Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 9060, Richard M Head, Continental S.C. Residence

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Head, Richard M.
W9060
Charlotte
S.C. residence
{ B.L.Wt. 1119-200 Lieut. Issued June 10, 1794 No papers.
CONTENTS

2655.
South Carolina
Charlotte Head deceased widow of Richard M. Head Pen n who was a Corral in the Revolution
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and ending on the 27th May, 1843. when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov. 1843.
and sent to
P. Cantwell
Charleston, S.C.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 208.

Payable to Mrs. B. Wood (Catharine Wilson) and Corbin a Tavel children of said deceased
See letter to D. E. Huger April 22 d 1844 -
See letter to D. E. Huger July 20 1846 -

Payable to Sam l B. Head, Catharine Wilson and Evelina Tavel children of said deceased
See letter to R. E. Hagen April 22 d 1844 -
See letter to R. E. Hagen July 20. 1844 -

(237) South Carolina.
Richard M: Head, Coaret, Almand's Corps
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina. at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of April, 1818. and delivered to the Pensioner in person.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 1818. 4 12 / 31 mo. $ 87.74
$ 87.74
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
.82 One year War
South Carolina

Postscript sent to John S. Moore Esq. Clerk. 25 Nov 1820. York. S.C.

State of South Carolina York District
On the twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared me before Court being a Court of record exercising unlimited jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases at law for the District of York Richard Wood aged Sixty five years resident in the District aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows in the company commanded by Captain Henry Bedkin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Armstrong of the Cavalry in the line of the State of Pennsylvania and has received a certificate from the War Office Number 20 and made his original declaration on the 24th day of April one thousand eight hundred. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons

engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War "paper on the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
That is to say
   2 Beds and Furniture $60.00   6. Chairs 6.00   3. Tables 12.00   2. Benches 2.00   1. Box 1.00   1. pot 1.00   2. Skillets 1.50   1/2 dozen knives and forks 1.00   1. Set cups and Saucers .50   1. dozen of plates .50   2. Dishes .75   1. Looking Glass .75   $87.00  
That his family consists of himself, his wife aged about fifty five and one daughter named Catherine aged eighteen years. his Wife so infirm as to be unable to contribute but little to their support his Daughter able to support herself. That he by trade is a hatter but is unable to pursue his occupation by reason of affliction. Sworn & subscribed this 25 th Oct. 1820 Christ M Head David Johnson Associate Judge

DISTRICT OF Columbia, ss.
On this 24 th day of April 181 8 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the circuit court of the United States for the said district, personally appeared Richard M. Head aged 62 years, resident in South Carolina (but then) in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Richard M. Head  enlisted in  entered into the service in the state of  as a cornet- in the year 1782; he was commissioned in the company commanded by Captain Henry Bedlem of the Partizan Legion commanded by Col. Armand , that he was at the siege of York in Virginia ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the end of the war , when he was discharged from service in Little York state of Pennsylvania , that he was in the battles of 
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support ; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except the accompanying papers; Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, Richard M. Head Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Richard M. Head did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand
31/8 1818.9.4 1818.4.23 4 12/20/31 $80 7.74 $87.74
This 24 th of April 181 8 . 21/240 (774 290 212 20130 224
B. Brewster
the Honble the Secretary at War

South Carolina
I John Stan Moore clerk of York District State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty seven dollars and
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said on this twenty fifth day of October One thousand eight Hun- dred and twenty
J S Moore Clerk

11 July 1839
affid t M c Hard

State of South Carolina. } On this 11 th day of July 1839 (District of Charleston ) personally appeared before the undersigned
Spouse Mrs Charlotte Head aged 76 years, a resident of the City of Charleston who being duly sworn according to Law. Doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of Richard M c Head who was a Cornet during the War of the Revolution, and entered the army in 1782, and was commissioned a Cornet, in Captain Henry Boadkins Company of the Partisan Legion commanded by Col Armand, was at the Siege of York in Va and continued in Service till the end of the war, and was discharged in Little York Pa "for the services here set forth account refers to the roll in the War Department, which also sets forth, that, said Head in 1821 when his pension was renewed under the new law his whole property was estimated at $87 under the new law & a" Deponent further states that her said husband Richard M c Head, obtained and received a pension of Twenty Dollars per month, as long as he lived. She further declares that she was married to the said Cornet Richard M c Head in the year 1784, or 1785, at Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania by a Magistrate. That her brother Mr James Bird, from master of Redding in Pa State, was present at her marriage, and that, he was subsequently killed by General Farsit in a Duel in Georgia, that from Redding, Dept then her band the said Richard moved to North Carolina Georgia and lastly to South Carolina, and that her husband the aforesaid Richard M c Head died in the City of Charleston on the 15 th May 1827. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one thousand seven hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated, and that she has remained a widow and unmarried ever since said year of 1827
Witness my hand Charlotte Head Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written
Wm Lloyd D r Judge of the U States for S.C.

19 March 1839 My Dear Head affid Francis Curtis Wm plant sola

State of South Carolina, on this 19 th day of March 1839 District of Charleston & Personally appeared before
The undersigned Mr Francis Curtis aged 79 years a resident of John's Island Colleton District South being duly sworn Depose the That, Mrs Charlott Head is now in his presence. That, she was formerly a Miss Charlott Bird of Reading in Berks Co. Pennsylv- ania. That, he knew her first husband Captain Charles Craig, who commanded a Corps of Light Horse Pennsylvania Line, That, Dept. served in said Corps as a Cornet for four years, Dept. saith, That, this was during the War of the Revolution, Dept. saith, he also knew the father of said Charlott Bird, now dead. That he has reason to believe said Charlott was married to said Charles Craig in the year 1778, That said Craig shortly after quitting the army and in about a year thereafter said Craig died. Dept. saith That, from his knowledge of the family of said Charlott which was very respectable in Pennsylvania he has reason to believe the statement of said Charlott That, she was married to Mr Richard Head of the State of Pennsylvania about the year 1782 or 1783 - and that in his opinion said Charlott's statements are entitled to Credit sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written & also certify the credibility of the affiant Francis Curtis Not Pub & see Mr Chas. Head's Will the words Dept. 4 lines but omitted here -

State of South Carolina } District of Charleston }
Court Common Pleas Charleston District
I Daniel Norbeck Esquire Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Charleston, in and for said district and State of South Carolina. Do, Certify that, satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove, That, Charlott Head was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Three Hundred and Twenty dollars per annum, that, she was a resident of Charleston sofa. That, she died in said City of Charleston on the twenty seventh day of May, A.D. 1843, That, she left three Children all of full age, whose names are Samuel, B. Head, Catharine Wilcox, and Carolina Powell, and that these are the only children known or belie- ved to be existance of said Charlott,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 10 - day of July in the year of our Lord 1843,
Dan l Norbeck E. B. D.
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Charleston District South Carolina

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
May 6, 1930.
Mrs. Hugh Dobbins 12 Twenty-eighth Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia.
use it - check - time to some P.C. & send from (on mail)
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9060, it appears that Richard Mare Head was commissioned Cornet in Captain Henry Bedkin's Company, Colonel Armand's Partisan Legion, was at the siege of Yorktown and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was sixty-two years of age. In 1820 he resided in York District, South Carolina.
He died May 15, 1827, in Charleston, South Carolina.
Soldier married in 1784 or 1785 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Charlotte, the widow of Captain Charles Craig whom she had married in 1778. She was the daughter of Colonel Mark Bird of Berks County.
Soldier and his wife moved from Reading, Pennsylvania, to North Carolina and Georgia, date not stated, thence to South Carolina.
Soldier's widow, Charlotte, was allowed pension on her application executed July 11, 1839, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged seventy-six years. She died May 27, 1843, in Charleston, South Carolina.

