Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,711, Henry Cogburn, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Cogburn, Henry
S. 21, 711
CONTENTS

16.235-  South Carolina Henry Cogburn of Union in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Moore of the Regt. commanded by Col. Moore in the North Carolina line for 10 months & 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 33- Dollars 77- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of July '33 and sent J. Rodgers Union C. H. S. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 67. 54 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 16. 88 1/2 $84.42 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk Book E. Vol. 6. Page 64

State of South Carolina } Union District } To wit:
In this 6 th day of Oct. 1833, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common Pleas and general sessions now sitting for said District, Henry Cogburn a resident of the District and a State aforesaid, aged eighty- three years, who being first duly sworn accor- -ding to law doth on his oath make the fol- -lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he is
That he was born on the 25 November in the year 1749 in the State of Virginia in the neighborhood of General Washington. that he knows of no record of his birth and states his age only from his recollection of the declarations of his mother - That he was living at the time he entered the service in Cornwall County in the state of North Carolina and soon after the fall of Cornwall and the peace about the year 1784 he removed to the State and District aforesaid where he has resided ever since & where he now lives.
That he was drafted and entered the militia -tia of North Carolina about the year 1776 in the brigade of General Parsons, the col of the regiment he does not recollect, but he was in the company of Capt. Falkner.

That he proceeded with his company to join the forces which were then employed against the Indians on tour of duty for three months - but other troops in advance of the detachment to which he belonged quelled the Indians before he reached the scene of action - his party were turned back from the brushy mountains, & he was finally discharged at Hildeboro in N.C. before his term of three months service had expired. That soon afterwards he entered the service again in the North Carolina Militia as a volunteer under Capt. Andrew Perry on another tour of three months duty & proceeded through Saulsbury & Camden, and into the lower part of North Carolina, whence they returned to a mill near Camden where they were stationed for some time & where he obtained a furlough to return home about a week before his term of service expired. That he was again called out in the North Carolina Militia under General Armstrong, in Col. Moores regiment, and Capt. Moores company on another tour of duty for three months in an expedition against the Tories on the Yadkin, and afterwards proceeded to Salisbury where he assisted in building a fort from which place he was marched to Salisbury  Hildeboro  Camden  house in N.C. and discharged at the expiration of his term of service. - During this term of service the battle of Kings Mountain was fought - his recollection does not enable him to fix the date more particularly. Soon after this he was again called out by Col. for  the the number as it was called, in the North Carolina Militia under Capt. Walker and returned

to Rilsboro to protect the town where he performed another tour of duty for three months.
From there several tours of service he was discharged without any written discharge.
For the truth of the above declare there be referred to and the proof of his character as a man of veracity he refers to James Guthery who knew him in North Carolina, and to the reverend John Jennings George Gath who has known him since his long & well -
This applicant does hereby relinquish all  every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not upon the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day Henry Egburn year aforesaid
Jno M c Neal This Judge
State of South Carolina } Union District }
We John Jennings a clergyman residing in the District and State aforesaid and James Guthery residing in said District and State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Egburn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty three years of age that he is reported 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 & subscribed Jno M c Neal This Judge
James Guthery mark J n o Jennings

And the said Court has hereby de- =cided his opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he has stated: and the said Court further certifies that it appears that John Jennings who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman resi- ding in Union District and that James James Guthrey who has also signed the same is resident in the said district, is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full faith & credit
J. M. Hale Mrs. Judge
William 13274 Henry Cogburn

State of South Carolina Union District
3 I John Rogers Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for the said District of Union do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Henry Bogburn for a pension
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Union Court House This 15 th day of October 1834
J Rogers C.M.

Amendment to the declaration for a pension Henry Cogburn.
Carolina } Meigs District } Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the District and State aforesaid Henry Cog- burn who being duly sworn deposes and says that by reason of old age and the con- sequent loss of memory he cannot swear pos- itively 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 grade of a private soldier - During the first term of duty mentioned in his declaration he served one one month and the  14 days during the his second term therein mentioned he served two months and twenty days - On the third and fourth occasions upon which he was called into the service as stated in his declaration he served as therein stated the full period of six months - Making in the whole the sum of ten months and four days - This duty was all performed during the revolutionary war in the service of the United States. The particular periods of the war and precise dates of his service however the deponent for the reasons above stated is unable to specify with greater accuracy than he has already done in his declaration.
Sworn to and subscribed } before me this 28th May 1833. }
Henry Cogburn
B. M. Pearse
D. U. C. P.

Solano County Union District
I certify that Henry Coghburn who has sworn to and subscribed the within amendment of his declaration for a pendente before me, is a very old man of perfect intellect, ability and veracity, whose memory appears to be obviously impaired.
May 28th 1833.
B. M. Pearce D.U. En. Off.
State of South Carolina Union District
I John Rogers Clerk of the Court of Appeals & Common
Place do Certify That B. M. Pearce Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken is a Justice of the Inferior Court and properly authorized to administer Oaths, and that his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand Seal of office at Union Court House this 29th May 1833
J. Rogers C.M.

15274
Henry Logburn Union distil S.C.
Adm d as private 10 mo & 4 days $33.77
4.5. —
P. 347
14 Ap. '53
J. Rogers Bk Union C.H. S.C.

BRIEF in the case of Henry Logbum of Union district in the State of South Carolina (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? 83  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.     Drafted In 1776 1-14 3 but discharged before the term expired Private Gen. Parsons Capt. Falkner   Volunteer — 2-20 3 discharged one week before term expired Capt. Andrew Verudy   do — 6 3 Capt. Moore, Col. Moore, Gen. Armstrong   Drafted — 10-4 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Caswell 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 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford Examining Clerk.

Revolutions
21 7 11 INVALID.
File No. 21.711
Henry Cogburn His Rev. Wm.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 77
[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
Henry Logburn of Union district S.C. further proof or explanation.
which require
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? No 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? 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? all 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.