Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31768, for William Husbands, North Carolina

SERVICE
N. 6.
Husbands, William
NUMBER
S. 31768
CONTENTS

1. Alabama 1834.
Wm. Grubbs. of Greene Co in the State of Ala. who was a Rec't in the Ala. — commanded by Captain Hays. — of the Reg't — commanded by Col. Love. — in the Alabama line for 2 years.
Jan. 1834. to 1835. Alabama. at the rate of 80. Dollars 00. Cts per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Feb. 33 and sent to Genl. C. in decr. Col. Wm. Greene. also.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 33, 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. G. Calmet Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 46.

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Mr William Husbands
Greensborough
Green County
Alabama
(mail)

Sir,
Richmond County N.C. 21. July 1852.
While in Ala, last winter (say February), I wrote to you from Vernon, thinking that I should hear from you long before this but have as yet been disappointed, not withstanding I feel disposed at this time to drop a few lines, which I hope will be for your benefit, if not here before as a living (N.C.). Congress ever says as a general rule an act compensating revolution-ary soldiers, which I presume from information you ought to have been conversant one. if not under that act, you will certainly be embraced in the last act of Congress (say the present session), as entitled to a pension — under this interpretation I am induced to trouble you with this — several of your old associates and friends in this County have gathered up all the proof in their power to forward on to Washington City, for the purpose of receiving a pension. say No. 1. Williams. Moses Knight Thomas Cook. old Mr Clemens. John Dawkins is trying to move, and I expect Cooker Curvy. and I suppose many others of this County will make an effort. — I should suppose Isaac Williamson will try. — I should suppose you would have no hesitation in helping forward to receive a pension from the very government which you so bravely fought for, and finally established. there is no difficulty in establishing

you claim, for your exertions and bravery are well known in this section of the Country, during the struggle and trying times in the revolutionary war, your name stands upper most among your associates. — I will now call your attention to your relatives in this quarter. our sister Nancy appears to enjoy our usual health. — Charles Robinson and family all well. your mother Lucy appears to be on the decline from what I can learn. She is living with Jacob Perkins; Nancy appears, and Polly Nelson — is just so so. — Walter Leak & John McQuester, is well and healthy — we have very sorry crops throughout the Country from what I can learn, except immediately in the vicinity of Rockingham. — your old friend and acquaintance Elias Daly is no more. he died 2 or 3 months ago perfectly blind. Thos. Pleasants lost his wife in April last, the old man is quite inferm. I am anxious to see your Journal of the different sections of the Country since you left us together with your opinion of the best section of Country. — Sister your friend Wm Mims is still living, and lives within 100 yards of my house. — the people is somewhat alarmed in this section of the Country about the Cholera, the last accounts from New York mentions States, that the disease was increasing — the Bowel Complaint is raging in the neighborhood, and 2 or 3 children have died with the Complaint. — a great revival of religion is going through this Country. — Maj. Gaines is dead, dead about 2 months ago. — Yours truly, T. L. Vaughn

Dear Brother I will drop you a few lines to inform you of you Mother in this country of Ohio and family are well She has lately had a rather hard time and I am well and wish my Mother and Sister were here but the time things are peaceful I hear no talk of unpleasing got a blow at the last great meeting that was at Haber michel the first of July it commenced for a 3 days meeting and lasted near 6 and great numbers was converted and awakened and I am in hopes some of them are amongst the happy number. Sally Levan and Husband moved last fall to Indiana and I understand are well pleased Sally happened to light amongst her relations the Sneed who is very kind to her - I want you to write soon and more particularly to Sister and give your self more time and give me a part a count of Elizabeth and Lewis marriage who too and they are making out and of your self like wise and remember me in particular manner to Sally and all the children and tell them to look a head the heaven just ahead and if they prove faithful a crown of life they shall wear and palms of victory bear I nothing more but remain your affectionate Sister
P.S.
Until Death Ann Husbands
Jacob Lampldy Lives where Elizah Morris formerly lived, and Morris went to Kentucky adjoining the western district,

