Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8413, Charles Elms, N.C.

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[col 1][header/]SERVICE[/header]
N.C.
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Elms, Charles
      or
Ellam
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[col 3/][header/]NUMBER[/header]
S. 8413
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[col 4/]CONTENTS[/col 4]

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32.998
North - Carolina
Charles Elms, deed,
of  [[blank]]  in the State of  [[blank]]
who was a  Private  in the  [[blank]]  commanded
by Captain  [[blank]]  of the  [[blank]]  commanded
by  [[blank]]  in the  Revolution -

line for
   [[five-point star]] N.C. Line
Records completed  [on]  Oct. 11, 1904.

<hr />

Inscribed on the Roll of   Fayetteville
at the rate of  80  Dollars  --  Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.  <insert>and Ending</insert>
6th January 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the  9.  day of
March 1852  and  sent to
<right> Col. J. Y. Bryant. present.</right>

Arrears to the 4th of  [[blank]]

Semi-annual allowance ending  [[blank]]


<right>[[brace]] Revolutionary Claim, [[brace]]</right>
<right>[[brace]] Act June 7, 1832 [[brace]]</right>

<b>Recorded by</b>  R. Mc. Rae  --  <b>Clerk</b>
<b>Book<b/>   E .  <b>Vol.</b>   6 1/2   <b>Page</b>  53

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Application for a
New Certificate of
Pension by
Charles Elms .

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[[handwritten letter/]]

State of N Carolina
Mecklenburg County

<indent> On This 7th day of
December 1821   before me,  the so bonded [?]
A Justice of the peace for the said County
of Mecklenburg.  Personally appeared,  Charles
Elms who on his oath declare that
he is the same person who former [?]  belonged
to the Company Commanded by Captain John
Rhodes in the regiment Commanded
By Col. Jethro Sumner,  in the service of
the United States.  That his name was placed
on the pension roll of No. Carolina.  further
more rec'd. a formal Certificate and now
works to [[illegible]] over

<right>
[[brace]]  his
[[brace]]  Charles   (( X ))  Elms
[[brace]] mark]]

[[illegible]] to and subscribed before
me this day and year aforesaid.

[[signature]] Wm. Davidson [[signature]]

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[Certificate of Service/]
[[handwritten/]]
State of No. Carolina
<indent /> I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions held for the County of Mecklenburg
in the State of aforesaid,  Do hereby certify that
William Davidson Esquire before whom the written
deposition was Sworn to and Subscribed is and
was at the time of attesting the same as acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
qualified,  that all his faith and Credit 
ought to be given to his affirmed debts.

<right />  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
my office the 7th day of December 1821

[[signature/]] Issac Alexander [???] [[/signature]]
[[/handwritten]]
[/Certificate of Service]
              <br />
[Affidavit of Confirmation/]
[[handwritten/]]
State of N Carolina
Mecklenburg County
<indent /> I Samuel McComb,  a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County of Mecklenburg &
Chairman of the County Court,  do hereby Certify that
Isaac Alexander,  who signed the above Certificate is and
was at the time he signed the same,  the Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,  of said County of Mecklenburg.
And does forth & Court is done to his [[illegible]]
as such.

<indent /> Given under my hand and seal this 8th
day of January 1822 'd.
<right /> [[Signature]] Samuel McComb {Chairman C.C} [[/Signature]]
[[/handwritten]]
[/Affidavit of Confirmation]

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State of N. Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
<indent /> Be it known, That on this
8th day of November A.D. 1851,  before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State
aforesaid,  personally appeared William W Elms,  a resident
of Charlotte in the County of Mecklenburg,  and made
oath in due form of law that he is the son [of] Charles Elms
who made application for a pension and was allowed
at the rate of   [[blank]]   per annum,  that he has been
informed that said pension ought to be increased,
that he is directly intestate as a claimant in said
pension,  and makes this affidavit to be filed with
such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent
may use in prosecuting such Claim.---
     <indent>Sworn to and subscribed the day }
     <indent>and year aforesaid,  before me      }            <right /> [[signed]] W.W. Elms {s}[seal] [[/signed]] 
      <indent>[[signed]] Wm. Hunter,  J. P. [[/signed]]
I  William Hunter  a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid,  do hereby certify that Wm. W. Elms
who executed the foregoing paper is a very respectable resident
of this county,  and is,  I believe directly interested in said claim
as therein set forth ---                   <right /> [[signed]] Wm. Hunter  J.P. [[/signed]]

<br />

I  Braly Oates,  Clerk of the County Court of the County and
State aforesaid,  do hereby certify that  William Hunter
before whom the foregoing papers were executed was at the
date of the same,  a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly authorized by law to administer oaths,  and the name
thereto subscribed is his signature.---
<right />In testimony whereof,  I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of office this
8th day of November A.D. 1851__ 
<right /> [[signed]] B. Oates  Clerk of
                                       Mecklenburg Co. Court [[/signed]]

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State of N. Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
                          <indent> Know all men by these presents,
That I,  William W. Elms of the County of Mecklenburg and
State of N. Carolina,  do hereby constitute and appoint
John Y Bryant ____    My true and lawful Attorney
and Agent to prosecute the Claim of  Charles Elms  for
any amount of Revolutionary [[inserted]]Pension[[/inserted]] or increase of Pension that
may be due;  and I hereby authorise my said Agent to examine
all the papers and documents in relation to said
Claim,  on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere,
to file additional evidence or arguments,  and to receive
the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim,
which Certificate I wish made payable to  William
F. Davidson  to appoint one or more substitutes
under him for the purposes herein expressed,  and to do
all things that I might or could do were I personally
present,  hereby satisfying and confirming all that my
said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
<right /> Witness my hand and seal
This 8th day of November A.D. 1851__                                              <right />[[signed]] W.W. Elms  {S} [[/signed]]
Signed & Sealed in presence of
    [[signed]] Wm Hunter,  J. P. [[/signed]]
State of N. Carolina  }
Mecklenburg County }
On this 8th day of November A.D. 1851__ before me,  the
subscriber,  a Justice of the Peace,  in and for the County
aforesaid,  personally appeared  William W Elms  and
acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be
his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned__
<indent>In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand the day and year aforesaid___
<right />[[signed]] Wm. Hunter,  J. P. [[/signed]]

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State of  N. Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }

<right indent />It is hereby Certified that
satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before
me  Bruly Oates  Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions  in and for the County aforesaid,
at my office,  that  Charles Elms  late of said
County,  was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate
of    [[blank]]    per annum,  and that he died on the
5th day of January__  eighteen hundred and
thirty five  .  having [[inserted]]no widow[[/inserted]] surviving him [[inserted]]but left[[/inserted]] the following
surviving children of the aforesaid Charles Elms---
<right>
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of Office this
8th day of November A.D. 1851_
[[signed]]B. Oates  Clerk of
Mecklenburg Co. Courts[[/signed]]
</right>
          <br />
   State of N. Carolina }    Superior Court of Law
Mecklenburg County }    Fall Term    AD.    1851 ---
<indent />It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence
has been exhibited before me  Jennings B Kerr  Clerk of
the Superior Court of Law for Mecklenburg County in the state
aforesaid,  in open Court,  that  Charles Elms  late of said
County,  was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at
the rate of    [[blank]]    per annum,  and that he died on the
5th day of January,  eighteen hundred and thirty five,  leaving
no widow surviving him,  but he left the following
named children  viz :  John,  Ezekiel,  Rebecca,  Lucinda  and
William W Elms,  who are the only surviving children of the aforesaid
Charles Elms,---  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
affixed my seal of Office this  15  day of November 1851.  [[signed]] J. B. Kerr  CUSC [[/signed]]

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            North Carolina
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             Charles Ellam
                    Private
        of the U. States Army.
|--------------------------------------|
 Subscribed on the roll of the
 North Carolina Agency at
 $5 60/100 [$5.60] p'r. month.
|--------------------------------------|
  Journal certificate issued
  28th January 1822,  and went
  to Isaac Alexander, Esq'r.
  at Charlotte, N. C.
    --------------------
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[left-bottom]
Invalid

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<center>Dead</center>
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 [[nil]]   | Paid at the Treasury
  under | the Act of the 6 April
 1838.   | from  4 Sept 1835 to the
      6      | January 1836.__ the day
     of      | his death. ___ Agt. notified
    25      | Sept 1838 .
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[[handwritten]] 8413 [[/handwritten]]
[[margin-left]] [Redhran?] [[/margin-left]]

