Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,337, Samuel Bumpass, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Bumpass, Samuel
R. 20,337
CONTENTS

Rejected.
Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20337
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Samuel Bumpass
His
Capt Seaves
N.C. Line
Rev War
Filed at _____
REJECTED
other claim.
_____, 187 ____
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18 ____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Evidence insufficient
Oct 1882

aw Reg # 20.337

Samuel Brumpass - Rob.
No Car-line -
Term -
Eva! Ad. Luv. Ref old Books. " Wid.
No Record SAS
Nov 4/80
Evidence insufficient
Oct 1828

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
17 Dec 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Samuel Bumpass under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
R. Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department! Bounty land office
The records of this office do not show that Samuel Bumpass of the North Carolina line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States. Robert Taylor 18 Dec r 1828

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
13 Dec 1828.
Samuel Bumpass of _____ in the County of Montgomery in the State of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Lowes _____'s company, in the _____ regiment of the Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary J. H. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
16 th December 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that Samuel Bumpass not is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
The name of Samuel Bumpass cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued -
Richd Hagner Aud

For the Purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15 th May 1828" I Samuel Rumpap in the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued in its service until its termination, at which Period I was a Private in Capt. — Lowes Company in the — Regiment of the North Carolina Line — And I also declare, that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of fifty dollars to which I was entitled under an act of Congress, passed the 15 th of May 1778 — And I further declare, that I was not, on the 15 th of May 1828, on the Pension List of the United States. Witness my hand this 21 st day of October, in the year 1828 — Samuel Rumpap.
Before me Isaac Ransom a Justice of the Peace in the County of Montgomery in the State of Tennessee personally appeared the said Robert Rumpap and John Burney in the said County and State, who did severally make oath that Samuel Rumpap (sup. whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed) is a true report and believed to have been a soldier of the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated — Witness my hand this 21 st day of October 1828 —
Isaac Ransom Justice of the Peace
Isaac Ransom Justice of the Peace Robert Rumpap John Burney Mark

J. Asa Cram - Clerk of the Court of the County of Montgomery in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Isaac Dumbarton whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly qualified to administer Oaths
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21 st day of October 1828 -
J. Asa Cram
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Know all Men by these Presents that I Samuel Bumpas of the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby constitute and appoint John H. Harable my true and lawful attorney, with a Power of substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due me under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Revolution," my hand and seal this 21 st day of October 1828—
Yes
Samuel Bumpas Mark
Before me Isaac Ransom Justice of the Peace for the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee personally appeared this day Samuel Bumpas whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or gizine by any legal process whatever of the any Court authorized to be received, but that the said Pay is intended to ensure wholly to his own benefit— Witness my hand this 21 st day of October 1828.
Isaac Ransom Justice of the Peace
Samuel Bumpas Mark

J. Asaarm Vance — Clerk of the courts of the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Isaac Rennison before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace, the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 21 st day of October 1898 — J. Asaarm Vance
Before me Isaac Rennison a Justice of the Peace in the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee personally appeared this day John H. McCarroll the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him, by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or distraint of any legal process whatever, of the Pay Master authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to cover wholly to the benefit of the Power by whom the said Power was executed.
Witness my hand this 21 st day of October 1898.
Isaac Rennison Justice of the Peace
John H. McCarroll

I, Francis Van Hook Clerk of the Court of the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Francis Dunnison before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21 st day of October 1828.
Francis Van Hook Clerk