REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Rejected Pensions
A - M
as cited in Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions
(Washington, D.C., 1835, revised 1852).
Please note that the thousands of men who fought for the colonial government were entitled to receive pensions or bounty land grants for their service but proof of service was required. After the veteran's death, his widow was entitled to apply for a pension as well. The list below is of those South Carolina residents who had applied for a pension and were required to submit additional information before a pension was granted.
| Name | Location | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Polly Austin, widow of John | --, Union | For proof of identity with the soldier of the same name on the Virginia rolls. |
| Darius Ayer | --, Marion | Alleges six months service in the Maryland militia. He must furnish narrative of service, and give period and grade, and names of company and field officers. |
| James Ayres | Fall's P. O., Pickens | Alleges eighteen months service in the Virginia continental line--period, length, grade, stations, marches and names of company and field officers required. |
| Daniel Bailey | --, Greenville | Alleges twelve months as a private, and over two years as a captain in the North Carolina militia--evidence to be found in the State Department, and comptroller's office, Raleigh. |
| Devereaux Ballard | --, Sumter | He did not serve in any regularly organized corps. |
| Daniel Beem | --, Abbeville | Alleges eighteen months continuous service in the years 1780 and 1781, under Captain Lewis. Hogg. Lewis Hogg served as a private horseman in 1780 and 1781, eight months, and as a lieutenant as late as 1782, and never was a captain of infantry or cavalry. Claimant must amend his statement. |
| James Belton | --, Marlborough | Exact tour must be set forth as to time, places, officers' names, and duration of service. |
| John Bird | --, Union | For further proof and specification. |
| James Black | --, Abbeville | Alleges seven months continuous service in a rifle company organnized in Rockbridge county in 1781. If this was a militia service, and he was out but once, the tour is overrated. |
| David Blackman | --, Marion | For proof of service. |
| Sarah Bledsoe, widow of John | --, Edgefield | Claims for eighteen months, as a Georgia ranger. The special act authorizing such a corps is wanted. |
| Mary Boan, widow of Lewis | --, Chesterfield | A certificate of the comptroller general is required, showing the amount of indents issued to Lewis Boan for his services and further proof of his marriage. |
| Absalom Bobo | --, Union | He did not serve six months. |
| Asparia Bradley, widow of William | --, Greenville | For proof of identity that he was the William Bradley who is credited with £97 9s. 5d. on the books of the Secretary of State of North Carolina. |
| George Bonnett | --, Spartanburg | Awaiting the return of the original declaration and the certificate of the Comptroller General of South Carolina to verify his service. |
| William Br?nson | --, Sumter | For further proof and specification. |
| Mary Burns, widow of Samuel | --, York | For proof from the records of the Comptroller General of South Carolina, and the date of the marriage by the usual mode of proof. |
| Moody Burt | --, Edgefield | Proof of identity required that he is the same Moody Burt, to whom certificate of pay as sergeant (for £49 3s. 8d.) of infantry in the Virginia line, was issued. |
| Nathan Byars | --, Spartanburg | For period, length, and grade, stations, marches, and officers (field and regimental, and company), and a test by the records at Raleigh, and surviving comrades. |
| Spencer Boulton | --, Laurens | He did not serve six months. |
| Reuben Bramblet | --, Laurens | Team service. |
| James Blakeley | --, Laurens | He did not serve six months. |
| Archibald Campbell | --, Williamsburgh | Period, length, and grade of service, names of officers, stations, marches, battles, and proof by the legislative records of the petition and documents be presented. |
| James Carlisle | --, Abbeville | Awaiting the return of his original declaration which was remanded for authentication. |
| Charles Carter | --, Edgefield | For proof of service by credible witnesses. |
| Samuel Cartledge | --, Edgefield | He did not serve six months. |
| Thomas Cassity | --, Sumter | He did not serve in any regularly organized corps. |
| Susan Cato, (deceased), widow of William | --, Fairfield | Indent for one hundred and thirty-four days only, which is insufficient. |
| Jacob Childers | --, York | Desertion. |
| Matthew Clark | --, Pickens | No proof of service. |
| Clement Clements | --, Lexington | For proof from the books of the Comptroller General of South Carolina. |
| Susan Cochran, widow of Benjamin | --, Abbeville | Did not serve six months. |
| Joseph Coffer | --, Abbeville | For further proof of service. |
| Rebecca Cohen, widow of Gershom | Charleston city | For further proof and explanation. |
| Prudence Coleman, widow of Robert | Marion C. H. | For further proof of service and marriage. |
| Solomon Cole | --, Laurens | Some further explanation necessary to obviate the discrepancies between his original and amended declarations. |
| Aaron Copeland | --, Chesterfield | For further proof. |
