Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12930, James Anderson, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  N.C.
Anderson, James
NUMBER  S. 12930

Born in Pa
carded
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CONTENTS   [blank]
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13501
Kentucky
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James Anderson (6)
[illegible: Clin?] in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Dickson of the Regt. commanded by Col Davis in the N Carolina line for 11 months & 11 days

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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 57 Dollars -- Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May [illegible] and sent to D.S. Hays Hopkinsville
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Arrears to the 4th of March               75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    18.50
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$93.50
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, 
Book E   Vol. 7    Page 1
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State of Kentucky Christian County S.S.
On this 3d day of Sept 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Christian County Court now Sitting James Anderson a resident of said County & State aged Eighty four or Eighty five years the the 5th Sept 1832 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 7th 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated - 
he resided in Roan [Rowan] County North Carolina when the Revolutionary war commenced [.] he went to Charleston with his waggon [wagon] & Team and was pressed into the service [,] he entered the 3d of May with his waggon [wagon] & Team and continued until the 23rd of July following n the year 1776 the 15th of August following he was drafted to go against te Cherokee Indians and Continued three months in service Genl Reatherford [Rutherford] was commander of the army and Capt Fall commander the company he belonged to [.] we had no engagement on that expedition [.] he then returned home and was frequently engaged in what was called the minute Service for something like 3 years on short turns against the Tories when ever called [.] for the next was on a Volunteer Expedition to Broad river
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against Col Ferguson [.] I went under the command of Maj Davidson the year not recollected [.] this was a short tour of perhaps 3 weeks [.] the next was a 3 months Tour as a Volunteer under the Command of Col Davie and Capt Dixon commanded the Company to which I was attached [,] this was in the year1780 or 81 & I am not certain which [.] we marched to Charlotte against Cornwallis we had no general engagement on this expedition but had a little skirmish with the British at the sasseyfras fields where we lost [,] some few killed [.] I also was in a reconoitering [reconnoitering] party that fell in with and Captured an Express sent by Col Ferguson to Cornwallis to Charlotte for aid [.] the next Tour I was drafted as a guard for the Brittish [British] prisoners that was [sic] taken at the Utaw [Eutaw] Springs [.] [note above the line: they were brought to us in] Roan [Rowan] County N.C and to march them to the Virginia line which we done [sic] and delivered then to Col Penn where we first heard of the Capture of Cornwallis [.] the term was as near as I now recollect about 2 months & Capt Cowan commanded the guards [.] after the close of the war I removed to Kentucky about the year 1797 or 98 where I have resided ever Since ~
S/James Anderson
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8993
James Anderson

from 1776 private 11 months 10 days
return
$37.00/100

5.13.       P-28.
Int 1.2.7.

Dickson
Davis
N.C.

See let Nov 7th 1832
D. L Hays
Hopkinsville
Ky
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8993
BRIEF in the case of  James Anderson County of Christian in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 84

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

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[table with the following headers: Period. (In.) | Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days,) | Rank (As a) | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served (Gen.) | ]
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May 3d. In 1776 | - - 20 | - | - | 

2d tour Vol to - | perhaps - 21 | private | Capt Dixon [,] Maj Davidson

3d tour 1780 or '81 | - 3 " ~ |   | Col. Davie. Capt Dixon

4th draftd. yr not mentioned | about 2" - | - | Capt Cowan

frequent called into Service in the militia about 3 yrs " - |   | 



5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Roan [Rowan] County N. Car:


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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

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


T. Waugh  Examining Clerk.
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James Anderson
24054
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Return Case
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Christian County Set

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid James Anderson 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 - first when pressed into the Service with his waggon [wagon] he is well satisfied that he served two months & 20 days as Stated in his Declaration of the 3d Sept 1832 to which this is an amendment - the 2d was a three months tour as a private under the command of Genl Rutherford. he cannot state the number of times or the length of his tours against the Tories, but the Catawba River divided the Settlement in in [sic] which he lived from that of the tories and he is well Satisfied that for the Space nearly three years. he was at all times in readiness to march against them and that the whole neighbourhood in which he lived was often mustered into service to fight the Tories - that in many instances he would turn out and go a few days in pursuit of them without being able
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to overtake & engage with them - that he will not say that he was he was engaged in pursuit of the Tories Eighteen months - or that he was that time actually engaged in the minute Service - but he will say that he was actually engaged in that Service for more than three months - unless holding in readiness & other loss of time were to be included which would lengthen his service very much - he will therefore positively assert the whole of his claim against the government for services in the war of the Revolution in the following manner
1st tour as a waggoner with team 2 mo & 20 days
2d Do [ditto] with Genl Rutherford - 3 --
3d. Do minute service - say - 3 --
4th Do against Col Ferguson - - 21
5. Do under Col Davis [or Davie] - - - - 3 --
6. Do to guard the prisoners taken } 2 --
at the Battle of the Eutaw Springs } ____________
making in all fourteen months   14 " 01
 2.10
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11.11
for which he Claims a pension - 
he was born in the State of Pennsylvania
Little York County - in the year 1748 or 49 - he does not know which - 
He has no Record of his age except one made by his Son in his Bible some four five years since - He would name Robt Lewis [,] Jas Gelmer Jr. [,] Jas Gelmer senr. [,] Thos Fruit [,] Aron Boyd [,] Robt Hall
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and Could name many others of his near neighbours who can testify as to his character for Veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution -
James [his mark P] Anderson

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 13th March 1833
S/D S Hays JP


Commonwealth of Kentucky }
County of Christian - to wit }
I Abraham Stites the Clerk of the County Court of Christian County aforesaid do hereby certify that D. S. Hays Gentleman whose name appears to be subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of making the same and is now an acting justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith is due to his official acts & that his signature above is genuine

[seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of te said County the 15th day of March 1833 in the 41st year of the Commonwealth. &c
S/Abraham Stites
CCCC
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.       3-525                                 (7)

En_____DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
om____    BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
______   Washington, D. C.,   Jan. 17, 1922
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In reply to your request of _______, received _______ for a statement of the military history of Jas. Anderson.  a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.     S. 12930
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[table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE |]

May 3, 1776 | & served at. var. times in all about 14 mos. | Pvt. | { Falls { Dixon { Cowan | Davie | N.C.



Battles engaged in, Skirmish

Residence of solider at enlistment,  Rowan Co., N.C

Date of application for pension,  Sept 3, 1832. Al [allowed]

Residence at date of application, Christian Co., Ky.

Age at date of application, b. Sept 5, 1747, 1748 or 1749 in Little York Co, Pa.

Remarks:  He refers to a son, no name stated, nor name of wife ^In 1833 - No fur fam. data -

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
6-2856
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1911 June 22-Hist. to Mrs. John E. Helms from card catalogue ¢
1912 Aug. 26. to Mrs. Penelope J. Allen. ¢
1922, Jan. 17 to Daisy Magee- Ew-
see letter in James Anderson. S.30827.




12.930
Rev War √ INVALID.
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File No. 12.930
James Anderson
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. __________, Page _____________

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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He further states that he is well satisfied he served in the whole - in the Service of the United States during the War of the Revolution at least two years service according to the above Declaration - and that this Declaration Contains full answers to the Interogatories [interrogatories] put by the Department So far as he Recollects them 

He 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 in the United States -
S/James Anderson

Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid -


We John Bobbitt a Clergyman residing in the County aforesaid and Josiah Anderson & James Gilmour residing in the same county Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Anderson who has Subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid - 
S/John Bobbitt
S/Josiah Anderson
S/James Gilmour


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
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who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Christian aforesaid and that Josiah Anderson and James Gilmour who also signed the same are residents of said County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit 

I Abraham Stites Clerk of the Court of Christian County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Anderson for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of September 1832 and in the 41st year of the Commonwealth
[seal]
S/Abraham Stites C.C.C.C


J Anderson
(XC)
Received [or Record] 


8993
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Apl 11.
Ky. 24054


Hopkinsville Ky                             Free
15 March                 Old Ret'd Case

Hon Lawless
{ Secretary of War
mail { Washington City DC
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Hopkinsville Mch 15th 1833    (4)

Dear Sir
I again enclose you the papers of Jas Anderson with his amended Declaration according to your instructions - be pleased to attend to them without delay - 

The papers of Jonathan Clark D Johnson Wm. Gray - Jas Gilmor. Isaac Palmer Hardy Davis Jas Stuart I have not heard from -

The Declaration of Charles Thomas is said by Hon P Thomas not to be found in the department this must be a mistake as they were mailed in the same envelope for the City with a letter to P Thomas which was duly Red [received] by him - they must be misplaced [.] Saml Youngloves has not yet come to hand 

Yours Sir
DS Hays
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Morristown Tenn
June 18, 1911

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
In regard to James Anderson of Kentucky, I cannot give any officers under whom he might have fought during the Revolution. I can give some family history that would perhaps locate him. He lived in 1796 in Madison Co. Kentucky.

He married Sally Hall Lynn
She was before her marriage Sally Hall. His children were:
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2
William Anderson, Thankful Anderson, Lydia Anderson and James Anderson. His daughter Thankful was born Feb 7, 1775
James Anderson: father-in-law was Wm Hall and his children were, Sally, William, Richard & John. Genl. William Hall of Sumner Co. Tenn was his son.

To try and approximate his birth would be to only guess. Judging from the birth of his daughter Thankful who was born in 1775, and she was his third child I would say
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3
he must have been born between 1840 and 1850.

I hope this may prove satisfactory. It seems so hard to locate the Revolutionary men, as the records are so difficult to obtain and family histories did not deem it necessary. to record them.

Hoping I may gain the necessary information, I am,
Very Respectfully -
Mrs John E. Helms,

James Anderson may have at one time lived in Wayne Co. Ky.

[
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[letterhead illegible but reads partially "Hotel"]
August 19, 1912

Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly send me a copy of [underline] James Anderson's [/underline] application for a pension, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was born Sept 5. 1748 in Little York Co. Penn. He fought in North Carolina under Colo. Davie, Maj.
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Davidson, Capts. Fall, Dixon, and Cowan. His widow's name was [underline] Sallie [/underline] Hall Lynn.
Yours
(Mrs.) Penelope J. Allen

Tate Spring
Tennessee

[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE D
U. S. AUG 20 1912]
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([illegible] widow)
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Let G. C. Ames July 2/52.


33.003
North Carolina
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James Anderson dec'd
of - in the State of N.C. who was a private in the - commanded by Captain - of the - commanded by - in the Revolution line for 12 months


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Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & Endg Decr. 22" 1843
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25" day of March 1852 and Sent to G.C. Ames Esq
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Arrears to the 4th of    Present
Semi-anl. allowance ending 

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

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E    Vol 6 1/2     Page 44
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Jas Anderson 33.061

[illegible]
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State of Georgia }
County of Houston }
On this Eighteenth day of July, in the year of Christ, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared before the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid in Chambers mat, James Anderson, a resident of the [illegible]th districts Company of Georgia militia, County of Houston, and State of Georgia, aged Eighty years since the 12th Sept. last, according to the best information he, deponent, has, 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 (the date of which not remembered) but it was either the day before or the day after the total eclipse of the sun [June 24, 1778] with Thomas Hill, William Boyer, Dunfrey Harrod, Blake Rabey, Kaden Rabey and Moses Byrd, and served in Forth [fourth] Regiment of the Continental line or [illegible] line, under the following named officers; Captain Tillman Dixson [Tilman Dixon] - and. believe
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that James Hogans was their Major - and also think that Nicholas Long was the Col - That he, in the Town of Winsor [Windsor], County of Bertie, State of North Carolina, on what was called a general muster day, was enlisted for five years by Lieutenants Peter Ashmore and believe the other was Benjamin Boyer, under Captain Tillman Dixson [Tilman Dixon], that he was then directed to headquarters, which was at Hallifax [Halifax], in the County of Hallifax [Halifax], No. Ca. - that he did go to the headquarters, in the course of 8 or 10 days after enlisting as aforesaid, and after arriving at head quarters, he liked his Captain so well that he enlisted during the war. - That he was at Brandy-wine [Brandywine], but was sent off with the Bagage [baggage], having before and at that time, and did afterwards, serve in the capascity [capacity] of a waitman - That he, at the time the troops was sent from the North to Charleston, he went under James Hogans [Hogun], General, and was at Charleston when the town was given up: That he from Hallifax [Halifax], was marched to the north then to Charleston - That he, after being exchanged for near Charleston, was put under General John Pew [Pugh] Williams, and marched to Tar- [Tarboro]
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-borough [Tarboro] No. Ca. That he, while at Tarborough [Tarboro] peace was made, and received his discharge from the said General John Pew [Pugh] Williams 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, 

Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
James [his mark X] Anderson 


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
S/John Chain J.I.C.
S/Edwin Mounger J.I.C.
S/Alex [illegible]


I, Joshua Pattishall, clerk of the [crossed out: Court of] Inferior Court of the County of Houston and State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Anderson for a pension - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, there being no seal of Office, this the, Eighteenth
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day of July in the year of Christ one thousand eight and thirty four -
S/Joshua Pattishall Clk





Cades Raby pt. in Capt. Lewis's Co. 4th Regt. ^for 2 1/2 yrs Dec 26th Octo. 77.

Blake Raby pt Capt. [illegible Blount ?] Co 9th or 10th Regt.
Moses Bird [illegible] Capt. Cowens Co. 4th Regt. in 7th for 3 yrs [illegible] Janry. 78
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[illegible]

February 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20thday of March 1854 and sent to 
John M. [illegible]







217326
[illegible initials]
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[underline] Additional Declaration & evidence in case


Dicey Anderson
now
Dicey Plummer







Filed by 
Jno M. Rose
Fayetteville No Ca
[/underline]
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[underline] Additional Declaration of Dicey Plummer formerly Anderson -- [/underline]

State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions March 7/54
On this the 7th day of March 1854 Personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland Co No Ca Dicey Plummer formerly Dicey Anderson a resident of said County & State aged 55 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 law of the United States, passed 3 Feb 1853. - that she is the widow of James Anderson Decd late, a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States, & under whose right she drew the pension due to him under act. June 7. 1832 - She further swears that she was married to the said James Anderson about 22 years since by Amos Cain, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, but her said Husband said, James Anderson died on the 22d day of March 1843 - that She subsequently married a William Plummer viz on the 26 Day of August 1845, & that said Plummer, died in Oct 1852 & that she is still a widow - that she refers to the proof now on file, to sustain her claim for pension under act Feb 3./1853 and that a declaration of 9th June 1853 was filed, by her atto under error -
Dicey [her mark X] Plummer formerly Dicey Anderson
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Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court -
S/J M Lewis Clerk
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
I Colin McRae. a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County do certify that I married Wm Plummer& Dicey Anderson on or about the 26th day of August 1845, & bound them as man & wife & that said Plummer is now dead & Dicey [illegible] a widow

Given under my hand & seal this 9th day of Febry 1854
S/Colin McRae JP
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State of N. Carolina }
Cumberland Co }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 
March 7, 1854 -.
On this the Seventh day of March 1854 Personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of said Co. Jas Hilborn a Citizen of said County & State who being first duly sworn, states that he was present at the marriage of James Anderson & Dicey his wife, that, they were married [underline] at his house, [/underline] about twenty two years since by Amos Cain a Justice of the Peace in & for said County [.] that they thereafter lived together as man wife till his Andersons death which occurred in the year 1843 - he thinks - He further swears that he was also present at the marriage of Dicey Anderson & William Plummer, that they were married by Colin McRae Esquire Justice of the Peace in & for said Co. on the 26 Aug 1845 & that the said Wm Plummer is likewise decd having died in Oct 1852 - & that Dicey Plummer formerly Anderson is now a widow - & is the identical person named above - He further swears that he is a disinterested witness - in the application of Dicey Plummer for Pension under act Feb 3/53 --
S/James Hilborn
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Sworn to & subscribed in open Court before me
S/J McLaurin Clk
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State of No Carolina }
Cumberland Co }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions March 7, 1854
David Torrance a resident of Fayetteville said Co appeared this day in open court & made oath that he well knew James Anderson late of Cumberland Co NC & Dicey Anderson his wife. that during the lifetime of Jas Anderson they lived together as man & wife & was so acknowledged by the Public generally but Jas Anderson Died to his personal knowledge about November 1843 leaving Dicey His widow - but she subsequently married Wm Plummer, who afterwards died & but Dicey Plummer formerly Anderson is again & still a widow and is the identical, personal now applying for Pension - He further swears that he has no interest in the application of Dicey Plummer formerly Anderson for a pension for the Revolutionary services of Jas Anderson, under act Feb 3/53 - & is therefore a disinterested Witness -
S/David Torrance

Sworn & Subscribed before me in open Court this 7 March 1854
S/J McLaurin
Clerk
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State of No Carolina }
Cumberland Co }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions March 7 1854
On this the 7 day of March 1854 Personally appeared in open Court, David Thames a Resident of said County & State & after being duly Sworn declareth & Sayeth that he was well acquainted with William Plummer the Husband of Dicey Plummer, who has made application as the widow of Jas. Anderson Dec'd. for Pension under act Feb 3/53, that said Plummer died in Said Co in the month of Sept. or Oct 1852 that he was present & knew of his personal knowledge that he is dead & that his wife Dicey Plummer is still a widow & that present applicant is the identical person - 
S/David Thames

Sworn to & Subscribed before me in open Court 
S/J McLaurin Clk
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions March Term 1854
I John McLaurin Clk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County, do Certify, that declaration of Dicey Plummer formerly Dicey Anderson, [illegible in page crease] Hilborn, David Torrance & David Thames were duly sworn to & subscribed, before me in open Court, on the day therein mentioned & do certify that they are all residents of the County of Cumberland No Ca & that the said James Hibbun  [,] David Torrance & David Thames are reliable & credible witnesses, 

And I further Certify, that Colin McRae whose genuine Signature appears to the also annexed Certificate of marriage was on the 26 day of August 1845 a Justice of the Peace in for our said Co & as such was duly authorized to perform the marriage ceremony 

[seal]
Given under my hand & the seal of our said Court this 7th day of March 1854
S/J McLaurin Clerk
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[oval stamp partially reads:
THE INT
21 18
NSION]
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[illegible seal] [illegible] Sept 4 1860
on our books

Fayetteville No Ca
Aug 17 1867.

Dicey Plummer formerly widow of James Anderson a Rev Soldier, placed on the roll on paper filed by me under act Feb 3 1853. at the Agency at Fayetteville, died July 9 1866. She was paid up to Sept 1860 or Mch 1861 - I cannot say which - & her name was of course stricken off the Roll during the war -

I desire to collect for her Children the amt due from the [underline] last payment [/underline] until [underline] her death [/underline] 

The object of this letter is to inquire for the necessary Instructions - & as I in 20 years Correspondence with your department now intentionally misled you - I think it proper to state, that she left [underline] three [/underline] children [,] a daughter & 2 sons & altho I do not [underline] know [/underline] the fact. I have no doubt [underline] both [/underline] the sons were in the [underline] Confederate Service [/underline] as [underline] Conscripts [/underline] from my knowledge of them I say as [underline] Conscripts [/underline] because they were [underline] poor [/underline] & had families & would not have left them except as [underline] Conscripts,  [/underline] one of them may have
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not been in service, being a mechanic may have ^been executed -

Please give me instructions the daughter is an admirable woman & took care of her [underline] bed ridden [/underline] & helpless mother many many years

In AC
Jno M. Rose
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No 36553 issu


Revy. War.
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Pensd. Act Feb. 3. 1853.

Feby 53 - 3875
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Ad: 160 acr [acres] July. 30-56
Boyd



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J. M. Rose
Fayetteville N.C.






Vol. A. 96. -
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DIRECTIONS
The Applicant must sign her name at the bottom of the first page; get two persons as witnesses, and let them first sign together the Certificate of Identity on the next page, and then the Justice of the Peace sign the Certificate immediately following; then it will be necessary to prove the marriage of the party and the death of the soldier, for which separate blank Affidavits are to be filled up: If any one, is living, who was present at the marriage, let the fact be so stated in the Affidavit; if not, to prove they lived together as man and wife, and were so acknowledged by the public generally, will be sufficient. It must be stated in each Affidavit that the soldier is dead, and the applicant is still a widow. Each witness must sign the Affidavit separately. - Let the Justice sign the Certificate of Credibility of the Witness. Get the County Seal, and return the Paper to me at Fayetteville.
JOHN M. ROSE.


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217.326
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ORIGINAL
Bounty Land Claim.
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Act of March 3d, 1855.
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Mrs. Dicey [rubbed out: Plummer]
Widow of Jas. Anderson
[crossed out: Capt.] Rev War
Company ____________________________




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FILED BY 
JOHN M. ROSE,
Fayetteville, N.C.
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Printed at the Argus Job Office, Fayetteville.
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FOR A WIDOW WHO HAS NEVER RECEIVED ANY BOUNTY LAND.
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
On this, the 14 day of [crossed out: June] July one thousand eight hundred and fifty=Five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Dicey Plummer formerly ^Anderson, aged ______ years, a resident of Cumberland, in the State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James Anderson, deceased, who was a Soldier [crossed out: in the Company commanded by Captain] in the Revolution that, for [crossed out: in the _______ Regiment of] declaration as to the Company in which he served & [illegible] the other facts Connected with the service of Said Anderson, the proof of his death, of her marriage to him [crossed out: that her said husband] her Subsequent Marriage to Plummer [crossed out preprinted copy] & his death, She refers, to papers now on file where she obtained the pension due, to said Anderson & where she was put on the Roll under Act Feb 3 1853 as his widow [crossed out preprinted copy] and that she is now a widow, and that no record of her marriage exists, to her knowledge 

He makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855. & she further swears that she has never rec'd Bounty Land under this or any other. & that this is her only application -

[intentional brackets as printed.]
[Sign your Name.]  Dicey [her mark X] Plummer formerly Anderson
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We, Benjamin Grist and Wiley Bramble residents of Cumberland Co, in the State of North Carolina, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Dicey Plummer, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we have no interest in this claim, and are not engaged in its prosecution & they further swear [illegible] Dicey Plummer is yet now a widow

[intentional brackets as printed] [witnesses Sign Names.]
S/Benj. Grist
S/Wiley Bramble


The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above=written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim, and am not engaged in its prosecution.
X S/Alfred Jackson J.P.

[rest of the page of preprinted copy was crossed out]
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[top half of page of preprinted copy was crossed out]

State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County. }
I, Jno McLaurin, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County do certify that Alfred Jackson, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Affidavits was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for our said County, and that all his official acts are entitled to full credit.

[seal] Given under my hand and seal of office, this 15 day of May, 185 [illegible]
S/J. McLaurin Clerk.
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___________________
In reply to your request of ________, received _________ for a statement of the military history of [underline] James Anderson [/underline] 
 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([crossed out: or] and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.    W.F. 9232.
_________________
[table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE |]

July, 1777 [arrow pointing down to] Served to end of War. | over 5 yrs | Pri. | Tilghman Dickson | Nicholas Long | N.C.




Battles engaged in, Brandywine; {wounded in engagement at Hell Fate; siege of Charleston

Residence of solider at enlistment, Enl. at Halifax, N.C.

Date of application for pension, July 18, 1834.

Residence at date of application, Houston Co., Ga.

Age at date of application, B. Sept. 12, 1853.

Remarks: He mar. about 1832, in Cumberland Co, N.C., Dicey --; he died ^Nov: 22 or Dec. 22, 1843 and she mar. Aug. 26 1845 William Plummer who died in Oct 1852 She was al. pen. [allowed pension] ^on acct of the services of her husband, James Anderson on her ap ex [application executed] Mch. 7, 1854. while 55 yrs. old a resident of Cumberland Co. N.C. She died July 9, 1866 leaving [crossed out: three children] a daughter and two sons, names not stated.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
6-2856
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1915. Mch. 22. Hist. to Claire Anderson. F.W.
___________________________________________________



Revy WIDOW, &c.
_____________
File No. 9232
Dicey Plummer
formerly Wid James Anderson
Privt Rev: War
_____________

Act: Febry 3d 1853
Index: - Vol. M,     Page 133

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]



no rejected claim found under Act of 1818 -

JW. Rice
Feb 9. 1911 -
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36.553

see Wid File 9232
Rev priv



[illegible signature]
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No 2721
Dicey Anderson.
wid: of James


Let to JM Rose, 30 Sept:/53
 "   "     "    "    21 Dec:  "
 "    "    "   "     7" Aug: 54
 "   "    "    "    3d. Mch / [illegible]



Act. 3d Feby. 1853
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[illegible]
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

[stamp: REJECTED]

James Anderson
P.O. _________________
Service: _______________

Enlisted: ______________, 18__
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James Anderson
Geo. 1819

see let to Joshua Pattishall Augt 22d 1831 - 
Howell Cobb - Sept 29. 1835

Rejected





Act 7 June 32
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James Anderson Decd.
N.C.
Act 7 June 1832
Admd. [admitted]
12 mos private $40.00
per an: 22d Decr. 1843 when he died

Payable to Dicy [Dicey] Plummer; formerly his widow.





Cert to 
Geo C. Ames.
Present.
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Appl. of Dicey Plummer, formerly [crossed out: Anderson] widow of James Anderson
Cumberland Co:
N.C
___________
33003
Act 3d Feby: 1853
$40.00/ per an:
Com [commenced]: Feby: 3d 1853.

Rev:
______


Jno M. Rose
Fayetteville N.C.



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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Fayetteville ^N.C. 22d March 1841
J.L. Edwards Esqr. - Sir
I herewith send you the Declaration of James Anderson with the accompanying Papers to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress.

With the hope that his claim will be attended to as early as practicable I am
Respectfully your obdt Servt
[signature cut off]




Fayetteville Aug 15/55
Honl Jonah Minot 
I enclose the declaration of Dicey Plummer Act [illegible] /55

Jno M Rose
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Claim to have lived during the war -
NC - [crossed out] 
never rd [received[ any bounty land, has lived in NC. until after 1800, [illegible] a military 
commission then in 1800, - new Apl & penn under Act 1818. says he was too rich, but how long will min test and his property & yet didnot apply

Lewis Barnall &c ments: mag-offcl 
[illegible] not worth anything
Their appl but one name. all [illegible]
of N.C. of Jas Anderson agd. this name is [illegible]"dead" & the [illegible] 2d bounty land is preventing the one who did [illegible]
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

To James Anderson Esquire, Greeting:
[seal] WE reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour conduct and abilities, do by these presents, constitute and appoint you Ensign of the militia of our county of Cumberland. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Ensign by exercising and well disciplining the officers and soldiers under your command, and by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders as Ensign And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from your superior officers, according to the directions of military discipline and the laws of the state.

Witness BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, Esquire, our Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, in and over said state, under his hand and our Great Seal, which he hath caused to be hereunto affixed, at Raleigh, the 28th day of September Anno Domini 1800
BY THE GOVERNOR, 
S/B Williams
S/J.W. Guion
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Perry, September 7, 1835.
My dear Sir - Your letter of the 22d ult. was received by Saturdays mail. Mr. Anderson shews by his affidavit enclosed, as far as he can, that that if the entry "dead" is [illegible] to his name that it must have been through mistake. He has [illegible] any bounty [illegible] for land. [illegible] to great length of time, it may be reasonably supposed that a strict particularity as to immaterial facts, cannot be required. Mr. Anderson mentioned in his application the names of several of his associates in army, which the Secretary of State of N. C. seems to have observed on the rolls as far as he searched.

Mr. Anderson has produced the evidence of Mr. Grant, which accompanies his application and now produces the additional evidence of Thomas Duffell and Lewis Barnwell which it is hoped will sufficiently establish his claims. In addition to these affidavits I enclose you a commission that Mr. Anderson bore in N.C. and some certificates of his neighbors this in support of his good character; these latter papers are sent merely to show that Mr. Anderson has maintained a good character, and you are requested to return them.
[round stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

Mr. Anderson has given me a power as his
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attorney to press the claim for him, which is also enclosed. This man is so poor, he informs me that he has been unable from that principary and other causes to urge his demands more 

As to myself, I refer you to the hon. John Forsyth, with whom although I have not the pleasure of familiarity [illegible in page hole] I have a sufficient acquaintance to authorize me to [crossed out: refer you to him] do so.

If Judge Wayne is in Washington I refer you to him also.

I am your oct Servt
Howell Cobb



J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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Georgia }
Houston County }
Pearsonally [personally] came before me Simeon Taylor a Justices of the Peace in and For Said County Thomas Duffell a Revolution Soldier and after being Duly Sworn Deposieth [deposeth] and Saith that I knew James Anderson in the Revolution War under Captain Tilmon Dixon in the First Ridgement [regiment] in the North Carolina Troops and Elijah Clark Was Cornell [Colonel] of Said Ridgement [regiment] and I. Thomas Duffell is about Ninty [ninety] Two years of Age and I James Anderson is about Eighty years of Age. Sworn To and Subscribed to this 7th Day of September 1835

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

S/Simeon Taylor J.P.
Thomas [his mark D] Duffell Revl. Soldier
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George - Houston County
Personally appeared before me R. Leroy Duncan Justice of the Inf. Court James Anderson who after being duly sworn saith that he did apply under the old pension law so far as to make application to an Attorney at Law, Thomas Highbourne, of Fayetteville in North-Carolina, some eight or ten years ago and was informed by his said Attorney that this deponent was possessed of too much property as being the reason that he could not succeed in his application, all of which property this deponent has long since lost. Since that application this deponent has been in an unsettled, moving situation from North Carolina to Georgia, and has been unable to get a proper person to attend to this business for him until now, because of his poverty. The deponent does not know and never did of any other James Anderson from North Carolina; during the Revolution, this deponent was wounded by a ball in the left groin and a shot in the right leg from which wounds he lingered a long time at the point of death. This wound was inflicted by the Tories in the gap-way in South-Carolina which was near the close of the war. This deponent cannot account in any way for the entry "dead," if sinserted against his name

Sworn and subscribed before me, this 5th September, 1835
Test S/Robt L Duncan. JIC.
James [his mark A] Anderson

[round stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES ]
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Georgia - Houston County
By these presents I constitute and appoint Howell Cobb my lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the United States my pension as a Revolutionary Soldier.

5th of September, 1835.
Test. S/Robt L Duncan JI.C
James [his mark A] Anderson [private seal L.S.]

[round stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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State of North Carolina } 
Cumberland County }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Session March Term 1841.
This third day of March A.D. 1841 James Anderson aged 85 years 5 months and 19 days came into open Court it being a Court of Record and made the following Declaration on oath to entitle himself to a Pension under the act of Congress passed in June 1832 for Revolutionary Services, that he entered the Army of The United States in the month of July 1777 or 1778 under Captain Tilghman Dickson by enlistment in The Town of Halifax in this State That the Term of his enlistment was for five years or during the War was marched from thence through Virginia & Maryland to Pennsylvania where the company to which he belonged joined the Army under Genl. Washington. That he entered Said Service as a Private Soldier. That in consequence of his advanced age & loss of memory he cannot recollect the Regiment or the Colonels name, That his company officers were Lt. Blount Whitmel & Benj. Briar. That after Serving Some Time at the North where he was in the Battle of Brandy-Wine and Hurlgate [Hell Gate] in which latter battle he was wounded. He was marched under Genl. James Hogan To whose Staff he was attached for Some time as a Cook, was Stationed in Charleston for Some three or four months was there at the Siege of of [sic] Charleston and escaped from that place when it was Surrendered, from that place he returned into North Carolina, on his way to North Carolina he joined Genl. Caswell who was marching South to aid in the defense of Charleston, That he Served in actual Service more than five years, That he filed a Declaration Some Years ago to obtain a Pension under the Act of 1818 and made full proof of his Services by Zachariah Reeves, Jacob Monk and Elisha Wilkins and would have been placed on the Pension Roll at that time but that he had more property than was specified in the Act of Congress That said Declaration
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and proof were drawn and forwarded for him by Thomas L. Hybart Esqr. Attorney at Law of Fayetteville. to whom he believes Said papers were returned by the Secretary of War and he is informed by Mr. Hybart that if They were returned To him They were consumed in his Office in the fire of 1831. That he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his Service except William Lomax or Lomack & Jno Perry of This County. That his discharge was burnt in the House of Thomas Moore in Bertie County in This State

Sworn To in Open Court This3d day of March 1841.
S/Mo McLaurin Jr Clk
James [his mark X] Anderson


And the Said James Anderson produced before Said Court the affidavits of Thomas L. Hybart & Duncan G. McRae Esqrs. taken in open Court before Said Court and also the Affidavits of William Lomax and John Perry of Said County taken before Joseph Arey Esqr. A Justice of the Peace of Said County and also The Certificates of Drs. B. Robinson and Thos. N. Cameron as to his being wounded - Which Said Affidavits and Certificates  are annexed, & attached to this Declaration And the Said Court Certify that from the evidence adduced before them They believe that Said James Anderson was a Soldier of the Revolution and as such is entitled to a Pension from the United States. Given under our hands this 3d March 1841.
S/[illegible signature J.P. [private seal LS]
S/Joseph Arey J.P. [private seal LS]
S/Daniel [illegible] J.P. [private seal LS]
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions March Term 1838
On this 10th day of March Anno Domini 1838. personally appeared in open Court James Anderson a resident of the County and state aforesaid [crossed out] aged Eighty four years and Six months who being duly Sworn according to Law makes the following Declaration to entitle him to a Pension and in the Act of Congress Passed in June 1832 for the Relief of Revolutionary Soldiers. That he enlisted the service of the United States of America in the Town of Halifax State of North Carolina in the month of May in the year 1778 by enlistment for Twelve months in the company commanded by Captain Tilghman Dickson. and was marched in his company with [crossed out: three] two other companies through the States of Virginia [,] Maryland & Delaware to Philadelphia where he joined the American Troops under Genl. George Washington. and continued in the service until after the Battle of Brandy Wine [Brandywine], when he came to the South as a servant of General James Hogan. that he served the full end and term of his enlistment under Capt Tilghman Dickson. That he recollects the following officers, Hardy Murphey who commanded the three companies who marched from Halifax and Wm do Affiant believes a Major. in the service. That he had no surviving comrade that he knows of who can prove his services except William Lomax who was present at the time of his enlistment [.] That the reason he has not applied for a Pension under this act before this time is owing to the fact that many years ago he removed to the State of Georgia where he could not procure the evidence of Lomax neither did he know of any other person by whom he could prove his services. That he performed other tours of service but from the defect of memory he is unable to set them forth. with that pension which is required
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though he is certain that he performed Twelve months service.

Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this 10 March 1838
Test. S/Jno McLaurin Jr Clk
James [his mark J] Anderson


And he further swears that previous to his removal to the state of Georgia he filed a Declaration to entitle him to a Pension under the act of 1818. and forwarded the evidence of Jacob Monk late of the County of Sampson and that the only reason [crossed out: which] why was not placed on the Pension Roll at that time was that his estate amounted to about $200 more than the Sum limited in the act. that Jacob Monk has since died and his deposition is either in the War Office at Washington or has been lost or mislaid that the said deposition proved that the said James Anderson served as set forth in his Three declarations. That Affiant is not & never has been on the Pension Roll neither has he ever received any pension for his services.

That he placed this Deposition of Monk in the hand of Thomas S Hybart Esq atto [attorney] at Law of the Town of Fayetteville by whom he believes it was forwarded to the War Department

Sworn to in open Court & also subscribed this 10th March 1838
Test. S/Jno McLaurin Jr. Clk
James [his mark illegible] Anderson


Thomas S Hybart appeared in open Court and made oath that James Anderson who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration some twelve years ago placed in Affiant's hands the Deposition of Jacob Monk [illegible] taken and authenticated by the proper officers proving certain services which, said Anderson performed in the Continental line, the period of service set for in said Deposition is not recollected by affiant. That said deposition was forwarded to Washington as affiant believes at that time though
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whether returned or not he does not recollect and if not on file in the Department at Washington it is lost or mislaid.
S/Tho S. Hybart

Sworn to in open Court this 10th March 1838.
Test. S/Jno McLaurin Jr Clk


Daniel Baker Esq. appeared in Open Court and made oath that he has been acquainted with James Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration more than thirty years and that affiant has always heard him reputed to be a Revolutionary soldier
S/Daniel Baker
Test. S/Jno McLaurin Jr Clk.


James Anderson also produced before the Court the affidavit of Wm Lomax regularly taken before Daniel Baker Esq one of the Justices of said Court. and which is hereto annexed.


And the Court aforesaid upon hearing all the testimony, hereby certifies that they have no doubt that James Anderson the Declarant performed the service as set forth in the foregoing Declaration

Given under our hands at Fayetteville this 10 March 1838.
S/Tho: N Cameron JP. [private seal LS]
S/Joseph Arey J.P. [private seal LS]
S/James Kirkpatrick JP. [private seal LS]
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State of North Carolina }
I John McLaurin Jr. Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Cumberland hereby certify, that the foregoing contains a full copy of the proceedings of said Court in relation to the Declaration Proofs and Certificates of the Court touching the application of James Anderson for a Pension, and I further certify that Daniel Baker Esq whose name is affixed to the affidavit of W. Lomack is an acting Justice of said County. that his name affixed thereto is in the proper handwriting of said Daniel Baker Esq. and that his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit, and I further certify that Tho A Cameron [,] Jos. Arey & Jas Kirkpatrick Esqrs. Justices of said County were the preceding magistrates where said declaration was made & the proofs were offered & that their names affixed to the certificate of the Court is in the paper hand writing of said Magistrates 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Co. Seal at office this 10th day of March A.D. 1838
S/Jno McLaurin Jr Clk
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James Anderson an aged Revolutionary Soldier, and wishing to draw something for his services, hath made his intention [crossed out: to me] know to me, Introduces William Lomack to prove the same - said Lomack came before me one of the Justices of the Peace in Cumberland County and being sworn on the Holy Evangelist Saith as follows: I was at Halifax in this state a soldier in the continental war and enlisted during the war and while there saw James Anderson now present inlist [enlist] as a soldier or waiter in Captain Tilman Dickson's Company during 12 months to my knowledge and I also know and believe that he Anderson enlisted during the war, and what time was this, some time soon before or after the dark day [total eclipse June 24, 1778]

Sworn to and subscribed before e this 20th February 1838
Witness S/Daniel Baker [private seal JP]
William [his mark X] Lomack
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I Daniel Baker Esq Justice of the Peace before whom the within affidavit was taken hereby certify that William Lomax the Witness therein named is [illegible]witness and that his statements may be relied on 
S/Daniel Baker JP

[note in margin: 34.421
Hon. R. Strange
[illegible]]
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This day Thomas L Hybart ^An Attorney of said Court appeared in open Court and made oath that several years ago he [crossed out] drafted a Declaration for James Anderson of Cumberland County for a Pension under the act of 1818. as he believes. That said Declaration was filed in the Superior Court of Law of Cumberland County. prior to the year 1831. that the applicant produced before said Court the affidavits of Jacob Monk, Elisha Wilkins and Zachariah Reeves proving his services under said act. which affidavits were regularly taken & the credibility of the Witness regularly certified. That the Certificate of the Court was granted and the papers duly certified under the seal of said Court and forwarded to the War Department for examination. That it was proved that the applicant possessed more than $250 worth of property. and on that account the application was rejected. That the papers were returned, to affiant as he believes and ^he believes were burnt in his office in this place in May 1831. as he  has not seen said papers since that time [.] that the original Declaration filed in Super [Superior] Court office was also burnt as a ^part of the papers of the office herein also burnt. as the same cannot be found as the Clerk of said Court informs me. as appears by his affidavit hereto annexed. That said witness affiant believes proved that the applicant served in Regular Army during the Revolutionary [crossed out: Army] War [.] that they are now dead as this affiant is informed and believes.

Sworn to in Open Court this 6th March 1841.
S/Tho L Rybart
S/Jno McLaurin Jr Clk.
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Sworn to in open Court this 6th March 1841
S/D. G. MacRae 
S/Jno McLaurin JR Clk.
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S/Tho: [illegible initial] Cameron
Physicians examining the above case
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
This day John Perry a resident of said County and State aged Eighty years personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that he is acquainted with James Anderson of said County who has filed his Declaration to obtain a Pension before the County Court of said County that he became acquainted with said Anderson in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War at York town State of Virginia that he then understood tat said Anderson had been in said service for some time before that said Anderson was then serving as a Private soldier he thinks that he was attached to the fifth Regiment.

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 16th day of January 1841
S/Joseph Arey JP [private seal LS]
S/John Perry


I the Justice aforesaid Certify that John Perry who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness. Given under my hand this 16th day of January 1841
S/Joseph Arey JP [private seal LS]
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
This day William Lomack or Lomax a citizen of said County aged eighty two years personally appeared before me one of the Justices in and for said County and made oath that he is acquainted with James Anderson of said County who has filed his Declaration before the County Court of said county to Obtain a Pension for his Revolutionary Services that he became acquainted with said Anderson at the Town of Halifax North Carolina that he knows that said Anderson enlisted into the service of the United States at said Tour of Halifax for and during the War of the Revolution that said enlistment during the Revolutionary War. that he knows that said Anderson served in said service at least four months when this affiant and said Anderson were detailed on different duties: that said Anderson was in the service at that time. that affiant has understood from others in the service that said Anderson Continued to serve in said Service during the war. and affiant has understood and believes that said Anderson was wounded in said Service at the Battle of Stono in South Carlina 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th January 1841 }
S/Joseph Arey JP. [private seal LS]
William [his mark X] Lomax


I the Justice aforesaid Certify that William Lomack who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit is a credible witness [.] Given under my hand this 16th Jany 1841.
S/Joseph Arey JP. [private seal LS]
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names are annexed to the foregoing Certificate were the Justices holding said County at March Term 1841, when the Declaration of James Anderson was filed, that their names to said Certificate are in the proper hand writing, and I further certify that Joseph Arey Esquire whose name is annexed to the affidavits of John Perry and William Lomax is a Justice of the Peace that his name is in the proper hand writing of said Arey and that the official acts of said Deming [,] Arey and Baker are entitled to full faith and credit, they being duly commissioned and sworn as Justices of the Peace of said county, and I further certify that Dr Robinson & Cameron whose names are affixed to the annexed certificate are practicing Physicians in said County and that their names to said Certificate are in the proper hand writing of said Robinson and Cameron 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of March AD 1841
S/Jno Mc Laurin Jr
[seal]
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Georgia }
Houston County }
Personally Came before me Simeon Taylor a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Lewis Barnwell a Revolution Soldier, and after being Duly Sworn Deposeth and Saith that I Knew James Anderson in the Revolution War at the Surrender of Corn Wallis [Cornwallis] at Little york [crossed out] under the command of Admiral Comt Distric Commander of the French Squadron and I Lewis Barnwell is a bout [about] Seventy Six years of Age [.] Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 7th Day of September 1835
S/Simeon Taylor JP
Lewis [his mark illegible] Barnwell R.I.
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State of No. Carolina. }
Cumberland County }
The bearer hereof James Anderson of the County and State aforesaid, hath signified us his intention of removing himself and his Negroes for the present year into the State of Georgia, and the rest [illegible] the white family that he hath, and then probably to the Alabama Territory or State of Mississippi, We the undersigned certify that the said Anderson supports, the character of an honest industrious Citizen that of a good neighbour and punctual in the discharge of his [illegible] and well disposed towards the Government of the united States and while he continues to support this character, we trust he will [illegible] with the good civility of the Citizens of the Union wherever it may be his lot to take up his future residence. -

Given under our hands at Fayetteville this 6th March
S/W. Huckabee JP
S/Duncan MacRae
Postmaster Fayetteville
S/John Dickson JP
S/JFS Arrell
S/David Hoves JP
S/Thos W Waldo JP.
S/Benj Robinson JP
S/Jno Armstrong
Clk. Cumb. C. Court
S/John McRae [illegible] of Cumberland County
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State of No. Carolina }
Cumberland County - }
This is to Certify to whom it may concern that James Anderson of said County hath made known to me his intention of removing himself with three negroes which he hath owned for several years past namely John a man about 60 years of age [,] Patty a woman of about 50 years of age and their child Aberdeen a boy of about ten years of age together with a small negroe man named Tom who is sent in his care to Augusta, the property of a certain Allan Grimes late of Jones County in this State but now residing in the State of Georgia, which said four negroes the said Anderson, [crossed out: Appli] represents [illegible] not being intended for Sale, and that this Certificate is applied for to be in conformity to the requisites of an Act of Assembly of the State of South Carolina to enable him pass on into the State of Georgia. -

In Witness whereof I John Armstrong Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland in the State aforesaid have caused the Seal of Office of said Court to be hereunto annexed this 6th day of March in the year of our Lord 1818. and in the forty second year of the Independence of the United States. -
[seal]
S/Jno. Armstrong C.C.
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[underline] Dicey Anderson

Act 3 Feb 1853


Revolutionary Pension








Jno M. Rose
Fayetteville No Ca
Attorney  [/underline]
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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
On this the 9 day of June 1853 Personally appeared before the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of sd County & State Dicey Anderson a resident of Said County & State aged abt. 54 years who being duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of made by act of Congress passed 3 Feb 1853 granting Pensions to Widows who Served during the revolutionary war. That She is the widow of James Anderson, who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, & had filed a declaration, for Pension, under act of Congress & died during its pendancy. & that as his widow, she became entitled to, & drew the Pension which, he was entitled from the time which his allowance commenced until, his death, - that this payment, was made to her at the Pension Office at Fayetteville No. Ca. & She refers to the proofs now on file to sustain the Claim - , She further swears that she was not married to her said Husband, prior to the Second of Jan 1800- but at the time stated on the papers filed. She further declares that she is now a widow
Dicey [her mark X] Anderson
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No Carolina }
Cumberland Co. }
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions June Term 1853 -
The foregoing declaration, Sworn to in open Court this 9. June 1853 -

[seal]
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court the day & year above written - & subscribed my name hereunto.
S/J McLaurin Clerk Cumberland County Court
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STATE OF No. Carolina }
COUNTY of Cumberland } ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this Twenty first day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty one before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid; personally appeared Dicey Anderson now Dicey Plummer a resident of Cumberland in said County, and made the according to law that she is the widow of James Anderson late of Cumberland county and State aforesaid. who was a Revolutionary [crossed out: Pensioner] soldier and applicant for a pension some years ago and which application is now suspended and [crossed out: at the rate of Dollars per annum;] that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be [crossed out] allowed; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Dicey [her mark X] Anderson now Dicey Plummer

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
S/G. Deming J. Peace.


I, Gurdon Deming Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Dicey Anderson, now Dicey Plummer who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
S/G. Deming J. Peace.


I, J McLaurin Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that G. Deming Esquire before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorize by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed. is [blank] signature.

[seal] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this twenty first day of July A. D. 1851.
S/J McLaurin Clerk




[note in margin: James Anderson 
sus 1832]
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, Dicey Anderson (now Dicey Plummer) widow of James Anderson a soldier of the Revolutionary War hereby constitute and appoint George C Ames Esquire my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of said James Anderson for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

WITNESS my hand and Seal this 21 day July A. D., 1851 -
Dicey [her mark X] Anderson now Dicey Plummer

Signed and Sealed in the presence of 
S/Jno M. Rose
G. Deming JP


STATE OF No Carolina }
COUNTY OF Cumberland } ss:
On this 21st day of July A.D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Dicey Anderson now Dicey Plummer and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid. }
G. Deming J. Peace
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STATE OF North Carolina }
COUNTY OF Cumberland } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me John McLaurin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County that James Anderson was a Revolutionary [crossed out] Soldier of the United States and died on the Twenty Second - day of December eighteen hundred and forty three leaving surviving him a widow whose name is Dicey Plummer formerly Dicey Anderson and that she is still living.

[seal]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office this Twenty fifth - day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
John McLaurin Clerk 
By J. T Warden
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Brief in the case of Dicey Plummer formerly widow of Jas. Anderson, Cumberland County and State of North Carolina.
act 3d. Feby: 1853.

____________________________________________________
Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."]) [blank]

proof exhibited, (if original.)   [blank]

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7" June 1832.

Two witnesses testify to general reputation of marriage & long cohabitation.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]



Jno: M. Rose. Esqr.
Fayetteville. N. C.
Name and residence ofAgent

S. C. Boynton.
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of James Anderson dec'd. County and State of N. C.
act 7. June 1832.

_______________________________________________
Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."]) [blank]

proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service, Recved. & paid.


(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]



Name and residence of Agent
G. C. Ames

F. F. Kirby
Examining Clerk.
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[underline] Rev Pension [/underline]

Fayetteville No Ca
28 December/53

L P Waldo Esq

Your letter Decr 21st/53 acknowledging receipt of additional evidence in case of Dicey Anderson to hand -

You Say [underline] "The Certificate of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions as to the widow hood of Dicey Anderson filed in her case, cannot be regarded as satisfactory, inasmuch as the Certificate is not based upon the personal knowledge of Said Court" [/underline] 

To procure 3 magistrates or a [underline] Judge [/underline] upon a hunch in one of our Courts who [underline] "personally" [/underline]
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can certify to the death of any [underline] obscure person [/underline] I regard as almost impossible (as I understand Your requirement) & I therefore have fallen upon the latter part of the 2nd regulate mentioned in Your regulate. I will 10/53 - by sending the certificate of Mrs [underline] Guin [/underline] to be appended to Mrs Andersons application -

I will thank you to send a form of such a certificate as you require of the Court & such an affidavit as you require of the Witnesses - & I will try to conform to them -

I was in hopes Mrs Anderson would be placed on the Pension Roll on the
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evidence which she filed to procure the Pension of [underline] her late husband [/underline] some 2 or 3 years since & which were then more easily obtained then [than] now. I understood your instructions under Act Feb 3/ to say where evidence was on file, in former cases & [illegible] be necessary to file additional proofs & I yet [illegible] you may so construe it & issue her certificate

Your &c
Jno M. Rose
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[underline] affidavit death of 
Jas. Anderson
in case 

Dicey Anderson
for Pension   [/underline] 






Filed by 
Jno M Rose
Fayetteville
NC
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State of No Carolina }
Cumberland Co }
Decr Term 1853 ~ Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions

Susan Guin appeared in open Court & after being duly Sworn, States that she was present at the death, of James Anderson, husband of Dicey Anderson, that it occurred she thinks on the, 22nd day of November 1843 -. She further swears that she is disinterested in this case - 
Susan [her mark X] Guin

Sworn to in open Court, December Term 1853.
S/Joseph Arey JP }
S/D. W. Neill JP } Preceding Justices
S/Joel Williams JP


No. Carolina }
Cumberland Co }
I do certify that at Decr T [December Term] 1853 it was made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of said County, that James Anderson a Rev Soldier of said Co died in said Co on or abt the 22nd Nov 1843 leaving a widow Dicey Anderson 

[seal] Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 6th day of Dec 1853.
S/J McLaurin
Clk
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Fayetteville No Ca
June 9 1853.

L P Waldo. Esq.

I enclose the declaration of Dicey Anderson widow of James Anderson for a Pension under Act Feb 3/53 ~

James Anderson made application for Pension, under act 7th. July/32 & his claim was suspended. & he subsequently [underline] died [/underline] His claim after his death allowed & Paid to Dicey Anderson his widow by the Pension Agent at Fayetteville No: Ca, these facts I learn from the widow - & I presume are substantially Correct - her declaration is therefore drawn, referring to the evidence now on file to support the claim -
S/Jno M. Rose
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Fayetteville No. Ca
Dec 10/53.

[underline] L P Waldo Esq [/underline] 

Your letter of Sept 30. is before me. at the time I filed a declaration, of Dicey Anderson widow of Jas Anderson under act Feb 3/53 I was not aware of her subsequent marriage to [underline] Plummer [/underline] & she did not mention it -

Owing to the inclemency of the Winter during this term of the Court I could not get parties to make due proof: required in your letter -

knowing that she had recently, recd a Pension for [underline] James Andersons [/underline] service I present that all the proofs. were on file & [underline] deemed it only necessary to refer to them [/underline] - I thought [underline] that [/underline] was to [underline] [illegible] of your office [/underline] - I recd a pension certificate for [underline] Rebecca Hall [/underline] under same act [underline] this day [/underline] which was paid without filing [underline] additional proof. [/underline] but only referring to that on file

I now file proof of Jas Andersons death - of all the proof required by your letter Sept 30/ be not [underline] absolutely [/underline] necessary. I would be glad
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not to be compelled to furnish it - Yet I can do it if [underline] absolutely required [/underline] 

Yrs &c
Jno M Rose
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Washington April 2nd 1852

James E Heath Esq
Sir
I transmit herewith a Certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina showing that the Indents referred to in his Certificate now on file in your Office in the Case of James Anderson was issued to said Anderson as a Soldier of the Continental Line.

Anderson in his declaration Claimed to have served in the Continental Line for nearly 5 years. but as it was supposed that the Comptrollers Certificate referred to militia service only in the Adjustment of his claim his Continental Service was not allowed. The Comptrollers Certificate sustaining the declaration of Anderson clearly. I have to ask: there, that the case may be recovered with the benefit of this certificate in his favor. and that a full pension may be granted

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Geo C. Ames
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Raleigh 26th March 1838.

Sir
I find the name of James Anderson twice on the rolls, but both appear to have died in the service - They were both for a longer time in Capt. Dixon's Company.

Very respectfully
your Obt. Servt.
W. Hill


James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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{ State of North Carolina
{ Comptroller's Office 
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, [illegible under smudge] certify that it appears by the records in my office concerning Revolutionary soldiers that James Anderson concerning whom I have heretofore given a certificate, was a soldier in the continental line, as appears in book C. No. 13 page 59 and elsewhere 

[seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 30th day of March A.D. 1852
S/Wm. J. Clarke Compt'r. [Comptroller]
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Pow: Atty: & evidence in case of James Anderson's widow.
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Washington Novem. 10 1851

James E Heath Esq
Sir
Enclosed you will please find Power of Attorney from the widow of James Anderson who was an applicant for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832. from North Carolina

The Certificate of the Comptroller of this state which accompanies this letter shows service Credited to James Anderson for more than two years which is sufficient I hope to establish his claim

I wish to obtain the [crossed out: necessary] information necessary to a proper understanding of this case from the examination of the papers now on file

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srvt
Geo C Ames
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Washington 12th Augt. 1851

Sir,
You will find herein enclosed a power of attorney of Nancy Riddle, a daughter of Sarah Ellington, and a certificate of the death of Mrs. Ellington. Also a power of Attorney of Dicey Plummer, formerly Dicey Anderson, widow of James Anderson a soldier of the Revolution.

I ask permission to examine the papers the these two cases,

I am very respectfully
Tally R. Wise
for George C. Ames


Hon. J. E. Heath
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Fayetteville No. Ca.
10 March 1854

L P Waldo. Esq.

I beg leave to refer to your letters of ^Sept 30/53 = Decr 21/53 & Jan 7/54 in relation to the Claim of Dicey Anderson now Dicey Plummer, for Pension as the widow of James Anderson Dec'd.

Herewith is additional declaration of Dicey Plummer formerly Dicey Anderson & 3 affidavits, fully sustaining the declaration - the filing of the former declaration as [underline] Dicey Anderson [/underline] was [underline] my fault [/underline] as I was not aware that she had again married - I have endeavored to get all the dates correct & believe them to be substantially so -

I hope they may be considered as satisfactory

Yours &c.
Jno M. Rose
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Fayetteville No. Ca.
10 March 1854

L P Waldo. Esq.

I beg leave to refer to your letters of ^Sept 30/53 = Decr 21/53 & Jan 7/54 in relation to the Claim of Dicey Anderson now Dicey Plummer, for Pension as the widow of James Anderson Dec'd.

Herewith is additional declaration of Dicey Plummer formerly Dicey Anderson & 3 affidavits, fully sustaining the declaration - the filing of the former declaration as [underline] Dicey Anderson [/underline] was [underline] my fault [/underline] as I was not aware that she had again married - I have endeavored to get all the dates correct & believe them to be substantially so -

I hope they may be considered as satisfactory

Yours &c.
Jno M. Rose
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Fayetteville 24 Feb 1854

L P Waldo Esq

In order that I may make up the case of Mrs Dicey Anderson or rather [underline] Dicey Plummer [/underline] widow of Jas Anderson - a Rev Soldier ^as you require. I will thank you to return me in a day or two So as to reach me by 5 March [underline] a copy of the declaration & proof I filed [/underline] in her case -. I believe it is short & will require but little time -

Yours &c
Jno M Rose
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Suppd [supposed] to have been recd [received] from Orville Dobbs Perry. Ga. - Te letter relv [relative] to her clm [claim] -

HHJ
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North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
18th. Augt. 1835.

Sir
I have carefully examined the musterrolls and other documents in this office affording evidence of service in the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war for the name of James Anderson, which I find twice on the rolls, but opposite the name in each place is entered the word, [underline] "Dead" [/underline] and Warrants for bounty lands issued to the heirs, as the present applicant for a Pension cannot claim under either of those names found, and I do not find it in any other place. The names of the soldiers mentioned by Mr. Anderson I find on the rolls as far as I looked for them, but in different Regiments and under different Officers, except Moses Bird & Cader Raby they are both in the 4th Regiment under Capt. Lewis - Raby is said to have deserted. Mr. Stedman is not in
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in at present, when he returns I will show him your letter.

Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
W. Hill







James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington.
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Commerce Ga.,
Mar. 15, 1915

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C. 

[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE. D
U. S. MAR 17 1915]

Dear Sir:
Will you give the names of children of James Anderson. and also name of his wife. History of James Anderson as follows: James Anderson enlisted in May 1778 for 12 mo under
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Captain  Tilghmon Dickens [Dickson] from Halifax N.C. marched through Va., Md., and Del. to Philadelphia; where he joined troops under George Washington. was at Battle of Brandywine, then came South. Never completed applications for pension because he was leaving Ga. Applied for pension under Act 1818 owing to property claims could not obtain it. In Mar. 3 1841 deposed that he was wounded at Hell Gate

I account of fire some
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of necessary papers were destroyed: [crossed out] Pension was finally granted.

Also a one Thomas Farmer Anderson received a pension from Franklin Co., Georgia for service in War of 1812. Does the pension tell who his parents were. Thanking you in advance for the information I am
(Miss) Claire Anderson.




[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE. D
U. S. MAR 17 1915]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Anderson, James
GRADE  Private
LINE  Pennsylvania


WARRANT NUMBER  8901
ACREAGE _____________________100____________
ISSUED  May 13, 1794
to Jacob Sellers, assignee


__________
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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CONTENTS
[blank]
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James Anderson Esq.
 190

12. Nov. 77


The claimant should set forth the time of entering and the time and manner of leaving Col. Stewart's regt. [regiment] He should also state at what time he was commissioned as a Lieut. of Rangers -

The other service he performed was not in the continental army. 
👉 Return this with the other declaration that he may make, to the War Dep. 



______
Hon. Wm. Tod, H. R. [House of Representatives]
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[round stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  Bedford County ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas, held at Bedford in & for said county before me the subscriber President of said Court personally appeared James Anderson Esquire of Napier Township: Bedford county, being a resident citizen thereof who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provision of the several acts of Congress regulating the application for Pensions forwarded on services rendered in the revolutionary war & particular by the late 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" That he the said James Anderson Esquire enlisted in Bedford in the county aforesaid some time in the month of April 1776 in a company of Riflemen commanded by Captain Richard Brown of the first Pennsylvania Regiment of Riflemen, that after going on to Marcos Hook. the said company composed part of the first Battalion of said Regiment & was under the command of Colonel James Piper of said county [.] that declarant marched with said Col. James Piper to Long Island, that he was captured together with the greater part of said Regiment at the Battle of Long Island [.] after being taken as aforesaid declarant was put on board of a British Ship afterwards was landed & confined in New York from which place he made his escape & joined his Regiment in the month of December 1776, a few days before the battle of Trenton that declarant was in said battle of Trenton that declarant was first sergeant in said company from the time he first marched from Bedford, & continued as such until he was discharged, that he was in the battle of Brandywine & at that time was in the Regiment of Colonel Walter Stewart having been transferred with many others to the Infantry of the Pennsylvania line that declarant in the fall of the year 1777 was in the Battle of German Town [Germantown] which was the last General engagement declarant was engaged in, though he was afterwards in sundry skirmishes [,] one a severe one the ensuing summer at a place called the short hills in New Jersey [.] that declarant was honorably discharged in the year 1778, & returned to Bedford county & was appointed a second Lieutenant in a company of Rangers raised for nine months to act against the Indians [.] said company being commanded by Captain Solomon Adams. That  during the time he was engaged in said service his house was
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plundered by the Indians & his goods plundered and destroyed among other things his said discharge was lost. That Declarant is not in his sixty sixth year that his constitution is feeble and general health extremely bad, that by reason of contracts made when times were better & lands higher than they now are of the great depreciation of property deponent has become reduced in his circumstances his lands of value have principally been sold and his debts are not all paid. That deponent is the owner of the undivided half of three hundred acres of thin Wood land in Napier Township on the North of the state road, about one mile North of said road which deponent thinks are not worth more than one Dollar & one half per acre but which declarant is unable to sell & which he hath offered to his creditors at one Dollar per acre & they refused to accept of it at that price. That declarant hath no personal property whatever, & that he hath only one Debt which there is a distant probability of recovery and which declarant fears will not be recovered, it being contracted in 1794 and as yet no such has been brought. That Deponent hath no family living with him, & he doth solemnly swear that he was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 13th March 1818 having been a citizen of Bedford county since the year 1776 and that I have not since the said 18th March 1818, or before 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 & 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 security or securities contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed viz a [illegible] of three hundred acres of Wood land or thereabouts worth $200.00 an uncertain claim ag'nt. [against] Doctor Anderson amount not known.

The Debts due & unsatisfied against declarant are as follows: Judgements against Declarant on the records which Deponent believes are about - - - - $60 & Debt due Humphrey Dillon not settled & for which suit is brought supposed to be due - - - - 150.00
& Debt due Doctor William Watson supposed to be $170 - $170.00
John Johnson a Debt of $80 - - - - - $80.
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Hill Wilson - - - - - $50 - - - - - - - 50.00
Adolphus Patterson - - - 70 - - - - 70.00
Robert Anderson (of Pittsburgh)  170.00
George Burd Esqr  - - - - - - - - 40.00
James Anderson June - - - - - - - 50.00

Sworn to & subscribed this 11th Jany 1822 in open Court
S/James Anderson
S/J M Espy Prothy

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


Bedford County ss
In open court of common Pleas personally appeared General Benjamin Burd of Bedford county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the aforesaid James Anderson Esquire & that he knew that said James Anderson Esquire was a soldier in Captain Browns company as stated in his declaration that he met said Colonel Piper with his Regiment of Riflemen being a part of the State of Pennsylvania Troops under the command of Colonel Miles a few miles west of Amboy in New Jersey and that Deponent was in the battle of Long Island & knew that Colonel Piper & most of his Regiment were captured at said Battle & that Captain Richard Brown & most of his company were taken in said Battle and that he believed the facts set forth in said Declarants statement as to his Revolutionary services are true 

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 
S/Benjn. Burd
S/J M Espy Prothy


Bedford county ss
Personally appeared in open court George W Barker Esquire Sheriff of said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the Declarant
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Bedford County ss.
I Josiah M Espy Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Bedford Do hereby Certify that the foregoing are True Copies of papers and Documents filed of Record in the Said Court.

[seal] In Testimony whereof I have hereto Set my hand and Seal of office the fourteenth day of March Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty two.
S/J M Espy
Proth
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Solomon Adam's
Deposition ~
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Redford County ss. Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of Redford County Solomon Adams who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is --- [crossed out: Deponent was] well acquainted with James Anderson at the time he enlisted in capt. Richard Brown's company of Riflemen at Bedford in the Mont of April in the year 1776 and was appointed first sergeant of Said Company which company belonged to the first Battalion of Riflemen Commanded by Col. James Piper [.] Deponant [deponent] Saw Said James Anderson early in the spring of 1777 at which time he returned to Bedford on furlough as the Deponent understood, and took up Some deserters to the Deponents knowledge and Recruited a number of men to fill up Said Regiment as it had been much reduced at the Battle of Long Island where the Said James Anderson was taken prisoner as the deponent was then informed & verily believes; he enlisted the men at that time for three years or during the War, Said James Anderson marched from Bedford to the best of Deponents knowledge in the month of May 1777 with a number of Recruits and Said deserters to join his regiment; I always heard him Spoken of at those times as a faithful and brave Soldier, Said  James Anderson returned again to Bedford in the year 1778 at which time he was discharged, his time of enlistment having expired on the first of January of that year as the deponent then was informed & verily believes; he was Shortly after his return appointed Lieutenant of a company of Rangers for nine months under the command of this Deponent and raised by order of the Government of the State of Pennsylvania to defend the frontiers against the Indians , the whole of this Service he performed with fidelity and was a brave and useful officer & well acquainted with the military Discipline; Said James Anderson has been in Good Circumstances but owing to contracts when Land & property were high and the Sudden fall of property and scarcity of money has become embarased [embarrassed], and his property which he resided on with all his moveable property has been Sold and has not near paid his Debts and to this Deponents knowledge he has now no personal property and only Some pieces of thin Wood Land of small value, the land he claims or owns is unimproved wood Land, producing no profit to any body [anybody], & the Deponent does verily ^believe the only reason why it has not already been Sold by Said Andersons creditors is that it will not Sell for enough
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money to pay the costs of Sale, in consequence of which he has become poor; and his family have all given up & working for their themselves [sic]. and he has been for Some time past in a very bad state of health and unable to Work being Sixty Six years of age to this Deponents knowledge and further Saith not

Sworn & Subscribed 8th Nov. 1822 }
S/JM Espy
Proth
S/Solomon Adams
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D.C
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May 28th 1853
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir
"I wish to know whether the children of decd. Revolutionary Soldiers can draw the back pay of their Father of not," For instance James Anderson served in the Revolutionary War and was taken by the British at the Battle of "Long Island." Anderson was of Lancaster Co Pa, and lastly of Bedford Co. Pa, Said Anderson drew a Pension for a few years before his death. His only Surviving Son wishes to know what amount is due to the said James Anderson and how he can come at it. &c &c You will confer a favor on a poor old man by making a search & dropping a line to me at "Schellsburg Bedford Co. Pa"

Respectfully yours &c -
James Allison
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February 25, 193 [illegible]

BA-J/AWF   om
James Anderson 
R. 190

Mrs. William Anderson
211 Eastern Avenue
Aspinwall Station 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Anderson, of Napier Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who applied for pension, January 11, 1822, on account of his service in the War of the Revolution, and wish to be advised if there be a record that he was given land where Brooklyn, New York now [illegible] his service.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in claim for pension, R. 190, based upon service of James Anderson in the Revolutionary War. The records of this office do not show a claim for bounty land on file on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of James Anderson, and names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, James Anderson enlisted early in April, 1776, served as first sergeant in Captain Richard Brown's company, Colonel James Piper's Pennsylvania regiment; he was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, put on board a British ship and carried to New York, he made his escape, and joined the regiment, then on the west side of the Delaware, a few days before the battle of Trenton, was in that battle, in the spring
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of 1777, he was transferred to Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battle of Short Hills, Brandywine, Germantown, and several skirmishes, was discharged early in January, 1778, and returned to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was shortly afterward appoint 2nd lieutenant in Captain Solomon Adams' company of Rangers, and served nine months to defend the frontiers of Pennsylvania, during this service, his home was burned by Indians.

James Anderson applied for pension January 11, 1822, at which time he was a resident of Napier Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and in the sixty-sixth year of his age.

The claim for pension was not allowed as he did not render nine months continuous service on the "Continental Establishment", as required by the Act of March 18, 1818, under which he applied.

James Anderson referred to his family in 1822 as "all grown up", and in 1822 reference was made to Robert Anderson of Pittsburgh, to James Anderson, Jr., and to a Doctor Anderson, relationship not stated.

In 1853 it was stated that the soldier, James Anderson, was deceased, date not given, leaving one son, whose name was not designated.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data relative to family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1939- Feb. 25- hist.
Mrs. Wm. Anderson



________ Ex'r.             INVALID.

[crossed out]
[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 8, 1873.]

[stamp: REJECTED]
James Anderson
P.O. ______________
Service: _____________________

Enlisted: ___________, 18__
Discharged: ___________, 18__

Application filed: _______________, 18__

Alleges: ____________________________
Re-enlisted: ___________________________

Attorney: ______________________________
P.O. ____________________________________
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Rejected -
Not continental 9 months


[crossed out: see letter to W. Tod Ho. Rep Decr. 16. 1822]
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Bedford County ss
At a Court of Common Pleas of which the Honourable Charles Huston is President - holden at Bedford in and for Said County on the 5th day of April 1822 - Came into Court James Anderson of Napier Township in Said County and being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that in the year 1776 Said deponent was a Soldier in the first Battalion of the 1st Regiment of Pennsylvania riflemen - that Said Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Piper - that the first 2d. & 3d. Battalions of State Troops were consolidated and placed under the Command of Colonel Walter Stuart in the Spring of the year 1777 which was the time deponent entered Colonel Stuart's Regiment as aforesaid in the month of April or May in Said year as deponent believes - that Said Deponent was discharged from Said Regiment So commanded by Colonel Walter Stuart on the first day of January 1778 - the term of deponents Service having expired on that day and was honourably discharged - That deponent after his discharge as aforesaid returned to Bedford County and was Commissioned a Lieutenant of Rangers in the month of August or September 1778 - Said Company having been raised to Serve for nine months in Said County to act against the Indians - that he is the Same James Anderson who filed his declaration before the Said Court on the 11th day of January 1822.

Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court this 5th April 1822 }
S/James Anderson
S/J M Espy Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania 
Bedford County ss
I Josiah M Espy Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County of Bedford - Do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of a Deposition filed in the Court aforesaid the 5th day of April 1822

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In Witness whereof I have hereto Set my Hand and Seal of Office the fifth day of April Anno Dom. 1822
S/J M Espy



Bedford County ss.
Personally appeared in open Court said Court being the Court of Common Pleas in & for Bedford County now holden in & for said County before the Honorable Charles Huston President & his associates Judges of the same Court & a Court of Record, James Anderson a resident Citizen of said County & party named in the foregoing certified deposition enlisted on the first of April AD 1776, in a company of Riflemen commanded by Captain Richard Brown that said Company so commanded by said Captain Richard Brown composed a part of the first Battalion of the first Regiment of Pennsylvania Riflemen which said first Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Piper that deponent served as a soldier in said first Battalion of the first Regiment of Pennsylvania riflemen being first Sergeant of said Captain Richard Brown's company from the said first day of April AD 1776. until the first of May 1777 when to the best of Deponents belief the first second and third Battalions of State Troops were consolidated & placed under the command of Colonel Walter Stuart that Deponent was a soldier in [illegible at page cutoff] as aforesaid on the first of May 1777 the time when [illegible at page cutoff] under the command of [bottom of page cut off]
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Deposition of
John Dougherty
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Borough of Somerset in and for the County of Somerset in the State of Pennsylvania, of August Term in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, before the Honourable Thomas H. Baird, President of the said Court and the Honourable Henry Black, one of the Associate Judges thereof, John Dougherty, a resident of said County personally appeared in open Court and being duly sworn doth upon his solemn oath depose and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, he enlisted in a company of Riflemen commanded by Captain Richard Brown, in the County of Bedford and State aforesaid. That at the time deponent so enlisted, James Anderson Esquire of the said County of Bedford, was first Sergeant in the said Company and regularly enlisted Soldier in the same. That the said Company was attached to the first Rifle Battalion, commanded by Colonel James Piper - That said Battalion marched to Marcus hook on the Delaware river in the month of May in the year aforesaid and was there joined by the second Rifle Battalion, commanded by Colonel Daniel Broadhead - That the Regiment composed of these two Battalions was commanded by Colonel Miles - That the Said Regiment then marched to Philadelphia and thence to Amboy in Jersey - thence
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to New York and Long Island - That the deponent and said James Anderson were in the battle of Long Island, in the Regiment aforesaid; that that the said James Anderson was taken prisoner at said battle, as were also Colonels Miles and Piper with a great proportion of the men. Deponent thinks this was about the 27th or 28th of August [Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776] in the year 1776, aforesaid. That in December following, about two days before the battle of Trenton [December 26, 1776], the said James Anderson having made his escape from the British at New York, joined the Regiment on the West side of the Delaware - said Regiment was then and until the next Spring commanded by Major Williams - that Major Williams then resigned and the regiment being filled up became a Regiment of Infantry and was commanded by Colonel Walter Stuart and afterwards was called Stuart's Regiment. Deponent further saith that all the military Service of the said James Anderson from the time of his enlistment until the first of January in the year 1778, was in the Regiment aforesaid, and that on the day last mentioned he the said James Anderson was honourably discharged - Deponent further saith that during all the service aforesaid the said James
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Anderson was considered a faithful soldier. That deponent has been well acquainted with the said James ever since the time last stated and has known him during all that time to be resident citizen of Bedford County aforesaid where he still lives and deponent understands he has applied for a pension. And finally this deponent saith that the said James Anderson was the only person of that name who entered the Service, from the County of Bedford aforesaid, during the Revolutionary War, to the best of his knowledge and belief.
S/John Dougherty

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 29th day of August A.D. 1822 - }
S/John Well Prothy


Somerset County ss.
I, John Wells, Protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset in the State of Pennsylvania, do certify that the foregoing deposition of John Dougherty was this day duly taken, sworn and subscribed, in open Court. 

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of [illegible in bottom of page cutoff] AD 1822 -
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We the subscribers citizens of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, do certify that we are well acquainted with John Dougherty, of said County. whose deposition taken in open Court is hereto attached; & that from our knowledge of his general character, for many years past, we consider him worthy of credit on his oath. and therefore believe the facts stated in his deposition aforesaid.
Somerset, August 29th. 1822.
S/George Graham
S/Conrad Hite
S/Robert Philson
S/Henry Black
S/Alexander Ogle
S/John Webster
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War Department
Pension Office
December 16, 1822

Hon. John Tod
House of Representatives-

James Anderson's claim has received due examination. The regiment commanded by Colonel Piper, under whom he first served was not on the Continental Establishment. His service under Colonel Stewart does not entitle him to a pension. The claimant states that he was discharged from this Regiment January 1, 1778. Colonel Stewart was not placed on the Continental Establishment until November 12, 1777. Of course he could not have served nine months at one period of engagement. The claim is rejected and the papers filed in this office agreeable to the regulations of the Department.

I am etc.   J.L.E.



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[letterhead] MRS. WILLIAM ANDERSON
211 EASTERN AVENUE
ASPINWALL STATION
PITTSBURGH [/letterhead]
January 5 - 1939
The Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Executive Assistant.

Dear Sir:
Do you have a record of one James Anderson. Esq. of Napier Township Bedford Co ^Pennsylvania Who 11 of Jan. 1822 made a declaration in the Common Pleas Court of that County in order to obtain a Pension founded on the services rendered in the Revolutionary War? He enlisted in Bedford Co in month of April 1776 in Penna Reg't of Riflemen, was at Marcus Hook, Long Island, Battle of Trenton - was Sargent [sergeant], was also in Battle of Brandywine Co Walter Stuart - and many other engagements?

Did he obtain a pension? Do you have the names of his family? Is there a record that he was given a piece of [underline] land [/underline] where Brooklyn New York now stands for his services?
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If you can give me any information I shall appreciate the service.
[note in margin: ret - Jan 7]

I am enclosing a stamped envelope for your convenience and please write on this page if it saves time. 

Sincerely
Mildred M. Anderson
(Mrs Wm)

3¢ stamped Env att.

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RECEIVED JAN 6 1939
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