Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5018, for Noah Latham, North Carolina

SERVICE
N.C.
Latham, Noah Polly
NUMBER
N. 5018
CONTENTS

7556 North Carolina Polly Latham
Ref?
widow of Noah Latham N.C. who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of February 1846. and sent to Hon J. R. J. Daniels House of Representatives
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
# June 17. 1846
Recorded in Book 4. Vol. 2. Page 157.

North Carolina 18053
Noah Latham
Pitt 6 th in the State of North Ca who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain Shute of the Reg t commanded by Col. Allen in the North Car. time for 8 mos
Inserted on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cts per annum to commence on the 25th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June 33 and sent Arch d Parker Greenville C. C.
Arrears to the 25th of March 33 — 53.32 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. — 13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary War { Act Jan. 7, 1832.
Recorded by John Miller Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 47
-Dead-
See letter 10 Aug 1839 to J. W. Atkinson. to Hon. J. B. S. Accts Dec. 13. 1842 same Feb. 21 43

State of North Carolina } Pitt county }
On this 3 rd day of February personally appeared before me Wm J Stanall acting justice of the peace in and for the county. Polly Latham aged seventy four years the present month who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of one Noah Latham who served as a private soldier in the militia during the Revolution, was a pensioner for a few years previous to his death which took place the 7 th of April 1835 and that she has not since married. She further declares that she was married to the said Noah Latham the 14 th of December 1784; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to 1794 viz: at the time above stated. She knows of no record or written proof of her marriage.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written. Polly S Latham mark
Wm J Stanall J. P.
State of North Carolina } Pitt county }
This 3 rd day of February personally

appeared before me Wm J Stancill an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Henry Stancill of full age, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Noah Latham the husband of Polly Latham whose name appears above - that he died sometime in 1835 and that this deponent understood and believes that the said Noah Latham was a pensioner & was in the habit of receiving a pension for some few years previous to his death - his widow Polly Latham has not since married and is poor & feeble and infirm - being a very old woman
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written by the said Henry Stancill who is deemed worthy of credit. Wm J Stancill J. G.
Henry Stancill
State of North Carolina } Pitt county } 3
1843 - The seventh day of February personally appeared before me Gould Stancill an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Thomas Latham, who after being duly sworn according to law deposes & says, that he is well acquainted with Polly Latham now living in the county of Pitt aforesaid & has known her ever since he was a boy. He is now nearly seventy years of age and recollects when the said Polly was married to Noah Latham, who served as a soldier in the Revolution war. Although this affiant is unable to state the precise

year when the marriage of the said Polly with the said Noah took place, he is satisfied it took place at least ten or twelve years before this affiant was married, which was in 1790; for this affiant was a small apprentice boy at the time. The said Polly is now very old and feeble and infirm, being afflicted with the palsy as this affiant has been informed and believes. This affiant thinks the said Polly has a child by the said Noah her husband born in wedlock something above fifty years of age. This affiant is not aware that there is any written record of the marriage of the said Polly with the said Noah as a record of marriages in this state is rarely ever kept.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day & date above written by the said Thomas Latham who is deemed worthy of credit. Goold Hoyt J.P.
Thomas Latham
State of North Carolina Pitt county
I Archibald Parker clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Mr. Goold Hoyt whose signature appears above me and was at the time of taking the foregoing declaration & affidavit an acting justice of the peace in & for said county and lawfully empowered to administer oaths & take affidavits.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office. This 14 th day of Feby. 1843.
Archibald Parker J.P.

State of North Carolina Pitt county
I Marshall Dickinson chair- man of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said county of Pitt do hereby certify that Archi- bald Parker whose signature appears above is clerk of said court - that his certificate is in due form of law & that full faith & credit is due to it as such. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this 14 th day of Feb. 1843 -
Marshall Dickinson Ch B
State of North Carolina Pitt county
N.C. July 7 1838 Philip Nathan
I Archibald Parker clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said county of Pitt do hereby certify that Marshall Dickinson is the Chairman or presiding officer of said court - that his certificate is in due form of law and that full faith and credit is due to it as such. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 14 th day of February 1843
Archibald Parker
Hon.
J. R. Daniel H. Rep.

The amended Declaration of Noah Latham in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.- State of North Carolina.
Pitt County
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Pitts and State of North Carolina, Noah Latham, who being duly sworn, deposes 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 five months, I served as a private in the Militia Company Com- manded first by Captain Jacob Shuford and afterwards by Capt. Samuel Dudley in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sepurus Callen under the general command of Genl. Cassell. as stated in my declaration heretofore made. And for three months I served as a private in the Militia Company commanded by Capt. Welch & afterwards by Capt. John Moore. and that my whole term of service was eight months, and for the time during which the service was performed I was not employed in any civil pursuit and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn to before me this day of May 1833.
Noah Latham
Justice of the Peace
Answers to the interrogatories propounded by the Court.
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
ans r I was born on Bath Creek in the County of Beaufort on the 8 th day of March & I believe in the year 1780.
2 nd Have you any record of your age?
ans r My father kept a record of my age in a family Bible, which I am

informed is now in the possession of the widow of my brother James Latham, who lives on Bath Creek in Beaufort County.
3 o Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans r I was living on Bath Creek in Beaufort County, when called into service. Since my return from the war I lived in Beaufort County two or three years & then removed to the County of Pitt where I have resided ever since and do now reside.
4 o How were you called into service. Were you drafted. did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Ans r I was first a substitute for Thompson Vines, when I served five months time. and I was then a substitute for John Jones, as whose substitute I served for three months.
5 o State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the troops, when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.
Ans r The only officer belonging to the regular & continental troops whose name I recollect is Colonel Buford, who joined the troops commanded by Genl Casswell some where in the State of South Carolina, with five hundred regulars and artillery. I do not recollect any other militia or Continental regiments than the ones commanded by Col. Buford, Col Allen & Col. Floyd. I was first marched into South Carolina for the relief of Charleston and went as far as the Santee River. hearing that Charleston was surrounded we there returned to Fayetteville. I was then sent on a foraging party & on my return to Fayetteville Genl Casswell had left Fayetteville for Charleston. I went after him and for his purpose of obtaining my discharge. In my second tour I did not join the main army at all.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it -
Answer. My first discharge I obtained from Genl. Coasmill in South Carolina; my last from John Madams at Harrisburg in North Carolina - both of my said discharges have been lost or mislaid -
7 State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for sobriety & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. Howell Hearn & Henry Stanhill. The former a clergyman the latter a justice of the Peace. whose certificates are annexed to my declaration -
Sworn to and Subscribed this 3 rd day May 1833
Arch d Parkman ecc
I Archibald Parkman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions Sittings do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the amended declaration of the said Court in the matter of the application of Arch d Latham for expenses and I do further testify that William Pugh Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for said County, and that due faith and credit ought to be given to his signature in his official capacity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3 rd day May 1833
Arch d Parkman ecc

Book Lathan
21185

CLk.
Henry
We Howell Hearn a clergyman - and Archibald Stanley Esquire Justice both Justices Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions of the County of Pitt, & both residing in the said County, do hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Noah Latham, the applicant who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy years of age: that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Howell Hearn
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Russell
And Paton CLk.
And the said Court do hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant served as he states: and the Court further Certifies, that it appears, to its satisfaction, that Howell Hearn, who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Pitt, and that Archibald Henry Shaeffer Esq. Justice who has also subscribed the name is a highly respectable citizen of the said County, & withal is one of the Justices of the Court  the Clerk of the Court named in the said Certificate & that their statement is entitled to Credit as is also that of Col. Thomas Latham.
Judge of the Court Esq.

I Archibald Parker Clerk of the Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions of the County of Pitt in the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Latham, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand - and the seal of the said Court, at office, in Greenville, this 1 th day of November 1832.
H.
Archd. Parker
Clerk
State of North Carolina Beaufort County
Personally appeared before me, Joseph B. Binton one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County - on this 24 th day of August 1832. First - Mary Waters, a resident of the said County, now sixty eight years of age, who being first duly sworn according to Law, saith that she is sister to Noah Latham of the County of Pitt - that she well recollects of the said Noah Latham's having been hired as a substitute by Thompson Vines - and afterwards by John Bowen, to go as a sol- dier in the Revolutionary War for each of them: she recollects that he went away each time with the soldiers & remained away a good while & recollects his re- turn home each time: but cannot remem- ber the dates or length of time he was absent either time. She is in feeble health & is not able to go to Court to prove the

Sworn to & subscribed this 24 th Aug. 1832. before me.
Jos. B. Denton JP
her Mary X Waters. mark
State of North Carolina.
I William Ellison, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Beaufort, do hereby certify that the above named Joseph B. Denton, who attested the above affidavit of Mary Waters, is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly Commissioned & sworn. & that his attestation as such is entitled to full faith & credul- ity under my hand & the seal of the said Court, at office in Washington, this 24 th Aug. 1832.
Wm Ellison Clerk
above.

