Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39.193, Lydford Berry, Continental (Del)

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Del)
Berry, Lydford
NUMBER
S.39.193
CONTENTS

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7265
South Carolina
Lydford Berry
of Williamsburg in the state of South Carolina who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lee of the Virginia line, for the term of four years
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of October 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of March 18' and sent to Hon Langdon Ch Chester South Carolina
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $36.12
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 $48.
$84.12
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Williamsburg

[written on lefthand side] Certifications sent 25 Septr. 1821, to P.G. Eoundin Williamsburg Ct. House S. Carolina

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Lydford Berrys Case -

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State of South Carolina
WilliamsBurgh district
In the court of common pleas

Personally came and appeared before me Langdon Cheves one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said state Lydford Berry Junior a native of the State of Delaware but at present a resedent and citizen of the district & state last aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth and saeth that during the revolutionary war he enlisted in the continental establishment in the said State of Delaware some time early in the year 1777 under Capt. Allen McLean That the company when filled was attached to one of the 16 additional regts of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Col. John Patten and Brigaded with 4 regts of Virginia troops under Genl. Scott That after the battle of Monmouth Pattens Regt. to which deponent belonged was drafted and put under the command of Col. Markham and stationed in fort Arnold at west point That late in the fall of the same year Markham removed down to a settlement called havendraw near stony point on the north river That the ensuing Spring (1778) the regt. with others under Genl. Sullivan were ordered against the northwestern indians the expedition failing for want of provisions returnd some time in the summer of the same year That in the course of that summer McLeans company was transferred to Major Henry Lees command and under that officer deponent was at the storming of poles Hook where he recd. two bayonet wounds in the right thigh That late in the year 1780 deponent state under the command of Lee who in consequence of the affair at poles Hook had been promoted to Col. came on to South Carolina The company to which he belonged under the command of Capt. George Handy who had risen upon the resignation of Capt. McLean That the Regt. arrived in South Carolina sometime early in the year 1781 and batted at Genl. Greens headquarters at a place called the Hickory Grove on Pee Des River Deponent further saith that Capt. Handy as he believes was made a prisoner

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by the enemy at Orange Burgh some time late in the year 1781 & that upon which Lieut. Laurence Manning rose to the command of the company Deponent continued in said company & Regt. untill the enemy evacuated Charleston where he recd. an honorable discharge from the service which deponent much regrets has long since been lost Deponent further saith that he served continually for upwards of nine months That as before stated he entered in 1777 and was not discharged untill sometime in 1782 the precise time deponent does not recollect Deponent is upwards of 63 years of age poor and infirm having been for upwards of seven years labouring under a rheumatic & paralytic affection and that consequently he is unable to work and stands greatly in need of the assistance of his country for support & further Deponent saith not -
Lydford Berry his X mark
Sworn to before me this 20th day of Oct. Anno Domini 1818
[signed] Langdon Cheves

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South Carolina
Williams Burgh district 
In the common pleas -
I do hereby certify that it does satisfactorily appear to me that Lydford Berry Senior did serve as a regular soldier in the continental establishment in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as set forth by him in his affidavit to which this certificate is annexed And I do believe he served upwards of nine months continually and does greatly stand in need of the assistance of his country for support Given under my hand and the seal of the court in open court at Williams Burgh in Williams Burgh district the 20th day of October Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of American independence the forty third year -
[signed] Langdon Cheves
[signed] E.J. Mills

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State of South Carolina
Williams Burgh district} Ss. 
In the court of common pleas & general sessions held for said district at its march term Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, it being a court of Record established by the Laws of the said state, and proceeding according to the common Law as far as it has been recognized by the laws thereof, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a Record of their proceedings having criminal and civil jurisdiction and also the power of find and imprisonment. - On this the   day of march aforesaid in the year of our Lord as aforesaid and of American Independence the forty fifth year personally appeared in open court, before the associate Judges of said court, established, authorized and empowered as aforesaid, Lydford Berry aged sixty-six years and some months, Resident in said District and State aforesaid about thirty seven years, who, being duly first sworn according to Law doth, on his oath, declare, that he served, agreeably to the best of his Recollection, in the Revolutionary War five years and seven months: that he was enlisted by Captain Allen McLane, in the county of New Castle, in the now State of Delaware, as a private, on the 7th of February 1777, in a company of infantry commanded by the said Captain Allen McLane; that this company afterwards joined a Regiment of Infantry, at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, commanded by Colonel John Patton; that he this deponent served in the Land Regiment; until it was so reduced by the casualties of the war, that the part of it left was taken to fill up other Regiments and to do other detached services; that he this declarant, served as a private

