Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,952, for Zachariah Prewit, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.
Va.

Prewit, Zachariah

NUMBER
S. 5,952

carded
CONTENTS
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16.381
Virginia
Zachariah Prewit
of [illegible] in the State of Va.
who was a Pri in: Cos. in the_____________ commanded
by Captain_____________ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Martin of the [crossed out]
line for 13 months
Va. and N.C.
Records completed
May 16, 1904.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 48 Dollars  33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Augt. 33
and sent to William Tunstall, Pittsylvania C.H. Va

Arrears to the 4th of March '33                96.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Stept          24.16
                                                   Total      $120.82

Recorded by Nathan Rice  Clerk,
Book  E    Vol.   6   Page21.
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Zachariah Prewit
Declaration
22978




Repeat to
Thomas Williams
Williams Store Pettsylv.
County Va.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, TO WIT;

On this seventh day of January 1833 Personally appeared before James M Williams Jt. a
Justice of the Peace for Pittsylvania County Zachariah Prewit a resident of
the said County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four Years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of
Congress passed June the 7th 1832, that he was drafted into the Service of the
United States in the month of April 1776 and marched
from the County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia
where he then resided, in a Company of Militia which was
commanded by Captain John Donalson Ensign Moses
Hutchings and Lieut, Henry went through
the County of Franklin, crossed New River at English's
Ferry and marched on direct to the Islands of Holston
River, where we entered a fort and were stationed
there for some time, Capt. Donalson, myself and fourteen
or fifteen others, left the said Fort and travelled entirely
through the woods and cane breaks in search of the
Indians for fifteen days but not being able to find them
we returned to the said Fort, and joined our Company
again, and remained there untill our term of service
expired, I was discharged at that place  (about three
hundred miles from home) in the month of July 1776
by Captain John Donalson, the time of service rendered
on this tour, including the time of traveling home was
at least four months, my discharge is lost and cannot
be found, but the Service rendered on this tour is
proved by Moses Hutchings who was an Ensign and
commanded in the company to which I was attached
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In the year 1780 i moved from  the County of Pittsylvania
in the State of Virginia, to Sullivan County in the State
of North Carolina, and on the 2nd day of November 1780 I
again entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteer
and marched from the said County of Sullivan in
a Company which was commanded by Col. Joseph Martin
[smudged] Captain was with us, direct to the Indian Nation
and Towns on Tenesee River, and Continued in the
said nation.  Searching for, and killing the Indians, many
of them were taken as prisoners, we burnt their Town
and reduced them to Poverty, which forced the most of them
to come upon friendly terms with the white people, such
as continued hostile, went further down the said River,
our Services not being longer required, we were discharged
by Col. Martin, late in the month of February 1781, the
time of Service rendered on this hour including the time
of traveling home was at least four months, my discharge
is lost or mislaid and cannot be found, I have no documentary
evidence, and  do not know a man living that was in that
Service with me.
In the month of September 1781 I again entered the Service
of the United States, as a Volunteer, in a Company of Mounted
Infantry under the Command of Captain Cavit,
Lieut. John Carnes, and Ensign Moses Luney, on the10th
day of October 1781 we were attached to Col. Shelby's
Regiment of Mounted men, and Marched from the Said
County of Sullivan direct across the yellow mountain,
into the State of South Carolina and joined Genl.
Greenes Army at the high Hills of Santee, we remained
with him one day, and was ordered to join Genl. Marion
who had taken up Winter Quarters near the Swamps
of Santee, we continued under his Command.  Wriding {riding]
in various directions, not being long at any One place,
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the British were then in Charlestown, we took about
One hundred prisoners near Monks Corner, our term of
Service having expired, we were discharged by Col. Shelby
near the Swamps of Santee in the State of South Carolina
in the month of December 1781.  the time of Service
rendered on this tour was three months my discharge
is lost or mislaid, and cannot be found, I have no
documentary evidence, and do not know, a person living,
that was in Service with me at that time.
In the month of September 1782 I again entered the
Service of the United States as a Substitute for Peter Easly
and marched from the Said County of Sullivan in the
State of North Carolina in a Company of Mounted
Infantry commanded by Captain George Russell, in
the Regiment which was Commanded by Major Anderson
and Col. John Levies, we went into the Indian Nation
passed a number of their Towns on pursuit of the
hostile Indians that refused to come upon Terms with
the white people in the arrangement or treaty made
with many of their tribe in the Winter 1781 we employed
a friendly Indian to go with us as a pilot. we
marched down the Tenesee River about one hundred
and fifty miles through the Woods Jr. traveled over that
Wilderness Country in various directions for some time,
The hostile Indians were so dispersed and scattered
through Wilderness, we left the pursuit of them, and
returned home, I was discharged by Col. Levies at
an Indian Town called Chota on Tenessee River in the
month of December 1782, the time of Service
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rendered on this hour was three months, any discharge is lost, and
cannot be found, I have no documentary evidence, and
I do not know a person living that was in Service with me at
that time.
I was born in the State of Maryland in the year 1758.
My age was recorded in a family Bible, that was [smudged]
to the State of Georgie Some years ago by my Brother.

