Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13365, Richard Head, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE N.C. Head, Richard
NUMBER S.13365
Carded
CONTENTS
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Alabama 31969
Richard Head of Barbour Co. in the State of Alabama who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain David of the regt. commanded by ___ in the N.C. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile, Alabama at the rate of 20 Dollars, ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of July 1842 and sent to Hon. W. R. King, Senate U.S.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1842   230.00
Semi=ant.(?) allowance ending 4 Mar. [18]43 
  10.00
$240.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown   Clerr,
Book E. 2.   Vol. 8,   Page 99

Reported to agent
Letter to Hon H. M. Hilliard of 3rd [and 20(?)] 
July 1846
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34973
Richard Head
Alabama

Hon(?) D.H. Lewis [illegible]
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State of Alabama   Barbour County Court   Barbour County   July Term 1839

	On this 9th day of July personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Barbour now sitting[?] Richard Head a resident of Barbour County in the state of Alabama aged eighty four 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 the 7th 1832
	That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that in the month of November in the year 1779 he was draughted for three months and was marched to Hillsborough North Carolina and was put under the command of Capt David and Lieut[?] James that they marched to Salisbury[?] in said state where they joined Gen[?] Rutherford and marched to Charlot Court House from there to Camden South Carolina then to the (ten mile[?]) House near Charleston then to the Savanah River to a small town called Puringburg near the two Sister Ferry where they found Gen Lincoln they then moved up the river to the mouth of Brier[?] Creek but not in time for the battle but got in hearing and heard the result and returned down the river to Turkey Hill where he was regularly discharged after serving six months— at the expiration of his three month draught he then volunteered[?] for three months more which imbraces[?] the above six months and draught[?] as above described his discharge is lost as no care[?] was ever taken of it after the war. he further states that in the year 1781 in February he was again draughted for three months and served under Captain [illegible] and was attached to (Col. Moore Regiment[?]) and marched to Guilford Court House and joined
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Gen.[?] Green when they were defeated by the enemy that they retreated to the Hanging Rock from there they marched down Haw River to Ramseys Mills where he was discharged by Capt. Gunn[?] after serving three months which discharge is also lost he further states that he is so far removed from his old acquaintances and there being none of them in this section that that it is impossible for him to prove his service any other way than by his own oath that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares[?] that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state

1st Question  Where and in what year were you born
Answer  I was born in South Hampton County in the state of North Carolina in the year 1755

2nd Question  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer  I have the leaf of an old Bible with my age on it gave to me by mother as the record of my age and have so considered it

3rd Question  Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the revolutionary war; and where do you now live
Answer  I lived in Wake County North Carolina and moved to the state of Georgia from there to the state of Alabama Barbour County where I now live

4th Question  How were you called into service were you draughted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer  I was draughted for three months volunteered for three months and then draughted for three months more
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5th Question   State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service

Answer   I recollect Gen. Rutherford Lincoln & Green Col. Moore Col. Lock and Col. Sanders Captain White Gili[?] & Woodson[?] Daniel & White stationed at the two sister ferry the Adjutant with 18 men my self one of the number was ordered to a ferry to prevent the passage of Mat[?] Girt as we were informed by a tory who had deserted that he would (pass on[?]) a certain night accordingly he made the attempt but we met him after a short time forced him back without any loss on our part the length of time puts it out of my power to give a satisfactory account of circumstances that occurred[?] during my service

6th Question   Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it

Answer   I rec[eived] a discharge from Capt Woodson[?] Daniel for six months service[?] but never rec[eived] any from Capt Gunn[?] my Capt being absent at the time of our (term expiring[?])

Q 7th   State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution

Answer   Thomas Warren Judge M[or “Mc” or “Mr”?] Gall Edwin J Cole

Sworn and subscribed to this 9th day of July AD 1839
Richard Head
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We Thomas Warren and Edwin J. Cole residing in the State of Alabama Barbour County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Head who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 84 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Warren
E. J. Cole

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Warren and Edwin J Cole are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit
Ammoll[?] Judge

I James G Coleman    Clerk of the County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Head for a pension   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand there being no seal as yet provided for my office this 9 day of July AD 1839
James G Coleman Clerk CCBC[?] Ala[?]
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Redhas[?]
13365
INVALID.
File No. 13365
Richard Head
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 170
Arrangement of 1870.
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34.973
Richard Head
Alabama, Mobile
—
Admitted
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Private 6w[?] $20
Capt Daniel Col[?] n4[?]
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Act 7 June 1832

Hon. W. R. King
J.N.S
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Richard Head
Alabama
—
Suspended
—
See[?] let 24 Feb 1840
Hon D. H. Lewis
let 7 May 1842 Hon
W. R. King

Act 7 June 1832
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Richard Head. Alabama 7. June 32[?].
$20.
(To what twice last paid[?])

