Names of North & South Carolina.

This page is to help you with a lead into your family. These names are from North & South Carolina, many are asking for pensions. I didn’t take time to look into each of the names, but I know some will have additional information. If you have any questions on any of these names you can write to me at the following. dsegelquist1@cox.net
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South Carolina.

George Mason, lost his leg on June 28, 1776, by a cannon shot in the action at Fort Moultrie.
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William Harper, of the District of Anderson S. C., a pension of $23.98, annually.
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Daniel Felton, Revolutionary pension of $8. Dollars per month.
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Littlebury Matthews, praying for a grant of the land to which he conceives himself entitled, for his services as a soldier in the revolutionary army.
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Eli Hart, for interest and discount on money loaned to the quartermaster's department.
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Samuel Forthingham, Revolutionary pension of $8. Dollars per month.
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Leonard Houston, Revolutionary pension of $8. Dollars per month.
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John D. Howard, Revolutionary pension of $8. Dollars per month.
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Revolutionary pension of $8. Dollars per month, to the following;

John Vinyard.
Jabez Winchester.
Rufus Gibbs.
William Howell.
Abner Peebles.
Jabez Hawes.
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James C. Rowland, of Greenville, South Carolina, praying for the establishment era post route.
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1791, A petition of Albert Roux, late a Captain in the second Continental Regiment of South Carolina, asked to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of a wound received in the service of the United States, during the late war.
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Jane Gaston, widow of Joseph Gaston, of South Carolina, praying that the pension granted to her husband may be continued to her.
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A petition of Samuel Wharton, of that state, praying compensation for his services in assisting in taking the third Census, and an account of the Manufactures of the United States, whilst acting as deputy marshal in said state.
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William Dellany, sen. of South Carolina, praying for a pension in consideration of Revolutionary services.
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John Raisor, praying for a pension in consideration of Revolutionary services.
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Sanders Glovers, praying compensation for his services as principal assessor of the direct tax, laid in the year 1798, for a District in the State of South Carolina.
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Stephen Fuller, of Pendleton district, in South Carolina, on the pension list.
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Jehu Kolb, praying for a pension.
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James Spann, Senr. praying for a pension, in consideration of Revolutionary services.
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The petition of Josiah Cantney, of South Carolina, presented on the 25th of March, 1812, asking for a Pension.
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Thomas Porter, of South Carolina, asking for a pension.
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John Looney, of South Carolina, a revolutionary soldier, praying an increase of the pension heretofore granted him for wounds received in service
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Thomas Chapman, executor of Thomas Chapman, deceased, late Collector of the port of Georgetown, in the state of South Carolina, in behalf of himself and the family of the deceased, praying for the remission of a forfeiture incurred by the testator under an act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.
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John Haslett, merchant, of Charleston, South-Carolina, praying to be relieved from the forfeiture incurred by him, on account of the importation of a quantity of Spanish rum in the year 1812, which from the taste and smell has been condemned as British.
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John Lowden, of South Carolina, praying to be refunded the amount of an export bond paid at the custom house at Charleston.
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Daniel M'Clay praying for a pension.
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John Calhoun, of the State of South Carolina, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consideration of seventeen wounds received whilst a soldier in the Revolutionary army.
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William Linen, of the State of South Carolina, assignee of David Witherspoon, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying that he may receive the pension heretofore allowed by the State of South Carolina, to the said David Witherspoon, in consideration of a wound which he received whilst in the actual service of the United States, at the battle on Sullivan's island, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.
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Benjamin Buckhannan, praying for a pension.
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Francis Price, of South Carolina, praying for a pension.
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Thomas Tinsley, of the state of South Carolina, praying that a sum of money may be refunded to him, which, he alleges, was exacted from him, under the system of direct taxation, contrary to law, and to the implied faith of the Government.
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Robert Wilson, of South Carolina, on the pension list.
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Mary E. Hatch, of the State of South Carolina, widow of Captain Robert Hatch, praying to be allowed a pension in consideration of the services and death of her husband as a pilot on board the schooner Alligator during the late war with Great Britain.
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John Smith, of the State of South Carolina, praying to be paid the arrears of pension to which he conceives himself entitled.
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Esau Dudson, of the state of South Carolina, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consideration of wounds received while a soldier in the army of the Revolution.
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Lucy Ellis, of the State of South Carolina, widow of John Ellis, a revolutionary soldier, praying for a pension.
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Captain William Nettles, of Kershaw District, in the State of South Carolina, on the pension list.
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John Brownlow, asking for a pension.
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A. H. Abrahams, of Charleston, South Carolina, praying for the passage of an act refunding duties illegally exacted.
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North Carolina.

James H. Thompson and others, citizens of Caswell county, North Carolina, praying for pensions to soldiers of the war of 1812.
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Samuel Freeman, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consideration of a wound received whilst a soldier in the North Carolina line of the Revolutionary army, and that the balance of pay due for his services aforesaid may be paid to him.
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Penelope Braswell, of Anson county, North Carolina, praying a pension in consideration of the services of her late husband, Richard Braswell, deceased, in the revolutionary war;
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William Simmons, of the State of North Carolina, praying to be allowed a pension for services rendered by him in the naval service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain.
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Adam Cooper, of the state of North Carolina:--respectively praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consideration of services rendered, and wounds received, in the Revolutionary army.
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Nancy Miller, of Lincoln county, in the State of North Carolina, widow of David Miller, praying for a pension, in consideration of services rendered and wounds received by her husband in the war of the Revolution.
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Elizabeth Branch, of the State of North Carolina, praying for a pension.
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Michael Reass, of North Carolina, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States.
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Daniel Hauser, of Forsyth, county, N. C., was a soldier of the 5th., regiment N. C. Militia.
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William Lefever, private in the United State Army, wounded at the battle of Plattsburg.
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Peter Hedrick, N. C., a pension of $40. Dollars per year.
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Esther Johnston widow of Colonel Jonas Johnston, of N. C., a pension of $150., dollars per annum.
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William A. Lash, of Stokes County, and Thomas C. Foust, of Alamance County, all of North Carolina, praying relief from political disabilities.
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Elijah Auberry, of North Carolina, praying for a pension
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An act to remove political disabilities from Francis E. Shober, of North Carolina.
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John Frazer, of Montgomery county, and State of North Carolina, be placed on the pension list of the United States, with an allowance of three dollars and seventy-five cents per month.
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Frederick Segeran, of Warren county, in the State of North Carolina, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of military services.
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Jonathan Hampton, James Erwin, N. Hampton, and J. C. Eliott, of the state of North Carolina, stating that they became sureties of a certain John H. Alley, late a collector of direct tax and internal duties in that state, for the faithful performance of the duties imposed on him by the act of 1813, which duties the said Alley did faithfully discharge, and accounted for all taxes placed in his hands for collection, and that the proper officer of the Treasury has lately issued a warrant of distress against them on account of the delinquency of said collector for taxes placed in his hands for collection under the provisions of the act of 1815, for which they allege they never became responsible in any manner whatsoever, and praying relief in the premises.
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John King and others, citizens of North Carolina, praying for a mail-route from Oak Ridge to King's Store.
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Citizens of the State of North Carolina in behalf of Matthew Vandiver, for the increase of his pension.
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Thomas Tison, of the State of North Carolina, praying for a pension.
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Henry Guy, of Johnson county, State of North Carolina, praying a pension for services rendered as a soldier in the same war.
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Alston Fort, of North Carolina, praying for a pension.
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William Causey, of Guilford county, and State of North Carolina, praying for a pension on account of wounds or injuries incurred as a soldier of the army of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.
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Thomas Goodrum, of North Carolina, praying an increase of pension.
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Edlyne Willoughby, of North Carolina, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, on the pension list of the United States.
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Sarah Peters, of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, widow and relict of Alexander A. Peters, deceased, praying that Congress will be pleased to grant her a pension, in consideration of the services of her said husband, who died at Fort Johnston, in North Carolina, some time in the month of November last, whilst in the capacity of surgeon's mate in the army of the United States.
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Richard Allen, of the State of North Carolina, praying that the pension due his father, Richard Allen, deceased, at the time of his death, may be paid to him, as the executor of his said father.
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Mauring Brookshire, of North Carolina, praying for a pension in consideration of services rendered in the revolutionary war.
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Richard D. Jones, of the State of North Carolina, praying for a pension on account of hernia contracted in the service of the United States during the late war with Mexico.
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Captain William Hall, of North Carolina,, praying for an increase of pension.
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Braxton Carter, of North Carolina, praying to be placed on the pension list, in consequence of the loss of sight, whilst a soldier in the army of the United States.
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Galbraith, William, and Theophilus Symington, of North Carolina and only children and heirs at law of Theophilus Symington, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by the deceased with his wagon and team in the Revolutionary army.
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William Erwin, of Iredell county, in the State of North Carolina, praying to be placed on the list of pensioners, in consideration of a wound received whilst a soldier in the militia of the Province of North Carolina, on an expedition against the Indians, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty.
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Jesse Perry, of the State of North Carolina, praying for a pension.
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John Bennett, of Chanland county, in the State of North Carolina, who was a soldier of the American army in the war of the Revolution, praying for a pension.
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Augustus Sackett, of the state of North Carolina, praying compensation for property destroyed by the British forces upon the burning of the town of Buffaloe, in the state of New York, in the late war.
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John Lefoe, of the State of North Carolina, far a pension.
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Captain Henry A. White, late of Company C, Third North Carolina Infantry, praying for a pension.
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Joseph Young, stating that, in 1813, he enlisted in the army for five years, and served till some time in the year 1815, when he procured a substitute, who served in his place till 10th March, 1816, when he was discharged, on the requisition of the civil authority, being charged with murder; by which the petitioner lost his right to bounty land, and praying for a grant of the said bounty land.