Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6499, Shadrick Alley, N.C. Va.

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Service 
N. C.
Va.
Alley, Shadrick
Number
S.6499
Contents

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12.285
North Carolina
Shadrick Alley of Iredell in the state of N. Caro who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain Vaughan of the reg. commanded by Col. Elliott in the N. C. line for 2 years.
Va. and N. C. May 31, 44
Record completed
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April [illegible] and sent to Hon. H. M. Conner, Sherril’s Ford, N. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March – 160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. – 40
$200
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 33.

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State of North Carolina
Iredell County
On this 19th day of November 1832 personally appeared two of the justices of the peace of county of Iredell in No. Ca. before us A. Torrance and Wm. Knox Shadrick Alley a resident of North Carolina in the County of Iredell aged about 82 years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the Service of the United States under the following Officers and served as herein stated living then a citizen of the state of Virginia and County of Brunswick. His first tour was to Southfield and Long Bridge for three months in company commanded by Captain Vaughan Regt. Commanded by Col. Elliot. Second to Norfolk three months with the same officers. Third to Cabin Point three months under Captain M. Johnson and thinks Col. Macklin the fourth for six months under Captain Mumford Col Eaton. Was at the Brier Creek defeat the fifth for four months under Captain Whitesides of South Carolina to the Cherokee Nation of Indians. The sixth for three months under Captain James Harrison Col. Mumford Genl. Green and was at the Battle of Guilford in N. C.

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and John Sloan who has signed the proceeding certificate is resident of the County of Judea State of N. Carolina and is credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. We further say that the applicant Shadrick Alley and John Turbyfill who signed the same certificate is not able to attend court from old age and bodily infirmity.
Alexr. Torrance
Wm. Knox
I Absalom Simonton, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions of Iredell County N. Carolina do hereby certify that the preceding contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Shadrick Alley for a pension and I further certify that Alex Torrance and William Knox before whom the above declaration was sworn to is acting justices of the peace for the County of Iredell State of N. Carolina.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21st day of November 1832.
A. Simonton Clerk

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Also personally appeared John Turbyfill Esq. a resident of the County of Lincoln after being sworn in solemn form of law saith that he was a Resident of the State of Virginia and in the County of Brunswick and was in the service of the revolutionary war with the aforesaid Shadrick Alley. The following towers of servitude (to Wit.) First tower to Smithfield and Long Bridge under Capt. Vaughan and Col. Elliott. The second tower under the same Officers to Norfolk. Third tower to Cabin Point under Captain M. Johnson the servitude of each tower was three months. Sworn to and subscribed before us this 19th day of November 1832
Jn. Turbyfill
A. Torrance
Wm. Knox
We Alexander Torrance and William Knox before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate was sworn to do hereby declare our opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after judging the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant it doth appears to us he was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and we further certify that it appears to us that William Falls

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The Seventh for three months to Petersburg Va. under Capt. M. Harrison Col. not recollected. Eighth for three months Captain Hartwell Raines Col. Bonner at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above
Shad. Alley
A. Torrance
Wm. Knox a [begin crossed text] a clergyman resident of the county
We William Falls and John Sloan residents in Judea County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shadrick Alley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 years of age that he is respected and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Wm. Falls
John Sloan
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid

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Shadrick Alley of North Carolina
Admit for 2 years as private
From 1776 $80
Capt. Vaughan
Col. Elliott Va.
4.111214
[illegible] 1.2.45.67.
Set Hon H. M. Conner
H. R.
Sept. 7, 1833
Page 239
Hon. H. M. Conner
Sherril’s Ford N. C.

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Brief in the case of Shadrick Alley
County of Iredell in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the Declaration made before a Court or Judge? Justice of Peace
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Does
3. How old is he? 82
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period
In 176 first 2nd 3rd 77/78 4th 80 5th 81 6th 7th 8th 
Duration of service
Years,
Months, 3. 3. 3. 6. 4. 3. 3. 3. = 28
Days,
Rank.
As a 
Pri.
Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Vaughan Col. Elliott
Capt. Johnson Col. Macklin
Capt. Mumford Col. Eaton
Capt. Whitesides
Capt. Harrison Col. Mumford Genl. Green
Capt. Hartwell Col. Bonner
5. In what battles was he engaged? Brier’s Creek, Guilford
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brunswick County, Virginia.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living for 1, 2nd, 3rd tour. Trad for balance
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective, no dates given
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
J. B. Wilson Examining Clerk