[[big]][[b]]INVALID.[[/b]][[/big]]

[[hr]]
[[margin-right]] am [[/margin-right]]

File No. ____8413_________

______Charles Elms_______
     
               __Priv__Rev__War__
[[hr]]

[[indent]]Act : _June_7th____1832

Index : {em} Vol. _[rev?]_,  Page __113__

[[center]]{Arrangement of 1870.][[/center]]

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[[center]]STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,[[/center]]
[[center]]OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.[[/center]]

[[pre]]I,  WILLIAM HILL,  Secretary of State,  in and for the State of North Carolina,  do   hereby cer-
tify,  that it appears from the  muster-rolls of the Continental line  of this State, in the  Revolutionary
War,  that [[/pre]] Charles Elms a private Soldier  [[pre]]in Capt.[[/pre]]  Rhodes'
.....................................[[pre]]Company of the[[/pre]]  tenth  [[pre]]Regiment,  entered the service on the[[/pre]] . . . .
[[pre]]day of[[/pre]]  . . . . .   [[pre]]17[[pre]]  81 . . . [[pre]]for the term of[[/pre]]  twelve months,  and that it
is said of him on said rolls,  "Time out 12th April
1782".


[[right]] [[pre]]Given under my hand this[[/pre]]  30th  [[pre]]day of[[/pre]]  January  [[pre]]18[[/pre]]  52 [[pre]] . [[/pre]]  1852
[[signed]]W. Hill Secretary
of State
~~~~~~~~
[[/right]]

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[[right-align]] Washington City [[/right-align]]
[[right-align]] February 18th 1852 [[/right-align]]

Sir.
[[indent]] Herewith I transmit to you the Certificate of Wm. J. Clarke
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of N. Carolina
relative to the several payments made to Charles
Elms for Military services in the Revolutionary War.  viz :
Book A No. 11 page 61      .                 .                 .                .        £ 19 . S 2. D3 Specie
Book A. A. page 124  pay as private Soldier [[brace]]
               to April 20th 1779,  and interest to   [[brace]]    .    £ 66. S 6. D 5 Specie 
               1st Aug't. 1783    .            .            .           [[brace]]        __________________
Statement  B  of Comm'rs.  to  settle -   [[brace]]                  £ 85 S 8 . D 8 Specie
accounts of non commissioned Officers [[brace]]
of N. Carolina Line,   pay for services  [[brace]]
as private eight months and eighteen [[brace]]
days in 1781          .                    .                 . [[brace]]                  $ 63 . 63/100
[[indent]] Evidence in this case was filed by me on the
2nd Dec'r. 1851,  and the Cer't.  of the Sec'y of State of N. Carolina,
in relation to it,  on the 17th Ins't.
[[right-align]] I am,  Very respectfully, [[/right-align]]
[[right-align]] Your Obd't. Serv't. [[/right-align]]
[[right-align]] John Y. Bryant [[/right-align]]

Nov.
          J. E. Heath
               Comm'r.  of  Pensions .

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[[right-align]] State of North Carolina [[/right-align]]
[[right-align]] {   Comptroller's Office [[/right-align]]

I,  William J. Clarke,  comptroller of public accounts in
and for the State aforesaid,  do hereby certify that it appears
of record in my office,  among the payments made
by said State to sundry person,  for Military services
in the Revolutionary War,  as follows,  to wit:
Charles Elms
Book A. No. 11, page 61  ₤ 19 S 2 D 3  specie
Book A. A. page 124  pay as private soldier to April 20, 1779
and interest to August 1st. 1783  ₤ 66 S 6 D 5 ~ specie _____
Statement B of Commissioner to settle account,  of non-
commissioned officer,  of North Carolina Line, pay for
services as private eight months and eighteen days in
1781  $ 63 63/100  Sixty three dollars and sixty three cents ~
[[right]]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my
seal of office this 5th. day of February
A. D. 1852
[[signed]]Wm. J. Clarke  Compt'r.[[/signed]]
[[/right]]

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[[pre]] Brief in the case of [[/pre]]  Charles Elms, dec. late of
Mecklenburg    [[pre]]County and State of[[/pre]]  North Carolina
                                                         [[pre]]act[[/pre]]  7 June 1832

[[double-hr]]

[[pre]] Claim, ("original,"  
or  "for increase." )
[[/pre]]

[[pre]] Proof exhibited,  (if original. )[[/pre]]

[[pre]] Is it documentary ,  traditionary ,  or supported by rolls ?     If either,  state the substance. [[/pre]]

