Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9274, for John Schrimshear, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Schrimshear, John.
R. 9274
CONTENTS

28. 802
John Schoinhean Senope
Rejects. dente. See letter 24 Dec '33 to Hon N. S. White
927H
at 4 th June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
P. O.
9277 John Schrimshauer
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

If John Stearns Schrimshaws name cannot be found in the Department and further proof is required (which I hope will not be the case) the papers need not be sent back for amendment, in that event they may be passed for what time is well proven. He thinks there will be no difficulty about that. I know that many honest applicants are disappointed in that respect.
Yours very Humbly servt
James Hair

State of Tennessee & On this day of November 1833 Monroe County & Personally appeared in open Court before Charles H. Keith an of the Judges of law and equity in and for the state of Tennessee now sitting John Schrimshear a resident of the County of Wilson and state of Tennessee in the County of Monroe and state of Tennessee aged Eighty one years last December who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He was born in what is now Albemarle County Virginia on the waters of James River on the 21st of December 1751 as he was informed by his parents He has no record of his age The reasons why he makes his application in said Monroe County instead of Wilson where he lives are as follows first He lives nearer Monroe Courthouse than Wilson and he is subpoenaed as a witness and was attending Court under said subpoena his witnesses are also at said Court his Sayer here all of which makes it more convenient to make the application in said Monroe County than Wilson He was living in Sussex County South Carolina when called into service at which place in the first of December 1778 to the best of his recollection He was drafted for a three months tour against the British David Taves under Capt John Ware in Col Parrys Regiment of Militia we rendezvoused at Salisbury we then marched to McSwinburgh Courthouse there we joined Col Parrys Regiment we lay there a few days and then marched to Cheraw Hills lay there four or five weeks we then marched to Black River to attack the Tories they fled before we got there we lay there some time and then marched back to Salisbury and was there honorably discharged His discharge was signed by said Capt John Ware but is lost long since He served at this time three months and was discharged in the first of March 1779 He was in no battle at this time He then went to

Noah County South Carolina at which place same time in April 1779 to the best of his recollection he substituted in the room and stead of Asa Goliham for a six months tour under Capt James Gail in Col John Rutherford's Regiment of Militia we rendezvoused at Salisbury in Suran County we then marched to Camden we lay there a considerable time he supposes six weeks or more he then joined Genl Simolns Brigade and marched to Stone Ferry we attacked the British and had a battle but we were com- pelled to retreat we lost a number of men killed and wounded Col Roberts fell in that engagement and was much lamented we then marched to the Congaree Church houses lay there a considerable time proba- bly between two and three months we then marched to Camden lay there till our time was out and was then honorably discharged same time in October 1779 his discharge was signed by said Capt Gail who discharge he gave to said Asa Goliham the man that hired him he served at this time six months
Again while living in said Noah County South Carolina he thinks in December 1780 1780 he substituted for a twelve month tour in the Cavalry in the room and stead of Henry Stephens under Capt Alexandria Bernard in Col
Dixons Regiment his Christian name not recalled he thinks it was in the 31st Regiment We Rendevoused at Holly hills in South Carolina there we found Genl Greenes army we lay there about four months we then marched to Charles- ton the British was then in possession of the town we raised a breast work and made preparation to take the town we lay there some time but did not attack the town we then marched to the Congaree Churches lay there a few days we then marched to the Eutaw he was in that battle Genl Greene had the command we lost a number of men killed and wounded Col Washington was taken prisoner after we buried our dead and got our wounded into the hospital at the old Church houses on Congaree we marched

to Camden and lay there till within a few days of the end of his service he then got a furlough till further orders and was never more called on neither was his Captain nor any of his company he served at this time twelve months He served in the whole twenty one months for which he claims pension He may be mistaken as to some of the dates above mentioned as his memory is some what treacherous but he is certain he served the full time above mentioned At the close of the war he moved to Penelton District South Carolina and lived there till about 1805 at which time he moved to Blount County Tennessee lived there about six years he then moved to said McMinn County and has lived there ever since He was called into the service in the manner above stated and no other He was acquainted with Col Settle of the Continental army Genl Davis & Marian and Genl Rutherford He don't recollect any contiments or militia regiments nor the general circumstances of his service further than above stated He did receive two discharges which are above accounted for He never did receive a Commission He is acquainted in his present neighbourhood with Thomas Sesley James Brians Esq. John White and Wm Sterling all of whom he believes would testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe he served as a soldier of the Revolution He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his actual service he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
John B Tipton Clk By E. H. Uscott Dcl
John his Schrimsher mark
The foregoing Cardet a Clergyman residing in the said County of Monroe and state of Tennessee and Thomas Dugan said

zing in the said County and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Schrimshier who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 81 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that affirmation sworn and subscribed the day and year of aforesaid in open court Barney Castal
John B Lipton Clerk Thomas Dugan By E H Bear At Delegates at Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and sworn as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Barney Castal who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said County of Monroe and state of Tennessee and that Thomas Dugan who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County and state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Charles E. Smith. Judge Presiding
State of Tennessee 3d John B Lipton Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the said County and Monroe County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Schrimshier for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and put to seal having no seal of office at office in Madisonville this 29th day of March 1835
John B Lipton Clerk By E H Bear At
I Hugh L White senator in Congress from the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that John B Lipton is Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said Monroe County and that E H Bear is his Deputy and the above signatures which purport to be said Bear's are his genuine signatures as I verily believe
Hugh L White Dec. 20 th 1835
John B Lipton E H Bear H. L. White Senate MS.
25.502 John Schrimshier Pension Application