Noah Latham
N. C.
N o 21185
Alma a pueris
8 mo. $26.66
c. m.
Arch d Parker  born  in Elliston Ch. R. court Pleas to Jefferson Pitt Co N.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 20 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Noah Latham
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     sub. reg 5 Pri. Capt. J. Shute Col. Sakers 73 years Traditional Witnesses   " 3 " Capt. S. Dudley Allen   " Capt. H. Moore Genl. Caswell  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, deponeth 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, as 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the hours, 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

W. File No.5,018 Rev. War, Noah Latham, was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832 while a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina.
He stated that he was born March 8, 1760, on Bath Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina, where he resided when he enlisted about two months before the capture of Charleston, as a Private in the North Carolina militia, and served under Captains Jacob Shute and Samuel Dudley, Colonels Sessums and Allen, nearly five months. He again enlisted, before the battle of Guilford Court House, and served under Captains Welch and John Moore for three months.
Noah Latham married December 14, 1784, Polly (Mary) Whitekar. He died April 7, 1835 and she was allowed pension on her application executed February 3, 1843, while a resident of Pitt County, North Carolina. She was seventy years of age in that same month of February, 1843.
No names of children are stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Latham - 2.

8530
Polly Latham
St. J. R. Daniel July 7:45
act 7. July '38.

1608 Fulton Ave., Davenport, Iowa. 12 th November, 1918.
The Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Kindly send me the pension record of Nov 18 Noah Latham, Private in the War of the Re- bellion, from the State of North Carolina. Pension granted and reported by the Secretary of State.

by to Congress in 1835.
Also kindly send any record on file of Phineas S. 41,752 Latham, Sergt. in Capt. Vail's Co., 2 d Reg., N. C. Continental Line. Enlisted in Sept 1777. What was his promotion May 1779.
Anything on record of the families of these men would be appreciated. I am
Very Respectfully
(Mrs) Mary Latham Norton

1918 Nov. 22. Hist. to Mrs. Mary Latham Norton. P.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5018
Child - in name
Will
Irati Latham
Rev. Rev. Da
Act: Nov. 2nd June 1914
Index: —Vol. 24 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Home of Reps.
Dec. 19. 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions
In the case of Mary or Polly Latham in which I received a communication sometime since I beg leave to submit to the Department what I know of Thomas Latham the witness who testifies to the marriage of said Mary Latham.
I have a personal acquaintance with Col. Thos. Latham of Beaufort county N. C. and believe him to be entitled to full faith & credit. Col. Latham is reported to be wealthy & as I consider him a understand, is among the influential & leading men in the county. He has heretofore represented his county in the State Legislature.
very respectfully J. R. Daniel

Washington City
Dec. 20. 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir
In my note to you yester- day respecting the testimony in the case of Elizabeth  Elizabeth  Adams  Adams I admitted to men- tion that she is yet alive as I presume, having heard her spoken of last fall as being then alive and not having heard of her death since.
very respectfully your obedt servt J. R. [?]

8530
8432
Jolly Latham 439
Widow of Noah Latham, private,
8 months
$26:66 per ann.
N. Carolina Role
Acts 7 July 1838, march 3 1843 & June 17. 1844
married
14 Dec. 1784
husband died 7 April 1835
Beit: to Hon. J. R. J. Daniel H. Reys

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The Certificate of the Clerk of the County Court of Pitt, in The Case of Mary Latham (widow of Noah Latham) upon an application for a Pension. —
State of North Carolina
Pitt County
I McRibald Parker, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, Certify that I have upon application, made diligent search in my Office, (it being the place in which all marriage bonds are required by law to be deposited,) and can find no marriage bond or bond for license issued for the marriage of Noah Latham and Mary Latham whose maiden name (I understand) was Mary Whitekar. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office This 8 th day of May 1875. — McRibald Parker (R)

88530 Polly Latham
Nb.
act. 7. July '38

Declaration of Noah Latham, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of North Carolina. { November Term 1832 Pitt County. } To wit
On this 6 th day of November 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, for said County, now sitting, Noah Latham, a resident of said County, and who was born in the County of Beaufort, N.C. aged upwards of seventy 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 the 7 th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as therein stated, that is to say
He was hired as a substitute by Thompson Vines of the County of Beaufort in this State, and as his substitute, entered the Militia Company of or commanded by Jacob Shute, and marched under his orders, until he reached Greenville in the County of Pitt in this State, when the said Company was placed under the command of Captain Samuel Dudley, and the Regiment was attended by, & both appeared to have the command by turns, viz Col o Sepums & Col o Allen. General Caswell was Commander in Chief. The draft which required the said Vines to find a substitute was for a three months term of service & therefore it was for that length of time, that this applicant engaged to serve. His recollection is too imperfect to enable him at this late day to fix the date of his so entering the service, but he recollects that it was about

two months before the Capture of Charleston S.C. after entering the service his Corps was marched on towards Charleston for the relief of that City - and on the Santee River, they received news that the Enemy had closely invested the City by sea & land, and therefore halted at that place for some time, and then marched back to Fayetteville in this State. and thence this applicant was sent on a fatigue party down the Cape Fear, upon a foraging ex- pedition, and on his return, found that his comrades had been discharged - at or about Fayetteville - & he had to go about thirty miles to find General Caswell, who gave him his discharge, at Smiths ferry - on the Cape Fear River, in this State. His entire service from the time he entered the Army until his discharge therefrom, as the substitute of said Vines, was nearly five months. Some time before the Battle of Guilford Court House this applicant again entered the service of the United States, by taking the place of • John Bowen, and as his substitute - in the County of Beaufort in this State; and entered the Militia Company, commanded by • Capt Welch - and his contract was for a three months term; that said Captain Welch marched him & his company on to Nash Court House in this State, where the said Captain became sick & quit his command some time afterwards Captain John Moore took the Command of the Company & divided them into parties - to procure waggon Tim- ber - some to molding of Bullets - and this applicant & others, was sent as a Guard of the public Stores - into the upper part

a of Virginia - where, at the house of one John Young the same was guarded until after the Battle of Guilford Court House - and then he as- sisted to guard the said stores to Harrisburg in this state; where, the residue of his said three months engagement, he was employed in divers kinds of labour to enlarge the supplies of the Army & promote the public interest - and received his discharge from John M'Adams at Harrisburg - His whole term of service, under both of said engagements was between seven & eight months. He has lost his discharge, & many years since every document which he had, to prove his said service: that he knows of no other persons now living, by whom he can prove his said service, ex- cept such as he has gotten to testify for him; thereunto is annexed the proofs which they have made. He is now past hard labour. is a very poor man & has a burdensome family to support. He has lived  since the Revolution in the County of Franklin and then  He hereby relinquishes every claim what- over to a pension or annuity except that present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, except that of the State of North Carolina.
Sworn to & subscribed, { Noah Latham the day & year aforesaid } W. L. Parker Cks.
Giddens Petit, a citizen of the County of Pitt aged about 70 years & being duly sworn here in open Court, saith, that he was a Soldier of the Revolution, and was then

is well acquainted with Noah Latham, (the ap- plicant who swore to & subscribed the above declaration) that he knew him as a soldier in the Company Commanded by Captain Dudley: that he was with him nearly the whole of the period of service first mention- ed by said Latham in the above declaration, & believes he did serve as he states & was honorably discharged in the manner he has mentioned: that he has had an intimate acquaintance with said Latham since the War, up to the present time, & truly believes that he performed the other term of service which he has mentioned in said declaration - having always understood that he did do so - and that he is, though a poor man, a man of fair character & unexceptionable veracity.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above mentioned
Richd. Parker, Clk.
Given by J. Pettit with
Col o Thomas Latham, a citizen of the Coun- ty of Beaufort & State aforesaid, aged about Sixty Years, came here into open Court & being duly sworn according to Law, doth swear, that he well recollects, the circum- stance of Noah Latham (who signed & swore to the above declaration) coming to his father's House with his knapsack on his back, as a soldier, just as it was then said, for the service - in the War of the Revolution: but he cannot recollect the date or any other circumstance connected with that occurrence. Thomas Latham Sworn to & subscribed the day & date aforesaid. Richd. Parker, Clk.

9860
Rep
North Carolina
Polly Latham
Widow of Noah Latham who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 7 th April 1835 of Pitt Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Shute of the regt. commanded by Col Allen in the N. C. line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of February 1846, and sent to Hon. J. R. J. Daniell, House of Representatives.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 295