Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,093, Jeremiah Adams, N.C.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE      NUMBER
NC Adams, Jeremiah  W.8.093
Elizabeth  B.B. Wt. 19.776-160.55.
CONTENTS
b. 1759 in Bedford Co. Va.
res at end, Rowan Co. N.C.
res in 1832 Mecklenburg Co, N.C.
d. May 14, 1835
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(Copy)
State of North Carolina}  May Sessions 1824
Mecklenburg County}  On the second day of June one thousand and eight
hundred and twenty seven personally appeared in the Open Court being a Court
of Record open and held for the County of Mecklenburg and State of North
Carolina/  to with the Court of Pleas and Quarter  Sessions for said County
on the 4.th Monday of May 1827 Jeremiah Adams resident in said State
and County of Mecklenburg aged about sixty one or two years who being
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following [the following struck through]
declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress
of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1.st of May 1820 that he the said Jeremich
Adams enlisted for the term of eighteen months on or about the last of
July or the first of August in the year 1782 in the  State of North 
Carolina in the County of Surrey in the Company of commanded by
Captain Sharpe and Regiment commanded by Colonel Williams in the
line of the State of North Carolina on the Southern continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the Cessation
of hostilities in 83 when was discharged from the service/ which certificate
of discharge he the said Jeremiah Adams hath lost or mislaid so 
that he hath it not) at the Ten Mile Spring in the State of South Carolina
except the present- That his name is not on the roll of any State except
That of North Carolina / to which he refers the ministerial Officer of the 
War Department as the only evidence of his being entitled as a pensioner for
Revolutionary services save his own oath) and that the following are the reasons
for not making earlier application for a pension- that he did know until
about a year past that his revolutionary services entitled him to a pension and 
that before that time he was in such circumstances that he had not any
necessity for claiming the benefit of the provisions of his County until a year
or two past he the said Jeremiah Adams by beoming surety for persons
and sustaining other losses he is reduced to such a state of necessity that
he is compelled to claim protection and assistance from the people whom
in his youth he aided in protecting from British violence and oppression
and that he does not own any property except what is contained in the following 
Schedule taken before a Justice of said County and delivered in to said
Court and further attested by his own Corporal oath and the evidence
of others in open Court
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August 25.th 1826  This is a full and fair schedule of the property
of Jeremiah Adams of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North
Carolina taken in upon oath and delivered for the inspection and
judgment of the said Court of Record for the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid and attested by Philemon Morris who is an acting
Justice of the Peac for said County and Robert McCoush-
1st. one feather bed V furniture/ exceptions of the provisions of said Acts of Congress---15.00
One Straw bed and furniture---5.00
Two ploughs-one pair of Chains and Harness-4 Weeding Hoes 4.00
Eleven Head of Small Hogs----11.00
Two pots and on skillet V Spinning Wheel V Reel --7.75
One Cupboard and Wear- two tables-4 chairs---11.00
Two washing tubs-3 Water pails-One Churn--2.50
One chest one Sprouting Hoe- one loom - 3 p;d barrels - one scythe 
and cradle------ 6.00
Two axes - one draw knife - One Bake oven - one small pot--3.75
One Iron wedge - one frowe - one Side Saddle--5.00
amounting in all to ----- $71.00 {his John + Adams mark
And the said Jeremiah Adams further declares that 
he is and has been by occupation a farmer or labourer- that he hath 
a wife aged about fifty five and three children resident with him
(having had by a former marriage eleven children who have left him
to provide for themselves and are not as he believes living in this State)
the oldest of his children by his last marriage being about sixteen
years old- that they are not able to support him and thqat he
himself is incapable from old age and bodily infirmity (his 
right arm being very much weak in consequence of his right shoulder
being broke or fractured by an accident befalling him some six
or seven months past- and the he has been incapable of following
his occupation with such profit to himself as materially to contribute
to his or their support- And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st
of May 1820 I Jeremiah Adams do solemnly swear that I was
a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
1818 V that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any
manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of
an act of Congress Entitled "an act to provide for certain persons
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engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818: and that 
I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities,
contracts or debts due to me - nor have I any income other than that what
is contained in the schedule heretofore annexed and by me subscribed-
that since the 18th of March 1818 the following material changes have been made in diminution of my property - to wit that I was compelled
as heretofore declared to pay as surety for one Griffin to one Stewart
about the sum of one hundred dollars
Jeremiah |/| (his) Adams
mark
Sworn to and declared in open Court before the  Justice of the 
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (being a Court of Record) open and
held for the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina-

I Isaac Alexander Clark of the said Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions open and hold for said County of Mecklenburg and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of 
the Court that the said Jeremiah Adams did serve in the Revolutionary
War as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy
the term of twelve months or thereabouts under one engement
I also certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annisced
are truly copied from the records of said Court- and I do 
further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total
amount is in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid to that [illegible]
is seventy one dollars-- In Testimony whereof I have this hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 
2nd day of June 1827
{Seal}
(Signed) Isaac Alexander
Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg-
State of North Carolina
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State of N Carolina} 
Iredell County}
This day came before me one of the acting
Justices of the Peace for said County Martha 
Burnett aged 71 years of age and made oath
to the best of her knowledge that her brother
Jaremiah Adams was a Soldier in the revolution
war and she believes was inlisted [enlisted] for induring [enduring] the
war and the captain he was under by the name
of Sharpe but says she cannot recollect his given name
Sworn d and Subscrib d before me February 6th Day
1829
tish
P. Campbell [mark]
Martha [mark] Burnett
mark
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State of NoCarolina}
Iredell County}
I Absalom Simonton Clerk of 
Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County do
hereby certify that Pierciful Campbell before
whom the above Affidavit was Sworne to
is and was and acting Justice of the
Peace duely commissioned and qualifyed according 
to law
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixing
the seal of my office this
7th day of February 1829
A Simonton CCK
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at
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

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1832

Cleric,
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10, 927
Jeremiah Adams


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State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County}
Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions August Session 1832

On this 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared in 
Open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions opened and held - on the 4th MOnday of August 1832 now
Sitting Jeremiah Adams a resident of the County and State
aforesaid aged about seventy six 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 the army of the
United States in the year AD 1782. About the last day of July
or the first of August of the same year - that he belonged
to the regiment commanded by Colonel Williams 
of the Continental Line under General Green - that he
was enlisted by Captain Sharpe of the County of Surry
State of North Carolina and entered
for eighteen months- that he was marched to 
Salisbury from Surry and there entered the army
during the war - that he marched under Captain
Sharpe from Salisbury to Bacons Bridge in the
State of South Carolina near Charleston
where he joined the army under General
Green - from Bacons Bridge the army of General
Green went over to what was called James Island
about three miles from Charleston and remained
there until the British left the said city 
That after that he acted frequently as one
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of the life guard of general Green where he (reside crossed out)
was in the City-- the main army still being at what was called James that he remained with Green until the cessation of Hostilities and was regularly discharged in Aug 1783 on the ten mile spring that distance from the city-- which discharge has been destroyed or burnt- he further states that he is the same Jeremiah Adams who heretofore applied for a pension to the Government of the United States under the provisions of acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and 1st of May [illegible] at some time in the year 1827 - and (that crossed out) for whose benefit Wm  Pendleton from the committee on
Revolutionary Pensions reported [illegible], but which as he has been informed was lost - after having [illegible] its second reading - he understands, and has been so informed by Henry W. Conner that his name is be found upon the rolls for deposited in the war department-- he further refers to the certificates of Thomas Dedman Ezekiel Griffin and Patsey Burnet filed in the war department at the time he petitioned under last mentioned acts of war That he was born in the State of Virginia Bedford County and was born in the year 1759 and removed to the County of Rowan, that when he was about two years of age where he always lived until the year 1812 when he removed to the County of [illegible]-- that when he enlisted in the [illegible] of [illegible] as aforesaid he was there on a visit that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or an annuity except the present [illegible]
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of the said Court (do hereby declare-crossed out) and he declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of any agency in any State and that he has no evidence except what he has already mentioned to prove that he served as he declares except his own oath-
Jeremiah Adams (his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid,

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and service
as he states-

I, Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and quarter Sessions do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Jeremiah Adams for
a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this 30th day
of August 1832 at office [illegible]
Isaac Alexander C.M.C.
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Jeremiah Adams
North Carolina
No 10.  927
from 1 Augt 1782 to close
office 11 Apl 1783
8 months & 11 days.
$27.88
Book Regr of 
[illegible]

27.88
13.94
--------
41.82
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Brief in the case of Jeremiah Adams
of Mecklenburg County in the State of North Carolina
(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?  76 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Enlisted In 1782

Duration of Service.
Years, 1  Months, Days

Rank.
As a Privte

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.   Green
Col Williams
Capt Sharp
Regular Service
5. In what battles was he engaged? --
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Surry County North Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? refers to document on file in war Department.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
--
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. S. Examining Clerk
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4754
North Carolina
to
Elizabeth Adams
widow of Jeremiah Adams
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27
dollars 88 cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
28th day of Nov. 1854
and sent to W. T. Davidson
Charlotte, N. C. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners on
February 3, 1853, Page 133 Vol.
(1832)
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Elizabeth Adams
1853
[illegible]
---
Boynton
Reed Nov 24th 1874
W. F. Davidson
now present
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
On this 25th day of October A.D. 1854 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice
of the County Court for said County Elizabeth Adams a resident of Charlotte in the County
of Mecklenburg North Carolina, aged 78 years, who first being duly sworn according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is
the widow of Jeremiah Adams who was a soldier of the Revolution, a private
for which service he drew a pension during his life, at the rate of $27.88. per annum
That she knows nothing of the Revolutionary series of her husband except from his
own statements, she therefore refers for proof of his service to his declaration and proof on file
in the pension office-- she further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Adams on the (blank) day of eighteen hundred and Ten.  That her said husband died on the 14th day of May 1835, aged seventy three years.  That she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated-
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she further declares that she is now a widow, and has been
since the death of her said husband,
Elizabeth Adams (her mark)
sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before me and I further
certify that the said Elizabeth Adams is not able to attend Court
from age and bodily infirmity -

F.M. Ross JP

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County

I, W. K. Reid Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for said County, do certify that F M Ross, whose signature
appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
name and affixed the Seal of Said
Court at office in Charlotte this the 7th
day of November 1854
W. K. Reid Clerk of Mecklenburg County Court

age 78 year
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Be it known that on this 14th day
of November 1884, personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice
of the Peace in and the County of Mecklenburg, Mary Sentile aged about fifty years who after being first
duly sworn according to law, says that she is the daughter of Elizabeth Adams by her first husband William Hart, that her said Father died when she was an infant leaving four children & his widow the aforesaid Elizabeth, that her mother remained the widow of said Hart until deponent was some seven or eight years old, when she married on Jeremiah Adams, with whom she lived until his death in May 1835, the 14th day-
Deponant has a very distinct recollection of her said mothers marriage with Jeremiah Adams, remembers distinctly how the old man looked, how he was [illegible] duped &c, believes the marriage took place in the Summer of 1810, her step Father the said Jeremiah had on a Calico Morning gown when he was married
deponent further states that her mothers first child by Jeremiah Adams was named
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Lewis and was born about a year after her mothers marriage with said
Jeremiah Adams - deponant remembers well that her said Step Father Adams was a
pensioner and drew a pension until  he died-

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me.

