Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9740, William Bobbit, N. C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE					NUMBER
N. C.		Bobbit, William		W. 9740
		Bobbitt,
			Susannah
CONTENTS

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[Document folded down the center, two columns of writing and text]
[Left side:]
See letter to Hon. J. Rogers Jan.
9. 1837
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th Sept 1837 to 4 March
1838.  Agt notified 15 March 1839
Order to pay 13 April 1839

[Right Side:]
12.631
South Carolina
William Bobbit
of Chester in the State of South Car.
who was a pri. infty. & Cavly in the company commanded
by Captain Harris of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Eaton in the North Car.
line for 10 months
M 84
d. Nov. 12 1839
Inscribed on the Roll of South Car.
at the rate of 34. dollars 99. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of May ‘33
Chesterville, So. Ca. and sent applicant
Arrears to the 4th of March ’33- 69.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept ’33- 17.49 ½
[total]  $87.47 ½
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by William Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 63

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[Left side:]
8215
South. Carolina
Susannah Bobbitt,  Dec’d
widow of William Bobbitt
nc
who was a private
in the Revolution
Husband died 12th Novr. 1839
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
21 Dollars –
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March 1843, and
terminate on 18th March, 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of July, 1847
and sent to S.A. Bettig,
Chester C. [???]
South Carolina
(Acts if March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 164

[Right side]
Reported
[written sideways vertically along the fold of the page:]
Payable to Temperance Hardgrove, Susannah
Patterson, John Bobbitt, Sara Bigham and
Stephan Bobbitt only surviving Children

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Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of S. Carolina.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th 
March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in
Book A Vol. 2 Page164
		Tho. [Rumpkin?]
		Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW’S PENSION.
____________________
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, and
17th of June 1844, Susannah Bobbitt Decd. State of S. C. 
widow of William Bobbitt
who was a Private
and died on the 12th day of Nov. 1839.
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty One
dollars and --- cents per annum, commencing on the
4th March 1843, and terminating on the 18th March 1844 
[text from original crossed out:] unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which
case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
 [This is written in its place:]
when she died which amt is due to Temperance
Hardgrove, Susannah Patterson, John Bobbitt, Sara Bigham
and Stephen Bobbitt only surviving Children
Given at the War office of the United States this 19 day of July 
one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
Examined and Countersigned.  Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Copy
Marriage Bond of
William Bobbit

[writing can be seen bleeding through the other side of this letter]

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(A copy)
North Carolina State,
Know all men by these presents that we William
Bobbitt & George James are held & firmly bound
unto Alexander Martin Esq Govenor etc. in the
sum of five hundred pound to which payment
will and truly to be made to the said Alexander Martin
Esq on to his successions in office.  We bind our
selves our heirs Executors & Administrators etc. jointly & sever=
ally firmly by these presents sealed dated this
fifteenth day of May seventeen hundred and eighty
four.  The condition of this obligation is such
that whereas there is a marriage shortly to be
solemnized & had between the above bound
William Bobbitt & Sukie James, now if there
be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage
then the above obligation to be void else to remain
in full force & virtue
Signed Sealed & delivered
in the presence of
M.D. Johnson
William Bobbitt, Seal
Geo. James, Seal
[in this copy, the writer wrote ‘seal’ with a puffy cloud circles around each word, to indicate that the original had an actual seal] 
State of North Carolina
Warren County,  I John W White Clerk of the
Count of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County & State
Certify that the foregoing is a true and exact
Copy of the marriage bond of William Bobbitt to marry
Sukie James with the exception of the dates which is
written in the above copy but in the original the 
dates are explained in plain figures and words thus
,, this 15th day of May 1784
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal of office this 22nd day
of Jany A.D. 1847.  John W White Clerk
		of Warren County Court

