Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6322, for Lazarus Lewis, North Carolina

SERVICE
N.C.
NUMBER
R.6322
Lewis, Lazarus " Whitehead
CONTENTS

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No 38072 Declaration of Lazarus Lewis — of Halifax Co. N.S.C.A.

State of North Carolina
Halifax County, } ss On this 22 nd day of May eighteen hundred and forty four, personally appeared in Open Court, Before the Court of Pleas, and Quarter Sessions, (County Court) for said County, now sitting, Lazarus Lewis alias Whitehead, a resident of said County & State, aged eighty one 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 he Volunteered in the Service of the United States about the first of June (1780) Seventeen hundred and eighty, with the following persons (To Wit) Lovet Burgess, Paddy Martin, Edward Brown, Peter Morgan, & John Gaskins, for a term of three months, under the following named Officers (To Wit) Capt Lockhart and Lieutenant Dolphin Davis.
That he marched from the Town of Halifax N.C. under command of the aforesaid Capt Lockhart and Lieutenant Dolphin Davis, to Hillsborough N.C.; and from Hillsborough N.C. he marched under command of the aforesaid Officers into the State of South Carolina, where they joined Gen Gates and his army; after joining Gen Gates' army, that they marched to Coles Bridge near the Town of Camden, South Carolina, where on the 16 th day of August (1780), a general engagement took place between the British army and the American Army, and the latter under command of the aforesaid Gen Gates was defeated. That During said engagement his Capt Lockhart fled and returned no more; and that Lieutenant Dolphin Davis took command of said Lockharts Company, and that he the said Lazarus Lewis, served out the remainder of said term under him the said Davis; and that after the Battle at Camden, he marched under command of the aforesaid Dolphin Davis, to Ramsey's Mill on Deep River, where he was regularly discharged, by said Davis; which discharge he has lost or destroyed. He further

declares that, about the last of January (1787) seventeen hundred and eighty one, he Volunteered again for a term of three months, and served out the same, as one of the Guard in the Town of Halifax N.Ca, under Capt. Kidd, who was Capt of the Guard over the prisoners, in this said Town of Halifax N.Ca; That he does not recollect whether or not he took a discharge for his last term of service under the aforesaid Capt Kidd; That if he did receive a discharge for his last term of service, he has lost or destroyed it; That the reason why he has never  not applied for a pension before, was in consequence of his having lost his discharges; believing that he could not obtain a pension without them. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State whatever. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in open court. his Lazarus Lewis mark
We Thomas Busby and George W. Gary residents of the County of Halifax N.Ca do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lazarus Lewis, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 81 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 day and year aforesaid, in open court.
Thos Busby Geo. W. Gary
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 Thomas Busby, and George W. Gary two of the acting Justices of the peace for said County who has signed the preceding certificate, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.

I James Simmons, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (County Court) in and for the County of Halifax, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Lazarus Lewis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 22 nd day of May 1844.
Ja Simmons CLK
I Tho s G. Lowe a Clergyman in the County of Halifax & State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that I was raised in the neighborhood of old Mr. Lazarus Lewis and have been acquainted with him ever since my boyhood; and know that he is respected, and generally believed by the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of Revolution. I further certify that he is a highly respectable old gentleman, and a man of veracity, and that full faith and credit is due to his oath. Given under my hand this 24 th day of April 1850.
Jan y 24/57
Tho s G. Lowe
Lazarus Lewis is well known to me and is as stated by the Rev. Tho s G. Lowe a respectable old man & entitled to implicit credit. I have understood & believe he was a revolutionary soldier & do not believe he would knowingly claim what he is not entitled to (Pension)

I know G. W. Gary & Thos. Busby as well as Thos. G. Lewis & say they are men of excellent character and and in all  respects to put credit in any state requests made by them
J. R. [?]

This is to certify that Eli Lewis this day personally ap- peared before me & made oath as follows (V 23) I have heard my Father Eulius Lewis frequently speak of Lazarus Lewis standing guard at the town of Halifax in Halifax County during or about the time of the Revolutionary War this 3 rd  March April 1851
Burrell Dunn S.P.

State of North Carolina Halifax County
I William W Daniel Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Halifax and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Barnard Allen before whom the foregoing affidavit was made & by him subscribed by his own proper signature is and was an active Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due thereto In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office this the 20 th Oct r 1881
Wm W Daniel Clerk

March 4, 1937
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Lazarus Lewis, R.6322 BA-J/MCS
Mrs. LeRoy H. Fryer 501 South 9th Street Norfolk, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Lazarus Whitehead, a Revolutionary War soldier of North Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R.6322, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Lazarus Lewis, alias Whitehead.
While a resident of Halifax County, North Carolina, aged eighty-one years, this soldier applied for pension May 22, 1844, and stated that he enlisted in Halifax, North Carolina, in June, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Lockhart's North Carolina company and was in the battle of Camden. He stated that he again enlisted in January, 1781, and served three months as private with the North Carolina troops under Captain Kid and was engaged in guarding Halifax.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.
In 1851 one Eli Lewis stated that he heard his father, Cullin Lewis, frequently speak of Lazarus Lewis standing guard in Halifax during the Revolution, and in that year one James Sutherland stated that he had heard Cullin Lewis and Lewis Lewis speak of Lazarus Lewis standing guard in Halifax during the Revolution, their relation to the soldier not shown and no explanation was given for the soldier using the name Whitehead. There are no further data relative to family and this is the only Lazarus Whitehead that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

This is to certify that James Sutherland this day personally appeared before me & made oath as follows (viz) I have heard Elisha Lewis & Lewis Lewis frequently speak of Lazarus Lewis standing guard at the town of Halifax in Halifax county during or about the time of the Revolutionary war this 5 th March 1851
Barrett (Barn) J o

State of North Carolina Halifax County
§ I William M c Carroll clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for the county of Halifax and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Barnwell Swann before whom the foregoing affidavit was made & by him tested by his own proper signature is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Pleas in & of said county duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due thereto in testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office this the 20 th day of October 1851
William M c Carroll Clerk

December 30, 1936
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BA-J/MCS Lazarus Lewis or Whitehead, R. 6322
Mrs. T. D. Bradley 709 Market Street Beatrice Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Lazarus Whitehead, a Revolutionary War soldier who settled in North Carolina previous to that war.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 6322, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Lazarus Lewis, alias Whitehead.
While a resident of Halifax County, North Carolina, aged eighty-one years, this soldier applied for pension May 22, 1844, and stated that he enlisted in Halifax, North Carolina, in June, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Lockhart's North Carolina company and was in the battle of Camden. He stated that he again enlisted in January, 1781, and served three months as private with the North Carolina troops under Captain Kid and was engaged in guarding Halifax.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.
In 1851 one Eli Lewis stated that he heard his father, Cullin Lewis, frequently speak of Lazarus Lewis standing guard in Halifax during the Revolution, and in that year one James Sutherland stated that he had heard Cullin Lewis and Lewis Lewis speak of Lazarus Lewis standing guard in Halifax during the Revolution, their relation to the soldier not shown and no explanation was given for the soldier using the name Whitehead. There are no further data relative to family, and this is the only Lazarus Whitehead that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

MMHJ
October 16, 1924
LeRoy W. Hunt 529-534 Nasby Bldg., Toledo, Ohio.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 6322 it appears that Lazarus Lewis, alias Whitehead, while a resident of Halifax County, North Carolina aged eighty-one years, applied for pension May 22, 1844 and stated that he enlisted in Halifax, North Carolina in June 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Lockhart's North Carolina Company and was at the battle of Camden, and that he again enlisted in January 1781 and served three months as a private under Captain Kid in the North Carolina Troops.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of the alleged services as required by the pension laws.
There is no data on file as to his family, and no explanation of his using an alias.
The above noted is the only soldier named Lazarus Whitehead found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Rev War Sec - Sec 1
Quitman, Ga. March 24th.1920
Mr.G.M.Satzgaber Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Mr dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the information contained in the application for pension of Lazarus Whitehead or his widow who served in North Carolina, probably as he was living in Rowan County.,1780--1797. Thanking you for the above information
I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. J. F. Whipple

LEROY W. HUNT
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
529-534 NASBY BUILDING
TOLEDO, OHIO
Sept. 23rd, 1924
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me the war service records of Charles Charles Hunt and Lazarus Whitehead, or North Carolina, in the war of the Revolution, as shown by the records of your office.
Yours very respectfully,
LWH/MB.
These fathers lived near Raleigh in what was known as Roan or Roan County.
Charles Hunt also served in the war of 1812.

