Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6963, Kidder Harrell, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Harrell Kidder
S 6963
carded
CONTENTS

Order to pay May 10, 1837 Order to pay 17 th Oct 1840.
and in further Pensions under the act of April 6 th 1838 from 24 th Sept r 1840 to 4 th Sept r 1841. Ag t not paid July 27 th 1842
7148 North Carolina
Frederick Warrell
Infantry Co in the State of N th Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain — — of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Owen in the N th Carolina m ia . for 9 mos. from '80
Inscribed on the Roll of N th Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. J. M c Kay Patrick Murphy. Chancellor
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1833. $ 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 1833 15.00 $ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book — Vol. — Page 42.

19389 Neder Hannels Dalsland

State of North Carolina, ss. County of Duplin ss.
On this 29 th day of August personally appeared James Hester before me, J. H. Frederick, Hoag the Court of Duplin now sitting. Hester Hester a resident of Duplin County & State of North Carolina aged eighty three years & nine months who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration 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 & served as herein stated; That he was drafted in the Militia service at Duplin Court house in the month of May A.D. 1780, that he was then a resident of Duplin County aforesaid; That he was in a company com- manded by Captain James Lock, and belonged to the Regiment commanded as he thinks by Col. Allen That he read soon after his entering the ser- vice at Fayetteville, whence he was marched to the Shallowford on the Roanoke river, the army including regulars amounting as he was informed to fifteen thousand men and being commanded by Genl. Gates That he thinks he joined the regular troops some where a deep river, that Genl. DeKalb was the next in command to Genl. Gates in the regular service; That after skirmishing several days with the British troops under Lord Corn- wallis, he marched in pursuit of the British to Camden in South Carolina on the Wateree River, where on the 16 th day of August 1780, an engagement took place between the British and Americans, when the latter were defeated and one thousand of them taken prisoners and about the same number killed. That this declaration was amongst those taken prisoners after receiving several wounds in the engagement. That he was kept a prisoner for a month in Camden when he made his escape; That in the Spring of 1781 he volunteered as a horse man, under Captain Jones Gillespie. That he served in the cavalry until three or four weeks after Lord Cornwallis came through the State for his march to Virginia in the year 1781, that he had

was joined by a Captain Colburn & a Line of Pioneers Battalion with a small number of regular troops soon after he volunteered and was accompanied by them in pursuit of the Tories in the country of Onslow & New Hanover & Duplin County. That he was in the service in all he thinks fully nine months, that When peace was declared he was discharged at the town of Washington in New Hanover County but did not receive a discharge - That one John Pugh, now residing in Duplin of said served with him in his term of service in the militia & can testify to the truth of his statement as to the same; that he has been in Bertie County North Carolina in the 27th of December 1788, that he has a record of his age in a bible at home, that he has lived all now lives in Duplin of said ever since the revolution as was, that Hugh McKoon, Timothy Murphy Zuckerick Carter, Stephen Sloan in his own neighborhood Andrew Bryan, & Gibson Sloan in his own neighborhood have all testified to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. That he has no documentary evidence of his service -
He hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the state of any state
Given to us subscribed the day & year above written Isaac Pugh old Clerk. Seder H. Howell Mark
We Robert Sloan of residing in Duplin County & John E. Husey residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seder Howell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 80 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Robert Sloan
J. E. Husey

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories required 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 Robert Sloan who has signed the preceding certificate is a legitimate resident in Dublin aforesaid, and that John E. Housley who has also signed the same is a resident of Dublin aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Pearsall Clerk of the Court of Dublin, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Harrel for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of Novr A.D. 1882
J Pearsall Clerk

19389 Kider Hanell Dublin co N.I.
from 1780 private 9 months $30
Patrick Murphy Gravelly Hill N.I.

BRIEF in the case of  Hider Hanel  of  Duplin co  in the State of  Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 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 years 9 mo.  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.     Drafted In 17 80 Vol. 1781 "fully" 9 Private Gen. Gates Col. Owen  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Camden  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Duplin co N.C.  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? Perfect 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Reuben
6963 INVALID.
File No. 6963
Kidder Harrell Priv. Civil War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 165 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 19 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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,"
Edgar Warrell, _____
a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty _____ 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. 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Lewis COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Oct 16 40 New Haven
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Prison Office.
Weymouth Oct 12 1840
James L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Prisons.
Sir,
In order for your inspection the papers of Richard Russell. Act of 7 June 1832 12 mo. p 30 of Ann.
Very respectfully Jno. Custis.
Jno. Custis Jt.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Rider Harrell, Duplin co. N.C. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Count
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? Two credible witnesses - 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? 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? 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.