Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7413, for Stephen Morris, North Carolina

SERVICE
N. 6.
Morris, Stephen
NUMBER
R. 7413
CONTENTS

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832
State of North Carolina } S.S.
County of Moore } 3
On this 22 nd day of November 1836 personally appeared in open court before Cornelius Dowd, Cornelius Bumbry & David Rimmon the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the aforesaid County of Moore and State of North Carolina now sitting Stephen Morris a Resident in the County of Moore and State of North Carolina aged Seventy years or upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations 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 and served as herein stated.
That he entered the Service as a volunteer & as a private Soldier on the 30 th day of May 1781 or there abouts as near as he can now recollect. That he entered the service for a term of three months under Captain Jacob Duckworth. That he joined the said Captain Duckworth and the rest of his company in the County of Cumberland North Carolina as a private Soldier in the North Carolina Militia.
That they then marched in various directions which it is impossible for him now to recollect in pursuit of the Tories who were then numerous and were the authors of much alarm and dismay as well as serious distress to the good Citizens of the Country. That he this said applicant together with his said Captain & company were during the whole of this term of three months in constant pursuit of the Tories and defending the good Citizens of the Country from their depredations. That they marched through many parts of the Counties of Cumberland (a part of which is now Moore) Robeson and the thinks probably a part of Randolph, Chatham, Brunei and Guilford. He cannot however recollect distinctly the various counties through which he marched but well recollects that they ranged the Country through & through from the East Swamps in Robeson County to what is called Stinkney

Stinking Quarter running through part of the Counties of Guilford and Orange. That his Lieutenant and in this town was Absalom Bryant. That they were not attached to any army or Regiment. That when his said term of Three Months expire he received a written discharge from his said Captain Duckworth. That he deposited said discharge in a Chest in his Father's house. That some time afterwards his said Father's house was robbed and this said discharge was taken by the robber.
That he now has no documentary evidence of his said Service nor is there any living witness that he knows of by whom he can prove it.
He the said applicant further states that he was discharged as above named at what is called the Gulf or deep River in the County of Chatham, North Carolina. That when he entered upon this tour he resided in the County of Cumberland & State of North Carolina and was discharged (after serving out his full three Months) on the first of September or there abouts as near as he can recollect & from the best criterions by which he is able to strengthen this memory.
The said Stephen Morris further saith that on or about the 20 th day of September 1781 he again entered the service as a private Soldier and as a Substitute for Frederick Morris for a three Months tour under Captain Henry Gaster & Lieutenant John Watts. That they rendezvoused at Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina. That they were stationed at the said Cross Creek for the purpose of Guarding the town and of protecting the citizens of that section of the country from the many depredations of the Tories to which they were exposed. That he continued at this said Station under the aforesaid officers until he had served out his full tour of three months and was discharged by his said Captain on or about the 25 th day of December 1781.
That he received from his said Captain Gaster a written

3 Written discharge for this Service, that he deposited it in a Chest in his fathers house together with that which he had received from Capt Duck, worth as afore named and that it was also taken by the person who robbed his fathers house as aforesaid That when he entered the Service under Capt. Gaster as aforesaid he resided in the County of Cumberland a State of North Carolina and that he was discharged as aforesaid at the aforesaid Wolf Creek (now Fayetteville)
That he has no documentary evidence of his service in this tour but is glad that he can procure the evidence of two or three respectable persons who served with him in this tour.
He the said applicant saith that he cannot recollect distinctly the particular dates but those set forth in the above Declaration as as near correct as it is possible for him to fix them.
The following Questions were propounded by the Court
1 Where and in what year were you born A. I was born upon the Immature Creek in the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina in the year 1765 or 1766.
2. D t Have you any record of your age A. I have not.
3 D t Where were you living when called into the service Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and Where do you now live
A. When I was called into the Service I lived in the County of Cumberland State of North Carolina, I have resided in the same neighbourhood and still reside there but the County of Cumberland having been divided since the revolutionary war, the Section where I lived and still live was included in that portion which is now called Moore County.
4. D t How were you called into the Service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom.
A. When I entered the first tour above named under Capt

4 Captain Duckworth I was a Volunteer and when I entered the second named tour (under Capt Gaster) I was a Substitute for Fredrick Morris.
5. Q. 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 Service.
A. My answer to this question is fully embraced in the preceding declaration.
6. Q. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so from whom was it signed and what has become of it?
A. I received a discharge from Capt. Duckworth and also a discharge from Capt. Gaster, and they were both taken from a chest in my Father's house by some person who robbed it.
7. Q. 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.
A. Col. Jacob Gaster John Baker, Charles G. Armstrong Wm. McAuley Stephen Bergman Dick Baker Mill. W. Mill Esq. and many others.
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 agency of any State whatever.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
A. C. Cury
Stephen his Morris mark