I lived in the County of Pittsylvania in  the State of Virginia
when I entered the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War, in the year 1776, I lived in the County of
Sullivan in the State of North Carolina when I entered 
the same Service in the Years 1780. 1781. and 1782.
In the year 1783 I moved back to the County of Pittsylvania
in the State of Virginia and have lived in that ever Since.

I was drafted when I was called into the Service in 1776
I Volunteered Twice, and last was a Substitute for Peter
Easley.

The names of the Officers that I Served with, and the
[smudged out] of my Service are stated in my Declaration.

I received four discharges from the Service, first one was
given to me by Capt. Donalson The Second by Col. Martin
The third by Col. Shelby, and the fourth by Col. Sevier
they are all lost or mislaid and cannot be found.

Joseph Smith, William Stamps, and  many Others can
Testify as to my Character for veracity, and their belief
of my Services as a Soldier of the Revolution
There is not living near to me a Clergyman or any
other minister of the Gospel whose certificate I can
with convenience Obtain.
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rendered on this tour was three months, any discharge is lost, and
cannot be found,  I have no documentary evidence, and
I do not know a person living that was in Service with me at
that time.

i was born in the State of Maryland in the year 1758
My age was recorded in a family Bible, that was [smudged]
to the State of Georgia Some years ago by my Brother

I lived in the County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia
when I entered the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War, in the year 1776, I lived in the County
of Sullivan in the State of North Carolina when I entered
the Same Service in the Years 1780. 1781. and  1782.
In the Year 1783 I moved back to the County of Pittsylvania
in the State of Virginia and have lived in that ever Since.

I was drafted when i was called into the Service in 1776
I Volunteered Twice, and last was a Substitute for Peter
Easly

I received four discharges from the Service first one was
Given to me by Capt. Donalson The Second by Col. Martin
The Third by Col. Shelby, and the fourth by Col. Sevier
they are all lost or mislaid and cannot be found

Joseph Smith, William Stamps, and many Others can
Testify as to my Character for veracity, and their belief
of the Services as a  Soldier of the revolution
there is not living near to me a Clergyman or any
other minister of the Gospel whose certificate i can
with convenience Obtain
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declare that my name
is not on the pension Roll, of the Agency of any State.
(mark of Zachariah Prewit)

Sworn to, and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(signature of J. M. Williams ) Jf 


Mr. Joseph Smith and William Stamps
Residing in the Coun ty of Pittsylvania and State of 
Virginia do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted
with Zachariah Prewit who has Subscribed and Sworn
to the above declaration that we believe him to be
seventy four 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
(mark of Joseph Smith)

Sworn to, and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
(signature of J.M. Williams)
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I, James M Williams Jr. a Justice of the Peace for the County
of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia, do hereby declare my opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War department, that the above
named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier,  and Served
as he States, and I further Certify that Moses. Hutchings
whose Certificate under Oath has bee presented to me as
evidence in this case, That Joseph Smith and William Franks
who have Signed the preceeding Certificate are
residents of the Said County of Pittsylvania, that they  are
Credible men and worthy Citizens and that their Statement is
entitled to Credit, and I also certify that Zachariah Prewit
the above named Applicant for a pension, by reason of bodily
infirmity, cannot attend the Court of the  County in which he resides.
Given under my hand and Seal this 7th day of January 1833.
(signature of J. M. Williams Jr. )

I William Tunstall clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania
in the State of Virginia do hereby Certify that James M. Williams
Jun. before whom the foregoing declaration was made and,
that Robert Hutchings before whom the annexed affidavit
of Moses Hutchings was [illegible] were at the time acting
Justices of the peace in and for said County duly impowered
to administer oaths.  And that I believe their  Signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed this seal of said court,
this 29th day of January 1833
(signature of Will Tunstall)
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Know all Men by these Presents that I, Zachariah
Prewitt
of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, do hereby constitute and
appoint Thomas Williams of said County, my true and Lawful 
Attorney, with a power of substitution for me and in my name, to receive from the United States, the amount of pay
now due to me, under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, entitled an Act Supplementary to an Act for the
relief of the Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution, as a private in the Army of the Revolution.
As Witness my hand and seal this Seventh day of January 1833
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
his
Jachanah X Prewitt
mark

Before me J M Williams a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Pittsylvania
and State of Virginia
Personally appeared this day Zachariah Prewitt
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his Act and Deed
Given under my hand this seventh day of January 1833
J. M. Williams Jr J.P.

Before me J M Williams a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Pittsylvania
and State of Virginia
Personally appeared this day Thomas Williams
the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made Oath that the same was not given to him by reason
of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorised to be received, but that the said pay is intended to envre wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom
the said power was executed.

Witness my hand this Seventh day of January
1833
J. M. Williams Jr J.P.

I William Tunstall Clerk of the Court of the County of Pittsylvania
in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that James M. Williams Jun before
whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged, and Affidavit was Sworn, was at the
time a Justice of the Peace, duly empowered to Administer Oaths ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this 24th day
of January 1833
Will Tunstall
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No 22078
Zackariah Prewett
VP

Admit as
Private Cal 6mo 25
July 7mo 23.31
$48.31
8 certificates

William Tunstate Clk
Pittsylvania County
Court {Illegible}
O. House:
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WAR DEPARTMENT,  
Pension Office,  
April 3, 1882  
Sir:  
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 3, 1878 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in detail form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined order, you will see precisely what evidence will need to be secured before a pension can be allowed. The order and the regulations must be observed in everything to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, thus { }. If you will, when you return your papers to this Department, be pleased to direct them, and this office will by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of On this ____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before ____ A. B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ aged (c) ____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with and served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] - He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____ Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 
(g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. [____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify 
(h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office 
(i) this ____ of ____ & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ 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 days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, ____ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of ____ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____ day of ____ & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
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If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, 
(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons 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. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 ____ and for such service I claim a pension." 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 that 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 in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 

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 papers 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. 
PROOF OF SERVICE. 
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[k] The notes from [a] and [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Dyer Custor
Fiscum Clerk
The tradionary evidence is attached to the declaration.  He was not a regular soldier.
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August 6, 1932
 BA-J/ILL 
Zachariah Prewit S. 5952 

Mrs. C. R. Brice 
611 West 4th Street 
Roswell, New Mexico. 

