Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2116, William Caldwell, S.C.

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8-1776

Service                          
Number

S.C            Caldwell William   S2116
carded
contents

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1580
Ohio
William Caldwell
of Butler___ __in the State of Ohio who was
a private in the company commanded by 
by Captain Linsley __ __of the Regiment Commanded
by Col. Syles _____in the S. Carolina line for
15 months from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 50 Dollars 82 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
_______________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov: 1832 and sent to J Woods Hamilton O.
______________________________________
 Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th of March 1833.

76.23
25.41
___________
___________
$101.64

issued to private $50

{Revolutionary
 Claim Act
June 7 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 10 Page 31

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2363
William Caldwell
Revolutionary Soldier

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The State of Ohio Butler County 
Court of Common Pleas
 of the Term of July 1832.

On this thirteenth day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Personally appeared before the Honorable Judges of the court of common court of pleas for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio. William Caldwell 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two; that in the fall season of seventeen hundred and seventy seven he served in Captain Lindseys company of mounted militia as a substitute for his father John Caldwell who had been drafted into said company in New Berry District in the State of South Carolina.  Captain Lindsey's company at the time was attached to Colonel Syles Regiment, this regiment marched under the command of Major Gordon and joined the forces under General Williamson on Long Creek in Georgia who had gone with him on an expedition against the Indians they were engaged in defending the frontiers of Georgia-declarant served one month and then was discharged in Little River in Georgia by General Williamson.  The declarant further states that between the first of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one he volunteered to serve in a voluntary company of  mounted men under the same Captain of above named he served in said company until the 7th day of May following during which time defendant was engaged in a skirmish with  the Tories on camping creek about eight miles from Saluda river in New Berry district.  He was also

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engaged in the attack made on Williams Fort his regiment was at that time commanded by a young colonel Lyle.  This declarant states that he was in an engagement against three hundred and fifty Tories upon Fair Forest river in which engagement Colonel Hays had the Chief command.  declarant objected in taking Friday's Fort sometimes called Fort Granby.  he was engaged in a sharp contest with the torries at Clark's ford on Inaree [Enoree] river he was then commanded by Captain Jones who was killed in the contest.

This declarant further states that on the seventh day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one he enlisted in the State Troops of South Carolina for the season he enlisted in a company of dragoons under the command of Captain Glenn who was attached to Colonial Thomas's regiment there were six regiments sanctioned and all fell under the command of General Sumpter [Sumter] he was in camp on the Congaree river not far from Columbia at the time he enlisted. declarant served three months under Colonel Thomas during which time he at the siege of Ninety Six he performed but little duty there as he was often called away.  He was then transferred to Captain Smith's company in Colonel Middleton's Regiment. Under the command of the last two named officers declarant served until the expiration of time for which he had enlisted after the siege of the Ninety sixth and before the battle of Eutaw declarant was ordered under Colonel Wade Hampton who in general commanded the dragoons belonging to general Sumpters [Sumter's] brigade and marched from whetstone mill on the south side of the Congaree river to the quarter house six miles from Charleston from this place the commander took sixty horses belonging to the British.  The horses were feeding in a pasture guarded by fifteen British soldiers one of whom was lieutenant these were all taken prisoners. They also took a wagon filled with clothing.

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and other stories belonging to the British the command then marched and crossed the Saluda at Nelson's Ferry and returned safe to the North side of the Saluda and carried the body to the main army-declarant was at the battle of Eutaw, during the engagement declarant fought under the immediate command of Colonels Wade Hampton and William Washington the last of whom was wounded and taken prisoner by the enemy-declarant continued in the service until the seventh day of March seventeen hundred and eighty two when he received a written discharge signed by Captain Philemon Waters who had belonged to colonel Middleton's Regiment he has long ago lost his discharge he received his discharge at Grangeburg from the time declarant was discharged until the close of the war he was frequently called to serve in the militia against the Tories the time he served in the militia after his discharge from the regular service was out least two months-declarant has no written record of his age but state that he was from in the county of Antrim in Ireland in May seventeen hundred and sixty three he came to America in the year seventeen hundred and seventy two he has lived in the County of Butler and state of Ohio for twenty six years declarant was known to sometimes hail before and during the war by whom he can prove that he was in the service as he has stated he is also well known to far in wide regular clergyman upon James Brown of Bulter County by whom he can proved that he is reputed and believes in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution.  He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension on annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any sate sworn and inscribed the day and year aforementioned. 
John Raily Clerk  
William Caldwell

