Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9375, for Andrew Logan, South Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
S. b.
Logan, Andrew
S. 9375-
B. Mt. 38525-161-55
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS

12.312 South Carolina
Andrew Logan of Abbeville in the State of S. Car who was a P t — in the Comp y — commanded by Captain Moore — of the — — — commanded by — — — in the S. Car. time for 8 mo. & 5 days —
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 27. Dollars 21 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of April 1833 and in the name of the Speer in. Abbeville C.R. S. Car
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  54.42    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept —  13.60     68.02  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 73
W. 13 A/D 35 Pension — — — — — Piu as 3 Aug? Lt. W. C. Davis, Rec. 1/55 for same Rec 5/55
231675

231.075. Vol. 128 B
Jan. 8, 1856.
Andrew Logan
Andrew Logan,
Rev. A.
Pensioner.
Capt. John Irwin
Col. Anderson.
Gen. Andrew Pickens
Rev. 1880
Rev. 1883.
War of Revolutionary War of  Revolutionary War.
Ad: H. C. Co., Aug. 12/89
B. R. [unclear]
1/6 June 32 12312
Rev. A.
W. C. Davis Abbeville Co. S.C.
Vol. 1. 128.

17730
Andrew Logan Abbeville S.C.
Admt for 8 mo and 5 days a month $27.21
Thomas C. Spierin Abbeville C.H. South Carolina

BRIEF in the case of  Andrew Logan  of Abbeville D in the State of South 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? 67 or 68  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers   Years, Months, Days. under whom he served.     In 1787 1 6 1 or 5 weeks As a Gen. Capt John Irwin Capt Samuel Moore Gen. Pickens  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Chota town in Indian country  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abbeville district, S.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Court 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Bradford  Examining Clerk.

State of South Carolina Abbeville District } On this thirteenth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred fifty five personally appeared before me William Hill Judge of the Court of Ordinary now sitting for said District Andrew Logan a resident of Abbeville District of South Carolina aged ninety years. who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. and also for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land under the act of 3 rd of March A.D. 1835.
That he entered the service sometime in 1780, and that he served at different Periods up to 1783. That he first Entered the service under Capt. John Irwin & Col. Anderson. That after the siege of Ninety six was raised & he crossed over Saluda went to Fishdam Ford on Broad River went down on the east side of River to a little town then called Pinetree, remained there about 3 weeks. crossed over to the ridge 30 miles below Ninety six that Capt. Beals of the Dragoons about this time pursued some of the Tories & British had a skirmish & killed some few men.
That after this he went under the same Captain Irwin into the expedition against the Cherokee Nation. Col. Anderson & General Andrew Pickens were his commanders in the expedition against the Cherokee nation. That in the expedition they destroyed the Indian Huts & Burnt the Big Chota. That after he returned from this expedition. That he resided in Abbeville District at that time that he volunteered his services. But that he cannot now recollect the Dates. That he was a horseman in the service.
That he thinks that his name is now on the Pension Roll, that he then made application for Pension through the agency of Thomas Speir Esq. some probably twenty years ago that he recovered a pension & drew it only one year. But that he cannot now recollect whether Thomas Speir procured his Pension from the State of S.C. or from the United States but he is under the impression that it was from the United States. He further states that his Pension papers after he had neglected for a length of time to apply or draw his Pension, were placed in the hands of Hon. A. Burt M.C. to try & get what might be due him. That Hon. A. Burt never drew any thing for him. And now the papers have been mislaid or lost by Hon. A. Burt. That he has by his Attorney, frequently made application to Mr. Burt for them but he has been unable as yet to procure them. And he now asks that if his name is on the Pension Roll, that a Duplicate certificate of Pension may be issued to him upon his making sufficient proof of his Identity.

That his former application for Pension was signed by James Wardlaw as Clerk of the Court & Rev. Hugh Dickson. That having sent through Mr. Burt his certificate he is unable to draw any things. He also hopes that if he is entitled to Land Bounty under the act of 3 rd of March 1833 that his warrant will be issued under this application. That he has now no Documentary evidence of his services as a revolutionary soldier & does not know a single living witness by which he can prove his service. He is now only able to submit as evidence a certificate from the Comp. Generals office of this State certificate of his service for 133 days that he is satisfied that he was from time to time in the service altogether at least six months that he was upon several occasions employed as a member of a scouting party. That he thinks his Pension was drawn from the agency at Charleston by Mr. Joseph Black.
Mr. Burt
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
W. Hill. Judge of Court of Ordinary
We James McChiles a Clergyman residing in the State of South Carolina Abbeville District and E. R. Calhoun residing (in the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Logan. who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. that we believe him to ninety 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 to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
William Hill
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
Abbeville Dist. S.C.
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James McChiles E. R. Calhoun

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Comptroller General's Office - Columbia November 14 th 1885,
No 156 Book P. } Issued the 12 th April 1785 to Mr Andrew Logan. for Nineteen Pounds Sterling for 133 days Militia Duty as private Horseman from 1780. to 1783. Yrs account audited.
Principal £19" - - - - -
Annual Interest. £ 1" 6" 7.
State of South Carolina Dr
To Andrew Logan
For Duty as Private Horseman for Capt Geo Irvin. Pay Bill comm in 1780 th ending in 1783.
say 133 days at 20 th £ 133" - - - £ 19" - - -
South Carolina
Abbeville County }
To Peter Boguet & Agnes Mitchell (Esqrs)
Please deliver to John Logan the Indent due to me from the Public as also for the Interest due thereon and oblige your Humble servt.
Andrew Logan.
6 th Novr 1785
I do certify that I did see Andrew Logan sign his name to the above order Novr 6 th 1785.
William Moore. J. P.
Received 12 th April 1785 Full satisfaction for the with in in an Indent 156 Book P.
John Logan.
I do certify that the above Indent, account &c are true copies of the originals in this Office.
Thos P. Walker
Deputy Comptant
(Co seal of Office)

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 & served as he states. And the court further certifies that the Rev. James M Chiles who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of Abbeville District And that the said B W Palham is a resident of the same is a resident of Abbeville District S.C. and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
William Bell
Judge of the court of Ord. & Ab. Dist.
State of South Carolina Abbeville District
I Matthew McDonald clerk of the court in & for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of application of Andrew Logan for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the fifth day of November A D one thousand Eight hundred & fifty
Matthew Donald c. c. P. t. g. b.

Declaration of Andrew Logan an Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress 7 June 1832.
3
8 in the service upwards
State of South Carolina
17730

The State of South Carolina Abbeville District. ss
On this twentyfifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open court before the Hon'ble Rich d Gantt Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for said State & District now sitting Andrew Logan a resident of Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina aged sixtyseven or sixtyeight 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 7 June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States between the age of sixteen & seventeen years as a militia man under the command of Capt. John Irwin, and was called out, into the service, on or about the time that the siege of Ninetysix was raised by Gen l Green, in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and eightyone, he was marched in the said Company by Capt. John Irwin, who was under the command of Col l Robert Anderson & Gen l Pickens from Ninetysix District and across the Saluda River above the Indian boundary to the Fishdam Ford on Broad River in this State, from thence towards North Carolina & from thence by change of course down to the Congaree River, where he with the troops lay or were encamped for the space of two weeks, from thence he was marched up to what is called the Dutch Fork, from thence to a place called the Ridge, at which place a Capt. Beall's company killed several British soldiers and took several prisoners, from the Ridge he was marched back to Cambridge or Ninetysix which place on the arrival of the troops was in ruins, burning from the fire put to it, by the evacuated British, here he says, Capt. John Irwin's Company, with the rest of the troops, were dismounted or discharged after being out at least one month, the principal object of which tour of duty was to keep the Tories in awe and dread of the Whig force in the upper parts of South Carolina.
The applicant says that in a few days after his return & discharge with Capt. John Irwin's company he volunteered his services under one Capt. Samuel Moore a partisan Officer & continued to perform duty in the said company as a private mounted horseman for the full period of six months skirmishing scouting & running from place to place with celerity to keep the Tories in subjection in dread of the friends of Liberty, the corps was always dreaded by the Tories & done important service to the country.
The applicant again entered the service as a militia man under the aforesaid Capt. John Irwin, who was ordered together with other troops to march to the Cherokee country by Gen l Pickens, who commanded & conducted the expedition in person, the troops entered the Cherokee nation and arrived before a place called by the Indians Chota Town where a battle was fought, & the Indians defeated a large number of whom were put to flight, forty or fifty of them killed and about one hundred taken prisoners including men women & children, their town several buildings were destroyed also their corn & their defeat so complete that security to the whites was ensured, by the humble terms they offered for peace, the applicant says that he & the army returned to the settlements where dismounted after an absence on duty in this Indian Campaign of about four or five weeks. And which ended the services of the Applicant during the Revolutionary war.
Answers

