Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6409, for Solomon Loftis, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Loftis, Solomon
R 6409
Margaret B.
CONTENTS

Margaret Loftis wid: of Solomon
Pension
power of atty
M. Cole
Dec 19/55
M. Thompson Present

South Carolina } I Margaret Loftis (3) Greenville District } do hereby appoint and constitute Mr M. Thompson of Washington city my lawful and true Attorney in the case of Solomon Loftis my late husband, decd, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, to examine and prosecute the said claim. Now in the Prisons Office. I do hereby revoke all other Attorneys in the said case.
Given under my hand this the 8 th day of April 1853 In Witness of
here Margaret X Loftis mark
B. E. Compton Hilton Compton

Guadalupe, La.
Power of Attorney to Mr. Crawford & Co. to authorize the rotation of shares
Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of December 1852
We desire to see the happier in this case
Edward Smith
Dec 13 1852
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South Carolina Greenville District
I know all men by these presents that I, Margaret
B. Loftis Widow of Solomon Loftis late of the district and State aforesaid. do hereby nominate. constitute and appoint J. L. Edwards & Co. My Lawful Attorney to prosecute, and examine the case of Solomon Loftis deceased claim in the Pension Office. for his services as a Revolutionary soldier. and I do hereby revoke all or any other powers, of Attorneys, or Attorneys that has been appointed in the above named case.
Given under my hand and seal the Nov. 30. 1852.
In presence of us,
S. L. Edwards } Solomon Loftis
Margaret B. Loftis mark
M. Taylor Notary Public in & for Greenville District

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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6409
P. O.
Solomon Softus
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

6409
No 37579 Solomon Loftis Sc act 7 June 1832

South Carolina } Greenville District }
(1)
on this 18 th day of January 1848 "personaly appeared in open Court before the Court of ordinary now sitting Solomon Loftis a resident of Greenville District South Carolina aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to Law both on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the second day of March 1833. entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the year 1782 under the following named officers Capt. Henry Bob under Col Oned in North Carolina Caswel County and marched to Salisbury in North Carolina and kept garrison some time then marched some distance south of that place then returned to Salisbury and quartered Torys for some time and that he was discharged at the end of the war by Col Oned but has lost his discharge and has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who's testim- ony he can procure who can testify to his services He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Bro Watson Judge } of the court of ordinary }
Solomon his Loftis mark

We John M. Roberts a Clergyman residing in the State of South Carolina Greenville District and Charles P. Dill residing in the same State and District hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Loftis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 84 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. M. Roberts.
C. P. Dill
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 John M. Roberts who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the State of South Carolina Greenville District and that Charles P. Dill is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and the court further certifies that this declaration has the words Col. O'Neal interlined in the twentieth line from the top of the page. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th 11 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Jno Watson Judge of the court of ordinery

State of South Carolina } S. Robt M c Kay Greenville District. } Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the district aforesaid, do certify that John Watson who hath signed the within Certifi- cate is Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District, and that said Court is a Court of Record, and the foregoing Signature, pur- porting to be his, is Genuine, and that this Sheet contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Solomon Loftis for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereun- to set my hand and Seal of Office, this 26 th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1848.
Robt M c Kay Clerk of Greenville District, S.C.