Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21827, John Hollis, S.C.
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Service S.C.
Hollis, John
Number S.21827
Contents
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16.738
South Carolina
John Hollis
Fairfield in the State of South Carolina
he was a prit in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank]of the Regt commanded
by Col. Fletcher in the So Caro
line for 2 years

[round stamp saying THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 110 Dollars [line] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Sept:33
and Justice John
Buchanon, Winnsboro, So Ca

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833             275.
Semi-annl. allowance ending at Mar:34   55
                                                                $330

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by N Rice- Clerk
Book E Vol. G Page 69
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John Hollis
12.671

Admiss as a 

Priv 6 mo.            20
Sagt.] 18 mo  90
                          110   

[strike through]
5-
P. 343

18 Apl 33
John Buchanan
Winnesboro
S. C.
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BRIEF in the case of John Hollis
District of Fairfield in the State of South Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily 
infirmity?  --

3. How old is he? 80

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Enlisted 1775

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
about 1 mo
1 6  "
longer than five or six weeks
"  2  "
"  2  "
"  2   "

Rank As A
Private
Sergeant
Captain
do
do
do

Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.
Capt. S. Boykin, Col. Fletcher
Capt. W. R. David, 3d regmt: of
Ranger, Col. William Thompson,
Capt. R. [illegible]
Genl F. Sumpter
Col. E. Lacy
Col. Lacy
Col. Edward Lacy 

5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort at Granby, Fort Cary, Camden,
Hanging Rock, Kings Mountain, Rocky Point, Arch [illegible], 
then the deponent was wounded in the leg and his horse shot.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Craven City, S. C. 

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Two witnesses & Documentary.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They are not
attached to the seal.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

[illegible]  Examining Clerk.
Feb. 25, 1833
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South Carolina   }
Fairfield District  }

Before me appeared Captain John
Hollis and made oath, about the year
seventeen hundred and seventy four the
deponent volunteered his services as a [strikethrough]
private soldier under Captain Samuel
Boykin against the Tories between Saluda
River and the Enoree, that Deponent was
present at the capture of Colonel Fletcher
other and served in their tour about one month
That the Deponent about the year eighteen
hundred and seventy five  enlisted as a regu
lar soldier under Captain William Ran-som
Davis of the Hills/Santee/3rd regi-
ment of Rangers under Colonel Wm. Thomp-
son.  The [illegible] Deponent served as a Sergeant
in this regiment until he was taken 
prisoner at Sentillis' (on Ft. [illegible]) fort in the
back part of Georgia or it may be in the Flor
ida (the deponent is not certain in which 
State or territory the fort was situated
That from bad treatment received from
the [illegible] when a prisoner
after ward and in [illegible], the Deponent
joined Sumpter and afterwards Col.
Lacy, and continued with one or the
other until the war  was closed and
peace made. 

That the Deponent has his discharge
from Col. Thompson which he got from
Col. Thompson sometime after he was
taken prisoner.  That the Deponent was
at the Battle at Sullivan's Island, at
the taking of Orangeburgh, at the taking
of the Fort below Granby, at [illegible] fort, at the
taking of Carey's Fort this side the Wateree
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River near Camden (there under Sump
ter (when Gates was defeated at the 
battle at Rocky Mount, at the battle of
Kings Mountain, and at the taking
of many Tories in different skirmishes
that Deponent received a wound in the right [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible][illegible]
that the Deponent will if he lives
be eighty years of age in the 3rd day
of December next, that he has a wife
about sixty five or seventy old
and four Daughters and four
grand children, three under ten years
of age, all living with Deponent.
That the Deponents other children
have all left him except
ting his two younges sons, who
live with the Deponent but work
for them selves and receive the profits.
That Deponent  owns about one [illegible]
=ono and fifty acres land, third quality
about one half worn out.  That [illegible]
[illegible] circumstances are such
as to render it almost inoperable
to support his large and helplefs
family in honesty.  Whilst he was
himself able to labor he disclaimed
to ask afsistance from any other
source.  But new that he has become
old and very infirm he has
ventured to approach his County
in the character of a petitioner for
a pension which if granted will [illegible]
much to render comfortable at the de
cline of a long life, seven years of which at least were short in his
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Countrys service
Lervento & [illegible]
before me this 10th [illegible]
1830
J. Elliott [illegible] [illegible]
John Hollis [signature]

South Carolina   }
Fairfield District  }

Captain Elijah Hollis,
makes oath that he is a Brother of Capt.
Jno. Hollis, that he is satisfied that the
facts as stated in his affidavit are correct.
That said Jno. Hollis was out with the
Whigs almost the whole time of the 
Revolutionary War, That Deponent
was too young when the war ever
[illegible] to take the field. That [illegible]
the end of the war, the Deponent served
with his said brother under Col. Lacy
in tow tours of duty.  That the circum
stances of the said Jno. Hollis are such
as he has stated, and the Deponent be
lieves that if any person deserves and 
stands in need of a pension he does
That said John Hollis was Deponents Captain under Col
Lacy.

Sworn o before me
Nov. 10th 1830
J. Elliott [illegible] [illegible]
Elijah Hollis [signature]

William Johnston makes
aoth that he served several tours of duty
under above names John Hollis
he was under Col. Lacy and com
manded the Company the  deponent
served in.  That said John Hollis was out
with the Whigs during almost the whole
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period of the revolutionary war Client
said Capt Jno. Hollis is very old and
infirm and has a large and [illegible]
family to support and is in [illegible]
[illegible].  That the Deponent [illegible]
he [illegible] much in need of [illegible]
to enable him to support himself
and family.
Sworn to before me
Nov. 16th 1830
J. Elliott Escq

His mark X
William Johnston

South CarolinaFairfield District
We do hereby certify that we cause al
ways [illegible] informed from [illegible] who had the means
of knowing the fact that Captain [illegible] Hollis
was a good and brave soldier in the war of the Revo
lution.  We are fully satisfied and have no doubt
that the facts above stated in the affidavits are true.
We further certify that we believe that from his [illegible]
circumstances and meritorous service he
is justly entitled to a liberal pension from the State
given under our hand this 17th Nov. 1831
[illegible signature]
J. Elliott
Jno. Buchanan
[illegible] [illegible] 3rd Div.
[illegible]

South Carolina
Fairfield District
I James Elliott Clerk of Court
of Common Pleas and General [illegible] [illegible] Fairfield Dis
trict do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken
and subscribed before me by Capt. Jno. Hollis, Elijah Hollis
and William Johnstone as Justice of the Quorum of [illegible]
in order to obtain a pension for Capt. Hollis from this State
that they were taken at the [illegible] [illegible].  That Elijah 
Hollis is now dead and died not long after the affidavit he
made above was taken and was a credible [illegible]
and that he [illegible] [illegible] appear were [illegible]
made [illegible] they were sworn to.

In testimony whereof I have here
unto set seal hand and affixed my seal
this 23rd July 1833
J. Elliott [illegible] [illegible]
c.e.p

[written on side of document]
Application to Legislature [illegible]
Documents accompying
Capt J. Hollis 
petition for
Pension
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

January 20, 1930

Mrs. E. Preston Carpenter
1723 Divine Street
Columbia, South Carolina

Dear Madam:

I advise your from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S.21827, it appears hat John Hollis
was born December 5, 1751, on the Potomac River, in Fair-
fax County, Virginia.

While resideing ont he Wateree River in Craven County
(later Fairfield District), South Carolina, he enlisted
in 1775, and served at various times unti lthe cose of
the war in the South Carolna Troops, one month as pri-
vate in Captain Samuel Boykin's Company, Colonel Jospeh 
Kershaw's Regiment, eighteen months as sergeant and lieu-
tenant under Catains William Ransom Davis, Durrill Hart,
Frank Boykin and Richard Winn, and Colonel William Thom-
son, and thirteen and one-half months as captain under
Colonels Thomas Sumter, Edward Lacey and William Thomson.
He ws in the battle of Sullivan's Island, Fort McIntosh 
(where he was taken prisoner, helf for a short time and
paroled), rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Carey's Fort, Gates'
Defeat, Orangeburg, Fort Granby and King's Mountain. 

He stated that he was wounded in the right leg and
his horse shot in an engagement on "the Juniper", and
was also wounded by a musket ball passing through his left
arm on his first tour to Orangeburg, dates of receiving 
these wounds not given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 1, 1830, while residing in Fairfield District,
South Carolina.

At that time he stated that his wife was aged sixty-
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five or seventy years and referred to four daughters,
his two youngest sons and four grandchildren, three under
ten years of age, but did not give their names.

Very truly yours

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

[handwritten side note] Date of soldiers' 
death not on KB [
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[black page]
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South Carolina
This is to certify that John Hollis as Sergeant of
third Regiment of this State is discharged from [??] Regmt
having behaved himself honestly & faithfull in that station
 and as a brave Soldier.
Given Under My hand,           Wm. Thomson
This first Day of June 1777
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Revolutionary Claims

The Honorable
Lewis Cafs Esquire
Sectry at War
Washington Cty
D. C.
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Winnsborough July 23rd,, 1833