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I John Hall a resident of the county of Bultler in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with William Caldwell who has signed and sworn to the within declarations before and during the war of the revolution that I served with him on some tours of duty, that I have been well acquainted with him since the revolution and that he is reputed and believes in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution- John Hall
Sworn and inscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Reily Clerk.

We David Macdill clergyman and James Brown residing in the county of Butler in the state of Ohio do herby certify that we are well acquainted with William Caldwell who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration 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 the we have fi;; confidence in the truth of the declaration which he has made sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  David Macdill
 John Reily Clerk    James Brown

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interesting stories prescribed by the War Department that the above named affiliated was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states-and the court further certifies that it appears to them that David Macdill who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman knew the defendant in the aforementioned  Butler county State of Ohio hailed and lived believed to be a soldier of the revolutionary war.  (last line illegible)

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main resident in the county of Butler and that John Hall and James Brown who have certified as above are believed residents of the county of Butler and credible sessions and that their statements are sincerely entitled to credit

I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of butler aforesaid do hereby Certify that th foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applications of William Caldwell for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I believe hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hamilton this fourth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and thirty two. 

John Reily

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William Caldwell
Ohio
No 2363.
from 1777 private company
Infantry 15 months
$50.82/100

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Brief in the case of William Caldwell of Butler County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 69 years

4. State his serve as directed in the form annexed. 

Period| Duration of Service Years, Months, Days|| Rank as a| Name of General and field officers under who served.

Fall in 1777| "-1-"| private| Gen. Willaimson, Col Syles, Regiment.
March 1781|"-2-"|"|Caps Lindseys Company of Mounted Militia, Major Gordon
May 1781|"-10-"|"| General Saughter,
Enlisted|"-2-"|Col Thomas, regiment Cols Wade Hampton M Hays and William Washington Cap Slanno Company of South Carolina State troop

5. In what battles was he engaged? Williams Fork Fort Granby Clark fort Eutaw

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Berry and time South Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  On living witnesses in proof traditionary.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Court

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case mentioned. 
 Charles Litle examining clerk.

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

January 28, 1929

Mrs. P. B. Zink
Hillsboro
Ohio

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary war pension claim S. 2116, it appears that Willaim Caldwell (son of John Caldwell), was born in 1763 in County Antrim, Ireland and came to America in 1772.

He enlisted in Newberry District, South Carolina, in the fall of 1777 and served one month in Captain Lindsey's Company of Mounted Militia, Colonel Lyle's South Carolina Regiment.  He enlisted in March, 1781 and served in Captain Lindsey's Company. he was in a skirmish with the Tories on camping creek, an attack on Willaims' Fort under Colonel Lyle, an engagement with the Tories on Fair Forest River under Colonel Hays, assisted in taking Friday's Fort, in an engagement at Clark's Ford under Captain Jones and was discharged May 7, 1781.  He enlisted May 7, 1781 in Captain Glenn's Company of Dragoons, Colonel Thomas' South Carolina Regiment was in the siege of Ninety

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six, after which he was transferred to Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Middleton's South Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Euctaw Springs and served ten months.  After which he served at different times in the militia until the close of the war, in all about two months, no officers given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, at which time he was living in Butler County, Ohio, and stated that he had lived there twenty-six years.

