Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9360, for Joseph Jamieson, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                            
S.C.         

Jamieson, Joseph 

NUMBER
S.9360
                                                            carded

CONTENTS
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June 29, 1837
as any under? (illegible)
6, April 182? (illegible)
4 Sept, 1837  (illegible)
June 1838
from 4 Sept, 1839.
Agt? illegible
May 1843.

5116
South Carolina
Joseph Jamieson
Yorke-in the state of S. Car: (illegible) was a (illegible) in the compy? commanded by Captain Jameson of the Regh commanded by Col. Brutton-in the S. Car:- (illegible) 7 mo. 7 days from 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 24 dollars 10 cents per annum
(illegible) commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of July 1833 and sent to Pensioner Blairsville, S. Carolina-
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                  36.15
Semi-Anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  12.05
                                                             $48.20
Revolutionary claim, Act June 7
Recorded by Nathan Rie (page torn)
Book D Vol. 8 Page (page torn)

(illegible) to pay
(illegible) at the  (illegible) 
(illegible) act of the
from 4 March to 
notified 27th Sept (lined out)
Paid as above 1838 to 4 March 
...ied (sic) 16. Decm 1839
Order to pay, (illegible)
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17755
Joseph Jamieson
Blairsville S.C
from 1777 private
7 mo. 7 days
$26.10.
Pensioner
Blairsville S.C-
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Brief in the case of Joseph Jamieson District of York in the State of South Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court
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.             
_________________________________________________ {columns are listed individually below}
Period.                                 Duration of Service.
                                           years  months days
Volunteered in 1778             -            2         -
Volunteered about 1 May 1777-        1        7
 (illegible) about 1 July 1781    -         2        -
(illegible) about last June 82?  -         2        -   

Rank.         Names of General and Field Officers
                      under whom he served.
_________________________________________________
As a Private              Gen. Thomas Sumpter S.C
                      Capt. James Jamieson   (illegible)
                      Col. Wm. Bratton (sic)
                      Capt John Kirkpatrick
                      Col. Moffatt
                      Leut Hamilton
                      Capt Wm. (illegible)
                      Leut. (illegible)
5. In what  battles was he engaged?
     (illegible) {possibly Wappo} Bridge
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? York District S. Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By living witne...(illegible)
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached
 X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Char. G Wilson Examining Clerk. 
 25 January 1835
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Joseph Jamieson
Application for Pension 17755
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State of South Carolina
York District    for the pension examination of Joseph Jamieson made in open court before his Hon. Wm. D. Martin?  a (illegible) judge of the court of (illegible) and common pleas at York court house October tenure 1835
Judge 1.    Where and in what year where you born
Audi(illegible) I was born in chester District in the State of South Carolina in the year 1764.
 Judge 2. Have you any record of (illegible); and if so where is it?
Audice?  I have none.
Judge 3. Where were you living when called into the serve, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Audice? I lived in York District South Carolina when I entered the Service of the United States
I have lived there since, and reside in the same at this time
Judge 4. How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a Substitute for whom?
Audice. I entered the Service as a volunteer, served as such, and was never a substitute
Judge 5th  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can Recollect, and the general circumstances of your Service.
Audi(illegible) My officers names were Capt. James Jamieson, Col Bratton, Gen. Thos Sumpter and others referred to in my statement, to which statement
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I refer for the general circumstances of my service
6th  Did you ever receive a discharge  from Service, by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
Answer.  I never Received any written discharge from the Service.
Judge 7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution?
Answer. I would refer (illegible) to all who  know me and in particular to Capt Jms. Blair and Jacob Black.
Sworn to and Subscribed the 16th October 1832
In open court     Joseph Jamieson  his mark
A.McWhorten 666/illegible
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State of South Carolina 
York District 

On the 16th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before
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South Carolina in the year 1764. That he ha[s] [illegible] record of his age. That when he entered the [illegible] of the United States he resided in York [illegible] State of South Carolina; and that he Still resides in the same.