Rev. 1812
AMY RANN BRADLEY 709 MARKET STREET BEATRICE, NEBRASKA
Dec. 10, 1936
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Have you any records pertaining to Lazarus Whitehead , which might be useful in tracing a DAR lineage ? He came to America from England about 1760 - settled in North Carolina sometime previous to the Revolutionary War, moved to Wayne County, Indiana, in 1804. Did he ever receive a pension as a Revolutionary veteran ? And if so, may we have copies of what records you have concerning him ? I enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply, and if there is a charge for this service, please advise me. I have no information about him except what I have stated above- he spent the remainder of his life in Wayne County and died there, but I do not have the date. His wife's name is unknown to me, but he had one son of the same name as his own. Thank you very much for any help you can give me.
Very truly,
(Mrs. T.D.) Amy Rann Bradley
changed name at m. - Dec 16 7

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Leonard Lewis alias Whitehead a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1780 3 mos. - Lockhart ✓ NC   Jan 1781 3 mos ✓ Id        
Battles engaged in, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Halifax N.C.
Date of application for pension, May 22, 1824.
Residence at date of application, Halifax Co N.C.
Age at date of application, 81
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family and no explanation of his using an alias. His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of the alleged services as required by the pension laws -
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

501 So. 9th St Norfolk-Nebraska February 12-1937 Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
I wish very much to learn something of the Revolutionary record of a Lazarus Whitehead , who came to North Carolina from England, and I am referred to your office by the Adjutant General's Office. I do not know whether he was an officer or an enlisted man although an officer's uniform is in possession of members of the family.
I have been in touch with several registered genealogists who all

wish more information than I am able to give.
This Lazarus Whithead later is said to have gone to Wayne County, Indiana afterwards.
His father was named Lazarus Whithead also.
I will be most appreciative for anything in the way of information about him. I am
Most Sincerely
Mrs. H. M. Fryer

Nov 13/50
no 38072
Docl & Ord
Sazams Lent
alias Whitehead
S
William H. S
Nov 4 58
Resignation to James of Edwards Capt
Commission of Penins
Washington City
D.C.
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Littletown Halifax County, S.C. November 2 nd , 1831.
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose to you, the Declaration of old M c Sargus Lewis alias, Whithead, upon an application for a pension, accompanied with the depositions of William A. Edmundson and John Burgess Esq r , and the certificate of the Rev d Thomas G. Lee, as additional testimony in his case; which you will please investigate, and write me at this place, the result of your investigation; or inform our Representative, the Hon. John R. J. Daniel, at Halifax Town, of the result. This Declaration Sir, would have been filed long since, but unfortunately for old M c Lewis, his most important witness, (a Revolutionary Pensioner of Northampton County, S.C., by whom he could have proved his services,) died about the time, or shortly after he made his declaration, and we failed to procure his deposition in the case, before his death; and the old gentleman now, has to rest his claim to a pension, on his declaration, and accompanying testimony, and certificates of his own credibility, (as he knows of no other Revolutionary soldier living, by whom he can prove his services;) and trusts, it will be sufficient to warrant you in allowing him a pension.
Old M c Lewis is quite a poor man, and is now, almost worn out with age; and there has been no time of his life, I reckon, when a pension for his services in the United States Army, in the War of the Revolution, would have been so gratifying, or more acceptable to him, than at the present; and if you can feel warranted Sir, in allowing the old gentleman a pension on the testimony forwarded, which I fear, is all that can be obtained in his case, (except certificates of his own credibility,) it will place him under a lasting debt of gratitude to you, and the General Government.
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington-City
D.C.
I am Sir, with highest respect, Your O b d.
Wm Willis Daniel

House of Reps.
Jany 19/52
Dear Sir,
I enclose you some ad- ditional testimony in the case of La- zarus Lewis otherwise called Laz- arus Whitehead which you will please file with the other Papers. As the ap- plicant is in very reduced circum- -stances - perhaps in a suffering condi- tion it is very desirable that his case should be acted upon as soon as practicable.
J E Heath Esq. Com. Pen.
respectfully your obedient servant
J R G Daniel

N o 38072
Lazarus. Lewis alias Whitehead
N. 6.
Act of y th June 1832 Sel Hon J. R. J. Leane May 20/5-2.
6322

Hon. J. R. Daniel May 20 th 1852

247 Pension Office May 20. 1852.
Sir:
The depositions filed by you in support of the claim of Lazarus Lewis, alias Whitehead of N.C. under the Act of 7 June 1832, are not such as would justify this Dept. in granting an allowance. We must have record evidence or the testimony of individuals who has a knowledge of its performance. Application should be made to the Comptroller of N.C. for record evidence of his service.
I have &c.
Hon J. R. Daniel H. of Reps.

REJECTED
6322.
P. O.
Sagastiz
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: Cause of rejection not found and printed
Re-enlisted: lost, but see letter of May 20 1852 in claim
Attorney:
P. O.
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
1920 Nov. 19. History to Mrs. S. F. Whipple and 1924 Oct. 16. List to Mrs. S. F. Whipple 1926. Rec. 30. List to Mrs. S. F. Whipple - Miss J. 1937 Mrs. S. F. Whipple - Miss J.

State of North Carolina Halifax County
On this 4 th day of October 1850, personally appeared before me Jesse Pittard an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, William A. Edmundson a Resident of said County and State, aged forty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath certify, that he has frequently heard his Father William Edmundson (who was a Revolutionary soldier and a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per Annum,) say before his death, that old Mr. Lazarus Lewis of this County was a soldier of the Revolution; that the said Lazarus Lewis was in General Gates's Defeat at the Battle at Camden South Carolina; and that after the Battle at Camden S.C. the said Lewis marched to Ramsey's Mill in the Western part of this State, where his Father said he first became acquainted with said Lewis as a soldier in the United States Service in said War of the Revolution. This Affiant further certifies, that he has heard his Father say frequently, that the said Lazarus Lewis served a three months tour as one of the Guard over the Prisoners in the Town of Halifax N.C., under Captain Tice. —
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned before me. his William A. Edmundson mark
Jesse Pittard J.P.
I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William A. Edmundson who has sworn to and subs-

cribed the foregoing affidavit before me, and know him to be a highly respectable gentleman, and a man of strict veracity; and that full faith and credit is due to his Bath. Given under my hand this 4 th day of October 1850.
Jesse Pittard
State of North Carolina
Halifax County I W m W Daniel Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Halifax certify that Jesse Pittard whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for our said County and that full faith and credit is due to all his Official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office this 19 day of October 1850.
W m W Daniel Clerk
Jan y 23/57
I know W m Edwards the foregoing applicant & know his father & always understood both to be of good character & think the statement further entitled to implicit credit
J. R. Daniel

The Deposition of William A. Edmundson, in the case of vs. Lazarus Lewis of Halifax County, N.C. upon an application for a pension. ~

The Proposition of John Burgess Esq d of Warren County N h a, in the case of Lazarus Lewis (alias), Whitehead of Halifax County N h a, upon an appl- =cation for a Pension. —

State of North Carolina } Warren County }
On this 30 th day of September 1850, personally appeared before me Samuel A. Williams an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, John Burgees Esq. a resident of said County and State aged fifty years; who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, certify that he has been acquainted with old Mr. Lazarus Lewis alias Whitehead of Halifax County N.C. from his boyhood upto the present time; that he was raised in the neighborhood of the said Lazarus Lewis, and knows that he has always been reputed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; he further certifies, that he has frequently heard his Father Lovet Burgees (who was also a soldier of the Revolution,) say that the aforesaid Lazarus Lewis alias Whitehead was in the service with him in said War of the Revolution; that they both served in the same Company under Captain Lockhart. He further certifies, that he well recollects to have heard his Father say, that the said Lazarus Lewis and himself were both in the Battle at Camden in South Carolina commanded by General Gates, in which engagement, their General Gates was defeated and routed; and that his father and said Lazarus Lewis fought in Genl. Gates advance guard under General De Calb. He also further certifies that his Father the said Lovet Burgees, in his life time, drew a plan of the battle ground at Camden South Carolina, and left a record of the names of all the soldiers who volun- teered with him from Halifax County N.C. (who were

ord Affiant now has in his possession) and amongst the names recorded, is the name of the aforesaid Lazarus Lewis alias Whitehead; Affiant is confident that said Lazarus Lewis (from what he has understood from his father) served with him in said War of the Revolution as much as three months if no more. This Affiant also further certifies that he knowing the said Lazarus Lewis alias Whitehead to be a highly respec- table old Gentleman, and a man of strict veracity, and that full faith and credit is due, and should be given to his oath; and Affiant fully believing that he rendered the service in the War of the Revolution which he has set forth in his decl- aration. — Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned. before me. John Burgess
D. Williams JP
I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I have kno- wn John Burgess (who has this day sworn to, and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me) from my boyhood, and know him to be a gentleman of high respectability and man of veracity, and that undoubted faith and credit is due, and should be given to his oath. Given under my hand this 30 th day of September 1850. D. Williams
State of North Carolina Warren County
I John W. White Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Warren County, Certify that Samuel A. Williams whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate, is an acting Justice.

of the Peace in and for our said County, and that full faith and credit is due to all his Official acts as such. I further certify that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my Name this 2 nd day of October 1850. J. W. White Clerk
Spring 23. 1857
I am well acquainted with John Bangs the foregoing affiant, having been at school with him & say that he is a gentleman of character and wealth & his statement entitled to full credit J. R. D. Daniel