Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,395, William Whitfield, N. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Whitfield, William Mary
R 11,395
CONTENTS

State of Illinois } Effingham county. }
On this 18 th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, personally appeared before me James Shields, one of the Judges of the Supreme court of the state of Illinois, assigned to hold circuit courts in the 9 th judicial circuit of said state, composed in part of the said county of Effingham, and sole judge of the circuit court in and for said county, said court being a court of Record, having a Clerk and official seal and declared a court of Record, by the laws of the state of Illinois creating said court.
Mary Whitfield, a Resident of the county of Effingham and state of Illinois, aged eighty seven years past, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of William Whitfield, who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary war, and served in behalf of the United States, as follows, as well as she can now recollect, viz.
3. That the said William Whitfield Resided in Duplin county in the state of North-Carolina, and in the Spring of that year in the year 1777, she believes, was drafted to serve in that war for three months and entered the service in that county under Captain Dinney and Col. Ben Sasser as well as she can recollect, and there marched to the army, as she then understood, and had a battle about the time they arrive to the army, but she does not know the place, nor the name of the battle, and that he remained with the army until he served that time out, and then he enlisted as she understood, and continued with the army or troop, without having returned home, but she cannot state the name of the troop, whether it was in the continental Line, state troops or militia, but recollects of hearing him say, after he returned home, that he had belonged to what was called the Rockingham Regiment, but can't state whether he served

all the time in that Regiment, or not. She cannot give a full description and history of his service, and of all the Battles or engagements he was in, nor the places where he was stationed nor the country through which he marched; she has heard her said husband often relate all these things, but from her advanced age and weakness of mind & forgetfulness, she cannot now describe them, as he has been dead so long they have escaped her recollection. She recollects of hearing him say that he was at the Battle of the Cowpens, and many others not recollects: that he served as a private all the time; he came home once on furlough, about four or five months after he first went out on the draught, she recollects she had her first child which was a few days old when he then came home. & when he then left her again to return to the army, he never returned home again until the war closed, she recollects they then said Cornwallis had surrendered, and that he said his officers told him if they should have to call out the troops again, he must be ready to go, when called for. That when her husband left her and went to the war, she had to break up housekeeping & live with her father family in Duplin county N. Carolina until the war closed, that they suffered a great deal, while her husband was out, her father & her three Brothers were frequently called out against the British & Tory parties, & left her & her mother & four other sisters alone to keep house & support themselves, while the Tory party frequently came upon them, took their provisions, killed their cattle and stock, & burnt their smoke house & Barn and stole her father negroes & took them off. & for mother, herself & family were frequently compelled to hide & secret themselves from fear of the ravages of these Tory parties. That she believes he had a discharge of his service in writing given to him at the time that Cornwallis was taken, or when the troops were there discharged but does not now believe it is in existence, she has not seen or heard of it since her husband's death, he then had a great many papers which were taken at his death by her son William Whitfield to the South part of Kentucky, where

he also died several years ago.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Whitfield, about the ninth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-five, by a license she believes, issued in Duplin county North-Carolina by a Clerk of that county, & was married in that county by a Justice of the Peace, whose name was Wright, which marriage took place before the commencement of the Revolutionary war. That her maiden name was Beck, and she believes she was in the eighteenth year of her age at the time she was married, and that her oldest child was born about four months, or a little better after her first husband first went out in the service, that her second child was born about the 19 th of January 1783, and that she had born in wedlock with the said William Whitfield thirteen children, and only four of them are now living, which are the four youngest.
That she had a family Record of the ages and names of herself, husband, & children, and of her said marriage, which was kept by her husband in his lifetime, but that said Record was lost or destroyed about fifteen or sixteen years ago, being made on an old Book, which may be destroyed by the family, & that she has not now any Record of these events, she had the Record once transcribed on a piece of paper which is also lost or mislaid.
She further declares, that her husband the aforesaid William Whitfield died on the eighth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five, in Stewart county in the state of Kentucky, and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband as aforesaid.
She further declares that she has lived since the Revolutionary war, first in Duplin county North-Carolina, next in Christian county Kentucky, next in Stewart county Kentucky  Tennessee before her said husband died, next in Fayette county Illinois, and lastly in Effingham county Illinois, where she now resides and has resided for the last seven years past.

She further declares, that she has not any documentary evidence of her husbands marriage or of their marriage; that she has a sister now living in Wayne county Illinois, by the name of Anne Stoumb, who is about two years younger than this declarant by whom she can prove her marriage as aforesaid, all of which will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 th day of March A. D. 1844.
W. Shields judge
Mary her Whitfield mark.
I James Shields the judge before whom the foregoing Declaration of Mary Whitfield, was taken, subscribed & sworn to, do certify that, I have on this day attended at the residence of the said Mary Whitfield, in the town of Ewingtown, in the county of Effingham and state of Illinois, where said Declaration was made, subscribed, and sworn to, do certify that the said Mary Whitfield, is unable to attend at and before a court of Record, in and for said county, on account of her advanced age, decrepitude and bodily infirmity and weakness. Given under my hand this 18 th day of March 1844.
W. Shields judge.
State of Illinois } Effingham county } ss.
J. William H. Blakely clerk of the circuit

court in and for the county of Effingham and state of Illinois do certify, that James Shields, whose official signatures appearing to be his, appear to the foregoing declaration & certificate of bodily infirmity of Mary Whitfield now is and was on the days of the dates thereof, the sole judge of the circuit court in and for said county, that full faith and credit are due his official acts, and that his said signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal (no official seal being yet provided in this county,) this 18 th day of March A. D. 1844.
Wm H Blakely Clerk.
State of Illinois } Effingham county }
On this 18 th day of March 1844, personally appeared before me William H. Blakely, clerk of the circuit court in and for the county of Effingham aforesaid, Thomas Soward a resident of said county, aged ninety three years past, who being by me first duly sworn upon his oath, says, that he resided in Rowan county in the state of North Carolina, previous to the Revolutionary war, and that he was partially acquainted with one William Whitfield, who then resided in Duplin county North Carolina. That this affiant was a Revolutionary soldier himself, and belonged to the company commanded by captain Ben Graham (or Grimes, some called him) who belonged to the 7 th Regiment of the North Carolina troops, what was called the Rockingham Regiment, he is not positive whether this Regiment belonged properly to the Continental Line or state troops, or by what other name the troops was called, if any, as he was illiterate.

and paid no attention to such matters; That this affiant while the station called head-quarters of the army on the waters of Crook-creek is tributary to the Adkin River in North-Carolina became more particularly acquainted with the said William Whitfield, who was marched to & joined with the United States troop, at head-quarters aforesaid, as a private in the drafted company, so called, from Duplin county Militia, commanded he believes by Captain Quinney. This affiant was informed and understood at the time that said Whitfield came with his captain's company, that it was a drafted company for three-months he thinks, which was in the forefront of the fall of the year 1777, or well as he recollects; that at the time their term expired, said Whitfield joined the company to which this affiant then belonged under Captain Graham or Grimes as aforesaid; This affiant is not positive whether said Whitfield enlisted or not, in the company under Captain Graham or Grimes, but believes he enlisted from the fact of his long continuance with the army in Captain Graham's, or Grimes' company; That said Whitfield served & belonged to said company and Regiment, from the time he entered it in the fall of the year 1777, until the army was disbanded at the surrender of Cornwallis; That this affiant and said Whitfield were together in most of the battles, their Regiment had a part in, during all that time; but they were not both together in all of the battles, as sometimes a part of their company was detached, to be sent against the Tories upon what was called scouting parties, and sometimes against small British companies through the interior of the country; This affiant recollects one battle that they were not both together, viz, the Battle of the Cowpens. That this affiant was not at that Battle, on account of having been sent six days previous to that Battle after some beef cattle for the army; But that he arrived on the ground where that Battle was fought the next morning, afterwards and saw the slain and wounded upon that occasion, which was a dreadful spectacle to behold. That this affiant recollects that said Whitfield was with the troop the morning after the Battle of the Cowpens &

