Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,107, for David King, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C. S.C.
King, David
S. 7107
Born in Scotland
CONTENTS
Carded

25,800
Mississippi
David King
of Franklin Co. in the State of Mississippi who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Starks of the Regt commanded by Col. Gresham in the S. Carolina Line for Natchez -
  100 No Cap n  22.00    1 Sgt of Cavalry  135.00     157.00  
Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi at the rate of 157 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Jan y and sent to Mrs. A. H. Webber, Natchez, Miss.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833-  392.50    Semi-ann. allowance ending March 31,  78.50     471.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. P. [unintelligible] Clerk, Book [unintelligible] Vol. 8 Page 71
S. C. [unintelligible] July 26, 1844 Records completed. [unintelligible]
D. P. [unintelligible] 12-1835-44

State of Mississippi } On this 29 th day of Franklin County } 55 January A.D. 1882
personally appeared in Open Court before the Judge non-sitting Daniel Brings re- sident of the County of Franklin and State of Mississippi aged about eighty years. Who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law oath on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1872. That he entered the ser- vice of the United States under the follow- ing named Officers and served as here in after stated (To wit) In the State of South Carolina, about Eighteen miles from Camden. The month and year not recollected he was drafted and attached to the company of John Starks who commanded as Captain that James Brown was the Lieutenant of the company com- manded by Captain Starks Reuben Starks was the Major and Joseph Butler  Perryman or was the Colonel who command- ed the division of the Army to which the company of Captain Starks was at- tached, that immediately after being draft- ed he marched to the Wata Springs and remained there about one month from thence he marched to Charleston, to which place (as it was said) General Sher- idan that shortly after his arrival in Charleston it was surrendered to the British and he became a prisoner but was discharged upon his parole that in a few weeks after he was paroled

he volunteered under the command of and was attached to a company com- manded by Captain Nat Nathaniel Gale that said company consisted of seventy or eighty men - that said company was attached attached to the Army commanded by General Sumpter - That he was in the battle of Black Stock on Siger River where General Sumpter whipped the British forces. The next engagement was at the Fish dam Ford that after the battle of the Fish dam Ford he was on several scouting expeditions - That when General Greene came into South Carolina by the orders of General Sumpter the Brigade marched to Grays Ford on the Wateree - A short distance from that place while on a scouting party he was surprised in an engagement by the forces commanded commanded by Col. Tarleton, and taken a prisoner. That in the same engagement he was retaken. That from the time of the engagement last mentioned, he was an invalid for about three months in consequence of the wounds he had received in said engagement. That upon his recovery he went to the State of North Car- olina where he immediately entered into the service of the United States as a volunteer. That he was commanded by Captain McCrady Crady and that the com-

Many of Captain McCranny's are attached to the Army of General Butler, and although he only joined the Army at the time last men- tioned for six months he remained in the army for nine months, and acted as a ser- geant in the Company of Captain McCranny That he was stationed nearly the whole time of service in North Carolina under General Butler, and Col Thos Armstrong he was stationed at Elizabeth Town, that he was in no battle while attached to the Army of Butler, and received from Col Thomas Armstrong a discharge which he has lost. That in his service in South Carolina he was attached to the 1st Battalion in North Carolina to the Second Battalion the No of the Regiments not recollected he is about seventy eight years of age and knows of no person by whom he can prove his services
When and in what year were you born Answer. I know on the 1st day of August next from a record of my age I shall be seventy eight years old. I was born in Scotland and came to the United States during the Revolutionary War Do you have any record of your age if so where is it. I have in my possession a Bible containing the record of my age

When men you living when called into the service I was living in South Carolina.
When have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live Answer I lived in South Carolina about some years in Georgia about four-ten years from then to the present to the present State of Mississippi in Franklin County where I have ever since to the present time resided making about twenty five years in the State of Mississippi.
How men you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or men you a substitute if a substitute for whom Answer I have already stated in the foregoing declaration the manner in which I entered into the service.
State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when served with Continental and Militia Regiments as you were acquainted with and recollect. Answer
I was acquainted with a number of the Officers engaged in the service of the United States but whether they were Regular or Militia Officers I do not know The General circum- stances of my service so far as I

Recalled - I have already detailed did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it And ever I rec d a discharge from Col Thomas Armstrong which is now lost
State persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify to your good character for civility and good behavior Answer John Slocum, Jacob Gule Edward Turner Depe Gule Thomas Meredith and many others can testify as to my good character but none of them have a knowledge of my service in the revolution
Seven to g subscribed in Open Court the day of year aforesaid
David King
State of Mississippi } Open Court Franklin County set } Jan y Term 1833
appeared in Open Court John Slocum and Thomas Meredith who being sworn according to law state that they have for a number of years past been acquainted with David King whose name is above subscribed and that said David King is a man about seventy five or eighty years of age

That he is a man of good character Believed in his neighborhood to be a man of truth and a soldier of the revolution, and one believes that he served in the revolution as he has stated I was too subservient in open court this day and year afore said
John Placum Pho. Merceith
State of Mississippi } Orphans Court Franklin County ss } Jan'y Term 1833
Personally appeared in open court David Hughes a regular ordained Preacher with him I was in accord ing to law states that from his acquaintance with David King and the inquiries he has made in said King's neighborhood he be- lieves him to be a man of truth and good character and that in his neighborhood he is re- puted to be a soldier of the revo- lution and that he served as above stated I was too and sub- scribed in open court this day and year afore said
David Hughes
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

Canst further certify that it appears to thee that David Hughes who has signed one of the preceding certificates is a Clergyman resident in the County of Franklin and that John Sloan and Thomas Meredith who have signed the first of the preceding certificates are residents of the County of Franklin and are credible persons and that this Statement is entitled to credit
State of Mississippi } I do hereby certify that Franklin County } the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings in the matter of the appli- cation of David King for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of January 1835
John H. McRae

David King Jr. Meadville - Mi
New Model the declaration of war to me see instructions J. E. Plummer
d. e. f. authentic
Adm 1. year of 6 Months. 6 Months. thereof as Corporal of Cavalry & 9 Months as Sergeant of Cav.
  2/180     2/90     45     135  R. W. Webber    150  Meadville    15 1/2  Miss.    314     782     5092   

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of David King, Franklin Co. Miss.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Month & year not recollected — 3 — priv Capt Stark Lt Brown Col Kershaw Eufaw. S. Carolina   Volunteered service in A.C. — 6 — Cav. Inf Capt Gate " McGray Sergt G. Butler Gen Sumpter Lyger River Fish dam Ford 78 years   9 — — Sergt  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the 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 served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. }
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. }
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

December 12, 1935
David King-S.7107 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. R. V. Reeves 7. Carroll Par. Oak Grove, Louisiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David King, file # S.7107, also, information in regard to Civil War, Confederate Veterans.
This office does not have records of soldiers who served in the Confederate Army. It is suggested as a possible means of securing data relative to these soldiers, that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, and the archives in the capital of the state from which they served.
The data concerning David King furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7107, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
David King was born August 1, 1754 in Scotland, and came to this country during the Revolution, "before the Declaration of Independence".
While residing in the state of South Carolina, about eighteen miles from Camden, he enlisted and served in Captain John Starks' company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina regiment, was in the Siege of Charleston, where taken prisoner, was paroled in about one week, and in a few weeks, he volunteered and served as corporal in Captain Nathaniel Gale's company of cavalry; he was in the battles of Fish Dam Ford, and Black Stocks, in a severe skirmish with Tories, he was wounded and consequently the hospital, where he remained about three months. When he recovered from this wound,

he went to North Carolina and volunteered, served nine months as sergeant in Captain McCraney's company.
The soldier, David King, after the Revolution lived in South Carolina about nine years, moved to Georgia lived about fourteen years, and then moved to Mississippi.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 22, 1832, then residing in Franklin County, Mississippi. He died May 12, 1835.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of the soldier.
If you desire information in regard to the name and address of the person to whom the last payment of his pension was sent, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following:
David King Certificate # 25800 Issued January 6, 1834 Rate $157.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Mississippi Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Fayetteville, at the Br: Bk: W. States,
North Carolina
Divided

Rev War
1710-4 INVALID.
1935- Dec 12 - list to Mrs. R. V. Rev  Rever
File No. 7107
David King son Rev War
Act: June 7th 1932
Index: — Vol. 18 , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oak Grove, Louisiana.
Nov. 19, 1935-
The Veterans Dept. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me any data whatever that you may have of a Rev. soldier:
King , David - (S. 7, 107 File no.)
Pri., Sgt., Capt., N.C. & S.C.
L. Scotland - Aug. 1, 175-4
Living in 1835- in Franklin Co. Miss.
Do you have anything further of him, his death , place of res. in N.C. & S.C. & when he went to Miss.; name of wife & children.
Thank you very much.
Please address
Mrs. R. V. Reene
Oak Grove, La.
W. Carroll Par,
(over)
19

do you have the Jemison lists or any lists of Civil war Confederate lists?
I know that you have the Union army lists - but do you carry Confederate or where could these be re- ceived? Thank you.
Yours of the 10th inst. re: lists of soldiers who were in the Confederate army - I suggest Adkins + others in the capital - on 5th from which we can

State of Mississippi } Franklin County ss }
On this 18 th day of June 1833 personally
appeared in open Court in the Probate Court of the County of Franklin in the State of Mississippi David King a resident of the County & State aforesaid and made the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of an act by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
He states in the first tour of duty mentioned in his declaration made on the 22 nd January 1833 he entered the service for eighteen months and  as therein stated he was taken prisoner at the capture of Charleston & can & does safely say that he served not less than three months immediately prior to the capture of Charleston that in that tour of duty he served as a private in the Militia - That it was a few days or a week after the capture of Charleston he was paroled & in two or three weeks thereafter he volunteered in the Company of Cavalry for commanded by Capt. Wat or Nathaniel Gale for the term of three months & served as a captain for that term & was advised to continue in service & did so for not less than three months more making in that tour not less than six months before he was wounded as stated in his former declaration & after being wounded he was sent to a Hospital at General Dempsters on the High Hills of Santee - He remained at General Dempsters about four or five months with the exception of a few scouting parties he went on

during that time. He then went to North Carolina with a pass given him by General Sumpter to go to General Aspden  Aspden he states that in the foregoing tour of duty he served as a corporal.
That when he arrived at General Aspden  Aspden , he stayed two days & then the General gave him a letter to Colonel Thomas Armstrong when he remained two or three weeks & then entered & served in the Cavalry as a sergeant for the time time stated in his original declaration. He states that the war had commenced before he came to the United States but he arrived before the declaration of Independence. He does not now know in what year Charleston was captured and can not state with any more certainty than he has done the different dates at which he entered the service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to & subscribed David King the day and year aforesaid - Needham Feb. 6th
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter contained in the additional declaration as well as the original declaration made 22 nd February 1833 & the interrogatories then put and answered that the above named applicant was

Was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -
Mr. Russell Judge Probate
I Needham Lee Jr Clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David King for a Pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of June 1833
Needham Lee Jr Clk
State of Mississippi } Personally appeared Franklin County ss. } before me Albrey A. Stuart a justice of the peace in and for said County David King who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that the reason of old age and the consequence of the of testimony cannot serve prosternity as to the length of his service but according to the best of his recollection not less than the period stated in his declaration & in the capacities therein stated and for such service claim a pension -
David King
sworn to & subscribed before me this 18 th June 1833
Albrey A. Stuart
I Needham Lee Jr Clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Franklin do

hereby certify that Dabney A. Stuart before  where the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Franklin duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts and the signature annexed as his genuine signature - I further certify that on the 29 th day of January 1833 Jonathan Russell was Judge of the Orphans Court of the County of Franklin and that John F. Witherspoon was the Register thereof and that since the first Monday of May last the style of the Court has been changed to the Probate Court of the County of Franklin and there is now no Register of said Court but a Clerk of said Court and that Jonathan Russell is now under the title of Judge Probate the Judge thereof and that the seal of the Orphans Court is now used as the seal of said Probate Court no other seal having been as yet procured
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of June 1833
A. Seabrook

Pension Office
Washington Sept 14 1832
Sir,
The name of David King has been placed on the Pension List Roll of this Office in conformity with instructions contained in Gen. Letter of the 10 th Inst.
Messrs Shank, a Revolutionary Pensioner has not been paid within two years - he now makes application for payment of the amount due him: Please to issue the necessary Order in this case
I am Sir
Your Obedient
J. H. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk. Pension Office Washington
J. M. Matthews Agent

Pension Office
Washington Sept. 6 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk. Pension Office.
Sir.
David King has presented at this Office a Certificate from the War office dated the 22 ult o setting forth, that he is entitled to a pension of $10 per year to commence on the 4 th March 1832— No instructions having been received as to this Pension; you must pay him with interest
Yours S ir
Genl. Custis P. M. Custis
Agree
Washington.