Sir

In compliance with the instructions accom
panying the pension documents of Captain John
Hollis, an effort has been made to make the 
evidence more perfect touching his Commission
as Captain.  As he is of a temper of mind that 
would care little about the matter of a Commission
so that he held the rank and exercised the author
ity calculated to render him usefu; it is not
improbable that he once had such Commission
and that it has been destroyed by the accident he
relates.
We had no revolutionary soldier whose case
excited more general interest in this District
that his.  There is no one letter entitled, there is
no one who stands in greater need of his Countrys
assistance.  He was gifted by nature with a robust 
and athletic frame, a daring courage, and an
unbending spirit of  resistance to opprefsion, and
signalized himself throughout the war as one
of the most active and efficient officers of his
rank in this section of Country. He is now re
duced from easy circumstances to a state of
poverty by the workings of a providence after his
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-terious in her dispensation.
if it be determined [crossed out] required as indispensible that the existence and loss of a Commission be pos
-itively proved and determined that the constant
exercise of the rank and duties of and officer, coupled
with the right to a Commission will not suffice
without that proof, then I fear the Department
may proceed to adjust his claims on the evidence
before it, and without delaying for higher evidence
than that already produced.  His Colonel (Lacy)
is dead, all the field officers of the regiment are
dead, Every Captain and [illegible-Subaltern], and so
far as Capt Hollis knows every member of the
Regiment (excepting William Johnston whose
evidence is produced are dead.  Capt. Hollis
is then left without the evidence of his Colonel
to explain the reason why he was not Comiss
ioned if he never was, and without the evidence
of any member of his Company in corroboration
of his own to show that he was regularly elected an
officer and by law entitled to a commission.  And
his memory is so impaired that he has no distinct
recollection on the subject of the commission.  At times he thinks he
recollects of having had a Commission of First Lieu
-tenant and that it must have been burnt with
his Fathers house.  Again he inclines to believe
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that it must have been as Captain; and on the 
whole day recollect with absolute certainty of
holding either.
Under these circumstances as slight evidence may
have weight, and a presumption may arise that he
held a Commission from the consideration that he
performed the duties of an officer and was entitled
to a Commission.  In a question of title to a tract 
of land (a case not without analogy) a profession of
twenty years raises the presumption of agreement,
and the Defendant will receive from the persump
-tion that in such a lapse of time his higher
[illegible-tendency] of title the grant had by time and
accident been destroyed.
Capt. Hollis' [illegible-perpetual]  if the [illegible-ocpupine] be allow
-able of the office of Captain of Militia from 1777
until 1783 and frequent calls from the established
authorities of this State to do duty as Captain for
six eventful years; being obeyed and [illegible-respected] 
and paid as such, meeting the enemies of
his Country and bleeding in the defense of
such unto raise a mighty sum [illegible-amuch] strong
-er probability of rightful authority in the latter 
than in the former case.
Capt. Hollis had applied to this State for a pension
in 1831 but was refused to my personal knowledge on
the ground that he owned property to a value that de
[illegible-feated]  the claim.  The evidence before the Legislature
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on that occasion has been obtained and is now enclo
sed for the purpose of strengthening the fact of his
serving as Captain in the Revolution, by the affidav
it of his brother Elijah Hollis who is now dead and
was so when the Declaration was made in July 1832.  Elijah Hollis mentions the circumsance
with descending to particulars as the [illegible] 
in term of service was not important in that appli
cation; and was noticed only to show the confidence
thaqt has been reposed in Capt. Hollisas a tru whig.
In conclusion it is hoped the Department will
not decide that a Commifsion was [illegible] 
to entitleto a pension as Captain, where the
incimbent had a right to a Commifsion
and if it does so decide; that the [illegible]  are
the
duties and [illegible]  recognized by the authorities
of So. Carolin for such a length of time as
Captain is sufficient under the circumstamces
to warrant the Department in [illegible]  that
Capt. Hollis had been regularly Commifsioned
and that hte Commifsion had been destroyed
by the burning of his fathers house or other
accident following the march of time.  Anxious
by [illegible] that the Department may be unable
to take a favorable view of this application.
Have the honor to subscribe myself
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Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Sert.
Jno. Buchanan

[illegible] 

N. B. Should any evidence in addition as [illegible] [illegible] 
Hollis' personal truth or his reputation as an officer
in the revolution be thought necefsary it can be
supplied by he most respectable citizens of this
District to almost any members
J. B.
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Capt. John Hollis
discharge
for the service
in revolutionary
war
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Jno. Hollis  1st Lieut

The State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield
On this twentieth day of July__in the year of our 
Lord on thousand eight hundred and thirty two, person-
ally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Henry
W. DeSaupure Chancellor of the State of South Carolin-
-na in the County of Equity now sitting at Fairfield
Court House, Captain John Hollis, a resident of Fairfield
District in the State aforesaid aged eighty years since
Dec. 5th 1831, who being first duly sworn according
to law, doth on his oath, make the  following delcara-
tion, in order to obtain the [illegible-benefit] of the Act of Congress
[illegible] June 7th 1832.
The deponent was born the 5th day of December 
in the year 1751.  The Deponents age was entered
in a family bible belonging to the Deponents
father, which bible deponent believes was burnt when
his father house was was burnt.  The Schoolmaster of De
-ponent had transcribed desponents age into 
a bible.  Bible
deponent produces in court.
The deponent was born in Virginia in Fair
-fax County Potomac River.
The deponent lived where first called into service
on the Wateree in Fairfield District, then Craven
County they lived on the same tract of land ever
since and now lives there.
In the first tour of duty performed, the deponent volun
-teered as a private soldier under Captain Samuel
Boykin against the tories between Saluda and Enoree
Rivers in which expedition Colonel Fletcher was taken
prisoner in his tour of duty deponent served about one month.
2nd That deponent afterwards and about the year 1775
enlisted as a regular soldier under Captain Captain
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William Ransom Davis of the Hills Senate 3rd Regi
ment of Rangers, under Colonel Wm Thompson.  The
deponent joined at Camden, [illegible]
at Nelsons ferry, thence to Williamson branch near the
Eutaw, thence to [illegible], and thence to Sullivans 
Island, staid there until after the attack on fort Moul
trie by Sir Peter Parker.  The deponent sometimes after
the battle Fort Moultrie volunteered by the [illegible]
and under the [illegible] of Col. Thompson, in an expe
diture to the [illegible] under the command of Captain
Richard Winn who was attached to Colonel Thompsons regiment
about sixty men in the expedition.
Captain Winn and Company were all taken pris
oner at a fort on the St. Ilia River, by a detachment
of the enemy under command of Genl Roost.
The deponent enlisted for eighteen months
in the regiment commanded by Col. Thompson
served out the period of his enlistment and attained
a regular discharge from Col. Thompson [illegible]
deponents [illegible].  Deponent was a regular sergeant
and served as such the whole time of his inlistment
unless when acting as second Lieutenat
after Captain Wm R Davis ceased to as as Captain
and Lieutenant Francis Boykin took command of
the Company.
The next service rendered by Deponent was under
General Thomas Sumpter.  The deponent there had com
mand of a Company and marched to ninety six
to join General Green who had laid seige to the 
[illegible] at ninety six, Sumpters force [illegible] within
six miles of ninety six when ordered to retreat.
General Sumpter then marched through New
berry, Fairfield, and [illegible] where the troops
were disbanded and returned home after a tour of 
[illegible] six weeks and honorably longer.
4th  The next tour of duty deponenet made was under
Colonel Edward Lacy.  the deponenet commanded
a company.  The regiment marched [illegible]
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to Granby and thence to McCords ferry on
the Congaree, were out in service two men ther and 
were discharged.
5th  The next tour the deponent was under Colonel Lacy.
The deponenet commanded the company as Captain
and in the tour the deponent was present and afsisted
in taking the fort at Granby commanded by  one Captain
Manfield.  The Regiment was out two months this
tour.
6th  The next tour was also under Col. Edward Lacy.  The 
deponent commanded his company as Captain
this tour and the greater part of the time coman
ded the whole regiment.  Col. Lacy having returned
since the latter part of the tour and Deponent
being the [illegible] Captain.  The Regiment went in
as far as [illegible] in lower part of State and
Deponent served in this tour two months.
The deponenet was frequently out in scouting
parties against the tour and was on duty nearly
the whole period of the war from the time he enlis
ted in Thompsons Regiment.
The deponent was with General Sumpter at the
taking of [illegible] [illegible], on Wateree River where Genl
Gates was defeated at Camden, was with Genl
Sumpter at the Battle of the Hanging Rock; fought
battles under Col. Cleaveland at Kings
Mountain with Sumpter at the battle of Rocky
Mount and fought under Capt. [illegible] at the
defeat of the Americans at the Juniper Colonel
Middleton commanded the American forces at the
Juniper.  There the deponent was wounded in the
leg and his horse shot. In most of the engagements
with the enemy the deponent acted as a volunteer
sometimes had some men under him and
sometimes none.  He had his company with
him at the capture of fort Cary.
The deponent never received his Commifsion as
a Captain.  It was not customary in these days
to obtain a commifsion in form.  The companies
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elected their officers, who afterwards acted as such
Deponent was elected Captain by his Company and
acted as Captain and wlways bore the title and
rank of Captain.
The deponent is well known to Majir Harry Moore
Captain [illegible] Durham, William Johnston  
who can testify as to some of the military services
recorded by deponent.
As regards the general belief of the neighborhood
that Deponent served as a soldier in the Revolution
=ary war, Deponent [illegible] refer to Genl Wm [illegible]
Col. Wm. Mc[illegible], [illegible] Alsture, Philip Coward
[illegible] Caleb Clarke [illegible] John Buchanan
and Captain Hugh Milling.
The Deponent further states that he served on regular
tours of Militia duty and whilst commanding
his Company and acting Captain a much longer
period those nine months, taking into
consideration the different tours performed.  [illegible]
not long after Deponent received his discharge from
Colonel Thompson on the first day of June 1777 that
Deponent was elected Captain of a Militia Company
in which capacity he acted until peace was made.
The news of which first reached the Deponent at Salt
=ketcher when on the regular tour of duty before men
=tined.
Deponent 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.

Johnston [illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Jno. Buchanan
[illegible] E. F. Dist.
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Capt. Jno. Hollis Supplement Evidence
Sheet 1.

The State of South=Carolina
District of Fairfield

Personally appeared before the under
=signed Clerk of the court of Common Pleas and
General Sefsions for Fairfield Distrcit in the State aforesaid,
Captain John Hollis of the District and State aforesaid
who  being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the
idential John Hollis who made his declaration in open
Court on the twentieth day of July 1832 before Chancellor
Henry W. DeSaufsure, in order to obtain a pension under
the Act of Congrefs of June 7th 1832 which declaration
and the proceedings had thereon are contained in three
sheets.
1st - In the first tour of duty mentioned in deponents Decla
=ration he served one month or more as a private soldier
under Capt. Saml Boyking.  This tour was performed in
year 1775.  It was cold weather, and may have
commenced as early as December 1774 but believes it
to have been in the winter of 1775.  Colonel Pogue of
North Carolina and his Regiment from No. Carolina
along.  A regimetn from Gerogia was there.  Does not
recollect the Colonel.  Thinks Col. Joseph Kershaw was
Deponents Colonel and commanded the So. Ca. regi
=ment to which deponent belonged.  Col. Fletcher and
one Cunningham thinks his name was Williams
commanded the Tories.
In the second tour or term of service mentioned
the deponent served eighteen months as first sergeant
He enlisted as first sergeant and continued to act
as such the whole term of enlistment to wit eighteen
months, excepting a short time deponent acted as a
[illegible] officer as stated in the declaration, but for 
which he received no additional pay.  Deponenet enlis
=ted about the latter end of November 1775 and served
to the date of his discharge from Col. Thompson (the
Colonel who commanded the regiment) June 1st 1777 
which discharge accompanies this deposition.
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Ransom Davis was the first Captain ever deponents com
=pany, Durrell Hart then succeeded and Frank Boykin
succeeded Hart in the  command.  Capt. Boykin com
=manded the Company at the battle of Sullivans
Island or Fort Moultrie.  Col. Thompsons regiment was
on the Island during the battle.  Sumpter & Regiment
was also there, and other militia.  Genl Lee who
had command of all the troops had stationed some
troops in Charleston, some on Haddrells Point and
part on Sullivans Island.  Some time after the Battle 
of Fort Moultrie June 28, 1776 deponent was trans
=ferred to Captain Richard Winns Company, marched
 to the Flordas and was taken prisoner as stated
in the declaration at Fort McIntosh on the
Ft. Illis river.  Deponent received a parole as a prisoner
and returned to So. Carolina.  Believes he was taken
prisoner in March 1777 and shortly after he returned
home his term of service or enlistment
having expried he applied to Col. Thompson there
lying at the Eutaw (on a day appointnd for the 
soldiers whose enlistment was out to apply) and ob
=tained the discharge already mentioned.
Colonel Brown (nicknamed Burnt foot) and McGirt were
under provost at the taking of fort McIntosh.  They
had a large force of Indians as were as some British
soldiers under them.
3rd  In the third tour or tours of service the deponent
served as Captain one month and half
Col. Thomas Sumpter commanded the regiment
Capt. Wm. Miller had command of a Company in
this tour.  He left his company wihtout leave and
part of his company were attached to Deponents
which circumstance bring, his name to deponents
recollection.
4th  In the fourth tour deponent was Captain and com
=manded a Company and served two months as
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Captain. John Adair was the Major under Col. Lacy.
Col. McGriff was the Lieutenant Colonel and was along.
Captains George Gill, John McClure and Steel were
along.  None but Col. Lacys Regiment were out on this
tour.  Were engaged in marching through the country
lying betwen Granby and McCords ferry in the
Congaree River on the left back of the river and watch
ing the ferries.
5th  In the fifth tour mentioned deponent commanded
a Company and served as Captain two months.
The fort surrendured after detachment of artillery
from General Greens army arrived.  The was a con
siderable body of militia at the taking of the fort at
Granby perhaps one thousand men.  Thinks
Capt. Wm Taylor was there.  Does not recollect the
other Colonels besides Lacy in command.
6th  In the sixth tour the deponent commanded a Company
and served as Captain two months.  This tour
performed at the close of the war.  Deponent received
order from William Thompson Jr. son of Col. Wm Thompson
3rd Regiment So. Ca. Rangers, to discharge the Regiment
and return home, when in Camp at the Saltketcher
[illegible] having been concluded with Great Britain or
the British having evacuated [illegible].
Wm Thompson bore the rank of Colonel at that time
Captain Rihchard Winn was along.  There was no field 
officer in Lacys regiment left after Col. Lacys return home.
Wm Thompson Jr commanded the army where [illegible]
as Colonel and a Majr Withers in his absence.  there were
other Militia troops in addition to Col. Lacys at the
Saltketcher [illegible] tour.  Capts Craig, Quinney, Hanna, Lyles
were there.
The  deponent has placed the third tour mentioned
out of order of time as it ought to have been
after the fifth and after the taking of Granby fort.
7th  The deponent performed three tours of duty to Orange
=burg which he forgot to mention in his Declaration
In the first tour to Orangeburg the deponent com
=manded his Company and served as Captain
two months or more .  Coward Lacy commanded the
Regiment as Colonel.  Captain Larry Craig was there.
There were several regiments collected.  A party of the
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army attached and defeated a body of the tories in
Edisto Swamp.  In this tour John Stallions a tory Cap
=tain came in and he and men twenty five or thirty
surrendered themselves prisoners of war.  Stallions was
shot by Wm. Goodwyn on sudden [illegible], and depo
=nent received one of the balls through his left arm.  Stal
=lions on seeing Goodwyns gun [illegible] seized hold of 
deponents arm and attempted to get behind
deponent.  One of the balls struck Stallions on the
hand that held deponents left arm pafsed through
his hand and deponents arm, and the other ball
lodged in his breast entering at the left nipple
and proving mortal.  Col. Wm. thompson and
his regiment were there.  Thinks Thompson command
=ed the whole army.
8th In the second tour to Orangeburg deponent com
=manded his Company and served as Captain
two months at least.  Thinks only part of Col. Lacys
Regiment was out this time and that Lt. Colonel McGriff
commanded.  A Major Wise from [illegible] was there [illegible]
of the time deponent believes.  There were several Regi
=ments there.  Deponent does not recollect the command
=ing officer unlefs it was Colonel Rump from Orange
=boug, a Dutchman or of Dutch extractive.
9th  In the third tour to Orangeburg deponent com
=manded his Company and served as Captain
two months at least.  The regular tours were generally for
two months and the service was never shorter
but some toured longer.  Col. Lacy and Regiment
were along.  Several regiments there.  A party of
tories, with some British and a few deserters from
Genl. Greens army took [illegible] of the jail at
Orangeburg and after a short engagement they
surrendured between two and three hundred in
number.  Genl Green had [illegible] some artillery on
a neighboring hill ready to [illegible] on the Jail which 
the more readily [illegible] the surrender.
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John Hollis (Supplementary Evidence 2nd)

thinks some of [illegible-Manion] men were there, and probably
Colonel [illegible-Manion].
That by reason of old age and the consequent [illegible-ills] of
memory deponent has not been able to place the
different tours of servce in the proper order of time
nor to state the particular years the service was
performed, but deponent is fully convinced and
well recollects that he served in every tour he
[illegible], and that he served not less than the period 
he has mentioned.
Deponent in the year 1778 was
elected first Lieutenant and shortly afterwards rose
to Captain, and in consequence of bad treatment
received from one
Col. Turnbull a tory Colonel when a prison on
parole was induced to break his parole and
[illegible] every tour of duty that was required
afterwards.  He was never at home more than one
month at a time and that seldom from the
year 1778 to the conculsion of peace and du
=ring all this period was [illegible] on active
duty as Captain of a Company when
his Company's services were required, or as
a volunteer private where his Company was 
at home.
Deponent has some [illegible] that he had
a Commifsion as first Lieutenant, but has no distince re
=collection that he was had a Commifsion as Cap
=tain.  But is very sure that all his papers of every
kind excepting a few of his pockett book the discharge was [illegible]
were burned in his fathers house, which was
burnt about the close or a little after the Revolution
=ary war.  If the deponent was held a Commifsion
a frist Lieutentant or as Captain it was burned
with his fathers house.  Deponent sometimes [illegible]
that the Commifsion might have been as Captain
He beliweves he had a Commifsion as Captain ior as
First Lieutentn and ifs sure that it was
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burnt as already mentioned.
Deponent from the year 1778 until the close of the war
and in the several tours of duty mentioned acted
as Captain was obeyed and reflected as such, and
when he received pay was paid as a Captin, and
if he had not received a Commifsion was entitled to have one.  The only living wit
nefs that Deponent know of, who can [illegible] to his
commanding as Captain is William Johnston
When testimony is [illegible] to the declaration
the Deponent is confident that the failure to have
a Commifsion if he never had one as Captain
[illegible] no [illegible] his legal right to a 
Commifsion as he was elected first Lieutenant
by the Company in accordance with the laws
there in force in the State of South Carolina
and was promoted to the Captaincy in
strict accordance with the same laws.  That
in those times blank Commifsions were scarce
even in the regular army of [illegible] has 
been  informed and believes and deponent is
satisfied that many valuable Militia officers
never were commifsioned in account of their
great scarcity.   That that scarcity was as depo
=nent believes mainly occasioned by the unettled
state of the government of So. Carolina, and
the consistently interruped intercourse between
the Executive and the different sections of the
upper country.  If ever Col. Lacy tendered a 
Commifsion to Deponent, Deponent is satisfied
he accepted it and that it is burnt.  And when
deponent in his Declaration says he never
received a Commifsion as Captain he only
meant to convey the idea that he did not
at that time recollect to have had one.  For
his memory is at present very imperfect, and Deponent
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did not at that time look upon a Commifsion as of any
consequence either to his reluctability in his usefulnefs, and
the fact if it was so would as likely as not have made no
lasting imprefsion on his memory.
Deponenet had been informed that Captain Hugh Milling
of this District only held a certificate signed by John Rutledge
of this State stating that Hugh Milling was entitled to the rank
or perhaps commfsion of Captain, and that the [illegible]
granted him a pension as Captain under the Act of Con
=grefs [illegible] some few years since for relief of officers of
the Continental Army.  And [illegible] [illegible] towards that if he
lacks the accustomed or highest incidence of
his rank, either from the confusion of the times
or the failure of memory, the right to a Commifs
=ion being [illegible] by his claims to his Countrys
gratitude will not be diminished.
Deponent in each of the tours of duty mentioned
and in many others, served with an embodied
[illegible]  called into service by the lawful authorities
of the Country, that he served entirely in the field
and not in garrison only when taken prisoner
at Fort McIntosh, and that during said service
he was not employed in any civil pursuit, but
was entirely occupied with his duties as a soldier.
Deponent excepting the eighteen months he served 
in Col. Thompsons regiment was acting with no
regular troops and he therefore omitted to
[illegible] any of their officers excepting
[illegible] in [illegible].  Thompsons Regiment and a
few others.  Col. Moultrie had command of
the for at the battle of fort Moultrie 28 June 1776.
Deponent served as above state thirteen and
half months as Captain, eighteen months as
first Sergeant and one months as private; enlis=
ted soldier the eighteen months; and drafted the
other services as Captain, and private soldier
and he served as private volunteer in many
tours not particular [illegible] partly from lack
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of memory but [illegible][illegible] advised to be
[illegible].  And claims a pension for thireen
and half months servcie as Captain, for  for
ten and half months (part of the eighteen months
only [illegible] soldier) servcie as frist Lieutenant.
And should the deponent conceive the [illegible]
=duce not warrantiency his pay as Captain
a first Lieutenant during the thirteen
and half months then deponent submits that
he has a right to claim the pay of the high
=est grade of noncommifsioned officer for that
period.  If the decision of the Department should
be against deponent on this [illegible] be
would then claim pay as first sergeant for
eighteen months and a private the
remaining six months.
Deponent trusts that the Department will
excuse some solicitude manifested in the earn
=[illegible] with with this applicaton is [illegible]
Deponents circumstances being at present way
much reduced and his duty to himself and an
aged partner [illegible] him to resort
to a means of [illegible] never at one period of his
life anticipated nor desired.
Sworn to & Subscribed before
me July 6th 1838
[illegible signature]
C.C.P

