Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1837, for William Jewell, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Jewell, William
S1837
CONTENTS
Carded

7/169 Tennessee (west).
William Sewell
of Gordon Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hardin of the Regt. commanded by Col. J. Dowell in the N.C. m. time for 6 months from '77.
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. John Bell.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page
3 rd Ad. May 2/56.

No 17361
William Ferrell Davidson County Tennessee
from 1777 private 16 months.
$20.
Edwin H. Ewing
Nashville
Tennessee
Hon: John Bell,

BRIEF in the case of William Perrett  of Davidson County, in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol - In 1777 - - 1 - private Gen. End. Rutherford Capt. Hardin - Hugh Buttermann &   " 1779 - - 3 - " " White - Col. McDowell - Gen. Patten   " 1780 - a 81 - - - - " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Shermans - Battle Kings Mountain -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? State North Carolina Burke County.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer-Castor Examining Clerk.

17361 William Leavel's Pension Paper-
Q u a r t e r

State of Tennessee } Davidson County } ss;
On this 17 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Davidson now sitting William Sewel a resident of said county & state aged 75 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 June 7 th 1832.
I lived in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, about the year 1777. I volunteered my services to go on an expedition low down in N. Carolina to suppress a rising of the Tories & Scotch which took place in that part of the state near Cross creek, but in what county I do not now recollect. We had no opportunity of encountering the Scotch & Tories at this time for they had been routed before we reached the place of their rising. In this expedition I was commanded by Griffith Rutherford as General, Christopher Bateman as Colonel & John Wardin as Captain, this was a tour of about one month. I resided at this time in Burke county. In the year 1779 about the 1 st of March I volunteered for 3 months, General Butler, was General of the volunteers, Charles McDowal was my Colonel & Joseph White my Captain we paraded at Charlotte 8 th March 1779, in Mecklenburg County & marched to Eddisto in South Carolina & from that to Savannah River where we joined General Lincoln's army from thence we marched to Bacon Bridge where we remained some days, we were fired on here by some of the skirmishing parties of British & Tories. I was employed here to take home one of the discharged wagons & saw no further service in this tour. In 1780 or 81 I was engaged in service against the Tories for the better part of the summer occasionally at home but most frequently abroad, frequently skirmishing with the enemy, in one of which skirmishes at the head of muddy creek in Burke county Captain White was wounded. In this service Charles McDowal was my Colonel & Joseph White my Captain. During this summer I was engaged in the battle at Kings Mountain where the Tories received a signal defeat. Colonels Campbell, Shelby & Sevier commanded in this engagement & Jonathan Camp was my Captain.

We defeated & took the whole of the British & Tory force who were here engaged & commanded by Colonel Patrick Ferguson. I went as one of the guard of the prisoners from the field of battle to the Moravian Towns in North Carolina a distance of something like 200 miles. Here we were dismissed & this tour ended.
I will also state that in several of my tours of duty I received discharges but not thinking them of any value have failed to preserve them.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
In open Court -
Test Henry Ewing clerk
Davidson County Court
William Gense
We William Gower a clergyman residing in the County of Davidson & state of Tennessee & William Lytle residing in the same county & state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the within mentioned William Lewel who has subscribed & sworn to the aforesaid declaration. That we believe him to be 75 years of age or thereabouts; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - in open court
Test Henry Ewing clerk
Davidson County Court
William Gower
Will Lytle

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & 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 it appears to them that William Gower who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the county of Davidson & that William Lytle who has signed the same is a resident of the same county & is a man worthy of all credit & that their joint statement is entitled to belief.
W. W. Brien J. Wharton E. P. Corneil Justices of the peace for Davidson County
I Henry Ewing clerk of the County Court of Davidson county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Sewell for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this 17 th day of October 1832.
Henry Ewing
As the document upon which this claim is founded is indefinite, & to part of the terms of same, I authorize my agent to limit his claim to six months -
J. M. Bell M. C.

Rev Mar.
1837
INVALID.
File No. 1837
William Jewell
Miss N. B. Laine
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index: — Vol. a , Page 193
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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 Powell - further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? — II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? — 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? 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? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

 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?  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? 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?  XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
No
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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, deposeeth 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.

Nashville October 3 d 1832
Sir.
I send you enclosed the Pension Papers of Gustavus Raper, John McButcher, Robert Thomas, William Dwell, & Elisha Garland. I wish them to be acted upon as speedily as possible & if they are thought sufficient to place the applicants upon the Pension Roll I wish their certificates to be enclosed to me at Nashville. If any of them are defective will you be good enough to let me know that fact & acquaint me with what steps are necessary to be taken in order to make them good. As to my being a proper person to be intrusted with the certificates &c. I refer you to the Hon Felix Grundy of the Senate Hon John Bell of the H of R & the President.
Yrs Respectfully
Edwin H. Ewing

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office May 8 th 1836.
Sir:
I herewith return "the papers on which William Jewell was inscribed on the Tennessee Roll, under act of June 7/1832, at the rate of $20.00 per annum", enclosed in your letter of the 7 th inst, & in reply have to inform you that his pension has been paid to 4 March 1837.
Very Respectfully Your O bl Servt.
Sam d . J. Rains Acting Auditor
J. M c Intosh Esq r Commissioner of Pensions