Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27546, Silas Hailes, N.C. S.C.
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE N.C. , S.C. Hailes, Silas, Hails, Spicy NUMBER W.27546 B.L. Wt. 26702 - 160-55 B.L.Wt. 35848 - 160- 55
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31685 South Carolina Silas Hailes  of Sumterville in the State of S. Carolina who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Dubose of the reg't commanded by Col. Marion in the S.C. Militia line for 2 years . Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars  __ Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th of March 1831.  Certificate of Pension issued  the 26 day of Dec 1839  & sent to  Hon John Campbell  House of Reps. arrears to the 4th Sept 1839 $ 680.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40  $ 40.00 ( total $ 720.00 ) { Revolutionary Claim Acr June 7, 1832. } Recorded by D. McCurdy  Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 71
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(left page ) Restoration 2.061  South Carolina Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Washington City Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th March 1861. Certificate of Pension issued 24th day of Oct 1867 and sent to Claimant care R. J. Powell Washington  D. C.  Recorded on Roll of Pensioners  under act  February 3, 1853 , Page 348 Vol. H . J. N. Smith clerk  ( right page ) lett Pensioner July 15, 1869 must renew  her decln before a Judge or clk of a ct of record
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( left page ) Cer to Wm Rogers , Aug 20/55 let to Wm Rogers Sept 11/11 Feby 53 - No 2001  ( right page ) 40771 April 5/55 Spicy Hailes wid of Silas Hailes Priv. Revolutionary war Rev. Pensioner Feby 53 - 2061 Ad : 160 acs  May 16/56 Boynton Cir : Aug 20  William Rogers  Bishopville Dis - Darlington S.C.  ( notes across text ) ( No 26702 iss May 21/56 )
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( left page ) ( vertical notes ) Dec 1/57 Let. to Agent recalling warrant - not entitled - see 26702  for the acm - Caveat file ( underscored ) June 3/59 assigned circular to Anthon J Drexel care of the Register of  the Land Office Springfield May 29  July 7 / 57 Let to W.E. Barber Westchester Pa noted with removal of the caveat. Let to Com Gen Land Office removing caveat.  Vol H = 1 37  ( right page )  217,717 Act Mar 3/55 Oct. 10/55 Spicy Hails wid of Silas Hails Spicey Hailes wid of Silas Hailes Pri :  Rev. War  ( check mark )  Rec. pension 2061 Feby 53- 2061  Ad : 160 acs  July 29/56 Boynton  S.C.   J. J. Combs Present James Taylor Sumterville N.C.  ( notation across text ) ( No . 35848 iss Augst 1/56
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[ State of South Carolina Sumter District ] On this thirtieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and  thirty two  personally appeared  in open Court , now sitting at  Sumter  Court House for the district & State aforesaid Silas Hailes of the district of Darlington  & State aforesaid  aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the  act of Congress passed June 7th  1832. That he enlisted in Captain James Fair's company  of Volunteers for six months - equipped himself, and the company was no expense to the government. That he was brought to the State of North Carolina and was at a skirmish with the British near McCallum's ferry - That  Frederick Kimbrell was the colonel of the Regiment   That at the skirmish  Gen. Sumter commanded. That the British defeated them and they  repaired to  Anson County North Carolina. Then returned to South Carolina and did duty  under Capt. John Watts about three months in  Sumter's Brigade and rode one month as a post rider carrying letters from  Camden to  Genl. Greene at High Hills of Santee and at Four Holes. This was before the battle of Eutaw a short time . Then left Sumter's brigade & went to Darlington district, then Cherow district, and joined the company of Captain Andrew Dubose.- then  was transferred to the company of Captain  Peter Dubose  & remained in it for two years until  Marion's brigade was discharged at Waaboo about  two miles from Monk's Corner. That he was in a skirmish with the Tories commanded by one
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Declaration of Silas Hailes for a pension 17765  Th  J Wilder CCPs
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Major Gainey on little Pee Dee . That he was in the service altogether about  three years - has no documentary evidence , received no written discharge as the brigade was discharged by verbal order. He knew in the service General Sumter - General Marion - Col. Benton - Col. Morris Murphy  - Col. Kolb - Col. Baxter - Col. Ervin. 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 - but is on the pension roll of the  State of South Carolina. Sworn to  and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  ( his mark X ) Silas Hailes  B. J. Earle ( signed ) presiding Judge                             Peter Dubose in open Court now sitting  for the  district of Sumter in said State before B J Earle presiding Judge, makes oath, that he knew  Silas Hailes the above applicant , that he was in his  this deponent's company  about two years in the Brigade of Genl. Marion - that he has personal knowledge  of most of the matters above detailed . Peter Dubose ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. B J Earle ( signed ) presiding Judge in open Court
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We Ripley Copeland residing in the said district of Sumter and Middleton  Dubose residing in the same  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Silas Hailes who has subscribed & sworn  to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age - that he is reputed  & believed in the neighborhood  where he resides to have been soldier of the revolution  & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Ripley Copeland ( signed ) M Dubose ( signed ) B J Earle ( signed ) Presiding Judge in open Court                          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 & served as he states. and the Court further certifies  that it appears to them that R Copeland who has signed the preceding certificate  resident in the district of Sumter aforesaid, and that M. Dubose  who has also signed the same is a resident in said district  & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. B J Earle ( signed ) Presiding Judge in open Court
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I, Thomas J. Wilder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for  Sumter district  in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify  that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Silas Hailes for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of October 1832. Th . J. Wilder ( signed ) CCPs ( vertical note ) ( Declaration of Silas Hailes for a pension 17765 )