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State of North Carolina
Iredell County
On this 30th day of March 1833 personally appeared before us William Knox and Alexander Torrance Justices of the Peace of said county Shadrick Alley a resident of North Carolina in the County of Iredell, aged about eighty two 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 after stated, being drafted, the several tours with the exception of the one to Brier Creek, which he served as a substitute, for his uncle Miles Alley who resided in North Hampton, North Carolina, and but a few miles from him, then a citizen of Brunswick County Virginia, and where he had been born and raised. His first tour was for three months, to Southfield and Long Bridge, his Captain was Vaughan the regt. commanded by Col. Elliott, at Long Bridge an attack was made by the British and were repelled. There were no continentals there. This [illegible] 1176 and he thinks commenced in May. The second tour was for three months, under the same officers, Capt. Vaughan and Col. Elliott, in the fall and winter of the same year 1776: we were marched to Norfolk [illegible], and the day after our arrival the town was burnt[?]. The third a tour of three months, to Cabbin Point, in the fall of 1777 under the command of Capt. M. Johnson, and thinks Col. Macklin comdd. The regiment, where they lay without any thing material occurring. His fourth tour for six months was the Brier Creek defeat and campaign in the fall of and winter of 1778 under Captain Mumford and Col. Eaton, when he entered as a substitute for his uncle Miles Alley of North Hampton County North Carolina, after the battle, returned to [illegible] in Mecklenburg County No. Ca. where the troops lay for some time, from there, went to Salsbury N. C. where we were discharged. After my return home to Virginia in 1779 I removed my family from there to Rutherford County North Carolina and in the fall of 1780 was drafted for four months, but was discharged at the end of three months. Was commanded by Capt. Whitesides of North Carolina, this company was called out for the protection of the [illegible] against the Cherokee Indians, we were kept generally in motion. His sixth tour was for three months in 1781 under Captain James Harrison, Col. Mumford commanded the regiment during this I was at the battle of Guilford. I knew Genl. Green and other continental officers there, but whose names have now escaped my recollection. [illegible] shortly after the battle of Guilford

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I moved back to Brunswick County in state of Virginia and was drafted for three months, went to Petersburg Va. under the command of Capt. M. Harrison Col. not recollected, but was discharged at the end of one month. After my return home was again drafted for three months, in company commanded by Capt. Hartwell Raines, regt. comdd. by Col. Bonner, marched directly to York was there at the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged at the end of six months served after which I returned to my home afterwards moved again to the state of North Carolina, where I have lived ever since my discharge. I might have [illegible] are lost or mislaid and I think are lost, by the upselling of my waggon in a river in North Carolina when moving, the last time to this state. I have no documentary evidence to offer and know of no person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service, except John Turbyfill, whose deposition in hereunto annexed, and who was raised in the County of Brunswick and State of Virginia, and who was with me the three first tours, and who now resides near to me in the County of Lincoln No. Ca.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatsoever 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Shadrick Alley
We Adam [illegible] a clergyman residing in the County of Iredell and John Fall residing in the same, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shadrick Alley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about eighty two 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 to the day and year aforesaid
Adam Laurence[?]
John Falls

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Personally appeared before us William Knox and Alexander Torrance Justices of the Peace for the County of Iredell, John Turbyfill of the County of Lincoln and state of No. Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was a resident of the County of Brunswick and State of Virginia, that he was acquainted personally with Shadrick Alley, that he served with the said Alley three tours during the volunteer, one to Southfield and Long Bridge under Capt. Vaughan and Col. Elliott, one to Norfolk under the same officers and one to Cabbin Point under Capt. M. Johnson, that we lived neighbors in Virginia and we have for near forty years past, lived, neighbors in this state No. Carolina where we now reside. Subscribed and sworn to this 30 day of March 1833
Jon Turbyfill
Where and in what year were you born? 
A. In the state of Virginia in the year of seventeen hundred and fifty 
Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
A. In a church record near [illegible] Burgh
Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live
A. I lived in Brunswick County Virginia, then served three tours, the fourth went on substitute for an uncle, in No. Ca. I then moved to No. Ca. and served in that state two tours, moved back to Virginia, and there served two other tours; and since the revolution, about 1785, I again removed to No. Carolina and live in the County of Iredell and have so lived for the last thirty five or forty years.
How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if so for whom?
A. Drafted, until the Brier Creek campaign. I substituted for my uncle Miles Alley of North Hampton County No. Carolina
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 service
A. I know Genl. Green and General Nash I saw Genl. Lincoln and Brier Creek in the State of Georgia the [illegible] not with a defeat.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it. I think I received a discharge of Col. Eaton 
A. I do not [illegible] recollect, but I think, one or more, and if so, they, with other valuable papers were lost, by the upsetting of a waggon in a stream while moving to No. Ca. the last time. 
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 Jas. McRee Genl. Ephm. Davidson
Mr. Falls, Adam Torrance, and John Falls.

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And we William Knox and Alexander Torrance Justices of the Peace for said County of Iredell, do hereby declare our 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 we do further certify, that it appears to us, that Adam Torrance, who has signed the preceding certification is a clergyman resident in the County of Iredell and that John Falls, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county, and is a credible person and that, their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm. Knox
A. Torrance
I Absalom Simonton Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Iredell, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Shadrick Alley for a pension. And I further certify that William Knox and Alexander Torrance before whom the above declaration was sworn to, are acting Justices of the Peace for the County of Iredell State North Carolina, and their signatures annexed are their genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of April 1833.
A. Simonton Clerk
We William Knox and Alexander Torrance Justices of the Peace, further certify that from the extreme old age, and consequent infirmity, that we do not believe either Shadrick Alley or John Turbyfill whose application is hereunto annexed are able to attend court, and we further certify that Jno. Turbyfill is a credible person
Wm. Knox
A. Torrance

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information as obtained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Shadrick Alley sur. File 6499
Dates of enlistment or appointment.
May 1776
Fall/Winter 1776
Fall 1777
Fall/Winter 1778
Fall 1780
1781
1781
1781
Length of Service
3 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.
6 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.
1 mo.
6 weeks
Rank
Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered 
Captain.
Vaughan
Vaughan
M. Johnson
Mumford
Whitesides
James Harrison
M. Harrison
Hartwell Raines
Colonel
Elliott
Elliott
Macklin
Eaton
Mumford
Bonner
State
Va.
N. C.
Va.
Battles engaged in, Brier Creek, Guilford, Surrender of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brunswick Co. Va.
Date of application for a pension, Nov. 19, 1832 His A. was all.
Residence at date of application, Iredell Co, N. C.
Age at date of application, born in Brunswick Co, Va. in 1757
Remarks: ✓

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1910 May 12 Hist to
Cora Lambert V. L. M.
1910 May 25 Cora Lambert 
that date of death is not stated
6499
INVALID.
File No. 6499
Shadrick Alley
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 6
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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3—871. 
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Briefed by A. O. i. May 6, 1910
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Shadrick Alley
Service N. C.
Additional Service Rev.
No______claim, State records______, 190___
No Claim, combination records_____, 190___
REMARKS:
[illegible] 7. 6499
No Widow No other [illegible]
No [illegible]
0—8 Chief Division

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Shadrick Alley

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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 Shadrick Alley, which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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 war when he served? No
The months and year of the beginning of each tour need be stated, as nearly as you can.
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 amount of pension he is entitled? 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?

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XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief regarding his age and the general belief of his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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 can not be had? 
XIV.	If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses to his service, has the magistrate who administered each oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV.	Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI.	Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. Questions by the department in the Blank must be answered.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant can not, 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 first 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 his best 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 the 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 a 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 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, as to prevent the paper from being improperly attached to the certificate

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Clarkesville, Ga.
April 30, ‘10
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Can you tell me if either of the following names are on the pension roll for having fought in the Revolution of 1776:

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Willaim McDowell of Rutherford County, N. C., who is supposed to have enlisted from Penn.; Shadrick Alley of Iredell County, N. C. who is said to have fought as a volunteer in the Battle of King’s Mountain
Very [illegible], 
(Miss) Cora Lambert
May 3, 1910

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Clarkesville, Ga.
May 16, ‘10
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
The information in regard to the war service of Shadrick Alley received, for which I thank you. Can

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you tell me when he died, that is how long he drew a pension and if his wife ever drew one after him. It is Shadrick Alley of Iredell Co. N. C. that I want to know about.
Very gratefully 
(Miss) Cora Lambert

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Record Division. 
May 25, 1910.
Mrs. Cora Lambert, 
Clarkesville, Ga.
Madam: 
In reply to your letter dated the 16th and received the 18th instant, you are advised that in the claim of Shadrick Alley, Sur. File No. 6,499, the date of his death is not stated, nor is it shown that he ever was married. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of his pension, name of the person to whom paid, and the probable date of death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Shadrick Alley, Certificate No. 12,285, issued April 17, 1838, under Act of June 7, 1832 at the North Carolina Agency.
Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.