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as a private on various stations and on different duties, at the northward, until what was then called Major Lees Legion was raised, composed of infantry and dragoons, with which commanded by the said Major Lee (afterwards Colonel) he marched on towards South Carolina where he the said declarant continued to serve in the said capacity to the termination of the war; that he received during the period of his services two wounds, by which and bodily infirmities increased by age; he is disabled to support himself by entering into any employment, and therefore is induced to apply for the benefit of the provisions of this act: that he has heretofore received the pension allowed in the act of Congress of the 18th of march 1818 under a certificate from the War department of the United States dated the 5th day of March 1819 numbered seven thousand two hundred and sixty-five - And I the said Lydford Berry do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit one horse

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one horse & ten heads of hogs. that this is the whole and total of my personal Estate, clothing and bedding excepted together with some few articles of household furniture and that I do not own or have Right or title to any Real Estate whatsoever, that my family consists of my wife, aged seventy one years and so infirm from age, as to be able to do scarcely anything for our support; one daughter aged about twenty-two years, who attends to the economy of our scanty house, (for the use of which and a small portion of Land around it we are dependent upon the liberally and kindness of a fellow citizen) and takes care of and attends to the infirmities of her mother. & one grandchild aged about Eight years and I have had paralitic affections of my Limbs for nine years which have been so continued and [illegible] as to render me incapable of performing any other work, than sometime, attending to my stock enumerated above and occasionally with the hoe the Land around the house in which we live
Lydford Berry his X mark
Sworn to and declared on the 21 day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty one
[signed] John S Richardson 
Associate Judge
I. Elan J Mills Esquire, Clerk of the court of common Pleas and General Sessions of the said state held for Williams Burgh District and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule included are truly copied from the Record of the said

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To the Honble.
The Secretary of the War - department
of the United States of America
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia

mail

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Williams Burgh Court house So. Ca. June 20th. 1821.
To the Honorable the Secretary at War
Sir, 
I herewith send the papers, which will under the act of Congress of the 1st May 1820, entitle me to a certificate of pension. I hope as soon as your numerous and weighty business will permit - you will forward to this place the new certificate directed to the care of P.G. Evendin Esquire. 
I am with much respect
your obt servt
Lydford Berry his X mark

South Carolina
WmBurgh Dt
I Elam J. Mills Clerk of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas do hereby certify that Lydford Berry appeared before me and acknowledged the above to be his mark and his name signed by his direction
Given under my hand 20 June 1821
[signed] E. J. Mills
CCP
WBDt

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Lydford Berry.
7.265 - Sept: '19.

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[South Carolina State Seal]
PRINTED BY A. E. MILLER, NO. 120, BROAD STREET.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
By His Excellency,
[handwritten] Thomas Bennett
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State aforesaid:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
[left hand side- handwritten] Tho: Bennett
Know Ye, That [handwritten] The Honorable John Richardson whose signature appears to the instrument of writing herein to annexed is one of the associate
Judges of the said State and that [illegible name] who hath also signed the said
annexed instrument is clerk of the Court of
Common Plias in and for the district of
Williamsbugh in the State aforesaid [end handwritten]
Therefore, all due Faith, Credit and Authority
is and ought to be, had and given to his Proceedings and Certificates as such.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the City of Charleston, the
[handwritten] Seventh day
of [handwritten] July
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and [handwritten] twenty one and in the [handwritten] forty sixth year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
[handwritten illegible] jr.
dept Secretary of State

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39193 [handwritten]
INVALID
Revy [handwritten on left side]
File No.
39, 193
[handwritten] Sydford Berry
Liv Rev War
Act: [handwritten} 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.}

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State of South Carolina
Williamsburgh district
Personally appears
before me Elam J Mills Clerk of
of the Court of Pleas for said district
Thomas Witherspoon who being do
sworn saith that he has long been acquited
with Lydford Berry and he bele
him to be a proper person to receive
the bounty granted by Act of Congress
of the 18 of March 1818 to revolutionary
soldiers - he being quite aged and infirm
& almost an entire cripple
Sworn to and subscribed
this 22 October 1818
Before me
E. J. Mills T. N
[signature on right side] M Wetherspoon

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME [handwritten] Berry, Michael GRADE [handwritten] Private "in the LINE Invalid Regiment"
WARRANT NUMBER [handwritten] 12834
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED [handwritten]  August 19, 1791
is not shown
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
date's. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.