Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7455, for Jeremiah Scroggs, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Scroggs Jeremiah
87455
carded
CONTENTS

North Carolina 16561
Jeremiah Scroggs of Iredell in the State of North Car; who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Servines of the Regt t commanded by Col. Caldwell in the North Carolina line for 17 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 56 Dollars - 6 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June '33 and sent applicant Statesville N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 113.2 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept n - 28.3
$141.5
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 55

11.3.40 North Creek Sept 25
Walden Me 6 th
Free
Genl. Louis Cap Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Maree County } Sessions August Session 1832
On this twenty fourth day of August person- ally appeared in open court before lower court Eli Horace Lawrence of the county of Court of Maree County now sitting Jeremiah Detwigg a resident of the County of Maree and State of N. Carolina aged seventy seven years and four months who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following decla- -ration, 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 herein stated - That he went to the Snowy Camps under the command of Genl - Rutherford, Col. Caldwell and Capt. Pervis as a volunteer in December 1775, that on this expedition a number of Long Rifles were taken and that he served about three months, that he marched directly from Rowan County N. Carolina to the Snowy Camps in S. Carolina - and that he was discharged in 1776 after serving three months - This applicant further states that he served another campaign under the same officers at Brap Creek, now Fayetteville N. Carolina as volunteer and that served three months, that he marched directly, from Rowan County N. Carolina to Brap Creek against the Tories in the Spring of the year 1778 and that he was then a resident of the Co. of Rowan and State of N. Carolina -

This applicant further states that he served another campaign of three months under Genl. Rutherford, Col. David Caldwell and Capt. Pervins. That he left home on the expedition in August 1776 and that he marched directly to the Cherokee nations, and that Indians retreated before them, that entered this service as a volunteer.
This applicant further states that he served as a volunteer three months in the year in which the Battle of Kings Mountain occurred , under the command of Genl. Rutherford, Col. Locke & Capt. Pervins engaged chiefly in the state of North Carolina that he served —
This applicant further states that he served another expedition of two months under the command of Genl. Davidson, Col. Locke & Capt. Thos. Morrison. That he was present in the engagement between the Americans & the British in which Genl. Davidson fell —
This applicant further states that he served another campaign under the command of Genl. Rutherford, Col. Locke, & Capt. Pervins. That he was drafted & served three months. That he left home in Sept. 1781 and returned in November of the same year year. This applicant further states that during after the remaining of all this service he was a resident  an inhabitant of the County of Rowan N o Carolina and that he resides now in Iredell County which was then a part of Rowan. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension.

as only except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of N o Carolina -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
When and in what year 1 st I was born in the year 1755 in the State of Pennsylvania?
2 nd answer
I have a record of my age at birth in my Bible -
3 rd upon the South Fork of Yadkin River in Rowan County N o Carolina. I have lived since that time in the County of Indance since excepting one year in the State of Georgia. I now live in Indance County N o Carolina
4 th answer
I was generally orphaned, once a orphan -
5 th
Ans. I never had a discharge from the war
6 th
answer
I am Campbell & D o M o Mordecai -
To the fifth Interrogatory this applicant can't answer. The answers above stated he believes to be true.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year of
Jeremiah C. Coffey

99 We James Campbell and Joseph W. Mordecai residing in the county of Mecklenburg and State of N o Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Scroggs, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years & four months of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
J. Campbell.
J. W. Mordecai
And the said court do hereby certify 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 never as he states, And the court further certifies that it appears to them that James Campbell and Jos. W. Mordecai who have signed the foregoing certificate are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
Squire Lowry C.C.
I A. Branton, Clerk of the county court of Mecklenburg do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the

matter of the application of Francis Scroggs for a pension—
The testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of August 1832
J. Simonton Clerk

North Carolina Pine County } 1775-1781
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in which I do hereby certify that being duly sworn, saith and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not 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 three months as a volunteer under Genl. Rutherford (Genl. & Capt. Pervins in the year 1775 & 1776) - That he served at another time three months under the same officers in the year 1776 as volunteer - That he served another campaign of three months under Genl. Rutherford, Col. Devere, Col. Lock & Capt. Pervins (in the year 1776) - That he served at another time for three months as a volunteer under Genl. Rutherford & Capt. Pervins - This applicant further states that he served another campaign of two months, under Genl. Devere, Col. Lock & Capt. Pervins as a volunteer - That he was for a third time and served three months under the command of Genl. Rutherford, Col. Lock & Capt. Pervins in the year 1781 - and for such service I claim a Pension - This applicant refers to his declaration, which is herewith transmitted and in which he has stricken out the words of an - bigness in proof. and states that period for which he served is definitely set forth as well in his declaration as in this amendment -
This applicant saith that there is no clergyman whom evidence or affidavit he can procure - and that he has no documentary evidence whatever

of his services nor does he think it possible for him to procure any - He submits whether his papers are now authenticated as the regulations direct sworn and subscribed this 21 st day of May 1833 Refai m William Harbin J.D. Jeremiah Scoggins
State of N o Carolina Iredell County ss I Absalom Simonton Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said county do hereby certify that William Harbin whom heretofore appears to the annexed amended declaration is and was an acting Justice of the peace for said county duly qualified and commissioned according to
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 21 st day of May 1833 A Simonton Clerk

Adams of the African
Ebenezer Dugg
Staten Island
Mass County
N.Y.

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Sept. 24, 1925.
Calvin D. Cowles, Highland Court Hotel, Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the pension declarations of Jeremiah Scroggs, Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 7455, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is five.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
1P

Reuben
7455 INVALID.
File No. 7455-
Jeremiah Scrogg Rev Reel War
Act: June 7th - 1832.
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 322
[Arrangement of 1870.]
125 Sept. 24. B.D. Bonded right of cost of copies etc. 1925 Oct. 7. Copies entitled to C.O. of copies etc.

William Scroggs Granville Scroggs
Admit as a private 17 mo — $ 56.11

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Damiah Sirogy which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes as to others
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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? no
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? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CHARLES T. SOUTH
TELEPHONE 3-0470
HIGHLAND COURT HOTEL
AN HOTEL FOR HOME LOVERS
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Sept. 21. 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Please send me an estimate of the cost of photo- stat copies of the pension papers of Jeremiah Scroggs, a Revolutionary soldier, whose name appears on page 88. North Carolina Pension Rolls, published by the Department of War in 1835; and oblig.
Very truly yours, Calvin D. Bowles.
5 pages      ap. ev. May 21, 1833 = 2 pages Sept 25 - "      " Aug 24, 1832 = 3 " ✓

3-2233
113
 BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Finance Division
... Sept. 29 ... 1925.
Chief Rev. Sect. Division
I have this day received from C. D. Cowles ..... M. O. ..... No H. 54.399 ..... 75 for $ 1.00 ..... , requesting
photostat copy post-office address } as per letter herewith.
8, J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
26 b. L

I have to say
Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate.)
3-2006
Ex. AW
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2493 Date Oct 3 25-
Subject Jeremiah Scroggs Rev. S*H 55-
1 copies of 1 pieces consisting of 5 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the Rev. 9182 Sect. Division.
Remarks: .....
Approved:
McNelson
Chief Division. Sect.
Chief Clerk.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
Sept. 24, 1925.
Calvin D. Cowles, Highland Court Hotel, Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the pension declarations of Jeremiah Scroggs, Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 7455, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is five.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
1st. Ind. Highland Court Hotel, Hartford, Conn. Sept. 26, 1925. To the Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C. Money Order for 75 cents inclosed herewith for five pages without certification. Respectfully, Calvin D. Cowles.