Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4396, Frederick Guthrie, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Guthrie, Frederick
R. 4396
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS

State of South Carolina S.S. Spartanburg D. 3
On this 12 th day of Dec: 1845- Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Ordinary for D th District now sitting Fredrick Guthrie a resident of Spartanburg District & State of South Carolina aged about 83 or 84 years Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in or as to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as here in stated-
The Captain was Jacob Virgaut & Col John Earle from loss of memory he cannot state precisely the time that he entered the service but he thinks it was in the year 1780. or 81 That he lived at the time in the County of Rutherford State of North Car- olina that he was drafted for a tour of three months which time he served fully out in the Western part of Rutherford County as of course that he was stationed at Early Station & Sebelly Station under the command of Col. John Earle his Captain as above stated was Jacob Virgaut. That he has no documentary evidence of his service but can prove the same by Burwell Blanton now living in Cleveland County North Carolina. He further says that he cannot from loss of memory state the time that he left the service. That when his time was out his com- manding officer sent him home without giving him any regular discharge He fur- ther states that he was acquainted with He further states that he was afterwards drafted and served a tour of ten days

in the same County as his first term - and under the command of the same officers, that He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension or annuity except the Present and declaring that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agen- cy of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year aforesaid.
Frederick Guthrie
Re Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary
We Drury Scraggs a clergyman residing in the District of Spartanburgh State of South Carolina & John Morton of the same S t & State - hereby certi- fy that we are well acquainted Francis Guthrie who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 83 or 84 Years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day & Year aforesaid.
D Scraggs John Morton
Re Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary
And the S d Court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the subrogatory prescribed 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 that Drury Scraggs who has signed the preceding certificate

is a blurry man residing in the District of Spartan burg State of S.C. and that John Martin who has signed the same is a resident in the same District & State - and is a credible person and that their State Mnt is in letter to exact -
YR Bowden Judge of the Court of Ordinary
Ques. 1 st Where and in what Year was You Born Ans. In Edgecomb County S.C. in the Year 1763 -
Ques. 2 d Have You any record of Your age Ans. - I have the record in a Bible at home
Ques. 3 rd Where were You living when called in to the service When have You lived since the Revolution & where do You now live - Ans I was living in Rutherford County North Carolina and lived there till I moved to my present place of a -bode in Spartanburg S.C.
Ques. 4 th How were called in to the service - Ans. I was drafted -
Ques. 5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers that were with the troops when You served - Ans. Col. John Evers -

Ques 6 th Had you any regular discharge from your officers -
Ans. I had no regular discharge from the service
Ques 7 th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbor- hood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Ans. Rev. D. Suggs. Capt. John Martin Esq. Suggs & Co -
Ordnance Office
R Bowdoin Judge of the Court of Ordinary
State of South Carolina Spartanburg Dist. 3
Personally appeared before me - Richard Suggs Esq. and Ezekiel Dobbins & made oath in due form of Law that they are personally acquainted with Francis Guffin & that he is a man of good character and is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resided to have served in the war of the Revolution - Sworn to and Subscribed before me Dec. 18 th 1845 -
A. Hickey Mag -
Richard his Suggs mark
Ezekiel his Dobbins mark

I J B Tollerow Clerk of the Court of Spalding District certify that H Beck is a Magistrate as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subse- -ribed my name This 22 nd day of December 1845
J B Tollerow Clerk of the Court of Spaldingburgh District No 37194 Starch Station Sc 17 June 1832 Rejected declaration Same Error -
4396

State of North Carolina } S.S. Cleveland County } 3
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Burrell Blanton and makes oath in due form of Law that at and during the revolutionary war he lived in the State of North Carolina & County of Rutherford (now that part called Cleveland) that he was personally acquainted with Frederick Guthrie the applicant in this case that they both served in the War of the Revolution together that he knows that the sd Frederick Guthrie served over 1000 days and that after words he was drafted for the term of Three months which term he served fully out that in the dispensant was with the sd Guthrie both times that they were stationed at Ewings Station and Nobles Station in the County of Rutherford that this dispensant can't say (from lack of memory) what time it was they served but thinks it was in the latter part of the Revolution -
Sworn to and subscribed before me Nov 20 th 1845 -
Burrell Blanton
Dunham Hicks J.P.
State of North Carolina } Cleveland County } 3
I here by certify that Burrell Blanton the dispensant in this case is a man of good moral character and that he is impeachable for truth and veracity and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier in the Revolution - Given under my hand Nov 20 th 1845 -
Dunham Hicks J.P.

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Schoenland County 3 d I Richard Champion Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid, Certify that Durham Hicks whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that his acts are entitled to full faith and credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office this 22 nd day of November 1845 Richard Champion Clerk
State of South Carolina Spartanburg D.L. 3 d S.C.
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Mag. for the D.L. aforesaid Solomon Abbott and made oath in due form of law that he was personally acquainted with Ford Guthrie the applicant in this case and that it came to his personal knowledge that the said Guthrie was drafted and served a term of three months as he alleged in his Disch- =oation & that he served several Levees Trips in addition thereto. That the said Guthrie lived in Rutherford County during the War of the rebellion & that he the deponent lived in Spartanburg District which District joins that of Rutherford County S.C. That He frequently saw the said Guthrie before and after the time he was drafted and that

In as much as he served under Col John Earle in the western part of Rutherford County and that he was regarded as a true friend to his country -
Sworn to and subscribed before me Dec: 18 th 1845.
A. Hickey -
His Solloman H. Allett notary
State of South Carolina Spartanburg D.L. 3
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Solloman Allett and that he is a man of good character - And was a soldier of the Revolution and is now drawing a Pension for P. Service Given under my hand Dec: 18 th 1845.
A. Hickey Mag -
State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
I J B Hollerson Clerk of the Court for said
District do hereby Certify that Ruben Bowden is Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District & that said Court is a Court of Record & that he is entitled to all due faith and credit in all his official acts as such This 22 December 1845 -
Given under my hand & seal of office
J B Hollerson
of the Court of Spartanburg District.

State of South Carolina Spartanburg Dist. S.S.
Personally appeared before the under signed an acting Mag. for the District of for D. Frederick Guthrie who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that in addition to the three months & 10 days service as a soldier in the war of the Revolution set forth & proven in his first declaration. He served as a volunteer for the space of three months & a half at a fort called Seneca Fort & on a stream then called Savannah that from extreme old age and loss of memory he cannot say what year the service was done in but from the best of his recollection he believes it was in the year of 1777 or 1778 - that he entered the service under Capt. Richard Sutt his col., name he cannot now recollect - that after having been at the fort three months & a half he had a permit to go home for a short time & while he was absent the fort was taken & broke up by the British & Tories & that he did not go back any more & consequently has no regular discharge from his officers. The service, was around & performed in the western part of South Carolina - That in addition to the foregoing He was drafted to go to a place called Cross creek in North Carolina that he was out eight days when they got orders by an express to return - & that he served six days at a place called Britton Muting House in Rutherford County N.C. in guarding prisoners and that the reason he did not put these services in his first declaration he was advised to put in none but what he could then prove - He not knowing at the time of the testimony now offered which has been since found

And for such service I now claim a Pension -
Sworn to & subscribed before me April 16 th 1846 -
Frederick Guthrie H. Hicks Mag -
State of South Carolina Spartanburgh Dist. 3 S.S.
Personally appeared be- fore the undersigned - an acting Magistrate for the District aforesaid Patrick Saunders Esq. & made oath in due form of Law That at, and during, the War of the Rev- olution He lived in the County of Ruther- ford & State of North Carolina, that He was personally & intimately ac- quainted with Frederick Guthrie the applicant in this case. That him- self & the said Frederick Guthrie Volunteered to serve a tour of six Months in the Militia - That they were stationed at a Fort called Seneca Fort in the upper part of South Carolina - That their com- manding officer of the fort was Capt. Lett - That when they had been there about four Months as he believes they got a permit to come home - and that shortly after they left the fort - it was taken and broken up by the British and Loyalists and that they never went back.

and that cause gently they had no regular discharge from their commissioning officer - that this was all the service that he the Patrick Saunders performed in the Revolution - that he cannot re- -collect what year it was in but thinks from the best of his recollection it must have been in the year 1777. or 1778.
Sworn to and subscribed before me April 16 th 1846 -
H. Hicks Mag.
Patrick his Saunders mark
State of South Carolina Spurrierborough District } I J W as Lollison Clerk of the Court of said district Certify that H is Hicks whose name appears to the above Deposition & affidavit is an acting Magistrate for said district and the Register reporting to be his is genuine and that he is entitled to all due faith and credit in all his official acts, as such given under my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of May 1846.
J W as Lollison Clerk of the Court of Spurrierborough District

State of South Carolina Spartanburg S.C. 364
I hereby certify that Patrick Saunders St. is reputed in the neighborhood where he lives to be a man of good character
Given under my hand May 4 th 1846 - H. Hicks May -

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4396
P. O.
Frederick Gutheru
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 37.194 Frederick Guthrie
S.C. Det to W. Ne. Kg March 10. 46. Sane, July 10, 40.
Rejected
acty May 1832 -

Damascus Pa. May 7 th 1846. J. L. Edwards Esq d .
Inclosed I send you the amended declaration of Frederick Guthrie - which amendment he made for the purpose of including the whole time he served in the war of the Revolution - which he is now pre- pared to prove - I advised him to put this time that he served in the first declaration - but he had been advised that he would be in- titled to draw for 3 months service and therefore could not be induced to put in any time but what he could prove - He is very lenacious of his character as an honest & upright Man and would rather lose his whole chance for a Pension than to swear to anything that he could not clearly prove -
Very Respectfully
A. Hieb.

Dec 31. 1845. 24 th Dec. by Francis G. Gilmer. June 7. 1832.
paid 18 3/4
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Damascus - Spartanburg District South Carolina - Dec: 24 th 1845 J. L. Edwards Esq.
In closed I send you the Declaration of Frederick Guthrie for a Pension under the Act of Congress of 1832 - I would take the liberty of saying that I am personally acquainted with the Applicant and witnesses in this case and know them to be men of unimpeachable character for honesty and truth - The old man Mr. F. Guthrie informs me that the only reason he has not applied for a Pen- =sion before this time is, that he was misinformed as to the Law granting Pensions -
You will direct to Damascus - Spartanburg S.C. S.C.
Very Respectfully H. Hickey -