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State of South Carolina
Chester District, On this 13th day of April
1847. Personally appeared before Jas B. Magill
one of the Acting Magistrates in and for the State
and District aforesaid, Samuel S. Bigham a resident
of the District Aforesaid, aged 40 years, son in law
of the late Susanna Bobbit deceased of Chester District
widow of William Bobbit late pensioner deceased
of said District, who being first duly sworn acc=
ording to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
Resolution of Congress passed on the 23rd day of January
1845.  That this declarant the aforesaid Samuel L. Bigham
in the behalf of himself & the other heirs of the said
Susanna Bobbit deceased States that whereas the act
of the 30th April 1844 Prohibited the said Susanna
Bobbit from [receiving] a pension for the same period
during which her husband was a pensioner, I now
make the following statements under oath to obtain
the benefit of the Resolution above mentioned, That
the said Susanna Bobbit was the widow of William
Bobbit who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution
and a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, at the
rate of $34.99 per Annum, and that his widow the
aforesaid Susanna Bobbit applied for a pension
under the Act of 7 July 1838 and her Declaration was
made before the 30th April 1844 & filed in the pension 
office prior to the 23rd January 1844.  This declarant
now asks for the amount due her from the 4th
March 1836. aggreeable to the Resolution above
mentioned.  This declarant further makes oath, that=

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the said Susanna Bobbit died on the 19th day of March
1844, leaving, surviving the following named children
viz: Temperance Hardgrove, Susannah Patterson, John Bobbitt, Sara Bigham
and Stephen Bobbitt all of lawful ages
	Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
	Before me Jas B Magill Magt  Sarah [L?] Bigham (Seal)*
And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with the above declarant
and that he is a person whose statements is due
full faith and credit
		Jas. B. Magill (Magt)
*[(Seal) is written with a puffy cloud circle around it, indicating that the original document had a seal in that location]

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South Carolina, Chester District	
On this day personally came
Dr. B. B. Johnson (before me Jas.
B. Magill, an acting magistrate in and for the
District aforesaid) and made oath in due form
of Law.  That Widow Susannah Bobbit relict of
William Bobbit a revolutionary pensioner of the
District aforesaid, died on the 19th day of March
1844, and that the said deponent attended her in
her last sickness and is now able to State the
Exact time of her death by a reference to his
Medical account Books.  Wherein is stated, medicine
changed the day (previous to her death, and deponent
further states, that at the time of her Death she
had the following named children viz. Temperance 
Susannah, John Sarah & Stephen Bobbit, all
of Lawful ages, and that they are Still all
living as far as deponent Knows or has ever
heard.  Sworn to & subscribed this 13th day of April 1847
	-Before me- Benj. B. Johnson
Jas. B. Magill  Mgst
I John Rosborough Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for
chester District certify that James B. Magill is a magistrate
as above and that the foregoing Signature purporting
to be his, is genuine.  In testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed my seal of office
and subscribed my name the twentieth 
day of April 1847 and the Seventy first
year of American Independence
	J. Rosborough
clerk of the court of common Pleas
for Chester District

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State of South Carolina Chester District
SS On this 18th day of
November 1840 Personally
appeared before me Peter Wylie Judge of the
Court of Ordinary for the District Aforesaid
in open court Susannah Bobbitt a resident 
of State and District aforesaid ages Seventy
=four years who being duly Sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 entitled An Act Granting
half pay and pensions to Certain Widows
That She is the Widow of William Bobbitt
Who was a private of Infantry and Cavalry
in the War of the Revolution.  And for further
perticulars would beg to refer to the declaration
of her deceased Husband William Bobbitt which
She understands are on file in the War office
of the United States.  She further declares She
was married to the Said William Bobbitt on
Some day in May 1784 Seventeen hundred 
and Eighty four but does not Recollect the 
day of the month.  And her husband the
Aforesaid William Bobbit died on the 12th
day of November 1839 that She was not
married to him prior to his leaving the Service
but the marriage took place previous to the 
first of January Seventeen hundred and
=ninety four viz. at the time above Stated
Sworn to & Subscribed on
the day and year above
Written in open Court
before me
	Peter Wylie JCOCD
Susannah Bobbitt
her X mark

