Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9939, for Benjamin South, New Jersey
Page 1

SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey South, Benjamin R.9939
Elizabeth
Page 2

Benjn Campbell, Jr Philada
& Pen Agent Apr 22, '37
1108[illegible]
Pennsylvania
Benjamin South
of Green Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Capt Barr of the Regt commanded
by Col Scudder in the Pennsylvania
line for 
9 Months Pr. $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 30 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of March
1833 -- and
Sent to Wm. S. Hawkins, Waynesburg
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 60.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 - 15 -
$75.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk
Book C - Vol. 5, Page 52
Page 3

No 13,912
Elizabeth South
wid of Benjamin
Pen
Act 7 July 1838.
Morris Owen
Pittsburgh
Pa
Page 4

State of Virginia
County of Monongalea Ss
On this 26th day of March 1849 - personally appeared in Open Court Enoch South aged sixty one years resident of the County of Greene & State of Pennsylvania who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount due to the heirs of Elizabeth South deceased widow of Benjamin South under the act of Congressed passed 7th July 1838 & the acts subsequent thereto
This declarant States that he is the son of Benjamin South deceased a Soldier of the revolution & a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 30$ per annum, and who died in the Township of Dunkard & County of Greene in the said State of Pennsylvania on the second (2d) day of May in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839) -
This declarant further states that he is the son of Elizabeth South, the widow of the said Benjamin South, that the maiden name of this declarants mother the said Elizabeth was Elizabeth Slack, that she was married to the said Benjamin South in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight (1778) (as this declarant believes) in the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey -
This declarant further states that the annexed record marked A is a leaf taken from his said fathers family Bible & once contained (as this declarant believes) a true & original record of the births of the children of the said Benjamin & Elizabeth South, as recorded in the
Page 5

hand writing of the said Benjamin South many years since, that by reason of age the original entries as made by his said father are nearly effaced, only one of the original entries being now disernable, that said record was preserved by his said father while he lived & since his decease has been in the possession of the widow & one of the children. That the record marked B, is a true Copy made from the said original record of the said Benjamin South, & was made about fifty years since & is in the hand writing of a Mr Otho M Minor, that it was made by the knowledge & consent of the said Benjamin South & has been in the possession of one of the children of the said Benjamin & Elixabeth from the time it was made, that it has been regarded by the family of the said Benjamin & Elizabeth South for many years as a true & correct record of the births of the said Benjamin & Elizabeth South & their children & was the only written evidence on which they relied for a knowledge of their births -
This declarant further states from information & belief derived from his said father, that the said Benjamin South served in the war of the revolution as a private in the New Jersey Militia sometime & as a teamster for a period of more than twelve months -
This declarant further states that his mother the said Elizabeth South died on the third (3d) day of April in the year eighteen
Page 6

hundred & forty eight (1848) in the said township of Dunkard, that after the death of her husband the said Benjamin South she did not again Marry but died being his widow -
This declarant further states that the said Benjamin & Elizabeth South left two children surviving them now living, whose names are Rebecca Minor & Enoch South -
And further saith not -
Sworn & subscribed} Enoch South
the day & year}
above written}
before me{
James Evans J.P.}
State of Virginia
County of Monongalia Ss
I Wartman T Willey, Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that at a Court ---- held in & for said County on the 26th day of March 1849 - it was proven by the exhibition of testimony satisfactory to said Court that Benjamin South dec eased a revolutionary pensioner of Dunkard Township in the County of Greene & State of Pennsylvania died on the second (2d) day of May in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839), that his widow Elizabeth South died on the third (3d) day of April in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight (1848), that the said Benajmin & Elizabeth South left two children surviving them now living whose names are Rebecca Minor & Enoch South and that the said Elizabeth did not intermarry after the death of her husband the said
Page 7

Benjamin South, but died being his widow
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court & County
this 26th day of March 1849 -
W. T. Willey
[Illegible]
Pennsylvania
Benjamin South
his [illegible] and [illegible]
[Illegible] 18[illegible]
ago
Sarah Minor
[Illegible]
Elizabeth
A
Page 8

