Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4506, for William Lawhorn, North Carolina

SERVICE
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N.C.
Lawhorn, William
S 4506.
Carded
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19201 West Tennessee
William Lawhorn of Maury Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain James of the Regt commanded by Col Palmer in the War of the Rebellion line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Aug 5 1835 and South Sho Porter Columbia
Arrears to the 4th of March 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Stanley Bay Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 87

7364
William Lawhorn
Maury bo from - private 12 months.
4, 14 $40.
order to be signed by the Officer Parker A. G.
Thomas J Porter M c
Columbia
Maury bo
Tennessee
to at Jaenly's Port P. O. Box

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BRIEF in the case of  William Lawhorn  County of Maury  in the State of Tennessee  (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? 68  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.     Sub. In 17 not stated enlisted — 3 — Private Gen. Capt. D. Jones, Col. T. Palmer, Gen. Green —   — 9 — " Capt. Hoag, Col. T. Sharp, Major Cook, Gen. Butler, Capt. Asley, Hix  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Weakly City N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & a witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The declaration is not attached to the Clerk's Seal as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh  Examining Clerk.

Mr. Leishman
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State of Tennessee On this day of September Maury County (1832) personally appeared in Open Court before the justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now Sitting William P. Lawhorn a Resident of the County of Maury and State of Tennessee Aged Sixty Eight Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the follow- ing officers, and served as herein stated. at the Age of about Sixteen in the State of North Carolina Wake County he entered the Service as a Substitute for a certain Josiah Brown for a three months tour Under Captain Dread Jones, and Lieut. John Trull in a Regiment Command- ed by Col. Thomas Purnell rendezvous at Wake Court-house from there march d to Salisbury and there joined General Green then we march d to the Slandford On the Catawba river where Our troops were attacked by the British, and General Davidson Killed. we had a tolerable Battle near that place in the Widow Torrence lane from that place we march d through Salem North Carolina to Dan River from there to the High Rock Ford On Haw River then Applicant got his discharge three days previous to the Battle at Guil- ford Court house which discharge he will hereafter declare the loss of Sometime after this Applicant at the Court- house in the County of Granville enlisted in the continen- tal line for during the war Under Captain Hogg a Continental officer in a Regiment Commanded by Col. Thomas Sharp from there march d to Hillsborough Applicant was sent off in a detachment under Maj. Cooks then to Crops Creek from there to Drowning Creek

Cole's bridge then to the Raft Swamp then to the Brown Marsh then crossed Cape Fear River to Bluford's bridge, while there there were several skirmishes Applicant states that he being Young and an Orphan boy destitute of any learning he has no notes nor papers to refresh his memory to the day or date but here it was the news came that the  war was and here he got his the discharge which he carried home to his Mother a widow where he left it with his Mother three months discharge, after this he moved up into Chatham County State of North Carolina Where he married and before he was returned to his mother again She died, and he has never been able to obtain his discharges again Applicant states that Col. Thomas Parma signed his three months discharge and Major Cook his last at Bluford's  bridge he thinks Gen. Butler was commander when he was dis- charged by Maj. Cook Applicant states he was attached to different Companies during his service as a regular therefore he only can clearly recollect he enlisted under Capt. Hogg and when discharged was under Capt. Alsey He is confident his name will be found on their rolls the exact time he served as a regular he cannot state tho' it must have been nine months he has knowledge of but one man by whom he can prove his actual service and his certificate is herunto annexed
He 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. I swear to and subscribe this day of his  year aforesaid Thos J. Foster his  his William Law his  his Seal mark

We formerly Green a Pluggman of the County of Wayne, State of Tennessee. — & William Turner a and residing in the County, May 18 th With William Lawrence who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty Six Years of Age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and that we concur in that our opinion. I have here subscribed the day and year aforesaid. James A. Green Seal Wm Turner Seal Mark
2 d  Interrogatories Where and in what Year were you born? Ans. I think I was born in the Year 1764 in the County of Johnston Swift Creek Six miles of Smithfield North Carolina 2 d Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it — Ans. I have none, my Father died I am told when I was but eleven Years old I never got any learning, but remember to have been told my age was set down in my Father's Bible I have kept my age from the death of my Father & other occurrence. 3 d Where were you living when called into Service which have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live
Ans. I was living in Wake County when I entered the Service after the war I went up into Chatham North C. where I lived in the neighborhood 12 miles from Pittsborough Forty two Years from there I moved to this County where I am now living —

Ques. 4 th How were You called into Service, were You drafted did You Volunteer or were You a Substitute and if a Substitute, for whom
Ans. I was a Substitute for a certain Josiah Brown for three months then I enlisted as a Soldier for during the war —
Ques. 5 th 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 and the general circumstances of Your Service
Ans. While a Substitute the Regiment I served was commanded by Col. Parmach I do not know the number of that Regt. When I enlisted Capt. Hogg was said to be a regular officer Col. Thomas Sharp was the officer who served me when I enlisted for during the war —
The general circumstances of my Service I have set in my declaration —
Ques. 6 th Did You ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans. I did receive two One for a three months term as a Substitute for Josiah Brown given by Col. Parmach the other from Maj. Cook when discharged from the regular troops at the end of the war —
Ques. 7 th State the names of persons to whom You are known in Your present neighborhood and who can testify to Your character for honesty, and their belief of Your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution

And In my present neighborhood Shadrach Wears who has been acquainted with me ever since the war who was well acquainted with me in the Service whose certi- -cate is here to be annexed, Jonathan Green Atty Sedberry William Duncan Robert Bogins Edmund Doretty Josiah Duncan Wm Duncan James Beck
I Shadrach Wears Resident of the State and County aforesaid do Certify that I was a Soldier of the Revo- -lution and in a Company Commanded by General Butler On our march from the Upper part of North Carolina toward Wilmington, they march by the way of Cross Creek and (the East Swamp) he Saw William Pugh who made a de subscription to the above declaration in which he was in a company Commanded by Capt Miley His name to and subscribed in due form the above date
Shadrach Wears His mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories 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 James Y Green who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman Resident in the County of Bedford, State of Tennessee and that William Pugh who has also signed the same as a Resident in the County of Wayne State of Tennessee and is a credible person and their

Statement is entitled to credit.
John Vincent Robert Wortham J.D. Jas Honey J.D.
Richard J. Porter Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application William Lawhorn for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 18 day September 1872
R. J. Porter Clerk

Rehman
4506 INVALID.
File No. 4506
William Lawhorn Priest Rev War
Act: June 7  1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]

having marched out the Banties with our party took mouth of Fishkill Creek where we halted at about 12 o'clock. After refreshments having been upon a forced marched for three days, we were overtaken by the B. Light Horse on which forces rested. - Considerable no killed many taken prisoners. all looted recaptured. - Fault attributed to Col Dame not recollected disobeying Genl Sumpson's order, to place out a guard - out six months - thinks he thinks, was just be- fore the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Peter Shirley - - In
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Thos. Lewis of Wilkes Co - - mentioning 700 Penn- sylvanians brought to Wilkes from Battle of Brandywine where he was captured the guarded had took them to Newbern where encountered Genl Howe at Shiloh here they had the the  the  the wide, & three feet deep ditch. Days -

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Jacob Lowrance - Born in Rowan Co. N.C. Aug 7 - 1759 - drabbed in 1777 - rendezvous at Charlotte where he fnd Gen Butler - also Col. Dalmedy - he be in horse co - under Capt White - marched South by Charlotte Road to Augusta, Ga. thence to St. Johns. was not in the battles very sick. remained out 3 mos. - About 1781 - Rendezvous at Charlotte under Capt Bell and Col. DeDowell of Burke. Capt White in same Regt - Gen Butler for took command below N.C. vs Fort B. - then Cross Creek to Wilmington.
Again, went under Capt Thos Cowan, Col Frank Locke, + Col George Davidson - rendezvous at Col Davidson in Rowan marched to Ramsour's Hills across the Catawba - at Wh. Battle he was - recollects that Capt Horton was there, also Capt Wilson, Capt Bell of the horse was killed there - we whipped the B. Again, under Capt Craig Gen D. + Col Locke - marched to Colston, at Wh. - met the B. whipped them after a hard but short fight - out six weeks - Again, under Capt Thos Cowan, Col Locke, rendez- vous at Salisbury, annexed Jenkins at Shallom, at or near Hillsboro met Gen B. + soon after discharged.
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Wm Dawson aged 68 (in Sept 1832) - entered service in Wake Co. Capt. Dread Jones, Col. Thos Parsons - rendezvous at Wake C.H. - marched to Salisbury - there joined Gen Greene then marched to Island Ford on Catawba R. where contempt was attacked by the B. and Gen David son killed - we had a tal- erable battle near that place in the wild wood - rence's lane, from that place marched to Salem, N.C. to Dan River, + High Rock on Dan River - discharged 3 days before Battle of Guilford -
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Hardy Sasser - of Wake County - - two hours of six mos each under Gen Butler against Jones, who always dispensed on their af- fairs - went through ad- jacent country, and along Coastline + waterways - B. - 3rd hour, guarding the Is- - sending at Hillsboro, was under a Capt John Dent - 4th hour, again under Gen - Butler, marched into S.C. + down Santee opposite Hanes Rocks, joined Sumpter at Santee Ferry, name for action, About that time we captured 13 wagons loaded with mil. stores, am- munition, forage, spirits &c for the B. + were going to take off - side of river towards Eutaw Springs. but while B had made from Charleston one wagon caught and labelled with Sherrill - a day

FREE
Mr. J. G. Edwards
Wm. West
Pension agent Washington City
June 24

Mr. Edwards -
The declaration of William Lawhorn for a pension under the act of 1832 was returned to my office - among many others - whilst I was away from home the lawyers who had drawn the different declarations applied to my department and took them out to amend them agreeably to the instructions usually included - among the papers included usually there is one of interrogatories - showing precisely in what particulars the declaration conformed with the requirements of the department and in what it did not .
Upon that paper has either been lost by the lawyer or by mistake was not included by you as you did in other cases - so that the declaration we know must be defective from its being returned and yet we don't know in what it is defective - The old gentleman has been to see me about it and I ought to have said that such difficulty has presented itself and I have therefore taken the liberty of returning to you all the papers that you may let us again know what was wanting to make it valid - I know the immense labour of your office but let me give you the favour to give this an immediate attention - you will confer a great favour on an old soldier and good citizen who has been delayed longer than usual by the happening of circumstances beyond his control -
Respectfully -
Thos. J. Porter
A B I am the clerk of the court enclosed it here to you