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South Carolina
Chester District
Personally appeared before 
me Peter Wylie Judge of the
Court of ordinary for Chester District in open
Courth Martin Key who upon being duly
Sworn Saith upon oath that he has been
acquainted with Susannah Bobbitt who has
made the foregoing declaration for the Space
of between thirty and forty years past as also
with her deceased husband William Bobitt
who was a pensioner of the United States & further
Saith they the said William Bobitt & Susanna
Bobitt was living together as man & wife when
he first Knew them and Lived as such to the
time of the death of the Said William Bobitt
which took place in the year 1839 and this depo
=nant further saith that the said William
Bobitt & Susannah raised a numerous
family and further saith he believes they were
Legally married as he never heard anything
to the contrary
Sworn to & Signed this 26
day of November 1840
in open Court before
me 		Peter Wylie JCOD
Martin Kee     [his signature]

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State of South Carolina Chester District
I Peter Wylie Judge And Clerk of the Court of ordinary 
of Chester District hereby Certify that the fore
=going declaration of Susannah Bobitt was
made before me in open Court as also the
Deposition of Martin Kee and I further 
certify that they are both Credible Witnesses
I further Certify that the Said Susannah Bobitt
is the widow of William Bobitt decd. Whose pen
=sion Certificate is hereunto attached.  I further
Certify that I was personally Acquainted with
the said William Bobitt for Twenty or Thirty
Years and never heard anything to the con
=trary of the said William Bobitt & his Said Wid
=ow Susannah who is Still his widow being
Legally married.  I further Certify they Raised
a numerous family of Children.  I further certify
that I Received the attached Certificate from
the Said Susannah Bobitt and has attached
the [seal covering possible word] declaration.
	In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
	Set my hand & Seal this 27th
	of November 1840
		Peter Wylie J.C.C.O.C.D

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23760
William Bobbitt
Chester District
South Carolina

Admit as private of infantry
8 months, and private
of Cavalry five months
26.66
   8.33
______
$34.99

Applicant
Chesterville
S. Carolina

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[This is a pre-printed form with a table at the bottom, the table data is filled out by hand]
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
you 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 wil shew 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 William Bobitt, Chester District S. Carolina
[Table Headings:]
Period when the service was rendered:
Duration of the claimant’s service: Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant:
Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Drafted in November.  
5 [months]
General Ash
Colonel Eaton
Capt Harris
About 18 months after Drafted
3 [months]
General Green
Col. Haines
Capt [Nason?]
About 15 months after Drafted
2 [months]
Col Clinch
Capt Tweaty
[age and place of abode]  71 North Carolina
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, etcetera, Teamsters, boatman, etcetera. 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. employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian spies. 
As roles 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, mucicians 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, County of or District of } ss.
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 service; (and if he served under more than one term of the enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or country and state in which he resided when he entered the service; The battles, if any, and which he was engaged, and the countries through which he marched. [emoji of a hand pointing a finger to the right] this form is to be varied so as to apply the cases of officers and persons who belong to the militia, volunteers, Navy, etcetera.]
	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 and 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. 
I ________ 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 (i) this ________ day of ________ etc.
	If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such a declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in the note (j) points out.
	Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the state troops, volunteers or militia, except those who belong 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 period B. Who has signed the proceedings certificate as a clergyman, resident in the________ and that C. D., who has also signed the same as 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, and the matter of the application of ________ for a pension.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in this office, this ________ day of ________ etc.
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 underoath, 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, in 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 produced 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 to 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 the same court of record in the county in which they reside, and they are 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 the 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 that they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of this 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 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.
Footnotes:
[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.
[d] 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 what amount of pension he is entitled. And in 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, etcetera a period B. Who, being duly sworn, deposes and sayeth, 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, etcetera, 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 and embodied corps called into service by competent authority; That he was either in the field or in Garrison; And for the time 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 case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[emoji of a hand pointing a finger to the right] The notes form [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of militiamen, volunteers and state troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to the 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.

