Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7184, for William Mayhew, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
16
Mayhew, William
S 7184
CONTENTS
Carded

16.848 North Carolina
William Mayhew of Lincoln - in the State of N.C. who was a Pr. — in the — commanded by Captain — of the Regt commanded by Col. Lock — in the P. Car. line for 9 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 80. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Oct 31. and sent to Hardy M c Bar Lincolnton, N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 75. Semi-ant. allowance ending Dec 34 15.
$ 90.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk, Book C Vol. 6 1/2 Page 65
Heath not in A B

15 State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Rutherford County } October Session A.D. 1832
On this 23 rd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, for Rutherford County now sitting William Mayhew a resident of Rutherford County N.C. aged 72 or 73 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States & served as herein stated. That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted militiaman for the term of six months in Lincoln County North Carolina in the Company commanded by Capt James Little in the Fall of 1787 A.D. & was marched into North Carolina in the Regiment commanded by Col. Locke & afterwards commanded by Col. Malbedew under Genl. Green he marched to the Waxhaw Scupper, & then to the High Bridge & Pates - & to the New Springs - & was marched back to North Carolina & discharged near Salisbury remaining in the service for nine months - & that he was in the Battle of the New Springs.
That he was born on James River in the State of Virginia in the year A.D. 1759 or 60 - That he has no record of his age. That he lived in Lincoln County N.C. when he entered the service, & has lived in Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, and since that he now lives in Rutherford where he has lived for upwards of forty years. That he entered the service as a drafted militiaman. That he was acquainted with Major Nowan Col. Locke, Col. Malbary Genl. Green, Col. Washington.

that his discharge has been lost, that he has no documentary evidence of his services but can prove it by Humphrey Parker who served with him
He states that he is acquainted with John Lequire & Wm Weatherly who lived in his neighbourhood who can testify to his veracity & give their belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of a state -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Test Thos. F. Berchett Clk
William his Mayhew (mark)
We John Lequire & William Weather, residing in the County of Rutherford in the state aforesaid, that we are well acquainted with William Mayhew, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 or 73 years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thos. F. Berchett Clk
William Weather John his Lequire (mark)

1 The following interrogatories were propounded by the Court.
1 st Where was what year were you born -
2 d Have you any record of your age & if so where is it -
3 d When were you living when called into service; when have you lived since the revolutionary war & when do you now live -
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom -
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served, but continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service since you were received discharge from service, & if so by whom given & what has become of it
State the names of persons whom you know in your present neighbourhood & who can testify to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Lequin & his brother William Blagden who had signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Rutherford & State aforesaid & are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit
33 I J. H. Burchett Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County of Rutherford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Blagden for pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 23 d day of October A.D. 1832
J. H. Burchett Clerk

State of North Carolina Rutherford County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions October Session 1832
Humphry Parker swear that he served with William Mayhew as a drafted soldier, that they were mustered together in Capt James Little's Company - that they entered the service in Lincoln County N.C. & served for nine months as stated in the foregoing declaration & that he was discharged near Salisbury in North Carolina after making back for So. Car. as stated in the foregoing declaration -
Humphry Parker Sworn
Wm Mayhew
State of North Carolina Lincoln County
17609 On this 15 th day of June AD 1833
Personally appeared before me Robert Parker an acting justice of the peace in & for the County of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, saith that Humphry Parker whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was duly sworn to it in open Court, & that he was present at the time that he has been acquainted with said Parker, for a number of years, and that he does not know anything but that he is a man of veracity. That he is acquainted with William Mayhew, from his boyhood & that he is also acquainted with the vicinity in which he lives and knows that there is no Clergyman resides in it - and that Mayhew is quite a pious individual he is also acquainted with Wm Weather, Esq. & John Legare whose names are to the foregoing certificate & believes them to be men of veracity and they are so reputed in their neighbourhood -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written
Peregrine Roberts
West F. Tucker - B
(Sworn)

State of North Carolina Lincoln County
June the 5 th AD 1833
I John Tucker a justice of the peace in and for the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Humphrey Parker whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate for the space of forty years years that he has always been reputed a man of veracity and that I think his statement on oath should be received as true. That I am also acquainted with William Mayhew of Rutherford County whose name is signed to the foregoing declaration and that he has been a neighbour of mine for the space of forty five years that he has always been reputed an honest man that he is a very private individual, and that there is no clergyman who resides in his vicinity. I am also acquainted with William Weather, and John Lequire whose names are signed to the foregoing certificate and know them to be men of veracity.
J. Tucker (B)
Wm B. Lee Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Lincoln County, North Carolina do hereby certify that John Luck who has signed the foregoing certificate and affidavit is a justice of the peace in and for said County and was at the time of signing the same, and that the signatures there set forth are the signatures of the said John Luck aforesaid and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 6 th day of June A D 1833
Wm B. Lee

17609
Wm Mayhew North Carolina
Adm l as a p er 9 mo $30
11. 12. 14.
P. 328
29 aug
Under Secretary in-columbu
J. H. Bickett C.M.
Rutherford Co. NC

BRIEF in the case of William Mayhew  County of Rutherford  in the State of North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 or 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     drafted in 17 81 9 private Gen. Rutherford Green Capt. Little, Col. Locke, Col. Malbidee,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Eutaw,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? North Carolina Lincoln County  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses, & traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? none 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Forest Examining Clerk.

January 21, 1938
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Mr. W. B. Flanner New Bern North Carolina
BA-J/MCS William Mayhew, S. 7184
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.7184, based upon the military service of William Mayhew or Mayhue.
He was born in 1759 or 1760 on the James River in Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1781 and served nine months as private in Captain James Lytle's company in a North Carolina regiment commanded first by Colonel Locke and later by Colonel Malmedy and he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, at which time he was living in Rutherford County, North Carolina, having moved there from Lincoln County over forty years before.
The papers in said claim contain no data relative to the family of William Mayhew or Mayhue.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938. Jan 21. Invt. to Mr. W. B. Flanner See letter in Rev. elm Henry Hunter 8.7057 Tulch
Rev. elm
7/184
INVALID.
File No. 7/184
William Mayhew
Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W m Mayhugh
Vardy Mc Bee Lincoln

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Mayhew 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? No Clergyman Two Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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? witness 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? The Court had not 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? Yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
 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.
See Quere XV
The declaration is returned, that it may be fully authenticated, agreeable to the rules.

January 21, 1938
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BA-J/MCS William Mayhew, S. 7184 Henry Hunter, S. 7057
Mr. W. B. Flanner New Bern North Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Henry Hunter who was pensioned while living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and William Mayhew who was pensioned while living in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
You are furnished herewith, the records of Henry Hunter, S. 7057, and William Mayhew, S. 7184, as shown by papers on file in the claims for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator