Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31466, James Welch, N. C.

SERVICE
Welch, James
NUMBER
S. 31466
CONTENTS
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23458 Kentucky
James Welch
of Compa y in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com y commanded by Captain Thompson of the reg t commanded by M c Donell in the M c Donell line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Jan y 1834 and M c Butler Tompkins will
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 18 March 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam l Bay Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 33
Letter to 3 d Auditor. Oct r 18 1/2 1842.
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug t 23 d 1842 from Mar 4 th 1837 to May 30 th 1841. the 1 st modified Nov r 7 th 1842.

19247
James Welch Kentucky
from 1777 private 54th Ky Inf 1860
Dec 17, 1867
Papers again returned for a more specific statement as to name July 1883
Wm. Butler C.C.R. Tompkinsville Monroe Co. Ky

BRIEF in the case of James Welch  County of Monroe in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a     Val In 1777 — Calvary Gen. McDowell, Greene Capt Adam Hampton Col Hampton  
He is confident he served as much as five years but does not recollect precisely at what time he was discharged
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Siege of 96  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rutherford Co. N. C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Forrest Examining Clerk.

31466 INVALID.
Rey
File No. 31,466
James Welch Ex Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 21 st 1842.
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 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The adm rs of James Welch, de a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky — Agency, at the rate of — Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837, to the 30 th May 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
 William L. Patten
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

State of Kentucky } S.S.
County of Monroe }
on the 2nd day of December 1833 personally appeared in open court of Monroe County now sitting James Welch a resident of said County aged 72 years the 5th day of February last who being duly sworn according to Law both on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under the several terms of service as a private as hereafter specified viz
first under the command of Captain Adam Hampton and Col Hampton from the County of Rutherford North Carolina but from old age and consequently loss of memory he cannot state positively, the day nor month when he entered the service but believe it to be in the month of April 1777 he can only recollect that he was but little over 16 years of age at the time of his engagement to go against the Cherokee Indians we marched into the said Nation where the Indians were embodied but on our arrival the dispersed immediately and after remaining there for some months were marched back to North Carolina and was discharged by my Captain after having served six months

2nd In the spring of 1778 he thinks in the month of June under the command of the same captain and Col. McDowel from the same county and state for six months we were marched into the state of South Carolina against a fort called Princes fort which was occupied by British and Tories on our advance they deserted the fort - We occupied it for some time on receiving the news of a large party of the enemy coming against us we abandoned it and removed to a camp near Edmund Hampton where we was surprised in the night. We maintaind our ground and defeated them and was marched back to North Carolina and was discharged by his captain having served 6 months
3rd in the 1780 he thinks in the month of September under the same captain and the Col last above mentioned and from the same county and state for six months we was marched near to Kings Mountain where we was joined by several Regiments commanded by Col. Sevier Shelby Campbell and some others whose names he has forgotten and at the time of the engagement was confined in camp by reason of the camp fever and was not in the engagement after this engagement he recovered and was marched to the border of the Cherokee nation and was marched back to his own county and was discharged by his captain in the spring of 1781
4th The Claimant entered under the same captain from the same county and state for six months sometime in the spring of the year 1781 and the claimant is of the impression he was belonging to

Col Millers Regiment but the lad was not with us and on their march they learned that 96 was besieged by Genl Green and was there but a short time before the Genl abandoned the siege by reason of a large reinforcement coming against us when we were marched to the frontier to guard against the indians and was continued to near the end of the year and was marched back again to North Carolina and was discharged by his Captain for eight months
All of the aforesaid Discharges is lost or mislaid And beside he never took particular care of them conceiving them to be of no use to him as he was only a Militia Private and he further states he has no documentary evidence whatever in his possession and that he knows of no person whose evidence he can procure who can testify as to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatever or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Roll pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first written James Welch
We William Dewitt a clergyman residing in the same county and Thomas Bartley of the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Welch who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution and never heard it

Doubted by any and we leave in the aforesaid opinion I sworn to and subscribed the day and year first written
Wm Dewitt his Thomas I Bartley mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the foregoing applicant was a sol- dier of the Revolution and is himself a clergyman of good standing and respectability
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Dewitt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County and State aforesaid and that Thomas Bartley who has signed the same is a resident in the aforesaid County & State is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I William Butler clerk of the Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Welch for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of December
1883
Will Butler

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Welch, James GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10566 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 7, 1792 to Joseph Tinker, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.