Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7800, James Holland, Continental N.C.
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Continental
N.C.

Holland, James
Zilphia

W. 7800
BLNC. 8447-160-55.
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North Carolina  23.68H
James Holland -
of Duplin in the State of N. Caro.
who was a [illegible] in the ........comanded
by Captain ------ of the Rgt commanded 
by Colnell in the N. Ca_
line for 2 years-

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina 
at the rate of 90 Dollars----cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18- day of March [illegible]
and sent  Ja Taylor
Newbern, N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34                           270
Semi-al. allowance ending [illegible] sept "      45
                                                                           $315-

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath Rice  Clerk,
Book E vol. [illegible]  age 58
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3014
North Carolina   Fay:
Yilphia Holland
Widow of James Holland
North Carolina 
Who served in the Revolutionary War, 
as a Priv. of Infty and Cavy.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
90 Dollars    00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
25th day of November 1853
and sent to 
Thos. J Blakely
Kinston  NC


Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853  Page 135  Vol A


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REg [illegible] 55- no 14752
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14752   Mar 26/55
act 3 Mar 55

Zilphia Holland wid:
James Holland Priv

N.C. Mil
act 32
Pensioner
Rev War

Ad: 160 acres  Oct: 18"1855
Boynton

Boynton

Col. Thos J. Blakely
Kinston
Lenoir Co. N.Car.

[written diagonally over previous entry]
 [illegible] 8447 of Oct 20/55

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Thos J Blakely [illegible] 2d/55
"  "  N C                            17" "

Feby 53- No 3014
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State of North Carolina 
County of Lenoir  }  March 19th 1855

We Aretus Jones Jr and John. M. Davis residents of Lenoir County, in the State of North Carolina, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Zylphia Holland in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And that we are not interested in the claim   Aretus Jones Jr John. M. Davis

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. D. W. Lawson Jr

A true copy of Zylphia Hollands pension certificate Department of the Interior. Widows Pension   I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act. of February 3d, 1853 Zylphia HOlland Widow of James Holland, who was a private of Infy and Cavy. in the revolutionary war- is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853., and continuing for life. Unless she should again marry: in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage, Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
R. McClelland  Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned. L P Waldo  Commissioner of Pensions
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No public record of the marriage of James Holland deceased, and Zylphia Holland [? erased] Boyet to be found, but I herewith give a true copy of the marriage of the said James Holland. deceased and Zylphia Boyet, from the family record- James Holland and Zylphia Boyet were married on the 10th day of May 1808. By one Christopher Lawson, a Justice of the Peace . [signed] Zylphia Holland (her mark)
We Aretus Jones Jr and John M. Davis residents of the county of Lenoir and State of North Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing copy of Pension Certificate, and copy of the marriage of James Holland and Zylphia Boyet are true and genuine copys of the originas- and that the said Zylphia Holland is now a widow and that her husband James Holland died on the day adn year as stated in her declaration, and that we have no interest in the Claim.   [signed] Aretus Jones  John M. Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 day of March 1855 and that I have no interest in the claim.  D W Lawson JP
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State of North Carolina
County of Lenoir  } SS
N. Hunter Clerk of the county court in and for the county and State above mentioned do hereby certify that David W. Lawson whose genuine signature, appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, pension certificate and affidavits of marriage certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace. in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid county court, is a court of record. having general - jurisdiction.  
Given under my hand and seal of office at Kinston this 21st day of March D.D. 1855  N. Hunter CLk
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State of North Carolina 
County of Lenoir  }  ss

On this 19 day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace  within and for the county and state aforesaid Zylphia Holland. aged 79 years, a resident of Lenoir county in the State of North Carolina who being duly sworn according to law: declares that she is the widow of James Holland, deceased who was a private of Infantry and Cavalry in the revolutionary war. and continued-- in actual service in said war for the term of two years and was honorable discharged and whose name is inscribed onteh Pension list. as a Pensioner under the act of 1832. She further states that she was married to the said James Holland in Duplin County on the 10th day of May AD 1808 by one Christopher Lawson. a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage  was Zylphia Boyet that her said husband died in Lenoir county on the 7th day of February AD 1843. and that she is now a widow, and that her name is inscribed on the pension list, as the widow of James Holland. deceased. at the rate of ninety dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853. and continueing for life unless she should again marry.
   She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d 1855".   [signed] Zylphia Holland (her mark)
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State of North Carolina 
County of Lenoir     }  SS

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Personally appeared before me Jesse Vaus of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Zilphia Holland. a resident of Lenoir who first bring duly sworn according to l
declaration  in order to obtain the bene
Congress, passed on the 3d of February
who served during the revolutionary wa
who was a private soldier in the revolut
the act of the 7th of June 1832. Commen
certificate was numbered 23.684. and bear
1834. and signed by Lewis Cass.  Seere
by J. L. Edwards commissioner of Pension
was paid at the agency at Fayetteville.
to the evidence filed in his application w
and she further States that the Pension cer
mislaid, She further declares that she w 
in Duplin County in the State of North Ca 
the peace, on the 10th day of May AD 
7th of February 1843. in the county of 
was not married to him prior to the second 
time above Stated, she further declares th 
public or private record if the marriage to 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day a
and I certify that the applicant is u 
bodily infirmity,  I W.C. Loftin Clerk of the Court of 
said do hereby certify that Jesse N 
was at the date of the same a Justice 
and for said county duly authorized
that the name there unto subscribed 
I have hereunto subscribed my name  
Official seal this 12th day
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[this page is the right half of the document above #9 which had the right side of the document not copied]