That he never received any written [illegible] from the Service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a [pension] or annuity whatever except the present and declared his name is not on the pension roll of agency of any State.

Sworn to an [Subscribed] the day [illegible] aforesaid

In open court
[illegible signature]
666/[6l]

his
Joseph T. Jami[eson]
mark

[x-ed out]
a clergyman Resided in the District of York State of South Carolina [illegible]
a Resident of the Same State District do certify that [illegible] with Joseph Jamieson where has [illegible] Subscribed the above declaration that we [illegible] to be in his [duty] with year of [illegible] he is reputed and believed in the [illegible] where he lives to have been a [illegible] away [Soldiers], and that we concur that [line through] opinion
Sworn and Subscribed the day [on a] [illegible] aforesaid

[x-ed out]
And this Service [illegible] opinion, after the investigation of [illegible] and after [illegible] the interroga[tion]

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I Andrew McWhorter clerk of the court of Jefsevies area [illegible] on pleas do herby certify that the foregoing is the original process [illegible] of the Sailor court in the matter of the application of Joseph Jamieson for a pension.
In testimony where of I have [illegible] my [illegible] and assigned my seal of office the [illegible] day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and of the [illegible] since of the united States the fifty sixth [illegible]
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State of South Carolina
York District 
Personally appeared before?? Capt. Henry Rea and Jacob Black before me
the subscribing Justice and being duly sworn say that they have seen the foregoing declaration of Joseph Jameson and that they were acquainted with him during the revolutionary war with Great Brittan and that were personally known to the greater part of
the services set forth in said declaration and that they hesitate not to say that he was a revolutionary soldier of the said war and
that it is universally believed and admitted by all acquainted with him that he was a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed the 3rd day of October AD 1832
James Jameson
Henry Rea
Jacob Black
Before me William Jamieson [illegible]
I William Dallacton one of the Judges presiding in the Court of Common Pleas for the State aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further
Certify that it appears to me that James Jameson, Henry Rea and Jacob Black who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the State and District aforesaid and are
Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand Octr 16th 1832.
William Dallacton
Presiding Judge
I Andrew McWhorter Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Jameson for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, June 23  183
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," Joseph Jamieson a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the state of twenty four Dollars and ten Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837-
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the  negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  

Joseph Jamieson                                                                                 which require

further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?Yes 

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes 

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 

XIV.+ If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified that he, she or they are persons of credibilty? Yes 

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  Yes

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 

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                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.

or……
XIV.+ If the applicant produced a witness or witnesses as to his service has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she or they are persons of credibility?

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served and the particular rank be held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable
Quere XIV Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by credible witnesses, who are required to set fourth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as he regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
Quere XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate mus be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 120th, 1839.

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,"  Joseph Jamieson
a pensioner on the Roll of South Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Twenty four Dollars and ten Cents
per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838.
to the 4th March 1839.


Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris (signature)
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Rev War
9360
INVALID
File No. 9360
Joseph Jamieson
Priv  Rev War
Act. June 7th /32
Index:- Vol 1 Page 191
(Arrangement of 1870)
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Honorable Lewis Cass
                  Secretary of War
                                   Washington, City
                                                         D.C.
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                                     Blairsville, So Carolina
                                               5th November 1832

Sir
We herewith enclose our declaration + certificates of Services in the war of the revolution in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and would beg a decision on our claims as early as possible. Any communication you may have to make to us or the subject you will please direct to this office.
                                   Your obt Servant
Rob Wilson case                        Robt Wilson
is maker or index admitt           Henry Rice
                                                  Joseph Jamieson
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Charleston SC 1st May 1843
Sir,
I herewith forward for authority to pay the voucher of Joseph Jamison a pensioner under Act of June 1932.
I am Respectfully
Your Ob servant

Jn.of. Lochrau
Pension Agent



J.L Edwards Esq
     Commissioner of Pensions
                    Washington
                                  D.C.