She was survived by three children, namely:
Samuel B. Head.
Catharine Wilcox, aged thirty- years six in 1843 and residing in Charleston, South Carolina.
Evelina or Elvina Tavell(?).
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.
Widow's brother, James Bird was killed in a duel with Gen. Faust in Ga. subsequent to date of their marriage.
Col. Edward Bird is mentioned - Charleston, S.C. July 2-1839.
Mark John Biddle, 74, of Reading Pa. - July 1839, said his uncle, Edward Biddle, and Col. Bird married sisters.

1925, Feb 11 - Hich. to Bessie P. Lamb. 221
1930 - May 5 - History to Mrs. Hugh Dobbin. I L L.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9060
Charlotte Head
Wid
Richard Head
Cernet Rev. War
Act: March 3 rd  1843
Index:—Vol. A , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Set to P Cantrell Sep. 4. 1805
South Carolina
4108
Charlotte Head widow of Richard M. Head who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 — and who died on the 15 May — 1827 — of Charleston in the State of S. Carolina who was a Cornet in the Cav commanded by Captain Bolling of the regt commanded by Col Arnaud in the Conts — line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 320 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of Sept 1839, sent to P. Cantrell Charleston, S. C.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $960.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 39 160.00
$1120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D.M. Cundy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 194.

Payable on the 4 th of March and 4 th of Sept. in each year by the Agents B. B. & U. S. of Charleston, South Carolina.
Signature
Recorded. E. B.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Rev. J. Clain.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818
Richard M. Head, . . . . . late a Cornet . . . . . in the army of the revolutionary War,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the South Carolina Agency at the rate of twenty . . . . . dollars cents per month, to commence on the 24 th . . . . . day of April . . . . . one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Given at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 24 th . . . . . day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Richard M. Head S q a. b. 1805 when paid a. 1827.
Died 15 th May 1827 p t T. Thalford H
HHS

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: - Will you please send me the record of ser- vice of Richard M. Head, a revolutionary pensioner of York Co., S. C. in 1818, who died in 1827, with any fam- ily record that may be in

his paper. Thanking you for an early reply, I am Yours Very Truly Mr Hugh Dobbins, 12 - 28 th St. N.W. Atlanta, Ga.
Feby 27 - 1930.

South Carolina / on this 2 nd day of July 1839 York District I personally appeared Col. Edward Bird before me the Subscribing Justice Who being duly Sworn according to law Deparoth that he is the Brother of a Mrs Charlotte Head of South Carolina formerly of Redding of Pennsylvania and that he has just reason to believe and does believe that she is the Widow of Richard M. Head Who he is satisfied was an officer in a Corps of Horse during the War of the Revolution from papers that that he saw in said Heads Possession with certificate of his service and honorable discharge and that said Richard M Head was pensioner of the united state of America for a few of the last years of his life time So Depomant saith that he did not see Richard M. Head and his sister Charlotte (Craig) marriage (for she was then the widow of a Mr Craig) but remembers very well the time, altho a small boy, when they came to his fathers house at Birds Borrough and it was announced that Col Richard M Head and his sister Charlotte once Bird afterwards Craig now head was married, and that they lived together as man and wife from that time viz 1784 or 1785 until the death of said Richard M. Head, that they was universally believed and acknowledged as man and wife as he knew them at Redding of Pennsylvania, and, in North Carolina, afterwards in Washington of Georgia, again in South Carolina, that he never heard it questioned in his life, that, he has not the smallest doubt of their Marriage, altho it may be difficult to prove the fact of their Marriage, from the distance it is, the lapse of time and the circumstance of some many of the friend having died Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written Abraham Hardin Ju E. Bird 
South Carolina / York District I Abraham Hardin the Subscribing Justice do hereby certify that Edward Bird the deponent is a man of veracity and high credibility and that I am satisfied from my own personal knowledge of R. M. Head and Charlotte Head his wife living together as man and wife and my acquain- tance with the deponent that the above is correct. Abm Hardin Ju

5781 2 July 1839 Case of Charlotte Head affid Col. Edw d Bird York Dist. S.C. wid of Richard M. Married 1785 died 1827 Warrenton S.C. July 5 th
J. S. P.
H. Cantwell Esq. attorney for Mrs Charlotte Head Charleston Cont. cap d Brakely 50. 00 6u Amount cap d 25 $320 per ann
Pleasant Esq. Charleston S.C.

State of South Carolina District of Charleston
Office Court Common Pleas Charleston
I hereby certify that Abraham Harding of York District is a magistrate, and that Patrick Cant District is also a magistrate as respectingly set forth in the annexed papers, and that the signatures thereto are genuine. I further certify that Mr Francis Curtis of John's Island is known to me, and that he is a respectable witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name This 12 th day of July 1839
Charles P. Stockholder
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston Dist. S.C.

Sir
Charleston S.C.
12 July 1839
Herewith send the proof in the case of Mrs. Charlotte Head, as the widow of Col. Richard M. Head of Captain Bodkins Company, of Col. Armands partisan Legion Pennsylvania line, for a pension She was married by a magistrate in Berks County Pa She had a Record in her family, but that is lost. — We have the Evidence of her brother who knows of the fact, — the only witness present was another brother, who was killed, We have the testimony of Mr. F. Curtis, a respectable planter of this State, who lived with Head in that line, and knows the family of the Breds. and trust that this will prove satisfactory. The service of the husband is established, by the fact that he had been the recipient of a pension of $20/ month, for several years before his death. upon the South Carolina agency.
I am Sir
very respectfully
your obedient & humble servant
H. A. Caldwell
James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

State of Pennsylvania Berks County f. }
Markus John Brickle of the Borough of Reading Berks County & State of Pennsylvania Affirm at Law being duly sworn according to Law do hereby depose and say that to the best of his knowledge and belief he was Seventy four years of age the twenty fourth day of last May - that he has resided in the Borough of Reading aforesaid since the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty three and for about four years when he was in Philadelphia at School and in a Merchant Counting House - that when he first knew Mrs. Charlotte Brickle the Widow of Mr. Richard M. Brickle she was a single Miss Charlotte Brickle then Daughter of Col. Mark Brickle of Berks County - this was about the year 1778 that he has known her from that time as the Wife of Captain Charles Brickle - as his Widow and as the Wife of Mr. Richard M. Brickle - that he was acquainted with Mr. Richard M. Brickle who he understood had been an Officer in the Continental Army - that there was an intimacy between the deceased Father's Family and Colonel Mark Brickle & his Family and also a connection by Marriage Col. Brickle & Mr. Edward Brickle the Mother of the deceased having married Sisters - The deceased was not present at the Marriage of Mr. & Mrs. Brickle but he heard of it immediately afterwards and knew that they lived together as Man and Wife from visits as such and regarded by the community and considered by all who knew them as such - Some considerable time after Mr. & Mrs. Brickle had removed from Berks County they returned on a visit and were visited by the deceased in their home which is in Reading which they did as Man & Wife - and the deceased says that from his knowledge of the manner Mr. Brickle & Mrs. Brickle lived together - their character - the respectability of their connection & visits and general reputation he firmly believes they were legally married and he never heard it doubted or denied and further he saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me Matthias V. Richards one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County. in the State of Penn s the eighteenth day of July A.D. 1839
Markus John Brickle

P. Leavitt Esq.
Sir -
Reading Penn. July 18 th 1839
On the other side you have my affidavit respecting Mrs. Sarah D. Dorrage. I believe it was correct. I have of the other Person been about to be? be of some - On so good as to remain with great respect to Mrs. Dorrage
Life and Liberty
I am Sir
Yours Obedt Servt. Charles W. Dorrage

Charleston S.C.
24 July 1839
Sir
I have great satisfaction in forwarding to you the annexed affidavit, as to the point of the marriage between Cornel Head, and Charlotte Head, of Reading Berks Co. from which Mr Biddle Esq. attorney at Law, who swears he has resided in the place since 1777, except for about 4 years absent in Philadelphia.
Mr Biddle has omitted to name the year, in which the ceremony took place, although the inference is clear from his statement. I have written to him however, to be pleased to supply this omission. The Com Missioner will be pleased to remember that the widow, Charlotte Head, and her Brother Col. Edw. Bird of South Carolina have testified to 1784 or 1785
I remain Sir
with much respect Your obedient & humble servant
H. Martineau
James L Edward Esq. Com Missioner of Pensions

State of Penn s Berks County ss.
Master John Prindle of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks and State of Penn s being duly sworn, touching to his knowledge and belief in evidence to him from affidavits as to the marriage of Richard M. Dyer with Charlotte Brong that he cannot after so great a lapse of time undertake to state with certainty the exact time when he understood & believed the marriage between Richard Dyer & the said Charlotte took place, but the time attended to in his former deposition when they lived together as man and wife & were visited & regarded as such was subsequent to the year 1783 and prior to the year 1789 that during part of that time the complainant knew they lived together as man and wife and was regarded as such but he was with great uncertainty with them before at the time that they were highly married & in all probability & now he is in doubt or denied & he is not sure.
Sworn & subscribed before me Matthew V. Beilard, one of the Judges of the Court of Berks Co. July 30. 1839.
Master John Prindle

Charleston S.C.
August 1839
Sir
I herewith enclose the additional affidavits of Mark John Biddle Esq. of Reading Berks Co. Pa. in regard to the death of Genl. Charles Head. Col. Comdr. Head of the Revolutionary Army: and trust it will be satisfactory
I Remain Sir most respectfully Your obedient & humble servant H. Alston
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions

Charleston S.C.
8 July 1843
Sir
The annexed proof is submitted on behalf of the heirs of Mr. Charlott Head in order to establish their claim to the increase and arrears of pension due to their mother and father.
I Remain Sir
with great respect yours an obedient servant
James L Edward Esq. Commr. of pension, Washington City

State of South Carolina } On this 8 day of July District of Charleston } 1843. personally appeared before me Catharine Wilcox widow aged 36 years a resident of Charleston South Carolina, (and daughter of Richard M. Head, and Charlott Head both deceased and formerly revolutionary pensioners of the United States on the South Carolina Role). Who being duly sworn according to Law, Doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain, an Increase, and the arrears thereby accrued to be due, of the pension granted her Mother the said Charlott, under the provision made by the act of Congress passed July, 7, 1838, "Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the daughter of said Richard M. and Charlott Head, That, said Charlott set forth in her declaration of 11. July, 1839, that she was the widow of said Richard, that, said Richard who was a "Coronel during the War of the Revolution entered the army in 1782, and was Commissioned in Captain Bodkins Company, Partisan Legion (Armand). That he was at the Siege of York in Virginia, and continued in service till the end of the War, and was discharged in Little York, in Pennsylvania," — Now Deponent says, that, there is a manifest mistake plainly to be seen on the face of the above statement, It should read "he entered the army in 1781" - for the Siege of York in Va. took place in October 1781". This is so plain, Deponent, refers to the record of the fact to prove it. Deponent further says, that her father served as a Lieutenant of Cavalry, and that her Mother was allowed only the pay of a Lieutenant of Infantry, for the truth of this Dept. also refers to the record in the Department. Deponent says, that her father the said Richard M. Head, Died in the City of Charleston S.C. on the 15 th May 1827, and that her Mother the said Charlott Head his widow, died on the 27 th May 1843, leaving three Children only, to wit, Samuel B. Head, Catharine Wilcox the Deponent, and Rebeka David all of whom are of age, as will more fully appear by the proof annexed sworn to before me this day of July 1843. I also certify } the credibility of the affiant }
M. King
Recorder and Judge of the City Court of Charleston S.C.
Catharine Wilcox

Court of Common Pleas Charleston District
State of South Carolina } District of Charleston }
I Daniel Worbeck Esquire, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  at Charleston in and for said District and State of South Carolina, DO hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhi- bited to me to prove, that Charlotte Head, was a pension- er of the United States at the rate of Three Hundred and Twenty dollars per annum, That she was a resident of Charleston S.C. That she died in said City of Charleston on the twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord 1843. That she left three children, whose names are Samuel B Head, Catharine Wilcox and Elvina Faville, and that these are the only children known or believed to be in existence, and that they are of age.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office at Charleston South Carolina this 8 th day of July in the year of our Lord, 1843.
Dan. Worbeck Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Charleston Dist South Carolina

