Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2745, Stephen Billue, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. C.
Billie Stephen Mary
W 2745
Born in N. C.
CONTENTS
he was pensioned as Billie a heirs was pensioned as Billie

12441 Nath Carolina
Stephen Biller of Mecklenburg in the State of N. Car. who was a pr. in the commanded by Captain of the Key  commanded by Col. Park in the N Car line for 2 years —
pensioned, see roll 1835 as Biller
Inserted on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apr. 33 and and  and  and Ingram. Ingramville. N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — 40  $200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 74

State of North Carolina } On this 28 th day of February 1838 person Mecklenburg County } appeared in open court before the Court of pleas and quarter sessions now sitting Stephen Bellis a Resident of the State and County aforesaid aged about Seventy six years who Being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pass June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the united States under the following named officers and served as herein stated he was drafted in the fall of 1777 and served for a tour of six weeks under Col Hagens in Col Ezekial Polks Regiment Gen Rutherford Com and went in that tour after the Cherokee Indians and returned some time in November 1777 and then he enlisted in the fall of 1778 as he thinks under Col Pettigrew in Col Luck Regiment and served a tour of twelve months and in that tour he traveled to the State of Georgia after the Creek Indians and was stationed on Little River and there he received a furlough in the fall of 1779 and returned back to North Carolina and in the same fall he enlisted under Col Buchanan in the Continental line General Lincoln's Command and served a tour of twelve months and in that tour he traveled in to South Carolina to the Black Swamp and from thence to Golphine then he went on to Charleston to reinforce Gen Mootry and from thence he went near Bacon's Bridge and on to to the Battle of Stono and was in that Battle and taken a prisoner and was carried on to Johns Island and from thence to prison ships which lay at the mouth of Stono and there he made his escape and returned to the army commanded By Gen Lincoln and from thence on to North Carolina in the fall of 1780 and then in the same fall of 80 he volunteered under Col Kilbrith and served a tour of three months and he served as near as he can recollect Two years Four months and Two weeks and he has no documentary Evidence of his service for his records and discharges is all lost and destroyed he hereby Relinquishes every claim what ever 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 for year aforesaid Stephen Bellis

Ingratious.
Where and in what year were you Born I was Born in the County of North Carolina Caswell State on the 24 of September 1756.
have you any Records of your age and if so where is it, I had a Record of my age and it is lost Where were you living when called in to Service and where have you been Ever since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live, I Lived in the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina when called in to Service and have live in the same State and County Ever since. How were you called in to Service were you drafted did you Enlist or were you a Volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for who I was drafted and Enlisted and was a Volunteer did you ever Recv a discharge from the Service and if so what has become of it. I Recv a Furlough from a man By the name of Long when I was discharged in the State of Georgia on Little River and I have no other Evidence of my Service Except the Affidavit of George McWhorter which is Below
Stephen Billings
State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County } I George McWhorter of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I was presently serving to the Service of Stephen Billings in the Year under Col d Buckhannon and also in the Year under Col d Wilbuth and under Col d Pettigrew and his Statement as it stands stated in the Body of the declaration is True Sworn to and Subscribe this 25 th of February 1838 S tephen Billings George McWhorter

Stephen Billew N. C. 24113
Admit as a private for Dyer at $80.00
L. M. Ingram Ingramsville N.C. Mecklenburg Co.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claims .
A Statement, shewing the Service of Stephen Billew
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 drafted 6 weeks Pri Genl Rutherford Col. E. Polk about 76 years   Enl. 1780 12 " Col. Luck Mecklenburg Co N.C. Traditionary Witness   enlisted 12   " 1780 vol 3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 place 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

North Carolina Files
933
Mary Ballew decd. widow of Stephen Ballew
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private No Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Y Engr 9 th August 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of April 1852 and sent to
Mr. Y. Bryant Esq. Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 133 Vol. A

Mary Ballou dec d Wid of Stephen N. C
Ad 29 July 1848,
Mary Bryant Present,

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County 3
On this 1 st day of January A.D. 1852 - personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Union Stephen Billie a resident of Union County in the State aforesaid aged 48 years who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the various acts of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - July 7 th 1838 - March 3 rd 1843, June 17 th 1844 - Feb. 2 nd 1848, and July 29 th 1848 - That he  she is the daughter  son of Mary Billie who was the widow of Stephen Billie in 2 who was a private in the Continental line of North Carolina in the war of the Revolution, which will more fully appear by reference to the records in the Pension Office at Washington City, as he (the said Stephen) was a pensioner for several years before his death, at the rate of $80 per annum - He  She further declares that his Mother, the said Mary, was married to the said Stephen Billie on the 5 th day of March A.D. 1797 - And that the said Stephen Billie died on the 23 rd day of May A.D. 1837 - That the said Mary remained the widow of the said Stephen Billie until the 9 th day of August A.D. 1848, when she also died leaving Stephen Billie, Jane Wilson & James Billie her only surviving heirs
Sworn to and subscribed before
D A Covington Clk
Stephen Billie
And I the said David A. Covington chairman of the County Court of Union, certify that I am personally acquainted with the  Stephen Billie

and know him to be a person  person of fine character, & entitled to full credit, and that the foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed in open court, to the truth of the statements therein contained I am fully satisfied.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this with 7 th day of January 1852.
D. A. Covington Chmn
State of N. Carolina } Union County }
This with 7 th day of January A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me David A. Covington one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in & for said County Stephen Billie and after being duly qualified according to law, says that the record he has exhibited before me this day, purporting to be the family record of Stephen Billie sen d family and upon which I have subscribed my name, is a true record of the facts therein set forth, and that said record was made in the handwriting of Rev. W m Blackstock who is now dead. Sworn to & subscribed before Stephen Billie sen d D. A. Covington Chairman and I certify that Stephen Billie jun r who signed the foregoing affidavit is a respectable citizen of Union County and entitled to credit.
D. A. Covington Chmn

