Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 755, George Bennett, S. C.

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SERVICE
S.C.

Bennett, George

NUMBER
R 755

Born in Va

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[stamp]REJECTED
George Bennett

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Geo Bennett
So. Ca
Returnd. Aug 23d 1833
Suspd. Aug 20 1835
let. E Boma Esq
755

Act 7 June [illegible]

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26,045
George Bennet
Declan

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let 23d Augt '3

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State of South Carolina Spartanburgh District } To wit -
On this first day of October in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court, to wit the court of Sessions and Common Pleas, for the District aforesaid, George Bennett, a resident of said District, aged Seventy-four years, who being sworn in due form of Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress, passed on the 7th day of June 1832, to wit, on the last of May 1781 after the fall of Charleston I entered the Service as a Volunteer private soldier, in Company of Capt. Thomas Price, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jno Thomas, and continued to serve in said Company and Regiment, without interruption, except on occasional furlows untill the month of July 1782 making a term of one year and two months, and was then verbally discharged by his Captain, at Goens Station. - I was a Resident of Spartanburgh District South Carolina when I entered the service and have resided there ever since, I was marchd to Beach Island, and Briar Creek in the State of Georgia and shortly afterwards returned, and the remainder of my services were rendered in this State. - I was engaged in the fights or battles of Hamptons

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Musgroves Mills - and the Thicketty fort - I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Geo Bennett his mark

Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court on the day & year afsd
Josiah J. Evans
[illegible] Judge

To the questions proposed by the Court, I answer, 1st & 2d. I was born in Frederick County in Virginia, on the 29 day of December, 1759 and have the record of my age now in my possession - 3rd. See within - 4th I was a volunteer - 5th I knew Col Marbury and served under him while in Georgia and Col Hammond, besides my own officers 6. I never recd any written discharge - 7th I refer to Revd Adm Crow Oliver Clark Matthew Seay who can attest upon character for truth -
George Bennet his mark

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South Carolina Spartanburgh Dist }
We Adm. Crow, a clergyman resident in Spartanburgh District, and Maj Oliver Clark and Capt Matthew Seay, Resident in the same, do hereby certify that we are acquainted with George Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding Declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. - 
Abraham Crow
Oliver Clark
Matthew Seay
Sworn to & Subscribed before me 1st Oct 1833.
Wm. [illegible]
J.Q.Ex.Off.

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 the said Court further certifies, that it appears that Abm Crow, who has signed the foregoing affidavit is a clergyman, resident in said District and that Maj Oliver Clark and Capt Matthew Seay who have also signed the same, are resident in the same, are credible persons, and their statements entitled to credit
Josiah J. Evans
[illegible] Judge

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26,045
George Bennett
Declare
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State of South Carolina 
Spartanburgh District
I Elisha Bomar clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas in and for said District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Bennett for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 5th day of November 1833,
E. Bomar
Clk.

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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

B. S.C.
Aug 20

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Clerk's Office
Spartanburgh Ct. House
S. Carolina 11th Aug 1835

Sir;
I herewith transmit to you the application of Geo Bennett for a Pension. It was prepared at Fall Court, 1833, and has been misplaced until the present time. I prepared the necessary certificate with a view of, immediately, giving it a pasport to the proper department but failed to do so from the fact that it was by mistake put into a bundle of Court papers. I was much surprised on yesterday to find it here, thinking I had long go sent it to the pension office

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You will please attend to it, as soon as you can conveniently.
Respectfully
Yours
E. Bomar

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.