Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,024, George Holt, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Holt, George
S.7024
CONTENTS
carded.

North Carolina 12.900
George Holt
of Orange in the State of N Car: who was a Pri: Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Swinn of the Regt. commanded by Col. O'Neal in the N. Carolina line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Car: at the rate of 25 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June '33 and sent P. H. Man- gum, Hillsboro' N. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 5 0 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " — 1 2. 5 $ 62. 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 — Page 42

Letter to Pension Age 19. April 1838
Order to pay 30 April 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838. Age notified 2 Oct 1839.
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1841. to 7 th Feb 1842. Age notified 1 Oct 1844

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 15 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child n of George Hook, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 7 th Feby 1842.  Respectfully, yours,
J. Wood B. Farris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Geo Holt
NC
7919
Adams or private
3 mo — 10
Sept 3 mo 15
$25.00
14.16 —
Wula 6 mo. P. 330
10 April
RH Mangum
Hickboro
N.C.

BRIEF in the case of George Scott County of Orange in the State of North Carolina (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 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.     In 1778 3 some yrs Private Capt M c vey Ga 73 rd army   Shortly before Gates defeat — 3 # Private Capt Gwin Ga 13 th batt   He was not detached 3 # Private Genl Butler   " " 3 # Col O'Neal  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? His own declaration by living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct  The papers are not attached to the as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Bernier as witness examined  Richd A. Clatts Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. State of North Carolina Orange County
In this the 30 th day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, now sitting, for the County aforesaid, resident in said County, George Holt, aged seventy six years on the 3 rd day of December last, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- tion 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 under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. -
This declarant states that in the year 1778, such as he recollects, he volunteered as a private in the Town of Hillsborough in the State aforesaid, for the term of three months was placed under the command of Genl. Ramsay; - Capt. William Murray, Lts. Peter Oneil, and Design John Murray, being the Company Officers, under whom he was immediately placed. - Shortly after he entered the service for the said term of three months, he was made a sergeant of his company. After he entered the service, his company was marched to the Town of Salisbury otherwise to Burke County, in North Carolina, for the purpose

of joining Genl. Rutherford, and aiding in suppressing the Indians in that part of North Carolina who had manifested a hos- tile disposition by massacring some of the Whites in their vicinity. This declarant's Company reached Silver Creek in Burke  Rutherford County - when they received an intelligence from Genl. Rutherford that their services were not required by the exigencies of his situation. Thence they returned to Hillsboro by way of Salisbury; & at the end of the term for which he had volunteered, he was discharged. This declarant states that shortly before Gates' defeat, at Camden, South Carolina - he volunteered again for the term of three months, in the County of Orange aforesaid, and was attached to the Company commanded by Capt Gwin - Col. Daniel Morgan & Dan- iel was the Field Officer, and when recalled . - Soon after volunteering this time, his Company was marched to the Town of Hillsboro's - whence he accom- panied Genl. Butler to the Battle ground of Gates' defeat in South Carolina, as an attendant or hostler, of Genl. Butler & during the engagement between the British forces & the American army, which resulted in the defeat of Genl. Gates; this declarant was left with the baggage of Genl. Butler. From Gates' defeat, the declarant returned, as he best could, to the Town of

Hillsboro' in North Carolina, when a company was immediately organized, & marched un- der the command of Genl. Butler, to the Town of Salisbury aforesaid, the decla- rant attending & accompanying Genl. But- ler in the capacity aforesaid. - From Salisbury, the declarant was despatched by Genl. But- ler, with letters to Col. Moore, one of the Of- ficers then commanding the American Forces at or near the Town of Charlotte, North Carolina. The declarant was detained by Col. Moore until the next day after his arrival at the Charlotte - and on the evening of the day of his arrival at Charlotte, intelligence reached the Americans that a scouting party of the British, of Forster's  of Forster's under the command of Major Sharpe with a few of the Americans, including this declarant, was despatched to attack the said scouting party of British - which was success- fully done; & in the encounter, the decla- rant received a shot in his left Ankle. The next day, the declarant returned to Salisbury, in company with the Guards who were despatched with the 13 pris- oners, who had been taken in the encoun- ter abovementioned. The declarant con- tinued with Genl. Butler in the capacity a- foresaid until the 24 th December the same year, altho' the 3 months for which he volunteered had expired before that time - When he was discharged at the

Gadkin River. — The Plaintiff  Year following, at the call of Col. William O'Neil, the declarant volunteered for the term of three months — and was employed during that time in marching in different parts of Orange, Chatham, Randolph, Alam and Montgomery Counties, in the State of North Carolina — under the gen- eral instructions of Col. O'Neil, — for the purpose of reconnoitering and baffling the operations of the Tories under the command of the Loyal Col. Fanning & his aids, in those parts of North Car- olina — and, at the end of said term of service, was discharged by Col. O'Neil in Orange County. —
The declarant states that he hath lost his discharges . He hath no documentary evidence whereby he can prove his services aforesaid. And that he knoweth of no person or persons, whose testimony he can procure, except the accompanying affidavits of Israel Dolt and John Strader. —
The declarant was born in the County of Culpepper in the State of Virginia — and was removed to the State of North Carolina in Orange County, when he was about ten years of age, when he hath undivided since. He hath no record of his age. He was living in Orange Co. North Carolina when he entered the service of the United States. The declarant is known to Major John

Taylor, Doct: James V. Smith and George Salley, of his County & neighbourhood. —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency of any state, so far as he hath knowledge. George Scott
J. Taylor Clerk
And the court having considered the matter contained in the said declarations & the proofs in support thereof ordered to be certified as their opinion that the said declarations & the proofs in support thereof are entitled to full credit
I John Taylor Clerk of Court for the fourth district of plea against him do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of George Scott for a pension
In testimony — seal & his hands at my hand & seal of office 30th August 1832
J. Taylor Clerk

Rev War
7024
INVALID.
own
File No. 7024
George Holt
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 183 , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 24 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," George Holt, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th September, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
W. B. Harris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Root 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? no clergyman
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? yes
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? no
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? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
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.

North Carolina Orange County
John Strader maketh oath before me, one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, after having been duly sworn according to law, that he recollects that George Holt, of the County & State aforesaid, was a soldier in the United States service under the command of Col. Williams in the summer of the year 1781. - that he was discharged by Col. Paul at the end, as this affiant understood, of a three months' tour. Sworn to, subscribed before me, this the 30 th day of Augt. A. D. 1832. - J. Strader
Capt. Jones. J.P.
State of North Carolina
I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions certify that Radevaladin Jones say who subscribed this affidavit was then a duly qualified justice of the peace. Witness my hand & seal of office 30 Augt 1832
J. Taylor Clerk

North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Orange County } May Term A.D. 1833.
The Justices now holding the Court aforesaid hereby certify; that it appears to them, that John Strader, who subscribed and sworn to the within Affidavit, is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
W. Montgomery J. Trolinger Plant in N. West
North Carolina Orange County } I, John Taylor, Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the affidavit of John Strader within.
Witness my hand & seal, this 1 st day of June A.D. 1833. -
J. Taylor Clerk

North Carolina Orange County
Israel Holt maketh oath, before me one of the Justices of the peace for said County, after having been duly sworn according to law, - that he recollects that George Holt, of the County & State aforesaid, was in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution - and in one term of service, was marched under Genl. Ramey to the western part of North Caro- lina, on an expedition against the Indians - was at the end of three months discharged. - He further recollects that the said George Holt was on another term of three months, as an attendant or hostler of Genl. Butler, about the time of Genl. Gates defeat, at Camden in South Carolina.
Sworn to & subscribed before me, this 30 th of Augt. 1832
Holt Israel Holt
Cad. John J. P.
State of North Carolina I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of pleas & quarter sessions do hereby certify that Calhoun was at the time of signing this affidavit was then a duly qualified justice of the peace
Witness my hand & seal of office 30 Augt 1832
J. Taylor Clerk

North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Orange County } May Term A.D. 1833.
The Justices now holding the Court aforesaid, hereby certify, that it appears to them, that Israel Holt, who subscribed & swore to the within Affidavit, is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.
W. Montgomery J. C. Trolinger Rankin M. Beets
I John Taylor, Clerk of the court aforesaid hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court, in the matter of the affidavit of Israel Holt within. Witness my hand & seal of office, this the 1 st day of June 1833.
J. Taylor Clerk
1833

State of North Carolina } fourth of Shast Quarta Orange County } Ypions. May Term 1833.
On this the 31 st day of May 1833, personally ap- peared in open court, before the Court aforesaid now sitting, William Montgomery and John Trollinger, residents of the County aforesaid, who after having been duly sworn, do on their oath say, that they are acquainted with George Holt, who hath subscribed & sworn to the ac- companying declaration; that they believe him to be 77 years old; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that they concur in that opinion - and that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credib.
W. Montgomery J. Trollinger
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion, on the investigation of the matter of the original declaration of George Holt as well as the above Affidavit - that the said declarant was a Revolutionary soldier therein as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them, that William Montgomery & John Trollinger, who have subscribed & sworn to the above Affidavit, are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credib. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that the above named applicant is confined at home by sickness & is not able to attend court, & that no Claggman can conveniently be obtained, who is acquainted with the character of the said declarant and the tradition of his

neighbourhood, as to his having been a soldier of the Revolution.
Respectfully M c Call
I John Foyler, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of George Holt for a pension. Witness my hand and seal of Office, this the 1 st day of June A.D. 1833.
J. Foyler Clerk