State of North Carolina Union County 3
I James M. Stewart clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Union in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited in open court that Stephen Billie Saw was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $81 per annum; was a resident of the County of Union County Mecklenburg now in the State of North Carolina and died in the same County May 24 th in the year of 1837 - in the year 1837 on the 24 th day of May; that he left a widow, who also died in the year 1848, on the 9 th day of August, leaving the following named children surviving her viz - Stephen Billie jun r - Jane Wilson & James Billie who are the only surviving children of the aforesaid Stephen Billie and Mary his wife -
And I further certify that David A. Covington before whom the foregoing papers were executed was at the date of the same and still is, Chairman of the County Court, for the County of Union, duly commissioned and authorized by law to administer oaths, and the name thereto subscribed is his signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office This 8 day of January A.D. 1852 -
J. M. Stewart

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
 Samuel Billue  born July 19  Thomas Billue  born B.   Samuel Billue, born July 19 th 1782. Thomas Billue, born May 17 th 1784. Elizabeth Billue, born Nov r 15 th 1786. Rosanna Billue, born Jan y 20 th 1790. William Billue, born August 25 th 1792. George M c Whirter Billue, born Jan y 20 th 1795. Agnes M c Whirter Billue, born Jan y 15 th 1798.
BIRTHS.
Jean M c Gaw Billue, born Feb y 8 th 1799. Stephen Billue, born August 23 d 1800, lived seven weeks, and then departed this life. Mary Richman Billue, born August 31 st 1801. Stephen Billue, born March 8 th 1803. Hugh Richman Billue, born Nov r 4 th 1804. Susanna Billue, born April 10 th 1807. James Richman Billue, born Sept r 16 th 1809. Elizabeth Taylor born Feb y 15 th 1795.

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Stephen Billue was married to Agnes M c Winter Oct r 16 th 1781: she being deceased, was again married to Mary Richman March 9 th 1797
Stephen James Billue Mary Billue Stephen Billue His Book Stephen
Stephen Billue Departed this life on the 24 of May 1837 - 1837
Stephen B Billue
Stephen Billue
Stephen Billue Departed this life on the 24 of May 1837
Stephen

1914, Sept. 4. History to Hon. Robert N. Page H.R. Fr. 1927 Feb. 1. Tombstone data D.M.G.
Reuben
5280 INVALID.
File No. 5280.
* Stephen Billings Print Riv. War
Act: June 7 th 1852.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Possey
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2745
Mary Ballou Widow
Stephen Ballou Pr. Rev. Wm.
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 29
91 heirs [Arrangement of 1870.] This widow's claim was improperly adjudicated with the claim of Stephen Ballou. Sur. cit. 16835. It was removed from that claim May 16, 1927 & placed properly with S. 5280. ) Searched by mmk

✓ No 1079
Mary Ballou dec d . wid of Stephen N. C.
Act 29 July 1848.
$26.66 per An. from 4 th
March '48 to 9 Augt '48 when she died.
Payable to Stephen Ballou Jr. Jane Wilson & James Ballou only children
Cert to Geo. Y. Bryant Present.

Washington City January 19 th 1852.
Sir:
Herewith I transmit evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of Mary Bellue, who was the widow of Stephen Bellue, a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner, for a Pension in right of their mother, who was married to said Stephen on the 8 th March 1797, and died on the 9 th Aug t 1848, her said husband having deceased on the 28 th May 1837, at that time himself a Pensioner at $80 per annum.
I am, very respectfully Your Obd t Serv t . John P. Bryant
J. E. Heath Esq. Comm r . of Pensions. }

Brief in the case of Mary Ballen wid of Stephen, County and State of N. C. act 29. July 1848.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $26.66. Evidence of marriage, Family register
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
M c G. Bryant Present,
F. F. Kirby
Examining Clerk.

Stephen Biddle 14/11/33
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and quarter sessions Mecklenburg County } February Term 1833
I John M Ingram of the County aforesaid and an acting justice of the peace for the same do hereby certify that George M Whorter who has signed the certificate above mentioned is unable to attend this Court. nor do I believe from personal observation and from my own knowledge that he is able to attend at the next Court owing to his great bodily infirmity. given under my hand and seal this day and year above written. J. M. Ingram, J.P.
We Isaac Grier a Clergyman residing in the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the  John M. Ingram residing in the one well acquainted with Stephen Biddle who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to twenty six years of age; that he is respected & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the 27 th day of February A.D. 1833.
Isaac Grier John M. Ingram
And the said Court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as in states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac Grier, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the lower part of Mecklenburg County and that John M. Ingram who has also signed the same is a resident of said County. and that he is a credible person and also that George M Whorter who has signed the other preceding certificate is a resident of the said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for Mecklenburg County do hereby certify that John M Ingram who has attested the certificate and affidavit of George McWhorter as above is a magistrate of the County of Mecklenburg as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the Stephen Bellue for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 th day and year of February A.D.
1833.
Isaac Alexander Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
Stephen Billee 7-27-95
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C Bellew, Stephen
January 27, 1927
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the deceased named below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Office:
Private Stephen Bellew, Capt. Hagen's Co., Colonel Ezekiel Polk's Regt., North Carolina Militia, Rev. War. Pension Claim 5280.
Very truly yours,
Edmond R. Tompkins EDMOND R. TOMPKINS, Lt. Colonel, Q.M.C., Assistant.
Stephen Bellew was a member of the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was a private in the service of Colonel Ezekiel Polk.