War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 NC & SC ROBERT ROBISON or ROBERT ROBINSON S7426 Born in Penn [PA] Page 1 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 12.165 North Carolina ROBERT ROBINSON * of Mecklenburg in the state of NC who was a IM in the ______ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. HAMPTON in the NC une for 10 mo 14 days * ROBERT ROBISON NC and SC § July 25, 1904 § § Records Corrected § Page 2 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 Inscribed on the roll of NC at the rate 34 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April 1833 and ISAAC ALEXANDER, Charlotte, NC Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 69.76 Semi-ant allowance ending 4th September 1833 17.44 ====== $87.20 { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 } Recorded by NATHAN RICE Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 53 Letter to Pen Agr. V 3rd audit 4th may 1840. Dead Dead [27th August 1839] Paid a the treasury under the acts of the 6th April 1838 from the 4th March of 1838 to the 27th August 1839 the day of his death. Agent notified 1st June 1840. Page 3 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 10,920 September 25, 1832 State of North Carolina ] Mecklenburg County ] Court of pleas and quarter sessions, August term 1832. On the 28th day of August, 1832, personally appeared in open court before the justices of the said court of Mecklenburg open and held for said county in Charlotte on the 4th Monday of August and now sitting ROBERT ROBISON aged eighty two years 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 7th 1832 that he was born in the state of Pennsylvania in the county of Lancaster in the year 1751 and removed to the state of North Carolina, Mecklenburg county aforesaid where he was about the age of 14 years, where he has resided ever since; that he has now no record of his age – that it was recorded in his father's bible which bible is lost or destroyed, that in the year 1779 at which time he resided in Mecklenburg county he volunteered for three months under Captain JOHN SHARPE, that Colonel HAMWRIGHT was his Colonel that in November of the same year they left Charlotte and marched on to Camden and then on to Charleston -- where they joined General Lincoln commander of the Southern Army of the Continental line and that he served the time for which he volunteered and was regularly discharged by Colonel HAMWRIGHT, which discharge he has lost by sending it to the Legislature of North Carolina. That in 1780 he again volunteered as a private under Captain WILLIAM ALEXANDER in a company of Mounted Riflemen, and that Colonel of the Regiment was WADE HAMPTON, under General SUMPTER [THOMAS SUMTER] that volunteered in the State troop of South Carolina that he served 4 months of this tour and got permission from his superior officer to return home, at the expiration of the said 4 months. That in the year 178? he served 2 months under JAMES or collecting provision for General DAVIDSON Army. That he again volunteered in Captain MCKNIGHT's company and ROBERT IRWIN was the Colonel and were stationed at the Tuckaseegee Ford on the Catawba, the object of the company was to prevent Cornwallis from crossing the River when he was in pursuit of General GREENE, he was out on this tour 6 weeks. He was 1780 a volunteer under Captain THOMPSON and was in active service under him during the time that Cornwallis was in Charlotte, that he was out on this tour 5 or 6 weeks, the whole of the time he was out in the service of the United States was about 10 months, that what time he was not a volunteer in the State Troops of South Carolina he was a volunteer in the militia of North Carolina. That he was out about [words illegible] under Captain KNOX and was present in the engagement at Ramsour's Battle [Ramsour's mill] in Lincoln where it the Tories under the command of Colonel JOHN MOORE were defeated. That the greatest portion of the men in this engagement were volunteers upon short notice, that having received intelligence that the Tories had assembled they collected as soon as possible, and after having affected the object for which they had volunteered returned home, and he further declares that he was in the battle of the hanging rock as a volunteer under Captain REED = and was out about 2 weeks - that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Page 4 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 roll of the agency of any State. That he has no documentary evidence of having served in the revolutionary war - that his discharges are lost - that as to his character for veracity he refers to the Reverend HALL MORRISON's [ROBERT HALL MORRISON] certificate and the certificate of WILLIAM ALEXANDER and JOSEPH GRAHAM hereunto appended that he was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War. ROBERT ROBISON Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. We, ROBERT HALL MORRISON, a clergyman resident in the county of Mecklenburg and William Alexander and JOSEPH GRAHAM resident of Lincoln county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with ROBERT ROBISON who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age – that his is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ROBERT