Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8218, Cornelius Clements, N.C.

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SERVICE                                                            NUMBER                                    
N.C.                  Clements, Cornelius                   S8218
                                                                             B.L.Wt. 7430-160-55

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Act Mar 3/55
Apr 11/55
61 720

Cornelius Clements
(Priv)
Revolutionary Pensioner
$30 under act
7th June 1832

Private
N. C. Militia
N. C. June 32 - No 23994
Boynton
and 160 as's Oct 5/55
Dodge
John Anderson
Brindleton
Cleveland Co.
N.C.

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[illegible]

Ago 9. May 1838
-
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6 April 1838 from
4 March 1837. to 4 Sept 1837.
Agent notified 20 Aug 1838
Order to pay 25th March 1841
Same 17 May 1843
same 11 June 1844.
23.994
North Carolina
Cornelius Clements
County Rutherford in the State of N. C.
was a private in the --- commander
Captain ---- of the Regt commander
Col. Hampton in the So Ca for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 30. Dollars- cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of May
[illegible] and such Hon: J. Grant
 H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
90
15
_____
$105
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath Rice clerk
Book E. Vol. 67  Page 49


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State of North Carolina		On the 23rd day of April 1834
  Rutherford County		Personally appeared in Open Court before the
Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now setting Cornelus
Clemments a Resident of the United States in the County of Rutherford and
State of North Carolina aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on his Oath make the following Statement in Order to Obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 Sayeth that by
Reason of Oald age and Consequently loss of memory he cannot swear to
the precise length of his Service but according to the best of his memory
not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades
and for which service he claims a pension.
from the best of my Recollection in the Winter 1780 I was drafted under Capt
Gilkey Commanded by Coln Hampton we was marched in persute of Ferguson
Down Broad River into South Carolina on Near Thicketty Fort from there
we returned home this tower was not less than One Month on my Return
I was ordered on and Stationed on the lines in Mumfords Coves where I
Stayed until my Three Months was Out, in the later part of the same
year I was called out again under Captain James Withrow Coln Miller
and Majr Singleton this was not less than 3 Months we was first marched 
Down Broad River to South Carolina then a cross to the Catabaw on to the
Yadkin we was kept moving during this service Majr  Singleton who kept the
command was very Industrious in the Summer of 1781 I served a Tower of 
three months under Capt Lumkins Coln Malmudy Commanded we 
Joined the Main Army under General Green at the High hills of Santee
at which place we made our stand we was from that place marched 
back to Charlotte S. Carolina where we was Discharged and returned home
This makes my service Nine Months and for which service I claim
a pension he hereby Relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension
except the present and declares his name is not on the pension Roll of
the Agency or any State Whatsoever
Question 1st - by the court§  When and in what year were you born -----
Answer§  from Information I was born near Augusta Georgia in the Year
1757§  Questions 2nd§  have you any record of your age and if so where
is it  §Answer §  I have it from the Family Record at home
Question 3rd§  Where were you living when Called into Service where have you [illegible word]
Since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer§  from the best of my Recollection I came to Rutherford County ^ North Carolina^ in
the year 1779 and have Resided in the same County ever since
Question the 4th§  how were you called into Service were you Drafted and you 
volunteered or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom ------
Answer§  I was Drafted and Served as above Stated three Towers 9 months
Question 5th§  State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with
the Troops where you served such Continental and Militia Ridgements as you
can Recollect and the General Circumstances of your service--
Answer§  I Recollect to have Served under General Green Coln Malmudy
Coln Hampton Coln Miller Majr Singleton I know we had much

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Trouble and Fateague we was Often closely persued by the Enemy we sometimes
pushed them close.
Question 6th§  Did you ever receive a Discharge form the Service and if so
by whom was it given and what became of it
Answer§  In my first Two Towers I have no Recollection that I recd any 
in my last Tower I recd a discharge which I herewith enclose
Question 7th§  State the names of Some persons to whom you are known
in your present Neighborhood and who can Testify as to your Character for
veracity and good behaviour and your Services as a Revolutionary
Soldier   John Padgett  & William Watson
	T F Birchett  Clk [signature]		Cornelius Clements [signature]

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and Year aforesaid
We John Padgett a Clergyman Residing in the County of Rutherford
and State of North Carolina and William Watson Residing in the
same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Corneluis Clements
who has Swor to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 76 years
of age 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 and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
					his
				John  X  Padgett
					mark
	T.F. Birchett  Clk [signature]	William Watson [signature with X mark]

And the Said Court do hereby declare there Opinion after the Investigation
of the Matter and after putting the Interogations prescribed by the War
Department that the above Named Applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and Served as he states and the Court further certify that
John Padgett who signed the preceding certificate is Clergyman
Resident in the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina and
that William Watson who has also Signed the same is a Resident in
the same County and State and is credible persons and that there Statements
is entitled to Credit
I Thos F. Birchett Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do
hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings in the
Matter of the application of Cornelius Clements for a pension. -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of 
Office the 29th day of April A.D. 1834
				T.F. Birchett  Clk

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State of No Carolina
  Rutherford County	On this 16th day of March 1855
personally appeared before me James M Spratt a Justice
of the Peace for and in the County of Rutherford Corn
elius Clemmens a Pensioner of the U. States resid
ing in the County of Rutherford No. Ca, who
being duly sworn according to law declares
he is the identical Cornelius Clemmens who
is a Pensioner of the U. States and the Roll of the
State of No Carolina, he makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining any Bounty
Land that may be due him by the act of 
Congress passed in February and approved 
3rd March 1855.

		Cornlio Clemts [shaky signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before [illegible] I certify that
an Original Certificate in his possession is in the
following words		"War Department"
			Revolutionary [Department is struck through] Claim
I Certify that in Conformity with the law of the
U. States of the 7th June 1832 Cornelius Clements
of the State of North Carolina who was a private 
in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive
Thirty dollars per Annum during his Natural life
commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable
semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th September
in every year -		Given at the War
office of the U. States this 15th day of May
One Thousand eight hundred and thirty four
			Lewis Cass
			  Secty of War
  Examined and
Countersigned
J.S. Edwards
	Court of Pensions	And I further certify he is a 
Credible Man and I am disinterested 	Jas M Spratt [signature]
this 17th day of March 1855

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State of North Carolina
  Rutherford County
			I R.L. Gilkey Clerk
of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 
for the County aforesaid certify that
James M. Spratt before whom the foregoing
declaration was made was at the date
of the same an acting Justice of the 
Peace for said County duly commissioned
& qualified & the foregoing signature
purporting to be his ^is^ genuine.
	In testimony of which I have
	hereunto affixed the seal
	of said Court at Offices in 
	Rutherfordton the 3rd day of
	April A.D. 1855
			R.L. GIlkey  Clk [signature]

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November 1, 1935
                                                                                                                                                          XXXXXXXXXXXX
                                                                                                                                                          BA-J/MCS
                                                                                                                                                          Cornelius Clements, s.8218

Mrs. B.K. Scott
534 W. Park Avenue
Tallahasse, Florida

Dear Madam:

     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.8218, based upon the military service of Cornelius Clements.

     He was born in 1757 near Augusta, Georgia. The names of his parents were not given.
  
     He moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina, in 1779 and enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops as follows: in the winter of 1780, three months in Captain Gilkey's company in Colonel Hampton's regiment; in the latter part of 1780, three months in Captain James Withrow's company in Colonel Miller's regiment: from the summer of 1781, three months in Captain Lumpkins' company in Colonel Malmady's regiment and was discharged November 29, 1781.

     He was allowed a pension on his application executed April 23, 1834, at which time he was living in Rutherford County, North Carolina. 

     The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family. 

     This is the history of the only soldier named Cornelius Clements that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office and the papers in said claim contain no data relative to his having served in the War of 1812. 

                                                                                                      Very truly yours
                                                                                                      A.D. HILLER
                                                                                                      Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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S.F. 8218
Cornelius Clements
     ------ NC ---

A DisCharge
for three months
Services

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[extremely faded document]

[Illegible] to [illegible] that [illegible, but probably Cornelius Clemens]
[Illegible] from the Molitia of North
Carolina by Serving [illegible] Months in South
Carolina in Col Malmudys Reigiment
Disscharged by order of General [illegible, but could be Green]
this 29th of [illegible, but could be November] 1781
Certified this 12th of March 1782
		Tho Mcmurry  Lieut

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State of North Carolina
Rutherford County
	This day personally appeared before
me a Subscribing Justice the County affore
said James Withrow and made oath in due
form of law that he is and has been persona
ly acquainted with Cornelius Clements
during the Revolutionary war with Great
Britain and ever since and that time of 
said war he James Withrow commanded
a volunteer Company and said Clemens
[was, struck through] volunteered himself and served a tour un
der him as a Soldier in the year 1780 as well
as my recollection serves me but am not able
to state the length of time
	I again went with my Company
into what is called the Brian Settlement
against the tories the said Cornelius Clements
was a Soldier under me I think ^tour^ tour was in
the year 1781.
	And in the year 1781 I pursued after
Cornwallis when he passed through our country
nearly to the north section of North Carolina
Cornelius Clements was a Soldier in my Company
but in consequence of old age and loss of memory
I am not able to state the length of time [in, struck through] of
service in any of the tours   Sworn to and subscribed
this 12th March 1834
			J Withrow [signature]
William Davis [signature]

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I Theodorick F. Berchett clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions of Rutherford County, State of No.Carolina, do certify
that William Davis is a Magistrate as stated in his certificate
to the affidavit of James Withrow within, that the signature
purporting to be his is believed to be genuine, and is enti
tled to credit.  --- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set the seal of my office & signed my name of office
the 29th of April 1834
				 T F. Berchett   Clk

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Treasury Department
                                                                                                                               Second Comptroller's Office
                                                                                                                       August 14, 1832

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 same at the Treasury of the United States," Cornelius Clements a pensioner of the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and ___________ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837. 
                                                                                      Respectfully, yours,
                                                                                                     Albion K. Parris 
                                                                                                      Comptroller

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No. 61720
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 11, 1855.
C. Clemments
Rev.
Warrant 7430-160-55
John Anderson
Brindleton
N. C.

