Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,319, William Depriest, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb. _____
Depriest William _____
NUMBER
88319 _____
CONTENTS
carded.

North Carolina 23.343
William D. Smith of Hertford in the State of N. Car. who was a Pr. — in the — by Captain — of the Regt by Col. Montgomery in the N. Car line for —
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 10 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Jan y 34 Graham - H. R. and wife H. C.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Cath: Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 97
Date 7 March 2019
125.32 01.83 127.15

State of North Carolina } On this 10 th day of September 1882 personally Rutherford County } appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the said Court of Rutherford County now sitting William Deforest a Resident of the United States in the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina aged 75 Years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated That he first enlisted for Twelve months under Captain Joseph Martin near the Long Island on Holston Mountain in the state of Virginia in the year of 1778. we was stationed at Long Island of Holston and at Rye Cove and guarding the Indian lines was Discharged at the Long Island. I then became a substitute for Three Months under Captain James Shelby I cannot tell the persons name I never saw him before or since that I know of this was a Tour against the Cherokee Indians went as far as the Chequame- ga Towns under the Command of Col n Montgomery and Returned back from that place with Col n Shelby to the Settlement where I left and after became a substitute for Three Months under Captain Jasper Bean I do not recollect the name of the person who was a substitute for me at the Battle of Kings Mountain we was under Col n Sevier I do not recollect that any General Officer was there after my time was out I Returned to Henry County state of Virginia I then enlisted for Ten Months under Captain Samuel Martin in a Troop of horse belonging to the North Carolina Troops we was under the Command of Col n William Polk we was at Charlotte North Carolina Granby North Carolina was at the Battle at Moores Corner also at the Battle at Goose Creek we was at these places under the Command of Gen l Marion this was the hardest Service I performed we had many skirmishes with the British and Tories when they was at any distance from the Main Army we were present at them when my time expired I was Discharged near Goose Creek North Carolina when I was Discharged this was about the end of the War I am poor and not able to till the earth to support myself and Wife who is also on the decline I spent the prime of my life in the Defense of my Country and I hope to still sustain

when I am not able to support myself
That hereby I 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 whatsoever Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said
William his D. Priest
We Dorrity Dobbins & John H. Alley
Residents of the County of Rutherford and state of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William D. Priest who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 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 to and subscribed the day and year afore said
Signature D. H. Alley Dorrity Dobbins
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 Dorrity Dobbins & John H. Alley who has signed the above Certificate is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit This P. B. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the Application of William D. Priest for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at Office the 10th September A.D. 1832.
J. H. D. West Clerk
Wm. J. Graham

Question 1 st by the Court Where and in what year was you Born
Answer From the Records of my Father I was born in Goochland County state of Virginia in the year 1760.
2 nd have you any Records of your age
Answer I have it now in my possession
3 rd Where was you living when called into service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now
Answer My Father moved before the war from Goochland County to the state of Kentucky  Virginia  where I was born  it was about 1780 I went to Hopeton  above the Long Islands and after the war was over I think in the year 1783 I moved to Rutherford County Virginia where I have lived ever since
4 th How was you called into service was you drafted was you a substitute or did you volunteer
Answer I first enlisted for 12 months under Captain Joseph Martin I think in what was called the Washington Rangers Next was a substitute for 3 months under Captain Shelby I do not recollect the persons name who substituted for I never saw him before or since to my knowledge Next a substitute for 8 months under Capt. Jesse Bean his name was his name was Shelby Lane I then enlisted under Captain Samuel Martin for Ten months Col. Lewis was our Commander I saw Col. Washington Col. Lee and was in the battle of King Mountain.
Done in open Court 10 th Sept 1832
W. B. [unclear] Clerk

856 William D. Spratt's Declaration
Recorded 1848
Sept. - 24 th

State of North Carolina, We David Babbler a Chazy man Residing Rutherford County in the County and State aforesaid and than Allen Hamby — Residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Deprest who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is Deputed and believed in the Neigh- borhood where he Resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 29 - day of March April 1853 John Logan David Babbler Allen Hamby
State of North Carolina, Personally appeared before me the under- Rutherford County a Justice of the Peace for said County William Deprest who being duly sworn sayeth that he entered the Service of the Revolutionary War and served as he stated in his petition dated 12 th September 1852 on Holston 1778 Enlisted for 12 months under Capt. Joseph Martin Stationed Long Island - Substitute for 3 months under Capt. James Shelby I never saw the person before under the command of Col n Montgomery and Adair under Col n Shelby Substitute for 3 months under Capt. S r John Bean I do not recollect the name of the person I substituted for I was at the Battle of Kings Mountain under Col n Sevier Enlisted for 10 months under Capt. Samuel Martin in a Troop of Horse under Col n William Polk and Gen l Marion I was in the Battle of Kings Mountain at the Battle of Cowpens 28. This makes my service 28 months I am Old and Infir- m and far from my early acquaintances and if any of my acquaintances is now living I am not able to find them I have no way to prove my service only by my own knowledge within my knowledge only by the belief of my Neighbors Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 29 th day of April 1853
John Logan William Deprest Mark

and I John Logan one of the Justices for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Reverend David Ballou and the Reverend Allen Hamby who are both Ministers of the Gospel and Respectable as such and that their Declaration is entitled to Credit who both have Signed the above petition of William Depriest who I am also well acquainted with and believe him to be a man of Credit and of Respectable Standing and I concur with them that William Depriest was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and served as mentioned stated given under my hand and seal this day and year first above written
John Logan

State of North Carolina ss.
I Mrs. P. Burchett clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rutherford County, do certify that John Logan Esq who has returned to the within depositions of D. L. Ballew & Allen Harkness and also the deposition of William and has also testified to their credibility  Deposits herein written, is an acting justice of the Peace of said County, and that his acts as such are entitled to credit given under my hand and the seal of the Court at office the 29 th April 1888
Mrs. P. Burchett Ck

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Mr. Desjardins
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BRIEF in the case of William Depriest County of Rutherford in the State of N. Carolina (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     Enlisted In 1778 for 1 year 1 1 1 Private Gen. Capt Joseph Martin   " 3 Subaltern Capt James Shelby   " 3 ditt Col. Montgomery   " 10 dragoon Capt Depe Beun   Col. Lewis   Col. M. Pirk N. Carolina troops  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 
Thengo Mountain, Monks Corner, Goose Creek
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
near the Long Island on Holston, Virginia
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
no
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Miller Examining Clerk.
9 th July 1832

copied E.E. Luke list. 7/29/32.
March 14, 1939.
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Madeline B. DePriest 1323 Sheridan Street N.W. Washington, D. C.
BA-J/249 Am William Depriest S.8319
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William DePriest, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The record of the only William Depriest that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in the claim for pension, S.8319, based upon his military service in that war.
William Depriest was born in 1760, in Goochland County, Virginia. Before the Revolution, his father, moved to Henry County, Virginia, and William went to "Holston above the Long Island". The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing near the Long Island, on Holston, he enlisted some time in 1778 and served twelve months in Captain Joseph Martin's North Carolina Company, called "The Washington Rangers"; he next served three months, dates not given, in Captain James Shelby's Company, under Colonels Montgomery and Shelby in the North Carolina troops and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; he again enlisted and served three months, dates not given, in Captain Jesse Bean or Beene's Company, Colonel Sevier's North Carolina Regiment and was at the battle of King's Mountain; after this, he returned to Henry County, Virginia, enlisted there and served ten months in Captain Samuel Martin's Company, Colonel William Polk's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle at Monk's Corner and in a battle at Goose Creek and in several skirmishes.

In 1783, he moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
In 1832 he referred to his wife, but did not give her name and there is no reference to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "William Depriest, Certificate No. 23343, issued January 7, 1834, rate $61.68 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

in England N. 8319
N.C.

Wm. Stewart has leave of absence till the 25 th Inst and then comes at the Congress March 5 th 1861 A. H. G. Smith

State of North Carolina Wake County ss
Personally came before me William Peace a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Col. William Polk, who being sworn in due form of law; deposes and saith, that he has at this time no recollection of William DeRiest an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress for Revolutionary services; but this deponent has no hesitation in declaring his belief that the said DeRiest was a soldier in the company commanded by Cap t Sam t . Martin in the Regiment under this Deponent, and that this belief is founded upon the answers made to the many interrogatories put to the s d DeRiest and that, he served out the time of his enlistment of ten months.
Sworn

to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of October 1833.
Wm Pierce Esq.
Wm. Falk
I Benjamin S. King, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for Wake County certify that William Pierce Esq. is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have herunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 6 th day of September in the year 1833.
B. S. King, Clerk of the Court of Pleas for Wake County
This is to certify that Benjamin S. King is the true and only clerk of the court of Pleas of Wake County at this time the 30 th Octr 1833
Ermand Rigby Esq.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Desjard which require further proof or explanation.
I. 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? 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? no
NAME NOT ON ROLL
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? no
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? 29/
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, deposeeth 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.
# REQUIRE 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 oath 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.
REQUIRE 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.

July 20, 1932
BA-J/EFL
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William Depriest-S.8319
Memorial Branch Office of the Quartermaster General War Department Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of July 15, 1932, in which you request the record of William Depriest, S. 8319, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 8319, based upon the military service of William Depriest in that war.
William Depriest was born in 1760, in Goochland County, Virginia. Before the Revolution, his father, whose name is not given, moved to Henry County, Virginia, and William went to "Holston above the Long Island".
While residing near the Long Island, on Holston, he enlisted sometime in 1778 and served twelve months in Captain Joseph Martin's North Carolina Company, called "The Washington Rangers"; he next served three months, dates not given, in Captain James Shelby's Company, under Colonels Montgomery and Shelby in the North Carolina Troops and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; he again enlisted and served three months, dates not given, in Captain Jesse Bean or Beene's Company, Colonel Sevier's North Carolina Regiment and was at the battle of King's Mountains; after this, he returned to Henry County, Virginia, enlisted there and served ten months in Captain Samuel Martin's Company, Colonel William Polk's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle at Monk's Corner and in a battle at Goose Creek and in several skirmishes.
In 1783, he moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832.
In 1832, he referred to his wife, but did not give her name and there is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
Application for headstone returned herewith.
A. D. MILLER
Assistant to Administrator

June 27, 1932
BA-J/HEL
Mr. George W. DePriest Shelby North Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William, James, and Christopher DePriest, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services of James or Christopher DePriest.
It is suggested that as a possible means of securing information relative to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILGER Assistant to Administrator.

June 25, 1932
William Depriest-S.8319 XXXXXXXXXX BA-J/EEL
Mr. George W. DePriest 213 N. Washington Street Shelby, North Carolina
Dear Sir:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.8319, based upon the military service of William Depriest in that war.
William Depriest was born in 1780 in Goochland County, Virginia. Before the Revolution, his father, whose name is not given, moved to Henry County, Virginia, and he went "to Holston above the Long Island."
While residing near the Long Island on Holston, he enlisted sometime in 1778 and served twelve months in Captain Joseph Martin's North Carolina Company, called "The Washington Rangers"; he next served three months, dates not given, in Captain James Shelby's Company, under Colonels Montgomery and Shelby in the North Carolina Troops and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; he again enlisted and served three months, dates not given, in Captain Jesse Beem or Beene's Company, Colonel Sevier's North Carolina Regiment, and was at the battle of King's Mountain; after this, he returned to Henry County, Virginia, enlisted there and served ten months in Captain Samuel Martin's Company, Colonel William Polk's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Monk's Corner and in a battle at Goose Creek and in several skirmishes.
In 1783, he moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832.
In 1832, he referred to his wife but did not give her name and there is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. B. MILLER Assistant Adjutant General
Date of death Holston App

1323 Sheridan St., N. W. Washington, D. C. February 6, 1939
Veterans Administration Washington District of Columbia
Gentlemen:
The War Department, Washington, D. C. has informed me that you may be able to furnish me the history of William DePriest , who fought in the Revolutionary War and in whose honor the United States Government erected a small monument at Salem Church, near Bostic, North Carolina.
I should appreciate any information you may be able to furnish me of said history, or sources of same.
Yours sincerely,
Madeline B. DePriest Madeline B. DePriest

GEORGE W. DePRIEST
CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
JUNE 4, 1932
Shelby, N. C.
June 23, 1932.
The U. S. Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
In Re: William DePriest, Rev. War Pensioner - Rutherford County, N.C.
Sir:
My great grandfather, William DePriest, was born in Paris, France; he came to America when 16 years old; during the Revolutionary War he served as a private under George Washington of Virginia. He also fought at Kings Mountain, N. C. After the close of the war he moved from Virginia and settled in Rutherford County, N. C., where he lived to be over 100 years old, and was buried at old Salem Church in that County.
North Carolina States Records show that William DePriest was a Revolutionary War Pensioner while residing in Rutherford County, N. C.
I shall be very glad to have you give me a full and complete copy, or as near as possible, of his "declaration" for Pension filed in your office, together with the name of his company and regiment, in order that I may procure a government marker to erect at his grave. This is the first time I have ever requested your good office for information, and as I am now getting to be an old man, I desire to mark his grave, etc.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Geo. W. DePriest
George W. DePriest, 213 N. Washington St., Shelby, N. C.
P. S.
Also, James and Christopher DePriest were brothers of this William DePriest, and served in same war. Do you have their service records?
George W. DePriest.

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1939 Mar. 14 Visit to Madeline B. DePriest copied 8.2.1940
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8319 INVALID.
File No. 8319
William DePriest
Prim Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]