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State of South Carolina)
Chester District) 1832
On this 24 Day of Novemb. 1832 Personally appeared in open
Court before Peter Wylie Judge of the Court of
Ordinary of Said District now sitting William
Bobbitt a Resident of Chester District and State 
Of South Carolina aged Seventyone 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  I was drafted and entered 
the service of the United States in the month of November
	and served five months under Genl Ash Col Eaton
and Capt Harris and under their command I marched 
from North Carolina to Georgia and was at the defeat
near Bayer Creek after the defeat Returned Back to 
North Carolina to where some regulars Lay and continued 
there till the time for which I was drafted expired.
I then got a discharge from Cat. Thomas Eaton and 
continued at home for about 18 months and was drafted
again for three months and served the time under
Genl. Green Col Haines and Capt. George [Nazra?]
and under their command I was in the Battle
Called the Guilford Battle, in the State of North
Carolina and at said Battle I got a musket Ball
shot through my thigh and was sent home and
was not able to do duty for some time- and in
about fifteen months I was drafted again for
three months, after I was drafted then was an offer
made that any person that would find their own
Horse and serve two months it would clear them for
the three for which they were Drafted and I-

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found my own Horse and Served as a horseman
for two months and then was dismissed and
served no more during the Revolutionary War.
He hereby relinquishes any 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
and that the whole time I served and was wounded and
disabled with my wound so that I was not able
to raise a crop was nearly Eighteen months
Sworn to and subscribed
oath sworn in open Court
Peter Wylie Judge C.O.C.D
William Bobbit [his signature]
South Carolina
Chester District
[sideways on the left margin:] 2376.0
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that
the above named applicant was a revolutionary Sol
=dier and serves as he stated, (and further [say?] that
Martin Key and Benjamin Patterson are men entitled
to credit) 
	Peter Wylie JCOCD
I peter Wylie Clerk of the court of ordinary
of Chester District to hereby certify that the for
=going contains the original proceedings of the said
court in the matter of the application of William Bob
=bett for a pension
	In testimony where of I have hereunto 
	set my hand and seal of office this 24
	day of November 1832
		Peter Wylie J.C.O.C.D.
[Direct the Issue?] to Wm Bobbitt
Chester PO South Carolina Chester District

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1.. Where and in what year were you born I was born in the year 1761 in Warren County in the State of North Carolina 
2.. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it I have no particular Record of my age 
 3.. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now When I was called into service I was living in North Carolina and still continued to live there for fourteen years after the Revolutionary War then moved to South Carolina and am now living in Chester District South Carolina – 
4.. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom I was drafted into service and when drafted was living in Warren County in the State of North Carolina – 
5.. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service 
 General Ashe, General Green, Colonel Thomas Eaton, Colonel Haynes, Colonel Joseph Clinch and Captain Tweaty these all the officers that I mostly served under 
6.. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
 I received a discharge from Colonel Thomas Eaton and one from Colonel Clinch but they are both lost or mislaid so that I cannot now find them –

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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 service
as a soldier of the revolution.
	As I have not been long in the present neighborhood
I have not been acquainted with many people only
Martin Kee Benjamin Patterson with some more Respect
= fully persons
Sworn to & signed in open Court
26th Nov. 1832  William Bobbitt [his signature]
Peter Wylie Judge Court O. C. D.
South Carolina Chester district personally appeared in open court
 before me Peter Wiley judge of the 
court of ordinary Martin key and Benjamin Patterson 
that they are well acquainted with William Bobbitt 
the present applicant for the benefit of the act
 of Congress past the 7th of June 1832 that they beli
=eve him to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary 
War that Martin key testifies that he has heard 
his uncle S[tephen] M Cambrell say that he was 
in the ranks with said Bobbitt at the battle at 
Guilford where he was wounded that he took care
 of him and carried him out of the action and 
gave him water to drink and of a hat and 
that said Patterson said that he heard his 
brother James Patterson say the same and that 
he was standing by his side when he fell and 
that they actually believe he was a revolutionary soldier 
and that the statements in his declaration to be 
true and that they believe him to be a man of 
veracity and truth and that he stands fair in the 
neighborhood where he now lives.
Sworn to & Signed in open Court
Peter Wylie Judge C.O.C.D.  
Martin Kee [his signature]
Benjamin Patterson 
his X mark

