Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3380, Nathan Frizel, S.C.

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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S C

Frizel, Nathan
or
Frizzell


NUMBER
S 3380

Carded

Born in Md.
CONTENTS

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7298
West Tennessee
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Nathan Frizzell
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Bedford Co in the State of W Tennessee
was a private in the company commanded
Captain Deason of the Regt commanded
Col Marshall in the South Carolina
for 1 years

Nathan Frizel Records ake
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                                               Feby 25  [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tenness
the rate of 40. Dollars---- Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March
1833 and sent to J Mc
Kisick Shelbyville Tenn
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept      20.00
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                                                                  $100.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.       }      
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book C      Vol. 7 Page 78

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Declaration in order to  obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. On this 14th day of August  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two  personally appeared in open Court before  John L. Neill  , Samuel Phillips and John B Armstrong  Esquires gentlemen  Justices of the peace  appointed to hold the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the Cunty of Bedford in the State of Tennessee now sitting  Nathan Frizzell a resident of Bedford County  and State aforesaid  aged seventy three years  and seven days, 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 the 7th  of June  1832,  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as  herein stated. To wit, That he entered the service of United States as a volunteer under Captain  William Deason in what is now called Chesterfield District in the  State of South Carolina some time in the month of October  1780  and was attached  to a Regiment  commanded by  Colonel John Marshall of General  Sumter's Brigade . He states they were  not marched from that  County   or District  any distance , but was engaged in  reconnoitering  and acted as Rangers , and watching the movements of the tories until the following May  , when he states Col. Marshall's Regiment  was attached to General Green's Army  - He states he was marched with Genl. Green's army  from

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Camden S Carolina to the high hills of Santa by way of a little Town called Statesville from that on to the Eutaw Springs, where he States he was in an ingagement against the Brittish who was under the command of Lord Roddin; He States that  Col. William Washington was taken prisoner at that Engagement by the Brittish, he States that the company he belonged to was permitted to return home after the Battle of the Eutaw springs After Serving about Eight months.-He States that he was attached to General Sumpters Brigade again and continued with him until Cornwallace was taken, He states he was engaged in Several Small Skirmishes with the tories, one at Rugeleys Mill [illegible] granneys quarter Oak. One other, at Rocky mountain Cababa river and one other Skirmish at Black Creek with the Tories in Chesterfield district South Carolina. And one Small engagement, which Should have been mentioned previously in this declaration: at the high hill two miles from Camden about the 1st of May 1781. Making in all a term of Service of twelve months or thereabouts. He further States that he has no documentary evidence whatever, And that he knows of no person whoes testimony he can procure who can testify as to his Service. And hereby relinquishes all claims to a Pension or annuity

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whatever except the present  , and he declares that his name is not on the Pension  Roll of any Agency of any State . Interrogatories by the Court. Intry. 1st. Where and in what year were you born? Ans.  I was born in Baltimore County in the State of  Maryland agreeable to my father's records on the  7th day of August 1759 . Intry. 2nd. Have you any record of your age and if so , where is it ? Ans. I have a record of my  age at my  dwelling in this  County , wrote in my  Family Bible  which record was taken from my Father's Bible. Intry. 3rd. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live ? Ans. I was a citizen of Chesterfield District in the State of South  Carolina  when I volunteered under Capt. William Deason  , and after the Revolutionary  War  I moved to  Anson County in the  State of North Carolina from that to  Robison  County in the State of Tennessee about 1802  and from that I moved to Rutherford County in the same State and from there I removed to the  County of Bedford in same  State sometime in the year  1808 or 1809 where I have lived ever since and where I now live.

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Intry. 4th. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom ? Ans. I was a volunteer during the whole  time I served.  Intry. 5th . State the names of some of the regular officers  who were with your or the troops  when you served, such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect. Ans. I do not recollect  the names of any regular officers except Colonel Washington tho' I saw Col. Lee's and Col. Washington 's troops frequently . Intry .7th . Did you ever receive  a discharge and if so what has become of it ? Ans.  I did receive a discharge in writing  signed by  Col. John Marshall , but I have lost or mislaid it many years ago & cannot produce it at this time. 8th.  State the names of person to whom you  are known in your present neighborhood  who can certify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a  soldier of the Revolution . Ans. The Rev. John Rushing , Captain John Deason , William Norvell Esquire, John C Caldwell, Charles Taylor Senr. and Nathan Chaffen  Esq.  Sworn to in open Court  the day and year aforesaid. 16th August  1832. Nathan Frizel ( signed ) Jas. Mc Kisick ( signed ) clk

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Rev War
 3380
INVALID.
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File No. 3380
*Nathan Frizzell

Pvt.  S. C, line
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]
*Nathan Frizel Records corrected
Feby 25 '04

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N. Frizzell
Bedford Co

from 1780 private
1 year
$40

Deasan
Marshall
S.C

J Mc Kisick
Clerk Bedford Co
Shelbyville
Tennessee

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

I. Does the 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 the 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 amout of pension he is entitled?  No
                     

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the 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 and has device

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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 obtaining 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? Yes


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 ot they are persons of credibility? 

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?  

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   no

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

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                                    EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. 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.

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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 pension merely state 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 embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI.  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 paper  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.

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4911.  
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N Frizzel
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We John Rushing a clergyman  residing in Bedford County  in the  State of Tennessee and William Norvell a resident of the same  County  and State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Frizzell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832- that we believe him to be  seventy three years and seven days old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion .  Sworn to and subscribed in  open Court  the day and year aforesaid. John Rushing  ( signed ) Wm. Norvell ( signed ) Jas. Mc Kisick ( signed ) clk 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  that John Rushing  appears to them to be a clergyman  of good character in the Baptist Church  in this County  and that  William Norvell  Esq. who has signed the preceding certificate is a deputy sheriff of Bedford  County  and a credible  person  and that his statement is entitled to credit. J L Neill ( signed ) Samuel Phillips ( signed ) John B Armstrong ( signed )

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I James McKisick, Clerk of the Court of Pleas
& Quarter Sessions for the County of Bedford in
the State of Tennessee, do hereby Certify, that the fore
going contains the original proceedings of the said
with,  in the matter of the application of Nathan
Frizzel for a pension-


SEAL

Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and seal of office, at
office in Shelbyville this 14th day of
August 1832

Jas Mc Kisick -

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[ State of Tennessee Bedford County  ] I James Mc Kisick  clerk of the  Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County do hereby certify that  Samuel Clay  Esq.  before whom  Nathan Frizzell  was qualified  to the foregoing amended declaration  is now and was at the time  of qualifying him thereto an acting  Justice of the peace in and for said  County   duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit  are given to all his official acts as such . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bedford County   Court at office this 8th day of January  1833. Jas. Mc Kisick ( signed / sealed ) clerk

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[ State of Tennessee Bedford County ] Personally appeared before me  the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace  for said County  Nathan Frizzell  who subscribed  and was sworn to the declaration  above  alluded to who being duly sworn  deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory  he cannot swear positively  to the precise length of his service , but according to the best of his recollection , he served not les than the periods  below and in the following grades to wit, that he served not less than 8 months  as his first tour  as mentioned in his declaration   made the  14th day of August 1832, under Captain  Deason , and that he served not less than  four months  on his last tour  mentioned in the accompanying  declaration all as a private soldier making in all  a term of actual service of not less that twelve months for which he claims a pension. Sworn to and subscribe  this  4th day of January 1833. Nathan Frizel ( signed ) Saml. Clay ( signed ) J.P.