Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2470, Zacheus Copland, N.C.

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Copland, Zachaus
S 2470.
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Order to pay 19. Sep 1837. Let to Hon J. D. Arnold May 1842.
19 164 East Tennessee
Zacheus Copland of Spencer in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Elliott of the regular commands by Col. Shelby on the Abolition line for 3 months prof. Inf 4 — " — " Cavalry
Enscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Aug 1833 and sent to Applicant Danridge
arrears to the 14th of March 33 32 semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 13 33 $66 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Bayd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 39

State of Tennessee } On this 10 th day of December 1832 Tiffanian County } Personally appeared in Open Court, before the County Court of Pleas and Quartermaster's Office for said County now sitting, Zacharias Copeland a Resident of the County and State aforesaid aged sixty eight 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, as a substitute for his Father Joseph Copeland as well as he recollects it was in August 1780. The term of service was not quite three months.
That he served in the North Carolina Militia under Captain James Elliott of Sullivan County that he resided at that time in Sullivan County. His home was near Shelby of Sullivan County. He encamped at Washington County near Dugans Mill, West of the River, and marched from thence up the River and across the yellow Mountain, thence across the Blue Ridge into Berk County, from thence through Rutherford into South Carolina, and lay at the camp the night the Battle was fought at Kings Mountain. I was with the column under the command of a Maj. Howard and Captain Jonathan Webb of Sullivan County at that time and in consequence of

having no Horses were not in the battle.
During this campaign Col d William Campbell of Washington County Virginia, Col d John Lewis, of Washington County, North Carolina, Col d McDowell and Cleveland, McDowell as well as I and Root were from Burke County, North Carolina were along with us.
That in December 1780, I served a second tour of duty for one or two months as a volunteer under Captain George Massey of Sullivan County, Col d Clark had the command.
That our Rendezvous, on Holston River, near Dobson's Ford we marched from thence and crossed French Broad River at Buckingham Island, from thence to Tennessee River, and crossed at Chota Ford, into the Cherokee Nation, then through part of the Nation and destroyed part of their Towns, and killed some Indians, and that Captain Elliott who was my captain during my first campaign acting as a private was shot dead by a wounded Indian, near the mouth of Little River,
That sometime in the fall of 1781 I served a third campaign as a volunteer for a term of three or four months under Capt d Roger Tapp of Sullivan County, Col d Isaac Shelby and Lieut d Col d Anthony Bledsoe commanded during this

Campaign, Col d John Lewis and Lieut Col d Robinson of the Washington Troops were along with us, We marched up Do e River and crossed the Yellow Mountain and Blue Ridge, and marched through the same country as in the first Campaign, then through Lincoln into South Carolina, and passed Gen l Gren d at the high hills of Santee, crossed over Santee, and joined General Francis Marion. I knew Col d Horry of the Cavalry,
and was engaged in scouting and harassing the British, we took their Hospital and some prison- ers, at Monk's Corner, and was with General Marion at Santee when we received intelligence of the position of Cornwallis, sometimes after we were dismissed and returned home to Sullivan County, I do not recollect from whom I received my first and second discharges, my third I received from Col d Anthony Bledsoe and they were sent on to Hillsborough and laid entirely by my Father Joseph Cofland with them I know of no person by whom I can prove my services, and all the documentary evidence that I have is the discharges if they are as he believes, filed in North Carolina
1 st Where and in what year were you born.
I was born in Chatham County, North Carolina on the 4 th of August 1764

2. Have you any Record of your Age. Age I have Where is it At home in my Bible
3 Where were you living when called into service: Where had you lived since the Revolutionary War, and Where do you now live. In Sullivan County, In Sullivan and Jefferson County, In Jefferson County.
4 How were you called into service. My first term I served as a substitute for my Father Joseph Copeland. The Second and third terms I served as a Volunteer
5 State the names of those 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 Service
In the last campaign there was General Francis Maurice and Majr Harry of the Continentals Colonel Isaac Shelby & Colonel Anthony Blackwood and Captain Roger Pope of the North Carolina Troops. In the second campaign,
Colonel Clark, and Captain George Washington of

Sullivan County = In the first campaign, Col. Israel Shelby and Capt. James Elliott of Sullivan County North Carolina, Maj. Hermon Capt. Jonathan Webb.
Col. William Campbell of Washington County Virginia Col. John Lewis of Washington County North Carolina Col. McDowell & Cleveland as well as I can recollect McDowell was from Berkeley - As to the General Circumstances I have already given them.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharges from the Service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
I received three discharges, I do not recollect from whom I received the two first, the third I received from Col. Anthony Blocher, they were sent on to Hillsborough N. Carolina and my father Joseph Cleveland entered land with them.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity, and their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution. 300 acres of land
William Sayton and Thomas Gilbreath
He hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and