John Hollis
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John Hollis 3rd Sheet

I Major Henry Moore residing in the
District of Fairfield about two miles after Town of
Winnsborough in the State of South Carolina
aged seventy eight years herby certify that I
am well acquainted with Captain John Hollis
of the Wateree District of Fairfield and State afore
=said.  That deponent receiving a pension from the
United States as Captin Lieutenant 4th Regi
=ment So. Ca. [illegible].  That Deponent
was not acquainted with Captain John Hollis until
after Revolutionary War.  That from the [illegible] of
the neighborhood Captian Hollis was one of those
who was out on duty whenever an opportunity
offered and eventaully ready and almost always
on duty.  Report from there [illegible] that he had acted
as Captain of a Militia Company
during the War after he had been discharged
as a regular soldier in Col Thompsons regiment.
Report states that he was taken prisoner with
Capt. Richard Winn at fort St. Illa Florida.
Sworn to & subscrived before
me this 20th July 1832
in open court
Jno. Buchanan
C.E.F.C.

Henry Moore
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opin
=ion after the investigation of the matter, and after put
=ting the interrogatories prescrived by the War depart
=ment that the above applicant was a voluntary
soldier, and served as he Captain John Hollis
states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that Major Henry Moore, and William
Johnston, who have signed the preceeding certificates
are resident in Fairfiled District are are credible per
=sons and that their statemetns are entitled to credit

Henry W. DeSaufsure
Chancellor
Winnsborough
20 July 183
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Capt. Jno. Hollis
Evidence Supplementary
3 sheets
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Capt. John Hollis Supplements 3rd Sheet

South Carolina
Fairfied District

I Thomas Hall of the District of Fairfield
and State aforesaid, a Clergy man, of the Methodist
Episcopal denomination do hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with Captain John Hollis
of the Distrct and State aforesaid, and who has
subscribed and sworn to the declaration made
by him on the 20th day of July 1832 before Chan
=celler Defaufsure in order to obtain a pension
under the Act of Congrefs on June 7th 1832 which
declaration and the proceedings had thereon
are contained in three sheets, and who has
subscribed and sworn to the [illegible] depo
=sition in two sheets.  That I have known him
ever since deponent was a small boy (being
raised within mile of the residence of Capt. 
Hollis) that I believe him to be eighty two
years of age since Dec. last as he has stated.
That he deponent is now in his forty third year
and that Capt. Hollis is reported and believes
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution, and that I concur in that
opinion, deponent never having heard it
contradicted or doubted by any persons.
Sworn to & subscribed before 
me July 15th 1833
J. Elliott [illegible]
C.C.P.

Thomas Hall
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State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield

I James Elliott clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas and General Sefsions
 for Fairfield District Do hereby certify that 
the foregoing Deposition of Captain John Hollis
in two sheets, and the foregoing deposition of
The Reverend Thomas Hall in third sheet
were taken before me as Justice of the Quorum
Ex Officio, that Captain John Hollis is a man
of veracity and of excellent standing in Society
and was reputed wherever known to have been
a true, active and intrepid soldier of the Revolu
=tion.  That Thomas hall is a Clergyman in the
Methodist Episcopal Church and a man of
veracity and creditble witnefs.
Given under my hand and of
=ficial seal this 15th July 1833
J. Elliott
C.C.P.
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12.671.

Jno. Hollis
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State of South Carolina

I John Buchanan Commifsioner
in Equity in and for Fairfield District
Do hereby Certify that the foregoing on
tain (in three sheets) the origina pro
ceedings of the said Court, in the matter
of the application of Captain John Hollis
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of this office this 20th day of 
July  A.D. 1832.

Jno. Buchanan
C.E.F.D.
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Jno. Hollis  2nd sheet

The State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield

On this eighteenth day of July in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
two personally appeared [multiple words scratched out]
William Johnston, a resident of Fairfield District
seventy five years old since March last, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say
that he is well acquainted with Captain John Hollis who
is about to apply for a pension under the Act of Congrefs
pafsed June 7, 1832.  That deponent served under said Cap
tain John Hollis in several tours of military duty
under Captain Hollis in the revolutionary war,  That
Captain Hollis acted as Captain and com
manded a Company in these tours of duty.  That de
ponent is now receiving a pension from the State of
South Carolina for his deponents services in the militia.
That Captain Hollis was an active, and [illegble] officer
and was out in service about the whole
time of the Revolutionary War.  The Deponent is
satisfied and has no doubt that Captain Hollis
was out in service int he militia
and activing a Captain of his Com
pany for a greater time than nine months ta
king into the calculation all the time he he
served in the militia as Captain during the
revolutionary war.  This opinion the deponent has
not formed from the information of theirs but from
his personal knowledge of the
services rendered.  The deponent lived a neigh
bor of Captin Hollis during the war of the revolution
and has lived a near neighbor ever since, and had
a good opportunity of knowing every time Captain
Hollis went out into service and the times of his
return.  The Deponent further states that he knew of
no one more active or devoted than Captain Hollis
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Was in the cause of his country and her liberties
Sworn to and subscribed
before me James Elliott Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas
for Fairfield District thes day 
and year [illegible] above written
J. Elliott 
C.C.P.

his mark
x
William Johnston

Fairfield District
I certify that the above & within was taken before
me as a Clerk of the Court for the District aforesaid
& that William Johnston is a credible witness
given under my hand & the seal of the said court
J. Elliott
C. C. P.
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W. D. C.

Bureau pension
Washington D. C.

Will you please sent
me record of John Hollis or
pension roll at State House in
Columbia S. C. Setp 20 1833
Respectfully
Mrs. E. Preston Carpenter
1723 Divine St.
Columbia S. C.
Page 42

RECORDS
MAR 11 1921
DIVISION
Page 43

[illegible]
Revo.

CLINTON GIN COMPANY
O. R. JOHNSON, Propietor
Ginner and Seed Buyer

Clinton, Mississippi
3-4-21

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly furnish me with a
statement at your earliest convenience of
John Hollis's military history of the Revolution 
he was a sergeant in the 3rd South Carolina
Regiment Commanded by Col. William Thompson.
I want this information for a membership to
the D. A. R. organization.

Thanking you for an early reply I am
Sincerely,
Mrs. O. R. Johnson
Box 67
P. S. I am a decedent of this soldier.

PENSION
U. S.
MAR
7
1921
OFFICE
Page 44

RECORD
JAN 11 1921
DIVISION
Page 45

Stamped Env. [handwritten]
THE TEXAS COMPANY

Rev
CW

105 Cleveland Ave
Macon Ga
Jan 7th 1921

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Please give me all the information
you can of John Hollis, who served
in the 3d. South Carolina Regiment,
in the Revolutionary War.  this
soldier is a relative of mine and
I am tracing it for D. A. R. member
ship.

Very Recpt
(Mrs.) Alice McCowen Ellis

PENSION OFFICE
U. S. 
JAN 10 1921
Page 46

O. W. & N. Div.
[ ]. S.
M. E. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,   March 22, 1895

Sir:-
Replying to your communication requesting the military history
of a number of Revolutionary officers and soldiers, I have the
honor to advise you that a careful search has been made and the
names of but two of those nemtioned in your letter have been
found upon the Revolutionary pension records.  Official statements
of the military services of those two, Sergt. Daniel Holliday
and Capt. John Hollis, are herewith enclosed.

As the names of the other officers and soldiers concernging
whom you make inquiries are not found upon the Revolutionary 
pension records the Bureau is unable to supply you with any in-
formtaion concerning them.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Hon. J. H. Bankhead,
House of Representatives
Page 47

Supplemental.

(John Hollis)

In the spring of 1775 served one month as a private in Capt.
Samuel Boykins' company, Col. Joseph Kershaw's regiment; from Nov.
1775, eighteen months as a sergean under Captain Ramsom Davis,
Daniel Hart, Frank Boykin, and Richard Winn - - during this service
was taken prisoner at Ft. Mackintosh but immediately released and
returned home about June 1, 1777.  From that time until the close
of the war he served as a Captain at different periods as follows:
one and one half months under Col. Thomas Sumpter; two months under
Col. William Thompson; and five tours of two months each under 
Col. Edward Lacey.

He participated in the following named battles: Carey's Point,
Camden, Hanging Rock, Kings Mountain, and Rocky Mountain.
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O. W. & N. Division
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
B. S.  Bureau of Pensions,  M.E.C.
Washington, D. C.
March 22, 1895.

Sir:-

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history 
of John Hollis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his 
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT

LENGTH OF SERVICE.

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.

STATE.

See supplemental statement.

Battles engaged in,  See Supplemental statement.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield District, S. C.

Date of application for pension  July 20, 1832

Residence at date of application, Fairfield District, S. C.

Age at date of application, Born in Fairfax Co. Va., Dec. 5, 1751.

Remarks:

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
Hon. J. H. Bankhead,
House of Representatives
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 21.827
Washington, D. C. ,....., 19....

In reply to your request of....., received,,,,,
for a statement of the military history of John Hollis
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the d esired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
1775
Nov. 1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 mo.
Taken prisoner in the [illegible] 1777 at Ft. McIntosh*
     received his parole and was discharged June 1, 1777
     131/2 mos Capt
     {Thomas Sumpter
     {William Thompson
     {Edward Lacy

RANK.
Pvt
1 Sgt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Boykin
William R. Davis
Darrell Hart
Frank Boykin
Richard Warring

COLONEL.
Joseph Kershaw
William Thompson

STATE.
S.C.
S.C.

Battles engaged in, [illegible] fort, Granby fort, Rocky Mountain, Hanging Rock,
Camden, Kings Mountain, [illegible] at the Juniper where was wounded in the leg.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, in Fairfield Dist. [illegible] Co, S. C.

Date of application for pension, Nov. 10, 1830. His ch. was al

Residence at date of application, Fairfield Dist. S. C.

Age at date of application, born Dec. 5, 1751 in Fairfax County, Va

Remarks:  In 1830, his wife was 65 or 70 years old and four
daughters & two youngest sons and four grand children
were referred to but no names are stated.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

brother Elijah
*[illegible handwriting]