Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21422, for Abraham Peacock, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb
Peacock, Abraham
S 21422
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS

West Tennessee 29.813
Abraham Peacock
Perry Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sessions of the by Col. Read in the N. Carolina mil. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West. Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of March 1835 and sent to W. F. Dougherty Perryville, Tenn.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '34. 70.00 General allowance ending March '35. 10.00
$80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Bawn Clerk, Book E-2- Vol. 7 Page 101

31.932
Abstract Record
being present when a commission to him was read at Bath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in after stated This Declarant entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militiaman in the County of Wayne in the State of North Carolina in the year 1781 under Captain Joseph Gessard we left the Army at Nash Court house from there - marched to Guilford County North Carolina

A declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 State of Tennessee
31. 932 Abraham Peacock Perry County Court July term 1834 On this 21 st day of July 1834 personally appeared in open court Abraham Peacock a resident of Hick Creek in Perry County State of Tennessee aged 74 on the 12 th day of February next who being first 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 the 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in after stated This Declarant entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militiaman in the County of Wayne in the State of North Carolina in the year 1781 under Captain Joseph Gessards we joined the army at Nash Court house from thence marched to Guilford County North Carolina where we joined Col Read a Regular Officer from thence we marched after the British to Ramseys Mill where we lay some few days from thence we marched to Camden South Carolina leaving declarants Captain at Ramseys Mill & This declarant was attached to Capt Bawells Company still with Col Read on our march to Camden we took the British Patrol The British burnt Log Town a place where they posted their Patrol and retired we were stationed for several days in front of the Town until the battle of Camden which was in the spring after declarant entered the service General Green commanded the Americans at this place and Lord Rawdon the British The Battle commenced early in the morning and lasted about two hours the contest being very warm after which the British marched into the fort and the Americans over a creek

and halted we lay here at this place some few days at the end of which time some of the - British marched out and we pursued them - several days after which we were discharged at Linches Creek and went home This declar- ant served this war five months as we went home nearly all the company to which declarant belonged were taken prisoners by the Tories except himself & three or four more lieutenant knot was declarants lieutenant the rest of his company officers declarant has can not state who they were at this time his Majors - name was Webb Col Heritage his Col as though he Heritage did not go all the way after this declarant returned returned from from the above war he was there but a - few days until he volunteered under capt Benj Harrison Col. Moring was his Col he died from the same County and state as as his former lower from there moved to Dabbs County from there to Samson City On trail River on which we burnt several Bridges we had a considerable skirmish at Sanders Bridge where we lost several men killed where we were repulsed but still stuck to gether and were march- ed for a considerable time through the Country to & fro in search of the Tories declarant served this war three months and was discharged at Kingston and went home he thinks about the 1st of October 1782 He has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his services nor does he know of any person by which he can prove the same He here by relin- -quishes every claim what to a pension or ever, except the - present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to & subscribed the day & date above written
Abraham his Peacock mark

We Mathew Miller and Alexander Dodd Bath. Citizens of the said County here by - Certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Peacock who has sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the 74 years of age on the 12 th of Feby that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolution- ary Soldier & that we concur in that Opin- ion Sworn to & subscribed this 21 st July 1834 Matthew Miller mark
A Dodd
And the said Court do here by declare their opinion of the truth of the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and serve as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to that the Mathew Miller and Alexander Dodd who signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
William Wright
R. Houston
D. Williams
I Jesse Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Perry do here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham - Peacock for a pension In testimony whereof - I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office This 21 st day of July 1834 Jesse Taylor Clerk of Perry County Court
Questions by the Court
1 st when & in what year were you born Ans I was born in what is now Wayne County North Carolina in the year 1761 on the 12 th day of February 2 d have you any record of your age & if so where is it And the record of my age was burnt up in a house and I then knew what it was & took it down or saw

3 rd where were you living when called in to service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live Ans In Wayne County North Carolina when called in to service after the war I removed to South Carolina from there to Georgia Washington County from thence I removed to Rutherford County state of Tennessee from thence to Wilson County in the same from thence to Humphreys County & from thence to Perry County where I now live
4 th how were you called in to service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom Ans on the first tour I was drafted & on my second tour I was a volunteer
5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service And I knew General Green Col Read Col Campbell Col Heritage marched us out but we were turned to Col Reads troops & I do not know what became of Heritage I expect he went I recollect the troops under their command but do not at this lapse of time recollect the number of the regiments for the general circumstances of my services see my declaration
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given and what became of it Ans I was discharged by Capt Cawell at Lynches Creek the 1 st tour the second I was discharged by Capt Harrison both of them my discharges Col burnt up long since
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known, in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans I am acquainted with many whom I could refer to but will only refer to Matthew Miller & A Dadd Their being no clergymen in my neighborhood to whom I can refer

October 8, 1935
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FA-J/MCS Abraham Peacock, S. 21422
Honorable Hubert Utterback House of Representatives Washington D.C.
My dear Mr. Utterback:
Reference is made to your letter of October 2, 1935, requesting the Revolutionary War records of Abraham and John Peacock, which information is desired by Mrs. Emma J. La Mar of 1019 33rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 21422, based upon the military service of the only Abraham Peacock that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office and said records fail to afford any information in regard to a John Peacock.
Abraham Peacock was born February 12, 1761, in what was later Wayne County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Wayne County, North Carolina, Abraham Peacock enlisted about the first of January, 1781, and served three or five months as private in Captains Joseph Sessions' and Cowell's companies in Colonels Read's and Heritage's North Carolina regiments and was in the battle of Camden in the spring of 1781. Soon after his return from this service he enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Benjamin Harrison's company in Colonel Moring's North Carolina regiment and was in a skirmish at "Sandever's Bridge".
After the Revolution Abraham Peacock moved to South Carolina, from there to Washington County, Georgia, from there to Rutherford County, Tennessee, from there to Wilson County, Tennessee, from there to Humphreys County and from there to Perry County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1834, at which time he was living at Lickcreek, Perry County, Tennessee.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Mrs. Emma J. La Mar's letter of September 16th addressed to Judge Hubert Utterback is herewith returned.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Nov 15 Nov 30 Perryville Ten Nov 1834
Pension Claims
Three
Abm Peacock Peru.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Bureau
Washington City D. C.

Perryville Ky 31 st Oct.
Hon J. S. Edwards
Sir I send you H Peacock's paper enclosed with a supplement you can re- turn them & write me
Your Obedt Servt W. H. Doherty

A. Declaration supplementary to a Declaration - made by Abraham Peacock on the 21 st day of July 1834 before the County Court of Perry - County State of Tennessee to obtain the ben- -efit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 This 13 th October 1834
This Declarant further sheweth that on his first tour then in set out that is in the declaration to which this is a supple- -ment he was drafted for three months but as he was marched out of his state and served longer than than he was - drafted for he thought he would be - -entitled to pay for that he well rec- -lects that he was some time recruiting after he left the main body of the army though Declarant is willing to give up all the time except the three months, and yet though he is Confident he served on that tour five months but yet it is probable he was only entitled to a three months discharge He entered the service on this first tour about the first of - January 1781 he is correct in setting out this services on his second tour all but this instead of October 1782 the time when he alleges he was discharged it should be 1781 - This must have been put in through a mistake as declarant intended to be 1781 instead of 1782 though as he did not write his declaration - himself he does not know how

the mistake happened & further saith not his Abraham A Peacock mark
State of Tennessee } Perry County } 28
Be it known That before me Richard Hill a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Abraham Peacock above named & first made Oath in due form of law that the above Supplementary declaration is true — Sworn to and subscribed before me This 13 th day of October 1834
Richard Hill Justice the of peace
his Abraham Peacock mark
State of Tennessee Perry County } I, Jesse Taylor Clerk of the County Court of said Perry County hereby Certify that Richard Hill is a Magistrate as aforesaid & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine in every particular I hereunto set my hand & seal of office This 30 th day of Oct 1834 Jesse Taylor Clerk of Perry County Court

Proclamation 21422
INVALID.
1935, Oct. 8. List. to Hon. Hubert Utterback for Mrs. Emma J. Lothar. M.C.S.
File No. 21422
St. Lawrence Peacock
His Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 1891
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

HUBERT UTTERBACK 6TH DISTRICT IOWA
THOMAS F. CROCKER SECRETARY
Distribution Sec Mary Bldg.
COMMITTEE JUDICIARY
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
Des Moines, Iowa October 2, 1935
Veterans Administration. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Herewith is letter I have from Mrs. Emma J. Le Mar, 1019 33rd St., Des Moines, Iowa.
I will appreciate it if you would send me any available information concerning this matter and return Mrs. Le Mar's letter to me with your reply.
Sincerely yours,
Hubert Utterback
Hubert Utterback M. C.
HU:C:AKS
Wanted records of Wm. Peacock & his son Abraham Peacock of Randolph Co., N.C.