Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6283, George Turner, S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S6
Turner, George
S. 6283
{ B.L.Wt. 222.8 - 305 - bap. Issued Oct. 15, 1989 no papers. Carded
CONTENTS

32.428.
Pennsylvania.
George Turner, deceased, of Philadelphia in the State of Penn a — who was a Capt: Vail — in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the ————— commanded by ————— in the * Revolutionary War time for 2 years. * S. C. Sine: may 19/44 Records completed. ss
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia. at the rate of 600 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & endg: on the 16 March, 1843, when he died —
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of March, 1846 — and sent to A. Ray, Present.
Arrears to the 16th of ————— Semi-annual allowance ending
$7.220.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Stewart Clerk, Book E. 24. Vol. 5 — Page 62. —
Repd: to Agt: March 18. 1846.
Sit Hon J. Stevens 9 th Aug t 1850 1888 July 19 S. H. Cary — history Prior

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#46.475

4. Declaration
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled 'An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution', approved on the 15. th of May, 1828; I George Turner, of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the time when the arrangement of the Army, provided by the Resolves of Congress of the 3. d and 21. st of October, 1780, was carried into effect: and that I was reduced under that arrangement. At which period, I was a Captain in the First Regiment of Infantry in the South-Carolina Line. AND I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonly called Commutation Certificates) for a sum [nominally] equal to the amount of Five Years full pay: which sum was offered by the Resolve of Congress of the 22. d of March, 1783, instead of the Half Pay for Life, to which I was entitled under the Resolve of the 21. st of October, 1780. — Witness my hand this ninth day of June, in the year 1828.
G. TURNER
Before me,

Before me Isaac G. Burnet, Mayor of the City of Cincinnati, in the County of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, personally appeared Morgan Neville, and Peyton S. Symmes, of the said County; who did severally make oath, that George Turner, by whom the foregoing Declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Morgan Neville
Peyton Symmes
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said City of Cincinnati, this ninth day of June, eighteen hundred, and twenty-eight.
Isaac Burnet, Mayor

Cincinnati, June 9 th 1828.
Sir,
In compliance with your Circular, dated the 28 th ult o I have the honour to transmit herewith a Declaration (supported by the Deposition of Mefs rs Neville and Symmes) relative to my claims, as an Officer of the Army of the Revolution, under the Act of the 15 th of May, 1828.
I am, very respectfully,
Sir,
Your most Obedient Servant G Turner
Hon. Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury.

No 37. 193
Geo. T. Turner Agt.
Ohio P.
Act 7 June 1832
To remain at the P. M. depository Agency
Captain and Aid de Camp, Mne then 2 yrs.
re. $480 under chrs 13 May 1828
Gen. Alex. Ramsey
debt's for 50 paid

Ohio. State of Kentucky Clark County.
On this the 20th day of January 1846, personally appeared before me Samuel Dawson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County his Mary S. R. Turner a resident of Philadelphia but then in Springfield, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath state. That she is the daughter and only surviving child of the late George Turner deceased, who was pensioned under act of the 15 May 1828. as a Captain at the rate of $480 per annum. and died or about on the 16 th March 1843. and left no widow. And she further states, that the balance of pension due to her Father up to the day of his death. was paid to her. at the Philadelphia Agency upon the proof exhibited at the time of George Turner's death. that he left no widow. and that she was the only surviving child. and begs a reference to the papers to show the facts.
Now, the object of this declaration, being made is, in order, to relinquish, in right of my deceased Father, the act 15 May 1828. under which he was pensioned up to the day of his death as a Captain at the rate of $480 and to effect a share in his right; for the act of the 7 June 1832. at the rate of $600 per annum. on account of his services. in the State as an aide-de-camp. and as Deputy Commissary of Prisoners. and for the payment of said interest from the 6 March 1832. to or about the 16 March 1843. when he died. Mary S. R. Turner.

Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year within written before me
Samuel Parsons — J. P.
J. Thomas. witness —
The State of Ohio
Clark County, ss
I hereby certify that Samuel Parsons Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken, was at the time of taking the same, and now is an acting justice of the peace, within and for the County of Clark. And that the signa- ture above purporting to be his is genuine and that to all his official acts as said Justice, full faith and credit are due, both in Courts of Law and elsewhere.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, at Springfield, this 20th day of Janua- ry A. D. 1846
James S. Halsey Clerk of Clark Co. Pleas Paul H. Hinkle Deputy Clerk

(Copy)
State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia } ss.
I Richard Palmer Jr. Proth of the Court of Common Pleas, County aforesaid holden at Philadelphia in and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that George Turner decd. was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per Annum; was a resident of the County of Hamilton in the State of Ohio and in Kentucky and died in the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania; in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three on the sixteenth day of March, that he left no widow, but an only child whose name is Mary Sophia R Turner and that George W. Ash is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Philadelphia this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord 1843.
R. Palmer Jr.
Proth of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
Treasury Department } Third Auditor's Office } March 6 th 1846.
I certify the foregoing to be a true Copy from the original voucher on file in this Office
John Hagner Aud

