Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,515, John Warnock, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
[handwritten:] S.C. 

Warnock, John 
                     
Eleanor [/handwritten]
NUMBER
[handwritten:] W.22.515. [/handwritten] 

CONTENTS
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[handwritten:]
Reported
Dec. 15 / 48
Date of widows death 
not on AB [?]
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2414
South Carolina

Eleanor Warnock 
widow of John Warnock 
S.C. 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars [blank] 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 
15 day of Dec. 1848 
and sent to Miles M. Norton 
Pickens C.H. S.C. [abbreviations for "Court House South Carolina"] 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 1, 1848, Page 343 Vol. 2.
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27.841

South Carolina
John Warnock of Anderson in the state of S.Car. who was a pvt in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Rgt commanded by Col. Thompson in the So Ca line for 2 years.
inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 80. Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 34  and sent
Chas. N. Whitner
Anderson. C.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 34                         240 
Semi-anl. allowance ending  21 Sept             40
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                                                                                   $280
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Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath. Price Clerk, 
Book E [or "C"]  Vol.  6   Page 83_

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Letter 21. April 1837 - Pen Agent 
Order to pay 20 April 1838_

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1938 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt. notified 6th March 1840
Paid as above from 4th Sept 1840 to 4th March 1841. Agt notified May 7th 1842
Dead. See letter 22 Feb. 1843 to Hon. J.C. Calhoun. do [abbreviation for ditto] letter Hon. R. F. Simpson May 11 1844
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Mary Warnock was born January 29th, 1787
Jane Warnock was born January 4th, 1789
Elizabeth Warnock was born January 11, 1791
Eleanor Warnock was born October 13th, 1792
Robert Warnock was born November 20, 1794
Margaret Warnock was born February 1st, 1797
Fanny Warnock was born June 28th, 1799
Anna Warnock was born August 25, 1801
John Warnock was born November 17, 1803
James Warnock was born February 15th, 1806
Becky Warnock was born March 5, 1808
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Blessings to those that fear God.
CHAP. IV.
The study of the law recommended.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, faith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
CHAP. IV.
1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exsorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming an office.
For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.  
The End of The Old Testament
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[handwritten vertically:] 
no 847

Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4th March 
1842 to 28th May 1842. Agent notified 3 April, 1845.
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7257
South Carolina. 

Eleanor Warnock, 
widow of John Warnock, 
who was a private, 
in the South Carolina line. 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1841. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
29 day of August, 1845, 
and sent to Miles M. Norton
Pickens. C.H. [abbreviation for "Court House"]
So. Carolina
[bracketed text:] [Act of March 3, 1843] [/bracketed text] 
& 17th June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 2 Page 171.
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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", and the several acts in continuation thereof.

State of South Carolina   }
District of Anderson          }     SS.

On the tenth day of February 1845. Mrs. Eleanor 
Warnock, a resident of the District and State aforesaid, 
appeared personally, before William Magee Judge 
of the Court of Ordinary of the District and State aforesaid; 
aged as she believes 77 years the third day of 
September last, (who I certify is unable by bodily infirmity 
to attend in open court) who being first duly sworn, 
according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following 
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision 
of the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, and the several 
acts in continuation thereof. That she is the widow of 
John Warnock who was a private in the continental 
service in South Carolina but from her age and infirmity 
she is unable to tell much of his service, she recollects 
that he stated he was once taken prisoner by the Tories & 
was not long afterward released by Col. Pickens.  
Her said Husband, the said John Warnock was 
inscribed on the Pension List under the act of 1832, 
and received a certificate of the same, numbered 27.841, 
and dated ["7th June 1832" is crossed out] the 16th day of June 1835 
by reference to the proof filed  by him on his application, 
a full history of his services can be seen. 
she cannot now recollect under whom he stated that 
he served, as she never took much interest in such 
matters - he lived in Abbeville District S.C. at the
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time of his entering the service, and she then lived 
in York District S.C. her Father then moved and 
brought her to this District; she is the daughter of Robert Dowdle. 

She further declares that she was married to the
 said John Warnock in Abbeville District by a 
Presbyterian minister by the name of Hale, as 
Preachers were then so scarce that they had to go 
out of their District to find one to marry them, 
and that the said marriage took place on the 
thirty first day of January 1786. of which she 
has no record, but recollects that it was on the last 
day of January, and that her first child was born on 
the 29th day of the next January, which appears 
by their [edited word lined through] Family record to be the 29th day of January 1787. 
which said record containing the birth of the said Mary 
Warnock, her first born, is herewith sent, and has 
been kept in her care & her husband, ever since it 
was made, and was made by the husband the said John 
Warnock. The aforesaid John Warnock died in 
the District, (where they have lived ever since their 
marriage) on the twenty eighth day of May 1842. 
(eighteen hundred and forty two) that she was not 
married to him prior to his last period of service, but 
the marriage took place previous to the first day 
of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. viz. 
at the time above stated. 
Eleanor Warnock [between "Eleanor" and "Warnock":]  her X mark [/between "Eleanor" and "Warnock"]

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year 
above written, before, 

William Magee Judge 
of the court of ordinary for Anderson District
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South Carolina
Anderson District 
Before me personally appears Andrew N. 
McFall Esq and made oath in due form of 
law (and I certify that he is a highly respectable citizen of this 
District) that he has been acquainted with John Warnock, 
late of this District, and his family, ever since he can recollect 
which is about thirty five years, that the said John Warnock 
was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and believed to have been a S
oldier in the War of the Revolution, that he and his wife lived 
together as man and wife from the time he knew them until the 
death of the said John Warnock with took place some two 
or three years ago, and he supposes at the time stated by his 
said Widow, Eleanor Warnock, in the Declaration answered: 
that the Warnock family have always been considered respectable, 
truthful, good citizens, and he has no reason to doubt, but every 
reason to believe the statement of Mrs. Warnock in her declaration 
or any other statement she might make; She has not been 
married since the death of John Warnock her said husband, 
but yet remaining his widow; and he knows her to be the widow 
of the same John Warnock who drew a Pension from the 
United States. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me   }     A.N. McFall
this 11th February 1845.                           }
W. Magee ordinary & Ex officio M.A.D. [acronym for "Magistrate of Anderson District"]

South Carolina
Anderson District 
Before me personally Samuel R. McFall 
a highly respectable & truthful citizen of 
the District & State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of 
law, that he married the Daughter of John Warnock and Eleanor 
his wife, about twenty years ago, that he has been intimate in 
the family ever since, and knows that the family record which 
is alluded to by Mrs. Eleanor Warnock in the answered declaration ["declara-" shown in this image while "tion" is shown in next Image; hyphenated as "declar-" and "tion"]
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declaration ["tion" shown on this Image is the second half of the hyphenated "declara-tion" from the previous Image] , was then in the family, and kept and regarded as 
the true record of the births of [lined out:] the [/lined out] their children, by both 
Mr. & Mrs. Warnock, and that it has been there ever since;  
that the said John Warnock did draw a Pension from the 
United States, and that he died on the twenty eighth day 
of May (1842) one thousand eight hundred and forty two, 
and that Mrs. Eleanor Warnock has not since married, 
but yet remains his widow; that the following extract 
from the family record above alluded to, prove that they 
were married in time to entitle her to a Pension, viz. 
"Mary Warnock was born January 29th 1787". that the said 
Record was kept on the leaf of an old Bible & is herewith 
submitted, he also states that it is in the hand writing 
of the said John Warnock: he has never heard it 
doubted but that they were lawfully married, but has 
every reason to believe it to be so. 

[signature:] S R Mcfall [/signature]
W. Magee ordinary & Ex officio M.A.D. [acromym for "Magistrate of Anderson District"]
[written perpendicular to rest of text:] 11790
[?] Feb. 25, 1845.
[line drawn below this date] [/written perpendicular ... ]
I, Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of "Anderson District, 
certify that William Magee is ordinary and Ex. officio 
a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting 
to be his are genuine, and also that the declarant 
Mrs. Eleanor Warnock & A.N. McFall Esq. & Capt S.R. McFall 
are all highly respectable. In testimony whereof I have here 
unto set my  hand & affirmed my seal, this 11th 
day of February 1845. Elijah Webb Clerk 
of the Court of Anderson District 
SoCa [abbreviation for "South Carolina"]
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Application of John Warnock
[illegible] 7 June 1832 _
24259
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District _

On the Fourth day of March one thousand 
Eight hundred and thirty three personally 
appeared in open court being the Court of Session 
and Common Pleas for said District at its Spring 
Term John Warnock a resident of the State 
and District aforesaid who being duly sworn on 
doth declare as follows in order to obtain the 
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
This Deponent was [partially illegible due to ink stain] born in Ireland and 
came to America in 1774 being then 
17 years of age. Landed in Delaware and 
settled in Abbeville then a part of the '96 District 
where he lived during the war.

He entered the service in 1775 in Captain Purvis 
Company of Rangers.  Afterwards, commanded by Cap[']t. 
Worley, under Colonel William Thompson 
Enlisted for three years, and having served 
something over twenty months was discharged 
on account of a broken leg which incapacitated 
him for service. This discharge he has lost. 
He served two tours against the Cherokee Indians 
under Colonel afterwards Gen[']l Andrew Pickens in 
a company commanded by Captain Wilson. Cannot 
recollect the term of service. some time the first 
a very short time the second.  

He was afterwards captured by the Tories near 
Rutledge Ford on Saluda River and remained in 
their custody till their defeat at the battle of 
Kettle Creek. This Deponent was in the battle 
of Stono. at the siege of 96 and in various
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skirmishes and tours of duty but cannot distinctly 
recollect the times or duration. Knows that he was in 
the service more than two years. never had any 
written discharge except as before stated and knows of no person living 
within his reach who has any personal knowledge 
of his services except Peter McMahon whose attendance 
he has requested at the present time. He relies 
on his proof and his general reputation as 
establishing his service. 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 & subscribed in open Court the day and 
year aforesaid. 
[signature:] John Warnock [/signature]

In open Court
Van A.. Lawhon 
C.C. [abbreviation for "Clerk of Court"]

4.
We William McGee and James Thompson 
residing in the State & District aforesaid do hereby 
certify that we are well acquainted with John 
Warnock who has subscribed & sworn to the above 
declaration that we believe him to be of the age 
he has stated, that he is reputed & believed in the 
neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a 
soldier of the Revolution and we concur in 
that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed in open 
Court Day & year aforesaid.
[signatures:] William Magee
Jas. Thompson [illegible word; possibly "Esqr" for Esquire] [/signatures]
In Open Court
Van A Lawhon
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I Josiah J. Evans Judge of the said Court do hereby 
certify that I am of opinion after investigation of 
the matter having prescribed the interrogatories 
prescribed by the War Department that the applicant 
was a soldier of the Revolution and served as states 
William Magee who has signed the foregoing 
certificate as a clergyman, who together with 
James Thompson Esq[']r reside in the District 
aforesaid are both respectable men and 
entitled to implicit belief. 
[signature:] Josiah J. Evans [/signature]
Residing Judge

4. March. 1833.

I Van A Lawhon clerk of the Court of Sessions 
and Common Pleas for Anderson District do hereby 
certify that the foregoing contains the original 
recordings of the said Court in the case of the application 
of John Warnock for a Pension. 

In testimony whereof I have set 
my hand & seal of office this 
4th day of March 1833.

[signature:] Van A Lawhon [/signature]
C.C. [abbreviation for "Clerk of Court"]
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Pickens C.H.S.C. [abbreviation for Court House South Carolina]
25 July     10
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com[']r [abbreviation for Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C. 

July 31, 1848
[Illegible] case 
Eleanor Warnock. 

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by the
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State of South Carolina   }
Anderson District               }

Before me personally 
appeared William Smith aged Seventy nine years, 
a highly respectable citizen of the district and 
State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law 
that he was well and intimately acquainted with 
John Warnock and Eleanor his wife at the time 
and previous to their marriage, and ever since until 
the death of the said John Warnock which took 
place a few years back, and is yet well acquainted 
with Eleanor his widow, who is living in this District.

He was not present at the marriage of the said John Warnock, 
but was in the neighborhood, and is convinced 
they were legally married, about the year 1786. 
and he has no doubt but it took place at the time 
she states; and is positively certain it was several years 
previous to 1794. He further states that he know all 
the children of the said John and Eleanor Warnock, as 
named in the Family Record, which has been shown to him, 
and which he believes to have been made by the said 
John Warnock during his life time, and believe, from 
his knowledge of their ages, in comparing them with the 
ages of his own children, that the said record is correct. 

He also knows that the said John & Eleanor Warnock 
did live together as husband & wife previous to the year 
1794. and continued to do so until his death. 

Mr & Mrs Warnock were both regarded as highly 
respectable citizens during the whole time he has  
known them. 
[signature:] William Smith [/signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th 
day of July 1845
William Magee ordinary
 & Ex officio M.A.D. [abbreviation/acronym for "Magistrate of Anderson District"]
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South Carolina       }
Anderson District  }

Before me personally appeared 
William Vandiver who is a respectable truthful 
citizen of the District and State aforesaid, and 
made Oath in due form of law, that he was quite a 
small boy when his Father moved to the District, near 
to John Warnock, that he then went to school with 
Mr. Warnocks children, and recollect, that his two 
oldest daughters Mary and Jane were larger than
himself, and that Elizabeth was about his size, and 
near his age, and he believes the Family record shown 
him, of the births of the children of the said John Warnock 
to be correct, as he knew them all, and has lived very 
near them ever since, and yet lives near Mrs. Eleanor 
Warnock the widow of the said John Warnock, and 
he has no doubt but the said family record was made 
by the said John Warnock, tho' [colloquial for "although"] he cannot say that he 
recollects his hand writing sufficiently well, to state 
positively that it is his: He however, has every reason 
to believe that the said John & Eleanor Warnock were 
lawfully married as they lived together as such until 
the death of the old man which took place in 1842. 
and he never heard the legality of their marriage 
doubted.
[signature:] William Vandiver [/signature]

Sworn to 24th July 1845. before
William Magee ordinary 
& Ex officio M.A.D. [abbreviation/acronym for "Magistrate of Anderson District"]
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South Carolina       }
Anderson District  }

I, Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of 
Anderson District do 
certify that William Magee is Ordinary and Ex Officio 
a Magistrate in and for the District & State aforesaid, 
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his 
are genuine, and also that the affiants, William Smith 
and William Vandiver are respectable & truthful citizens.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
subscribed my name, and affixed 
my seal of Office this twenty fourth 
day of July 1845. 
[signature:] Elijah Webb,
C.C.A.D. [acronym for "Clerk of Court of Anderson District"] [/signature]

PIckens C.H.S.C.  [acronym for "Court House South Carolina"]
25th July 1845
Dear Sir, 
I have just been getting the additional proof in the 
case of Mrs Eleanor Warnock, which I hope will prove fully 
satisfactory. The Family Bible is pretty large, will weigh 
perhaps 3 lbs. and under the new P.O. [abbreviation for "Post Office"] regulations would cost some
 postage. can it not be dispensed with? If not it must be 
sent altho' [colloquial for "although"] the old lady is both to give up her old treasures. 

Should I pay the Postage of my communications, or not? 

Very respectfully, Yours
Miles M. Norton
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
September 17, 1928. 
[handwritten:] John Warnock  W-22515 [/handwritten]
Mrs. Howard H. McCall
Georgian Terrace Hotel,
Atlanta, Georgia. 

Madam: 
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, W. 22515, it appears that John Warnock 
was born in Ireland about 1757, came to America in 1774, and 
settled in Abbeville District, then a part of Ninety-Six 
District, South Carolina. 

While living in said district he enlisted in July 1775 
and served as a private in Captains Purvis and Warley's Company, 
Colonel William Thompson's Third Regiment of South 
Carolina Troops from which he was discharged in May 1777 on 
account of a broken leg. 

In February 1779, he was captured by the Tories on the 
Saluda River, from whom he escaped after the battle of Kettle 
Creek. 

In March 1779 he went into service as a wagoner under 
Colonel Andrew Pickens, was at the battle of Stono and served 
until August 1779.

On March 1, 1781 he volunteered as a private under Captain 
Wilson and Colonel Andrew Pickens, was in the battle of
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Ninety-Six and served until October 1, 1781. He also 
served two tours against the Cherokee Indians, under 
Captain Wilson and Colonel Andrew Pickens, dates not 
stated. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed 
March 4, 1833, while living in Anderson District, South 
Carolina. He died there May 28, 1842. 

He married in Abbeville District, South Carolina 
January 31, 1786, Eleanor, daughter of Robert Dowdle, she 
was born September 3, 1767. 

She was allowed pension on her application executed 
February 10, 1845, while a resident of Anderson District, 
South Carolina. 

Their children were: 
Mary          born      January 29, 1787.
Jane             "           January 4, 1789.
Elizabeth    "           January 11, 1791.
Eleanor       "           October 13, 1792. 
Robert        "            November 20, 1794.
Margaret    "            February 1, 1797. 
Fanny          "            June 28, 1799. 
Anna            "             August 25, 1801.
John            "             November 17, 1803. 
James        "              February 15, 1806.
Beckey       "              March 5, 1808. 

Respectfully, 
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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(MF 42)
Date Jan 3, 1922
Name  John Warnock      No W22515
War Rev. 

Photographic copies wanted of 2 
pieces, consisting of 5 pages. 
Remarks: please make 4 negative copies 
of each of the two pages of family record 
A.E. Wilson Exr. Chief Record Div. 
Law Clerk.  over
Serial No. 5849
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Copies mailed 
Jan. 6, 1922.
see receipt 
for payment in 
Archibald Todd 
W19458
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
John Warnock appeared personally 
before me and made oath in due 
form of Law to the following Declaration 
as an amendment of his original application 
prepared the 4th of March 1833. 
He has at this time no record of his age 
although one was made and long preserved 
in a family bible though it is 
most distinctly fixed in his mind that 
he was in the [struck out:] seventeenth [struck out] Eighteenth year of his 
age when he entered the Service. This 
was in July 1775 when he enlisted in 
the third Regiment of South Carolina 
State Troops as previously set forth and 
was discharged in May 1777 by a 
written discharge which was preserved until 
within a few years past. 

In Feb[']y 1779 he was captured by the 
Tories and made his escape from them 
shortly after when they were defeated at 
the battle of Kettle Creek.

He cannot recollect with sufficient distinction 
the terms of his engagement in the Cherokee 
Service to give the time of commencement 
or their duration. 

