Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20622, John Angel, N.C.

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(3-1776) [or 8-1776) 

SERVICE

[Handwritten:] N.C.
Angel, John
           Mary [Mary Angel]

NUMBER
W. 20622
B.L.Wt. 30602-160-55.

[On the left side, below, there's a small light pencil inscription written in a different handwriting, which reads:] Born in N.C.

CONTENTS

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[The last digit in the following handwritten number is hard to read because of a torn page corner, but may have been 3.] 12.39_
North Carolina
John Angel
of Surry in the State of N. Car who was a pri: In -Car. & [here "in the" has been crossed out] Sergt comman- [torn edge] by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commande- [last letter missing due to torn paper edge] by Col: Campbell in the N.C.- line for 10 mo: 20 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 42. Dollars 23 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26- day of Apl. 33 [1833] [blank] and [illegible] Pensioner
Hamptonville. N.Car

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  84.4- [torn paper edge with last number only partially visible, probably a 6.] 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept - 21.2- [last number partially visible due to torn paper edge. Number possibly 1.]
$105.67

(Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathl Rice Cler-  [last two letters missing due to torn paper edge, but appear to have been -rk, for Clerk]
Book E [or 6] Vol. 6 Page 33-

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State of North Carolina)   Court of pleas & quarter Sessions
Surry County)                     February term 1833

On this 12th day of February 1833 personally Appeared in open Court, before the Court of William [here the initial is uncertain, but looks like P] Dobson [although the word "and" is not written out here, it appears the clerk meant the following name as a separate individual] Mallory Smith & Hon now Siting. John Angel a Resedint of North Carolina and in the County of Seury [Surry].  Aged 70 Years who being first duly Sworn according to law. doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832-

That he entered the Service of the United States in the year 1779 - about the last of November or the first of December as a Substitute for Charles Angel under Captain Salatheel [or Salathiel] Martin of Col. Hamptons Regiment of NCarolina Mititia [Millitia] and Served four Months & eight days and receeved [received] a Discharge on the 25th. day of March 1780 which Discharge he has lost or mislaid -

In June following he enlisted as a Volenteer under Capt. Bostick [or Bostuk or Bosteek] that Rutherford was his Genl.  that he was in the Battle of Camden near Rudeslen [or Reedeslers] Mill in South Carolina and was wounded in the left Arm, that he was out three Months and acted in the Capacity of first Sergeant. but received no Discharge -

In the first of September following he Volenteered as a Substetute for one John Hutchens [or Hutchins] for Six [the next word was overwritten, in which it looks like "Months" was changed to "Weeks"] under Capt Minor Smith.  Majr. Winston of Col. Campbe'lls. [blank] Regimint of NCarolina.  [illegible] and Started to Kings Mountain   that he went as far on his way as to old Richmond which was then Surry

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Courthouse but is Since in the County of Stokes N. Carolina - where he met with Gen. Martin Armstrong who Sent this applicant and one Joseph Carmichall [or Carmiehall] with an express to Genl. Davidson to aid at the Battle of Kings Mountain  this express was to request Gen. Davidson for Such Aid who was then in South Carolina, that he Delivered the express to Said Genl. Davidson.  But Davidson being Actacked the next Morning by the British under Lord Cornwallis this applicant remained with Genl.- Davidson during the battle and Continued with him untill their Arrival in Salisbury and from thence returned home without obtaining a Discharge.  that Afterwards he was called out under Capt Bostick [or Bosteek] three Several times of a week each to fight the Tories and remained in Service as long as was deemed Necessary by the Commanding Officers.

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.]

that Afterwards about the first of September [here it looks like there is a ? followed by 81. apparently meaning in 1781] he volenteered as a lighthoseman [light horseman ] under Capt Hill to go to Wilmington where he was in two battles.  that he and Capt Henesly [or ? Kenedy or Kenesly] were chosen to Carry the Flag to the British at the Brick house near Wilmington to Summon them to Surrender the House - that he was in the Service  this Tour two Months.  that at the time of all the above named inlistments [enlistments] & Serving he was and has ever Since been a Citizen of what. was then Surry County but the County being Since Divided that part which I lived in at the time aforesaid is now Stokes.  Since which I moved out of that County into. Surry County in that day it was all Surry County in the State of NCarolina. and has been a Preacher of the Gospel about forty years.  he was born and raised

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We Richard H Parks a Clergyman residing in the County of Surry and Josiah Cowles Residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the Reverd. John Angel who has Subscribed and Sworn [or Swern] to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy years of Age.  that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we Concur in that Opinion  
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
R. H. Parks  Clergyman
J Cowles [with a flourish]

Test [meaning Testator, or witness] John Wright [illegible]

And the Said Court do hereby Declare their opinion After the investigation of the Matter and After puting the Interogatroies presented by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States.  and the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Richard H Parks who has Signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County aforesaid and that Josiah Cowles who has also Signed the Same is a resident in the Said County of Surry and is a Credible Person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit

Wm. [P. or J. or I.] Dobson [squiggle marks here appear to say JP, meaning a Justice of the Peace]
Wm C Martin JP [Justice of the Peace]
Mallory Smith JP [Justice of the Peace] 

[Now in a smaller handwriting in lighter ink, appears the following:]  I John Wright clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Surry do hereby Certefy [or Certify] that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the Application of Overton Peonix [or Peonin or Peonir] for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 13th [or possibly 12th]. day of February 1833  [now in darker ink and larger handwriting] John Wright CC [probably meaning Clerk of Court]
 
[To the left side of the above, in the lower left corner of the record, is this, written perpendicularly]  Revd. John Angel
Declaration.  ["Declaration" is underlined.]

