Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,888, for George Mitchell, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Mitchell, George
S. 21,888
CONTENTS
Resided in Greenville Co. South Carolina

16.738  South Carolina
George Mitchell of Greenville in the State of S.C. who was a Private — in the by Captain of the by Col. D. D. D. — in the S.C. line for 11 Months. —
Let to Pen. Agt. March 11, 1837. Order to pay 31. Oct 1837. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt. notified 28 Feb'39 Letter to Hon R. F. Simpson Nov 16 1846. Same 6 th 3 rd Audt 14 Decr 1846
Inscribed on the Roll of S.C. at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day Sept. 1832. and Genl. T. B. P. Greenville, S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833: 91.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 18.33  $109.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by O. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 74

George Mitchell
15308

South Carolina } Greenville Dist. } on this the ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for said District George Mitchell a resident of Greenville District South Carolina, aged eighty years, who first being duly sworn according to law, both in his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, in the year of service herein under Captain Hardy Dale in the month of November and left the service same time in April following - lived in Greenville County North Carolina when he entered the service - he relinquished his services. was in no battle, marched out of North Carolina into South Carolina - does not recollect any considerable regiments or companies did not march to the main Army which was stationed at Camden South Carolina - does not recollect any of the regular officers. has no papers. Stephen Bell and Bunnell Will can testify as to applicant's being in the service - This applicant then served two three months tours - was drafted, served under Col. Moore and General Butler in the year of '81 and '82 - resided in Columbia South North Carolina when drafted - does not recollect the month - left the service at the expiration of the six months - was in no battle marched from North into South Carolina, was stationed on Indian Mill Creek - the second tour was drafted as a fatigue man
I hereby relinquish any

any claim whatever for a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - I was born in the year "fifty three" - have no record of my age - was living in Guilford and Co. well County when called into service - has lived in Green Hill St since the Revolution war, and has here now - volunteered once and was drafted twice - likes to read a discharge once but it is lost - Mr Nelson Mr Pool, Mr Buford will testify as to the applicants character for veracity good behavior and etc
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid George Mitchell McDaniel C.C.P
We William Berry a citizen residing in the District of Green Hill and Robert Nelson residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Mitchell who has subscribed to and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the next neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the year and day aforesaid Nathan Berry Robert Nelson McDaniel C.C.P
And the said Court do hereby enclose this opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories put by the above department. That the

above named applicant was a Revolution- ary soldier and served as the Stokes - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that William  Matthew  Thompson  Gray who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergy man resident in the District of Columbia and that Robert Nelson who has also signed the same is a credible person and a resident of Greenlee and that their statement is entitled to credit
Richard Gault
I James M. Daniel Clerk of the court of law men Pleas and General Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings as to the matter of the application of George M. White for a pension - the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office - this the ninth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty two
J. M. Daniel C.C.P

Greenville Sept 5
Thomas Mitchell
Power of
Attorney
D C
Oct 17 Mar 32
16,735 Thomas Mitchell
G L Amos Present

State of South Carolina Greenville District }
Personally appeared Thomas Mitchell a resident of the District & State aforesaid and made oath in due form of Law that he is a son of George Mitchell who was a revolutionary soldier and Pensioner of the United States and died in Greenville District SC on 21 st day of February 1839 and that he does hereby constitute and appoint George A. Ames Esq of Washington City his agent and attorney to examine the papers on which his father's Pension was granted and if there be found any thing due to prosecute the same before the department having charge of the same
Witness his hand & Seal the 20 th day of March 1837 Thomas his Mitchell mark
attest B. J. Stewart Jas. P. Foster
Signed Sealed acknowledged and sworn to before me the undersigned a magistrate in & for the District of Greenville the 20 th day of March 1837
B. J. Stewart Magst

South Carolina §
Greenville Dist. R. § Personally appeared before me the undersigned as the true line of the True George Mitchell George Mitchell, trust of Greenville George Mitchell, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades - For five months I served as a private under Captain Waddy Tate - For three months I served as a private under Captain W. P. Muck - For three months I served as a private under Captain Saunders - and for such service of eleven months I claim a pension -
I know of no one whose testimony I can procure as to my services - Stephen Hill & Russell were acquainted with me at the period of the Revolution and know that it was understood that I was in the service of the States, but they were not with me nor did they see me in the service -
Sworn to and subscribed
This July 11 th 1833 -
Before me
William Choice
Not. Pub & Ex
Off S. C.
George H. Mitchell his mark

South Carolina
Greenville dist. ss. To all men: I James M c Daniel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions do hereby certify that William Chaisson whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit and before whom the same was taken is an acting magistrate in and for this district and that full faith and credit should be given to his acts as such. Given under my hand & seal of office. This 21 st July 11 th 1833
James M c Daniel.
Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 31 st 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," George Mitchell, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and Sixty Six 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,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Planters & Mechanics Bank of So. Ca Charleston 11 Feb 1837.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Sir I forward herewith for your authority to pay, voucher of George Mitchell, upon which there is 13 Mos. pension due.
I am very Respectfully Your Ob. Serv:
A. Spear.
Pension Agent.

Revolution
21 888 INVALID.
File No. 21,888
George Mitchell
Pres Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 275
[Arrangement of 1870.]

George Mitchell
March 1860
Private
11 Mo 536.60
Dr. Bond
March 1860

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Mitchell 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? NO 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? Yes 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? No XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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?
 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.