Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1868, for Thomas Parrish, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6
Parrish, Thomas
S.1868.
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71/16 Tennessee (west)
Thomas Parrish
of Sumner Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Taylor of the Regt commanded by Col Moore in the N.C. Line time for 11 mo: from '77
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 36 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Wm Hall H of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 73.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 18.33 $91.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 92

Thomas Parrish
Tennessee
No 7164.
from 1777 print 11 months. $36. 66 100
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Hon. M c Hall. of Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Parrish  of Sumner County in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  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.     Amplia In 1777 " 5 24 As a Private Gen. Rutherford Col Sumner Major Henderson Capt Faxon   drafted 1779 — 3 Substitute for John Col Stitts Reg't Gen Miller   drafted 1781 — 3 " — Col Moore Capt Gilliam Col Wiley Capt Wallace  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Graves Co. North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

7164.
Thomas Parrish
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Tennessee On this 29 th day of August 1832, person Sumner County 3 ally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the County Court of Sumner, now sitting, Thomas Parrish, a resident of Sumner County, aged State of Tennessee, aged about seventy two 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 7 th of June 1832. That he was drafted in Giles  Grundy County, N. Carolina  Tennessee in 1777 for for a five months term, that he served a part of this term under Capt. Taylor, the balance under Capt. Gail, the Company was attached to a Regiment number not now recollected, commanded by Genl. Rutherford, Col. Sanders & Maj. Henderson, which moved to Charleston, South Carolina, then to Purisburg on Saraman River. Applicant then volunteered as one of a scouting Party in the Light Infantry under Col. Lytle, and went from Purisburg to Augusta, and remained there until the British came and drove us off; we then returned a piece and joined Genl. Rutherford. We were then marched home, and applicant was regularly discharged, having been in the service from the 2 nd of November 1777 until the 26 th of April 1778. In 1779, Applicant hired himself as a substitute in the place of one Noel Johnson for three months under Capt. Gillam, was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Moore & Genl. Butler, marched to Salisbury, and from there to the Waxhaw, was then marched home and regularly discharged. Applicant was drafted in 1781 under Capt. Wallace for 3 months, attached to Col. Moore's Regiment.

Regiment, Genl. Butler Chief Commander, marched to Wilmington  Newbern , remained there until after Genl. Wallis's surrender, was then marched home and regu- larly discharged at Wilmington by Col. Owens. Applicant has lost or mislaid all of his discharges, has no documentary evidence of his services; he knows of no person living, whose testimony he can procure, by whom he can prove his services. 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 legacy of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Test A. S. Douglass Clerk
Thomas L. Parrish his mark
We John L. Swaney and Benjamin Walker residing in the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Parrish, who has subscribed and sworn to the above De- claration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to, and subscribed, this 23 rd day of August 1832. in open Court
A. S. Douglass Clerk
John L. Swaney Benj a Walker
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 for the reasons, that it appears to the Court, that John L. Swaney and Benj a Walker, who have signed

The preceding Certificate are assents of Sumner County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I A. H. Douglass, Clerk of the County Court of Sumner County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Parrish for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 25 th day of August A.D. 1832.
A. H. Douglass Clerk

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Larnish 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? Yes 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 12 & 9 not answered
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 the 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.
† 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 authenticated 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 end 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.

New War
1868
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File No. 1868
Thomas Parrish, Ind. N.T. Lins.
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]