Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 8294, for Henry W Poe, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Poe, Henry W.
R 8294
CONTENTS

Henry Foss declaration of
8294
M. Blair agent Townborough & Penn
Rejected 2 July 1822.
Deserted - see letter to J. Blair,

State of Tennessee } Sullivan County } Be it remembered. that on this twenty second day of August 1821 Henry Poe personally appeared in open court being at least of Rhea Co. Tenn. who is aged sixty three years resident in said County State, who after first being duly sworn according to law to the on his oath declare that he served on the continental establishment in the Revolutionary war as follows, first in the County of Randolph State of North Carolina some time before the close of the war this defendant enlisted into the continental establishment in the Revolutionary war under Captain Dixon (John Dixon) in the Regiment commanded by General Green for the term of three years, and was at the close of the war discharged at Char- leston State of South Carolina by his said Captain Dixon under whom he had enlisted, which discharge he kept a considerable length of time, when by an accidental burning of his house, his discharge was consumed in common with all his other household goods and he has not whereof now to produce it he further states that the long lapse of time & the frailty of his memory superinduced by old age have effaced from his recollection the number of the Regiment in which he served the time of entering therein, but he can fully state that the Regiment was commanded by General Green in which he served

in Captain Denon's company, and that his period of enlistment had not expired when the war was terminated. I be discharged that he expressly the Rolls of the army will evidence the facts by him suggested. I would thereto refer for further proof of discreditation, and that he has no other evidence in his power at this time besides except his own disclosures.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not now nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
  two & two priced horses worth about  $ 65    two cows  18    1 yearling  3    6 small hogs  6    2 common beds & etc other some little dresser  } 30    ward and kitchen worth in the whole    that he has now a wife and one orphan child aged four

living with him and his wife is years old, by a second wife as all her first wife's children have left him that he from his age is unable to pursue manual labour so as to support himself with ease and has no occupation but that of a farmer.
Sworn to & declared in open Court on the 28 th day of August 1821 Henry X  his mark Joseph C Rhea D cl K
State of Tennessee Sullivan County Court 22 August Session 1821
Then was the foregoing declaration sworn to and subscribed in open Court and the schedule thereto exhibited in open Court together with proof of the value of the property therein contained and the court being satisfied that the property as exhibited in said schedule is valued at as high a rate as it is intrinsically worth it was thereupon ordered by the court that a record be made thereof and that the same be certified to the Honorable the secretary at war accordingly.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed our seal of office at Abingdon this 23 rd day of February 1822.
Richard Patterson Clerk By Joseph C Rhea D cl K

State of Tennessee Sullivan county
On this 18 th day of November 1834 personally appeared before the Justices of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for Sullivan county in open court Henry W. Poe a resident of the state & county aforesaid aged as he believes seventy six 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 7 th 1832. That he in the year seventy six late in the fall was drafted for a three months tour and marched from Wilks county North Carolina in Capt. Hunter's company Col. Latoral Regiment of mounted Horse with sword arm. and was employed in the lower neighboring counties in Carolina & Virginia against the Tories and dispersed which was plenty & was marched near Cross Creek in Carolina to Harrisburg in Virginia and did serve said three months and was verbally discharged by Capt. Hunter. Some two or three weeks after returning home from said tour was drafted again for six months and marched under Capt. Hynes from Wilks county North Carolina under Col. Latoral and was marched to Hillsborough from thence to Far River and was employed against the British stores who had emboldened them selves was in some small skirmishes but no general engagements, one of said skirmishes was on Deep River & the other at Apollos Creek brush creek in Randolph county part of said time was stationed at Latoral's Barlocks on the Hickory Mountain Chatham county and after serving he thinks three months or more of the said six months for which he was drafted Deponent acknowledges him self & some others deserted and he thinks he was absent some two or three weeks from service and was taken & carried to Hillsborough where he was treated with severe corporal punishment he was then put under Capt. Dickerson of Regulars whether he was returned for three years or for during the war or whether he insisted for said term he is not certain but to all was he served in Capt. Dickerson's company three years or