It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner

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2116
Revolutionary War

INVALID.
__________________________

File No.  2116
William Caldwell
Private Revolutionary War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 56
{Arrangement of 1870. }

W.H.G. Oct 17, 06

1928- Oct -31-pension file date for account office. Last pay pension etc any
1929 June - 28- Heres letter Mrs PB Zink entry
1929 May 8- " " Mrs Frank Hampton

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will appl to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served? Yes

V. Has he mentioned 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? yes

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations? Yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII.  Has the court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced is there any reason assigned for not obtained it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? One living testimony.

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

__________________________________________________  EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V.  Ina 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 _________; and for such service I claim a pension."

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.

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 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece t of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

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MRS. WALTER L. TOBEY
SATE VICE-REGENT
401 C ST., HAMILTON

MRS. ANTHONY WAYNE GEISSINGER
STATE SECRETARY
1939 EDGEMENONT RD., UPPER ARLINGTON
COLUMBUS

MISS JEAN M. HOWAT
STATE TREASURER
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE

MRS. LOWELL F. HOBART
ORGANIZING SECRETARY GENERAL
MILFORD

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERCIAN REVOLUTION
(EMBLEM)

MRS. HERBERT BACKUS
STATE REGENT
816 OAK ST., COLUMBUS

MRS. A. VANE LESTER
HISTORIAN
917 BRYN MAWR DR., DAYTON

MRS. P.B. ZINK
STATE CONSULTING REGISTRAR
HILLSBORO

MISS ALICE BOARDMAN
STATE LIBRARIAN
1223 OAK ST. , COLUMBUS

April 16, 1928
Hillsboro , Ohio

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Will you please send me a copy of the tow following revolutionary pension certificates.

William Caldwell, private, South Carolina Militia, placed on pension roll Nov. 7, 1832, where resident of Butler County, Ohio.

Elijah Moore, private, New Jersey Militia, placed on pension roll, Oct 16, 1833 where resident of Brown County, Ohio, Information mailed for Mrs Eleanor L. Mast, to complete record for D.A.R. membership.

Thanking you.

Yours very truly

Mrs. P.B. Zink
State consulting Registrar

(stamped Pension Office U.S. April 18, 1926)

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CHAIRMAN OF STATE COMMITTEES

AMERICANISM
MRS. JOSEPH D NEWHAM
196 BUCKINGHAM ROAD, NEWARK

BETTER FILMS
MRS. CHARLES F. JOHNSON
ABBEY LAND, URBANA

CAROLINE SCOTT HARRISON MEMORIAL
MRS. E. L. HARRIS
14501 WOODLAND ROAD SHAKER HEIGHTS, CLEVELAND

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC
MRS. CHARLES A. MEYERS
TERRACE PARK

CONSERVATION AND THRIFT
MRS. CHRISTIAN J. KING
241 EAST BOWMAN ST. WOOOSTER
CONSTITUTION HALL FINANCE
MRS. WALTER L. TOBEY
401 C. ST. HAMILTON

CORRECT USOF THE FLAG
MISS HELEN E HAY
519 BUCHTEL AVE. AKRON

D.A.R. MAGAZINE
MRS JAMES F. DONAHUE
2850 CHADBOURNE ROAD, CLEVELAND

D.A.R. STUDENT LOAN FUND
MRS. BERT D. PRESLEY
CHARDON

ELLIS ISLAND
MRS. HARRISON E. BILLER
1404 SHELBY ST., SANDUSKY

FOREIGN RELATIONS AND COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
MRS. ASA C. MESSENGER
XENIA

GEORG WASHINTON MEMORIAL 
MRS JOSEPH B. FORAKER
1106 CROSS LANE, WALNUT HILLS, CINCINNATI

GIRL HOME MAKERS
MRS. WILLAIM B NEFF
2561 CONVENTRY ROAD, CLEVELAND

HISTORICAL AND LITERARY RECIPROCITY
MRS. GRACE P. COLVIN
151 WINTER ST., DELAWARE

MANUAL FOR IMMIGRANTS
MRS. ZACHARY TAYLOR JONES
2334 GLENWOOD AVE., TOLEDO

MEMORIAL PLATES FOR CAMPUS MARTIUS
MRS. C.F. RATHBURN
MIDDLEPORT

PATRIORTIC EDUCATION
MRS. HOMER H. HEATH
923 PROSPECT AVE., TOLEDO

PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SPOTS AND REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS' GRAVES
MRS. ORVILLE D. DAILEY
ALBANY

PUBLICITY
MRS HORACE HOLBROOK
WARREN

REAL DAUGHTERS
MISS BESSE C. PATTERSON
MCCONNELSVILLE

REVOLUTIONARY RELICS FOR MEMORIAL
CONTINENTAL HALL
 MRS. EDWARD L. MCCLAIN
326 S. WASHINTON ST., GREENFIELD

SPECIAL LEGISLATION
MRS. LEWIS C. LAYLIN
595 EAST TOWN ST., COLUMBUS

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Oct. 22nd-1928-

Commission of Pensions 
Washington D.C.

My dear Sirs,

Please give me a copy of the pension certificate of William Caldwell.  Pensioned Butler County Ohio.

Private South Caroline militia placed on pension fall in Ohio, Nov. 7th-1832.

Very truly Yours,
 Mrs. Frank Houseman
Fairfield Idaho

(stamped U.S. Pension office Oct 26 1928)

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON

(OFFICIAL US SEAL STAMP)
OFFICE OF 
CHIEF CLERK AND SUPERINTENDENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
CC-JTB

October 29, 1928.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Interior Department,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

There is transmitted herewith for appropriate action letter, dated October 22, 1928, from Mrs. Frank Housman, Box 80, Fairfield, Idaho, requesting information concerning the last pension payment to William Caldwell, private in the South Carolina militia, placed on the Butler Co. Ohio Revolutionary Pension Roll November 7, 1832.

The writer has not been advised of this reference.

Respectfully,
 (signature)
F. A. FIRGFELD,
Chief Clerk

Enc.

(official U.S. Pension office stamp Oct 30 1928)

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/esl.
S. 2116 William Caldwell

October 31, 1928

Records Division
General Accounting Office 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I advise you that you are herewith furnished the following data in order that you may obtain for Mrs. Frank Housman, Box 80, Fairfield, Idaho, the information requested by her in the enclosed letter, which was forwarded to this bureau by the Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.

William Caldwell, Certificate Number 1580, issued November 7, 1832, rate $50.82 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.

Respectfully,

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

May 8, 1929 William Caldwell
S-2116

Mrs. Fran Housman
Fairfield
Idaho

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2116, it appears that Willaim Caldwell (son of John Caldwell), was born in 1763 in County Antrim, Ireland, and came to America in 1772.

He enlisted in Newberry District, South Carolina, in the fall of 1777, and served one month in Captain Lindsey's Company of Mounted Militia, Colonel Lyles's South Carolina Regiment.  He enlisted in March, 1781, and served in Captain Lindsey's Company, he was in a skirmish with the Tories on Camping Creek, an attack of Williams' Fort under Colonel Lyle, an engagement with the Tories on Fair Forest River under Colonel Hays, assisted in taking Friday's Fort, in an engagement at Clark's Ford under Captain Jones and was discharged May 7, 1781.  he enlisted May 7, 1781, in Captain Glenn's Company of Dragoons, Colonel Thomas' South Carolina Regiment, was in the Siege of Ninety

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six, after which he was transferred to Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Middleton's South Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and served ten months.  After which he served at different times in the militia until the close of the war, in all about two months, no officers given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, at which time he was living in Butler County, Ohio, and stated that he had livered there twenty-six years.
  
It is not state that the soldier was ever married.

Respectfully,

E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.