Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8690, Josiah Harrell, N.C.
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N.C. Harrell, Josiah S. 8690
Born in N.C.   carded
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Order to pay May 10, 1837
Date of death not on A.B.

23,893
North Carolina
Josiah Harrell of Bertie in the State of N. Car
who was a pr in the _______ commanded by Captain _______ of the Regn commanded by Col Ramsey in the N. Car line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina in the rate of 20 Dollars ______ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April, 34. and Sent Wm W Cherry,
Colerain, N.Car.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 34                       60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 21 Sept           10
                                                                     ___
                                                                   $70
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. [illegible] Page 58
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No 305 JH.
Josiah Harrell
N.C.
Ad as private
6 mo. $20
Wm W Cherry
Colerain, NC.
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State of North Carolina
Bertie County
On this 13th day of August, 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions now sitting Josiah Harrell. a resident of Bertie County and State of North Carolina; aged Sixty Nine years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth, on his Oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832;
That he was born in the County of Bertie and State of North Carolina on the 26th May 1763; that he has the record of his age in the Family Bible. That he was drafted into the service of the United States in the month of December in the year 1779 for the term of Three months [illegible] Captain Allen Ramsay; that the Company was marched direct to Charlestown South Carolina; that on their way, they were joined by no other Company and on their arrival in Charlestown were placed under the command of Genl. Benjamin Lincoln, that he served in Charlestown till the expiration of his Term of Three months & he is of opinion longer, as he thinks he was discharged on May __ (but of this his memory is too imperfect to speak positively) by his Captain Allen Ramsay but has lost the discharge. He is unable to recollect the names of any officers except those named above & one Col Sharp. He further states that in the year 1781 he was again drafted for the Term of Three months under Capt. John Walton & marched to Wilmington North Carolina. That during his term of service in Wilmington, they recd intelligence of the [illegible} of Corn Wallis at Yorktown v.a. That at the expiration of his Term he was discharged by his Capt John Walton. That he served both terms in the capacity of a private Soldier.
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That upon his discharge he returned to Bertie County North Carolina & has continued to reside ever since and is now residing upon the same piece of Land.
He further states that he has no documentary evidence by which he can substantiate his statement; and that he does not know more than two or three those living who served with him. Isaac Hendrixen & Jethro Butler
whose certificates are herewith annexed served with this applicant in Charlestown South Carolina. He further states that he is known to most persons in his neighbourhood
& particularly to the oldest citizens of the neighbourhood among which number are Luke White Peter White, Josiah Holley & James Wilson
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
N.B. He states further that there is no Clergyman in his neighbourhood who was living during the Revolutionary war
& none who lives within 20 or 25 miles of this applicant & who are well acquainted with him.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 13 Augt 1833
Jon. Taylor Clk
Josiah Harrell
mark
We Isaac Hendrixen & Jethro Butler certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Harrell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty
nine years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we served with him in Charlestown South Carolina as stated in the above declaration under Capt Allen Ramsay &
are of opinion that he was drafted in December 1778 & discharged in May following
Sworn & Subscribed to me this this 13 Augt 1833
Jon S Taylor
Isaac Hendrixen
{illegible] Butler
mark
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III
We Josiah Holley, James Wilson, Luke White, Peter White
residents of the County of Bertie & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we have long known Josiah Harrell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we have always lived in the same neighbourhood with him; that he has always sustained
as fair a character for honesty & Truth as any man in the County, in fact that he is universally esteemed by those who know him for these traits in his character; that it is [illegible]
& believed in this neighbourhood that he was a soldier in the revolution; that we have always heard & believed this fact from the time of the revolution to the present day; that it is within the knowledge of some of us that he was drafted as a Soldier, but as to his service we have no recollection, but believe entirely in the statement he has made above
Jos Holley
Luke White
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Peter White
Jas Wilson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter  & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Soldier of the revolution & served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that they 
said Isaac Hendrixen, Jethro Butler, Josiah Holley, Luke White, Peter White and James Wilson are residents of the County of Bertie & are creditable persons and their statement entitled to credit.
I, Jonathan S. Taylor, Clerk of the Court of 
Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Bertie County & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the
application of Josiah Harrell for a pension [illegible] whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 14 day of August 1833
Jon. Taylor Clk
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October 11, 1937

Mrs. Leonard M. Clemett
120 Glynn Court
Detroit, Michigan

JOSIAH HARRELL
S. 8690
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Josiah Harril who was born in Bertie County, North Carolina, and served in the Revolutionary War.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier name Josiah Harrell, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8690, based upon his service in that war.

Josiah Harrell was born May 26, 1763, in Bertie County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina, he enlisted in December, 1779, and served a private in Captain Allen Ramsay's North Carolina company, length of tour three months. He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as private in Captain John Walton's North Carolina company.

After the Revolution, the soldier returned to Bertie County, North Caroline, where he was residing when pension was allowed on his application executed August 13, 1855.

There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Josiah Harrell, certificate No 25695, issued April 20, 1834, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1852, North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1932 Aug 26 - Hist to Marion Harrell - MLB
1937 Oct 11 - Hist to Mr [illegible]
1940, May 16 Hist to Marybelle Delamo [illegible]

8690
INVALID
No. 8690
Josiah Harrell
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. [illegible], Page 161
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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August 26, 1932

BA-J/MLB
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JOSIAH HARRELL
S. 8690

Marion Harrell
1655 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Florida

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Josiah Harrell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8690, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Josiah Harrell.

He was born May 26, 1765, in Bertie County, North Carolina.

He enlisted in December, 1779, and served as a private in Captain Allen Ramsay's North Carolina company, length of this tour three months. He enlisted in 1781 as a private in Captain John Walton's North Carolina company and served three months.

After the Revolutionary War the soldier returned to Bertie County, North Carolina, where he was living when pension was allowed on his application executed August 13, 1833.

There are no family data in the claim.

The above history is that of the only soldier named Josiah Harrell found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Mrs. Leonard H. Clemett
120 Glynn Court
Detroit, Michigan

Rec'd
Sep 2 1937
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm. Reader #4

August 31, 1937

Pension Dept. of the Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Is there on file any record of a pension as having been grated to Josiah Harril who served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution? He was born in Bertie County, North Carolina and died in 1783.

I have a certified copy of a specie certificate from the North Carolina Historical
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Commission which was taken from the North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Vol. X, page 30, folio 3. The name is spelled Harril on this certificate although the family now spell it Harrell.
I am sorry that I have not more information on Josiah Harril.
Thank you very much for any help you can give me in finding out more about my ancestor.
Very truly yours,
Erma H. Clemett
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{Received stamp illegible]

Raleigh, N.C.
April 11, 1940

Veterans Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send me the pension record of one Josiah Harrell, on the pension roll War of the Revolution, from Gates County, N. C.

I will appreciate your courtesy.

Very truly yours

Marybelle Delamar
Box 305, Raleigh, N. C.
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July 10, 1932

Received 
August 18, 1932
[illegible]

Veterans Administration
Dept of Revolutionary Records

Dear Sirs
If the files of your office shows that a Revolutionary soldier from North Carolina by the name of Josiah Harrell applied for a pension. I will thank you for any information this pension paper may afford. I believe Josiah Harrell was born in Gates County N.C. and was in Elisha Rhodes Company at one time

Sincerely
Marion Harrell
1655 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Fla
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May 16, 1940

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JOSIAH HARRELL
S. 8690
BA-J/MLB

Marybelle Delamar
Box 305
Raleigh, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Josiah Harrell of North Carolina.

You are furnished below the record of the only soldier with the name Josiah Harrell found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 8690, based upon his service in that war.

Josiah was born May 26, 1763 in Bertie County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina, Josiah Harrell enlisted in December, 1779, and served as private in Captain Allen Ramsay's North Carolina company, length of tour three months. He enlisted again in 1781 and served three months as private in Captain John Walton's North Carolina company.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1833, while a resident of Bertie County, North Carolina.

It is not stated whether or not Josiah Harrell ever married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Josiah Harrell, certificate #{illegible], issued April 20, 1834, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator