Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9864, James Tracy, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  
S.C. 

Tracy, James 
Agnes

NUMBER
W. 9864

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CONTENTS
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[Left side of page]
8077.
S. Carolina
Agnes Trace d.
widow of James Tracy
who was a Srgt & Private
in the S.C. Line
Husb died in 1781

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
62 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March 1843 [illegible]
g August 1844, when she died

Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of Jany 1867
and sent to 
Hon. James Graham
Hs. of Repres.

(Acts of March 3, 1843.)
and June 17, 44
Recorded in Book d
Vol. 2 Page 170
Payable to Wm. N. James and
Greenberry Tracy only

[Right side of page]
2 Certfs.
1838, 1843 & 44
Repd

Letter to A. R. Hornesby
March 16, 1847
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[Left side of page]
16.240
South Carolina

James Tracy Senr
of Union in the State of South Car:
who was a pri: in the company commanded
by Captain Jamison of the Reg. commanded
by Col: Neil in the South Car.
line for 16 months

Inserted on the Roll of South Car:
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of July '33
and sent Jno. Rogers
Union C.H. . S.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -- 106.66
Semi-ani. allowance ending 4 Sept -- 26.66
$133.32

{Revolutionary Claim
{Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk
Book E Vol. 6. Page 81

[Right side of page] 

Letter 3 July 1837.  Pen Agent
W.K. Clowney  Nov 18 40
and. [illegible] 1839

Paid at this Treasury under
the Act of this 6th April 1838
from 4th Sep 1839 to 30 Decm
1839, the day of his death
Agt.  notified 15 Decm 1840
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James Nelson Tracy was bourn 
the twenty third January 1783
Elizabeth Tracy was bourn the
17 of January 1786
Meream Tracy was bourn
the 19 of March 1788 --
William Nelson Tracy was
bourn the 9 of October 1790
Aliab Tracy was born the 22
of May 1793 --
James Tracy was born the 6
of May 1796 ---
Greenberry Tracy was
bourn the 4 of August -
1799  Polly Hollingsworth
was bourn the 10 of March
1802 and departed this life on
the 6 of August 1825
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1816
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No. 15288.
James Tracy Senr Union
District South Carolina

Rn
Admit as private
16mo $53.33

5.1 ft
p 346

19 Apl 33
John Rogers Union District
House S. Carolina
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BRIEF in the case of James Tracy Sen
District of Union in the State of South Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3.  How old is he?  72

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

Period.  / Duration of Service. / Rank. / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Draftd In 17 / Years, Month, Days. / As a / Gen.
Enlisted/ 4 2 10 16/ Private / Captain Jamison Col Neil Capt Barnett, Col Hampton

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Rocky mount  Eutaw Springs

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  York District N.

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

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

I  Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence the the case above
mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.
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State of South Carolina )
Union District )

On this 16th day of October
1846 personally appeared
in Open Court now Opened and held at the Court
House in Unionville Greenberry Tracy a resident
of said District who bring first duly sworn according
to law doth on his oath make the following
Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of
the pension made by Act of Congress passed July
7th 1838 entitled An act of granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows also the Acts of 3d March
1843 and 17th June1844 and the Joint Resolution
of 23rd January 1845.
That he is a Son and one of the heirs at law
of Agnes Tracy who was the widow of James Tracy 
who was a private and Sargeant in the War of the
Revolution in the South Carolina Militia and 
served as the heirs do understand as set forth in his
own declaration filed in the Pension Office
and was allowed a pension at the rate of $53.33 cents
per annum under Act of 7th June 1832
Under South Carolina Agency. This claimant
further declares as he understands that his father
and Mother the aforesaid James and Agnes Tracy
^were married^ some time in the year seventeen hundred and
eighty two (1782) and that his father the aforesaid
James Tracy died on the 30th day of December 1839
and that his mother the aforesaid Agnes Tracy
died on the 9th day of August 1844 and that
she remained his widow untill her death.
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This deponent further declares that the only record
in his knowledge that gives any account of the marriages
or the dates of the births of the children of the aforesaid James and Agniss Tracy is a part of a Family Record which he the deponent with many
[illegible] for his own satisfaction and that the
original record is hereunto appended.
This deponent further declares that all ^children 
who survived the aforesaid Agness Tracy
and William Nelson Tracy James Tracy and 
this deponent Greenberry Tracy and that they
are all of full age: a daughter Jane Nelson Tracy married to 
W. Hollingsworth and about three pages as by leaving children who *

Greenberry Tracy (seal)

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court
The day and Year first above written

Wm. J. Keenan Clerk

* moved to distant parts and are understood to be all 
dead except one Elizabeth Hollingsworth, now the wife 
of  James Sandsford of Union Dist. So Ca.


State of South Carolina)
Union District)

I W. J. Keenan
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Said District do hereby certify that the 
foregoing declaration was made and subscribed in 
Open Court now in Session and That it was
Shown to the Satisfaction of the Court that James
Tracy the late Revolutionary Soldier of this District
died on the Thirtieth day of December Eighteen 
hundred and Thirty nine and That his wife Agniss 
Tracy died on the ninth day of August Eighteen
hundred and Forty four  I further certify that it
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was shown to the satisfaction of the Court that all the
children who survived the aforesaid Agniss Tracy
are William Nelson Tracy who resides in Alabama
James Tracy who resides in Mississippi and 
Greenberry Tracy who resides in Union District
South Carolina, ^one child of a [illegible] daughter only [illegible] and that it was shown to the^ 
satisfaction of the Court that the Claimant
Greenberry Tracy is a creditable person whom
upon the Court declared that the Clerk certify
the same to the War Department.  I further 
certify that the Records of my office does
not give any account of the aforesaid marriage
of James Tracy to his wife Agniss
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set m hand and 
affixed the Seal of Office at 
office in Unionville this 16th day 
of October 1846
[physical seal affixed]

Wm J. Keenan
Clerk of the
Court of Union Dist
[seal]


The State of South Carolina

I D L Wardlaw
one of the Law Judges of the said State and in 
turn a presiding Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for Union District
in the state aforesaid do certify that William
J. Keenan Esquire whose name in his
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own handwriting and under his seal of
office is subscribed to the foregoing 
certificate was at the date thereof Clerk of the 
said Court that full faith and credit is and 
ought to be given to his official attestations
as such Clerk and that the foregoing attestation
is in due form and by the proper
officer. 
[in different and much smaller handwriting it was added]
made under my duties as Judge.

Given under my hand 
at Union Court House
the 10th day of October
anno domini 1846
 
D. L. Wardlaw
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Jane Nelson Tracy was bourn the twenty second January 1783

Elizabeth Tracy was bourn the 17 of June 1786

Mennon Tracy was bourn the 19 of March 1788

William Nelson Tracy was bourn the [illegible]
1799
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James Tracys
Declan
15288
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State of South Carolina
Union District         To wit. -

On this 3rd day of October
1832 personally appeared in open
court before the Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas and Sessions now
sitting for the District aforesaid
James Tracy Sen. a resident in Union
District aged Seventy two years, who 
being first duly sworn in due form
of Law, doth on his oath, make the 
following Declaration in order to 
obtain the benefit of the Act of 
Congress passed June 7, 1832 - that he
entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein
stated - "I entered the service in York
District in the drafted militia, in Captain
Jamisons Company, in Col. Niels
Regiment, under command of Genl.
Sumpter - but cannot recollect the time.
and marched from York to Orangeburgh,
and continued in service in various
positions untill the Battle of the 
Hanging Rock where Genl. Sumpter
obtained the victory - and sometime
afterward fought in the engagement
at Rocky Mount under the same
officers - I was then discharged
and returned home. -  I again went into
the service in Captain Jamisons Company
and fought at Blackstocks
where Genl. Sumpter was wounded and
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and shortly after this engagement
I enlisted for Ten months or during
the war in the company commanded by
Capt. Jacob Barnett in Colonel Wade
Hamptons Regiment; and during this 
service I was in the Battle of the 
Eutaw Springs - and continued in 
this service untill we were finally
disbanded at Orangeburgh at the 
end of the War.  My recollection 
is too much impaired to recollect
any of the dates of my services - and
have no documentary evidence and 
can only refer to Maj. Joseph McJunkin
to Testify for me - I do hereby
relinquish any claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present
and declare that my name is not
on the pension Roll of the agency
of any State except the State of 
South Carolina, which I also release
upon the condition that I obtain a 
Pension from the United States -
I answer to the interrogatories
put by the Court I answer

1 & 2.  I was born on the 25th September 1760
in the State of Maryland as I have 
been informed - and have no record
of my age. -

3rd  I lived in York Dist. when I entered the 
service and have lived in the 
District of Union ever since then 
end of the war.

4 & 5.  In the within Declaration

6.  I never received and written
discharge but was always discharged
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by the verbal orders of my officers
I refer to the Revd. Elias Mitchell
and Maj. McJunkin to prove 
my character for truth and morals [?]
department

James Tracy

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year afsd.

Jno B. O'Neall
Pres. Judge

We Elias Mitchell a clergyman residing
in Union District and Maj. Joseph 
McJunkin residing in the same do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted James
Tracy Sen. who has subscribed and sworn 
to the foregoing declaration, that we believe
him to be seventy-two years of age,
that he is reputed and believed in the 
neighborhood where he resides to have been a 
soldier of the Revolution and we 
concur in that opinion. -

Elias Mitchel Sen.
Joseph McJunkin

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year afsd.

Jno. B. O'Neall
Pres. Judge

And the said Court does
hereby declare its 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 - the Court does further certify
that it appears to it that Elias Mitchell 
who has signed the foregoing certificate a 
clergyman residing in the District of Union
and that Joseph McJunkin who has 
also signed the same, is a credible person
and their statements are entitled to credit.

Jno. B. O'Neall
Pres. Judge
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State of South Carolina
Union District

I John Rogers Clerk of 
the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for the said
District of Union do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceeding of the said 
Court in the matter of the application of
James Tracy for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I
have hereto set my hand 
& seal of office at Union
Court House this 15 day 
of October 1832

J. Rogers Clk.
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State of South Carolina
Union District

On this eighth day 
of October in the year eighteen hundred & forty
personally appeared in open Court before John
J. Pratt Judge of Ordinary for Union District
in the State of South Carolina, Agness Tracy
a resident of Brown's Creek in the District of Union
in the State of South Carolina aged eighty three
years, who first being duly sworn according to 
law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 
provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th
1838.  that she is the widow of James Tracy who
was a private in the war of the revolution & to whom
a certificate of pension was granted by the United
State on the 19th day of July one thousand eight hundred
& thirty ^three under the Act of Congress passed July 7th
1832, which said certificate is transmitted to the 
power of Attorney for the arrears of pension due
to James Tracy Senr. at the time of his death.  She 
further declares that she was married to the said
James Tracy Senr. deceased, on the [blank] day of [blank]
in the year eighteen hundred & eighty one or two,
that she was married to the said James Tracy Senr.
after he left the service but before the 1st of January
seventeen hundred & ninety four as will more
satisfactorily appear from a record of ages of 
the children hereunto annexed with the proof 
accompanying the same.  That he husband died
on the thirtieth day of December in the year eighteen
hundred & thirty nine & that she has 
remained a widow ever since that period.

Agness Tracy X  her mark

J. J. Pratt Judge of 
the Court of Ordinary
Union District S.C.
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State of South Carolina
Union District

Personally appeared in 
open Court before me John J Pratt, judge of Ordinary
on this twenty sixth day of October eighteen hundred
& forty, this deponent Christopher Brandon of 
the District of Union & State of South Carolina &
first being duly sworn on oath declares that
he was well acquainted with James Tracy Senr. in 
his life time & Agness Tracy his wife; that he knows
James Tracy Senr. departed this life in the latter part 
of the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine & that the
said Agness Tracy is & continues to remain his widow.
He further declares that he was present & saw
William K. Clowny cut from a family bible in
the possession of Greenberry Tracy a record of the
ages of the children of James Tracy Senr. deceased & 
Agness Tracy, all of which children he has known
from their infancy, which record he believes to 
be true & genuine, which said record is hereunto
annexed.  

Christopher Brandon  X  his mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me
J. J. Pratt Judge
of the Court of Ordinary


South Carolina
Union District

I William Ray Clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for Union District do hereby certify
that J J Pratt whose genuine signature
appears to the above affidavit is Judge of the 
Court of Ordinary for said District that due faith
and credit is and aught to be given to his 
official acts as such.  Given under my
hand & Seal of Office at Union Court House
this 26th day of October 1840

Wm. Ray  CCOPS
for Union District
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Hon. Jas. Graham
H.R.



[written upside down]
50-
10-
2.22
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State of South Carolina
Union District

On this 3rd day 
of December 1846
Personally appeared before me Isom
Vaughan one of the Acting Magistrates
in and for Said District Grunberry
Tracy and after being first duly sworn
according to law deposeth and Saith
on oath That his Mother Agniss Tracy
died at his house on the ninth day 
of August 1844.  he further swears that
she had no Phycician to attend her
in her last sickness this he well 
knows because she was confined at his 
house at least two months if not longer
He further swears that her Funeral has
never been Prech & that they was no Preacher
present when she was buryd

Greenberry Tracy

Isom Vaughan Magt.


South Carolina
Union District

I Isom Vaughan
the Magistrate before
whom the above affidavit was proven
do hereby certify that Greenberry Tracy who
made [?] the above affidavit is a man of known
respectability whose versaity & character cannot 
be disputed.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal Decr. 2d 1848   

Isom Vaughan Magt.
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South Carolina
Union District

On this 2d day of December
1846 Personally appeared 
before me Isom Vaughan one of the acting
Magistrates in & for Said District Joel J Adams
and after being first duly Sworn according
to Law Deposeth and Sayeth on oath that
he was personally present at the burial of 
Angiss Tracy who was the widow of James
Tracy that she was buryd some time 
in the Month of August Eighteen
hundred and forty fore the precise day
of the Month he cannot tell but well
knows it was in August - as above

Joel J Adams

Sworn to and Subscribed the
day & date above written before me

Isom Vaughan Magt.


State of South Carolina
Union District

I Isom Vaghan the Magistrate before
whom the above affidavit was sworn
do hereby certify that Joel J Adams who
made the above affidavit is a man of truth
whose verasity and character cannot 
be Disputed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal this 2d day of 
Decr. 1846

Isom Vaughan Magt.
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State of South Carolina
Union District

I Isom Vaughan do here certify that I was 
cald on to make a coffin for the body
of Agnes Tracy which was in the month
of August in the year one thousand Eight
hundred and forty four and the precise
day of the month I do not recollect but well 
now [know] that hit was in august as above
stated   in testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal and I further
certify that she was the widow of the late
Revolutionary James Tracy of this District
Deceased  this the 2d day of December 1846

Isom Vaughan  Magistrate

I William J Keenan Clerk of the Court
of General Sessions & Common Pleas for Union
District in the State of South Carolina do
hereby certify that Isom Vaughan is a Magistrate
as above that the foregoing Signature
purporting to be his is genuine and that
all due faith and credit is and ought to 
be given to all his attestations as such
I further certify that Greenberry Tracy
and Joel J Adams who make
and subscribe the foregoing affidavit
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...vits are men of known respectability
whose veracity cannot be disputed
In testimony whereof I 
have hereunto affixed my 
seal of office and 
Subscribed my name 
the third day of December
Anno Domini 1846

Wm. J. Keenan
Clk
[seal]
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State of South Carolina
Union District

James Tracy came
before me & deposeth as follows in 
[illegible] to Explain & make more explicit his
application for a pension under the act of 
Congress passed the 7 June 1832.  Saith
that he entered the service under Capt. Jamison
in York District and remained in the same
untill the Battle of the hanging Rock & Rocky
Mount. thinks it was four months - I again
joined Capt. Jamison & marched two months
or untill the battle at Blackstock - I again
after the Battle at Blackstock I enlisted for 
Ten months or during the war and during 
my Ten months enlistment I was orderly
Sergeant - but did not serve but the 
Ten months at this Tour   - I was again
out in the service but cannot recollect
how long I was and at the time - 
This deponent further states that he herewith
produces affadavits of [illegible] persons that
he served repeated Tours of duty - 

James Tracy

Sworn to & Subscribed
before me this 21st May 1833

James Rowntree JP
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I James Rowntree do certify that James
Tracy is reputed to be a man of veracity
Given under my hand & seal
this 26th May 1833 -

James Rowntree JP
[no seal seen]


State of South Carolina
Union District

I John Rogers 
Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common
Pleas for said District do certify that James
Rowntree Esqr. is an acting Justice of the 
Peace & his official acts as such are entitled
to full faith & credit as such & that his
Signature is genuine -
Given under my hand &
Seal of Office at Union
Court House this 21st
day of May 1833.

J. Rogers Clk
[seal]
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Payment to be made
at Charleston
by Jno. C. Cochran
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of 
South Carolina
Payable on the 4th March,
and 4th September in each
year.

Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book D. Vol. 1.
Page [blank] by
D. H. Wood, Clerk.

Duplicate.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Agnes Tracy, decd. late of S. Carolina
widow of James Tracy, decd.
who was a Sergt. & Private in the S.C. Line
and died on the [blank] day of [blank] 1781
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty Two
dollars and Twenty Two cents per annum, commencing on the
4th March 1836, and terminating on the 4th of March,
1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned 
date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage or death, payable to Wm. N. James and Greenberry
Tracy, only children.  

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 20th day of 
January one thousand
eight hundred and Forty Seven.

Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}

Commissioner of Pensions


Duplicate
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Planters & Mechanics Bank of So. Ca.
Charleston   26 June 1837


J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir

I forward herewith for your authority
to pay Vouchers of William Aiken and James Tracey
Senr. having 24 and 12 months due on them

I am very respectfully
Your Ob Serv.

A. Spears
Pension Agent
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Hon. Jas. Graham
HR

[written sideways]
Comm. of Pensions
Washington 
DC
Page 31

Jan 13 '47
Adal
Agness Tracy


[written sideways]
J L Edwards es [runs off page]
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HR   Jany 12th 1847

Mr J L Edwards

I herewith enclose you some 
papers in relation to Pension   Please examine
them and give me the result

Yours

James Graham
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Payment to be made at 
Charleston by
John C. Cochran
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of
S. Carolina

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office, in 
Book A, Vol. 2, Page [blank]

D. H. Wood, Clerk.


Duplicate
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
----------------------

I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843,
and June 17, 1844
Agnes Tracy, decd. late of S. Carolina
widow of James Tracy, Senr.
who was a Sergt. & Private in the S.C. Line
and died on the [blank] day of 1781
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty Two
dollars and Twenty Two cents per annum, commencing on the 
4th March 1843, and terminating on the 4 Aug. 1844 when
she died; payable to Wm. N. James and 
Greenberry Tracy, only children.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 20th day of January
one thousand eight hundred and 47.

Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.

Commissioner of Pensions.

Duplicate.
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State of South Carolina
Union District

This is to certify that we whose names are
hereunto annexed are personally acquainted with
Dabney Becknell of this District and know him 
to be an old Gentleman of Truth & verasity.  we
further that he Stands as high in Point
of character as any man in Said District whose
word would be as quick taken in point of Truth
as any man in our knowledge.  We further certify
that we are willing to vouch for any affidavit
that he has or may make in relation to any
matter.  In testimony whereof we have
hereunto set our hands & subscribed our
names This 3d day of December 1846.

B. H. Bradley, PU
C. Wilson
French T Nethers
John McLane
N H Bradley
R. S. Sims
Mark Clowney     Ex memb Congress

I am well acquainted with the Gentlemen
who signs the above Certificate and know them 
to be highly respectable and entitled to full 
faith and credit    12 Jany. 1847
James A Black
MC
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State of South Carolina
Union District

I J. J. Pratt judge of the Court of Ordinary
for the District of Union in the State aforesaid, do
certify that I am personally acquainted with Dabney
Becknell of the District and State aforesaid, who 
was sworn before me in relation to the marriage
of Green and Agness Tracy upon the application 
of Agness Tracy for a pension, that I believe him
to be a man whose veracity may be relied on 
and intitled to full confidence of the department
in relation of the matter.
Given under my hand this third day of
December A.D. 1846.

J. J. Pratt judge 
of the Court of Ordy.
Union Dist. So. Ca.

I am also acquainted with Green Berry Tracy 
and believe him to be a man of truth and 
veracity.

Dec. 3d 1846.

J. J. Pratt judge of
the Court of Ordy.
Union Dist. So. Ca.
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Shelby N.C.
Oct. 29

15

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Washington City
D.C.


[written sideways on paper]
Nov. 4, 1846
Supplement to
Agness Tracy
July 7 1838
Page 38

Shelby NC   Oct 25 1846

Dear Sir

enclosed I Send You the 
declaration of the Heirs of Mrs. Agniss Tracy
deceased of Union District SC.  If the 
Proof of Marriage & Service is Satisfactory
You will please forward me a certificate
to this place for the amount the heirs are
entitled  I have claimed the benefit of the
Joint Resolution of Jany 30 1845 thinking 
that they were entitled to that Act as
 their Mother had filed her declaration
prior to the passed of Said act which 
declaration You can refer to

I Remain Yours with due
Respect

A. R. Hornesby
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,

December 8th, 1840.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  The widow of James Tracy, Sen:
a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at 
the rate of Fifty three Dollars and 33 Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839
to the 30th December 1839, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 40

Comptroller Genl's Office 
Columbia S.C.   September 14th 1846.


Book L
Indent 440.   Issued the 29th October 1784 to Mr.
James Tracy for Fife Pounds 2s  1/4 D.
Sterling for 110 days duty in the militia
in 1780 as pr account audited
Prin. £5:2:10 1/4.  Ann ints. £:7:2D.---

Book L
Account 440    James Tracey   His account of 110
days militia duty (viz) 40 days
under Capt Jamison @ 20s
per day, 30 days under Lieut Jamison
@ 10s per day, 40 days under 
Capt Jamison @ 2s per day in all 
110 days in 1780 Sterling £::10 1/4D --

Book M
Indent 264   Issued 1st October 1784 to Mr. James
Tracey late seargeant in Barnett's 
Troop H Hampton's Regt. Sumter's Brigade
State Troops for Twenty three
Pounds 10s sterling being amount pay
and bounty due him for services in 
that troop together with interest thereon
from 1st April 1782 to date hereof Agreeable 
to Resolution Genl. Assembly 11th March
last Prinl. £:10:D  Ints. £1:12:10D.--

I certify the above to be a true copy from the Records
in this office

For Comptroller Genl.
J. Ang. Black
Page 41

Shelby NC
July 30

10

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
DC

mail


[written sideways on paper]
Aug. 5, 184
Recd
Agness Tracy
Page 42

Shelby NC   July 1846

Dear Sir

I Recd Yours of the 
in regards to Mrs. Agness Tracys pension 
of Union District SC which states
that She would have to make a 
new declaration because she was not
Entitled under the act of 1838 at the time
She made her declaration.  Mrs. Tracy
is dead.  She decd I think in August
1844.  If She died at that time will 
not her heirs be Entitled to the Joint
Resolution of Jany 1845.  I would also 
like to know whether the Marriage
has been proven to the Satisfaction
of the department or not.
Will You be as kind as to let me know
how to proceed in this case Must
the heirs make a declaration if so 
what acts must they claim under
I will waight an answer to this with
anxiety

I Remain Yours &c.

A R Hornesby
Page 43

Shelby NC
July 2

10

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Mail


Nancy Tracy
S.C.
Page 44

Shelby NC   Jun 29 1846

Mr. J. L. Edward

Dear Sir

Will You be as king as to inform me what
proof is lacking in the case of Mrs.
Nancy Tracy of Union District
So Ca.   She had one Mr. W K Clowney
employed to attend to her Pension for
her he has been unwell for about
2 Years & unable to attend to any business
the old Lady is now decd. & I have 
undertaken to obtain the pension due
her for the Heirs at Law of Mrs. Tracy
please let me know what proof is lacking
& ho [how] to proceed in order to obtain a certificate
if clm was entitled for the heirs

I Remain Your s &c
A. R. Hornesby

[illegible] I wrote to the Hon. J A Black
to get a coppy of the letter you sent
to W K Clowney he sent it to me if you
have Genl. Com a coppy of his Letter
that will answer

ARH
Page 45

James Tracy dcd 1839
Agness Tr    1781.2
Pen Act [or Agt] Jany.
No. 16240

James Tracy
S.C.
Page 46


Feb 10 47
OM
Recd of 
Agenss Tracy


[written sideways on paper]
Shelby NC
Feb. 4

10

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
Page 47

Shelby NC  Feby 3 1847

Dear Sir

I Recd a pension certificate
for the heirs of Agnes Tracy through the 
hand of his Hon. Dell Harvey [?] dated 20
Jany 1847 which certificate allwd
her [illegible] $62.22.  her husband James
Tracy only drew $53 per annum 
The intention of Heirs is to know wheather
the heirs are not intitled to the [illegible]
is was not her husband entitled to the same
and was if so can then heirs draw it if
they can how should they present it
I hop You will answer this inquiry soon

I Remain Yours &c
A.R. Hornesby.
Page 48

Pension Office
November 16th 1846.

Sir,

The papers in the case of Agnes Tracy
have been examined and filed.  Three months 
and twenty days service as private, and ten months
as Sergeant are duly established.
The date of the marriage is not satisfactorily established.  Dabney Becknell states that he was married
in 1802 and at that time the eldest daughter of 
James and Agnes Tracy was married.  This proof if
made by a person of known veracity to the office, 
would be sufficient to warrant a conclusion
that the marriage took place prior to 1794, and 
to your effect to his testimony.  his credibility should be established by some high judicial functionary
or by the Member of Congress from the district
in which he resides.
The date of the death of Agnes Tracy
should be proven by the oath of the Physician
who attended her in her last illness, the 
minister or undertaker who attended her funeral
Page 49

and whose credibility should be certified
by a Judge or Member of Congress.

I am, very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards


A. R. Hornesby, Esq.
Shelby, 
N. Carolina
Page 50

Chester
James Jamison's
affidavitt
Page 51

State of South Carolina
Chester District

James Jamison Senr. came
Personally before me the subscribing
Justice of Quorum and makes oath
that James Tracey was a revolutionary Soldier
under him as captain of Militia, in a regiment
commanded by Col. William Bratton of 
York District and that he served two months
under him, during the seige of Charleston but
not in garrison and further declares that he believes James
Tracey to have been a good soldier and
friend to his country and that he enrolled
himself under him in the year 1780

James Jamison

Sworn to and signed
before me this 9th day
of April 1833

J. A. McCool, Q.U.

I do hereby certify that the above signer Capt.
James Jamison is a man of strict veracity
and a reputed captain in the revolutionary
war with G. Britain under Genl. Th [A fold in paper makes it impossible to see the rest of this name as well as the signature at the bottom]
Page 52

Chester
Jacob Black's 
affidavitt
Page 53

State of S. Carolina
Chester District

Jacob Black a reputed Soldier
of the revolutionary war with 
Great Britain personally appeared before me the
subscribing Justice of Quorum for the district aforesaid
and makes oath that he was personally acquainted 
with James Tracy of Union Dist. S. Carolina
during the war of the revolution and knew James
Tracy to belong to the state troops of S. Carolina
under Captain Jacob Barnet and Col. Wade Hampton
The soldiers belonging to said State troops were enlisted
for the term of Ten months and the Said
James Tracey served faithfully during that time
and that James Tracey enlisted in the State troops
about the last of April or 1st of May 1780
He saw also the sd. James Tracey frequently before
the above date in the Militia Service particularly
at the Battle of Blackstocks and that he the said
Jacob Black and James Tracey were Soldiers under
the same captain viz. Captain James Jamison of the
Militia at the Battle of Blackstocks in the year 1780 in Decr. 
He also knew the said James Tracey to be a good
Soldier and warm friend to the cause of his Country.

Jacob Black

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 10th of May
1833

J. A. McCool Q.U.

I do hereby certify that Jacob Black the above deponent
is a an of strict candor and veracity.

J. A. McCool
Page 54

Chester
Joseph Jamison's 
Affidavitt
Page 55

State of South Carolina
Chester District

Joseph Jamison Senr.
a reputed revolutionary
Soldier personally appeared before me the subscribing
Justice of Quorum of said district
and makes oath that he has been acquainted
with James Tracey before and since the revolutionary
war with G. Britain and knew him
the sd. James Tracey to serve as a soldier
in the State Troops under Captain Barnet and 
Col. Wade Hampton and Genl. Thomas Sumpter
and that he believes him to be a constant
soldier during the whole war either in the
State Troops or in the Militia when called on
excepting when relieved by furlough or permission
of his officers 

Joseph Jamison

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 10th day 
of May 1833

James A. McCool Q.U.

I do hereby certify that Joseph Jamison is 
a man of known veracity and a reputed
revolutionary soldier in the war of Independence
Page 56

The State of South Carolina   Chester District

I John Rosborough Clerk of the Court
of General Sessions and Common Pleas in and 
for the District aforesaid do hereby Certify that 
James A. McCool Esquire who hath signed the foregoing
depositions taken on this & the [two?] half sheets
of paper hereunto attached is and was at the 
time of certifying the same a lawfull acting
Justice of the Quorum in and for this District
and that all due faith and credit are and ought
to be given to his attestations as such
Given under my hand & Seal of the District
at Chester Court House the 20th day of 
May AD 1833 and in the fifty seventh
year of the Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America

J Rosborough
CCGSCPls
[seal]
Page 57

State of South Carolina
Union District

On this 12 day
of October 1846
personally appeared before me the subscriber
one of the acting Magistrates for said
District Mr. John Boyd and after being
first duly sworn according to law deposeth
and saith on oath that he was well 
acquainted with James Tracy and his wife
Agniss and knows from his own
personal knowledge that they living together
as man and wife prior to the Time
Seventeen hundred and ninety for [four] from 
the fact that he the deponent was married
in March Seventeen hundred and 
ninety nine & at that time they had
Some four or Six Children  This he does 
well recollect for he resides in their 
same neighborhood.

John Boyd  [seal]

Sworn to & subscribed the day 
and date above written
before me

Alfred W. Davis
Magst.



State of South Carolina
Union District

I Alfred W Davis the 
Magistrate before whom
the above affidavit was made do hereby certify
that John Boyd is a man of Respectability
whose veracity and character cannot be 
disputed   In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand & seal.

Alfred W. Davis  [seal]
Page 58

State of South Carolina
Union District

On this 13th day of 
October 1846 personally
appeared before me the Subscriber one of the 
acting Justices of the Peace for Said District
Samuel Faucett and after being first duly
sworn according to law deposeth and saith
on oath that he was well acquainted with
James Tracy & his wife Agniss Tracy  That
he the deponent is Seventy one Years of 
age and has known James Tracy & his wife
Agniss [illegible] he knew anything and at his
Earliest Recollection They were there living
together as man and wife  That for the deponent
does well know that they was living together
as man and wife a considerable time prior to 
the Year Seventeen hundred and ninety four because
he the deponent and the aforesaid James & 
Agniss Tracy's oldest children were youngsters
together

James Faucett

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and date
first above written

Isaac Gregory Magt
Ex oficio


State of South Carolina
Union District

I Isaac Gregory the Magistrate before
whom the above affidavit was made do 
certify that Samuel Faucett is a man 
of character and Truth
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand & seal this 13 day of Oct 1846

Isaac Gregory Magst
Ex oficio

[no seal seen]
Page 59

State of South Carolina
Union District

On this 13 day of October 1846 Personally
appears before me J J Pratt Magt. Ex oficio
in & for Said District Dabny Becknell
and after being first duly sworn according
to Law deposeth and Saith on 
oath that he was Personally acquainted 
with James & Agniss Tracy.  That he
the deponent was married on the 26 day
of March Eighteen hundred and Seven 1807 which 
marriage he has recorded in his Family
Bible & when he saw deponent was married
James & Agniss Tracy's oldest dorter
was married & hd been living with her 
husband Hollandsworth  this he does well 
know  This deponent further States that
James Tracy & his wife Agniss Tracy had
Children fully Grown when he the
deponent was married & he further think
that James & Agniss Tracy's Children were
all Born before he was married which was
Six in number

Dabney Becknell

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & 
date first above written

J. J. Pratt
Magt. Ex officio


State of South Carolina
Union District

I J. J. Pratt the Magistrate before
whom the above affidavit was
made do hereby certify that Dabney Becknell is a
man of known respectability whose veracity & character
cannot be disputed.  In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & seal this 13 Oct 1846.

J. J. Pratt, Magt
Ex officio

[no seal seen]
Page 60

State of South Carolina
Union District

I Wm. J. Keenan Clerk 
of the Court for said
District do hereby certify that Alfred 
W Davis, Isaac Gregory and J. J. Pratt are
Magistrates as above and the foregoing Signatures
purporting to be theirs are Genuine
and that all their official acts are
entitled to due faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
affixed the seal of my office
this 13 day of October 1846

Wm J. Keenan 
Clerk of the 
Court of Union District
[seal]
Page 61

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
James Trac Senr. which require
further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  [blank]

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  [blank]

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?  [blank]

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  [blank]

V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he 
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension 
he is entitled?  No

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  [blank]

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?  [blank]

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  [blank]

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  [blank]

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or description by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?  [blank]
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2

XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to 
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary 
service?  [blank]

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not 
obtaining it?  [blank]

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  [blank]

XIV.  †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service has he produced a witness 
or witnesses as to his service?  No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, 
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?  [blank]

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  [blank]

XVI.  ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  [blank]

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? [blank] And, 
if not, which of them is not so answered?  [blank]

------------------------------------
EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For -----
year-----months, and -----days, I served as a --------
For -----months
and ---- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension.
Page 63

3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite,
and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the 
officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.
It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration 
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not 
employed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In any case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he much 
prove his service by two credible witnesses, wo are required to et forth in their affidavits the time of 
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the 
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of 
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the 
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Page 64

10.183
S. Carolina.
-------------------------
Agnes Tracy, decd.
Widow of James Tracy, Senr.
who was a pensioned under the Act of 1832
and who  died in the year 1881 or 1882
of Union in the State of S.C. 
who was a Pri & Ser in the Company
commanded by Captain Jamison of the 
Reg. commanded by Col. Neil in 
the S.C. line for 10 mo. Ser.
3 mo. Pri.
------------------------------
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 62 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
--------------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of 
Jany. 1847 and Sent to Hon.
J. Graham, H. of Reps.
----------------------------------
Total amount,          $311.10

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by D. H. Wood, Clerk,
Book D,  Vol. 1.  Page 813 [313?]

[on left side]
Repd.
Page 65

No7433 { 9183. 1338.decd.
Agnes Tracey
S.C.
Act 7 July '38
Admd. d.'80 or '82.
10 mos. sergeant
3 "[ditto] private
$62.22 pr ann
also acts '43 & '44
to 9 August 1844
when she died, payable to Wm. N James and Greenberry Tracy, only surviving children.

Hon. James Graham
H.R.
W. K. Clowney
N.C.H.
So Car.
Page 66

7433 
S. Carolina
Agnes Tracy
Let. to Hon. W. K Clowney 21 Nov. 1840
Rejected
Let. A. R. Hornsby July 8/46

Act July 1838
Page 67

[check mark]  7433
James Tracey
S.C.
Let to A. R. Hornesby
Augt 31. '46
Let to same Nov. 16. 1846


Act 7th July 1838
Page 68

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File no. 9864
Agnes Tracy Wid
James Tracy Sergt Rev. War
Act: March 3 1843  June 17 1844
Index: - Vol.  M , Page 280
(Arrangement of 1870)