Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31136, Benjamin Holladay, S.C. Va.

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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE S. C.  Va.
Holladay, Benjamin
Holliday
NUMBER S.31136

CONTENTS

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Kentucky
Benjamin Holliday of Owen Co in the State of Kentucky who was a pr & sgt in the company commanded by Captain Moore of the regt commanded by Col Singleton in the S. C. Militia.
for 15 month for 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 65 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June 1837 and sent to Hon R. M. Johnson [illegible] Ken

Arrears to the 4th of March 1832 $130.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 32.50
$162.50

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol 7 Page 12

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Ben Holladay
pension claim
from 1776 private & sgt 15 month,

Pr. 6 mo - $20-
Sgt. 9 mo 45
$65-

Hon R. M. Johnson

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State of Kentucky
County of Owen
On this 4th day of June 1833 personally appeared before Smith Calvert a Justice of the peace in and for said County being also a member of the Owen County Court, Benjamin Holladay a resident of the County of Owen and State of Kentucky, aged 82 years (who from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the proper Court to make his declaration) who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say being a resident of the County of - on the Peedee in the State of
South Carolina he did on the - day of June 1776 he entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man and private soldier in the company of Capt Isham Moore upon a tour of three months. that he rendezvoused with his company as well as he remembers at the house of Capt Moore and was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Singleton that he was immediately upon his entry into the service as aforesaid appointed order servant of his company and served as such during his said tour that he was marched from his said place of rendezvous immediately to Charlestown in South Carolina where he was kept stationed during the whole of his said tour and at the termination thereof he was dis charged and returned to his residence in the state of South Carolina - He states that Col Moultrie had the command of the port on Sullivan's Island as he understood whom he recollects to have seen on this tour & he recollects also to have seen Genl Lee. He does not at this time recollect the names of any of the other
officers whom he saw upon this tour.

He further declares that being a resident of the same County and State above named he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier on the - day of April in the year

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1780 as well as he now remembers upon a tour of six months in the company of Captain John Holladay and immediately thereupon he was appointed an orderly sergeant of his said company and served as such during the whole of his said tour, he states that he rendezvoused with his said company at the house of John Holladay who lived in the same County with this declarant and who was the captain of the company as above named, that he was marched with his company to Hillsborough in North Carolina where he remained for some time and then joined the army of Gen'l Gates and then marched into South Carolina against the British that he and his company were attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Stubblefield the Lt. Col. of which was Joseph Spencer-- that after the army went to South Carolina if was marched towards Camden and the battle betwixt the army of Gen'l Gates and the British army under Cornwallis at that place was fought in which action this declarant was not engaged at having been left at Hillsborough with a portion of his company to assist in taking care of the public stores, that the troops there were under the command of Major Massert that after the defeat of Camden he remained at Hillsborough for some time and then left it and continued with the main army till the expiration of his tour of duty and was then discharged and returned home - He recollects upon this tour to have seen besides his own immediate officers-- Cols. Glenn & Richardson Gen'ls. Gates & Stevens-

He further states and declares that being then a resident of the County of Spotsylvania in the State of Virginia he again entered the service of the United States on the day of April 1781 as a private volunteer soldier upon a tour of two months in the company of Capt Johnson, that he rendezvoused with his company at Redwood in Caroline County Virginia and was attached

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to the regiment of Col. Oliver Tolls, and to the Brigade of Genl Lawson- that he was marched from his said place of rendezvous and joined the army of Lafayette at a place called the burnt Honory that he continued in the service actively engaged during the whole of his tour and was at the termination then discharged & returned to Spotsylvania County Va. He recollects to have seen upon this tour Genl Steuben & Lafayette & Cols Greene & Dark

He further declares that on the - day of July 1781 he again entered the service of the United States as private volunteer soldier in the company of Capt Thomas Tolls upon a tour of two months, that he rendezvoused with his company at the White Plains in Spotsylvania County where he still lived and was marched from thence to Caroline county Va - from thence to New Castle in Hanover County and from thence to Fredericksburg Va where he remained stationed during the balance of his tour and at the termination thereof was discharged. He does not recollect to have been under the command of any officer during this tour of higher grade than Captain --.

He further declares that immediately after the termination of his above named tour to wit in the month of Septr 1781 he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man and private soldier upon a tour of two months in the company of Capt. Harry Stubblefield- that he rendezvoused at Jack Holladay's old place in the said County of Spotsylvania where he this declarant still resided and was marched with his company from thence to Springfield Va. where he remained stationed a short time and was then marched back to Spotsylvania County and there kept stationed during the residue of his tour of duty having in charge & assisting in guarding a quantity of public stores, that upon the expiration of his said tour he was discharged

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He states that from his advanced age and consequent loss of memory he is unable to state with as much certainty and precision as he could wish the time and other circumstances attending his service but from his present best recollection he served in the manner & at the times above named and not less than nine months as an orderly sergeant and six months as a private soldier in the Army of the revolution and for such service he claims a pension

He states that he has no documentary evidence & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service or any part of it

He 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-
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Ben Holladay

Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by Smith Calvert the above mentioned Justice of the peace-
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in Spotsylvania County Va in the year 1751 according to my best information

2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer I have no record of my age in my immediate possession my age was recorded in my fathers family Bible

3d Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Answer upon my two first tours of duty I was living in South Carolina having changed my residence from the Spots[ylvania]

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[Spot]sylvania County Va temporarily when I entered the service upon my other tours I lived in Spotsylvania County Va where I continued to reside till 1789 when I moved to Fayette County
Ky. where I continued to reside for some time and from thence to Madison County Ky and from thence to Estill County Ky and from thence to Gallatin County Ky and I now live in Owen County Ky. and have been living in the last mentioned County for 13 years past

4th How were you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
Answer upon three of my tours I volunteered upon the other two I was a drafted Militia man

5th 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
Answer. I recollect to have seen Gen'ls Lee, Gates Lawson, Stevens, Warden, Lafayette & Steuben and Cols. Morgan, Greene, Lotts, Glenn, Stubblefield, - upon my first tour I was Marched to Charlestown in South Carolina and there kept stationed until its expiration, upon my second tour I was kept stationed principally at Hillsborough in North Carolina upon my third tour I was with the troops in Virginia endeavoring to protect the country from the British army under Cornwallis, upon my fourth & fifth tours I was en gaged in the same kind of service and also in taking care of the public stores-

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. If I ever rec'd a discharge in writing I have forgotten it-

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who

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can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer I will name Benjamin F. Kenney and John Wright as persons to whom I am known

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Ben Holladay

We Benjamin F. Kinney a clergyman residing in the County of Owen and State of Kentucky and John Wright residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Holladay who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 82 years of age, that he is reputed believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and we further certify that he is now and has been for a long time past unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the Court to make his declaration and that the above declaration was made and these proceedings had in Consequence thereof at his house in Owen County Ky

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year afsd
[signed] Benjamin Kenney
John Wright

and I the said Smith Calvert Justice of the peace in and for Owen County and member of the Owen County Court hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that Benjamin Holladay the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Benjamin F. Kenney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County

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of Owen and State of Kentucky and that John Wright who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I also further certify that these proceedings have been had at the house of the said Benjamin Holladay in Owen County Ky before me in consequence of his being so infirm in body that he is wholly unable by reason thereof to attend the proper Court for the purpose

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of June 1833
S. Calvert J.P.

State of Kentucky
Owen County

I, John C. Bacon Clerk of the Court of Owen County in the State of Kentucky hereby certify that
Smith Calvert whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for Owen County and a member of the Court of which I am clerk and that the above signation purporting to be his is genuine. And that the above proceedings were presented to me by him in my office as the original proceedings had before him in the matter of the application of Benjamin Holladay for a pension

In testimony of all which I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 7th day of
June 1833 
H Bacon Clk
Owen County Court

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31136
Revy INVALID.
File No. 31136
Benjamin Holliday
Sergt Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 193
{Arrangement of 1870.}