Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3657, for Robert Parrish, Georgia
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(3-1776)

Service

Ga, Parrish, Robert, Number S. 3657

Contents Carded
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep. 1535 to 20 April 1836. Agt Notified 8 June 1841.

13984
West Tennessee
Robert Parrish
of 11th Wmson Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Anderson of the regiment commanded by Bob Timmons the Georgia militia for 11 months private

Inscribed  on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 19 day of July
1833 and sent to C A Harris War Department

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

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 7 Page 92
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M967

Robert Parrish

Tennessee 
From 1778 private
16 months
$53.33/100

only three months can
be allowed in [illegible] tour.


Richd L. Andrews
Franklin Tennessee
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Brief in the case of Robert Parrish of the county of Williamson on the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ~
3. How old is he? Seventy six
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period                              Duration of Service           Rank          Names of General 
                                         Years,    Months,   Days    As a            and Field Officers 
                                                                                                    under whom he served.  
Volunteered 
     In 1778                            about    3                   private      Gen. s  Willianson, Waden        
                                                                                                 Col. Leroy Hammons
       "        1779                                   6                       "            Capt. John Anderson
Drafted     1781. 1 Feb ?                     4                       "             Lient John Martin
Drafted          "      Aug.                       4                       "            Capt  Wm Martin
                                                                                                  Gen. Muhlensurg, Col 
                                                                                                  Rolla Downman, Major  
                                                                                              Ed Garland, Capt  Wm Hays 
                                                                                         Col. L Barnwell, Capt Jas. Night
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Skirmishes only
    mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Augusta, Georgia
7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective - Clerks seal, private, & not attached to all the papers or authenticated
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Ike Duncan
Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee} SS
Williamson County}

On the 6th day of September in the year 1832 before the Hon Thomas Stuart. Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit for the State of Tennessee now sitting for the County of Williamson. Robert Parrish aged about 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth an his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act [smeared] congress [smeared] 7th 1832.
That he served four campaigns during the Revolutions the particulars of which are  as follows
The first of which he volunteered and entered the Service of the United States some times about 1778 under the following officers he served in the company commanded by Captain John Anderson and Leut John Martin - in the Regiment commanded by Col. Leroy Hammons attached to the Brigade commanded by General Williamson and Marchell from Augusta Georgia where he there resided to Savannah where the British had Blockaded that part after remaining there some time. They were marched back to Augusta and there stationed about a month then marched into the edge of the Cherokee nation and broke up a parcel of Tories killing and taking prisoners of the greater part were again marched back to Augusta and there discharge if he received a discharged for this campaign. he has lost he does not think that any Regular troops served with him this campaign. he served this campaign about 3 months 
He entered the service of the United States a second time in the spring of 1779 as a volunteer in the campaign commanded by Captain William Martin in the Regiment commanded by Col Leroy Hammons and
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attached to the Brigade commanded by General Williamson and march from Augusta where he still resided up the Savannah River then up the Tegula River to Fort Keowee which they there built. then marched across the mountains and attacked the Indians at Meddle Towns. They move from the town which were destroyed. then marched through the Indian country and destroyed all their villages and corn fields which compelled them to sue for peace which was granted to them. then returned to Ninety Six now called Cambridge and there were discharged in fall of same year making a term of six months that he serves this campaign for which if he recurred a discharge it has him lost or destroyed. He recollect the General Pickens was with them this tour but thinks he then have a Colonels commission. he  does not think that any Regular or Continental troops served with him this campaign.
He entered the service of the United States a third time a drafted Militia man in the first of February 1781 under Captain William Hays, Liutenant Richard Hays and Ensign William Gill in the regiment commanded by Col Rolla Downman and Major Edward Garland attached to the Brigade commanded by General Muhlenburg and marched from Lunenburg County Virginia (where he resided having returned to that place from Augusta) to Petersburg to Cabin Point then to Suffolk then to the great Bridge by Elizabeth River above Norfolk at which place a skirmish ensued between the Riflemen under Col. Bowyer and the enemy's advance guard who were place at the Bridge to guard it from that place they marched to Broad water in
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Southampton County. Va. and there deposited their arms and were discharged in June same year 1787 making a term of four months this campaign. Does not recollect that any Regulars or Continental troops served with him this campaign. If he received a discharge for the campaign he has lost or mislaid it. He was again drafted and entered the service of the United States a fourth time  some time in August 1781. And march from Lunenburg County Va (where he still resided) to Petersburg then to Newsoms Springs and there fell under Captain Joseph Night Lieutenant  Hederick Nance and Ensign Henry Cook who were elected at that place in the Regiment commanded by Col Lewis Burwell and attached to the Brigade commanded by General Muhlenberg. He then was marched to Hog Island and there crossed the James River. Then to old Williamsburg and there fell in with the main army commanded by Col Washington. Then to Yorktown & after remaining there on the York side some time crossed York River and was stationed on the Gloucester Side under General Wuden and remained there till the surrender of Cornwallis. He was then ordered with the company he served with to convey the Prisoners to the Barracks at Albemarle Court house and was discharged in November same year having served four months this campaign making in all seventeen months that he was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war. For this campaign he received no discharge. He served during this campaign with General Lafayette & Lincoln and the officers above named and the troops commanded by them.
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He had no documentary waiver in his possession by which he can prove his services having lost his discharges if he ever received them.
He knows of no person by whom he can prove his service except Henry Cook who was his Ensign during the last campaign mentioned in his declaration which commented in August and ended in November or December 1781. he is so very old & his memory so weak that he has forgotten  he is persuaded many important transaction of his services and ^ which might be useful to him such as the dates of his entering and leaving the service. The exact time that he was born &c. but the above is all that he recollects of his services.
He was born in Lunenburg County Virginia about the year 1756. When he entered the service the first and second times he resided in Augusta Georgia and the last two times resided in Lunenburg County Virginia where he resided after the Revolution till 1826   since which time he resided in Williamson County Tennessee.
He here by relinquishes all claims 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 whatever.
Robert Parrish


Sworn to and subscribed 
in open court the day 
and year aforesaid}

Preston Hay  clk}
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Declaration of
Robert Parrish
11967
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I Henry Cook of the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Parrish who has subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration   that I believe him to be about 76 years old.  that he served a campaign in ^the year 1781 begining [sic] in August in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Night Lieutenant Frederick Nance and in which I was Ensign.  that we were elected at Newsoms Springs as he has in his declaration Stated.  and that we marched over the country— were stationed at the places and command by the officers as he has in his said Declaration Stated I know to be true of my own knowledge.  (For a more detailed statement of this campaign see my Declaration) and I also believe that he served other campaigns during the Revolutionary war.
Henry Cook sr

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid—}
P Hay clk &c.}

We Garner M Connico a Clergyman residing in the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee and Robert Davis residing in the same County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Parrish who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.  that we believe him to be 76 years of age.  that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Garner M Connico
Robert Davis

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid}
P. Hay clk &c.}
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And the said Court does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interragatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to him that Garner M Connico who signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman residing in Williamson County Tennessee and that Robert Davis who also signed the same are residents in the same County and State aforesaid are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit and further that Henry Cook whose certificate is above given is also a resident in Williamson County Tennessee aforesaid and that his statement is entitled to full credit
Thos Sheart
Judge &c

I Preston Hay Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Robert Parrish for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I [word pcrossed out] have hereto set my hand & private seal (there being no seal of office) at office in Franklin this 26th day of September AD 1832
P. Hay clk   {seal}
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State of Tennessee 
I hereby certify that Preston Hay- whose name appears to the declaration of Robert Parrish is Clerk (and was at the time of making said declaration) of the Court before whom said declaration was made and that the Signature is that of Preston Hay and his hand writing and - that there is no Seal of office provided for said Court.  given under my hand. This 11th day of April 1833
Felix Grundy
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State of Tennessee}
Williamson County}  ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned  a justice of the peace for the State and County aforesaid Robert Parrish who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For nine months I served as a private volunteer and for eight months I served as a drafted militia man in four Several campaigns as mentioned in my declaration & which This is intended to amend and for such service I Claim a pension.
Robert Parris  {Seal}

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 8th day of April 1833
Ware Henley  {Seal}
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The State of Tennessee
[a seal with illegible writing takes up the top left corner of the page and covers some writing.]
I Thomas Hardeman, Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Williamson in the State aforesaid do certify that  Ware Henley Esqr. whose signature appears to the  within and before whom the affidavit of Robert Parrish was m[ade] now and was at the time of making the with[in]  an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due his official acts of such
In testimony Whereof I have hereto Subscribed  my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at office This 26th day of April 1833
Thos. Hardeman
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Treasury Department,

Second Comptroller's Office

June 5th, 1841

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 Robert Parrish, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. Agency, at the rate of Thirty three dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1835 to the 20th April 1836.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Robt. Parrish



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

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?         yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?       yes

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?       yes

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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled?       ["yes" is crossed out]   No

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

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

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?       yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?       yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?      ["Private seal, without inscription" is crossed out]       No
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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?       yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?       left 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?       left 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?     One witness
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?     Certified by the Court
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?       yes

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 knowledghe of the applicant's service?       yes

XVI.  †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?       No

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

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In the 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.
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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 shewn 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 enbodied 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 a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set 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 oath 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.
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Rev War
3657.

INVALID.

File No.     3657
Robert Parrish
Pvt. Ga. Mila.

Act:  June 7th/32
Index:—Vol.  A,  Page  291

[Arrangement of 1870.]