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- Capt. Samuel Earle1760 - 1833
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Earle, Samuel - born 11/28/1760 in Frederick County, Virginia; entered service 1777 in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; granted pension 1833 in Pickens District, South Carolina; died 11/23/1833 leaving no widow, but children: Baylis J., Morgan P., Elizabeth wife of John Maxwell, Mary wife of Robert A. Maxwell, Marian wife of James B. Mays, Maria, Harriet wife of Elias Earle, Elias J., Samuel M. & Edward H.; son Baylis J. was circuit judge of Greenville District, South Carolina, applied for pension 1834 for soldier's heirs, except Elias J. who was then dec'd. F-S21174, R885.
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension application of Samuel Earle S21174 f66SC
Transcribed by Will Graves 4/1/08 rev'd 12/11/14
State of South Carolina, Anderson District
On this fifth day of March 1833 personally appeared before the Honorable J. J. Evans the presiding Judge in the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Anderson District, being a Court of Record, Samuel Earle, Esquire a resident of Pickens District in the State aforesaid aged Seventy two years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That on the 11th day of June 1777 he entered into the service as Ensign in Captain John Bowie's Company of Captain infantry, which was raised for the Continental Service, but afterwards detached with other companies for the protection of the frontiers of the State, with the same pay and subject to the same regulations as the Continental Troops. That in a short time after by the resignation of the 1st Lieutenant and by the death of the 2nd Lieutenant who died of a wound received in the battle of Stono [June 20, 1779], this deponent was promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the said Company in which character he served until the 11th day of June 1780 and was then discharged at White Hall in Abbeville District. That he was at the Siege of Augusta [May 22-June 16, 1781] when it was taken from the British, at the battle of Blackstocks [November 20, 1780] under General Sumter [Thomas Sumter], where he was wounded and in a battle on Bush River under Colonel Roebuck [Benjamin Roebuck] and in a number of other skirmishes. That this deponent was ordered by Col. Pickens [Andrew Pickens] to raise a company of partisans to counteract the Tories, which he did, and continued in the service at the head of his Company for four months at one time, in the year 1782 as he believes, while the British were in possession of Charleston.
In answer to the first interrogatory --
He was born 28th of November 1760 in Frederick County Virginians
In answer to the second interrogatory --
There was a record of his age which is in the hands of a member of his family.
In answer to the third --
When I entered into the service he lived in Ninety Six District now, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, he afterwards lived a number of years in Greenville District and afterwards removed to Pendleton now a part of Pickens District.
The fourth and fifth were answered in my general Declaration.
In answer to the sixth --
I received several Commissions signed by the Governor of South Carolina, which are lost.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
In open Court
S/ Samuel Earle
S/ Van A. Lawhon
5th March 1833
[p 34: Sandford Vandiver, a clergyman residing in Anderson District, and Robert Anderson of Pickens
District gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[p 7]
State of South Carolina, Richland District
Before me the undersigned Baylis J. Earle one of the Circuit Judges of the said State aforesaid Colonel Samuel Hammond1 who is now confined by illness to his chamber and makes oath in due form of law that he was long and intimately acquainted with the late Captain Samuel Earle, that he became first acquainted with him in the month of February 1779, that the said Earle was at that time in the actual service of the United States, as a Lieutenant in a company of which John Bowie was Captain but he being acting as Brigade Major the Company was temporarily commanded by Captain Moore, that this Deponent had constant opportunity of being familiarly acquainted with the Corps in which said Earle served; that he was present on the day of the battle at Stono when Lieutenant Prince of the said Company was killed and aided in removing him from the field; that Deponent was also present at White Hall in 1780 when the Corps to which said Earle was attached with other troops under the command of General Williamson capitulated in pursuance of a convention made by him [Gen. Andrew Williamson] with the officers commanding the British forces in that part of the country: that this Deponent knows the fact that Mr. Earle was then Lieutenant of said Company, at the time the said Corps were disbanded. That afterwards he frequently met with Mr. Earle who was paroled, but in consequence of the disturbed state of the Country he was compelled to take up arms and he joined the Deponent's Regiment as a volunteer and served with him until he recovered some other appointment from General Pickens. This Deponent not living in the same part of the Country he does not know the fact that Mr. Earle raised the Company he mentions, but always understood the fact to be so, and does not hesitate to say that Mr. Earle perform the service which he sets forth in his declaration.
Sworn to and subscribed at Columbia of the 13th of December 1833 before me.
S/ B. J. Earle, Circuit Judge
S/ S. Hammond
[p 8]
South Carolina, Granville District
Before me the undersigned Bayles J. Earle one of the Circuit Judges of the said State came William Goodlett2 Esq. who is now confined by disease & infirmity to his house, and made oath in due form of law that he was personally acquainted with the late Samuel Earle from his infancy. That they were born & brought up in the same neighborhood, and were both about the same age to wit 74 years: that after their removal to South Carolina their acquaintance continued; that this deponent always understood & believes that the said Samuel Earle was appointed and served as a Lieutenant in the independent company commanded by Captain John Bowie for several years. That this deponent has no doubt of the fact although he did not actually serve with him: or [indecipherable word] him in service but it was a matter of public & common notoriety: that afterwards the said Earle to this deponent's actual knowledge served as a volunteer at the Siege of Augusta: and that after that event the said Earle, under the orders & in the Brigade of General Andrew Pickens enlisted a company of militia rangers, which company he actually commanded as Captain: that their term of service this deponent does not remember, but it was during the year 1783 according to the best of his recollection: that he saw said company actually in the service frequently, and the said parole actually in command thereof.
Sworn to before made this 3 May 1834.
S/ B. J. Earel, Circuit Judge
S/ William Goodlett, X his mark
[p 9]
South Carolina, Greenville District
Before the undersigned Baylis J. Earle one of the Circuit Judges of the said State appeared John Young3 Esq. and made oath in due form of law that he was personally and intimately acquainted with the above named Captain Samuel Earle during the revolutionary War: that he is [indecipherable word] within the perfect knowledge of this deponent that some time in the year 1782 about the Close of the War, the said Samuel Earle commanded a company of mounted Rangers, raised under the order & in the Brigade of General Pickens, that the said Corps were in actual service in the frontier at the least four months, that this deponent personally knew the said Earle who [was] in command thereof, and knew of their said service. That the services of the said Earle in that capacity were notorious, and are well remembered by all who were then old enough to be informed of public transactions.
Sworn to the 12 May 1834 during vacation at his own house.
S/ B. J. Earle, Circuit Judge
S/ John Young
[pp.16-18 Indents from SC in favor of Samuel Earle]
[p 11]
State of South Carolina, Pickens District
By William L. Keith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, being a Court of record do hereby Certify that it was proved to the Satisfaction of the Court, now in session, that Captain Samuel Earle who had, before his death, applied to the War Department of the United States for a Pension for his Services in the Revolutionary War, and for whom a Pension certificate has been granted, died on the 23rd day of November 1833 leaving no widow surviving but left the following children viz. Heirs at Law living at his death, namely, the Honorable B. J. Earle, Morgan P. Earle, Samuel Earle, Elias Earle, Edward Earle and Miss Marion Earle, and John Maxwell and his wife Elizabeth, Robert Maxwell and his wife Mary, and Mariam Earle (now Mrs. Mags) and Harriet Earle (now Mrs. Earle); and that Elias Earle has since died without leaving wife or lineal heirs.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Pickens
Court House this the seventh day of October A.D. 1834
S/ William L. Keith
Clerk of the Court for Pickens District
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $280 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a Capt. in the South Carolina militia.]
[Note: There are a number of documents in this file which are illegible because the images thereof are too faint.]
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1 Samuel Hammond S21807
2 William Goodlett W8857
3 John Young W1976
http://revwarapps.org/s21174.pdf
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Samuel Earle
Birth 28 Nov 1760
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death 24 Nov 1833 (aged 72)
South Carolina, USA
Burial: Beaverdam Cemetery
Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
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Samuel Earle
Birth 28 Nov 1760
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death 24 Nov 1833 (aged 72)
South Carolina, USA
Burial
Beaverdam Cemetery
Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 8065388 · View Source
Memorial
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U.S. Congressman. Born in Frederick County, Virginia, he moved to South Carolina in 1774, participated in the American Revolutionary War as a Navy Ensign in 1777 and leaving as Captain of a company of rangers in 1782. He was a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, (1784-88), delegate to the South Carolina State convention that ratified the Federal Constitution, in 1788 and delegate to the South Carolina State constitutional convention in 1790. In 1795, he was elected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress, serving until 1797. He died at age 72 in Pendleton District, South Carolina.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8065388
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