Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3463, William Watford, N. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Watford, William
S 3463
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Age notified 9 March 1840
Died Nov 6 1846 1874. April 22. 3 d Auditor for date of pay off to death then name of Adty, widow or of children & aunt. 1874. May 11. J. J. Ingers - pr to Nov 6 1846 to Elyah Fuller Atty for the widow
12 425. North Carolina
William Watford of Bertie in the State of N. Car who was a Pte. in the commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col: Hogan in the Mil line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Oct 33 and John H. Wheeler. Washington. D.C.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1833 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — 15
$ 75. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book
M. Rice
Clerk,
Vol.
Page
59

William Watson
due to the Rolls On the Rolls
Alms for poor a mile 1830.00
11603
M c L. Wheeler Esq. J. B. Baggott Washington Washington
46

62 BRIEF in the case of  William Watson  N.C.  of Butte in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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.     10 th Reg t contin t Line July In 17 Yrs. 9 Private Gen. Blount, Col. Hogan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Butte N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? There are no witnesses of any kind 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

11603
William Watford

State of North Carolina } ss. Superior Court of Law. County of Bertie } } Fall term 1832
On this 21. st day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared before the Superior Court of Law now held for the County of Bertie and State of North Carolina, William Watford a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the month of July in the year 1778 with Captain Redding Blount and served in the 10 th Regiment of the Continental Line under the following named officers - viz: Colonel Hogan a field officer, Captain Redding Blount and Lieutenant Reuben Wilkinson, company officers - That he left the service on or about the last of April 1779 - That he resided in the County of Bertie & State aforesaid when he entered the said service, That he was engaged in no Battle - That he marched from the town of Windsor to the town of Halifax, North Carolina - That he encamped near the said town of Halifax for a short time and was marched thence to Petersburg in Virginia, where he rendezvoused and was marched thence through the State of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware & New Jersey to West Point in the State of New York, where he arrived some time in the summer of 1778, ( under act of 1778 ) and worked on the Fort, kept guard and discharged military duty until the 9 th of December 1778 when he was ordered to Trenton in New Jersey to which place he marched under the said Captain Redding Blount and there

took winter quarters, and had the small pox which was amongst the soldiers  soldiers at that place - That about the first of April 1779, he was ordered to Halifax N.C. to which place he marched with Capt. Blount and when he arrived about the last of that month when & where he was discharged by by Major whose name he does not recollect;
having served out the time for which he enlisted.
The said William Watford further saith that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state -
Sworn to & subscribed. The day & year aforesaid
W. Watford
and the said Court, The Honourable John R. Donnell Judge, doth hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. —
State of North Carolina, Superior Court of Law Pitt County ss Fall Term 1832.
I, Kestut Reynolds Clerk of the Superior Court of Law of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of William Watford for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21 st day of September AD 1832.
K. Reynolds CLK

MAR 2 - 1911
83463

Jackson Tenn., Feb. 28/11. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am anxious to learn if the Government records bear the name of William Watford , of Bertie County, North Carolina, and if he was a Major in the Revolutionary War. Kindly give me whatever information you can concerning his war record. He was my great-grandfather.
If this does not come under your Department, will you please direct my inquiry into the proper channel for reply?
Thanking you in advance for this courtesy,
Very Resp'y.,
Mrs. L. E. Owen 148 East Deaderick Ave.

1911 Mch. 7. History to L. E. Owen
Rev War
3463 INVALID.
File No. 3463 William Walfrid Pri Rev. War.
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 391
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Watford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. file 3463
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1778 about 1 yr. 79 / Reading Blount Hogan * N.C.                                                   
Battles engaged in, none.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bertie Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Sept 21. 1832  Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Bertie Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, 77 yrs.
Remarks: He died Nov. 6 1846 and the arrears of his pension were paid to his widow Elizabeth Watford.  No further family data on file.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Watford which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? no 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? 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? 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? yes
 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 shown 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 29 th 1840.
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," William Watford, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty — 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 Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

All Official Letters to this Office must be addressed to the "Third Auditor of the Treasury," and in replying to Letters from this Office the initials on the upper left-hand corner should be referred to.
Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., May 1 st , 1874.
Sir:
In reply to your inquiry of 22 d ult, in the case of William Watford, a pensioner under act June 7 th 1832, North Carolina roll, at $30. per annum, I would state that, the records of this office show payments to have been made in the above case to the 6 th Nov. 1846, under act 6 th April 1838, (Treasury Sett) on requisition No 4391 dated 29 th September 1848. Amount paid $5.25 being the amount due from 4 th Sept 1846 to 6 th November 1846, date of his death.
Payment was made to Elijah Fuller, Atty for Elizabeth Watford, widow of above pensioner.
Very respectfully
Allan Rutherford auditor
Hon J H Baker Commr of Pensions,
"Finance Division"