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L. P. Waldo
Court of Pensions 

Washington City D. C.

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7430

[illegible]

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Pension Office
			Fayetteville May 12 1843
James L. Edwards
	Commissioner of Pensions
			Sir,
		Please [unreadable, but could be "note"] the payment of 
the following Pensions,
	Cornelius Clements - Act of 1832 12 mo $30.
	  James Gainey			 	          30.
	    William Watson			                  31.55
				I am sir, respectfully
				  Your Obt Srvt,
					 Wm Hinkle [signature]

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Back of page mostly blank.

61.720

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Brindleton No Ca
	April 3rd. 1855
Sir,
  Herewith is sent the declaration of Cornelius
Clements for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty
Land to which he is entitled by act [illegible] 
oved 3rd March 1855 Granting Bounty Land
to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
		Please address me Brindleton
					No Ca
			Very Respectfully
				Your Obt Servt
			John Anderson

L.P. Waldo Esq.
	Commr of Pensions

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Pension Office
 Fayetteville March 19 1841

James L. Edwards Esqur.
	Commissioner of Pensions
		Sir,
		  The [illegible] require
your approval before payment can be made.
		Very respectfully
		  Your Obt Srvt.
			 Wm Hinkle
				Agent

Act of 1832
  Daniel Apple		12 mos		$20.
  Cornelius Clements			 30.
  Henry Wellington			         30.
  William Watson			         31.55.

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December 6, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS


Mrs. B. K. Scott
534 W. Park Avenue
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Madam:

South Carolina.
Reference is made to your letter of November 6, 1935, requesting information in regard to the Revolutionary or War of 1812 service
of Daniel and John Henderson and you wish to know if the papers in the 
pension claim of Cornelius Clements show whether he ever lived in South Carolina.

The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 records of this office
fail to afford any information in regard to claim for pension having been
made to the United States on account of the services of the Daniel and John Henderson described by you.

The papers in pension claim, S.8218, give no residences of Cornelius Clements other than those stated in the letter that was sent
you on November 1, 1935.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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November 1, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Cornelius Clements, S.8218

Mrs. B. K. Scott
534 W. Park Avenue
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter of October 15, 1935, requesting the records of soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War or
the War of 1812 named Daniel and John Henderson and Cornelius Clements.
    You are furnished herewith, the record of Cornelius Clements, S.8218, a Revolutionary War soldier from Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    In order to identify the records of particular soldiers named
Daniel and John Henderson it is essential that you designate the war
in which they served and give as much as possible of the following data pertaining to each soldier: approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of
widow.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Tallahassee, Fla.
Nov. 6" - 1935.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Attention Mr. A. D. Hiller

Dear Sir:-
	Your letter of Nov. 1" in regard to
Cornelius Clements S.8218-BA-J/MCS, is
greatly appreciated, for it contains valued
information - Will you please tell me
if his record contains any mention
of residence at any time in South
Carolina, & where? This will be an
important connecting link in my data.
In regard to Daniel & John Henderson, I
offer the following information -  one
Daniel Henderson came to Georgia from
Wilmington Disct. about 1810 - He married
Sally [Henderson, struck through] McBride in N.C.  Date of his death
is not known.  He may have come from
Scotland, or his family may have came, & he
born in Va. or N.C. This information is desired - 
He died in Irwin Co. Ga. about 1825-30.
In the 1790 census of New Hanover Co. N.C._
I find Daniel Henderson & two John ^ 1812 end N.C.^ Hender-

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son, which I believe to be the father -
John, & two sons - Daniel & John.
I desire both the Rev War & 1812 War
records of Daniel - Also names & reference
[undecipherable] [of, struck through] members of family, place of
residence, dates of birth & pensions
allowed.  I also desire the same infor-
mation of one of the John Hendersons
should he prove to be older than
Daniel by one generation;, or otherwise -
to be father of Daniel.
Thanking you for this information, I am
		Yours sincerely,
		  Marie G. Scott.
		    (Mrs. B. K.)

534 W. Park Ave.

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Tallahassee, Fla -
Oct. 15", 1935.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hiller -
		Will you kindly
furnish me with data regarding
one Daniel Henderson ^& one John Henderson^ residing
in Wilmington District, New Hanover
Co. N.C.  in 1790 - Also one Cornelius
Clements residing in Morgan District
Rutherford County, N.C., 1790 -
I desire any information which
may be revealed ^in^ any War
record in your office - viz: -
Names of family, any dates of service
records - Rev. & 1812 - Thanks-
		Yours truly,
		  Marie G. Scott
		    (Mrs. B. K.)
534 W. Park Ave.

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INVALID.
8218
Cornelius Clements
Private Rev. War
---
Act: June 7th 1832
Index -- Vol. 1st, Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1935 Nov 1 hist to Mrs. 
B.K. Scott   

1935. Dec. 6. Mrs. B. K. Scott
inf. no residences other
than those given in letter sent
Nov. 1, 1935.
[illegible]