Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39102, for James Tatum, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Jatum, James
S 39102
{ D.L.R. 2226-200 Lieut. Gen. Issued Jan. 10, 1791 - No papers.
CONTENTS

930
Tennessee. W.C. 181
James Tatum, Lieut. North Carolina line Col. Williams
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee, at the rate of 20. Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June, 1818. and sent to the pensioner, care of John M c Naity, Esq., Nashville, Tennessee.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818. $ : 96. . .
Semi-annual payment
4 mo : \frac{24}{30} $ : 96. . .
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
79 War
Continued
Davidson County Tenn.
State sent to Mr Young Esq 24 April 1818 Nashville with Sarah Nash. Oct 13/58 Tennessee Camp near McEwen Dec. 23/58 Date of death unknown

Dyersburgh Dyer County Ten. Oct. 15 th 1858. D. Sir: I have been directed, to write to you on an important Concern to me. Hoping that you will answer and Aid me, in what I supposed to be my rights. - I am informed there is a Pension due to. Lieutenants or Capt. James Salum also to Capt or Maj r Howell Salum both Revolutionary Soldiers, both being dead upwards of thirty five years I am the Nearest living Relation being a Niece, they were Brothers to my Mother James Salum was a Bachelor and never had Children or Heirs Neither did Maj r Howell Salum have a wife or children that I know of all the proof of my Relatio- -nship can be made here in Ten and is now in progress, My Father was Capt Rhodham Rawlings of the Revolution also, who died some forty years ago and

- Never received a pension Commutation pay Country Land Nor indemnity for about Fifty Negroes taken by British & Tories while he was in the service, though there are No living witnesses that we know of to prove the capture or taking of his property Still he ought to be intitled to a pension which should be mine as the only living child of applicant You will confer a lasting obligation on me by looking into this business and aid and instruct me to obtain what may justly due me and no more With due respect I am Yours &c
Nancy Stark
Commissioner of Pensions

District of West Tennessee
On the 2 nd day of April 1818. Samuel Saturn appeared before me and made oath that he was a Revolutionary officer in the first Regiment of North Carolina Continental Troops and that he served from the 1 st day of September 1775. until some time in year 1782 that he well knew James Saturn the applicant for a Pension as he is the Brother of the said respondent and knows of his appointment as an officer which took place some time about the 12 th of August 1777. in the Ninth Regiment of North Carolina Continental Troops commanded by Col. M c Williams in which Regiment he served until a new arrangement of the Army took place in the year 1778. at which time he became a Second Lieutenant in the 3 rd Regiment of the said state commanded alternately by Col. Morgan and Webb where in which Regt. he was captured in Charleston South Carolina on the 12 th day of May 1780. and continued a prisoner during the Revolutionary war, the different changes in his rank while a prisoner this respondent has no knowledge of but well knows he was

Never Otherwise than a commissioned Officer during his Service that his Service was against the low- ermost enemy of the Country. This deponent well knowing the Situation of the said James Tatum and that he stands in need of assistance from Government for his support. Sworn to & Subscribed James Tatum before me
John McNairy District Judge
on the 11 th of April 1818 James Tatum named in the foregoing affidavits came before me and made oath that he hath not been heretofore allowed any pension by any law of the United States Sworn to & Subscribed James Tatum before me
John McNairy District Judge

State of Tennessee } Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions Davidson County Ss } of Davidson County Oct. Sessions 1820 On this 16 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty per- =sonally appeared in open court said Court being a court of record in and for the County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee aforesaid as well by statute which created said Court as the Jurisdiction & proceeding of said Court which is according to the course of the common law with a Juris- =diction unlimited in amount — keeping a record of its proceedings, with power to fine and imprison, James Patum late a Lieutenant in the North Carolina line of the army of the Revolution — Aged 63 years resident in Davidson County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revo- =lutionary war, that he entered the service on the 12 th of August 1777 as an ensign under the command of Col. John Williams of the 9 th reg t of the North Carolina line — that he continued in the service during the whole of the War — He was at the siege of Charleston and at Lampries point had the command of three eighteen pounders — under Col. Malmada — he was during the war promoted to a Lieutenant and at the close of the war honorably discharged — That he has received a pension and has a certificate dated 9 th June 1818 payable 4 th of March & Sept r by the president of the Nashville Bank Tennessee No 930.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resi- =ident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part there- =of with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my- =self within the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war "passed on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me Nor have I any income other than that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed — My occupation is a shop Joiner — but from age and infirmity I am totally un- able to pursue it, or any other from which a sustenance

can be obtained — I have no wife nor child nor friend who is both able and willing to contribute to my support — And in fact such are my indigent circumstances that I am incapable of supporting myself without the aid of government except by private or public charity —
Schedule
  1 colt 2 1/2 years old  $ 1.25    An old saddle & saddle blanket bridle martingale & halter  10    1 old trunk — 2 razors with a case & shaving box — 1 phone — 1 pair of spectacles & a case a silver watch — 1 memorandum book — 3 old pocket books, one pair of old saddle bags & lock 1 blaath brush — 1 pocket knife  20    Bank bills — $ 1611.75. ballance of pension money  $ 11.00 55 16 75 171.11 75  
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day of year first above written
James Tatum
Nathan Ewing Clerk
The court after hearing evidence are of opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is one hundred seventy one Dollars 75 cents
171.11 75
All which is ordered to be entered of record and certified by the clerk —
Will Williams Chairman of the County Court of Davidson County

State of Tennessee Davidson County Set I Nathan Ewing Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify to whom it may concern that the before Recited is a True Copy of the Records in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Nashville this 17 th day of October 1820 & 45 th year of American Independence
Nathan Ewing
James Tatum Pension claim
930
W Tennep

October 7, 1937
James Tatum S. 39102 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. L. G. Pugh Shreveport, R.F.D. # 1 Louisiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Tatum of North Carolina.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 39102, based upon the military service of James Tatum in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of James Tatum were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
James Tatum was commissioned, August 12, 1777, ensign in Captain McCrory's company in Colonel John Williams' Ninth North Carolina Regiment, was commissioned, January 1, 1778, second lieutenant, and was commissioned, December 14, 1779, lieutenant, and served in Captain Rochel's company in Colonels James Hogun's and Mebane's Third North Carolina Regiment, and in Colonel Thomas Clark's First North Carolina Regiment, was captured at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina, and was a prisoner until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was aged about

sixty-one years and living in Davidson County, Tennessee.
It was stated that James Tatum never married. His brother, Howell Tatum, was living in 1813 in Davidson County, Tennessee, he was, also, an officer in the Revolutionary War.
Nancy Nash, whose address in 1858 was Dyersburgh, Tennessee, stated that James Tatum was her mother's brother, and that her father's name was "Rhodham Rawlings". One Mrs. Franklin was referred to as a niece of James Tatum.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of James Tatum, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
James Tatum Certificate # 930 Issued June 9, 1818 Rate $20.00 per month Commenced April 11, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To James O'Callaghan Greeting . We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valor, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be our Colonel of the North Carolina Key-Stone Battery in the Army of the United States, to take rank as a Colonel from the 11th day of January A.D. 1776. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders as from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress the Committee of Congress forementioned or a Committee of the States.
3910
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board Attest
C. Schuyler Secretary of the Board of War
Witness the hand of John Hancock President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the 11th day of January 1776 and in the 1st year of our Independence.
John Jay

IT IS Hereby CERTIFIED;
That John Saturn late of the South Carolina Regiment was appointed a Lieutenant of the said Regiment to take Rank as such from the fourteenth Day of December 1779
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the War Office at Philadelphia the sixth Day of October 1781
[Handwritten signature: J. Mifflin]

District of West Tennessee
On the first day of April 1818
James Fatum came before me and claimed to be placed on the pension list of the United States, that he may receive the benefit of the provisions of an act of Congress passed in the winter of 1817 and 1818, enacted on the 18th of March 1818 entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". And after being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that he belonged to the Army of the United States during the revolutionary war, in Captain McBrady's company and in Captain Roach's company, commanded by Col. John Williams of the North Carolina continental line, that he entered the service on the 12th day of August 1777 as an Ensign in Captain McBrady's company and that he was promoted to a Lieutenancy to take Rank from the fourteenth day of December 1779 then in the 3rd North Carolina Regt. commanded by Col. James Hogan. That he was captured in Charles Town and did not leave the service until the end of the war at this time

he had been transferred to the First North Carolina Reg! commanded by Col. Thomas Clarke.
Sworn to and subscribed James L. Turner Lieut. before me John McNairy District Judge
on the 1st day of April 1818 Edmond Gamble (who states himself to be a brevet captain in the revolutionary war) came before me and made Oath that he has known the above James Talton since before the com- mencement of the revolutionary, that he was well acquainted with him dur- ing the revolutionary, war that the said Talton was an Officer in the army and served until the end of the war and that he believes the statements made above by the said Talton to be very correct.
Sworn to & subscribed E. Gamble before me John McNairy District Judge

