Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12693, Augustine Clayton, S.C.

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S.C.  Clayton, Augustine      S. 12693
carded

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75-03
Kentucky
Augustine Clayton
of Warren Co in the State of Kentucky who was a Captain in the company commandent by Captain Gowan of the Ref [illegible] commanded by Col Branham in the [drawn star] for 1 year [illegible]
S.C. Lines [drawn star'
Records corrected July 22 [unclear numbers]
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 90 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April 1833 and sent to Mrs S Underwood Bowling Green
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 
$180.00
$  45.00
$225.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Acct June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk Book E Vol 7 Page 5

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State of Kentucky, Warren County ss
On this third day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court of Warren County, now setting, Augustine Clayton sometimes called Austin Clayton, a resident of Warren County, Kentucky, aged 77 years the 4th day of March last, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, upon his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress, passed the 7 of June 1832; That he entered the service of The United States under the following named officers & served as here in stated; that he [crossed out] about the close of the year 1775 (at which time he lived on the Big Catawba River, in South Carolina, he thinks in Chester County;) he entered the service of the United States under Captain John Gowan, Captain of a company of Light Horse; the Lieutenant of the company was John Clayton brother of Augustine; the Colonel's name was John Thomas, and Ruthorford the name of the General; that he was a volunteer and served the campaign against the Tories, who were commanded by Col Fletcher; he cannot recollect how long this campaign lasted.  He afterwards volunteered in July 1776, to march against the Cherokee Indians under the same officers, except that General Williamson was in place of General Rutherford, and that he served till late in the following Winter; was in a battle against the said Indians in the fork of Tugulo river, and shortly afterwards was in another battle against the same Indians in their own country, he thinks on the waters of the Tennessee

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River, but cannot be certain; in this battle he was slightly wounded in the knee; he was also in several skirmishes with these same Indians. - He left with our army, the section of country where these battles were fought on the Tennessee river, and marched across the mountains to the North fork of the Hiwassee River, and down this fork, along the Valley Towns, (which were burnt by our army,) to the junction of this, and the south fork of the same river, then up the south fork and across the mountains, to Seneka Fort, on Tugulo River, where he got his discharge, in the Winter of 1776: - He now removed to Spartenburgh District, in the upper part of South Carolina, and was now [crossed out] out occasionally under the same Captain Gowan of Thomas's Regiment, until the year 1780, against the Tories & Indians, guarding the frontiers; but he cannot recollect at what particular periods he was out, or how long he was out at each particular time: - About this time, in the beginning of the year 1780, the Tories, to the number of about 1000, rose, and encamped, at the Red Hills in Lawrence District. Augustine ^(your applicant) now turned out as a volunteer under Captain Smith and Col John Thomas, and pursued on after the Tories, until, coming within about three miles of them and our officers being informed

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that our detachment could not contend against [crossed out] with so large a force [crossed out] body as we were pursuing, our army turned aside to join Col Branham in Union District, where it was understood he had 300 men: When we got in sight of Branham it was discovered that he was engaged against [crossed out] ^with the Tories and he being overpowered by superior numbers, was forced to retreat precipitately, before Col Thomas had time to join and support him. This tour ^was but short, he thinks, not a month long.  Augustine ^your applicant was now discharged and returned home; but shortly afterwards volunteered and went [crossed out] went out under Captain Roebuck of the same Regiment, in pursuit of Captain Gray's company of Tories, and ranged in the upper part of South Carolina, but does not remember how long he was out on this occasion. - After this he went out under Captain Worford in a Light Horse company, against the Tories whom we defeated, taking all their armes [crossed out] armes, munitions of war, and horses, but the Tories escaped ^They were commanded by Capt Holley.  He cannot tell how long he was employed on this tour.  He now returned home, and shortly afterwards went out