Mary Sentile (her mark)
Witness: Saml A Davis JP

And I certify that Mary Sentile is a
credible witness-
Saml A Davis JP

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
I, W. S. Reid Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, held for said County, do
certify that Samuel A Davis before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is and was at the date of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in Charlotte this 17th day of Nov {illegible} AD 1854.
W. K. Reid Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court,
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153.850
Act - Mar 3
May 30th 1855
---
Elizabeth Adams, wife of
Jeremiah Adams Soldier
-
Capt
Col 
Private N.C. Line
31
Ent
Dis
Revolutionary Pensioner
Willow has been pensioned
---
N.C. Feby 53-4754
[illegible] 160 acs Mar 29/56
[illegible] 

Number written across face: No. 19776
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Vol. A. 21. (written at bottom of page)
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153.856
Elizabeth Adams
Declaration
Act 3 Mar 1855


Wm. F. Davidson
Charlotte
N. Carolina
W.F.D. 
[illegible]
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County

On this 31st day of March A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid
Elizabeth Adams, aged Seventy eight years,
a resident of Charlotte in the County and State
aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law
declares that she is the widow of Jeremiah Adams
who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and
drew a pension for his services at the rate of twenty
seven dollars and eighty eight cents per annum
until his death-
That she applied for a pension in right of her said husband
 under the act of February 3, 1853, and
was allowed twenty seven dollars & eighty eight
cents per annum during her life, which said
certificate of Pension is dated the 28th day of November
A.D. 1854 -
For the proof of her husband Jeremiah Adams services, the proof of her marriage, the date
of her husbands death or &c. The relies upon the
testimony now on file, in her husbands and
her own application, she further states that she is now a widow-
  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the
approved March 3, 1855 -- and for the purpose of 
establishing her claim she appoints W. F. Davidson
her agent and attorney-
H M Ross JP

Elizabeth Adams
(her mark)
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We James W Wilson and Ezekiel [illegible]  residents
of Mecklenburg County in the State of North Carolina, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs. Elizabeth Adams in our presence, and we know
from our own personal knowledge that she is the
identical person she represents herself to be-
Jas. W. Wilson
E. Enny
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to
and subscribed before me on the day and year above written,
and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons,
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and
that I have no interest in this claim,
F. M. Ross JP
I, Wm K Reed Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter 
Sessions in and for the County of Mecklenburg
in the State of North Carolina Certify that F M Ross
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were
made was at the time and is now an acting Justice of the
Peace, duly commissioned and sworn, and the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are genuine-
In testimony whereof I have here unto
set my hand and affixed my seal of office
this 2 day of April 1855-
W K Reid Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court
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Revolution.
Nouth Carolina
WIDOW, &C'
File No. 8093
Elizabeth Adams
Wid(ow)
Jeremiah Adams
Privt Rev
Act: Feby 3

Index: -- Vol. A., Page (can't see it)
Arrangement of 1870.}
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No. 5.242
Elizabeth Adams
Widow of
Jeremiah Adams 
Set to W. T. Davidson
Nov. 24th 1854,

Act /53
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19776


[illegible]
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Declaration copied for the
Hon. J. Long H.R. 25th
April 1828
No. 406
Jeremiah Adams
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
act 18 March 1818
Claim
Rejected
per letter 22 Sept 1827
to Isaac Alexander
Charlotte, N. C.
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No (page doubled over) 1343
the benefits of an act for the relief of such surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of
the revolution"" approved 15th May 1828. I Jeremiah Adam of the County of Mecklenburg in the State of North Carolina hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of army of the revolution for & during and continued, in so until its termination; at which period I was a private in Captain Sharps company in the first Regiment North Carolina line. And I also declare that I afterwards received 
a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars, to wit
I was entitled under [illegible] of Congress passed 15th 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the first day of March 1828 on the Pension list of the United States. 
Jeremiah Adams (his Mark)
test
Guy Maxwell JP

Before me Guy Maxwell a Justice of the peace for
the County of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina
personally appeared this day
Matthew Miller and Robert Barnhill
of the said County who did several[illegible]
make oath that Jeremiah Adams by whom
the forego declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution, in manner as therein Stated
Matthew Miller
Robert Barnhill

Oct 16, 1828
Guy Maxwell, JP

I have Alexander
Clerk of the Court of the County 
of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina
do certify that Guy Maxwell was and is an acting Justice of the Peace & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testament whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
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and affixed the seal of
October 1828
day
at Alexander Clerk of
Muhlenberg County Court
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that I Jeremiah Adams of the county of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina, do hereby constitute & appoint Henry Connor my true & lawful attorney, with a power of substitution for me & in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me the act of Congress for the relief of certain sum having officer & soldier of the revolution approved 15th May 1828 as a soldier in the first Regiment of the New Carolina line of the Army of the revolution.
Witness my hand & seal this 26th day of August 1828
Jeremiah Adams (his mark)

Sealed & delivered in the presence of
Guy Maxwell JP

Before me Guy Maxwell a Justice of the peace of the
county of Mecklenburg & State of North
Carolina personally appeared this day Jeremiah Adams whose name is subscribed to the foregoing town of Allen and acknowledge the same to be his act & and witness my hand the 26th day of Aug., 1828
Guy Maxwell JP

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of the county of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina do hereby 
certify that Guy Maxwell before whom
the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this (blank) day of (blank), 1828
1828
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Before me Guy Maxwell from the County of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina
personally appeared this day Henry W. Connor the attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process which of the pay therein authorized to be received, but the said pay is intended to be used wholy to the personal benefit of the said person by whom the said [illegible] was intended.
Witness my hand this 26 day of August 1828.
Guy Maxwell JP

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the County of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Guy Maxwell before whom the foregoing certificate were sworn was at the time was Justice of the peace duly bound to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 24th
day of October 1828.

Isaac Alexander Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court
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Rec 19 Jan 1830
North Carolina 
Rawan County 

This day Ezekiel Griffin personally appeared
before me Josiah Inglis one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County and made oath 
in due form of Law; that Jeremiah Adams, served in the Revolutionary war; and he saw the said [illegible] come home with his Regimentals on at the end of the war. 
Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of January 1830

Ezekiel Griffin (his mark) 

Attest J. Inglis JP

State of
North Carolina,
Rowan County.
This day, Thomas Dedman, of said County, personally came before me, Philo White an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and made oath in due form, that he was personally knowing to Jeremiah Addams having
served as a private in the regular army of the United States during the Revolutionary War; and that he saw said Addams, several times, return home on a furlough and back again to Salisbury, where the troops were stationed, during his term of service; and that he saw said Addams, at the close of the war, after he had been discharged from the army, going home with his uniform on.
Thomas J Dedman

Sworn to and subscribed the 7th January, 1830, before me
P. White, J.P.
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State of
North Carolina
Rowan County ⎬

I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions for Rowan County, do hereby certify that J.  Inglis, who witnessed the foregoing affidavit of Ezekiel Griffin and Philo White before whom the affidavit of Thomas Dedman was Sworn and subscribed are acting Justices of the peace for Rowan County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that all due faith and credit may and ought to be given to their official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Office this 7th day of January 1830
John Giles J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
I W. K. Reid Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, held for said County, do certify that I have carefully examined the Marriage bonds, now on file in my office and am unable to find the Marriage bond of Jeremiah Adams.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name,
and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in
Charlotte the 18th day of November 1856
W.K. Reid Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court
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Jeremiah Adams
Court Military Pensions
Report a Bill granting
a Pension of $8
to
Jeremiah Adams

May 17 1828
See Bill No. 166

[Illegible] at $
December 5. 1828.
Ref. to the Committee on Military Pensions
December 16, 1829
Ref. to the Committee on Military Pensions
January 18, 1831
Ref. committee on Military Pensions

