Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,373, Noah Whiddon, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. C.
Whiddon, Noah
R. 11,373
CONTENTS
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11.013 (5)
P. O.
Noah Whetton
Service: Noah Whiddon
A05
REJECTED
Enlisted: Oct 3, 1906 _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 17557 Hoch Wheddon Butler Co Alabama
Return
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11373
Nathan Cook Blk Greenville Butler Co Alabama

   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     not long after the war commenced - In 17 entered 3 Private one Capt. Colman of Continental   do. 18 substituted hired - Generalston   do - The first & last time he substituted a man in his place (2)  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? York County N. Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by his witness 

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Wheddon which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes  III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes  V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes  X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no 

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot 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; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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1755-7 Noah Whiddon

(1) The State of Alabama } County Court Butler County } in this the second Monday
in August in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the County Court now sitting Noah Whiddon a resident of said County & state aged between seventy & eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, oath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in all the following named officers and served as herein stated -
He is between seventy and eighty years of age, he has no record of his age, but it is in book in the hands of a relation in North Carolina - He was born in Nash County North Carolina, He lived there till after the war - Entered the service not long after the war commenced, He served a tour of three months personally "capt" Coleman a continental officer and Col. Gibson Lieutenant - his General was Linton - He marched from Halifax to Tarboro and through different parts of the state in pursuit - it and in search of the Tories - He was in no particular fight - He also hired a substitute to serve a tour of eighteen months and a tour of nine months He received regular discharge but all home here lost - He lived in Nash County several years and moved into Darlington S.C. Carolina where he lived twenty odd years & from there he moved to this County & State - He can prove his services by one Isaac Whiddon who lived near him in the time

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 known to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid
Naah his Whiddon mark
In open court personally came Brinkley Gandy and being duly sworn upon his oath says that he was acquainted with Naah Whiddon before and during the revolutionary war, He knows of his being in the service as he states - that he was a faithful soldier & true while he believes him to be as old as he says - I swear to & subscribed in open court on the day and year aforesaid.
his Brinkley his Gandy 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 depart- ment, that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states - and the court

further certifies that it appears to them that Brinsley Gandy who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of said County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Robert Reid Clerk of the said County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, in the said Court, in the matter of the application of Noah Whiddon for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and put my seal (there being no real provision for my office) this Twentieth day of August
1832 -
Robert Reid Clerk
I certify that Robert Reid is Clerk of the County Court of Butler County & that said County is in my con- gressional District Sept - 1 st 1833 D. H. Lewis -