Dear Madam: 
Revolutionary War. Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Zachariah Pruitt, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 5952, based upon the service of Zachariah Prewit in that war; his name appears Prewitt and Prewet but not Pruitt in the papers in said claim. 
Zachariah Prewit was born in 1758 in Maryland, the exact date and place not stated. 
While a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in April, 1776 or 1777, served as private in Captain John Donalson's Company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia Regiment, marched to the Islands of Holston River against the Indians and was discharged sometime in July, length of service between three and four months. In the year 1780, he moved from Pittsylvania County, Virginia , to Sullivan County, North Carolina, and enlisted November 2, 1780, served in Colonel Joseph Martin's North Carolina Regiment, marched against the Indian Towns, burning some of these towns and taking prisoners, and was discharged late in February, 1781, he volunteered in September, 1781, served in Captain Cavitt's Company, joined Colonel Isaac Shelby's Regiment of mounted men, took one hundred prisoners near Monk's Corner and was discharged in December 1781; he in September, 1782, served in Captain George Russell's Company, Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina Regiment, marched through the wilderness country against the Indians and was discharged some time in December, 1782. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833, while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia; he had returned to that county in 1783 and had continued to reside there.
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At the time the soldier made application for pension, he referred to his brother who had moved to Georgia "some years ago". but did not give his name.
It is not stated that the soldier was married. 
The above record is that of the only soldier named Zachariah Prewit, under any spelling of that surname found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILL, 
Assistant to Administrator.
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1930 Jan 3 Hist to Mrs. Lewis M. Peeples 
Letter in S. 35576 Byrd Prewitt 
1932 - July 25. Hist to Mrs. Bob H McGinnis ILL 
1932 - Aug. 6. Hist. to Mrs. C.B. Brice 
1932 - Aug. 17. Mrs. Bob H. McGinnis advised nothing further in Z. Prewit -  see lett.  Samuel S. 21432. I.L.L. 
1932 - Dec. 6. Hist to Mrs. H.S. Godby
RevWar
5952
INVALID
File No. 5953  Zachariah Rewit Pri Rev War Act: June 7th 32 Index: --Vol. M, Page 302
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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July 25, 1932
BA-J
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Zachariah Prewit
S.5952
Mrs. Bob H. McGinnin
118 Market Street
Centersville, GA
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Zachariah Pruitt, a Revolutionary War pensioner. 

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 5952, based upon the service of Zachariah Prewit, whose name appears also as Prewitt and Prewet but not Pruitt, in that war. 

Zachariah Prewit was born in 1758 in Maryland, the exact date and place of his birth not stated. 

While a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in April 1776 or 1777, served as private in Captain John Donalson's Company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia Regiment, marched to the Islands of Holston River against the Indians and was discharged some time in July, length of service between three and four months. In the year 1780, he moved from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to Sullivan County, North Carolina , and enlisted November 2, 1780, served in Colonel Joseph Martin's North Carolina Regiment, marched against the Indian Towns, burning some of these towns and taking prisoners and was discharged late in February, 1781 he volunteered in September, 1781, served in Captain Cavit's Company, joined Colonel Isaac Shelby's Regiment of mounted men, took one hundred prisoners near Monk's Corner and was discharged in December, 1762; he en-listed in September, 1782, served in Captain George Russell's Company, Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina Regiment, marched through the wilderness county against the Indians and was discharged in December, 1782. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833, while residing in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, having returned to that county in 1783 and continued to reside there. 

At the time the soldier made application for tion, he referred to his brother who had moved to Georgia "some years ago", but he did not
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give his name. 

It is not stated that the soldier was married. 

The above record is that of the only soldier named Zachariah Prewit, or similar spellings of that surname, found on the records of this office. 

Very truly yours,
 A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONA 
S.F. 5952 Washington, D. C., ................., 19.......
......................
......................
In reply to your request off ......................, received ...................... for a statement of the military history of Zachariah Prewit a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or is widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT:
Apr 1776 or 1777
Nov 2 1780
Sept 1781
Step 1782

LENGTH OF SERVICE
4 mos
Feby 1781
Dec 1781
Dec 1782

RANK
Pvt.

Officers under whom service was rendered
CAPTAIN
John Donalson
/
Cavit
George Russell

COLONEL
Evan Shelby
Joseph Martin
Isaac Shelby
John Sevier

STATE
VA
NC
"
"

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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St. Simons Island, Ga
July, 2 - 1932
To the Commissioner of Pensions --

Dear Sir!
I have been told that one Zachariah Pruitt drew a pension from Rev. War that he enlisted from Pittsylfvania Co. Va.  Can you give me any information on this man? Is his place of birth listed?  He is supposed to have been born in Maryland in 1756 or 1758 -- Thanking you
I am most gratefully
Mrs. Bob H McGinnis
(Home Address) -> 118 Market St.
Cartersville Ga
Please send here.
Received
July 7 1932
Pension Files [illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
ORD-fjm WASHINGTON
June 29, 1932.

