Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20437, for Richard Tatum, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. L.
Tatum, Richard
R, 20437
CONTENTS

742
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R. Tatum.
rec d 4 Aug. 1828
ask d 23
Knoxville

Georgia } I now all men by these Cranford County } presents that I Richard Fat- sum of said County of Cranford County in said state of Georgia do hereby declare that I enlis- -ted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termi- -nation at which period I was a private sold- -ier in Captain Taylor's Company in- Colonel Brown's Regiment of the Contin- -ental line And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the num- -ber of Eighty dollars to which I was enti- -tled by a resolve of Congress passed on the fifteenth day of May Eighteen hundred hundred and seventy eight and as- further declare that I was not on the pension list of the United States on the fifteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty eight I also further declare that I had a discharge but that the same is lost or mislaid so that I cannot find it
The foregoing statement sworn to & subscribed before me this 23 day of July 1828 Richard his Fatum mark
W.H. Brooks J.P.

Grazia } Before me William H Crawford County } Brooks a portion of the parish of said County of Crawford and state of Georgia personally appeared Lewis Mobley Michael Lamb Wm D Tatum Alfred James Lamb and Moore Tatum who did severally make oath that Richard Tatum by whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed is generally reputed and belie- ved to have been a private soldier in the army of the Revolution in Macon as therein stated Witness my hand This 23 rd day of July 1828
Lewis Mobley
Michael Lamb
William H Brooks J.P.
Wm D Tatum
James Lamb
Moore Tatum

Georgia } Clerk's office Superior Crawford County } Court of said county — I Alexander H. McEanta Clerk of the Superior Court of Crawford County in the state of Georgia do certify that James William H. Brooks before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time and is now a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no seal of office this 23 rd day of July 1898
Alexander H. McEanta C.S.B.C.C.

Rejected Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20437
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Richard Patum.
Pris.
Capt Taylor.
N. E. Linn.
Very Man
REJECTED
Filed at _____
_____ other claim.
_____, 187____
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Evidence insufficient. Act 1828

Ov Ry
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20. 437
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Richard Yalurn. Robt.
N. Car. line.
Evidence insufficient
Oct 1826.
Georgia
No Record Ref- or old Books. Wid. - Invalid.
No Record
Oct
1826

R Tatum
Re. 27 Feb 1829
not found on the N.B.
Roll.
749

Thaxville Crawford Co Ga 7th Feby 1829
Sir
Your letter has been received and in reply have to state that I entered in the state of North Carolina and marched under Capt Taylor to Genl Greens army in South Carolina I joined Genl Greens army at Cheraw hill in South Carolina upon Cheraw Big Pedee had mustered under Col Brown - I can state nothing more that I now recollect
I am
Hezekiah Warner
Respectfully &c
This Richard x  Jatun mark
Hon
Richard Rush
Washington City

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Not found
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug. 23. 1828
Richard Tatum, of Crawford in the County of Georgia , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Taylor 's company, in Col. Brown's regiment of the North Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary of the Treasury H. Skinner
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
23 d April 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Richard Tatum in the Georgia
It further appears that Richard Tatum is now on the pension list of the  any agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  8 dollars per month.
The name of Richard Tatum cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued - Wm Wagner Aud r
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War Dept: Bounty land office
29 April 1829
The records of this office do not show that Richard Tatum of the N o . Carolina line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor