Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17665, Cato Copeland, N C

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(3-1776)
SERVICE    [Blank]             NUMBER
N. C.     Copeland, Cato    W. 17665
[Blank]     Cader or            [Blank]
[Blank]       Nancy              [Blank]     
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CONTENTS

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[Left page]
Notif. [Notification] sent to H. G. Burton, [illegible]
A notif. in favour [sic] of Cader alias Cato Copeland sent to
Hon. H.G. Burton 6 Feb 1821. Let. endorsed [illegible]

[Right page]
3750.
North Carolina Roll
___________________
Cato Copeland, 4
Private,
N. Carolina line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
________________
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of Eight Dollars  per month, to commence on
the 12th, of May 1818.
_________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of October 1818,
and sent to J. J. Daniel Esq. Judge
Halifax N.C.
__________________
Arrears to 4th of September 1818  30:23
Semi anl"ce [allowance] ending 4 March 1819 48:-
3 months  -- 24
23/30    -- 6:23
                    $78:23
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

77 Three Years
Continued
Halifax   Halifax Co.

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[Left side]
North Carolina_3830
______________________
Nancy Copeland
widow of Cato Copeland
who died on the [blank] in 1827
of Halifax Co. in the State of N. Carolina
who was a private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by N.C. in the North Carolina
line for 2 years.
______________________
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 80 _ Dollars [blank] Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831.
_______________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of
January 1843 and sent to Hon.
R. M. Saunders, H.R.
________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '42 $920.00
Semi-annual allowance ending     40.00
                                                      _______
                                                      $960.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the}

Recorded by [blank]   Clerk,
Book C Vol. 3  Page 182

[Right side]
Repo 31 Jany 43

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[This appears  to have been used as an envelope]

Halifax N. C.     Free
May 13th

Jno C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington City

[The following was written downward vertically to the left of the word "Free"]
suspd for
cl @ [illegible]

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State of North Carolina
Halifax County } 12th day of May 1818

Cato Copeland, personally appeared
before me J.J. Daniel, one of the Judges of
the Superior Court of Laws & Equity, for
the State aforesaid, who being by me duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the pension made by the late Act of Congress
entitled "An act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land & naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War" that
he the said Cato Copeland enlisted in the
North Carolina Regiment or 15th battalion of Infantry,
Clement Hall was his Captain of Company.
That he enlisted about the first day of October
in the year 1777 & that he continued to
serve in said Corps until the capture of
Charleston by the British when he was a prisoner, that afterwards
he joined the said Corps under Capt Stewart,
& remained until the treaty of peace;
when he was discharged at George Town
South Carolina. He states that he was

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was a Continental Soldier for four years.
That he was at the Battles of Monmouth, 
Stony Point, & at the fall of Charleston
(S.C.). That he is palsied & utterly
unable to work, & has been on the parish
of Halifax for some time, he is of
the age of sixty years or thereabout.
He is in reduced circumstances and
stands in need of support & that he has
no other witnesses of his said service.
Sworn to & subscribed before me.
[signed] J. J. Daniel J. S. L. E
[signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"] Cato Cop

I Thomas Burges have known the above named
Cato Copeland for many years & have always
understood & believed that he was a soldier of the
Revolutionary Army in the Continental Line: & I do
further state that I heard that the Cate Cato Hardy was
from [three words crossed out] had enlisted the said Cato Copeland.
[signed] T. Burges
Sworn to before me this 12th May 1818
[signed] J.J. Daniel J. S. L. E

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I J.J. Daniel, Judge [illegible] as aforesaid, do certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that
the said Cato Copeland did serve
in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the common enemy,
for the term of nine months, of the
Continental establishment & I now transmit
the proceedings & testimony taken before
me to the Secretary for the Department 
of War pursuant to the directions of
aforementioned act of Congress.
Witness
[signed] T. Burges   [signed] J.J Daniel J.S.L.E

'land
Cato Copeland lives in the 
Town with [illegible]. I have always understood
that he was a Continental Soldier in the
Revolutionary War. I know of my own
observation, that his circumstances are
as related.
[signed] J. J. Daniel

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[This appears to have been folded as an envelope with writing in various directions.
Portions of the page appear to be torn and missing with text from a page behind it showing.
The center block of text is.]
Free

Hon. G. Burton Esq.
City of Washington

[The following text appears upside down relative to the above.]
Returned for residence
to be inserted.