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( note to right of text )  ( Return this to Bishopville  [ State of South Carolina District of Darlington ] SS : On this 24th day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared  before me a Magistrate within and for the District and State aforesaid Spicy Hailes aged seventy eight years a resident of Darlington  District in the State of South Carolina who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Silas Hailes who was a private in the  Revolutionary  War  and she declares that as widow of the said Silas Hailes  in conformity  with the act of February 3rd, 1853 her name  is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate eighty dollars  per annum commencing on the 3rd February  1853  and continuing  for life unless she should again marry  and that her certificate was given at the  Department of the Interior the 20th day of September 1853 and signed  R. M. Lelland Secretary of the Interior and countersigned  S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions and she declares that she still remains the widow of the above mentioned Silas Hailes. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land  granted by the act passed 1855 and she hereby  declares that she  has not applied for or received and she believes she is not entitled to  Bounty Land except as above stated and  she declares that this is her first application under the act of 1855  and she requests that her land warrant when issued be  enclosed to William  Rogers Esq. Bishopville  Sumter District So. Ca.  who she hereby  appoints her agent  to receive and take charge of the same.  ( her mark X ) Spicy Hailes  Witness  A.W. Edwards ( signed ) Sworn to  before me the day and year above written and I certify that I have o interest in the above claim and am not concerned in it prosecution.  Miles  H.  Joy ( signed ) Magistrate
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40.771 [ State of South Carolina District of Darlington ] SS.  Personally came A.W. Edwards and Jesse Johnson residents of Darlington District South Carolina  persons whom I certify  to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn say that they were present and saw  Spicy Hailes sign her name to the foregoing declaration  and they further swear that they have every reason to believe  and of their own knowledge  know that the said Spicy Hailes is the widow of Silas Hailes who was said to have been a Revolutionary  soldier in the war of the Revolution and who is now  as widow of the said Silas Hailes a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and they  deponents do reside in Darlington District  State of South Carolina. They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses.  A. W. Edwards ( signed ) Jesse Johnson ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of March  A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five . Miles H Joy  ( signed ) Magistrate D.D.    [ State of South Carolina District of Darlington ] I E. B. Brunson  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of Darlington  and  State  above mentioned do certify that Miles H Joy  whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same a Magistrate  in and for the  District and State aforesaid  duly commissioned and sworn  that all his official acts as such  are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid District Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction . I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and am not  concerned in its prosecution. Given under my hand  and seal of office at Darlington  this 30th day of March  A.D. 1855 . E B Brunson ( signed ) CCP & JS
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Declaration of Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes  Rev. Pension  Widow's claim under Act Feb 3, 1853 Attorney William Hunt Washington City D.C.
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the 2nd Section of the Act of February 3rd 1853  [ State of South Carolina District of Darlington ] SS. On this sixth day of June 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Ordinary and Probates for the District of Darlington  and State of South Carolina  Spicey Hailes a resident of the District  of Darlington and State aforesaid aged 76 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 February 3rd 1853  granting pensions  to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary  War. That she is the widow of Silas Hailes who was a Revolutionary Pensioner on the South Carolina Pension Roll under the Act  of June 1832 as will appear by his Pension Certificate herewith presented . She further declares that she was married to the said Silas Hails onor about the 25th of December eighteen hundred and  eighteen ; that the marriage ceremony  was performed by David Trantham  a Baptist Minister in the District of Darlington State of South Carolina. That her name before marriage was Spicey Johnson. That her said husband  died at is place of residence in Darlington District State of South Carolina on  the 18th day of October 1846, that she was not married to him prior to the year eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow . She also declares that she has and does hereby appoint William Hunt of Washington City  D.C. as her true and lawful Attorney  to apply for and to receive her Pension Certificate should it be granted. ( her mark X ) Spicy Hailes Witness William Roger ( signed ) over
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Sworn  and subscribed on the day and year above written  before the said Court, and the Court  hereby certifies that there can be no doubt of the applicant being the widow of  Silas Hailes deceased and that he died as aforesaid as  satisfactory evidence  has been exhibited  to that effect. The Court  further certifies that  the Court of Ordinary  and Probates is a Court of Record also that the law has not appointed a clerk to said Court . In testimony whereof I herewith subscribe my name and  affix the seal of said Court . This Court has no interest whatever in the result of the foregoing application. Reuben Beasley ( signed ) Judge of the Court of Ordinary  & Probates [ State of South Carolina Darlington District ] I E B Brunson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions  for Darlington District  in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings  of the Court of Ordinary and Probates in the matter of the application of Spicy Hailes for a pension. I also certify that  I am no concerned in this  matter or interested in the result thereof . In testimony whereof I  have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13th day of June 1853 E. B. Brunson ( signed / sealed ) Clerk Court  Common Pleas and General Sessions
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217.717 Declaration etc Spicy Hailes  widow of Silas Hailes  dec'd S.C. for Brandy Smith March 3rd 1855