[Nearby there is a paper with pinked edges, covering what appears to have possibly been an ink imprint, possibly of the seal of office. Then there is this number written in faint ink:]  23152
[Then in dark ink:]  Return to Hamptonville
Surry Co. NC

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in Stokes. formerly Surry County. that he Served in all of the Several Tours. eleven Months and fifteen days.  that he has no Documentary evidence and that knows of no Person ^except David Cockeram [or Cooperam] whose testimony he can now procure:  who can testify to my Service.  I hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Anuity except the present. and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.  

[Occasional spacing has been added, to make the text easier to read.]

[Partial erasure, with the word "In" written over it.] Answer to the 7 Interogatoreis as propounded by the Court in Conformity [here part of a word, perhaps "unto" was crossed out, and another written over it, perhaps "to"] the instruction at the War department 

1st. I was Born in the Month of June 1762 or 63  I am not Certain, which of the years. In Stokes County State of NCarolina

2nd  I have none.  I Suppose there. never. was a record of my Age

3  I lived in Stokes County near the uper [? re spelling of the following town] Luran [or ? Suran] town on Dan River which was at that time in Surry County.  In the year 1802 I moved from there to where I now live in Surry County

4th.  Twice I volunteered.  Twice a Substitute  one time for Charles Angel and the other time for John Hutchns [or Hutchin].  Volunteered for myself in the Tory's Tours-

5  Col Hampton. Genl Lincoln, Genl Rutherford. Genl. Davidson  Majr Winston. Col. Campbell & Majr. White & others

6.  I Received one Discharge which I think was given me by Genl Lincoln which discharge I have lost.  that is all the written Discharge I ever received. 

 [Farther to the right side there is what appears to be a small tear in the document.]

7  Thomas Wright Senr.  John Wright.  Josiah Cowles and Majr Joseph Williams 

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Test [Testator, or witness] John Wright CC [Clerk of Court]
[Signature] John Angel

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John Angel
N.C.
No. 23152.

Admit as a private
[possibly a symbol or letters meaning per] 5. mo [months] 20. ds Inf.                                            18.90
                                                                     2 [" symbol, here meaning mos or months] priv Cav.   8.33
                                                                     3 ["symbol, here meaning mos or months] Sergt.       15.00
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                                                                                                                                                        $42.23

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183

Sir:  The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
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A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of [handwritten] John Angel
[Below is a table with columns, showing the following headings:]

Period when the service was rendered. l Duration of the claimant's service [in] Years. Months. Days. l Rank of the claimant.  Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. l Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  Proof by which the declaration is supported.
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[First line shows this handwritten information from the various category headings:]  1779 sub. [No years shown.] 4 [Months] 8 Days.  Priv. l Col. Hampton l 70 years  [and his place of abode when he entered the service was:] Surry Co N.C. 

[Second line]  [The following notation seems to have a brace around the first category re time period when service was rendered:]  1780 June vol. l  [No years shown.] 3 [Months shown.] [No days shown.] l 1st Sergt. l Genl. Rutherford.  

[Third line]  Septr. 1780 sub.  [For duration of the claimant's service:] 6 weeks l Pri. l Col. Campbell [and] Maj. Winston  

[For the category, "Proof by which the declaration is supported." there is a notation "Traditionary Witness-"  and that notation was placed half-way down in the proof column, perhaps as if to show "Traditionary Witness-" was the proof for all the column categories and lines.]

[Fourth line] Sept. 1781 vol. [No years shown]  2 [Months shown.] [No days shown.]  [Here there is another brace:]  Light Horseman

{Fifth line has a notation:]  says in all 11 mos. and 15 days

[Below is a handwritten notation in lighter ink:] 10. 20. 

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia,' and "volunteers,' all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of) ss.
County of) 

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b0 of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [Here there is an illustration of a hand pointing right.]  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the case of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank.]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B

(and then will follow certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule give iin note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension byvirtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We., A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank} and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] 

I, [blank], Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the event of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;  and unless, therefore, these are amply and and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6. (To a Soldier.)  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
    (To an Officer.) Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, form bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper  Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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{a} The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
{b}  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
{c}  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
{d}  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.

{e} Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and 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.  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 s a ____ ____.  For ____ months and ___ days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase [here the following words appear in italics:] about three or four months, [here resuming regular typeface] is to indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served:  and the duration of each term of engagement;  the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

{f} The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
{g} The opinion of the Court is always required.
{h} The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
{i}  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

[The following phrase appears in italics:]  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[The following phrase appears in italics:]  Proof of Service.
{j} In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[Here there is an illustration of a hand pointing right.]  The notes from {a} to {here the next symbol is hard to read, but might be an "i" as in:] {i} are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note {j} applies to continental troops only.
{k} This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
{l} If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
{m} The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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5069
North Carolina
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Mary Angel
widow of John Angel
who died in the year 1843 of Surry Co, in the State of N.C. who was a Sergt in the Compny commanded by Captain [blank] [here "NC" is written in a different handwriting] of the Regt commanded by Col [here there is a squiggle and a blank spot] in the Revolution [here "line for" has been crossed out] 10 mo, 20, days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville at the rate of 42 Dollars 23 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of [here "March, 18" was crossed out] August 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of October 1851 [or 1857, but it looks most likely to have been 1851] and sent to J. Cowles Esqr
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Arrears to the 4th of Hamptonville 
Semi=annual allowance ending [blank]  N.C.
[Handwritten entry:} wid died July 21, 1857
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd}
Recorded by H P [or H R] Weightman Clerk, Book D. Vol. 2. Page 380

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State of North carolina)
Surry County)  I do hereby certify that Mary Angel who has this day Sworn to and Subscribed the foregoing declaration before me [here the next word is underlined] is a credible [here the next word is underlined] person and to be believed on oath   I also certify that She is by reason of old age & bodily infirmity unable to attend Court to [here the next three words are underlined] make her Said declaration and I further Certify that She is the widow [here the next two words are underlined] of the Identical John Angel who was a Revolutionary pensioner that lived and died in the [here the next two words are underlined] County of Surry as declard by Said Declarant   that the parties aforesaid John Angel and his [here the next two words are underlined] wife Mary lived together as husband & wife up to the time of Said Angels deth and that his widow Mary Angel has remained awidow ever Since

Given under my hand and Seal this 17th day of August 1843
Levi Chappell [or possibly Levi Chappeu]  J.P:  [probably meaning Justice of the Peace] [Here the next word appears as "Sale" but probably meant Seal, and is enclosed in a hand-drawn circle such as usually found around the word "Seal" in similar documents.]

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State of North Carolina)
Surry County)  On this [here  the original "18th" was overwritten, to read "17th" day of Augst 1843 personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices in and for said County, Mary Angel, aged (83) eighty three years 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 made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. 

[Occasional spacing has been added to make the long text block easier to read.]

that she is the widow of John Angel who was a private of Infantry ^ and sergeant in the Revolutionary war North Carolina Malitia, & was placed on the Pension roll as a revolutionary pensioner April 26.th 1833 at the rate of (42.23) forty two dollars & twenty three cents per annum - The time of the said John Angel entering the service, and the length of service will be fully shown on reference to his Declaration on file in the Pension office at Washington City D.C.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Angel on or about the [here begins a different handwriting in lighter ink] month of Fibruary [or February] 1779 [now resuming the earlier darker ink handwriting] and that her husband the said John Angel died [here "on" was changed to "in] the [here there was some original wording which appears to have read "to him _ To" but which was overwritten to say "Month of July" 1843 and that she was married to him prior to his last period of service, and at the time above stated.  & that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - She further declares, that she cannot go to the Court House to file her Declaration in consequence of bodily infirmity

Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written [now in different handwriting] Levi Chappell [resuming darker handwriting] JP [meaning Justice of the Peace.]  

Mary [here "hir X mark" is written between her first and married surname] Angel

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[This appears to be the bottom of a paper with only two names shown. There appears to be a white peice of paper covering the rest of the record. The first of the two visible names is:]  Esq H. C. [or A. C.] Hampton DC [possibly having meant Deputy Clerk.] 

[The following name appears on the right hand side at the bottom of the page, in darker ink and different handwriting:]  Huldah Walker [with what appears to have been her X mark, which looks like a t mark.]

[Above those two names, is what appears to be a white paper through which can be seen faint images of upside-down handwriting.  A few words in the dark upside-down handwriting, can be read through the covering paper.  This is what can be read at this time:]  "State of North Carolina  Surry County 

It is [?] members of [illegible] that the [illegible] are true [illegible]

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In the Matter of the Application for a Pension of Mary Angel
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Saml & Huldah Walker Depositions
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State of North Carolina)  Court of Pleas & Quarter 
Surry County)  Sessions Nov Term 1849

This day appeared in Open Court - Saml Walker ageed 75 years and Huldah Walker aged 73 Credible persions and made Made Oath in due form of Law that they were raised in the [mostly illegible, but possibly imediate] Neighborhood Where John Angel and his Wife Mary Groiner [or Grimer or Griner] were Married  that the said Saml was 7 years old & the said Hulda was 4 years   The said Huldah is the youngest sister of the said Mary [or Marry.]  That she was young and does not recollect the Marriage - but they have Known them  intimately from that time up [? the next word may be "to"] the time of Jno Angels death - that they have Known and {? first] knew Mary Angel the Widow, that the said [here "John Angel" was crossed out]  Jno and Mary Angel have lived a respectable Married life have raisied a large family of children that the said Jno Angel and Mary Angel lived a pious life.  that he was the Respected Paster or Preacher of the Baptist Congregation at Flat Rock in Surry County for Many years and up to the time of his death.  

{Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.]

The said Huldah Swears that she has often heard her Mother and others of the family say that the said Jno. and Mary wear Married a few [here the word "Months" was crossed out, and] Weeks [was written above] previous to the Battle of Guilford and about the [here a second "the" was crossed out] [and here, in lighter ink, but in the same handwriting:]  time that Lord Cornwallis passed through Salem, NC [here "that" is written in lighter ink]  after the deponents were Married they Lived for 1 year on the same plantation With the said Jno and Mary Angel on Bellows Creek in Stokes then Surry County - They further Swear that the said Mary Angel is still alive & the Widow of Jno Angel

Sworn to and Subscribed in open court 14 of November 1849

[Near the left bottom corner of the record, in light ink, appears the following:]  F. K. Armstrong  Clk [Clerk] By H. C. Hampton DC [possibly meaning Deputy Clerk]

[Near the right bottom corner of the record, there appear in dark ink the following two signatures:]  Samuel Walker [with what appears to be the letter "W" written between "Samuel" and "Walker" as if the "W" is his mark; and]  Huldah Walker [with a t sign as her mark.]

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State of North Carolina)  Court of Pleas & Quarter
Surry County)  Sessions Nov Term 1849

It is Made appears to the satisfaction of the court that the Within deposition of Saml & Huldah Walker are true.  that the said Saml & Huldah are Respectable Persons.  that the said Mary Angel is still the living Widow of the late John Angel.  that the said John Angel was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his Death.  I  F. K. Armstrong Clerk of said court do certify to the above proceedings had in Open Court

Intestimony wherof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office & Subscribed My Name this 14 Nov 1849
F K Armstrong [flourish] Clk [Clerk]

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State of North Carolina) SS
Surry County)  Be it Known that on this 6th day of March 1850 before me Josiah Cowles a justice of the Peace in and for the county afforesaid Persneally Apeard John Wright a Credible person aged [the following age appears in lighter ink] 68 years and Maketh Oath in due form of Law that he has been Well acquianted with John Angel and Mary Angel his wife Now his Widow for about 50 Years 

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.]

he is enabled to fix the time of his acquaintance by the age of the Said John & Mary's. Eldest Child Mathias' Age.  he the said Mathias was about the age this deponent.  they were young Men together and intimately.  the said Jno & Mary lived within some three Miles of this deponent up to the time of his the said John Angels death. Which took place about 6 3/4. years ago

the said John & Mary Angel lived a Pious Orderly life during the whole time. the Said John Angel was for the last 50 years of his Life the Regular Ordained Preacher of the Baptist Church and for many [here the following word was underlined] Years had the Care of the Flat Rock Congregation on which this deponent generally Attended.

No whisper or doubt was ever entertained by the Neighborhood of the Legality of the Marriage- of the said John & Mary Angel.  the said John Angel was a Pensioner of the U. States up to the time of his death.  [Note: It appears someone had written in light pencil either "NH" or "Mt" slightly underneath, or over, the letter "d" in the word "death"]. & the said Mary is Still Alive & Still the Widow of the said John Angel having Never Maried since his death

Sworn & Subscribed this day & year first above written before me J Cowles [here the following squiggle or two letters is hard to read, but could be JP, meaning Justice of the Peace.]   

[On the right bottom side of the page, is a different handwriting signature of:]  John Wright 
[Note: This surname could be read as Waigtel or Waigtd, but based on the clear handwriting of this surname in the text above, most likely it was Wright.]

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I Francis K Armstrong Clerk of the court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for Surry County do certify that Josiah Cowles is a Majistrate of said county and that the foregoing Signitures purporting to be his are geninned [or genuine.]  

In testimony Whereof I have Affixed My Seal of Office & Subscribed My Name this 6 day of March 1850  F K Armstrong Clk {Clerk]

[Ink transfer from handwritten text on the other side of this record, also appears on this page.]

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[Some parts of the top portion of this record are torn.]  
174623 Act March [top of the following month and year are torn, but appear to read:] 3/55
June 21/55 [1855]
__________________________________________________________

Mary Angel
Wid - John Angel
decd.  Sergeant.
___________________________________________________________

[The following word looks like "Cup" but perhaps meant Corp for Corporal]
Col
Ent [illegible]:160ac
[Illegible] June 4th/56 [1856]
[Illegible signature starting with B-]
[In darker ink:] Rev. War
[Written in lighter ink, diagonally across this section and the section above, is this inscription:] No 30602 iss [issued] June 13/56 [1856]
__________________________________________________________
Pensioner 
N. C July 36-5069
[Here there is a very faint large, mostly illegible scrawled inscription starting as Bo-" and there is a darker ink mark to the far left side of the paper here, which looks like it could be a perpendicularly-written W with a line underneath it.]
__________________________________________________________

J.C. Coales 
Hamptonville.
[The possible city and state were written below, but are illegible now because of the torn bottom edge of the document.]
[Near the right bottom of the page, there is:] Vol. A. 95 [flourish]

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Mary Angel
application for ^Revoluity Bounty land

[In darker ink:] 174623.

[Near the bottom left corner of the record:]
adrss
J Coules
Hamptonville NC

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State of North Carolina) SS
Yadkin County)  On this 14 day of June 1855 perconaly appeared before me a justice of the Peace  in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Angel aged 89 years a risident of Yadkin County in the state afforesad who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her Oath declare that She is the identical Mary Angel who is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty two 23/10 dolls  that She is the Widow of Jno Angel Decd Who Was a Seargeant [or Searjeant] in the Revolutionry War and Who recived a Pension at the rate of Forty two 23/100 dollars per Annum up to the time of his death.  that She was Married to the said Jno Angel on or about the 25th day of Februay 1781  by one [blank] 

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text easier to read.]

that her name before said Marriage Was Mary Griner [or Griver]   that her said husband died on or about the 5th day of July 1843 and that She has no docementry evidince of said Service or Marriage excep such as is on file in the pension Office in the Matter of her application fer [for] a  Pension to which she respectfully refers.  She further declares that she is Still a Widow

She makes this declaration for the purpose of Obtaining the Bounty Lands to which She may be entitled under the act of March 3d 1855  She further States that She has received No bounty Land ^ or applied for any under this or any Other act except the present-

Attest H e.  [or Hc. or A C.]  Cowles

[In the following second signature, the first letters of the apparent initials, appear to have been partially overwritten, making that part of the signature illegible, followed by:] Davis 

[On the far right side of the page, near the bottom, appears this:]  Mary Angel [with "Hir mark" and showing a mark that looks like a small letter t leaning toward the upper left side, with lots of ink used to fill in underneath the two horizontal segments of the t.  This mark looks very different from her mark made in an earlier record document.]

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We A. C. [here the following partial surname is blotted with ink at the end:] Cow-  and Wm Davis residents of Yadkin county upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaratin Was signed and acknowledged in Our Presence by Mary Angel and that We believe from the appearance and Statements of the applicant that She is the identical person She represents herself to be and that She is of the age Stated above
[The following signature is in light ink:] Wm Davis
A. C. Cowles [flourish]

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were Sworn to and subscribed before Me on the day and Year above Written and I cirtify that I Know the affiants to be credible persons.  that the claiment is the person She represents herself to be and that I have No interest in this Claim and that the above [the following word's spelling is difficult to read, but may have been interligning]  was done before Signing
[Here there is what appears to have been a signature:] John Davis [or Davs, with two unknown marks in darker ink added in the vicinity of this signature.  There may have been an initial, that is now ink-blotted and illegible.  There also are some illegible letters or marks after the surname Davis or Davs, and those letters or marks appear possibly to have been crossed out.]   

