he had two engagements one at Fort Carr and the
other at Kettle Creek. This tour was not less than 
one month when he had to return home
with his brother who was wounded 
He set off on this tour he thinks in July 1777 in the
fall following he was again called out 
a tour of duty in Georgia under the command of 
Gnl Pickens, Capt McGaw in this tour he was with
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Col Clark of Georgia, he was out in this tour
not less than three months , where he again
returned home. The next tour was the Florida 
expedition. This declarant thinks in the year
1778 he was called out by Col Williamson
he was out not less than three months on
this tour _ at this time he returned home.
Afterward he thinks in the year 1779 he
was again called out into the State of Georgia
in this tour he was at the siege of Savan
nah under Col Williamson Gnl Lincoln 
was commander in chief, Lieutenant Jas. Noble
acted as his capt  He was out on this service
he thinks not less than three months after
wards he thinks in Nov 1780 he was again
called out and continued out in active
service till August of the next year in
which tour he was at  Tarleton defeat
at the Cowpens in   engagement at the
Hawfields in North Carolina at Hillsboro
and Reedy Fork - and was at the siege of
96 - He was again out in a tour in
Georgia after the indians in this tour he
was out not less than three months. This declar
ant says that the precise times where the
above service was rendered and the length of
service he can not now recollect and
he says that he served two 
but he cannot recollect this with suffi-
cient certainty to make [crossed out it worth] mention
officers here.  Where his first tour his declarant
says he was out not less than -------2 weeks
          2 tour was not less than -------3 "
           3 not less than -----------------3"
           4 not less than ------1 month   0
                                             ____________
                                                 3 month 00
and returned with his wounded brother 
over
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brought over                         3 months
5 Tour not less than ----        3  "
6  "      not less than ---------3 months
7th  "   not less than  --------3  "
8  " not less than -------------9  "
9   " not less than                                  3 weeks
                                    __________________________
                                     1 year 9 months - 3 weeks

 This declarant now upon his oath says that
he served in active service not less than one year   
(and) nine months & 3 weeks as above stated
for which he claims a pension
Sworn to and subscribed
This 21 March 1834 before
Patrick Gibson JQ
                 his 
Alexande   X   Patterson 
               mark

The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I, James Wardlaw, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the District of Abbeville aforesaid do,
hereby certify that Patrick Gibson before whom the fore
going affidavit or amended declaration was made, is an
acting Justice of the Quorum in and for said District
that all due faith and credit are and ought to be given
to his attestations and that the above signature purporting
to be his is genuine.
    Given under my hand and seal of
Office at Abbeville Court House this
twenty second day of March in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty four
Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
The amended declaration
of Alexander Patterson Sr
of the District & State aforesaid in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 
7th 1832, made this twentieth day of September
A.D. 1833 before Moses Taggart Esq Judge of the 
Court of Ordinary & it being a court of record and
having a seal of office for Abbeville District at the residence of the 
said Alexander Patterson Sr.
    This declarant in addition to his declaration in chief    that the precise length of time he
served he cannot now recollect, he being old and
infirm, frail in both body & mind, but according
to the best of his recollection & belief he served
in actual service, in the various tours mentioned 
in his declaration in chief, not less than
two years and six months, during which 
time he was not engaged in any civil
pursuit whatever, he served the whole time
as a sergeant.  This declarant further states that
he is now not able from bodily infirmity to
attend at Abbeville Court house in open court
without endangering his life, & he hopes that the
War Department will not require it of him.
Answers to the Interrogations
Answer to the first
I was born in County Down Ireland in 
the year 1751.
Answer to the 2nd      I have not record of my age
Ans to 3rd   I was living in Abbeville District State of
SoCa where I  have lived ever since & where 
I now live.
Ans to the 4th   I was a volunteer & continued such
through the war.
Ans to the 5th    Gnl. Lincoln I served his tours with him, the
Florida Expedition, and at the siege of Savannah,
Gnl. Williamson was also along & by him I was
commanded -- I was also with Gnl. Morgan and
 Green towards the end of the war, was in an
engagement (against) with the Tories at Ninety Six
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was in the engagement against the Tories at  Reedy River
was in the engagement at Fort Carr and Kettle Creek;
was at Tarleton defeat at the Cowpens; was in an
engagement at Hawfields N.C. was in an engagement 
at Reedy Fork , Haw River, and was at the siege of 
Ninety Six
Answer to the 6th   I never received a written discharge
Answer to the 7th  Robt. McCaslin(McCaslan) Patrick Gibson Esq  Josiah
McGaw  John Kennedy  Abner Perrin  William
Robinson
  Sworn to the day & year aforesaid 
Moses Taggart , Judge
of the Court of Ordinary A.D.
             his
Alexander X Patterson Snr.
               mark

Mr Isaac Waddel a clergyman residing in the
district and State of aforesaid and Robert McCaslan, Patrick Gibson Esq
Josiah McGaw, John Kennedy  Abner Perrin,, George McFarlin
residing in the Same district & State aforesaid hereby certify that
all are well acquainted with Alexander Patterson
Snr. who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be (of) eighty
one years of age, that he is a man of good credit
and standing in his neighborhood and a man
of veracity, and that he is respected 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 this day & year aforesaid

Moses Taggart, Judge
of the Court of Ordinary A.D.

Robert McCaslan
Patrick Gibson
Josiah McGaw
John Kennedy
A Perrin
           his
George X McFarlin
            mark
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

Know all men by these presents that 
we, Alexander Patterson, Samuel Patterson, Josiah Patterson
and Jane Patterson some of the children of 
Alexander Patterson Senior now deceased late a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby
constitute and appoint Francis W Pickens our true
and lawful attorney for us, and in our names
to receive from the Treasury of the United States or the
proper officers thereof the Pensions of the said, Alex-
ander Patterson Senior from the fourth of March
1838 till the day of the death of said Alexander
Patterson which occurred on the eighth day of June
1839

Witness our hands and seals this 7th
day of December 1841.

Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
Thos C Perrin

Alex'r Patterson
Samuel Patterson
Josiah Patterson
Jane Patterson

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

Be it known that before the subscriber
an acting magistrate for the district
aforesaid personally appeared Alexander Patterson, Samuel
Patterson, Josiah Patterson and Jane Patterson ( who are by
me behind the children of Alexander Patterson Senior now
deceased, an old man who lately lived in the district aforesaid
and severally acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney
to be their act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
the seventh day of December 1841
John H Wilson Magt.
Page 20

Amended
Declaration to obtain a 
pension.
Alexander Patterson Snr.
Abbeville Dist. So.Ca
Page 21

And the said Moses  Taggart Esqr Hereby declares his
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and
after putting the interrogations presented by the
War Department that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
and the said Moses Taggart Esqr. further certifies
that he believes that the said Alexander Patterson
Snr is unable from bodily infirmity to attend at
Abbeville Court house in open court without
endangering his health if not his life, and the
said Moses Taggart further certifies that it
appears to him that Isaac W Waddel
who has signed the preceeding is a clergyman
resident in the District & State aforesaid and
that Robert McCaslin (McCaslan) Patrick Gibson, Josiah
McGaw, John Kennedy  A Perrin & George
McFarlin
who have also signed the same as residents
of the District & State aforesaid & are credible
persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit. And I the said Moses Taggart 
Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Abbeville
District do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the confirmed proceedings (of) in
the matter of the application of Alexander
Patterson Snr. for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office, this twentieth day
of September A.D. 1833
Moses Taggart Judge of
the Court of Ordinary A.D.
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Application for a
Pension
Alex. Patterson Snr.
20897
Page 23

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I John Loard being 
duly sworn according
to law upon my oath
say that I know that Mr Alexander Patterson
Snr. was a revolutionary soldier that I
served with him in this state & in the
state of Georgia several long tours  I served
with him in the engagement at
Kettle Creek in Georgia under the command 
of Gnl Pickens. I was with him in the siege
of Ninety Six in So.Ca. under the command
of Gnl Green. I have beside     the said
Patterson since the year 1797.  I have been well
acquainted with him & know that he
is a man of strict veracity & a worthy
citizen & that I believe he is of the age
that he states in his declaration.
Sworn to in open court the day & year
aforesaid.
Jas. Wardlaw                         John Loard
Clk.
And the said court hereby declares his opinion
after the interrogations of the matter and after
putting the interrogations presented by the War
Department that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as
he states.
Richard Gantt  P Judge
Page 24

I James Wardlaw clerk of the court of Sessions &
Common Pleas do hereby certify that the written contains
the original proceedings of the said court in the
matter of the application of the said Alexander
Patterson Sr. for a pension.
The testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this twenty third day of  October
1832

Jas. Wardlaw
Clk


Application for a 
Pension
Alex Paterson Snr.
20897
Page 25

23807
Page 26

War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Alexander Patterson Sr:
of the State of South Carolina -
who was a privat in the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Seventy-One dollars and
Eighty Eight cents per annum, during his natural life, com=
mencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi=
annually on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 8th day of 
April one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty = Four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 27

Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Feb'y 19th, 1842

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An
act diverting the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," The children of Alexander Patterson Sr
dec'd a Pensioner of the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Seventy one Dollars and 98 cents
per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, have
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838
to the 8th of June 1839

Respectfully yours
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 28

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 29

Planters & Mech Bank of S.C.
Charleston  7 April 1838
 J L Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir
I forward herewith for authority to pay, vouching 
of Alexander Patterson Sr., James Pool Sr, Robert
Culbertson, and Calvin Williamson

I am respectfully
your (?) Sir
A Spears
Pension Agent
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 11th, 1839

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," Alexander Patterson Sen:
a pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Seventy one Dollars and eithty eight cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has
been paid  at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1835
to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,

Present.
Page 31

July 2

Alex Patterson
SC roll


J. L . Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington

Hon F W Pickens
HR
Page 32

Washington  June 1838

Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir,
I enclose the written
and would be glad of the information
required. Enclose back this letter to me
with your answer.

Yours very respectfully
F W Pickens
Page 33

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. P.
Page 34

Washington 14 Feb 1842

Sir
I enclose the written papers for
arrears of pension to Mr Patterson dec'd
You see the heirs have appointed me
to receive check due. Be so 
kind as to acknowledge this receipt
of the written, and let me know
when I can call and get the
amount due.

I have this
Very respectfully
F W Pickens
Page 35

Alexander Patterson Sr - S Caro: 
Ac  1832
Be pleased to say to what time
he was pd.

July 2, 1838.
To ? the 4 Sep 1835
JH
Page 36

Payment to be made at Charleston by the Jo WS Bo Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of So Ca:

Recorded in the Pension office, in Book E Vol 6 Page  by A Rice
Clerk.
Page 37

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 38

The State of Alabama
Morgan County
Know all men by these presents, that
I, Alexander Patterson on of the children and
decendants of Alexander Patterson Senior now
deceased late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States do hereby constitute and appoint Francis
W Pickens my true and lawful attorney for
me and in my name to receive from the Treasury
of the United States or the proper officers thereof
my portion of the pension of the said Alexander
Patterson Senior which occurred on the eighth
day of June 1839.
Witness my hand & seal this 24th day 
of December 1841
Signed sealed & delivered in 
presence of  A M Patterson
Malcolm Patterson

The State of Alabama
Morgan County
Be it known that on the
24th day of December 1841
Before the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said
County personally appeared Malcolm Patterson a son of
Alexander Patterson Senior late of the State of South Carolina
Abbeville District, now deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner
of the United States and acknowledged the foregoing,
power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand the day & year above mentioned
J. B. Patterson     J.P.
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The State of Alabama
Morgan County

I Thomas Price clerk of
the court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify
that J B Patterson who has signed the foregoing
certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and
for the county aforesaid duly appointed and
qualified according to law and that he was an
acting justice at the date of the said certificate; and
that the signature of the said certificate purporting
to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of my
office this 24th day of Dec'r
1841
Tho Price Clk CC

Personally appeared before the subscriber ?
of the hearing the Hon. F. W. Pickens the Attorney
named in the foregoing Powers of Attorney
who being duly sworn doth depose these
the said powers was not given to him
by ? of any Sales Transfer or mortgage
of the pensions therein authorized to be received by him

F W Pickens

Sworn & subscribed
this 26 day of February
1842  before

Peter Hagner  ?
Page 40

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

Know all men by these presents that
I John Patterson for myself and a guardian duty
afforded, of my sisters Jane Patterson & Mary Patterson
who are minors being children and the only
decendants of James Patterson late of Abbeville District
deceased who was a son of Alexander Patterson Senior
now deceased late a revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint the
Hon. F. W. Pickens my true and lawful attorney for
me in my own right and as guardian as aforesaid of Jane
and Mary Patterson, in our names to receive from
the Treasury of the United States & of the proper officers
thereof our portion of Pension of the said Alexander
Patterson deceased from the fourth of March 1838 till
the day of the death of the said Alexander Patterson
Senior deceased which accured on the eighth
day of June 1839.
Witness my hand and seal this 7th day
of December 1841
Signed sealed and delivered 
in presence of
Thos. C. Perrin

John Patterson
gardin (guardian) of
Jan Patterson
Mary Patterson
Page 41

The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

Be it known, that on this
7 day of December 1841
before the subscriber and acting magistrate for the
district of aforesaid personally appeared John Patterson
who to my knowledge is the guardian of Jane Patterson
and Mary Patterson, who are believed by me to be
the children of James Patterson now deceased who
was the son of Alexander Patterson deceased who was
a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & resided
in the district aforesaid and acknowledged the
foregoing power of attorney to be his act and duty
for the purpose herein set forth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, the day & year above mentioned
John W. Wilson
Magistrate

The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I John F Livingston clerk of the 
court of Sessions and Common Pleas
for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that John H.
Wilson who gas signed the foregoing certificate, is an
acting magistrate in and for the District aforesaid
duly appointed and qualified according to the law
and that his signature above written to the ? fore-
going certificate is genuine & in proper form
? under my hand and the
seal of the said court this
second day of February 1842
? F.Livingston
CC
Page 42

Rev-1772
321 South Douglas Avenue
Springfield, Illinois
September 20, 1939
United States Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Attention:  Revolutionary War Records.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me, for the purpose of establishing eligibility to D.A.R. membership, the following, and any additional available information concerning the Revolutionary soldier named below:

ALEXANDER PATTERSON
Born in Ireland
Date of birth:
Date of enlistment in Revolutionary War:
Organization:
Date of Discharge:
The following is the only identifying date that I have:  Alexander Patterson and his wife came from Ireland to South Carolina.  He enlisted in the War and was wounded in the head.  He had a silver plate placed in his skull.  (It is reported this injury was received in the Battle of Bunker Hill, but this has never been verified.)  He moved his family to Pennsylvania either before or shortly after the War, so his enlistment may have been from Pennsylvania.  His children were Jane, Margaret, Nancy, John, William and James.

I shall greatly appreciate any information you may be able to furnish me.

Very truly yours,
Louise Deaton [signature]
Louise Deaton
encl. Reply envelope
[stamped RECEIVED
SEP 23 1939
illegible
VETS ADM]
ret - sept 25
Page 43

Eugenia W M Brown
3104 Mt Pleasant St.
Wash, D. C.
Page 44

S 7288

Alexander Patterson Sr.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment

June 1775
1782

Length of Service

and served
at various
times he said
of war in all
1 yr 9 mos. 3 wks

Rank.
Pvt.
Sgt.

Officers Under Whom Service Was Renderd

Captain
Lieut James Noble
Capt. John Anderson
Capt. McGaw

Colonel
Clark
Williamson
Pickens

State

S.C.

eng. with times
at
Battles engaged in,
Ninety-Six, Reedy River, Fort Carr, Kettle Creek, Siege of Savannah
Cowpens, Hawfields, Reedy Fork of Haw River, Siege of Ninety Six

Residence of Soldier at enlistment, Abbeville District, S. C

Date of application for pension,  Oct. 23, 1832  This claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Abbeville S. C.

Age at date of application, born in County Down Ireland in 1751.

Remarks:  Soldier died June 8, 1839 leaving children 
whose names and that of his wife are not stated.
Page 45

?
No. 14,314.
?
Aleander Patterson Sr.
?  S.C. roll
dated 7 June 1832
(children of)
$190.98
18 Feby 1842
19   "        "
Act 6th Apr. '38

Req? 305  dated 21 Feby 1842
Sent to Treasury 26 Feby 1842
Page 46

The U States
To the children  of
Alexander Patterson Sr.
? S Carolina roll
Act of June, 
For his pensions from 4 March 
1838. to 8 June, 1839. The day 
of his death 97 years
Page 47

?    7288
(Sideways) Rev War.
INVALID
File No. 7208
Alexander Patterson
Pen Rev War

Act: June 7th 39
Index: - Vol 1st, Page 2
Jan. 26/93 April Hist. to
Hon. Josiah Patterson. House of

1920 Jan 16 Hist. to E. W. M.
Brown, 3104 Mt Pleasant
St. Washingtion, D.C. and
1939 Oct 24 hist. to Mrs.
Louise Deaton.