Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2272-100, for William Jasper, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER

S.C.   Jasper, William B.L.Wt. 2272-100.


CONTENTS
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South Carolina
District of Charleston

On the 6th day of November 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned Mr. John Davis aged 75 years a resident of Beaufort Dist. SC who being duly sworn according to law deposeth that he is the son of Col. Wm. Davis who held the commission of a Captain and Colonel in the South Carolina line during the Revolution, that he was personally acquainted with and saw the late Sergeant William Jasper at the camp of ___ in the year 1779 that said Jasper was subsequently slain in battle by the enemy at Savannah in the year 1779, that it was the universal belief of the army there encamped that said Jasper was a soldier by profession, that at said camp he saw said Jasper that he was then a sergeant and that he heard said Jasper say with his own mouth that he had enlisted for during the war and that his being so enlisted to serve "during" the war "was then and is now the belief of this Dept and was as he believes the universal belief of said Jaspers fellow soldiers. Dep saith that he was in the services at camp at same time in the militia.

Sworn to & subscribed before me ___

John Davis
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Department of War
State of South Carolina }
District of Charleston }
I Elizabeth Brown of the City of Charleston widow only surviving child & heir at law of William Jasper late of said state, do upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief that my father William Jasper did enter the service of the U States in 1776, for the term of the War and served as a sergeant in the [illegible] 2nd South Carolina Rgt of the line under the command of Col. William Moultrie of [illegible] line and that he continued in the service aforesaid until he was slain before Savannah in the year 1779.  For proof of which & of his services for the country she refers to history and to the records of the War Department.  I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Sergeant Jasper on the part of the United States.  Nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred any claim to it in any manner whatever.  Therefore
Know all men by these presents that I Elisabeth Brown aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint the Honorable Hugh Lepore of S. Carolina to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand & receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid, and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised & empowered to constitute and appoint one or more institutions or attorneys under him for the special purpose above expressed
Attest.   Eliza J Brown
James H. Mashburn
Plantruck 
Not Pub & [illegible] for [illegible]
28 January 1839
State of South Carolina }
District of Charleston }
Know all men by these presents that I, Hugh I Lepore of South Carolina do hereby appoint the Honorable Isaac E. Holmes of S Carolina to be my substitute as attorney for the special purpose above expressed from under my hand at Charleston S Car. the 4 day of Dec'br 1839
Hugh I. Lepore
Witness
Plantruck
Not Pub & [illegible]
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State of South Carolina
District of Charleston

Personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Brown subscriber to the foregoing ___ and made oath to the same and in my presence acknowledged. The power of attorney therto subjoined to be her ___ and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.

Attest. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th January 1839.

Eliza J.  Brown
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In testimony that the above William Hartwell was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, etc in the state of South Carolina at the above date and that by name these subscribers appeared to me to  her usual signature ___ ___ affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name and ___ at Charleston So Ca this 1st day of February 1839.

Charles A. Wheeler

Clerk of the court of common pleas for Charleston Dist So Ca.
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June 21, 1938

William Jasper
B.L.Wt.2272-100
BA-J/MCS

Mr. Allan Nicholson
Union, P.O. Box 261
South Carolina

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Sergent William Jasper who served in the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that William Jasper enlisted in 1776, served as sergeant in the Second South Carolina Regiment under Colonel William Moultrie and was killed in battle at Savannah in 1779.

On Jauary 28, 1839, Eliza J. Brown (personal signature) or Elizabeth Brown (name written thus in body of claim), a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged about sixty-two years, applied for bounty land on account of the Revolutionary War service of William Jasper; she was the referred to as the "only daughter and surviving heir at law in fee" of William Jasper. She received Warrant 2272 for one hundred acres of land and the warrant was issued December 16, 1845.

For information relative to the location of this lan it is suggested tht you address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, giving warrant number, the acreage and date of issuance.

The date and place of birth of William Jasper and the place of his residence at enlistment were not given and there are no further data on file in this office relative to his family.

There is no claim for pension on file in this office on account of the Revolutionary War service of this soldier or any soldier by the name of William Jasper.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 24, 1933

BA-J/MCS
William Jasper
D.L.Wt.2272-100

Honorable Marvin Jones
United States House of Representatives
Washington
D.C.

My dear Mr. Jones:

Reference is made to your letter of January 20, 1933, relative to information desired by Mrs. E. V. Nickell of Amarillo, Texas.

The William Jasper referred to below is the only soldier of that surname that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that William Jasper enlisted in 1776, served as sergeant in the Second South Carolina Regiment under Colonel William Moultrie and was killed in battle at Savannah in 1779.

On account of this service, Warrant #2272 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued to Elizabeth or Eliza J. Brown who, in January, 1839, was the only surviving child of William Jasper. At that time she was a widow aged about sixty-two years and was a resident of Charleston, South Carolina.

The date and place of birth of William Jasper were not given and there are no further data relative to his family.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
Bounty Land Warrant
No. 2272-100

MCS/HMM

April 2, 1930

Mr. Allan Nicholson
Union, P.O. Box 261
South Carolina

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, it appears that William Jasper enlisted in 1776, served as sergeant in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment under Colonel William Moultire and was killed in battle at Savannah in 1779.

On account of this service, Warrant No. 2272, for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued to Elizabeth (or Eliza J.) Brown, who in January 1839 was his only surviving child. At that time she was a widow aged about sixty-two years and was a resident of Charleston, South Carolina.

The date and place of birth of William Jasper and the name of his parents do not appear.

Very truly yours,

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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Dec 11th

Certificate of the Heirs at Law of Wm Jasper

Lt 299.

Dec 12, 1839.

Bounty Land Office Report
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William Jasper

No. 2272
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State of North Carolina
District of Charleston

Ordinary Office
Charleston, January 29th 1839

I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, that Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Widow, aged about 62 years is the only daughter and surviving heir at law in fee of William Jasper who was a Sergeant during the War of the Revolution in Col. William Moultries 2nd Regiment of South Carolina United States Army;  and that said William Jasper was slain in battle before Savannah in the year 1779 and that said Elizabeth is a resident of said city.

Given under my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of January 1839

Thomas Lehre

Ordinary District
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Allan Nicholson
P.O. Box 261
Union, South Carolina

June 15, 1938

Received Jun 16 1938

Director
Bureau of Pensions
(Revolutionary War Records)
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

About 1930 I was investigating everything relating to Sergt. William Jasper, who rescued the American Flag when it was shot down by the British in the early part of the Revolutionary War.

I recall that the Bureau of Pensions furnished me with a letter giving the name and date of when the pension granted the widow of Sergt. Wm. Jasper was paid to her at Charleston, S. C., I think it was.

This letter from your Bureau has in some way gotten mislaid or lost, and I ask that you could consult your records, and give me further official confirmation of the amount of the pension granted the widow of Sergt. Wm. JAsper, and the date of the last payment. I have a faint recollection that it was either 1832 or 1836 at Charleston, S. C.

I will thank you very much for all information you may supply me and should it be necessary to have either Senator Jas. F. Byrnes or Senator Ellison D. Smith or Congressman G. Heyward Mahon endorse this application for information, I know that they will be pleased to do so immediately on receipt of a request from you.

With thanks for your cooperation,

Yours truly,

Allan Nicholson
/Allan Nicholson/

AN/EP
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20 January 1933

Hon. E. W. Morgan
Director of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Mrs. E. V. Nickell of Amarillo, Texas, wishes to secure the military service records of Nicholas, John and William Jasper of Charleston, South Carolina, who fought in the Revolutionary War.

If you have any information regarding these men, I shall appreciate your sending it to me.

Thanking you, I am

Very truly yours,

/Marion Jones/

Received Jan 21 1933
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March 27, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly inform me as soon as possible if the records of your office give the place and date of birth of Sgt. W. JAsper who enlisted November 4, 1775 in the Second South Carolina Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Marion, Revolutonary War.

I am writing an article about Sgt. Jasper and am very anxious to get all information such as should be in your records, particularly the birth place and parents' names.

I have been referred to your office by Major-general C. H. Bridges of The War Department.

Thanking you for your courtesy.

Yours very truly,
/Allan Nicholson/
Allan Nicholson