Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,196, John Bird, S.C.

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(3-1778)  Service                                  Number
                                                S.39.196
        S.C.            Bird, John

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5,244
South Carolina
John Bird
Lieutt.
Capt Warley
South Carolina
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary Wa

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 20- Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 7th of July 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Jany 1819
and delivered to himself.

to 4th of Sept. 1818 - 38.98
[illegible] all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819. 120-
[illegible] $158.98
[illegible] {Revolutionary claim, Act 18 March, 1818}

[several lines illegible]

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Admitted

[upside down] The Honble. John C. Calhoun

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State of South Carolina
Before me David Johnson one of the associate Judges of the said state personally appeared Capt. John Bird who made the following Declaration on oath pursuant to the act of Congress of the United States entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War". That he entered the land service of the Unites States in the War of the Revolution as a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt. George Warley in the 6th Regt. commanded by Col William Henderson the precise time of which is not recollected but he believes in the year 1776 or 1777- that he [illegible] Regt. for about two years & was there [illegible] to the 7th Continental Regt. of So Carolina. Col Charles B. Pinckny attached to their company of that Ragt. commanded by Capt. _ Turner. that in this company he acted as Sergeat for some time and was finally appointed and commissioned Adjutant of the regiments with the rank of Lieutenant & remained in that Regt. in that character untill as well as is negotiated about the year 1780 when he [illegible] his commission. and that [illegible] after he joined the Brigade of State Troops [text crossed out] commanded by Genl. Sumpter in the character of Lieut. with which he remained untill near the close of the war-
The Declarant further saith that the several

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commissions which he held during the war has been lost by time or accident so that he has [illegible] now to produce, and that he [illegible] then give & had wounds in the Sieges of Charleston and [illegible]-
The Declarer further saith he is now in his [illegible] ninth year if age and that on account of his reduced circumstances, his age and bodily infirmities he needs the assistance of his country for the support of himself and family- 
John Bird

I do hereby certify that Capt. John Bird did make the forgoing declaration on oath before me at Union Court House this 7th day of July 1818.
David Johnson

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[illegible] [illegible] 7th July 1818.
The Honorable The Secretary at War

Sir
The foregoing Declaration and accompanying certificate are all the evidence [illegible] Capt. Bird thought proper to submit to me on the subject of his claim to the provisions of the act. In relation to them I have no other remarks to make then that I have known Capt. Bird for more than twenty years & that [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] as well as his certificate I have no doubt of his having served in the Army of the revolution, and I also believe that Capt. Bird's circumstances are [illegible].
I have the Honor to be-
with much as [illegible]
your servant
David Johnson

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South Carolina 
Union District } Ss

On this Twenty third day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record [illegible] unlimited Jurisdiction in both civil & criminal cases at [illegible] John Bird aged Sixty four [illegible] resident in Union District in the State aforesaid who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. that he enlisted as a Sergeant in 1776 in the 6th Regiment of the South Carolina continental line commanded by Colonel Henderson for three years in the company commanded by Capt Warley and was afterwards transferred to the first Regiment of the [illegible] commanded by Colonel Pinckney in Captain [illegible] Company in which he was promoted to an adjutany with a rank of Lieutenant and that he has received a pension under a certificate No. 5244 from the War department. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner deposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 [illegible] for me any property as securities contracts or debts

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due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule here to [illegible] and by me described, viz
1 bed and furniture Valued at $15.00
1 pot 2.50
1/2 [illegible] of plates 1.00
1 [illegible] knives and forks 1.50
1 dish 75. Cups & Saucers 1.50
60 acres of Land (in [illegible]) 120.00
$141.50

That the family residing with him consists of a Wife Elizabeth aged about Sixty years, very infirm and not able to support herself. 
Jn. Bird
Sworn in open court before me
Abrm Nott

I Abraham Nott one of the judges of the superior court of Law of the State of South Carolina do here by certify that it is my opinion the real amount & value of the property contained in the above schedule does not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars -
Abrm Nott
March 23d 1821

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John Bird

5244 Mar: 19

Con
J. L. E.

[diagonally] ([drawing of hand pointing] For Clerk's Certificate, see the other page.)

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So. Carolina Union District } I John Rogers Clerk of Sessions & Common Please for Said District do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said courts & I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One Hundred & fifty Dollars
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 23rd day of March 1821.
J Rogers Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Compr. for the Dist & State-

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Declaration of Anna C. Smith daughter of Capt John Bird decd. (who was a Soldier of the Revolution) in order to obtain for herself and the other surviving children of the said Capt John Bird decd. (if alive) the Benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.

State of South Carolina Union District }
On this the 24th day of April 1846 personally appeared before the Court of Ordinary for the said District Anna C Smith, a resident of the District of Union in the state aforesaid who on being first duly sworn upon the holy evangelists of Almighty God deposed & says, that she is the daughter of the above named Capt John Bird decd. whom she is informed & believes was a soldier of the Revolution and drew a pension of Two Hundred & forty dollars per annum under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818. That she was informed long before the death of her said Father (which took place on the 4th day of December 1843), that he was entitled to an increase of pension under the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832, and made an attempt to obtain it, but owing to his being entirely blind for several years previous to his death, he was unable to travel about to obtain it or attend to it, and it was therefore neglected. This deponent further states that at the time of the death of her father the said Capt John Bird decd. he left no Widow, his wife, the mother of this deponent having died

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many years before, but that he left the following children, to wit This deponent aged about fifty six years & a resident in the said District of Union, Sally Bird, now the widow of James Carr, aged about sixty years, living when last heard from somewhere in the state of Mississippi, the county unknown, a Son Henry C Bird aged about fifty four years, not heard from for some years, but when last heard from said to be living in Texas, Catharine Bird, now Mrs Francell aged about fifty one years, and when last heard from living in the state of Alabama, county not known: James C Bird aged about forty six years, living when last heard from in the state of Alabama county not known
It having been some years since the above named brothers and sister of this deponent were heard from with any certainty although she has made efforts to hear from them, she does not know whether they are alive or not.
The said John Bird decd. had one other son whose name was John Bird but who died many years before his father and left five children, the survivors of these children if any at the death of the said Capt John Bird decd. reside as deponent is informed somewhere in the far West - but she cannot state anything more definite in regard to them.
This deponent deems it unnecessary to say anything in regard to the Revolutionary Services of her father. She refers to the Evidence now on the files of the proper departments upon which the said John Bird

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was placed then the pension Roll under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and Solicits that if the said John Bird decd. her father, is entitled to an increase of pension under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832, her rights may not be withheld but Rendered to her according to Law. She further states, that she has always understood that her father [underlined]did not resign in 1781, but that he was taken prisoner by the British in 1781, and begs that she be permitted to offer proof upon this subject with the view to recover the Commendation of Bounty Land to which she has been led to hope her said Father was entitled. If however her father has stated in his declaration that he did resign in 1781, she admits that is Conclusive but begs that his declaration be reexamined upon that subject.
And further this deponent saith not.
Anna C Smith
Sworn to & subscribed Before me in open court this the 24th day of April 1846.

State of South Carolina Union District } SS
Capt John H SMith states on oath that he knows from his own knowledge that Capt John Bird a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died at the time stated in the above affidavit or declaration of Anna C Smith. He also knows of his own

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knowledge, that his heirs at Law are as stated above in the same declaration 
John H Smith
Sworn to & subscribed before me in Open Court this the 24th April 1846

State of South Carolina Union District } SS
I John J. Pratt Judge of the County of Ordinary for the district aforesaid Certify that it has been satisfactorily proven before me in open Court that Capt John Bird decd. died on the 4th day of December 1843 and that his surviving children or heirs at Law are as stated by the foregoing declaration of Anna C. Smith
Given under my hand & seal of office at Union Court House in the State of South Carolina, this the 24th day of April 1846
J. J. Pratt judge of the Court of Ordinary Union Dist S. C.

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Claim of Nancy Sharpe heir of Lieut John Bird
Presented by
J M Gadbury
Union Mill S.C.

