Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,116, Ralph Bozeman, S.C.

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Bozeman, Ralph
R. 1,116
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Ralph Bozeman Florida

Secretary of War County of Gadsden
On this, the twelfth day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred & thirty eight personally appeared before me Thomas Randall Judge of the Superior Court of the Middle District of Florida Ralph Bozeman a resident of the county of Gadsden aforesaid & Territory aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being first sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the seventh 1832.
That he Ralph Bozeman entered the service of the United States and enlisted during the War under the command of the following named Officers, to wit; under the command of General Francis Ma- rion, Colonel John Sanford, Lieut. Major Benjamin Snipes & Capt. M c Call. That he Ralph Bozeman enlisted in May 1777 under General Marion during the War and served until after peace & was discharged in Charleston South Carolina (the month not recollected) in 1787. That he resided in Williamsburg County South Carolina at the time he entered the service of the United States & joined General Marion's army at Nelson's ferry on Santee River South Carolina where he volunteered & enlisted as before mentioned. The battles or skirmishes he was in are as follows - the first at Dor- chester, the second at Monk's Corner, the third at Black Minge, the next in Genl. Perkins's lane, the next at the taking of a body of troops on Pease River above Mars Bluff, the next at Camden, the next at the Eutaw Springs commanded by General Nathaniel Green. That Ralph Bozeman was within the state of South Carolina & that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services -
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid Isaac R. Harris CLK
Ralph Bozeman

Interrogatory 1 st Where & in what year were you born? Answer 1 st I was born in Bladen County North Carolina & in the year 1760 as I have heard my parents say. Inter. 2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? Ans 2 nd I have not, but have heard it in my father's bible which was burnt in Charleston South Carolina in 1794 in the month of June. Int. 3 rd Where were you living at when you were called into service? Where have you been living since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live - Ans. 3 rd I was living in Williamsburg County South Carolina. I then after the Revolutionary War followed the seas for thirty years two years & lived then in Charleston a while & then moved into the state of Georgia & have lived in Bullock County, Bryan County Effingham County Liberty County, Ivey's County, Houston County & Macon County. In December of 1836 moved to Gadsden County Territory of Florida where I now live. Int. 4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? Ans 4 th I went voluntarily & enlisted under Genl Marion during the war. Int. 5 th What were the names of some of the regular officers who were with you the troops where you served such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services? Ans 5 th There were no regular officers with the troops where I served as I recollect nor was there any continental or militia regiments with the troops where I served except at the battle of the Eutaw Springs where Genl. N. Green commanded. I know not the general circumstances only that I was detailed several times to attend to the sick & wounded by Doct. Axson Surgeon & physician of general marion's troops. Int. 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? Ans. 6 th I did receive a discharge from the service from John Lanford District Colonel it is lost from me. I don't know what has become of it. Int. 6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character & veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. Ans. 6. I would refer you to Henry Lee & Isham Johnston as to my services as a soldier of the Revolution. and to Aguirre Austin I Thomas Randall Judge of certifies that Ralph Bousman whose name is hereunto signed being under oath in open Court made the above giving answers to the above questions - Thomas Randall Judge

Joseph Austin.
We Henry Gre & Isham Johns in Gadsden County Territory of Florida hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ralph Bozeman who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years old - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph Austin Isham Johnston
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me in open court
I. R. Harris, Clerk.
Whereupon I the said Thomas Randall Judge of the said Middle District of Florida do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states, & I further declare my opinion that Henry Gre & Isham Johns who have signed the preceding certificate reside in the county of Gadsden & Territory of Florida & are creditable persons & that their statements are entitled to credit.
Thomas Randall Judge
In order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress be forementioned passed 3 rd June 1832. Be it known unto all men that I do hereby relinquish all right title & claim to any compensation or pension from the United States except that to which I am entitled under the act of 1832. Ralph Bozeman
David S. Walker
In testimony that the above signatures are the true signatures of the persons whom they represent & that they were made in open court & in other respects as this instrument purports I hereunto subscribe my name with the seal of this court
Isaac R. Harris - Clerk of Gadsden Sup r Court

No. 1116
Am
_____, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID.
Ralph Bozeman
P. O. _____
Rev. J.
Service : _____
Enlisted : _____, 18 ____
Discharged : _____, 18 ____
Application filed : _____, 18 ____
Alleges : _____
Re-enlisted : _____
Attorney : _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized, _____ Contract

Ralph Bozeman Florida
Suspended
See let: 31 July 1839 D. S. Walker do: 14 Sep 39
11/12
Act 7 June 1832

Incab Admiral
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington at D.C.

Talladega Sept 6. 1839
Sir
I received your letter relating to the declaration of Ralph Bozeman in our time - Mr. B. & I said that on a reexamination of his declaration you will find the objections you have made to it are unfounded. You say because he served in the militia each term of service must be specified & refer me to the printed sheet. That sheet says if the applicant served under more than one term of enlistment he must specify the particular period. Now Mr. Bozeman did not serve under more than one term of enlistment, for he declares he enlisted in May 1777 under Gen. Marion during the war & did some until after peace & was discharged in Charleston South Carolina, the month not recollected, in 1781.
Another objection you make to his declaration is that the court did not express its

its junior of the claim. — If you will be so good as to read over that declaration you will find that the court has done so in the fullest manner. You object also that the claimant should have stated underneath the reason for not making earlier application for a pension.
Mr Boynton regards this requirement from you as the "unkindest cut of all" for he thinks your appointment must be aware that he has been sending papers often before to you on this subject ever since 1832 when the law was passed. Mr B. prays your early attention to his claim. He is aged & very infirm. He was lately thrown from cart by which one of his arms was dislocated & he is unable longer to obtain his living by his labor. So that unless the Gov- gives him speedy relief he cannot long sur- vive his late misfortune.
With much respect
Yours,
J. L. Walker
J. L. Edwards Esq,

Mar 30
Florida
Ralph Bozeman, act 1832.
James L. Harrison Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
FREE

James L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Penins.
We send you the Declaration &c of Ralph Bozeman in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of 1832.
I feel confident he is entitled to his pension but am not confident that I have made out his papers in the proper form. If not you will greatly oblige me by returning this imm- ediately with proper instructions.
Yours &c. D. S. Walker