Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1919, for Henry Massey, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Massey, Henry
S. 1919
Carded
CONTENTS

7113
Tennessee (West)
Henry Chapay
of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sanders of the Regt commanded by _____ in the A.P.O. ma time for 12 mo. from '80.
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 44 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Mr Hall H of Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 88.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 Sept 1833 22.08
$110.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 7 Page 88

I have been kept silent in believing that there are the original papers instituted & certified in Wilson County cost 
J. Hall
See Dec. of 1833
from 1780 private
Carely & Infants 12 m
Re Can 5 mo. — $ 20.83
do do 7 m — $ 23.33
$ 44.16
Hon. Mr. Hall.
1833
1833
1833

State of Tennessee . . . . .
Wilson County . . . . .
On this 29 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the undersigned Justices of the Peace holding the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wilson at the September term A.D. 1832 and which is now sitting Henry Massie a resident of the County of Wilson in the State of Tennessee aged seventy five years and eleven months having been born according to the family Register on the 25 th day of October 1755 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 here in state - Deponent was drafted and entered the service of the United States under Captain Daniel Sanders in the County of Wake in the State of North Carolina about the first of July 1780 - he belonged to the militia of mounted men (furnishing his own horse arms &c.) they rendezvoused at Hillsborough in Wake County N. Carolina and were placed under the command of

General John Butler - (General of the horse) and William Moore their acting Colonel. They marched into South Carolina where they joined the Maine Army under the command of General Gates Deponent was engaged in the Skir- -mish which took place in the night of the 15th of August 1780 between the American and British Army - on the morning of the 16th the day of the General engagement Deponent went under the command of Capt Sanders who with his company was ordered to Rugeley's mills to protect the Baggage Waggons and was therefore not in the General Engagement, after Gates defeat Capt Sanders Company marched back to Wake County they remained a few days rendered again at Hillsborough and marched out to a place known by the name of Six mile Creek in Mecklenburg County N. Carolina where General Smallwood was stationed Deponent remained there till he was regularly discharged which took place on the 6th of Oct 1780 as will more fully appear by his discharge marked A. and herewith annexed - in this tour of duty Deponent was engaged in actual service four months which was one month more than his Troop was called out for but as the

Tories were exceedingly troublesome in that quarter it was deemed most advisable by the commanding officer to detain them a month over their term of duty to which Capt. Sanders and his whole company readily consented.
on the 8th of November 1780 two days after the discharge of Deponent as above alluded to he substituted in the place of one Samuel Dukes for the remainder of his term of service of fifty days and was discharged on the 25th of December 1780 after running fifty days as appears from the annexed discharge Marked B. - Deponent then returned home in Wake County North Carolina where he was drafted in the month of June 1781 to guard the General Assembly - of that State then in session he served on this tour of duty for six weeks and hired a substitute for the balance of his time making up a tour of three months.
In the latter part of August 1781 or the first of September Deponent volunteered under Lewis Blevins a captain in the militia - for three months, Deponent furnished his own horse sword and gun in consideration of which a two months tour in the Cavalry was held equal to a three months tour on foot - Deponent served out this time and was discharged for three months service - which discharge he has long since lost or mislaid - he thinks he will however be able to prove this tour of service by John Bearly who was with him in the army at that time.

and likewise Solomon Rodgers who likewise served this tour of duty with him in was born and raised in the County of Wake in the State of North Carolina where he resided until he moved to Wilson County in Tennessee about 13 years ago where he has resided ever since - Declarant further states that he volunteered in the early part of the year 1780 for a tour of three months under Captain Lewis Bledsoe, William Moore acted as Col. and General Butler commanded the Brigade this service was in the pursuit of the Tories in pursuance of the order than from the Cavalry in which tour of three months he served Fort to Point which tour of three months he served and was discharged - he omitted to give in his terms of service to the in the regular order in which they were preferred - but trusts it will not prove prejudicial to his claim that they are irregular stated - Solomon Rodgers saw him while on this tour of service. he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the the present his same is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State in the United States
Sworn to in open court 29th
Sept 1832
Henry H. Hays
Test Josiah M'Clain Clerk of Wilson County Court
Solomon Rodgers aged sixty seven years a resident of Wilson County has known the applicant Henry Hays for more than fifty years they were both born and raised in Wake County North Carolina and he hereby certifies that he saw said applicant while in service in the early part of 1780 under the command of Captain Lewis Bledsoe going into Chatham and other counties in pursuit of the Tories - he served a tour of three months with said Hays in the year 1781 under Captain Lewis Bledsoe of the militia of mounted men - Witness saw said Hays while he was one of the guard that was drafted to
Guard the General Assembly of North Carolina in the year 1781 witness has read the declaration

while he was one of the guards
Guard the General Assembly of North Carolina then in session in the year 1781 witness has read the declaration of the applicant from his knowledge of the services performed by said applicant - and from the character of said applicant for truth and honesty he has no doubt but that he rendered the services as stated therein said applicant he believes is of the age stated in his declaration and is a citizen of Wilson County
J. P. Rogers
Sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid
Jest Josiah J. McClain clerk of Wilson County Court
William L. Martin hereby certifies that he has known the applicant Henry Chapuy for several years that he sustains a high character for truth and honesty in his neighborhood and he has no doubt but that he rendered the services as stated in his declaration witness is twenty eight years of age - and is a resident of W. L. Martin Wilson
W. L. Martin
Sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid
Jest Josiah J. McClain clerk of Wilson County Court
Exhibit A

State of Tennessee } Court of Pleas and quarter sessions left Wilson county } Term A.D. 1832.
The undersigned David B. Hibbett, James Foster and Benjamin H. Billings acting justices of the peace for said county and holding the court of Pleas and quarter sessions now sitting after investigating the matter of the application of Henry Clapsy for a pension and having put the interrogatories required by the war department that is their opinion that the applicant Henry Clapsy was a soldier of the revolution and served as stated in his declaration. And the court further certifies that Solomon Rogers and M c L. Clanton who have signed the foregoing certificate are creditable men and that they are citizens of Wilson county. Given under our hands and seals. This 29 th day of September A.D. 1832.
D. B. Hibbett Benjamin H. Billings James Foster
I Josiah S. McLain clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for Wilson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Henry Clapsy for a pension given under my hand and seal of office this 29 th day 1832.
In testimony whereof I Josiah S. McLain clerk as aforesaid have hereunto affixed my hand and seal of office at office in this the 4 th Monday in September 1832 and 29 th day of a month - & fifty Seventh Year of Amen can Indis-
J. S. McLain
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