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(Set. Agt. Gone 16. 3r payl. desc’d)? 4962
Love Dec. 17, 1835 (Decd.) do South Carolina
to Hon. R.J. Manning, 30th Samuel Love
March 1836. Lancaster Dist. In the Sate of South Carolina
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Creighton of the Reg’t. commanded
Died Apr. 16, 1835 by ______________ in the South Carolina
Militia for two years ( ? ) 1777
« N.C. and S.C. Dec. 19/04?
Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 80 Dollars _______ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued sho? 31 day of Jany
1133 and ( ? ) Hon. Jas. Blou[nt?]
H. R. ?
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1172 120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th March 1133 40.00
Debt 160.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Henry H. Syl(?)ty Clerk
Book 4 Vol. 8 Page 90
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State of So. Carolina
Lancaster District
On the fourteenth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two, personally appeared in open Court
before the Court of Common Pleas and general
sessions now (?)ing at Lancaster Court House
Samuel Love, a resident of the State and
District aforesaid, a jest? as he believes seventy
three or four years, who being duly sworn
according to Law, doth make ( ? ) ( ? ) the
following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832 – That he entered the service
In the fall or winter of the year 1777 at Camden
So. Carolina, where he then resided, as a substitute
for James (?)pell, in Capt Thomas Creighton’s
Company, Col. Kershaw’s regiment, and was
marched from there to a place called (Pesuagphing?)
on the Savannah, or what he thin thinks was then
called ( ? ) River, in the lower part
of So Carolina and fifty or sixty miles below
Augusta in Georgia, where the ( ? ) was stationed
and served for the period of three months – that
he then served three months ( ? ) at the same
place and under the same officers as a
substitute for (Beohard?) Rodgers – that when
he left the service he received a discharge
signed by Col. Kershaw, but the same was
discharged some five or six years passed when
his house and all his possessions burned.
That he entered the service again as a ( ? )
in the year AD 1779, in Chester District, So Carolina
where he then resided as a Volunteer in Capt.
John McCool’s Company under Col. Joseph
Brown and was marched from there to Camden
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to guard and defend that place and remained
there about two months, where the Brittish having
reached Swifs Creek [sic], nine? Miles from Camden
on their way to that place, he with the rest of the
Americans were informed by Col. Brown that as
they were destitute of arms and unable to defend
themselves, they might disperse and every man
shift? for himself – this ( ? ) – his service
as ( ? ) to me and ( ? ) the necessary? in which
they were dispersed he received no discharge –
He re-entered the service again in the services
of the same year, on ( ? ) Creek, in York
District, So. Carolina, as a volunteer in Captain
James Read’s [sic] Company, under General Thomas
Sumpter and was immediately marched (to) Hanging
Rock, in Lancaster District and was ( ? ) ( ? )
in the ( ? ) and memorable battle which was fought at
that place – He was thence marched to Rockey
Mount on the Catawba River, in he believes
Chester? District, So Carolina, where they had
another engagement with a detachment of
Brittish and Tories under the command
he thinks of an officer by the name of Turnbull?
in which the Americans were defeated retreated. He was
( ? ) ( ? ) with a small party of thirty or forty men
towards Camden as spies, and near what is called
the Camden Ferry encountered a band of about
seventy Brittish who were taking conducting
thirty seven waggons loaded with clothing, ( ? )
( ? ), and coffee, which had been ( ? ) from
Orangeburg? for the use of the enemy in
Camden, all of whom they captured together
with the baggage of and conveyed to ( ? )
Head ( ? ) on Rockey or Fishing Creek in
Chester District. He remained there for (five?)
days when he was again sent out with about
one hundred others to reconnoiter under the
command of Col. Winn [sic] and ( ? ) ( ? )ing
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discovered the situation and number of the
enemy, they returned to said quarters from where
the whole army were marched to McDonald’s
Ferry on the Catawba River in Chester District, at
which place they were surprised and literally
cut to pieces. He ( ? ) ( ? )ing this period about
seven or eight months. He for this term received no
discharge. He re-entered the service as a substitute
for Richard Green, in Rowan County North
Carolina in the winter of the same year in the ( ? ) of the ( ? ) year
in February or March of the next year. in Capt
Dowell’s Company under Major Rowan and
was thence marched to Waxhaw Creek, Lancaster
District So Carolina from whence he was sent
to (Ripers?) Mills in No. Car. for flour where he
was taken ( ? ) and confined for two or
three weeks in Jerheps Conger?, ( ? ) which ( ? )
the regiment to which he was attached had marched
to and fought a battle at Eutaw Springs So.Car.
that he rejoined his regiment on their return from
that engagement, in Lancaster District So.Car. and
was marched to ( ? ) North Carolina where he
received another discharge for three months served
wich was also destroyed in like manner as
the one already above referred to in the declaration.
He again entered the service ( ? ) in the ( ? ) ( ? )
( ? ) as a substitute for Robert Wel(?)
and was marched to Head Quarters at Bacon’s or
Beattie’s Bridge on (Rohley?) River where he joined
the army under the command of Genl. Green
in Capt. Jones’ Company and Col. Little’s Regiment
and thence moved down the river five or six miles
where they remained until Charleston was (seized?)
by the enemy. When (?) he was marched under Major
McCross’? command to Wilmington No. Carolina
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where they were all permitted to go home although their
term of service had not yet expired. In this campaign
he served eight or nine months. This closed his service
and he further declares that he knows a? person
in? whom he could ( ? ) the whole or any part
of his said services. And he hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Answer to Interrogations
Answer to Int.? I was born at Lancaster District
So.Carolina, but do not recollect the year
of my birth.
Ans 2. I have no record of my age.
Ans 3. I ws living on Beaver Creek, Kershaw
District when I first entered the service,
and have lived since the revolutionary war
and now live in Lancaster District So. Carolina.
4. I entered the service as already-elected as a substitute.
Ans 5. I have already stated these as fully as I am
able.
Ans 6. This is already answered above.
Ans 7. Lackey Perry?, Esq. & Francis Ingram
Wm. Ellis
Sworn to and subscribed Samuel Love (signature)
in open court
M. (?) Adams
We Jacob Cames?, a Clergyman residing in
The District of Lancaster, South Carolina hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
Samuel Love who has (?) inscribed and ( ? )
to the above declaration that we believe him to
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Love
of Lancaster District in the State of South Carolina
(Act 7th June 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73 or 74 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
1777 Winter Three Months Private Capt. Thos. Creighton
1778 Three Months Private Capt. Thos. Creighton
1779 Two Months Private Capt. John McCool
1779 Summer Seven or Eight Months Private Capt. James Read
1780 Summer Three Months Private Capt. Dowell
1780 Winter Eight or Nine Months Private Capt. Jones
5. In what battles was he engaged? Hanging Rock, Camden Ferry, McDonald’s Ferry
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? On Beaver Creek, Kershaw District
South Carolina.
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? They are
not attached together as required by the Regulations. Correct in other respects.
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Sam J. Potts
Examining Clerk