Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,632, for Joseph Patten, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6.
Patten, Joseph
S.3632
carded
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Act Notified 10. April 1839.
Duplicate Certificate issued 10. April 1846 and sent to Robert A. Dabney, James Town Henry Co. Tennessee.
19450 East Tennessee
Joseph Patten of Morgan in the State of Tennessee who was a prof S & C in the Company commanded by Captain Bell of the Regt commanded by Col Davis in the Carolina line for 3 Months & 21 days pr. of Cav 6 " 11 days " " Inf't
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of $6 Dollars 38 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1833 and sent to Robert A. Dabney. Morgan Court H.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 90.95 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 18.19 $109.14
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book E - Vol. 7 - Page 56 - (copy) -

1887b East Joseph Patten
from 1879 private of Canaly & Infy 10 months.
Pr Can. 3 mo. 20 days. $15.27
Pr. Infy. 6-10/11/79 21.11 $36.38 100
$36.38 100
The 3 months of his last term of service for which he was drafted is allowed.
12.50 2.77 15.27
A.
Robert A Dabney ^ Morgan OH Morgan Co.

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Patten  of Morgan 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? 70.  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.     enr'd. In 1779. "about 10" Light Horse Gen. Col. Locke  Capt Bell  no Co   again soon after "some short time"   drafted in about 2 weeks 3 for Col Davis  Capt Heath   in about 2 or 3 weeks "some few days" " no officers   substituted some time after 3 " Col Locke  Capt Huggins   drafted in about 6 or 8 weeks after 7 Blacksmith Col White   in all about 14 months  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rowan Co N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Trad'y.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Seal of office 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. L. Williams Examining Clerk.

Pension Decl.
Joseph Totten
Morgan County
Tennessee
18810

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832
State of Tennessee } On this the 13 th day Morgan County } of October 1832 personally appeared before the worshipful Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter- -sessions for said County now sitting it being a court of record. Joseph Patten a resident citizen of the County of Morgan aforesaid in the State of Tennessee aged 70 years agreeable to his record as taken from his father's record and after being sworn according to Law make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the aforesaid act of Congress passed 7 June in the year of our Lord 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, in the State of N. Carolina. Rutherford County, under Captain William Bell  Benjamin  Matthew not recollected Col. Frank Locke and Major White his first name not recollected he is not certain as to the date not recollected, but is was in the winter summer season of the year and believed to be in the year 1779 and marched from said County and crossed the Catawba river at Sherrill's Ford

He went a horse back and all the men that went with him we went on to Ransowers Mill, and fought the Tories at said mill and Conquered and drove them away and drawn, and killed many, and then we returned home having been in service about Ten days. and in three or four days thereafter was called on again to fight the Tories and he marched off under Captain William Bell and my aforesaid Col. Locke and Col. Davidson was a Long that was afterwards General and we marched to Coalston Creek and there had a Battle with the Tories and Conquered them Easy and then returned home having been about some short Time this was another Light horse Trip, and after staying at home about Two weeks was drafted to serve a three months against the British and Tories the British then lay in Camden he marched off under Captain William Heart and Col. Davis his first name not remembered and marched on toward Camden and Stationed some time at Waxhaw Creek and while there at that place Two hundred of us, and he was of the number left the main force and fought the

Forces at a place on the Catawba river and defeated them, and he together with the balance of said soldiers returned to their former station at Waxhaw Creek and found our former Troops and then there came word that the British was coming on toward Charlotte in Mecklenburg County and we then marched back toward that place and there remained until Tortleton and his forces came to that place we gave him a fire and that were of the horse and retreated the British remained in Charlotte some time and we stationed at Rocky river about 24 miles off we were engaged for some time in watching round where the Enemy was stationed and in keeping them from plundering and at one time we took about forty of the British that were out foraging with their waggons and teams, He was in a skirmish at Col Polks Mill the British were guarding said mill we thought it was the Forces until we fired a few times on them they wounded, 7 of our horses and killed one man of ours named Hugh Gray, we took one of their guard and retreated and then returned to head quarters at Rocky river, and went on to Sallisbury

