Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1465, Peter Buckholts, S.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Buckholts, Peter
NUMBER
R. 1465
CONTENTS

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- No 23499
       Wilkinson Co
                  Georgia -
Peter Buckhold(sp?)

e  f.g.i.d. not [illegible]

Robert Hatcher
Irwinton -
Wilkinson Co
Georgia

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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 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, showing the Service of Peter Buckholts Wilkinson County Georgia

Period when the Service was rendered.
drafted March 1780}
deserted May 80
vol May 80 [illegible]
Vol Oct 1780
82
after home
Oct 82
until Dec 82

Duration of the claimant's service
Years. 
Months. 
Days.
service not stated with [illegible]
con [crossed out]
3 [crossed out]
2 [under heading months]
17 [under heading days]

Rank of the claimant.
Private


Lieut

Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Irwin
Major Benton
General Marion
Col Hory
Major Swinton
General Marion

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
69 years
George
Town
Parish
S. Caro
lina

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional evidence

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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," 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. 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 the 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 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 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof,m I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (I) this day      &c.

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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.

The applicant must prove that he was commissioned.
John N Ashton

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State of Georgia
Wilkinson County
Inferior Court of Wilkinson County & State aforesaid July term 1834. Present their Honours Samuel Beall Daniel M. Hall Lewellen M Robinson & Henry Chambers
Personally appeared in Open Court this fourteenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight Hundred and thirty four Peter Buckholts a resident of said County & State, aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amended declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed the Seventh day of June Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred & thirty two, That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted Soldier for a three month tour, the Second day of March, Seventeen Hundred & Eighty, under the command of the following Officers, viz. Col. Irwin, Maj. Benton, Capt. Buckholts & Lieut. Baxter and that at the time declarant was thus drafted he resided in the State of South Carolina, Georgetown Parish & that in this Tour he served two months and fifteen days & that during this tour he march from Georgetown to Linches Causway on Santee River within about thirty miles of Charleston, at which place he remained untill the Surrender of General Lincoln of the American Army to Lord Cornwallis at Charleston. He declarant was then marched back to Georgetown in South Carolina & then discharged in writing by Col Irwin the nineteenth day of May Seventeen Hundred & Eighty, which discharge is lost or mislaid, so that declarant cannot submit it in proof of this tour of Service & that he has no other way whereby he can establish this tour of Service only by his own oath. Declarant further states that he performed another tour of duty in the State of South Carolina, Georgetown Parish, as a Volunteer which

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Service commenced in October Seventeen Hundred and Eighty, but cannot recollect the day of the month under the command of Genl. Marion, Col. Horry Major Swinton, Capt. Mandlin and Lieut. Odam all of which was of South Carolina, and during this tour declarant was engaged in a battle near Georgetown State of South Carolina against the tories in which skirmish Col. Horry & Capt. Snipes Commanded, he declarant then marched to Snows Island on Pedee River [Pee Dee] from thence he marched Sixty or Seventy miles above the above in Junction of Pedee [Pee Dee] & Santee Rivers & that he was at the taking of a fort called Fort Watson on the east side of Santee River & that he was at the taking of another Fort near the widow Motts on the west side of Santee River about thirty miles from Fort Watson all of these events transpired in South Carolina as aforesaid. From thence he was marched to Poling Green on the East side of Pedee River [Pee Dee] & was there discharged in the month of June Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two, by General Marion who gave declarant a discharge in writing, which has such as been lost or mislaid so that he is unable to submit it in Proof of such Tour of service & that he declarant from old age and great loss of memory is not able to State precisely the day he entered the aforesaid tour of service, or the day he was discharged, but according to his best recollection, he served in this hour not less than one year & seven months & that he has no other way whereby he can establish said term of service but by his own oath. And this declarant further States that he performed another tour of duty as a Lieutenant whilst a resident of the State of South Carolina as aforesaid, under the command of Genral Marion Col. Baxter, Major Swinton and Capt. Foxworth, that he declarant commenced this tour of duty, some time in the month of October Seventeen Hundred and eighty two, but from great loss of memory cannot

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recollect the precise day of the month he commenced this tour of Service, but according to his best recollection he served not less than one month and fifteen days & this declarant further States that he marched in the aforesaid tour to Waterloo, from thence to Charleston and on the twelfth day of December of the same year he was discharged in writing, by General Marion, which discharge is lost or mislaid so that the declarant is not able to submit it in Proof of this tour of service.
He Peter Buckholts applicant & declarant as aforesaid, doth hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any other State,
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this fourteen day of July A.D. 1834
Peter Buckholts
Daniel M. Hall J.J.C.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he States
Daniel M. Hall J.J.C.
Saml Beall J.J.C.
Henry Chambers J.J.C.
L. M. Robison, J.J.C.
I, V. A. Brazzill Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County of Wilkinson & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Buckholts for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my

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and private Seal there being no Seal of Office this fourteenth day of July Anno Domini 1834
Valentine H Brazzill {SS}

To the Interrogatories propounded, by the Inferior Court of Wilkinson County & State of Georgia by the directions of the War department to Peter Buckholts a Revolutionary Soldier and applicant as such he makes the following answers viz -
1st Int. He answers, that he was born in the State of South Carolina Georgetown Parish the Sixth day of December Seventeen Hundred & Sixty three 
2nd He answers that he has a record of his age and that it is at Home
3rd He answers that he was living in South Carolina Georgetown Parish, when first called into service where he resided for Several years after the close of the war that he removed from there to Warren County in the State of Georgia & that he moved from there to Wilkinson County Georgia where he now resides
4th He answers that he was drafted first & entered in the service of the United States as stated in the Declaration & continued in said service untill discharged as is also stated in the declaration & that he also served as a volunteer & Lieutenant as is stated in the Declaration
5th He answers, That Col. Irwin & Major Benton were the commanding Officers when he served under a draft and General Marion, Col. Horry & Major Swinton were the commanding Officers under whom he served as a volunteer
6th He answers that he did get a written discharge from Col. Irwin but unfortunately took no care of it & cannot State what became of it and that at the expiration of his tour of Service as

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a volunteer he received a written discharge from General Francis Marion, which is also lost or mislaid so that this applicant cannot find it
7th He answers, that he is acquainted with the Reverend Williams Payne and Jesse Pitman whose certificate is herewith forwarded

State of Georgia
Wilkinson County
We Williams Payne a clergyman of Lamens County Georgia and Jesse Pitman residing in the County of Wilkinson and State of Georgia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Buckholts who subscribed to and Swore to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy years of age as stated in his declaration, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a Soldier in the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed to in Open Court this fourteenth of July 1834 Williams Payne clergyman
Jess Pittman
Daniel M. Hall J.J.C.
Saml Beall J.J.C.
Henry Chambers J.J.C.
L. M. Robison J.J.C.
attest
V. A. Brazzill Clk.

State of Georgia
Wilkinson County
Personally appeared before the Inferior Court of the County & State aforesaid Robert Rogar Senr .who after being duly sworn, deposeth and Saith on oath, That Peter Buckholts now a resident of said County & State did serve as a Revolutionary Soldier in the State of South Carolina under Capt. Mandlin & Lieut Odam Sometime in the first part of the year Seventeen Hundred and

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Eighty two and that the said Peter Buckholts served as a Lieutenant in the army under the command of General Marion, from some time in October Seventeen Hundred & Eighty two untill, nearly the middle of December of the same year. That this deponent was also a Soldier at the same time & knew the said Buckholts then and has known him ever since
Sworn to and Subscribed to in Open Court this fourteenth of July Anno Domini 1834-
Robert Rogar Senr. his mark X
Daniel M. Hall J.J.C.
Saml Beall J.J.C.
Henry Chambers J.J.C.
L. M Robison J.J.C.

State of Georgia
Wilkinson County
We the undersigned Justices of the Inferior Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby our opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that Peter Buckholts declarant and applicant for a Pension as will appear by the annexed declaration was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he States, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Williams Payne who has Signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Laurens & State of Georgia and that Jesse Pitman who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Wilkinson & State of Georgia is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Daniel M. Hall J.J.C.
Samuel Beall J.J.C.
Henry Chambers J.J.C.
L. M. Robison J.J.C.
attest
V.A. Brazzill clk

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I V.A. Brazzill Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County of Wilkinson and State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Buckholts for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto my hand and private Seal there being no seal of Office this fourteenth day of July Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred & thirty four.
V.A. Brazzill Clk {SS}

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Entd. J. Henry Carnes. Compl. Genl.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
By His Excellency Wilson Lumpkin Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of this Militia thereof:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
Know &c, That Daniel M. Hall, Samuel Beall, Henry Chambers and L. M. Robinson whose attestation appears to the within instruments of writing are and were at the date of the same Justices of the Inferior Court for the County of Wilkinson in said State, that Valentine H. Brazzill whose attestation appears to the same and was at the date thereof Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County, and that said attestations are in due form and by proper officers.

THEREFORE, all due faith, credit and authority are, and ought to be had and given to their attestation as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State House, in Milledgeville, this Seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty four and of the Independence of the United States of America, the fifty ninth.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Wm A. Tennille
Secretary of State.

Received 25 cents
L B Buckner
S E D

[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

BUCKHOLTS, PETER
(S.C.)
R. 1465

[left side writing]
Wilson Lumpkin

[right side writing]
Recd. Two dollars & fifty cents
T. Haynes

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1465
REJECTED
P.O.
Peter Buckholts
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of suspension as follows: "For proof from the books of the Comptroller General of South Carolina."
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for

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Peter Burkholts
23499

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Georgia
Wilkinson County
This 5th day of November 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before the Inferior Court of said County now sitting Peter Buckholts a Resident of Wilkinson County and State of Georgia aged Sixty nine 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 stated that he entered the service by Draft the Second day of March 1780 under Colonel Irwin Major Benton, Captain Jacob Buckholts Lieutenant Baxter South Carolina Georgetown Parish. March with in about thirty miles of Charleston continued there untill General Linkhorn surrendered up his army to the British at Charleston. Marched Back and was Discharged the 19th day of May of the same year, Volunteered under General Marion, Colonel Horry Major Swinton, Captain Mundlin Lieutenant Odom in South Carolina sometime in the Month of October 1780 in which service I continued to June 1782 a truce being made between General Marian and the Tories in June 1781 for Twelve Months and in June 1782 the truce was out Marian then Marched his troops in to the truce Lands on the East side of Peedee River and the Tories gave up a draft then [illegible] and sometime in October 1782. I served under General Marian as a Lieutenant untill about the 12th day of December of the same year. the British left Charleston of said the state and I then was discharged - was in one Battle near Georgetown against the Tories in South Carolina under Colonel Horry Capt. Snips, I was at the taking of one fort Called Fort Watson near Santee River South Carolina, also I was at the taking of the Fort at the widow Motts on the west side of Santee River South Carolina, 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 and year aforesaid.
Peter Buckholts

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We Williamson Paynes a Clergyman, residing in the County of Laurens and State of Georgia, and Jonas Griffin residing in the County of Wilkinson and State of Georgia, Hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Buckholts who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 us concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Williams Payne J.M.G.
Jonas Griffin Mgr

And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation 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 William Payne who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Laurens & State aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And also Major Jonas Griffin of the county of Wilkinson is a credible person & is entitled to the same credit.
John Hardie J.J.C.
Thos. T. Prestwood J.J.C.
Charly Riley J.J.C.
Adam Branan J.J.C.
John Hardie J.J.C.

I Valentine A Brazzill clerk of the Inferior Court for the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Buckholts for a pension - In testimony whereof

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I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (there being no seal of office) this 5th day of November 1832.
Jeremiah Beall C.C.O {SS}

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Interrogatories propounded by the Court as required by the war department-
To the 1 He answers he was born in South Carolina Georgetown Parish December the 6th 1763
To the 2d He answers he has a record of his age which if at home
To the 3d He answers He was living in South Carolina Georgetown Parrish where he resided six or seven years after the close of the war he removed from thence to Warren County Georgia and from thence to Wilkinson County where he now lives
To the 4' He answers he was first drafted and entered the service as such in the year 1780 after which he served as a volunteer in the same year and continued until 1782
To the 5' He answers that Col Irwin and Major Benton were the Head officers when he served under a draft General Marion Col Hory Major Swinton were the principle head officers with whom he served as a volunteer he does not know the number of the regiments if they were numbered at all
To the 6th He answers he did receive a written discharge from Col Irwin which he took no special care of and can not now say what become of it when he

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removed as a volunteer he never Received any written discharge he served as a Lieutenant under a bribet for a short time from some time in the month of October 1782 until the 12th day of December in the same year when he was discharged by General Marion which has been long since lost or destroyed

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[seal with 1790 on it]

Peter Buckholts
Georgia
-
Suspended
17 Jan: 1835 Hon Wm Schley

1465

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Hon. Wm Schley
17 Jan, 1835
O.C.

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Department of War
Pension Office
January 17 1835
Sir
The claim of Peter Buckholts has been examined and suspended for want of proof of service. The claimant will therefore make application to the office of the Comptroller Genl. at Columbia, a service from which he can unquestionably obtain ample evidence, provided he served as he alleged.
I have the honor


Hon Wm Schley
Ho Repr