Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,559, for Zachariah Phillips, North Carolina

SERVICE
Phillips, Zachariah
NUMBER
8 35.559
CONTENTS

1884 March 20 Williamson V. Doggy that pension is reported paid to Dec 24. 1839 & therefore no arrear are due & there is no law by which a pension can be paid to the late soldier's child Prior 1890 Oct 1. J. S. T. Free Ind. - gave date of signing application, commencement of pension, his age & amt of pension to Dec 24. 1839 Also why he was not entitled to land & about Act 1855 who was now entitled - Also he when semi annual pay were & that he must have been regular in drawing - Prior
Tucker 10. March 1885.
20. 155
Kentucky.
Zachariah Phillips
of Estill Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Donohoe of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dixon in the N. Carolina line, for the term of one year, from May 1781 to June 1782
Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 day of May 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of May 1830 and sent to Robert Clark Esq. E. Corwin, Ken.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1830 $ 25. 83 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$ 25. 83
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec. Vol. 9. Book 7. fol. 54

Original Claim - Declaration of Zachariah Phillips in order to be placed on the Pension list under the Act of the 18th of March 1818.
State of Kentucky, Estill County fct.
On this seventeenth day of May 1830, Zachariah Phillips personally appeared in open court, before the County Court of Estill County aforesaid, being at the May term 1830 thereof, said Court being expressly made a Court of Record by the Act of Assembly creating it; and said Zachariah Phillips being a resident citizen of said County and aged sixty seven years on the 9th day of January 1830 and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare as follows in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 18th of May 1820; that he the said Zachariah Phillips, enlisted for the term of one year in the month of April 1781 - that he is positive as to the year of his enlistment but cannot now speak with certainty as to the month or day of the month, though it is his best impression that he enlisted in the month of April in that year and he recollects that he joined the company of Capt. Thomas Donahoe on the first day of June 1781 - that he the said Phillips enlisted in the State of North Carolina in the Company commanded by said Donahoe, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Dickson in the line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the first day of June 1782 (as well as he can now recollect) when he was discharged from the service in the State of South Carolina near Bacon's Bridge though he did not receive his certificate of discharge until he arrived at Salisbury in North Carolina to which place, he with the other men were marched and he recollects that said certificate was signed by Col. Murphy, on whom the command of said Regiment devolved, and

at the time of his said Phillips' discharge part - William Waller had succeeded the said Donahoe in the command of said Company - and that he the said Phillips hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the Roll of any State except North Carolina and that the for following are the reasons for not his not making an earlier application for a pension to wit -
On the 18th March 1818 the said Phillips was living in Monroe County Virginia and in or about February 1822 he removed with his family to Scott County in said State and from said Scott County the declarant moved with his family to Estill County Kentucky in the summer of 1825  the year 1825 in which last mentioned County he has continued to reside ever since since - and that he was under the belief that he could not obtain his claim to a pension until he could go to North Carolina and procure evidence to establish his enlistment and service as a soldier and though he has intended for several years to make his application, that intention has been frustrated by his want of means to get a horse and money, to effect his trip to North Carolina to get said testimony together with his inability for a great part of the time from age and infirmity to perform such a journey and he had not the means to procure an agent to go and do the business for him - and never until very recently did he learn that the trip to North Carolina might be dispensed with if his name should be found on the North Carolina Roll which he has lately ascertained through on enquiry

(3) instituted at the War Office at the instance of said Declarant -
And in pursuance of the Act of the 16th of May 1820 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 or 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 and naval service service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not 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 and herewith filed marked B. And that since the 18th day of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property as specified in another schedule hereto annexed marked A and by me also subscribed - and I do solemnly further swear that the statements contained in and upon said two schedules are true and contain the whole truth as to on the subjects to which they relate to the best of my knowledge and belief - And I do further swear that I am now a single man (my wife having died) that my children have all left me, being either married or having turned out for themselves that I am not a mechanic having usually followed farming for a livelihood and have occasionally followed the business of making gun powder. My children are able

to take care of themselves and are no charge to me and that from my advanced age and increasing in- firmities I am unable to procure a comfortable livelihood by the pursuit of any occupation whatever - and none of my family live with me, my youngest child being a son of the age of seventeen years.
As witness my hand this 17th day of May 1830 Signed Zachariah Phillips
Sworn to and declared by Zachariah Phillips on this 17th day of May 1830, in open court, before the Estill County Court - Attest - Rott Clarke clerk Kentucky Estill County set 3
I Robert Clarke, clerk of the County Court of Estill County do certify hereby that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court that the said Zachariah Phillips did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declara- tion tion against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the re- cords of said Court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule marked B is $779 25 dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 18th day of May - 1830.
Rott Clarke clerk

Schedule of property & ditto to him the 17 th May 1830
B
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A schedule of Property owned and held by Zachariah Philips on the 17 th May 1830, to wit,
One man Bridal & Saddle of the value of $20 - 00
Ass - - - - - 75-
Two Augers - - - - - 50
one Shovel plow of - - - - - 75-
thirty pounds of Salt petre worth 3.00
2 Bells worth - - - - - 1.25-
2 Water pails worth - - - - - 50
2 pot hooks " - - - - - 75-
2 Horse collars - - - - - 50
Remnant of an old clock. 3.00
5 no pavers - - - - - 1.00
2 no Sulphur - - - - - 25-
$32.25-
The following property and debts are now owed owing to me from sundry persons as below to wit,
From Franklin Philips then husband.
and eighty pounds of Salt petre worth $38.00
From Isaac Meadows twenty pounds
of Salt petre worth - - - - - 2.00
$40.00
The declarant owes in the state of Kentucky about twenty dollars for debts contracted there since his removal into said State, and he states that the foregoing is a true schedule of all his property and debts due to him at this time, as witness my hand this 17 th May 1830 - Zachariah Philips attest
Robt Clark Atty, Ely,

Schedule of property held by Jacob and Phillips disposed of since 18 March 1878
Description of property held by the Declarant Jacob and Phillips on the 18th March 1878 —
Names of the persons to whom disposed of — and how — & by sale or otherwise  Time when sold or otherwise disposed  Amount of money or description of property received in return for them if sold or swapped
One sorrel horse of the value of fifty dollars —
This horse died in the summer of 1819
One sorrel mare of the value of fifty dollars
This mare died in the summer of 1822
One black mare, aged twenty three years of the value of twenty dollars
This was died in the year 1822
Five milch cows of the average value of $15. each, in all amounting to value $75
One of these cows died before the year 1822 — two of them died in the year 1822 — One of them to said the declarant gave to his daughter Nancy Hale on her intermarriage with Robert Hale and the other cow the declarant sold to Robert Campbell
For the cow sold to Robert Campbell the declarant received sever dollars in part discharge of a debt of ten dollars which said declarant Phillips owed him
Seven head of sheep worth about ten dollars —
Died or killed by Wolves before the year 1822 except one of them that strayed away and was recently found
Five young cattle worth about twenty dollars
Sold when young to different persons from time to time and the names of the persons to whom sold not recollected
The amount received for sale of these cattle not recollected but the proceeds were applied to the subsistence of declarant's family
Pair best Mules
Sold by the Declarant under execution in Scott City in 1823 in 1824 in 1825 in 1826 in 1827 in 1828 in 1829 in 1830 in 1831 in 1832 in 1833 in 1834 in 1835 in 1836 in 1837 in 1838 in 1839 in 1840 in 1841 in 1842 in 1843 in 1844 in 1845 in 1846 in 1847 in 1848 in 1849 in 1850 in 1851 in 1852 in 1853 in 1854 in 1855 in 1856 in 1857 in 1858 in 1859 in 1860 in 1861 in 1862 in 1863 in 1864 in 1865 in 1866 in 1867 in 1868 in 1869 in 1870 in 1871 in 1872 in 1873 in 1874 in 1875 in 1876 in 1877 in 1878 in 1879 in 1880 in 1881 in 1882 in 1883 in 1884 in 1885 in 1886 in 1887 in 1888 in 1889 in 1890 in 1891 in 1892 in 1893 in 1894 in 1895 in 1896 in 1897 in 1898 in 1899 in 1900

House hold and kitchen furniture owned by Declarant Phillips on 18th March 1878 together with his farming utensils did not then exceed in value sixty dollars (excepting necessary bedding)
Since this furniture has since worn out and been destroyed in the use of it - and from time to time have been sold to persons whose names are not now recollected and for prices also forgotten - but the proceeds thereof have been applied from time to time to the support and subsistence of Declarant's family -
The horses, cattle and sheep within mentioned as dead died the property of the Declarant Phillips, except that previously to the death of one of the cows he had given her to his daughter Sally Edens who had intermarried with William Edens - as witness my hand this 17th day of May 1880
Zachariah Phillips
Schedule, showing the disposition of the property of Zachariah Phillips held by him on 18th March 1878, since that date - by sale or otherwise
A

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Zachariah Phillips a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 35,559
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 25, 81 1781 1 yr. Private Thomas Donoho Henry Dixon 10 N.C.   dis. May 25 1782 near William Walton Murphy N.C.   Proctor's Bridge, S.C.        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Enl. in N.C.
Date of application for pension, March 7 1830 Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Estill Co., Ky. since summer 1825
Age at date of application, born Jan. 9, 1763
Remarks: 1830 wife dead; mentioned his dau. Nancy and Robert Hale Sally m. William Edens
4-10-80 Maj Oct 13 81

35 559
Rev INVALID.
ser. bal. 2 ed us
File No. 35,559
Richard Phillips Rev Rev Wad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 322
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan. 24, 1896. Letter to A.B. Phillips Plymouth, Kan, ansn inquiry conc. undrawn offension by his father June 15 96 so pseud D Hon Chas Cur me Fely - 12 - 1900 - H. C. C. Hon. J. M. Miller N. R. 1908 May 1. Hist. to Mrs. Lida H. Bournell

State of North Carolina, Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Zach a Philips, a private soldier in Capt. Donoho's Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted the 25 th May 1781 for the term of 12 months and left the service on the 25 th day of May 1782.
Given under my hand this 20 th day of March 1830.
W. Hill

W. AND P. DIVISION Record Division
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 29, 1908
Searched by S. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Zachariah Phillips
Service, N. C. Reev. War
Remarks: No claim as above except Inv. # 35559 Rej # 8207
_____ Chief of Division.

In 3
Old war
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. March, 1884
Sir,
Your letter of the 14. th inst. addressed to the Hon. C. C. Martin and by him referred to this office, makes the enquiry in behalf of the daughter of Zachariah Phillips, deceased, a revolutionary soldier from North Carolina, whether she is not entitled to some back pay, or a pension in right of his services in that war.
Mr Phillips was a pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818 on the Kentucky roll, and his pension has been reported as paid to December 24. 1839, the date of his decease, consequently there can be no claim for back pay.
As regards her claim for a pension, you are advised that there is no law which authorizes a pension to be paid to a child of a revolutionary soldier.
Very respectfully
M c Williamson & Daggy Green Castle
Warren County Ky.
Actg. Commissioner

GCK
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6, 1908.
Mrs. Lida H. Boswell, Spencer, Indiana.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 27" and received the 28" ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Zachariah Phillips described therein.
Very respectfully,
V. Warner Commissioner.
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Spencer Ind April 24" 1908
Dr Sir - Since receiving the above, I have received a letter from Adison B. Phillips, who is now 95 years old, and whose P.O. address is Plymouth Kansas - a son of Zachariah Phillips. He says his Father, Zachariah Phillips, enlisted at the breaking out of the war, was discharged after a service of about one year. Then re-enlisted in 1780 and served till the war closed. That he was present and saw Cornwallis surrender his sword; That he afterwards moved to Kentucky, and drew a pension from 1830 to 1837, his P.O. address then being Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky. His last enlistment was in a North Carolina Regiment under Dixon. With these facts, I trust you will have no trouble in finding his name on the Pension Roll, with the Co and Regt to which he belonged -
Very Truly, Mrs Lida H. Boswell

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. I. 35559
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
June 15th, 1896.
Sir:-
In reply to your personal request for information concerning the military record of Zachariah Phillips, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on May 17th, 1830, at which time he was residing in Estell Co. Kentucky, and 67 years of age, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the North Carolina troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Thomas Donohoo and Col. Henry Dixon. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. Charles Curtis,
House of Representatives.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
F. S.
M. E. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 24, 1896.
Sir:
In returning herewith the letter of your correspondent, Mr. A. B. Phillips, of Plymouth, Kansas, who desires information as to whether he is entitled to a pension for the services of his father in the Revolutionary war, or to any pension money remaining undrawn at the date of the soldier's death, I have the honor to advise you that Zachariah Phillips, the Revolutionary soldier referred to, was pensioned under the act of March 18, 1818, and is reported to have received received his pension up to the date of his death, which occurred December 24, 1839. There is, therefore, no undrawn pension money now due to his heirs.
There is no law granting a pension to the children, or other descendants of Revolutionary soldiers on account of services rendered by their ancestors in the Revolutionary war.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. Charles Curtis,
House of Representatives.