Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,352, Isaac Feris, S.C.

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Service
S.C.

Feris, Isaac.

Number
S. 3,352

carded

This Envelope Includes 
H.J
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

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[The following is written on the left side of the page:]

19.482
West Tennessee
Isaac Feris
of Maury Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company command by Captain Cunningham of the regt command by Col. Howe in the S. C. militia for 1 yr 7 mo. & 5 days from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 63 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of September 1833 and Sent to Hon J. K. Polk. Columbia, 
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833      $159.70
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 34    31.94
                                $191.64
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm S Allison  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7   Page 78

[The following is written on the right side of the page:]

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sep 1839 to 20 Feby 1840.  Agent notified 29. July 1841.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Tennessee  }
Maury County  }   On this the 24th day of September, 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Wm B. Reese, one of the Chancellors of the said state in the Court of Chancery now sitting, Isaac Feris a resident of Maury County, State of Tennessee, aged about seventy five 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 of the seventh of June 1832.
   That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herewith stated.
   That some time in the month of August in the year 1777 he volunteered for a term of duty of forty days under Colonel Thomas Neal in York District South Carolina - that Thomas Neal the son of the Colonel, was the Captain of the company.  That the expedition was against the Swananoe Indians on the head waters of Broad River in the State of North Carolina - and that he did serve out the whole period above stated.
   That the next duty this applicant performed was in the year 1779 - when he was drafted for

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three months from the militia of York District South Carolina, and served that later, under Captain Andrew Love.  That Tomas Neal was the Colonel that in this tour he was marched to the head of Ogeeche River in Georgia to guard the Frontiers.
That in the latter year 1779 he was drafted & did serve another tour of three months under Captain Andrew Love, & Colonel Samuel Watson   that the Company to which he belonged was in camped ten miles from the city of Charleston when the whole term of service was opent.
That in the year 1780 he was in service the whole of the year & until the 7th of February 1781 - when he was discharged - which was a short time before the battle of Cowans Ford on the Catawba River where General Davidson was killed -- During this year 1780 he was under General Sumpter, was in the battle of Ramsours Mill, where Colonel Moore who commanded the Tories was defeatd.  He was also in the battle on the Wartaree Creek where Colonel Philips was defeated & taken Prisoner.  Colonel James Hawthorn commanded the American Forces in this last battle.
He was also in the battle at Bissgin Church about 34 miles from the City of Charleston - Generals Sumpter & Marion were both in this last

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Battle - In this battle the immediate Captain of this applicant was John Cunningham:
   That he was in the battle near the mouth of Fishing Creek, where General Sumpter was defeated by Tarlton--
   This applicant states that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania some time in May (about the 22) 1757.  His Father removed to the State of South Carolina when he was about ten years old - he has seen the registry of his birth & has a copy of the same taken by himself -- That he removed from South Carolina on the 19th of March 1806 & settle in Maury County, Tennessee where he has resided ever since.  This applicant states further, that he has no living witness in this state as he knows of, by whom to prove his services in the Revolutionary War nor has he any papers or other documents by which to establish the above facts.
   The said Isaac Faris hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State -- that he is known to the Revd Hugh Shaw & Jacob Gilleam by whom he can prove his character for veracity & their knowing to his revolutionary services.  Sworn to the day & year aforesaid.
Isaac Fers
W.E. Gillespie  clerk & Master

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We Hugh Shaw a clergiman of the Presbyterian Church residing in the County of Maury and Jacob Gillham in the same county do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Faris, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy five years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
W.E. Gillespie clerk & Master    Hugh Shaw
Jacob Gillham

And the said William B. Reese Judge as aforsaid, hereby declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interroatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - & the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Hugh Shaw who signed the above certificate is a Clergiman resident in Maury County, & that Jacob Gillham who also signed the above certificate is a resident in said County, that they are credible persons & that their Statement is entitled to credit.
Will: B. Reese
I William E. Gillespie Clerk & Master of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Faris for a pension.
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my private seal, there being no seal of office, at office in Columbia this 4th day of Sept 1832
W.E. Gillespie

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10.507
Isaac Feris
Maury Co Tennessee

from 1777 private
1 yr 7 mo & 5 days
$63.88/100


127.76
  31.94
________
159.70

Hon J.K. Polk

Charles Mason [These two words are lined out.]
Columbia

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Brief in the case of Isaac Feris
County of Maury in the State of Tennessee
Act 7th June 1832.

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Open Court.
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.   How old is he?  75 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period  Duration of Service  Rank Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Augt In 1777  1 [month] 10 [days]  Private  Capt Neal    Col Neal
1779    3 [months]  " [Private]  Capt Love Col Neal
1779    3 [months]  " [Private]  Capt Love  Col Watson
1780   1 [year]   " [Private]    Genl Sumpter
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Wateree Creek & several other Bittles
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  York District South Carolina
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
The Clerk seal is defective, no device or inscription

  I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.

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State of [illegible] Be it known that on the 29th day of May 1841 before me Samuel Whiteside a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared [illegible] Rhoda Whiteside, Elizabeth Whiteside, [illegible] and Alexander Feris all of said County and satisfactorily proved before me that said Rebecca [illegible], Elizabeth, Mary, Isaac [illegible] and Alexander are the only surviving children of Isaac Feris late of said county deceased who died on the 20th day of February 18[??], leaving no widow and that at the time of his death he had been placed on the pension list roll of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and was the identical Isaac Feris mentioned in an original certificate in his possession on the day of his death and which is here shown before me and of which the following is a true copy.
Samuel Whiteside [illegible] for [illegible] County
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Isaac Feris of the [illegible] of West Tennessee [illegible] was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive sixty three dollars and eighty eight cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this thirteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.  Lew Cass Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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[illegible] the said Rebecca [illegible], Rhoda Whiteside, Elizabeth Whiteside [illegible] Isaac R. Feris and Alexander Feris further testifies that our said father Isaac Feris was entitled to a pension at the rate of sixty three dollars and eighty eight cents per annum from the 4th day of September 1839 to the 20th day of February 1840, when he died for services rendered the United States during the Revolutionary War and that at the time of his death he resided in said County and had resided there for the [illegible] of thirty two years past. Previous thereto he resided in York County State of South Carolina.
Rebecca X [illegible]
Rhoda X Whiteside
Elizabeth X Whiteside
[illegible] X Feris
Isaac R Feris
Alexander Feris
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date first above written
Samuel Whiteside
[illegible] county
[illegible] by these presents that we Rebecca Luck Rhoda Whiteside Elisabeth Whiteside [illegible] Feris Isaac R Feris and Alexander Feris the only surviving children of the late Isaac Feris of said county dec'd do hereby constitute and appoint Moses A. Wiley our and each of our true and lawful attorney for us and each of us to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pension at Nashville in said state of Tennessee the pension due to our said father Isaac Feris deceased from the 4th day of September 1839 to the 20th day of February 1840, when he died.
their marks
Witness our and each of our hands and seals
Rebecca X Lusk
Rhoda X. Whiteside
Elisabeth X. Whiteside
Mary X Feris
Isaac R. Feris
Alexander Feris

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Which said power of Attorney was duly Acknowledged before me, by them the said Rebecca Fisk, Rhoda Whiteside Elisabeth Whiteside Mary Feris Isaac R Feris and Alexander Feris In Testimony whereof & of the foregoing proof before me, I set my hand and seal this 29th day [underlined] of May 1841_

Samuel Whiteside JP [handwritten seal]
for Maury County

State of Tennessee}
Maury County [underlined]

Be it that on the 29th day of May 1841 before the Subscriber & Justice of the Peace in [illegible] for said County personally appeared Moses A. Wiley the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney [illegible] made [illegible] that the same was not given him before [illegible] of the pensions or [illegible] therein Authored to be [illegible] of him_

Moses A. Wiley [underlined] Atty

Sworn and Subscribed this day and year
Last above written 
Samuel Whiteside JP [handwritten seal]
for Maury County

State of Tennessee}
Maury County [underlined]}
I William E. Erwin Clerk of the County Court of said Maury County hereby Certify that Samuel Whiteside is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine in Testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 7th day of June 1841_

Wm. E. Erwin Clerk
of the County Court of Maury County.

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[typed]  SERVICE
[handwritten] S. C.  Feris, Isaac
[typed] NUMBER [handwritten] S. 3352
carded
[stamped] This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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                                                     December 11, 1935
                                                     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mrs. Chester Murphy Culver     ISAAC FERIS
251 Westminster Avenue          S. 3352
Detroit, Michigan                        BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Isaac Ferris (Faris), a pensioner of Maury County, Tennessee; Colonel Joseph Brown, who you state served from North Carolina and was pensioned in Maury County, Tennessee, also, William Boyd of Berkeley County, Virginia.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of the Joseph Brown or William Boyd described by you.  Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.  The record has been found of an Isaac Feris of Maury County, Tennessee, and it is given herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3352, based upon his service in the Revolution.

Isaac Feris was born May 22, 1757, in the State of Pennsylvania; the exact location of his birth and names of parents are not given.  When Isaac Feris was about ten years of age, his father moved to South Carolina.

Isaac Feris volunteered in August, 1777, in York District, South Carolina, and served forty days as private in Captain Thomas Neal's company, Colonel Thomas Neal's South Carolina regiment (father of captain), engaged on an expedition against the Swannanoa Indians on the headwaters of Broad River in North Carolina.  He enlisted December 22, 1778, served three months as private in Captain Andrew Love's company, Colonel Thomas Neal's South Carolina regiment, engaged in guarding the frontiers on Ogeechee River in Georgia.  He enlisted in October, 1779, and served another tour of three months as private in Captain Andrew Love's company, Colonel Samuel Watson's South Carolina regiment, stationed about ten miles from Charleston.  He volunteered January 2, 1780, served as private in Captain John Cunningham's company, Colonels James Hawthorne's, Bratton's and Howe's South Carolina regiment,
                                                  [arrow from Howe's] probably Harry

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was in the battles of Biggins Church, Ramsour's Mill, Wateree Creek and Fishing Creek.  The soldier stated that he served three months in 1780 as quartermaster, further details not stated.  He was discharged February 7, 1781.

The soldier moved from South Carolina March 19, 1806, and settled in Maury County, Tennessee.

Isaac Feris was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, while a resident of Maury County, Tennessee.  He signed Isaac Feris, but was sometimes referred to as Faris.

Isaac Feris died February 20, 1840, leaving children whose names were not given.  No reference was made to soldier's wife.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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3352
INVALID.

[To the left of the above, handwritten sideways is the following:]
RevWar

[Resume regular printing nad handwriting:]
File No. 3352
Isaac Feris
Pvt. S.C. Mili [remainder of the word is cut off]
Act : June 7  32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[On the left side of the page the following is handwritten:]

1935 Dec 11 - Hist. to Mrs. Chester Murphy Culver -- MLB

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Payments to be made at Nashville by the Presdt U.S. Branch Bank Agent for Pensioners, in the Agency of W. Tennessee.

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 7 Page 98 [possibly "78"] by Wm S Allison Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Isaac Feris of the agency of West Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty three dollars and Eighty eight cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
   Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and }
Countersigned}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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for correction
Assured by me after sealed, & then inclosed in a separate sheet.
J.K. Polk

James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City.

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The amended Declaration of Isaac Faris in Order to Obtain a pension under the act of Congress June 7th 1832
State of Tennessee }
Maury County  }    This applicant stated in his former declaration that he enterd the service in the month of August 1777 & that he he now states that on the 22nd of December 1778 he was drafted for the term of three months from the militia of York District South Carolina under Captain Andrew Love, that Thomas Neal was the Colonel of the regiment & that he did serve the full period of three months as stated in his decloration   That in the month of October 1779 he was again drafted for Nine month in the same District in South Carolina and in the company commanded by Capt Andrew Love & Colonel Samuel Watson which term of three months he actually served as mentioned in his first application.
   On the 2nd day of January 1780 he volunteered in the regiment Commanded by Col Hawthorn Col Brachen & Col Howe alternately & in the Company commanded by Capt Cunningham & that he did continue in the service from the 2nd January 1780 untill the 4th February 1781 When he was discharged as mentioned in his former decloration -- This applicant referd to his former decloration for the particulors of his Service and states that in all the service above mentioned he served as a private except the service of 1780 when he discharged the duties of quarter Master for the term of three months
Isaac Feris
Sworn to before me in open court 7th Sept 1839
H G Gillispie M

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I certify that W. E. Gillespie Esqr before whom the amendd amended declaration was taken, is the Clerk of the Chancery Court at Columbia Tenn and that is signature is in this hand writing and is genuine, & further certify that the accompanying original Declaration of Isaac Feris for a pension, are the original papers actual are in Court, and that the certificate of Wm B. Russ as Judge of said Court is his genuine signature, and that the signature of Wm E. Gillespie Esqr as Clk is genuine, - and that there is no public seal of said Court. 
Sept 1st 1833. --
James K Polk

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Columbia Tenn. Sepr 1st 1833 -

James L. Edwards Esqr
Com of Pension - 

Sir

I herewith forward the original of amended declarations of I  Faris for a Pension.  I hope the defects in the original Declaration have been remedied in the amended Declaration.  If the pension is granted, send the certificate to me. --
I Have the Honour to be 
Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Sert
James K Polk

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 17th 1841.

Sir:
   Under the act of 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 childn of Isaac Feris, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. Agency, at the rate of Sixty three Dollars and 88 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839, to the 20th Feb'y 1840.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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Wo, 12.812.
Isaac Feris
(or Childn of)
penr W Tenn roll
Act 7 June, 1832
$29.75
16 July 1841.
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Reqn to 8650 dated 19 July 1841
Sent to Treasury 20 July 1841

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

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the U States
To the Childn
of Isaac Feris
penr.Nashville roll
Act 7 June 1832.
For his pension from 4 Sep 1839, to 20 Fby 1840, the day of his death, 170 days at $63.88 per annum, per [unknown word]
[unknown word] herewith -- $29.75

Tresry Dept.
P tend = Office
16 July 1841
Stated by Jas [unknown word]

2 Comptroller's Office.
Examined by L. A. Hayward.
July 17, 1841.

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To the Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
City

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Columbia  Tenn. 5th Sept:1832
Sir,
Enclosed are the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Isaac Faris Jsoph Gillham & Edward Mc Faddin, for a pension under the late act of Congress.
If, upon examination they should be found entitled to the benefits of that act, which I trust they will, let me request you to have forwarded to me at this place the necessary certificates, and also to be informed at what Agency the pension shall be drawn.
Should there be any informalities, let me request that they be pointed out & they shall be corrected.
Yours very respectfully
Charles C. Mayson.
To the Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jacot Farris which require further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled ? no
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act ofJune 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
no service or interfotoon
No

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?  yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?  yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service. has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily P And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?  no
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age. and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service. but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___
year ____ months, ____ and days, I served as a _____ For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.


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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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served ; 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.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
;QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

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MRS. CHESTER MURPHY CULVER
251 Westminster Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
11 November 1935
Veterans Administration Bureau of Pension
Washington, D.C.

[to the right of the above is a circular ink-stamp with the following:]
RECEIVED
NOV 21  1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETN ADM.
READER 15
[end of ink-stamp]

Dear Sirs:
I would appreciate obtaining all data possible bearing upon the original applications for pension or bounty for Revolutionary services of the following persons:
ISAAC FERRIS (FARIS).  soldier.  Maury County, Tennessee.  (Pension List of 1840)
COL. JOSEPH BROWN.  Maury County, Tennessee.  soldier, North Carolina Line.  (Pension List of 1840)
WILLIAM BOYD.  Berkeley County, Virginia.  non-military service so his name does not appear in indexes of soldiers and sailors in Revolution by appears in "Public Claims" indexes.
Hoping the above data given me are correct and thanking you
Very Truly Yours
l'Dell Clarke Culver
[signature as follows:] l'Dell Clarke Culver

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0. W. and N. Division.    -525.
JSC.     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Sever File 3,352.    Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War.     Washington, D. C.,  Sept 6, 1906.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Isaac Feris, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) [the words in the preceding parenthesis are lined through] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[the document contains a section with six columns, which are titled as follows from left to right]
DATES OF 
ENLISTMENT OR
SERVICE.

LENGTH OF 
SERVICE.

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.

STATE.
[contained in the columns, reading across the page are the following:]

York Dist S.C.
Aug. 1777    40 days.   Private Thomas Neal  and Thomas Neal    S.C.

Dec..22, 1778     3 mos.    Andrew Love  
 Thomas Neal

Oct. 1779    3 mos.   Andrew Love   Samuel Watson
Jany 2, 1780 to Feby. 7,1781  John Cunningham   James Hawthorn
Bratton
Howe
(Stated that he served 3mos. as Quartermaster in n 1780
Residence of at enlistment, Creek. south Carolina.
Battles engaged in, Ramsour's Mill, Wateree Creek, Biggins Church and Fishing Creek.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 24,1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Maury Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, Born May 22,1757 in Pennsylvania.
Remarks: He died February 20,1840.
[written diagonally as follows:] not used AC
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.