Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1639, Andrew Bigham, N. C.

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[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Bigham, Andrew

NUMBER
S.1639

carded
CONTENTS

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[left side] Repd [Reported] to Agent 10 March 34
See letters 2 Jan 1834 to Pension Agents at Knoxville & Jonesborough & to W Lowry Tenn [Tennessee]

[right side] 22123
East Tennessee

Andrew Bigham
of McMinn Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com [Company] commanded by Captain Sharp of the regt [Regiment] commanded by Col. Compton in the N. Carolina line for 1 year & 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of E. Tennessee
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Oct.
1833 and [sent to] Wm. Lowry [Illegible] 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 183.32
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 March 36.66
$219.98

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Dan Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 57

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DECLARATION 
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JUNE 7, 1832 
State of Tennessee,} 
County of McMinn} SS.
On this 4th day of September personally appeared in the open Court, before the Justices of the County Court of said County, Andrew Bigham, a resident of said county and state, aged about 73 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 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States of the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered the service of the United States in Mecklenburg County North Carolina in December 1779 as a volunteer in a company of Militia commanded by Captain John Sharp, James Tigert Lieutenant and Ensign George Graham, and was attached to the 3rd Regiment of North Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel John Hampton, Colonel Commandant, and Frederick Hambright, Lieut. Colonel, declarant marched from Maclinburg [Mecklenburg] N. C. on through Camden in South Carolina on the Wateree River to Charleston passing Moncks Corner and was stationed at Charleston 3 months and was discharged there having served the term for which declarant engaged - which was 3 months, declarant has no documentary evidence having lost his discharge in the month of March 1780. 
Declarant immediately again entered the service as a volunteer in 1780 in Mecklenburg County North Carolina marching from there to Ramsour's Mill in Lincoln County North Carolina and there attached himself to Captain Tigert's [James Ligert’s a/k/a James Taggert’s] company and fought in the battle at said Ramsour's Mill [June 20, 1780], declarant was also in the battle of King's Mountain [October 7, 1780] and in said Tigert's company having been attached to the 3rd Regiment of North Carolina Militia Commanded by Col John Hampton, declarant was also in the battle at Beatty's Ford [sic, Cowan's Ford], North Ca. at the time Genl Davidson [General William Lee Davidson] was defeated [February one, 1781], declarant was stationed on the left flank at the battle of Guilford [Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781] to prevent Cornwallis from passing -- was not

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immediately in said battle but was in view of the battle ground during the whole of the time. Declarant during the whole of this campaign had no particular or stationed company, fighting and marching on his own hook at all times, and places where it was necessary for the safety of the Country. Declarant was acquainted with Major Sharp, a regular officer, who had lost three fingers and had a great stoppage in his speech, stationed at Charleston at that time. Declarant has no documentary evidence, and was discharged after the battle of Eutaw Springs but was not there, peace having been declared soon after that. 

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 subscribe the 4th day of September 1832
Andrew [his X mark] Bigham

We Abraham Slover a clergyman residing in the county and state aforesaid, and Reuben Cassaday residing as aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Bigham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and we believe him to be 73 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 to and subscribed the 4th day of September 1832 
A. Slover
Reuben Cassaday

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigating the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abraham Glover who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, that he and Jesse Walling who has also signed it, are resident as they therein state, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

John Miller
Benja Isbell
A. BARB

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1st: Interrogatory, When and in what year were you born[?] 
[Answer] Declarant was born in Ireland in the year 1760 -- August 15th -

2nd Have you any record of you age and if so, where is it[?] 
[Answer] [Declarant] has no record of his age it being destroyed by the Tories. 

3rd Where were you living when called into service, here have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live[?] 
[Answer] Declarant was living in Mecklenburg Cty [County] North Ca [Carolina] from Mecklenburg County North Carolina [he] removed to Virginia, Frederick County; from Frederick County back to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina from thence to Greene County Tennessee; from thence to Smith County Tennessee; and from thence to McMinn County where he now resides and has done for the last 10 or 12 years. 

4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if so for whom [did you substitute]? 
[Answer] Declarant was a volunteer the whole of his term. 

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 services. 
[Answer] Declarant has stated in his former declaration all the officers he can recollect, as well as the general circumstances of his services. 

[6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given; and what has become of it?] 

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for

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veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. William White, James White, William Allison, James Senters, Joel Johnston, Jacob Plowman, John Roberts, William Brittain, John Walling, Thos Welling, Jesse Walling, John Thornberry, Isaac Walling, James Walling, James Stamphill, Wm. T. McCallie, Wm. Smedly, Robert Williams, Shadrack Williams declarant never received any commission - Received discharges but lost them.

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No 23823
Andrew Bigham
Tenn.

( e)

Adm 1 year & 10 Months
40
33.33
73.33.-
Address
Wm Lowry
Athens Ten

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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE
7 May 1833

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 a 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 these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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, showing the Service of Andrew Bigham McMinn Co. Tenn.
[column headings: Period when the service rendered: Duration of the claimant’s service. Year Month  Day: Rank of the claimant's: 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 was engaged: Country through which he marched: Place of abode when he entered the service, and age a the present period: Evidence by which the declaration is supported.]  

Dec 1779 Vol [Volunteered] 3 [months] Priv. Capts. Sharp Tigerts Col Hampton NC Mecklenburg Co. N. C. Aged 73 – Traditionary Living Witness

Vol 1780 Discharged after the Battle of Eutaw Springs [Captain] Tigerts [Colonel] “ [Hampton] Ramsour's Mill Kings Mountain NC

The time engaged in actual service is required. It is well known that no description of troops excepting these belonging to the continental army were kept in constant service for the length of time claimed by the applicant. He must state the time occupied in each tour performed by him.

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. 
[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. 
1               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                for a pension. 
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 day 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 bis 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 he 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 enquiry 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 trans nit 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. 
(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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 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 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 in 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 in 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 signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to [illegible] note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
[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.

Dyer Castor
Exam Clerk

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State of Tennessee}
McMinn County} SS On this 5th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Samuel Workman one of the Acting justices of the peace for said County and State, Andrew Bigham a resident Citizen of said County who being first duly sworn, doth make this declaration Amendatory of his of the 4th of September 1832 (numbered 23832) 
That he entered the service as specified in his 2nd statement served under the Officers therein set forth performed the services therein mentioned and was 22 months in service out of 24, exclusive of his first term of service, and rec.d [received] a discharge for 3 months out of that time. 

State of Tennessee} 
McMinn County} SS 
On this 5th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County of McMinn Andrew Bigham, 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 period above mentioned, and in the following grades – for 1 year and 10 months I served as a private volunteer Soldier – [Illegible words crossed out] And for which service

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I claim a pension. 
Andrew [his X mark] Bigham

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 5th day of June 1833
Saml. Workman, JP

a justice of the peace for McMinn County --- 

State of Tennessee} S.S.
McMinn County} On this 5th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Samuel Workman one of the acting Justices of the peace for said County. John Roberts & William Brittain resident Citizens of said County & State and after being duly sworn, say they are acquainted with Andrew Bigham - the above declarant, that he is a man of credibility and in whom confidence can be placed as to his statements
John Roberts 
William Brittain

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I certify that I am acquainted with William Brittain and John Roberts who have made the foregoing certificate, that they were sworn to the same by myself and that they are men of Credibility and in whom full confidence can be placed –
Given under my hand & Seal at Athens this 5th June 1833 
Samuel Workman {Seal}
a justice of the from for McMinn County 

State of Tennessee
I Archibald R Turk Clerk the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for McMinn County & State aforesaid, Certify that Saml Workman and John Miller Esquire whose names are signed to the foregoing declaration, and affidavits are acting Justices of the peace for said County, duly commissioned and sworn as such, and that full faith and credit an due to their official attestations as Justices of the peace – 
In testimony whereof I hereunto affixed the seal of office at office in Athens this 8th day of June 1833 
A R Turk Clerk

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RECORDS DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
S.1639 Own

3 -- 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 19 

In reply to your request of    , received      for a statement of the military history of Andrew Bigham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau. 

[column headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.
[Row 1]
Dec. 1779 3 mos [months] [Rank] Pvt. [Captain] John Sharp [Colonel] John Hampton [State] N. C.

[Row 2] 
1780 19 “ [months] [Captain] Tigert [Colonel] “ [John Hampton]

Battles engaged in Ramsour's Mills, Kings Mountain, Beatys Ford

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburg Co. N. C.

Date of application for pension, Sept. 4, 1832. His claim was al [allowed]

Residence at date of application, McMinn Co. Tenn.

Age at date of application, born in Ireland, Aug 15, 1760 

Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

6-2856

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[left side written sideways]
1922 June 18 Mrs. C. W. Collom fur. hist. [furnished history] AW

[right side] 
Rev War.
1639 
INVALID

File No. 1639

Andrew Bigham
Priv. N. C. Line

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 31

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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of Mecklenburgh [Mecklenburg] Co. North Carolina was an Officer in the War of the Revolution. I have the paper signed by Geo. Sevier of Tennessee appointing him Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution. The records in the Adjutant General office at Washington shows that William Lang inlisted [enlisted] in the War of the Revolution. But not that he was an Officer, and I have papers showing he was in Officer. 
I will greatly appreciate this information. 
Sincerely Mrs. C W Collom

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[circular stamp] PENSION F MAY 1 1922 OFFICE U. S.

April 27. 1922 Rev EB

Gadsden, Ala.
402 Turrentine Ave.

Commission of Pensions 
Washington D. C 

Do the records in your office show that Andrew Bigham

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State of Tennessee} 
McMinn County} SS On this 7th day of August 1833 personally appeared Andrew Bigham before me John Miller one of the acting justices of the peace for said County, who being first duly sworn, makes this declaration amendatory of his amended declaration of the 5th of June - That he entered the service as by him specified in his 2nd Statement in his Original declaration, performed the services therein set forth, and served in that tour 3 months and rec.d [received] a discharge for the same but lost it. 

Sworn to & subscribed before me date above
Andrew [his X mark] Bigham

John Miller
Justice of the Peace

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State of Tennessee 
I Archibald R Turk Clerk of the Court of pleas and for the County of McMinn Certify that John Miller whose name appears to the foregoing amendatory declaration of Andrew Bigham is an acting justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and authorized to act as such and that full faith and credit is due to his Official attestations 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at office in Athens this 7th day of August 1833
A. R. Turk Clerk 
By Saml H Jordan LP

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23832

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I Arch.d [Archibald] R. Turk Clerk of the County Court of McMinn aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Andrew Bigham for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Office, this 10th day of September 1832

A. R. Turk Clerk 
By his Deputy Wm Berrill

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State of Tennessee} 
McMinn County} SS 
On this 4th day of June 1833 personally appeared William Burnett [W.15320 before me John Miller one of the acting justices of the peace for said County and State and after being duly sworn says he is acquainted with Andrew Bigham the declarant, and that he served with him in that tour first by him stated in a company of Militia commanded by Captain John Sharp, Lieutenant James Tigert, & Ensign George Graham, and that declarant and affiant were both attached to the 3rd Regiment of North Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel John Hampton & Frederick Hambright, and affiant states that declarant served as by him set forth in his Decl [Declaration] and that from affiant's acquaintance with declarant he has full confidence in his statements. 

Sworn to and subscribed before made the 4th day of June 1833
William [his X mark] Barnett
John Miller, JP

a Justice of the peace for McMinn County I

I certify that I am acquainted with William Barnett who has made

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The foregoing statement and have no hesitancy in saying he is entitled to full confidence & Credit –
Given under my hand & Seal at Athens this 4th day of June 1833
John Miller {JP}
A justice of the peace for McMinn County