17559 V
William Husbands
For Application
Pension
Alabama County

William Husband For application Pension

The State of Alabama
Greene County
Circuit Court
On this 28 th day of September
A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Anderson Greenhaw Esq. of the Circuit Court of the County of Greene aforesaid now telling William Husbands a resident citizen of the said County of Greene and State of Alabama and being three years on the fifth day of January last past 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 Anno Domini 1832
That he was born on the fifth day of January in the year 1832 in Union County North Carolina. He has no family register of his age except a transcript from the family bible in which it was registered.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated in the summer of the year 1870 he was drafted in the State Militia in Richmond County which was formed out of that part of Union County in which he was born and served until that period in the State of North Carolina to perform an expedition against the Cherokees who had been troublesome to the settlements in North and South Carolina. This expedition was performed and the soldiers engaged in it were drafted for three months
He the place where he performed duty in this service was at  at  the place where he does not now remember. the Davidson was the  the  the  the given name is also forgotten. Col. David Love commanded the troops that were called upon this occasion in the said County of Richmond as also in Union

Montgomery he heard a place called Pleasant Gardens near the Mountains were mostly joined by South Carolina troops. The troops encountered small parties of Indians but never had an serious engagement. These Indians were mostly seen in the deep wood of Gilbert Town, in which there was a small neighborhood fort for the protection and defense of the slaves. The said William Hubbard can not remember the names of any of the South Carolina officers. The South Carolina troops before composed of entire strangers to him and half a century has elapsed since his memory his recollection of the officers of the South Carolina troops or their number. When he the said William Hubbard returned from this expedition he volunteered his services in expedition against the Tories who were exceedingly numerous among the Scottish settlers in the town Richmond County and the Sea board. In this service he the said William Hubbard was engaged until he joined the expedition to Charleston as hereinafter stated. The nature of this service against the Tories consisted in short expeditions, very frequently repeated and under the command of different officers. In this service the said William Hubbard was commanded successively by Captains James Fraser, Patrick Brown and William Wall, Col: Thomas Wayne, Thomas Crawford and Edward Williams commanded these expeditions against the Tories. As a substitute for one Colonel Snodgrass, he went on an expedition to Charleston in South Carolina. Upon this occasion he was commanded by Captain John Donaldson, John Dow, Lieutenant of Major the was out Major whose given name is not remembered, and Henry Harrison (afterward General) was an Colonel. When these troops arrived at Charleston that City was blockaded by sea, and besieged by land. The troops from North Carolina got into the City in the night by water, in boats, which went down Cooper river and into the Port of Charleston. General Clinton commanded the British troops by which Charleston was besieged. The said William Hubbard remained in the City of Charleston about forty days, during which period almost every night the town was bombarded, and also in the day time, but not so much as at night.

The said William Husband was upon duty nearly every other night Charleston despite the last, and the said William Husband was made a prisoner of war. While the militia were in the condition of prisoners of war they were frequently visited by the British officers who endeavored to obtain recruits from amongst them for their own army. The militia were however not detained prisoners very long. In some six or eight or ten days all the prisoners belonging to the militia service were set at liberty upon condition that they would not again engage in the war until they were exchanged. The said William Husband returned home and did also very soon after. Not from the landing his parole he engaged immediately in another short expedition against the Tories. This was scarcely accomplished when the British army under the command of Lord Rawdon arrived at the Chehaw Hills on Pedee river. Lord Rawdon made proclamation offering protection to all who would submit or take the oath of allegiance to the King of Great Britain. Many persons who lived in the vicinity of the said William Husband who would not accede to these terms fled into Wake County in the State of North Carolina and he the said William Husband among others. A short time after his retreat to Wake County as aforesaid the said William Husband joined a party in Rowan County Dancy where Francis Marion was stationed, and as is also the name of the Captain in whose company the said William was placed. Lord Cornwallis was stationed at this time with his army at a little town in the Rowan County North Carolina called Charlestown. He had sent out a detachment to guard Wheat at the mills of Col. Stock. About a week after he joined General Day in Rowan County as aforesaid the said General Day sent out a scouting party consisting of about twenty men whom he the said William was one under the command of Major Dixon. Major Rutledge was also along with the party all of whom were mounted. This scouting party fell in with the detachment of British at Col. Stock mills and in the engagement which took place he was severely wounded in the leg. In consequence of this wound

