Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45451, Stephen Truhitt, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
A. 6.
Truhitt Stephen
S. 45451
Trewhit.
or Trewit
CONTENTS

16,030 R. South Carolina
Stephen Truitt
of Richland in the state of S. Carolina who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patten of the North Carolina line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 26 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. of Novr 1818 and pay'd to Stephen Truitt Esq. Columbia South Carolina
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819 82. 60
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820. 48. 00
10 Mo. \frac{6}{31} \frac{4}{30}
$130.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

6. J. [unclear] Stephen F. [unclear] Private 44 to 80 Patten N. Carolina Pug Service Admitted Family Judges certificate of indigent circum- stances wanting
The applicant lives near Columbia Pa. Pa
26 Oct. 1878

South Carolina } Richland Dist }
The affidavit of Stephen Hewit states that he enlisted in the United States Army during the Revolution, at Dobbs County, North Carolina under Capt Arnold Huger; which regiment was commanded by Col Sheppard; after, his regiment moved on to the North, and at Maryland the Regiment was consolidated and put under the command John Patton Col. of the 2 nd Regiment North Carolina Troops. That he was in the battle of Monmouth - Stony-point and from the latter he was carried to Charlestown South Carolina, where he was taken a prisoner the time that place fell. He enlisted first for three years, afterwards for the whole war, he was about six years in the service and was kept a prisoner one months and eight days, from whence he made his escape and went home. He served  enlisted afterwards for one year, he was afterwards in the  enough lands & lands by the time dismissed without a written discharge }
Sworn to before me D. M. Lord Q. C.
Stephen Hewit Mark
Sworn to before me this 26 Oct. 1818
C. S. H. Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of South Carolina

In this case the Deponent is an entire stranger to me - I have therefore no other reason to believe that he was credulous than follows from his affidavits and the annexed of Thomas Cole -
C. J. Colcock
He often induces others to take of South Carolina -
I am perfectly satisfied from the affidavits of Mr Marshall and Mr Howell that the witness Deponent is in indigent circumstances
C. J. Colcock
11. 11. 11. 11. 11. 11.

The State of South Carolina Richland District 29 October 1878
I James S. Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of Richland do Certify that the above seal is the seal of the District Court of Richland in the State aforesaid
James S. Guignard Clerk

Application of Edmun Brant Arrear of Pension
Stephen Brant D.C. 18 m 1818
Presented by James B. Mays Springfield, W.C. Georgia

State of Georgia
388
Murray County 3 On this 8 th day of August A.D. (1856) Eighteen hundred & fifty six Be it known that before me Thomas S. May a justice of the  peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Edmond Newhill and made oath in due form of law that he is the only surviving son and heir of Stephen Newhill who was a revolutionary pensioner and who departed this life on the 12 th day of May A.D. 1821 & to whom a pension Certificate was issued which is lost or misplaced so as not to be found after diligent search and inquiry that the deceased Stephen Newhill resided in the state of South Carolina Richland District for the space of seven years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in Darlington district in the State aforesaid - at the death of the said Stephen Newhill he left widow and five children his widow died in October A.D. 1821 and the children are all dead or have not been heard from for the last ten years to the best of his knowledge after making strict inquiry he further states that he is the only surviving heir now of the late Stephen Newhill he further states that advantages of pension was due his father at his death for one whole year & that his mother never applied for said arrears - of pension during her life and that no application was ever made by any of the said heirs for said pension he further states that his father drew Ninety six dollars per annum and that he drew said pension in Charleston South Carolina and that David Wilson was his agent who drew for him  Edmond Newhill 1856

he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of pension that was due his Father the R. Stephen Trewwhite at his death he refers the Commission of pension to the record in his office for proof of his Father's service
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 8 th day of August A.D. 1856 and that I have no interest in said claim whatever
Edmond Trewwhite
W. H. May J.P.
Guyana Murray County } Ralph Ellison Clerk } of the Superior Court } in & for said County do hereby certify that Thomas S. May Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing declaration & affidavit is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that I have no interest in this claim or concerned in its prosecution Given under my hand & seal of office this 8 th day of September 1856 Ralph Ellison C.S.H.

State of Georgia
Murray County } personally appeared before me my Thomas S. May — an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Robert Gray aged sixty years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid formerly a resident of South Carolina in Richland district and makes oath according to law that he was well acquainted with Stephen Grewhitt a Revolutionary pensioner who died in the State aforesaid in Richland district and that Edmond Grewhitt who now makes application for arrears of pension that was due his father at his death is the son of the late Stephen Grewhitt and was known to be and reputed as such in the State of South Carolina
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 8 th day of Sept August A.D. 1856 & that I have no interest in said Claim whatever
Thomas S. May J.P.
Robert Gray

45 451
Rev y
INVALID.
File No. 45 451
Stephen Trubitt Pius In the N. C. Dine
Act: 18 th Mch. 1818.
Index :—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Spring Place Ga Decr 28 th 1857 Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir
I am Requested by Mr Edwin Tasewhitt to ascertain at your Office if there has ever been any back pay drawn for Stephen Tasewhitt of South Carolina from March 1820 to May 1821. Mr Edwin Tasewhitt is a Son of Stephen Tasewhitt who died with back pay due him as above stated and if it has not been drawn by some other person he is desirous of ascertaining the fact and to know how to proceed to draw the same. any information in relation to the above will be highly appreciated by a very highly Respectable Citizen of this County
Very Respectfully your obed Servant H John S. Beall

Stephen P. Hurlbut

South Carolina } Richland District } I, J. M. Howell one of the Justices of the Inferior in and for the District aforesaid. — Do certify that I am acquainted with Stephen Newhitt for these five years last past that he lives within two miles of me, that he lives on rented land and supports a wife and two children by his industry in farming and as far as I know of him I think he is honest and as much intitled to his pension according to the act of Congress making provision for the revolutionary soldiers as perhaps some who have been paid. — Given under my hand and seal this fourth day of October 1819
Sworn to before me J. M. Howell J. M. Howell this 6 th Oct. 1819 — D. J. Wood 2. C.

South Carolina } Richland Dist }
Personally appeared before me John Marshall who made oath that he lives about three miles from Stephen Fuhit. that he is well acquainted with said Stephen Fuhit & his affairs, and that the said Stephen is exceedingly poor, and has a wife and several three children, and has no means  wherewithal to support them but by his bodily labour, and needs much the assistance of his country; and that he never knew any harm of the said Stephen, and believes him to be of good character.
Sworn to before this 30 th
Sept: 1819
Jn. Marshall
D. J. McCord D. U.

South Carolina Richland Dist
Personally appeared before me Thomas Cole and makes oath, that he was well acquainted with the petitioner Stephen Tomkitt, during the Revolutionary War of the United States, that he first knew him at Valley Forge above Philadelphia in the company of Capt William Gaswold, and 1 st North Carolina Regiment under the command of Col. Banchant; that he fought in the battle of Monmouth with the petitioner, and that afterwards they came on together in the army to the South as far as Burncoat in North Carolina, where the Deponent was discharged, in consequence of having served his time out, and after that he never saw the Petitioner until seven or eight years past in this State, when they have lived in the same District for some time - and that the time they served together in the United States service was upwards of two years -
Sworn to before me this 4 th day of August 1818.
Thomas Cole
James S. Guignard Clerk of the Court

The State of South Carolina Colgefield District
3
Personally came before me Winson Cotney an acting Magistrate, in and for the District aforesaid. William Taylor a credible witness, who first being sworn according to law, deposes, and saith on oath, that he was well acquainted with Stephen Frewitt, a Revolutionary Pensioner, who lived in Richland District in the State of South Carolina, and that he died in the District and State, just above written, on, or about the 12 th day of May A. D. 1821. And this deponent doth further swear, that the said Stephen Frewitt drew a Pension during the latter years of his life, until within one year of his death, and that the amount of Pension, which the said Stephen Frewitt drew, annually, was Ninety six dollars, or Eight dollars per month. This deponent further swears, that he believes that the amount of Ninety six dollars, or one years Pension, was due to the said Stephen Frewitt, at the time of his death.
This deponent further swears that, the said Stephen Frewitt, left at the time of his death, three sons, and two daughters, and that two of those Sons, some year or two, after the death of their Father Stephen Frewitt, removed to the West, one of which was married, and the other, single. The youngest son, Edmund Frewitt, some years, after the death of his Father Stephen Frewitt, married and removed to the State of Georgia, where he now resides.
This deponent further swears that John Frewitt, the eldest son of the said Stephen Frewitt was married, and had three, or more living children, at the time when he left the State of South Carolina, for the Western Country. This deponent further swears that he does not know, whether, or not, the said James Frewitt, and his Brother John Frewitt, are dead, or living. This deponent further swears that he, said deponent, in the year A. D. 1878, married Sarah Frewitt, the eldest daughter of the said Stephen Frewitt, that the said Sarah Frewitt, the Wife of this deponent, died

in the year A.D. 1834, leaving at the time of her death, six living children, all of whom are now living, and that the other, youngest daughter, died in the year A.D. 1821, having never been married.
Sworn & Subscribed to before me } Wm. Taylor this 30 th day of May A.D. 1856. }
W. Edney
M.C.O.
The State of South Carolina } Tho. G. Bacon, Clerk of Edgefield District } the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Edge- field, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mr. Edney Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit was made as appears by his name in his own hand writing attesting the same was at the date thereof a Magistrate for the District aforesaid, who had been duly appointed and quali- fied, and had signed the roll kept according to law in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at Edgefield Court House on the fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and in the Eightieth year of the Sovereignty and Indep- -endence of the United States of America.
Tho. G. Bacon Clerk. C. P.