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9740
Susannah Bobbitt
Wid
William Bobbitt
Privt Rev War
Act: Mrh 3rd/ 43 June 17th 1844
Index: -- Vol. A , Page 13.
[Arrangement of 1870]

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[Two squares of paper are in this scan]
[The top square:]
S. C. Act 1838 _ 7484
Susannah Bobbit _ Wm
rejected
Set to Hon. Jos Rogers
25 Jany 1841
Peter Wylie 9 Mar 1841

Act 1838

[The bottom square:]
Savannah Bobbit
S C.
Let. to S. A. Bettis
March 18th, 1847
to same May 22. 47

Page 24

William Bobbitt S. C. Act 7 June 1832
		$34.99 per ann
	To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office			G C A
May 13 1847     Paid to 4th Sept 1839
	[signed initials look like BJB]

Page 25

10313
South Carolina
Susannah Bobbit, decd.
Widow of Wm Bobbit
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 12th November, 1839
of Chesterfield Dist. in the State of S. Carolina
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Warrig of the
Regt commanded by Col. Eaton in
the Revolution for 6 mo 9 days

Inscrib ed on the Roll of S. Carolina
at the rate of 21 dollars –
cents per annum, to commence on the 12th day of
November 1839, when
he died

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of
July, 1847 and sent to S. S. Bettis, Chester C. Ne. S. C.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838]
Recorded by Th Rumpkin, Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 305

[Right top corner of paper:]
Reported
[Sideways along right side of the paper:]
Payable to Temperance Hardgrove, Susannah
Patterson, John Bobbitt, Sarah Bigham and
Stephen Bobbitt only surviving Children

Page 26

33393
William Bobbitt’s Petition
for a Pension



[___] this paper be returned to
the Pension Office with
the declaration


	Hon. Jas. Rogers
		D R

Page 27

South Carolina
Chester District
I Peter Wylie Judge of the
Court of Ordinary do hereby
certify that the written Petition is for our
Invalid Pension [Wm] Bobbit having herewith a
Revolutionary Pension to the amount of Something [like]
thirty four dollars per annum.
	Witness my hand & seal this  [18]th
	day of May 1836
	Peter Wylie JCOCD

[Circular stamp at bottom says, “THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES”]

Page 28

Payments to be made
at Charleston 
by the Presd. U.S. Br: Bank.
Agent for paying Pension=
ers, in the Agency of  South Carolina


Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book E. Vol. 6.
Page 63 by  Wm. Miller
	Clerk.

Page 29

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
	I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, William Bobbit
Of the State of South Carolina
who was a private of Infantry and Cavalry
in the war of the revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty four- dollars and
Ninety Nine cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
	Given at the War Office of the United
		States, this 16th day of 
			May one thousand
		eight hundered and thirty=three
			Lew Cass
			Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned.		JL Edwards
			Commissioner of Pensions.

Page 30

 
[This page shows unorganized mathematical calculations]

3.7.6
20
8 ÷ 67 – 8.33
       64    -4.16
       30
666_ 30.833
                      30
÷ 2499   0     37-
   1998
        4900
         4662
            242 [2 may have been changed to 8]

[sideways at bottom of page:]

13.10
     20
8 ÷ 270
      33.75 [30 was written over by 75]

26
  6.50
  1.25
33.75
16.88-

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						Raleigh N. C
						Comprollers Office
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accts
in and for the State of North Carolina do
hereby certify that the home of William
Bobbitt appear of Record in this office
as having had the following Specie Certi
-ficates issued in his name for Military
Service, Etc.  And for Thirteen Pounds Ten
Shillings (£13.10) See Book No 5 page 45 also one
[other] for Three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and
six pence (£3.76) See Book 6 No 7 page 84.
Given under my hand and seal this 26th
day of March 1847.
	William F. Collins Comptroller

13.10
  3.76
16:17.6

40
  2.16
42.16 -

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No 7484 Act 43.9321
Susannah Bobbitt decd.
Widow of William
	So Ca
Act 7 July 1838
[Admd.] 11 mo 9 ds Per
$21.00 per ann
	12th Novem
Commences on 18 March 1839
and ending on 4 March 1841
Payable to Temperance Hard=
grave, Sussannah Patterson, John
Bobbit, Sarah Bigham and
Stephen Bobbitt only Surviving
children of Susannah Bobbitt
decd-
[Admd] Act 3 March 1843 and
17 March 1844, $21.00 per ann
Commences on 4 March 1843 and
ending on 18 March 1844, the day
of her death payable to her children
afore named. 
		S. A. Bettis
		Chester CH
			S.C

Page 33

Payment to be made
at Charleston,
by J C. Cochran, Esq
Agent for paying Pension=
ers in the Agency of S Carolina

Payable on 
[crossed out: “the 4th March, and 4th September in each year.”]
presentation

Recorded in the Pension 
Office in Book D Vol. 1
Page 305 by Tho. Rumpkin.
Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW’S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Savannah Bobbitt decd. late of S. C.
widow of William Bobbitt
who was a Private
and died on the 12 day of Novr. 1839,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty one 
dollars and ---- cents per annum, commencing on the
12th Novr. 1839, and terminating on the 4th of March,
1841, [crossed out: “unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned
date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage or death.”] which amt is payable to his children
as seen upon envelope.
	Given at the War Office of the United
            States, this 19 day of
             July, one thousand 
             eight hundred and forty-seven
Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Page 35

[One calculation on the page:]

13.10

26
   6.50
   1.25
_________
33.75
16-

Page 36

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
February 16th, 1839.
Sir:
	Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled “An
act directing the tranfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,” William Bobbitt,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Thirty four Dollars and ninety nine Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837,
to the 4th March, 1838.
		Respectfully yours,
		Albion K. Parris
		Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
		Present.

Page 37

May 8 , 1847
Susannah Bobbitt
Re  Jan 29 /45

[sideways on page:]
FREE
J L Edwards 
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
	D.C.
[Circular stamp says “CHESTER C. H. MAY 3 S.C.”]

Page 38

Chesterville  May 1st, 1847.
Sir
	Enclose I send you the certificate
of the comptroller of N. Ca. in the claim of
Ms. Susannah Bobbit under the act of the
7th July 1838. Which you will please to examine
and report the same to me
		I am yours Respectfully
		S A Bettis
J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
	Washington City

Page 39

Feb 17, 1847.
[Ad al ter] case
Susan. Bobbitt.
[Circular stamp says, “CHEST…. FEB 10 S C”]
[Circular stamp with the number “10”]
[Sideways on page:]
Jas. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
	Washington City
		DC

Page 40

			Chester C. H. So. Ca
			February 12th, 1847
Sir
	In the Claim of Susan Bobbit, widow
of William Bobbit, applicant for a pension
under the act of 1838, I now send you a
Certified Copy of their Marriage Bond in
Support of the date of her Marriage
	This Susan Bobbit is the widow of Wm.
Bobbit a pensioner decd. of Chester District So. Carolina
at the rate of $34.99. her declaration was filed some
three or four years since, and we presume she
is Entitled to the benefit of the Joint Resolution
of Jany 1844.  If so you will please inform us in
your report to me at the above place and office.
		I am, very Respectfully yours,
		S. A. Bettis

Jas. L. Edwards Esquire
	Comr of Pensions
	Washington City	
			DC

Page 41

[Circular stamp says, “CHESTER C. H. MAR 1 S.C.”]
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C

[Sideways on page:]
Susanna Bobbit
S.C.
[illegible: Ed Comm?]
S.C. Mar 8 1841

Page 42

Febry 26th 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq
	Sir I Sent on the Declaration 
of Susannah Bobbitt & the
Amended declaration of 
George [Conn?] be so good
as to forward any action
on them to me at Chester=
-ville post office Chester Distr
-ict South Carolina.
Yours & etc 
Peter Wylie

Page 43

X    7484
Susannah Bobbit
Wid of William
SoCa
Act 7 July 1835
Compr service [illegible]
Married 1784
husband died 12 Nov 1839
widow died 18 March 1844

[circular stamp that reads, “THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES”]

Page 44

No 7484. 
Dec 9 1840
S.C.
July 7. 1838
Wm. Bobbit

[Sideways on page:]
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D C

Page 45

Court Certificate
In Case of
Susannah Bobbit
Act of 7 July 1838
So. Ca

Page 46

State of South Carolina
Chester District
I John Rosboro-
ugh Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for Chester 
District & State aforesaid do hereby 
certify that Satisfactory Evidence
has been furnished and Exhibited
at the office of the said court
proving that Susannah Bobbit
widow of the late William Bobbit
died at his late residence in 
Chester District on the 18th March
one Thousand Eight hundred
and forty four leaving the
five following Surviving children
vis Temperance Hardgrove
Susannah Patterson, John Bobbit,
Sarah Bigham & Stephen Bobbit,
who are the only surviving children 
of the said deceased and all of
lawfull age
	In Testimony whereof
	I have hereunto set my
	hand and Seal of the
	Court of Office Chester
	Court House the twenty
	ninth day of June 1847
J Rosborough
Clerk court common pleas
Chester District

Page 47

To the Hon. the Congress of the United States,
	Gentlemen: Your petitioner William Bobit, now
of the State of South Carolina and Chester District,
but formerly of North Carolina Warran County
would take the liberty, in hopes of receiving your frien=
dly attention to his case, to state to you that he is one
of those soldiers who suffered much pain and fatigue,
and left of his blood on the field of battle, in behalf
of his country in the Revolutionary War; that he was
shot through the left thigh at the battle of Guilford
N.C. taken there under Col. Herbert Haynes of Warren Co.
but fought under Col. Williams a large musket ball having
passed through the left thigh, about midway between
the knee and loin, and lodging against the outer thigh,
inflicted a very severe bruise thereon.  He has deferred
soliciting the aid of his country until many years
of difficulty and much hard labor have broken him
down, and compelled him to seek that relief from
his country to which the war-worn aged soldier is
describing by entitled, having done the service at a time
when the only payment our Government could make
was in paper of nominal value only.  As this is
the first time he has ever made application for
relief, as an invalid, and being now in the seventy
second year of his age and in indigent circumstan=
ces, he hopes that your Hon. body will allow him
a reasonable support, such as you have given to other
of his fellow sufferers who reaped with him in the
iron harvest of the battlefield.  And your petitioner as in duty
Bound will feel himself truly Represented.
[Signature:] William Bobbitt
September 8th, 1835
South Carolina
Chester District
William Bobbit the above Petitioner came 
before me in open court & made oath & Saith
that the facts set forth in the above petition 
are Just & true
Sworn to & Signed this 8th day of September
1835 in open court  Peter Wylie JCOCD
[Signature:] William Bobbitt

Page 48

I Joseph Gaston on of the Justices of the quorem
in the South Carolina Chester District do certify that I
have known the within named William Bobitt
For some years in this district and that he has still
boren the caracter of an honest industrus man
and my having been wounded in the revolutionary
war has led me to a long acquaintance with those who
suffered in it and from all that I can larn I am
well conceived that he was a soldier and wounded
in that war. Given under my hand. Augt. 29th. D. 1835
			Joseph Gaston

South Carolina
Chester District
Personally came John Bell in open court
before me Peter Wylie Judge of the Court of
Ordinary of Said District who being duly sworn saith upon oath
that on the retreat from the Battle at Gilford there was a man on 
the retreat who was wounded in the thigh and the written named
William Bobbit says that he was that man & from circumstan
=ces related by said Bobbit this deponent is of opinion said Bobit
was the man & further saith this deponent has been acquainted with
said Bobbit for Seventy years & believes him to be a man of Truth
Sworn to & signed this 8th day
of Sept 1835
[signature:] John Bell
Peter Wylie J.C.O.C.D

South Carolina
Chester District
Joseph Lewis came before me [sworn] under oath that
he has been acquainted with William Bobbit for the
space of twenty years & believes Said Bobbit to be a man
of Truth & veracyty & is reported a Soldier of the revolution
Sworn to & signed this 8th day of 
Sept 1835
[Signature:] Joseph Lewis
Peter Wylie JCOCD