Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8936, for William Parker, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Parker, William
8936
Va.
Born in Va.
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13.558
North Carolina
William Parker
of Caswell Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the Company by Captain Hardin of the regt. command by Col. Lytle in the N.C. militia line for Nye an from 1779.
★ N.C. Adj. Genl. Nov. 17/1846
Record completed
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1833 — and sent to Calvin Graves Esq. Caswell Co. N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $80
Semi-ant. allowance ending Oct 1st .. 20
$100
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. H. Allison Clerk B. Vol. 6 Page 51
Health met in A. B.

Declaration of H. Parker under the act of Congress of 7 Jan 1832.
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19394 H. Parker under the act of Congress of 7 Jan 1832
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. —
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarters Cassell County. } Session October Term 1832
On this the 10 th day of October A.D. 1832, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Justices thereof, Now Sitting, William Parker a Resident of the County of Cassell and State of North Carolina, aged Seventy 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. 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States, under the following named Officers, & served as here in State, to-wit:
That in the July 1779 he volunteered service Captain Gordon in the County of Cassell & State of N.C. Carolina, but for what length of time he does not now recollect - he marched in Capt Gordon's Company to Hillsborough Orange County N.C. after remaining at said town for five or six weeks he was permitted along with some others to return home, & renew his Cloathing, & again to return to the Army, which having the distance being only about thirty miles, from Hillsboro they set out early in the month of December to Charleston South Carolina, via Salisbury & Charlotte in N.C. Carolina & Camden - South Carolina, reaching Charleston the last of January or the first of February 1780 . During this period was under the Command of Col. Lytle, & Capt Gordon; shortly after his arrival he was placed under the command of the Artillery & was actively engaged in the business incident to that department, and in bearing arms. Continued at said Town till the Siege, which commenced as nearly as this declarant can now recollect in the month of April 1780. During this Siege the declarant was taken prisoner, and was marched under a British guard to what was called the ten mile house, & was then permitted to return home

(which promise was extorted) upon Condition that he was not to raise arms against the Mother Country, he reached home the 3 rd of June of that year Making a term of between ten & eleven months from the time of his entering the Service: On the 10 th of July 1781. this declarant went in Virginia (he being but a short distance from the line) & joining Capt. William Downy's Company of horse & went in pursuit of the Tories in the County of Bedford V a & the adjoining Counties, in this Service he was engaged about two months, This declarant was born in Epic County Virginia on the 22 nd October 1755. he has no Record of his age, it having been entered in his father's family Bible, which at the death of the Old man fell in the hands of his Brother who has been dead many years: - he lived at the time County of Campbell when he entered the Service, has lived here since County ever since, this declarant is known to almost every man in said County, is well acquainted with Col. D. B. Brown U.S. Senator from N. Carolina, Genl. Francis Travers Geo. W. Lee Esq. and John Johnston; he has has no documentary Evidence of his Service, & knows of no one except David Barker whose Certificate is herewith annexed, of of this Section of Country, by whom he can prove his Service, he hereby relinquishes any claim 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 in open
Court the day & year aforesaid
Test Paul A. Haralson Clk
his William H. Parker Mark

Omit
State of N. Carolina } 18 th October 1832 Casmill County. }
David Barker Resident in the County of Casmill aforesaid hereby Certifies that he is well acquainted with William Barker who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, and believes him to be Twenty five years of age this month as he states. That he believes him to have performed the services stated in his declaration, & states that marching with said Barker from Hillsboro N.C. to Charleston S.C. and & knows him to have performed the services in that Campaign, as stated in his declaration.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year above
Test Paul A. Haralson Clk
David Barker
We George Williamson, Francis Evans & John Johnston do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Certify that we are well acquainted with William Barker residing in the County of Casmill aforesaid who has subscri- bed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Twenty five years of age, that he is a Captain & believes him to have performed the services stated in his declaration, & that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that we are well acquainted with David Barker who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, and that he is worthy of credit. —
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year above
Test Paul A. Haralson Clk
Geo. Williamson
F. Evans
John Johnston

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution, & lived as he states: And the Court further certify that it appears to them that David Barker, George Williamson, Genl. Francis Grant, & John Johnston who have signed the foregoing certificates, & who reside in the County of Cassell aforesaid are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit, —
I Paul H. Haralson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for County of Cassell aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Parker for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Office of said Court: this 10 th day of October 1832
Paul H. Haralson C.W.R.
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1832-2881 76861 1 Recd from Mr. ... ... of ... ... 1832

Mr. Parker's Declaration was the Act passed 7 th Dec 1833. —

I Thomas D. Johnston a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Craven and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Nicholas Willis whose Certificate appears on the preceding page, is a Clergyman Resident in the County, aforesaid, and that his statement is entitled to credit. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the 7 th day of May 1833. —
Thos D Johnston J.P.
State of North Carolina } Craven County. } This 7 th day of May 1833
I Paul A. Haralson Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Craven aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas D. Johnston whose Certificate appears on this & the preceding page, is and was, at the time of signing said Certificate, a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Craven aforesaid and that full faith & credit is due to his official acts. —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of office of said Court. — the day & date above. —
Paul A. Haralson Clerk "

State of North Carolina Covington County.
Before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Covington aforesaid. William Parker, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory, he can not know positively as to the precise length of his Service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below. — and in the following order. —
For ten months I served as a private in the Militia Service in the War of the Revolution, first Tour, — and for two months I served as a private in the Militia Service in the Second Tour mentioned in my foregoing declaration.
Making in all two Tours — a period of Twenty Months Service and for which Service I claim a pension: — at part of the first Tour I was engaged amongst the Artificers at Charleston South Carolina, in making axes, helves, hand-helves, wooden spades, hoes, & implements to be used in throwing up the breast works. — I never recd. a discharge, having been taken prisoner by the British in my first tour, and released by them as stated in my declaration: The reason why I failed to procure the Certificate of a Clergyman to my declaration in the first instance, is — that I expected one to attend for that purpose, but was disappointed. —
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 7th day of May A.D. 1833.
his William H. Parker Mark
Thos D. Johnston J.P.
I Nicholas Willis, a Clergyman, residing in the County of Covington aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Parker, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 7th day of May 1833.
N. Willis
Thos D. Johnston J.P.

February 16, 1937
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Bank BAGJ/MCS
William Parker, S.8936
Mrs. Flora Knapp Dickinson 489 Fifth Avenue New York City
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.8936, based upon the military service of the only William Parker who served from North Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
William Parker was born October 22, 1755, in Essex County, Virginia. He stated that his birth was entered in his father's family Bible, at whose death it passed into "the hands of his brother" who had been dead many years in 1832. The names of parents and brother of William Parker were not given.
While a resident of Caswell County, North Carolina, William Parker volunteered in July, 1779, in Captain Harden's company in Colonel Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was taken prisoner during the siege of Charleston but was released on parole and reached home June 3, 1780, having served ten months as private and part of the time he served as artificer in Charleston. As he lived only a short distance from the Virginia line he enlisted in July, 1781, as private in Captain William Downy's Virginia company, served two months and was engaged in pursuing the Tories.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Caswell County, North Carolina, where he had lived since he entered service in the Revolution.
There are no data relative to wife and children of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Feb 25-1901 Mrs. M.B. Prigg Lucas in Texas
1923- Oct. 25- Photostat copies of 3 pages (not certified) mailed to Mrs. Howard H. McCall. See receipt- etc. in claim N. 21779 of Archibald McMahan. MMH
1937 Feb. 16. hist. to Mrs. Flora K. Dickinson. See corres in Rev. Ch. Ransford Avery Texas 6.20.151 MCS
Rev. Ch.
8936 INVALID.
File No. 8936
William Parker Priv Recd. War.
Act: June 7th 1857
Index:—Vol. 1st , Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wm Parker
from 1779 print Vega #40.
Calvin Caswell Graves, Esq. Caswell C.H. N.E.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Parker  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 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? Yes 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? Yes

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? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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? witness 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? the Court has 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? Yes XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 6.
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 shewn 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 seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

February 16, 1937
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Mrs. Flora Knapp Dickinson 489 Fifth Avenue New York City
Wm. Parker, S.8936 Ransford Avery Ferris, S.20751 BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War pensioners, William Parker and Ransford Avery Ferris.
You are furnished herewith, the record of William Parker, S.8936, and the record of Ransford Avery Ferris, S.20751, as shown by papers on file in their claims for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator