Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7604, for William Steele, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
Steele William
S. 7604
Born in Ind.
carded
CONTENTS

31683
North Carolina
William Steele
retired in the State of N.C.
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt commanded by Colonel in the N.C. Militia line for Camden .
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 24 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Dec 1839  and  and  and House of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $ 78.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40  10.00
$ 88.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D.M. Curdy , Clerk, Book E . Vol. 6 1/2 Page 74 .
Dead, Died 25 May 1843 - Hon R.R. Bryan June 23/56

State of North Carolina, Stokes County, ss.
On this tenth day of September 1883, personally appeared in open Court before us the business of the County Court of Stokes aforesaid, now sitting, William Stock a resident of said County in North Carolina aged seventy nine years who being 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 the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated, according to the best of recollection (omit) that he entered the Service some time in the Summer of the year 1776. There being a call for the Militia in the County of Surry N Carolina in which County this applicant resided, when he turned out as a Volunteer in a Company commanded by a Captain James Sheppard. Edmund Kirby was lieutenant of James Williams ensign and he joined said Company on the Blue Ridge of Mountains where our Company met with Capt. Carlands Company. The object of this expedition was to prevent the Cherokee Indians from committing Incursions on the frontier inhabitants of N Carolina & Virginia at which time they were very hostile & troublesome, in this same year say 1776, an army were marched from Surry & other Counties in N. Carolina against the aforesaid hostile tribe of Indians to their Nation as this applicant understood, during which expedition this applicant with the companies of his Capt. Sheppard & Carlands Companies often met and were continually ranging the crossing places of the Mountains to prevent the Indians from crossing over to the frontier Settlements. Martin Armstrong was Col o and our Company was detached from his Regiment in Surry County aforesaid in this Service he remained & served until the army returned from the Cherokee expedition, which was at least three months and was dismissed by his officers & returned when he resided on Mitchell River in Surry County N Carolina.
The next Service this applicant entered as a Volunteer light horse troop under said Capt. Sheppard Edward Savell was his Lieutenant and Underwood ensign. There being a call, this was in 1777 in the Spring of the year the object of this expedition was to keep the Tories in subjection & deprive them of all their guns & arms for war. Our Company converged at a point on Mitchell River and ranged & scoured all the Country of Surry which then comprised a very extensive Territory, including a large train of Mountains through which the disaffected people

people who were not friends to their own father & his country. Our troopers captured a number of them, tried & chastised many, & took their arms and compelled them to desist from committing depredations against the whigs as was then called, in this Service as a trooper or Ranger when ever called on at different periods some times two weeks, some times a month, & two months & some times a week or ten days finding his own horse at all times & places when called on by his officers Col. M c Intosh or Capt. Sheppard and at one time when news reached Col. M c Intosh that the British had landed at Wilmington this Applicant volunteered his services as a light horse trooper to go against the British & started with his captain the Capt. Sheppard and March d . to Old Point Comfort & after remaining there some time at least one month was discharged, & he returned home in all these ranging & scouting expeditions last above mentioned he remained in actual Service at least six months in the light horse & three months in the Infantry for which he claims a pension - he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person now living in the County near him that can testify as to his Service aforesaid - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that he is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Since he answers the seven questions or interrogatories which were put to him as follows. (cont.) That he was born in the State of Maryland in Charles County that he kept a record from his father's Record that he was born in the year 1754. the 23 d July - that he was living in Surry County N o Carolina on the Wicwasic River & has lived in the neighborhood ever since, which is now Stokes City that he turned out a Volunteer in all his services - that he was always in the Militia & no regular officers or soldiers served with him; that he never rec d . a written discharge he states John Venable & Charles Bannister Esquires with a number of others in his County can testify as to his character of veracity. He swears & subscribed the day of year first above mentioned - he further states that there is a Clergyman convenient so that he has in his power to procure a Certificate from one of them whom he can  to procure to procure his Certificate (from) Henry Bailey who has just arrived at Court. Sworn & subscribed in open Court
W. H. H. H.
W. H. H. H.
8. 8. 8. 8.

We John Venable & Charles Bann Residing in the County of Stokes in N Carolina do hereby certify that we are Well acquainted with William Steele who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is a Clergyman himself & 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 and subscribed in open Court the day & year first above mentioned also Henry Bailey a resident of said County who last wrote at Court concurs also in the above certificate Sworn & Subscribed at the same time
Sept 15. Sept 1823.
and the 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 & served as he states and that the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Bailey who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in said County and that John Venable & Charles Bann who has also signed the same is President of the same Court and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
R. Folger (H)
M c Pherson J.P.
W. G. Galt J.P.
6 John Hill Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Stokes. The within is a true copy, the original is in the original proceedings in the cause of the application of William Steele for a pension. Given under my hand & seal of said Court the 12. Day of Sept 1823.
M c Hill. cc

L. W. B. I. 7604.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Nov. 7, 1893.
Madam:-
1-33 79 5 Replying to your recent communication you are advised that William Steel made an application for pension on September 10, 1883, at which time he was 79 years of age and residing in Stokes County, N. C., and his pension was allowed for 6 months actual service as a private in the N. C. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Sheppard and Col. Armstrong. Place of enlistment Surry County, N. C.
A very careful search has been made for the name of Thomas Connally and from the data given his name has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or the bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. E. L. Connally,
53 Ashby St.,
Atlanta, Ga.

Mr Steele
NC
Mar 7 1835
Steele
Allan 6 m/spr
$20. per am
NC Militia
Capt. Stephens
Act A. Adm. of NC
A.R.

H. Rep. December 13 th 1839
Sir,
Some few years since, the declaration of William Steel of Stokes County North Carolina was forwarded to your office. Please inform me of the manner in which the same was disposed of, and what additional evidence is necessary to entitle him to a pension,
Respectfully yours &
M c Hill.
7. N. Ga

Nov. 7/98. Mrs. Ed. Connally. Atlanta, Ga.
Mar 28 '99 above
Jan'y - 20 - 1903 Miss Sully E. Brown Atlanta Ga
Reahan
7604
INVALID.
File No. 7604
William Steele
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 15 , Page 35-8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

33 Ashby St Atlanta Ga - Oct 24 th 1898.
To the Chief of Pension
I wish to know something of William Steele - Soldier in the Revolutionary war who went in at the age of 15 or 16 in the place of his father Aaron Steele from S.C. or Va. I am sure from the memory of old members of the family that he was a soldier but am sorry that I have so little to direct you in the search. He was from near Michlemberg or his father married one of those Alexanders but he moved to S.C.
M c E L Connally 33 Ashby St Atlanta Ga

Also
Thomas Connally was a recruiting officer of the Revolutionary war living in the upper part of N.C. or the lower part of Va. - He was not in the ranks but was in the pay of the government
• Mrs E. L. Connally 33 Ashby St Atlanta Ga

OLD WAR & NAVY OCT 27 1898 FILES.

33. Ashby St Atlanta Ga. Feb. 18. 1899.
Commissioner Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I wish to know if M rs Esther Love Steele wife of H m Steele drew a pen- sion on account of her husbands service in the Revolutionary War. She died in 1850. H m Steele & his father Aaron Steele were both Sol- diers from Mecklenberg & I wish to know what troop they belonged to.
Kindly oblige
M rs E. L. Connally 33. Ashby St Atlanta Ga.

NAVY FEB 27 1899 U.S.

159 Washington Street Atlanta Ga. January 10. 1903.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D. C.
My dear Sir:
I write to ask, if on your records, you find the names of William Herbert Aaron & his wife Sarah or Vell Hill ancestors of my mother who was Miss Grisham & married my father Joseph E. Brown has War Records - R. T.

Senator, I was not interested in these things while my father was in the Senate or else, could have hunted up these records then.
I heard that William Talbot was given land for service in Lee's Legion & I would like to know if this is true & where this land was situated. I am looking up these records for U. S. R. & Colonial names.

records. I know Aaron & William Stiles were in the Revolution. Thanking you in advance for your courtesy believe me, Cordially yours.
(Miss) Sally Eugenia Brown 159 Washington Street Atlanta, Ga.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
Thos. Steele L. A. B. 8. 7604.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 23rd, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that the records on file in this Bureau show that you were furnished information concerning William Steele, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, under date of November 7th, 1898. It does not appear that his wife (widow) ever received or made application for pension; in fact, the papers do not show whether or not his wife survived him.
A very careful search has been made and the name of Aaron Steele has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully, -
Commissioner.
Mrs. E. L. Connally, 53 Ashby Street, Atlanta, Georgia.

William Steele
Dec 28 1832
I Col Minot Dyer Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC
R. C. P. ... me

Horse Reps DC
10 June 1856
I Friend Edg Sir
Permit me to call your attention to the enclosed a.d. to ask such information as you may find in your department. Please return the slip, letter & etc. very respectfully
R. C. Perry. av