| Francis Cornell | --, Lancaster | For further proof. Alleges two tours in the Virginia militia. |
| William Couch | --, Greenville | Two years service alleged, without pay, and no proof in the case. |
| Mary Cox, widow of Solomon | --, Edgefield | Not a widow at the date of the act. |
| Hannah Crawley, heirs of | Charleston | No claim--she died before the passage of the act. |
| Jesse Davis | --, Greenville | He alleges only one tour in the Virginia militia, which was limited by law to three months. |
| Robert Davis (deceased), heirs of | --, Williamsburg | Two to three years service as trumpeter in a cavalry cerps in South Carolina, under Colonel Marius and Colonel Hovey. Proof of the organization of such a corps is required. |
| Thomas Devone | --, Anderson | Awaiting the return of the original declaration and further proof. |
| George Dye | --, Chester | For further proof, and specification. |
| Tabitha Dean, widow of Joshua | --, Edgefield | For proof of identity that he was the soldier of the Virginia line of the same name. |
| Christiana Dener, widow of George | Charleston city | Claims for eighteen months service as a lieutenant, previous to the fall of Charleston. Documentary proof of his commission is required. |
| Lucy Dispain, widow of Benjamin | --, Pickens | For proof of service by the books of the Comptroller of North Carolina. |
| Richard Davis | --, Anderson | He did not serve six months in person. |
| Martin Dewitt | --, Darlington | He did not serve six months. |
| Margaret Dominy, deceased, widow of Andrew | --, Richland | Proof of the termination of the service, and that the marriage preceded it, is required. |
| Joseph Edwards | --, Greenville | Wagon service in the militia. |
| Abraham Ellege | --, Greenville | For proof of service from the records of the Comptroller General of North Carolina. |
| Lucy Ellis, widow of John | -- | Rejected--not six months' service. [Papers withdrawn December 30, 1836, Hon. J. K. Griffin.] |
| Matthias Elmore | --, Newbury | He was a driver of a baggage wagon. |
| William Esterling | Bennettsville, Marlborough | Period, length, grade, times and places, and names of officers, and his commission as captain, must be of record proof. |
| Rachel Farrow, deceased, widow of Landon | --, Spartanburgh | Proof required of the period of the service and the marriage prior thereto. |
| Orson Floyd | --, Marion | Alleges two years and three months service in the North Carolina line. Name not on the army records at Raleigh. He must furnish proof by living comrades. |
| Rebecca Forbes, widow of John | --, York | Proof that the marriage occurred prior to the service ending in 1782. |
| Sydney Foster, widow of John | --, Spartanburg | For proof of identity that he was the person referred to on one or other of the auditor's certificates of soldiers of the same name. |
| Gasper Fouste | --, Richland | Indent, No. 444, from the Comptroller General of South Carolina, if it could be identified as claimant's, would not cover six months service. |
| Samuel Fowler | --, Spartanburgh | For further proof from the South Carolina records. |
| Frances Freeman, widow of John | --, Pickens | For proof of his commission as lieutenant, and of identity with the John Freeman who is credited on the comptroller's books. |
| Richard Gaines | --, Laurens | He did not serve in an embodied corps. |
| John Gates | --, Laurens | He did not serve six months. |
| Sherrod Gean | --, Pickens | Desertion. |
| Francis Gilly | --, Pickens | For proof of service. |
| David Golightly | --, Spartanburgh | Alleges service: 1st, pressed to drive team; 2d, a commissary at Neal's Mills; 3d, a lieutenant at the siege of Augusta; and 4th, a private at the battle of "96," in all, two years service. Proof required from the Comptroller General of South Carolina. |
| Nicholas Goswick | --, Union | His service in the militia of North Carolina is overrated, as his name is not on the rolls in the line. Suspended for further proof. |
| Elisha Green | --, Greenville | For proof of additional service, as the certificate of the Comptroller General does not cover six months. |
| Thomas Grice | --, Marion | For proof of service from the Comptroller General of South Carolina. |
| Morgan Griffin (deceased), heirs of | --, Richland | For description and proof of service, its period, length, grade, stations, and names of company and field officers. |
| Frederick Guthrie | --, Spartanburgh | He did not serve six months. |
| John Guttrig | --, Laurens | For further proof from the South Carolina records. |
| Robert Hand (deceased) | --, Laurens | For further proof from the Raleigh records, backed by competent witnesses. |
| Epaphroditus Hanks | --, Sumter | Alleges five years service. Proof must be found in the archives of North Carolina at Raleigh. |
| Joseph Hart | --, Greenville | For further proof. The indents to a soldier of the same name must be better identified as applying to him. |
| Lowden Harwell | --, Marlborough | For proof of service under Colonel Washington. |
| James Head | --, Edgefield | For proof from the Auditor General of South Carolina. |
| Joshua Hill | --, Abbeville | He did not serve six months. |
| James Hairston | Laurens Court House, Laurens | He did not serve in any regularly organized corps. |
| William Harper | --, Anderson | He did not serve in any regularly organized corps. |
