Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,583, James Carlile, S.C.
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S.C.
Carlile, James or Carlisle, Margeret
W.8.583
B.L. Wt. 61.091-160-55

Born in Ireland
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31674
South Carolina
James Carlisle
of Abbeville in the State of S. Caro. 
who was a private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Caldwell of the Brigade commanded by Ge. Pickins in the S.C. Militia time for 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina 
at the rate of 36 dollars 66 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Novr. 1839 & sent to Waidlaw & Perr
in Abbeville District, S.C.

Arrears to the 4th of Septr 1839 $311.67
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Marc 40 18.33
$330.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.W. Curdy Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 66.
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illegible
South Carolina
Margaret Carlisle
widow of James Carlisle
SC
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private
for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Nov 1849
and send to 
J. Knox Walker
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848 Page 307 Vol. 2
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271.870
Act Mar. 3, 55

Margaret Carlisle, wid.
James Carlisle.
61.09.1 Issued April 8th/57

Pris

Ai: 160A Apl. 7/57
B. [illegible]

Pensd. Act 7. June 1852
So.Cl Feb 48-3794
Special. April 2, '57
S. Cale
C.C

James A Black.
Columbia. S.C.
Vol C1. page 36
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43W.D
James Carlisle
S.C.
Declaration of James Carlisle a Revolutionary soldier
13 months service -
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
JS - On the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared before Moses Taggart Esquire a Judge of the Court of Ordinary & a Justice of the Quorum of the Dist & State aforesaid James Carlisle a resident of Abbeville District in the State aforesaid aged seventy two years on the 23d May 1835 and now advance in his seventy third year, who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. in that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer militia man on the twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty under and by order of Col Pickens who was afterwards Genl Pickens, and who ordered the militia to meet him at Grindalls shoals on Packolet river in the State to which place the applicant with other militia in his neighborhood proceeded and there the applicant was enrolled and placed under the command of Captain James Caldwell and his brother Lieut Francis Carlisle and put under the Command of Col Pickens who was under the Command of Genl Morgan whose army was then stationed and encamped on Packolet River at Grandalls Shoals awaiting additional force & strength to his army. Genl Morgan with his army remained encamped at this place two weeks taking proper measures in the meantime to watch & spy out the movements of the British under Tarlton and Cornwallis. Genl Morgan then moved his Army including Col Picken's militia among whom was the applicant in Capt. Caldwell's Company to a placed called the Cowpens where Genl. Morgan met the British in battle and obtained a glorious victory over the British among whom were an unusual number killed and wounded and six hundred prisoners taken the applicant did not receive a scratch in the battle but his Company Officer Capt. Caldwell was mortally wounded and the command of the Company then devolved on Lieut Francis Carlisle who subsequently commanded the company immediately after the battle Genl. Morgan detailed the South Carolina & Georgia Militia to take charge of the prisoners & ordered them to proceed towards the mountains while Genl Morgan with his remaining forces remained below. between the prisoners and British army to manouver and keep the British from pursuing the Militia who had in charge the British prisoners the applicant who was with the Militia in charge of and guarding the British prisoners says that they proceeded towards the mountains agreeably to Genl. Morgans Orders and crossed the Catawba River at a place called the Island ford and then proseeded down the Catawba to a ford called the Tuckaseges where the militia met Genl. Morgan with his forces and where the British prisoners were delivered over to the Virginia Riflemen who took the prisoners towards Virgina, Col Pickens then returned with his militia to South Carolina, where he kept the milita employed in harrassing the tories & British and cutting off their supplies, at their different stations, or garrisons, until Genl. Greene arrived with his army and beseiged the British Garrison at Cambridge or ninetysix where Col Pickens with his militia joined Genl. Greene and aided in beseiging the British Garrison, which was abandoned by Genl. Greene, who with his army moved towards towards North Carolina and over the Saluda Rivers-
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In this juncture of affairs, Col Pickens ordered two hundred of his militia among whom was the applicant still in Lieut or Capt. Carlisle's company to take a station at the Head of Little River in 96 District, & the boundary line between the Whites & Indians, to guard the frontier throughout its extent from Saluda River on the North to Savannah River on the South, and to cut off all Communication with the indians by either tories or British, these two hundred militia were placed by Col Pickens under the command of Major Noble, who disposed & divided the force in such squads & number as enabled, the whole line of frontier to be constantly and daily guarded by mounted Horsemen moving to & fro throughout the whole extent aforesaid the applicant says there were no other reserved militia or troops left in this section of the country to relieve those on duty, who were compelled to adopt reliefs amongst themselves, and pursued that policy in their straightened & necessitious circumstances as would best ensure the security of the country & ameliorate the hard duty of those in service on the Frontier in which service the applicant was constantly in the strict performance of military duty from the period Genl Green raised the seige at cambredge or ninety six until he was discharged by Capt Francis Carlisle & by Order of Major Noble from further service & duty and that he was discharged on the twenty fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eightyone, and that from the period of his first entering the service of the United States until he was discharged, he was constantly & daily in the performance of strictly military duty and the hardest kind of service, for the full period of twelve months, under the authority of Col Pickens Major Noble & the Officers he has already heretofore mentioned, & that be done & performed military duty in the same company during the whole period of his service aforesaid and that the whole company to which he belonged was also with him during the whole period he above stated, that Lieut or Capt Francis Carlisle, together with all the officers he had mentioned is dead & that he does not know a living survivor of the company to which he was attached, or any other living person who could prove the services of the Applicant or any part of them in the Revolutionary War, The applicant further says, that he was called out under 
over
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one Capt. Carrithers and by order of Genl. Pickens to pursue some tories who had fled into the Cherokee nation and was absent one month including going to and returning from the nation this service was in the      [blank]  of seventeen hundred and eightytwo
The applicant James Carlisle further states and declares that he was born in Moneghan County in Ireland on the twenty third day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and sixtythree and that the record of his age is in his fathers family bible which is in the possession of his brother's widow, now living in Abbeville District in this state. That he was living in Ninetysix District now Abbeville District when he was first called into the service of the United States, when he has since the revolutionary war lived, and where he now lives, and that he was a Volunteer in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war and continues a Volunteer throughout his whole service. The applicant further states that he distinctly recollects Genl. Morgan Genl. Greene and Col Washington who were styled regular officers and Col Pickens, Col McCall and Major Noble of the Militia that he recollects with the Georgia Militia, South Carolina Milita & Virginia Riflemen at the battle of the Cowpens, there were other troops & officers in the battle both Regulars & militia, but of which he cannot say or state anything with certainty the general circumstances of his service as related in the foregoing part of his declaration, the applicant fur states that he was verbally discharged from service, and so were all the company to which he belonged & that it was the common method of discharging troops, as far as he knew in the militia of South Carolina. The applicant further states that Mordecai Shackelford, Lindsey Harper, James Caldwell Robert Cosby and Stephen Jones are gentlemen of the first respectability whose integrity & credibility entitle them to the fullest belief and to whom the applicant James Carlisle is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. Ans that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Moses Taggart P.A.D. & J.S.    
James Carlisle
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
Gs - We James Cosper a clergyman residing in the District and state aforesaid and H.B> Shackelford residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Carlisle who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is refuted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur on that opinion.
James Cosper
H.B. Shackelford
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
October 24th, 1835. Moses Taggart A.H.D & J.D.

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District Gs - And the said Moses Taggart Judge of the Court of Ordinary & Justice of the Quorum as aforesaid do hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant James Carlisle was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Moses Taggart further certifies, that James Cosper --- who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Abbeville District in the Sate of South Carolina and that H B Shackelford - who has also signed the same certificate in a resident of the same state and District, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and I the said Moses Taggart do further certify that the applicant James Carlisle cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court of Common Pleas or Equity for this
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I James Wardlaw Clerk of teh Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of Abbeville do hereby certify that Moses Taggart before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who has signed the same and before whom the affidavits of James Cosper and H.B. Shackelford was made & who as also attested the same and who has signed the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Quorum in and for the District aforesaid that all due faith and credit are and ought to be had and given to his official attestations and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are the genuine signatures of the said Moses Taggart.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Abbeville CourtHouse this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty five
Ja Wardlaw
Clk.
[seal attached]
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, Caldwell, Peckins.
H 15328
James Carlile
Abbeville District
S.Carolina

Allow 11 mo $ 36.66
per ann.  S C militia

Capt Caldwell  [illegible]
Pickens.

P 342

23 Augt.  1833
Wardlaw & Pinnio
Abbeville District

So.Ca
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BRIEF in the case of James Carlisle
District Abeville in the State of S. Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

 
Period/Duration of Service/Rank
Jany In 1781 Vol as a private
Dec. 1781 about 11 months
2 Dec.
25 Dec 1780 vol. 12 mos.

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Col Peckins
Captn Caldwell
Majr Noble
Genrl Morgan
Jas Caldwell

5. In what battles was he engaged? Cowpens

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abeville District S. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? authenticated
mentioned.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

John H. Ashton
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July
1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
J.
On this twenty eighth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally
appeared before David Lesly Judge of the Court of Ordinary for
the District and State aforesaid Margaret Carlile a resident
of the State and District aforesaid aged eighty two years who being
first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the fol
lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" That she is
the widow of James Carlile a private in the war of the Revolution
and who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of
Congress of 7th June 1832 and entitled to receive thirty six dollars
and sixty cents per annum as appears from his pension certificate
now in my possession, and of which the following is a true copy
"War Department"
"Revolutionary Claims"
"I certify that in conformity with the law of
the United States, of the 7th June 1832 James Carlile as a resident of South Carolina who was a private in the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty six dollars, and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4 March and 4th of September in every year.
GG
Given at the War Office of the United States this
tenth day of November one thousand eight
hundred and thirty nine.
J. R. Poinsett
Examined and Countersigned
Secretary of War
Goe Wm Cannup Acting Commissioner of Pension
31674 Payment to be made at Charleston by A Speers Esq Agent for
paying pensioners in the Agency of South Carolina
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol 6 page 66
by D. W.McCurdy Clerk"
She further ┃
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6
Judge of the Court of
Ordinary for Abbeville Wishart
Margaret Hartilemark

(34 )
she further declares
that she was married to the said James Carlile
on the      day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three-- that her husband the aforesaid
James Carlile died on the ninth -- day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty, that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place as she has before stated, in September one
thousand seven hundred and eighty three, and previous to the ┃
first of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety
four Viz at the time above stated, and that she has remained a widow since the death of husband the aforesaid
James Carlile pensioner as aforesaid stated, and desires
to be admitted to the benefit of all arrears of pension due to
her deceased husband as well as to the benefit of this and the
subsequent acts of Congress for the relief of the Widow
of Revolutionary Soldiers
---
Sworn to and subscribed on the ┃
day and year above written
below. The date of the death of James
Carlile the pensioner altered above
before signing by inserting the
word "two, which will make the
date of his death to read "ninth
day of April One thousand eight
hundred and forty two" the
true date of his death.
Before
David Lesly
Judge of the court of
Ordinary for Abbeville District

Margaret Carlile  X her mark
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The
State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I David Lesly Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Margaret Carlile widow
Jas. Carlile dec'd who is an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows passed 7 July 1838.
caused from bodily infirmity attend the Court of Ordinary to make oath
to her declaration. That I was induced to go in person, to where she resides
in this District at the distance of twenty one miles to swear her to the Declaration
she has made before me that she is an old lady of irreproachable character
whose recollection of early events are good and unimpaired, having  [illegible] Record
to refresh her memory of her own age, her Marriage or death of her
husband and I further certify that her near neighbors George Patterson
and Elenor Patterson are persons of great credit truth and respectability
that I personally know the said Margaret Carlile and George Patterson
and his wife Elenor Patterson and can safely certify that they are
all persons of credibility and veracity, and that there is no fraud
in this application, but on the contrary believe it to be just and
meritorious. And I further certify that there never was an Office
created in this State for the Registry of Marriages, and that Marriage
by the laws of this State regarded a civil contract between the parties,
and the act of living together legitimizes the contract and their
issue or children as legitimate heirs and representatives
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name, and affixed the seal of the said
Court of Ordinary at Abbeville Courthouse in
the State of South Carolina this twenty eighth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty five and in the
Seventieth year of the Independence of the United States of America
Ab
the
of
Jr
Co
●
David Lesly
Judge of the Court of
Ordinary [illegible]S.C.
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The State of South Carolina &
Abbeville
District
---
Personally appeared before me George Patterson
and his wife Elenor Patterson who made oath that for more 
than fifty years last past, they lived near neighbours to
James Carlile the [illegible] pensioner and his wife Margaret Carlile,
now living that for and during this long period of time
they lived together as husband & wife, and were so reputed
and acknowledged by the entire neighbourhood that
they raised a large family of children, (Eleven in number
and these deponants, further swear that they have seen
several of these children baptized, and these deponents
belive & have no doubt that the said James Carlile and
Margaret Carlite his wife were property and legally
married altho no record of such fact can be found
nor persons living who were present at the marriage
Sworn & Subscribed
Before Me 28th August
1845.
David Lesly
Judge of the Court of
Ordinary  A.D.

