Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7840, William Warren, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Warren William
87840
CONTENTS
carded

North Carolina 16.870-
William Warren of Craven - in the State of N. Car. who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Pollock of the 7th - commanded by - - - - in the N. Car. line for 7 mos 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 24 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Oct 33 and sub J. H. Mangum Hillsboro. N. Car.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 61.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Jan 1:34 12.33
$73.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice - Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 79.

Wm Warren
Mt. Mansun

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of North Carolina } ss
Orange County
On this the 24 th day of Nov
1832 personally appeared before me  the Court of Pleas  Thomas P. Skinner one of the justices of the peace for the County of Orange and former sessions for the County aforesaid  it being a Court of Record William Warren aged 87 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 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States in June 1780 under the following officers and performed the following service in the County of Spotsylvania where he entered as private in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt John Holiday for the term of six months and that he was in actual service during that time that he quartered at New Market in the State of Virginia and marched from thence to Hillsborough N. Carolina and from thence to Pedee River in South Carolina where he was stationed some time guarding some very prisoners from thence he was march to Hillsbor N.C. and from thence to Salisbury N.C. where he was taken sick a few days before his term of service was out and was then discharged and reach home the day before Christmas. Filed Officers Col George Stubbsfield and General Stevens he again entered in January 1781 into the service of the United States and served six weeks but does not recollect position

Who when the officers but believes that the Capt was Joseph Holidey he was laid up at Fredericksburg Va and remained there six weeks & was discharged this declarant may possibly be mistaken as to year in which he served the six months tour but is certain it was either 1780-1781 and that the other short tour was in the following year this declarant resided in the County of Spotsylvania in the State of Virginia at the time he entered the service at the several times as aforesaid this declarant was born in 1745 in Staffordshire County Va where he remained till 2 or 3 years after the Revolution- ary war when he removed to the County Caswell in the State of North Carolina where he remained till about 8 years ago when he removed to the County of Orange in the State of North Carolina and settled near to the Caswell line in which Neighbourhood he now resides this declarant if he ever received discharges in writing from the service in which he was he hath lost them this declarant is known to Erasmus Compton William M c Minemay Esq s & to the Rev Robert W m Reed James Murphy Esq s in his Neighbourhood and that he hath no documentary evidence of his service as aforesaid nor doth he know any person or persons whose testimony can procure who can testify to service at this time this declarant hereby relinquishes

Every claim whatever to a pension or annuity accept the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the Agency of any State so far as he hath knowledge
State of North Carolina Orange County
This day personally appeared before me Thomas Tinnin - one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid Wm Warren who after being duly sworn deposith and saith that the foregoing declaration as to his services as a Revolutionary soldier is just & true & that from old age and bodily infirmities he is not able to attend Court sworn & subscribed this 24 th day November 1832
William Warren
Thos Tinnin
State of North Carolina I, Wm Taylor Clerk of Orange County do hereby certify that Thomas Tinnin who subscribed the above declaration & affidavit was at that time a duly qualified Justice of the peace
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal of office 24 th November A.D. 1832 Wm Taylor Clk
State of North Carolina We it remembered that at a former & later session of the North Carolina Assembly at the joint-house in Hillsborough on the fourth day in November A.D. 1832. The foregoing declaration was exhibited in open court by William Warren a citizen of this county & the proofs in support thereof to entitle him to a pension from the United States under an act of Congress approved March 3, 1832 entitled an act supplementary to an act for the relief of the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution. The court having considered the matter contained in the said declaration & the proofs in support thereof and being of the opinion that the said declaration & the proofs in support thereof are entitled to full credit

I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of Pleas, Equities Virginia do certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Warren for a pension. In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand Seal of Office 27th Nov - A D 1822.
J. Taylor Clerk

William Warren's Amended Declaration.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 State of North Carolina
Orange County on this the 11 of April 1832 personally appeared before me Euphon Walker one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Orange Mr. Warren aged 87 years old who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the Service of the United States under the following officers and performed the following Services that he was Classed as was the practice in Virginia where he then Resided he was in the 4th Class and it came to his time he went in to a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Wm Holiday as a private Soldier for the term of Six months and that he was in actual Service during that time that he Rendezvoused in June 1780 at New Market in the State of Va and Marched from thence to Hillsborough N.C. and from thence to Pedee River in South Carolina where he was Stationed Some time guarding Some Forage prisoners from thence he was marched to Hillsborough N.C. from thence to Salisbury N.C. where he was taken Sick a few days before his term of Service was out and was then and there discharged and Reached home the day before Christmas 1780 he Served under the following field officers Col George Stubelfield and General Stephens he again entered the Service in January 1781 as a private Soldier his Class being called on to Serve and Served Six weeks but does not Recollect certainly at this time who the officers were that he Served under that tower but believes his Captain was Joseph Holiday that he was Rendezvoused at Fred- Ricksburg Va and Remained there Six weeks and was discharged at that place this declarant may possibly be mistaken as to the year in which he Served the

Six months tour but is certain it was either 1780 or 1781 and that the other Short tour was in the next year this declarant Resided in the County of Spotsylvania one  County in the State of Va at the time he entered the Service at the different times as aforesaid this declarant was born in 1745 in Spotsylvania County Va where he Remained till two or three years after the close of the Revolutionary war when he Removed to the County of Goochland in the State of Va where he Remained untill about eight years ago when he Removed to the County of Orange in Said State of Va in which neighbourhood he now Resides this declarant Says he had a discharge from the Service in which he was but cannot be certain by whom it was signed and that he has lost it & can't tell what became of it this declarant is known to Erasmus Compton James Murphy Com. Mendenhall & the Rev Robert McKee in his neighbourhood and that he hath no documentary evidence of Service as aforesaid nor doth he know any person or persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service at this time this declarant hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State So far as he hath knowledge
State of North Carolina } This day personally appeared before Orange County } me Empson Walker one of the Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid upon Warren who after being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the forgoing declaration as to his services as a revolutionary soldier is just & true & from old age & bodily infirmity he is not able to attend court sworn to and subscribed this fourth day of April 1833.
Empson Walker Jr.,
William Warren

State of N. Carolina } This day personally appeared before me Orange County } Empson Walker one of the justices of the peace for said county The Revd Robert McKee Wm McMinnamy James Murphy & Erasmus Compton and after being duly sworn deponeth and saith that they have been acquainted with Wm Warren the declarant in the foregoing decla- ration, for many years, & believe him to be a man of honesty & and veracity, and that he is of the age of 84 years. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day April 1833.
Empson Walker Jp.
Robert McKee Wm McMinnamy James Murphy E Compton
State of North Carolina } I do hereby certify that the above affiant Orange County { the Revd Robert McKee is a regular Minister of the Gospel and a man of reputation as to honesty and veracity. Also the Affiants Wm McMinnamy James Murphy & Erasmus Compton are men of standing as to honesty & veracity
Empson Walker Jp.
State of North Carolina } Orange County }
I John Taylor, Clerk of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Empson Walker, who hath signed the above Affidavits & the preceding certificate, was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, duly qualified as such according to Law. Witness my hand & seal of office, this the 20 th day of May A.D. 1833.
J Taylor

William Warren
objections
11. 12. 14. 17
Adm. L. as ap. rev. ab. 7 mo 12 days $24.66
P.R. p-224 Rev. W.P. Morgan Senat Nilsboro. W.Ca. 133 23 33 24 66

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 Warren 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? yes

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? yes
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? No
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? 2. 4. 7.
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.

Rechar
7840
INVALID.
File No. 7840
William Warren
Brvt. Rev. War.
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. 186, Page 392
[Arrangement of 1870.]