| Charles Hester | --, Spartanburgh | There were no artificers in the militia. Their service was civil, not military. |
| Elias Hollingsworth | --, Pickens | The proof from the comptroller general of South Carolina does not cover six months' service. |
| Captain John Howard, deceased, heirs of | Charleston city | Died before March 4, 1831--no elaim. |
| Hannah Hudgens, widow of Ambrose | Charleston | For further proof and specification. |
| James Hudson | --, Sumter | The proof from the comptroller of North Carolina does not cover six six months service. |
| James Hutson | --, Darlington | Alleged fifteen months service in tours of three months each, but fails to specify when or where, or whom under, or what kind of service. He must amend. |
| Nancy Huggins, deceased, widow of William | Columbia, Richland | For further proof and specification. |
| John Hunter | --, Chesterfield | He did not serve six months. |
| Ruth Ingram, widow of John | Pickens C. H. | For proof of service and of the marriage prior thereto. |
| Josiah Jones | --, Anderson | Proof required of his enlistment and service under Captain Carill. |
| Rebecca Jones, widow of Richard | --, Edgefield | Proof of the marriage not satisfactory. |
| Robert King | --, Greenville | For proof of identity that he performed any part of the service covered by the certificate of the comptroller of North Carolina. |
| Thomas Kimbrill | --, Spartanburg | For further proof--name not on the rolls. |
| John Knight | --, Lanrons | For the facts and documents on which was based the pension he received from South Carolina. |
| Edmund Keeling | --, Abbeville | He did not serve six months. |
| Cherry Kennedy, (deceased), widow of John | --, Sumpter | For proof of service from the records at Raleigh. |
| Lucy Langley, widow of William | --, Kershaw | For further proof. |
| Martha Leach, widow of Joseph | --, York | For further proof. |
| Mary Legare, widow of Isaac | --, Charleston | For further proof and specification. |
| William Lewis | Society Hill, Darlington | For further proof and specification--tours, duration, officers and places. |
| William Lewis (2d) | Winnsborough, Fairfield | For further proof of services from the South Carolina records. |
| William Lifrage (dec'd), heirs of | --, Williamsburgh | He did not serve six months. |
| Solomon Loftis | --, Greenville | For proof from the North Carolina records. |
| William Logan | --, York | The records of North Carolina must be examined for proof of service. |
| Charles Love | Pocotaligo, Beaufort | For further details of service, and a reference to the records of the comptroller general of South Carolina. |
| Louisa Mabray, deceased, widow of Daniel | Union district | Married after the war. |
| Joel B. Malphus, children of | Proof of McMalthus's decease and marriage required. [Papers withdrawn May 4, 1848, R. B. Rhett.] | |
| Joanna Martin, widow of Joseph | --, Richland | For further proof--should make a declaration under the act of February 2, 1848. |
| Alsey Martin, widow of George | --, Edgefield | To procure proof from the executive records of South Carolina. |
| Hugh Matthews | --, Sumter | Express rider and wagon service. |
| John Matthews | --, Edgefield | Proof from the comptroller general of South Carolina can't be found. |
| Abraham Mayfield | --, Greenville | He did not serve six months. |
| Hugh McBride | --, Spartanburgh | He served as a wagoner. |
| George McCall | --, Darlington | For proof of service from the South Carolina records. |
| John McClain (dec'd), heirs of | --, York | Died before the passage of the act. |
| Archibald McClelland | Under age--suspended for further proof. [Withdrawn.] | |
| John McCord | --, Abbeville | He did not serve six months. |
| McGARITY, William | --, Chester | For further explanation. Granted 1826 (see file). |
| Martha McGinney, formerly widow of James Crier | --, Georgetown | She may be entitled to the services of either husband, but not of both--suspended until she shall select and specify, and prove the marringe and the service. |
| Rachel McKissick, formerly widow of John Merris | --, Union | For proof of service. |
| James McNeese | --, Laurens | Six months' service admitted, May 31, 1836--S. B. McNeese. |
| Benjamin Miles | --, Marlborough | For proof and explanation. |
| Thomas Milford | Temple of Health, Abbeville | For the facts of his case whereby he obtained a pension from South Carolina. |
| Thomas Milford | Temple of Health, Abbeville | For the facts of his case whereby he obtained a pension from South Carolina. |
| Lucy Milligan, widow of Moses | Horry district | She must prove her present age and the day of her marriage. |
| John Mitchell | --, Edgefield | Served as a waiter, after he was made prisoner, in the British army. |
| Micajah Mobley (deceased), heirs of | --, Chester | Not six months' service established. |
| Frances Mobly, widow of William | --, Fairfield | For proof of service and of the wedding day. |
| Henry Moore (deceased), heirs of | --, Fairfield | Pensioned under act May 15, 1828--petitions for inerease--not entitled. |
| James Moore | --, York | For a new declaration and proof by comrades--the South Carolina records. |
| Robert Moorman | Union Court House, Union | Wagon service and express rider. |
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