Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,736, Zaceous Corley, S.C.

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(8-1776)
Service: SC. Corley, Zaceous. Number: S. 16.736

Born in N.C 
carded

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6864 [Handwritten]
Alabama
Zaceous Corley
[illegible] of Bibb Co. in the State of Alabama who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Basse of the Rgt commanded by Col Hammond in the Militia S.W. line for 1. year
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 40. Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of March 1873. and sent to Selma
Hon. W. King, Senate M.
Arrears to the 4th of March/33. 80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept/33 20.00
$100.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Francis F Franciosi clerk
Book 0 Vol. 10 Page 199
[illegible] Jan. 19. 18[missing]
Order to pay 27th month [missing]
Paid at the Treasury under Item Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt notified 25 Jauy 1839.
S.Item to [illegible] Aud has 5 Jauy 1841. Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sep 1839. Agt notified
QB Haley 1841.
Letter to Honble WW Payne HofR and [illegible]. June 13th 1842.
Par of act above from 4th Sept 1839; LA March 4th 1841. Agent notified June 24th 1842
Letter to Pen Agt. 25 Jauy 1843
To Mobile from 4th Marth 1842 30.Jauy 1843. Notification to Pension Agent.

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The State of Alabama Bibb County } Ss
On this 3d day of December personally appeared in open Court before me The Honorable Thomas Crawford Judge of the County Court of said County now sitting [illegible] Corley - a resident of Bibb County of the State of Alabama aged about 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated
Some time in the month of May 1780 he entered a volunteer in the service under Captain John Mitchel His Col's name was Hammonds and His Majors name was Pisvis their Christian names he does not recollect He under those offices joined General Greens Army at Caimbridge in South Carolina and remained there about two weeks and then joined the light horse under Captain Solomon Pope and served with him until he took the small pose and was taken a prisoner by the tories while sick and was much wounded and abused by them. Starling Turner was the lieutenant of said company and took the command as captain after Captain Solomon Pope was taken prisoner and he continued in the service under Captain Turner until he was killed and all of his company that happened to be with him at that time this deponent states that at the time this occurence took

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place this deponent and several others that belonged to that company was sick and left behind while their Captain attempted to make a small skirmish after the tories & fell himself all that was with him [illegible] and were all lost this occurence took place about the last of may as well as this deponent can recolect in the year 1781 - this deponent had then been volunteerly in the service without any intermission about two weeks under Captin Mitchel about four months under Captain Pope and about eight months under Captain Turner - He then after a few days illness recovered his heath and sometime in the first of June 1781 entered the service under Captain Mitchel Watson Captain of a light horse Company and served under him until about the first of January 1782 ^at which time Capt Watson was killed then returned home and in a few days afterwards entered the service under Captain William Butler and remained under him in the service until peace was made - that he was in no general engagement but was in several small attacks of the tories the principal one was under Captain Watson at the time he was killed on Edesto River in Oringburg District in the state of South Carolina - That he resided in Edgefield District in the state of South Carolina when he entered the service and that he was a volunteer and remained in the state of South Carolina during the time he was in service and was kept generally in the lower Districts to guard against the tories - that he was with Gen" Greens Army about two weeks & knew him but did not know the other Continental officers

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that were with him That during the remainder of his service he was under the state officers That during the time he was with Gen Green at Caimbridge at continental fire was kept up betwen his army and the British without coming to a battle, and one night Gen'l Green formed a plan to take the fort and Drafted from the regulars a certain number of men and divided those drafted into three companies and had each soldier in each of the three companies furnished with a torch; he them ordered a general fire of cannon & small army and at the same time each company ran forward to set the fort on fire with the torches but failed and were all killed; That he has no documentary evidence to prove his services and that he can only at this time procure the evidence of [illegible] Godwin, John Smetty, Abel Gintry & Thomas Davis to testify to facts and circumstances to support his own Declaration which evidence of said persons is anexed to this Declaration
Zaccaeus Corley his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year afforesaid
Wiliams Caddell Clerk

We William Cottingam a clergeman residing in the County of ^Bibb and State of Alabama and Williams Caddell residing in the County of Bibb and state afforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zaccaeas Carley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 70 years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and have never heard the fact disputed
William Cottingham
Williams Caddell
Sworn to this day & year afforesaid in open Court &c subscribed
Williams Caddell Clerk

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The following are answers made by the said Corley after first being duly sworn to speak the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth in makeing the same to the questions propounded by the said Court contained in the printed form of Directions from the Secretary of War as they are there stated in order
Answer to 1 question, I was born in the State of North Carolina in the County of Chatham I believe in the year 1762
Ans 2 do I have none I calculate the year in which I was born by events, To wit, the age which I was said to be when I went to volunteer into the service the time I served which was about twenty five months as well as I can recolect, & the length of time since I left the army together with other facts. I know not of any register or record of my age
Ans 3 do, I lived in Edgefield District in the State of South Carolina and after the War I lived in the same District, until the year 1818 when I moved to this County then a Teritory now the state of Alabama, Bibb County where I now live
Ans 4 do, I went into the service some time in the month of May 1780 volunteerly I then wished to join the light horse company and after about two weeks service in the militia service I joined the light horse company volunteerly and remained in the service with the exception of a few weeks intermission so long as it was necessary to guard against the British and tories the tories being troublesome in South Carolina; we remained in the service some time after Lord Corn Wallis was taken to guard against the ravages of the Tories
Ans 5 do, I was only in the service about two weeks with Gen Green and his Troops I knew him when I saw him from the fact of looseing my horse about the time I went into service, and went to Gen Green for advice & assistance, I always knew him when I saw him afterwards but did not know any other Continental officers, after

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I joined the light horse we were never with any continental troops
Ans 6 do, I never applyed for a discharge and never received one
Ans7 do, Theophlius Goodwin, Abel Gentry Thomas Davis John Smethy 

We and each of us do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zaccarus Corley and that he is entitled to the credit of a man of truth and veracity in his neighborhood where he resides and that we from his general Character in connecion with the declaration which he was subscribed and the answers he has made to the questions propounded by the Court, Declare that we believe he was a soldier of the revolution
Theophilus Goodwin
John Smilly his mark
Abel Gentry
thomas Davis his mark
Sworn to in open Court Dec 3d 1832.
Williams Caddell 

I Theophilus Goodwin hereby certify that a short time after the Revlution, I removed from North Carolina and settled in Edgefield District in the state of South Carolina; That I have had several conversations with, Captain William Butler and he always speaks of Zaccaeus Corley in the highest terms as a soldier of the revolution That I lived in Edgefield District several years and the said Zaccaeus Corley always sustained the reputation in his neighborhood of a Revolutionary soldier and that I was personally

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acquainted with him there, and I believe from the acquaintance I have had with him for several years and his general character for truth and veracity, that he was a soldier of the revolution and served as stated by him in his declaration
Theophilibus Goodwin

Sworn to in open court Dec 3d-1832
Williams Caddell clk

I John Smelly hereby certify that I lived a neighbor to the said Zaccaeus Corley in Edgefield District in the state of South Carolina during the revolutionary war that the said Zaccaeus Corley was absent from home and was said to have been in the service of the United States in the state service; that he has [illegible] born the character of a revolutionary soldier in his neighborhood since that time and that from his general character for truth and veracity in his own neighborhood I believe he was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states in the above declaration
John Smelly his mark

Swor to and subscribed in open Court Dec 3d 1832 Williams Caddell clk

I Abel Gentry hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Zaceaus Corley ever since I can recolect, I was born in 1782 and raised a neighbor to said Zaceaeus Corley, and I have known him ever since and that his character has always been that of a revolutionary soldier and that from his character for truth and veracity I believe his Declaration is entitled to full credit and that he was a soldier of the revolutionary war and

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served as he stated win his Declaration
Abel Gentry

Swor to in open Court Dec 3d- 1832
Williams Caddell clk

I Thomas Davis hereby certify that I was acquainted with the said Zaceaes Corley in Edgefield District in the state of South Carolina during the revolutionary war & that I saw him once in the service and from his general character for truth and veracity I believe he was a soldier of the revolutionary war and served as he has stated in the above Declaration
Thomas Davis his mark

Sworn to in ioen Court Dec 3d- 1832
Williams Caddell clk

The State of Alabama Bibb County
I Thomas Crawford Judge of the County Court for said County after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department Declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolutionary war & served as he states. And the Court certifies that it appears that William Cottengem who signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident as he states and that Williams Caddell who also signed the same is a resident as he states (& is the Clerk of this Court) and a creditable person and that their statements are entitled to full credit
Tho. Crawford Judge Bibb County Court

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I Williams ^Caddell Clerk of the County Court of the County of Bibb and state of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original - proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zaccaeas Corley for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [crossed out]seal of private seal, their being no [illegible] seal of office of this County this the 3d day of December AD 1832
Williams Caddell clk seal

[sideways]1 year
King-
Senate
[illegible date]

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
[handwritten]January 8th, 1841

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," [handwritten]Zacheus Corley, a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten]Tuscaloosa, Al. Agency at the rate of [handwritten]Forty - Dollars and - Cents per annum, under the law of the [handwritten]7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the [handwritten]4th of March 1838, to the [handwritten]4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
[signed]Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Custom Hose
[illegible] Jany 17th 1843

Sir,
As there is no agent at Tuskaloosa for paying pensions at present, would it not be well to transfer a number more of the pensioners to this agency? It will be much more convenient to many of them, to receive their pay here, than at Tuskaloosa It will afford me pleasure to attend to the Duty of paying them-
Z Corley, and [illegible] Wallace of Bibb County request that, they may be transferd to this agency immediately-
You will oblige me much, if you will be so good as to inform me, whether you consider [illegible] B Hogan, late pension agent at this place a public defaulter or not. He informs me that, he has paid over the whole amt. due the U States, reserving 5 pr cents on the whole of his disbursements as pension agent, which he is determined to retain untill the Law compels him to pay it-
I am [illegible] very respectfully
your obtd servant
J. Perrins pen. agent

J L Edwards Eqsr
Commissioner of Pensions

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MADISONIAN OFFICE.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
[handwritten]June 15th, 1842

Sir: 
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," [handwritten]Zacheus Corley a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten]Tuskaloosa, Al. Agency, at the rate of [handwritten]Forty Dollars and - Cents per annum, under the law of the [handwritten] 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the [handwritten]4th of Sept. 1839, to the 4th March 1841-
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
[handwritten]January 16th, 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," [handwritten]Zaceous Corley, a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten]Mobile, Alabama, Agency, at the rate of [handwritten]Forty Dollars and - Cents per annum, under the law of the [handwritten] 7 June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the [handwritten]4th of Sept., 1837, to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Mobile Ala Dec 29 1836

J. L Edwards
Sir
I Enclose for examination the pension Vouchers of Dempsey Canoll, John Kennard, Zacheus Corley & Samuel Williams pensioners per act 7 June 1832
Very Respectfully your obt st
Geo F Gaines 
[illegible]

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16.736
INVALID.

No. 16, 736.
Zaceous Corley
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Vol. 1, Page 448

{Arrangement of 1870.}

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Free

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

[vertically left side]
[circular stamp]MOBILE
Jan 25 43
[illegible]

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Zacheus Corley Alabama 7. June 1832
$40
To what time last paid
Pension Office
[illegible] March 1838 pd. to the 4th Sep 1833
LH

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Zaceaus Corley Tuskaloosa Alabama
Act 7th June 1832 $40. per an
To what time was he paid?
pd. to 4 March 1842-3d yr not in JH

Pension Office
28th Jany 1843

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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

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Agents Office
Mobile 12 March 1838

Sir
Yours of the 8 & 20" [illegible] have been received. I enclose for your examination the Vouchers of Joshua Wilson, Henry Hart and Zachus Corley pensioners for act 7 June 1832.
Your Obdt. servt
Geo F Gaines 
[illegible]

J. L Edwards Esq
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City