Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2140, for Samuel Mayes, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Mayes, Samuel
Mary
NUMBER
W2140
CONTENTS
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Reported

463   Nashville
Tennessee
Mary Mayes
widow of Samuel Mayes
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private, S.C. Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of Jany 1850 and sent to
Hon JN Thomas, 
House of Repr

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29 1848, Page 351 Vol. 1 D
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S.D. Prisoner
19 Oct, 41
Let. to do: 25th
Nov: 41

13970
West Tennessee
Samuel Mayes
of Maury Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded  by Captain [Robert] Faris of the regiment commanded by Col [Thomas] Brandon in the S. Carolina line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee
at the rate of 80 Dollars _cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July 1833 and sent to Hon. 
J.K. Polk Columbia

Arrears to the 4th of March             160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept     40.00 = $200.00
                                                         
{Revolutionary Claim,
  Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk,
  Book E. Vol 7   Page 89
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FREE COLUMBIA 11 TEN
JK Polk
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
M.798
Less 25
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State of Tennessee, Maury County
On this 6th day of September, 1832,
personally appeared in open court before me, William D. Reese, presiding and holding the
Chancery Court, at Columbia, now sitting, Samuel Mayes, a resident of said County of Maury & State aforesaid, aged Seventy Two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated—He was drafted and entered the Service in the month of September 1779 for a tour of three months, in the State of South Carolina, in what was then called Ninety Six District, under Thomas Brandon as Colonel commandant, and Robert Faris as Captain, that he was at that time about nineteen or twenty years of age, & was living with his father, who, at that time, resided in the same District. During this tour, he marched with his regiment to Savannah, Ga., and there joined the army of Genl. [Benjamin] Lincoln ,
remained there until after the Siege  of that place by Genl. Lincoln, was abandoned; he then with his regiment returned to "Ninety Six" which completed his tour of three months; after the expiration
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of which, he volunteered to watch, pursue and keep down the Tories of that District; he continued in this service until some time in April, when he was drafted to go to defend Charleston So. Caro; he starting in this month with a detachment of about one hundred men, commanded by the same officer, Col. Brandon; in this way, they learnt that Charleston had fallen into the hands of the British; he, then with this regiment, commenced thus until, when thy fell in with a party of Tories, commanded by one Col. William Cunningham; he was taken prisoner by them and confined in the jail of Ninety Six, when he was kept about six weeks; he was then, in company with five others discharged and set at liberty; he then retired to the residence of his father and immediately commenced making preparations to join his regiment; which was then kept together in North Carolina, which making preparation to do this he was taken prisoner again by a detachment of Light Horse of Major Ferguson, he was taken to his camp, and then kept about four weeks, then he effected his escape with two British Sergeants to the camp of Gen Sumpter [Thomas Sumter]. He afterwards attached himself to the same Col who had united his regiment with that of a Col. [James] Williams of Ninety Six, South Carolina, while under their command he was in the battle at Musgrove's Mills on Enoree River in the same District; the enemy being composed of British and Tories, commanded principally by one Col. Enos [Innis], a British Officer. In the
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fall of 1780, the regiment of Col. Williams & Brandon united was joined by the mounted men under Cols. [William] Campbell, [Isaac] Shelby, [John] Sevier, [Benjamin] Cleveland & he believes others; he with them went in pursuit of Major Ferguson a British officer, who was then lying at the Cherokee Ford on Broad River, and
overtook him at the Kings Mountain at which place was fought the battle of the "King's Mountain" in which he was engaged; this was in the month of October, in which engagement Col. Williams was killed. After this with his regiment & under Col. Brandon, he joined the army of Genl. Thomas Sumpter [Sumter] in South Carolina, & while under his command was engaged in the battle of "Black Stocks" on Tiger [Tyger] River, the enemy commanded by Col. [Banastre] Tarleton, in which engagement Genl. Sumter was wounded, upon the happening of which the command
devolved on Genl. [John] Twiggs  of Georgia during the balance of the engagement. The wound of Genl. Sumter rendering him for a little time unfit for service, he joined with his Col. & regiment the army of Genl. [Daniel] Morgan, who had marched into South Carolina, while with him, he was in the battle of the Cowpens in which Genl. Morgan was principal commander; Col. [William] Washington commanded the Light Horse and the militia by Col. [Andrew] Pickens. After this battle, Genl. Morgan pursuing his route further into North Carolina, he with the regiment of Col. Brandon returned into South Carolina, where he
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joined the army of Genl. [Nathanael] Greene, who had marched into South Carolina, after the battle of Guilford. He remained the balance of the time mostly under the direction of Genl.
Greene  performing duty with detached parties in different parts of the State & continued in service for many months after the British had left Charleston in watching, pursuing & keeping in subjection the Tories, who were still troublesome & dangerous. The necessities of his country no longer requiring his service, they ceased in the winter or Spring of
1782. He has no written discharge, nor did he receive one from any one; he knows no one living by whom he would be able to prove the foregoing facts, except by one Henry Story, who, he is informed now lives in the Southern part of Alabama, many miles below Tuscaloosa; this Henry
Story, if the same, was with him during the whole service. He was born on the 7th of July 1759 in
the State of South Carolina in the District of Ninety Six, has lived mostly since the Revolutionary war in the State of South Carolina, until the year 1808 when he moved to this county, & has here lived ever since, he is known to the Rev'd Duncan Brown, who resides in his neighborhood and also to William J. Frierson of his neighborhood, who will testify to his
character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
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pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. S/ Samuel Mayes

Mr. Duncan Brown, a Clergyman & William J. Frierson both of the County of Maury, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Mayes, who subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. that we  believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and as far as they know believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
s/ Duncan Brown   W.Jas Frierson
H. E. Gillispie Me

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, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Duncan Brown, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the County of Maury and that Will J Frierson who
has also signed the same, is a resident of the same county, and is a
credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
[Illegible signature]
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I, William E. Gillespie Clerk & master of the said Court of Chancery, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Mayes for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (there being no seal of office) this 6th
day of September 1832
s/ W E Gillespie

I William E. Gillespie Clerk and master of the chancery Court at Columbia who made the foregoing certificate
to the original declaration of Samuel Mayes, do now certify that the foregoing is the original proceeding
in the cause a certified by me on the 6th of September 1832 and that by omission I neglected to affix my
private seal
In Testimony whereof I have this 16th day of April 1833 hereunto set my hand and, affixed my private seal, there being no seal of office 
s/ W E Gillespie

I certify that the William E. Gillespie
when he appears to the above declaration is the Clerk of the Chancery Court - and that his signature is in his proper hand writing, and that the declaration of Samuel Mayes contained on this & the annexed sheet is the original
declaration presented in Court
April 16. 1833
s/ James [Illegible]
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No 522
Mary Mayes
wid of Samuel
Ten
act 27 July 48
Married 1797
husb died 22 June1841
Adm $80 p an
to 4 March 18
Hon J. H. Thomas
House of Reps
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Declaration;
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848.
State of Tennessee Maury County
On this 5th day of September 1849, personally appeared before the Worshipful the County Court of
Maury, holden for the said County of Maury, at the Court House in the town of Columbia, in said County, now sitting and being a court of Record,
Mary Mayes, a resident of said County of Maury & State aforesaid, aged seventy three years, who being
duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the pension granted to Samuel Mayes under the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed on the 7. June 1832, who was a private in the army of the Revolution
she further states and declares that she was married to the said Samuel Mayes on the 4th of May, in the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred
& ninety seven; that her husband, the said Samuel Mayes died on the 22nd day of June 1841. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service; but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January, Eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated. She further says
that she is now a widow, and that she has never  before made any application for a pension-
She further swears that she attached hereto the original pension certificate issued by the War Department on the 18 July 1833. No. 13970, signed by John Robb acting Secretary of
war, examined & continued by J. L. Edwards commissioner of Pensions to her said husband the said Samuel Mayes, for eighty dollars per annum; that the said paper is the original
which was in possession of her said husband the said Samuel Mayes, at the time of his death, and under which he was in receipt of a
pension from the Government of the United States under the provisions of the said act of 7th June 1832.
s/ Mary Mayes
Sworn to and subscribed in open  court, on the day &
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year above written upon me
s/ Wm. E. Erwin Clerk.

Also on this 5th day of September 1849 personally appeared before the said County Court of Maury Mary
Jane Frierson, a resident of the said County of Maury aged seventy two, who being duly sworn according to
law, doth, on her oath, make the following statement that she the said Mary Jane was born and resides in
Williamsburgh District, State of South Carolina. that she resided in said District until after her marriage
which took place in the month of May 1797. that in the year 1805 she and her husband removed from
State of South Carolina to the State of Tennessee, that in the fall of the year 1807 she settled with her husband in
the County of Maury aforesaid at the place where she now resides, and where she has resided ever since.
that her husband died in the year 1813 - She further swears that she was well acquainted, while she lived in the State of South Carolina, in said District of Williamsburgh with Mary Mayes, the declarant in the foregoing declaration this any made by her, in order to obtain a pension, and with Samuel Mayes, in the said District of Williamsburgh, State of South Carolina: that she was present at the marriage of the said Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes. she saw them married
in said District of Williamsburgh, State of South Carolina.
affiant does not recollect the particular day of the month; she knows & states that it was in the month of May 1792 affiant states that she affiant was married on Tuesday evening, in the month of May 1797
the precise day of the month she does not recollect, and that
on thursday evening following, she attended the marriage of said parties, Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes and as
before stated she saw the rites of Matrimony Solemnized between them, at that time, in the said District of Williamsburgh, State of South Carolina aforesaid and she therefore
states, without hesitation that the said Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes were married persons to
the second day of January, eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated. She further swears that about the year 1806 the said Samuel Mayes and
Mary Mayes removed from said State of South
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Carolina, to the State of Tennessee and that they, the said Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes together with other
families, including affiant, her husband and their family settled in the County of Maury aforesaid &
State of Tennesee aforesaid on a tract of 5000 acres purchased of the heirs of the late Maj. Gen. Nathl
Green [Greene] part of a tract of 25000 acres granted by the state of North Carolina to said Maj. Gen. Green forming a congregation, and organizing a Presbyterian Church, with Rev Jas. White Stephens as their Pastor & that the said Samuel Mayse & Mary Mayes continued to
reside at the same place on which they settled in 1807 in said County, until the death of said Samuel Mayes;
which took place in the year 1841, the precise month or day of the month, she does not recollect; she knows and States that it was in that year, and she also states that she attended and was at the burial of said Samuel Mayes, at the buriel ground attached to the said church. She states further, that the said Mary Mayes is the same person, who she knew in the said
District of Williamsburgh, State of South Carolina and that she saw married to the said Samuel Mayes on said District of Williamsburgh, State of So. Carolina aforesaid and that the said Samuel Mayes who came to the County of Maury aforesaid, settled & resided in said County aforesaid
until his death in the year 1841, is the same person she knew as Samuel Mayes in the said District of Williamsburgh, State of South Carolina, & whom she saw married to
the said Mary Mayes as aforesaid, she further states that the
said Mary Mayes is a widow, never having been married since the death of her said husband, the said
Samuel Mayes- She further states that the said James White Stephenson, the Pastor of said Church and in the year 1832, and that the Revd James M. Arnell
who makes a statement to day, was selected & installed
Pastor of said Church, shortly afterwards, thus continued
to be and is now Pastor of said Church. s/ Mary, Jane, Frierson
Subscribed & sworn to in
open court, on the day & year
above written, before me,
s/ Hon E. Erwin Clerk
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Also, on this 5th of September 1849, personally appeared before the said County Court of Maury James M. Arnell, a resident of the said County of Maury State aforesaid, aged forty years, who being sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following statement.
that he was ordained as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church
known as Zion Church in the said County of Maury
State aforesaid, in the month of April 1832. and that
he has continued ever since to be, and is now the Pastor
of said Church; that he then knew Samuel Mayes & his wife Mary Mayes, who were members of said
Church & congregation; that the said Samuel Mayes
died in the year 1841, as well as he recollects it was in
the summer of that year 1841, he thinks, from his recollection death took place in the latter part of the
month of June or first of July 1841; he has no memorandum of the day of his death, but believes he is correct in stating it as he has done above: he further states that he was present at his death & burial, & that it was in that year, 1841, he further states, that he knows the said Mary Mayes who makes the declaration above in order to obtain a pension, is the widow of said Samuel
Mayes, & that she is now a widow, and that she
has never been married since the death of her said
husband, the said Samuel Mayes: s/ James M. Arnell
Subscribed & sworn to in open court on the day & year above written before me. s/ Wm. E. Erwin Clerk. 

Also, on this 5th day of September 1849. personally
appeared before the said County Court of Maury County
aforesaid, Samuel D. Frieson, a resident of town of
Columbia, in the County of May aforesaid State of
Tennessee aforesaid, aged forty six years who being
also duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath
make the following statement, that he has known Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes the applicant in the declaration this day made for a pension, ever since his
earliest recollection; that he was married in the same
neighbourhood in which the said Samuel Mayes and
Mary Mayes resided: that the father of this afficiant
settled in the year 1807 in the same neighborhood
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in which the said Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes resided. that he this affiant continued to reside in said
neighborhood until he settled in the town of Columbia, his present residence; that he came to reside
in said town of Columbia in the year 1823, and has conti ued to reside in said town ever since & still today now resides in said town of Columbia.
he further states that he married a daughter of the said Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes in the year 1826, and that he knows that the said Samuel Mayes is dead, that he died on the
22 June 1841, at his residence in said County of Maury, State of Tennessee aforesaid and he
further states that he affiant knows him to be the same Samuel Mayes, who was a pensioner under the
certificate appended and accompanying the declaration of the said Mary Mayes and that he
the said Samuel Mayes is the same person therein mentioned. He further swears that he has in his
possession, & has had for some years past, a volume of Scott Family Bible of the Edition of 1807 of said work, in which are contained the record of the
births & marriages of the said Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes, and of the children, and which is the
Family Record of their said family; that he is acquainted with the handwriting of said Samuel Mayes, having often seen him write, and being familiar with his hand writing; that all entries of the birth, marriages of said family are in the said
writing of said Samuel Mayes, and that all said entries have from the appearance of the book, and
of the said entries, evidence of their having been made many years since by the said Samuel Mayes. He 
further states that he finds in said volume, under the head. Family Record an entry in the words and
figures, following to wit: Samuel Mayes was born 5th July 1759. Mary Mayes was born June 1st 1776
were married May 4th 1797. that this is an exact copy of said entry from said book, which book is now before him, and that the said entry is in the handwriting of said Samuel Mayes, and that the said volume or book was the property of said Samuel Mayes and in which he kept the records
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of his own family, and of the marriages of his children & the births of his grand children in his lifetime.
s/ Samuel D. Frieson
Subscribed to in open Court, on the day and year above written before me
Wm. E. Erwin Clerk

State of Tennessee Maury County.
County Court September Term AD. 1849.
I William E. Erwin Clerk of the County
Court of Maury County the same being a Court of Record do hereby certify that on this 5th day of September 1849 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices presiding and holding said Court Mary Mayes, Mary Jane Frierson
James M. Arnell and Samuel D. Frierson who were each duly sworn according to law to the several matters herein before stated to
them, the said Mary Mayes to the Statement or declaration made and
Signed by her, in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848, and the said Mary Jane Frierson, James M. Arnell and Samuel D Frierson to the statements severally made by them respectively in support of the application of the
said Mary Mayes. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
name and affixed the Seal of my office or office in Columbia this 5th day of September A.D. 1849.
s/ Wm E. Erwin Clerk

State of Tennessee Maury County ⎬ I Alexander M. Rosborough,  Chairman & Presiding Magistrate of the County Court of said County of Maury & State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that William E. Erwin, whose
name is sign d to  he foregoing Certificate, is now and was at the time of signing the same, the Clerk
of the said County Court of said County and State
elected, commissioned & qualified according to law. That the foregoing signature purporting to be
the said Erwins, is genuine & that the said Certificate and the attestation thereof are in due form of law. Given
under my hand and private seal (there being no seal of Office) this 8th September 1849
s/ A.M. Rosborough
Chairman & Presiding Magistrate of the
County Court of Maury County,
State of Tennessee
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family record
Samuel Mayes was Born July 5th 1759
Mary Mayes was Born June 5th 1776
Were married May 4th 1797
John M. Scott Mayes was born May 29th 1796
Lily Elizabeth Mayes was born November 26th 1799
Susannah Jean Mayes was born April 14th 1802
Salina Emelia Mayes was born May 29th 1803
On the 17th of September 1805 Died Lily Elizabeth Mayes
Mary McCotery Mayes was born August 12th 1805
Jean Frierson Mayes was born August 12th 1805
George Whitefield Mayes was born March 27th 1811
Henrietta Seymour Wingfield died 21th Novr. 1833
Samuel Mayes died 22nd of June 1841
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[reverse of Family Bible page of Family Record]
SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT.
MRS. ADAMS
Enoch Anderson, jun.
Catharine Adair
Thomas Adams, Esq.
ROBERT BARR
Rev. John Burton
Jacob Burton
Clotworthy Billingham
Rev. Joel Bradley
Isaac Baldwin
Wm. Brackinridge
Daniel Brewer
Jane Boyd
James Blaine, jun.
James Brown
Rev. Benjamin Boone
REV. THOS. CLELAND
Thomas Carson
Rev. Thomas Cathcart
Latitia Clark
Rev. Joseph Copes
David Copeland
Mr. James Clayton
Samuel Connover
Joseph Combs
Ralph Crabb
Hugh Cunningham
Walter Clark
Rev. John Croes
Thomas Carson
MITCHEL DERICKSON
Robert Dobson
Rev. Robert P. Dobbins
Rev. Hugh Dickson
Rev. Daniel Dana
Garrard Darland
John Demance
Samuel Demance
Thomas Danforth
JAMES EWING
John Everly
WM. P. FARRAND
Henry Foster
Zechariah Fortune
Margaret Finley
John Forsythe, Esq.
Dr. J. E. B. Finley
Miss I. Fraser
REV. DANIEL GRAT
Joseph Gaston
John Griffith
John Galliway
William Gallagher
Rev. James Galbraith
John Gardner
James Gray
James Giles, Esq.
Branch Green
MRS. J. HARRISON
Rev. Wm. Hollinshead
William Houston
Cornelius Hopkins
Edward Hall
Robert Houston
Peter Hall
Humphrey Hughes
John Henderson
Benjamin Holland
Robert Harris
Samuel Harman
Moses Hanes
William Harris
George Hammill
George Harlin
Mrs. Haskins
Patrick Hayes
Patrick Haves jun
William Howit
GEORGE IRVINE
John Janvier
William Janvier
REVIS KITE
Samuel Kelso
Thomas Kelso
John Kelso
Thomas Kilpatrick
REV. JOHN LENN
Nathan Lewis
Rev. Abe Luckenbank
William Lockwont
MRS. M'LEAN
David Mustard
Thomas Marsh
Benjamin M'Nun
Samuel Mason
James Miller
John M'Dowell
Hugh M Bride
George M. Kartar
Jane M'Calmon
Joseph Morrison
John M'Lant
Edward M'Donald
Maj. E. M'Clanahan
Rev. John Matthews
Manning & Loring
Samuel M'Dowell
John M'Ginnes
James M'Gee
Ann Miles
John McAfer-
cert Morehead
William Perry
Farnam
Charles Porter, Esq.
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W. Snodgrass, Esq.
David Snodgrass
Sevier, Esq.
Dame Streets
Henry Storey
Joseph Shelton
James R. Sharon
David Shute
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James Sagg
Margaret Sawyers
Sue Sir
Mrs. Some
James Sperling, Esq.
Amos Sharpe
Paul J. Smith
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Mr Thorogood
Francis Thomas
George Thomson
Arthur Thompson
ANTLEWIS VICEARS
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JOIN WALK
Rev. J. P. Willion
Peter White
Star Williamson
William Wiles
James Wright
William Wright
Benjamin Wright
Dr. Hugh Whiteford
Rev. James Wallace
William Wallis
William Walker
Andrew Walker
Moses William
James Willis
Sarah
James Wallace
Capt. We
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[handwritten names and dates below are Illegible]
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May 7, 1907.

Miss Mayes Arnell,
Johnson City, Tenn.

Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 16th ultimo, and received on the 19th, requesting a second statement of the military history of Samuel Mayes, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he applied for a pension September 6, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Maury County Tenn.  He stated that he was born July 3, 1759, in the District of Ninety-Six, South Carolina, where he resided when he was drafted in September, 1779, for three months under Capt. Robert Faris and Col. Thomas Brandon;  in April, 1780, he volunteered under the same colonel for the defense of Charleston, S. C., but was captured and held six weeks by the Tories under Col. William Cunningham and again four
weeks by Major Ferguson; after his escape he joined the regiment commanded by Colonels Williams and Brandon, was in the battles of Musgrove Mills, Kings Mountain, Blackstocks and Cowpens, and was discharged in the spring of 1782.  His claim was allowed.
He married in Williamsburg District, South Carolina, May 4, 1797, Mary ----, who was born in said district January 1, 1776.
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Samuel Mayes: Rev. War:2.

Soldier died June 22, 1841, and Mary Mayes was pensioned as his widow in 1850, at which time she was a resident of Maury Col., Tenn.
The following is a copy of a family record  on file in the above-cited claim:
Samuel Mayes was Born July 5th 1759
Mary Mayes was Born Janur 1st 1776
John M Scott Mayes was born May 29th 1796
Lily Elizabath Mayes was born Nov 26th 1799
Susanna Jean Mayes was born April 14th 1802
Salina Amelia Mayes was born May 29th 1803
On the 17 Sept. 1805 Died Lily Elizabath Mayes
Mary McCotery Mayes was born August 12th 1805
Jean Frierson Mayes was born August 12th 1805
George Whitefield Mayes was born March 27th 1811
Henrietta Seymour Wingfield died 26th Nov 1835
Samuel Mayes died 22th June 1841
-O-

Very respectfully ,
Acting Commissioner
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No 522

Mary Mayes
Ten
Letter to Samuel D. Frierson 12th Nov 1849


act 29 July 1848
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Samuel Mayes, Maury Co Ten, act 7 June 32 $80 pa
To what time was he last paid? GCA
Pension Office January 8 1850
To what agency does he belong?
Maury County is in the Nashville Agency
Ans March 4 1841.
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OW&N
Johnson City Tenn
April 16, 1907
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Please give me the War Record of Samuel Mayes who fought at Cowpens & King's Mountain, and whose widow received a pension for his services during the American
Revolution
Very Respectfully,
Miss Mayes Arnell