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[ State of South Carolina Darlington District ] On this 29th day of September  A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Magistrate within and for the district and State aforesaid Spicy Hails age about eighty years , resident of Darlington Dist in the State of South Carolina who being duly sworn  according to law  declares that she is the identical Spicy Hails who is a pensioner under the 2nd Section of the act of 3rd Feb. 1853 , and is the widow of Silas Hails dec'd. She makes this declaration  for the purpose of obtaining  the Bounty Land to  which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant  for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor does she recollect making any application but if so it is  revoked under power of attorney annexed. ( her mark X ) Spicy Hails  We Robert B Dalrymple , and John Hawkins residents of Darlington district in the State of South Carolina  upon our oaths declare that the above declaration was signed and acknowledged by Spicy Hails 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.  Robert B Dalrymple ( signed ) John Hawkins ( signed )  [ State of South Carolina Darlington District ] Know all men by these presents that I Spicy Hails of the district and State aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint  James Taylor of Sumterville So. Ca. my true and lawful  Attorney  for me and in my name to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions  the Bounty land warrant to which I am entitled under the act approved March 3 : 1855. as set forth in my above declaration. hereby confirming  whatever my said attorney may do by virtue of their presence :  Declaiming that my power of attorney  to  be irrevocable  & hereby revoking
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all other powers and powers of attorney . In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and set my hand this twenty ninth day of September . Robert B Dalrymple ( signed ) Spicy Hails ( her mark X ) John Hawkins ( signed )  seal   The foregoing Declaration  and affidavit  were sworn  to and subscribed before me on the day and year first within written and  testify that  I know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. I further certify  that on  the day and year above mentioned - personally appeared before us Spicy Hails subscriber to the above power of attorney  and  acknowledged the signing sealing and delivery of the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth. John N. Krimminger ( signed ) Magistrate [ State of South Carolina Darlington District ] I E B Brunson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Genl. Sessions for Darlington District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that  Jno. N. Krimminger Esq before whom the above affidavit was made as appears by his name in his own hand writing  attesting the same was at the date  thereof a Magistrate for the district aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qualified and had signed the the roll kept  according to law in my office . In testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my hand and seal of office at Darlington Court House this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. E B Brunson ( signed )  C.C.Ps
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[ State of South Carolina District of Darlington ] SS. On this 27th day of July  A.D. one thousand eight hundred & sixty seven personally appeared before me  E B Brunson  Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions  District of Darlington & State of So. Carolina  the same being a Court of record Spicy Hailes aged eighty eight  years a resident of Darlington District and State of South Carolina who being duly  sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Spicy Hailes who was a pensioner in the roll of the agency at Charleston South Carolina, but her pension certificate was lost during the war that she has resided since the first of January  A.D. 1861 as follows : viz in Darlington District  S.C.  that during this period her means of subsistence have been from a  small  piece of land and assistance of friends, that she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause , and that she was last paid  her pension she thinks about the  middle of March 1861. This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls and of obtaining a new pension certificate , such as she may
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be entitled to under existing laws reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension office to substantiate her original claim. ( her mark X ) Spicy Hailes  Also personally appeared A.W. Edwards and John Taylor , residents of Darlington  District  persons whom I certify  to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn  say that they were present and saw Spicy Hailes make her mark to the foregoing declaration, and that they further swear  that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance  with her  - she is the identical person she represents herself to be and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. A.W. Edwards ( signed ) John Taylor ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed before me  this 27th day of July  A.D. 1867, and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect  in the prosecution of this claim , and I certify that the foregoing application of Spicy Hailes was carefully made in her  hearing before she made her mark thereto. E B Brunson (signed ) Clerk Court Common Pleas & Genl Sessions
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2061 South Carolina Spicy Hailes  widow of SIlas who served in the  Revolutionary war , as a private  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of  80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on  the 3rd Feby 1853  Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of  Sept/53 Wm Hunt  Present  Mar 4 1861 Recorded on Roll of Pensioners  under act ... ( missing )  Page 14 Vol.  ( missing ) ( right page note ) ( ctfd 117,717)
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26.702  ( illegible - bottom of page )
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Spicey Hailes widow of Silas Hailes ( Revolutionary Pensioner So .Ca. Roll Act June 1832 ) Application of  Widow under Act  Feb 3, 1853 William Hunt Washington City D.C. Claim filed July 5, 1853
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(post mark ) [RICHMOND S.C. MAY 2 ] S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington  D.C. 40771 4 Applications for Land Bounty  Bishopville S.C.
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Payment is to be made at Charleston  by A. Spears Agent for paying Pensioners, in  the Agency of South Carolina.  Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 6 . Page 71 by  D. McCurdy Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. I certify that inconformity  with the law of the United States ,of the 7th June 1832, Silas Hailes a resident of South Carolina  who was a private in the  Revolution is entitled to receive eighty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually  on the 4th of March and the 4th of September , in every year. Given at the War Office  of the United States, this twenty sixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. J.R. Poinsett ( signed ) Secretary of War. Examined and Countersigned G . Wm Crump ( signed ) Acting Commissioner of Pensions
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Oct. 6, 1853

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, 
the widow of Silas Hailes, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the So. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per year, under the law of the [n/] June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4" of Sept. 1846 to the 18" Oct. 1846. 
Respectfully, yours, 
mid act 1853    J.M. Brodhead 
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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July 8, 1853 No 2574 Appl. of Spicey Hailes, widow of Silas Hailes  Darlington District S. Carolina Act 3rd Feby . 1853. Rev.  allowed $80 per annum Com. Feb 3 1853 Wm Hunt  Washington  D.C.  ( margin notes ) ( DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pension Office , Official Business )
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Revy WIDOW, &c. File No. 27,546 Spicy Hailes wido of Silas Hailes  Act Feb. 3rd 1853
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( post mark ) [ RICHMDVILLE S.C. SEPT 6 ]  Free Minott Esq. Com of Pensions Washington D.C.  ( margin notes ) ( Spicy Hailes  wid Silas Reg 3m 5mo 40771 Ad Feby 53 2061 )
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( post marks ) [ WESTCHESTER Pa. JUL 11859 ] [ PENSION OFFICE JUL 5 1859 ] FREE  Hon . George  C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C. ( margin notes ) ( 35848 160  Hailes  .. ( illegible )
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40771
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Bishopville 31 March 1855  S. P. Waldo Esq. Com. of Pensions   dear Sir, I herewith  hand you the four application for land bounty  - viz  Spicy Hailes Revolutionary Pensioner, Jesse D. Hunt  War 1812 , David Shirley  War 1812 , Mary Stuckey  widow of Wm Stuckey War 1812 Very Respectfully  William Rogers ( signed )
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Silas Hailes South Car. Rejected 8 m : 1833  Ad by Aug '34  F.J. Moses Sumterville S. Car. .. ( illegible )  act of June 1832  ( vertical note ) ( letter in R. 1793 (?) Thos. Cassity )
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West Chester Pa. July 1st 1859  Hon . Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions  Sir, In accordance with the instructions in your  letter of the 3rd ultimo to Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia, relative to a caveat filed against the issue of a Patent on Land Warrant No . 35,848  for 160 acres, Act of March '55 - the  enclosed affidavit  has been made , with the hope that it will be deemed sufficient  to remove the caveat. Very Respectfully , your obt servt. W. E. Barber  & Co.
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Pension Office  Sept 16/53  Sir Please report  time of last payment  to  or death of within named pensioner. Respectfully  etc. S. Cole  for Comm. F Burt Esqr 3 Aud Present Silas Hailes , act 1832 $80 p. ann. - Paid to  4th Dept. 2846 , no  date of death on our Books. F. Burt Auditor
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35.848 .. ( illegible )
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No of Certificate 2061
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Bishopville 4th Augt 1855 J .Minot Esqr. Com. of Pensions Sir, yours of  20th ult, states that the claim of Spicy Hailes No. 40.771  for bounty land was suspended, that the service of Silas Hailes, the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in the office of the  Com. of Pensions. I am informed that the service of Silas Hailes in the War of the  Revolution was proven by Capt. Peter Dubose who was a soldier and officer in the  Revolutionary  War. The application for pension for Silas Hailes was I think under act of June 7th 1832, a few years after the passage of said act. and  since his death his certificate " that his name was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of  eighty dollars per annum " has been returned to Washington. The fact that he rec'd $ 80 per annum  I suppose proves that he performed two years service in the  Revolutionary War. On the 20th day of Sept  1853 - over
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The name of Spicy Hailes, widow of Silas Hailes was inscribed on the pension list at eighty dollars and in  full copy of said certificate  I herewith  beg leave to hand you. The service of  Silas Hailes  is said to have been in  So. Ca.  and a part of the time under Genl . Marion . For proof of his service I am  of course only able to  refer to the proof  already make and which I suppose is on file in the office of the  Com. Pensions. Capt. Peter Dubose who served with Silas Hailes died nine years ago last July. I hope  on referring to the proof of the service of Silas Hailes that it may be found  sufficient to grant the widow the bounty land. I am not aware that any roll is extant of the soldiers  who served under Genl Marion , but it appears to me that , after the proof has been made of the service of Silas Hailes  two years that it will be hard that the widow  should be refused bounty land for want of proof which it is impossible now to refer to. Truly yours , William Rogers ( signed )
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Department of the Interior Widow's pension - I certify  that in conformity  with the 2nd Section of the act of February 3rd 1853, Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes  who was a  Private in the Revolutionary  War, is inscribed on the  Pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3rd day of February 1853, and continuing for life , unless she should again marry  ; in which  case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the  Department of the Interior , this twentieth  day of September  one thousand eighteen hundred and fifty three. ( signed ) R. McClellan  Secretary of the Interior  Examined and Countersigned  S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions  seal         I hope to be saved the trouble and expense  of employing  an agent in  Washington. W. Rogers
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Silas Hailes  Hon. Jno Campbell  H.R.
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[ The State of South Carolina Darlington District ] Before me A. D. Sims a Justice of the Quorum in and for the district and State aforesaid  personally came  Clement Clements and made oath that he served during the Revolutionary  war, in the service of Capt. Peter Dubose in  Gen . Marion's brigade with Silas Hailes. That the said Hailes was in actual service  as much as two or three years, perhaps four. The particular date when he was called out at various times deponent cannot now after so long a time, precisely remember. ( his mark X ) Clement Clements  Sworn to before me this 21 Sept. A.D. 1839  A. D. Sims ( signed ) n : Q. I certify that Mr. Clement Clements made his mark to the above affidavit after having duly sworn  to the  truth of the same, and I believe him to be a man worthy of credit from representation, tho' I have no previous personal acquaintance with him. A. D. Sims ( signed ) n : Q.
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[ South Carolina Darlington District ] I S. Wild DuBose Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that  A.D. Sims is an acting and lawful Justice of the Quorum for the district and State aforesaid. Given under my hand and seal of office this 8th October 1839 . S. Wilds DuBose ( signed ) CCPs
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Washington City D.C. July 5, 1853  Sir,  I herewith present the application of Spicey Hailes  widow of Silas Hailes, a Rev Pensioner for a Pension under the act of  Feb. 1853, Accompanying  the declaration are affidavits in proof of marriage, and the original Pension Certificate. All which are respectfully submitted by Your very respectfully William Hunt ( signed ) Attorney    Hon S P Waldo Coms.
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Restoration 2061 Brief in the case of Spicy Hailes. Widow of Silas Hailes  private Rev.  Darlington County and State of South Carolina  2nd he  Act Feb 3. 1853  CLAIM FOR A NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE. PROOF EXHIBITED. A suspended pensioner all of South Carolina. $80 pr annum paid to March 4 1862.  She alleges loss of her old certificate. Identity - loyalty  & widowhood properly shown & certified . Restored Oct 21, 1867 to a pension at $80.00 pr annum commencing March 4, 1861.  Name and residence of  Agent. Claimant case  R. J. Powell Washington  D. C . W E Trask Examining Clerk
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N. Declaration for Increase of Pension  under section 13. act of July 27, 1868  [ State of South Carolina Count of Sumter ] On this 24th day of May 1869 personally  appeared before me Jno. H. Dixon  a notary public and Magistrate  Ex Officio  within and for the County and State aforesaid  , Spicy Hailes aged ninety years a resident of Darlington County  State of South Carolina  who being  duly sworn  according to law  declares that she is the identical Spicey  Hailes  to whom was granted pension certificate No 2061  payable at Washington City , at the rate of eighty dollars per annum issued  under the act of February 3rd, 1853 , that she makes this declaration in order to   receive the increase of for pension  to which she is entitled under that thirteenth section  of the act of July 27 , 1868 . Her Post office address is as follows  Bishopville  Sumter County  South Carolina . ( her mark X ) Spicey Hailes   Also personally appeared Charles A. Bruce  and Jesse Johnson residents of Darlington  County  State of South Carolina  persons whom I certify to be respectable , and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say that they  were
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Declaration made before Notary are admissible H ( upside down  ) ( Trask )
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present and saw Spicey Hailes make her mark to the foregoing declaration , and they further swear that thy have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant  and  their acquaintance with  her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and they swear that the said Spicey Hailes  has never remarried but continues the widow of Silas Hailes dec'd and that they  have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. Charles A Bruce ( signed ) Jesse Johnson ( signed )  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of May A.D. 1869  ; and I hereby certify  that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution  of this claim. John H Dixon ( signed ) Notary Public
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oath I Spicy Hailes of Darlington District and State of South Carolina  do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth  faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully  support all the laws and proclamations  which have been made  during the existing rebellion  with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.( her mark X ) Spicy Hailes  H G Scarborough ( signed ) sworn to and subscribed before me on this 27th day of July 1867. E B Brunson ( signed ) Clerk  Court Com. Pleas & Genl. Sessions
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Silas Hailes SC Act June 7 1832  Allow  $ 80 pr ann. Dep Capt Dubose SC militia Gen Marion
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House of Reps Dec 25th 1839  Dear Sir, I have the honor  to o enclose you the application of Peter Dubose a Captain  & of Clement Clements a private in the war of the revolution in relation to the claim of Silas Hails for a pension . I hope these papers will be  received as sufficient.  Very Respectfully yr obt servt John Campbell  ( signed )    Jas. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions
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Silas Hails
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Hon Jno Campbell H.R.
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[ The State of South Carolina Darlington District ] Before me A. D. Sims a Justice of the Quorum  in and for the district and State aforesaid personally  came Peter DuBose Senr and on being duly sworn  says that he  the said Peter DuBose during the period of the  Revolutionary War held a Captain's commission in Gen Marion's Brigade in the South Carolina Militia , that during the time when called into active service he the said  DuBose was acquainted with Silas Hails , that the said Hails was called  out into active service  in all, as well as now remembered, amounting to two or three years, if not four ; that the said Hails was a faithful soldier and good whig ; that Mr. Hails was present and in the army at the time when the order came to disband the soldiers.  Peter Dubose  ( signed ) .. ( illegible )  Sworn to before me this 21st day of September  A.D. 1839. A. D. Sims ( signed ) n : Q.  [ The State of South Carolina Darlington District ] I certify that the above named Peter DuBose is a  man every way worthy of credit  and that he swore to the above 21 Sept 1839.  A.D. Sims ( signed ) n . Q.
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[ South Carolina Darlington District ] I  S. Wilds DuBose clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that  A.D. Sims is an acting and lawful Justice of the Quorum for the district and State aforesaid. Given under my hand and seal of office this 8th October 1839. S. Wilds DuBose ( signed  )  CCPs
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[ State of South Carolina District of Darlington ] On this seventh day of June  A.D. 1853, before me Reuben Beasley  Judge of the Court of Ordinary  & Probates for the district of Darlington  & State aforesaid, duly authorized  by law to administer oaths , personally appeared Jacob Kelly  a respectable resident  of this District  ages sixty six years who being duly sworn  according to law  deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with  Mrs. Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes dec'd  who was a revolutionary pensioner and was also well acquainted with  Silas Hailes from deponents earliest recollection about the time of the marriage of Spicy Hailes to the said Silas Hailes , and believes it to  have been nearly  thirty five years ago. Deponent was also well acquainted with  David Trantham  a Baptist Minister of this District  who deponent understood performed the marriage ceremony  when the  said Silas Hailes  & Spicy Hailes were married as before stated. Deponent has resided in the same neighborhood  where the said Silas Hailes  & Spicy Hailes lived from the time of said marriage until the present   and knows that the said Silas Hailes  & Spicy Hailed lived together as man and wife from the time of their said marriage until the death of  said Silas Hailes and often  saw them - that the said Silas Hailes died in 1846  and the said  Spicy Hailes still remains
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the widow of the said Silas Hailes dec'd  . Deponent further certifies  that the said Silas Hailes died inthe District of Darlington  at his own residence and the said Spicy Hailes his widow  still lives at the same place. and further this deponent saith not. ( his mark X ) Jacob Kelly  Sworn to and subscribed  before me on this the day and  year first written , and I do hereby certify that the said Jacob Kelly  who has sworn to the foregoing deposition is a respectable credible person and his character for truth  & veracity  good and unimpeached. Reuben Beasley  ( signed / sealed ) Judge of the Court of Ordinary  for Darlington District  South Carolina   [ The State of South Carolina Darlington District ] I E.B. Brunson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions  for  Darlington District  in the State aforesaid  hereby certify that Reuben Beasley  before whom the  above affidavit was made as appears by his genuine signature  attesting the same was at the date  thereof  Judge of the Court of Ordinary & Probates for the district aforesaid and that he was authorized to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  & seal of office this 28th day of June 1833. E. B. Brunson ( signed / sealed ) Clk  CCP & GS
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Hon J L Edwards
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Sumterville / So.Ca. / Oct 26 1833 Hon J L Edwards  Sir- Enclosed I forward you the declaration of Silas Hailes  & amended according  to the instructions of your  Dpt.  His application is certified by the oath of Capt. Peter Dubose. You will be good enough to let me know at as early a period as your  official engagements will allow, the result of his application.  With great respect  yrs. Franklin  J Moses ( signed )
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Declaration and amended declaration  of Silas Hailes for a pension - S. Car. 17765  claims two years service in Capt. Peter Dubose's Co. Vol. Marion  Rejected , Irr Ap 8 Nov 1833 to  F.J. Moses Esq. Sumterville So. Car.
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[ State of South Carolina Sumter District ] On this the 22nd day of October 1833 before me Franklin J Moses a Justice of the  Quorum for said district & State  personally appeared  Silas Hailes who being duly sworn on oath makes declaration to the following facts, pursuant to the instructions from  Pension department of U.S.  That from old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot say positively  when he first entered  the service , that is the date of such first entering - That it was however in the company of Capt. James Fair in Anson County North Carolina. This deponent  was a volunteer. The company  was a troop of horse. James Howard  was the Lieutenant - The service of the company  consisted in riding through several districts of North Carolina, names not recollected - crossed the Pee Dee rode in South Carolina on the border of said river - protecting the  county through  which he rode from the plunder  &  ravages of the Tories, with whom they had several skirmishes particularly one with the notorious tory Maj. Gainey . The company was also at a severe skirmish  near McCollum's ferry in South Carolina. Genl Sumter commanded the whole forces & Col. Frederick Kimbell the regiment in which Capt. Fair's company was. After they were defeated  by the British they repaired back to Anson County No. Car.
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This tour of duty in Capt. Fair's company continued for the  space of six months. This deponent  then repaired to South Carolina and volunteered as a private in Capt. John Watt's company of infantry. Samuel Jones was his Lieutenant. The duty of the company which   was attached to Sumter's brigade consisted in traveling  the country  through  Camden district , Chow Reshaw (?) , Mayberry district & Charleston district watching  & attacking the Tories & guarding the country . That while in  Watt's company  he did duty as a military post rider between Camden and High Hills of Santee & Four Holes, conveying letters to  & for Genl. Greene. That his tour of duty in Watt's company lasted for four  months. This next tour of duty was in Capt. Andrew Dubose's company in Darlington  . In this company he was a volunteer  & private  he remained in it for only a short time when he was transferred to the company of Peter Dubose , in  which he served as a private for two years- until Marion's brigade was discharged at Waaboo, neat Monk's corner. This tour lasted about  two years which was the last of this deponent's service. He states , that from loss of memory  by age, he cannot swear to dates.  Silas Hails ( signed ) Sworn to before me  the day and year above written. Franklin J Moses ( signed )  Judge
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[ South  Carolina Sumter District ] I Thomas J . Wilder clerk of the  Court of  Sessions & Common  Pleas for said district  & State do certify that Franklin J Moses is a Justice of the Quorum for said district & State & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. I do further certify that  the three sheets of paper her together attached by a piece of tape  contain the original proceedings  & amended declaration in the application ( in said Court ) of Silas Hailes for a pension . In testimony whereof I  have hereunto set my hand  & seal of said Court this 26 Oct. 1833. Th. J. Wilder ( signed ) C.C.Ps
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Declaration and amended declaration of Silas Hailes for a pension  17765 Pvt Reference to letter with a few days since from this office 26 Sept
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[ South Carolina Sumter District ] Personally came before me  Franklin J Moses a Justice of the  Quorum for said district  & State , Silas Hailes, who being duly sworn makes oath that he served as a private soldier  in the Revolutionary war for a space not less than three years - That from defect of memory  consequent upon old age , he does not remember the year when  he first entered the service - That he served altogether as a volunteer - That he has not any record of his age, the same having been lost during the war. That he resides in Darlington District , and his reason for making, or having made his declaration in a Court of Record for Sumter district, is , that his witness Capt . Peter Dubose in whose company he served  when he was discharged by Genl Marion resides in said district , and Col. F. J. Moses the gentleman superintending his application for him  also resides in said district. That the districts of Darlington & Sumter are continuous - separated by Lynch Creek . This deponent  refers to the testimony of Capt. Peter Dubose , accompanying this declaration to show his services. Sworn to before me this 3 Sept 1833.  Silas Hailes ( his mark X ) Franklin J. Moses ( signed )
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[ South Carolina Sumter District ] I Franklin J. Moses a Justice of the Quorum for said district & State do hereby certify that  Capt. Peter Dubose who has sworn to the  services of Silas Hailes in  the declaration of said Silas for a Pension, is a citizen of this district of high and respectable standing and to  whose oath an affidavit  the fullest confidence & belief are to be given. Certified by me this 3rd cay of September, Anno Domini 1833. Franklin J. Moses ( signed ) n.Q.
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[ South Carolina Sumter District ] I Thomas J. Wilder clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for said district  and State do hereby certify that  Franklin J . Moses  is a Justice of the Quorum for said district & State as above stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. I do further certify that the two sheets of paper together attached by a ribbon  contains the original proceedings in the application of Silas Hailes for a pension. I do further also certify that  Capt. Peter Dubose , whose affidavit accompanies  the said declaration , is a respectable citizen  of this the said district , and that full belief and confidence are to be attached to his oath . In testimony whereof I have  hereunto set my hand & seal of office this third day of September  Anno Domini 1833. Th. J. Wilder ( signed ) CCPs
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Analysis of declaration of , and statement of services of Silas Hailes  For Hon J L Edwards Comm. of Pensions
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Analysis of declaration of and statement showing the services of Silas Hailes . Period when service was rendered. ( vertical note ) ( From defect of memory cannot swear to year , but it was some time before the battle of Eutaw. ) Duration of service. Between three and four years  . Three years positively sworn to .  Rank of Claimant . Private. Name & rank of company officers under whom he served.  . Capt. Jas Fair,  Capt. Jno Watts, Capt. Andrew Dubose, Capt. Peter  Dubose. Name and rank of General and field officers. Genl. Greene , Genl. Marion , Col.  Kimbell , Genl. Sumter, knew Col. Benton, Col.  Morris Murphy , Col. Kolb, Col. Baxter. Col. Ervin . Battles in which applicant was engaged.   At a skirmish with the British at McCallum's ferry . Skirmish with Tories on little Pee Dee . Battle at  Waaboo in company of Capt. Peter Dubose.  Country through which he marched.                                                                               Marched from No. Ca. to  So. Ca.  In So. Ca. about  Lynch's Creek  near McCallum's ferry  Camden Dist. , then marched to Anson  County  No. Ca.  ret'd to So. Ca. : marched Cheraw  district & Charleston Dist. about Monk's corner. Place of abode when he entered the service , & age at present period. North Carolina , age seventy  years. Evidence by which the declaration is supported .  The testimony of Capt. Peter Dubose in whose company he served. Tradionary evidence as supported by oath  of Ripley Copeland & Middleton Dubose.
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PAYMENT TO BE MADE at Washington City by Robert Clarke Esq.  Agent for paying Pensioners, in the  Agency of Dist. of Columbia . Payable on the 4th September and 4th March  Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd, 1833 Page 348 Vol. H . J. N. Smith Clerk
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Restoration 2061 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WIDOW ' S PENSION.  I  certify that  , in conformity with the 2nd section of the act of February 3, 1853 , Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension List , at the rate of eighty dollars and __ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1861 , and continuing for life, unless she should again marry : in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty fourth day of  October one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven.  W.T. Otto ( signed ) Acting Secretary of the Interior. Examined and Countersigned . Joseph A. Barrett ( signed ) Commissioner of Pensions
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Hailes
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Brief in the case of Mrs Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes Darlington dis. and State of South Carolina act of Feb 3 1853
Claim (original)
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary , traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pension under act of 1832 at $ 80 per annum
Pri
(if for increase.) Marriage proud, or wills
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death or wills,
Identity cert.of co.
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[ State of South Carolina District of Darlington  ] On this  seventh (7th )day of June  A.D. 1853 before me  Reuben Beasley  Judge of the Court of Ordinary  and Probates for the District of Darlington  & State aforesaid , duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mrs. Miriam Johnson aged 40 years who being duly sworn  saith on oath that she is well acquainted with  Spicy Hailes, widow of Silas Hailes  dec'd  and has been from her ( deponent's ) infancy . That she was  present at the time of her marriage and saw the said Spicy Hailes married to the said Silas Hailes.  that the marriage took place in the  District & State  aforesaid and the marriage ceremony was performed by one David Grantham a Baptist Minister  of said District & State. That  the said marriage of Spicy Hailes to  Silas Hailes  to the best of deponent's recollection  was on or about  the 25th of Dec. 1818 . That the said Silas Hailes & Spicy  Hailes lived together as  man & wife until the 18th of October 1846 when the said Silas Hailes died - that the said Silas Hailes  was a Revolutionary pensioner on the pension  roll of South Carolina  at the time of his death, and that the said Spicy Hailes still remains the widow of the said Silas Hailes deceased and further this deponent saith not. Miriam Johnson ( her mark X )
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first written  and I do hereby certify  that the said Miriam Johnson is a respectable resident of this district  and her character  for truth and veracity  good  & unimpeached. Reuben  Beasley ( signed / sealed )  Judge of the Court of Ordinary and Probate for Darlington District.[ The State of South Carolina Darlington District ] I E. B. Brunson  clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General  Sessions for Darlington  District  in the  State aforesaid hereby certify that Reuben Beasley  before whom the within affidavit was made as appears by his genuine signature  attesting the same  was at the date thereof  Judge of the Court of Ordinary  & Probates for the  District of Darlington aforesaid , and that he was duly authorized to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of June A.D.  1853. E. B. Brunson ( signed )  Clk CCp & GS
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[ South Carolina District of  Darlington  ] On this 21st day of July 1867 before me E. B. Brunson Jr clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions  Dist. of Darlington State of So. Carolina personally appeared  William Rogers of  Sumter District and State aforesaid who being duly sworn  according to law  on his oath saith that he has been long acquainted with  Mrs. Spicy Hailes of Darlington District  State aforesaid widow of Silas Hailes a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that to the best of his recollection it was in the year 1856  he assisted the said Spicy Hailes in procuring a pension on account of the services of her late husband  in the Revolutionary war . That she received a pension certificate which was in the hands of the deponent for safe keeping in 1861 and  remained with him until the last of February 1865, where a portion of  General Sherman's army passed through Sumter District and deponent lost many of his papers , and among them he has no doubt was the  pension certificate of Spicy Hailes as he has never seem it since that time. Deponent further  testifies that he has heard the said  Spicy Hailes denounce the
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rebellion , and say that she had no sympathy  for the rebels and was strongly attached  to the union for which her husband fought. and deponent further saith  that  said Spicy Hailes had never married since  she first applied for a pension but  still continues the widow of Silas Hailes as before mentioned. William Rogers ( signed )  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of July 1867  and I do certify  that the said William Rogers is a respectable man and entitled to credit. E. B. Brunson  Jr. ( signed ) Clerk  Court Com. Pleas & Gen Sessions
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[ State of South Carolina Darlington District ] On this 27th day of July A.D. 1867  personally appeared before me A.W. Edwards and John Taylor and made oath that they are well acquainted with  Spicy Hailes  widow of Silas Hailes a Revolutionary pensioner who died about the year 18 __  and that she has never married since the death of her husband the said Silas Hailes but still continues  his widow and they  swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of her claim for pension.  A. W. Edwards ( signed ) John Taylor ( signed )  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of July A.D. 1867 , and I certify  that the above witnesses are respectable and entitled to credit E.B Brunson Jr. ( signed ) Clk  Court Com. Pleas & Gen Sessions
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Washington D.C. 31st July 1867                             Sir : Please find application  herewith enclosed of Spicy Hailes widow of Silas Hailes a revolutionary soldier, for  renewal of pension certificate. R.J. Powell ( signed )     Hon . J. H. Barrett Comm. of Pensions Present
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Affidavit of Anthony J. Drexel  (post mark ) [ PENSION OFFICE JUL 5 1859 ]
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[ State of Pennsylvania City of Philadelphia ] SS. On this thirteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine personally came before me  Edward Wilcox  a Notary Public in and for said  City. Anthony J. Drexel of said City , who being well known to me as a credible person was duly sworn by me according to law ,and on this oath declared that the Land  Warrant numbered 35848  which was issued under the Act of March 3rd 1855 in the name of Spicy Hailes for 160 acres was purchased by the firm of Drexel & Co of said City - of which firm  he the said  Anthony J. Drexel is a member- at the Banking house of the said Drexel & Co. : and that the said Warrant at the time  of said purchase was assigned in blank by the aforesaid  Warrantee ; and that subsequently  the name of him the said Anthony J. Drexel  was inserted in said hand assignment by the said firm of Drexel & Co. for the purpose of locating said Warrant. And the said  Anthony J. Drexel positively affirms that at the time of purchasing the said Warrant , neither he the said Anthony J. Drexel , nor the said firm of Drexel & Co.  had any knowledge or information of the irregularity in the issue of said  Warrant or of
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its having been recalled , and that he the said Anthony J. Drexel was an innocent purchaser and assignee of the same . Anthony J. Drexel ( signed ) Sworn and subscribed before me  the day and year first above written.  Edward Wilcox ( signed / sealed )  Notary Public
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Eastern District.
State of Pennsylvania
City and County of Philadelphia, ss. 
I, Robert Tyler , prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, for the Eastern District, do certify, That Edmund Wilcox Esq before  whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time the same was made, and now is a Notary Public of the City and County of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and affirmations, and to take acknowledgements & c., and to all whose acts, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere, and that his signature thereto is genuine,
In Testimony whereof I, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this thirtieth day of June A.D. 1859
Ro. Tyler Prothonotary
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26702 - 160 Silas Hails Dec'd
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(check mark ) GENERAL LAND OFFICE . May 31st 1859. Sir : In your letter of  Decr 1/57 this Office is desired to withhold the Patent on Bounty Land Warrant  No. 35.848  for 160 acres, act March 3, 1855, in the name of Spicy Hailes . I have, therefore , to state that the said Warrant is on our files , having been returned by the Register of the Land Office, at Springfield Mo. as located by  Anthony  J. Drexel of Philadelphia, Penna. to whom it appears to have been regularly assigned. The Patent will be withheld until I am further advised by you. Very respectfully , Your obedient servant, Jos J Wilson ( signed ) Acting Commissioner.  To Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
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( post mark ) [ SUMTER S.C. DEC 29  ]  FREE  George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington City  D.C.
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Geo. C. Whiting Comm of Pensions  etc. Sumter So. Ca.  Dec 29th 44.  Sir , The letter of  Wm Cole of 1st current did not  reach me until  very recent date calling on me to cause Warrant No. 35.848  issued in name of Spicy Hailes to be returned. Mrs. Hailes' application for Bounty Land was sent to me from Darlington district , duly executed in conformity  to law. I received the Warrant - sent it to the  Warrantee: it was returned with an assignment  with instructions  to sell - I did so and upwards of 12 mos ago paid to her order the proceeds on receipt of same. Your obt Servant James Taylor ( signed )