was informed that all the troops then there were engaged in it; That said Whitfield was with our company at the Battle at Charleston, & Hickory-plains, Eutaw-Springs, at Ramsey's Mills, Broad-River, and at Yorktown, at the close of the war, and perhaps at some other of our engagements; that we as many times and on various occasions were sent in detached portions of our troops through the country, and therefore cannot speak of having been together all the time, but that said Whitfield and myself had a personal knowledge of each other's service during all the time as aforesaid. That this affiant recollects that said Whitfield got a pass  pass to go home at or about the time he joined our company at head-quarters, "to see about his wife having a little one" as he then said, and that he returned again to our company in a few days as well as he recollects. That we went home from Yorktown together some seven or eight days travel, pretty much all the way home. That he spared no pains on the said Whitfield since they parted on their way home, but has understood and believes that said Whitfield resided a number of years after the war in Duplin county South-Carolina and then removed to Kentucky and afterwards to Tennessee where he died some eighteen or twenty years ago. That he is now acquainted with Mary Whitfield, the declarant in the foregoing declaration named, who now resides in the town of Emington, in Effingham county, Illinois, who is now a widow, and he believes from information he has received from her on particular inquiry of her about her husband the said William Whitfield, that she is the identical person and widow of the said William Whitfield, who served with this affiant in the Revolutionary war, as he has above herein set forth.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 th day of March 1844.
Wm H. Blakey Clerk
Thomas his X Soward mark

State of Illinois 3p. Effingham county 3p.
On this 16 th day of March 1844, personally appeared before me William H. Blakely, Clerk of the circuit court in and for the county of Effingham aforesaid, Bryant Whitfield, a Resident of said county, aged thirty-three years past, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, upon his oath says, that he is a son, and the youngest child of William Whitfield and Mary Whitfield his father & mother; named in the declaration of the said Mary Whitfield hereto attached. That the said Mary Whitfield is now living in the town of Effingham in the county of Effingham and state of Illinois, and that previous thereto, where she has resided for the last six years past, and previous thereto she resided in Fayette county Illinois, & previously to that, in Steward county, Tennessee, where the said William Whitfield, his father, died on the 8 th day of August in the year 1825, that he was present and witnessed the death & funeral rites of his father. That previous to his father's death they lived in Christian county, Kentucky, and previous thereto in Duplin county North Carolina. That he has often heard his father the said William Whitfield tell of his services in the Revolutionary war, and that he had served better than four years in it. He also recollects that he heard his father relate the boldness & unflinching patriotism of one Thomas Howard, who was with him in the service, who he said was a stout, active and remarkable bold fighter. This affiant further says, that he has had twelve brothers and sisters, all of whom are now dead, except the four youngest (including himself.) That his said mother has never intermarried with any other person since the death of her said husband, but yet remains his widow. That his mother's maiden name was Beck, and that she has a sister now living in Wayne county, Illinois, by the name Ann Slocum. That he has always understood from his father and mother that they were married in Duplin county North Carolina, previous to the Revolutionary war. Further saith affiant.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 16 th day of March 1844.
Wm H. Blakely Clerk
Bryant Whitfield

I William H. Blakely Clerk of the circuit court, before whom the foregoing depositions of Thomas Soward and Bryant Whitfield, was taken subscribed and sworn to on this day do certify that the said Soward & Whitfield, are each and both credible persons, for truth and veracity, and that their statements are entitled to credit, which I certify, from my own personal knowledge.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal, (no official seal being yet provided for said court) at Effingham this 16 th day of March 1844.
Seal
Wm H. Blakely Clerk
Wm H. Blakely - Clerk.
State of Illinois } Effingham county } D 3
I James Shields, sole judge of the circuit court in and for said county, do certify that William H. Blakely whose signatures, purporting to be his, appear to the foregoing papers hereto attached, was on the day of the dates thereof, the Clerk of the circuit court in and for said county, duly appointed and qualified to office as such Clerk, that full faith and credit are due his official acts, that his said signatures are genuine, and that his attestations are in due form of law.
Given under my hand at said county this 16 th day of March A. D. 1844.
J. Shields

