Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4485, for Philip Koonce, North Carolina

SERVICE
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N.C.
Koonce, Philip
S 4485.
Carded
CONTENTS

19023
West Tennessee
Philip Koonce
of McDowell in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Beaufort command by Captain Green of the reg't command by Col. Avery in the N.E. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April 1833 and 1834 R. L. Gage  Paymaster
Arrears to the 4th of March  40.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept  10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 36

No 17289- Philip Koorce Lincoln County Tennessee
from 1781 private 6 months! $20.
Robert G. Ing. Clk Nafetterville Lincoln County Court Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  Philip Konce  of Lincoln 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? about 67.  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.     Enlisted In 17 81. 3. private Gen. Cpts Green & Rhodes - Col. Avery - " Johnson Genl Caswell - Maj. Griffin   " 3 "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? - Rockfish bridge, out for from Wilmington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated  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? - forfeit 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

Address John H. Morgan Fayetteville Tenn.

Philip Knowce the foregoing applicant further states that he was born in Jones County in the state of North Carolina - in the 29 th day of January 1765 - - that he has a record of his age in the family Bible now in his possession - which shows his age as above stated - that he was living in Jones County North Carolina an Chinquapin Creek a branch of Trent river - and lived at that place two or three years after the revolutionary - from this place he moved to Sum- ner County state of Tennessee - and lived there a little over a year - and then moved to Sumner County in the same state - and from there he moved to Wilson County in said state - and lived there about six years - from there he moved to this County (Lincoln) - where he has resided ever since he received his discharges each for three months - the first was from Samuel Davis of the Line Tent and of the Company - and does not recollect the name of the officer who gave him the second, - He is known in the neighborhood in which he resides to be Benjamin Walker - and Samuel Davis, who has signed & sworn to the foregoing certificate - and to James Bright clerk of the Lincoln Circuit - to William E. Kennedy Judge of said Court - and to the people generally residing in the part of the

county in which he lives, -
Philip Roome
State of Tennessee, Lincoln County, } ss.
This day personally appeared Philip Roome, who, being the foregoing declaration, before me, Ebenezer H. Fletcher an acting justice of Pleas for said county & state aforesaid and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration are true, to the best of his knowledge - and belief.
30 th April 1833
Ebenezer H. Fletcher. Justice of the Peace.
State of Tennessee, Lincoln County, } ss.
J. Francis L. Sinclair now clerk
of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said county, state do hereby certify that Ebenezer H. Fletcher before whom the foregoing declaration was known to be an acting justice for said county - duly commissioned and qualified as the said clerk hereby attests that above is the genuine signature of said Ebenezer H. Fletcher and is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & offered my seal of office this 30 day of April 1833
J. L. Sinclair Clerk

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Tennessee Lincoln County ss
On this 16 th day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting at the Court house in the town of Fayetteville and in the State aforesaid, Philip Koonce a resident of the County of Lincoln of State aforesaid aged about sixty-seven 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 - That in the year 1781 in the month of January or February he became a substitute for his Father George Koonce to serve in the Army of the Revolutionary war - He entered the service some time in the month of January or February 1781 under the command of Captain James Egan, (a short time after his Captain was changed) and he placed under Captain Joseph Rhodes, Lieutenant Samuel Lavender, and Ensign John Koonce his Company was attached to Colonel Francis Avery's Regiment, the number of which he does not know, William Rush was adjutant Daniel Williams brigade major, all under the command of General Linnington, - He was marched to Bluford's bridge on Cape Fear River, not far from Wilmington in the State of North Carolina. His father for whom he became a substitute was drafted in the County of Jones in the State of North Carolina. He was stationed near Wilmington until his

term of service was nearly out - a Battle was fought near said bridge between the American Cavalry and the British troops - But this ap- plicant was not in said battle - Some time afterwards, he marched to Kingston in Dobs County on Roan River - Thence he was march- ed to Longfield to Cox's ferry on S d River and having served three months was discharged and thence returned home to Jones County North Carolina - Some time not long after his return home, in the Spring or Summer of 1781 he became a substitute for Howell Brown in a company of drafted Militia from Jones County North Car- olina commanded by Captain Jacob Johnson which company was attached to the troops com- manded by General William Caswell - Some time afterwards he was transferred to the com- mand of Genl James Kenyon, Major Griffin commanded the Battalion to which he belonged - He was marched through Duplin County North Carolina to a place  scit called Rockfish bridge where he was engaged in a battle with the British troops, - he believes in Harnett County not a great distance from Wilmington - he was then marched to Smithfield in Johnston County North Carolina - and having served three months was discharged - He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose tes- timony he can procure, who can testify to his service - He hereby renounces 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.
Sworn to & subscribed the 10 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Robt Sprague clk

State of Tennessee Lincoln County } 3
We Benjamin Walker a Clergyman residing in the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee and Benjamin Rowe residing in the County of Lincoln hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Philip Koon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is re- puted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Robt. Sprague Clerk Benjamin Walker Benj. Rowe
And the said Court do hereby declare that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Walker who has signed the preceding cer- tificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Lincoln Tennessee and that Benjamin Rowe who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Leah L. Waggoner
" " " Samuel Buchanan
" " " Wm Edmiston

I Robert S. Inge Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Philip. Homer for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of October 1832
Robt. Inge Clerk.

Toyallanta La Apr 31 st
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Wm. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City
Mem. Act

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Philip Koonce which require 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? 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 ?
1. 2. 3. 6. 7.
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, deposeth 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 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.
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 office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Rev. May
4485
INVALID.
File No. 4485
Philip Koonce
Put. N.C. line
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 211
[Arrangement of 1870.]