Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,386, for Charles Rhodes, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Rhodes Charles
S. 7386
CONTENTS

Mississippi 19.832.
Charles Rhodes.
Admitted in the State of Miss. who was a Sergeant in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Williams of the Reg t commanded by Col o Johnson in the South Carolina line for two years. -
Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi at the rate of 120. Dollars 00. Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20. day of Sept. 1833. and sent to John Mc Culchen. - Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833. - 300.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Nov. '34. 60.00
$ 360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By Wm. H. Salner Clerk, Book 6. Vol. Eight Page 74.

6 Khody
Declaration

26. 484.

State of Mississippi • Smith County
On this 15 th day of February 1833
Personally appeared before the State Judge of the Probate Court and his associate Justices at a special term. Asaph Lewis of said County, Charles Rhodes, a resident of Greenhill Precinct, in the County of • Smith, and State of Mississippi aforesaid, aged 77 years on the 22 nd Inst, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. — That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Capt. John Pugh Williams and served in the 5 th Regiment of the North Carolina line, under the following named officers: First Colonel Edward Buncomb, 2 nd do Henry Irwin, Major Levi Dawson first Officer, John P. Williams Capt, Whitsill Pugh Lieutenant, Elisha Rhodes ensign Company Officer — left the Service near the close of the year 1778. That he resided in Berke County on the State of • N th Carolina, when he entered the Service, that he was in the Battle of Brandywine on the 22 nd Sept r 1777 and in that of Germantown on the 4 th Oct r following. That he marched from Wilmington • Carolina through the several States to Genl Washington's head Quarters near Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania — and that he continued in said Service and most of the time as a sergeant the time above stated. The said applicant doth further declare that in the month of May as he thinks 1779 he again entered the Service as a Militia man set out from Berke County (p 26) and served a Campaign of three Months, as Captain of a Company

of Drafted Militia men in the 1 st Regiment of the S th Carolina line of Militia, Commanded by Col Jonas Johnson Lieut. Col Laurence Walker, & Major Richardson. That the March was from Berne County aforesaid to the Head quarters of General Lincoln on Horse Creek near Savannah River in the State of S th Carolina - that the Campaign continued mostly in S th Carolina for three months that during it he was engaged in the Battle of Stone.
The said applicant would further State in confirmation of the facts stated in the first part of this declaration, that he has had in his possession a discharge from the regular Service, setting forth the time and duration of it together with other documentary evidence of the same facts, all which have been transmitted to the office of the War Depart- ment at Washington City, where he believes they may be found, and to which he refers as evidential of the justice of his claim as above declared. The said Charles Rhodes de- finitely relinquish any claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Rolls of any Agency in any State, unless placed on that of the State by virtue of the documents above referred to; and if so that I am not aware of the fact.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year first above written Charles Rhodes M c Baker Clerk
This day personally appeared from County & State unto County Court January 1833.
And the said Court do hereby declare its opinion, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states
St. Francis Noble Johnson A.S.A.C. John Wall A.S.A.C.

I William Baker Clerk of the Probate & County Court of Said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings, in the matter of the application of Charles Whedon for a Pension, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18 th day of February 1833 —
W. Baker Clerk

No. 484
19.832
Charles Rhodes
Alabama
Mississippi
Adm 2 years as serf.
$120
John M c Cutcher
Washington City

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjoined 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. These 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 Charles Rhodes
   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.     1776. 2 6 Serf. Cap. W. Williams Col. Buncamby 77 years Berlin On rolls 2 years 86 months as serjeant   1779 2 Cap. Col. Jonas Johnston County Sto Co  
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 county 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 day 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.  6. { 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 inquiry 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.
[a] 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 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.
[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 fix 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.

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Charles Rhodes S.F. 7386
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 near close 1778 Sergt. John Pugh Williams Edward Buncombe N.C.   May 1779 3 mos. Capt Jonas Johnson "        
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Stone.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Burke Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, July 26, 1829 His el. was of
Residence at date of application, Iron Hill Precinct Amite Co. Miss.
Age at date of application, born Feb. 22, 1752
Remarks: Soldier refers to his wife in 1829 no name is stated

34 East Ave Atlanta, Ga Feb 18 - 1911
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir; Will you please send me the record of service in the Revolution of the two pensioners - Wm Blount of Pensacola Parish Louis- iana who died about 1830, and Charles 87386 Rhodes of Amite Co. Miss in 1833.
Thanking you in advance I am
Yours Very Truly Mrs Alfred Prescott
Act. Feb. 25, 1911/c

1911 Mch. 2 Hist. to Mrs. Alfred Prescott V.I.M.
Rev. May
7386
INVALID.
File No. 7386
Charles Rhodes Sergh Rev. May
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 15 , Page 314
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1829
A Discharge from James Hogan Col 13 th N.C. Regt to Charles Rhodes dated 25 Oct 1778.
no such discharge on file Mar 1. 1911 MW
Ref Date No
8725
#7386 Pm
OK

Charles Rhodes. of Mississippi Miss.
over Lowry Mississippi
John McIntosh. Washington City,

to be to be
To Mr Charles Rhodes
Amite County Mississippi
Mr W. G. 3
1 Rhodes Mississippi

Nashville January 29:1833
Dear Sir
I have just rec d your note of the 25 th of January enquiring for the papers in your petition for a Pension. I recollect the case, and regret exceedingly that the Govt did not place you on the Pension roll. The application was made in due form at the War Department & rejected for the want of sufficient evidence. It is not unlikely you may succeed now under the late act of Congress passed for the relief of the Officers and soldiers of the revolution. Your papers to the best of my recollection were left in the Pension Office, where they can be had on the application of any member of Congress from

This state. Either write yourself or get some friend to do so, and any of our members at Washington will arrange this business for you
I am Your Obedt
Powhatan Ellis
To
Charles Rhodes

Charles Roddick
Declaration
Revolutionary

1829 For the purpose of obtaining the amount of pay, accruing to me for the half year ending on the 3 d day of September 1828, under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" Approved 15 th May 1828."
I Charles Rhodes of Zion Hill Settlement in the County of Smith in the State of Mississippi Do hereby declare That I was a Sergeant in the 5 th and 3 d North Carolina Battalions of the Army of the Revolution in the Continental line, and that after being discharged therefrom, that I served as a Militia Captain in the first Regiment of the Militia Commanded by General Lincoln, as will more fully appear from my discharge and other accompanying certificates, and that I believe, that on examination of the proper records, I shall be found entitled by the Secretary of the Treasury under that Act to the pay of a Sergeant in the said line.
Witness my hand this 26 th day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Charles Rhodes
Notle Johnson
Before me, one of the associate Justices of the County Court of Smith County in the State of Mississippi Personally appeared this day, Olincau Wilkinson and Vague Wilkinson, who did severally make oath that Charles Rhodes by whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed is well known to them, to be the person therein named, and that he is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated and that the said declaration was made and subscribed by the said Charles Rhodes in their presence, and on the day of the date thereof. Witness my hand this 26 th day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Notle Johnson A. S. C. C. A. C.

Charles Davis De Clerk of the Court of the County of Amite in the State of Mississippi do hereby certify that a Noble Johnson before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time an associate Justice of the County Court of said County and duly empowered to adminis- -ter oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this second day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine Charles Davis Deputy Clerk

Feb. 15-
Respectfully yours John N. Chapman The Secretary
James L Edwards
Pension Office Pitts. Pa.
# 7386 ms 000

State of Georgia } Before me William Ball Baldwin County } one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for the County aforesaid, personally came and appeared James Barrow of said County, who after being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that he knew Charles Rhody (now residing in the State of Mississippi, Amite County) in the regular Army when this deponent was himself a soldier in the same Army under the command of General Washington in person, in the years 1777 and 1778, and that this deponent never knew any other man of that name; exactly what time the said Charles Rhody served and in what Regiment this deponent cannot assert particularly, but believing that it was two years and a half in the fifth North Carolina Regiment. This deponent knew him also after they were both discharged from the regular Army, as a Captain of a Militia Company under the command of General Lincoln in South Carolina, and finally this deponent hath known him ever since to be a man of irreproachable moral character. —
James Barrow
Sworn to before me this 9 th August 1821
W m Ball J.I.C.

Milledgeville 9 th August 1821.
We the undersigned do hereby certify that we have for many years known James Barrow who hath made the within affidavit, and we have no hesitation in saying that he has uniformly sustained the character of a man of undoubted veracity; and that every confidence should be given to the within affidavit.
John Clark
Gov M c Burdoo Secy E.D.
Elisha Wood Secy E.D.
H ugh Kearney Secy E.D.
Robt. Clayton Treasr.
Jas. Bozeman Comp. Genl
Ab r Hammond Secy of State
Deer Sir

Georgia Baldwin County I Thomas St Kenan Clerk of the Superior Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Ball whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, is an acting Justice of the Superior Court for the County of Baldwin duly authorized and commissioned as such, and that all due faith & credit ought to be given his attestation as such. Given under my hand and seal of office this 9th day of August 1821
Thomas St Kenan CLK

State of North Carolina Wake County
The depositions of John & Henry Rhodes Witnesses of respect Credibility, and of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to Law, respecting the service of Charles Rhodes in War of the Revolution in the Conti- =nental line of the State of North Carolina, depose and say that the S d Charles Rhodes is a Brother of theirs and who they well knew enlisted in the service of his Country as aforesaid in the County of Bertie in the State afores d . under capt. John Pugh Williams of the 5 th North Carolina Regiment, for two years & a half and served out faithfully the term of his S d . Enlistment and soon after he the S d Charles Rhodes enlisted he acted as Sergeant in S d Company, and as well as they can now remember, he enlisted in the Spring of 1776. and that they do believe the S d Charles Rhodes is the same person who is entitled to a Military Land Warrant, as appears of Record upon the Records of the Secretaries office of the State aforesaid for 350 acres, and which these deponents, have been informed & does believe has been drawn by some person improperly, as they believe their S d Brother is now living in the State of Mississippi - and that they never knew any other person in the service afores d . by the same name, and that they do verily believe him to be the identical person entitled to S d land warrant of 350 acres -
John Rhodes Henry Rhodes
Sworn to & subscribed before us at Raleigh this 21 st day of March 1822 R R Smith J.P.
State of North Carolina Wake County
We do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the above named John & Henry Rhodes, who both depose to the above before us. & we do hereby Certify that they are both Men of respectable character, and entitled to full credit, and that they are both residents of Wake County, and within 7 miles of this City -
Given under our hands & seals this 22 d March 1822
Richard Smith J.P. Thos G. Scott J.P.

State of North Carolina Wake County } I Benjamin G King Clerk of the County Court of pleas & for the County of Wake do hereby certify that Richard Smith & Thomas G Scott Esqrs who signed the within Certificate are acting Justices of the peace in the County aforesaid and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to their official acts as such In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand & seal of office at Raleigh this 20 th day of March A.D. 1822
B. G. King
State of North Carolina } I John P. McRae, Presiding Magistrate Wake County } of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid, hereby certify, That Bony G King who has signed the above Certificate is and was at that time, Clerk of the Court aforesaid; That his Certi- ficate is in due form and full faith should be given to such his official acts - and that he is the proper officer to make such testimonial Given under my hand Seal this 21 st March 1822 John P. McRae

State of Mississippi Amite County Dec. 29 th 1829 Honorable Jonathan Ellis
Dear Sir I take the liberty to trouble with a piece of business of Mine perhaps Sir you may recollect some years ago you executed some papers for me at Natchez respecting My Pension which I sent on to Thomas Williams which was not acted on for want of a schedule of My Property. I accordingly had that done in due form, which was rejected on account of My Property Amounting a little over two hundred dollars, tho my service was Admitted. I now have send on My declaration with the proofs of My services in the Revolutionary War which you will see by My Discharge and affidavits Enclosed in this packet, - The last service rendered was in Genl. Lincoln's army in South Carolina at which time I had a Captain's Commission. Dear Sir, if you'll be so good as to lay my papers before the proper Officer & write the Decision you will lay me under special obligations, My being poor & needy & having an Aged Wife rendered nearly helpless by Afflictions & having to labour for a scanty support is the Only motive which induces me to make this Application, Yours & Charles Rhodes
P.S. About seven years past I requested a Brother of Mine living in the Neighborhood of Raleigh to make inquiry concerning the quantity of land due me for my Revolutionary services which had been drawn by another person fraudulently which I lost, you'll see it alluded to in my Brother's affidavit.

Liberty Mi. 3 Fibz 3
Free.
The Hon. Powhatan Ellis in Congress Washington City
Rhodes petition for a Pension - 4

No 23 Feb 1830.
1387
P. Sir
Enclosed I again enclose the papers of James Ward with additional documents praying for a Pension. Your early answer will much
oblige your Obedt
Portia Ellis
Mr Edwards
Pension Officer