5 We Jacob Gaster & Neil McNeill Residing in the County of Moore and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquaint- -ed with Stephen Morris who has Subscribed and Sworn to the preceding declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy years of age or upwards, that he is respected and beloved in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolu- -tionary War and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed this 22 day of Nov r 1834 Jacob Gaster Neil McNeill
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Departme- -nt that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jacob Gaster & Neil McNeill Esqrs who signed the above certificate are residents of the County of Moore and are Creditable persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Com d Dowd Com d Daulap
Danville W. Rice
State of North Carolina Moore County } ss
I Alexander W. Curry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the aforesaid County of Moore do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Stephen Morris for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of November 1836
A. W. Curry C.C.C.

State of North Carolina } Moore County }
Personally appeared before me William Neill one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid County of Moore Co. Jacob Gaster a resident of the same State & County aged about seventy two years who being duly sworn agreeably to law doth on his oath declare that he is well ac- quainted with Stephen Morris the aforesaid applicant for a pension and who signed the preceding declaration, that he has been acquainted with him ever since he was a boy, that he Gaster understood in the time of the revolutionary War that the said Stephen Morris who was then his near neighbour was serving a tour as a soldier under Capt. Duckworth that he believed this to be true at the time and still believes it. He the said Jacob Gaster further states that he entered the service himself under Capt. Henry Gaster about the last of Sept. or first of October 1781 and served a three months tour under him at Cross Creek in the County of Cumberland North Carolina, and that when he arrived at Cross Creek he found the aforesaid Stephen Morris there serving a tour under said Capt. Gaster, that he, this deponent, and the said Stephen Morris served together this tour of three months at Cross Creek and that he feels confident that the said Morris served out his full time of three months and was discharged by the officers.
Sworn to and subscribed this 2 nd day of January 1837
Test William McNeill J.P.
Jacob Gaster

34023
Stephen Morris
Declaration
For a Pension
Comd David H. agent Carthage N.Y.

We Residing in the County of Moore and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Morris who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age or upwards that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and Subscribed this day of Nov. r 1836

State of North Carolina } Moore County }
Personally appeared before me Duncan Murchison one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid County of Moore Peter Morris of the said County of Moore & State of North Carolina, aged about seventy one years in March next who being duly sworn in due form of law deponeth and saith as follows to wit, that in the time of the Revolutionary War he resided in the aforesaid State of North Carolina and County of Cumberland, that he was a near neighbour to and intimately acquainted with Stephen Morris who is now a resident of the aforesaid County of Moore that some time during the Revolutionary War he thinks in the year 1781 or perhaps the first of the year 1782 he entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution and went to Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) in the County of Cumberland North Carolina and served a three months tour under Capt. Henry Gaster and that the aforesaid Stephen Morris was also a soldier in said Gaster's company and served with him a tour of three months.
This deponent further saith that some time (he does not now recollect how long) before he entered the aforesaid tour his near neighbour, (the aforesaid Stephen Morris) was gone from home some considerable time and it was understood and believed by him this deponent and the neighbours that he the said Stephen Morris was doing duty as a soldier under Capt. Duckworth, that he this deponent heard the said Stephen Morris repeatedly after his return home say that he had been with Capt. Duckworth as a soldier and heard him tell many of his ups and downs which he had while serving this tour under Capt. Duckworth, and that in some short time after the said Stephen Morris returned home, he this deponent together with the aforesaid Stephen Morris and many others set out to serve a three months

8 Tour under Capt Guster which they did at Crooks Creek as above stated.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 13 th day of January A.D. 1837
Peter Morris
Duncan McRae

State of North Carolina Moore County
I Alexander C. Cury Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for the aforesaid County of Moore do hereby certify that William McNeill who testes the annexed affidavit of Jacob Gaster and Duncan Murchison who testes the preceding affidavit of Peter Morris are both acting Justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid County of Moore, that their signatures to the same are in their own hand writing and that full faith and credit is due all their acts in that capacity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office this 14 th day of January A.D. 1837
A. C. Cury C.C.C.

Stephen Morris M.D.
Ref d see W. Apr 25 1837
A. O'Kurny
W. H. A. E. de Berg
Apr 25 1837.
did not serve Omer.
7H13
Ad 7 June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7413 O. Stephen Morris
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.

Shepherdstown N. H.
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