and was then Verbally discharged for a threemonths Lower and returned home and in about two or three weeks afterward was called on in great haste to go ag- ainst the British at the time they crossed, at Sheepsford, and he was on the same day, that the British crossed said river in a skirmish with them at that place But we had to re- treat and went home being in some few days and in sometime thereafter he substituted in the place of a certain Daniel Baxter who had been drafted to serve a threemonths Lower he marched off under his former Col, Locke and the Capt Huggins and marched on after the British and crossed the Shallow ford of the Yadkin and marched night and day for some distance and marched near Hillsborough and joined General Greens army and then marched to fight the British at the revolution Battle ground near Haw river and the British retreated and was finally marched by General Green across Haw river at the reedy fork and was then publicly and verbally discharged, and Col Locke and his men returned home having served out our time and in about six or eight weeks after he returned home he himself was again drafted

and states that his uncle Robert Patten his father's brother was employed in carrying on work for the Benefit of the army in fixing cannon car- riages and in shoeing horses for the Light horse and in doing so it was necessary to have a good strong land to help him and by the arrange- ment of White this applicant was put to assisting his uncle in Black- smithing for the use of the army this was to stand as his bond for which he was drafted he accord- ingly served out a three months servitude engaged at the most hard labor and after said three months bond was expired he was requested by order of Col White to continue in service with an under- standing that it should stand as so much time in the way of servi- ce in the army and served on till his uncle's time was out making at least four months of term my first three months for which I had served

at said work was expired, for which service he never was promised to be paid, nor never received any pay for only the rations that was then allowed him by said officer by whom he was employed and appli- =cant states that he must have been in the united States service during said war about fourteen months in the aggregate he ap- =plicant has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person by whom he can prove his services he states that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania he does not know the county can just bearly recol- lect being moved to North Carolina Rowan County was raised in said County near cabins meeting house and there continued to live until about two years after the revolutionary war, and moved to the State of Kentucky Madison County, Staid there some few years and moved to Montgomery county said State Staid there 17 years, moved to Cumberland County said State Staid there = 16 years, moved Overton County Tennessee lived there 8 or nine years, moved to Morgan County

has lived ever since,
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- -soever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to in open court Joseph Patten attest John Brown D.C.
We Maj. Shedrick Stephens residing in the county of Morgan and state of Tennessee and Col. Saml. Scott, residing in the same hereby certify that we are well ac- -quainted with the Joseph Patten who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Shedrick Stephens sworn to and subscribed Saml. Scott in open court.
Attest John Brown D.C.
and the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and

and serv d as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Mayor Shedrick Stephens who has signed the preceding certificate and resides in the county of Morgan, State of Tennessee is a credible man, and that it is not convenient to get the certificate of a clergyman as none are handy, and that Col Samuel Scott who has also signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
John M. Davidson
Thomas S. Lea
John Williams
D. L. Alexander
State of Tennessee Morgan County I Elijah Saunders clerk
of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Morgan of on said do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Patten for a new trial
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day being no publick and provided for said court at office in Morgan on the 15 th day of October A D 1832
Elijah Saunders By his Deputy John Brown

State of Tennessee Morgan County
I Elijah Saunders Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for the County of Morgan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Patten for a pension. And further that at the time the foregoing certificate was made there was no seal of my office but that since a seal has been provided. Given under my hand and seal of office, at office this the 15 th day of July 1833.
Elijah Saunders Clerk By his deputy Thomas Lea

State of one Tennessee & Morgan County & on this the 15 th day of July — 1833 personally appeared before the Worshipful Justices of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Morgan State of Tennessee it being a court of record now acting Joseph Patten, and after being duly sworn according to Law on his oath deposes and makes this amendment, To his original Declaration, and states that owing To old age and loss of memory and being no scholar so as to take notice of dates that he was unable to state precisely what year he first entered the service of the unit ed States that he did not know at the time of making his original Declaration that it was material in particular to state the date, and merely give it as an opin- ion in what year he thought it was and since on more deliberation he is clearly of opinion that he entered the service the first time spoken of his origin- al Declaration that was in the year of 1780 and he thinks about the first of June in said year he entered said service in Rowan County North Carolina under

Captain William Bell, and Frank Lock and Major White his first name not recollected and march d as stated in his origin- al Declaration a horse back and fought the Tories at Ramsour's mill having been in service some few days, he thinks about ten days and he then return d home a n recruited about three or four days and march d off again under said capt William Bell and col Lock, and col. Davidson his first name not remembered and march d to Coalston creek and there fought the Tories at which time said Col. Davidson was slightly wounded and again return d home having been out at this trip about 8 or 10 days, and after staying at home some short time and he thinks about two weeks, he was drafted to serve a three months tour against the British and Tories and march d off under Captain William Heart and col David his first name not remembered this tour included most of the fall season of the year and he thinks he enter d the service this time near about the last of august, and march d  as as stated in his original Dec- laration toward Camden and station d some time at Waxhaw creek and was detach d from the main force and fought
and serv d 10 days amuse into tour x rec cruted then serv d 8 or 10 days more
then a three months tour He

the Tories at a place on the Catawba river under my said Captain Heart and Col David, and returned back to the main force and went on toward Charlotte in Mecklenburg County and there was driven away from there by the British under Tarleton we fired on them and retreated and we went on and stationed at Rocky River and was engaged some time in watching in keeping the enemy from plundering and we took about forty of the British prisoners. During said time he was in a skirmish at Col Polks mill as stated in his original Declaration and returned to Rocky River and finally went to Salisbury and was there verbally discharged by my said Capt for a three months term as a private Lighthouse soldiers we were called Dragons the time of quitting the service this last mentioned term he thinks was some time in November and still in the year 1780 and in a short time thereafter he was again called in great haste against the British and marched off under Captain William Bell and as a private foot soldier was out some few days was in a skirmish at the forks roads of Catawba where Tarletons Tavern, retreated and went back home perhaps was out about ten days this time and two or three days thereafter he substituted in the place of Daniel Baxter
disch arg? for said a month the term
opinion to had my of 10 days
as a private foot soldier was out some few days was in a skirmish at the forks roads of Catawba

Who had been drafted to serve a three months tour as a private foot soldier and mar- ch ed off under capt. Higgins and my afore- said Col Lock and marched on after the british and crossed the shallow ford of the Yadkin. and marched near Hillsborough and joined General greens army and marched to the Revolutionary Battleground and was there publicly and verbally discharged. he cannot state precisely what time he was discharged but he thinks it was very early in the spring of 1781. he then returned home, he states that owing to old age and consequent infirmity he cannot state precisely the whole of the previous services amounted to but according to the best of his recoll- ection they amounted to not less than seven months.
he states that in the thereafter some six or eight weeks thereafter he was drafted to serve a three months tour under said capt. Bell and White While his first name not remembered, and by the order of said White he was put to work for the use of the army at blacksmithing, served out said time and was continued at said labor in toto seven months with an understanding that the
the remain- der was labor in lieu of service

Said Lather four months of said Labor should save him from. so much service in the army, this applicant appreciates from old age and the great length of time and being no schollar state precisely the periods of his service nor precisely the intervening time between, but well recollects his years in succession one after another and to have per- formed the whole of his services beginning in one year and ending in the ensuing year and believes that it was all done the year 1780. and 1781. he knows his services ended in same year of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at York. and he relies on on cal- culating men of learning for the dates he being wholly illiterate, he hereby respectfully submits. to the war depart- ment of war to fairly adjust this his claim and grant him a pension proportioned to what amount of time the department of war sees he is entitled to, he not being a Judge of how many of the act of congress in any particular and whatever amount of time they think him entitled to grant him a pension proportionable. and let the time for which he may not be entitled be con- sidered as relinquished (if any) that his claim

be it settled at the 7. or 10. or 14 months be not further delay, as he is vastly old and infirm and in great need of some help he = positively states that there is no clergyman any place within his vicinity, nor was  why there any at the time of arranging his  no Original Declaration there being but  clergyman one or two any where with his said county at a very remote distance from applicant he has no doubt he can prove his charac- ter for veracity and as a soldier of the revolution by Col Eldridge Myatt of  and was of his present neighborhood and by his neighbors  7th generally and by Daniel S Lavender  into Esquire said county and by Elizah Laven-  rogatory der the clerk of the county court of his said county and in fact by all his intimate acquaintance generally sworn to and subscribed } Joseph Patten in open court the } day and year aforesaid } Thomas S. Lea Deputy Clerk
and the said court hereby declare their opinion that said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and that seems to be a general, and undoubted

opinion prevailing in the county of said applicant that he was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and that he is a man of veracity
Daniel Laverde Thomas Jack
John M. White Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee Morgan County
I Elijah Saunders Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for the County of Morgan do certify that the foregoing contains the amended proceeding in the matter of the application of Joseph Patton for a pension. Given under my hand & seal of office at office the 11 th day of July 1833
Elijah Saunders Clerk
by his deputy
Thomas Lea

Patten
1940
Payments to be made at Knoxville by Robert King Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of East Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 7 Page 16 by Jas. Lloyd Clerk.
at 2 o'clock PM June 10 1940

of the Agency of Walter Vennepice who was a Private of Infantry & Cavalry in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive ... Thirty-Six dollars and Thirty-Eight cents per annum, during his natural life, com- mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi- annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States , this 18 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 5 th , 1839.
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," Joseph Patten, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Tennessee Agency, at the rate of Thirty six Dollars and thirty eight Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully yours,
W. B. Parsons 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 Joseph Patten which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? eto 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? eto VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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? eto

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 two Certificates
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? etc.
• XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7.
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.

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Jamestown Tenn March 29th
ap 6 46
W. Gordon M. Evans
James L. Edwards Esq. Washington city D.C. War Dept Pension office

Jamestown Fentress County Tennessee. March 23, 90
Enclosed is the application of Joseph Patton, a Pensioner of Morgan County Tennessee, living near here he wants a new Pension certificate as his original certificate is nearly worn out, he is now 80 old and trem- -bling in the hands that he cannot write his name, I hope you will send me a copy, or duplicate Certificate for him, he has failed to draw on account of the effaced situation of his certificate. the remains of his certificate is herein with the affi- davit
your humble servt
Robert A. Dabney
J. L. Edwards Esq M c City D C
War Dept Pension Office

Morgan courthouse Tennessee July 18 th 1833,
Dear Sir,
Therein inclose in this Letter
The original & amended Declaration of Joseph Patten of this County to obtain a pension he has endeavored to amend agreeable to the best of his recollections. I have some doubt whether he will obtain pay for the time he performed in Labor for the use of the army or not you will discover he claims for at least 7 months in actual service while he was regularly Embodied, and for the same in other services as Labor for the army. on his behalf I request a pension for him for the amount that the department finds to be his right and the department will consider the surplusage as relinquished (if any) There has been a seal of office provided since the original Declaration was sent to the department, the said Original Declaration & the amended are sealed and fastened together for convenience I am with the utmost respect your most humble Servant H
To
J. L. Edwards
Robert A. Dabney

J. L. Edwards, Washington City D. C. War department Pension office
John
recd

State of Tennessee } ss Fentress County }
on this the 20th day of March 1846, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Fentress personally appeared Joseph Patton, of Morgan County Tennessee who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the companies commanded by Captains Heart, and Bell, and Regiments commanded by col's Locke, and Davie, in the service of the uni- ted states; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Tennessee, at Knoxville. that he received a certificate of that fact under the sig- nature and seal of the of the secretary of war, which certificate, has of late become so worn and effaced that it is unavailing, and he desires a new one
Joseph his Patton mark
sworn to and subscribed } this 20th day of march } 1846 before me
Col. A. Dabney
William See Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Fentress County 3 ss
I, William Lee, a Justice of the peace in and for said county certify that Joseph Patton, the above named Pensioner has become unable to write his name in an intelligible manner from palsy in the hands, given under my hand this 20th day of march 1846
William Lee
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Fentress County 3 ss
on this the 20th day of march 1846 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Robert A Dalbey, attorney at law with whom I am well acquainted his statements being entitled to full cred- it and on oath states that the above named Joseph Patton is the identical person who draws a Pension at the rate of thirty six dollars, and thirty eight cents and enrolled at Knoxville Tennessee
Robert A Dalbey
sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of march 1846 before me
William Lee
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Fentress County } ss
I John H Richardson clerk of the county court of Fentress aforesaid certify that William Lee, esq whose signature appears to the foregoing is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that the foregoing signatures purport- ing to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Larnestown this 23 d day of March A.D. 1846.
John H. Richardson Clerk, By A. A. Swope D.C.

19437 East Tennessee
Joseph Patten Morgan Co in the State of Tennessee who was a prof Sgt in the Co commanded by Captain Bell of the reg commanded by Col Davis in the N.C. time for 3 Mo & 20 d pr of ear 6 " 11 " " " " Drft
Inscribed on the Roll of E. T. at the rate of 36 Dollars 38 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1833 and Robert A Debney Morgan
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 90.95 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 18.79
109.14
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 56

Reuben
3632
INVALID.
one
File No. 3632
Joseph Patten Port. N. C. line
Act: June 7/93
Index:—Vol. A , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]