Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1920, for Charles Moreland, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pa,
Moreland Charles or Moorland
1920
carded
CONTENTS

No 7.042.
Jonesboro Tenn.
Charles Moreland or Moorland of Carter Com the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain R. Mullins of the Regt commanded by Col A. Morris in the Virginia M- line gr 6. fr Mar 1861 to June 1861.
Date of death not on A.D.
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Feb 1833 and sent to Hon John Blair At of Rep.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1833 $ 43. 32 Semizant. allowance ending 4. Sept 33 $ 10. 83.
$ 54. 15
{ Revolutionary Chum, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. G. Evans Clerk, Book E Vol. 6. Page 129.

11.656 Carta C o Tennessee Ch's Moreland
from 1781 private. 6 p. mths. $ 21. \frac{66}{100} June through Aug.
Hble Mr Blair -

BRIEF in the case of  Charles Moreland of Carter County in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  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.      enlisted  March In 17 '81  whole service -  6 & half- As a Gen.  Colo. L. Morris & Cap. T. D. Mullins   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? no regular battles  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Virginia Gv. ockland City  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John C. Robertson
Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee Carroll County
On this 17 th day of September personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court of Carroll County now sitting Charles Moreland a resident of Carroll County State of Tennessee, aged sixty eight years, on the 8 th day of the month past who being first duly sworn, after being so then doth in 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, and served as hereinafter stated his volunteers in the State of Virginia, County of Goochland (he being then a citizen of that County) in the month of March 1781 under Lt. Colonel Morris his Captain was David Mullins, his Lieutenant was John Stewart. This Declarant states that after their organization, they marched to Richmond Virginia near Richmond there and in the vicinity through for a period not recollected precisely - From there on the return of Lord Cornwallis from the south to Elizabeth Town by General Lafayette through Hampden County to Fluvanna County above Cedar Miles from Elk Hill. The British took possession of the place & remained there until General Lafayette marched down to attack them, upon his approach the British retreated to York, having beforehand destroyed the bridge and the bridge camp near Elk Hill, to retard the movements of Lafayette. In days before we got to Elk Hill we were joined by the distinguished General Wayne, before this a portion of the Virginia militia had discharged and as a result Lt. Colonel Morris, my Captain Mullins, and Stewart attached to the company of Captain

Then a harding or harding - From Ear Hill the army marched towards Williamsburg . Before he reached the point was discharged in Greentown county - got no written discharge - that I recollect of Spencer . Shaw lost it. Shaw in service there months - I got him dying to arrest - remaining at home very short period until Shaw drafted in Captain Frank Dodge Company . He joined the main army at Williamsburg  was attached to the Brigade of General Ethan & the Regiment of Col. Wm. Sams , at the place General Washington later joining the army & from this place marched to York , where the British had possession of they also had possession of  Redoubt No. 10 . General Lord Shelburne , leading the French troops  marched up attacked the British & was compelled in the first instance to retreat . But on being reinforced  he again attacked them & made them retreat . In that evening or the following General Washington commenced building a Redoubt near Redoubt No. 10 , also built breast works between them & continued the siege of York until Cornwallis surrendered , the loss of men on either side the declarant does not now recollect. During the siege General Lord Shelburne attacked a Redoubt was compelled to retreat . The following night General Wayne attacked the same Fort took it with a loss of a few men . The following night Lord Shelburne attacked another & took it with considerable loss to the Americans & much greater to the British . After the surrender of Cornwallis  Shaw ordered to guard some military stores at a ship landing on James River about six miles from York , called I think Middle Plantation here I took the place and lay a considerable time after I got well  was discharged . Shortly thereafter by the officer of the guard

an inferior officer whose name I think was John Stren or Strens having been in error about three years months, last  lastly I think I reached here some not more than a year in November, this declaration was made in all he thinks at least six & a half months, & further he says that there is no minister in his vicinity and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any stock to his knowledge
Sworn to & subscribed the day 13 Charles his Woodland year after said in open court mark
Det A. M. Carter clk By Wm B. Carter DC
We Johnson Hampton and Lawson White (there being no clergyman resident in Charles Woodland's neighborhood) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Woodland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court 17th September 1832 J. HAMPTON Lawson White
Det A. M. Carter clk By Wm B. Carter DC