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State of South Carolina 
Union District }
On this thirteenth day of June AD one thousand & eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the under signed a Magistrate for the District and State aforesaid Nancy Sharpe wife of John Sharpe a resident of the same District & State aforesaid who after being duly sworn according to law on her oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by any law of the United States allowing her pension arrears of pension commutative pay or bounty land as hers at law of Lieutenant John Bird who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of two hundred & forty dollars a year and on the South Carolina pension Roll; That she is informed and believes she is intitled to receive from the United States under existing laws arrears of pension & [illegible] pension and also commutative pay & bounty land due to her grand father the said Lieut John Bird in his lifetimes That she is one of four sisters still living children of John Bird Junr. ^who was a son of the said Lieut John Bird deceased That her father John Bird Junr. died in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty eight or nine and prior to the death of her grand father the said Lieut John Bird That her grand father the said Lieut John Bird died in [illegible] District & State aforesaid some [illegible] in the year Eighteen

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hundred and forty five That she is not certain the said Lieut John Bird left any children known living as all of them had removed from the state years before his death She refers to the pension rolls and summoned affidavits for proof of her claim and her relation to the said Lieut John Bird deceased
Nancy Sharp
Sworn to & subscribed before me the say and year above written
B F Arthur
Mags

State of South Carolina
Union District
On this thirteenth day of June AD one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Joseph Hughes a resident of the District & State aforesaid who after being duly sworn according to law deposed and says that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Nancy Sharpe whose name appears to the foregoing declaration that he knows positively; That the said Nancy Sharpe is a grand child of Lieutenant John Bird deceased: That he was well acquainted with Lieutenant John Bird & his son John Bird father of the said Nancy Sharpe That the said John Bird Jr. married deponents sister and died as deponant believes in the year Eighteen hundred Twenty Eight and that the said Lieutenant John died about the time stated in the above declaration of Mrs Nancy Sharp but the precise time

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he does not distinctly remember He further states that the said Lieut John Bird left him surviving Nancy Sharpe and that sister his grand children and children perhaps of other deceased sons & daughters That he is in no wise interested in the claim of the said Nancy Sharpe
Jos F Hughes

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written and I certify that Joseph Hughes is a person entitled to credit
B F Arthur
Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Union District
On this 13th day of July ^1853 personally appeared before me Major Samuel Faucett a resident of the District and State aforesaid who after being duly sworn according to law deposed & says that he was well acquainted with Nancy Sharpe whose name appears on the foregoing declaration  That the said Nancy is a grand child of the said Lieut John Bird and a daughter of John Bird Junior ^who was a son of Lieut John Bird That the said John Bird Junior died some years before the death if his father the said Lieut John Bird That he is not interested in said claim
Saml. Faucett

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year written & I certify the said Samuel Faucett is intitled to credit
J M Gadbury
Magistrate

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State of South Carolina
Union District
I J G McKissick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District & State aforesaid hereby certify that B F Arthur & J M Gadbury esquires before whom the written affidavits & declarations were made and who have respectively subscribed their names thereunto were at the time of so doing Magistrates for said District duly Commissioned & sworn
[seal of the court]
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at my office this 13th day of July AD 1853
J McKissick
[illegible]

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O. W. and N. Division. 3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
W.39.196

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of John Bird a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE]
1776. 3 yrs. Pvt & Sgt Sgt. Lieut. George Warley, Turner. William Henderson, Charles C, Pinckney. S. C. 1st S.C. regt.

Taken prisoner at the reduction of Charleston, and paroled July 1780. Soon returned to the army and fought to the end of the war.
Was in the Sieges of Savannah and Charleston, in both of which he was wounded, and Ninety-Six.

Battles engaged in, Sumter's defeat on the Catawba, King's Mt., Blackstocks, Cowpens, and many skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated.
Date of application for pension, July 7, 1818 - Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Union Dist, S.C.
Age at date of application, 58 yrs. Also given in 1821 as 64 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier died Dec. 4, 1843 and his wife Elizabeth ^aged 60 yrs. in 1821 many years prior. Children - John, Jr., the eldest, died in Georigia in 1828 or 1829.; Sally C., who married James Carr, lived in Miss. about 1840; Ann C., aged about 56 yrs and a res. of Union District S.C., in 1846, married Daniel Smith; Catharine, wife of Richard Faucett, or Fossett and James C. the youngest, lived in Tuscaloosa Ala. abt 1844. John Jr. left four daughters, one of whom Nancy, wife of John Sharp, lived in Union Dist. in 1853

Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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39 196
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 39196
John Bird
Lieut Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1911, Mar. 30 Hist to Mrs. J. Y. Sage

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Ex'r. INVALID.
[stamp right margin] REJECTED
John Bird

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Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4 Sept. 1843 to 4 December, 1843. Agent notified 2 Apr. 1846.

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[illegible] M. M. Norton Oct [illegible] 1845.
D. Wallace, July 6, '46.
[illegible] to [illegible] J. A. Black
Jany. 13. 47.
Miles M. Norton Esqr
July 14, 48.

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John Bird
So Ca.
[illegible] Hon J K Griffin
Aar 22 1836.
[illegible] papers sent to Hon Jas Rogers May 28 1836
Hon J. K. Griffin 22 Oct 36
" Jas Rogers [illegible] " "
doubtful claim
J. M. Gadbury Sept 14/53 
851

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Letter 27 April 1837 - Pen Agent
1666
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39.32

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19.32
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17.32

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Notification sent 20th June 1821, to J. Rogers Union C. H. So. Ca. - 
see letter to Hon. James Rogers March [illegible]
" " " " same same May 28
" Hon. W K Clowry 22 Mar. 1833
" " " 21 [illegible] 1839

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pen: cat: return to
Hon. J S. Rogers
9 Jan. 1837

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Up to what time was Jno. Bird of So Ca. paid under the Act of March 18. 1818?
H. H. L
decr. 23d. '36
paid to the 4th March 1836
J H

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John Bird, S. C. roll, Act 18 March 1818, at $20 per month.
Be pleased to say to what date he was last paid
Pension office
Oct 15. 1845.
Died 4th Decr. 1843 pd to that period
J H

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I am accquainted with Magt. General Thomas Moore and the Honorable Judge Smith who have Subscribed the recommendation of Mr. Bird and know them to be Gentlemen of the first respectability 7th Feby 1815
D. R. Evans

Capt. John Bird
Union District

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Capt. John Bord of Union District So. Carolina Having signified to me his wish to obtain a commission in the army of the United States to express my opinion of his fitness to command.
Captain Bird has the advantage of much experience, he served through the Revolutionary War, & was promoted from the ranks to a Lieutenancy, which appointment he filled with credit to himself, & advantage to the service; In my opinion he possesses military talents & capacity to command a company.
Tho Moore B. Genl.
3rd Brgd. S. C. Militia
Camp at Lisseys old fields.
Octr. 4th 1814-

I know that Capt. Bird was in the Revolutionary service, and have heard that he made a brave officer. I believe he is yet a brave man and a zealous friend to his country: Novemr. 12th 1814.
Wm Smith

I am personally acquainted with T Moore and W Smith and several other [several words illegible] recommendation and know them to be gentlemen of the first respectability [illegible] Feb 1815 John C. Calhoun

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Declaration of Ann C. Smith the Daughter of Capt. John Bird decd. and her husband Daniel Smith, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7th June 1832.
State of South Carolina
Union District } SS.
On this twenty first day of January A.D. 1848 personally appears before the Court of Ordinary for the District aforesaid, Daniel Smith and his wife Ann C. Smith the Daughter of Capt. John Bird decd. late a resident of the same District and State, and who died on the fourth day of December 1843, being at his death about Eighty five years of age, which said Daniel and Ann C. Smith after being duly sworn according to law, doth on their oath make the following declaration, by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That the said Ann C. Smith formerly Ann C. Bird, is the Daughter of the said John Bird, and the only child of his known to be living; 
that her eldest brother John Bird died in Georgia about fifteen or sixteen years ago. 
Sally C. Bird, the next oldest, married James Carr and when last heard from about eight years ago, resided in Mississippi.
Ann C. is the next in age.
Henry C. Bird the next, was in Arkansas about five years ago when last heard from
Catharine Bird the next, married Richard Fossette and when last heard from about four years ago, was in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
James B. Bird the youngest, was in Tuscaloosa Ala about four years ago, when last heard from.

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repeated exertions have been made within the two past years, to hear from all the above named brothers & sisters, by the declarants, but in vain, therefore they have been led to the melancholy conclusion that they must be dead. they are the only children of the said John Bird decd. and all by the same wife, as he was never but once married, and his wife died some years previous to his death.
These declarants know that the said John Bird was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and drew a Pension of $2[illegible]0 per annum as a Lieutenant under the act of 1818, and this is made for an addition under the act of 1832. [illegible] for and they believe he was entitled; that they have often hard him speak of his services, and have every reason to believe he served as stated in his affidavit made before his death, which is herewith sent, together with the affidavit of Joseph McJunkin and Thomas Young in his behalf, who were both in the Revolutionary War by reputation, and both draw Pension. 
Ann C Smith
Danl Smith
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
 J. J. Pratt Judge of the Court of Ordinary Union Dist. S. C. 

And the said Court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named Daniel and Ann C. Smith, are, the latter, the Daughter of the John Bird above alluded to, and the former the husband of the

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said Ann C. and that they are the only children of the said John Bird in the country and known to be alive - and also that the said John Bird was a Revolutionary Pensioner and reported [illegible] in the Revolution.
J. J. Pratt Judge of the Court of Ordinary Union District S. C.

South Carolina Union District }
I William J. Keenan Clerk of the Court of the District aforesaid do hereby certify that J. J. Pratt is Judge of the Court of Ordinary, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office, this the 21st day of January A D 1848
Wm. J. Keenan
Clerk of the Court of Union Dist S. C.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 12th, 1845.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled" An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States." and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners receive their pensions from the pension agents, The [illegible]: of John Bird, decd- a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and - Cents per month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1843, to the 4th Dec. 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE

District of Columbia
County of Washington SS,
On this twelfth day of February 1823; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington personally appeared John Bird who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain George Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Charles C. Pinckney in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of South Carolina that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 15th day of December, 1822, at or near Columbia in South Carolina he was robbed of sundry papers, and his Certificate among them -
Jno. Bird
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.}
Jno N. Maulder
Justice of the peace

NOTES, The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
[image of hand pointing finger]If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."

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James Rogers

[stamp]FREE

Genl. Jas. Rogers
Washington 
City.

[circular stamp] UNIONVILLE S.C. MAY 15

Hon. J. Rogers
HR
[upside down]N 33639

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South Carolina Union District } 
Personally appeared before me Stephen Johnson a justice of the peace for said district Capt John Bird of said district who being duly sworn saith on oath that he was a Lieutenant in the first continental Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Coatsworth Pinckney and was taken prisoner at the [illegible] of Charleston in the state aforesaid in the year One thousand seven Hundred and Eighty. 
And the officers were all sent over to Hadrals point. I was taken sick and I got leave of absence from Col C. C. Pinckney as a [illegible] till called for if I could get liberty of the commanding officer of the British army I obtained from the commanding officer of the British army a Parole on the back of my commission and went home in July 1780 and there saw a liberty [illegible] to where I was and took my property in that is my clothing I followed there and on the [illegible] day I overtook them and Capt Duff had my Regimental coat on after showing my papers they gave me my cloathing again. I went home again and a few days after a tory party came a very [illegible] and hearing I had come home from the [illegible] service and took all I had and [several words illegible] if they could catch me then my [several words illegible] under these circumstances to turn [several words illegible] country. I broke my parole and [several words illegible] fought for my country to the end of the [several words illegible] a letter from Col Pickney when the exchange [several words illegible] but fought under the same commission [several words illegible] claimed anything from this state for my [several words illegible] my bounty land and that I never obtained [illegible] to pay and said I must look to the [several words illegible] and I was under the command of [several words illegible] at the battle of Blackstocks [several words illegible]

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I was also at the siege of Ninety Six where General Green commanded I was at Fergusons defeat at Kings Mountain I was at the Cowpens at Tarltons defeat under the command of General Morgan I was at Sumpters defeat the day after General Gates was was defeated on the Catawba River I was in many other skirmishes too tedious to mention Th above battles are not put down in the order that they took place but I was at them all 
J [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 day of May 1836.
Stephen Johnson J.P.

South Carolina Union District }
Personally appeared before me Stephen Johnson one of the justices of said District Major Joseph McJunkin & Major Thomas Young who being duly sworn saith on oath that they were at Hammonds' old store where we defeated the tories under the command of Col [illegible] Washington and that they were at the battle of [illegible] and that they believed the above named [illegible] John Bird was in both of these engagements [illegible] they were in several other engagements together [several words illegible] occasionally saw and was with him [several words illegible] of the war, and that they know him to be [illegible] and same John Bird as mentioned in his [illegible] affidavit
Joseph McJunkin
Tho Young  
Sworn to and subscribed [illegible] me this 12 day of [illegible]
[illegible] Johnson J.P.