4 the said William was unable to accompany the American army at that time under the Command of General Doy and was displaced for about eight or ten miles; He returned to his place of residence in Richwood County on the Ohio river until the expiration of the time above mentioned. Immediately thereafter, and as soon as his wound was healed he joined the Greenup parties against the Tories who were still very troublesome, burning of houses, plundering of property and abridging all liberties of Men and Children. His services against the Tories consisted of short expeditions repeatedly made under the Command of different officers, to wit: Col. Braden, William and Crawford. He was repeatedly engaged in which in his service in sight of his enemies on one of which occasions, balls were shot through his clothes. In this manner the said William Husband was employed until the close of the war against Great Britain. After the close of the war the said William Husband continued to reside in Richwood County formed as a part of the said County of Mason until the year 1818 when he removed to Wayne County, Mississippi. He remained from Wayne County, Mississippi to the City of Mobile where he resided two years, and then returned to the County of Wayne in the State of Mississippi aforesaid where he continued to reside until his removal to Green County in the month of November 1830, in which County he now resides. The said William Husband never received any other discharge from the service, except one received from General Doy, at the time he received his wound and was incapable of attending the army. This discharge has been lost, since the close of the war, the said William believing that it would never be necessary to produce it and supposing it was of no value to him.
The said William Husband, he believes that Parson Enoch Jones, James Darden, James Mowett and others also bro't him as to his character for veracity and their knowledge of his services as a soldier of the revolution, he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or allowance except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or the United States. Subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid. James Yeates Clerk.  WILLIAM HUSBAND

Enoch James being also duly sworn in Open Court according to law deponeth and saith that he knew William Husbands in Richmond County North Carolina during the revolutionary war, and recollects perfectly well having seen him on two occasions and probably of his marching with the American troops to subdue the Tories, who were at that time exceedingly troublesome, burning of houses, plundering of property, and capturing the American citizens. The said Husbands was several years older than this deponent but he recollects distinctly that said Husbands had the reputation in the neighborhood of having been engaged in nearly the whole of the revolutionary war against the British and Tories. This deponent was raised in Richmond County North Carolina and from his personal knowledge of the character of the said William Husbands and from his reputation generally he has no hesitation in declaring that he has full confidence in all the statements of the said William Husbands and believes that he is entitled to full faith and credit upon oath. Subscribed in Open Court this 21 st day of March 1861. Enoch James Court the day and year aforesaid Ezekiel James Clerk.
Before Albrooks and James being duly sworn in Open Court according to law depones and says that they had been acquainted with William Husbands for about twenty five years. He first formed an acquaintance with him in Richmond County North Carolina. He was regarded by the citizens of Richmond County as having been a genuine whig and good soldier during the revolutionary war, in nearly

the whole of which he had the reputation of serving against the British and Tories. He was esteemed as a man of unquestioned courage by the people amongst whom he resided in Richmond County North Carolina and was frequently spoken of as having performed special service as a private against the British and Tories, the latter more particularly. From this knowledge of his character they have no hesitation in saying that they have full confidence in the statements of the said William Husband and believe him worthy of full faith and credit upon oath. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid. E. S. Abbot Attest James G. Gales Clerk.
The State of Alabama
Greene County The Enoch Jones - a clergyman residing in the County aforesaid and in the vicinity of the said William Husband and Lissa Abbot. Residing also in the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said William Husband who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be thirty three years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid. Enoch Jones Attest James G. Gales Clerk. E. S. Abbot
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the aforesaid applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Enoch Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a

Clayman resident in the County of Greene and that before Act 1830-31 who has also resided the same is a resident in the said County of Greene, and is a credible person and that the above mentioned is entitled to credit. Anderson Greenhaw Judge presiding.
I James Yates Clerk of the circuit Court of the County of Greene aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of William Husbands for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said Office, this 26th day of September in the year 1832. James Yates Clerk
County of Greene to wit he has resided
The State of Alabama Greene County to wit } Personally appeared before me Walter R. Moffett a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid William Husbands who being duly sworn deponeth 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 two months I served as a drafted private of the State Militia, For three months I served as a private in the State Militia as a substitute for one Solomon Gnead. For two years I served as a volunteer and for such service I claim a pension Wm Husbands Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27th day of May A.D. 1833 W. R. Moffett Justice of the Peace

31768 Key INVALID.
File No. 31,768
Mr. Husband
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13. 340
Mr. Husbands
Adm 2 years
$80.
J. C. Medicos Eric Greenlea Alabama

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

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that James L. ... Master ...  Signature appears to an attestation of the above suspended affidavit of William ... who now is and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and commissioned; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law his signature thereto is Genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the fifth day of June 1833 and of American Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST, Isaac C. Snedecor CLERK.
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court, of said County, do, hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
Given under my hand seal this 5th day of June 1833 T. F. Moody Judge of said Court.
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk, of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above certificate, now is, and at the time of his signing the same, was Judge of the County Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of Signature thereto is Genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the fifth day of June 1833 and of American Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST, Isaac C. Snedecor CLERK.