Charlotte Head, dei d
$320 per am
Payable to 27 May 1843, when she died, to her children Sam d . B. Head, Catharine
Wilcox and Evelina Tavell-
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]
must send certificate to P. Cantwell Charleston S. Carolina

Charleston S.C.
13. July 1843
Sir
Respectfully lay before you the annexed declaration and Certificate, for the purpose of establishing the claim of the children of the late Charlotte Head, a revolutionary pensioner, to the amount of pension due her, from the 4 th Mar 1843, to the 27 th May 1843 the day of her death
Y r Obedient Serv t
most respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
P. A. Norton
James L, Edward, Ely, } Commissioners of pensions, } Pension office, } Washington City, }

3344
Case of the heirs of Mrs. Blair: Head.
affid. Cath. Nilcoy arrears - mo - 2 : 23 days

State of South Carolina
District of Charleston } On this 10 day of July 1843 personally appeared before me, Catharine Wilcox aged 36 years a resident of Charleston, who being duly sworn according to law, Dath on her Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served dur- -ing the revolutionary war, That, deponent is the daughter of Charlott Head, who was the widow of Richard M. Head deceased, who was a Cornet in the revolution, P a line, That, said Charlott Head, received a pension for five years at the rate of Three hundred and Twenty dollars per annum, - Dept. says, That, said Charlott Head de d , left three children, all of whom are of age, to wit, Samuel, B. Head, Evelina Tavelle, and deponent. - Deponent says, That, s d Charlott Head, died in s d Charleston on the 27 th of May 1843, being at the time, the widow of s d Richard, who died 15 th May 1827. And Deponent further declares, That, she makes this declaration in order to obtain the arrears of pension so accrued to be due under the aforesaid act, to wit, from the 4 th of March 1843, to the 27 th May 1843, the day of the death of said Charlott Head as aforesaid, and in support of same, she submits the annexed proof
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above Written, I also Certify the Credibility of the affiant
Jan. G. G. Beck
C. C. P. & G. S. of Magistrate Ex officio
Catharine Wilcox

Payment to be made at Charleston by John C. Cockran, Esq. Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of North Carolina.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 268. by Thos Van Klief.
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3rd March, 1843, Charlotte Head deceased late widow of Richard M. Head who was a Corral in the Revolution, was entitled to receive at the rate of  at the rate of Three hundred and Twenty Dollars per Annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843 and terminating on the 27th May, 1843, the day of her death. The amount due is payable to Samuel A. Head, Catherine Wilson, and Evelina Favel, Children of said Charlotte Head deceased.
3 3 3
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 7th _____ day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Enore, S.C. Jan. 17, 1923
Com. of Pensions Rev. War Records.
Please furnish me with copy of Pension application of Richard Head who drew a pension from 1818 to 1827. also one of his widows — if he left one — with all family data on both. Very Truly
Bessie P. Lamb Enore, S.C.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 11, 1925.
Bessie P. Lamb, Enoree, S. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.9060, it appears that Richard Mare Head was commissioned Cornet in Captain Henry Bedkin's Company, Colonel Armand's Partisan Legion, was at the siege of York town and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was sixty-two years of age. In 1820 he resided in York District, South Carolina. He died in Charleston, South Carolina, May 15, 1827.
Soldier married in 1784 or 1785 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Charlotte, the widow of Captain Charles Craig whom she had married in 1778. She was the daughter of Colonel Mark Bird of Berks County. P X She was allowed pension on her application executed July 11, 1839, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged seventy-six years. She died there May 27, 1843, leaving only

three children:
Samuel B. Head Catharine Wilcox, aged thirty-six years, residing in Charleston, South Carolina. Evelina or Elvina Tavell(?).
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
widow's bro-
James Bird
was killed in a
duel with General
Fausk in Ga. subsequent
to date of her death.
= July 2 - 1839 - Col. Edw Bird - brother of Charlotte, Head, at Charleston - S Car.
"Bird's Burrough" -