State of Tennessee Davidson county Set
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Davidson county Oct Sessions 1830
On this 16 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court said court being a court of record in and for the county of Davidson in the State of Tennessee aforesaid as well by statute which created said court as the Jurisdiction and proceedings of said court which is according to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in amount keeping a record of its proceedings with power to fine and imprison, James Tatum late a Lieutenant in the north carolina line of the army of the revolution - Aged 63 years resident in Davidson county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war that he entered the service on the 19 th of August 1777 as an ensign under the command of Col. John Williams of the 9 th Regt. of the north carolina line that he continued in the service during the whole of the war - He was at the siege of Charleston and at Eutaw Springs had the command of three eighteen pounders under the command of Col. Malmada - He was during the war promoted to a Lieutenant and at the close of the war Honorably discharged. That he has received a pension and has a certificate dated 9 th June 1818 payable 4 th of March and Sep r by the president of the Nashville Bank Tennessee N o 930. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818. And I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any properties or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income than that which is

contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed My occupation is a shop Joiner but from age and infirmity I am totally unable to pursue it or any other from which a sustenance can be obtained. I have no wife nor child nor friend who is both able and willing to contribute to my support. And in fact such are my indigent circumstances that I am incapable of support- -ing myself without the aid of Government except by private or public Charity - Schedule 1 bolt 2 1/2 years old $125 An old saddle and saddle blanket. Bridle Martingale & Hatter 10 1 old trunk, 2 Razors with a case and shaving box. 1 shawl, one pair of Spectacles and case a silver watch 1 memorandum Book 3 old pocket books, one pair of old saddle bags and 20 Sack 1 blotter brush. 1 pocket knife $155..
Bank bills $16.75 balance of pension money
16.75
$171.75
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court on the day and year first above written
Nathan Ewing Clerk
James Tatum
The court after hearing evidence are of opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is one hundred and Seventy one dollars 75 cents all which is ordered to be entered of record and certified by the clerk
Will Williams chairman of the county court of Davidson
State of Tennessee Davidson County do.
I Nathan Ewing Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify to whom it may concern that the foregoing is a True copy from the Records in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court at Office in Nashville this 2 nd day of April in the year of our Lord A.D. 1821 and 45 th year of American Independence
Nathan Ewing

Sept. 15, 1937 Shreveport La.
Veterans Administration Washington D. C.
Kindly give me the information contained in the pension paper of James Tatum Rev. War (Bro. of Capt Howell Tatum) of N.C.
Yours truly Mrs L. G. Pugh R. F. D # 1. Shreveport La.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aug
December 2 1929. Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 18
Mrs. John B. Moyer 3322 Lombard Ave Everett, Wash.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 39103, it appears that James Tatum was appointed, August 13, 1777, Ensign in Captain McCrory's Company, Colonel John Williams' Ninth North Carolina Regiment, appointed, January 1, 1778, Second Lieutenant in Captain Rochel's Company, Colonel James Hogun's North Carolina Regiment, and appointed, December 14, 1779, Lieutenant in Colonel Mebane's North Carolina Regiment, he was captured at the surrender of Charleston, and was prisoner during the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of West Tennessee. In 1820, he was sixty-three years old,
Hickson does not give James Hogun in 9 th N.C. Reg.

and a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee.
It is stated that soldier never married.
The above noted James Tatum (Tatom or Tatham) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Saturn , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. SJ 39102.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 12 1777 Ensign McLooy John Mellen 9 Regt of N.C.   Jan 1 1778 2 nd Lt Bochel James Hogan 3 Regt of N.C.   Dec 14 1779 Lieut McBane   and captured at surrender of Charleston and was prisoner during the war  
Battles engaged in, See above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 1, 1818. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, West Tenn: Davidson Co Tenn. in 1820.
Age at date of application, 63 years in 1820.
Remarks: Soldier never married. Date & place of death not on record.

Rev Sec May 23, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Will you kindly inform me whether the following Revolutionary war soldier ever applied for a pension.
James or Jesse Tatum served as an Ensign and Lieutenant and maybe Captain in North Carolina.
I am particularly desirous of information about his wife and children; also where he was living when he applied for a pension, and where he died, all dates.
I also wish to know if a James Hendricks who served as a Major and a Colonel in Virginia regiment ever applied for a pension - where he was living and where he died, and all information you have that pertains to his wife and family & all dates.
I shall greatly appreciate it if you will send me all the information you have that pertains to both these Revolutionary soldiers.
Trusting that you will give this your prompt attention, I am,
Very Respectfully,
(Miss) Mary Stewart,
353 McCallie Avenue,
Chattanooga,
Tennessee.