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under Col Branham, who turned out as a scout, to traverse the upper parts of South Carolina; but was out only a short time and returned home.  In the Spring of 1781 he went over the Savanna River, in the state of Georgia, and joined Captain Benedict Middleton's company under Col Clark, and was at the siege of Augusta, where Brown with the British, and Grayson with the Tories were all taken by the American Army: ^At the siege of Augusta Pink Eaton who commanded a company from NC was killed. Col Lee commanded the American forces. He remained here until the latter part of the summer or beginning of the fall, when he returned home to South Carolina, and in the year 1782 he inlisted for six months under Captain Gowan, and after serving the full time for which he inlisted was honorably discharged, returned home on New Year's Day th [crossed out] in 1783. Shortly afterwards he and his wife being from home at the house of a friend in the neighborhood, his house and all he had in it, was consumed by fire, supposed to have been burnt by the out -lying Tories: His discharges

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were all in the house when burnt, so that he has [crossed out] he is unable to produce any documentary evidence of his services, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove that he served as above stated. ^He volunteered in all the tours he served.  His age is recorded in his family record.  He knew a Luet. Hampton of the regulars & Jn Motte & Jos Kelly, his men. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. Clayton

Mr. Zachariah Emmerson Me [crossed out] a clergyman residing in the county of Barren and State of Kentucky, and William Carson residing in the county of Warren, State of Kentucky do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Augustine Clayton

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who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 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
Zach Emerson
William Carson

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned Augustine Clayton was a soldier of the revolution, and that he served as he states that he did:-
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Zachariah Emerson who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Barren State of Kentucky, and that William Carson who has also signed the same is a resident of Warren County Kentucky, and is a credible man, and that their statement

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is intitled to credit.
Asher W. Graham
Judge of Warren Circuit Court

I, Jonathan Hobson, Clerk of the Warren Circuit Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Augustine Clayton for a pension.
[seal affixed]
Intestimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand, and seal of office, this 8th day of September 1832 Jon^a Hobson

State of Kentucky
Warren County SS
Be it known that on this 6th day of February 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the  County aforesaid, Augustine Clayton, who by way of amendment to his original declaration pursuant to the directions of the War Department being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not 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. 1st He served

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Capt Gowans company of Horse for one month as a private 2 He served Capt James Smith's company, as a private, one month 3d Capt Gowans company, as a private, one month 4th Capt Gowans company of Horse as a private, 4 months 5th He enlisted & served in Capt Gowans company as a private six months. 6th His occasional services as mentioned in his declaration under Capt Gowan between the years 1776 and 1780, are inclusive of the above and when added together, to the best of his recollection and belief, make his services as a private under said captain amount at the least to one year - within the aforesaid periods. 7th He served Capt W Smith's company as a private about twenty days, where he was taken prisoner - parolled - and continued under parolle three months (He begs leave here to remark that he was four times taken prisoner in the War, which statement he omitted in his declaration) 8th He served Capt Roebuck's company, as a private at least two months. 9th He served Capt Worford's company as a private, one month. 10th He served as Polot to Col Branham's Regt 2 weeks 11th He served Capt Middleton's company as a private four months, 12th He enlisted and served Capt Gowans company of Rangers six months. The aggregate of all which exclusive of the 3 months during which he was parrolled as above, is three years, three months & four days and for such service he claims a pension. The following are the names of persons to whom your applicant is known  in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. George Wright, Geo  Russell, John Cole, Col. John Cole [illegible]
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above mentioned. Richard Curd JP
A Clayton [signature]
[sideways] Augustine Clayton 7926

State of Kentucky
Warren County Court
I, Jonathan Hobson, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify, that the above named Richard Curd esquire is a justice of the peace in and for said county, and that his signature annexed is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and affix the ^seal of my office this 6th day of February 1833.
Jon^a Hobson

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October 2, 1939

C.V. Compton
Route 8, Box 363
San Antonio, Texas.

BA-J/ILL
Augustine Clayton
S. 12693

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Augustine Clayton, who served from Virginia in the Revolutionary War and was a pensioner of Kentucky.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 12693, based upon service of Augustine Clayton in the Revolutionary War.

Augustine Clayton (sometimes called Austin Clayton) was born March 4, 1755; the place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.  He had a brother, John Clayton, who served in the same company with him when he first entered service.

While residing "on the Big Catawba River", in Chester County, South Carolina, Augustine Clayton enlisted about the close of 1775, and served one month as private in Captain John Gowan's company of Light-horse, Colonel John Thomas' South Carolina regiment; his brother, John, was lieutenant in the same company.  Augustine enlisted next and served one month as private in Captain John Smith's South Carolina Company. He volunteered in July 1776, as private in Captain John Gowan's company, Colonel John Thomas' South Carolina regiment, served in the campaign against the Cherokee Indians, was in one battle at the fork of Tugaloo River, was in another battle in which he received a slight wound on his knee, and was discharged in the winter of 1776; he served subsequently on various tours under Captain John Gowan and Colonel John Thomas until the year 1780, engaged principally against the Indians, destroying their towns.  The soldier had moved sometime after the winter of 1776 to Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  About the beginning of 1780, he enlisted in Captain William Smith's company and served about twenty days against the Tories, was taken prisoner but was paroled shortly afterwards; he enlisted next and served one tour in Captain Roebuck's company and one tour in Captain Worford's company (possibly meant for Captain Wofford's company) engaged against

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Tories, during which last tour he was in an engagement where the enemy was defeated and their munitions and horses were taken.  He enlisted in the spring of 1781, and served two months as private in Captain Middleton's company with the troops under Colonel Clark at the Siege of Augusta, Georgia.  He returned home to South Carolina in the fall of 1782; he enlisted there and served six months in Captain John Gowan's South Carolina Company, and returned home on New Year's Day 1783. He stated that he was taken prisoner four times during his service, but designated only one time under Captain William Smith.  His entire service amounted to at least three years, three months, a part of which was as private in South Carolina Infantry, and a part as corporal.
Augustine Clayton was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Warren County, Kentucky.  He signed his name A. Clayton.
The soldier referred to his wife, but did not state the date and place of their marriage, nor her name.  He stated that shortly after his return home January 1, 1783, they were at the home of a friend in the same neighborhood, when his house and all of his belongings were burned, supposedly by Tories.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this oensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Augustine Clayton
Certificate $7503
Issued April 20, 1833
Rate $90 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

2.

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Route 8, Box 363
San Antonio, Texas
Sept 3 - 1939

Veterans Administration, 
Rev. Pension Department, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I would appreciate very much if you would be so kind as to give the record for Augustine Clayton [underlined and OK written above] who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia but was pensioned from Kentucky- According to family tradition he lived in Barren Co but it may have been Allen or an adjacent county thereto. My great, great grandmother was Rhoda Clayton who is by tradition a daughter of his.  Would appreciate any facts about this man by the name of Augustine Clayton.
Thank you-
C.V. Compton

[circular ink stamp with number 1-12 around edge and arrow that points halfway between 3 and 4 that says:
Received
Sep 7 1939
Mail SUB-DIV
Reader No. 29
VETS ADM

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1939 Oct 2 Hist. to C.V. Compton ILL.
12693
INVALID.
Riohan [signed]
File No. 12,693
Augustine Clayton
Corp. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol., Page
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Augustine Clayton
Ken.
Warren Co
[Circular ink stamp GR.K BOWL. FEB 8]
[KY Returned - added in different ink]
from 1775 private
of Cavely & Inf 2 yrs.
Pr Cav. 1 yr  $50.-
& Inf.  [smudged] yr 40.-
$90.-
Cap Gowans
Col Bra^nham

[sideways]

The Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington [illegible]

Wm L Underwood 
Bowling Green

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Bowling Green Ky Feby 8th 1833

Sir
I have the honor here with to return the declaration of Augustine Clayton amended persuant to the instructions heretofore given by the War office.
I am Sir very respectfully yr obt sevt
WL Underwood