In Black and White: Cross-Cultural Genealogy

The final correspondence in Asa Spelmore's pension file represents the final attempt to gain a soldier's pension for service in the Revolutionary War. It appears that a pension was never granted, and the case, having been brought to court twice, was left unresolved. Asa Spelmore: Image 13 www.Fold3.com 42022 INVALID. Rev File No. 42022 Asa Spelmore Pri    Rev War --------------- Act. 18th March 18th Index:--Vol. [G?], Page 483 [Arrangement of 1870.] Asa Spelmore: Image 14 Hon.: Wm S. Black- ledge -- [Ho: Repo] [Recd] between 21st Jan y ---------------------- Asa Spelmore Old Rev y case The Honorable Wm. S. Blackledge Washington City Asa Spelmore: Image 15 Newbern 15 Jan : 1822 Dear Sir,    Apon old man, Asa Spellmore, one of your Constituents applied some time since for a provision on the ground of Revolutionary Service. His petition was returned for more specific statement of citizenship & the Oath of Mo H

Following the testimony of Asa Spelman and the affidavits sworn by fellow patriots John Carter and Isaac Perkins, the Clerk of Court, J G Stanley, certified the statements as being true copies from the original record.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Fold3.com Asa Spelmore: Image 7 Asa Spelmore     ---------- Thomas Watson       Agt. Newbern, N.C.     ---------- Rec'd June 1821 certificate amended [ Asa Spelman is ---- N.Carolina and proobably should be Asa Spelmore -----  ---  ------------] Thos Watson Newbern N.C. Asa Spelmore: Image 8 district of North Carolina)  Court of Pleas and Quarter Craven County                  )   Sessions - September 1820 On this 13th day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, the said Court being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proc

Continued from   Cross-Referencing Pension Files: The Revolutionary War Pension File of Asa Spelmore , 31 March 2014 [The following two images are a continuation of the previous sworn testimony.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ www.Fold3.com Asa Spelmore, Image 5 John Carter a citizen of Craven County in the State of North Carolina maketh oath that he was enlisted in the Company [when?]: mustered by Captain Quinn, in the Regiment commanded by Colo Davidson (the [?]) in the North Carolina line Continental es- tablishment during the War of the Revolution and served nine months and deponent knows that Asa Spelman was a soldier in the same company and that the said Spelman did serve the term of nine months in said company.  signed                his                                               John    X    Carter                                                          Mark It is the opini