Nº2049
EAST TENNESSEE NATIONAL BANK
DESIGNATED STATE & UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
CAPITAL $400,000. 00 SURPLUS $700,000. 00
ESTABLISHED 1872.
F. L. FISHER, PRES. W. W. WOODRUFF, V. PRES. HAL S. HARRIS, V. PRES. S. V. CARTER, CASHIER. M. V. BOYD, ASST. CASHIER. WM. RULE, JR., ASST. CASHIER.
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
4/18/23
Commissioner of Pensions Dept. of Interior Washington D. C.
Sir: About a month ago I wrote you asking for information about Capt. Absalom Tatum, Capt. Howell Tatum and Lieut. James Tatum of the continental Army-1776. Since I have not heard from you this letter probably was lost in the mails. I would like very much to get any information you may have of these men. (Other than that contained in Heitman's) Would particularly like to know date and place of death or any family relations
Yours truly
E. R. Tatum % East Tenn Natl Bank, Knoxville Tenn

39 102
Rev INVALID.
File No. 39,102
James Tatum Sent Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 500
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 May 31. Attest to Miss Mary Stewart.
1923 June 13. Dist. to E.P. Tatum m. m. H.
1927 Dec. 2. Dist. to Mrs. John B. Moyer. See letter in Mrs. Moyer's L.S. 3456 aug.
1927 Oct. 7. Dist. to Mrs. P.H.

Small Office Oct: 15 th 1858.
Madam.
In answer to your letter of the 5 th inst. I have to state, that Lieutenant James, Fatum, was pensioned under the Act of 18 th March, 1818. He continued under the Act of 1 st May, 1820 at $20. per month. If he received his pension to the day of his death, there is nothing due his heirs under existing pension laws. I am unable to find the name of Howell Fatum, upon the Tennessee pension roll. If he was pensioned & drew his pension to his death there can be be anything due his heirs by virtue of the General pension laws.
The children of such a Revolutionary soldier are not entitled to anything under existing pension laws, unless such soldier or his widow were pensioned & then only to the amount which such
Oct. 15 th /58

pensioner failed to draw One such pension at his or her decease. You are not entitled to a pension in right of your father's service. Whether arrears of pension are due the heirs of St. J. Tatum. I am unable to determine. Application for arrears of pension should be made to the Third Auditor of the Treasury.
You have no remedy in reference to the case of your father, except in an application to Congress for relief.
Mr. Francis Nash. Dyersburgh. Dyer Co., Tenn.

Campbell & McEwen
Dec 23

Pension Office, December 23. 1858.
Gentlemen -
In reply to your letter of the 11 th instant I have to state that arrears of pension are recoverable alone only through application to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, with whom you should correspond in relation to the case of James Saturn.
Enquiries of this kind must be accompanied by proper power of attorney.
Messrs. Campbell & McEwen Franklin, Tennessee.

Franklin S. Dec 11 th 1858
Dear Bro. G. B. Whiting
Dear Sir
We write you at the request of Mr. Nash & Mr. Franklin Nieces of the late James Tatum, who was a revolutionary soldier - and need a pension they are advised that his heirs are entitled to some remnant of said Pension And as he never was married left no widow, & no child - and no brother nor sister living. his nephews & nieces would would take as his heirs of law and next of kin, and as there are no other kin living they are advised that that they would be entitled to the fund. You will therefore examine your books and report to us what said Tatum would be entitled to, & what act and by what form we would apply under for same. & send us that form as early as possible as Mr. Nash will be here soon from West Tennessee to see about the matter.
Yours Respectfully, Campbell H. Brown

James Tatum
Dec 19 1821
930
(Nico)
Davidson Co
Washington
Con August 2, 1821, and sent to County Clerk
Nashville Tenn.
File

I am Sir
Not seeing My name on the Roll of the Tennessee Agency I presume that my papers were lost with the mail in Mansco's Creek I therefore enclose you a copy of the same.
Yours James Salum
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James Fatum's claim for a Pension

This may certify to all whom it may concern, that I have been acquainted with the applicant James Talton and his brother Horace Talton a great number of years and do believe them to be men of un doubted credit and that I am perfectly satisfied of the truth of their statements. They both reside in the county of Davidson in the State of Tennessee. The Applicant is a very poor man never under my hand other than 11/10/18 April 1818
John McNairy District Judge