Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,994, Ezekiel Henderson, N.C.
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SERVICE N.C.
Henderson, Ezekiel
NUMBER S. 6.994

Carded
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South Carolina 23.868
Ezekiel Handerson of Greenville in the State of So. Ca: who was a (illegible) in the (left blank) Commanded by Captain (left blank) of the Reg. Commanded by Col. Gillaspie in the No Car. line for 15 months. I served on the Roll of So Caolina at the rate of 57 dollars 50 cents  per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of pension issued the 17 day of Ap. 34. Greenville So. Ca. 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34         172.50
Semi-ani. allowance ending Sep     28.75
                                                    $201.25
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Arth. Rice Clerk  Book C  Vol. 6  Page 69
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Ezekiel Handerson 
BJ Perry Greenville
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South Carolina, Greenville District
On this the eighth day of July in the year of our lord (illegible) and eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court, before the chancellor of the court of equity now sitting Ezekiel Henderson a resident of the district of Greenville, State of South Carolina, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to the law, (illegible)  an his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of  congress proposed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the States under the following named office and served on their states- He was first drafted for three months in the Spring of 1781 and was discharged in the Summer_ served under Captain Galsten, Lieutenant Samuel Thompson He served in the Calvary was in frequent skirmishes has lived in Chattem County North Carolina he served three months was camping about in Chattem + Randolph Counties the second time he entered the service in March of 1782 He volunteered for twelve months and served the whole time was discharged in March of 1783 at Hillsborough North Carolina he volunteered under Captain George Morgan at Chattem Court House North Carolina who was a recruiting officer was placed under the care of Col Gillespie & Major (illegible) Periegood He was six months in the horse and six months in the foot was in frequent skirmishes but no regular battle was marching or camping in the counties of Chattem Cumberland & Randolph
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he did not know or serve with any continental of regiments does not recollect any of the officers Col Gillespie and Major Periegood were sent by General George to take care of the troops in which he served has no documentary evidence he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services he served altogether fifteen months as above noted in the situation in North Carolina as above noted as a private and for such he claims a pension  
He surely relinquishes any claim whatsoever to a pension of annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state 1st was born in Chattem County in North Carolina in the 1765- 2nd has no record of his age 3rd was living in Chattem County North Carolina when called into service (illegible) into South Carolina shortly after the revolutionary war and he has lived in Greenville where he now lives for forty seven years 4th was drafted for three months, first time and volunteered the second time 5th does not recall the name of any officers as stated above 6th did receive a discharge at the end of both tours the first was given by Captain William (illegible) and the (illegible) by Col Gillespie which are both (illegible)  7th he is known to his Lt Harrison & Col William Morrison who are his neighbors and can testify as to his character for truth and their belief in his services as a soldier of the revolution sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid William Choice C.E.G.D.        Ezekiel Henderson
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We Thomas Hutchings a clergyman residing in the county of Greenville and James McDaniel residing in the same herby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezikiel Henderson whom has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to seventy years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood is where he resides to have been a sold of the revolution and that we concur in the opinion sworn and subscribed the day and year above Thomas Hutchings James Daniel   William Choice Court. & Reg. in Equality
and the said court do herby declare their opinions after the registration after the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he notes and the court further certifies that it offers to them that Thomas Hutchings who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the district of Greenville and that James McDaniel who has also signed the same is a resident in Greenville district and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit  Henry Jr. DeSaupure 8 July 1833
William Choice clerk of the Court of Equity for Greenville District do herby certify that the foregoing contains the (illegible) proceeding of the said court in the matter of the applicant of Ezekiel Henderson for a pension the testimony where of this servant set by hand enclosed in office this eighth day of July 1833  Signed William Choice Court & Register in Equity for Greenville
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.    January 10, 1924
Mrs. Daisy H. Griffin, 808 Maple St. Rome Ga. 
Madam: I have to advise you that from the papers in pension claim S.6994 it appears that Ezekiel Henderson was born in the Chattem County, North Carolina, in 1763. While living there he enlisted in the Spring of 1781 and served 3 months as a private under Captain Golston and was in frequent skirmishes. He enlisted in March 1782 and served 12 months as a private under Captain George Morgan, Colonel Gillespie's Noth Caolina Troops and was in frequent skirmished. He was allowed pension on his application executed July 8, 1833, while living in Greenville District, South Carolina. There is no data on file as to his family. Respectfully, Commissioner
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1924, Jan 10 _ Hist. to Mrs. Daisy H. Griffin
Revolutionary (INVALID Typed) 6994
File No. 6994
Ezekiel Henderson 
Pri. Rev. War 
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:_Vol 1 Page 169
(Arrangement of 1870)
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Commissioner of Pensions Was Department Washington D.C. 
Sir, Please give me the information contained in the application for pension of Ezekiel Henderson who was living in Greenville Co. S, Ca. 1840, seventy eight years old. This information is needed to prove eligibility for Daughters of American Revolution Very Kindly Mrs. Daisy H. Griffin 808 Maple St, Rome Ga.
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Admit as private 9 months Mar 37.52 
 " " July 20.00
  57.52
RG Perry Greenville S.C.
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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 with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily pensive that objections exist, which must be removed before 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 them; and you will, by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
(Printed Table) Statement showing the Service of _____ Period when the service was rendered.________ Duration of claimant's service. ______ Years____ Months_____ Days____ Rank of claimant.______ Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served_____ Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.____ Proof by which the declaration is supported.____  I am respectfully your obedient servant, James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7 1832.ental Line" "militia" and "volunteers"
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 also to Store Keepers, &tc Teamsters, Boatmen, &tc. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of 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 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 las 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 .
On this______day of _________ personally appeared (a.) before A.B. a resident (b) 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____ with______ 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 then one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service: the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia , volunteers, navy, &tc.  
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 any 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. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court ] And the said Court 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 _____ &tc.    If examination of 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 belong the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing with the following additions, viz: (k( We, A.B., a clergyman residing in the _____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ________ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further 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 _______&tc.  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 then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such survivng 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 materials facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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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 corroborating 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 expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which the reside and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of the case.  The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you 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 as 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 pf persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that 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 they concur in that opinion. If one of these is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity may make the declaration before required and submit to the examination before a Judge of Justice of the Court pf Record of the proper county and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required, to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of record or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the  proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed stating that such person is 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 June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.    
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where his resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise, a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must sate with precision, the length of his service, and the 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 to the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid accordingly 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 object able. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years. in the militia &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served, the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served within embodied corps called into service by competent authority that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was preformed, 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 ant other seal, or 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 record 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 certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
(hand written) The applicant must specify all above required
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South Carolina}
Greenville Dist}
Personally came Ezekiel Henderson before the subscribing Justince of the Peace and having first duly sworn according to law makes oath, that the services mentioned in his declaration returned from the Pension office, were rendered his county in regularly embodied corps called into service by the State of North Carolina for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants of that State against the execrations of the Tories and for the purpose of driving the Tories out of the Country, who were marching in the Country in large bodies; that during the whole of the tours mentioned in his declaration he was constantly and actively engaged in marching after and skirmishing with the Tories - The names of the officers under whom he served are already mentioned in his declaration and also the places where his services were performed - He has also shown in his declaration that he knows of no one whose testimony he can procure as to his services

Sworn to and subscribed this February 10th 1834-

John Crittenden J.Q.Exoff
Ezekiel Henderson

South Carolina}
Greenville Dist}
I James McDaniel Clerk of Greenville District do hereby certify that John Crittenden whose signature is to the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the
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the Peace in and for the District of Greenville and that full faith and credit must be given for his acts as such - The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Feb 10 - 1834

J McDaniel
CCP