July 15, 1953,
Mrs. Elvert M. Davis 1512 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL XXXXXXXXXXXX George Turner S. 6383
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to George Turner, Captain and Brevet-Major of the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 6383, based upon the service of George Turner in that war.
George Turner served as Captain of the 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, as Aid-de-Camp and as Deputy Commissary of Prisoners, War of the Revolution, the length of his service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 3, 1828, at which time he resided in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. At some time he lived in Kentucky, dates not given. His age, and the places of his birth are not stated.
The soldier died March 16, 1843 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1846, Mary Sophia R. Turner, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the only surviving child of Captain George Turner. The name of her mother is not given.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

m of orig Pay 96
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Allowed act 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 July 1828.
George Turner — of Cincinnati — in the County of Hamilton in the State of Ohio — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the time when the Resolves of Congress of the 3 d and 21 st of Oct 1780 was carried into effect, and that he was reduced under that arrangement at which period he was a Captain in the first regiment of the South Carolina line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing . dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
5 July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to George Turner - Captain in the South Carolina line, amounting to Twenty four Hundred dollars.
It further appears that George Turner — not — is now on the pension list of the  any — — — — — agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826  at the rate of  per month.
John Hagner Aud

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Geo. Turner, decd. who was a Capt: Vols de Camp, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $600 per ann: comm: on the 4 March, 1831 and in: on the 16 March, 1843, the day of his death; which will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to his widow Mary Sophia R. Turner, only surviving child, after having deducted the amt: paid under the act of May, 15. 1828, at $480 per ann: from the 4 March, 1831, to the day of his death.
is entitled to receive _____ dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, comm- encing on the 16th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 16th of March and 16th of September, in every year.
Paynt: to be made at Phil a . Penn a
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 16 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty-Six -
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington
Wed March 6. 1846.
Sir,
I herewith enclose you the evidence you required in your letter of the 2 nd inst: to the Hon ble Mr. Ramsey, which he enclosed to me, in the case of George Turner def d .
I am very
respectful
Your obed t Serv t
Geo. W. May
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions

Pension Office, March 2 nd 1846.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of George Turner, deceased, have been examined and filed, under the Act of 7 th June, 1832.
The service as Captain and Hill-side Camp, for more than two years, is satisfactory. But, before a Certificate can be issued, the Certificate of the Court of record showing the day of George Turner's death, and the names of all his surviving children, and stating also that he left no widow, must be procured and filed in this Office.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your W th Servt, J. L. Edwards
Wm. Alexander Ramsey, House of Representatives

House of Rep s Jan y 28. 1840.
Sir
I enclose herewith an application made by. Miss Mary S. R. Turner of Philadelphia, daughter of Major George Turner dec d who was during his natural life a pensioner under act 1828 as Captain, at the rate of $480. the heir now assert a claim at a higher rate under act 1832. on account of her Fathers services as an aid-de-camp. and as Deputy Commissary of Prisoners.
If the papers on file in this case, do not show his services in the grades claimed I must request the favor of you to make application to the Department of State, for services in the grades, in the Staff.
I am very
respect l . Your Ob d &c
Thos. Patten
A. L. Edwards Esq. Comm d of Pensions.

No 37.193
Geo. Turner decd Pa
act 7 June 1832
Adm. 2 years Captain and Adm. Camp $600 00 / 2 per ann-
from 4 March 1831 to 16 March 1843 the day of his death payable to his only Child Mary Sophia R. Turner of Ohio — deducting what has been paid at the rate of $480 per ann under the act of 15 May 1828 for the same time.
Alexander Ray Peru

Rehnap
6283.
INVALID.
1932 - July 15. Hist. to Mrs. Everett M. Davis. SLL. 1932 - Aug. 15. Hist. to Hon. S.D. Fraz- ier. SLL.
No. 6283
George Turner Capt. & Aid Rev War
Act: June 4 th 32
Index: - Vol. M , Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1512 SPRUCE STREET PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA
June 17, 1932.
Director of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Can you give me any information as to whether a pension for for Revolutionary services was ever granted to George OK Turner, Capt. and Brevet-Major, of the 1st South Carolina Regiment ?
He was afterwards a resident of Philadelphia, and I am collecting materials for a biographical sketch of his life.
Yours very truly,
Marion Moore Davis
Mrs. Elvert M. Davis, 1512 Spruce St. Phila.

United States Senate,
Washington, August 10, 19 32
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have the honor to submit the following com- munication for your consid- eration, and to ask that the request made therein be com- plied with if possible.
When the matter is dis- posed of, will you kindly have the letter returned to my office, and oblige.
Yours truly,
A handwritten signature in dark ink, appearing to read "John N. Lockhart". The signature is written in a cursive style with a large, prominent "J" and "L".

August 15, 1932.
Honorable Simeon D. Fess United States Senate Washington, D. C.
RA-J/YLL our XXXXXXXXXXXX George Turner S. 6283 File No. should have been on
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your request of August 10, in behalf of Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Secretary, Editor and Librarian, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, who desires the record of George Turner, Revolutionary War soldier and pensioner.
The history of that soldier is given below as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 6283.
George Turner served as Captain of the 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, as Aid-de-Camp and as Deputy Commissary of Prisoners, War of the Revolution, the length of his service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 3, 1828, at which time he resided in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. At some time he lived in Kentucky, dates not given. His age and the place of his birth are not given.
The soldier died March 16, 1843 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1846, Mary Sophia R. Turner, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the only surviving child of Captain George Turner. The name of her mother is not given.
The letter of Mr. Galbreath is returned herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.