Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,168, for Francis Pierce, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Pierce Francis
S 14,168
Carded
CONTENTS

7238
17 8 Kentucky
Francis Pierce
of Cumberland in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Burley of the Ky. commanded by Col Taylor in the Virginia for 2 years
scribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annu commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and sent to Mr. Owens Columbia Ky
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833/60 00 Pension allowance ending Sept 40 00 $200 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Book E Vol. 7 Page 32
Sta. R. M. Johnson 1833
to pay 23 Sept 1831. Act 17 Nov 37 to Maj d Todd Huntley, Columbia, Virginia
Date of death not on AR
This letter pertains to Francis Pierce P. 8735

Francis Pierce
19224
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State of Kentucky Cumberland County Sch County Court November Term 1832 on this 13 day of November 1832
Personally appeared in Open Court before The worshipful Justices of the County Court of Cumberland County State of Kentucky Now sitting Francis Pierce a Resident of the County of Cumberland State of Kentucky age 72 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 7 th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in the Early part of the year 1779 he thinks in the month of January or February as an intitled Soldier in the County of Albemarle County State of Virginia he cannot positively state whether it was on Continental or State line he intitled under Capt Garland Burley, Thomas Porter Leuk, John Taylor Ensign he was marched from the Albemarle Barracks where he intitled, to Augusta County State of Virginia having been attached to Col. Francis Taylors Regiment previous to his starting from the Albemarle

Barracks, having guarded a number of British Prisoners from Albemarle to Augusta where he remained for some time, the precise time he can not state, was marched back from Augusta to Albemarle Barracks, with said prisoners having remained there some time and it being reported that the British army was approa- ching he was marched on again guarding said prisoners to to Winchester the state of Virginia where he remained for a considerable time and until he was honorably discharged by his Capt all this time he was attached to no other Regiment except except Col. Taylors the States positively in the of 2 nd term he was in actual service more than two years he further states that he has lost his discharge but how when or where he cannot state, he has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure to establish the same he has no register of his age, but he believes from the information of his parents that he was born in the month of August

1760 as that is the first and only date of which his parents were mentioned where Born in Caroline County State of Virginia of the before mentioned date, and at about the age of 10 years was by his parents moved to Orange County Virg a where he resided when he int nd Having gone to Albemarle Barracks for that purpose after the close of the war he moved and in about one year moved to the State of North Carolina Wilks County where he Remained untill about 1801 when he move to and settled in Cumberland County Kentucky where he has ever since Resided he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State sworn to and Subscribed the day and year of
his Francis X Pierce mark
We Chas Fugason & Brother Lory residing in the County of Cumberland State of Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Pierce who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revol ution and we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day of
Chas Fugason Brother Lory

Cumberland County Court Set. November Term 1832 Francis Pierce a Citizen of this County, this day appeared in open Court, being a Court of record, and subscribed and made oath to his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 for the benefit of the surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution. And Champion Ferguson & Strother Long also appeared in open Court, and were sworn to their Certificate annexed to said declaration. And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that said Fergu- son & Long who have subscribed and sworn to the said Certificate, are resident Citizens of this County, and they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to Credit, all which is certified to the War Department of the United States.
Given under my hand as clerk of said Court, and the seal of my Office in Burksville, this 14 th day of November 1832 M. King
Francis Pierce
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V

19224
Francis Pierce
Kentucky
from 1779 print 2 years collected $80.
on Roll
Wm Owens Columbia Kentucky

BRIEF in the case of Francis Pierce  County of Cumberland in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 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? 72  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 In 1779 2 _____ _____ Private Col Taylor, Capt Burley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co Va  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? No deficiency 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas Forrester Examining Clerk.

April 10, 1936
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Mr. W. P. Drake P. O. Box 159 San Benito, Texas
mailed William Reeves
FRANCIS PIERCE, S. 14168 GEORGE PEARCE, S. 49294 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you enclose $1.00 to cover cost of the Revolutionary War records of George Pierce, born about 1755 in Virginia, served from that state and lived last in Simpson County, Kentucky, also, of Francis Pierce born about 1759 in Virginia, moved in 1801 to Clinton County, Kentucky, which was then a part of Logan County, and was still living there in 1850.
The record of Francis Pierce is furnished you herein, also, the record of the George Pearce or Pierce, of Simpson County, Kentucky.
FRANCIS PIERCE S. 14168
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14168, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Francis Pierce.
Francis Pierce was born in August, 1760, in Caroline County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given. When about ten years of age, his parents moved to Orange County, Virginia.
While residing in Orange County, Virginia, Francis Pierce enlisted in January or February, 1779, served as private in Captain Garland Burley's company, Colonel Francis Taylor's Virginia regiment, guarded prisoners from Albemarle Barracks where he enlisted, to Augusta County, back to Albemarle Barracks, then to Winchester, Virginia, and was discharged after having served more than two years.
The soldier married after the close of the Revolution and one year after his marriage moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina, where

he remained until 1801 when he moved to Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Francis Pierce was allowed pension on his application executed November 13, 1832, while a resident of Cumberland County, Kentucky, where he was still living in 1833.
The name of soldier's wife and date of their marriage were not shown, nor was any reference made to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Francis Pierce, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Francis Pierce, Certificate 7238, issued March 18, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
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GEORGE PEARCE S. 49294
You are furnished below the record of George Pearce as found in pension claim, S. 49294, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
George Pearce, whose surname appears also as Pierce and Peirce) enlisted in Maryland April 28, 1778, served as private and drummer under Captains Handy, Gibson, Gould and Francis Revelly, and Colonels Richardson, Howard and Stewart in the Maryland troops. During his service he was in the battles of Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Guilford, Ninety Six, and Eutaw Springs in which he received a flesh wound in his left thigh.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1823, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky. His name was borne on the pension roll as George Pearce. He was still a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1826 at which time he stated he was aged sixty-nine years, with no explanation of the discrepancy.

In 1823, George Pearce referred to his wife then aged fifty-seven years, but did not give her name, also, to five children whose names were Patsy, aged twenty-three years; John, aged twenty-two years; Ava, aged seventeen years; David, aged sixteen years; Washington, aged fourteen years, and referred also to a grandson, Joshua Pearce, about twelve years of age (the names of the parents of Joshua Pearce not given).
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of this soldier, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General furnishing that official with the following: George Pearce, Certificate #19122, issued November 29, 1823, rate $8 per month, commenced April 16, 1823, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.
No charge is made for the search of the Revolutionary War records nor for these reports. $1.00, the amount of your remittance, will be refunded in due time.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Francis Pierce Ky $80. T. June 1832
So what time last paid?
Pension Office 23 Sept 1837
To 4th March 1836. S. H. H. B. L. and L.

June - 16 - 1904 - 4.55 to E. B. Parrish. Albany NY 1936 Apr. 10 - Visit to H. P. Drake (See letter in chm. P. 49294 of George Pierce W.P.O. 1904. Div. notified B12 to be refunded)
Rev. man
14168  INVALID. 
File No. 14168
Francis Pierce
Prin Row was
Act: June 1 th 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Francis Pierce Ken act 7 June 1852 to what time / end.
P. M. Offin.
Nov. 17. 1837
Said to H. M. March 1836
J. H.

Albany Kentucky January 24 1904
Dear Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir the relatives here of Francis Pierce who was a Revolutionary Soldier are anxious to know the Company and regiment he served in. The only Papers they have showed that he was granted a Pension on the 18 th day of March 1833, and was signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and Countersigned by J H Edwards Commis- sioner of Pensions. The Paper that they have also shows that he first lived in Virginia & 2 nd in North Carolina and in Kentucky for 25 years, before the 29 th of November 1836, and that his Pension was paid at the Lexington agency at Lexington Kentucky. Would you have the records examined and give the above information by So doing you will confer a favor on his Grand children who live here
Yours &c N B Parrish Albany Kentucky

Revolutionary Glavin
Nov 66
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Secretary of War Washington City
Nov. 29.
K.Y.
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Now at Burksville 14 Nov th 1832
Dear Sir
I enclose you Francis Purce's application for pension you will please address at Colum- bia as soon as convenient
Yours respectfully.
W m Owens

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Francis Pierce 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? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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'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? 6, 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 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.

Hon. R. M. Johnson
Dec 9. 1833.
96.
Recd: vol 22 page 411

War Dep t Pension Off ce Dec. 9. 1833
Sir,
In relation to the enclosed note from Mr. Mellin, I can only say that the only claim of Francis made from Kentucky made in the name of Francis Pierce, was received here from William Owens, who forwarded the declaration from Burksville, on the 14 th of November 1832. He requested that the answer might be sent to him at Columbia. His request was complied with, and on the 18 th of March last, Pierce's pension certificate was issued and sent to Owens as directed. It appears from the evidence on file that Pierce is a resident of Cumberland County, Kentucky, and that the declaration was made in that county, in Nov. 1832. I have the honor
Hon. R. M. Johnson House of Rep s