In March 1779 he was employed and went 
with the service as a waggoner [sic; "wagoner"] and continued
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with his waggon [sic; "wagon"] attached principally to the 
command of Col. Pickens through various 
parts of the State and some part of this 
time leaving his waggon [sic; "wagon"] and accompanying 
the troops as a pack-horse man until 
the August following.
again on the first of March 1781 as a volunteer 
private under the command of Captain 
Wilson and Col. Pickens he was on a tour of 
duty until the first of October of the same 
year and continually in service.  

The foregoing comprise the only terms of service 
he can now designate by the month 
and year although he has seen much 
more service that herein set forth. 

Peter McMahon was enlisted in the same 
Company in Thompson's Regiment and this 
Deponent thinks the same day that he and 
though from the extreme frailty of said 
McMahon he has not yet been able 
to procure his attendance for examination. 
His memory too is quite imperfect worse 
even than the Deponents as it was principally 
upon the testimony of this Deponent that said 
McMahon has been placed on the Pension 
List with the full pay of a private. 

[signature:] John Warnock [/signature]

Sworn to & subscribed February 10th 1834. Before 
me.
[signature:] Joseph N. Whitner [/signature]
Not. ["Notary"] Public
& Q. W. Ex. off
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No 11790
Eleanor Warnock 
Widow of John
SC
act 7 July 1838
Rejected husband 1842
[illegible] acts 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
2 years 
[illegible word crossed out] 
$80.00 per Ann

Miles M Norton
Pickens CH
S. Carolina
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Mrs. Eleanor Warnock 
answer to Miles M. Norton 
Pickens C.H. ["Court House"]
S.C. ["South Carolina"]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 
2[']d February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision 
for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution. 

State of South Carolina   }
District of Anderson          }   SS.
On this thirtieth day of 
September 1848, personally appeared before 
Herbert Hammond Ordinary and Ex. Off. M.A.D. [abbreviations for "Ex officio Magistrate Anderson District"] 
Mrs. Eleanor Warnock, a resident of the same District 
and State, aged Eighty years, who bring first duly sworn, 
according to law, doth on her oath make the following 
declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision 
made by the act of Congress, passed pm the 2nd February 
1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during 
the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of 
John Warnock who was a private in the Continental 
service in South Carolina. That she drew a pension 
under the act of Congress of 17th June 1844 of Eighty 
dollars per annum. She further declares that she 
is still a widow. 

Eleanor her X mark Warnock

Witness S. H. Baker

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above 
written, before me this 30th day September 1848
Herbert Hammond L.S.
Ordinary & Ex Off. M.A.D. [abbreviations for "Ex Officio Magistrate Anderson District"]

I certify that Mrs. Eleanor Warnock is personally known 
to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a 
pension under the act of 17th June 1844. 

Given under my hand and Seal this 30th Sept[']r. 1848
Herbert Hammond  L.S.
Ordinary & Ex. Off M.A.D. [abbreviations for "Ex Officio Magistrate Anderson District"]
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South Carolina 
Pickens District 

I, Elijah Webb, Clerk of the 
Court of Anderson District do 
certify that Herbert Hammond, 
is a magistrate as written, and that the forgoing 
signature, purporting to be his as] genuine.

In testimony whereof I have here 
unto affixed my seal of office 
and subscribed my name, this 2[']d day 
of October 1848

[signature:] Elijah Webb [/signature]
C.C.A.D. [abbreviation for "Clerk of Court of Anderson District"]
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Amended Declaration 
of 
John Warnock
Admit as a private
2 years $80

The name of the witness 
McMahon is found in 
the roll of S.C._

Jos. N. Whitner Esq
Anderson C.H. [abbreviation for "Court House"]
SoCa. [abbreviation for "South Carolina"]
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Personally appeared Amaziah Rice, William 
Acker, Hezekiah Rice and Nathan McAlister 
who being duly sworn in open Court declare 
on oath that they have been intimately acquainted 
with John Warnock for a great meany years 
that he bears an unimpeachable character from [illegible word due to tear in page] 
that he is universally reputed in the District to 
have been a soldier of the Revolution the truth 
of which they believe has never been questioned.

[signatures:] Amaziah Rice
Wm Acker
H Rice
Nathan M Mcalister [/signatures]

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
March 3rd 1834
[signature:] Van A. Lawhon [/signature]
C.C. [abbreviation for Clerk of Court]

I certify that Amaziah Rice William Acker, Hezekiah Rice and Nathan McAlister are residents of the District of Anderson, of good character and entitled to full credit and belief
[signature:] BJ Earl [/signature]
Presiding Judge
Spring Term 1834

I Van A. Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for said District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amended proceedings in the matter of the application of John Warnock for a pension. ["In testimony whereof I have" is marked out] I further certify that Joseph N. Whitner is an action Notary Public, the signature hereto of his is genuine & full faith is due to his official act. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth of May 1834 _
[signature:] Van A. Lawhon [/signature]
C.C. [abbreviation for Clerk of Court]
Page 31

The State of South Carolina
Peter McMahon appeared personally 
before me and being duly sworn 
declares on oath that he was well acquainted 
with John Warnock of Anderson 
District in the State aforesaid now applying 
for a Pension during the Revolutionary War [page torn; only "W" is visible; "War" fits in context]. 
That he enlisted in the Service of the 
Country in the year 1775 under Cap[']t 
Purvis and was in the Service 
principally under the command of 
Colonel Thompson for the term of two years 
very nearly when he was discharged 
on the account of a broken leg. Said 
Warnock [only "nock" is visible due to tear in page] was always regarded as a good [illegible word due to tear in page] 
this Deponent never heard any other character [? partially illegible due to tear in page] 
of him.
Peter his X mark McMahon
Sworn to & subscribed 
May the 15th 1834 Before
me [signature:] Wm. McKenny [/signature] JQ [?] 

South Carolina 
Anderson District
I have been well acquainted ["inted" is illegible due to tear in page; "acquainted" fits contextually] 
with the above Peter McMahon ["Mahon" is illegible due to tear in page; "McMahon" fits contextually] 
for thirty years. He is reputed 
himself to have been a soldier of the Revolution 
and universally regarded a man of good character 
and entitled to implicit belief 
Making my hand the day and year aforesaid.
[signature:] Wm McKenny [/signature] JQ [?]
Page 32

The State of South Carolina.
Anderson District
I Van A. Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions 
and Common Pleas for Anderson District certify 
that William McHenry is a magistrate as above 
and that the foregoing [?] signature purporting to be 
his is genuine and that full faith is due to his 
official [first part of word cut off; assumed to be "official"] act.  Given under my hand and Seal of 
Office this twenty eighth day of May 
one thousand Eight hundred and 
thirty four.

[signature:] Van A Lawhon [/signature]
C.C. [abbreviation for Clerk of Court]
Page 33

House of Representatives
May. 10. 1844

Sir
Here with send you a letter asking an 
order for the payment of the balance of Mr 
Warnocs [sic; "Warnock's"] pension at Charleston. 

Will you be good enough to give it your 
attention and do what may be legally done in the [illegible word] 

A friend wrote me to send him the 
pamphlett [sic; "pamphlet"] containing the pension Laws & 
the pension act of 1836. & 38. If you 
have them will you be good enough to send them to me.  

Very respectfully
Yours &c.
R. Thompson 

Col. I S Edwards
Com. of Pensions

[handwriting at bottom of Image is difficult to transcribe; however there appear to be at least two dates:] 
let [?] 22[']d Febr 43
Pd to 4 Mar '42
died 28 May 42
Page 34

Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
[handwritten:] January 20th, 1840. [/handwritten]

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain 
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury 
of the United States," [handwritten:] John Warnock, -  [/handwritten] 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten:] South Carolina [/handwritten] Agency, at 
the rate of [handwritten:] eighty [/handwritten] Dollars [struck out:] and Cents [/struck out] 
per annum, under the law of the [handwritten:] 7th June 1832, [/handwritten] 
has been paid at this Department, from the [handwritten:] 4th of March 1838. [/handwritten] 
to the [handwritten:] 4th March. 1839. [/handwritten]
Respectfully, yours, 
[signature:] Albion K. Parris [/signature]
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
Page 35

No. 11790
Eleanor Warnock 
widow of John 
S.C.
Act  7 July 1838
m 8h @ 42 [?]
Rejected husb died 1842
Page 36

Pickens S.C.
15th Feby. 1845
Dear Sir. 
I forward you herewith the Declaration 
& proof of Mrs. Eleanor Warnock of Anderson,  
claiming a Pension. If her claim is admitted 
please forward her certificate to me 

and again oblige, very respectfully
Your ob[']t. Serv[']t.
[signature:] Miles M. Norton [/signature]
Page 37

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
[handwritten:] September 17th, 1845 [/handwritten]
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act 
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, 
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United 
States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending 
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions 
from the pension agents, [handwritten:] The widow of John Warnock, dec[']d [/handwritten] 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten:] South Carolina [/handwritten] 
Agency, at the rate of [handwritten:] Eighty [/handwritten] Dollars 
[struck out:] and Cents [/struck out] per annum, under the law of the [handwritten:] 7th June 
1832, [/handwritten] has been paid at this Department, from the 
[handwritten:] 4th of March 1842 [/handwritten]  to the [handwritten:] 28th May 1842. [/handwritten]
Respectfully, yours,
[signature:] Albion K. Parris [/signature]
Comptroller. 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
Page 38

