Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,253, for Lemuel Lee, North Carolina

SERVICE
Lee, Lemuel
NUMBER
R. 6253
CONTENTS

State of North Carolina Johnson County
On this 10 th day of Sept r 1834 personally appeared before us Nathan J. Allen & Wm B. Allen two of the Acting Justices of the Peace and Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions in & for the County aforesaid, Samuel Lee a Resident of the State & County aforesaid, aged About 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 Entered the Service of the United States Under the Following named Officers & Served as herein stated viz That as near as he can rec- lect or find out, he Enlisted in June 1778 in a Company of Light Horse or State Troops Commanded by Capt n John Whitley - Redar Powell Lieut t , that he Enlisted for three Years or during the War, & that by agreement he was to perform sundry Duties that is, that he was always to be ready at a moments Warning, to march any where directed to aid in Suppressing Riots, Disturbances or insurrection that might happen in this or any of the adjacent

2 nd Counties, as also to aid & assist, in procuring & driving Cattle & Hogs, from wherever they might be procured to the public Store, or Military Ware Houses, being Houses where provisions & clothing for the use of the American Army was deposited there being three of them in Johnson County at different points along the River - one - & one in Pott County near Walla Walla, which Capt. Whitley's Company had to attend to - he was also to be ready at all times to Wagon or Carry provisions or clothing to the American Army - wherever ordered to he together with others Enlisted on Sunday in the month of June - & in a Week or two afterwards he was called into Service - the Company being divided into Squads, or Small Companies, Some Waggoning Corn & Fodder, others driving Cattle & Hogs - Some Killing & Butchering, Some Salting & Packing away in the public Store Houses, they would continue thus Employed - until the news of some riot or insurrection of the Tories in any of the adjoining Counties, would reach the Camps When the whole Company would rendezvous at a certain point, & march to the place, whence the alarm issued - & from thence would return to their former avocation, each man as he was

Ordered by his Officers — We continued to be thus Employed, untill some time in the month of July after Major Gregg or Craig Evacuated the Town of Wilmington, When We Were Ordered to March Towards Newbern, as I understood with the intention of Joining some Other Companies in Order to Intercept Major Gregg or Craig in his March, When they got below Winston in Senior County the Continentals one night took a Tory prisoner next morning three of the Company Were sent with the prisoner to Our Camp in Dobbs County, the rest Went On, & When We got to Trent River We met Major Gragg With a Regiment of British Soldiers We had some Skirmishing With them, But Our Company being entirely too few in number we had to retreat & returned to our former Camps & became actively employed as before stated and so Continued untill the end of the War — 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 or (if any) Only On that of the State of North Carolina — Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Nathan O. Allen Lemuel Lee

43 Interrogatories propounded to the applicant by the Justices of the Peace & Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for Johnson County
Question 1 st Where & in What Year were you Born
Answer I was Born in Johnson County State of North Carolina March 8 th 1783
Question 2 nd Have you any record of your age & If so Where is it
Answer, I have often seen my age in an old Book Where my Father recorded it But I do not know what has become of it lately
Question 3 rd Where were you living when called into Service, Where have you lived Since the Revolutionary War & Where do you now live
Answer I was living in Johnson County, have lived there ever since, & am still living there not exceeding eight or ten Miles from where I was born & Raised
Question 4 th How were you called into Service Were you Drafted, did you volunteer or were you a Substitute & If a Substitute for whom
Answer, I was neither Drafted nor a Substitute It was called Enlisting, Certain duties being proposed to me, for me to perform, as stated in my application, which I agreed to, my name was then Enrolled in the Company, whether it

Caught to be Called Volunteering or Enlisting I 25 Am unable to say
Question 8 th State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the Troops where you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general Circumstances of your Service
Answer, From the nature of my Service, I had no acquaintance with any regular Officers or Regiments either Continental or Militia
Question 9 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it written
Answer, I never rec d . a written discharge from the Service — When the news of Peace Arrived, Our Officers told us that had no farther use for us & Every man went his own way Rejoicing —
Question 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity & their belief of your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution
Answer, Among others I might name I will State the names of the Rev d Sipe & Adams of the Baptist Church, & William Bryan a respectable Citizen of this County, Also the names of John Lee & Hickson Gail who were acquainted

With some of my Services in the revolutionary War Sworn to the day & year first above written Nathan T. Allen Esq. Lemuel Lee May 11th 1818
We Joseph Adams a clergyman residing in the County of Johnson & William Bryan residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the applicant Lemuel Lee, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty or Eighty One Years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that Opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Nathan T. Allen Esq. Joseph Adams May 11th 1818 William Bryan

I John Lee of the County of Johnson State of Vt. do hereby certify, that Samuel Lee the Applicant did Enlist & Serve as by him stated in his Declaration, having Enlisted & Served in the same Company, altho. not always together. Sworn to the day & year first above written. Nathan S. Allen C.O. John L. Allen M ch 13 th 1864
We Nathan S. Allen & William B. Allen two of the acting Justices of the peace for the County of Johnson do hereby certify & declare as our opinion after the investigation of the matter putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & we further certify that Jesse Adams who has signed the foregoing certificate is a preacher of the Baptist Church residing in Johnson County & that William Bryan who has signed the same he is a resident of the same county & is a creditable person & that this statement is entitled to credit given under our hands the day and year aforesaid. Nathan S. Allen M ch 13 th 1864

State of North Carolina To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: I, Ransom Saunders, clerk of Johnston County of the County Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that William Ballou & Nathan Ballou whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument of writing are acting Justices of the peace for said County as in their proper signatures that due faith and credit is and ought to be given their official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of office this 1 st Nov AD 1834.
R Saunders
32.226
Dec - 1834

October 20th 1834
I Dixon & Gail of the County of Johnston & State of N.C. do hereby certify that Samuel Lee did Enlist and did Serve as by me stated in his Declaration and did Enlist under Captain John Whitney and did Serve to my knowing in the Light Horse company sworn to the day and year first above written
his Dixon & Gail True marks
James Lee

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
62553.
P. O.
Samuel Lee
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Simuel Lee — North Carolina
Rejected
Hon: I Speight
18 December 1834
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