Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8445, for Benjamin Prescot, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Prescot, Benjamin
R. 8445
CONTENTS

Benjamin Prescott
Not ministered
W. H. Hill Lucy

We the Subscribers being personally acquainted with Benjamin Prescott do hereby certify that he is in indigent circumstances, and needs the assistance of his coun- try for support —
March 11 th 1820
Ebenezer Cook Ino P. Cook Daggett Cook
Isaac McLean Robert Gossey William Green Ripley Copland William Copland William Baker James Baker Joshua Nichols Robert Baker

District of Sumter.
On this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1820, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said District, personally appeared Benjamin Prescott Sen r aged Sixty eight years, residents upper Salem in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Benjamin Prescott Sen r enlisted for the term of eighteen months, on the — day of January in the year 1780 in Dobbs county in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Colman of the Regiment commanded by Colonel — Hoggins in the line of the State of North Carolina on the continental establishments: That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 26 th day of July 1782, when he was discharged from service in Kingston, Dobbs county — State of North Carolina: That he was in the battles of Moores Creek, Trent Bridge, Siege of Wilmington, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
C. S. Holcock
Benj. B Prescott mark
I C. S. Holcock one of the Judges of the Court as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Benjamin Prescott Sen r did serve in the revolutionary war

as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishments: and I now transmits the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his cavalry for support. — C. S. Coles C.P.
Sumpter Court House.
I Israel G. Mathis clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of Sumter in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that the annexed Seal is the Seal of the said Court given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 18 th day of March in the year anno Domini 1820. —
I. G. Mathis C. C. P.S.
Capt Coleman belongs to the 5 th S.C. Cavalry Regiment

July 27, 1933
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BA-J/EEL Benjamin Prescott- R.8445 John Prescott- R.8446
Mrs. Thomas O. Heywood 129 E. 15th Street Hutchinson, Kansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of any soldier with surname Prescott, of South Carolina.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
The record of only one soldier with that surname has been found who served in the South Carolina Troops and one has been found who applied for pension while residing in that state. Their records are given herein as found in the pension claims based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Prescot R.8445
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.8445, based upon the military service of Benjamin Prescot in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Benjamin Prescot are not shown in the papers in the pension claim. In 1820, he was referred to as Benjamin Prescot, Senior.
On March, 17, 1820, while residing at Upper Salem, Sumter County, South Carolina, and aged sixty-eight years, Benjamin Prescot applied for pension on account of his service in the War of the Revolution and alleged that while residing in Dobb's County, North Carolina, he enlisted in January, 1780, served in Captain Benjamin Colman's Company, Colonel

Hogun's North Carolina Regiment; that he was at the siege of Wilmington and was discharged July 26, 1782; his discharge signed Benj. Colman "The Capt. of the Continental Line". He also alleged that he was in the battles of Moore's Creek and Trent Bridge, but gave no further particulars of this service.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to Benjamin Prescott's family.
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John Prescott R. 8446
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.8446, based upon the military service of John Prescott in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Prescott are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
On July 11, 1826, John Prescott made application for pension in the Parish of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and alleged that he entered the service in the Revolutionary War "with the first troops raised" in the state of South Carolina; that he served as a captain in Colonel Philemon Waters' South Carolina Regiment of Horse and left the service in October, 1781.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data in regard to soldier's family.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

This may certify that Benjamin Priest was one of the Eighteen Months Soldiers and has served his time justly And truly and is hereby discharged of the same —
Given Under my hand this 28 th of July 1782
Benjamin Colman The Capt of the Continental Line

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
8440. REJECTED
P. O. Benjamin Prescott Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
1933-July 27. Sent to Mrs. Thos. O. Keywood. CCH

Benjamin Prescott
Rejected.
See letter 28 June 1820 Dr. D. Russell to applicant - care of Hartwell Mercur - Sumter 6 H. S. 6
84215

129 E - 15 th St, Hutchinson, Kansas July 7, 1933
Director of Pensions U. S. Veterans Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have been advised that you are custodian of the Revolutionary War Pension Records and I am hoping that you can advise me whether or not any person named Prescott from South Carolina received a pension or land grants for service during the Revolution.
Thanking you for your attention to this matter I am
Yours Truly
Ms. Thos. O. Heywood

C O P Y
War Dept .Pension Office June 28th 1802
Mr. Benj.Prescott, care of Hartwell Mercer, Esq. Sumter C.H. S.C.
Sir:
The papers forwarded by you to this office for the purpose of procuring a pension under the Law of the 18th March 1818 have been examined and I have to inform you that your claim is rejected. The documents produced in evidence of your service signed by Benj. Colman, the Capt of the Continental line purporting to be your discharge bears every appearance of a forgery. Application has nevertheless been made to the Secretary of State of N. Carolina, to ascertain whether your name was on the rolls of that line, in his possession. From his report it appears that you were "not mustered". Your papers will be retained in this office.. I am, etc.
J.L.E.

16/100 Benj r Prescot Upper Salem, S. Carolina
Hartwell Mercer, Agt.
Sumter Ct. House S.C.
rec d . 28 Mar. 1828. concd not paid
Not mustered M.H.
G. Calhoun
Secretary of the War Department Washington

Sir
any communication may become necessary is requested to be made to the applicant that in Hartwell's place of residence at the very next hearing
Furniture Court House 17 March 1820
Yours most obedt servt C. D. Colcock