Jan 16 1832, Ref. Committee on Rev. Pensions
Mar 17. 1832 Bill reported No. 486
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the Court on Military Pensions to whom was referred the Petition of Jeremiah Adams of N.C. on the examination of his application to Congress for a Pension, find he enlisted in 1782 in the continental service for 18 months & months & 12 days
before the close of the war that he lived till the close
of the war, he has proven in due form of law by his own oath, his services, his poverty, & inability to procure a comfortable living and applied to the war depart for a Pension which appears to have been rejected in consequence of his service being 18 days short of 9 months which is the time
required by law. The court admit that the exception was
property taken in the Dept. but believes it would be
too small a one to be taken by Congress and report
a Bill granting him a pension of $8.

(Re)examined and found
March 4th 1830
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Jeremiah Adams
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21st Congress
2d.  Session
Congress of the United States
In the House of Representatives
On motion of Wm. Conner
January 18. 1831.
Ordered, That the petition of Jeremiah
Adams presented February 26, 1827, be referred
to the Committee on Military Pensions, and that the
said Committee be instructed to report specially
upon the subject matter thereof to this House -
Attest   M. S. Clarke  clerk
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
28 Feb 1829
SIR:
The further evidence received in support
of your claim has been examined, but is not
deemed satisfactory. The claim has therefore
not been admitted.

I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush

Mr. Jeremiah Adams
of Mecklenberg Co
N.C.
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Jeremiah Adams
Jan. 26. 1831. Ref to Committee on
Military Pension





Conner
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, " approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
20 Jan 7, 1831.
Sir:
Enclosed I send you a certified
copy of the affidavits you requested
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
S. D. Ingrham
Secretary of the Treasury
The Hon.
Henry W. Conner
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Hon.
Samuel D. Ingham
Secrty. of the Treasury
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Recd 19 Jany 1850
1274
House of Reps. 18th Jany 1830.
Hon. S. D. Ingham
[illegible] Treasury.
I here with enclose to you additional evidence in the case of Jeremiah Adams an applicant for a Pension under the Act of 1828 you will perceive by a letter from Wm. Rush, that some evidence in 1829 was [illegible] tho not sufficient. I think the inclosed will be deemed sufficient to entitle him to his pension
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Henry W. Connor
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Treasury Dept
3rd and office
Ap. 28. 1828

Sir
I have the honor to state in reply to your inquiry whether the
name of  Jeremiah Adams a soldier of the North Carolina line 
can be found, that the Muster Rolls have been destroyed and that the Record of the North Carolina line is only so far
presented in the Pension Office to include this letter R. Consequently no history of his service can be ascertained.  
I find on reference at the final Statement certificates
that Jeremiah Adams did not enlist for the war, and therefore
is not entitled to land. He appears to have been paid for his services but is not returned as entitled to the 
gratuity which soldiers enlisting for [illegible] to the end of the to as received and which also entitled them to land.
[illegible signature]

Henry W. Connor H. R.
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Salisbury N. C.
Act [illegible] 23rd
Hughes
Nathaniel M. Alexander Esq

Statesville N. C.
.
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War Department
Pension Office
September 22, 1827
Sir,
The claim of Jeremiah Adams to a pension on account of revolutionary service has been examined, and I have to state that as the law of the 18th of March 1818, under which he claims provide for those only who served at least nine months under one period of enlistment on the continental establishment during the war, and as the claimant enlisted on the last of July or first of August 1782, as set forth in his declaration, and the war terminated on the 12th of April following, he could not of course, have served nine months during the war. His claim cannot therefore, be allowed. The papers will remain on our files according to
the regulations of this Department
I am very respectfully,
Your obedt. Servt
J.L. Edwards
Isaac Alexander, Esqr
Charlotte
North Carolina.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary's Office 15th Sept 1827
James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
Your letter of the 11th instant
with the declaration of Jeremiah Adams
was received this morning. I do not find
the name of Jeremiah Adams on the
rolls in this Office, but find the name of ┃
Jas Adams a private in Capt Sharps Compy
of the 10th Regt enlisted in 1782 for 18 months
which agrees so near with the statement of Jer Adams in his declaration, that I think it probable an error has been committed in transcribing the rolls, and that the
name Jer. Adams, was written Jas Adams
of this probability however you will be
well able to judge
Very respectfully
your Obt. Servt

W. Hill
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(Copy)
State of N Carolina
Iredell County
This day came before me one of the acting Justice of Peace for said County Martha Burnette aged 71 years of age and
made oath to the best of her knowledge that
her brother Jeremiah Adams was a soldier in
the revolution war and she believes was
enlisted for enduring the war and the captain
he was under was by the name of Sharp but
says she cannot recollect his given name.
Sworn and subscribed before me February 6th day 1829.
Martha Burnette (her mark)

Teste
P. Campbell J.P.
State of N. Carolina
Iredell County
I Absalom Simonton
Clerk of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said
County do hereby certify that Pierceful Campbell before whom the above affidavit
was sworn to is and was an acting Justice
of the peace duly commissioned and qualified
according to law.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office this day of February 1829
A. Simonton C. C. K.
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2)
North Carolina
Rowan County ⎬ This day Ezekiel Griffin
personally appeared before me Josiah Ingles
one of acting Justices of the peace in and
for said County and made oath in due
form of law that Jeremiah Adams, served
in the Revolutionary war and he saw the
said Addams come home with his regimentals
on at the end of the war. Sworn to and subscribed
this 6th day of January 1830.

Ezekiel Griffin his mark

State of North Carolina
This day Thomas Dedman of said County, personally came before me, Philo White, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and made oath,
in due form, that he was personally knowing
to Jeremiah Adams having served as a private
in the regular army of the United States, during the
Revolutionary war; and that he saw said
Addams, several times return home on a
furlough, and back again to Salisbury
werere the troops were stationed, during his
tom of service; and that he saw said
Addams, at the close of the war, after he
had been discharged from the army, going
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home with his uniform on
Sworn to and subscribed
the 7th January 1830 before me Thomas Dedman
P. White J. P.
State of North Carolina
Rowan County

I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rowan County, do hereby certify that J. Inglis who witnessed the foregoing affidavit of Ezekiel 
Griffin and Philo White before whom the affidavit of Thomas Dedman was sworn and subscribed an acting Justices of the peace for Rowan County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to Law, and that
all due faith and credit may and ought to be given to their official acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said County at Office this 7th day
of January 1830
John Giles Ck
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I hereby certify that the foregoing pages
numbered from one to three inclusive are
copy of the original affidavits on file in this Department

Given under my hand and
the seal of the Treasury this
Twentieth day of January
in the year 1830 -
S. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
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War Department
Pension Office
April 25. 1828
Sir,
In answer to your note respecting Jeremiah Adams
I have to inform you that the original declaration in this
case cannot be sent out of the office; but I herewith transmit a certified copy thereof, which will answer your purpose, I presume.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your Obt Servt
J.L. Edwards
Hon. John Long
of the Committee
on Pensions,
House of Representatives
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I HEREBY certify that the accompanying pages numbered
from one to three are truly copied from the original, in the Department of War.
J.L. Edwards
BE IT REMEMBERED, That James Lewis Edwards, who has
signed the foregoing certificate, is charged with the general superintendence of the Pension Business in the Department of War, and with the safe-keeping of the
Rolls, Books, Papers, and Documents, on
file in said Department, in relation to said
business; and that to his attestations full
faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name, and caused the seal of the
Department to be affixed, on this twenty fifth
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
James Barbour
Secretary of War.
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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
Jeramiah Adams 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?
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 amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
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? yes
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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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?  refers to comments on file in war Department
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? --
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? -
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
 Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year ____ months and _____ days, I served as a ____. For ______ months and _____ days, I served as a _________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
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 be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Adams widow of Jeremiah Adams.
Mecklenburg County and State of North Carolina
act 3rd Feby: 1853

Claim, (original,) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband, was pensioned under the act 7th Jan. 1832 at the rate of $27.88 per ano: One witness testifies he was present at the marriage
One witness testifies to reputation of marriage & cohabitation.

Pensioner died 14 May 1835 as per the affidavits of two credible Witnesses

Widdowhood & identity established by the affidavits of two Credible witnesses

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

W.T. Davidson, Esq
Present,
Name and residence of Agent
[Illegible]
Examining Clerk
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Samuel A. Harris maketh oath that he was well acquainted with
Jeremiah Adams and his wife Elizabeth, that they lived together as
man and wife and raised a family of Children. 
They were reputed and lived in the neighborhood where 
they lived to have been legally married.  
They resided on Clear Creek many years, near deponents Father
in Mecklenburg County --
S. A. Harris

Sworn to and subscriber before me this 18th day of Nov. 1854,
Wm S. Norment, J.P.

And I certify that said A Harris
is a respectable citizen of Charlotte N.C.
and is a credible witness-
Wm S. Norment,  J.P.
-
---
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County-
I, W. K. Reid, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for Said County
do certify, that Wm. S. Norment, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is and was, at the date of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County 
duly commissioned and sworn and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
name, and affixed the Seal of Said Court at
Office in Charlotte, this 18th day of November
A D 1854,
W.K. Reid Clerk
of Mecklenberg County Court
1
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Pension Office
November 24" 1854,
Sir:
    The claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams for a pension under the 2d Section of Feby. 3d 1853 as the widow of Jeremiah, has been examined & suspended.
    No evidence has been filed in proof of the Widowhood of the applicant.
    Upon proof being filed that the applicant is a widow and such as will more clearly identify her as the widow of the person under whom she claims, her claim will be favorably considered
Yours Respectfully,
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner

W. T. Davidson, Esq/ 
Present
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Pension Office
Nov. 27" 1854,
I hereby Certify that I am personally & well acquainted with Elizabeth Adams, an applicant for a pension under the act of Feby: 3d 1853.
A resident of Charlotte. N.C. & that she is a widow & the reputed widow of Jeremiah Adams late Revolutionary pensioner of Mecklenburg, N. C. 
W. F. Davidson

Sworn to & subscribed before me
the City of Washington, D.C.
this 27th Nov. 1854-

N. B. Van Landt, J. Peace

The Comt says. Mr Davidson, was introduced to him by Secty Dobbin & needs no certification of credibility.
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22d CONGRESS
1st SESSION.
H. R. 486.
MARCH 17, 1832.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. PENDLETON, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions,
reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Jeremiah Adams and John Kidd.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, required to place the names of Jeremiah Adams and John Kidd on the list of
revolutionary pensioners, and to pay to each of them a pension at the rate of eight dollars a month, to commence and be computed from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
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The certificate of Elizabeth Adams
should be sent to Mr. Davidson at
his residence in North Carolina
I think it is Charlotteville, but you
can ascertain from other papers of his
in the office.
Yours 
L. P. Waldo
Dec. 1, 1854
J. Cole
Present
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Jan 7 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Jeremiah Adams under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a
request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
R. Ruth
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

War Depart:
Bounty land Office
The Records of this office do not show that Jeremiah Adams of the North Carolina line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor
7 Jany 1829
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Revolutionary Claims

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
13 Dec 1828.
Jeremiah Adams 
Mecklinburg County state of N Carolina has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in Captain Sharps company's, in the first regiment of the North Carolina
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
   The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the [illegible] 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
15. December 1828
(It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to ____in the ___) CROSSED OUT

It further appears that Jeremiah Adams is not now on  the pension list of any----- agency, and has not been so since the 3 March, 1826

The name of Jeremiah Adams  cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued.
Peter Hagner Aud.