Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,395, for Richard Speake, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE |  | NUMBER
S.C. | Speake, Richard | S. 38,395
CONTENTS
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16.029
South Carolina R
Richard Speake
Pendleton Co: in the state of South Carolina was a Private in the regiment commanded by [part of the following word missing] nel Thompson of the South Carolina [first part of line missing] n, for the term of one year
[part of following word missing] scribed on the Roll of South Carolina [first part of the line missing] the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of October 1818
[part of word missing] ertificate of Pension issued the 26. of Nov. 1819 [part of word missing] but to Joseph Grisham Esqr
Pendleton South Carolina
[part of word missing] rears to 4th of Sep 1819 82.35
[part of word missing] mi-anl. all'ce ending: Mar 1829  48.00
Tho. 5/31  4/30  $130.35
[Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Notification sent January 3d 1828 Ca
Joseph Grisham, Pendleton So Carolina
Transferred to Georgia 1st May 1828, to take effect from and after the 4th of March 1856, and notification sent to Pensions, care of Wm A. Grayton, Macdenough, Henry Co: Georgia
1876 March 19 - Alexander Jolly [illegible] he recd 96.00 all that was possible to allow unless he compd officer & arrears to file of death could not be paid except on the condition prescribed on Sect. 4718 of the Revised Statutes
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Richard Speake
16029 
issed Novbr 1819
Mar '20
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Schedule.
The State of South Carolina }
Pendleton District }  On this Twentyseventh day of October 1820, personally appeared in open Court in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace Oyes and terminer Assize and General Gaol (Delivery being ) a Court of record for the said District in the said State Rihard Speake aged Sixty-five years, resident in Pendleton District in the said State, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:  That he enlisted in April A.D. 1776 under Captain Boikin of the Third Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomson but shortly afterwards commanded by Colonel James Mason of the South Carolina Line for the Term of Fifteen Months, but -- was continued in the Continental Service Nine months after the term of this Deponents enlistment expired.  Was in the Battles at Sulavans Island, Cowpens, and at the Siege of Ninetysix and several others: was honorably discharged but has since lost his discharge.  An original declaration was made on the twentyseventh day of October 1818 and has received a Pension Certificate dated Twentysixth day of November 1819 Number 16,029.  And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.  That is to say, Two ploughs, and their gear, one handsaw, two Iron wedges, Two Maul rings, That there is a settlement between my self and Joseph Grisham not much difference in our accounts I may owe him or him owe me a trifle not exceeding Ten Dollars on either side and that I have no other debts due me which I ever expect to collect.  His Wife Margret aged fifty five years not healthy Daughter Ann Speake aged twentyfive years, Son Richard Speake aged Seventeen years, Grand Daughter Margaret Speake aged five years -- five is the whole number of his Family
Richd Speake
Sworn to and declared on the 27th day of October 1820
Before Abm Nott Presiding Judge
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The State of South Carolina, }
Pendleton District, }  I John T. Lewis Clerk of the Court of General Sessions for the District of Pendleton do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court: and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fifteen Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Twenty seventh day of October 1820
John T. Lewis C.C. G.S.P.D.
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May 28, 1935
Mr. A. Howard Speake
865 - 17th Avenue, North
Saint Petersburg, Florida
RICHARD SPEAKE
S. 39395
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of May 17, in which you request the date of the affidavit made by Richard Speake, in his application for pension, in which he gave his age as seventy-nine years, this Richard Speake having resided in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and later in Butts County, Georgia.
The papers in pension claim, S. 38395, have been examined, but no affidavit found in which the age of that soldier is shown as seventy-nine years. Richard Speake made one affidavit in 1818 while a resident of Pendleton District, South Carolina, but did not state his age; he made another October 27, 1820, then a resident of the same district, and stated that he was then aged sixty-five years; he made the third and last affidavit September 24, 1827, in Butts County, Georgia, but did not state his age.
Reference has been made to the Report of the Secretary of War, in regard to the Pension Establishment, printed in 1835: it is shown in that report on the list of pensioners in Butts County, Georgia, under the Act of March 18, 1818, that the age of Richard Speake is recorded as seventy-nine years, which means at the time of the compilation of the data for that report to be printed in 1835, which age corresponds with the age of this pensioner as given in his own affidavit in 1820.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Recd One Dollar
Jas Bozeman
W.
Entd
Wm Triplett
Comp Genl
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
By his Excellency G. M. Troup Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof.
To all to whom these presents shall come, KNOW YE, that William Barkley whose name is affixed to the within instrument of writing, is a Jutice of the Peace for Butts (formerly Henry) County in that State as he Subscribes himself to be
THEREFORE, all due faith, credit and authority are, and ought to be had and given to his signature & attestation as Such
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State-House, in Milledgeville, this First day of November in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and twenty-Seven and of the Independence of the United States of America, the Fifty Second
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Daniel Newman
Secy of State

[written sideways on the left margin as follows:]
GM Troup
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State of Georgia }
Butts County  SS }  On this twenty fourth day of September 1827 before me, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Butts personally appeared Jesse Jolly who on his oath saith that he well knows Richard Speake who has taken the foregoing oath to be the same person subscribed thereon, and no other than the person to whom the Pension was originally granted
Jesse Jolly
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day & year  aforesaid
Wm Barkley  JPLS

Georgia }
Butts County SS}  I William Barkley the Justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavit was made do certify that the deponent Jesse Jolly is a man of unquestionable veracity
24th September 1827  Wm Barkley  JP.LS
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38395
Revy INVALID.
File No. 38,395
Richard Speake
Priv Rev War
Act 18th March 18th
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 390
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right side of page as follows:]
1911 July 27 Hist. to Mrs J. D. Jones. V. Lall.
1911 July 28 Hist to Hon C. L. Bartlett.  V. Lall.
1915, Jan. 19, To Rv. Mr. Gen USet.
For tombstone.  F.W.
1935- May 28 - Mr. A. H. Speake 
adv. in re. to soldeier's age.
MPG
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ALFRED AKERMAN, Publisher.
J. DOYLE JONES, Editor
The Butts County Progress
The Largest Circulation of any Paper
in this part of the State.
Best Advertising Medium.
ALL HOME PRINT.
JACKSON, GA.,  191
July 19th, 1911
Commissioner of Pensions and Records,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am anxious to secure some authentic information about one Richards [s is lined out] Speake, who served in the war of the Revolution from South Carolina, and have been advised to take up this matter with your department.
It is supposed that Speake was a pensioner, in which case you will doubtless be in position to help me trace his career as a soldier in the Revolution. If his name appears on the records in your department will you not kindly give me such information as the date of his enlistment, place of enlistment, company in which he served, date of birth and marriage and death and any other information that will be of importance in helping me trace his genealogy.
Thanking you in advance for your kind attention to this matter, I am,
Yours respectfully,
(Mrs.) J D. Jones
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Richard Speake S.38395-

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
 CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.

Mch or Apr1776 | 2yrs. | Pvt. | Francis Boykin |
William Thompson | 3d S.C.
 | | | |James Mason |
Battles engaged in, Ft. Moultrie. Cowpens. Ninety-Six.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Ninety-Six Distr. S.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct 27, 1818. 
His cl. al
Residence at date of application, Pendleton Dist S.C.
Age at date of application, 63 years old. date of birth & death not Stated
Remarks:  In 1820 Soldier's wife Margaret was 55 years old  date of marriage not Stated Children Ann Speake 25 yrs, Richard 17 yrs. and grand-child Margaret Speake 5 years.  In 1827 Soldier had moved to Butts Co. Ga. to be his children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
31793b5m10-07
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON. D.C.,
SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
JOHN J FITZGERALD, N.Y., CHAIRMAN
ALBERT S. BURLESON, TEX 
JOSEPH G. CANNON, ILL
SWAGAR SHERLEY, KY
HENRY H BINGHAM, PA
CHARLES L BARTLETT, GA.
FREDERICK H GILLETT, MASS.
JOSEPH T.JOHNSON, S. C.
EDWARD L TAYLOR, JR. OHIO
ROBERT N.PAGE, N. C.
GEORGE R. MALBY, N.Y.
E. W. SAUNDERS, VA
JOHN W DWIGHT, N.Y.
JOHN G. MCHENRY, PA.
JAMES W. GOOD, IOWA.
GEORGE W. RAUCH, IND.
JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN.
THOMAS UPTON SISSON, MISS.
EUGENE F. KINKEAD, N. J.
JAMES M. COX, OHIO
WILLIAM P. BORLAND, MO
JAMES C. COURTS, CLERK
MARCELLUS C. SHEILD, ASSISTANT CLERK.
July 27, 1911.
Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly advise me whether the files of the Pension Bureau contain any information relative to the Revolutionary War record of one Richard Speake, who enlisted from South Carolina.
Yours very respectfully,
C. L. Bartlett
[illegible word] REGIONAL
JUL 28 1911
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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July 28, 1911.
Hon. Charles L. Bartlett,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Bartlett:
In reply to your letter dated the 27" and received the 28" instant, I have the honor to advise you that it appears from the papers in the claim of Richard Speake, Sur, File No. 38,395, Rev. War, that the soldier enlisted in Ninety Six District, South Carolina, March or April, 1776, under Captain Francis Boykin, and Colonel William Thompson in the 3d South Carolina regiment which was afterwards commanded by Colonel James Mason. He was in the battles at Fort Moultrie, Cowpens, and Ninety Six and served two years.
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 27, 1818, while a resident of Pendleton District, South Carolina, aged sixty-three years.
In 1820, his wife Margaret was fifty-five years old, (date of marriage not stated); daughter Ann Speake 25 years old, son Richard 17 years, and their grand-child Margaret Speake was 5 years old.
In 1827 soldier had moved to Butts County, Georgia, to be with his children. The date of his death is not stated.
The date of last payment of pension and probable date of death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department,
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Sur. File No. 38,395, - 2
U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Richard Speake, Certificate No. 16,029, issued November 26, 1819, under Act of March 18, 1818, at the South Carolina Agency.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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865-17th Arr. North
St. Petersburg, Florida
May 17 - 35
Kind attention Mrs Finch:
Office Revolutionary Pension Rolls 
Washington, D. C. 

[circular date stamp as follows:]
REC'D 
MAY 20 1935
MAIL BUS-DIV.
VETS. ADM
READER #4

Dear Mrs Finch:
Some time ago I obtained data from the Rev. Pension Record of Richard Speake of Pendleton District South Carolina and later Butts Co., Ga.  In an affidavit he stated that he was 79 yrs. of age but I failed to get the date of the affidavit.
I find it essential that I know the date of his birth in connection with his family research.  May I ask if you will kindly give me the missing date of the affidavit.
I thank you very much for your courtesy
With sincere regards, I am 
Yours very truly 
A. Howard Speake
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Thain
Wm L. Greyton, Esq
ansd 1st May 1828.

Barbour
[part of word missing] etary of War
Washington Cy

Pens. Office
1 May.
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W. L Grayton En
McDonough
Georgia
Appn of Ricd Speake
for Transf
Read 1 May 1828

McDonough Geor
April 17

Honble James
Secr
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Macdonough Henry County Geo
April 15th 1828
Sir
Mr Richard Speake wishes his name transfered, from the list of pensioner of the South Carolina Agency to this state.  The affadavits and certificates are herewith enclosed.
I am respectfully 
Your Obt St
Wm L Grayton

Honble James Barbour
Washington Cy
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S for Commissioner of Pensions

[inkstamp as follows:]
DEPARTMENT [illegible]
MAR -4 1876
PENSION [illegible]
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16029

Georgia  act 1818
fc to Sept 4. 1837 Book E
} Amdd

Stark P.O.
Butts County Georgia
Hon D. C Cox
Dear Sir
In the year 1860 there was a letter came to Jackson Butts County Georgia directed to the Heirs of Richard Speake a Revolutionary Soldier of 1776 and stating that there was money due him as a pensioner.  The letter was signed "L. Blanchard True"  He wrote that if the Heirs would send him a power of Attorney he would get the money for them, but before they could get together and fix it up the war came on and it never was attended to.  Richard Speake went to the war from South Carolina, afterwards moved to Georgia and died in this County.
If it is not asking too much of you I wish you would write to me on the subject.  it will be a great favor
Alexander. Jolly
February 29th 1876
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The State of South Carolina }
Pendleton County } Before me personally came John Bryce Esquire and Jeremiah Gee who made oath, That they are well acquainted with Captain. Richard Speake of the said District a Revolutionary Soldier - That they do verily believe him to be a very poor man that he is in reduced circumstances and that he actually does need the assistance of his country for support and that they do actually believe he did servic as a private in the revolutionary War as he has on his oath stated.
And that his Oath or word is worthy of credit & belief.
John Bryce
Jeremiah Gee
Sworn to 28th October Anno Domini 1819 Before me 
Joseph Grisham
Notary Public 
Pendleton 
S.C.
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Richard Speake
Private
76 to 77
Thompson S. Carolina
Regt

Admitted.
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The State of South Carolina }
Pendleton District }   To the Honorable Richard Gant Esquire one of the Associate Judges of the Court of General Sessions and common Pleas for the State of South Carolina.
Know Ye That Captain Richard Speake a resident citizen of Pendleton District did this day appear personally before me and made oath That he did in Ninety Six District in March or April Seventy six Enlist as a regulur soldier in the United States service under Captain Francis Boykin of the Third Regiment of the South Carolina Line commanded by Colonel William Thompson for the Term of Fifteen Months and he did serve his time out.  During that time he was in the Battle on Sulivans Island and fought Eleven hours at Fort Moultrie and was discharged at the Eutaw Springs in June Seventeen hundred and seventy seven and his discharge was taken from him by the Tories.
In testimony that the above affidavit was this day sworn to and subscribed before me I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the court to be affixed this 27th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and in the Forty Third year of the Sovereignty and Independance of the United States of America
Richard Speake
Richard Gantt

*That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
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I have no personal knowledge of the service rendered by the applicant.  I am acquainted with Col Thomas Farrar and think his affidavit entitled to full faith and credit
D Gantt

The State of South Carolina }
Pendleton District }
I certify that his Honor Judge Gantt whose certificate is herewith annexed is a regular acting judge Legally appointed, & that due faith and credit is due to his attestation given under my hand and Seal of the Court this 27th October 1818 --
John T. Lewis
Clerk of the Court of 
Common Pleas

The State of South Carolina }
Pendleton District }   Before me personally came Richard Speake the person named within and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that he actually is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
And that he intended and could have conscientiously have in the original affidavit have Sworn to & proven the same but was omitted thro' the mistake of the Clerk.
Richd Speake
Sworn to & Subscribed this 28th day of October 1819 Before me
John S. Richardson
one of the Associate 
Judges of the State
of South Carolina
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The State of South Carolina }
Pendleton District }  Before me personally came Col. Thomas Farrar a respectable resident citizen of the District aforesaid and made Oath that he is intimately acquainted with Capt. Richard Speake a respectable resident citizen of the same District. This deponent in the Year 1777 did do a Tour of duty with the said Richard Speake & this deponent does know that the said Richard Speake did belong to the Third Regiment of the South Carolina Line commanded by Col. William Thompson  This deponent belonged to the 1st Independent Company of S.C. State Troops.  This deponent does verily believe that the said Richard Speake did serve the term of his Enlistment & got a discharge - and that he is a very poor man & needs this assistance of his country for support & that the affidavit of Capt Speake is worthy of credit & belief.
Thomas Farrar
Richard Gantt
27th October 1818
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To the Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War of the United States of America
Herewith is transmitted the Testimony and procedings had thereon of Richard Speake an applicant for a Pension for his service in the Revolutionary War.  He has produced satisfactory evidence to me of his having served as a private soldier in the said War  from his reduced circumstance I am satisfied he needs the assistance of his country for support which has been proved to my satisfaction --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Court this twenty eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and in the forty fourth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. -- 
John S Richardson

Was Col. Thompson n the contine [illegible] service.