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE APR 19 1907
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Belmont Place
Nashville Tennessee
Dec 8 1896
Pension Office
Washington
DC
Will you send me
a certified Copy of
the records of Samuel
Mayes service in
the Revolutionary War
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for which he received
a pension
-
Yours truly
Mrs Gillian Mayes Kirkman
Belmont Place
Nashville
Tennessee
[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES DEC 12 1896
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OW&N Div WCR M
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C DEC 15 1896
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information
called for below. WL Murphy
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier: Samuel Mayes
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Sumpter Co. Salem S.C.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Williamson Co. afterward Maury Co
Date of death (as near as possible):
1841
Christian name of widow: _
Did either he or his widow receive a pension? he received a pension
Remarks:
He was in the battles of Savannah, Cowpens, Kings Mountain & Blackstocks.  He was 17 years old
when he joined army
Your name and address:
Mrs Norman Kirkman
Belmont Place
Nashville Tennessee
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Rev War WIDOW, & c.
File No. 2140
Mary Mayes 
widow of
Samuel Mayes
Pri Rev War
Act July 29. 1848.
Index:- Vol. M, Page 1
Arrangement of 1870
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Jany 4 '97 History
to Mrs NM Kirkman
Belmont Place
Nashville Ten
LW
Mch. 17- 1897 - History to
Mrs. John Bowen
Paris, Kentucky-
see Inv 3610
Aug 29 1905 History to
Miss Mayes Arnell
Johnson City Tenn
1907 May 7 Hist to Miss Mayes [Illegible]
1925 Dec 5 Hist to ER Mayes see letter in Joshua Pruitt  S39027
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Samuel Mayes
from 1779 private
2 years &80
Hon JK Polk Columbia Ten
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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 Samuel
Mayes, 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? yes
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 amount of pension he is entitled? X [Illegible note here]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom 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?
from any other seal? No
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? No [Illegible note here]
X not found on Rolls & some evidence of service required
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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, has 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 oa h, 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? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? No [Illegible note here]
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE 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 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 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 objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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
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 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.
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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Saml. Mayes
Pension Certificate
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Columbia Tenn April 16 1833
James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
Enclosed I send the declaration & amended declaration of
Samuel Mayes for a pension, and
request your early attention to the
case. Dr Mayes is a highly reputable citizen & has the [Illegible] reputation where for he is known of having been a soldier of the revolution
I am Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Svt
James K Polk
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I certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Mayes whose name is subscribed to the
annexed amended declaration for a pension and that the said amended declaration is the original paper produced in Court: I am also
acquainted with George M. Martin whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate and with William E. Kennedy whose name is subscribed as judge, to the
amended certificate and know the said signatures to be genuine.
-
James K Polk
April 16. 1833.
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[stamp] COLUMBIA TEN Oct 9
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Oct 9 1841
[Illegible]
Mayes
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Columbine Tenn
Oct. 8. 1841.
Dear Sir
Samuel Mayes, who was a
pensioner of the U. States under the act of Congress passed in July 1832, and upon the pension roll at the Agency at Nashville, died 22 June last and I understand by a subsequent act of congress passed probably in July 1836 his widow is entitled to his pension. He left a widow and I am requested to write to you for information, particularly, as to the manner of having her name placed on the roll in lieu of his and whether she is to have the whole, or only half of his pension, and if it is to be paid to her from the time he last received it. Your answer giving the desired
information & instructions will
Oblige yours &c
S. D. Frieson
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The Amended Declaration of Samuel Mayes in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Tennessee Maury County: Circuit Court April Term 1833
On this 16th day of April 1833, personally appeared before me William E. Kennedy (in open Court) Judge of said Court, presiding & holding said Court at Columbia Samuel Mayes, a resident of said County of Maury and State aforesaid, aged about 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following amended declaration, in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed 7th of June 1832.
Applicant begs leave to submit the following by way of amendment to his declaration heretofore filed on the 6th day of September 1832 in the Honorable the Chancery Court, holden at Columbia, in said County of Maury & State of Tennessee, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832, that upon his return with his company after the siege of Savannah to the district of "Ninety Six" as Stated in his said declaration which tour commenced in September 1779 as stated in his declaration which completed a tour of 3 months, applicant immediately, and
without being discharged
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 or leaving camp, volunteered his services as stated in his said
declaration, to watch & pursue the Tories, which service lasted until sometime about the middle
of April 1780 at which time he was drafted to go to defend Charleston as stated in his said declaration, which tour was a continuation of his services as a soldier, and without his having ever left the camp, or being discharged &c. He further states that he was taken prisoner on his
retreat after having heard of the fall of Charleston and was released as stated in his said declaration, applicant now states that on the 3rd or 4th day after his return to the residence of his father, he was taken prisoner as therein stated, and when he effected his escape he immediately joined the Army of General Sumter. The time of his joining the Army of General Sumter,
applicant cannot well recollect, he remembers how but that it was but a short time before the battle of the hanging rock fought by that General; from General Sumter's camp he went with a part of his Regiment to join Colonel Williams and performed the services set forth in his declaration -- After the battle of Musgrove's Mills applicant was engaged with and continued attached to his Regiment, in scouting the Country and raising volunteers to join the mounted man
to pursue Colonel Ferguson
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having been done as therein stated, he was with them until after the
battle of King's Mountain. After the battle of Kings Mountain, applicant still continuing in camp and attached to his Regiment joined the Army of General [Thomas] Sumter, and from the time of the battle of Blackstock's, he was engaged under his Colonel, in watching the enemy until General [Daniel] Morgan came into that part of the country which officer he joined & performed the services as stated by
him. After the battle of the Cowpens he continued with the Army of General Morgan marching up into North Carolina, when his Regiment left him, and commenced their return into South Carolina, in which route they were watching the maneuvers of Lord Cornwallis who was at that
time passing up into North Carolina -- that in this service and watching the Tories he was engaged with his Regiment until General [Nathanael] Greene came into South Carolina, which officer he joined as stated by him in his said declaration and performed the services as therein stated, until the final termination of hostilities -- Applicant would beg leave to say in conclusion, that from
his entrance into service in the month of September 1779 until his discharge in the spring of 1782 as set forth in his said declaration, he was constantly and actively engaged in duty with his Regiment, with the exception of the time commencing with being taken a prisoner in May 1780 to his
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joining the Army of General Sumter in August in the same year -- that he was never out of service during the whole of this., with the exception only as above stated -- making as well as he now recollects and believes a continuous service of more than 2 and nearly 3 years -- all of which is respectfully submitted, and prayed may be taken as an amendment to his said declaration.
S/ Samuel Mayes

State of Tennessee Maury County
Circuit Court April Term 1833
This day personally appeared in open Court Samuel Mayes who after being sworn in due form of law, made oath
that the foregoing amended declaration subscribed by him is true according to the best of his knowledge and belief. And I do further certify that it contains the original proceedings of the Court.
In witness whereof I George M. Martin Clerk of said court have hereunto set my hand and affix my private seal of office this 16th day of April 1833 s/ George M. Martin

I hereby certify that George M. Martin
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of the
Circuit Court for the County of Maury & that his said certificate is in due
form of law & I further certify that the
universal reputation of the county is that Saml Mayes the above applicant was a soldier of the revolution
s/ Will G Kennedy Judge of Circuit Court
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Payments to be made at Nashville
by the Prest of US Br Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of West
Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 7
Page 89 by Danl Boyd
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certy that, in conformity with the law of the United States of
the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Mayes
of the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Army of
the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty
dollars and --- cents per annum, during his natural lie, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Eighteenth day of
July one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three
s/ John Robb
Acting Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
December 5, 1925.

