Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4563, for Edmond Love, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6
Love, Edmond
S. 4563
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
carded
L

order to pay, May 23, 1837 Deaf Letter to pension Agt 11. April 1837. do. to P. Agt. May 8. 1838 Letter to S. Woodson 31 July 1838. do to S. Anderson 25 Sept 1838 Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 31. July 1837. the day of his death. Agt Notified Do. Oct 1838.
26790  East Tennessee
Edmond Love
Resided in the State of Tennessee who was private in the company commanded by Captain Blount of the 2nd regt commanded by Col. Beal in the Tennessee line for 6 Mos. Prof Infantry 1 Mos 26 ds prof Cavalry
Edmond Love. Records etc. No. 1804-a
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 27 Dollars 72 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1834 and Leon Johnson  Stancifer etc
  Arrears to the 4th of March  8316    Semi-ant. allowance ending Oct 1832  1386     $97.02  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 51

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 17 th 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of March 1834, an act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, "The widow of Edmund Love deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of twenty seven Dollars and seventy two Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 31 st July 1837 the day of his death
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Edmund Lowe
Te Rhea Co
(J)
(J')
for 1746 p. days Cury 7 - 26 days P. In. 6 - $20 B Ca 0.26 d. 7.72 $ 27.72
Hon J. Standefor Saint George Washington Tenn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Deft 7
1883
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 subjained 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 Edmund Love
   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.     1775 6 P.   1776 12 "   1777 1 6 "  The applicant served 18 months in a virginia regt of regular troops. This was never set forth on the Roll. therefore prove his service as required in note in this enclosed for sheets.    1 26 P. Long  
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 duly 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. 
G. { 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.
[2] 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, 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 that 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 place, 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.

Edna Jones
San Pedro Co.
(H)
1776
1776 p. 220
1776 p. 220
1776 p. 220
1776 p. 220
1776 p. 220
Hon. J. Standifer
San Antonio
Washington
Texas
As proof of service cannot be obtained from the regular service, a pension will be accepted for his term of enlistment since in 1776 & in 1782, in all 7 months & 26 days.
James Standifer
N.B.
May 20. 1874

State of Tennessee Rhea County
On this third day of May 1833 personally appeared before me William Mattock an acting Justice of the peace for Rhea County and State of Tennessee. Edmond Lowe a resident of Rhea County and State of Tennessee aged 72 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein after stated, to wit. That he entered the service of the United States in the County of Cumberland in the State of North Carolina about the middle of October 1774 as a listed soldier for six months under the following Officers. Ensign James Martin Lieutenant Edward Rea Captain James Blount and Col Rea and General Robert Howe. rendezvoused at Easton in North Carolina Marched to the Long Bridge in the State of Virginia and there had a battle with the British from thence Marched to Norfolk in the same State and there had another battle with the British from thence to Suffolk in the same State and from thence back to Easton where he was regularly discharged by his Capt James Blount after having served out his term of six months in the Second Regiment of foot. his discharge has been lost or mislaid so that he knows not what has become of it. Some time in May in the year 1775 he volunteered a footman in Cumberland County in the State of North Carolina under Lieutenant John Farris and Captain Dennis Deosier for the purpose of guarding the Cumberland inlet remained there guarding the inlet for twelve months and was dismissed by his Lieutenant John Farris (his Capt being dead) but got no discharge. Some time in June in the 1776 he entered the service of the United States as a Substitute in the room and place of John Grigs in at Port Smith in the State of Virginia under Lieutenant John Watson and Captain Thomas Bracy he thinks it was in the tenth Regiment of foot as well as he can recollect but is not certain. 12. Joined General Washington's Army and was fought under the General  of  the  Continental  Army and was in the battles of Trenton Brandywine Schuylkill and Monmouth all under the command of General Washington

was discharged by Captain Paine after having served eighteen months but got no discharge he served part of this time under Captain Bracy and then under Captain Tavel and then under Captain Paine who discharged him at the expiration of the eighteen months
Some time in the summer of the year 1782 he entered the service of the United States as a substitute in the place of Elisha Woodward who was drafted for six months in Edgecombe County in the state of North Carolina under Captain Armstrong and Major Joseph Hoag. Marched from Tarboro to Smithfield on the Neuse River. Then he was discharged by his captain Armstrong (his services not being longer needed) after having served eight weeks in a horse company
He never received but one discharge and that was lost or mislaid as above stated he never received a commission never being any thing more than a private soldier
He has served the the four times abovementioned the first one he served six months as he has stated above and understood that he was enlisted under the officers he has named the second time he served twelve months and the third time eighteen months and the fourth time eight weeks making in all three years and eight weeks he thinks he served more but is certain at that length he served that length of time. As the first time he was called
Declarant states that he is very infirm in his body and his recollection is failing him very much so that he cannot recollect all the particulars and may be mistaken in some of the dates but has a very distinct recollection that he served the length of time he has stated above if not more and is certain that he did not serve less than the period mentioned above. He also states that he was acquainted with Generals Washington, Wayne, Morgan, Stephens and Hovey also with Captains Tavel, Paine, Bracy, Morgan, Stephens and Hovey also with Captains Tavel, Paine, Bracy, Morgan, Stephens and Hovey also with Captains Tavel, Paine, Bracy, Morgan, Stephens and Hovey. He has no record of his age but has seen one in the possession of his uncle
He was born from the best of his recollection of the record he has in the possession of his uncle on the first day of June in the year 1760 in Pasquotank County in the state of North Carolina

from there moved to Claiborne County in the same state where he had his home during the Revolutionary war. After the war he moved to Hayne in the same state from there to Moore County in the same state from to Union district in the state of South Carolina from there to Barren county in the state of Kentucky from there to Rhea County in the state of Tennessee where he now resides and has resided for some time more than three thru years. Declarant also states that he is acquainted with and is known to in his present neighbourhood Neil Bulltram and William I. Hunter a clergyman and John Rogers who can testify as to his character for virtue and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. Declarant also states that he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person by whom he could prove his services. He also states that he is unable to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity and has made his declaration before a Justice of the peace. 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.
Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me
his Edmond Lowe mark
William Mallock Justice of the peace for Rhea County
We William I. Hunter a clergyman residing in the county of Rhea and state of Tennessee and John Rogers and Neil Bulltram residing in the same county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmond Lowe who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is respected and beloved 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 this day and year aforesaid before me
William Mallock (seal)
William I. Hunter
Justice of the peace for Rhea County Neil Bulltram
John Rogers

I William Matlock a Justice of the peace for Rhea County and state of Tennessee before whom the foregoing declaration was made and before whom the foregoing proceedings were had in the matter of the application of Edmund Lowe for a pension do hereby declare my 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 died as he states And I do further certify that it appears to me that William J. Sinton is a clergyman a resident of Rhea County and state of Tennessee and that John Rogers and Hul Bathram are residents of the same County and state all three of whom have been  and say unto subscribed the foregoing Certificate and credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit and I do further certify that Edmund Lowe the above applicant for a pension is unable to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity and is unable to attend the court In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3 rd day of May 1833
William Matlock
State of Tennessee
Justice of the peace for Rhea County
I James Berry clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Rhea and state aforesaid do certify that William Matlock whose name appears to the foregoing certificates and declaration is now and was at the time of his signing his name to the same an acting Justice of the peace for said Rhea County duly Commissioned and qualified as such that his signature and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (not having an official seal at office in Washington the 7 th day of May 1833
(LS)
James Berry clerk
I certify that James Berry is clerk of Rhea County Court and that his signature is genuine and that there is no seal of office for said court May the 7 th 1833
James Slander former M.C.

State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before me Rhea County } the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Edmond Low and after having been sworn according to law upon his oath does say by way of Amendment to a declaration he made in Order to obtain the benefit of the act 1 st of Congress passed June 7 th 1830 that he entered the service of the United States some time he thinks about the middle of October 1774 in Curituck County North Carolina as a private volunteer he thinks it was called in those days interesting by his neighbors under Ensign James Martin Lieut Edward Beal Capt James Blount Col Beal General Robert Howe as stated in his declaration and served six months and was regularly discharged by his Capt James Blount which discharge is lost or mislaid as stated in his declaration and for further particulars he refers to his first declaration
2 nd Some time he thinks in May 1775 he volunteered in Curituck County North Carolina under Lieut John Davis and Capt Dennis Haskin for the purposes mentioned in his declaration and served he thinks twelve months but from old age and the consequent loss of memory he may be mistaken but he knows that he did not serve less than nine months and was dismissed by his lieutenant as stated in his declaration and for further particulars he refers to his declaration
3 rd Some time he thinks in June 1776 he entered the service of the United States as a substitute in the room and place of John Gregg as stated in his declaration under Lieut John Heatson and Capt Thomas Bracy he thinks he served much longer but from old age and the consequent loss of memory he may be mistaken but

that he is certain that it was not less than six months and was dismissed by his capt 4 th Immediately after wards without returning home some time in the fall or winter of the year 1876 he volunteered again under Capt Israel and served much he thinks much longer but from old age and the consequent loss of memory he may be mistaken but is certain that 4 th it was not less than four months and was dismissed by his capt
5 th Some time in the Spring or summer of the year 1877 he volunteered again under Capt Paine without returning home and served he thinks much longer but from old age and the consequent loss of memory as before stated he may be mistaken but knows that it was not less than five months when he was dismissed by his Captain and for further particulars concerning his services under Bracy Israel and Paine he refers to his declaration The reason that he cannot state the places where he entered the service in the three last towns is that the former places he was not acquainted with being away from home and he cannot recollect their names and he is very old and infirm in body and his recollection of dates and places fail him much for all other particulars Concerning his services in the Revolutionary war he refers to his former declaration sworn to and subscribed this 9 th day of May 1834 before me
Edmond his Love mark
James Wilson Master of the Peace for Ulster County Tenn

State of Tennessee } James Wilson an acting Rhea County } Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do Certify that the above are the original proceedings had before me in matter of an amendment to a declaration made by Edmund Low to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1831 and that he did subscribe and swear to the same before me In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal This 2nd day of May 1834
James Wilson Seal Justice of the peace for Rhea County Tenn
State of Tennessee }
Rhea County } I James Berry Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that James Wilson Esq whose name appears to the within  above amendment and certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand and private seal (not having an official seal) Seal at office in Washington this 10th day of May 1834 James Berry clerk
I certify that James Berry is Clerk of Rhea County Court & that his signature is genuine and that there is no seal of office for said Court May 24th 1834 James Standifer A. C.