Charles South
his hand an
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
and Benjamin and
[Illegible] Ber[illegible]
[Illegible]
Page 9

Benjamin South was born
Feb 5 175[illegible]
Elizabeth South was born
June 18th 1755
Sarah South was born
Novr 14th 1779
Enoch South was born
July 27th 1787
Elizabeth South was born
July [illegible] 1798
John (B) 1778
1815
Ann 177[illegible]
37
Page 10

Pennsylvania}
Greene County Ss} On this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County and State Benjamin South a residence of Green township in the County of Greene and State aforesaid aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath in conformity with his directions from the War department amend his declaration (heretofore made & dated 27th August 1832) as [the words the following are crossed out] follows viz: 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 [the words eight months as a private are crossed out] nine months at least to [illegible] one month under Capt. Ba[illegible] one month under Capt. Combes - two months under Capt. Skank - deponent served one month at Cranberry near Brunswick but cant recollect his officers he also found a substitute who served one month for this deponent - the word two is crossed out] one month at least under Capt. Stout - deponent served a month stationed first as [the word the is crossed out] Trenton - then at the black horse near Burlington - then returned to Trenton, officers not recollected except Genl Dickenson - one month under Capt James De[illegible] - the year or time of the year when these various months tours were performed is not recollected - but from the circumstances of his having been seventeen when he entered the army, he supposed that it must have been in 1776 when first entered the army - He this deponent is confident that he served at least nine months & thinks more but claims for nine months -
Sworn & Subscribed
before me 28th Dec 1832. Benjamin South
Richard Kenwood
Page 11

We Thomas Maple a Clergyman residing in Dunkard township and Danl Boughner - residing in Monongalia township County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin South who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed Thomas Mapel
the day and year aforesaid. Danl Boughner
John Minor

And I the said John Minor associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid hereby certify that it appears to me that Thomas Maple who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Dunkard township County & State aforesaid and that Danl Boughner who has also signed the same is a resident in Monongahela township, County & state aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
John Minor
Page 12

Pennsylvania}
Greene County Ss.} I Willliam T. Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid hereby Certify that the Honourable John Minor whose name appears to the foregoing deposition & certificate is & was at the time of signing the same one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid and that the name "John Minor" thereto subscribed is his proper signature - I also certify that Richard Kenwood Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration was made is and was at the time of taking and signing the same an acting justice of the peace duly commissioned & sworn and that the name Richard Kenwod thereto subscribed is his proper signature - In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal of office the 8th January 1833 -
Wm T Hays
Page 13

State of Pennsylvania}
Greene County Ss.} On this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid (it being a Court of record) Benjamin South a resident of Greene township in the County of Greene and State aforesaid aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
Interrogatories put to applicant & his answers:
1st. Where and in what year were you born. Deponent answers that he was born in Windsor township, Middlesex County State of New Jersey in the year of 1758. and in the month of February.
2nd. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Deponent answers that he had a record of his age in his family bible, but it is not recollected.
3rd. Where were you living when called into the service: where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Deponent answers that when called into the service he lived in Windsor township, Middlesex County New Jersey - that he continued to live there till the year 1794 when he removed to Greene County, Pennsylvania where he has lived ever since and now lives -
4th. How were you called into the service & were you drafted did you volunteer or were you
Page 14

a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Deponent answers that the militia in the neighbourhood were classed, that each class had to serve every other month and sometimes oftener. That this deponent was called out or drafted according to the regulation - deponent cannot now recollect the exact day that he entered the service of the United States but he thinks it was in his seventeenth year - deponent is certain in his own mind that it was after the British took possession of New York - deponent was first called out under Capt. James Barr - the Col. was Wm. Scudder - we were stationed at Woodbridge above South Amboy - dept served out this month and was verbally discharged - dept. was next called out under Capt. Jonathan Combs - One [Illegible] I think was Major - we were stationed at Elizabethtown and served either one or two months - dept. was next called out under Capt. John Scank - John [Illegible] was Col. and one Egbert was Major - we were stationed at Elizabeth town and served two months and were verbally discharged by the Captain - dept. was next calld out and cannot now recollect the officers we were stationed at Cranberry near Brunswick - at this time the british lay in Brunswick deponent found a substitute [the word and is crossed out] for one month and served one month personally and was verbally discharged - dept was next calld out under Capt. Saml Stout - we were stationed at New Ark while there some enlisted soldiers came - and Capt. Stouts company including deponent went of a scout to Passyunk [illegible] we served within one or two months not certain which and were verbally discharged - dept. was next calld out [the word under is crossed out] officers not recollected except Genl Dickinson we were stationed first at Trenton - then at the black horse back of Burlington - the British were at Philadela at this time - we returned to near
Page 15

Trenton served out the month and was verbally discharged - dept. [the words was next called out are crossed out] omitted to state in its proper place that while under the command of Col John Nelson he was in an engagement on Staten Island with the refugees & british and we were driven back to Near Elizabeth town - deponent was next called out under Capt James De[illegible] - Col Nixon was there but does not recollect whether [illegible] in his command - we were stationed at Spottswood and served a month and were verbally discharged - deponent cannot now distinctly recollect more than the above service.
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
Sworn to and Subscribed Benjamin South
the 27th day of Augt. 1832.
John Minor
Page 16

Greene County SS The State of Pennsylvania -
Personally appeared before me Richd Kenwood one of the Justices of the peace in & for the county aforesd Stephen Mapel a citizen of the aforesd county & after being duly Sworn as the Law directs, deposeth & Saith, that the material Substance of the before declaration is true, to his own knowledge & that he was acquainted with the whole of the before named officers & that the deponent had actually Served with the applicant a considerable time in the revolutionary war, the time not particularly remembered
Sworn & Subscribed Stephen Mapel
this 4th day of Septr 1832
Richard Kenwood

Greene County Ss The Commonwealth of Pa
Personally appeared Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and Commonwealth aforesaid Lot Lantz Esqr and on his solemn affirmation saith the he this Deponent has been well acquainted with the within namaned applicant for the space of twenty five years or upwards and during that time and still does Sustain a good Reputation in the neabourhood where the aforesaid applicant lives and further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed Lot Lantz
this 4th day of Sept.
1832 Before me
Corbly Garard
Page 17

No 7.956
Elizabeth South,
wid of Benjamin
Pa
July 4, 1836
Hon. J. L. Dawson
Brownsville
Pa
Page 18

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress passed the 4th day of July A.D. 1836.
State of Penna}
Greene County}
On the 28th day of March A.D. 1833, personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Enoch South, a resident of Dunkard Township, Green County and State of Pennsylvania, aged sixty six years. Who being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith and on his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836: That South the mother of the declarant, was the widow of Benjamin South deceased, who was a private in the Army of the United States, He further declares that according to the best information he can get on the subject, that the said Benjamin and Elizabeth South (formerly Slack) were married about the year 1779 on 1780, and that the said Benjamin South died on the 2d day of May A.D. 1839 and that she remained a widow from the death of the said Benjamin South till her own death which occured at the date aforesaid as will more fully appear by reference to the proof thereto annexed.
Page 19

The foregoing statement sworn and subscribed before me this 28th day of 
March AD 1833 Enoch South
[Illegible] Garrison Justice of the Peace
Page 20

No 8007
Pennsylvania
Suspd. Novr 15, 1832
[Illegible] 4. 5. [the numbers 6 7 and 10 are crossed out] 11 12. 14. 16.
To Wm G. Hawkins
Waynesborough
Pa
Admd.
9 mos
private p 113
[Illegible] 30.
Page 21

BRIEF in the case of Benjn South of Green County of Green in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1822.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that this applicant is disabled b bodily infirmity? It does.
3. How old is he? 74
4. State [illegible], as [illegible] the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.
In 17 1 [month] Capts Barr, Scank
1 or 2 Mths * Stout, Col Scudder
2 [months]
1 [month] & Nixin
1 [month]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Staten Island
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Windsor, Middlesex County New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective - 
Neither Year, month or the length of time
stated, as required by the Regulations
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas Wilson Examining Clerk.
Page 22

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
May 28, 1927
Mrs. Asia Williamson
206 S. Center St.
Orange, Calif
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 9939,
it appears that Benjamin South was born in February 1758 in Windsor Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
While residing in said Windsor Township, he
served as a private in the New Jersey Militia, as
follows --
From 1776, one month in Captain James Barr's
Company, Colonel William Scudder's Regiment, one month in Captain Jonathan Combs' Company, two months in Captain John Schenck's Company, Colonel John Neilson's Regiment, and was in an engagement on Staten Island, one month, names of officers not given, one month in Captain Samuel Stout's Company, one month under General Dickinson, and one month in Captain James
DeBow's Company, Colonel Nixon's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
Page 23

cuted August 27, 1832, while a resident of Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier married 1778, 1779 or 1780 in Middlesex
County, New Jersey, Elizabeth Slack, who was
born June 4, 1755. He died May 2, 1839 in Dunkard Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and she died there April 3, 1848.
Children Sarah, born November 14, 1779; Enoch
born July 27, 1787; Elizabeth born July 1798;
Rebecca, date of birth not on record.
In 1849, the surviving children were Enoch, and Rebecca Minor.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Page 24

1908 [Illegible] Hist to
C.A. South [Illegible]
1927 - May 28 - Hist to Mrs.
Asia Williamson See letter
in John Minor S.2840 AWF.

[The words Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878. are crossed out.]

9939
P.O.
Elizabeth South
Service:
Enlisted: NJ REJECTED, 18  .
Discharged:       , 18  .
Application filed:     , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for     , 18  .
Page 25

Benjamin South. Green Co  Pa. Act 7 June 1832 [Illegible]}
$20 pr Ann}
To what time was he last paid?
G. C. A.
Pension Office} Pd to 4th Mar. 1839.
August 1 49} BLB
Page 26

No 13.912
Elizabeth South ded
Pa
Let Morris Owen 11th Augt 1849
"        "           " Sept 1st           "
Hon J.J. Dawson [Illegible]
10. 1857
Same - June 8, 1852.
" Same   "   18    "
Act 7 July 1839
Page 27

Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New Jersey for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.
NO. OF DATE. SIGNED BY. PAYABLE TO. AMOUNT.
CERTIF.
1389 May 1, 1784 Thomson Stelle Benjamin South L1.13.9
STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
I , CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from, and compared with the original, now remaining in my office.--
And I do further certify, that Thomson Stelle was, by an Act, passed by the Legislature of this State, December 20, 1783, entitled, "An Act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to provide for the settlement of the same," appointed a Commissioner for the County of Middlesex
for the purpose of settling and adjusting the Pay-rolls of the Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed by seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this twenty Second day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Charles G. McChesney
Secretary of State.
Page 28

Pittsburgh August 27" 49
Sir.
In your letter of the 11th inst. in speaking of the case of the widow of Benj South you stated "It will be necessary for the applicant to furnish some proof of South's service in addition" &c
Enclosed I send you a certificate of his service. Also a letter from the Secretary of N.J. shewing why no further proof of service can be furnished.
Please inform me if you admit the service is sufficiently proven, if so th[illegible] will proof on the other points he made out and sent you.
I have the honor to be with great
respect your obt Servt
Morris Owen
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 29

Ho. of Rep
June 9th/52
Dr. Sir.
I would thank you to inform me if Benjamin South (to whom a pension was granted by the U.S) a soldier in the revolutionary war? was a teamster in the service, and if so, whether he is entitled to any pay in addition to the pension that he has received
Respectfully
Jno L Dawson
Capt F.F.C Tuplett
Page 30

State of Pennsylvania
County of Greene Ss
Personally appeared before me Wm Boone a Justice of the Peace in and for said County David Lucas a resident of the Township of Dunkard in said County and made oath according to law that he was personally acquainted with Benjamin South deceased late of said Township & County who was [illegible] to be a revolutionary Soldier or pensioner of the United States and his widow Elizabeth South; that the said Elizabeth South died on the third (3d) day of April in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight (1848) in said township - that he made her Coffin & by reffrence to his account finds a charge entered for the making of said Coffin under the date of April 4" 1848 -
And further saith not -
Sworn & subscribed in}
due form of law on this} David Lucas
27th day of March 1849}
Before me}
Thos Boone J.P.}
I do certify that the above named David Lucas is [illegible] as I have any knowledge of him a man of respectability and of good Standing in the neighborhood Wm Boone
Page 31

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Greene County S.S.
I Henry L. Pennock, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Greene do Certify that William Boone, before whom the foregoing Affidavit appears to have been made was at the time thereof and Still is a justice of the Peace in and for Said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, to all whose acts as such full faith and Credit are due: And that the Signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Said Court at Waynesburg the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine
H.L. Pennock Prothonotary
Page 32

Lincoln County Bank.
OLDEST BANK IN LINCOLN COUNTY
[Illegible] Canton, South Dak. Oct 21 - 08
[Illegible]
Pension Department Washing D.C.
Will you kindely inform me iff you have any record of Soldier who served in the Revolutionery War. I have some relative by name of Benjamin South Isaac South Elijah South Samuel South who served in the 3rd NJ Malitia in the above war whose record I am looking up and I think your Department can help me in this Matter by letting me know what your Records are in regard to any South who Served in the Revolutionary or War of 1812 will you kindly [illegible] me C A Stout
Page 33

PENSION
A
U. OCT S.
23
1908
OFFICE.

RECORD 
OCT
26
1908
DIVISION
Page 34

NO 7,956.
Elizabeth South [illegible]
wid of Benjamin
Pa
[Illegible] J. L. Dawson
July 21/53.
9939
July 4, 1836
Page 35

3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Gill
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Benjamin South
Service N.J. Service
Additional Service Rev. War
No  claim, State records   , 190
No claim, combination records   , 190
REMARKS:
No claim as above
except R. 9939
Oct. 28, 1908
Chief Division
Page 36

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Burea.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.
CAPTAIN. COLONEL.
1776 1 mo. Pvt. James Barr Wm Scudder N.J.
1 mo Jonathan Combs
2 mos John Schenck John Neilson
1 mo Names of officers not recollected
1 mo Samuel Stout
1 mo Gen'l Dickinson
1 mo James De Bow Nixon
Battles engaged in, Engagement on Staten Island with British and Refugees
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor Twp, Middlesex, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug 27 1832 [Illegible]
Residence at date of application, Greene Twp Greene Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 74 years died May 2, 1839 in Dunkard Twp. Greene Co. Pa born in Windsor Twp, Middlesex Co. N.J. Feb'y 1758.
Remarks: Soldier married in Middlesex Co. N.J. [Illegible] 1778, 1779 or 1780 
Elizabeth Slack who was born June 4, 1753 & died Apr. 3, 1848 in Dunkard Twp., Penna. Children Sarah b. Nov. 10 1779. Enoch b. July 27, 1787. Elizabeth b. July - 1798 and Rebecca Minor 1849 Enoch & Rebecca Minor Date of application for pension for Children not Stated [illegible]
Very respectfully,
Page 37

BrownSville April 16th/33
My Dear Sir
I herewith enclose you the proof required in the application of the heirs of Benjamin South for a balance of his pension. You were kind enough to examine this Case for me during the last Session, and to Suggest what additional proof was necessary. The enclosed fills the measure and I sent it to you, to either give it you own attention or to hand it to some friend that will. - Enoch South the claimant is my personal and political friend and i am anxious to serve him.
Your friend
Jno L Dawson

Respectfully referred
to the Commissioner
of Pensions
Hon P.G. Washington P.G. Washington
19 April 1853
Page 38

Brownsville
June 24th 1851
Dr Sir:
Some time since Mrs Elizabeth South of Greene County in this State made application to the War Department through the agency of Mr R.P. Norton for some claim or pension due her, as the widow of her deceased husband, the late Benjamin South.
Her son Mr Enoch South claims me to enquire, if any action has been had upon her application; and if so, what was the result. Will you please advise me on the subject.
Respectfully
Your obt Servt
Jno L Dawson
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 39

State of Pennsylvania
Green County SS
Personally appeared before me the subscribed a Justice of the peace in & for Sd County - Robert Mapel who being duly Sworn saith that he was acquainted with Benjamin South & Elizabeth South his wife that his first acquaintance with them from about or before the year 1791 in the State of New Jersey that deponents Mother was a Sister to Elizabeth frequently told him that she was at the weding of the said Benjamin & Elizabeth in the State of New Jersey & that from the time he first knew them till the Death of the Sd Benjamin which took place about the year 1839 as near as he can recollect and that the Sd Benjamin was a pensioner of the revolution as deponent has always understood & that the Sd Benjamin & Elizabeth lived together as husband & wife & raised Severel children that they always Esteemed & respected as such by all their neighbours & acquaintances the Eldest Daugter of the Benjamin & Elizabeth was Sarah was about the age of Deponent whose age is now about 70 years -
that they removed to Greene County Penna from New Jersey about the year 1794 or 1795 that deponent lived a Neighbour to the sd Benjamin & Elizabeth in Greene County [illegible] from the time they removed to this county untill the time of the Sd benjamin that the Sd Elizabeth lived several years after the Death of the Sd Benjamin
and further Saith not -
Sworn & Subscribed this first
Day of April AD 1853 befor me Robert Mapel
J S Garrison
J.P.
Page 40

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Greene County S.S.
I, John Lindsey Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Greene, do hereby certify that James Garrison, [illegible] before whom the foregoing declaration and deposition were taken, was at the time and still is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due: and that the signatures attached to [illegible] I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court of Waynesburg this eleventh day of April A.D. 1853
John Lindsey Prothonotary
Page 41

State of Pennsylvania
Greene County SS
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the Sd County Lot Lantz who being Duly Sworn Saith that he was acquainted with Benjamin South & Elizabeth South his wife that his first acquaintance was [illegible] & that they lived together as husband & wife untill the death of the said Benjamin they raised a small family of Children that [illegible] Elizabeth lived Several years after the Death of the Sd Benjamin that they respected & Esteemed as husband & wife [illegible] all their neighbours and that the said Benjamin was a pensioner of the revolution as deponent has always understood, that the deponent lived a near neighbour to the Sd Benjamin & Elizabeth in Greene County Pennsylvania untill their Death
and further saith now
Sworn & Subscribed this [illegible]
Day of April AD 1853 Lot Lantz
Before me
Jas Garrison
J.P.
Page 42

Payments to be made
at [Illegible]
by [Illegible]
Agent for paying Pension
ers, in the Agency of
Pennsylvania
Recorded in the Pensnion Of
fice, in Book E, Vol. 5
Page 52 by
John T. Spurgeon Clerk
Page 43

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Benjamin South [illegible] of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and    cents per annum, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 23d day of
March one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three.
Examined and}
Countersigned.}
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 44

Pennsylvania Greene County Ss.
I William T. Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid, do Certify that the Honorable John [Illegible] before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and whose signature appears to the same, is an Associate Judge in and for the County of Greene Aforesaid duly Commissioned and full faith is due to his Official Acts. And I do further Certify Richard Kenwood and Corbly Garrard Esqrs are Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Greene and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, duly Commissioned, and full faith is due to their Official acts -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court at Waynesburg the eighth day of September A.D. 1832
Wm. T. Hays