E.R. May
1224 Hamilton Natl. Bank Bldg.
Chattanooga, Tenn
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2140, it appears that Samuel Mayes was born July 5, 1759 in the District of Ninety-Six, South Carolina.
While residing in said District, he enlisted on September 1779 and was private in Captain Robert Faris' Company, Colonel Thomas Brandon's South Carolina Regiment, and was at the Siege of Savannah, Georgia; in April 1780 on his way, under the same colonel, to the defense of Charleston, South Carolina, he was captured and held six weeks by the Tories under Colonel William Cunningham; and was again taken prisoner and held four weeks by Major Ferguson; after his escape he joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Williams and Brandon, and was
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in the battles of Musgrove Mills, Kings Mountain, Balckstocks, and Cowpens, and served until in the spring of 1782.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while a resident of Maury County , Tennessee.  He died there June 22, 1841.

 Soldier married in Williamsburg District, South Carolina, May 4, 1797, Mary (maiden name not stated), she was born January 1, 1776.  She was allowed pension on her application executed September 5, 1849, while living in Maury County, Tennessee.

Their Children-
John M. Scott Mayes  born   5-29-96 See other 
letter attached.
Lily Elizabeth Mayes     "  November 26, 1799.
Susanna Jean Mayes    "  April 14, 1803.
Salina Emilia Mayes   "  May 29, 1803.
Mary McCotery  Mayes     "  August 12, 1805.
Jean Frierson Mayes     "   August 12, 1805..
Roger Brandley Mayes     "   January 19, 1808.
George Whitefield Mayes    "  March 27, 1811.
Lily Elizabeth Mayes died September 17, 1805.

In 1849, Samuel D. Frierson, a resident of Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, stated that in 1826 he married a daughter of soldier, but did not give her name.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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The within affiants are
personally known to
to be a very
credible men -
James H. Thomas
Jany 5/50
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State of Tennessee Maury County
This day personally appeared before
me Joseph Hendon Esq an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County of Maury Tennessee
Samuel D. Frierson, Albert M. Wingfield and James W.T Frierson who being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God upon to say, that they reside, the said Samuel D. & James W.T. in the town of Columbia in said County of Maury, & the said Albert M. in the said County of Maury; that they were
well acquainted with Samuel Mayes for many years upon his death they further state that they are well acquainted with his handwriting; they have seen him write often, and seen a good deal of his handwriting in his lifetime, sufficient to enable them to speak with reasonable certainty and
satisfaction to the same. They further state the paper, or leaf taken from Vol. 5 of Scotts family Bible, printed in 1809. with entry of births & death,s on one side, & with names of different
persons, on the other side, printed, and purporting to be a Family Record has writing in the handwriting of said Samuel Mayes. this is that all & each of the entries on said leaf as under head Family Record beginning with the name Samuel Mayes was born, and ending with name, George
Whitfield Mayes was born" &c are in the handwriting of said Samuel Mayes: that the entries or writing, were married May 4, 1797
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immediately under the names of Samuel Mayes & Mary Mayes, is in the hand writing of said Samuel Mayes: they further state that the
said leaf or paper hereto appended was cut out of the said Family Bible, and before so cut out made a part of said 5 Vol of Scott Family Bible: and the said Samuel D. Frierson, & Albert M. Wingfield state that they know the same to be the Family Records
of the said Samuel Mayes made & kept by him in his lifetime as such, and the said James W.T. Frierson states that he has every reason to him it to be so, and does believe it to be the family Record of said Samuel Mayes. s/ S. D. Frierson
J.W.S. Frierson
A.M. Wingfield
Subscribed by the said persons & sworn to by each  of them, before me this 26 day of December 1849.
s/ Jos Herndon J.P.

State of Tennessee Maury County
I William E. Erwin Clerk of the County Court Maury County do herby certify that Joseph Herndon before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn and whose name is hereto officially signed is and was of the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly elected commissioned and qualified according to law and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit as such. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and seal office this 26th day of December 1849.
s/ W E Erwin Clerk
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[stamp] COLUMBIA TEN Nov 16
Tenn Nov 26 1841
JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Columbia Tenn
Nov. 14. 1841
Dear Sir
By reference to the family record
of Samuel Mayes decd about whom I
write to you since, I find that he & his
widow now living were married 4 May
1797.
Please inform me whether any act of
congress will embrace her case
Yours &c
S. D. Frierson