Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6334, for William Lewis, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Lewis, William
R. 6334
CONTENTS

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Robert Lewis of Darlington District in the State of South Carolina (in of the heirs of William Lewis a deceased revolutionary soldier , who was an applicant for a pension) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of William Lewis , for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 28 th day October A. D., 185 2 .
Robert Lewis
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Thomas O. Evans }
STATE OF South Carolina } ss. DISTRICT OF Darlington }
On this twenty sixth day of October A. D., 185 2 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Robert Lewis and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
J. Wilds D. B. Brant } Justice of the Peace Magistrate }
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.

Claim of William Lewis a Revolutionary Soldier Act of
STATE OF South Carolina District of Darlington COUNTY
Be it Known, That on this Twenty Sixth day of October A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Robert Lewis a resident of Darlington S.C. in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical Robert Lewis , son of William Lewis deceased who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before X Reese S. Wilds DuBose Magistrate D.D.
Robert Lewis
I, S. Wilds DuBose Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Robert Lewis who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
X Peace S. Wilds DuBose Magistrate D.D.
I, E. B. Brownell Clerk of the Circuit Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that S. Wilds DuBose before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this Twenty Sixth day of
October
A. D., 1852.
E. B. Brownell
Clerk.

William Lewis
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Hon. R. B. Campbell

South Carolina } Darlington District }
In obedience to the requirement of the department William Lewis Meaker the following additional declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he is a resident of the District of Darlington and State of South Carolina, that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1777 but did not do actual duty until the year 1779 and from this time to the end of the war, he was in the service, and for the time during which he was in the service he was not employed in any civil pursuit. As to the length of his service declarant is unwilling to undertake to state with precision, owing to his age and the great lapse of time since the services were rendered, together with the fact of not treasuring the time in his recollections as he never expected to ask for pay for his services, until driven by hard necessity to receive from the Genl government their offered bounty, he feels that he would be safe in stating that he served at least two years and in the capacity of a private. The officers under whom he served (or a part of them for in this as in fixing the length of time he served he pleads age and consequent failure of memory) are led. Johnson led C Company led. Peoples, Captain and afterwards Major Jarvis, Captain Sherod, General Lincoln.
Declarant states that he has no documentary evidence of his service, and
He was in the engagement at Stono in South Carolina under Genl Lincoln, after this battle he returned to Halifax County, North Carolina, where he remained about three months as a Guard to some prisoners taken at Stono. From Halifax he went to Prince Edward Virginia, after returning from

Prince Edward, he volunteered his services to France  Oppose Lord Cornwallis, who was in pursuit of the americans, did not leave the service until the Declaration of Peace. About thirty years since he removed into South Carolina, Darlington District where he has since resided. He was attached to the North Carolina Militia and received a discharge from Col: Johnson and has lost it.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his claim is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the Eighth day of November 1833. A. M. M. J. Secy N. Pat 16.2.
His William X Lewis mark
South Carolina Darlington District
Personally appeared before me William
Lewis, who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear for positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than two years and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn & subscribed the Eighth day of Nov 1833. A. M. M. J. Secy N. Pat 16.2.
His William X Lewis mark

Answers to the seven Interrogatories presented by the War Department
1 Northampton County North Carolina, as well as Declarant can recollect, without a reference to the record of his age, which he lost about thirty years since  ago moving from North Carolina to South Carolina, he was born in the year 1752 or 3
2 The record of my age I lost in removing from North Carolina to South Carolina thirty years since
3. When called into service I was living in Northamp- ton County North Carolina, and continued to live there until about thirty years since when I removed to where I now live in Washington District South Carolina.
4 I was drafted, I also served as a volunteer, never as a substitute
5. Genl. Lincoln, Genl. Butler, Genl. Manin, Col: Johnson, Captain and afterwards Major Jarvis & Capt- ain Sherod.
6. I had three discharges, one from Col. Peeples, one from Col. Daughman and one from Col: Johnson. they are lost,
7 Every body that knows me would testify to my veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. The following names are deemed suf- ficient Dr Thomas Smith, Revd William Fison, Booka Gandy and David Gregg.
I was & subscribe Eighth day of Novr 1835
at the M c Leod N. Pct 16.2.
William Lewis mark

South Carolina Darlington District
Before me personally appeared James Lewis and made oath that he knew William Lewis in the service of the United States in the time of the Revolutionary War, that he knows the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true.
Sworn & subscribed Eighth day of Novr 1833
A. M. M. J. S. N. P. No. 2.
James Lewis mark
South Carolina Darlington District
I Alexander de Oliver Attorney Public and ex officio justice of the Inferior for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Lewis who has subscribed and sworn to the above amended declaration is entitled to credit & I do further certify that said Lewis is respected & be- lieved in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a faithful Soldier of the Revolution and also that James Lewis who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a man of veracity and entitled to full faith and credit.
A. M. M. J. S. N. P. No. 2. 8 th Novr 1833.

South Carolina } Darlington District }
I John B. Bruce Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and general sessions for the District of Dar- lington and State of South Carolina do certify that of all the Sovers who certified to the foregoing affidavits is an acting Notary Public and Ex Officio Justice of the Quorum for the District of Darlington and state aforesaid.
J. B. Bruce C.C.P.
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Before me personally appeared James Lewis and made Oath that he knew William Lewis in the service of the United States during the Re- volutionary War.
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25049 William Lewis Darlington Des. r S.C.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 29 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 William Lewis S. C.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      Militia March 1779 -  did not leave the service till the end of the war -  1.  Private G. Davis  Col. Johnson   It - born in Northampton Co NY  entered there - now lives in  Darlington - Dist. S. C.   Certificate of clergyman and citizen -  no surviving witness  own record - why   
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 duty 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 days 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, 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 _____ 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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 10 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.

Rev. Renshon Claim of William Lewis dec. of So. Car. Br. of Patty. From Lisbon Robt. Lewis
by M. Thompson File? Nov. 6. 1852.
Papers cal d for
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6334 REJECTED
P. O.
Wm Lewis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF 7. June 1832.
William Lewis, South Carolina, Suspended.
~~~~~ POWER OF ATTORNEY TO EXAMINE CLAIMS. ~~~~~
CHARLES C. TUCKER,
Attorney Present.
25. Sep. 54.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents: That I Robert Lewis , son of William Lewis a deceased Revolutionary soldier, do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of the heirs of said William Lewis for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of or any other Act or Resolution of Congress , and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate that may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 11 th day of April 1854. In presence of J. H. Norwood } ss. Robert Lewis 
STATE OF South Carolina  COUNTY OF  Darlington District } On this 11 th day of April 1854, before me a Magistrate in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Robert Lewis and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
M. A. Huggins Magistrate
STATE OF South Carolina Darlington District } ss. On this 11 th day of April 1854, before me the undersigned a Magistrate in and for the County  District and State aforesaid, personally appeared Robert Lewis a resident of said County  District , and made oath according to the law that he is the identical person who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Robert Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
M. A. Huggins Magist
STATE OF South Carolina District  COUNTY OF  Darlington }
I E. B. Brunsdon - Clerk of The court of Common Pleas , do hereby certify that Moses A. Huggins - Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County  District and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 11 th day of April 1854.
E. B. Brunsdon Clerk Court Com- Pleas

William Lewis
25.043
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Susp 2
10 July.
for.
A. M. M c  ear Esquire
Society Hill S c 6 th

South Carolina } Darlington District }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public and ex officio Justice of the Quorum William Lewis who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the conse- quent loss of memory, he cannot swear pos- itively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods men- tioned below, and in the following grades For the space of two years I served as a private and for such service I claim a pension sworn & subscribed 10 th June 1834 William Lewis A. H. H. For N. P. & C. 2. mark
South Carolina } Darlington District }
I John B. Bruce Clerk of the said court for said District do certify that A. H. H. Swer before whom the above was executed is an acting Notary Public and ex officio Justice of the Quorum for said Dis- trict and that all faith and credit is due and should be given his attestation as such Given under my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of June 1834 J. B. Bruce

State of South Carolina Darlington District
On this the Twenty eighth day of March Eighteen Hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court x before His Honor William D. Martin one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting William Lewis a resident of Darlington District and State aforesaid - aged about Eighty one years, who being 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.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - viz under Capt. Davis who commanded a com- pany under Col Johnson of the North Carolina Militia - That he entered the Ser- vice on the year 1777 - but did not do actual duty until the year 1779. - That in the month of March 1779, he came with his Capt. (Davis) of Col John- son's Regiment into South Carolina - That he was in the engagement at Stone Ferry under Genl Lincoln - After this battle the he returned to Halifax Creek where he remained about three months as a guard to some prisoners taken at Stone. From Halifax he went to Prince Edward Vir- ginia. After returning from Prince Ed- ward - he volunteered his services to General Lord Cornwallis - who was in pursuit of the Americans. South Carolina x Darlington

During this time he still lived in Northampton County with Carolina. When he was born! That he did not leave the service until the declaration of Peace. About thirty years since he removed into South Carolina (Dartington) (proof cannot be had) He was attached to the Militia of North Carolina and received his discharge from Col Johnson - but lost it -
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Wm D Bruce C.C. H
William his Lewis mark
We Williams Lewis a clergyman residing in the District of Darlington and State of South Carolina, and James Lewis residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Williams Lewis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about eighty one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Wm D Bruce C.C. H
Wm his Lewis mark

And the said Courts 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 William Lewis who has signed the certificate is a clergyman resident in the District and State aforesaid and that James Lewis, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same District and State, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand 27 th . March 1833
M c D. Martin Presiding Judge
I John B. Bruce Clerk of the Court for San Francisco District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Lewis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Twenty seventh day of March Anno Domini 1833. —
John B. Bruce C. C. H.