Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4635, Joel Harrell, N.C. Va.
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SERVICE                                            NUMBER
N. C.         Harrell, Joel                      R.4635
Va.            or Herrill
[handwritten on pre-printed card]
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4 No. 35501
Joel Harrell
Illinois
Act of 7th June '32
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
On this 3rd day of April 1843 personally appeared in open Court. Before the Circuit Court of White County State of Illinois. now siting - Joe Harrell a resident of the said County of White & State aforesaid. Aged Eighty five years (nearly) who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated 
He resided in Marten County North Carolina, where he volunteered to serve a tour of three months and did serve under Captain Mays. his Lieutenant was named Ben Whitley the particular date of the serve he cannot distinctly state nor can he recollect the names of his field officers. he was marched on to the Pee Dee River in South Carolina was taken sick during the time, and was sent to the hospital at Salisberry - his 3 months service expired while he was in the hospital - he remained there for some 3 or 4 weeks after discharged before he could be moved - After his recovery he removed to the State of Virginia, into Botetort County , where he was drafted to serve a three months tour. and served under Captain Yallerly  - Hugh Allen was his Lieutenant, and Lockers was the name of the Major. this was about the month of August [illegible crossed out] 1781 - he was marched from Botetort County to Little York. and was at the taking of CornWallis. after the surrender of CornWallis the army was marched back towards home. and after passing Richmond at the forks of the Road where one went to Winchester. and the other up James River his company was discharged just ten days before the expiration of the three months. he was then 200 miles or more from his home in Botteort Couny - he states as the reason why his application for a pension has been thus long delayed - that he was informed by a Lawyer that as the
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terms of his services was less by ten days, than six months that it would be unecessary to make application. But he is induced now to hope that his government will allow him for his travel of 200 miles home, and grant him a pension (he served as a private both tours)
He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his names is not on the Pension roll of [of crossed out] the Agency of any state whatever
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written in open court Before me [signed] Ja, Ratcliff Clk
       his 
Joel X Harrell
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3rd April 1843
We Leander W McKnight a Justice of the peace and Pliney H Gowdy both residing in White County and state of Illinois do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Harrell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be near 85 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
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court before me
[signed] Ja Ratcliff clk
[signed] E. W. McKnight
[signed] Pliny H Gowdy

And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. and the Court further certifies that i appears to him that Leander W McKnight Esqr who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Justice of the peace resident in this County of White, and that Pliney H Gowdy who has also signed the same is a resident of said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that no clergyman resides near him
[signed] Wm Wilson
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1 Where and in what year were you born ans. I was born in the year 1758 in Bertie County North Carolina
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it Ans. The record of my age has been accidentally burnt
3rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and 4th [illegible] where do you now live. ans. In Martin County N. Carolina and in Botetourt County Virginia - Since the revolutionary was I have lived in Kentucky & Illinois all the time
4th How were you called into serve were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you you a substitute - Ans. The first Tour I volunteered - on the second I was drafted.
5th Ste the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect. and the General circumstances of your Service
Ans. I cant recollect any of the General officers except General Washington & Major Campbell
6th Did you ever received a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it give and what has become of it- Ans. I received discharges from my Captains and they were burnt in the house, when the bible containing [illegible] record of my age was burnt.
7th State the names of person to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution And. Leander W McKnight and Pliny H Gowdy 
State of Illinois}
White County} SS I James Ratcliff Clerk of the circuit Court in and for Said County and State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joel Harrell for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Ca[illegible] this 2nd day of April 1843
[faint impression on right lower corner of page]
[signed] Ja. Ratcliff Clerk
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[left side of page]
Power of attorney
Joel Herrell
Kentucky 
or 
Illinois
Filed 27th Sept
F E Hassler
Present

[right side of page]
[faint postmark close to right margin WAS illegible]
Joel Harrell, or heirs
Carmi
White Co.
Illns
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  POWER OF ATTORNEY

For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*

State of Illinois }
County of Write}

Be it known that before me Solomon Vesirs, a Clerk of the Circuit Court in Said County Arkada Herrel - aged 58 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the Widow of Joel Herrell who was a revolutionary (cross) Soldier - in the State of South Carolina and that he died on the 30th day of June 1846 and that (mother, named    died on the     day of     18 crossed out) and that they were married on the 1st day of June in the year (17 crossed out) ^1812 and that they were residents of Trigg County in the State of Kentucky and that they resided there 10 years, and that She resides in Write County Illinois and that furthermore She BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. Hassler, of Washington city, D. C., as her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government and State officers her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension of Land that may be due her as widow of Joel Herrell who died leaving the same undrawn as in right of law She may be entitled.

In witness whereof, She has on his 18th day September, 1852, hereunto signed her name and affixed her seal.
            her
Arkada   X  Herrell     Seal
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Witness: Thomas Nelson
Witness: Thos. - Bradshaw

Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that Arkada Herrell has always by the community been known as the wife & widow of Joel Herrell dec
Dated on this 18th day of September 1852. Witness the seal of said Court at Carnie     J.P.
Solomon Vories Clerk  

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of                   }
County of       }  to wit:

I hereby certify, That              Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of 
County Court, this        day of        one thousand eight hundred and 


Clerk
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Rov. & 181z Wars Section

March 12, 1826

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 4635 it appears that Joel Harrell, or Harrell, was born in 1758 in Bertie County, North Carolina. 
While a resident of Martin County, North Carolina he enlisted, the date not stated, and served three months as a private in Captain Nays' North Carolina Company.
He then moved to Botetourt County, Virginia and in August 1781 enlisted, served two months and about twenty days as a private in Captain Gallesby's(?) -- This looked more like "Yallesby" but something like what I read + is certainly more like a name-- Company, under Major Lookard in the Virginia Troops and was at the Siege of Yorktown.
He applied for pension April 3, 1843 while a resident of White County, Illinois, but his claim was not allowed as he did not render six months service as required
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by the pension laws. He died June 30, 1846.

Soldier married June 1, 1813, Arkada......, they were then residents of Trigg County, Kentucky.  her maiden name is not given.  In 1853 she was living in White County, Illinois aged fifty-eight years.

The above noted is the only soldier named Joel Harrell found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Daniel Hay
May 16. 1840.

[document illegible]
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Pension Office
May 16. 1843.
Sir 
The papers in the case of Joel Harrell claiming a pension under the Act of June 7th 1832 have been examined and placed on file. The shortest time [crossed out illegible] for which the law allows a pension is six months of actual service, consequently the service of the claimant having been, according to his own Declaration, less by ten days than the time required, or in other words, he having served but five months and twenty days, his claim cannot be allowed. The provision of the law is imperative and the Commissioner of pensions has no power to di[illegible] with it. 
Daniel Hay esqr
Carmi 
Illinois
" No 35.502
Act June 7th 32"
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[illegible] 91,A59 160 Acres

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4 No. 35.502
Joel Harrell
Illinois
Rejected
not family [with arrow pointing to] Letter to Daniel Hay 15 May 1843
[two lines crossed out, illegible]
Act 7th June 1832
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F. E. Hassler,
June 23/53
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[in upper right corner of page] 331

Pension Office
June 23 1853
Sir
Joel Herring of Ill claimed to have served six ? months, wanting ten days, The soldier mentioned in the certificate of N. C. Comptroller is evidently not the man who made the application referred to above.

F. E. Hassler Esq
[illegible]
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[crossed out] A of July 14, 1832 and March 6, 1873

[stamp]  REJECTED

[handwritten] H63[unclear]

P.O. ________
Joel Harrelle
Service: ___________


Enlisted: ___________, 18
Discharged:   ____________, 18

Printed list of 1852 gives as causes of rejection "not fit'

[crossed out] Application filed [handwritten] months ser- 18 
[handwritten]vice"

Alleges:  ____________

____________________

Re-enlisted: ___________________

_______________________________

Attorney: ____________________
P.O. _________________________
_____________________________

__________Recognized  __________Contr...

[handwritten on the side of the document-not legible] m
1926 - Mch 12 - Hist to Harriett Walker 
1934 - Mch 1-  "   "   "   "  Mrs. C.J. Land

MM H /EEL
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March 1, 1934

Mr.s C.T. Land
Enfield
Illinois

[unclear]/EEL 
Joel, Harrell-R-4635
Thomas Thompson-S.36340

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Joel Harrell and Thomas Thompson, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claims R. 4435 and S.36340, based upon the military services in the Revolutionary War of Joel Harrell and Thomas Thompson.

Joel Harrell
R.4635 [handwritten] M M H 7

Joel Harrell or Harrell was born in the 1758 in Bertie County, North Carolina.