To enable this office to identify the record of the person referred to in
the attached communication, if he was in the military service, the following
questions should be answered, as fully as practicable, and the papers returned
to this office when a further search of the records will be made.

C. H. Bridges,
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By FJM.

1. Name under which enlisted: Zachariah
 Pruitt
First Name   Initial   Last Name
2. Residence at enlistment: Virginia
City   State
3. Place of enlistment: Virginia
City  State
4. Date of enlistment: 5.  Date of discharge:
6. Company and regiment in which served:
Company   Regiment
7. Nature of duties performed:
8. Names of some of Company officers:
9. Names of some of enlisted men in company:
10. In what war was service rendered: Revolution
11. If in Civil War was service rendered in Union or Confederate Army:
12. Purpose for which it is desired to use the information in furnished:
for a Pruitt family history Zachariah was born in
Maryland 1758 I am trying to locate where in Md the-
Pruitts were living before going to VA 
Date: July 6- 1932
Mrs. C. R. Brice,
611 West 4th Street
Roswell, New Mexico.

RECEIVED
Jul 11 1932
{Illegible} RECORDS DIVN

"ORD"
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Zachariah Pruitt has an older brother Phillip also in Rev and I have been told by the family he enlisted as a spy.  It would mean much to me to [illegible] family record, they were sons of Samuel Pruitt who married Lucy Owen in Md + died in Va.  Will pro[illegible] there Dec. 21 - 1801
Zachariah married Jane Burgess, Pittsylvania Co. Va. Oct 17 - 1785.  Samuel Harris minister.  He lived in N.C. later but returned to Va. Phillip [illegible] about he removed from Va. to Ga. 
I am a D. A. R. on another family line
Assuring you of my great appreciation
Mrs. C.R. Brice
10 Received A.G.O Jul 9 1932
Received Juy 19 1932

Mrs. C.R. Brice
611 West Fourth Street 
Roswell, New Mex.
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Certificate from Moses Hutchings for Zachariah Prewit
Virginia
Pittsylvania County [illegible] 
Personally appeared before me the4 undersigned a  Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, Zachariah Prewitt, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the [ilegible]  loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service (that is to a day) to the best of is recollection he served to less than the periods mentioned in his declaration made on the 7th day of January last
[ilegible]. 
He entered the service of the Revolution in the month of April 1776 or 1777 and served as a Private with Capt Donalson Four months, under Capt Evan Shelby in the year 1780 he entered the service under Col Joseph Martin and served with. him as private four months in the year 1781. He served three months as a private Dragoon with Captain Cavit under Col.
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I Moses Hutchings of the County of Pittsylvania
and State of Virginia do hereby Certify,
in the year 1777. I held the Rank of
Ensign
and acted as such in a Company of Militia that
marched from the County of Pittsylvania and
State aforesaid to the Islands of Holston River
under Capt. John Donalson to defend the frontier
of Virginia against the attacks of the Indians
and that Zachariah Prewet of the said County who
is an applicant for a pension was a
private in
the said Company under our command and served
his tour faithfully and was honorably discharged
from the service of the Revolutionary War at the
Islands of Holston River by Order of Col Shelby
in the month of July 1777. having served
between three and four months. Given under my
hand this 11th day of December 1832
Moses Hutchings

Sworn to and subscribed before me one of the Common
wealths Justices of the peace for the County of Pittsylvania
State of Virginia this 11th day of December 1832
R Hutchings
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Virginia
Pittsylvania County towit
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned
a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, Zachariah Pruitt
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 (that is {Illegible}) but according to
the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods
mentioned in his declaration made on the 7 day of January last
Virg
he entered the service of the Revolution in the
month of April 1776 or 1777 and served as a
Private with Capt Donalson four months
under Col. Evan Shelby ~in the
year 1780 he entered the service under
Col Joseph Martin and served with him
as a private - Four months, in the year 1781
he served three months as a private
Dragoon with Captain Cavit under Col
Isaac Shelby, in the year 1782 he entered the service again
and served three months as a private Dragoon with Captain
Russel under Col. Sevier making the whole time of service
rendered One year and two months, for which I claim
a pension, that the troops to which he was attached were
regularly embodied and called into service by competent
authority, that he was either in the field or in camp
and for the time during which the service was performed
he was not employed in any civil pursuit~
Given under my hand this 14th day of May 1833
J M Williams JP Seal