State of North Carolina) ss
Yadkin County)  Be it Known that on this day of June 1855 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State afforesaid perconally [or personally] appeared Alfred W Martin & Josiah Cowles credible persons and Made oath in due form of Law that they are well acquainted with Mary Angel the present applicant for bounty land that they ^were formerly acquanted with John Angel her deseased [or deceased] husband - that he was a pensioner

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of the United States for services rendred in the War of the Revolution  that the said Jno and Mary Angel lived together as Man & wife, ocupying a credible position in society.  that they had a considerable family of Children  that the said John Angel was a Minister of the Gospel of high standing for Many Years and up to the time of his death which took place on or about the 5 July 1843 and that the said Mary is Still a Widow

Sworn to and subscribed this day & year first above Written before Me
[On the left side of the record:]  James S Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace] 

[On the right side of the record:] J Cowles
A W. Martin [or Marten]                              

State of North Carolina) SS 
Yadkin County) I Thomas. S. Martin Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Yadkin county and State aforesaid do cirtify that John A Davis and Jas. S. Grant  are Majestrates as above, and that the foregoing Signitures purporting to be theirs are Genuine  

[On the left side of the record, there appears to be what looks like the faint round imprint of a seal.]  In testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed My Seal of Office and Subscribed My Name this 16 day of June 1855
T. S. Martin, C.C.A.
by [here the first initial could be Z. or N. or W.] A. Joyce, D.C. [probably meaning Deputy Clerk]

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June 2, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. M. M. Reno
5052 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa

[Near the top right side of the typewritten page, there is:] 
JOHN ANGEL [with what looks like a nearby scribble mark in pencil]
W. 20622
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the  record of John Angel who served in the Revolutionary War from Surry County, North Carolina, for which he received pension.

His record follows as found in pension claim, W. 20622, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Angel was born in June, 1762, in Stokes, formerly part of Surry County, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not given.

While residing on Dan River, in Surry County, North Carolina, John Angel enlisted the last of November, or the first of December, 1779, and served until March 25, 1780, as a substitute private for Charles Angel (relationship not stated), in Captain Salatheel Martin's company, Colonel Hampton's North Carolina regiment.  He enlisted in June, 1780, and served three months as first sergeant in Captain Bostick's company, was in the battle of Camden and was wounded in his left arm.

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.]

He enlisted the first part of September, 1780, and served six weeks in Captain Minor Smith's company, Colonel Campbell's North Carolina regiment.  He and a companion were sent by General Martin Armstrong to carry and deliver an express to General Davidson who was then in South Carolina, to request aid at the battle of Kings Mountain, but General Davidson being attacked next morning by the British under Lord Cornwallis, he remained with him during the battle and continued with him until their arrival at Salisbury when he returned home.

He was afterwards called out several times on tours of one week each under Captain Bostick.  He enlisted about September 1, 1781, and served as light horseman under Captain Hill and was in two battles at Wilmington.  He and Captain Kennedy were chosen to carry the flag to the British as the Brick House, near Wilmington, to summon them to surrender the house, and served two months on this tour; length of service in all eleven months fifteen days.

In 1802, he moved from Stokes County to Surry County, North Carolina, where he was a minister of the Baptist Church at Flat Rock, and where he

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was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1833.  He died July 5, 1843, in Surry County, North Carolina.

John Angel married about the month of February, 1779, or February 25, 1781, Mary Griner, both dates of marriage given.  The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown. 

Soldier's widow, Mary Angel, was allowed pension on her application executed August 17, 1843, at which time she stated that she was aged eighty-three years and was a resident of Surry County, North Carolina.

In 1850, it was stated that they reared a large family of children, the oldest of whom was Mathias who then was aged about sixty-eight years; no other names of children were given.

In 1855, it was stated that soldier's widow, Mary Angel, was aged eight-nine years, with no explanation of the discrepancy.  She was then a resident of Yadkin County, North Carolina, and died July 21, 1857.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
-2-

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[On the upper left side of this record, are the following entries written in dark ink:]

1931-Aug. 27- Hist. to Mrs. Clinton C. Cox. - MLB. 
1934, Feb. 10-Hist to Harry Z. Tucker - MLB
1937, June 2 - Hist. to Mrs. M. M Revis - MLB.

[On the right side of this record:]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20622
Mary Angel
Widow of John Angel
Sergt Rev. War
________
Act July 4th 1836
Index:-Vol. A, Page 15-
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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[This document is dark, and has some tears and torn edges.]

Let [Letter] to Hon. D. S. Reid [or Reed]
May 7, 1844
To same March 10/45 [1845]
" [meaning To, or Let to, or Letter to] Josiah Cowles 8th Decr 1849
Hon J. P. Caldwell 25 Sept 1850
J. [here the following surname appears to have possibly been originally written out as Cowels, but was overwritten to read Cowlls or Comlls] 28 Oct 1850
Let J. Cowles June 3/51 [1851]

[In the same dark ink handwriting, but with larger letters and figures:] 
May [or Mary] Angel N.C, July 4, 1836

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[There appears to be a check mark in pencil near the top left corner of this record.] 6123
Mary Angel
N,C,
Act July 4, 36 [1836]
______________________

Allowed.
Sergt. [or possibly Serg 0, meaning 0 years] m 10 [10 months] days 20   $42.23
______________________

Mary Angel
from Augt-1. '43 [1843]
[here the word "to" was partially smudged]

J. Cowles
Hamptonville
N.C.

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Hamptonville NC
Nov 16 [flourish]  [Here there is a thick dark line, with a squiggle above, perhaps meaning To]

J. S, [or J. L. or I. L. or I. S,] Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Pension Office 
Washington City

[On the left side of this record, opposite the above address to Edwards, there are these:]

Nov 20/[illegible]
Mary Angel [or Angell]

[On the left side of the document, running mostly upside-down, but partially diagonally, is a penciled notation:] N  W. Allison

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[in pencil:] Sep 20/ [the next scribble is illegible, but ?possibly meant] 50 [as in 1850]
_____________________________________________________
Mary Angel.
Melinda Peonix
N.C. - [the next word is illegible, but possibly] Acts 38 & 36

[Written diagonally in larger, darker penciled notation:] Immediate attention
[in lighter pencil] of [possibly W or Mr] Ames

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Mrs. Poenix and Mrs. Angel
N. Carolina Revolutionary [clearly written word or abbreviation looks like Cavs] 
Report to Hon. J P. Caldwell H.R. [probably meaning House of Representatives]

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This day Appeared in Open court Daniel [or David] Cockeram [or Cookeram] and Made Oath in Due form of Law.  that he is Personaly acquainted with John Angel who has Signed. the foregoing Declaration. and that he was with him at Camden in the [illegible] of 1780.  and that the said John Angel was there and Served faithfuly in the American Army as he belives for three Months.  Also he was [the following word appears to be:] under Gen Rutheford  Down to Wilmington in 1781 in the fall and the sd John Angel was then [or there] in the American Army and as he [the next word is partially blocked by paper, but appears to have been:] believes Srved faithfuly two months  Sworn to in Open court this 12 day of Feb 1833- 

[In lighter ink, and different handwriting:]  Danieel Cockerham. [with "his X mark" between the first and surname.]

Test [Testator, meaning witness] John Wright [or Waight] CA [or CC, possibly meaning Clerk of Court] 

[In light ink:] We Certify that we are well Acquainted with Daniel [or Danieel] Cockerham and Consider him a man of Undoubted Veracity

Wm. C. [or Wm. L.] Dobson [the next letters appear to be:] JP [possibly meaning Justice of the Peace]
Wm C Martin JP [probably meaning Justice of the Peace]
Mallory Smith

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State of North Carolina)
Surry County)  Be it Known that on this 21st day of July 1851 Personaly appeared before Me M. Y.  [or M. G.] Folger a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid.  William D. Jefferson a credible Person and made oath in due form of Law that he is well acquainted with Mary Angel Widow of John Angel Decd late a Pensioner of the United States. that he Saw the old Lady on yesterday. that She was in her usual heath [or health] and Still a Widow

Sworn and Subscribed on the day and Year first above written before Me 
M Y [or M G] Folger JP  [Justice of the Peace]    Wm D. Jofferson

State of North Carolina)
Surry county)  I Francis K Armstrong Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for Surry county do certify that. M. Y. [or M. G] Folger is a Majistrate as above.  that I also am Well acqiianted with Mary Angel. Widow of John Angel  Decd [or Disd] late a Pensonr of the United States and belive her still to be alive and a Widow.  

[To the left of the following text, is a small square peice of paper which looks like it was placed over what appears to be an impression of a round seal of office.  Faint lettering can be read which says "Surry County Court  North Carolina."]  In testamny Wherreof I have hereunto affixed My Seal of Office and Subscribed my name this 21. day of July 1851
F. K. Armstrong clk [clerk]

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6123
Mary Angel
N.C.
act 4 July '36 [1836]

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State of North carolina)
Surry county)  I Francis K Armstrong Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter Session opened and held for Said county according to law on 14th day of August 1843 Do certify that the court orderig that Satisfactory evidence was this day interduced that the declaration over the Signature of Mary Angel is genuine and that She [the next word is blotted and overwritten, but was the word:] is the widow of John Angel Desd a united States pensioner and that from Satisfactory [the next word is partially blotted, but appears to have been:] prooff [proof] thay were legally married at the time Set forth in the - foregoing declaration and that She is a respictpable person and to be believed on [the next word could be either  "oath" or "such"] oath and that hir bodelly infirmity is Such that She can not leave hir residince to ------ gow to the court house to make hir declaration   

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text easier to read.]

I further Certify. that the Justice Levi Coppell [or Cappell, sometimes seen as Chappell] whose name appers to the forgoing declaration. & affidavets [or affidavits]  is and was at the time of testation an acting Justice duly quallified and commissioned according to Law and due faith and credit aught [or ought] to give to his official act, [or acts] as Such

In testamoney [here the words "whare off" were changed to:] whare of I have here unto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of office in Rockford on the 18th day of Augt 1843
F K Armstrong Clk [Clerk]

[Near the left bottom part of the page, there is a small squared piece of paper covering what appears to be an underlying seal.]

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Brief in the case of Mary Angel
Surry County and State of N. Carolina
act July 4, '36 [1836]
____________________________________

Claim, ("original," [here "or "for increase." is crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
parole evidence
____________________________________

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

[On the left bottom part of the document:] 
Name and residence of Agent.
J. Cowles
Hamptonville
North Carolina

[On the right bottom part of the record:]
F. H. Davidge
Examining Clerk.

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May Angel
N C

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Hamptonville NC. July 22d /57 [1857]

Jas E Heath Esq)
Comr [probably meaning Commissioner] of Pensions)

Dr [Dear] Sir agreeable to advicse from your Dept I now send [illegible word from torn paper edge] affidavit Shewing that Mrs. Mary Angel is Still alive.  hoping that this will prove Satisfactory & that a certifficate in her favor will be Speedily issued.  I Subscribe myself 
Your obt [obedient[ Servt [Servant]

Josiah Cowles
[flourish]

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Hamptonville NC Nov 16/49 [1849]
J. S. [or J. L.] Edward Esq)
Comr of Pensions)
Washington DC)

Dr Sir I beg to call your earnest attention to the Application of Mrs. Mary Angel.  On file in your Office.  I enclosed You the Depositions of an Old and Respectable Couple Mr and Mrs. Huldah Walker Who you will See. have known the parties through a Long Life.  even from the time of their Merrije to the time of [the next word may be:] Mr Angels Death And And [or posssibly And Are] Still Well acquanted with the Widow.  [Here the following word is hard to read, but may have been:] Never in the Whole time having lived Out of the County - 

[Occasional spacing has been added to make the long text block easier to read.]

were it deemed Necessary hundred of respectable persons could be produced [illegible] from the Credibity of this OId Couple [Walkers] and also to the Pious Standing of the Angels.  the Old Lady Angel is Now much in Need of the small pittance really her due but for a long time [here the following word is underlined] withheld  

I beg leave to crave a Spedy action in her case

I would also respectfully call Your Attention to the case of Mrs Poinix [or Poniex or Poniix] 
Widow of Overton Pinnix [or Ponnx or Poeinx]

This is also another Old Lady Mrs Anthny Widow of the Late James Anthny [here the next two words are underlined:] Who Served faithfully 7 long years in the War and whose Widow is left to die a pauper- Will you please point out to her what is the defiency in her Case 

Respectfully 
Josiah Cowles

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Ho: Rep's, [probably meaning House of Representatives]
Washington, March 22d, 1844 -

Sir, 
I have the honor to enclose you herewith the Pension Declaration of Mrs. [here her name is underlined] Mary Angel.  If any further proof should be necessary let me know, that I may inform her that she may be able to get further testimony.  Let me know the results.  

I am, very respectfully, 
Your obt. [obedient] Sert [Servant]
David S. Reid [or Reed] 

Hon. J. L. [or I. L. or J. S. or I. S.]  Edwards.

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[At the top left hand side of the document] Hamptonville NC)
March 12)  [followed by a flourish]

[On the right hand top side of the record] Free
Official Business

J. S. [or J. L.] Edwards [or Edward] Esq [or Esqr]
Comr [probably meaning Commissioner] of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City

[Near the lower left side, written perpendicularly:] March 18:1850 
Add: Evid. [probably meaning Additional Evidence]
Case.
Mary Angel

[In very faint pencil, there is what possibly be:] Mr Ames
[In very light pencil]  N C 36

[Near the bottom, there is what appears to be a small circle of wax, substantially covered by a small triangular piece of white paper.]

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Hamptonville NC March 11 [or 21] / 57 [or 50, possibly meaning 1857 or 1850]

J, L, [or J, S,] Edward [or Edwards]
Cmr [probably meaning Commissioner] of Pensions

Dr [Dear] Sir I enclosed you Capt John Wright's affidavit which together with Mr & Mrs Walkers heretofore sent.  I do hope will be considered Sufficient to Establish the Marriage of John & Mary [or Marry] Angel  
please let me hear from you at your earliest Convenience

Respectully,
J Cowles

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Mary Angel
N C

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Hamptonville NC Feb 19 [or 17] / 51 [or 57, possibly meaning either 1851 or 1857]
Jas E Heath Esq)
Comr [probably meaning Commissioner] of Pensions)

Sir some time Since I furnished additional testamy [probably meaning testimony] in the case of Mary Angel an applicant for Pension.  Since Which time I have not heard from you on the Subject of her Pension Claim  She is a very old Lady and Much Needs it  let me intrust you to give the case your earliest Attention. and apprise Me of the result by Mail

Respectvully
J Coules [probably meaning J Cowles or Josiah Cowles]

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[Handwritten letter in ink]
Stokesdale, N.C.
Feby. 5, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:

Will you please give me what information. you have relative to John [here the surname is underlined with what appears to have been a grease pencil] Angel, of Surry County, North Carolina, a soldier in the Revolutionary War?  Thank you.

Harry Z. Tucker

[A postage dial stamped impression with numbers on an outer dial, shows that this letter was:] "RECEIVED FEB 7 1934" [possibly at 2 pm since an arrow on the numerical dial points at the number 2.]  "MAIL SUB-DIV, [here some of the following words or abbreviations are faint, but it may say?] VETS. ADM [illegible] 5

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[Typed letter]
1205 Glendale Ave,
Durham, North Carolina.
July 27, 1931.

[To the left side of the page:] Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
[To the right side, written in pencil, is what appears to be:] 6 exam

Dear Sirs;  
In the published Census of Pensioners for 1840, Surry County North Carolina,  [here there is what looks like a check mark made in pencil] John [and here the following surname is underlined with what appears to have been a grease pencil] Angel is shown to have received a pension.  I would appreciate having a copy of this record or the family history contained in these papers, as well as information pertaining to John [here the following surname is underlined with what appears to have been a grease pencil] Davis from Caswell Co, N.C.

Thanking you for this favor, I am
Very truly yours, 

[handwritten name and address]
Mrs. Clinton C. Cox.
1205 Glendale Ave.
Durham
North Carolina

[Slightly below the middle of the record, on the left side, is an upside-down oval stamped impression:]
REVOLUTION___[partially illegible] 1812 WARS
JUL 28 1931
BU______ [probably meaning Bureau] OF PENSIONS

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[Handwritten letter]

Des Moines IA
May 9-1937

Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington.

Dear Sir:

Please send me the Rev. war Record, based on pension claims- including if possible names of parents and children, of [here the following name is underlined in what looks like grease pencil] John Angel private - Surry Co. N.C. 
Pensioned 1831- 1840 

[On the right side of the page, there is a handwritten notation, apparently in pencil, which says:] M. [the following mark is illegible, but could have been a T.] B -

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[continuation of handwritten letter]
And oblige
Yours truly -
Maud C. Reno
(Mrs. M. M. Reno)
5052 Ingersoll Ave,
Des Moines, Iowa

[Below there is a stamped impression showing an arrow pointed at 1, perhaps having meant 1 p.m.]
RECEIVED 
MAY 12 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM 
READER # 8

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[Near the top right side of the page:] February 10, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[Near the left top of the page:] Mr. Harry Z. Tucker
Stokesdale
North Carolina

[On the right side of the page, appears:] JOHN ANGEL
W. 20622
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter of February 5, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Angel, of Surry County, North Carolina.

His record follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 20622, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

John Angel was born in June, 1762, in Stokes (formerly Surry) County, North Carolina;  the names of his parents are not shown.

While residing on Dan River, in Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted the last of November, or the first of December, 1779, and served until March 25, 1780, as a substitute private for Charles Angel (relationship not stated), in Captain Salatheel Martin's company, Colonel Hampton's North Carolina regiment.  He enlisted in June, 1780, and served three months as first sergeant in Captain Bostick's company, was in the battle of Camden and was wounded in his left arm.  

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.] 

He enlisted the first part of September, 1780, and served six weeks in Captain Minor Smith's company, Colonel Campbell's North Carolina regiment.  He and a companion were sent by General Martin Armstrong to carry and deliver an express to General Davidson who was then in South Carolina, to request aid at the battle of Kings Mountain, but General Davidson being attacked next morning by the British under Lord Cornwallis, he remained with him during the battle and continued with him until their arrival at Salisbury when he returned home.

He was afterwards called out several times on tours of one week each under Captain Bostick.  He enlisted about September 1, 1781, and served as light horseman under Captain Hill, was in two battles at Wilmington.  He and Captain Kennedy were chosen to carry the flag to the British

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at the Brick House, near Wilmington, to summon them to surrender the house, and served two months on this tour;  length of service in all eleven months and fifteen days.

In 1802 he moved from Stokes County, to Surry County, North Carolina, where he was a minister of the Baptist Church at Flat Rock, and where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1833.

He died about July 5, 1843, in Surry County, North Carolina.

John Angel married about the [here the following word was originally typed as "months" but the "s" was erased and now appears as:] month of February, 1779, or February 25, 1781, Mary Griner, both dates of marriage given.

Soldier's widow, Mary Angel, was allowed pension on her application executed August 17, 1843, at which time she stated that she was eighty-three years of age and a resident of Surry County, North Carolina.

In 1850, it was stated that they reared a large family of children, the oldest of whom was Mathias, who at that time was about sixty-eight years old;  no other names were given.

In 1855, it was stated that the widow, Mary, was eighty-nine years of age and a resident of Yadkin County, North Carolina,  She died July 21, 1857.  

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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Washington  August 27 , 1931

Mrs. Clinton C. Cox
1205 Glendale Avenue
Durham, North Carolina

[On the upper right side of the page:]  Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
MLB

Dear Madam:

Your are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20622, that John Angel was born in June, 1762, or 1763, in Stokes (formerly Surry) County, North Carolina.

While living on Dan River, in Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted the last of November, or the first of December,  1779, and served until March 25, 1780, as a substitute private for Charles Angel (relationship not stated) in Captain Salatheel Martin's company, Colonel Hampton's North Carolina regiment.  He enlisted in June, 1780, and served three months as first sergeant in Captain Bostick's company, was in the battle of Camden and was wounded in his left arm.  He enlisted the first part of September, 1780, and served six weeks in Captain Minor Smith's company, Colonel Campbell's North Carolina regiment.  

[Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.]

He and a companion were sent by General Martin Armstrong to carry and deliver an express to General Davidson who was then in South Carolina, to request aid at the battle of Kings Mountain, but General Davidson being attacked next morning by the British under Lord Cornwallis, he remained with him during the battle and continued with him until their arrival at Salisbury when he returned home.  

He was afterwards called out several times on tours of one week each under Captain Bostick.  He enlisted about September 1, 1781, and served as light horseman under Captain Hill, was in two battles at Wilmington.  He and Captain Kennedy were chosen to carry the flag to the British at the Brick House, near Wilmington, to summon them to surrender the house, and served two months on this tour; length of service in all eleven months and fifteen days.

In 1802 he moved from Stokes County to Surry County, North Carolina, where he was a minister of the Baptist Church at Flat Rock, and where he was living when he was allowed pension on

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his application executed February 12, 1833.

He died about July 5, 1843, in Surry County, North Carolina.

Soldier married about the month of February, 1779, or February 25, 1781, Mary Griner; both dates of marriage are given.

She was allowed pension on her application executed August 17, 1843, at which time she stated that she was eighty-three years of age and a resident of Surry County, North Carolina.

In 1850 it was stated that they reared a large family of children, the oldest of whom was Mathias, who at that time was about sixty-eight years old;  no other names were given.

In 1855 it was stated that the widow, Mary, was eighty-nine years of age and resident of Yadkin County, North Carolina.  

The widow, Mary, died July 21, 1857.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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[It is unknown why the following data, re Corporal Joseph Angel, of the Rhode Island line, who apparently was issued Warrant Number 2916 for 100 acres on Apr. 20, 1790, appears as the last image in the current file of Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20622 for John Angel, N.C., and his widow Mary, and their B L Wt. 30602-160-55.  At this time it is unknown to current transcriber if there was any connection between the two men, John Angel, of N.C., and Joseph Angel, of Rhode Island, or not.]   

[Printed form with handwritten entries]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME [handwritten] Angel, Joseph 
GRADE [handwritten] Corporal
LINE  [handwritten] Rhode Island

WARRANT NUMBER [handwritten] 2916
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED  [handwritten] Apr. 20, 1790 to Joseph Angel
_____
[Printed]  *The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.