This is to certify that William H. Blakely whose name is signed within is now and has been for many years past the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Effingham County in the State of Illinois and that the signature within are in his own proper hand writing, which is well known to me from long official intercourse - Washington City Feb. 19. 1845 Adney Breece Master of Illin o s

6344.
Mary Whitfield
Illinois-
act 4 July 36.
H H Sylvester
Feb 20. 1845

August 23, 1932
Mrs. Harold Weaver Box 163 Edmondson Arkansas
BA-J/MCS William Whitfield R. 11395
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 28, 1932, requesting information in regard to William Whitfield who served in the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 11395, based upon the military service of William Whitfield, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
On March 16, 1844, Mary Whitfield, a resident of Ewington, Effington County, Illinois, aged eighty-seven years, applied for pension as the widow of William Whitfield.
It was alleged that while living in Duplin County, North Carolina, William Whitfield enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served three months as private in Captain Quinsey's Company in Colonel Ben Sasser's North Carolina Regiment; that in the fall of 1777 he enlisted and served until after the surrender of Cornwallis as private in Captain Ben Graham's or Grimes' Company in the "Rockingham Regiment" and was in the battles of Hickory Plains, Charleston, Ramsour's Mill, Broad River, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs and Yorktown.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof of the alleged service was never furnished.
It was stated that William Whitfield married September 9, 1775, in Duplin County, North Carolina, Mary Beck.

He died August 8, 1825, in Stewart County, Tennessee.
In 1844 the widow, Mary, stated that she had lived in Duplin County, North Carolina, Christian County, Kentucky, Stewart County, Tennessee, Fayette County, Illinois, and Effingham County, Illinois.
William and Mary Whitfield had thirteen children but only the four youngest were living in 1844. The eldest child was born about four months after William Whitfield went into the service and the second child was born January 19, 1783. The only names given were, Bryant who was youngest and in 1844 was living in Effingham County, Illinois, aged thirty-three years, and William who died in Kentucky several years prior to 1844.
In 1844 the widow's sister, Anna Slocumb, was about eighty-five years of age and was living in Wayne County, Illinois.
There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Edmondson, Ark. July 28, 1932.
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I shall appreciate you advising me if you have record of William Whitfield receiving pension for services rendered in Revolutionary war. He was born in Lenoir County N.C. about 1730 - 1750. I do not know the year of his birth. Any information you have there on record of Wm. Whitfield I shall appreciate you giving it to me.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Harold Weaver.

HENRY T. RAINEY
ILLINOIS
Miss Mason
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
June 23, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please oblige me by advising me what your records show as to the Revolutionary War Record of William Whitfield, said to have enlisted from North Carolina.
Very truly yours,
Henry T. Rainey

V. L. M. Rev. War Section.
June 27, 1916.
Honorable Henry T. Rainey, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Rainey:-
In response to your letter dated the twenty-third instant, I have the honor to advise you that it is alleged in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of William Whitfield, R. F. No. 11,395 that while residing in Duplin County, North Carolina, in the spring of 1777, he was drafted and served as a Private in Captain Quinsey's Company, Colonel Ben Sasser's Regiment, North Carolina troops, three months. In the fall of 1777, he enlisted in Captain Graham or Grimes' Company in the "Rockingham Regiment", and was in the battles of Hickory Plains, Charleston, Ramsour's Mills, Broad River, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs, and Yorktown.
He married September 9, 1775 in Duplin County, North Carolina, Mary Beck and died August 8, 1825, in Stewart County, Tennessee, and she applied for pension on an application executed March 16, 1844 while a resident of Ewington, Effington County, Illinois, aged eighty-seven years, but the claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of the alleged service.

There were thirteen children, only four were alive in 1844, Bryant, the res Effingham Co Ill youngest child, thirty-three years old at that time or prior to 1844 date, and William who died in Kentucky, are the only ones whose names are stated.
Very truly yours,
J. M. [unclear]
Commissioner.

M c Whitfield
Det. y th March
May 18 th 1838.

Pensylvania Office Jan'y. 17 th 1825.
Sir.
I return you the papers in the case of Mary Whitfield, that the Clerks official character and signature may be verified by the Secretary of State under his seal of Office, or by the Certificate of a Member of Congress. This claim is asserted for several years service in the North Carolina line, but the rolls afford no evidence of either her husband or her military service. The Archives at Raleigh may throw some light upon it. The alleged date of the marriage should be established by a certified copy of the marriage bond, or license or by some family record. Or if it be shown that evidence of that grade be unattainable, the testimony of respectable neighbors in N. Carolina who knew them as husband and wife during the war should be adduced.
And Sir Very Respectfully, Yrs &c. &c. J. L. Edwards
H. H. Sylvester Esq. Present.

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Mary Whitfield
Illinois
at 4 July 36.

Nov 15. '44
Sir
Enclosed you will find the declaration of Mary Whitfield of Ill d under the Act of July 4 1836. Please place it on file, (as in the mean time I will write to N. H. for proof of the date of the marriage (and the nature and extent of the husband's power)
I am Very Respectfully H. H. Sylvester
Rev. J. L. Edwards

Marshall Ills.
Dec. 24. 1845-
Sir:
Enclosed I send you the Deposition of Mr. Eady establishing the marriage of W m & Mary Whitfield of Evington Ill.
Mrs. Mary Whitfield made ap- plication some two years since for a Pension and her claim has been suspen- ded for want of this evidence, which I shall have to ask the favor of you to lay before the Pension Department -
Respectfully at - M. G. Whitlock
Hon. Sidney Breese! P.S. See also

Senate chamber Jan. 2 d 1840
J. L. Edward Esq. Com. of Pensions Sir
I enclose you some testimony in the case of Mary Whitfield of Illinois whose claim, as I understand, has been suspended for the want of it. May I ask you to give it your early attention & return me Mrs. Whitlock's letter.
Very resp. Abner Phelps

Jan'y 17 th 1845
A. H. Lyverston

Mr
Genl AP Jan'y 17 th 48
Return you the papers in the case of Mary Whitfield that the Clerk's official character & signature may be verified by the Secy of State under his seal of office or by the certificate of a Member of Congress. This claim is apportioned for several years service in the N.C. Line but the rolls afford no evidence of either her husband or her witness's service. The archives at Raleigh may throw some light upon it - The alleged date of the marriage should be established by a certified copy of the marriage bond or license or by some family record - or if it be shown that evidence of that grade be absent attain the testimony of able & Respectable neighbors in N.C. who knew them as husband & wife during the war should be adduced.  H. H. S. Clerk to Ex. Presnt

Ph. July 27 45
On the 20th inst. I witnessed the dedication of Mary Whitfield. I now am happy to be able to send you proof the support of the husband alleged to be mine.
Faithfully
H. H. H. H.
C. E. Edwards

Mep. Smith Octo. 27. 1846.

Pension office,
Oct. 27. 1846
Gentlemen,
Your letter of the 14. th inst. enclosing the certificate of the Clerk of Duplin County, N.C. showing that no record is found in his office to prove the date of the marriage between William Whitfield and Mary Whitfield has been secured and placed on file. The parol testimony previously filed in this case was not deemed sufficient to establish that point, nor has any evidence been adduced to identify the claimant's husband as the soldier who performed the services mentioned in the certificate of the Comptroller of N.C. as required by my letter to H. H. Sylvester Esq. dated April 17. 1845, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.
M dm J. L. & A. Smith
Present

Wm.stown Dredge
Jan 27. 46

118 Pension Office
January 7 th 1846
I have the honor to inform you that the affidavit of Timothy Goodyear furnished by you in the case of Mary Whitfield is not sufficient to shew the date of her marriage with William Whitfield with the required Certificates. Mrs. Whitfield alleged in her declaration that she was married under the sanction of a license from Duplin County N.C. If so a copy of the bond from the Clerks Office of that County would furnish evidence of the date thereof. It must be shewn that no such evidence evidence exists before the testimony of witnesses can be received.
The proof of service in the Continental Line of Claimants husband from the Office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina heretofore required has not been produced this must be done before this claim can be satisfactorily adjusted of the claim
Hon Sidney Brase Senate N. States.

Sir
Washington City Oct. 14. 1826
We send herewith enclosed additional evidence in the case of Mary Whitfield of Indiana or Illinois; it being the certificate of the Clerk of Duplin County North Carolina relative to the marriage of said Mary Whitfield.
This being preliminary evidence to decide the admission of the proof on file in the Pension Office, we hope that the proof is now sufficient to admit the case.
Most Respectfully,
Yours affecly
Y. L. & A. Th. Smith
A. L. Edwards Esq.

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May 28, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of two pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of William Whitfield, R. 11395, North Carolina Troops, uncertified.
Very truly yours,
cash - 30 cents
Benjamin Grady.
1775 Mass Ave NW.
Received payment 30¢ May 28, 1930.
Ada DeYoung.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

State of North Carolina Duplin County ss
On this third day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight-hundred & forty five, personally appeared before me Alexander Grady, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, Timothy Grady, a resident of said County, aged sixty seven years past, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, upon his oath says: That he was born in the County of Dobbs of State aforesaid; that he resided there until he was about four years old, when he removed to New Hanover County in said State; that he resided in said County until that portion of it where he lived was erected into the County of Duplin, in which he continued to live until he was about twenty three years old, when he removed to Lenoir County in said State; that he resided in said County of Lenoir until he was about thirty years old, when he removed to Duplin County, and has lived there ever since; that he knew William Whitfield & Mary his wife, whose maiden name was Beck, from his early boyhood until they removed to the North Western Country; that they were married in Duplin County, but at what time he does not recollect; that he remembers distinctly, they lived together as man & wife in the year One thousand seven hundred & ninety; from the fact that it was nine years prior to the time he (the deponent) was himself married, which took place in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine; and that they, the said William & Mary Whitfield, continued to live together as man & wife from the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety until they removed to the North Western Country as aforesaid, which was some time since the year One

thousand eight-hundred, but at what particular time he does not recollect. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me Timothy Grady ss this third day of December A.D. 1845
Alex r Grady Justice of the Peace
I, Alexander Grady, the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing deposition of Timothy Grady was sworn to, do certify that the said Timothy Grady is a person of truth & veracity, and that his statements are entitled to credit, which I certify from my own personal knowledge. Given under my hand & seal this third day of December A.D. 1845.
Alex r Grady Justice of the Peace State of North Carolina Duplin County
I, James H. Ferman, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, hereby certify, that Alexander Grady whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Duplin aforesaid, having been duly commissioned & qualified, that full faith & credit are due to his Official acts as such; and that his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I, James H. Ferman, Clerk as aforesaid, do hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of my said Office, this 5 th day of December A.D. 1845.
J. H. Ferman C.C.C.

State of North Carolina Duplin County
Omit
I, Benjamin F. Grady, chairman of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that James H. Serman whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said County of Duplin, having been duly elected & qualified, that full faith & credit is due to his official acts as such. And that his signature & seal of office to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I, Benjamin F. Grady, Chairman as aforesaid, do hereunto set my hand & affix my seal, this fifth day of December A.D. 1845
B. F. Grady Chrt (Seal)

H. H. Sylvester. April 17 th 1865.

966 Pension Office April 17 th 1845
Mr, The certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina in the case of Mary Whitfield, shows that certificates were issued to William Whitfield, purporting to be for Military Service, amounting to £104. 11.; but before Claimant can receive the benefit of that Certificate she will be required to produce evidence identifying her husband with that Soldier. It is alleged by Mrs. Whitfield that her husband entered the service in 1777, and was at home but once until after the Surrender of Cornwallis; And one of the witnesses, Thomas Sawyer says he served with Whitfield under Capt. Graham or Grimes, in the 7 th Regiment. Neither the name of Claimant's husband, nor that of the witness, appears on the rolls of the Continental Line of North Carolina in this office. The Rolls in the office of the Secretary of State should furnish evidence of the service in this case.
The proof of the date of the marriage required by my letter to you of the 17 th of January last, has not been produced. H. H. Sylvester Esq. Present

Book of hours
May Whitford
HP. ac 38 or
36. pld dev 20 45
100 11 117 220 117
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Comptroller's office
Feby 24 th 1845
I William H Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the Name of William Whitfield appears of Record in this office as having received the following Certificates issued in his favor purporting for Military Services - It will be seen in Book No 1 page 41 that a Certificate was issued 29 Feby 1783 for One pound Thirteen Shillings ($1.13) Also in Book No 1 a Certificate for Sixty One pounds Eighteen Shillings ($71.18) 29 th of Feby 1782 Also in Book No 2 page 21 one other Certificate was issued for Thirty Three pounds ($33.) see Book No 2 page 21 Issued Dec 1780 - given under my hand and seal the day and date above written
Wm H Collins Compt
71.18 33.00 1.13 106.11

State of North Carolina
Duplin County
I, James H. Serman, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that I have made diligent search in my office aforesaid, for evidence of the marriage of William Whitfield and Mary Beck, but cannot find any whatever; and believe that none such exist on the records of my said office.
In testimony whereof I James H. Serman Clerk as aforesaid do hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of my said Office, at Office, this 22 nd day of September AD 1846, and Seventy first year of American Independence.
J. H. Serman CLK
State of North Carolina,
Duplin County
I, Benjamin H. Grady, chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid, hereby certify that James H. Serman whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Duplin aforesaid, having been duly elected and qualified - that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such; and that his said signature & seal of Office are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my

Hand & affix my seal this 22 nd day of September & seventy first year of American Independence AD 1846. B. H. Grady chmn Seal
State of North Carolina, Duplin County.
I James H Serman, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid, hereby certify that Benjamin H Grady whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate, is Chairman of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Duplin aforesaid, having been duly appointed and qualified.
In testimony whereof I James H Serman Clerk as aforesaid do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of my said Office at Office this 22 nd day of September AD 1846 & seventy first year of American Inde- pendence.
J. H. Serman Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
R.F. 11393-
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Whitfield a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1777 3 mos. Pvt. Quinsey Ben. Sasser Graham or Grimes N.C.   Fall 1777 ✓ in the "Rockingham Regt." N.C.  
The cl. was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of the alleged service.
Battles engaged in, Early 1781  1780  June 1779  Sept. 1781  June 1780  Cowpens  Chalston  Hickory Pains  Salisbury Springs  Ramsey's
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mills, Broad River + Yorktown  Oct. 1781  Duplin Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 16. 1844 ✓
Residence at date of application, Evinston, Effingham Co. Ill.
Age at date of application, She was 87 years of age
Remarks: Soldier mar. Sept. 9. 1775, in Duplin Co. N.C. Mary Beck  He died Aug. 8. 1825 in Stewart Co. Tenn. There were 13 children  all were dead in 1844 except the 4 youngest, Bryant, the youngest child who was  33 years old at that date & William who died William who died in Ky. are the only  ones whose names are stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
widow's sister Anna Slacum