Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7278, for James Odom, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Odom James or Odone
S 7278
Boarded
CONTENTS

2559. North Carolina
James Odene
of Johnston in the State of North Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bryan of the Regt commanded by Col Smith - in the N. Carolina line for 6 months from 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Nov r 1832 and sent to Ransom Sanders, Smithfield N.C.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - 30 - Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 - 10 - 40. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk Book D Vol. 8 - Page 38 -
Let to Wm C. Shepard June 8. 1838. " " 3 rd Aud. June 11. 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to the 4 Sept 1837 - Agent notified 15 June 1838.
Sent to 3 rd Auditor 29. Sept 1841
Paid as above from 4. Sep 1837 to 4. Sep 1840. Age notified 10. Oct 1841
Order to pay 13 Oct 1845.
Date of death not on A.P.

James Odom
North Carolina
NO 5978.
for 1776 print 6 months, $20.
REPRINT IN THE CASE OF
OF THE STATE OF
(NOT THE SAME, REPRINT)
James Odom

BRIEF in the case of James Odom of Johnston County in the State of North Carolina (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? 80 Years  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.     Voluntarily enlisted in 17th State Infantry " 3 " Private Gen. Linnington Col Samuel Smith Major John Whitley Capt Henry Bryan Col Wood Major William Dennis Capt Philip Thomas   drafted " 9 " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? ✓  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Johnston County, North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? One living witness in part & traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. Little Examining Clerk.

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quorum County of Johnston } for Session August Term 1832
On this 27 day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quorum for Session now sitting James B. Dowd a resident of the County of Johnston and State of North Carolina aged about 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the Unit- ed States under the following named officers & served as their subordinate  volunteer
That he entered  volunteered under Capt. Hardy Bryan early in the Revolutionary War for a service of three months - That he en- tered at Smithfield - and was marched to Wilmington where he became his complete lame for which he volunteered - The infirmity of age and his shattered memory render it impossi- ble for the Declarant to state almost any thing with certainty - but he remembers what he shall never forget that he served his country in the need He remembers that Samuel Smith was Colonel and John Whitley his Major. - That after the service of three months was expired his his company was discharged at Baff's Ferry in Wayne Co. N. Carolina - That some years afterwards he was drafted and placed under the command of Capt. Philip Thomas at Smith

field at C. - and Major McDermott  McDermott that he was marched to Seabreeze and stood at Green Hills about fifteen days - Then marched to Fay- etteville - then called Cross Creek - and there placed under command of Gen. Linnington & Col. Brown Major McDermott  McDermott staid in Fayetteville a few days - Then to Robeson Co. N.C. - Then marched to the So. Pedee in S.C. and stationed at the mouth of Rocky River - Staid there nearly a month - Then to Guilford Co. N.C. and disbanded - There was no discharge in writing from him but a discharge by parole was given by Captain Thomas after the service of five months was completely ended as they were on the March between Guilford and Johnston - He was separated afterwards as he was in suppressing Disaffection in Johnston and the adjoining counties - but cannot pretend to specify any time or times in which he was so engaged - He states with confidence that he served six months fully & faithfully - That when he entered the service he resided in Johnston and had always lived in Linn County - Declarant knows no individual who served with him during his first term of service - but states that in his last term of service Abiel Tappan served as his fellow soldier - and his memory has been refreshed by said label in the above particular - The Declarant cannot fix the time of the service - only a few

weeks after his return he heard of the battle at Guilford - I do not know the record of his age - he remembers the names of none of the regular officers in Continental Service except those States. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.  I swear to and subscribe the day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one  James X Odom mark
I, Abel Sasser certify that I was in the three months service spoken of by James Odom in the above Declaration as his second term of service - and know the facts stated to be true - I sworn the day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one  Abel X Sasser mark
We Josiah Hinnant & Ipe Hinnant residing in the County of Guilford  Johnston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Odom who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be about 80 years of age - and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  I sworn to and subscribe the day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one  Josiah Hinnant Ipe Hinnant
And the said Abel hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the

Res. Department that the above named William was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in the State. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Bennett who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Minister residing in the County of Johnston and that Jesse Bennett who has also signed the same is a Minister in the County of Johnston & is an Credible person and entitled that their statement is entitled to credit
I, Ransom Saunders Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Odum for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28. August 1832. R. Saunders
5978 James Odum
Declaration

May 20, 1932
BA-J/MLB
XXXXXXXXXXXX
JAMES ODOM OR ODONE
S. 7278
Mr. D. L. McWhorter Bethel North Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to James Odom, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7278, based upon the military service in the Revolution of James Odom (pensioned Odone).
While living in Johnston County, North Carolina, he volunteered early in the war and served three months as a private in Captain Hardy Bryan's company, Colonel Samuel Smith's North Carolina regiment. He then served three months as private in Captain Philip Thomas' company, Colonel Brown's North Carolina regiment; the date of enlistment was not given but he returned home a few weeks before the battle of Guilford. He stated that he afterwards served repeatedly in short engagements in Johnston and adjoining counties; no dates of enlistment were stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina, aged about eighty years.
There are no family data on file.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named James Odom or Odone found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1914 Dec. 16 Hist. to Mrs. J. H. Hardwick 1916 Feb. 2 Hist. to Mrs. Beulah Crouch Letter in S.F. 8904 Jan Adams 1921 July 28 Hist. to Mrs. Ernest H. Dugan 1932 May 13 - Hist. to D. L. McHone
Rev. May
4248
INVALID.
File No. 7278
James Odum Rev. Rev. War-
Act: June 7 th 1852
Index: Vol. 1, Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Odom, N. Caro: will act by June 1832, at $20 per Annum.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid?
Plus in of his; } June 8. 1838. }
to the 4 March 1836
JA

5977.
5982.
Ms
Samuel H. Hales Sept. 1 st 1832
To the Honble
To Ransom Saunders Smithfield N.C.
Secretary of War Washington City
Dear Sir

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 13, 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "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," Jas. B. Doolen a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina Agency , at the rate of twenty Dollars and — — — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 1 st , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "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," James Odom ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 4 th Sept. 1840,
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
James Odom further proof or explanation.
which require
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?
on living witness in part
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?
no
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?
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?
yes
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.

Oct 13 45
JS
Mr Evans
Jenny L. Colman Esq. Commissaire of Pensions Washington.

Pension Office
Washington Oct. 9 th 1845
James L. Edmund Esq.
Commissaire of Pensions
Sir
Please direct the pay master of James Odum. Act 1832. 22 Mo. $20 per month me to be paid.
Respectfully
James Odum
James M. [?]
J. [?]

June 7.
To
Jackson.
L. Edwards Esq
Hon. Ch. Shepard Clerk
Commissioner of Pensions

Ho. of Reps.
7. June 1838
To J. L. Edwards Esq,
Com. of Pensions,
I have received a power of attorney from Mr James Odom, a revolutionary pensioner, residing in Johnston Co N.C. for the purpose of drawing what may be due him from the Treasury. Can he be paid at Washington or must he go to Fayetteville? If his pension be payable at this place, will you inform me by when it is to be paid
Yours respectfully
Mr Oldfield
Charles Shepard

20 P. Gheray S.C.
July 16 1921
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
If you have any record of revolutionary service of James Adair who came from Virginia to Carolina, will you kindly send it to me.

I also wish a copy of the dis- pensation paid to Lewis E. Shultz from my father's S. P. C. prop- erty in the Revolution. James Dixon fought in the Revolution but as far as I have been unable to secure official proof. I am a direct de- scendant of both men.
Yours truly,
Mrs Ernest H. Small 314 Market St. Chester P. C.

121 Cleveland, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1914.
Department of the Interior,
Washington,
Gentlemen:-
Please send me a statement of the military history of JAMES ODOM aged 88 years in 1840. He was on the pension list of Johnston Co., N. C. that year and lived with Gary Sydevant.
Yours truly,
Mrs. J. H. Hardwick
Cleveland, Tennessee.

Bethel, N.C.
April 5, 1932.
U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I would like to only mention get the information on the pension of James Adam , a soldier in the Revolution from Northampton County, N.C. who later moved to Pitt County, N.C.
The State records of North Carolina list him as receiving a Federal pension - for Revolutionary Service.
Thanking you very much, I am
Yours truly,
D. L. Mewhorter

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Odom* a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. *Pensioned Odom.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Early in Rev War 3 mos. Pvt. Hardy Bryan Samuel Smith N.C.   1781 3 mos. Philip Thomas Brown        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Johnston Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1852. Her cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Johnston Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, about 80 yrs.
Remarks: No data as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.