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Certificate from
Moses Hutchings
for
Zachariah Prewit
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December 6, 1932.

Mrs. H. A. Godby
College Park
Georgia.

BA-J/ILL
Zachariah Prewit
S. 5952
William Vaughan
W. 11691 (11691)

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
records of Zachariah Pruitt and William Vaughn, soldiers of the Revolutionary
War whose names appear on the Census of Pensioners printed in 1840.

The record of Zachariah Prewit, his name appears also as
Prewitt and Prewet, is obtained from the papers on file in his claim
for pension based upon his service in the Revolution.

Zachariah Prewit was born in 1758 in Maryland, the day and
place of his birth not given.

While a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted
in April, 1776 or 1777, served as private in Captain John
Donalson's Company, Colonel Evan Shelby's Virginia Regiment, marched
to the Islands of Holston River against the Indians and was discharged
sometime in July, length of service between three and four months. In
the year 1780, he moved from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to Sullivan
County, North Carolina, and enlisted November 2, 1780, served in Colonel
Joseph Martin's North Carolina Regiment, marched against the Indian
Towns, burning some of these towns and taking prisoners, and was discharged
late in February, 1781; he volunteered in September, 1781,
served in Captain Cavit's Company, joined Colonel Isaac Shelby's Regiment
of mounted men, took one hundred prisoners near Monk's Corner and
was discharged in December, 1781; he enlisted in September, 1782, served
in Captain George Russell's Company, Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina
Regiment, marched through the wilderness country against the
Indians and was discharged sometime in December, 1782.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7,
1833, while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia; he had returned
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to that county in 1783, and had continued to reside there.

At the time the soldier made application for pension, he
referred to his brother who had moved to Georgia "some time ago",
but did not give his name.

It is not stated that the soldier was married.

The record of William Vaughan given below is obtained from
the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 11691,
based upon his service in that war.

William Vaughan was born May 22, 1764 in Northampton County,
Virginia, and moved in 1772 to Craven County, South Carolina, that
part which was later Claremont County, in Sumter District.

While a resident of said Craven County, he volunteered
about October, 1780, and served as a private of cavalry under Captains
John Malone, Joseph Hill and McCauley and Colonels Peter Horry, and
Richard Richardson and Maham in General Marion's troops, continuing
in the service until June, 1782; during this period of service, he was
in the battles of Fort Watson, Fort Motte, Siege of Georgetown, Biggin
Church, Quinby Bridge and Eutaw Springs, and in many skirmishes.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
October 30, 1832, at which time he resided in Claremont County, Sumter
District, South Carolina.

William Vaughan died September 21, 1857 in Sumter District,
South Carolina; it was stated that he had lived in that District during
all but eight years of his life.

William Vaughan married about the year 1790, exact date not
shown), Alis Cook; she signed "Alis", but was referred to also as Alice.

Allis Vaughan, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her
application executed February 22, 1858, at which time she was a resident
of Sumter District; she gave her age then as seventy-five years; in
the same year, 1858, her daughter Alice stated that her mother was aged
eighty-four years. The widow died April 27, 1859.

2.
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William Vaughan and his wife, Alis, had thirteen children.
In 1858, the only surviving children were, Mrs. Emily Dargan, Mrs.
Frances Cassills, and Mrs. Alice D. Mitchell, a resident of Sumter
District, South Carolina, then forty-eight years of age, who stated
that she was the ninth child. There are no data relative to the
other children.

The soldier's sister, Mrs. John Reynolds, was living about
twenty miles from Sumterville (state not shown), in 1833.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.