JOHN DURDIN’S APPLICATION FOR
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JOHN DURDIN’S APPLICATION FORAMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONFATHER OF MARTHA DURDIN CROCKETT wife of EliMartha last known Jasper Co TX 1860)HILLIARD DURDIN (buried Tyler Co TX)NANCY DURDIN WHITMIRE wife of Jesse (last known 1840 Rankin Co MS)Debra is descended from his dau Martha Durdin aka Patsy Durdino who married Eli Crockett
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Service Number S. 6807Born in N. C. cardedMISSISSIPPI 13357JOHN DURDINSimpson Co. in the State of MississippiWho was a Private in the Co. commandedBy Captain Williams of the Reg’t. commandedby Gen’l Caswell in the North Carolina______ for One Year.--------------------------------------------------------------Inscribed on the Roll of MississippiAt the rate of 40. Dollars 00. Cents per annum,To Commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.--------------------------------------------------------------Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July,1833 and sent to C. K.Brown, Westville, S. Co. Miss.--------------------------------------------------------------Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33 80.00_______ amt. allowance ending4 Sept. 1833 20.00$100.00Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832Recorded by Wm. B. Palmer, Clerk,Book E Vol. 8, Page 67.-------------------------------------------------------------Note: Next column illegible except: Auditor15 June 1841WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office183Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subscribed notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus -}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A STATEMENT showing the Service of John Durdins, Simpson Cty., MississippiPeriod when this service was rendered: Vol. 1778Duration of the claimant’s service:3 months3 monthsNames and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:Cap’t Williams, Lieut. PittmanCap’t Williams, Lieut. PittmanRank of claimant: Pr.Rank of claimant: Pr.Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Gen’l CaswellBattles in which the applicant was engaged: (blank)Country through which he marched: N. CarolinaPlace of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:70 Daubs (Dobbs) County, N. CarolinaEvidence by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I am, respectfully,Your obedient servant,J. L. EDWARDS,Commissioner of Pensions.THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, ] IN THE CIRCUIT COURTSIMPSON COUNTY. ] AT OCTOBER TERM 1832DECLARATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JUNE THE 7TH 1832On this the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two (1832) personally appeared in open court before the honorable Edward Turner, presiding judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of the State of Mississippi, and now holding the October Term 1832 of the Circuit Court of the said County of Simpson and State aforesaid, now sitting, JOHN DURDIN, a resident of the said County of Simpson and State aforesaid, aged seventy (70) 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, the said JOHN DURDIN, entered the service of ______(UNITED?) States about the year 1778 as a volunteer commanded by Captain Williams under Gen’l Richard Caswell in which campaign he served three months or more. That he was afterwards drafted and went out and served another tour of three months under Richard Caswell, Junior and under a Lieutenant Pitman. That he was frequently called out and went out to defend the Country in times of excitement or danger. That he was out in the service at different times but so long ago that he has forgotten where he marched or the names of his officers. That he is confident he was engaged in the said service in all more than one year, probably between one and two years. That he recollects of marching during said service to Newburntown (New Bern town) in North Carolina, thence to Wilmington where they built a fort.That he was born, and at that time resided in Daubs (Dobbs) County in the State of North Carolina. That he stood as a Minuteman a great part of the Revolutionary War, ready to go into the service when called on. He was in the service when the British marched through North Carolina & was at that time in another command of Cap’t. Williams, Lieutenant Pitman and Gen. Caswell. That he recollects that young Caswell was taken by what was called the SUSKS … LUSKS LUSK ???. That he continued in said service until about the ____CLOSE_? Of the war. That he recollects the names of Lieutenant Wardell (Waddell??) and Insign Smith with whom he served. That he was born at the place above stated but has no record of his age. Lived Daubs (Dobbs) County, North Carolina when called into the service and have since lived in the State of Louisiana and the State of Mississippi.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------That he, the said JOHN DURDIN, has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. And 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 roll of the agency of any State of the Union.Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid beforeE. TURNER, Presiding Judge. hisJOHN X DURDINmark
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