On this 10th day of September AD. 1853
 a Justice of the Peace, and Chairman 
us. in and for the county and State aforesaid
county and State aforesaid. aged 78 years
aw, doth on her oat make the following 
fits. of the provision made by the act of 
g. 1853. Granting pensions to widows of persons
R; that she is the widow of James Holland
onary War; and who was a Pensioner, under
ing the 4th of March 1831. and his pension
ing date at the war office the 18th day of March
tary of War, examined and countersigned
us. and that the said pensioner James Holland
North Carolina. as will show by reference
hich will be sufficient  to prove his service
etificate of the said James Holland is lot or 
as lawfully married to the said James Holland
rolina by Christopher Lawson a Justice of 
807 that her said husband died on the 
Lenoir in the State of North Carolina, that she
of January. Eighteen hundred, but at the 
at she is now a widow , and that ther is no
he found    [signed ] Zilphi Holland (her mark)
ed year above written before me
ble to appear in court by reason of -
                          Jesse Vause, Chairman CC
leas and Quarter Sessions, in the county and state afore
ruse before whom the foregoing declaration and the annexed certificate was executed
of the Peace, and Chairman of the Said court, 
by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements and 
is his genuine signature, In testimony whereof 
e and affixed my
y of Sept 1853    [signed WC loftin CCC   B F Loftin DC
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State of North Carolina 
Lenoir County Sept 10th 1853
We the undersigned citizens of Lenoir county and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that we knew the parties in the life time of the husband and knew them to live together as husband and wife and to be so reputed and that the said applicant  Zilphia Holland is the widow of the said James Holland. Decd.  [signed] Artus Jones Jr  William Howard

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. [signed] Jesse Vause JP

I claim a pension for the service of my husband James Holland Decd, in the revolutionary war, under the act of February 3d, 1853. commencing March 4th 1848, under the act of July 23rd 1848.
attest Thos  J Blakely     [signed] Zilphia Holland (her mark)


In answer addriss
THos J Blakely
Kinston
Lenior Co
North Carolina
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State of North Carolina } 
Duplin County }    Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
                             February Term 1833


On this 26th day of Feby personally appeared in open court before the worshipful Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Duplin county now sitting James Holland a residen of said county and state aged eighty eight 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-
    This applicant was living near Wilmington n New Hanover county at the beginning of the Revly war and first turned out six months in the minute service under Thomas Bloodworth. I served the whole of the six months, this was before the Declaration of Independence, and directly after the Kings ship came to Wilmington with a cargo of tea. Was engaged in hauling the ship round town. I next turned out for six months more under the command of John DeVaughn. We went down about Brunswick and stayed about there and Wilmington- We stood guard. This was before the British took the town and [illegible] had one fight with the tories at Moores creek. Only one of our men named Jno Grady was killed- Many of the tories were killed. Caswell commanded the troops on our side- immediately after this time of service expired I joined William Hubbard company and went to Charleston under the command of Genl William Caswell- We were gone on this tour three months. After this term of service expired I joined the eight
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[illegible] under Pulaski. I joined at Fayetteville. We went from Fayetteville first to Wilmington (here there when - scratched out) and Cray had come and took the town just before we arrived there. I remained under Pulaski six months. I next joined Capt James Love in the militia. We had two or three skirmishes with the British light horse on the sound and all the men in my company [illegible] Captain with [torn off] were killed, being surprised in a house. I happened to be out when they came. I went the next day with [edge torn off] and the man named William Henry and buried our commands.  I turned out often this three months more I kept guard at New Inlet under Captain John Kinnier This was the lsat of my service- I do not recollect here how long it was that I was with Capt Love before his death, but know that our time was not out, I think it was nearly three months- I was also with David Jones and James Gillespie in the light horse at the time Wilmington was taken.- thinks he served three years in all but is positive that he served at least twenty seven months- and to that he qualifies
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1- Where and in what year were you born?
Ans- In New Hanover County on Moores Creek Don't remember the year
2- Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans It is in William Furnazi's bible  and he lives in this county
3- Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, where you do now live?
Ans  I lived then in New Hanover , and have been living in this county forty eight years 
4. How were you called into service, were you [illegible] drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans- I volunteered every time except once - I was never a substitute.
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 service?
  I knew one Beaufort from Virginia, at Charlestown  I remember only those under whom I acted.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that hisname is mot on the pension roll of the Agency of any State-
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written }   [signed] James Holland (his mark)
Test James Taylor

we                   a clergyman residing in the county of Duplin ad we Jesse Taylor Edward Outlaw       also residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted  with James Holland  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eigthty-eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of teh REvolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  [signed] Edwd Outlaw Jesse Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year abovesaid.
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And know nothing of the names of the regiments- I knew also one Lawson a sergeant of Artillery from Virginia in Genl BBluforts army- was in one fight at Moore Creek, in several skirmishes about Wilmington, one at Pine tree stone in South Carolina and another at Coles Bridge- was never wounded- but was often in battle when my comrades were slain.
6- Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans I received several, but they are lost-
7- State the names of persons to whom you are at present known in your neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Ans- Edward Outlaw  Jesse Taylor  Owen Daniel- Geo Smith- Bryan Smith
Test  James Taylor           [signed] James Holland (his mark)
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
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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 Edward Outlaw and Jesse Taylor are very respectable citizens of the county and entitled to credit- They further certify that there is no clergyman living in his neighborhood who can testify to his services. The said Court hereby certifies their own belief of his services as he states, that his statement is entitled to credit.   [signed] Jas Lawson JP  Gibson Sloam JP  G. Graham JP
In testimony whereof we herewith place our hand and seal.
State of N Carolina
Duplin County
I James  Pearsall clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Duplin county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said cour, in the matter of the application of James Holland for a pension.
Given under hand and seal of office this 26th Feby AD 1833  [signed] Jas Pearsall Clk
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[in middle 1/3 of page written up and down]
James Holland
Declaration


[Bottom 1/3 of page]

State of N. Carolina
Duplin County   }  I James Pearsall Clk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Duplin county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of James Holland for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 26th Feby AD 1833 [signed] Jas Pearsall Clk
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No 25261
James Holland
Duplin Co-
N. Carolina

Adms.
12 mo [illegible] Cav  50
12        --             Inf    40
              [illegible]       90



James Pearsall Clk
Duplin Co-
N. Carolina
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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 befoer a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with the; and you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.                  N. Carolina

A Statement, showing the service eof James Holland Duplin Co.

[table format]
[1st entry]
[column 1]  Period which the  service was rendered.  not definite
[Column 2] Duration of Claimant's service. Years  Months  Days. 6 months
[column 3] Rank of the claimant Private
[column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Thomas Bloodworth Rank not stated
[column 5] Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. 88 years  Near wilmington  New hanover county
[column6] Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditional evidence stated credible by the court no witness as to service stated

[2nd entry]
[column 1]  Period which the  service was rendered.  not definite
[Column 2] Duration of Claimant's service. Years  Months  Days 6 months
[column 3] Rank of the claimant. 
[column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Jno Devaughan  rank not stated
[column 5] Age at pesent and place of abode when he entered the service. [entered only  in 1st entry]
[column6] Proof by which the declaration is supported. [entered only in 1st entry]

[3rd entry]
[column 1]  Period which the  service was rendered.  not definite 
[Column 2] Duration of Claimant's service. Years  Months  Days 3 months
[column 3] Rank of the claimant
[column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. [not clearly aligned] 
[column 5] Age at pesent and place of abode when he entered the service. [entered only  in 1st entry]
[column6] Proof by which the declaration is supported.[entered only  in 1st entry]

[4th entry]
[column 1]  Period which the  service was rendered.  not definite
[Column 2] Duration of Claimant's service. Years  Months  Days 6 months
[column 3] Rank of the claimant Cavalry
[column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. commanded by Caswell  rank not stated
[column 5] Age at pesent and place of abode when he entered the service.[entered only  in 1st entry]
[column6] Proof by which the declaration is supported.[entered only  in 1st entry]

[5th entry] 
[column 1]  Period which the  service was rendered.  not definite
[Column 2] Duration of Claimant's service. Years  Months  Days 3 months
[column 3] Rank of the claimant.
[column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.Genol Caswell  Pulaski commanded  Capt Love  Capt Henry Capt Kinnear
[column 5] Age at pesent and place of abode when he entered the service.[entered only  in 1st entry]
[column6] Proof by which the declaration is supported.[entered only  in 1st entry]

He states his service at least 27 months

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
 REGULATIONS UNDE THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

the following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed 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 servedon 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 , musicians, or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                              DECLARATION
      In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of                              } ss.
     On this              day of            personally appeared (a) before                            A.B. a resident (b) of                 in the county of          and State, Territory or District of              aged (c)              years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he enlistedin 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 rand 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 enaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officer 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 follwo 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 ot 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]

  Ad the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the          and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the               and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I,        Clerk of the Court of              do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of         for a pension. 
                           in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this          day of      &c.

    Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as my 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 hi
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable  action upon his case  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroboration the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex- expected. All applicants will appear for some Court of Record in the County in which they reside , and there subscribe and be sworn to , on 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 Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
    1. Where and in what year were you born?
    2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where it is?
    3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you live now?
    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 service.
    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 a to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
      The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the part. 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 require, 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 of 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 chich 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 perior 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 offices, 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 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.
               the notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicabe to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in no [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.


                            [signed] John N. Ashton
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W.R. Pope
Lieutenant Colonel
Signal Corps
1819 W. Pershing Road
Chicago, Illinois llinois

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Rev.&1812 Wars Section
EEL

[hand written]
James Holland 
n. 7800

Dear Sir:
   You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7800, that James Holland was born in 1754, on Moore's Creek, in New Hanover County, North Carolina.

   While residing near New Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, he volunteered very early in the Revolution, and served at various times in tours of from three other six months each, at least twenty-seven months in all, as a private under Captains Thomas Bloodworth, William Hubbard, Clayton, Gillespie, John De. Vaughan, John Kinnear, and James Love and Colonel Casewell in the North Carolina Troops and in General Pulaski's Legion; was in teh battles of Moore's Creek Bridge, Cole's Bridge and Pine Tree Store and several skirmishes; was taken prisoner at Wilmington and held for thirteen days on a prison ship.

   He was allowed pension on his application executed February 26, 1833, while a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina.

   He died February 7, 1843, in Lenoir County, North Carolina.

   The Solider married May 10m 1807 or 1808, in Duplin county, North Carolina, Zilphia Boyett or Boyet.
  
   She was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1853, while a resident of Lenoir County, North Carolina, aged seventy-eight years.

   No reference is made to children.

Very truly yours,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner 

[hand written in right margin of letter body]
As this service was so mixed up. I 'lumped' it instead of using sequence.
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[left side of page]
1929- Feb 8, Hist to [illegible]
Lee.S. Overman, Hist
letter in claim of Jesse
Green w.11084. M.E.E.
1931- June 24- Hist to [illegible]
W R Pope- E R S

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Revolutionary War
Widow , &c.

File No. 7800
Zylphia Holland
Widow
James Holland
Pri. Rev. War

Act:  Feb 3, 1853
Index:-Vol A, Page 343

[Arrangement of 1870]
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[check mark]
8447



160 [illegible]
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[appears to be an envelope]
[postal stamp]
Kinston Nov 17 N.C.

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Free

To the 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

[Written up and down]
Geddes

Zelphia Holland
wid
Maes
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[envelope]
[postal stamp]
Kinston 
Nov 10
NC

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Free

To the commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

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Geddes
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[envelope]
[postal stamp]
Kinston
Sep 13
NC

[top right corner]
Free

To the 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[Bottom left corner]
Z. Holland

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[illegible] 16, `853
Appl of Zephia Holland widow of James

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1853
Rev

[remainder of writing illegible]
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No  3173
Zilphia Holland
Wid: of   Jas:

Seti to Thos J Blakely 15' October/53
"            "          "           14" Nov       "



Act 3 Feby 1853
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Pen:  Off:
21" Nov /53

Sir,
 Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, and the date of his death.
  Very Respectfully
B. Hooe


For the Commissioner, 
James Holland Act 1832
$90.00 P an. - died 7th Feb 1843. Paid to death.
Saml J Rind
Acting Auditor


[signed]
Francis Burt Esq
[illegible] , Treasury
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[left edge of paper- possibly envelope]
14752  Zilphia Holland  

[postal stamp]
Kinston Oct 13 NC

[top of paper] 
Additional Evidence 

[middle of page]
To the 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

Ad no 53 3014
Boynton
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[postal stamp]
Kinston
Jul 11

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

[written up and down]

Zilphia Holland
[illegible]
Reg 3 Mar [illegible]
Ad 3 [illegible] 53-11 3014
Boynton
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[postal stamp]
Kinston
AR 22

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

1752

14752
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Sept 16th 185[illegible]

[illegible] of Zilphia Holland
Wi of James

Lenoir Co
N.C.

Act/1853

Revy:
$20.00 Per an-
com- Feb 3d, 1853

Tho: J Blakely
Kinston,
Lenoir Co

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Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business
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[illegible] 3d, 7. EG: /53, NC.
Boynton
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No. 14752

Act of March 3, 1855

Received Mar 26, 1855

Jas: Holland
Rev: War

Warrant 8447-160-55

Col: Thos: J. Blakely
Kinston
N.C.
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James Holland
[written on back of letter
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State of North Carolina
Duplin County   }  Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term A.D. 1833

James Holland whose declaration has been returned by the War Department to this court as imperfect with respect to his not having stated the precise periods of his respective services- and having failed to state whether or not he had any living witnesses to confirm his statements. being this day sworn in open court makes the following amendatory affidavit-
1st with respect to the periods of his service- He states that it was directly after the throwing over of the Tea in Boston- and that a part of the tea came to Wilmington from Boston and it was there that his first service began- thinks it 74 or 75 May service under Captain De Vaughan was at Brunswick- and directly after the tour under Bloodworth.
With respect to the time that he went to Charleston under Caswell cannot state- as he is so old and uninformed, but respectfully refers the department to the history of the war for the year in which Caswell was there.
[illegible] directly after leaving [illegible] company that he joined Pulaski at Fayetteville [illegible] to refer to the same statement - as above- to recapitulate
1st 6 mos under Thomas Bloodworth
      6 "        "       DeVaughan
     3  "       "        Caswell to Charleston
     6   "      "        Pulaski after return from Charleston     
     3   "      "         Lowe     (during this time Cray's army in Wilimington)
last 3"    into New Inlet, my guard under Kinnier
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The foregoing contains a true statement as far as the imperfect recollection of the applicant will allow him,  he knows he was engaged almost consistently during the whole war at one period on board the English Guard ship and prisoner at Wilmington- was there 13 days- had the [llegible] [illegible] while there, was taken away by the[illegible] of my [illegible] with Craigs, and as soon as recovered joined James Gillespie at Rockfish in Duplin-
2nd difficulty [illegible] [illegible]
The applicant states there is no living witness by which he can proved the foregoing statement- all his old acquaintance are dead- [illegible] appends herewith the additional testimony of [illegible] his acquaintance  as the [illegible] evidence of his service.   [signed] James Holland (his mark)

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written Test.  James Taylor
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We the undersigned hereby certify that James Holland who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is generally known in our neighborhood as a man entitled to credit and that we believe him to be so- it is also universally reputed and believed that he was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states- [signed] [illegible] Houston   Saml Davis

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above said }

We hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits were this day made in open court and that the certificates are in our opinion entitled to credit.   [signed] Jas Lawson JP   Ricd Miller JP  G Graham JP
August 26th 1833

I James Pearsall- clerk of the county court of Duplin hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings had this day in open court- that the above names are the proper signatures of the persons they represent and that they acting magistrates of this county- and I in testimony of all this hereby affix my signature and seal of office. [signed] Jas Pearsall Clk
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State of North Carolina 
Duplin County     }       Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions  February Term AD 1834

On this 25th day of February 1834 personally appeared in open Court James HOlland, who under oath before the court makes the following delcaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-
    James Holland was born in Hanover County at the Widow Moore's Creek and lived there at the beginning of the War- In Hanvoer County and first was drafted under Capt Thomas Bloodworth in teh year 1779 according to my recollection- I served under him 6 months- we were marched from Wilmington to Charleston- we were sixty men- We had a skirmish with the tories at Moore's Creek Bridge on our way to Charleston and in that affair we were commanded by Genl Caswell- we had another fight with the tories at Cole's Bridge in the South State, on our way to Charleston- I was under Bloodworth at Charleston six months, and my time being out I joined Pulaski at Fayetteville on my way home he wanting their mules to complete his troop of horse- Pulaski got [illegible] my horse and equipped me as he did the others. I went back to Charleston under Pulaski, sixty men, beside officers- we were guarding continually to keep the British within their lines-we had several fights in our attempts to keep the British from plundering the county- At a place called Pine tree store in the South State, there were a number killed on both sides- Genl Blufort- from Virginia lost most all his men there- I was in the fight- under Pulaski- The fight begun half an hour before dday and lasted an hour or more. We kept round about Charleston for six months, for a large part of the time we could not get in Charleston- My six months being out under Pulaski, I joined as a volunteer under ( Capt William Hubbard) as foot soldier, ([illegible] Duplin) County)- [illegible]. Lieutenant, we were not yet in Charleston- I served six months under Hubbard- keeping guard- we stayed in camp when we were not marching- There were two or three thousand soldiers [illegible] under the command Genl Blufort- Genl William Caswell- while still under Hubbard, news came by [illegible] that Wilmington was taken by the British, and we directly to the assistance of the county around there- we had skirmishes every two or three days with
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the British while about [illegible] The British were in Wilmington when my six months were out under Hubbard and without coming home at all, I joined Capt Gillespie from Duplin in the light horse for six months more- I found my own mare- we were sixty men in his company- David Jones was Lieutenant- The whole of this six months we were under Gillespie, we were in Hanover round and about Wilmington- my time being out under Gillespie, I joined John DeVaughan Capt of a company of foot, without returning home, (that  my home being within the British lines a great part of the time) John Kinnear was his Lieutenant- same number of men- served six months under him, - was about Wilmington and Brunswick, expecting the cruiser or a cruiser, the men to land from her- She the vessel of war of the British, was lying in the mouth of Wilimington River, a large vessel- would fire on us sometimes- so large she could not come up the river any further- I staid [stayed] my six months with De. Vaughan and after that three months under Capt John Kinnear, he having been promoted to that post-  [illegible] being now about the close of the war, and we being all assembled at Wilmington it was determined that the married men should go home, and in that a company of sixty young men, should keep guard three months longer down at the Inlet- I was one of the company under Capt James Love and Middleton David Lieutenant- we staid [stayed] the three months and then war being over I then returned home- I was in constant employment, either in camp- marching, or on duty of some sort through the whole of the  period from the beginning at the time mentioned- and I was in both the states of No Ca. and So Ca that the service was chiefly performed, and partly in [illegible]-
   The minute service was only requiring him to be in readiness to turn out when required, and that was prior to any of the periods of service mentioned above-

   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State 
[signed ] James Holland (his Mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Test James Taylor
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- Where and in what year were you born?  In 1754 in Hanover County
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?  William Furnazi has got it in in this county in an old bible
How old are you?  Eighty-
Did you ever receive a discharge? Yes, several, and they are all lost-
-Were were you living when called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Ans- In Hanover county I as viing, was first drafted, and always after volunteered, and was never a substitute-
Who gave you your discharges? Genl Caswell one- Genl Blufort- one- Pulaski one-[illegible] = [illegible] one-
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 service.
Ans. Pulaski Blufort- Major Smith, (Brown Col) don't know about the Regiments- [illegible] to refer for genl circumstances to his declaration.
   State the names of the persons to whom you are at present known in your neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?  Wm Larkins, Bryan Buxton, and Wm Jones-    [signed] James Holland (his mark)
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written } Test James Taylor

We whose names are hereunto subscribed residing in the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Holland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age- that he is reputed to be and believed to be in his neighborhood as a man of veracity and it is further believed that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  [signed][illegible] Test James Taylor for Saml Goff (his mark)  George F Kornegy  Edwd Outlaw JP
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James Holland further certifies that he knows of me living witness who can certify to his services as above stated  [signed] James Holland (his mark)
Test J Taylor

And the said Court do hereby certify 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 it further certifies that it appears to them that  Samuel Davis, Samuel Goff, George F. Kornegy, and Edward Outlaw, (Mr Outlaw being an acting Magistrate.) who have subscribed the foregoing certificate, are residents of this county and their statement entitled to credit.  [signed] Jere Pearsall JP  Gibson Sloan JP  Jas Lawson JP

I James Dickson, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Duplin County hereby certify that the above proceeding s were this day had before this Court and that the foregoing certificate, signed by Jere. Pearsall, Gibson Sloan and James Lawson is signed in the proper handwriting of the persons named, that they constitute the present Court of their county now sitting- In tesitmony whereof I have hereunto annexed my signature and seal of office- this 25th day of Febry 1834-
James Dickson Clerk of the County Court of Duplin
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in answer
Adress
Thos J. Blakely
Kinston
Lenoir Co.
North Carolina
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Pension Office
Oct 15th 1833

Sir.

  The claim of Mrs Zilphis Holland, for a pension as the widow of James Holland. has been received, expamined and suspended.
   She must file clear proof of her marriage, widowhood and identity.
Very Respectfully,
L P Waldo
Commissioner


[at bottom of letter]
Thos J. Blakely Esq
Kinston
N.C.                                            turn over
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I, Nicholas Hunter Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions in the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Richard. W. King. before whom the foregoing certificate was executed was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that the name thereunto subscribed is his genuine signature. 
  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal This 9th day of November AD 1853 and I certify that I a m not interested or concerned in the results of the case.  N. Hunter Clerk
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State of North Carolina 
County of Duplin     }

I David. W. Lawson, do hereby certify that I knew James Holland and Zilphia Boyett now Zilphia Holland and widow of James Holland, deceased, from my earlest [earliest] recolection [recollection] and that I was present at the marriage of the said James Holland and Zilphia Boyett- and that they were married in the county of Duplin in the State of North Carolina by my father Christopher Lawson who was then and acting Justice of the Peace in andn for the county aforesaid, and that the said Zilphia Holland is now the Identical, widow of the said James Holland dcd.  [signed] D W Lawon
test Rich W King JP

The above certificate was sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of November 1853 and I certify that the said David W Lawson is now an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of Lenoir, and that he is a man of credit and verasity, and that I am no interested or concerned in the result of the case    Rich W. King JP
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in answer
address
Thos J. Blakely
Kinston
Lenoir County
N.C.
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Pension Office
Nov 14th 1833

Sir.
    The affidavit of some credible witness should be filed in the case for Mrs. Zilphia Holland, widow of James Holland, proving that the claimant Zilphia Holland, is the widow not only of James Holland, but of the late revolutionary pensioner of North Carolina James Holland.
Very Respectfully,
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner



Thos J Blakely Esq
Kinston
NC
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State of North Carolina  County of Lenoir
I N Hunter  clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Sutton, before whom the foregoing certificate was executed, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that the name thereunto subscribed is his genuine signature-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 16 day of November 1853
 [signed] Nicholas Hunter  Clerk
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I Williams Howard, so hereby certify that Zilphia Holland, the claimant for a pension, is the widow, not only of James Holland, but of the late revolutionary pensioner of North Carolina James Holland.
and that my knowledge of the facts are derived from teh close acquaintances with the parties, in the life time of the husband of said Zilphia Holland and I further cetify that I am not interested or concerned in the result of the case  [signed] William. S Howard

The above certificate was sworn to and subscribed to before me this 16th day of November 1853, and I do certify that the said Williams Howard is a man of credit and verasity, and that I am not interested or concerned in the result of the case.  Wm Sutton JP
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Admil by Pench

12 mo Inf        40
12 Cav            50

                    $90
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Department of War
Pension office
October 8, 1833.

Sir:

    The declaration of James Holland has been examined and is again returned for further explanation - particularly as to the three tours of six months each.
  
     He will be required to state the nature of that service, the place where it was performed, and the time actually engaged in each tour.

    He will bear in mind that his having been a minute man does not of itself entitle him to a pension- that it is for actual service and not a  liability to be called out, that pensions are granted. The Department would prefer that the applicants own language should be used in detailing his service.

I am respectfully
Yr. Obt Servant
JL Edwards

The undersigned has written out anew the declaration of James Holland, as well because a particular statement is required by the Department of each term of service, as becasue the other papers were left at home-
   Should a new difficulty exist with the Depo.  James Taylor
James Pearsall Esq             please address
Kinonsville Co and N. Car:
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[paper overlaying letter]
James Holland






[visible on page under top page]
Lenoir Co.N. C.
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[copied as written by James Holland]
James Holland servis in the [illegible] Revolution Termed out under Captin Thomas Bloodworth Six months servis in Wilminton. Then Captin William Hubbard six months went to Charlestown. Then the Light house under Captin Fillasek Six more There under Captin Glispy Then under Captin Love Three month Then under Captin Devon Three months more
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PENSION OFFICE,
July 2d, 1855
Sir:

     The claim of Zilphia Holland, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 14.752 has been examined and suspended.

    The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE".
    Upon your production of such evidence of service, the claim of Mrs. Holland, will be favorably considered.

Very Respectfully,
 L. P. Waldo
commissioner


Col. Th: J. Blakely
Kinston
Lenoir Co.  NC
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Kinston NC July 11th 1855

L. P Waldo 
Commissioner.  Sir, in answer to the writtin of the 2nd inst. requiring record evidence of the Services of James Holland. in the revolutionary War, so as to enable his widow Zilphia Holland to obtain the Bounty Land She may be entitled to under the act of March 3, 1855., I am instructed by herm to state that she has examined all the papers in her possession belonging to her late husband, James Holland. and cannot find anything bearing on the subject. but the inclosed, piece of paper, in his own hand [illegible] showing who he served under, where at  and how long. She says that he was pensioned under the act of congress (June 7, 1832) and that he continued to draw said pension untill he died which was on the 7. of February 1843. and that certainly his declaration to obtain said pension, will prove his services in said war, she-
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further says, that his Pension certificate was signed by Lewis Cass, then Secretary of War, She thinks that by reference to his declaration now on file in the Department that his services can easily be proven.
Very Respectfully,
Thos. J Blakely
Kinston NC
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additional 
evidence
of Zilphia Holland
for Bounty Land
under act. 3d March
1855-
War of the Revolution


in answer address
Thos" J. Blakely
Kinston
Lenoir County
North Carolina
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{ State of N. Carolina
Comptrollers Department

I Geo W. Brooks Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the said state do hereby certify that [illegible] appears of record in my office amonth the mpayments made by said state to sundry persons for Military service in the War of the Revolution as follows
James Holland
Book WNo1 Page 6    L12-100 Wilmington Disto,
"         "            "    25   L 9 -             "               "
"         "             "   37   L 2-2            "               "
of Captain Wm Hubbard's company
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said office at Raleigh. This the 10th day October 1855   Geo.W. Brooks  Comtr.
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Additional Evidence to Claim of Zilphia Holland widow of James Holland 
Revolutionary War   Pension Office
July 17" 1855

Sir.

Enclosed you will find a cirular of this Office under date of April 3d 1855. which defines what is regarded by this Office as "record evidence ".

The paper you enclosed on the 11th inst: in proof of service cannot be regarded as record evidence; it being the statement of the soldier made long after the close of the war.

For "record evidence " of service you are referred to the State [illegible] of teh state where he enlisted or served.
Yours Respectfully,
S Cole For Commissioner

Col. Th: J Blakely
Kinston
Lenoir Co. Nc
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Kinston   N.C.  Oct 13th 1855
to the Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir

     I now send you the proper evidence to establish the claim to Bounty Land of Zilphia Holland, pensioner under the act of February 3d, 1853. and Widow of James Holland, a revolutionary Soldier, I have no Number of her application for bounty land but it was dated about the 21 or 22' of March 1855.
Yours Respectfully
Thos J. Blakely
agent for Zilphia Holland


[in left margin] 14752
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Brief in the case of Zilphia Holland, widow of James.
Lenoir County and State of N.C.
Act 3d Febry 1853

Claim, (original)
Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary traditionary or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June, 1832.
  One witness testifies to his personal knowledge of the marriage and two to the general reputation of marriage and cohabitation

(if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?



Tho: J. Blakely Esq
Kinston
Lenoir Co. N.C.
Name and residence of Agent 
Examining Clerk
J.C. Boynton
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Honorable Lee.S. Overman
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:

      In response to your letter of February 6, 1929, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7800, it appears James Holland was born in 1754, on Moore's Creek, in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
      While residing near Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served at various times as a private in the North Carolina Troops as follows:
     From in 1775, six months in Captain Thomas Bloodworth's company, Colonel Caswell's Regiment and was in the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge; in 1776, six months in Captain John Vaughan's or De Vaughan's Company, Colonel Caswell's Regiment; three or six months in Captain William Hubbard's Company; six months in the Pulaski Legion; three months in Captain Clayton's Company; six months in Captain Gillespie's Company of Horse; three months in Cap-
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tain James Love's Company; three months in Captain Kinnear's (?) Company; was taken prisoner at Wilmington and held thirteen days (not dates or details given); was in the battles of Pine Tree Store and Cole's Bridge and in many skirmishes.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed  February 26, 1833, while a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina.
     He died, February 7, 1843 in Lenoir County, North Carolina.
     The soldier married, May 10, 1807 or 1808, in Duplin County, North Carolina, Zilphia Boyett or Boyet. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1853, while a resident of Lenoir County, North Carolina, aged seventy-eight years.
      It is not stated that they had any children.

Yours very truly,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS AREA
OFFICE OF THE SIGNAL OFFICER
In reply refer to:                        1819 W. Pershing Road  Chicago Illinois 

May 9, 1931

The Veterans Bureau
Pension Department, 
Washington, D.C.                          [postal stamp] Pension B US Office May 11, 1931


Gentlemen:
     Will you kindly furnish me all the data you have on James Holland who was a Revolutionary War pensioner from North Carolina. He emigrated to Tennessee about 1811.

Very truly,
W. R. Pope
Lt. Col., Signal Corps.
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Service                                                      Number
Mass.       Holland, Joab                          S.32,840
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Notification sent 11 May 1829 to W. Jennison Esq Worcester Mass


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2553

Massachusetts Roll

Joab Holland
Capt Holman 
                    private

Massachusetts line- 1776  1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 
24th of April 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Sept 1818
and sent to Edward Bags Esq
Worcester Massachusetts 

Arrears to 4th of Sept. -----1818  -      34.93
Semi-anl. All'ce ending 4th Mar 1819   48.00
Arrears 4 mos 11/30                               $82.93

{Revolutionary claim Act 18th March, 1818}

Discontinue

Barr [illegible] Coun [corner torn off]
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Joab Holland

1 May 1820

[illegible] 28 March


Not [illegible]

W. Jennison
Worcester
March 1819
Mass
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                   DECLARATION
In order to be restored to the pension list, under the act of March 1, 1823, drawn up in conformity with the regulations of the War Department of the 26th December, 1828.

County of Worcester, ss.
On this twentieth day of March 1829, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, the undersigned Joab Holland, a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that his is the same person who served in the Revolutionary War in the company commanded by Captain Johnathan Holman and Joseph Thompson of the regiment commanded by Colonels Ephraim Doolittle and John Nixon of the Line of the State of Massachusetts, that he received a pension under the act of March 18, 1818, but his name was dropt from the pension roll on account of the amount of his property, [crossed out "which was valued at less than $960] and he now applies to be restored in consequence of the regulations of the War Department of the 26th December, 1828, having at this time the following named property, being worth no more than the sums below mentioned.  [entire sentence crossed out- "He also swears that he has before applied to be restored, but his claim has been rejected, on account of the amount of his property"]    Schedule.    [signed Joab Holland]    [illegible word under the word schedule].

Worcester, [illegible]  Sworn to, before me, tis twentieth day of March in the year 1829.
 Samuel Swan  Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Worcester County, Js.
                I Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Samuel Swan, Esquire, named in the papers hereto amended, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly qualified and authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.
                                     In testimony whereof the seal of said Court is hereunto affixed, this twenty fourth day of March Anno Domini 1829.
                                      [signed] Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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Schedule of the Estate of Joab Holland of Barre in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress March 1, 1823.
             Real Estate
Sixty acres of land and buildings [illegible] [illegible] and Barre, valued at ________  $800.00
(The yearly income thereof valued at   $40) 

    Personal Estate
Three cows, valued  at  ___________$60.00

Amount  $ 860.00  [signed]Joab Holland

Barre, March 20, 1829
   We the subscribers testify and say that we ahave viewed the property contained in the above schedule shown to us by Joab Holland above named as his property, and are of opinion that the sum set against the respective items are their true value.           [signed] Benjamin  Rice  Amos Hemmenway

Barre, March 20,1829
Worcester March 10, 1829. Personally appeared Benjamin Rice and Amos Hemmenway above [illegible] and made oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed.
Before me.  Samuel Swan, Justice of the Peace

Worcester March 20, 1829 I certify that Benjamin Rice and Amos Hemmenway above named are disinterested and credible witnesses. Samuel Swan, Justice of the Peace
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Joab Holland
Jacob [crossed out]
24 Apl

not on rolls [crossed out]
DW
[illegible]
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State of Massachusetts 
I Joab Holland, a Citizen of the United States and state aforesaid, now a resident in Barre in the County of Worcester, testify and declare, on oath, that in the War of the Revolution, I entered and was engaged in service of the United States agains the common enemy in the year AD 1775 as a common solider  to complete the term of eight months in Capt Johnathan Holman's company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, that I continued in said service from the first of June to the last day of December in the same year without any absence or interruption.  At the expiration of said time viz on the first day of January A.D. 1776 I again entered and was engaged in said service of the United states against the common enemy on the Continental establishment for the term of one year, as a private soldier., and that I  continued in said service until the last day of December, when I was regularly discharged, which discharge is not now in my power to forward the same being lost- I belonged to Capt Joseph Thompson's company, in Colonel John Nixon's Regiment, which Regiment was afterwards commanded by Colonel Thomas Nixon, on the promotion of Col John Nixon- in the Massachusetts line, and was stationed in New York and on Governor's Island, and was at the battle of Haeslam in New York. And from my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty years-  And I hereby relinquish all my claims upon the United States for any pension, which has heretofore or hereafter my be granted to me.   [signed] Joab Holland
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I Martin Rice of Petersham in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and declare that I was well acquainted with Joab Holland in the year AD 1776; that I belonged to the same company with him, and know that he performed the services that year as is within stated by him- And that he is a man of truth, and that his attestations in my opinion are entitled to full faith and credit.  [signed] Martin Rice