H. MORRISON JOSEPH GRAHAM WILLIAM ALEXANDER and the said court do hereby declare these opinion aft the investigation of the matter and after putting the investigatories 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 to them that ROBERT HALL MORRISON who has signed the prescribing certificate is a clergyman resident in said county and that WILLIAM ALEXANDER and THOMAS DOWNS who has also signed the same are residents of said county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I ISAAC ALEXANDER, clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Mecklenburg county and state of North Carolina open in and held for the said county do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in matter of the application of ROBERT ROBISON for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office at Charlotte this 28th day of August 1832. ISAAC ALEXANDER, CC ROBERT ROBISON Page 5 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 Treasury Department Second Comptroller's Office May 7th, 1840 Sir: Under the act 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," The widow of ROBERT ROBISON, a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency at the rate of Thirty Four Dollars and 88 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839 to the 27th August 1839, the day of his death. Respectfully yours, ALBION K. PARRIS Comptroller To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present. Page 6 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 ROBERT ROBISON N Carolina AA Mil as private 10 mo and 14 days from 1779 $34.88 Col. HAMPTON, NC 10,920 Page 7 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 BRIEF in the case of ROBERT ROBISON Co of Mecklenburg in the state of NC (Act 7th June, 1832.) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? OPEN COURT 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 82 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. | ============================================================================ In 1779 | 3 |Private | Capt. SHARPE Col. HAMWRIGHT | volunteered| | | | | | | | 1780 mount | 4 | “ | Capt. ALEXANDER Col. HAMPTON | rifleman | | | | | | | | 1780 | 1 15 | “ | Provisions for the Army | volunteer | | | | | | | | 1780 | 1 15 | “ | Capt. THOMPSON | volunteer | | | | | | | | 1780 | 14 | “ | Col. MOORE Col. REED | volunteer | | | | ============================================================================ 10 14 5. In what battles was he engaged? BATTLE OF RAMSOUR, BATTLE AT HANGING ROCK 6. Where did he enter the service? MECKLENBURG, N. 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? THE EXACT TIME IS NOT CLEARLY SPECIFIED. I Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. GEORGE TAYLOR, Examining Clerk REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION Page 8 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington, DC S. F. 7426 In reply to your request of ___________, received ___________, for a statement of the military history of ROBERT ROBISON a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file at this Bureau. ======================================================================== Date | Length Service | Rank | Captain | Colonel | State ======================================================================== 1779 | 3 mos | Pvt | JOHN SHARPE | HAMWRIGHT | NC 1780 | 4 mos | | WILLIAM ALEXANDER | WADE HAMPTON | SC 1780 | 5 or 6 weeks | | THOMPSON | | 1780 | 5 weeks | | REED | | 1782 | 2 mos | | JAMES ORR | | | 6 weeks | | MCKNIGHT | ROBERT IRWIN | | 3 weeks | | KNOX | | ======================================================================== Battles engaged in, RAMSOURS MILL, HANGING ROCK Residence of soldier at enlistment, MECKLENBURG NC Date of application for pension, AUGUST 28th 1832, his et. al. Residence at date of application, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC Age at date of application, { BORN IN 1751 IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENN { DIED AUGUST 27th 1839 Remarks: WHEN 14 YEARS OLD MOVED TO MECKLENBURG CO. NC. HE LEFT A WIDOW, HER NAME IS NOT STATED AND THERE IS NO OTHER DATA ON FILE AS TO HIS FAMILY. Respectfully, Commissioner. Page 9 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 1921 April 21 – history to JOSEPH MONTGOMERY 1921 August 15 – JOSEPH MONTGOMERY advises that history was sent April 21, 1921 Rev War 7426 INVALID ROBERT ROBINSON * Private Rev. War June 7th, 1832 Index: - Vol. “1”, Page 321 * ROBERT ROBISON § July 25, 1904 § § Records Corrected § Page 10 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 University Club of Harrisburg March 22, 1921 U. S. Commission of Pensions Washington, DC Dear Sir: Will you kindly give me a statement of the Revolutionary War record of: JOSEPH MONTGOMERY, who resided in Mecklenburg County, No. Carolina, during the Revolution. About 1797 he moved to Kentucky. ROBERT ROBISON who resided in Mecklenburg County, No. Carolina during, & after, the Revolutionary War. Thanking you in advance for this information, I remain, Very truly yours, JOSEPH MONTGOMERY 2nd 309 Chestnut Street Harrisburg, PA Page 11 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK ** War, Rev, Pension, ROBERT ROBISON S7426 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 12 of 12 ** PAGE BREAK **