Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3468, Jasper Faust, S.C.

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SERVICE
S.C.
Faust, Jasper or Gosper.
Esther
NUMBER
R. 3468
Born in S.C.
CONTENTS

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20.857
Jasper Faust
Fairfield Dist
S Carolina
Rej

d.e.


30 Augt-
Jas. Elliott Esqr
Winnsboro C.H.
So Ca

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of: Jasper Faust
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of adobe when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1  1 [mos] 15 [days] Private Capt not recollected Colo. Goodwin Camp at Charleston
2  4 [mos] " Col. Goodwin March to Florida
3  3 [mos] " Genl Williamson Col. Goodwin Biggen Church  Savannah River at Augusta
4  3 [mos] artillery " Capt Taylor [illegible]
5  3 [mos] artillery " Capt Taylor Four Hole
71 years
By living witnesses
[margin] The deponents claims for services rendered eighteen & one half months
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I  of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For - year - months, and - days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which such 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 of four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under the seal of office.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Dr. Jasper Faust Shut 1
State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield
Before me personally appeared Dr. Jasper Faust (being the identical Jasper Faust who made his declaration in open Court before the Honorable William D. Martin Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of State of South Carolina, on the third day of November A.D. 1832 in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, (which declaration and the proceedings had thereon are contained in two sheets of paper)
[margin - 1st] and being duly sworn makes oath that in the first tour mentioned in deponents declaration he served as stated one month and half as a private. General Lee of the Regular Army was in command in Charleston. Co. Wm. Thompson commanded some troops in Sullivans Island and Moultrie had command in the fort. This time performed in year 1776.
[margin - 2nd] In the second expedition a tour to Florida, thinks Joseph Kirkland commanded the company. Kirkland was certainly along and in some command. This tour about the year 1778. Served as stated in the declaration four months as a private in this tour.
[margin - 3rd] In the third tour to Augusta Col. Wm. Goodwyn commanded the Regiment as deponent believes. He was in command as a field officer and thinks he was Colonel. Winns, Goodwyns and Singletary Regiments were there, recollects no others. A Prussian soldier was severely wounded from the firing of a cannon in honor of Genl. Lincoln's arrival. Served three months as a private in this tour
[margin - 4th] In the tour to Congaree first deponent served three weeks perhaps longer as a private. Captain Thomas Taylor (now Colonel) commanded the company. The fort was on the right bank of the river and commanded by Capt. Maxwell. The company to which deponent was attached were stationed on the left bank opposite the fort. The fort surrendered in a detachment of Artillery from Genl. Greens army arriving to the assistance of the Militia. Several militia companies needed. This tour about the year 1780.

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[margin - 5th] The deponent performed two tours to Orangeburg So. Ca. and served in each tour three months as a private making six months service to Orangeburg. Benjamin Arnold of Virginia was elected first Lieutenant and acted as such in one of these tours in the Company to which deponent was attached. William Goodwyn was along and in some command in one and perhaps in both tours to Orangeburg. Thinks he commanded the Company in one town to Orangeburg.
[margin - 7th] In the tour to the Four Holes deponent served as stated in the declaration three months as a private. Jacob Myers was first Lieutenant in the company at the Four Holes deponent belonged to.
[margin - 8th] In the tour to Biggan Church mentioned in the declaration deponent served three months as a private. Col. Richard Winn was along also General Sumpter was in command. This tour immediately before the Eutaw Battle. Deponent would have been in said battle had he not been ordered home with the men that had been struck with lighting at Genl. Sumpters house
on the Santee.
For a more particular account of the tours to Orangeburg, the Four Holes, and Biggan Church as well as the tour to Florida and Augusta deponent begs leave to refer the Department to the declarations of Jeremiah Taylor and Meredith Tayler who have as deponent understand received pension Certificates numbered 12,751 & 12,750. and who made application at the same time that deponent did, their recollection as to dates and other particulars being more accurate and perfect than deponents, where memory at present is very imperfect. Deponent heard their declaration read and at the time was right and correct. In the tour to Edgefield So. Ca. mentioned in the declaration deponent served one month as stated. Col Robert Goodwyn commanded the Regiment. This tour before the Eutaw Battle.
Deponent by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory does but recollect the dates nor were the years of particular services rendered, nor the names of but few of the officers. Never served with any regular troops

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and has not mentioned their officers, excepting Genls. Lee and Lincoln.
In all the tours of duty mentioned deponent served in a company regularly organized and embodied called out by draft from the Col. of the Regiment and acting from competent authority as deponent there and well believes. That he served in all the tours to fill his own draft excepting the two first named when he served for his father. That he always served in the field excepting the first tour to Charleston, when he was lodged in barracks during the time he staid there. That for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit but was wholly occupied with his military duties.
That according to the best of deponents recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned above and in the grade of a private to wit for twenty two months and six days and for such service he claims a pension.
The deponent has considered more deliberately and accurately of the length of time he served in making this deposition than he was able (in the hurry attending the Court application) to do in making his declaration, and is fully convinced that he served fully the time last aforesaid specified and the probability is a longer time. That the reason the Deponent applied in Fairfield and not in Richland District was because his acquaintances (now alive) in the Revolutionary were applying in Fairfield, and from that circumstance was enable with less inconvenience to obtain the aid of their testimonys.
Jasper Faust
Sworn to & subscribed before me June 27th, 1833
J. Elliot Esq

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State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield
I James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield District, do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Dr. Jasper Faust (who is the identical Dr. Jasper Faust who made his declaration in open Court before his Honor Wm D. Martin one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas &c So. Ca. on the third day of November AD. 1832 in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832, which declaration and the proceedings had therein are contained in two sheets) was taken and subscribed before me as a Justice of the Quorum Ex Officio by the said Faust; and that he is a credible Witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of this office and subscribed my name this 27th day of June 1833.
J. Elliott C.C.P.

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20,837
Jasper Faust
S.C.
Act 7 June 32

Dr. Jasper Faust
Supplementary Evidence

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Revolutionary Pension Claim of Jasper Faust of South Carolina the
Act 7th June 1832


M. to
M. Thompson
Decd. Jany 25 1853

Paper called for

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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF South Carolina
District of Richland ss:
Be it known that before the subscriber, a Notary Public personally appeared Esther Faust aged Eighty one years, who, being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states, that she the widow of Jasper Faust deceased *who was an applicant for a pension from United States & pension of South Carolina and that she believe that she is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to him, under the laws of Congress, for the pension that was due him and that for the purpose of investigating and establishing his claims as aforesaid, she duly appoints M. Thomspon Esq. of Washington, D. C., her true and lawful attorney with irrevocable powers, to examine all papers on file, and to do whatever she might do were she personally present to establish her claim.
In witness whereof, I have on this 28th day October 1852, hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.
Esther Faust her mark X
Witness: Herman Laon
Witness: Mary E. Brennen
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that Esther Faust has always by the community been known as the wife of Jasper Faust now deceased
Dated on this 28th day of October 1852
James A Black NP. JP & off Mag.
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STATE of South Carolina
District of Richland to wit:
I hereby certify, That James A Black Esq., before whom the foregoing power of attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Notary Public in and for the District aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of Court of Common Pleas this Twenty ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
James S. Guignard Clerk of Court Com. Pleas of Sessions
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*State whether an applicant or a pensioner.

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Dr. Jasper Faust
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Dr Jasper Faust [illegible] 2
And the Court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Docter Jasper Faust, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Nelson Jr. Meredith Taylor, and Jeremiah Taylor who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of Fairfield District aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
November 3rd, 1832
Wm. D. Martin
Presiding Judge

State of South Carolina
I James Elliot Clerk of the Court of Common pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield District Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains in two sheets the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Dr. Jasper Faust for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this Office this 3rd day of November A.D. 1832
J. Elliott C.C.P.

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20.857
Jasper Faust
S. C.
[illegible] Buchannan
Oct 27th 1846
3468
Act 7th June 1832

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Official Business
J.L. Edwards
Comms'r of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Jasper Faust

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No 389
Gasper Fauste
S.C.
Let. to James A Black Sept 28, 46
" " M. Thompson Oct 15 / 50

Act 7 June 1832

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Free   Revolutionary Claims
The Honorable
The Secretary at War
Washington City
Dist. Col.

Referred to Pension Commision
No. [illegible]
Oct 20, 1846
Amended dec.
Jasper Faust

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Winnsborough Oct 9th 1846.
The Honorable
The Secretary at War
Sir, Enclosed you will receive the declaration, and supplementary evidence, of Dr Jasper Faust of Richland Dist So. Ca. made years since in order to obtain a pension as a soldier of the revolution under the Act of Congress June 7 1832. These papers were prepared by me & by my direction in Decr. 1832 and June 1833, and have been in possession ever since returned from the War Department. Whether the supplementary paper ever was inspected by the Department
I do not at this late period recollect.
I have received a letter from J. A. Black Esq Columbia Richland District, of date Oct. 5th 1846, as the agent of Dr. Jasper Faust, making inquiry about the papers enclosed, and the State of the proceedings in Dr. Fausts case. On hunting up his papers I find that Dr. Faust had made out testimony in addition to his original declaration, and seeing the tabular statement returned from the War Department has reference to
the declaration alone, and does not embrace the additional testimony, I am inclined to believe Dr. Faust has suffered on account of my neglect
and that the second document had ever been sent on for examination. The Department assuredly would have regarded the additional evidence if before it. Be this as it may have, I have thought it my duty to send in the papers including the paper from the War department, and to request that Department to give the case a candid and patient examination. There is no doubt of Dr. Fausts (although now very old) still being alive. I had heard last year that he was still

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alive, and Mr. Black who now writes for him can be relied upon. Should any testimony to that point be required, it will be forwarded so soon as you give me the necessary directions.
Mr. Black informs me that Dr. Faust is now reduced in his circumstances, and needs the pension. When he first applied he had a tolerable property, which accounts for the seeming indifference with which he has prosecuted his claim.
Any directions you may find necessary I will endeavor to have complied with, the more readily as I am affraid that I may have been the cause though inadvertently of giving Dr. Faust unnecessary labor as well as purporting action on his application. Dr. Faust was here during the sitting of our Court at this place after the additional evidence had been made out, and my impression is that I told him I had received no return to the last evidence believing there that I had sent it in to the Department, and that I would inform him when I did, and I had supported until I examined his papers that his application had entirely failed.
Very Respectfully
You Obt. Servt.
Jno. Buchanan

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Dr Jasper Faust 1
State of South Carolina
Fairfield District
On this third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before William D. Martin one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas and General Sessions now sitting at Fairfield Court House in the District and State aforesaid Jasper Faust a resident of Richland District, aged seventy one 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 the 7th June 1832.
Deponent was born in Orangeburg District So Carolina & when a child was removed to Richland District within twelve miles from where he now lives about 14 miles from Columbia having resided there ever since. He was seventy one years of age last July. Has no record of his age and knows of none now in being, depends on information received from his parents.
Deponent served as a private soldier in the militia during the Revolutionary war and never received any written or regular discharge. He sometimes served for his father & sometimes for himself & was in the following tours of duty.
[margin - 1st] Deponent first entered the service in place of his father who was drafted in a Regiment commanded by Col Robt Goodwyn, does not recollect his captain's name. Was on a march to Charleston during the time of the battle of Sullivan's Island. He had two uncles in that battle & after the battle they met him in Charleston. Deponent was in Camp at Charleston one month as a soldier & returned home. Out in service this tour one month and half. Deponent again performed in his fathers place a duty of four months in an expedition to

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[margin - 2nd] to Florida in Col. Goodwyns Regiment, General Williamson commanding. Deponent was on horseback in this expedition & was with Col. Goodwyn almost always in scouting parties.
[margin - 3rd] Deponent served in the same Regiment at the Savannah river opposite Augusta there months. He saw General Lincoln when he arrived at American camp with his aide. This deponent here and afterwards at Congaree Fort & in Orangeburg was with Jeremiah Taylor and performed the same service which he has at the same date with this declaration stated. Seventeen months service performed in these expeditions with said Taylor. Deponent was at the battle of Biggan Church when Col. Wade Hampton took 13 prisoners as Wm Taylor has stated. Deponent then returned home having charge of service men who during the tour were injured by lightning. Deponent then performed a three months tour in Orangeburg under Col. Tho. Taylor and three months more at the Four hole bridge forty miles from Charleston. In all this Deponent was with Jeremiah Taylor.
Deponent is confident that he performed duty as a militia soldier at least eighteen months and half was also out another time under Capt. Jho. Winn together one month making nineteen and half months. and hereby relinquishes every 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.
Jasper Faust
Sworn to before me & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
J Elliott CCP Esq

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South Carolina
Fairfield District
Before me appeared Jeremiah Taylor and being duly sworn makes oath that he has been well acquainted with Doct Jasper Faust who makes the foregoing declaration, from some time before the Revolutionary war and excepting the duty performed in Charleston of one month and excepting the tour to Edgefield of one month, he was with the said Jasper Faust in all the services which he performed in the militia during the war and knows that he performed the different tours of duty as he has stated. That he believes him to be seventy one years of age. The said Jasper Faust was considered a good soldier.
Jeremiah Taylor his mark X
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd Novr. 1832 in open Court
J Elliott CCP Esq

I James Nelson residing in Fairfield District hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Docter Jasper Faust who has taken and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that I served with him as a soldier in the Florida expedition, and in the time to Augusta. Deponent has fixed the time to Florida at three months but it may have been less. The time to Augusta is stated correctly. Dr. Faust has ever been reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution and deponent has no doubt of the correctness of his declaration.
James Nelson his mark X
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open court the day & year aforesaid
J. Elliott CCP Esq

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I Meredith Taylor residing in Fairfield District hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Docter Jasper Faust who has made the above declaration that I believe him to be seventy one years old, that I served with him in the tour he has mentioned to Augusta, two to Orangeburg and to the four hole bridge, that his statements are correct with regard to these and that he has no doubt that his declaration is correct and that he has served as stated. That he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War and deponent knows the fact to be true.
Meredith Taylor his mark X
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court the day and year aforesaid
J. Elliott CCP Esq

Dr. Jasper Faust
Dec for pension

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[stamp] PAID
[stamp] COLUMBIA S.C. SEPT
Col. James L Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City, D.C

Sept 14, 1846
Original
be
Jasper Faust
June 7, 1832

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Columbia S.C. 9th Sept. 1846
Col. J L Edwards
Dear Sir
I send you the proceedings in the case of Gasper Faust an old revolutionary soldier who is Eighty six years old and has never drawn a pension either as a State pensioner or United States pensioner. I am inexperienced in the prosecution of claims but as the old gentleman applied to me to obtain the pension, I have collected all the testimony in my power and have also enclosed the Comp, Genl's certificate. He is needy and it appears that he was but 16 years of age when he entered the service as substitute for his father in which Capacity he served until he was himself draughted and served 110 days under Col. Thos Taylor. He declares that he was two years fully in the Army. The old man is a gentleman of good moral character and no one doubts his veracity or his having served in the war of the Revolution. He was living in this District (Richland) when called into service and now resides within a few miles of Columbia. I hope your Department will give his claim a favorable consideration.
Direct to me at Columbia SC.
Very Respectfully
Your obt. servt.
James A. Black Junr.
Atty for Gasper Faust
P.S. Mr. F says he does not know of any old soldiers in this state or elsewhere by whom he could prove his service- J.A.B.

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No 39389
Gasper Faust
SC
Act 7 June 1832

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State of South Carolina
Richland District SS.
On the eight day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before me Saml R Black one of the
magistrates for the District and State aforesaid Gasper Faust a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the
7th June 1832. 
1st Interrogatory Where and in what year were you born? Answer in Orangeburgh
District South Carolina on the 29th July 1760
2nd Int. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Answer Record lost.
3rd Int. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live. Answer in Richland District State of South Carolina all the time since I was called into service
4th Int. How were you called into service, were you draughted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a subsitute for whom? Answer I was first a subsitute for my father before the fall of Charleston under Genl Moultrie and Genl Pinckney at the time of the battle of Sullivan's Island afterwards draughted and served in Col. Thomas Taylor's Regiment of Militia in the years 1781 and 1782.
5th Int. 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

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general circumstances of your service. Answer I went with Col Joseph Kirkland and Col Robt Goodwyn as a trooper on an expidition to Florida. 
6th Int. Did you ever recieve a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer I received no discharge from the militia or if I did I do not recollect it now.
7th Int. 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 service as a soldier of the Revolution Answer I am acquainted with J. P. Cook & Jos. A. Black Esquire. He also declares that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Genl Moultrie and Genl Pinckney, as a substitute for his father and served in Col Pickney's Regiment of Militia as private footman and afterwards under Genl Williamson and Genl Lincoln at Augusta Georgia about three months then under Col Joseph Kirland and Col Robt Goodwyn on an Expedition to Florida more than three months, then on an expedition to Ninety Six Fort about two months, their under Col Henderson at Four Hole Swamp with Capt. Jacob Myers about two months, then in Orangeburg under Col William Goodwyn two months then in Col Thomas Taylor's Regiment of Militia in 1782 three months and a half. He also declares that the whole amount of his service during the Revolutionary war was over two years though by reason of his age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less

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than two years. He has now no living witness by whom to prove his statements of service the last one having recently died. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension as an annuity except of the present and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Gasper Faust
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Saml R Black
One of the magistrates for Richland District S.C.

We J P Cook a clergyman residing in the Town of Columbia and Jos A Black residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gasper Faust who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty-six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in the opinion that he is a gentleman of unquestionable veracity & honour. 
John P. Cooke
Jos A Black
September 8th, 1846

South Carolina
Richland District
I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District aforesaid do certify that Samual R Black Esq who hath attested the above affidavit is an acting magistrate in and for said District that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his Acts as such and that his signature is genuine - also that John P Cooke is a clergyman resident of this District that he and Jos A Black Esq are creditable & their signatures genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of the said court at Columbia this 9 September AD Eighteen hundred and forty six.
James S Guignard
Clerk

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3468
P.O.
Jasper Faust
Service:
Enlisted:
REJECTED
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for

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Washington City
August 28th 1850
Sir
The claim of Jasper Faust for a pension under act of 7th June 1832, presented by Gen. James Buchannan of Winsboro S.C. about the year 1834, having been long since rejected I have been requested to ascertain, if practicable, the grounds of such rejection or permission to examine the papers in the case, as may be most compatible with your views and the usages of your office. Your earliest attention will very much oblige.
Your obt ser't
M. Thompson
P.S. It is now believed that

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any previous want of evidence can be furnished to the satisfaction of the office.
Yours
M.T.

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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia S.C. September 9th 1846

Box X, Indent 441
Issued the 24th August 1785 to Mr. Gasper Faust Junr. for Seven pounds 17S1 1/2 D Sterling for militia duty in 1781 & 1782 as for account passed by the commissioners
Prinl. L7:17:1 1/2 D. Ann.C intr. Lo:10:11D
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Book X
Account 441
Mr. Gasper Faust Junr. For militia duty in 1781 & 1782 (viz) July 1st 1781 20 days as footman in Col. Thomas Taylor's Regt. Feby. 14th 1782 60 days as footman in the same June 1st 1782 30 days as footman in the same, in all 110 days Sterling L 7:17:1 1/2 D.
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I certify the above to be a true copy from the Records in this office
For Comptroller Genl.
J. Aug. Black
(No seal of office)