Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,682, Daniel Carn, Continental (N.C.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.C.) Carn, Daniel
5. 21, 682
CONTENTS

3.
alia 1651
Daniel Cain
at Orangeburg in the State of S.C. was a priv. in the _____ com under the _____ of the _____ Harrison in the N.V.C. 17 months
Entered on the Roll of S. Carolina the rate of 70 - Dollars 83. Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Sept and suit-Dr. M. Fielder, Crossburgh, S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 177.07 Semest. allowance ending March 33 35.
$21
Revolutionary War
Recorded by Nath. Rio Book E Vol. Page
Win to pay Nov. 10. 1836
Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1841 Agt held filed 18 May 1841
See letter to Hon. W. R.
King Senate Dec. 24. 1842
141.66 35.41 177.07

Daniel Barn
Declaration
26024

State of South Carolina } No. 111— Orangeburg District }
On the twenty sixth day of March in the year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before John S. Richardson one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas now sitting, in our court— Daniel Barn, 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 compass passed June 7, 1832. That he is twenty years of age— That he entered the service of the United States under the following named several officers, & served as herein stated—
That he entered the service of the United States by enlisting in the Army in the year 1783 on the 2d day of February under Elias Langhane, a recruiting officer & was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Hanisac, he was in a company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Sinclair (if he is not mistaken) He resided, at the time of enlistment, in North Carolina, thence he was marched to a place, near Bacon's Bridge in South Carolina, where he joined Genl. Greene at a point twenty three miles from Charleston. He enlisted & served for three years & served as a private for seven months until the 4th day of July 1783.

When he obtained leave of absence, when he returned home, & never was after- wards called out - after he joined Genl Green he did duty in the lower part of the State & between Charleston & Bacon's Bridge until the spring of 1883, about the first of March, when he 1783 was sent under Capt Innes
• to into Georgia, to Savannah where he was stationed for a short while and on his return - he obtained a leave of absence in writing under the hand of L. Booker Capt - which he has misplaced. And the only knowledge which he has thereof is derived from an annexed paper, purporting to be a copy thereof, under the hand of The Honorable John M. Dill - He was engaged in some skirmishes but in no regular engagement - He has no other documentary evidence of his services He hereby reasserts his every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any army in any State -
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid -
J. Wm. Wm. Wm. Clerk
Bowen Co. Ga.
Before me, J. Wm. Wm. Wm., a Notary Public, & Gainesville, resident of Brantley Parish Louisiana District & State aforesaid, hereby testify, that we are well acquainted with

Daniel  David Carr, who has sworn to and subscribed to the above dictation; that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed to be and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a revolutionary soldier, & that we concur in that opinion - & the said David Carr further certifies that he saw the said Daniel Carr in 1782 during the summer at Bacon's Bridge, in the army of Genl. Gren.
Sworn to & subscribed before me - the day & year aforesaid -
J. S. Richardson Messrs. Judge
David Carr J. W. Cunningham
And the said Carr do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories inscribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolution- ary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears that it appears to them that Joseph Minni- ham, who had signed the preceding certif- icate, is a chysman, & that Daniel Carr is a considerable person, that they both reside in Orange Parish, in the District & State aforesaid & that their statements are entitled to credit -
J. S. Richardson
I, Joseph W. Cunningham, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the District & State aforesaid, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Daniel Carr for a pension. & that the above is a true copy of the said proceedings
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office. The 26 th day of March 1833.
J. W. Cunningham Clerk

No 26024
Daniel Barn Crangeburgh District S. Carolina
Send Serj State NC
1840-1841 - must be S. Carolina John Kingsbury was the Capt. of Abbeville in 1840
Mr. M. Helen Crangeburgh, S. Carolina

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 claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Barn Orangibrough District South Carolina
   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.     Enlisted 1782 1 5 - Artillery Cap Langham, Col Harrison, Cap Sinclair 70 years N Carolina Traditionary evidence - papers correct  
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. (C) 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 inquiry 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 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.
[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 [i] 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.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Revolution
21682
INVALID.
File No. 21,682
Daniel Burn
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Charles Harrison, Col. } 1st Cont Lewis Booker Capt. } Arty.

Orangeburgh July 14/75
Thee John H. Facer
S.C.
26023
to 25
mail
James L. Coarner
Superintendent of the Pension Office
Washington
Dist. of Columbia
Samuel W. Edin
Amelia 17 mo. old Pa. — $70.83

So. Car. Orangeburgh 13 May 1833
Dear Sir,
I enclose you three applications for pensions. The applicants I know personally & well. They are respectable honest men worthy of credit & confidence. As to Daniel Barn I state that about 1816 or 1817 I went on to congress in support of a petition for pay, the originals of his enlistment for three years and the discharge till further orders. they cannot now be found I have no doubt he served as he states. The petitions of the other two I know nothing about, except that they are honest respectable men & entitled to every confidence. & have always been reputed revolutionary soldiers Please pass on these applications & inform me of the result to this place. Respectfully Your obedt Servt
John M. Elder

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 13 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Daniel Carr, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Seventy — Dollars and 83 Cents per annum; under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Alston V. Parry
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.