Answers to certain Interrogatories
Ans to 1 st Intg - The applicant Andrew Logan says he was born in the State of North Carolina, but raised in Abbeville from about the age of nine months, and from the best of his knowledge, he was born in the year seventeen hundred and sixtyfour
Ans to 2 d Intg - The applicant says he has no record of his age, that the record of his age was destroyed by the British
Ans to 3 d Intg - The applicant says he was living in Ninetysix District, now Abbeville District, and within seven miles of Ninetysix or Cambridge, when he was called into service that he has lived within ten miles of the town of Cambridge or Ninetysix since the Revolutionary War, where he now lives. in
Ans to 4 th Intg - The applicant says that he was twice drafted, and that he once volunteered into service, but never was a substitute.
Ans to 5 th Intg - The applicant says that he cannot answer this Interrogatory further, that what his declaration states, he does not recollect any regular Officers, nor continental or militia Regiments to be clear or certain respecting them. in
Ans to 6 th Intg - The applicant says that he never received a written discharge, his discharges from service were always verbal
Ans to 7 th Intg - William Buchanan, James Irwin, Addison McGehee and Dr. Ephraim Calhoun are persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood, and who can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. in
The applicant also hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Andr. Logan
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Jas Wardlaw Clerk.
We Hugh Dickson a Clergyman residing in Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina and James Arnold residing in the same District and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Logan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixtyeight 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
Hugh Dickson Jas Arnold
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jas Wardlaw Clerk.

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 Hugh Dechson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina and that James Arnot who has also signed the same is a resident in the same District and State and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Richard Gault P.J.
James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Logan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office of the said Court this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States, of America.
J. Wardlaw Clerk.
I John Hodges do solemnly swear that the statements made by Andrew Logan in his foregoing declaration are facts well known to the deponent, that I and the applicant were brother soldiers in different services he has declared to: that we were together, although in different companies at the siege of Ninety six, marched with Green to the Congaree River & back the road the Applicant has declared to Cambridge again, that we were under Capt. Sam Moore, and that we were in the Indian battle at Choctaw town together, that the foregoing declaration of Andrew Logan is substantially correct, & that he is an honest man, and a respectable citizen of Abbeville District.
John Hodges
Sworn to in open Court
25 October 1832.
J. Wardlaw
Clerk.

Abbeville C. H.
Nov 16 th 1833
Sir
Enclose a please find application of Andrew Logan for Duplicate Pension Certificate, the original having been lost. I hope if consistent with the Business of your office, you will decide whether or not he is entitled to a renewal of his Pension immediately.
Your obt Servt W C Davis
Genl Manut Commr Pensions Washington City D.C.

231.975.

Abbeville C.H., Nov. 23 1833
Dear Sir,
Since I mailed to you the Pension Claim of Andrew Logan, I have received a letter from the Pension Agent at Charleston stating that, the name of Andrew Logan was on roll in his office, & that his Pension had been paid up to 1834 At which time it was marked suspended. And the cause of suspension was unknown to him
These facts were not stated in A. Logans Declaration, And I suppose if they were ever known to him he has entirely forgotten them. He stated that the matter was managed entirely by other persons, And seem to have forgotten every thing connected with it. I take the Liberty of stating these facts. Because I know the old gentleman would not be willing to draw any thing from the Government if he was not satisfied that he was justly entitled to it. So that if there was a good reason for his suspension from the Pension roll & that reason still exists He will of course insist upon nothing but his Land Bounty. If he is entitled to it from the proof that he has made
I am very resp t your ob t Serv t W. C. Davis
J. Minot Commrs Pension, Washington City D.C.

Andrew Logan SC - 1832 -
231.075.
Not entitled to a pension  ✓
Entitled to Land
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Asheville C. H.
Dec 10 th 1853
Sir
In reply to yours of the 1 st Inst., I would state that you have attached to his declaration a copy of the record taken from the Comptroller General's office by his deputy. Stating a service of 133 days. Upon a conference with Andrew Logan  him , he says that he was at different times actively engaged as member of a foraging & scouting party, for which he received no pay from the State, and consequently  the record of the the controller's office now only shows a payment of 133 days. But that from lapse of time it would be impossible for him to give any proof of service other than that contained in the Comptroller's office. If the 133 days certificate by the Comptroller is not sufficient to entitle him to a pension you will city his claim as one for Land Bounty under the Act of 3 rd of March 1853 to be considered in its turn.
Very Resp t
Your obed t Servant W. G. Davis
J. P. Kenner Comm. Pensions Washington City D. C.

Rev. War
9345 INVALID.
Rev. War
File No. 9375
Andrew Logan Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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J Ves Am

Andrew Logan
1832
Free
Rev. Minister of Pension's Washington City D. C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Andrew Logan of Abbeville District S.C. 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? 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? 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?
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.