Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 600, Joshua Bass, N. C.

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SERVICE
N. C. 
Bass, Joshua
Priscilla
NUMBER
R.600

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No. 12850
Priscilla Bass,
wid. of Joshua
of Sampson Co. N. C.
Widow of Joshua Bass.
Acts of 1838, 1843 & 1844.

E. F. brown
Wash. D.C.
Agent

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Declaration
State of North Carolina, Sampson County
On this 8th day of Nov. 1845
Personally appeared before me John Colwell one of the acting Justices of the Peace and a member of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County, Priscilla Bass A resident of the aforesaid County and State aged Eighty One years who being first Sworn according to Law doth on
her oath make the following Declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress past on the 7th of July 1838, 3rd of March 1843 and 17th of
June 1844, for the benefit of Certain Widows of Soldiers of the Revolution
That she is the widow of the late Joshua Bass Dec'd. who served the United States in the War of the
Revolution about Twelve months as a private Soldier in the N.C. Militia - that she cannot now remember any of her Husband's officers Except Colonel John Ash and that he
the said Joshua Bass, was under the said Col. Ash at
The Battle of Brier Creek,
That She was married to the said Joshua
Bass, about 1784. Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four,
In Wayne Co. N.C. By Andrew Bass Esqr.
That her Husband the said Joshua Bass died in at the month of July Eighteen Hundred Twenty Nine
In further evidence of the said Mara having taken
Place [illegible] to seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four

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The declarant herewith since her original record of
her youngest child (Isaac Bass) and that the said record
is in the hand writing of Joel Bass a brother of the said Joshua
Bass that she had four children Born the before the
said Isaac Bass. The record of which is lost
That she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on this the
8th of Nov. 1845, before me.
John Colwell
Priscilla   X Bass
her mark

I John Colwell the said Justice of the peace do
hereby certify that Priscilla Bass who hath this
day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration is the widow of the identical Joshua Bags
who had the character of serving in the war ┃
of the revolution. I also certify that from
her advanced age and infirmness she cannot attend court to make the said declaration.
and I further certify that she is a person of
truth and veracity,
and that she is still
a widow
Given under my hand on the above
date
John Colwell

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State of North Carolina
Sampson County

Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions Nov. Term 1845.
I Thomas J Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Session for the said County (now in session), do
hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Priscilla Bass was this day submitted
 to the said Court and
approved by the said Court. I also certify that it was
shown to the satisfaction of the the said Court that Joshua Bass
did die in the month of July (1829)
Eighteen hundred and twenty nine
the
And I further certify that John Caldwell
whose name appears signed to the foregoing proceedings
is and was at the time of signing the same
an acting Justice of the Peace for the said County and that
the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
the
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the
Office on this the 18th day of November 1845
[illegible]Thomas J. Faison Clk.

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State of North Carolina
Wayne County
I John A. Green
Clerk of the County Court for the said
County Do hereby certify that I have
made search in my office for the
License bond of Joshua Bass and
find no such bond given by him
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
& affixed the seal of office
on this the 30th May 1846.
John A. Green Clk.

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Joshua Bass and
[illegible]
his wife was [illegible]
October the 30th day in
the year of our Lord 1783
Joshua Bass

[illegible]

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Aft of Rebecca
Lamb for
Priscilla Bass
Act of 1838-

Patrick Murphy
Taylor Brog
Sampson Co.
N. C.

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State of North Carolina
Sampson County
ss
On this the 15th day of August 1850 before the undersigned
Clerk & Master of the Court of Equity for said County & ex officed
Commr of Affidavit personally appeared Rebecca Lamb a resident
of said County aged sixty two years the 18th of next Dec. & the 3rd
child of Joshua & Priscilla Bass which latter is an applicant
for a pension on account of the services of her husband the said
Joshua dec'd. who died the 20th of July 1830, who being first
duly sworn according to law maketh oath that her Father the said
Joshua according to tradition & common reputation was a soldier of
the Revolutionary war & served two tours she believes of four
months each making eight months. The first tour was
under Col. Ashe in an expedition to Brier Creek where
the Americans were defeated. He was not in the action
being in a detachment to work on a Bridge. She has
heard her father state that the Americans were soon routed
& put to flight & in crossing the River he saw one man
drowned. He was (11) eleven days in walking home lived
at that time in Wayne Co N.C. He was a volunteer
in his first service & drafted the 2d tour. He was paroled after
the battle of Briar Creek & came home & soon after his return
he was drafted for another tour perhaps for only three
months, her impression as it was four months & believes they marched
the second tour to Charleston or near it to Savannah & unto Georgia 
Rebace Lamb
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid & I certify that affiant
is well known to me is a credible person & entitled to full faith and credit
Witness my hand & seal of Office
Patrick Murphy Clerk
& Ex Officer Com. of Afts

& credit

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August 19, 1856
Supplemental
Declaration of
Priscilla Bass
Widow of Joshua

Taylor's Bridge N. C. 
Aug. 16
Free
Hon. James L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

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Taylor's Bridge N.C.
Augt 15, 1850
Hon Jas L. Edward
Sir
To revive an old application in behalf of Priscilla Bass for a pension under the act of 1838 enclose
you her supp'l. declaration & Aft of her
daughter Rebecca Lamb. The case was
presented thru Mr. Pickard in 1846 or thereabouts
There can be no doubt of the marriage &
that it was in 1783 or 84. & from the best information obtained from Mrs. Bass it was in, 83
She was 15 when Cornwallis passed thru this
section & was married in her 18th year, I'll
endeavor to get a copy of the marriage License
Bond if one be filed in the Clks. Office of
Wayne Co.
If the certificate of the Comptroller
taken with the traditionary evidence furnished corroborates each other as to the identity of Joshua
Bass with J Bass mentioned in the certificate
& the marriage be satisfactorily shown
I hope the claim will be allowed

Address
Taylor's Bridge N.C.
Respectfully
your obedient servt
Patrick Murphy

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12850
Priscilla Bass
N. C. Joshua
Let to E. F. Brown  Aug^t
14th 1846
Patrick Murphy 27 Nov. 1850.

600

Act 7th July 1838

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Apl. 24 1901
R. P. Stokes
Magnolia, N. C.
Ex'r.
INVALID.
No. 600
℗
Act of July 14, 1862, and March 8, 1972
Priciila Bass 
P. O. Joshua
Service:
Enlisted: _________,18
discharged: ________, 18
Application filed: ________, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.

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Magnolia, N.C.
Apr 15 - 1901
Pension Bureau
Dear Sir
Will you please inform me as
to whether or not there is anything due as pension, to Joshua Bass from N. C. & who was a Soldier in the revolutionary war.
yours
R. P. Stokes
P.S. his name appears on the
roll. Simply J. Bass
R. P. S.

O. W. & N.
Apr 18 1901
received

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Priscilla Bass
Sup:Declaration
Act of 1838.-
Pension

Patrick Murphy
Taylor Bridge
Sampson Co.
N. C.

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State of North Carolina
Sampson County
On this the 15 day of August 1850 before
the Subscriber Clerk & master of the Court of Equity for
the County aforesaid & ex officio Comr. of Affts personally
appeared Priscilla Bass a resident of said County
aged eighty five years makes the following supplemental
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
of the act of Congress passed in 1838-
That she is the widow of Joshua Bass decd who was a
private of militia in the war of the Revolution - that he
served in an expedition to Brier Creek under Col. Ashe - believe
he served six months in one hour.-- Marched
into South Carolina & Georgia. The American
army was put to route & fled at Brier Creek
She was married to said Joshua Bass the 31st
January 1784 she believes, (1783) seventeen
hundred & eighty three by Andrew Bass Esq a Justice of the
Peace of Wayne Co. N.C. that her maiden name was Priscilla Turner,
Priscilla   X   Bass
her mark
Sworn to & subscribed before
me the day & year aforesaid before me
& I certify that said Priscilla Bass is unable from bodily
infirmity to attend Court
Witness my hand seal of Office
Patrick Murphy CME
& Comr of Afft

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T. Thomas J. Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas
Certificate of Identity
-
Claim of Priscilla Bass

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Certificate of Identity
We the undersigned residents of Sampson County
do hereby certify that we were personally acquainted with the late Joshua Bass Dec'd.
whose widow is now making application for
a pension for the Revolutionary services of
her Dec'd. husband and that the said Joshua Bass was a respectable citizen and we believe
did serve the United States in the said
war as a privit Soldier
We hope the said Priscilla Bass
will be allowed a pension because
we believe she is intitled to it
Sampson County
N. Carolina
John Colwell JP
Edward C. Gavin
W H [illegible]
A B Chesnutt [illegible]
Ellen M. Chesnutt
I John Colwell a Justice of the for the said County
of Sampson, do hereby certify that personally appeared
before me Edward C. Gavin a Senator in the Legislature
William H. Smith a Citizen Ammy B. Chesnutt Sheriff
Ellen M. Chesnutt citizen residents of the aforesaid
County & State and were duly sworn & subscribed to the
above certificate.
I also certify that the said Certifyers of
truth and respectability
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand on this the 16th day of January 1846
J.S. Colwell JP

State of North Carolina
I, Thomas J. Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas

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I John Colwell a Justice of the for the said County
Sampson, do hereby certify that personally appeared
before me Edward C. Gavin a Senator in the Legislature
William H. Smith a Citizen Ammy B. Chesnutt Sheriff
Ellen M. Chesnutt Citizen residents of the aforesaid
County & State and were duly sworn & subscribed to the
above certificate
I also certify that the said Certifyers of
truth and respectability,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand on this the 16th day of January 1846
J. S. Colwell JP
State of North Carolina.
I Thomas J. Faison
Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions of Sampson
County, do certify that the
name and signature
of
John Colwell Esq
which appears to the annexed
John Colwell
is in the proper hand writing of the said
and that
at that date he was
acting Justice
of the Peace for said
County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit is
due to his
official acts
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
the County Seal at Clinton this 18th
day of January A.D. 1846 and in the 70th
Year of American Independence.
Thomas J. Faison, Clk.

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Certificate of Comptroller
of North Carolina
Claim of Priscilla Bass
£17=$42:50

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Raleigh N.C.
[illegible] office
I, William W Collins [illegible] public
Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina
do hereby certify that the name of
J. Bass appears on Record in this office
as having had the following specie certificate issued in his favor for Military Service
that is one for Six Pounds (£6) see Book
G. No 18 page 4 also another in same Book
page 7a for Eleven Pounds six Shillings
(£11.6) given under my hand and
seal this day 5th June 1846
Wm Hollins Compt.
B
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Letters addressed to this office must be post-paid.

UNITED STATES AGENCY AND NOTARIAL OFFICE, WASHINGTON CITY, 

[Attorney Stamp Text]
United States Agency and Notarial Office,
EDMUND F. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS,
Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c.,

Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity; especially
CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS,
Post Office and other Contracts, &c.,
F STREET, NEAR 14TH STREET,
WASHINGTON CITY.
Seventeen doors east of the Treasury Department. 
[vertically, in left and right margins]
E. F. BROWN'S 
Established in 1843.
[End of  Stamp
June 11, 1846

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:

Enclosed I send you the Pension Claim of Priscilla Bass [underlined], of Sampson Co. N.C. and altho' the  evidence appears good, I will endeavor to file something to prove the marriage more clearly, before the case comes up for examination. ---

Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.

Edm. F. Brown

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John Sykes' Affidavit--

Claim of Priscilla Bass.

E. T. Brown
Agent

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State of North Carolina
Sampson County
on this the 17th day of January 1846 personally appeared before me Neill Campbell one of the acting Justices of the Peace & a member of the Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said County of Samson, John Sikes, a resident of the aforesaid County & State aged seventy years who being sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he was intimately acquainted with the late Joshua Bass decd. of the aforesaid County, and he this deponent has heard the said Joshua Bass speak of serving the United States in the War of the Revolution.
Neill Campbell J. P.             John Sikes

I also certify that the said John Sikes whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is a person of truth and respectability, and is entitled to full credit.

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand on this the 17th day of January 1846.

Neill Campbell J. P.

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State of North Carolina.

I, Thomas J. Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Sampson County, do certify that the name and signature of Neill Campbell
Esq
which appears to the annexed 
was in the proper hand writing of the said Neill Campbell and that at that date served as acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the County Seal, at Clinton this 18th
day of Jan A,D. 1846 and in
the [blank space] Year of American Independence. 

Thomas J  Faison
"  " Clk