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
[handwritten:] April 21st, 1842 [/handwritten]
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing 
the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing 
the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," 
[handwritten:] John Warnock, [handwritten] 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten:] South Carolina [/handwritten] 
Agency, at the rate of [handwritten:] Eighty [/handwritten] Dollars and 
_____ Cents per annum, under the law of the [handwritten:] 7th June 
1832, [/handwritten] has been paid at this Department, from the 
[handwritten:] 4th of Sep't. 1840 [/handwritten]  to the [handwritten:] 4th March 1841. [/handwritten]

Respectfully, yours,
[handwritten:] Albion K. Parris [/handwritten]
COMPTROLLER

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
Page 39

[left side of image:]
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,515
Eleanor Warnock
Widow of 
John Warnock
Priv. Rev. War. 
Act: Feb. 2d 1848
Index: - Vol. M. {age 312
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
[/left side of image] 

[right side of image:] 
1908 Aug 10 Hist. to. Hon
Wyatt Aiken. V.L.M. 
1911 Nov. 6 Hist to ltrs. 
Samuel H. Burnside, V.L.M.
1921. Dec 29 Hist to A W. Todd.
1922 Jan. 6, Copies Photos mailed 
to A W. Todd. 41 Church St
Charleston S.C. (see
receipt for payment in 
Archibald Todd W19458. aw
_________________________
1928 Sept. 18. Hist. to Mrs
Howard H. McCall aws
Page 40

Abb, S.C. [assumed to be "Abbeville, South Carolina"]
Aug 7 08

Dear Sir: 
Please furnish 
information 
requested within 
& oblige. 

Yours very truly 
[signature:] Wyatt Aiken [/signature]
M.C
[date stamp:] 
RECORD  
AUG 
10 
1908
DIVISION
[/date stamp]
Page 41

1398513
[letterhead:] 
WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
WASHINGTON,
[/letterhead]

July 6, 1908.
Hon. Wyatt Aiken,
Representative in Congress,
Abbeville, South Carolina. 

Sir: 
Referring to your letter of the 3d instant, received to-day, in which you 
request to be furnished with the Revolutionary war record of Archibald Todd and 
John Warnick [sic; "Warnock"] of North Carolina or South Carolina, I have the honor to advise you 
as follows: 

Neither the name Archibald Todd nor the name John Warnick [sic; "Warnock"] has been found on the 
rolls, on file in this office, of any organization of North Carolina or South Carolina 
troops in service during the war of the Revolution. 

The records show, however, that one Archibald Todd served as a gunner in Captain 
Jotham Drury's Company, also know as Captain David Cook's Company, 3d Artillery, 
Continental Troops, commanded by Colonel John Crane, Revolutionary war.  He enlisted 
April 7, 1777, to serve three years; was appointed corporal between August, 1777, and 
January, 1778, and his name is last borne on a company muster roll for May, 1778, dated 
at Valley Forge, June 2, 1778, which bears no special remark relative to his service. 

The records also show that one John Warnock [the "o" is underlined] served as a private in Captain 
Thomas Whiteside's Company, 3d Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia, 
commanded by Colonel Thomas Porter, Revolutionary war.  An undated muster roll of 

[in the left margin the following handwritten text:]
Wid File 19458
Page 42

1398513-2

this company covering the period from Decembers 14 to January 25, year not stated, 
shows that he entered service December 14. Nothing further relative to these soldiers 
has been found of record. 

The collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, 
and it is suggested as a possibility that additional information can be obtained 
from the Adjutant General of North Carolina, from the Adjutant General of 
South Carolina, or from the Commissioner of Pensions.  

Very Respectfully 
[signature:]  [illegible]  [/signature] 
The Adjutant General.
Page 43

Wichita Falls, Tex.
Oct 26 - 1911
Bureau of Pensions -
Washington -
D.C. 
Gentlemen,
Can you give me the 
date when a pension was 
issued to [continuous underline:] Eleanor Warnick [sic; "Warnock"] [/continuous underline] 
for service of her husband 
[continuous underline:] John Warnick [sic; "Warnock"] [/continuous underline] during the 
Revolutionary War. He was a 
a ["a" is written twice] private soldier and enlisted 
July 1775. in Capt. Perrin's Co. of 
Rangers. [continuous underline:] South Carolina [/underline].

Any information you can give me will be highly appreciated 

Yours truly
Mrs. Samuel H. Burnside
722 Seventh st.
Page 44

[reverse image of two similar date stamps]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
OCT 30 1911 

[handwritten initials:] 
ACK 
AW
[/handwritten initials]

PENSION OFFICE 
OCT 30 1911
Page 45

In the above entitled claim for pension the applicant has been 
directed to report for medical examination to the surgeon designated by 
you for that purpose, for the reason that no Examining Surgeon for the 
Bureau of Pensions is readily accessible to him. 

You are, therefore, requested to select a competent local surgeon 
to make the examination and to place in his hands this letter and the 
accompanying papers. When the applicant comes to you for instructions, 
please give him the name and address of the surgeon chosen. 

After the surgeon has made his examination, he should place it in 
your hands, together with the order for examination, his certified voucher 
and memorandum thereof, and this letter. You should then fill in the 
appropriate blank spaces on the back of the surgeon's report, certifying 
that the physician who made the examination was designated by you, see 
that his post-office address is shown, affix your signature, and mail all 
papers in the inclosed penalty envelope to the Commissioner of Pensions. 
The fee for the examination is $3. No allowance will be made for time, 
mileage, or the surgeon's traveling expenses. The claimant should present 
himself at the office of the surgeon. 

Commissioner.
Page 46

[illegible characters in upper right corner] 

for Mr. Todd Charleston SC

4 copies each ctfd [abbreviation for "certified"] of family record 2 pages 
as he wants 
names 1 page [?]  
page of Testament 1 page 
& 1 copy cerfd [abbreviation for "certified"] of declaration 
of John Warnock Mar 4 1833
3 pages
Page 47

[letterhead:]
[pictorial image of hotel]
[logo/watermark embedded within the letterhead text:] GT [/logo/watermark]

Hotel Georgian Terrace
PEACHTREE ST. AND PONCE DE LEON AVE.
ATLANTA, GA. 
GOLF ALL THE YEAR 
[/letterhead] 

[handwritten:] 
Nov. 22. 1927.
Mr. Winfield Scott.
Commissioner - Bureau of Pensions 

Dear Sir. 
Can you send me copy of 
the Pension of [underline:] Joshua Pearce [/underline] (or Pierce) b. 1758. Received pension 
Williamson County, Tenn. I think 
and [underline:] John Warnock [/underline]. Pension 
Anderson District S.C. b. 1756. 
Thanking you in advance.  

I am
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Howard H. McCall. 
Address
Georgian Terrace Hotel.
Atlanta, Ga. 
[date stamp:] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
NOV 25 1927 [/date stamp]
Page 48

[handwritten:] 
first page of this letter is 
in Archibald Todd. W19458. 
letter dated Dec. 29. 1921. 
[initials:] AW [/initials]
[/handwritten] 
From the papers in the pension claim, Widow File 
88,515, it appears that John Warnock was born in Ireland 
about 1757, came to America in 1774, and settled 
in Abbeville District, then a part of Ninety-Six District, South Carolina,  [handwritten above:] [illegible word] while living in said District [/handwritten above] where he lived when he enlisted 
in July 1775, [handwritten above:] & served [/handwritten above] as a private in Captains Purvis and Warley's 
Company, Colonel William Thompson's Third Regiment 
of South Carolina Troops from which we was discharged 
in May 1777, on account of a broken leg. In 
February 1778, he was captured by the Tories on the 
Saluda River, from whom he escaped after the battle of 
Kettle Creek. In March 1779, he went into service as 
a wagoner under Colonel Andrew Pickens, was at the battle 
of Stono and served until August 1779.  On March 
1, 1781, he volunteered as a  private under Captain Wilson 
and Colonel Andrew Pickens, was in the battle of 
Ninety-Six and served until October 1, 1781. He also 
served two tours against the Cherokee Indians, under 
Captain Wilson and Colonel Andrew Pickens, dates not 
stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed 
March 4, 1833, while living in [handwritten:] Anderson [handwritten] District South 
Carolina, where he died May 28, 1848. 

He married in Abbeville District, South Carolina, 
January 31, 1788, Eleanor daughter of Robert Dowdle,
Page 49

she was born September 3, 1787. She was allowed pension 
on her application executed February 10, 1845, while 
a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina. 

Their Children were:
Mary          born      January 29, 1787.
Jane             "           January 4, 1789.
Elizabeth    "           January 11, 1791.
Eleanor       "           October 13, 1792. 
Robert        "            November 20, 1794.
Margaret    "            February 1, 1797. 
Fanny          "            June 28, 1799. 
Anna            "             August 25, 1801.
John            "             November 17, 1803. 
James        "              February 15, 1806.
Beckey       "              March 5, 1808. 

[signature stamp:] H.M. Vandiver [/signature stamp]]

[calling card:] 
A.W. Todd
Architect
[handwritten:] 41 Church St. [/handwritten]
TODD, SIMONS & TODD
CHARLESTON, S.C.