Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,928, Isom Childers, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb.
Childers, Isom
NUMBER
S.30928
CONTENTS

Letter to P. Agnes 31. May 1838 Paid at the Treasury under Act 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 Sept 1837. Agt notified 5 June 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1839 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 th March 1838 Agt notified 1839
Paid as above from 4 March 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agent Notified 30 th March 1841.
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. Agt notified 21 st Feb 42.
Let: 2 Aug '42 to D. G. Boroman,
Illinois 7851
Home Childers
Lawrence in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Blantarn of the Reg t , commanded by Col. Beirall in the Carolina line for nine months = $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of April 1833 and sent to Jas W. McLean Clk. Lawrenceville Ill.
Arrears to the 1 th of March 1833, 60.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept '33 15.00
$75.00
Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Book
M. K. Palmer, Clerk, Vol. 8. Page fifty-five

Isaac Childress
1799
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter or account.]

State of Illinois Lawrence County } ss.
On this 17 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court for the County of Lawrence and State of Illinois now sitting Isaac Chilam of the County of Lawrence aforesaid aged sixty six 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 June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he volunteered for the term of three months under Capt. Blanton. Col. Savel & Gen Sumner that he marched from Warrento in North Carolina to Waxhaw Creek where where they were attacked by the enemy and retreated to Charlotte in Mecklenburg County where there was a small skirmish. That part of this time he was with Gen. Green. This was about the year 1779 but that he cannot recollect certainly the month or year at this time he was a resident of Warren County North Carolina of which he is a native.
That he served another term of three months as a volunteer under Capt Blanton Col. Savel & Gen Sumner This he believes was in the year 1780 but that he cannot recollect the month. That he was not with any regular officers. That he still resides at the same place in Warrento County North Carolina. That in his marching that he volunteered for another term of three months he was at Hillsborough and Salisbury in North Carolina and at the Watere in South Carolina.
That he volunteered for another term of three months to assist Gen. Washington in the siege of Cornwallis. That he had marched till within about half a days march from York when they heard the news of

of the surname of Cornwallis. That he believes his bapt name was Johnston but he cannot recollect certainly and that he does not recollect the names of any higher officers. That he has no record of his age that he was born in Warren County North Carolina that he lived at the same place during all the time of the war that he has since lived in Quincy Rutherford in Ten- nessee that he has since lived in the County of Grundy Grundy in the State of Illinois and that he now lives in Lawrence County Illinois. That he received discharges for each term one signed by Gen Sumner the others were he does not recollect by whom signed and that they have all been lost by time and accident.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Isom Childers Deputy
W. F. W. F. Farly a clergyman residing in the County of Lawrence and State of Illinois and Thomas C Collins residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isom Childers who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be sixty six years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we con- cur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Farly
Thomas C Collins
And the board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interroga- tories prescribed by the War Department that the

abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the board further certifies that it appears to them that William Farley who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Lawrence and State of Illinois and that Thomas C. Collins who has also signed the same is a resident of the same and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
M c WILSON James M. Wilson Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Lawrence and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of Dorn Childers for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 18 th day of September 1832.
J. M c Lean Clk
Dorn Childers

mmj cm
February 17, 1928.
Mrs. Mary Alice Chance, 675 Decatur Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 30928 it appears that Ison Childers was born in Warren County, North Carolina, date not stated, and resided there during the whole of the Revolution.
He enlisted in 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain Blanton's Company, Colonel Sowel's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Blanton's Company, Colonel Sowel's North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battle of Waxhaws and in a skirmish at Charlotte.
He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Johnston's North Carolina Company.
After the Revolution he lived in Rutherford County, Tennessee and in Green County, Illinois. He was allowed

pension on his application executed September 17, 1832 while a resident of Lawrence County, Illinois aged six- ty-six years. There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
1432 66 66

17991 No. 7857. Stomachilous Lawrence County Illinois
Ada for 9. Months From 1779—
Jas. M. McLean Clerk of Lawrence Co. Illinois Lawrenceville P.O.

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Childers of Lawrence County in the State of Illinois (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 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? 66  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.     Volunteer In 1779 3 Private Gen. Sumner Col. Smith   " 1780 3 Capt Blantain   " 1781 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warren Co. N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Geo. B. Whiting Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 4 th 1842.
50. Under the date 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," Isaac Childers — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Patten
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isom Childers which require further proof or explanation.
1. 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?
Yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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?
Yes
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.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 4 -
1838.
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;" Ison Childers a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and -- -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 4 th Sept. 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 11 th , 1839.
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," Isaac Childers, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 17 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," Isom Childers, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Aug 2 1842 Brownsville Ill 3 July 24 } free
James V. Edwards Row of Pensions Washington D.C.
from

Lawrenceville Ill June 23 rd 1872
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Sir. Sam Childers a revolutionary pensioner on the rolls of the Pension Agency of this State, residing in this county is in very indigent circumstances, old and unable to maintain himself, and is desirous of having his pension increased. He receives at present but $30 per annum, and has been for several years living entirely on the charity of his friends (his pension barely sufficient to clothe him,) and unless aid is afforded him from the government he will have to become a county charge . He requests me to enquire of the Department what other evidence will be required in addition to that on file in the Department on the original application. If evidence of his circumstances are necessary it can be readily furnished.
Awaiting your answer I remain most Respectfully your Obedt Servt
J. G. Bowman

5-2233
15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
..... Dec. 13 1927
Chief and 1812 War Section Division.
I have this day received from
Mrs. J. S. Childers .....
check ..... in the amount
of $ 1 00 ..... , requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.
check to be returned .....
.....
.....
O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
266 L
Check returned Dec 15-1927 MMT/8

December 15, 1927
Mrs. J. I. Childers 4405 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 30938 it appears that Isom Childers was born in Warren County, North Carolina, date not stated, and resided there during the whole of the Revolution.
He enlisted in 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain Blanton's Company, Colonel Sowel's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Blanton's Company, Colonel Sowel's North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battle of Waxhaws and in a skirmish at Charlotte.
He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Johnston's North Carolina company.
After the Revolution he lived in Rutherford County, Tennessee and in Green County, Illinois. He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832 while a resident of Lawrence County, Illinois aged sixty-six years. There is
This was in 1780 that he described it as his first service, giving him credit for that as small as possible -

ONARY WAR RECORDS
no data on file as to his family/
Herewith is returned your check for one dollar drawn to the order of Pension Bureau on Boatman's Bank, St. Louis, and dated December 9, 1927. No charge is made for this service.
Respectfully,
Date of death not on file
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
no 8
19. 20 928
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Childers a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1779 3 mos. Pvt. Blankton Colonel N.C.   1780 3 mos. Blankton Colonel   1781 3 mos. Johnston r  
Battles engaged in, Warrenton Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warren County N.C. Date of application for pension, Sept. 17 1832. His wife was al. Residence at date of application, Lawrence Co Ill. Age at date of application, 66 yrs. born in Warren County N.C. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

675 Decatur Street, Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1928.
Pension Board, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I am desirous of obtaining the date and place of birth of one Isham Childress who served in the Revolutionary War. I am a lineal descendant of Mr. Childress and desire the information in connection with filing my application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
I will thank you for this and any other information you may have regarding Mr. Childress, which you may have on file.
Very truly yours,
Mary Alice Chane

Check $1.00 to be returned
St. Louis, Missouri
December 9, 1927
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing my check for $1.00, for which please send me the family data shown on the pension papers of the following, for Revolutionary service:
ISHAM CHILDERS, who is buried in Lawrence County, Illinois.
GOLDSBRY CHILDERS, who, in 1840, was living in Garrard County, Kentucky, and drawing a pension for Revolutionary Service.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. I. Childers
One enclosure
Mrs. J. I. Childers 4405 West Pine Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri

AGENCY ESTABLISHED 1883
J. N. ROSBOROUGH & SON INSURANCE
LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS
Sept 15. 1920
The Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Sir:- Some months ago I wrote you asking for information regarding Isham Childress a Rev. war veteran and pensioner and received word that you had no such name on your records.
Now I have the inclosed information taken from the pension rolls compiled in Washington D. C. But in order to prove my eligibility to D. A. R. must furnish a

J. N. ROSBOROUGH
NOAN ROSBOROUGH
HUGH L. ROSBOROUGH
AGENCY ESTABLISHED 1883
J. N. ROSBOROUGH & SON INSURANCE LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS
Statement from you would appreciate hearing from at your earliest convenience Mrs Noan Rosborough 1507 W. Lexington Ave.

Book 3-7/11
Isham Childers was allowed $30.00 pension -pension beginning March 4th 1831 at the age of 71years. He served in the North Carolina Con- tinental troops and was placed on the pension list April 11th 1833
This was taken from the pension rolls compiled in Washington D.C. He lived in Lawrenceville Ill- when he applied for the pension.
Please send me all available information

Rev Sec find
Springfield, Illinois.
July 11th, 1917.
Department of the Interior, Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send to me the military record of Isham Childres (or Childress) who served in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, and who was pensioned, I under- stand, while living in Lawrence County, Illinois?
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am,
Mrs. H. H. Snell
1331 Holmes Avenue.

30 928
Reg INVALID.
File No. 30, 928
From Children
Per Rev. Wm
Act June 7 th 82 nd
Index Vol. 2 Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 July 17 - sent to Mrs. H. H. Small 1920 Sept. 20 - sent to same children 1927 Jan. 15 - sent to Mrs. F. Children's check for one dollar returned M.M.F. 1928 Feb. 17 - sent to Mrs. Mary A. Chase M.M.F.