George Patterson
Elenor Patterson X her mark
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James Carlile was born May the 23: 1763
Margaret Carlile was Born Janr the 27 1762
Jno Carlile was born May the 18-1782
Fras Carlile was born Dec the 15-1786
Ann Carlile was born Jenr the 8-1789
Jas Carlile was born Febr. 9-1791
Agness Carlile was born Febr. the 2 -1793
Martha Carlile was born Jan 23-1795
Wm Carlile was born May -19-1797
Samuel J Carlile was born Janr 16-1799
Margret Carlile was born Nov 9-1800
Isaac Carlile was born Febr 4-1805
Robt E. Carlile was born Decr 26th-1808
South Carolina
Abbeville District
 Personally appeared before
me J.H. Barkin one of the Magistrate for said
state and District Ann Carlile who being
duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almity
God, and sayeth that she is the oldest surviving
child of the above named James and Margaret
Carlile named in the above copy of their family
Register and that the said family register of which
the above is a true copy was taken from the oldest
recorded list of the family which she the said
deponant has any knowledge which is of ancient
date, and this deponant further sayeth that she has
good reason to believe and verily does believe that the
aforesaid register of their family names with their ages
is in her Father's (viz Jas Carlile's) hand writing, except Robert
the last named all which is entered in an old confession
of faith which has been in the family ever since I can
recollect
[illegible]e
Sworn to and subscribed this 19th Feby 1846.
before J. A. [illegible] Magistrate
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South Carolina
Abbeville District ⎬ I do hereby certify that the
within named Ann Carlile is a woman of fair
unimpeachable character, and is notoriously
esteemed as a woman of strict veracity.

Given under my hand and seal this 19th
Feby 1846.
J. H. B S Mage
South Carolina
Abbeville District ⎬ Also I do hereby certify that  the within list of names and ages of James and Margaret
Carlile and their family is a true verbatim copy
taken by me from an old Confession of Faith Book
shown to me by the abe named Ann Carlile
as above stated. All which is done with a view
to strengthen the claim of Margaret Carlile relect
of James Carlile Decd to a Pension from the United States┃
Given under my hand and seal this 19th Feby
1846
W. B Akin Mag
States
South Carolina
Abbeville District ⎬
I Jno F Livingston Clerk of the Court of Sessions
and Common Pleas in and for the District aforesaid do hereby
certify that J H Baskin who hath signed the foregoing certificate
is an acting Magistrate in said District duly commissioned
and qualified, that due faith and credit are and ought
to be given to his attestations as such and that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office
at Abbeville Court House this Eighth day of
April A D 1846
Jno F Livingston [illegible]
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Original Bounty Land
Application of Mrs.  Margaret Carlisle

Revolutionary widow pensioner

Act 30 March 1855.

271. 870

Filed by
James A Black
Columbia
S.C.

Special
S. Cole

C.C

2nd Ap. / 57
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District of Abbeville On the eighteenth day
of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and
fifty seven, personally appeared before me a magistrate within & for the District & State aforesaid
Mrs Margaret Carlisle aged ninety three years
a resident of said District & State, who being
duly sworn according to law, declares that she
is the widow of James Carlisle deceased, a
Revolutionary pensioner of the United States
under act of Congress 7th June 1832 & who
was a private in the Revolutionary war under
Colonel Robert Anderson & General Andrew
Pickens of the South Carolina Militia in
said war, and to whose declaration for said
pension, as well as to that of this deponent
now a pensioner of the United States, reference
is respectfully made for all the fact of service
& Marriage as alleged & established.
She further states that she was married to
the said James Carlisle in Abbeville District
in the State of South Carolina on or about
the fifteenth day of October A.D. 1783. by
one John Harris a Minister and that her
name before her said marriage was Margaret
Boles- that her said husband died in this Dis
trict & State on the ninth day of April AD 1842.
and that she has ever since been & now is his widow, she further declares that she has not received
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or applied for Bounty land, under this or any
other act of Congress except as hereby, and that
she makes this application for the purpose of
obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be
entitled under act of Congress passed 3 March
1855 and 14 May 1856
Marrgaret Carlisle
We George Patterson and Isaac Carlisle residents
of Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by Mary
garet Carlisle in our presence and that we
know she is the identical person she represents
herself to be as the widow of James Carlisle
decd and that she is now his widow, and a
pensioner of the United States 
George Patterson
Isaac Carlisle
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 a Revolutionary pensioner
and the person she represents herself to be, and is now still a widow, and that I have no interest
whatever in this claim.
Wm A. Giles  Magt.
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I,  Matthew McDonald
Clerk of the Court of Common pleas and Gen
eral Sessions in & for said District, and which
is a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
William A Giles Esquire before whom the fore
going Declaration & affidavit were taken is
and was at the time of so doing a Magistrate
in & for said District duly commissioned and
sworn & that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this Nineteenth day of March
A D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
Matthew M Donald
c.c.p.&g.s..
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8583
Margaret Carlisle
Wid.
James Carlisle
Prvt  Rev.  War.
Act: Feby 2nd 1848.
Index :- Vol. A, Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James Carlile S.C. Act 32, $36.
to what time paid
Pen Office
Nov 9. 1849
W. B. A.
Pd to 4th March 1842.
W. J
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S.
61.091
(10)

Slev [illegible]
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12233
Margaret Carlisle
S C
Le to T P Spierin Nov. 4.'45
Same  June 26. 1846


Act 7 July 1838
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James Carlisle
Act 1832
S Caro

Let to T P Spierin
Nov. 11. 1835

1696
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1696 REJECTED

Admitted Nov
16 1839
P.O. James Carlisle.

Service:
Enlisted:   , 18
Charged:   ,18
Application filed   ,18

ges:
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8695
South Carolina 
________________
Margaret Carlisle
widow of  James
who was a Private
in the Revolution
for 11 months
_____________
Inscribed on the Roll at the Rate
of   36 Dollars 66 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
_______________
Certificate of Pension issued 
the 9th day of Nov. '49 
and sent to
J Knox Walker
Prest
_________________
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 
17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book.  A
Vol. 2   Page 164
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Revolutionary Pensioner
The widow of James Carlisle Abbeville
Dist South Carolina as a pensioner
but the pension was discontinued about
two years ago why
Paper
2PM.
J.J. Edwin
Martha 2 Feb/48   W 5194 11

Janz 30 /54
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the 7th June 1832.
The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
S S.

On this Twelfth
day of October in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
personally appeared before me Josiah Patterson one of the
justices assigned to keep the peace in & over the
district in the State aforesaid James Carlisle a resident
of the district & State aforesaid, aged seventy six 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 was born in Monaghan County in Ireland
on the twenty third day of May A.D. 1763 & removed to
America and settled in the district of Ninety-six in
the State of South Carolina in the year 1768 or 7; that
his age is recorded in his fathers family Bible which
is now in the possession of the widow of his deceased
brother; that whilst residing in the district of Ninety-six, that part of it now composing Abbeville District
where he has resided or since and now resides, on
the 25th day of December 1780, he volunteered &
entered the service of the United States, or entered the
service of the war on the part of the United States,
under Captain James Caldwell and marched and
joined General Morgans forces at Grinall Shoals
on the Packolet river, thence he was marched to
the Cowpens where they had an engagement with
the British under Tarleton, which resulted in Tarletons
defeat, that he fought in that battle, and afterwards was
detailed with others
[illegible] under General Pickens
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of the Prisoners taken at
Cowpens and marched
with them over the Catawba river and delivered the prisoners into the charge of the Virginia riflemen, that
he was then marched southard and joined General
Green at the siege of Ninety-Six, when he was placed
under the command and in the company of Captain Francis Carlisle and was sent out in that company as a scouting party, had an engagement with the Tories on
the Reedy branch and at the place now called Battle hill in
Abbeville District, which was a hard fought little battle,
in which many of the Whigs were killed & had finally to
yield to the Tories, after this placed under the
command of Captainn Robert Carruthers and stationed
on the frontiers of the settlement to protect the citizens
against the Tories and Indians, who were very troublesome
that he served all the time he was out as a private; that
he was with General Pickens, Major Noble, Col. McCall
all of whom are militia officers; and General Green
at Ninety Six and Morgan who were Continental
officers; that he left the service in December 1781
that he served in all at least twelve months; that he
thinks that he never received a regular
written discharge,
but was honorably discharged from the service; that
he is now old and infirm and not able to travel about
that he is unable, without great exertion which might
endanger his life, to go to Abbeville Court house which
is situate about Twenty miles from his residence, to
make this declaration; that he hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of
of the agency of this state or any other State
Sworn to and subscribed the
1
day & year aforesaid
Josiah Patterson J.P.
James Carlile
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James Carlile was
Born May 23, 1763
Margaret Carlile
was Born Jan the 27, 1765
Jno Carlile was born
May the 18 1782
Fras Carlile was
born Dec. the 15-1784
Ann Carlile was born
Jan the 1789
Jas. Carlile was born
Febr 9 1791
Robert A. Carlile
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Elizabeth Francis
was born November
the 12th 1831
William

H B
William 
Carlile was born
November the 27 1832
Isaac Carlile was
born
October the 18 1835
Daniel E Carlile
1835
was born
March
the
31
1836
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Robert W Carlile
was born
November
the 18th
1842
John Carlile Disast
this life January
the 13. 1849
John Carlile was
born may the 18th
1784
Frances Carlile was
born may the 11th
1801
Rebeckah Davis
was born December
the 14th 1821
Ethel Tucker was
born october the
20 1822
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James Harvey was
July the 2th
1825
John J Pickens
was born December
the 13. 1826
the fifth child
disesed
November
the
12.1822
Marget Jame was
born January the 18
1830
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Jane F Cozby was Born Sept 25 1842
_______________________
John A Cozby was Born Jany 15th 1844
_______________________
Louiza E Cozby was Born
Febuary the 3 1846
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
On this the
fifteenth day of Sept one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine before
me the undersigned an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said
Dis
trict personally appeared & Lyndsey
Harper a person whose statements are
entitled to the fullest credit and
after being duly sworn according to law
Declares that he will be 70
years old on the 19th day of this
month according to his parents
record he states that he is well acqu
ainted with Mrs. Margaret Carlile
widow of the identical James Carlile
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States in this District
he states that he became acquainted with
James Carlile and his wife
Margaret Carlile in 1798 or 1799 and
that they were living together as husband
wife and from the apparant
ages of their oldest children he states
that they
must have been married at the close
of the Revolutionary war.
he states that the oldest child of
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James and Margaret Carlile to wit
John Carlile lived with his father in
law the year after he became of age
which was in the year 1806 and that
he has no reason to doubt that his par ┃
ents were legally married according to

the laws of South Carolina about
the period before stated as he never heard ┃
the legality of their marriage doubted by any one

Sworn to and subscribed 
before me the day and
year before written
written
Lyndsey Harper
R M Davis J Peace

I Robert M. Davis do hereby certify
that Lyndsey Harper is a worthy and respectable citizen of this 
District and that his
statements are entitled to the fullest credit.

Rot M Davis J. Peace

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The State of South Carolina ⎬
Abbeville District
I do certify that Lyndsay Harper of the District
and State aforesaid is a gentlemen
of high character and respectability
and that full faith and credit
should be given to his statements
Armistead Burt
24 Sept. 1849
The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I Thos P Spierin Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for Abbeville District,
in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert M Davis before
whom the deposition of Lyndsey Harper was made or taken, is a magis
trate duly nominated and qualified to act as such, for above
District and that his signature to the said deposition or probate
is genuine, and by the proper Officers.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my seal of Office, this Ninth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine, and in the Seventy fourth year of the Independence
of the United States of America
Thos S. Spierin CCJ & GS

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[part of stamp is illegible]
Abbeville
ARP
?2
S C

12232
12233
1223?

Sept 29 18? 5
[illegible]
Martha Huston
Margaret Carlisle
Agnes Ashley

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J L Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington  City 
Dist. Columbia
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So Carolina 
Abbeville Ct House
22 Septr. 1845.
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com. Pensions
Dr. Sir/
Enclosed you will receive the declarations of Margaret Carlile, Martha Huston and Agness Ashley. I have prepared their papers in as strict conformity to agreements of the Department, as it was possible to do, these old relicts, are in indigent circumstances, and need immediate
relief, and if a favorable action is had in all or any of them be pleased to communicate the fact to me, with such certificates or papers, as will enable claimants to obtain the money which may be allowed by the Department. Would also be obliged to you, if you would forward the names of the several Revolutionary Soldiers who may have been on the pension Roll from several Districts of Greenville, Pendleton, Abbeville Laurens, & Edgefield Since 1832 I know full well that the labours of a public Office, make such a request, hated and detested, but if it is inconvenient, quit in  compliance. I have the printed book of Pensions, but there are many names, which do not appear in it, perhaps from the fact that they have died, since its publication, these last names I want, for the purpose of satisfying enquirers after claims.
yours Respectfully
Thos P. Spierin
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1849
State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
Be it known that on this the 14th day of Sept. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said District personally appeared Frances Carlile a person entitled to credit and after being duly sworn according to law Notes that she was married to her late husband John Carlile (who was the oldest child
of James Carlile and Margaret Carlile) on the 15th day of February 1821 of which the enclosed
leaf is a record kept by her late husband taken from the family bible written by his father Ethl Tucker and also enclosed will be a record taken
from the same bible the record of her age and marriage & the ages of her children set down by her husband
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husband at the births, or soon after each child was born. She further states that she has been well acquainted with Margaret Corlile for the space of thirty seven years and her husband James Carlile from the time she was twelve years old up to the date of his death and she further states that she knew them to live together as husband & wife from her first acquaintance with them up to the date of his death and she states that she has no doubt that they were married according to the  laws of South Carolina about the year 1783 as she has never herd their marriage questioned by any one.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year before written

Francis Carlile
Robert M. Davis, J. Peace
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I do hereby certify that Mrs Frances Carlile is a respectable citizen of this neighbourhood whose statements are entitled to 

the fullest credit
Robert M. Davis J. Peace

I do hereby certify that Robert M Davis is a Justice of the Peace or magistrate in and for said District duly commissioned and qualified and that his name to the foregoing declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of Office this Ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and in the Seventy fourth year of the Independance of the United States of America
Thos S. Spierin
C.C.P. & G.S.
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State of South Carolina  S.S.
Abbeville District 
Be it known that on this the 14th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty nine before me the undersigned an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said District personally appeared Margaret Carlile well known to me to be a person entitled to credit and after being duly sworn according to law Declares that
according to a record in her possession that she will be 85 years old on the 27th day of January next. That she is the lawful widow of the
identical, James Carlile who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of _____ dollars per annum in said District from the time he was placed on the Pension Roll, up to his death which took place on the 9th day of April 1842. She declares that she was married to her late
husband James Carlile in the summer or fall of 1783 by a Presbyterian Minister by the name of ____ Harris but she  knows of no living witnesses
to prove said marriage nor does she know of any record by which her mar
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riage can be established but the enclo-
sed leaf taken from a book kept
by her late husband as a family record
or at least a record of her four oldest
childrens births and ages put down by
her late husband his own hand
writing a few years after their births
which the [illegible] will be taken as proof
of their marriage previous to the first
January 1794. She therefore desires
that she be placed on the Pension
roll of the United States and her
pension certificate be handed to G. Knox Walker of Washington City D.C.



Ⓧ
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and year
before mentioned
Robert M. Davis, J. Peace
Margaret Carlile

I do hereby certify that 
the apparent ages  of the oldest
children of James & Margaret 
Carlile that they must have been
married about the year 1783 as
stated by
Mrs. Margaret Carlile
Robert A.G. Davis, J. Peace
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I do herebycertify that Robert
M. Davis is a Justice of the Peace
or Magistrate
in and for said District
missioned and
District duly com
missioned and qualified, and that
his name to the foregoing decla-
ration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of my Office
this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and the twenty
fourth year of the Independence of the United States of
America.
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Tho. P. Sherin
ccT GS
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War Dept.
Pension Office
Nov 11. 1835
Sir
Your letter of the 2d inst.
accompanied by the papers in the case
of James Carlisle, has been received
Before any further action can be had on
his claim, it will be necessary to transmit
to this office his original declaration which
was returned to J. Wardlow Esq. Clerk of
Abbeville Court, on the 23d Aug. 1833
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Tho P. Spierin Esq
Abbeville C H
S Caro
⎬
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S. 96 W. D.

10 Nov. 1835.
Pension Office
James Carlisle
S Caro
Let to J Wardlow,
17 Apl '33
Same - My 23 1833

[illegible stamp]
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Abbeville Courthouse
2d Novr 1835
S. Honible Lewis Cass

Dr. Sir
Enclosed is the declaration
of James Carlile an applicant for a pension
under the Act of Congress 7 June 1832 &
he requests to be informed of the result
of his application by a line addressed
to me at this place.
℗
Yours very Respectfully
Thos P. Spierin
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[horizontal]

[2 very faded stamps]

Oct. 21. 1839
S. C.
7 June  1832
James Carlisle

[vertical]
FREE
J L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of pensions 
Washington  City 
D. C.


Wardlaw & Penn
Abbeville C. H.
S. C.
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Abbeville
Courthouse
14th Oct 1839
Dear Sir:
Enclosed in send you the declaration
of Mr. Carlisle for a pension.
Mr Carlisle in understand is very
frail and unable to move about, keeping
his bed half the day or more; he is unable
to attend court and he has had
his declaration made before a Justice
of the Quorum which is the only
way in which he could make the
declaration.
When the application
is acted on please communicate
the result to us.
Yours Respectfully
Wardlaw & Perrin
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12, 233
widow of Samuel
S. C.
Ro Sept. 29, 1848
h. d. 9 April 1842
admitted

Pr. 11 mos $ 36.66
com 4 march 1843 to 4 march 1848 & under 
act 2 Feb 48 [illlegible] 
Mah 1848

Act 3 March 1843
& 17 June 1846 & 2 Feb 48
J. Knox Walker
[illegible]
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Margaret Carlisle, widow
James Carlisle
application for Pension



J Knox Walker
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Willington
24 Sept 1849
Dear Sir,
I return the papers which
you enclosed to me, with the
certificate of Mr Harpers good
standing. I know Mr. Davis
to be a man of high character
but I do not know that he
is duly qualified as a Magis
trate; yet I [illegible]notice that he
is so.  The [illegible] of the  [illegible]
for the District, is the proper
person to give that certificate.
Very respectfully
your Obt. Sr.
Armistead Burt
Va
Ⓧ
W. M. Varnum Esq.
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Washington Oct 29 1849.
Sir.
I hand you herewith the supplemental
declaration of Margaret Carlisle, widow of James Carlisle.
Revolutionary Pensioner - together with the family records & other proof of their marriage, in the year 1783. But after the last 
period  of his service.

The witnesses are attested and certified to, by the Hon Mr. Burt to
of S.C. & Mr Justice Davis, who is also Known to  Mr Burt to                          
be a Gentleman of high standing

This case comes under the pension acts of July 7. 1838 _    '43
and Feb 2 1848.

Respectfully

J Knox Walker
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We William H Harris Clergyman of the district
of Abbeville & State of South Carolina and
George Patterson residing in the same state and district
do hereby certify that in are well acquainted with
James Carlisle who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy
six 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- We do further certify that we are of opinion
that the said James Carlisle could not with safety go
to the Court house of this district on account of his
feeble old age certified this 12th day Oct 1839
W. H. Harris
George Patterson
And I Josiah Patterson a justice of the Quorum as aforesaid
do hereby declare my opinion that the above named
applicant was a soldier of the revolution and
served as he states, after the investigation of the
matter, and after [illegible] the interrogatories [illegible]
by the war department; and I do further certify
that it appears to me and that William H Harris who has
signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing
in Abbeville District & State of South Carolina, and
that George Patterson who has also signed the same
is a resident of the same state and district and is a
credible person, and that their statement is entitled
to credit; and I do further certify that James Carlisle
resides at a considerable distance from the court house
to wit twenty miles and that he could not an account
of his very feeble state, in safety to time to make his
declaration
Josiah Patterson J.P.
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
.
I John F Livingston Clerk of the
Courts of Sessions and common
pleas for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that
Josiah Patterson who has signed the foregoing certificate
is an acting Justice of the Quorum in & for the
district aforesaid, that he was appointed by the
Legislature of the said state and hath duly qualified
according to Law, and that his signature to the said
certificate above written is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of the
said Court this 14th day of October
1839.
Jno F Livingston
CCP
By the Honorable Baylis J. Earle one of the
Judges of the court of Sessions and common pleas
of the said State
To all whom these presents shall come
be seen or made known.
Greeting;
Know ye that John F. Livingston who hath
signed the foregoing certificate is now and was then
Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common pleas for
Abbeville District aforesaid, that all due faith and
credit are and ought to given to his attestations as
such and that the above certificate is in due form
of Law and by the proper officer
Given under my hand this 14th day of
October 1839
B. J. Earle
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I Thomas C. Perrin
a member of the
Legislature of the said State, do hereby certify
that at the request of T. P. Spierin Esquire I
applied to the clerk of the Comptroller General
of the said State in his office at Columbia
in December last, to make diligent search for evidence┃
in his office relation to the services of, or issues to
James Carlile a revolutionary soldier now
deceased, and whose widow Margaret
Carlile now seeks for a pension under the
Acts of Congress passed for the relief of such
widows; that the said Clerk did make
search for such evidence; but could find
none in his office, as he informed me.
He informed me that he made thorough
search. He did furnish me with evidence
and a certifice in another case, in which
I made a similar
I applied at the same time, and I have
no doubt that he did make search for
the evidence in this case.
Thos C. Perrice     31
Abbeville C.H. 6 Apl 1846.
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Abbeville Ct House
8 Apl 1846
Hon J L Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is some additional evidence
in the application of Margaret Carlile for a pension as the
widow of James Carlile a Revolutionary Soldier The Hon A Burt
can attest the credibility of Mr. Perrin if required
Yours Respectfully
Thos P. Spierin     30