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named Charles Moreland was a Revolutionary soldier as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to him that Johnson Hampton & Samson White who have signed the preceding certificate are disinterested citizens of Carter County & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit as not being the result of the said interrogations
I Alfred M Carter Clerk of the Circuit Court of Carter County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Moreland for a pension — In testimony whereof I Alfred M Carter Clerk of our said court at office in Elizabethton have affixed my name and Private Seal there being no seal of office this 19 th day of September AD 1832
11656
A. M. Carter Clerk
By Wm B Carter DC
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named A. M. Carter, Esq. & also William B Carter his deputy that I have been a practitioner of the Law in said Court since the year 1811. at which time said A. M. Carter was appointed Clerk, that the above signa- ture is in the proper handwriting of the said William B Carter who is the legal deputy. & that there is no public seal of office September 19 th 1832.
John Blair M. 1 st Congressional District of Tennessee

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
March 6, 1925.
Honorable Carroll Reece, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Reece:
In response to your letter of the twentieth ultimo, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim S.1920, it appears that Charles Moreland or Moorland was born September 8, 1764, place not stated.
While a resident of Goochland County, Virginia, he enlisted in March 1781 and served three months as private under Captains David Mullins and Thomas Harding and Colonel Nathaniel Morriss in the Virginia Troops.
Shortly afterwards he enlisted and served three and one half months in Captain Frank Pledges' Company, Colonel William Darke's Virginia Regiment, and was at the siege of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, while a resident of Carter County, Tennessee. There is no data on file as to his family.

In the papers in pension claim, W.O.38830, it is alleged that William Moreland, then about twenty-three years of age, enlisted at Elizabethton, Tennessee, and served about seven months as private in Captain Adam Winsell's Company of Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812, dates not stated.
He married at Elizabethton, Tennessee, July 6, 1817, Temperance Coffey. He died in Greene County, Indiana, August 12, 1841, and the widow, Temperance, applied for pension August 19, 1879, while a resident of Highland Township in said county, aged eighty-two years, but her claim was not allowed as the United States Treasury Department reported that the name of William Moreland was not borne on the rolls of Captain Adam Winsell's Company of Tennessee Militia.
In 1880 only one child was living, his name not stated.
The above noted is the only William Moreland who served in the Tennessee Militia, found on the War of 1812 records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
Acting Commissioner.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Moreland 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? a member of Congress has given his certificate —

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? witnesses only 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? 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? yes 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 shown 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.

V.L.W. Rev. War Section.
January 19, 1918.
Mrs. W. R. Roberts, 907 Centre Avenue, Brownwood, Texas.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the tenth instant, you are advised that the records of Isaac Holman S. File No. 4,401 and Charles Moreland S. File No. 1,920 Revolutionary War, were forwarded to you April 18, 1917.
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than once to the same person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1781 3 years 1st. Lt. David Martin Nathaniel Morgan Va.   James G. Smith   1781 3 1/2 " John H. Hodge Wm. Darke      
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1920
INVALID.
New War
File No. 1920
Chas. Moreland or Moorland Put. War. Line
Act: June 7, 1882
Index: — Vol. A , Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 Apr. 18. Visit to Mrs. W. R. Roberts, 907 Bunting Ave. Birmingham, Leva. see my letter in same Robinson, M.C.A.S.C. 844017, say that he has already 1918 Jan. 19. Mrs. R. R. Roberts that she has already had settlement. Letter in same. Holman, J. H. 401 1918 Jan. 26. Visit to Mrs. H. R. Roberts see letter in S. H. 401 (see Holman) 1925. Mar. 6 - Visit to Hon. Council Reece. His Ex in 1812 from cl. W.O. 38830, William Moreland - 2m.