Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8041, for Sterling Pearson, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N6
Pearson, Sterling
R. 8041
CONTENTS

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832.
State of North Carolina, Chatham County }
On this 12 day of February 1839 personally appeared in open court , (before the undersigned Justice  Judge of the Superior Court of Law & Equity  for the State of North Carolina ) in the town of Pittsborough, County of Chatham, now sitting. Sterling Pearson, a resident of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina, aged 85 years, who, first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832: That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated: He was drafted in the Continental Service in the early part of June, (day not recollected) in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, the company in which he served was commanded by Captain William McCanley in first part of his service & then by Capt Wilson, regiment being under the command of Colonel Isaac Sharp. Declarant further states that he served under Col Sharp in the Continental line one year, commencing as above stated and ending in June 1781 during all of which period (one year) of service, his regiment & company was in the State of South Carolina, in section bordering the Savannah River, and was engaged & fought at the battle of the Eutaw Springs but in no other; after the expiration of the year's service in the Continental line, in 1781, he received a written discharge by Col Sharp, which was burnt eight or ten years

since together with declarant's house.
In July 1781 he was again drafted with the State Troops of the State of North Carolina, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Swann Froughton or Frowton, and in the company commanded by David Bilbrey first part of the service and afterwards by Captain William Douglass, he continued under the regiment of Frowton six months during which time he served in the counties of Orange & Chatham, but fought no battle, being engaged principally in keeping the Tories in check, when he left the service the six months being expired, he received a written discharge he thinks from Douglass, which together with all other documentary evidence of service either in the State or Continental line, has been destroyed by fire during the whole time of service above mentioned the declarant held the rank of a common soldier, & Chatham County being his place of residence.
Declarant further deposes & saith that he was eighty five years of age on the 10 th day of April 1838, and that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, there are many facts connected with his service in the war now forgotten, but that this statement he believes the statements here made are correct. 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John  his Mark W Sterling his Pearson

and other of Officers, etc. - One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight.
am well acquainted with Sterling Pearson, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 85 years of age; that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.

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34,812
Stirling Pearson N.C.
M. A. Houghton Pittsburgh N.C.
Ms. A. 1. 6 v. 11, p. 11

I Mordecai Clark residing in the County of Chatham State of North Carolina, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Sterling Pearson, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be eighty five years of age; that I have heard William Daniel (who was a man of truth) now dead, say that he knew that the said Pearson served in the Revolutionary war two or three tours, and that I believe said statement to be correct. Signed Mordecai Clark Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Signed M c Stedman Clerk County Court Chatham
I John Fooshee residing in the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the said Sterling Pearson who has sworn & subscribed to the fact declaration, that he is eighty five years of age on the 10 th of last April 1838. John his X Fooshee mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Signed M c Stedman Clerk of County Court for the County of Chatham, State of North Carolina.
And the said Court, being the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Chatham, State of North Carolina, does hereby certify and declare its opinion, after the in

investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant Sterling Pearson, was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to it, that Zerubbabel Clark & John Footner who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Chatham and credible persons, that their statement is entitled to credit. Signed,
J. H. R. M. G. W. Goldston
W. Hanks
{ Chairman County Court of Chatham County at Ca- -one of the associate & acting justices. } One of the associate and acting justices in & for said County Court.
J. H. R. M. Pittsburgh Pa.
Sterling Pearson N.B.
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I Nathan & Sedman clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for the County of Chatham, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sterling Pearson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my seal of Office this 12 day of February, Thousand, eight hundred & thirty nine!
N. Sedman C.C.C.

Sec. Ino. N. Hampton Augt 16 th 39.
8041

N. Carolina
Sterling Pearson
See letter to W m Hill, Aug. 10 th 1839.
Act June, 7 th 1832.

8041 P. O. Sterling Pearson Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

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Sept 4. 44.
Hon James L Edr Gov of Penn Washington city
Sterling Pearson No. 32
See if paper
Copy of letter to J H Houghton of Aug 16. 1839 sent Sept 4. 1844

Woodbury Conn August 36
Sept 4. 44.
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Hon James L Edwards Secy of Pensions Washington city

Murfreesboro' Tennessee August 26 - 1844
Hon James L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions Sir
There is an old man in Cannon County Tennessee called Sterling Pearson aged about ninety four years - who informs me he removed from Orange County North Carolina some five years since, that previous thereto he had made application to your dept. for a pension, through John Wheaton or Horton a Lawyer at Chatham Court House N. C. that he made proof of his services &c, and that his Lawyer died & no further steps were taken in the matter? This is the substance of what I learn from the old man, who is almost entirely deaf. I therefore write requesting you will inform me for him how his application stands, and if any pension certificate can issue to him under the act of 1832.
Yr oblt Servt H. Goakum

State of North Carolina Secretary of State's Office 12 th Aug t 1839.
Sir
I do not find the name of Sterling Pearson on the musterrolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war. He must have been a militiaman.
Very respectfully your etc. Servt.
W. Hill
James L. Edwards Esqr Com te of Pensions Washington.

Sterling Benson Me
Ad June 7. 1832
Ans? Aug. 10 th 1839
Washington D.C.
copy of her office of comptroller
RECEIVED

FREE
apelle A.C. Sterling Pearson Act 1832 To)
The Secretary of War (Office of Commissioner of Pensions) Washington D.C.

Pittsburgh N Carolina 12 Feb 1892
Mr Sir,
Enclosed I send you the papers setting forth the claims of Sterling Pearson to a pension. He is a very old man and extremely deaf, which accounts for the rather mutilated appearance of the papers concerning his application, they having been originally prepared for the Superior Court, but in consequence of disappointment in procuring the testimony of a witness deemed important, I had to defer the final preparation of the papers till a subsequent Court and in consideration of the very great difficulty of being intelligible to the old man from his extreme deafness, I preferred retaining the papers in their original shape.
Should his case receive the favorable consideration of your department, I will thank you to apprise me of it at the earliest possible date.
Very respectfully,
Your obed servt. Enoch Haughton, Attorney for Sterling Pearson.
J J Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.