Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42056, Neal Watson, N.C.

SERVICE
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Watson, Neal
NUMBER
S. 42056
CONTENTS
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18.772
North Carolina Neal Watson
of Tenor: 67 in the State of N.C. who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Armstrong of the N.C. line, for the term of nine months. Dec. 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of July 1822
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of October 1820 and sent to Applicant Winston, N.C.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1822 16.80
Semi ann. all'ce ending March 1823 18.00
  1 m. 30 d. 4  } 164.80  { Revolutionary claim. Act 18th March, 1818. }   3 31/30  7.79  1. 6  16.80 
May 1-1820
May 1823 final settlement. 102. 4

State of North Carolina Secretarys Office 26 th May 1820 William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war that Neal Watson a private in Cap! Quinns Company of the 10 th Regt. was mustered on the 20 th July 1778, for nine months - nothing said of his discharge. Given under my hand this 26 th May 1820.
W m Hill

42056
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File No. 42.056
Neal Milton Rev New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 535
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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18614 Dear Watson Since the Recd Applicant, William N. Allen Recd 21 Oct 1822 Washington  double 50 To the Secretary of War Pension  Kinston Oct 16 1822  Recd 21 Oct 1822

It is respectfully requested that the decision on the within Petition of Neal Watson may be directed to Neal Watson, at Kinston, in Lenoir County N.C.

State of North Carolina Crowder County
Lenoir County point of law. July  July 1 st term One thousand eight hundred twenty two.
On this 2 nd day of April  July 1822 personally appeared in open Court, the said Court being alcourt of record, proceeding according to the course of the Com- =mon law, with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings & having power to fine and imprison, Neal Watson, aged Sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of 18 March 1818, and the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Neal Watson enlisted in the Company Commanded by Captain Quinn, in the Tenth N o Carolina Regi- =ment Commanded by Col o Armstrong, in the Continental establishment, that he enlisted for nine months, and served on the 20 th July 1778. and served out his term and then enlisted again served to the end of the war. and was discharged at Wilmington N.C. He was not in any engagement - he has no other evidence of his services at present within his power, than the annexed certificates from the Secretary of State of North Carolina, and the annexed affidavit of James Huggins - and in pursuance of the Act of 1 st of May 1820 do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that continue such my residence being in the County of Lenoir in the State of North Carolina and that I have not since the 18 th day of March 1818. by gift, sale, or otherwise in any manner,

dispose of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th March 1818, that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property as security, contracts or debts due to me, except the following - One sow, one ewe and one lamb - one gun - his wife has a bed, a wheel, a loom, the residue of the furniture of the house he occupies, belongs to his grandson who per- mits him the use of it, his family consists of his wife, of his own age - and his grandson Matthew Randal aged eighteen years - declarant is by occupation a farmer, but infirmity disable him from performing but little labor - Neal his Watson mark. Albert B. Westbrook
at the same time personally appeared James Huggins of Jones County and made oath that he was a soldier of the Continental line of North Carolina in the War of the Revolution - he knows the declarant Neal Watson, and that he was a soldier in the same line, and that he served both in the North and in the South, deponent believes not less than two years. James Huggins Albert B. Westbrook

State of N. Carolina } Court of Pleas & Pender County } Quarter Sessions July Term 1822
Before the said Court Fred. R. Jones, Nicholas Jones, Bivens Johnson & Abram Broom, Esquires presiding. It is satisfac- torily made to appear that the value of the property contained in the fore- going schedule is of the value of thirty dollars & no more. Witness Charles Westbrook clerk of said Court at Hinton the 15th Monday of July 1822
C. Westbrook