While a resident of Martin County, North Carolina, he enlisted, the date not stated, and served three months as a private in Captain Mays' North Carolina Company; he then moved to Betetcourt County, Virginia, and in August, 1781, enlisted served two months and about twenty days as a private in Captain Gallesky's  Company, under Major Lockard in the Virginia Troops and was at the wiege of Yorktown. 

He applied for pension April 13, 1843, while a resident of White County, Illinois but hs claim was not allowed as he did not render six months service as required by the pension laws.

He died June 30, 1848.

Soldier married June 1, 1812, Aricada.  They were then residents of Trigg County, Kentucky.  Her maiden name is not given.  In 1853 she was living in White County, Illinois, aged fifty-eight years.
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Thomas Thompson
S. 36340

The date and place of birth of Thomas Thompson are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

Thomas Thompson enlisted in Botetourt County, Virginia, in July, 1779, served as a private in Captain thoomas Bowyer's Virginia Company and  in Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment, until the winter of 1779 and 1780, when he volunteered to serve in Colongel Washington's Regiment of Cavalry, in which regiment he served about eight months, then returned to the regiment in which he enlisted, commanded at that time by Colonel Edmisten (probably meant for Lieutenant Colonel Anderson) and was discharged in January, 1781.  He was in the battle of Guilford, at the siege of Ninety Six, where he was wounded in the leg, and at the battle of Nutaw Springs.

We was allowed pension on this application executed June 29, 1821, at which time he was aged sixty years and ten months and resided in White County, Illinois.

He died January 19, 1829, place not shown.

Soldier's wife was Nancy.  She was aged fifty-six in 1821.  Her maiden name and the date of their marriage are not shown.  Children are referred to:  no names are given and there are no further family data.  

Very truly yours

A.D. Miller
Assistant to Adminstrator.
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Postmarked (stamp)

Received  Feb 116 1934 

Emmit D

Feb 14, 1934

(Three lines that are blurred) 

This Postcard is for Address 

(handwritten)
Veteran's Administration
Washington 
D.C.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS

(all the rest of handwritten)

Emvield, Ill.
Feb. 14, 1934

Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir Please send me the record of Thomas Thompson, Revolutionary soldier.  He enlisted in Batetourt Or. Va. July 1779. Was a private under Colonel Abraham Buford.  He died in 1829 in White Co. I'll call Jell Harrell died in White County, 1846

Thank you , 

Very truly yours,

Margaret Land

(Mrs. C.T.)
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Phone 63151
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Hotel Edmund
W.J. Harris, Manager

111 Pier Avenue
Ocean Park, Calif.l,

Jan. 25 1926

The Commissioner of Pensions,

Dear Sir: -

Will you please send me the record of service of one Joel Harrell who served in the Rev. war.  He asked for a pension but had not served  the required time and it was not granted.  He lived in N. Carolina after the war.  Thanking you in advance for the information, 

I am 

Truly yours

Harriet J. Walker

(handwritten) Harriet J. Walker
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Joel Herrill
[illegible crossed out]
[Ill or Ky crossed out]
Act '32
Ill
Rejected
F F C Triplett
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{State of North Carolina
{Comptroller's Office

I, William I. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
Joel Herrill
Indent or Army certificate No. 6132 issued by the Auditors of Halifax District February 1782, [British pound 11S2] specie - Book G No. 18 page 17 J. Herrill [British pound 26S15] - specie
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 29th day of January A. D. 1853 --
[signed] Wm J. Clarke Compt'r
[white paper with faint stamp affixed to left margin]
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Letter
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Carmi Illinois 3 April 1843
Sir
I Herewith send you the Claim of Joel Harrell for a Pension under the act of the 7th June 1832 -- His service being less by ten days than six months is the cause why his claim has been thus long delayed -- perhaps it may be within the discretion of the Secretary of War to allow the Pension - not withstanding -- If it cannot be allowed his hope is that Congress will, on application, grant him a pension - as soon as convenient you will please let me hear from you on the subject
I am your Respectfully your obt sevt
[signed] Daniel Hay

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City

P S
In the case of the application of Jacob Davis for a new certificate - the cause is that the old one which I sent you is so torn, or worn out that it could not be correctly copied by a person not acquainted with the case - the mice he says got into his trunk and cut it - If you cannot from this statement Issue a new one - you will please return the old one 
D Hay