Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4596, for Aaron Mc Whorter, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
McWhorter, Aaron
84596
CONTENTS
carded

13779 West Tennessee
Aaron McWhorter of Sinclair Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Foster of the Regiment commanded by Col Hampton in the North Carolina line for 9 months pr of Cavalry 9 " " of Infantry
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 67 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the _____ day of June 1833 and sent to David Carlton  Haydensville
Arrears to the 4th of March 135.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33.75 168.75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. _____ Page 88

State of Tennessee Lincoln County ss County Court, October Term 1832
On this 22 nd day of October 1832, personally appeared before the Justices of our court at pleas and quarter sessions for said county now sitting, Aaron McWhorter, a resident of Lincoln County Tennessee, aged seventy one years on the 2 nd day of August last, 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 7 th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as follows viz —
He enlisted in the army of the United States in the latter part of the year of 1775 or the first of the year 1776 — for the term of nine months, under Captain John Hostler & Lieut. Scattergood, in Col Henry Hampton's regiment of Dragoons, under the command of Genl. Humphreys & continued in the service during the term, but was not in any battle. He lives in Mecklenburgh County N. Carolina at the time he enlisted, he was in service both in North & South Carolina. — After the expiration of the term of enlistment, he volunteered volunteered under the same Capt. Hostler, in the same county — & some few months afterwards joined the army under the command of General Rutherford, and came to the ground where our troops had a battle at Ramsour's mill

with the forces, the same day of the battle but too late to be engaged in it - Claimant - Claimant a volunteer until the end of the war but was not engaged in any battle, except some skirmishes with the forces, in one of which particularly he received an ambush was laid for his company by the forces on Line's creek in South Carolina where one of our company was wounded, & one made prisoner but the rest of us made our escape - during the time of the enlistment he was principally in South Carolina on the Congaree river at which place he was discharged he had a discharge as a regular from Col Hampton which he has lost, but never got a discharge as a volunteer. Claimant has not now any means of proving his said services either by documentary evidence or by any person Applicant lived in N. Carolina two years after the war then moved to Abbeville district S.C. where he lived about thirty years then moved to Marion county S.C. about thirteen years ago he moved to this county where he has since resided - Claimant was born in Lancaster county Pennsylvania - at the time he entered the service he lived in Mecklenburg County N. Carolina - he has no docu- mentary evidence nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state - He refers to Rev. Ebenezer McEwen & Wm. G. Pulham Esq. for his character for veracity - Saml. Robt. King clerk
Isaac McCusker

We Ebenezer M c Ewen a clergyman residing in Lincoln county Tennessee and W m P. Fulliam residing in the same county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron McWhorter who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy one 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 opinion sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Test Robert Inge Clerk E. M c Ewen W. P. Fulliam
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 served as he states - And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Ebenezer M c Ewen who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the said county of Lincoln, and that William Fulliam who also has signed the same is a resident in the said county, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
I Robert S. Inge Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County, Tennessee, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Aaron McWhorter for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said court at office this 22 nd day of October 1832
Robert S. Inge Clerk

State of Tennessee 3 On this 1 st of April 1833 Lincoln County 3 Personally appeared before me, the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County, Aaron McWhorter, who being duly sworn, deponeth 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 period mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For nine months I served as a private in Col Hampton's Regt. of Cavalry. - for nine months I served as a volunteer and for such service I claim a pension - I was born on the 2 nd day of August 1761, according to a record of my age now in my possession hereunto subscribed the date abovementioned Aaron McWhorter
Before me George W. Jones Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee 3 Robert S. Inge, Clerk of the County Lincoln County 3 Court of said County, do certify that George W. Jones who has signed the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County, and that his official acts are entitled to full faith. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office this 1 st April 1833. Robt S Inge Clk.
Aaron McWhorter
Attest to the truth of said Affidavit Riley Tuttle Clerk

April 19, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY Aaron McWhorter S.4596
Mr. D. L. McWhorter, U. S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Aaron McWhorter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.4596, based upon the military service of Aaron McWhorter, in that war.
Aaron McWhorter was born August 2, 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served nine months in Captain John Foster's Company, Colonel Henry Hampton's South Carolina Regiment of Dragoons. At the expiration of this service he enlisted, served in the same Captain Foster's Company and was in some skirmishes with the Tories, one on Lynches Creek, South Carolina; he continued as a volunteer until the end of the war, amounting to an additional nine months.
This organization did not exist until 1781 according to Heitman
Two years after the war he moved from North Carolina, to Abbeville District, South Carolina, about thirty years later he moved to Wilson County, Tennessee, and about 1819 he moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 22, 1832 while a resident of Lincoln County, Tennessee.
He died June 6, 1837, place not stated. On A.B.
There are no family data.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to

afford any information in regard to Jesse McWhirter, Jeremiah McWhirter or Jerry McWhirter, all spellings of the surname searched.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1933 Apr. 19. Hist. Soc. B.D. in c. W. H. Hester. a. v. y.
Rehman ✓
4596 INVALID.
File No. 4596
Aaron M. Whorter Patk. N. B. line
Act: June 7/93
Index:—Vol. A , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aaron McWhorter

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Aaron Wheeler which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? 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? 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? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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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.

For the index Apl 4 th 37.50 30.00 $67.50
Free
Aaron H. Wheeler Jan Pension Document
From Can ea-9 1891
James I. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City
Portland Portland Me Jan

Portsmouth, Va. U.S. Naval Hoop. April 12, 1933.
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please furnish me with the pension records for Revolutionary service of the following
✓ Aaron McWhorter of Lincoln County, Tenn.
✓ Jesse McWhorter (possibly Jerry or Jeremiah) of Wilson County, Tenn.
Thanking you very much, I am Yours sincerely D.L. McWhorter