Worcester [illegible]  April 21, 1818.  Personally appeared Martin Rice and made solemn oath that the above certificate is true.
           Before me         [signed] Josiah F. Prentice  Just. Peace

I John Holland of Petersham in the County of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that in the early part of the year AD 1775 Joab Holland was an apprentice to me in the business of a  [illegible] that about the first of June in the same year he left my service for the purpose of joining the Continental Army in the revolutionary war, and that he did not return to me until the year AD. 1777- And that I verily believe that he was in the military service during the whole time of his absence.  [signed] John Holland

Worcester [illegible] April 21, 1818 Personally appeared John Holland and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
                  Before me   [signed] Josiah S. Prentice Just. Peace
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On this 24th day of April AD 1818
Jacob Holland [illegible] and afore named personally appeareth and after carefull examination and caution, makes oath to the afore written declaration by him[illegible] scribed in my presence. And an examination [illegible] made by me, it appears to my satisfaction that his [illegible] declaration is true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed  the seal of the county court of com. pleas for the [illegible] [illegible] in the said state of Massachusetts  of which Court I am one of the judges.  [signed] Edw. Bangs
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O.W. and N. Division       3-525.

[illegible]                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Sur file 32840             Bureau of Pensions
Rev War                             Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joab Holland, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desiered information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment of Appointment.   June 1. 1775             Jany 1, 1776
Length of Service.                                   8 mos                          1 yr.
Rank                                                           Pri                                " [Private]
Officers under whom service was
rendered                                               Captain                              Captain 
                                                               Jonathan Holman             Joseph Thompson

                                                                Colonel                               Colonel
                                                                Ephraim Doolittle                John Nixon
                                                                                                               Thos. "
State.                                                       Mass

Battles engaged in, Harlem
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  [check mark]
Date of application for pension Apl 24, 1818 - Allowed
Residence at date of application, Barre, Worcester Co., Mass
Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
Remarks: 


            Very Respectfully

                     Commissioner
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32840
Rev  INVALID.

File No. 32, 840
Joab Holland
Priv  Rev War


Act 18th March 1818

Index:- Vol. S,  Page 194

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1906 August 6. History to Mrs. Gertrude Holland Johnson
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In this and the accompanying packet are 32 applications for pensions on which additional evidence has been furnished. It is requested that such certificates as may be granted in these cases may be transmitted to Edward D. Bangs of Worcester, Mass.  Judge Bangs have deceased.
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Joab Holland
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I Martin Rice of Petersham in the County of Worcester  and commonwealth of Massachusetts  on oath testify and declare that I well knew Joab Holland , now resident in Barre in said County of Worcester, in the year AD 1776- At the beginning of that year he enlisted as a private soldier in same company with me, under the Command of Captain Joseph Thompson, in Col. John Nixon's Regiment for one year; The Regiment was commanded by Col. Thomas Nixon on the promotion of his Brother John. I well  recollect that the said Joab Holland faithfully performed the duties of a soldier, until a short timei previous to th eclose of the year for which he enlisted, when he the said Joab was taken out of the company on a separate duty and when I left the service at the close of the year  the detachment, to which belonged had not joined the main army. I have no doubt that the said Joab faithfully performed his duty as a private soldier m in the American Army, against the common Enemy during the whole of the year 1776 although I was not personally knowing to his actual discharge at the close of said year.          [signed] Martin Rice

Petersham June 25, 1818
Worcester [illegible] June 26, 1818  Martin Rice above named made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
                before me, Lewis Bigalow, Just. Peace

June 16, 1818. I hereby certify that Martin Rice, in his deposition above given, is in my opinion, entitled to credit, and that in my opinion, the facts he relates are true.  Lewis Bigalow, Just. Peace
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Worcester [illegible] June 27, 1818

I John Lamb of [illegible] in the County of [illegible] and commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the within declaration given by Martin Rice under oath is true, as I was a solider in the same company and same regiment in the same year of 1776, and I [illegible][illegible]he the said Holland within named performed his duty as a faith soldier and was well beloved by his officers.   [signed] John Lamb

Worcester ss. June 27th 181[illegible]
John Lamb above named made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed.
Before me         Joseph Peirce Justice of Peace

Worcester SS. June 27th 1818
I hereby certify that John Lamb above named , and in his certificate is  , in my opinion  entitled the credit and [illegible] he has [illegible]testified to is true.   [signed] Joseph Peirce  Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Worcester

I Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the County of Worcester aforesaid certify that Lewis Bigelow and Joseph Peirce Esquires before whom the annexed depositions have been made are Justices of the Peace duly qualified for the purpose , acting the authority of said Commonwealth and that under  their names subscribed thereto are their own proper signatures-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this first day of July AD. 1818.  [signed] Abijah Bigelow Clerk
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[Postal Stamp]


O.W. & N. Div.
July 25
1906
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Huioua Minn
July 20, 1906

Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner

Dear Sir:

   Will you kindly inform me otherwise Military history of our Joab Holland who served in the Revolutionary war. I thin he enlisted from Peters Lane.

  I have the following extract and would like to know if it is authentic- Private in
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Capt Jo Thompson's first company, North Castle. Nov 9, 1776. 
Received pay for Sept. Oct. Nov and Dec. 1776
Yours Resp- 
Gertrude Holland Johnson

407 West Sanborn St.
Wuioua, minn