[faintly:]
[illegible] to 4 March 1844
JH

Pension Office
18. July 1846.
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Feb 24. 1840
Ala
Act 1832,
R. Head
W. Blake
Hon. D. H. Lewis
NR

[sideways:]
J. L. Edwards Esquire.
Com[?] of Pensions.
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Sir
I ask your attention to the enclosed papers.
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Servt.
D. H. Lewis -

ja[?]. L. Edwards Esqr.
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State of Alabama
Barbour County
Circuit Court
Spring Session[?] 1842

On this 31st day of March A.D. 1842 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Barbour now sitting Richard Head a resident of Barbour County of the State of Alabama aged Eighty seven 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 That in the year of 1778 he believes as well as he can recollect about the last of October or the first of November he was draughted in the County of Wake in the State of North Carolina for three months and served under Captain Woodson Daniel and Jamed[?] Gen. Rutherfords army and was marched to Hillsborough then to Saulsberry No-Carolina then to Camden South Carolina then to the ten mile House near Charleston then to Puringsburg on the Savannah River at which place he joined Gen. Lincoln then marched up the River to the two sisters ferry about
this time he was discharge and Gen. Rutherford addressed the discharged militia and stated that the enemy was then in the neighbourhood and called on us to volunteer which he done and served
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three months with many more of the Company that he then was marched up the River under the command of Major Sharp to join Gen. Ash and was crossing the River in hearing of the battle of Brier Creek when Gen. Ash came to the Ferry on his retreat and ordered us to retreat down the River to Turkey Hill where we remained until about the first of April and was then discharged but that said discharge with his first is lost or thrown away but he is confident that he served out his full time of six months as above stated That again in the year of 1781 he was again draughted for three months from the same County and State as he was (the the [crossed-out]) first draughted he believes about the first of February he was again draughted and put under the command of Captain Green[?] and was marched to Guilford Court House where he joined Gen. Evans[?] Army and was in the Battle of[crossed-out] at the Court House and was marched to the High or Hanging Rock on Haw river that he was marched to Ramseys mills at[crossed-out] where he received his discharge for the full term of three months more[?] which discharge is lost he further states that he knows of no person in this State that served with him and that he has no other means of proving his service except by his own oath
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
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except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid

Richard Head

We Thomas Warren and Duncan McRea residing in the County of Barbour and State of Alabama hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Head who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed to the
day and year aforesaid
Duncan McRea
Thomas Warren

And the said Court do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting[?] the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he States and the court further certifies that it appears to him that Thomas Warren (the preceding [scratched-and-crossed-out]) and Duncan McRea who has signed the preceding certificate[?] are residents of the
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State of Alabama and in the County of Barbour are creditable persons and that there Statements are entitled to credit
(Jno P Booth [?])
(Judge Cir. Court [?])

I Null[?] McDonal[?] Clerk of the Circuit Court of Barbour County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Head for a pention
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office
(McDonald Clerk [?]) of Circuit Court

Q   Where and in what year were you born
Ans   I was born in South Hampton County North Carolina and raised in North Hampton County North Carolina I was born as I have been informed on the 24th of November 1755
Q   Have you any record of your age if so where is it
A   I had a Bible in which my age was recorded as my mother informed me my son[?] transcribed it in one of his as the leaf with my age was very old and nearly worn[?] out which has since been lost or worn[?] out
Q   Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you
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now live
	Ans   In Wake County North Carolina, I was draughted, after the war I moved to Oglethorp since Caled Wilks County Georgia I the moved [added later: to] Jasper Cty then to Jones City all of the State of Georgia I then moved to Pike County in the State of Alabama which County has since ben divided and left me in the new County Caled Barbour where I now live

Q   How were you called into service were you draughted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom

Ans   1st I was draughted for three months and when my time was out I with many more at the request of Gen. Rutherford volunteered for three months more after my time was out I was again draughted for three months more
Q   State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia[?] regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services
Ans   I recollect Gen. Rutherford Lincoln Green and Ash Col. Moore and May[?] Sharp I was sent with 18 men under Adjutant Johnston[?] [added later: to] head and prevent Mac Girt from Crossing the River we met him and a squad of Tories had a brush and drove them back
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I was crossing the Savanah River in hearing of the Battle of Brier Creek and was there (was[crossed-out]) met by Gen. Ash and ordered to retreat I was also at the battle of Guilford Court House
Q   did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whome was it given and what has become of it
Ans   I received two if not three discharges but I do not know what ever became of them but I expect they were lost or thrown away

Q   State the reasons why you have not applied earlier for your pensio[n]
Ans   Under the first Law I could not claim a pention as I had property under the second Law I understood that the applicant had to prove his service by a living witness which I could not do being so far removed from all my old acquaintances and as soon as I was informed that I could make out my declaration and prove it by [added later: my] own oath I then applied but in consequence of some illegality[?] it has not been allowed
Richard Head

	And the said Court hereby certifies that the foregoing interrogatories were put to the said Head and the foregoing answers made and signed by him and in the opinion of the Court the Applicant rendered service as stated
(Jno. P. Booth [?])
(Judge Cir. Court [?])
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State of Alabama
Barbour County 
This day personally appeared before me Alexander Mail[?] all[?] who being first duly sworn according to Law sayeth that some time in the year of 1834 or 1835 as well as he recollects the above Applicant Richard Head applied to him[?] to draw[?] his declaration in order to obtain his pention which he did but in consequence of some[?] defect it was returned and it was never amended or any thing more done with it sworn and subscribed to before me this 6th day of
July 1842
Alexander Moll[?]
Daniel Campbell JP[?]

The State of Alabama
Barbour County
I John Ledbetter[?] Clerk[?] of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Daniel Campbell whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is and was[?] at the time[?] of signing[?] the same an acting Justice of the Peace[?] in & for said County duly commissioned and that due[?] faith[?] and credit should and aught to be given to all his official[?] acts[?] as Such, given[?] 
under my hand and seal of
(Officer at Office [?]) the 8th day of July 1842[?]
(J. Ledbetter Clk Co. C.B.C. [?])
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[all written very faintly:]

Senate Chamber
July 12. 1842
Sir
	Oblige me by an early examination of the counted papers of this old soldier that he may receive before he dies the bounty of his government.
Most faithfully
I am your ob. Ser.
William R. King

L. Edwards Esq
Pension Agent