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South Carolina Union District } 
I John Rogers Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common pleas for said District do certify that Stephen Johnson who has signed the within probates is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace and and properly authorized to administer oaths and his attestations as Such are intitled to full faith and credit.
[seal of the court]
Given under my hand & Seal of Office at Union Court House this 12th day of May 1836.
J. Rogers M

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Union Court House April 24 1846

Dear Sir
You will receive herewith inclosed the declaration of Anna C Smith which is explanatory of itself.
I suppose the object of it is to obtain the increase of pension due her father Capt. John Bird under the act of Congress of 7 June 1832. She relys, I believe upon the Evidence already on file in the department under which her father was placed upon the pension Roll under the act of 1818.
I beg your attention to the last paragraph in her declaration in relation in regard to the commutation & Bounty Land to which she thinks her father was entitled. I know nothing of her claims but what she put me in possession of to day. Her credibility however is unquestionable
I shall be happy to hear from you upon the subject of this claim at as early a day as you may find convenient
I have the Honor to be
with very great Respect
Your Obt Servant
D Wallace

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Pickens C. H. S. C.
6th October 1845.

Dear Sir,
I dislike to be troublesome, but need information with respect to the claim of Lt. John Bird of the State, who drew a Pension under the act of 1818; he is dead, and I am employed by his Administrator to obtain an increase of Pension under the act of 1832, "Commutation Pay" and "Bounty Land"; was he entitled to more as a Lieut. under the act of 1832, than under that of 1818? if so, are his his representatives entitled to it up to his death? and if so, may the Administrator make the application & draw it?
Is the Administrator entitled to draw the Commutation Pay & Bounty Land, if Bird was entitled? and if so, how will he proceed to make the applications? does the record of your Office furnish evidence of his service? 
In case the Administrator is not entitled to draw these amts. can one of Bird's children do so? he has but one in this county, probably others scattered about; the one here is a married Daughter, whose Husband is living.

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If it is not asking too much of you, I hope you will instruct me in this matter, and if any thing can be done, give me full and general instructions how to proceed.
I am Sir,
With the highest respect,
your often obliged,
Obt. Servt.
Miles M. Norton

Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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House of Rep.
6th Jan7 1847

Sir
I enclose you the letter of [illegible] Davd. Wallace on the subject of balances of Pension due the Heir of John Bird late of Union Dist. So Ca -
I knew Bird in his life time and I am strongly impressed almost convinced that he was at the time of his death drawing the Pension of the Officer - It may be that he was at first allowed only the Pension of a private, but afterwards furnished the proof of his having been an officer & his pension increased accordingly - Do give me the facts in this case. Yr obt Svt
James A Black

J L Edwards [illegible]

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Pickens S. C.
7th February 1848.

J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions,

Sir,
I have at length got a Declation prepared by the Representatives of Capt. John Bird decd. for an increase of Pension during his life time, under the act of 1832. which I send you herein, and hope on examination, that it, with the accompanying affidavits, may enable you to admit his claim of which you will please inform me when a decision is made.
With the highest respect,
Your Obt. Servt.
Miles M. Norton

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Nancy Sharpe &
John Sharpe
To 
J M Gadbury
Power of Atty

Genl Gadbury
[illegible] in 1781

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State of South Carolina
Union District

Know all [illegible] by these presents that I Nancy Sharpe wife of John Sharpe formerly Nancy Bird and grand child of Lieutenant John Bird of the District and state aforesaid who was a Revolutionary pensioner on the Pension Roll of South Carolina have nominated and appointed and by these presents do nominate and appoint J M Gadbury of the same District and State aforesaid my agent and attorney to prosecute my claim against the United States for any amount of increased pension arrears of pension commutation pay or Land Bounty which according to any existing laws of the United States I may be entitled unto as grand child of the said Lieut John Bird and one of his heirs at law Hereby notifying and confirming all lawful acts of my said attorney above in the promised as fully and effectually as if I were present acting and doing for myself
Witness my hand and seal this thirteenth day of June Eighteen hundred and fifty three
Nancy Sharpe Seal
Attest 
Jos F Hughes

Signed sealed and acknowledged before me the day & year above written in [illegible] of & by [illegible] [illegible]
B F Arthur
Magistrate

I John Sharpe husband of the above named Nancy Sharpe do hereby ratify and confirm

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and Join my said wife in her foregoing power of attorney to J M Gadbury to whatever [illegible] the law may require of me or that may be necessary at the due execution thereof
Witness my hand and seal this thirteenth day of June A D Eighteen hundred and fifty three
John Sharpe his x mark Seal
Attest 
Jos F Hughes

Signed sealed & acknowledged before me the day & year above written
B F Arthur
Magistrate

State of South Carolina
Union District 
I J G McKissick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that B F Arthur Esquire before whom the forgoing power of attorney was signed and acknowledged and who has hereunto subscribed his name was at the time of said doing a Magistrate for the District aforesaid duly commissioned & Sworn 
[seal of the court]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at my Office this Eleventh day of July AD 1853
J G McKissick
C. C. P.