[[handwritten]] Record evidence of service [[/handwritten]]

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

[[whitespace /]]


[[pre]] Name and Residence of  Agent [[/pre]]
[[signed]] J. Y. Bryant 
                                 Regent [[/signed]]

[[right-align]] [[signed]] S. Cole [[/signed]]
                             [[pre]] Examining Clerk. [[/pre]]

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[Vertical half-sheet]

Charles Elms ,  dec'd.
            N. C.

[[strikethrough]]Admin D[[/strikethrough]]
Act of June 1832 ,

Admr  2 yrs for $ 80
per annum , comq
4 March 1831  vewq
6 January 1836
Payable to

John
Ezekiel
Wm W.
Rebecca &
Lucinda Elms
only surv'g children


Col. J. Y. Bryant
Regent

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[[align-right]]
Washington City
        December 2nd 1851
[[align-right]]

Sir.
[[indent]] Herewith I enclose to you the affidavit of
Wm. W. Elms  in relation to the claim of his Father
Chas. Elms  a Revolutionary Soldier,  for increase of
the Pension heretofore allowed,  accompanied by
a Power of Attorney from him to me,  to prosecute
such claim,  and to which I ask your early attention .
[[align-right]]
I am, very respectfully
Your Obd't. Serv't.
[[signed]] John Y. Bryant [[/signed]]

Hon :
[[signed]]  J. E. Heath 
Comm'sr. of Pensions [[signed]]

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[[vertical]] Col [[/vertical]]

[[vertical]] B [[/vertical]]

Hon:
Comm'sr. of Pensions
Present .

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Washington City
Nov'r. 29th 1857.

Sir.
      I have been requested to call your attention to the
Pension claim of Charles Elms who was a Private
in Capt. Jno. Rhodes Company,  in the Regiment
commanded by Col. Jethro Sumner, North Carolina,
who was allowed at the rate of $4.-- per month, from
the 4th Sept. 1835 to the 6th Jany. 1826, under the Act
6th April 1838.
                             The object not is to ascertain whether
this Pensioner, was not entitled to a greater Amt.
of Pension than received, and also to any arrearage
of Pay, Pension; and also Bounty land.
                                            I Am,  Very Respectfully
                                                  Your Obd't. Serv't.
                                                       John Y. Bryant

Hon:
        Comm'r.
             of Pensions.

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Washington City
February 17th 1852.

Sir.
         Herewith I enclose to you the Certificate of W. Hill
Secretary of State, of the State of N. Carolina "that Charles
" Elms a Private Soldier in Capt. Rhodes Company of the
" tenth Regiment, entered the Service on the . . . day of
" . . . 1781,  for the term of twelve months,  and that it is
" said of him on said rolls," "Time out 12th April 1782."
                   I respectfully request that said Certificate
may be placed with the other papers,  filed by me on
the 2nd Dec'r. last,  in support of the claim of the heirs
of said Charles Elms.
                                             Very respectfully
                                                  Your Obd't. Serv't.
                                                   John Y. Bryant

J. E. Heath Esq'r.
Comm'r. of Pensions.

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Mr. Edwards
For New Certificate
Rec'd. 26 Jan 1822

Hon'bl
                 John C Calhoun
                          Secretary of War
                                  Washington City
                                            D. C.

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Sept 21

Mr. Evans.

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Treasury Department,
                  Second  Comptroller's  Office,
          September 20, 1835.

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, " The children of Charles Ellams
deceased a Pensioner on the Invalid Roll of N. Carolina Agency,  at
the rate of four Dollars [and] ---- [cents]
per [annum, under the ban of the] month - have
been paid at this Department,  from the 4th of Sept. 1835,
to the 6th of January 1836, the day of his
death.
                              Respectfully,  yours,
                           Albion K. Parris
                            Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                                                Present.