more amenable by the name of Konawhoo was his Lieutenant The Col's Name not Recollected from Hillsborough he was Marched to Salisbury from thence to the Cheraw His other stations for some time in barracks, when was marched to the Utaw Springs where joined Gen Green and was in action March to Guilford. Defeated and only arrived just as the engagement was over, then was marched to the pine tree from thence was marched near the mouth of the Savanna River was in a battle fought at same place and then was marched to Charles Town and was stationed in Charles Town for some considerable time he recollects in the term of his services to have been under Gen Green also have seen Gen Morgan & Lefert, but cannot call his Col. name when in the Regular Service In consequence of the loss of memory, he recollects to have Recd. an order dis- charge from Col. Dickson in Charles Town about he thinks at the close of the Revolutionary war he says that to the best of his recollection he served three years under Col. Dickson or more in the regular service, he further says that he now's not what has come of said discharge whether lost or worn out but that it is not in his possession nor does he know where it is
Deponent says he has no documentary evidence to prove his services by nor does he know of any living witness that he can prove it by
He here by Relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state or territory
By the court Henry  his Mark  1st where and in what year were you born I was as I am advised believe born in the year 1753 in Culpepper county Virginia  2nd Have you any Record of your age &c. I have no record of my age only speak from the information handed down to me by my parents & others  3rd where were you living when called into service where have you live since & where do you now live 

Your living in Wilks county North Carolina have lived in Carolina since the Revolution and have lived in Tennessee Sullivan county near where I now live for the last seventy years
4 th How were you called on to service etc. etc.
I was drafted & served three months then drafted for six months & served three months or more then deserted was taken apart in the Regular service or whether by enlistment or for part of punishment if so not but that I served three years or more under Capt. Dick- son I am certain to the best of my recollection
15 th state the names of the officers in the Militia or regular service etc. etc.
I recollect Capt. Hunter Col. Litoral & Capt. Hynes Litoral again & served under them in the militia I recollect Capt. Dickson Lieutenant Donahoo & served under them & Gen. Green, Morgan & Life of fight at Sycamore & other places etc. etc.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if so by whom & what has come of it etc. Rec. discharge verbally from Capt. Hunter and written discharge from Capt. Dickson in Charles town which is lost or soon out etc.
7 th state the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood who can tes- tify as to your character & their belief as to your services veracity etc. etc.
My acquaintance is not extensive as I am an obscure poor old man but am proud to say I think all that know me will say I am most honest I know the Rhea family the Snodgrass family & the Rockhold & Webb family and the subscribing witness who has given their affidavit all of which I think will tes- tify as to my veracity honesty
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revo- lutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies
Who has given their affidavit on the other side of this sheet is esteemed men of veracity citizens of this county and we con- cur in the opinion with them in believing the applicant served as he has set forth in his de- claration and that there is no question entertained

Minster of the gospel immediately in this neighborhood those whose services could be procured
We Joseph Lawrence E. B. Anderson Residents of Sullivan county Tennessee have been acquainted with Henry W Poe for the last fifteen years and we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity we certify that he is reputed in the neighborhood in which he lives to have been a devoted military soldier and we concur in that opinion and have been its double given under our hands this 18th Nov 1834
Joseph Powell Eld. B. Anderson
Clerk of the court
George W Netherland of place & quarter Sullivan for Sullivan county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the law court in the matter of the application of Henry W Poe for admission
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & seal of office in Blount ville this 18th Nov. 1834
G. W. Netherland Clerk

5683
Henry Poe Tennessee
See A. K. McRae
Discontinued
write letters
Hon J. Blair John Blair Jr

BRIEF in the case of  Henry Poe County of Sullivan  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? 73  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.     In 1777 Fall 3 — — privat Gen. Capt. Aines, Gen. Green N. C. Line  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Savannah  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chatham Co. N. C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F. Hough
Examining Clerk.

18,444 2 Henry Poe.
John Blair, Jonesboro, Tenn.
Rec. 28 June 1822.
8296

Rejected, see letter 26 March 1837 to Hon. J. Blair from borough Rev. Dr. W. Rick hols 10 Feb. 1835
denied.
In Mills letter containing information respecting several cases filed with me admitted.
See letter
8294

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

State of North Carolina
Secretarys' Office 24 th June 1822.
I William H. Sible Secretary of State in & for the state aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the Revolutionary war, that Henry Poe a private in Capt. Halls' Company of the 10 th Reg t enlisted for the war, that he was mustered in Sept r 1782, and deserted 30 th Nov r 1782.
Given under my hand the date above
W. H. Sible

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
P. O.
8296 Henry Poe
Service:
Consolidated Jan 29 1883 with rejd Soldier 8294.
Enlisted:
Interior , 18
Discharged:
, 18
Application filed:
, 18
From Capt Hall 10 th Reg was 1782 Col Dixon discont'd
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contra
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
, 18

Feb 4
Mem.
Rockholds Store 19 th June 1835.
Hon. ble. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions City of Washington

Rockholds Store 19 th Jan y . 1836.
Hon. Wm L. S. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is Declaration of Mr Poe whose papers was heretofore before you for inspection, as I have been advised. They are neither in the possession of him nor my self at present where they are he tells me he knows not. If they were to be come at the present declaration would have been in the character of unemployment.
I learn from Mr Poe that his name was found to be of Record and that he had deserted in consequence of which his claim did not pass I find it to be with him as it is with most of the old soldiers his money almost gone since the only grounds to place his claim on is if he rendered the service as he has set forth in his declaration the law I presume will place him on the list of pensioners though he did desert my acquaintance with him is very limited though I have heard him spoken for many years as an honest unoffensive & ignorant old soldier and in my opinion was it left to the old soldiers to be their own clerks the law would benefit that worthy class of citizens very little as the great mass that I am acquainted with is illiterate & incapable of business I would offer this as an apology for having not disclosing the facts of his desertion in his

first declaration which I presume was not done
I would urge in behalf of Mr. Fox if he rendered the services as he alleges on any part of them so far as can be ascertained that he did serve is he not entitled to be paid the same with other soldiers though he did desert as the law is specific that they are to be paid in proportion to their grade or length of service although there is none who it would serve more to draw upon than him yet I am aware that it is the law that gives it to him, not the officer who executes the law hence if he is entitled to pay for his services and does not get it certainly it will be a great pity. If I had the least evidence he was worthy to be no. among the class of persons spoken of by the president in his message I would not write another sentence in his behalf believing as I do that his claim is an honest one I fondly hope to receive some at this office an early favourable decision on her case and if any thing more necessary to be done please advise me as soon as convenient
If I have transcended the proper limits in the above remarks it is only from a desire that the old soldier should have her claim fairly before you
Very Respt. & c. S. H. C. Wm. Lockhart

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Poe which require further proof or explanation.
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?
2 Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
yes
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?
yes
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?
yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 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.

3683. Pa D Henry
Pension claims under act 1832

State of Mississippi Sullivan County
August Session 1832,
On this 21 st day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said County now sitting Henry Poe a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Twenty Three 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers as Service as here in stated to wit that in the fall of the year 1777, as well as near recollection he entered in Chatham County State of North Carolina under Capt. Hines of Col. Green's Regiment for the term of three years, being of the North Carolina line, that he joined the main army under Col. Green at a place called Pine Hill in South Carolina and continued in service until the expiration of his term and was discharged at Charleston South Carolina by Capt. Dickson, which discharge was burned in his house, that he was in several engagements of minor moment with the forces and at the engagement with the British at Savannah. He

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. that he has no documentary proof by which to establish his services. nor does he know of any person by whom & whose testimony he can at this late day establish his said services.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court This day & year first before written
Henry Poe
He Abraham B. Lipton & David Rogers David Rogers Esquires
Residing in the County of Sullivan and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above Henry Poe that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed This 21 st day of August 1832 A. B. Tipton Lucas B. Sturm
David Rogers name was erased & that of David Sturm inserted before perfected John Blair

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 officer was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Abra- ham B Tipton & Jacob Starn are citizens of said County, and that they are credible & their statements entitled to full credence. - It also appears to the Court that there is no resident Clergyman in the vicinity of the  the  the
I Richard Netherland Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Sullivan do hereby that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the case of the application of Henry Poe for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office this 21 st August 1832.
Richard Netherland Clerk By G. W. Netherland D. Clerk