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
affirmed - Joseph Hamilton Curle
Zachariah Coptland
We William Taylor & Thomas Gilbreath Residing in the County of Jefferson & State of Tennessee hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Zachariah Coptland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year
affirmed. Joseph Hamilton Curle
W m Taylor
Thomas Gilbreath
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions, 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 William Taylor & Thomas Gilbreath who have signed the

Proceedings Certificate and Verdicts in the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid and the said Probate Judges, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I Joseph Hamilton Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Jefferson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zacharias Copeland for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 10 th day of December AD 1832.
Joseph Hamilton Clerk

State of Tennessee
Jefferson County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Zacharias Copeland who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, for two months I served as a substitute for my Father in August 1780 in the North Carolina Militia as a private. That in December 1780 for one month as a volunteer I served as a private in Horsebeek under Capt George Mansfield of Sullivan County That sometime in the Fall of 1781 for three months I served as a private in the Mountain Infantry, under the command of Capt Royal Pope of Sullivan County - and for said service I claim a pension.
And that his reasons for not getting the Certificate of a Clergyman are as follows. That he was under the impression that two Citizens would be sufficient. and there was no Clergyman residing in his neighbor- hood that was acquainted with his Revolutionary services - Given under my hand the 10 th day of June 1833 Sworn and subscribed to before me } Zacharias Copeland and the date above written }
Richard Bradshaw Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Jefferson County } I Joseph Hamilton Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County do certify that Richard Bradshaw who has attested the within deposition was at the time of signing the same, and now is an acting justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that all due faith and credit is, and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Knoxville this 11 th day of June A.D. 1833.
Joseph Hamilton Jr Clerk of Jefferson County

21093.
Zackus Copland. Tennessee. Jefferson Co from 1780 first of canal dist yrs B 3 m. — 10 — B Can 4 — 16.66  $ 26.66
Elliott Shelby Mt.
Zackus Copland
Dandridge
Joseph Hamilton, etc. Jefferson County, Tenn.
of in the case of (per 5th June, 1835) in the state of
mentioned. X Griffith that the foregoing statement and the answers given with the evidence in the case above 3. Are the papers defective as to form or superscription, and if so, in what respect? 4. In his statement supported by being witnesses, by documentary proof, by testimonial evidence, by 5. Where did he reside when he entered the service?

BRIEF in the case of  Zacheus Copland  County of Jefferson, in the State of Tennessee.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years.  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.     Substitute In 1780 for his father, Joseph Copland. Not quite 3. Pv. Gen. Col. Isaac Shelby, Capt. James Elliott, Major Herron, Capt. Jonathan Webb, Col. Wm Campbell, Col. John Sevier, & Col. Cleveland & McDowell, Col. Clark & Capt. Mansfield.   Col. 1780. 102. Pv. Capt. Roger Top, Col. Isaac Shelby, & Col. John Sevier.   Col. 1780. 3024. "  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sullivan County, N. C.
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.
W. R. Turner,
Examining Clerk.

Rev War
2470
INVALID.
Am
File No. 2470
Yachens Copland
Dist Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 73.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gachens Copland , — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? No. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? No. Two citizens.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No.
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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.

Sambridge J. S. June 11 th 1833 J. L.
Mem Cutt.

Mr.
Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City.

Sir
Dunbridge Massachusetts 11 th Feb y 1833.
I herewith return my papers, with the amendments required by your department and would have done so, sooner, but Col d Hamilton was absent from home on a visit to Georgia when your communication to him containing my papers reached this place. I hope that all is right and nothing more will be required on my part.
J. L. Edwards Esq Washington City
Yours Resp ly H. C. Lee For whom Col d Hamilton

Zachew Copeland, East Tennessee Roll, Act June 7. 1832, at $26:66 per annum.
Be Pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Pension Office } p. 4 Sep 1841 May 25. 1842 } JH

May 25. 1842
Grechem Copeland
L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions Present
Hon. J. D. Arnold N.Y.

House of R.
May 24 th 1842
Sir,
I wish to know if the papers of Zacharius Copeland of Jefferson County Tennessee asking a pension, are on file in your office, and if so what is the objection to allowing him a pension. Please let me hear from you soon.
In great haste
With great respect
W. D. Arnold
James L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Commissioner