Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5181, Featherstone Holt, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. 6
Holt, Featherstone Featherston
R. 5181
CONTENTS

10.038
Scattermore Holt Mowbrins 6 th Jan see
Rejected, did not serve six months See letter 20 Apr 33 to P. Parsons, Rogersville Tennessee.
P. Parsons Rogersville

BRIEF in the case of Featherstone Holt County of Howlands in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 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. As a Gen.     Spring In 1780 — 3 — Private Capt Williams   Feb 1780 He was discharged before the expiration of the last three months " Capt Williams Coly Winton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Surry Co. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  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.
D. H. C. C. Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
August 30 th 1832
On this 28 th 30 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for sd County now sitting. Nathaniel Nott now a resident of sd County aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth affirm & make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832.
That in the spring of the year 1780 as well as he now recollects, he entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier, under Captain Woodridge of the same county & state with himself (viz) Surry County North Carolina, he was drafted for 3 months and sent to the Moravian Town in N. Carolina as a guard over British and Loyal prisoners there stationed where he remained, to the best of his recollection, about 9 weeks, when the prisoners were sent to Hillsboro N.C. and there being no longer a press for men he went home (to Surry County) on furlough a short time before the expiration of the term for which he was drafted.
During his stay in Surry, he was frequently in that summer (1780) out on scouting parties after the Tories for a few days at a time, volunteering his service, under Major Winston.

In the succeeding fall he was again drafted under Colonel Williams and Major Winston for 3 months. They scraped the forks of the Yadkin river in Surry, then Wilkes & Burke county, raiding after the loins that infested that country. He was, however discharged in Petersburg before the expiration of 3 months and not again called on.
At the time he was drafted he was a resident of Surry County N.C., and he has no documentary evidence and knows no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service.
We hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
was to subscribed the days year aforesaid There is not any Minister of the Gospel in his vicinity who can certify for him And he has not any Documentary evid- ence to prove his service. He has not lived in Davie's county but a few years Sworn to in open court and so And came to Tennessee from Stokes county North Carolina where he resided from the end of the war until he came to Tennessee
Sworn to and subscribed in open court 30th day of August 1832 J. E. Hester

State of Tennessee } personally appeared Hawkins County } in open court being the court of pleas of said County Bartlett Belcher who being sworn in due form of law and made oath that Fitherson to the Applicant for a pen- sion in the foregoing declaration lived during the revolutionary war in Henry County North Carolina which adjoined the County where this affiant then lived and that he then knew the Applicant and his fathers family and he will remember they were on the Whig side and he believes from what he then knew of the Applicant and what he now knows and has since known he was in the service as he has stated Sworn to and subscribed the day & Year of our said Lord one thousand eight hundred and 40 Bartlett Belcher
And the Court do hereby declare their Opinion After the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Department of War that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and several as stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Bartlett Belcher who signed the preceding affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit. It is further made to appear that there is no resident minister in the vicinity of the applicant

I Stockley Mitchell Clerk of the Court of assizes Quarter sessions for S.D. County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the case of the application of Featherston Hall
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 30 August 1832
Stockley Mitchell Clerk By M c Millan Clerk
Ms. A. 9. 2. 38 Pension Allocation
Mr. Thomas B. Mitchell
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
REJECTED
5187.
P. O. of Southerton Holt
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Heatherton Holt
Leicester
Rejected did not serve six months see letter 20 April 1833 To P. Parsons
5181

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of The Stone Nolt No. 1/4 ins 6" Seneca 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no 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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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? yes
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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?
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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.