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I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 John Bird late a Lieutenant in the army of the revolution is inscribed on the pension list roll of the South Carolina agency at the rate of twenty dollars per month to commence on the seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the war office of the United States this twelfth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
J. C. Calhoun
(signed) Secretary of War

South Carolina
Union District
Personally came John Bird before me and being duly sworn me his oath that he is the identical John Bird named in the original pension certificate of which the preceding is a copy and he desires the benefit of the act of congress passed on 7th June 1832
Jno Bird
Sworn [illegible] Before me seventeenth Nov 1836
Aaron Wilkins J.P.

I certify that I have been acquainted with John Bird who has signed the foregoing deposition for Thirty years & that he is the same individual referred to in the foregoing certificate & has drawn his pension by virtue of the laws, & the no. of his pension certificate is 5244
Aaron Wilkins J.P.

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South Carolina
Union District
I Aaron Wilkins do also certify the above named John Bird has become [illegible] blind of his eye sight and are in indigent circumstance and is in [illegible] of his Revolutionary - Sworn & [illegible] under my hand Novr. 17th 1836
Aaron Wilkins J.P.

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State of South Carolina York District } Personally came Robert Wilson ^before me and being sworn as the law directs saith that he was acquainted with Captain John Bird some years before the Revolutionary war, and that he was acquainted with him very particularly during the Revolutionary war from the year 1778 in February until the capture of the city of Charleston in May 1780 that he was with him in the Battle at Slovo in the State of South Carolina and at the Battle at Savanna in the State of Georgia that he also served with him in the siege of Charleston Sou Carolina and after the fall of Charleston he knew him frequently in the Militia, that during a part of the time he this deponent was acquainted with the said Captain John Bird he served as an officer in the Continental service that his services were in the army as a good & faithful soldier both in the Continental & Militia service that he was & ever has been deemed a person of truth and probity Sworn to and subscribed the 30th day of January AD 1838 -
Robert Wilson
Before me
William Jamison [illegible] 

South Carolina York District } I William Jamison one of the Justices of quorum for said district in the State f South Carolina do certify that Robert Wilson the maker of the above affidavit is and has been a resident of my particular neighborhood for a great number of years that his truth and veracity has never been questioned And his declaration should be considered in all cases as of validity -
W Jamison [illegible]

South Carolina York District } I John S Moore Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common pleas do hereby certify that William Jamison is an extant Justice for this District and that all his official acts should have due faith & Credit
John S Moore
Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas

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State of South Carolina [illegible]
To John Bird for personal services 
under Capt Barnett 210 Days @20 £210. 0. 0.
Certified by M. Barnett Capt. Stg. £30. 0. 0

State of So. Carolina
[illegible] to John Bird
For militia Duty in Brandon's Regiment service the fall of Charleston per Andersons [illegible] [illegible] to currency £160. 0. 0
Stg. £22. 17. 1 1/2

Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia 28 July 1836.
I certify the forgoing to be a true copy [illegible] the [illegible] accounts of John Bird for Militia duty performed in the War of the Revolution, as settled and filed in this office, and that Indents were issued for each respectively. -
William Laval Comptroller

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33 [illegible]
John Birds accounts in Revolutionary War-

Hn. J. K. Griffin
H R

F[illegible] $3.00 paid by W. Thompson

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[text illegible]

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[black and white drawing of South Carolina state seal]
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
George McDuffie Esq
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State aforesaid.

Geo McDuffie
To all to Whom these Presents Shall Come,
Know Ye that William Laval is Compr. General of the State of South Carolina that John S. [illegible] whose name is signed to the certificate hereunto [illegible] is and was at the time of signing the same the lawful deputy of the said William Laval [illegible] his certificate is [illegible] [illegible] by the proper Officer and his signature Genuine -
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 Town of Columbia the Twenty seventh day of July in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six and in the Sixty first year of the Independence of the United States of America.

BY THE GOVERNOR.
B. H. Saxon
Secretary of State.