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District of North Carolina. Halifax County
Superior Court of Law. October Term 1820.

On the 27th day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand, eight hundred and twenty personally
appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record,
Cader Copeland aged fifty years and made
oath, that he was attached as a private to Capt.
Glenn Halls company in the Regiment commanded
by Colonels Harvey and Clark, and that he has
recd. [received] three pensions that is up to March last,
and that the Said said [sic] Cader Copeland further took
and subscribed in open Court the following
oath. To wit,
"I Cader Copeland 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 otherwise disposed of any
property or any part thereof with an intent thereby
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

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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 Subscribed.
1 Tub,1 pail, 1 old wheel, 2 old chairs, some plates,
knives and forks, and a Pot and that my family
consists of myself and wife aged 60 years."
[signed with the note 'his mark" and an "X"] Cader Copeland

Whereupon the Court if of opinion that the property
mentioned in the foregoing Schedule
is of the value of five dollars.

A Copy: Test

[signed] Elisha B. Smith Clerk
of the Court aforesaid

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[This is a damaged document with portions missing and text from another document showing through the gaps.]
Certificate of Pension No 3750

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No. 5752
Nancy Copeland
N. C.
Act 4 July 36
m 18 d27

adm. [Abbreviation unknown]
2 yrs pri
80

Hon. R. M. Saunders
HR [House of Representatives]

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State of North Carolina
Hallifax [sic] County } ss. On this 21st day of November 18 hundred
forty two personally appeared  before me John Alston
one of the acting Magistrates and a member of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said
County and State (it being a Court of Record), Mrs. Nancy Copeland
a resident of the aforesaid County & State aged
Eighty-six years, who being first duly sworn according
to Law, doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th
1836, that she is the widow of Cato Copeland who
was a private in the North Carolina Continental Line
in the Revolutionary War and drew a Pension under
act of 1818 at the rate of ninety six Dollars per annum
commencing Oct 1818, who lived in Hallifax [sic] County
N. C.
She further declared that she was Married
to the said Cato Copeland on the 16th day of December
in the year seventeen hundred seventy Eight that her husband
the aforesaid Cato Copeland died in the year
1827 and that she has remained a widow ever since
that period as will more fully appear by refference [sic] to
the proof hereunto annexed.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before [signed] John Alston J.P.
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Nance Copeland [A handwritten seal  follows her signature]

State of North Carolina
Hallifax [sic] }
I certify that Mary Copeland
who hath this day sworn to & subscribed the above declaration
is a credible person and to be believed on oath.

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I also certify that she is means of bodily
infirmity unable to attend Court to make
his [sic] said declaration and I further
certify that she is the widow of the Identical [underlined]
Cato Copeland as named within that drew a 
Pension as stated, that they lived together as
Husband and wife up to the time of said Copelands
death and that she has never since Married.
Given under my hand and seal this 21st day
of November 1842.
John Alston J.P.

State of North Carolina
Halifax County }  ss.
I, James Simmons
Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
for said County in said State Certify
that John Alston Esq. whose Signature appears
to the foregoing Declaration & Certificate
is a Magistrate, as above, Duly Commissioned
& Qualified.
[A seal  is attached to the left of the following block of text]
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of Office at
Office in Halifax this 22nd day
of Nov. A.D. 1842.
[signed] Jas Simmons Clk

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Copy

Know all men by these presents that we
Cato Copeland and John Williams are held & firmly
by bound unto the Governor of North Carolina or his
successor in Office in the sum of five hundred
pounds for which sum payment well & truly to
be made we bind ourselves over his & firmly
by these presents dated  the Eleventh day of December
Ano Dom [Anno Domini] Seventeen hundred Seventy
Eight. The conditions of the above obligation
is such that whence there is a Marriage
shortly to be Solemnized and had between
the above bound Cato Copeland and Nancy
Mitchel. Now if there be no Lawful
cause to obstruct the said Marriage then the
above obligation to be void Else [underlined] to remain
in force power & [illegible]
Signed Sealed & delivered in the presents [sic]
of Zadock Curtiss
[signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"]  Cato Copeland 
[signed] John Williams [Handwritten seals added to both signatures.]

State of North Carolina
Hallifax County } I James Simons
Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
for said County in Said State certify
that the foregoing is a true & exact copy
of the Marriage Bond of Cato Copeland
to marry Nancy Mitchel found on file
in my office with the exception of the 
dates which are written in the original thus
11th December 1778, in fair [illegible]
was as above expressed to [illegible] Dec 11th
seventeen hundred Seventy Eight.

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[A seal is on the left side of the page]
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal
of office at on in Hallifax [sic]
Town this 3rd day of November
Ano Dom.d 1842

[signed] Jas Simmons Clk

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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 17665
Nancy Copeland
Widow of
Cato Copeland
Priv. Rev War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index:-Vol. A, Page  150

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Pension Office
Washington City

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Dear Sir
I received your communication
requesting that I would certify as to the residence
of Cato Copeland _ he has so far as I
believe for many years lived in the County
of Halifax No. Carolina.
I am with much
Respect Yours
[signed] H.G. Burton
Feby, [February] 1st AD 1821

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Notification issued in favour [sic] of Cader alt. Cato Copeland [Cader to end of sentence underlined]
6 Feb. 1821  - and sent to Hon. H.G. Burton, H. Rep.
Vid: letter of 6 Feb 1821

J. E. Edwards Esquire
Pension Office
War Department
[The following is written vertically downward on the right side of the page]
Hon. H.G. Burton, H.R.

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Dear Sir
In issuing the certificate of Pension
to Copeland, I discover you have [word crossed out]
mistaken his name - that is, you have
called him Cato, his name is Cader
Copeland.

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[The document was set up as a table, but the bulk of the text provided is non tabular.]

[Table headings at top of page]
Names of Rank     Company    Dates of Commission & Enlistments  Periods of Service   [illegible]

10th Regiment Abraham Shepard Colonel
Copeland Keeder pt.  11th Sept 77   3yrs.

State of No. Carolina, Secretary's Office 16th October 1818.
This is to certify that the above is a true abstract from
the musterroll of the No. Carolina Continental line in the
Revolutionary War. Given under my hand at office
in Rayleigh the date above.
[signed] Wm. Hill Secretary of State

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Keeder Copeland
Amt.

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I, Allen King of Warren County No. Carolina
Certify on Oath that I knew Cato Copeland
& his wife Nancy (whose maiden name was Mitchell)
for a great many years, & lived a near
neighbour [sic] to them in the County Halifax
No. Carolina, & that they always lived together
as Husband & Wife, up to the period of
said Cato Copeland's death, which occurred
some fifteen years past.
I further certify that I know that
the said Copeland was a Revolutionary
Pensioner at the time he died and
that Nancy Copeland his widow has
never married since his death.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 2nd day of January 1843.
[signed] Jno P. Shearin J.P
[signed with the note "his mark" and an "X"] Allen King

State of No. Carolina
Warren County}  I certify that Allen
King who hath this day sworn to and
subscribed the foregoing Certificate is
a Creditable man & is to be believed
on oath. Given under my hand
and seal this 2nd day of Jany. 1843
[signed] Jno. P. Shearin J.P.

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I Mercellus J. Montgomery Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Warren
in the State of North Caroline certify that John
P. Shearin Esquire whose signature appearing to
the within affidavit was and is one of the
acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county
and the signature purporting to be his is a genuine
signature. Therefore  due faith and credit should
be given to his official acts.
[A seal is attached to the left of the following block of text.]
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand and affix my Seal of Office
at Office in Warrenton this 11th day
of January A.D. 1843
[signed] M. J. Montgomery Clrk