March 17, 1939
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Lieutenant Colonel Ira A. Smith 315 West Magnolia Street San Antonio, Texas
EDMOND LOVE S. 4563 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Edmond (or Edmund) Love were obtained from pension claim, S. 4563, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Edmond Love was born June 1, 1760, in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, and prior to the Revolutionary War moved to Currituck County, in the same state. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Currituck County, North Carolina, Edmond Love volunteered in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Dennis Dosier's North Carolina company, engaged in guarding the coast and was in the battle of Long Bridge and another battle at Norfolk, length of tour twelve months. He enlisted at Portsmouth, Virginia, served as private in Captains Thomas Bracy's, Tewel's and Pain's North Carolina companies, on three tours amounting to eighteen months, and was engaged in the battles at Trenton, Brandywine and an engagement at Schuylkill. He stated that he was in the battle of Monmouth, also, but gave no further details of that tour. He enlisted sometime in the summer of 1782 in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, served as private in Captain Armstrong's troop of cavalry, length of that tour eight weeks. The soldier stated that he served a tour of six months prior to the Revolution, having volunteered about the middle of October, 1774, in Captain James Blount's company, Colonel Veal's North Carolina regiment.
After the Revolution the soldier moved to Wayne County, North Carolina; from there to Moore County, same state, then to Union District, South Carolina, thence to Barren County, Kentucky, and from there to Rhea County, Tennessee, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 3, 1833. He died July 31, 1837.

Edmond or Edmund Love was survived by a widow, whose name was not designated, nor other details given in regard to her. No reference was made to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid in the case of Edmond Love, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Edmund Love Certificate #26790 Issued May 29, 1834 Rate, $27.72 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 East Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Washington 9 May 13. th Hon. J. Standifer H.R.
Free
Hon James Standifer M.C. Washington City D.C.

Washington May 10th 1834
Dear Sir,
In closed you will find the pension papers of Edmond Lou. I have amended his declaration all the certificates necessary except yours is to it you will please and annex yours and present it to the Pension agent Mr Lou is a very old and infirm man stands fair in society with regard to honesty and morality and is generally believed to be a revolutionary soldier and is a pauper pauper in our County
Sir We have but little time time that is now a mail or two back brought us the Presidents Presidents protest against the proceedings of the Senate it is apportioned here by also at every Tongue & the resolution of the Senate condemned and execrated as unjust unjust unprincipled and unwarranted
Respectfully yours
Samuel Frazier

July 30 Mr. & Mrs. Brown
28c
Edwards, Commissioner of Pension Washington City D.C.
Form 115

Athens Tennessee July 13 th 1838.
Sir: A certain Revolutionary Pensioner of this county, who was on the Pension List of the agency of East Tennessee, at Knoxville, has died and has left a widow, who after the death of her husband Edmund Love, made out the necessary proofs of the death of her husband &c and executed a power of attorney to her friend to draw the amount of Pension due her husband Edmund Love at the time of his death: the certificate and all the papers necessary was sent to her attorney at Knoxville and on application by her attorney to the Pension agent at Knoxville he was informed that an account of her delay in applying for the amount due she would have to make some arrangement to draw the amount due at Washington City, the old Lady is very much in need of the money if the fact be so that she cannot draw at any place but Washington city please inform me and you will do the old Lady a favor by letting me know how she will have to proceed to draw the amount due her husband at his death. Let me know if she can make a power of Att o to any person at the City so they draw the money for her; and if there should be any arrangement necessary more than the usual form for drawing the money from agents at the agency. Your ob t Servant J L Edwards. Sam l Workman.

1939 May 16 Ref. to R. Col. Dr. D Smith (to in clm of K. & L. Rose M. 12148) — D. L. D.
Perhag ✓
4563 INVALID.
File No. 4563
* Edward Love Port N.C. line
Act: June 7 1932
Index: — Vol. A , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Edmond Love. Records corrected Apr. 18 1934 A

March 16, 1939
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Lieutenant Colonel Ira A. Smith 315 West Magnolia Street San Antonio, Texas
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Edward Turner who served from North Carolina and later lived in Kentucky; Hezekiah Love who served from South Carolina, moved to Roane County, Tennessee, and died in Tennessee, also of Edmund Love who, you state, was born in 1760 in North Carolina, served from that state and later moved to Rhea County, Tennessee, where he died in 1833.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the Edward Turner described by you. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. It is suggested that information relative to the military service of that soldier might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
The records of Edmond (or Edmund) Love and Hezekiah Love are furnished you herewith.
8.4563 Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator